The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-19 00:00:00

that, in the late appeal to the electors of the West-
Riding, at the last general election, the strange and dis-
graceful result was Witnessed, of town after town, and
lastly, the great constituency of the hiding itself re-
turning Tories, tools of the Corn•law Aristocracy, and
enemies of the people ? Thouiands of the electors will
indignantly exclaim that the is a mockery, that
its free exercise is impeded by so many obstruations, en-
tails so- many sacrifices, that to possess the right is a
curse, rather than the ennobling privilege of the citizen
of a free State. Others will complain of the apathy pro-
duced by the.temporising policy of the late Whig Go-
vernment, often too ready to conciliate enemies, rather
than satisfy the just demands of friends.
Granted that the Reform Bill has failed in securing its
intended objects.; that the Whigs, though they have
done much. for the people which we ought not to for-
get, have not in all" cases been true to their best inter-
ests. What remedy ? Are the liberties, and rights,
and dearest interests of the people in the keeping of
the Whigs, or of any other political party ; or any-
where but in their own halide ? Now we come to the
real root of our, weakness, and of our defeats.
The people, the industrious people, with shame and
sorrow be it spoken, have not been true to themselves.
We have had no • cordial union amongst ourselves. The
middle classes, -and the bulk of the electors, have aban-
doned themselves to the demoralising struggles of mere
party politics ; and having obtained political rights
themselves, have regarded with too - much of apathy, in
some cases perhaps of jealousy and suspicion, the claims
to the same political rights of their poorer brethren of
the working class.
The working classes have been too ready to listen'to
the false and irritating suggestions of our common
enemies, and to rank, without distinction, all who are
not of their own class, and all who will not at once
grant the whole of their demands, as hostile to them.
Let us profit by the stern, but wholesome, lessons of ad-
versity which is now our teacher—let there be in future
amongst us more of justice and forbearance, more of
'sympathy and kind feelings towards others, and a
greater vigilance and courage in the performance of
our duties, no less than in the maintenance of our rights.
We-must depend neither upon Whigs or Tories, but
upon ourselves enly.
must learn to place our
strength fir:union founded upon the mutual concession of
minor- differences—we must organise ourselves—we must
meet in friendly conference and discussion in the sincere
search after the true causes and remedies of the evils of
our social state. Our main practical object will be to as-
certain the- best means of reforming our present degrad-
ing and corrupt representative 'system, so as to secure the
full, fair, and free representation of the people in Parlia-
ment. In pursuit of this object we must not forget that
no mere forms of Govermuent, however wisely and
elaborately framed, can of themselves create a free and
happy people. There can be no security for real pro-
gress unless the people first reform themselves' -and by a
generous emulation raise the moral standard of the indi-
vidual men who form the millions. All around us there
are symptoms of the awakening of the people to a sense
of' the mighty power for all good purposes that is within
their reach by intellectual and moral culture.
To promote these objects, the Leeds Parliamentary
Reform Association was founded, and it is to exhort
you to form similar Associations, that we now earnestly
appeal to you. Men of Yorkshire—Let every town, let
every village, have its Reform Associition, and let us
run a friendly race of competition, in advancing each to
our utmost ability The great cause of Peace, aneLiberty,
and,well rewarded Industry.
Let us help ourselves in a righteous course, and God
will help us. J. G. MARSHALL, Chairman.

