The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-27 00:00:00

TZIEJITILICAL.

A grand new Ballet Pantomime under the title a
" Trans of Iceland," is about to be brought out at Covent
Garden.

C OUR T -rassiorrAnzE.
The Marchioness of Westmeath has left town for
Lowther Castle.

MISCELLANEOUS.
The Countess of Pembroke, sister to Sir Philip
Sydney, and the fuirest star of Elizabeth's Court, died in
1621, at her house in Aldersgate-street, London, on the
25th day of this month. She composed part of the,
." Arcadia" with her brother, and translated the Psalms
into metre. Ben Jonson's beautiful epitaph upon this
illustrious lady is well known.
Saturday was the anniversary of the death of the
famous Greek Professor Porson, who died in 1808.
Donegal was visited on Sunday last by a dreadful
thunder-storm, such as was never witnessed by the oldest
inhabitant.

Mr. Villiers paired off on Friday evening with Mr.
Miles on both clauses of the Administration of Justice Bill.
On Wednesday next Tallis's celebrated service will be
performed, both in the morning and afternoon, at West-
minster Abbey. Talks was a celebrated musician, who
was born in 1520, and died in 1585.
A noble specimen of the antelope trite arrived in the
river a few days since, as a present from the Paths of
Egypt to Alderman Harmer. The animal has been since
removed to Ingress Abbey, the Alderman's seat, near
Gravesend.

London Bridge is to be repaved with stones of Aber-
deen granite, not exceeding three inches in width, and
laid in parallel lines. The bridgei in consequence, will
be closed for a short time. This mode of pavement was
adopted at Blackfriars Bridge when it was repaired, and
has been completely successful.
Owing to great distress and want of employment for
operatives, the poor rates in Bradford will amount at
present to 15s. in the pound on rack rent.
The Advertiser says—" Horace Twiss, on being told
that the workmen en:ployed at the new Houses of
Parliament struck last week, declared that he would
follow their example unless Bob raised his wages."—Sir
Robert Peel will never think of raising the wages of
such an inefficient political journeyman as Horace Twiss.
By the bye, it may not be generally known that, about
five and twenty years ago, this gentleman's tragedy of
the Carib Chief was played as a comedy at Drury-lane,
where it deservedly excited as much laughter as Mr.
Peter Borthwick's performance of Othello at the Surrey.
An inquest was held last week at Brill, in Bucking-
hamshire, on the body of a child who died from the in-
cautious use of an opiate.—We have not yet heard that
any one has died from the " incautious use " of Sir J.
Graham's pamphlet on the Corn-laws, though we are in
daily expectation of hearing of such a calamity.
A Correspondent in the Morning Post, in some re-
marks on our Contemporary's "Proposed Order of
Poetry," asserts that " poetry is, to a certain degree in-
spiration."—This may have been the case formerly, but
in nine out of ten instances, modern poetry is nothing
more than wind—the result of an empty stomach acting
on an addled brain.

There is in the possession of Mr. J. Fitze, sadler, of
Exeter, a candle, which was taken up from the Royal
George, off Spithead; it is in good preservation, after
being under water fifty-eight years.
The barometer has been very low for some days, and
is still declining. On Friday night and and Saturday
morning we had very heavy falls of rain, with gusts of
wind, announcing the commencement of the equinoctial
gales.

RITAXOTTUS OP THE DAY.
Lord Stanley stated at Lancaster, that in one year a
single Russian province sent down thirty-eight million
quarters of wheat to St. retersburgh, and a corres-
pondent of a morning paper, not to be outdone. by his
Lordship, asserts with equal title to belief, that the
whole of this enormous quantity was shipped for Eng-
land, but never more was heard of.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert,
and the Royal Household, attended Divine Service this
morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The vene-
rable Archdeacon WilberfUrce officiated as his Royal
Highness's Chaplain, and preached a sermon from the
14th verse of the 7th chapter of the Gospel according to
St. Luke.

Yesterday her Majesty and the Prince enjoyed their
usual Morning ride, and the Princess Royal was taken
her accustomed airing. In the afternoon her Majesty
and Prince Albert went out in a pony phaeton, his R vat
Highness driving, attended by the Royal Suite.
His Excellency Chekib Ettendi and Secretary left the
Castle, as did also the Earl of Aberdeen.
The Rev. Archdeacon Wilberforce arrived on a visit
to her Majesty.
The Hon. and Rev. R. B. and Mrs. Stopford and Sir
James Clark, who arrived in the course of the afternoon,
had the honour-of dining with her Majesty yesterday
evening.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended
by Colonel Jones, arrived in town on Saturday, from his
residence at Kew. His Royal Highness returned to
Kew in the afternoon.

The Earl of Aberdeen returned to town on Saturday,
from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle.
Viscount Sandon and. Sir Duncan 11.1`Dougal had in-
terviews with Lord Stanley on Saturday, at the Colonial-
office.

His Excellency Chekib Effendi, the Turkish Arnim-
sador, arrived in town on Saturday, from a visit to her
Majesty at Windsor Castle.
Sir Robert Peel gave a grand dinner on Saturday, at
his residence in Whitehall-gardens, to a party of the
Foreign Ministers, including M. Van de Weyer, the
Belgian Minister, Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister;
Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister, Count Pollon,
the Sardinian Minister, Baron do Moncorvo, the Portu-
guese Minister, Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister,
Count Keilmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister, M. de
Hugel, the Wurtemberg Minister, M. Tricoupi, the
Grecian Minister, Baron de Nieumann, on a special
mission from Austria, Chevalier Bunsen, on a special
mission from Prussia, Count Bille Brahe, Danish Charge
d'Affaires, and the Baron de Bourquency. There
were present to meet their Excellencies the Duke of
Wellington, the Earl of Aberdeen, and the Right Hon.
Sir Charles Bagot. Lady Peel .had afterwards an even-
ing party, which was numerously attended by the No-
bility and Gentry, and also by the Members of the Fo-
reign Corps Diplomatique.
DeSpatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of the Mauritius.
The Right Hon. F. D. T. and the Lady Arabella
Baring arrived in town on Saturday morning from the
Continent. In the afternoon the Right Hon. Gentle-
man and Lady Arabella left town for Stratton Park,
Hants.

LITERATURE.
COUNT CLERMONT. A Tragedy.
Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1841.
In this volume we have, besides " Count Cler-
mont," another tragedy, entitled " Caius
To-
ranius," and several miscellaneous poems, which
we must co-ifess we prefer to the tragedies, for
there is more nature and simplicity about them,.
and certainly more true poetic sensibility. There
are one or two impressive scenes in " Count
Clermont;" but, as a whole, the play is far from
being well constructed ; the action, too, is lan-
guid in places, and the chief personages seem
more disposed to sayings than doings. Mr. Bell,
the author, is, we fear, but _indifferently fur-
nished with the dramatic faculty ; as a poet,
however, his talents are far above mediocrity,
and we may say of his translations from Horace
that they are among the best we have seen. ,

CANADIAN SCENERY: Part XIX.
Virtue, London, 1841.
The letter-press portion of this work is very
poorly
*written, but the pictorial illustrations are
invariably good; and in the present Part, which
contains upwards of four, there is a View on the
Banks of the Ottawa River, which is as cheerful
andpicturesque as could be desired, and reminds
us of a sketch we have seen of the lower portion
of the Lake of Windermere.

CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE. Part I
Moxon, London, 1841.
To criticise a work like the " Curiosities of
Literature," which has been nearly half a
cen-
tury before the public, and gone through up-
wards of eleven editions, would be a mere waste
of time ; we shall therefore content ourselves
with the expression of a hope that the present
monthly republication of the work in Parts may
be successful, for it deserves to be so, being
brought out with great taste, and in a very con-
venient form.

cUA3NIBItuVriGEE,UsSLIT.T2SY,
118N4LT—EHyLacLintihGKEimN.auC, EEs.q.,
Scholar of King's College, in this University, was yesterday
admitted Fellow of that Society.
Rev. John Stock, M.A., of St. Joht's College, in this
fieh, Ex
University,lsse, has been preferred to the Vicarage of Finching-
void by the death of the Rev. J. Westerman ;
patron, John Stock, Esq.
Rev. Joseph Ditcher, M.A., late of Queen's College, in
this University, Official of the Archdeacon of Wells, late
Principal Surrogate of the Diocese, and Judge of the Consis-
torial Episcopal Court of the Diocese of Bath and Wells, has
been preferred to the Vicarage of South Brent, Somersetshire;
patron the Archdeacon of 'Wells.
Rev. Olmius E. Morgan, 8.A., of Trinity College, in this
University, has been appointed Domestic Chaplain to the
Countess of Carhampton.
The Earl of Gainsborough has appointed the Rev. John
Finley, M.A., of Trinity College, in this University, and
Vicar of Studley, Warwickshire, one of his Lordship's Chaplains

,
Among the new and accepted pieces in the
hands, of Mr. Maeready, we understand is one of great into.
rest, written by Mr. James Haynes, so well known as a dra,
matist.

