The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-14 00:00:00

" IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.L.:',IAncit 20, 11il

" On the third realiug of the Corn Bill, it was moved, that
thisßilt be rejected ;" which motion having, on a division, been
negitived, the ,ollOwing Protest was .-..,ntered:—
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DISIIEFTIErr,

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" I. Because tre -are adverse in principle-to all new restraints
on commerce. -We think 'it certain. that public prosperity is
best promoted; -by -lensing uncontrouled the free current of na-
tionalindustrte :and we wish rather, by Well-considered steps,
to' bring back our commercial legislation to the straight and
simple tine of wiSdorne then to increase the deviation, by sub-
jecting 'additinnarand extensive branches of the public interest
to fresh systemvof artificial and injurious rest-imam.
" Because ye titin.k that the great practical rule, of leav-
ing eall commerce unfettered, applies more peculiarly, and on
still stronger grunds of:justice as well as of pplicy, to the Corn.
Trade than to any other. • Irresistible, indeed, must be that
necessity.which could, in our judgment, authorize the Legisla-
ture to tamper with sustenance of the people, and to lin-
pedethe free purchase and sale of.that article, on which depends
the oristence of so large a portion of the community.-
'Because we think.that the expectations of ultimate be-
nefit frotn this measure are founded on a delusive theory.. 'We
cannot persuade ourselves- ;that this law will ever contribute to
produce plenty; -cheapness, or steadiness of price. So long as
it- operates at all, its effects must be the opposite of these.
Monopoly is the. Parent of scarcity, of. dearness, and of uncer-
tainty. ro cut off any- of the sources of supply can only tend
`tottlr,eskesetnfoirts
any
tocunridattimecoet-i.itmust enh.ance the price at which
' yielose against ourselves die cheapest
m
we purchase 4; and to confine the consumer of corn to the
produce of hit 'own 'Country,
PrOviisdet°ncreerittisself refuse to
vesfothreeqbuenaleifiz!
of that provision which
ing to man the variations of season anti-of climate. •
•, 4. But whatever may he the future consequences
pain,
that law, at some distant and uncertain period, we see, with
that these hopes must be purchased at the expence of a great
and present evil. .To compel the consumer to purchase corn
dearer at home than it might be imported from abroad, is the
immediate practical effeet of this law. In this way alone can
it operue.:- Its present protection, its promised extension of
agricult.ure, must result Cif at all) from the profits which it
creates •by keeping up the price of corn to an artificial level.
These future benefits are the consequences expected,
giving,but a(as
confidently believe) erroneously expected,fr
. bounty to the grower bf corn, by a tax levied on its consumer.
• ""5. Because we think that the adoption of any permanent
law, for such a purpose, required the fullest and most laborious
investigation. Nor would it have been sufficient for our satis-
faction could we have been convinced of the general.policy of,