MR. FRERE and the FUSE MITES.
Some time sine' a pamphlet, entitled, (" a Tract for
these Times,' was published and extensively circulated
'throughont the United Kingdom. -•A Mr. R. Norman,
it appears, distributed the tract" among his brother pa-
rishioners, This fact carne to the ears of Mr. Frere, the
Rector, who sent the following letter, to Mr. Norman :
"Cottenham—The Rectory, Aug. 5,-1841.
";Sla. NORMAN— I write 'to inform you. that, in pur-
suance of my duty as rector of this, parish, I presented
you yesterday to the Bisimp of this diocese,, for. circu-
lating' ainong my parishiOners a tract,
,entitled `Tract
for these Times,' tending to dissuade persons from going.
to the Bishop to be confirmed; and containing, Among
other things that impugn the pubilo 'Worship of God
• established in the Church of England, 'the assertion
that the Prayer-book does not agree with the Bible.
I have to acquaint you that the punishment fOr this
crime is excommunication, and that you cited
in the Ecclesiastical Court and condemned in costs.
As, however, my sole desire is to vindicate the honour
of
,God and his Church before men ; apd, by making
you sensible that' you have been guilty ,of a heavy
offence against both, to prevent your cornmitting.the
like in future ; and as I have no wish to:trouble you,
or have you in any way punished, I requested the
Bishop to stay proceedings against' yon for ten' days,
which his Lordship has readily granted. If you, there-
fore, will withdraw all the- copiN, Of this trat' Which
you can remember having circulated,-among my pa-
rishioners ; and. will deliver them; together with as
many more as you may happen to have now in ydur
poisession, to me, on or before Monday next, Oth inst.,
and if you will further, on or b,efore the same day,
acknowledge your fault in haying circulated these
tracts, and will set your hand to the acknowledgement.
pf it which I hereNith send you, consenting that, I
shall cause the same to "be read -pilbliely in Church; .on
some Sunday which I shall appoint," during the time of
Divine Service, I will stay the proceedings against you
altogether. "JOHN` FRERE, Rector.

" To Mr. Norman."
Mr. Norman's astonishment increased when he perused
the subjoined communication :

." THE RECANTATION OF ROBERT NORNAN OF THE

PARISH OF COTTENHAM.
I, Robert Norman, of the parish of Cottenham, in
the diocese of Ely, acknowledge myself guilty of having
distributed in- the parish a tract, entitled Tract for
these Times,' tending to persuade persons from going
to the Bishop to- be confirmed, and imapngning the
public worship -of God established in the -Church Of
England ; and, among other false and wicked assertions,
declaring that the Prayer-book does not agree with
the Bible. I, Robert Norman, having been brought to
see the wickedness -of.thesc :assertions, do repudiate and
renounce them lam heartily sorry that I have
contributed to disseminate them. I humbly ask for-
giveness of God and his Church, and I pray God not
to lay this sin to my charge. And, further, I hereby
promise and declare, that.' will never again, by word or
deed, by circulation of printed papers or otherwise, op-
pose or impugn the ministers, or liturgy, or rites and
ceremonies of the Church of England. In witness
hereof, I have this day hereto set my hand.
Cottenham, the day of August, in the year of
our Lord, 1841."

Mr. Norman did not think proper to take any notice
of the recantation, and Mr. Frere, in consequence, for-
wardel the following note to him ; and the upshot of
the business was, that Mr. Norman refused to sign the
recantation

" Mr. ROBERT NORMAN—As I am to see the Bishop
to-morrow, and he will expect an answer, I request that
you will send me, by ten o'clock this evening, anything
in excuse or extenuation which you may have to offer to
his Lordship, that I may present it to him.
" Yours, truly, " J. FRERE.
" Monday, Aug. 10, 1841."

The Liverpool- Correspondent of The Sun com-
plains, that Captain de Peyster, of, the packet-ship
Sheridan, instead of delivering the parcels to the agents
for the papers, sent hit bags to the Post-office, by which
much time was lost before the news the papers contained
could be made public. • The complaint is not grounded
strictly on fact. Captain de Peyster not only allowed the
bags to be opened on board his ship in the river, but
every news-agent present was permitted to take the
parcels addressed to him. It is quite true, that a few
parcels went to the Post-office, but they were mixed up
with letters, and there was not time to sort them for
prior delivery. A long acquaintance with the comman-
ders of the New York packet-ships enables us to say,
that they are, one and all, extremely anxious to accom-
modate the public, and particularly the press, by the de-
livery, immediately on their arrival, of the newspaper
parcels ; ar.d we have stated sufficient to show,• that
Captain de Peyster did, on his arrival on Friday last, do
every thing that any reasonable man had a right to ex-
pect to facilitate the delivery of the papers contained in
his bags.—Liverpool Albion.