7:54,?.14effr.14,,,,

ORNING SU N

I COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.,
I Decidedly the best comedy that has been brought out
of late years, was produced on Saturday.evening at this
theatre, under the title of What Will the World Say t It
is from the prolific pen of Mr. Mark Lemon, who, having
long been favourably known to the public as a writer of
smart and. pleasant farces, has in the present instance
taken a higher flight, and produced a regular five act
comedy. And n comedy it is, in the proper meaning of
the word—not a mere five act farce, usurping a title to
whieli it-is has no legitimate right. The progress of the
piece is as• follows :—Mr. Pye .Hilary (Mr. Charles
Mathews), a young barrister, has seen Marian Mayley
(Mrs. Walter Lacer) at the opera, and fallen desperately
injove with her. lie takes advantage of the night being
we to voluntc.er his services to procure a coach for her-
self and her guardian Mr. Warner (Mr. Bentley), and
by this means discovers her residence, and learns that she
is an orphan and heiress. He opens a communication
with Tattle (Mrs. Orgcr), her maid, and is waiting in the
park for Tattle, when he is joined by Captain Scrope
Tarradiddle ('Mr. W. Farren), one of those non-
descripts who are to be met with in all public
places • where no charge is made for admission,
and a ho, although they are acquainted with everybody,
are known to nobody. He tries to shake off Tarradidche,
but cannot ; and, therefore, has nothing left for it but
to make him his confislant. Tarradiddle, on hearing that
the lady in question is an heiress, volunteers his services,
and they are shortly afterwards joined by Tattle, From
her they learn that her mistress has determined never to
marry any one but a nobleman ; and Tarradiddle, like a
Prime Minister, immediately raises Hilary to the Peerage,
by adtiressing him as my Lord, to Tattles great delight,
and to Hilary's great annoyance. Tattle proposes that
Hilary should take lodgings opposite to Warner's resi-
dence, and undertakes to bring Marian's pet canary over
to hint, and to say to her that it has escaped, when he
can restore-it in person, and thus get an introduction to
the family. This plan is agreed to, when they are in-
terrupted in their conference by the arrival of Mr. War-
ner and Marian Mayley. Tattle runs off, leasing the gen-
tlemen, who take seats on the opposite side of the walk.
Warner determines also to take a seat, to the great an-
noyance of Marian, who has perceived Hilary, and
fancies ' he will imagine that she is anxious to
throw herself in his way. At the same time, it
is evident that she likes him, and is burning with
curiosity to know who he is. Warner, who also has re-
cognized him, is desirous of speaking to him, but is re-
strained by Marian, while Tarradiddle, whois for open-
ing the attack upon Warner and his ward at once, is in
his turn restrained by Hilary, so that the meeting passes
off with merely an interchange of bows between Tarra-
diddle and Warner. Warner having seen his ward home,
proceeds to his counting-house in the city, where he
learns from Grub (Mr. Granby), his man of business,
that Lady Norwold (Mrs. Glover) has applied for an ad-
vance of money upon certain articles of jewellery, among
which is a bracelet, that Warner has long desired to get
into his possession. The advance of course is made.
Her ladyship, a personification of fashionable extrava-
gance, is the second wife:of Lord Norwold (Mr. Diddear),
whose son, Qharles Norwold (Mr. J. Vining), has mar-
ried clandestinely a young lady whom he introduces
into his father's family under the name of Miss de Vere,
as governess to the younger children. The marriage is
discovered, and they are both instantly expelled the
house. In the meanwhile, Hilary has taken lodgings
opposite
Warner's, and
.Tarradiddle, whom he cannot
shake off, has circulated throughout the neighbourhoods
repot t that he is a Lord in disguise. Tattle, who is his
earnest advocate with Marian assures him that such is the
case, and Hilary and Tarrididdle call with the bride.
Warner'returns while they are in the drawing-room with
Marian; and Tarradiddle, as usual, announces himself to
Warner, and introduces Hilary as his friend. Warner, as
soon as he hears his name, politely bows them out of the
house, sends Marian to her room, telling her that he
knows Tarradiddle to be little better than a swindler,
and, disinisses Tattle, whose intrigues he laascliacevered.
To ad.! to his perplexities, -he receives a letter, inform-
ing him that his sister, who was living in Paris, and
to whose care he had entrusted his only daughter, had
marrit d, and left his daughter under the care of her mil-
liner, whose house, however, his daughter had inurse-
diatef7.• left, and had entered into the service of . Lady
Norco :.!d, as governess to her children, under tie name
of Mis de Verc. On his way to his Lordship's house he
meets Hilary, who stops him, and insists upon his listen-
ing to his explanations ; and when Warner refuses to
hear him, and mentions the name of Tarradiddle, he ex-
plains that all he knows of that worthy is, that, having
met him at the Rainbow, Tarradiddle has stuck to him
ever since like the Old Man of the Sea. Warner still
appears incredulous, but promises to make inquiries ;
and then knocks at Lord Norwold's door, which is opened
by Nibble (Mr. Brindal), who grossly insults him.
Hilary, however, interferes, chastises Nibble into civi-
lity, and elicits from him all he knows of the fugitives.
At length he discovers that they have taken refuge in an
obscure lodging in the neighbourhood of Regent's park.
Hilary proceeds thither, and, on asking to see the
landlord of the house, is introduced to Tarradiddle, who,
wrapped up in a ragged dressing-gown, -is discovered
lying on a wretched sofa, while his wife is ironing.
Although a vain and foolish man, Tarradiddle has not
a bad heart, and having discovered that his lodgers are
in distress, he not only does not press them for their
rent, tut lie asks them to dine with him out of charity
when he happens to have a dinner. This kindness makes
his 'pence with Warner, who apologises to him for his
suspicions, which hid arisen from certain bill transac-
tions i:t which Tarradiddle had been engaged. Hilary
is of (N. urse introduced at Warner's as the accepted lover
of Marian, and Warner, sending for Lady Norwold,
forces her to become the advocate of . Young Norwold.
and his wife, by threatening to sell her jewels. Lor;.l
Norwurld is also scut 'for by her, and being shover, the
bracelet, for the possession of which 'Warner lysil been
so anxious, is asked if he remembers having in' his youth
occasioned the expulsion of his elder brot)ser
.from his
Sather's house, on the unjust charge of having Purloined
it. Struck with remorse, he ackur;vdedges his guilt,
and promises to receive his sou
and daughter-in
as the price of his secret hr:ol,--:-.
kept, when Warner
°., elder brother, who was
annouuces that he is du)
supposed to have died :II India, but at the same time
declarcs his intentio7,
of remaining Warner still, leaving
fashion
rank
-to his brother. The young couple, of
and
ed into favour; Hilary and Marian are
married;course, are rsceh.
and all ends happily. It will be perceived
from 'ne above account that this comedy has a double
plot, but the two plots are so artistically dovetailed
together, and in their. developments seem so mutually to
depend upon each
.other, that the feeling of unity, so
essential to the harmony of a play as a whole, is not
in the least disturbed. The dialogue throughout
sparklei with wit, and reminds one of the palmy days of
Sherkan. The cast was exceedingly strong. Charles
Mathews as Hilary, and Farren as Tarradiddle, acted
well up to each other ; not a point was lost, and
the scene in which Hilary finds Tarradiddle at
home, was first rate—the buoyant, triumphant, rat-
tling, smart, yet gos • -tempered jeering of Hilary, con-
trasteti admirably Tarradiddle's half shamefaced,
half impudent, eff. 'o escape from what he evidently
felt to be a most ittinoying situation. Tattle was just
the character to suit Mrs. Orger, and she made the most
of it ; while Mrs. Glover acted Lady Norwold, as she
does ( verything, in the most finished style of art.
What little there was to do in Marian was well per-
formed by Mrs. Walter Lacey, while Miss Cooper, in
the character .of 'Miss de Vere, was exquisitely pa-
thetic. This) oung lady is one of the most promising
actresses of the day, and bids fair to attain to a high
rank in her profession. Bartley made an excellent Mr.
Warner, and Brindal, as Nibble, was the very beau ideal
of a flunky. The scenery was beautiful, and the deco-
rations and appointments, as they always are at this
house, elegant, tasteful, and costly, The applause at.
Hopel
\re
elLngrw
the fall of the curtain was loud and long-continued,
in the midst of which Farren announced the piece Sim
will
lulgaitvee M
urs. Mark
liemany
every 1 evening
his next
eessveek.
more such comedies.es ' and
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for
SC
fo HEME,
viduals A Company of private indi
imitate ice, •
:a rmed r the purpose of making a composition to
to sirate on at any time of the year. It was in-
tended to talc,: the Horse Bazaar, in Baker-street, being the
largest st2.ace at present offering, to make a sort of Alpine
scenery with artificial ice ponds here and there to skate on ;
but at length a place opposite the Yorkshire Stingo has been:
fixed on. So earnest are the parties in the affair, that we un-
derstand a young lady is making a model of this intended Ely-
sium, assisted by a celebrated artist. The Skating Club
:we
have been informed, have seen the plan and very much.
ap-
prove i,f it, and intend to patronise it.—Biailtra, MaS,anne
MAGIs'
MP. GROVE, THE GREENWICH
used by TRATE.—In consequence of the insulting esPrem_i_wiLaring a
this gentleman towards the people of Ireland, on bearing aye ago,
charge against a 3oung man from that country some the Dr. Drury (who was present, and resented.theel
hare ~everally
fa-
ther of the young man committed at the le,Howe Depart-
ment, a petition to the Secretary h
We are re,-
DA.
Tiiii, NEW WORK ON CANA
.. The Canad as ,ill
quested to state that the new work entitled
ment, praying for an inquiry into Mr. for the
• C I Sir Richard nycastle, in 2 rms•
s. price 21s. bound, is
1841," by Lieut.- o .
illustreti"--ci ierlboroePla-
small evo., with map and 15
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of „reat It _..
published this day by Mr. C?li!,, I:ook„gers MT. Colb9ll
ndy, illustrative,
street, .nd may now be had of Ton' ,in Norma . .
has also just published " Ell': of that interesting Province
's conduct.
of the Society, the Scenery, _ ._
a The World in Miniatera,"
Frederic Shoberl, Esq., h
Forget-me-Not,author of
tic., in two vols. small fivo,„;
editor of " The
21s. bound.
ACCIDENT.—On
. foleross,
A'n.fient Travellrrs;
.elifed by
f°rep"oon
of France, from the Joni-nil
DREADFUL rliidfea!
c'eelrered at
Iran 11 . Dundy all I
en that, in the process of
.finis
, .g the rail.
Glasgow. It aPre A
nu Gla,gow Railway, a eirct,.,
ar saw is em-
for the Edinburghu
Dose of cutting off the roe
in the neighbourhoo!ll3:sf
gh ends, which
in front of this ma-
ployed
great ve ()city.
1 in question, Mr.
revolves
with
- contractor for finishing the rails , and Mr. M'Kenzie,
Clark, the contra
a distref:srintgheacpcnotilola,tte.
the manager.
in motion, when ttsid iron
it was
plate that guides
chine n tate
- lar saw, unfortunately gave. way, on which the saw
he eii cu .
t • ,siel with tremendous fo, ce and striking Mr. Clark
sprung for% .
of the works, were standivg
nearly clove his tsull in t wo. The
on the forehead,
unfortu-
natedied instantaneously. Mr. M`Kenz' •
man
ze received a
severe blow o
ne the breast amid. aim, whereby several of his
ribs were fracted; but we ;tre happy to learn that he is now
considered out of danger. One of the workmen, who was.
standing by at the time of the accident, was fortunate enough
to escape with a few slitllt bruises.-- Glasgow Paper.
DEATH OX AN OLD POLICE OFFICER.---
nd:efrNdTwoinThthlOoesnsdao:e . .
On Saturday .1. ohn Others, who for POLICE OFFICER...,.
ears has been
offine-kellier at Worship-street Police Court, died, übout six
o'clock, at the Police Court, Worship-street, after a pro-
tracted illness of several weeks. He Was suffering from a
aomplakt in the chest, for which, a few weeks ago. by per-
mission of the Magistrates, he resided a short time at the sea-
side. Pe was appointed to the 'situation through the interest
of Lord Siclmouth, in whose family he was a confidential do-
mestic. He was much respected, and was in his tixty-seventh
year.

Mr. Hartshorn, at the White Lion Inn, Sandi.
acre, ha, a large pig of 120 stone weight oc more, 141 b. to the
atone, he will match against sal pig in England, or will
matche him against the herby large pig, and give him twenty
stone, f,r any sum he thinks proper.—Nottiligham Review.

THE SLAVE TRADE -EXTRA-

ORDINARY EXPOSURES.

The following is a copy of the petition presented to the
House of Lords on Monday night by Lord Brougham:—
" TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS
SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL OF THE
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEM-
BLED.

" The humble Petition of the Committee of the Bri-
tish and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society.
" Showeth—That, whilst your petitioners sincerely
rejoice in the fact that the African slave trade has been
declared piracy by the Legislature of this country, and
that the law of the land denounces every British
subject directly or indirectly engaged therein as a
felon, and subjects him on conviction to the igno-
Thin;ous punishment of a felon, they deeply lament
that not a few of their opulent countrymen, occu-
pying influential positions in society as manufactur-
ers and merchants, as officers in her Majesty's army and
navy, and as civil functionaries, are well known to have
ken guilty of this flagrant crime, either personally or
by their agents, unawed by the fear of God or of man,
and that they still persist in the same, unaffected by the
cruel sufferings and degradation they inflict on humanity,
and uninfluenced by the requirements and denunciations
of law, whether human or divine.

" That your petitioners would call the attention of
your Right Hon. House to the fact, that there have been
formed, at different periods during the last fifteen years,
various Mining Companies in this country, with large
capitals at their disposal, who carry on their operations
in the empire of Brazil, or in the Spanish island of Cuba;
that their mines are worked principally by slaves -pur-
chased by the agents of these Companies; that the greater
part, if not the whole, of these victims of oppression have
been illicitly imported into these countries since the pe-
riod when such importations were declared contraband,
felonious, or piratical, and. as your petitioners are in-
formed and believe, still contrive to purchase newly-im-
ported Africans, to supply the wastes of mortality, or to
meet the other exigencies of their establishments.
That your petitioners lament to say that officers of
her Majesty's army and navy, as well as functionanes in
the civil service, have accepted engagements in connec-
tion with these Companies, and they are informed and
believe that such persons have been the agents employed
in the purchase of slaves on account of the same.
" That your petitioners call the attention of your
Right Honourable House to the fact, that banking com-
panies, with large funds at their disposal, have also been
formed in this country, and that they either have already
formed, or are in process of forming, branch establish-
ments in countries where the slave trade is carried on, or
where slavery in all its horrors still exists.
" That your petitioners grieve to say that there are
manufactured in this counrry, in enormous quantities, ar-
ticles which are known by the name of coast goods,'
which are emi,loyed exclusively in the African slave
trade in barter fur human beings, and that these form a
considerable branch of the export trade of this country to
Brazil and Cuba, and the western coast of Africa.
" That the consignees of British merchants and manu-
facturers, or branch houses of their establishments in
Brazil and Cuba, dispose of such goods to persons well
known as traffickers in human beings, and not unfre-
cpiently have, if not a direct, yet an indirect interest, by
conditional arrangements, in the guilty traffic itself ; and
that in all cases they vend such goods well knowing the
disgraceful and inhuman object to which they are to be
applied. _ _

-;"That your petitioners have grounds for knowing that
vessels have been buik in this country specially for the
slave trade, and they have reason to fear that many have
been covertly prepared for that nefarious traffic in Bri-
tish harbours.

Tlvlt your petitioners deeply regret to add, that Bri-
tish subjects have become the purchasers of estates in
Brazil and the Spanish colonies, which they work by
slaves, and which they have stocked, either wholly or in
part, with newly-imported Africans, thus giving the be-
nefit of their wealth, skill, and enterprise to the main-
tenance of these enormous evils.

" It will thus be. seen by your right Honourable House
that British subjects, instigated by the sordid love of
(rain, to the great dishonour of their country, and in de-
fiance of its laws, are either directly or indirectly among
the chief props and supports of the African slave trade ;
that they supply capital or the means of carrying it on
to a fearful extent, reckless of the miseries which they
inflict on the human race, the insult they offer to the
Most High, and of the evil example they set to others ;
that they obstruct the consummation of that great work
to which the Legislature, the Government, and the peo-
ple of this country have so nobly devoted themselves, and
to secure which they have spent millions of the national
treasure ; that they offer the chief impediment to a
peaceful, legitimate, and lucrative commerce with Africa;
that they prevent the civilisation and religious improve-
ment of its people, and render the expensive armaments
which are kept up on the coast of Africa, Cuba, and
Brazil. the means of increasing the horrors without di-
minishing the extent of the slave trade.

" Your petitioners, therefore, earnestly implore your
Right Honourable House either to extend the provisions
of the Act 5 Geo. IV., cap. 113, commonly called the
Consolidated Slave Trade Act of 1824, so as effectually
to prevent British subjects from holding and purchasing
of slaves in foreign countries, under any pretences what-
soever, and to bring to speedy and condign punishment
those of them who have hitherto violated with impunity
the existing laws ; or to appoint a Committee of your
Right Honourable House to inquire forthwith into the
facts alleged by your petitioners, whose duty it shall be
to report to your Right Honourable House such mea-
sures as may be deemed requisite to suppress effectually
the guilty practices referred to.
And your petitioners will ever pray, &c.
" JNO. WOODWARK, Chairman."

YOUNG AIENS' ANTI-MONOPOLY
ASSOCIATION, AIANCIIESTER.
This Associaion held its second monthly meeting on
Wednesday, the I:,th instant, in the Concert Rooms, at
theAthenwum; Mr. ii;,lward Ilerford in the Chair. The
room was well filled. 'l.;:e. subject of discussion
which was introduced by
was—
" Are the Corns-laws just ?"
Mr. J. P. Culverwell in a well-roa.:oned essay, of which
our space allows us to give only a mean, re outline.
The object of these meetings is, that ~he members of
the Association may prepare themselves to meet and
successfully combat any of the numerous sophistries
with which the supporters of monopoly attempt to shroud
the subject. Mr. Culverwell very appropriately chose
for the first discussion the simple question of the justice
or injustice of the food monopoly.
After some prefatory remarks, Mr. C. stated that the
avowed object of the Corn-laws was to secure the corn-
grower an artificially enhanced price ; that 80s. per
quarter was the price aimed at by the law of 1815, and
635. by that of 1828 ; this object to be attained by tax-
ing foreign corn so as to prohibit its admission, except at
famine prices. It follows, of course, that the Corn. laws
compel us to give more lab ti for our food. Suppose
that we now give Bd. for •ad which would other-
wise cost 6d., we are just •ectually robbed of 2d.
for each loaf that we buy a irt a ere taken from us by
a sharper. In the one case it is the law that takes the 2d.
from us ; in the other, the sharper. Now, if one of the
lawmakers had detected the sharper picking his
pocket, he would have lifted up his eyes to heaven in
pious abhorrence, wondering how be could be such a
villain, and would have had him committed to bridewell.
Yet how aptly might the sharper plead ! He could
say, " I wanted more money. lam too idle to work
to rob is easier. But, alas : lam not a lawmaker ! had
I been so, I could have robbed respectally ; I could have
passed a law to enrich myself, and with the proceeds
have built churches and prisons for the benefit of those
who rob by the ignoble industry of their hands instead of
by the invisible and ingenious machinery of a Corn-law."
That which on the small scale is called cheating, on the
large scale is designated statesmanship. " One murder
makes a villain ; millions a hero." These laws, being
unjust, must be maintained by physical force. just
and equitable laW requires no forest of bristling bayonets
to enfinaaeit. As a commercial' people, we have too
strong an interest in the security of property to oppose
any laws which guarantee the welfare of society. It 13
even doubtful whether force alone would be
Oleo .tual in
maintaining such enactments were their whole iniquity
apparent. If the bread of which we are defrauded were
openly taken from off our tables, the villainy would be
so palpable and insufferable that no Government would
dare to attempt it. But the assistance of frau is
into effect that which brute force alone dare not call
and a portion of our bread is taken from us byaft.rtelialuttiti;
lently raising its price, and thereby diminishingthe
quantity which is• can buy for a given amount of labour.
We have the best authority for saying that the Corn: jaws impose an amount of taxation more than equal to
the whole expense of Government ; and this, not for any
but for the exclusive benefit of the law-
n:l generalaking purpose,ct.;
ass.
But this enormous injustice is not the
worst. By the unequal operation of indirect taxation,
this burden is made to press heaviest where it can least
easily be borne. '
Rich and poor alike are bread-eaters •
but the poor man who spends a week bread out
• in
o
of 10s., pays or 10 per cent.
a weekly income
income tax ; while the aristocrat, with an income-of
200,0001. per annum, or 40d. per week, pays only 25.,
or less than three farthings per cent. upon his income.
Now, his fair proportion ought to be 401. per week, or
20,0001. a-year, to the robbery ; chestindeed, as he can
afford to pay in higher proportion, heshould be charged
more than this, especially as he probably will receive
.part back again in the form of increased rent, while the
Nor artisan receives nothing back ; on the contrary,
dira2nishing trade, his wages are lowered
and his in-co, b
my
dimin;:hed, as well as his expenditure increased.--"lnti-
Beead-ta„r Circular.
[Some al'scussion ensued for which we cannot find
room.—ED.

A BIG IiEGGAR-MAN.—During the last
month the houses and shops at Vesoul, in the Haute
Saone, were visited h v a man clothed in rags,
demanding
aim, ; but as he was not known in the town he obtained
t
small reliefs Finding th;s scheme fail him, he made his ap-
pearance again, a short time afterwards, in better attire, and
applied to printers, bookbinders, watchmakers, and other
tradesmen, for employment, taking care to go only to such as
he knew were not in want of ::ands. He met with the re-
fusal he expected, but at 'he same time made a considerable
collection of small pieces of money, given to him out of com-
miseration. At last he became suspected as an imposter, and
was arrested. On searching his person there was found, round
his body, alcathern girdle and bag, containing French and fo-
reign coins to the amount of 13,000 francs, and in his room,
at a small public house, a short distance from Vesoul, an excel-
lent wardrobe of
olothes, besides the ragged dress, in which
he first made his appearance. On being interrogated, he de-
clared himself to be a Hanoverian, named Sauermann, which
was proved by the discovery of a bond, from the town of Bo-
venden. for a sum equal to 3,200 f, which he had lent it.
Being committed as a fraudulent vagabond, Sauermann made
his appearnce, a few days
since, before the Correctional Tri-
bunal of Vesoul, in garmants so much at variance with the
offence of mendicity, of which he was accused, as to excite the
astonishment of the whole audience. He was condemned to
four ux)nths' imprisonment.

POLICE INTELLI6ENCE.
A/Assies-HousL.

Thomas .Horatia Sothers, who was a confideatial clerk
in die late firm of Messrs. Foster and Whistler, whole-
sale grocers in Fenchurch-street, was called upon to ap-
pear to undergo examination upon the charge of having
embezzled a large sum of money, the property of his em-
ployers, but did not answer, and a great deal of indigna-
tion was expressed upon the occasion by Mr. Foster, who
immediately applied that the recognizances of the defen-
dant should be estreated. The only charge which had
been gone into against the defendant upon his first ap-
pearance at the bar was the charge of having embezzled
the sum of 90L, which had been paid to him on account
of his employers by a retail grocer who dealt with them
for goods.
Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, appeared for the prosecu-
tion, and stated that he was ready to go fully into the
lease, but the defendant, for whom respectable bail had
been given, not having during the day made his ap-
pearance, the prosecutor was informed, upon applying fur
the estreat of the recognizances, that as a matter or
course the recognizances would be estreated in the Ex-
chequer. Mr. Foster immediately drew up a paper
offering a reward of 501. for the apprehension of Sothers.
Two men who are in the employment of Mr. Abraham
John Favenc, of Lower Thames-street, merchant, were
brought up.
James Street, City policeman, No. 535, Stated that he
took the prisoners into custody, having seen them at half-
past eight o'clock in possession of some bottles of wine
of which they could not give a satisfactory account.
Mr. Favenc stated that there could not be two more
honest hard-working men than the poor fellows at the
bar. In consequence of their good conduct he (Mr.
Favenc) had given between them and another man in his
employment the lees of wine which had remained at the
bottom of casks, and which might have filled eight or
nine bottles, as a sort of perquisite, to which he con-
sidered them well entitled. Some judgment might have
been formed of his astonishment then upon hearing that
they were locked up in the Compter upon suspicion of
having stolen the property. He immediately went to the
Compter and represented that the poor men were wholly
blameless, but he was informed that they coud not be
discharged until they should appear at the Mansion
House. He did not of course attempt to interfere with
the usual forms on occasions of accusation, but he made
a most particular request that the men should not be
dragged through the streets as criminals before the public.
Sir P. LAURIE—And of course nothing of the kind
was done ?—Mr. Favenc said, that notwithstanding his
most earnest remonstrance, the men were actually obliged
to walk handcuffed in the custody of the policeman,
through the streets. He begged to say that a more
heartless and unjust thing could not have been done.
Sir P. LAURIE—No doubt of it. It was cruel in the
extreme. Pray (to the policeman) who authorised you to
put handcuffs upon the men? Policeman No. 533—My
inspector ordered me.
Sir P. LAURIE—I have noticed that your inspector is
particuhrly fond of charges, and that he abounds in fri-
volous cases. This is really shocking, and cannot be too
strongly reprobated.
Mr. Hobler said that no doubt by-and-bye the police
would do everything they fancied to do, however tyran-
nical it might be. The power given to them was enor-
mous, and enormously abused; and it would be certainly
necessary for high authorities to interfere, to prevent re-
spectable people from being completely over-ridden.
Sir P. LAURIE in discharging the poor men, expressed
his sincre regret at the cruel treatment to which they
had been subjected, and told them that they left that bar
without the slightest imputation upon their characters.
An elderly man named Jefferies, who was extremely
well dressed, and said that he was captain in a veteran
battalion, and his son John, in shabby jacket and trou-
sers, were brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with
drunkenness. The scene in the Justice-room was a very
odd one.
The policeman who charged the defendants observed
them staggering along (the father before the son), fol-
lowed by a well-known thief, who was also drunk, but
whose professional instinct led him to what appeared
to be prey. At last the old gentleman tumbled down,
and the son, in the filial endeavour to raise him, also
fell, whereupon the thief, like a real friend, went to the
assistance of both, and had just put his hands into the
father's trousers' pockets, no doubt for the purpose of
raising him on his feet, when the policeman separated
them, and prevented the meditated service. The cap-
tain, who was unable to say anything but that he was a
distinguished soldier, was then helped to the station-
house. As for the son he was in so deplorable a con-
dition that the officers were obliged to procure a stretcher
upon which to convey him to the same place of comfort
and repose.
Inspector Brake declared that he had never seen per-
sons in a more helpless condition.
Captain Jefferies—No, no. Be aisy now. I wasn't
what you can call drunk. I was only corned.
The LORD MAYoR—Is that poor-looking young man
next to you your son, Sir ? Captain Jefferies—Oh,
faith, he is my own lawful true-born son, sure enough.
The LORD MAYOR—Don't you think you act in an un-
fatherly manner in not only getting drunk in his presence,
but in making him drunk ? Captain Jefferies—Oh,
my Lord, sure he wasn't a bit drunk. 'Twas only a fit
he had, and when he drinks ever so little he goes off just
as he did last night.
The LORD Me.voß—Why, then, should his father give
him that little? Captain Jefferies—Why, you see, my
Lord, I hadn't seen him for some time, and as I wish him
well, and would like to do him a service, we went, and
were talking over old times together, over a small drop
of whiskey and water.
Inspector Burke—l never saw any person in a more
mad state of drunkenness than the poor young man. We
had a great deal of trouble with him.
Captain Jefferies—That was all your own fault. If
you had left us to get up ourselves we could easily have
found our way home.
The LORD MAYOR—Your son lives with you, then?
Captain Jefferies—Oh! dear, no! I keep him at a proper
distance. I live at the house of a very respectable widow
near Peckham, and he lives.

What street is that you live in, Jack? The son—ln
Wentworth-street, father.

The LORD MAYOR—Wentworth• street ! Why that
i 5 a most infamous neighbourhood. How can you, a
captain in a veteran battalion, allow your son to live in
such a place ? Don't you know it is infested by thieves ?
Captain Jefferies—Oh, you are right, my Lord ; it is a
very bad street indeed, but what can the poor fellow do?
It's against my wish that he lives there ; but lam afraid
he has got no means. Have you, Jack ? The Son—
No, father ; you know I have nothing.
Captain Jefferies—Poor fellow ! No, my Lord, he
is not able to do as he may wish. lam sure I pity him.
—(Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR—You are in comfortable quarters
I dare say, Sir ? Captain Jefferies—No one more so, my
Lord. lam lodging with a respectable lady. This poor
boy has been in the ladies' shoemaking line. It was
against my wish that he went to such a low business,
and now he can't get work. Faith I don't know that he
knows his business. I live so far away from him that we
don't often see each other. Besides, I always keep my
children at a proper distance.—(Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR—They are evidently at a great
distance indeed.

Captain Jefferies—lt was but a few days ago I saw
another son of mine, as fine a young man as ever you
laid your two eyes upon, off to India. He listed in an
East India regiment, and, poor fellow, I took leave of
him with regret. I was against his listing, but he thought
it better than to be idle, and I don't think he had means
any more than this one has. Do you think he had,
Jack ? The Son—No, father. You knows he hasn't no
more nor me.—(Laughter.)
Captain Jefferies (shaking his head)--No, my Lord,
that's the fact, poor fellow, I am sure there's nobody feels
more for him than I do.

The LORD MAYOR-JI feel for you.—(Laughter.) I
hope you didn't make your other son as drunk as you
made this unfortunate young man ? Captain Jefferies
—Oh, dear no. Look at the difference between our
stations. lam an officer and have fonght fur my King
and country. He has just listed. We shook hands and
parted. I wish him well. Nobody wishes him better
I'll be bound, and I hope he'll prosper.
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, Captain, I must fine you
ss. for being drunk. Captain Jeffries—l hope not, my
Lord ; consider, I have had a very disagreeable night,
and all the money I have is five and sixpence halfpenny.
The LORD MAYOR—I must insist upon the payment
of the penalty ; indeed, under all the circumstances, I
ought to inflict a much heavier penalty.
Captain Jefferies—My Lord, I beg you will not
fine me ; I want that money to pay for a cab to take me
home to Peckham. I have served my King and coun-
try, my Lord, for many years, and I hope you will not
send me out of this without a farthing of silver in my
pocket.

The LORD MAYOR—The penalty must be paid, but
I'll tell you what I will do ; as you are a soldier, I will
make you a present of half a crown to pay fur the cab,
but you must take your son out of Wentworth-street.
Capt. Jefferies—l feel very grateful, my Lord (pick-
ing up and pocketing the half crown which his Lordship
threw to him, and going otiquickly) ; I shall never for-
get your kindness. Good bye, Jack.
The captain then quitted the room, and poor Jack
walked of no doubt to Wentworth-street.

GUILDHALL.
Mrs. Isabella Giblin was brought from the Court of
Requests, where she had in the presence of the Com-
missioners, slapped the face of George Yates, baker, of
Mansell-street, who had sued her for a debt.
It appeared that the complainant, a Quaker, had pro-
duced his book to the Commissioners to prove his debt,
and Mrs. Giblin had sufficient nerve to declare that she
believed he had not kept his accounts correctly. This
excited" the Quaker, who called her a prostitute, and
she then assaulted him as above stated.
When asked by the Alderman why he had used such
an expression, the Quaker said it was the " painful
truth," and he knew it because she had offered herself
to him several times. The Alderman remarked that the
mere offer did not make the woman a prostitute, and
Mr. Yates must be considered a very wonderful man to
be always able to withstand the importunities of a wo-
man ; she would have served bhn right if she had
scaratched his face. He dismissed the case.

It will be seen from our Old Bailey report that
the recognizanres of Mr. Bankes have been entreated. We
make no comment whatever on the case, for that is not vet
within our province. We mention a circumstance, however,
as having some reference to it. Mr. Bankes was arrested by a
constable Bennett, 88 A division. A few nights after Harte,
83, was on duty on the same spot, when a well-dressed per-
son commenced conversation with him. It soon became evi-
dent that this person mistook, in the imperfect light, 83 for 8.4.
This person questioned the policeman as to the amount of his
salary; and the result was that he offered the constable an
annuity of 501., and a present of sflol. down, if the constable
would accompany him next day to Doncaster. Harte reported
theth casetohis Superintendant, and we hear that subsequent
inquiries have borne out his report. The person who made
is infamous
Proposal is now known to the police, and known
also to us.—Observer.

RUN ON THE WEST OF ENGLAND

BANKS.

Several of our banks have experienced a sharp " run"
during the past week. ForemoA of the victims to this un-
pleasant operation were the Devon and Cornwall and the
Exeter banks. The former is a joint stock bank with a
large proprietary—consisting of above two hundred share-
holders, every one of whom is liable to the full amount
of all his property fur the debts of the bank—so that
there can be no reasonable apprehension entertained by
the holders of their notes. The panic was spread by
some mischievous persons at first, we are told, strangers
to this district, who excited the agriculterists of the
neighbourhood. But it was pretty well subdued on Mon-
day, in consequence of the prompt way in which the appli-
cations for gold were met. Tuesday was Crediton fair, and
the Devon and Cornwall has a branch in that town issu-
ing a very considerable number of its notes. The notes
are issued at Exeter, and re-issued at Crediton. The
farmers, hearing of the panic at Exeter, took their notes
to the branch, the manager of which refused to cash
them, telling them they must go to Exeter. A panic
ran through the town, and the note holders took horse,
and bolted for Exeter, where their fears were allayed
by the promptitude with which they obtained gold.
But for this blunder the panic would have subsided much
sooner than it did. In the meantime the proofs of con-
fidence in the bank by our citizens were highly Batter-
ing to the managers. Bills were posted in the principal
shop windows, stating that the parties took the notes
of all the Exeter banks, and lists of the shareholders were
distributed. The confidence of Messrs. Sanders' Exeter
bank was not shaken, though there was a considerable
demand upon their coffers. This is a private bank in
the hands of a family of great reputed wealth, and their
repute was very substantially borne out by the piles ofgold
which were spread out upon their counters. They met
the " run" with great tact, keeping piles of sove-
reigns in sight of all panic-stricken customers, whose
fears were greatly allayed the moment they saw the
gold. The bank kept open an hour later to meet all de-
mands—paying the interest notes, on which they might
have claimed twenty-four days' notice, immediately :hat
parties applied for payment. Yesterday was a quiet day
—public confidence being greatly reassured. The other
banks experienced the effects of the panic more or less
slightly. The West of England and South Wales Dis-
trict Branch parried the blow by referring to its annual
published list of Shareholders, upwards of 500 in num-
ber, with a "paid-up capital of 267,2871." It is re-
ported that the panic, which is thought to have arisen
out of the failure of the Totnes and Newton Banks, fol-
lowed by that of Hobhouse's Bank at Bath, is now
working its way to the westward. But we sincerely
hope that the public mind will be speedily satisfied, for
dreadful indeed will be the misery and suffering should
a wide-spread panic put a stop to trade and the employ.
ment of the working classes.—Exeter Times.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

At a Meeting of the Members of the National Associ-
ation, held at the Globe Tavern, Shoe-lane, Fleet-
street, on Tuesday, Sopternber 14th, and Wednes-
day, the 15'h, by adjournment, the following Address
was unanimously adopted :
TO THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RE-
FORMERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN—In addressing you on sub-
jects connected with your political rights and social
duties, we are no ways anxious to proclaim our actions
or our sacrifices in the cause of the people ; we merely
demand that justice for ourselves which we have suf-
fered to establish for others—the justice of being heard
patiently and judged of impartially.
Having been mainly instrumental in embodying in
the People's Charter those political principles which,
for a great number of years, were cherished by all true
Reformers, but which previously divided and distracted
them by being separately contended for, and many of
us having also suffered persecution and imprisonment
in defence of its principles, we thought ourselve, en-
titled, in common with others, to put forth our views
and opinions respecting the best means of causing that
measure to become the law of the land.
Conceiving that the past conduct of a number of
those who professed to subscribe to the just principles of
the Charter, was wanting in that integrity, honesty, and
justice which are necessary qualifications to secure the
co-operation of the wise and the confidence of the good ;
and believing that the falsehood, exaggetation, and vio-
lence of those who were active to scheme, but too
cowardly to act, had led to the sacrifice and incarcera-
tion of hundreds of victims, by which means our cause
had been retarded and defamed, we felt anxious to re-
deem by reason what had been lost by madness and folly.
We accordingly, about five months ago, put forth a
proposal for forming a National Association, as set
forth in a pamphlet written in Warwick Gaol, entitled
" Chartism"--a plan embracing such objects as, in our
opinion, were best calculated to unite the elements of
Chartism, and secure the co-operation of all benevolent
minds who were desirous of benefitting the great mass
of the people, politically and socially.
In publishing that plan we explicitly stated that
we had no wish to interfere with the societies then in
existence, our object being to form a general association
for certain explicit purposes. These purposes being, first
and foremost, to create and extend an enlightened public
opinion in favour of the People's Charter among per-
sons of all creeds, classes, and opinions, by the means
of missionaries, lecturers, circulating libraries, tracts,
&e. ; and, in order to secure proper places of meeting
for those purposes, we proposed a systematic and prac-
tical plan for the erecting of public halls, for the
people, in every district of the kingdom ; by which
means our working-class brethren might be taken out
of the contaminating influences of public-houses and
beer-shops, places where too many of their meetings
are still held, in which their passions are inflamed, their
reason drowned, their fanalles pauperized, and them-
selves socially degraded and politically enslaved.
Seeing, also, that vast numbers of our infant po-
pulation are the neglected victims of ignorance and
vice, creating, on the one hand, the evils we are
seeking to remove ; on the other, seeing that the
selfish, the bigotted, and the fanatic are intent on
moulding to their several purposes, the infant mind
of our country ; and that different parties in the
State have, for several years past, been devising such
national schemes of Instruction as shall cause our
population to become the blind devotees and tools of
despotism ; we urged on our brethren the necessity of
remedying and averting those evils, by adopting a wise
and general system of education in connection with
their public halls—such a system of instruction as
should develope in the rising generation all the facul-
ties which God has given them, to the end that they
might enjoy their own existence and extend the greatest
amount of happiness to others.
In proposing this plan, we impressed on our brethren
the necessity of devoting to those enobling purposes
those means which had been previously wasted in fri-
volous efforts and child-like dis[lays. We urge them,
with all the earnestness which the importance of the
subject merits from all who would place freedom on an
enduring basis, to adopt such a course of agitation in
favour of our Charter, as should unite in one bond of
brotherhood the wise and benevolent among all classes,
who would be intent on cherishing and propagating the
noblest principles of freedom amongst young and old,
so that the most substantial fruits might be gathered
from that political power e e are now seeking to obtain.
This proposal, while it was warmly greeted by the
press, and received the commendations of a great
number of intelligent minds among all parties, was met
with falsehood, intolerance, and bitterest rancour, by
the most prominent organ of Chartism, the Northern
Star. Its proprietor and editor jointly denounced ie as
a production of Messrs. O'Connell. Hume, and Roe-
buck—as a plan intended to destroy Feargus O'Can-
nor's political supremacy, and subvert one which he
had previously concocted. Education was ridiculed,
knowledge was sneered at, facts were perverted, truth
suppressed, and the lowest passions and prejudices of
the multitude were appealed to, to obtain a clamorous
verdict against us. We were denounced by them and
their hired partisans as " thieves," " liars." and " trai-
tors," to the cause of Chartism, as persons who, if a
" guillotine" existed in England, would be its just vic-
tims. Nay a sermon I. has been preached by one of
those professors of freedom to show the necessity for
privately " assassinating" us.

As far as we have been able to obtain insertion for
a vindication cf our conduct, through the channel
by which we hate been calumniated, we have called,
but called in vain, for proofs of their base assertions.
As far as they hate dared to reply to us, they have pro-
claimed themselves false, intoleranr, and reckless in the
eyes of every reflecting man ; and when the eyes of
their dupes shall have been opened, they will be
ashamed of the virulence they have displayed against
men whose only crime has been the publication
of a rational plan for the attainment of the Poorle's
Charter.

Strong in the rectitude of our principles, and more
than ever convinced of the necessity of that plan, we
pity those who have so vindictively assailed us. Their
vanity has inflamed their intell!et, their prejudices have
darkened their understanding, and to!eration and cha-

ritable feeling have been blotted from their minds. Be-
lieving themsvltei supremely wise, they spurn with

_
Gothic ferocity ull knowledge, truth, or. justice ; and,
judging from their actions, they seem to think that liberty
can oily be realised by violence and prescriptiou.
But while these are the characteristics of the most
ignorant and noisy portion of the Chartist body—per-
sons who, without thought or judgment, nra empty
professors to day, but worshippers at any other shrine

to-morrow—we bdeve that the great bulk of our
Chartist brethren is composed of m,,n whose conviction
in favour of the Charter has sprung from observation,
inquiry, and patient investigation regarding the cAusea
of political injustice and soeiai misery. Men of this
d iscription may be deceived and misled fora season by
mystification and falsehood ; but their minds, bent on
inquiry and ever open to conviction, will soon penetrate
the flimsy veil which has been drawn over their under-
standing.
To men of this character we confidently appeal, and
we ask them whether the beat means of obtaining the
Charter, and the placing of our liberties on the securest
foundation, do not form proper and legitimate questions
of inquiry for every man in the United Kingdom ? Or,
is it that the solving of these questions forms the exclu-
sive prerogative of any particular individual or party
among the people ?—thus practically exemplifying in
et nduct the exclusive and despotic principles which we

seek to overthrow, and bidding fair to rende Chartism
a by-word end derision.
Holding the principles of democra,v. we wii
yield to no man's dictation : we believed that both
England and Ireland have been cursed by man-
worship, to the sacrifice and delay of that fr( adorn
we are now contending for ; and because we have
dared to honestly assert our opinions, we have in-
curred the highest displeasure of all those whose
vanity expects the homage of a crowd, peed ar
patronage, and exclusive power. But warring
against such selfish folly and mischievous authority,
whether displayed in the courtly aristocrat or the soda,
oppressor, we shall ever exert our humble powers to
prevent individual or social despotism from being intro-
duced into that just state of thing which ail good men
are now contending for, and which, if they be united in
one bond of brotherhood, no power can much longer pre-
vent, de a!, or subvert.

Our calumniators have falsely asserted that we are
for delaying the franchise on the grounds of ignorance.
So tar from this being true, we have reiterated
and published in various forms the contrary of
this doctrine. We • insist on the universality of
the franchise on the broad principles of personal
and conventional rights ; personally, as no man has
a right to enslave or starve another man into sub-
mission to his will, which is done by arbitrary and
exclusive laws ; conventionally, as every man living
under the laws of society ought, in right and
justice, to have a vote in determining what those
lass should be. But while, as a right, we thus insist
on our just share of political power, we are desirous of
seeing the most effective steps taken to gain it, and of
seeing our brethren preparing themselves to use that
power wisely when they shall have obtained it ; and not
to be half a century exercising the franchise, and at
the end of it still find themselves the sport of cunning
schemers and wily politicians.
First, then, as regards the best means of obtain-
ing our Charter. We are of those who are opposed
to evyrything in the sha2e of a physical or violent
revotion, believing that a victory would be a de-
feat to the just principles of democracy ; as the mili-
tary chieftains would become, as all past history
affirms, the political despots, and as such a sari•
guinary warfare, calling up the passions in their
worst forms, must necessarily throw back for cen-
turies our intellectual and moral progress. Be-
lieving that the sattainment of the Charter would
be an instrumeat of benefit to all—the only means
through which the corruptions, monopolies, and
evils of our Government can be removed, and that
those who are interested in their continuance are
few compared With the population—we think that ali
that is necessary for the carrying of that measure is,
soberly and rationally to convince all classes of our
population, how' far it is their interest to unite with us,
in order that we may peaceably obtain it ; for a com-
bined people have always numerous means for the attain-
ment of their object withou: violence.
But it is not the mere possession of the franchise
thatis to benefit our country ; that is only the means
to a just end—the electing of the best and wisest of
men to solve a question which has never yet been pro-
pounded in any legislative body, namely, how shall all
the resources of our country be made to advance the
intellectual and social happiness of every individual?
It is not merely the removing of evils, but the estab-
lishing of remedies, that can benefit the millions ; and in
order to check the. natural selfishness and ambition
of rulers, and induce them to coact just and salu-
tary laws, those who possess the power to elect must
have knowledge, judgment, and moral principle to
direct them, before anything worthy of the name of
just Government or true liberty can be established.
Of what benefit would be the franchise, or what
description of Government would be established by
those who, too ignorant to investigate, not only cla-
morously oppose, but, if they had power, would even
sacrifice all who differ from them ? Happily, however,
for the progress of humanity, those neglected and mad-
dened unfortunates are few compared with the vast
numbers of our countrymen whose sound sense and
generous fceling prompt them to investigation, im-
provement, and peace.
But notwithstanding this feeling prevails at present,
the political and social condition of our country is such
as to demand the consideration and combined energies
of all who are anxious for peace, prosperity, and in-
tellectual and moral progress. Taking into account the
vast extent of social misery which class legislation has
mainly occasioned—viewing the contentions of fac-
tions for political supremacy, and their desire to per-
petuate the corruptions and monopolies by which
they exist—seeing the deeply seated wrongs and ex•
tended poverty which prevails, and which, if not speedily
removed or mitigated, may madden our population into
a state of anarchy and direst confusion—a consideration
of this state of things should call forth the benevolent
feeings of reflecting men among all classes, and should
prompt them to be united, in order to investigate and
remedy our political and social evils, and to place the
liberties of our country upon a sound and lasting foun-
dation.

Having thus stated the intolerant conduct pursued
against ug, and briefly expressed our reasons !Or our opi-
nions, we call upon men of sense and refl,.etion to de-
cide between us, at the same timo inviting al who think
with us to join the Naional Association.
We remain, on behalf of the members of the National
Association residing in London,
H. HETHERINGTON. Chairman.
W. LOVETT, Hon. Sec.
182, Tottenham.court-road.

The Lord Chancellor (Lyndhurst) has ap.
pointed Edward Winslow, Esq., of Torrington-square, to be
his Private Secretary.
A BADGER HUNT.—" While the Duke of
Orleans," says the Commerce, was recently shooting in the
woods of Versailles, his dogs starter a badger of enormous size
which soon buried himself in his hole, and thus for a time
escaped. Determined to secure his unexpected game, the
Prince engaged ten labourers to dig the beast out ; his Royal
Highness set his own hand stoutly to the work, and the men
persevered till ten at night. His Royal Highness then retired,
but r t three in the morning returned, and found tha, his men
had been employed the whole night without reaching their ob-
ject. At eleven in the day the tenacious animal still remained
in his stronghold ; the Duke and his men became hungry and
fatigued, arid perceiving a house in the distance, the Prince
sent to ask for any refreshment that could be conveniently
afforded. The house proved to be the hospitable mansion of
M. Mallet, the banker, who immediately sent down a sumptuous
breakfast. At one o'clock the badger was reached and taken
alive, and the Prince seat it to the Garden of Plants in the
name of Alme. Mallet. This capture cost the Prince Royal
not less than 500 f."

'MERITED RETRIBUTION.-At
near Guildford, the seat of Lord Grantley, a fawn was drinking
in the lake, when one of the swans suddenly flew upon it and
pulled the poor animal into water, where it held it until it
was drowned. This act of atrocity was noticed by the other
deer in the park, and they took care to revenge it the first
opportunity. A few days atter, the swan happening to be on
land, was surrounded and attacked by the whole herd, and pre-
sently killed. •

A SCHOOL-BOY'S WlT.—The rnastcr of a
free grammar-school was one day endeavouring to instil
into the minds of his pupils that two negatives make a posi-
ive. On a remarkably tine day, shortly afterwards, the boys
were petitioning their master for an afternoon's holiday, to
which he, the master, hastily replied, " No, no." They
were accordingly repairing to their studies, when one of the
boys (a very shrewd lad) reminded him of the fact, that
t• Two negatives made a positive," and therefore claimed a ho-
liday. The master, pleased with the boy's wit, immediately
granted the request.
THE " STRIKE " AT THE NEW HOUSES
or- PA &MIAMI? NT. —The masons employed on these works still
continuing to hold out against their employers, Messrs. Grissejl
and Peto, the latter on Friday caused large placards to be
'mated against the boarding enclosing the above works. The
placard is headed—" l'o the masons lately employed in the
erection of the new Houses of Parliament." It is an address
:rom the contractors to the men late in their employ, in which
are stated at considerable length the circumstarees connected
with the strike. The correspondence that has ensued between
the men and their employers, and the latter and the Commis-
sioners of Woods and Puhlie 11 ,irks, is also annexed. Messrs.
Grissell and Peto state they have been led to adopt this step :in
consequence of having received a letter from the secretary
Le the masons' union, refusing the offer made to them
of resuming their work, and believing that the majority
of the masons who have left their work with reluctance and
regret have been in some respects led away by theirdelegates,
who have not honestly made known to them the proposals of
their employers. The contractors say they cannot, consist-
ently with their position as masters, nor in justice to their
foreman, .11r. Allen, consent to his dismissal. They are not
desirous of sanctioning any conduct on the part of a foreman
that is reasonably objectionable to the men, and they have
consequently made strict inquiries into Mr. Allen's conduct,
and, finding it unimpeachable, are determined to retain him
in his situat'on, and with this determination the Commis-
sioners of 'Woods and Public Works perfectly agree, as appears
in the letter published. 'Messrs. Grissdl and Pete inform the
masons they are will willing to receive them back again, but
unless they decide speedily their places will be filled up with
other men, as their agents are at the present time collecting
masons in all parts of the kingdom.
A SCENE FOR THE PAINTER.—The follow-
ing incident, which, for appalling interest, surpasses anything
weharpare
yet encountered, occurred at the late great meeting
is the Town-eall, Manchester. In the course of the speech
of Sir Thomas
to l
l
Potter,
Newtter,whiiilastiey prison, he said, " I have been alluding to the great increase of
commitments
horror-struck to hear the observation from the prisoners
brought up at the Cow t, that they wished to be sent to prison,
that they would prefer going to the New Bailey, fur there
they would be better fed than they could be at home.—( Cries
of Hear, hear," fri m the crowd, and " that's ti ue." )
Now, this is a shocking state of t hings. ( Cries of
"We want to go.") No, no, you don't deserve to go.
And I do say that there is not a population in the world
who are bearing their sufferings with such fortitude and
such resignation as you ..re bearing them. They cannot
he endured long, Gentlemen; it is impossible." here is a
scene for the pencil of a Salvator 'I he venerable and
ireds of the haggard and careworn faces of
abreeneseveonlenmt
ay
Knnighhutrvis addressing a crowded meting. I which
unemployed artisans, who. in the desperation of famine, im-
plore the excellent old :Magistrate to commit them to prison,
where they may find that food which is denied then at hone..
'fears stait into his eyes, acid his manly frame is convulsed
with emotion, as he denies them their wretched request, as-
suring them that they are too good to go to prison. To coin
these cloak, with
plete the picture, the artist must introduce the figure of an old
hisw warrior, of
stern
uttering comfortable
words—
" This is• the only country in the world in which a poor man,
turned
t aspect, wrapped
the
meeting,in a
who is industrious and sober. is sure to obtain a competence."
sheeld a painter take our hint, and put on canvas a recd d of
this scene, we must, for the sake of our country and our
creed, implore him not to transmit to posterity the fact, that
it occurred in Christian England, in the year 1841.—Antis
Bread-tax Circular.

THE ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY.
For several months past a portion of the I3irtninghtun,
Bristol, and Thames Junction Railway, the project of
which is now abandoned, has been the scene of continual
experiments, performed with a view to ascertain the
practicability of a new system for propelling carriages
along a line of rail. The force employed for this purpose
is simply that of atmospheric pressure, and of the mode
in which this force has been rendered available by the
inventors, as seen in the specimen of their apparatus laid
down for the space of half a mile at Wormwood Scrubs,
we will endeavour to give a brief description. Be-
tw,ea the rails upon which the carriages move is laid a
continuous cylinder of cast-iron, having all the appear-
ance of a common gas or water main ; within this tube,
which is internally coated with a greasy preparation, a
piston attached to the leading carriage of the train is
fitted air-tight ; and the slanting iron plate which esta-
blishes the connection between the piston rod and the
carriage passes through a longitudinal and flexible valve,
forming the upper portion of the main. Now, it is evi-
dent that the carriage being in this position, if a vacuum
be formed in that part of the tube which is before the
piston, the air, which mains admittance behind it through
that portion of the valve opened by the iron plate alluded
to, will force the piston forward, and with it the entire
train. This vacuum is produced in the tube by means
of an air-pump communicating with it, and worked
by a stationary engine. It is proposed that when
the system is extensively applied, the tube should be
divided into sections of suitable length for exhaustion,
and separated by a peculiar kind of ♦alve, constructed
for the purpose ; it will therefore be necessary that a
separate engine be stationed at each of these intervals
throughout the road, and which have been determined
or 3 miles. The longitudinal valve which forms
the upper part of the main, and portions of which
are continuously raised as the carriage travels, is
bedded in a composition of bees' wax and tallow ;
and as the carriage moves on, a heated tube runs
over this composition, and seals the valve hermetically
after the passage of the piston ; so that when the
carriage moves from .one section of the tube to another,
that which it leaves behind remains air-tight, and is
again fitted for exhaustion. We were recently present
at the performance of some experiments on the apparatus
in question, on which occasion the carriage travelled
over the portion of the rail laid down, which, as we have
said, extends to half a mile, with the most perfect ease,
and, notwithstanding the rough and irregular manner in
which the rails are laid down, was propelled at a maxi-
mum speed of 30 miles an hour. To give a notion of
the time which would be occupied in producing a suffi-
cient vacuum in three miles of tube, the proposed length
of each section, we will state that from a barometric
gauge in the engine-house, a vacuum equal to 17k inches
of mercury was obtained in one minute; a distance of
three miles could, therefore, be exhausted in about six
minutes.

Having given a rough idea of the principles of this
new system and of their application, it may be as well
to glance at the advantages which, according to the
statements put forth by the patentee,, will accrue from
the adoption of their scheme. These they sum up
in two important words " economy and safety." The
first assertion they make out by very plausible esti
mates ; and the second is grounded, first upon the
physical impossibility of a collision occurring, since
the motive power cannot act in two directions at
the same time ; and second, upon the fact that a train
cannot get off the rail, as the leading carriage is firmly
attached to the piston. which travels in the pipe between
the rails, and that, as no engines travel with the train,
accidents from fire or explosions can never occur. It
need be no wonder if a project which promises such
advantages as these has hitherto met but with little no-
tice, as the very men who are likely to have their atten-
Lion attracted to it, namely, railway proprietors and
engineers, are those whose interests it appears mostly to
threaten, and who accordingly have generally treated it
with ridicule. Of late, however, Mr. Pinn, the trea-
surer of the Dublin and Kingston Railway Company, has
taken up the subject with great energy, and has pub-
lished a letter addressed to Lord Morpeth, setting forth
the merits of the invention, and proposing that as there
appears to be some intention of establishing a system
of rail ways in Ireland, it should, under the protection of
the Government, receive a fair trial upon an extended
line, with a view, if found successful, of adopting it
throughout that country, to which, as the traffic is not
considerable, railways with a single track would be found
amply sufficient.

_
A scheme so plausible in appearance as this, holding
forth a prospect of so important an amelioration in rail-
way travelling, and against which no valid objections
have hitherto been raised, does indeed seem to call for a
fair trial, by which its alleged merits may be attested or
confuted.— limes.

WOOLWICH-FRIDAY.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.
On Monday last, the services of the men who have been
deemed unfit :or service by a Medical Board, their conduct,
character, and cause of discharge, were verified by a Beard of
Officers. con,isting of Lieutenant-Colonel Blachley, as Presi-
dent, and Majors Sandilands and Vaughan, members, agreeably
to the 87th article of the rules and regulations for the better
goverment of her Majesty's Forces ; and on Tuesday they
were again inspected at the Royal Ordinance Hospital by
Lieutenant-General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.R. and G.C.H.
Colonel Sir H. D. Ross, K. C. 13. ; Colonel Lacey, and the As
sistant-Inspector of Hospitals. who recommend the disposal of
their several cases in conformity to the regulations.
GENERAL 0RD13:13, Sam 17, 1541.

" The Alaster-General has been pleased to appoint Captain
Henry W. Paget, of the 56th Regiment, to be his Aide-de-
camp. " H. D. ROSS, I olonel,
Deputy-Adjutant- Gei ieral. "
Major Molesworth'e company, 6th battalion, commenced a
course of laboratory instructions on Monday la't.
Mr. Marsh gave a lecture on Chemistry at the Royal Ar-
tillery Insritution on Tuesd ty. The services of this very
able chemist have been secured for a Course of Lectures for
the benefit of the officers of the Ordnance corps, and he has
been highly complimented by Lot d Bloomfield and the senior
officers for the abl. and clear manner in which he has illus-

trated the lectures already deliver ed.
The detachment at Purflet't was rulieved by Major
Vanghan's company, 6th ba taiiun, and detachments of the
3d and 7th battalion. on Tuesday. Major Vaugha❑ and Lieut.
Crofton accompanied the detachment.
GENERAL ORDER, SEPT. 21. 1341.
_ _

Lord Bloomfield having obtained leave of ab,ence, the corn-
manil of the gariison devolves on Colonel Sir H. D. Russ,
K.C.8., Deputy adjutant-General, to whom all reports and
returns are to be addressed.
The Company of Gentlemen-Cadets attended mortar and
howitzer practice on Monday, and the senior classes gun prac-
tice in the marshes on :he same day. The practice at both
t,atte•rtes was exceedn,gly good.
Lieutenant-Colonel Bayley has passed a medical hoard, and
retires on full pay.
Lieutenant-Colonel Brandreth. C. 13., has relieved Colonel
Forbes at Portsmouth from the command of the souih-west
district.

Lieutenant-Colonel Hutcheson proceeds to Leith fort, to
command the Royal Artillery in North Britain, vice Story,
deceased.

Lieutenant-Colonel C. Ccutteriden is expected to re!ieve
Colonel Oliver at Balincollig, in Ireland, and take command
of the Mun,ter district, Lieutenant Colonel Grant having ex-
changed to remain in the West Indies.
The non-commissioned officers and men off duty have at-
tended the repository exercises during the week, no practice
having been earried on.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Devastatation, first class war steam frigate, was com-
missioned on Saturday last by Commander Hastings lieginlld
Henry., and the following officers from the Vixen have been
appointed to her : —Lieutenants F. Lowe and C. G. It gge,
vice Parkhurst. to the Vixen; Mr. J. G. Mugford, ma.trr,
vice Ashton to the Vixen ; Mr. J. Elliott, surgeon ; Mr. J.
Grant, pur-er, vice Milliogham to the Vixen ; Mr. J. H.
Paterson, assistant•surgeon.
The C"met steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Frederick
Chevalier Syer, arrived at Wooly; ich on Saturday, from towing
the Abercrombie Robinson through the Downs. The Aber-
crombie Robinson, troopship, proceeded on her way for Ber-
muda, having- on hoard upwards of SW men, chiefly of the 2d
bAttalion of the Rifle Brigade. The Comet left again on
Thursday for the Medway, to attend upon the master ship.
wrights of the Woolwich, Chatham, and Sheerness Dock-yards
( Mesq-s. Lanz, Fincham, and Atkins), who are ordered to
examine and report on the state of the whole of her Majesty's
ships in ordinary at the several ports; and when they have
completed their examination of the ships in the Medway, they
will proceed to Portsmouth and Plymouth.
The Sinbad sailed for Portsmouth and Plymouth on Satur-
day, and the Falmouth for Chatham to-day.
The Avon ,team-vessel, Lieutenant Jenkin, arrived at Wool-
wich on Monday.
The Monkey steam-vessel, Second Master W. Roberts, ar-
rived at Woolwich en Tuesday, and left again to-day for Chat- I
ham, to be placed at the d,sposal of Captain-Superintendent
Shirreff, of the Chatham Dock-yard.
The Firebrand steam-vessel, Master S. B. Cook (act. ), left
Woolwich yesterday for Ostend. to attend on her Royal High-
mess the Ductless of Kent, who intends returning in her to this
country.
Appointments—Mr. J. Boland has been appointed A.ssist.ant-
Surgeon to the Volcano. Mr. Henry P,nhorn, clerk in charge
of the Heroine, vice Bateman, whose warrant has been cancelled

CURIOUS PHENOMENOII.—In the evening of
Saturday week a most curt us though neural phenomenon
was witnessed for some time in the neighbourhood of Eittow,
ttear Newark, which nearly coincided with the description
given by' travellers of the celebrated mirage so often met with
in the Arabian end African deserts. It presented the appear-
ance of a vast good of water, the tops of ttte hedvs, trees,
&c., being seen above it, and, what was more remarkable, the
sh.tdows of them seemrd distinctly thrown on the mist as
upon rral water. It is rarely if ever witnessed in this country.
Lincoln Gazette.

THE LATE MR. POWER.--The widow of the
late Mr. Tyrone Power, whose melancholy death on
board that ill-fated vessel, the President, must still be
fresh in the minds of our readers, has just administered
to the effects of her late lamented husband, in the Pre-
rogative Court of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, in
Doctors' Commons. The personal property of the demist d
is sworn under 5,0001. Whilst the loss of Mr. Power
will be d-eply felt, both by his family and the public, it is
gratit:y ing to find that Ids widow is left in comparatively
etsy circumstances. It is usual in proving a will or tak-
inLt. out an administration, to state the precise day on
which 1110 party died, but in this instance the words " on
or about" were inserted, alludi, g to the time when the
President was supposad to be lost.
Ti:e behaviour of some of Lord Stanley's friends
during the time Mr. Acland was sp,aking was, to say the least,
disgusti, g. Mn r emptying themselves of their StA)CI. of im-
penal -nt and in ultim,; ques'i ns, they commenced making
ilrekdfu. swim's, certainly like unto :ow u.t.c•ed b the human
family. In this disg.acelul part of the proceeding-, .'Jr.
T,...w,e1y Parker, lase member for Preston, took the lead,
,conded by son e persons who reside nearer Lancaster.
Lancaster G,:ardian.
THE SLIDING SCALE.—Great has been the
outcry in favour of the sliding scale. Its beauties and advan-
tages are just now most clearly discernible. The averages
ha%e been forced up to that point which reduces the duty upon
foreign wheat to one shilling per quarter ; and in the course of
the last week one millinn and a half of quarters of foreign
wheat have been admitted to home consumption at this duty.
This is the season when the poorer class of farmers are
com-
pelled to bring their grain to market to raise money,luad in
de,,
that market they meet the foreign wheat at " f
price. What a glorious thing, then, is the sliding scale
e forr the
"protection" of the British farmer.— C _ar. .s.e urnd.