so hazardous an experiment. A still further inquiry would
have been necessary.to persuade us that the present moment
was fit for its adoption. In such an inquiry we must have had
the means of satisfkingourselves what its immediate operation
-will be as connOted with the various and pressing circum-
stances of. public difficulty and distress with which the country
is now surrounded; with the state of our circulation and cur-
rency; of our agriculture and manufactures; of our internal
and external commerce ; and, above all, with the condition
and reward Of the industrious did'labouring classes of-out
community.
" On all these particulars, as thev.respect this question, we
think that Parliament is almost wholly uninformed ; on all we
see Temion -for the utmost anxiety and. alarm-from the operation
of this law.
" Lastl7, Because if we could approve of the principle and
purpose of- this law, we'think that no'sufficienrfoundation has
been laid'for its details. 'The eViden.ce. before us, unsatis-
factory- and imperfect as it Ls, seems to us rather to disprove
than to support the propriety of die' high peke adopted as .the
standard of importation, and the fallacious mode by which that
price is .to be ascertained.
" A nd.on all these grounds we are anxious to record our dis-
sent frprn.a measure so precipitate in its course, and, as we fear,
so injurious in i:.s consequences. .•
(Signed) " AUGUSTUS FnEnr.utcx (Duke of Sussex), -
"1l ILL'AM NlsEa uxca ( Duke of Glouces'xr),
"
" WELLESLEY,. •
-" TOMLIN-GT.OK, •
" PUTTON (Marquis of Douglas),
• cites-NnosliuuxtUattAst,cc SIN 6, •
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Mr. WARD seconded the second Resolution. The great
evil that -appeared to be eipprehended from the introduction of .
foreign corn was the exporsation of the bullion of this country;
but of two evils he certainly thought tharthat-was the least It
was true, that for many years .they had not required foreign
grain, hat when once a bad harvest should come, the whole
:country would be takep byaueprise, and they would have no
immediate Melilla of remedying the defect; and •he was -sure
that -it would be-found better that a- little should be:imported
every year, than that thershould be overwhelmed by it at
once : and in the same manner they-could-better stfFortlie part
with their gold by degrees. .-For,man y years-corn had been
ported into this country-from Ireland; and' it :-had Dever been
feund that there. was any thing dangerous in the ;aeration of
the currency during those years ; and if no alteration took place
wken the:corn came from Ireland, why-should there' be any
when it came from -the coutitimt ? With regard to the ques.
tion itself, -he might be Allowed- to observe, -that great good
could never be expected without some evil being attached to it
i• but in his,ppinion Parliament was the competent authority-to
undertake that iovestigation, ,anil be had never known a time,
more fit than the present for taking it -up, =He was sure that
the persons...who:had signed ,the requisition had nottheleest det
sire to dictate to their fellow citizens, and he therefore hoped;
that ifthere west any -gentlemen present who- differed from the
general sentiments of the Meeting, -they would be manly
.enough to come forward, -and express thOse sentiments. • All
that the Committee wished was, that every persons real opinion
should be got at.— ( Hear, hear !) : -

The resolution was then carried von. con.
Mr. 501.1.1 r had great pleasure in proposing the third resolu.-
tion. lie was not at id of opinion that this country would lose
any of its hnilion by permitting.. the importation of foreign corn,
for he considered the consumption of ,English manufacture
abroad equal to.any importation of.grain that might take place,
and if the -policy were adopted of receiving that corn instead of •
employing as now an extra population on agricultimal labours,
tray would be. of service in carrying. on those manufactures
which were Ile source of the riches of England. •
Mr. H o DGlio n seconded the R esoluti on.
Ir. au NG was sorry to be obliged lo differ from tie obser-
rations that had fallen from the proposer.of the last Resolu- •
Lion ; he had either proved too much, or had proved nothing
at all. If the importation -of foreign corn, in case the restric-
tions • were taken off, was, to be so small that the exportation of
our manufactares was tb cover it, it certainly -was a question of
very little worth while: disturbing. the country-about.. But be
was ..rather of opinion that -the importation would be much
greater :than appeared -to .- be expected, -for the bullion • that
would be exported abroad would enable parties to increase their
growth of corn there, while in prOportion, that the-foreign zup-
i plies increased, the growth in this country will diminish, so•
that in the -.end the • effect would be that much of the laud of.