RATHER TOO BOLD.—A few evenings since
two men entered the Rising Sim public-house, haring
generously determined togive Mr. Foxwell, the landlord',
the benefit of their patronage, and ordered- a supper,
which was quickly dispatched. They then retired to
bed, and on the following morning ordered breakfast.
They pretended, by their conversation, to be. rather un-
easy : one said to his companion, " I wonder where '
master ,is staying, he ought to have been here before
this time ;" then, addressing himself to Mr. Foxwell,
he said; "We put a lot of cows to keep last night at,
Farmer Blacker's, living a little way off, and expected
master here to let us have the money to pay for
them, and also to discharge our reakoning ; but if ,you
will lend me eleven shillings, this man can gO on with
the cows, and I will wait for master and pay you the
whole together." The apparent straight-forward honesty
of the man excited no suspicion, and his request was
granted. Mr. Foxwell, however, thought it would be
prudent to see the cows discharged, and to get a further
acquaintance with his guests. Away the men trudged,
with hearts as cheerful as the "Rising Sun _,,
; but all at
once a cloud passed and darkened the scene—one of
them was taken very ill, and was assisted into a house
by the way-side, during which his-.unfeelincr companion
made himself scarce,. and ran away. The' sick
man
wondered where he was gone, and desired Mr. Foxwell
to step out and look for him. Raving done so, behold
the almost dying man suddenly recovered, and, seeing
' the coast clear, started off at a greyhound pace ; so that
when the landlord returned, a few minutes afterwards,
from his unsuccessful search, the whole truth came upon
him like a thunder-clap, and he at once found that he
had been made the dupe of a couple of vagabonds, of
" whom so great a number are about,
living by their
wits."—Somerset County Gazette.
YOUNG LADIES AT TABLE.--It is all non.
g
sense about young ladies not.!ating ;rowing girls con-
sume a very respectable quantity of victuals, And although
some mothers encourage them in the hypocrisy of eating
a substantial meal in private, that they may dine more
genteely at table, misses in expectation of a husband may
credit us when we say, that a man who is stupid enough
to believe that their soft cheeks and plump limbs are
produced by starvation, is not worthy of their hand ; he
who really possesses their heart should never have cause
to suspect them of hypocrisy or deceit; even to the eat-
ing of apple, or the dissection of a giblet pie.— Chant-
bers's London Journal.
Aflocks of wild Several large fowl
have lately
been sees crossing Weymouth Bay ; their early appear-
ance indicates a severe and early :
waiter.—Sosterset
County Gcaette.

LITERATURE.
JOVEXILE SCRAP-BOOK.
Fisher, London, 1841.

" The object of the present volume," observes
the Editor, Mrs. Ellis, in a modest, unaffected
' preface, is to " blend amusement with instruc-
tion," an object in which she has happily suc-
ceeded. Short, familiar stories, adapted to the
capacity of young readers ; poems, chiefly of the
ballad school, characterised by ease and melody
of versification ; descriptions of foreign scenes
and foreign manners; and sylvan home
sketches, full of truth and simplicity ;—these
various articles constitute an agreeable melange,
which will be perused with avidity by those for
whose instruction and entertainment it is in-
tended. The plates, which are sixteen in num-
ber, are most of them skilfully and carefully eve-
cuted ; and amongst the best, are those which
are illustrative of African scenery. The view of the
" Entrance to the Kowa River, Cape of Good
Hope," is a very beautiful landscape sketch, and
bears no indistinct resemblance to one of the scenes
in the lake districts of the North. The broad,
winding river, is bounded on either side by moun-
tains, which shelve down to the water's edge ; here
stretching out into promontories, clothed with
luxuriant woods; and there descending almost
perpendicularly into the stream. The appear-
ance of a boat or two on the river, and of a dusky
groupe of native Africans who are bivouacking
by a watch-fire, near a tall, spreading tree, en-
joying themselves, no doubt, after the dangers
and fatigues of the chase, impart life and variety
to a landscape which could scarcely be consider-
ed complete without some such accessaries. The
" Idiot" represents a wild, rocky,. mountainous
landscape, with a back-ground of sterile moor.
On the summit of one of the crags, and just at its
edge, an idiot boy is seated, utterly unconscious
of the peril of his situation, which realizes Col-
lins's fearful description of Danger. " Temple
of Clitumnus, near Spolito," is a sketch which
will remind the reader of Byron's exquisite pic-
ture of the same scene in the fourth Canto of
" Chide liarold." In this striking landscape
we know not which most to admire, its natural
or its architectural beauties. It needs little fore-
sight to predict that' this Scrap-book will be
among the most popular of the juvenile Annuals.

LIFE- AND TIMES OF LOUIS PHILIPPE.
Fisher, London, 1841..
In this volume we have a biographical sketch
of the present . King of the French, from the
period of his first appearanee, when a youth,
under the banner of the Republic, down to the
imprisonment of the Orleans family, after the
death of Egalite, by order of the National Con-
vention. The work is to be continued in monthly
Parts ; and as the subject abounds in interesting
materials, we suppose it will require at least six
more Parts to bring it to a conclusion. - The
spirit in which the Memoir is written is
.one of
moderation and impartiality, wherefore we in-
cline to augur well of its success. The present
Part contains two engravings, the most attractive
of which is a sketch of Louis Philippe teaching
geography at the College of Reicherau. This
print is taken from an original painting in the
Palais Royal, of which its- Royal owner is de-
servedly prOud.

DISEASES -OF THE HIP-JOINT.
By W. Coulson. Longman and Co.
A new edition of this valuable work, which we
understand has met with a most favourable re-
ception from the medical world, has just made
its appearance. It has received considerable ad-
ditions, including a chapter on puerperal affec-
tions of the joints, with which the ordinary dis-
..ease§ of the hip is, in some cases, liable to be
confounded. The extensive practice of Mr. Coul-
•sim in scrofulous diseases generally, as one of the
Medical Board of the Sea Bathing Infirmary at
Margate, has enabled him to bring to bear much
important information on a class of disease's the
pathology of which has hitherto been involved in
.some obscurity; and, as he has judiciously ob-
served, with reference to the expediency of clas-
sifying the symptoms and treatment according
to the structure principally affected or inflamed,
" the few opportunities which occur to those-en-
gaged in the most extensive.practicei of examin-
ring the disease in its earliest stage, and the rapi-
dity with which all the parts become involved in
the re:lder this branch of inquiry re.-
plete with difficulty." To the non-medical read-
er, and particularly to those who are suffering
under this most formidable and protracted:com-
plaint, the chapters on the Causes and Treat-.
meat of Diseases of the Hip-joint will he peculi-
arly interesting and instructive. Some of Mr.
Coulson's views are novel, and opposed to the•
generally received system of :treatment; it is,
hoWever, but justice to him to add, that where
he differs from those who have preceded him on
the subject, he does so with due.deference.to the
high medical authorities with whom he is at
issue, while, at the same time, he maintains his
own opinions with sound argument and the re-
sult of that best of all teachers in medical as well
as other departments of science, namely, prac,
tieal experience.

_
LAST MOMENTS' OF LORD
SYDENHAM.

The death-bed scene of this lamented nobleman was as
impressive and characteristic, and as worthy of a page
in history, as that of any hero or statesman in her re-
cords, who died, like him, in the service of his country.
The following account is extracted from the letter of an
eye-witness _ _ _

" For about a week after the accident (a fall on horse-
back by which his leg-was broken, and at the same time
a deep and painful wound inflicted just above the knee)
he appeared to be going on tolerably well, and although
he himself repeatedly expressed doubts as to his re-
covery, there was nothing to lead us to suppose, nor did
the medical men give us to understand, that his presenti-
ment was more than the natural consequence of the low-
ness produced by weakness.
" On Monday, however, the 13th, spasms came on, first
in the leg, and afterwards in the stomach and throat ;
yet still we had no idea that a fatal result would. ensue.
The prorogation bad at first been fixed for Wednesday,
and subsequently, at the request of the Assembly, post-
poned till Friday ; and so little prepared were we then
for what was to follow, that during Thursday the Go-
vernor-General was employed in giving his decision on
the several bills which had been passed, and in revising
the draft of the speech which, at his desire, had' been
prepared for him.
" On Friday morning his Mess increased so much
that he was obliged to put off the prorogatior.,
and after consultation with his medical advisers,
hi determined -to prorogue the Parliament by de-
putation: General Clitherow' being the senior mili-
tary officer at present at Kingston, was selected
for the purpose, and prorogued the Parliament on Sa-
turday morning at twelve o'clock, giving at the same
time the Royal assent or reservation to the Bills,
which had all previously received Lord Syden-
ham's decision, and almost all of them his sig-
nature. In the night of Friday occurred that great,
change which made it evident that Lord Syden-
ham's illness was rapidly approaching to a fatal
termination. Every one of his• symptoms was fear-
fully aggravated, and even those who had before
hoped most were forced to confess that hope was
now vain. He was perfectly conscious of his own
state, and about two o'clock en Saturday afternoon
he, together with all his establishment, received the
sacrament. He then dictated to Mr. Dowling his
will. To all his establishment he left some token of
his regard. He desired to be remembered to Lord
John Russell, to whom he bequeathed a memorial
of his friendship, and when that part of his will was
read over to him, he exerted himself to say, with em-
phasis, though interrupted by violent spasms in the
throat, Dowling, Lord John is the noblest man it
has ever been my good fortune to know.' He then
took leave of us all individually, saying something
kind to each. To Mr. Murdoch, Civil Secretary,
he expressed a wish that .he should write the his-
tory of his administration in Canada. He repeatedly
mentioned his continued interest in this coun-
try, and his satisfaction that the Parliament was
prorogued, the great institutional measures he had de-
vised and proposed to Parliament passed into law, and
the purposes of his mission accomplished. To his Pri-
vate Secretary he said' Good bye, Grey, you will defend
my memory—mind, Grey, you will defend my memory!'
He then spoke kindly to Major Campbell and Mr. Baring,
adding (motioning with his hand to all): Now leave me
alone with Adamson (his chaplain) to die.:
" The rest of that day and the whole night were spent
by him. in prayer and conversation with his chaplain.
During this period he suffered very much, but his mind
never for an instant failed, nor appeared to be clouded
by his approaching death. Once or twice his spasms
were so severe that we were afraid he was gone ; but it
was not until seven o'clock on Sunday morning that we
were summoned into his room to see him breathe his
last. At this moment all pain seemed to have ceased ;
his countenance had resumed its usual expression ; he.
gave one long steady look upon us all around the bed,
and expired at five minutes past seven o'clock.
" I cannot conclude without adding my confident be-
lief that in Canada Lord Sydenham has not left one
personal enemy, and that his death in the service of his
Queen and this colony, for whose welfare he died a '
martyr (since there can be no doubt that the severity
of the two winters he passed here, acting on a constitu--
tion not over strong, alone rendered him unequal to bear
the effects of an injury, not otherwise of a fatal cha-
racter), will be hallowed to its good, that over his un-
timely* grave past differences will be forgotten, a spirit
of charity grow up and flourish, and all parties unite cor-
dially to carry. out the policy and administer the laws which
his master mind devised and his master hand enacted.
"In compliance with his own request, he is to be
buried at Kingston. His remains will find a fit resting-
place among the inhabitants of that town, which owes
to him its selection as the capital of united Canada ,
and his best monument will be the future prosperity of.
the colony itself, destined, no doubt, to become a wish' ty
prosperity founded on that
and magnificent empire-s-a
union and those institutions, to perfect which he devoted
every faculty for the last two years of his life, and which
he died in the very act of completing,"
• Lord Sydcnhatn had just accomplished his ferty-secon
year a few days only before big death.

SYNOD OF GLASGOW AND AYR.
The half-yearly meeting of the Synod of Glasgow
and Ayr was held in the Tron Church on Tuesday last.
Mr. Stewart of Erskine brought forward a memo-
rial, to the effect that, whereas the state of farm ser-
vants, male and female, as to education, religious habits,
and morality, is very deplorable, and is fast deterio-
rating in country parishes—and whereas, from the
migratory habits of this class, the institution of re-
medies likely to cure the evil does not lie with Kirk
Sessions and Presbyteries, whose jurisdiction is limited
to small localities, but with the Synod, whose jurisdic-
tion extends over a whole province—this Synod should
adopt such measures as they, in their wisdom, shall see
fit, to remedy the evils, and recommend the subject to
other Synods. Mr. Stewart supported the overture,
and moved that it be adopted.
Mr. M'Farlan, of Renfrew, seconded the motion,
which was agreed to ; and, after some discussion, it
was also agreed, that a Committee be appointed to in-
quire into the nature and extent of the evils referred to,
and the best remedy which can be provided therefor,
and to report to next meeting of Synod.
Mr. Fleming brought forward an overture, to the
effect that, while it is gratifying to observe the progress
of Church extension, and in providing for the means of
promoting a knowledge of the truths of the Gospel,
there is reason to fear that personal and family religion
is not making progress with the means of grace--the
Synod should inquire how far this was attended to
throughoht their bounds, and appoint a sermon to be
preached on the subject on any Sabbath convenient in
the month of November next.
After the Rev. