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TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK.
TLADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
FIE ELECTION of SIX DIRECTORS
of the EAST INDIA COMPANY being appointed for
WEDNESDAY, the Bth of April neat, the favour of your Vote
and Interest is requested for the following Gentlemen, viz.:—
PATRICK VANS AGNEW, Esq., C. B.
Major-General Sir JAMES LAW LUSHINGTON, G.C.B.
GEORGE LYALL, Esq.
JOHN PETTY MUSPRATT, Esq.
MARTIN TUCKER SMITH, Es .
WILLIAM WIGRAM, Esq
Which will much oblige, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servants,
HENRY ALEXANDER H. LI NDSAY
`eV II LI A M ASTELL JOHN LOCH
WM. B BAYLEY JOHN MASTERMAN
ROBERT CAMPBELL. CHARLES MILLS
M. STANLEY CLARKE J G. RAVENSHAW
JOHN CO'll'ON HENRY.SHANK
N EDMONONE JOHN SHEPHERD
RUSSELL,ftLICE JOHN THORNHILL
JOHN 1,01313 ES FRANCIS WARDEN
J. W. HOGG H.' W I LLOCK
RICIIA ItO JEINS WILLIAM YOUNG.
East India House, March 2.5, 1840.

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
ITAVING the honour of being recommended
to you by the Directors of the East India Company as
CANDIDATES for the DIRECTION, to be chosen this year,
We take the liberty of requesting the favour of your Vote
and Interest on the day of Election, WEDNESDAY, the Bth
April next.

We are. Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your most obedient and most humble Servants,
P. VANS AGNEW
J. 1.. LUSHINGTON
GEOR,E LYALL
JOHN PET'T'Y MUSPRATT
M. T. SMITH
WILLIAM WIGRAAL
East India House, March 25, 1840.

THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND.
T° FELLOWCOUNTRYMEN,
Lon ere ou receive this Address, the dolefl tidings will
have reached you that FROST, WILLIAMS,u and JONES
have been transported : that they have been transported con_
trary to the Law of England is manifest and undeniable ; but that
the Law, backed by the voice of millions, will in the end triumph
over tyranny, persecution, and prejudice, no true Englishman can
aauht and we are fully persuaded, by evidences innumerable,
that you hive already determined to adopt every constitutional
Means to promote and accomplish this object.
We fully estimate the immense value of Trial by Jury ; it is
one of the most important of our birthrights ; but in proportion
t
its importance should tpe purity of its operation be main-
tained, and fear and prejudice be removed from the sacred box.
It was not so in the ease of the Welsh Martyrs, nay, it would
teaeln as though every engine had studiously been put in motion
was calculated to produce a strong bias in the public m4nd
against them.
You are well acquainted with the early efforts of the public
press to misrepresent their conduct, to calumniate their charac-
ters, and to excite fear and prejudice in the minds of that por-
tion of the community from which jurors are usually chosen.
You are also aware that under sanction of the local authori-
,
"'s, and before the Trials had taken place, the shops of New-
Port were closed, and thanksgivings were offered up in the
• Churches that certain alleged designs had been frustrated, which
were thus taken for granted, but which were never proved to
ave been entertained. This step, however well intended, or
• unobjectionable in other respects. was inevitably calculated to
produce strong feelings in the locality, and to increase the ge-
4ral prejudice against the prisoners.
As if these things were not enough, a minister of God, who
ought to have been the messenger of peace and charity, seems
to have thought it consistent with his sacred duty to make his
Pulpit the vehicle for alarming the fears of that class from which
the Jury was about to be selected, and far confirming the ex-
isting prejudice already so deeply rooted and injurious, and
shame r oh, shame to say ! the time chosen for this display was
immediately before the Trial ; the spot was that where the Trial
was about to take place, and the audience were those who were
about to try the Prisoners.
Had not a Special Commission been harshly appointed to in-
terfere with the usual course of law, and had the 'prisoners been
PermiPermitted to remain until the regular Assizes, there is reason to
tted
that the alarm would have subsided—that reason would
have assumed its power, and that much of the undue prejudice
Would have passed away ; for already has a Petition been pre-
sented, signed by a large portion of the inhabitants of Newport,
avowing the false impressions under which they at that time
laboured, and praying for the pardon of the Prisoners.
Add to these circumstances that the Lord Chief Justice,
whose mind was above the local prejudice, delivered his charge
(which was in strict conformity with the evidence) decidedly
and indisputably in favour of an acquittal. Have we not then
ample reason to question the justice of those verdicts which the
Juries returned in the case of the Welsh Martyrs, notwith-
standing our devotedness to that palladium of our rights?
But, Fellow-countrymen, we have other and even stronger
ground of appeal against the transportation of these men. We
are authorised, by the solemn decision of six of the Judges of
England, including a majority of the Special Commission,
Which, in this case, ought to be decisive—we have their irre-
sistible and positive authority, after mature deliberation, for ,
declaring that the trials were contrary to the law of the land—
that the convictions were illegal, and that the whole of the
oceedings were essentially null and void from the beginning.
Three other Judges, who, with the six, form a majority of the
Whole Bench, also decided that the Crown had not complied
with the law ; but the three alleged that the prisoners had
trot objected at the right time. Now we respectfully ask, is
it fair and just that the prisoners should suffer punishment
Under a conviction essentially had, for not knowing the precise
Moment at which their objection should be urged, when the
Judges themselves are at issue with each other, and even up to
the present time have allowed the question to remain unsettled
and In doubt ?
If we turn to the records of 'Ale trial, we find that when
the Counsel for the defence first attempted to urge the objec-
tion, he was stopped by the Attorney-General, on the ground
not that he was toe late, but that he was too soon—that the
proper time for urging it had not then arrived, which dictum
of the Attorney-General was assented to and ruled by the pre-
siding Judges.
These, Fellow-countrymen, we submit are reasons with im-
peratively call for the pardon of these men ; it is for you to
determine whether, with persevering and effective energy, you
will continue your exertions until the authority of the law be
established, and the prisoners, as an act of justice, be restored
to their families.

We are well aware that you have done much—we know
that petitions to the Queen, the Lords, and the Commons,
signed by at least six hundred thousand persons, have
already been presented, and we had hopes that during the
joyful ceremony of the marriage of our Queen, she would
have been advised to listen to the prayers of her people; she
would doubtless have been pleased, had such advice been given,
to have dried up the tears of the wives and children of the un-
happy prisoners—to have established the sovereignty of the
laws of the realm, and to have made her wedding-day the day
of liberty to those whom the law had not condemned. Alas,
it has not been so; our hopes are blighted, the law has not
been vindicated, the prayers of the people have not been re.
sPected, and justice and mercy have not prevailed.
What, then, Fellow-countrymen, can we suggest, or what
tut you do? The cause of these Martyrs demands your atten-
tion, and we solemnly appeal to you on their tiehall. We are
assured that Lord John Russell has declared, " they were sent
away to get rid of the excitement in their favour.' Shall the
:4 excitement" cease whilst they are suffering in defiaoce of the
? Shall it cease before the law is vindicated ? We are
sure that your ready and decided nisei er will be, No ! Justice
lutist be established ; the law must be vindicated, and Frost,
Williams, arid Jones must be recalled !
If, then, Fellow-countrymen, it be your determination to
secure these objects, it is necessary that unanimity should pre-
vil, and that system and arrangement should mark every
future proceeding.
ndations for your We, therefore,
calm a respectndfu delllyiberate coni suggest the
:11°''''ing recommei-
eration, and if you approve of them, we feel assured that you
w
instantly and universally adopt them :
I• Let Associations be formed in every village, town, and
hamlet.
2 Appoint regular and periodical meetings of those Asso-
ciations.
Mations.
'3• Establish Weekly Penny Subscriptions.
4. Convene public meetings to petition Parliament for the im-
5. mediate recal of the Welsh Martyrs.
Let tee people of every district send their petitions to their
own Member for presentation.
6. Let
. each Association keep up a regular communication with
their representatives, and urge them to advocate with zeal
7. ...the prayers of the petitioners.
'et the Association make arrangements successfully to
demand of every candidate at the next general election,
Tat he will, if returned to Parliament, unceasingly en-
eavour to effect the liberation of the Welsh Martyrs.
Let the people of every city, borough, and county, be uni-
versally informed that en the next nomination-day, a show
of hands will be taken in reference to the Welsh martyrs;
and, that no mistake may be made during the hurry of the
Proceedings, take care to have large boards in readiness
with the following words written in legible characters,
Hold up your hands for the release and return of the
Welsh martyrs." Thus the Government will understand
a. the wishes of the people upon this question.
Conclude the business ofevery public meeting held for what-
ever purpose with a resolution in favour of the law and the
Welsh Martyrs.
And now, Fellow-countrymen, to your work. Let no man
Y he is too insignificant for the labour of mercy and justice ;
`Be cause will sanctify the instruments, and the object to be
attained will speedily produce assistance. Let the tears of
the forsaken wives, the sufferings of the defenceless children,
be an additional stimulant, if an additional stimulant be
Wanting.
BE PEACEFUL, BE UNITED, BE ENERGETIC!