England -Would he left destitute of cultivation. :For his own
part he should much Piifer a large'agricultural labour too seeing
the manufactures of ttioeountry increase as much as seemed to
lie- desired, for hi •wah'contide.nt dial the agricult4rlsta in the:
Lour of clanger-YiVall3cptirte a touch hettee source of defence,
than any thing that could be brought up by machinery.-_•;.
(hi ear !)—ln. proportion as -the manufactures of the e9untry in,-
creased, in the same proportion increased the debility and vice
of. the nation.--(.N0,-0,!)—.1.t was not his intention to cast im-
putatiOni On any p.artkUlat class Of satiety, but when he con:
twisted agriculture wit manufactures, he could not for a mo-
ment hesitate to which to give the preference.
Mr. Alderman. WAITIIMAN. would:not have risen on. the
present occasion, but it): what had fallen from the Gentleman
who had jo.,t sat down, with whom he certainly -should agree
in his-conclusions if he could at all come to the same apprehen-
elena
that.he entertained with respect to, the result of the Corn
Laws being removed. As, it was, he agreed with him in one
particular, that no boa.y of men were more entitled to atten-
tion than the agriculturists, and if the -question were to. turn
on that point, he should certainly be very worry to support any
thing that he thought likely to diminish their claims • but as he
viewed the question, othing of that sort could possibly happen.
—(hear')—On the present occasion he wits glad to see the
•qucstion of the Corn IraWb brought forward in so able a man-
ner, for it was within his recollection, that in the year 1815,
hardly any individual could be induced to undertake it ; he had,
on that occasion, had some communication with Parliament re-
.f..itive to the question, but though it was acknowledged that
the maxims he Went upon were right, it was argued that as
there were alread7 restrictions on the manufacturing portion
of the country, so it was but just to place similar restrictions
'upon the agricultural part, that is to say,because one part of the
Constitution was wrong; instead of cerreeting it, it was deemed
more advisable to add another erroneous statute to the book,

that every thing might be Wrong together—.(Hear, hear !I
A t all events it seamed to be pretty generally allowed, that
whatever 'weight that argument might have had then, it was
now entirely dune away with, now that, as it were, a new order
of things was about to he established. It had been said that
the agricultural intererst ought to be protected ; he was of the
same opinioa, but at the same time he could not be unobser-
vant that the greater pazt of this burthens of the state fell upon
the trading part of the community, while-the agricultural por-
tion felt very little of them, for in proportion as taxation had
advanced, rents had vantinued in the same increasing ratio.
—(Hear, hear !)—With respect to commerce, there was no
one braitch of it, in which there had not been a fall of from
thirty to forty per cera., anti by this-fall of course the agricul-
turists were benefittedaso as to be enabled to live more cheaply.
The atteropt that had been made of late towards removing re-
strictions from trade, might be regarded as an approach from
wrong to right, yet even that could not be accomplished with-
out seine part of the population being sufferers through it.
some branches, it was proposed to take off from 60 to 10 per
cent., the whole of which was to fall-on the trading public ;
and yet, to their honour, not one attempt had been made by,
that body to embarraos hii Majesty's Ministers in such an ex- 1
pedient, but on all sides the justice of the principle was admit-
Nil,- awl on thase grounds 014 were content to be at first' the
sufferers—(Hear !)—There was no extra sacrifice asked of
tire Agricultural interest; all that was asked, was that there
shoultd be a fair march amongst ell the branches of the com-
munity in the same pia-a:Jess, and that all things should affect
all alike ; so that whateversacrifice there might be, the commer-
cial party was willing to share it with the agricultural, though,
in fact, after the first impetus, it would be no sacrifice at all.
His Majesty's Ministers had at length made a beginning in the
right way, and he hoped that they would steadily pursue it ;
indeed he could not possibly suppose that they would now stand
still, when so great an effort had been made, and suffer any re-
strictions still to remain on the commerce of the country ; that
would be the only way of acting unjustly, and that would be
the only case in which the commercial world, instead of ap-
proving, would have fair and just cause to complain. He was
glad to find that there were gentlemen present to watch them,
for, as most of the persons present were connected with trade,
without that watching they would, perhaps, have been in-
competent to perform the office of impartial judges. It was,
however, his firm conviction that although gentlemen might
somewhat vary in their opinion on the present question, Yet
the interest of the two great branches of the empire were
so closely blended, that they must be depressed or raised to-
gether, without the possibility of a separation. In the year
1815, he had taken an active part at the Mansion-house,
on on this very question, and in the course of a very
had obtained the signatures of 60,000 persons to a
presented to Parliament on this very subject.
He
trusted
or discre-
pancy was always open to conviction in case of any errori say,
that
ed that
pancy in his opinion ; but he could conscientious y
hare altered
after the lapse of nine years, he would wish to
he did not think that there was one word in that petition which
(Applause.) pesrtitistiorn to be
Mr. HanvEy thought, that if any hardship
were to be laid
on the agriculturists, it would at least be fair that they should
have some remuneration. Perhaps some alteration in the Corn
opinion that the present
Laws might bejuditious, but he was
time was by no means the proper p
the country had now gone on for six years w .
ithout any imports.
aorfiad for such alteration ;

tion. and, as far as he could see, was still able to 4Gi without ;
so that it would only be introducing discontent among a very
large portion of the community, and produce,, most probably,
such a . re-action as would throw a great portion of the agricul-
tural labourers out of employ. . •
9lr. Host E was likewise of opinion, that some remuneration
would be due to the al,-,-ricultifrists for the oraeres that,
they would be obliged to leave uncultivated, on the, introduc-
tionorforeign corn. He had read a pamphlet, written by Mr.,
Hiiskisson, in which it was asserted that four-fiftliiiiol'Our
nufactures were consumed at home. If this were true, was it
not foothill' to attack,by harrassing and distressing .idipornitions,•
the very men who assisted so much in the consumption, and
consequently in the enivuragemez t of tho,ie manufactures? The
letting in of foreign corn would be a premium to foreig,ticrs.,
founded on the destruction of the British fiirmer--(1Ielir, hear!)
-:-The--prenent,average price of corn was Os. •: -. 7 -
/Ur. HALL-stated it to be tits.

HOME would still call it fi115.,.: for .11e. knave very', well'
how the average was made up—(laughter)—by the picking. Of
the whet; so thatin fkrthe average wesnot above (iifs.'tO
grower. -Since the American war taxation had increased 34a.
per cent.. while the price of corn had only advanced ti per'cen't.
this surely did not look. like exhorbitarice or.unfairness in the'
farmer. The Worthy Alderman had stated that ManufactUres
had fallen 40- per .cent. ;• that was very true,-•bathen,• on she:
otherhand, the raw material had fallen in a similar proportion.
Agiictilture likewise wat subject to many expencei-frOnt-which-
manufacture was exempted; take the tithes for instance,. which
alone were ten millions per annum another instance was -the
repairing tile highways, the advantage of which themanufac-
turer reaped, while the agriculturist paid for it to the amount
of two-millions per annum to which might be.added anim-
portant fact,that the fanner did not s! end less every year than
-10 t) Millions on the.manufaetures of his own country. •

Mr. LW:I.En WHITTLE, HARVEY could not help feeling,
a-little surprised at the sweeping anathema which aheetieree
tleman µito had just . sat down had ..been pleased to pase.
against the commerce of the-country, the only way to support
whicholiat he.could discover, would bato pronounce all plenty;
and all the blessings of plenty an evil. It was like Wise a pity
that in so general -a meeting as .the present, etnall.and minnte.
details should be discussed, which would be mock better rk.,
served for' the -ICOmmittee ; for though-meet:of the fletitlereen
present might very likely agree in the abstraet principle bf the
thing, yet he hail no doubt, if they were to-conic to alisthee
tireineans•hy rvhicii the reformation should be brought about,
therearotild be as Many -plans proposed asehere were peelems
present.--(Bear, hear I )—The inconvenience, .then, that arose
from .starting and discussing MI6-points Was, he trusted; tirade
apparent • more :especially that of. raising. ra censurable
.dis.
tinction between the agricultural "and the trading interests'-
between which these was really ,no distinction, for what .was
prejudicial to the one, was prejudicial to the. other. It ap-
peared to him, that in the arguments that had just been oheti,
policy was more palpable- than justice.; for by those arguments
it was proposed to benefit but one class of, persons—the letided
interest—(Hear,"hear !)---a class that-wished only for the ad-
vantage of the farmers, inasmuch as their own interests were in
a great measure included in those- of the occupier, and whose
case it:was as soon as this or any other disagreeable subject:was
started to raise a lou,houtcryabout-the- prejudice to the ageicule
!tural interest, by Witieh means they succeeded most adroitly in
diverting the attention of the-public and the legislature, always
Making a line •speechaboutlooking at their tenants, for whom
they of course. sympathized in a+:inconceivable degree.—(A
laugh.)—lt had been said, that before any- alteration ought to
take place in the Corn Laws, it'was incumbene'eti ahew that the
price of corn was already too high. NO such -thing was neces.:
wary in-hheopinion : it was quite enough to-know neat the corn
of England must be too dear, as-long as they found that it was
to be got cheaper elsewherehee(Bear, hear!)--Something, too,
had been said -about-the poor, as if that wentat all to the agri.
• cultural osiside of the question : it happened to.lietoo *ell known
a fact that ,the poor rates of this -.country had been at their
highest, when the.-corn had bead at the highest. Besides,-it
-was clear, that if alioor person could only afford to buy bread
now, if corn were to become cheaper, to his former diet he
would be able to .-add 'meat - and, other :necessaries.--( Hear,
hear 1)-The lust-complaints of which lie -should take notice
was, that if -foreign corirwas introduced, the .'English farmer
would be obliged. to leave his landlying uncultivated—just as if
the earth .admitted of no -tillage-but that of corn ! What, he
would ask, had become of all thefamous Sussex butter ? Whi-
ther had those noted dairies.vanieflued? Where -was the rosy
dairy maids -gone that it used to be a pleasure to look at ?
(A, laugh.)—Why they had all disappeared, because the farmer
-had discovered that they could make more money by sewing his
-lands with corn ; but let them be undersold in that article, and
all the nice dairies would return; for a farmer was a little too
keen scented I:Ct.to know his own .Interest.—(.Laughter end
applause.)
The •Reeoluiion was then carried.
-Mr. CRAWFORD then begged leave to move a Resolution,
eathich• seemed -to be so naturally the:-sequaent of.all that had
them done, that he was sure even the worthy Elector for Col-
chester would -not• object to it. The proposed ReilolutioneStated.
ehat the revision of the Corn Laws, and the repeal of so much
ai- related -to the periodical prices, • -Wag highly expediento-e
Vide advertiscnufnt.)
Mr. Aldennan THOMPSON said, he should slot trespaiHs on
the attention of the meeting at thislate period, of the-day, after
the subject had been so fully and adequately discussed, did he
not feel it his duty, to express his opinion of the impolicy of
the existing Corn haws, and the at,solutc necessity of their
alteration. The meeting had been told -by sante gentlemen'
from -Essex, from Salop, and other agricultural. districts, that
any attention in the Corn Caws would ruin their interests ; but
they had not produced arty argument to chew that such a la-
mentable result would follow. - The worthy Alderman believed
those gentlemen were not exactly qualified to deliver their dpi-
nions in a Meeting such as this was, of the merchants, bankers,
and traders of the metropolis;- but they had done so in a manly
way, and he was glad that-they had not been objected to. Mr.
Harvey had. said, that the present: system was subject to
abase, but he did not hear from him any thing in its praise.
It must be evident to every.gentieman present; that the abuses
which existed called loudly for an alteration, of the Corn Laws.
It was impossible the landlord ehould know what rent he is to
get in :case of an - alteration ; because, in the short peried'of-
ehree years, an alteration of 50 percent. had taken place in the
price of corn ; and it was now upwards of 69-shillings. He'
should therefore say, it must be an advantage to the agricul-
turist to hare it reduced.. The urc'ent time was, in his estima-
tion, the best period for the alteration, notwithstanding what,
had been" said as to an accumulation of grain in foreign ports.
Moreover, he woald . say, that another beneficial effect would
arise frgni the alteration, namely, -that as other nations had
-Thilotred us- our erroneous principles, a priori, they would'
follow cur. better example. He concluded by proposing an-
other Resolution.
Mr. BARCLAY, in.moving that these Resolutions be embo.
died in the form of Petitions to both Houses of Parliament,
said, that he was one of those Members in the House of Cent..,
tetona,' in the year 1815, who, day after day, and hem after
hour, advoCated- the present question. Sonic fietalemen hair
said that this was not the time to prom this petition ; but he.
begged leave to say it was the most proper of all times, hecauie
agriculture was now in a flourishing condition, not from the
effects of the Corn Bill, but because it partook of the general
presptrity of the country. He lived in a great corn country,.
and knew it was the desire of many of the principal land;
owners and farmers, that there should be an. alteration- in the.
Corn Laws t for they were convinced that they were suffering
as much as any one by the present system. • lie thought that:
the farmer oaght to have such a..protecting duty as would fairly
allow him to cultivate his land ; but that duty mi4ht be reduced
year after year, and the 'agriculturist would be enabled then to
p/ h,anid "argument
not'enrh • been
e"t o
bear his pare of the public burthens, .
Alroltoor.itT Gnash'-, in seconding the last proposed Rm .;
lotion,- begged to observe, that there was one great advantage
•to be derived from'th
adverted- to, namely,. the immediate diminution of that naneeal
cancer to the country, the Poor. Laws.
Mr. HoLafE was
icerrwocoeed proposed alteration,
to address w
ah nice
the meeting, when he was called to order. .
It was then.moved, seconded, and carried unanimously, that
the Resolutions be printed in the usual Morning and Evenint,
Paper. • .
Mr.s A. je, Tel omsoer said he had a Resolution to propose,
to which lie anticipated bOt little oleiection, frOm the unanimity.
which already prevailed. Before proceeding to-state it, he could
not help expressing the pleasure which he felt at witnessing that'-
unanimity, and also at the conclusion to which the eeting ' had
come, after hearing the arguments on both sides. He trusted'
that this day's proceedings would carry with them great weight,
and the gratitude which they owed to the
mainly instrumental in giving
them the opportunity of express,:
teg their opinions, should he in proportion. That Gentleman
was Mr. Hall, whose merit it
was so well known, that was onlynecessary to mention his name.—(App au. e 1 s.) —He concluded
by proposing him a vote of thanks
Mr. HALL returned thanks, , stating tha
it he was not prepar-
ed to expect so enviable a reward
as this for the- humbleservices H
which he had been able to render upon this occasion, • He could
only say, that this was not first time •I to
the
Make himself useful, and Ile hoped it b the
would not e le last.—
He was ever ready, and he hoped that when he might be made,
.
useful, they would always , .
call upon him.—(Applauee.)e
Mr. RICHARDS moved thanks Lord Mayor, for his
to the
readiness in conveningd the meeting, and'for his e con-
duct in the Chair. •
- Mr. Alderman VENAnLts seconded the motion, -Which was
put and carried by-acclamation.
The Lon]) M
On returned thanks for the honour thus con-
ferred on himand , expressed his readiness to' comply, on all
occasions, with the • • tins les of his fellow-citizens.—The meeting
then " broke uer. • • '•

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MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK.
1;:,: or N
Monday, April 18, isasnoN. No:,. 1,8, 14, 15,
284, 293, 308.
COLV4TRY. Nos. 20, 72, 102, 219, 311,
308, 423, 509, 510, 521'
Tuesday, 22, 104,

. 533..
19, LoSiVix. Nos. 33, 42, 266, 281,
Cods-ntr. Nos. 127, 151, 167, li"
. 184, 199, 385, 532, 5"
551.
Nyednesday, ---:20, LONDON. Grand
~iteward's
• • • . Nos. 36, 56, 91, 92, itr"
225, 296, 321.
CO.UNTItY• Nov._9s, 105. 124, 146'
207, 229, 339, 342, 465,
4130, 4871- 529, 581, 678,
711. • - q•l3.
Nos. 65, 152, 274, ',)`
House Corn. Few- °'^".
at 11. •
CousTnx. Nos. 113, 171, 288,
. 451, 453, 466, 469, -511'
561.
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Thursday, —.--. 21,`•LoNnoN.

rictny,

Saturday,

--- 22, LONDON.
/I V. No, 283.
23,
Cov z.ricr%'

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On Easter Monday the Dap. Prov Grand Master, Brothel
2. S. ATCHESON, L q., -trended by the Prov. Grand 'VC ar•
-A. • •.
dens, Prov. Grand Chaplain; alai • the Prov. Grand Registrar'
Treasurer, and Secretary,- and_ several other Brethren, Cisitet,
the Lodge of (Economy, „No. YII., in 'Winchester, and frt°
thence proceeded to visit the following Lodges in the Wes,terj
Division of this Province, viz.:-

No. 713, Lodge of Peare.and Harmony, Ramsey TuesileY'
No. 214, Lodge of Unity, Ringwood, - wednesde*
No. 330, Lodge of Hengist, Chi:lstchurch 'f
No. 602, New Forest Lodge, Lymington . Friday-.
Although it is many years since the Prov. Grand Mesta.
his Deputy visited the Lodges in this-part of the Province, we'
uhderstand that the efficiency of the Officers in general, andtb4)
regularity of theirmode of working, received upon this ()co
the approbation of the Deputy Prot% Grand .Master, Iv"
pressed himself highly satisfied with the state in which helot'te
them, and with the cordiality "and fraternal union which sr
peered to subsist between the Members of the Western lindgl:
On Saturday the Dei. Prof:"Grand Master, and the Braila
try` whom he was accompanied, upon their, return, attended 11?;
invitation a meeting of the Phenix Lodge, .No. 484, at thepli
rooms in the High street; Portsmouth,where they were recoil'',
by the Menibers of that highly respectable. Lodge with 01*
demonstration of fraternal attachment and esteem, and nftet.
wattls entertained, with its accustomed hospitality, at an le'
• gant, --and sumptuous WhitsUn-tveek, the .9:1
Pro.-Grand Master,- it is said, -intends- visiting the sevc
Lodges in the Eastern Division of the Province.

The Provincial Graiid -1,-,xlee foYORKSHIRE r the West Riding of °rk'
cdsi
shire was held at the Fiat Sh 11 Wedlle-
e , on .-
sennight, and was attended by the following Grand Office°. ;
her
Lord Viscount -Politrigton, Provincial Grand Master;
.-Carr,•Esq. Deputy 'ProvinCial G. ilf. ; -Charles. WlliteleY,
Provincial -Grand 'Senior Warden ; Joseph Smith, Ellq.
„DO,
vingial Grand Junior Warden • J Naylor
and other Grand Officers. The Grand Lodge. was coo
eleven o'clock, in due form, and with soldinn .prayer' n
int.,
. •
Twlutir, the necessary m linesps of the district was eritere. .43
,ACtOraitig us=l custom, and the -Grand Officers aPPOit'" e
o'er
rorA 511 cuing ylare A numl4.l of appropriate lecturcis
giver;; and at f alt O'clock, the Grand Ltalge was cl_,c'e.lor;
harlineny, by the 4ciating Chaplain Abe Rey, Brother .1101
The'llrethren then attended at the Tontine Inn, and Par`
a most suMptuous dinner, provided by Mr. Lambert, -012'0ew
made the best arr. giveangement to satisfaction to the 133? tiii
body', and which .bespoke the talent' of the-chief officer %rt.&
.kitchen. The Provin;ial Grand Master presided, SuPP the
by' grand- Officcrs; On the removal of the. cloth,
P. G.. 31. gave— aOrl
The King, our illtistrious-patrcia.` (Drank with-the 1,9
of l`ilasonry.) , the
Vhe Grand llEster of England, his ROyal'ilii.,,hn,'—
g
DukL. of Sus Sex.
The Duke of York, and all the Royal brotherhood. ockr
The. D.' P. G. M. rose, and, in very neat terrns,"Prq
- The health,of the M. Lord Viscount Pollington ; tinue
Was 'drank -wlth tOthusiasm and applause, which 099
some time. •-•
The P. G. M. made his acknowledgnieng at soMe'lglio;4
•

his nsual felicitous manner, observing; thatnever fg4- *of
happy than whan honoured with the approbation ;
brethern.

• The D. G. 14, Robert Carr Esq.
The O. s. W Sir WiMath Cooke, Bart.
- Tbe, J. W. J. Smithy, Esq.
'!'he Offiers of the West Riding PrOvincial'Grand I)3c3Clt'
.kyariety.af-toasts,-Szc. were give 4 by the Honourably
man, who, a4.lrpirably sustained the spirit of the Illeetingoel
the 'eeiurse, of 4itifterrioon, several excellent hrasonic
sung, Ivhich contributed to harmony and brothel-1Y I°`iiiierPti,
the time' v.'n.9 spent. throughout with that ordir and 41t.' effr„,l
wbiel,t have ever charactensed.the meetings of this anti" t 9
'hononrable fraterriity.Ainongst the number of sentiv--"
toasts werO'he follewiPf; • ' ' 5
All the regular constructed Lodges throughout the
~yoor
• direetirig tit eit enErgies to the general good,an d nay their
be rewarded by the general approbation of tile brethren. pelv,e,
May virtue erct.dirtetOur actions, withect oti
resp bari
—justice., ta them with whom.we deal—mercx an'
"to an inaeSiild'' • (Aber by
_ May the brethren, of this Lodge be united to. ope ?Pr
se'
the bonias of love. " •• .ae9
Our.Order,-Whiclf;Jeyelling the distinction, that divii sect
ciety, the virtuous of every country, religion, and
'atie-affectionnte ieiiFgoeial, community. ..:"
•

NATIONAL' SOClETY.—`Yesterday the .6lepe
„Corninittee-orthe Na:tioriat Society for e F,stie
-cation- of the Poor in the Prineiple:cof the Mar'
41iOlg(1: gum*
_held. their. Meeting at St',. ,
tin's Vestry- Room. Present--
*Afehbishop-ofCarrteilmiry , 1/Ord Kenyonßatt'
Arehl,sishop•of Poi!; Sir James Langhari.,..
London'n. Archdeaco Cambr;dg,
,Dislittprof Worcester Archdeacon, Watson
Bishop of Exeter Rev. Dr. D'Oy'Y • d
1118N13-.of-Giottee-stet And other Ab...lThbers.„ci
,Eleven STesh.Schools..were united to the `'o;ato'
tiid twelve grants of money were' Made t°o/, fot
hui dilig gehool-roores a:matigsi others, S°o/, for
the: populouS' town :of Stockport, and to
the ,Parish of „Ne2vingtoti Butts, and
Weyntouth.

•DnEAn FUL Dr.—Last night, betweel',4c'o
and ten o'clock, a young lady, „„,,d Faivorl
oTNRIETTA 11 LA RDSON, daughter of age"tief SC'
_ Icconsiderable optilence in the parish „, she
e,-Old-street, left her lover, with
' Shop
ha4(l been taking a walk, ;Ina' went into ai 511 e
alll purchased a sileet of paper, on whic 'doff
1, vrote her name and address, put it in her Pe°„,inel
i nd•then proceeded"to the bridge over the pit°
of the Regent's Canal, and threw herself bLIV
i
lyater. She was picked up immediate,".:tres9
ife was extinct. Nothing can equat the her
lti
Calamity has caused in the mill° °I
family.