And may the God of Justice crown your efforts with success !
G. ROGERS, Chairman.
A. DYSON, Secretary.
Arundel Coffee-house. Strand, March 17, 1840.

LaoP.S.—The Committee will be happy to receive communica-
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or to Mr. A. Dyson, Arundel Coffee-house.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1840.,

ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DE-
CAYED FREEMASONS.

A meeting of the Governors of this Institution was
held last night, at Radley's Hotel, New Bridge-street.
Mr. WILLIAM SHAW was moved to the Chair.
The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting arose from
the fact of their Treasurer, Dr. Crucifix, having re-
signed his situation. He believed that the circum-
stances connected with the resignation of that gentle-
man would come before the meeting, and it would be
necessary for them to proceed to the appointment of his
successor.

Dr. Caucterx rose to explain the motives which had
induced him to resign the office, which he had held for
so many years. He had felt that circumstances ren-
dered it imperative on him to take such a step. The
serious sentence to which he had been subjected—that
of suspension for six months—was the cause of that
resignation. That sentence was, if not unmerited, at
least so severe, that he felt himself justified in finding
fault with, and complaining of it. He had been charged
with having allowed other parties to speak disrespectfully
of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, and
that was the reason of his suspension. No one,
however, was more ready, on every occasion, to pay all
due respect to his Royal Highness than he was, and he
protested against insinuations of his being able to say
any thing in.violation of that feeling. He did not think
that his case had met with fair consideration, but un-
der all the circumstances of the matter, he felt himself
obliged to resign the situation with which he had been
honoured.
Mr. J. C. BELL was very sorry to find that Dr.
Crucifix had thought it incumbent on himself to pur-
sue the course he had adopted. He did not, however,
think that because untenable charges had been brought
against him—charges which did not in any way lessen
him in the estimation of his friends, he should have had
recourse to so extreme a proceeding. The only charge
against Dr. Crucifix was, that when acting as President
on a public occasion he had not shown sufficient firm-
ness in repelling certain insinuations against his Royal
Highness the Duke of Sussex. Such a charge was at
best but a trivial one, and taking into consideration the
zealous and efficient mannerin which Dr. Crucifix had,
for years, discharged his duty 'as Treasurer to the Insti-
tution, be would move that that gentleman should be
re-elected as Treasurer of the Institution.
Mr. D. COLLINGTON seconded the motion.
Mr. J. L. STEVENS explained the words which had
been used towards his Royal Highness the Duke of
Sussex. It having been said at a public meeting that
his Royal Highness was the " King of the Craft," he
(Mr. Stevens) had said that he wished his Royal
Highness had shown less of " King-craft," and more of
Masonic craft. He had used these expressions, because
his Royal Highness had refused to receive a deputation,
consisting of the Treasurer and two Trustees of the In-
stitution. It was merely for having allowed these
words to pass uncensured—words which appeared to
him perfectly harmless—that Dr. Crucifix had been
suspended.
The motion was then put, and unanimously agreed to.
Mr. Z. WATKINS moved a vote of sympathy on the
part of the meeting in the feelings of Mr. Alderman
Thomas Wood and Mr. J. L. Stevens, under the cir-
cumstances they were placed in.
Mr. Alderman THOMAS Woo. said that though he
had been suspended from his privileges for three
months, he did not, under the circumstances of the case,
feel humbled by the sentence. He accepted with grati-
tude the kindness and sympathy of the meeting.
Mr. J. L. STEVENS said a few words in explanation
of the terms he had used, and protested against the course
pursued towards him.
Dr. CRUCIFIX accepted the situation to which lie hac
been re-elected, and expressed his determination to pro.
mote, to the best of his power, the objects of the meet.
ing, thanking them for this proof of their confidence.
Mr. N. SotomoNs moved a vote of thanks to Dr.
Crucifix, for his:past conduct as Treasurer of the Insti-
tution.
Mr. J. C. BELL seconded the motion.
The motion was unanimously agreed to.
A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman,
and the meeting separated.

/A'
.EVENING ED 'LVOV.

PRICE sd.

THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE

A lecture was deli,,ered yesterday at the Freemason's
Hall, in defence of the Voluntary Principle and against
Church Establishments, by the Rev. Dr. Redford, of
Worcester. There was a very full attendance, and
among the Dissenting Ministers present were the Rev.
I'. Binney, J. Burnet, J. Young, Dr. Cox, Dr. Styles,
Dr. Vaughan, J. Leifchild, &c. The galleries were
crowded with ladies.
The Rev. CALEB MORRIS having offered up prayer,
Dr. REDFORD said his subject was—" Compulsory
Church Establishments Un-Christian and Anti-Scrip-
tural." He wished it to be understood, however, that
he was not, nor were those with whom he acted, hos-
tile to the Protestant Episcopal community of these
realms. Nothing was more common in these days of sweep-
rug calumny, than to charge every one who impugned the
principles of religious establishments with being enemies
to the Church. It was saying little for the latter, to
say that it must necessarily follow the fate of the former
—nor would its destruction be at all the necessary re-
sult of agreeing to the Voluntary Principle. But
against the headship of the civil magistrate in the
Church, and its compulsory support, he did strenu-
ously protest.—(Cheers.) 'lle late eloquent advocate
of the Church, Mr. M'Neile, had taken his stand,
where it had long been wished to drive those whom he
supported—on the Bible. The whole question was,
whether compulsory Church support was Scriptural.
It was not a question between a hierarchy and inde-
pendency, but simply between a voluntary and compul-
sory support of Christianity. Tire first point was, that
compulsory support of the Church was inseparable
from a Church Establishnzent.—( Heai., hear.) This
was the point, veiled as much as possible by the elo-
quent advocates of the Church. It was desired to
know where lay the Scriptural 'authority for a Church
Establishment ; and Mr. M'Neile said that the word
Church had four senses in Scripture.—(Laughter.) Mr.
M'Neile was challenged to point out a Scriptural autho-
rity for legal assessments to support religion ; and he
explained that the word absolve meant declare, in the
visitation of the sick service.—(Laughter.) The Dis-
senters wished to know what authority the Bible gave
for shutting them up in gaol, if they refused to
pay for washing clergymen's surplices ? and Mr.
M'Neile told them that their Church-government was
" heterogeneous patchwork"—that Episcopal ordina-
tion was the only right ordination—and that
written prayer was better than extemporaneous.--
(Laughter.) A man went to a Magistrate and com-
plained that he had been robbed. " Oh, but (said the
Magistrate) you've a shabby coat, and an ugly face."—
(Laughter.) It was no argument to say that the
clergy themselves did not oppress the Dissenters—
that they did not in person levy the compulsory support
of their worship ; that it was by law, because the law
was rendered necessary by the connection betwCen
Church and State.—(Hcar, hear.) Lord John
Russell had said not long ago that a Dissenter was not
to be permitted to " choose what law he would obey
—or which Court attend."—(Hear, bear.) That was
it clear proof that the support of the Church was
compulsory.—(Hear.) It would not do to say that the
instances of hardship under that compulsion were
few ; they were much more numerous than was ima-
gined.—(Hear, hear.) Many Dissenters suffered si-
lently rather than incur opprobrium, or injure their
families.—(Hear, hear.) The Rev. Doctor, in pro-
ceeding to argue that the principle of compulsory Church
support was anti-Scriptural, said his appeal should be
wholly to the Bible—the Bible, and the Bible only, was
the religion of Protestant Dissenters.—(Cheers.) And
his first argument against that compulsory principle was
derived from the nature of Christianity itself—from the
character of its Author—from the whole tenor and spi-
rit of His dispensation. He defied the production of
any one act or saying of the Author of Christianity
which could induce the slighest idea that He would
ever have sanctioned distraint and imprisonment for re-
fusal to support His religion.—(Cheers.) The spirit of
the Gospel was one of love, forbearance, meekness,
kindness—could it be imagined to sanction such pro-
ceedings ?—( Hear, hear.) If it were said that the cir-
cumstances of Christianity bad changed, he would re-
ply that no alteration in the circumstances of Christia-
nity could vary its principles.—(Hear, heat.) The
Rev. Doctor went on more particularly to argue
that the compulsory principle was opposed
to the precepts of Christ and His Apostles.
—he quoted passages in which our Saviour directed
his disciples to " take no man's bread for aught," and
referred to 1 Corinthians, 9th and 7 ; Galatians, Gth and
6 ; and 2 Corinthians, 11th and 7. These and similar
Scriptures, he said, showed that the Christian ministry
should be supported by the voluntary contributions of
those who availed themselves of that ministry.—( Hear,
hear.) Ho next contended that the Bible proved Vie
voluntary principle to be the only one that could be ac-
ceptable to the Head of the Church. He quoted 2 Co-
rinthians,Bth and 11, and other passages, where it was
stated that God loved " cheerful givers," from which he
said the natural inference was that He loved no other.

CHURCH EXTENSION'.

To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and
Ireland, in Parliament assembled,
The humble Petition of " The Protestant Society for
the Protection of Religious. Liberty,"
Sheweth,—That your Petitioners belong to the Corn,
mittec of a Society long since founded, and including
several hundred congregations of Protestant Dissenters it
England and Wales, as well as members of the Este,-
lished Church.
That, while devoted to the maintenance of the rights of
conscience, and of the civil equality of all classes of re!i-
gionists throughout the empire, they will not yield
to any portion of their fellow-countrymen in sincere
desires and cordial efforts for the promotion of knowledge
and virtue, and the intellectual, moral, and Christian im-
provement of mankind.
That they have, therefore, learnt, and witnessed AU
delight, the great expenditure that within the last .t.).3
years, from motives most disinterested, has been st oltr.
neously and cheerfully incurred by Dissenters and I'dethe-
dists in the erection and support of hundreds of new chapels
and places for religious worship, where they havo bsen- re-
quired by an increasing population, as well as in the foam'.
ing and upholding of Sunday, infant, and daily schools fez-
the education, on Scriptural and liberal principles, of the
childrenof the poor. Nor have they observed el boat p'ea ure
the voluntary beneficence in the metropolis, and is mars
other situations, of members of the Established Church in
rearing and endowing district churches and chapels of ease,
where the existing parochial churches did not supply ade-
quate accommodation for the parishioners and people.
But that whilst your petitioners greet these useful con-
tributions of true and enlightened charity with satisfaction
and hope, they have learnt with alarm the existence of a
design to procure from the Legislature, under the name of
Church Extension, a grant of public money towards th.e
erection of new churches connected with the establishment
only, 1 throughout England and Wales, and which the',
would deprecate as unnecessary, unreasonable, and unlyr
—as an oppressive violation of the conscientious senti.
ments of numerous loyal and pious dissenters from that
establishment, and as tending disastrously and widely to
excite social discord, political disquietude, and lasting and
intense jealousies and discontent.
And your petitioners, therefore, intreat that your Ho.
nourable House will not sanction any grant of public
money for the building of new churches in England and
Wales, but will leave them to be built, where thought to
be needful, out of the ample revenues of the Established
Church, or by the free will contributions of the multitudi-
nous distinguished and affluent members of that Church.
Andyour petitioners will ever pray.

POLITICAL SUMMARY OF TAUS
MORNING JOURNALS.

In the third place he argued that voluntary contribu-
tions being enjoined by Divine authority, and no other, it
followed that the compulsory system was virtually ex-
cluded by the New Testament. He appealed to 2 Co-
rinthians, 9th and 7. The Apostle Paul stated that
no man should give " of his necessity ;" was not that deci-
sive on the point ?—(Hear, hear)—and was it not
clear that that if God loved cheerful givers, he must
hate rigorous exactors ?—(Hear, hear, hear.) Per-
haps some advocates of the Church might attempt to
raise other texts—for instance, Romans xiii., where it
was said the Apostle enjoined submission to the civil
power ; but that did not prove that the Magistrate had
the right coercively to support Christianity.—(Hear,
hear.) Besides, the Apostle could never have meant
to inculcate submission to the civil ruler in matters of
religion, for he himself was a decided Non-conformist
to the laws maintaining Heathenism.--(Hear, hear.) If
it should be said that there were no directions in
the Bible for the state of things which would
arise when Princes embraced Christianity, that very
silence, combined with the clear inculcations of the
Voluntary Principle in the New Testament, was de-
cisive.—(Hear, hear.) But they, driven from the
New Testament, endeavoured to weave an argu-
ment from the Old, patching it up with the shreds of
Aaron's garments—(Laughter)—though they would ill
combine and cohere together.—(Laughter.) Now, as
to the National Church talked of among the Jews,
there were these two general observations to be
made—first, that none of the statutes on which it was
foundcd had been left to human wisdom, but de-
livered directly from God—(Hear, hear)—and, next,
that the whole dispensation was founded on
miracles, and the establishment of religion was set up
by God himself. When the supporters of the Church
could show it rested on such a basis, they would indeed
complete their case.—(Hear, hear.) Besides, let it be
remembered that if God established Judaism in connec-

• The Morning Herald of this day, after entering into
an analysis of Lord Stanley's Irish Registration
observes as follows :—" Such is the outline of Lord
Stanley's measure—a measure corresponding in its ge-
neral character with several of the Bills introduced into
Parliament by the present Ministers. It is almost im-
possible to describe the howl of fear and rage which
Lord Stanley's propositions called forth last night from
all the members of the Tail' who joined in the discus-
sion. Some of these reputable persons held that the
Bill must be bad, because Lord Stanley is its author ;
others, because its effect must' be to narrow the elec-
tive franchise in Ireland."—The Times remarks, with
reference to the extraordinary spread of Tee-tatalism
throughout Ireland :—" Let Mr. Daniel O'Connell and
his accomplices vaunt as they may of the prodigious
improvement in temperance, prudence, and gendsal
morality, made by their Irish vassals within the last
twelvemonth, and evidenced by their substitution of u,n_
varying sobriety for habitual drunkenness—the answer
is, that the change may have arisen from motives the
reverse of moral. The answer is, that above 10 years
ago, and just on the eve of a bloody rebellion, and as a
contrived and systematic feature of that rebellion, the
same phenomenon of sobriety prevailed throughout the
land."—The Morning Chronicle thus defines Lord Stan-
ley's-Irish Registration Bill :—" The Bill ought to be
entitled A Bill for the vexation of voters and
the eurtailtnent and ultimate extinction of the
liberal interest in Ireland." It breathes the tyran-
nical and contumelious spirit of its author in
every clause. It insolently assumes the existence of
a deliberate intention oa the part of the people of
Ireland to make use of every description of fraud and
knavery for the attainment of the franchise ; and to
counteract this assumed intention it proceeds to clog
and burden the system of registration with such an in-
finity of checks, restrictions, difficulties, and expenses of
all kinds, manners, and varieties, as would enormously
increase the power and opportunities already possessed
and enjoyed in too great plenty by the Orange oligarchy
to worry the people out of their rights, and scare them
from claiming and asserting them."--The Morning Past
in an articl on the subject of the Established
Church, says :—" Our Church is not—does not prebend
to be—' a dominant Church,' in respect of civil and
secular matters. It is, and ever has been, the bulwark
of civil liberty, for civil liberty has no such friend a,
pure Christianity. But will any man have the effrontery
to say, in express terms, that the Church of Rome has
been the friend of civil liberty ? No ; that cannot be
said in express terms. The falsehood were too glaring.
Nevertheless, the Whig-Radicals, though they dare not
say this, act as if they believed it, or else as if they too
were enemies of civil liberty. To calumniate the
Church of England, and to caress the Church of Rome,
they seem to have equally at heart."

MONEY MARKET and CAT Y NEWS.

(WEDNESDAY EVENING.)
CHRONICLE.—The English funds have been
flat throughout the day, and closed If per cent. lower
than yesterday, both for Money and the Account.
There was a considerable demand in the house today
for money, for which as much as 51 to 6 per cent was
given, occasioned chiefly by the pressure of money stock
in the market. The demand for money was confined to
the Stock Exchange, and out of doors the rates remain
the same. The circulation of the country is supposed,
however, to have diminished lately, as the Bank of
England have not been doing much business in dis-
counts, while large sums have been paid into them for
bills which hare come to maturity ; but it is said that
the India House intend raising the rate of exchange,
in anticipation of which large payments have been made
in that channel.

TIMES.—A considerable scarcity of money has
been felt to-day on the Stock-exchange ; several sales
of Consols have taken place, and the prices of English
securities, both funded and unfunded, have been affected.
There seems now to be no doubt of the fact that
Spanish stock has of late been buoyed up by the ex-
pectation that M. Thiers would take some step in fa-
vour of the bondholders. 'rho impression that the
Tillers' Ministry will not be able to maintain its posi-
tion has greatly damped the ardour of those who have
speculated for a rise. The opening price of the Active
stock was 27/ to which is about f lower than the
closing price of yesterday. They did not, however,
maintain even this depressed price, but in the course of
the day fell suddenly to 27. This lasted but a short

time, and a subsequent rise brought them to 271- to t,
at which price they closed. The other stock remain
the same.

SUN.—The Consol Market has been heavy throughout
the day, and money in request. At the close of business
this afternoon there were no symptoms of improvement
in either respect. Stock for present transfer left off at
90k I, and for the April account at 90f ; Exchequer
Bills were marked 16s. to 18s. prem. ; and the Now
Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 99.
_ _ _

tion with the Slate, he established also Christianity
with no such connection.—(Hear, hear.) And through-
out the Old Testament there was no evidence of com-
pulsory levying of tithes or offerings.—( Hear.)
The Rev. Dr. VAUGHAN offered up prayers at the
close ; and
The Rev. Dr. LEIFCHI LD said that Mr. Burnet
would next week defend the Voluntary Principle, at
the Hanover-square Rooms, in reply to Mr. M'Neile. I

fThe ticklish position of the Thiers' Ministry, the
pressing wants of the Madrid Treasury, and the tardy
movements of the Duke de Vittoria, have at length au-
casioned a serious re-action in the value of Spanish
Active Bonds, the fall in which amounted to-day to li
per cent., or from 28i to 27. The Passive Stock re-
ceded from 74 to 7 ; Colombian declined from 249 to
24i ; and Mexican from 288 to 284- ; Portuguese New
Five per Cents. closed heavily at 338 ; Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents. were less buoyant at 5;4.
The Railway Shares were at about previous rate.;the new Great Western being quoted 1 ;
the Bir-
mingham 66 ; and the new North Midland, 7i prem. ;
the Brighton dropped to 11 discount.

STATE Ow TRADE.—There was a decidedly
better demand for yarn yesterday than on any market-day for
several weeks past, and sales were readily effected by all who
chose to accept of previous rates. Many of the spinners, how-
ever, stood out for an advance, and we believe, in some cases, an
advance of a farthing per pound was obtained on 40s. mule yarn.
For goods, too, there was a little more inquiry, but it did not
produce any improvement in prices. The general feeling in
the market, however, was much more cheerful than for some
weeks past.—Manchester Guardian.
INDIA COAL.—Dr. Hutchison, of the Madras
artillery, has drawn up a report on the coal-fields recently dis-
covered in the vicinity of Mergui, by which it appears that
this coal is easy of access, lying at no great depth beneath the
surface, so that shafts may be sunk without difficulty. For its
conveyance there seems to be every facility; the river being
adjacent, and a land carriage of one mile only being required.
It is nit stated whether the quality of the coal has been tested
by experiment, but we presume it to be the same of which Dr.
Heifer spoke so highly in his communications. Steamers will
begin to ply between the different ports in the bay of Bengal ;
and the immediate coal depots between the Presidencies
Suez, will be more plentifully supplied, and at a cheaperraatned.
The effect these circumstances will produce on the destinies of
India can scarcely be estimated.—East India Magazine.
FEMALE INTREPIDITY AND CAUTION TO
SERVANTS.—On Thursday, the 18th instant, a young fellow,
travelling the country, under the pretence of mending umbrel-
las, entered the kitchen of the manse of Anstruther Wester,
which had only been vacated by the servant going into the gar-
den, opened a press, and dama ed deranged several articles,
which astonished the servant on ;Ted
r ent,ance. Finding mat-
ters not as she had left them before, she proceeded into the
dining-room, and found the young man had opened her mas-
ter's portable desk, and was coolly surveying the premises. She
seized and examined him, and, on getting to the door, called
out for assistance ; at this time the blackguard got off, and the
servant after him, and as men were working at no great distance,
and joined in the pursuit, the fellow, who had
crossed the fields,
attempted to hide himself by creeping into a hole at the Billow-
ness, where all of him was concealed except the feet and legs.
lie was thus detected, soon extricated, and carried before Mr.
Conolly, the Procurator-Fiscal for the district, who had him
detained all night in jail, and next morning escorted to Cupar,
under charge of a constable. We trust this and similar occur-
rences will operate as a caution to servants against leaving
house property exposed without being locked when they aro not
in the house.—Edinburgh Advertiser.
Alderman Copeland and Mr. Frederick Salmon,
the surgeon to the great institution in Charterhouse-square for The Parisian vocal stars, Grisi, Rubini, and
the cure of fistulous diseases, waited upon the Lord Mayor Lablache, are expected to arrive in town at the close of 11*
yesterday, to request that his Lordship would take the chair at ensuing week, preparatory to their appearance at her Ma-
the ensuing anniversary dinner. The Lord Mayor accepted jesty's Theatre. Their engagement at the Italian Opera, in
the invitation with much gratification, and appointed Monday, Paris will terminate on Tuesday, the 31st inst., when the
the 25th of May, for the celebration of the anniversary, house will close for the season.

GREAT ANTI-CORN-LAW MEET.
ING AT BATH.

On Tuesday a meeting, pursuant to advertisement,
was held at the Guildhall, in this city, for the purpose
of hearing the Rev. T. Spencer deliver his sentiments
on the Corn-laws. The room was immensely crowded
by parties of all political opinions. Amongst the
auditors was a strong muster of Tories, principally
members of the Conservative Association, who, from
what occurred, must have gone for the express purpose
of producing a disturbance of the proceedings. There
were also many of the Chartists present, but their con-
duct for propriety and order manifested a contrastlii to
the uproarious doings of the Tories. Walter son,
Esq., one of the City Magistrates, was called to take
the chair, who, after briefly stating the object of the
treeting, introduced the Rev. Gentleman to the
audience, who came forward amid great cheering, and
commenced his address by justifying bis conduct as
clergyman, in taking a part in the question, on Scriptural
grounds. He was repeatedly interrupted, however, by
the Corn-law men, and at the conclusion a scene of
great confusion occurred. George Bartlett, one of
the Chartists, attempted to obtain a hearing, upon
which the Chairman declared the meeting to be dis-
solved. Another Chairman was appointed, and the
following resolution was carried by a large show of
hands, chiefly from the working classes :
" That though the operation of the Cora-laws was
injurious to all classes, as they could not obtain a
repeal of them without first carrying the People's
Charter, it was impolitic to agitate for any partial mea-
sure of justice until that Charter was conceded."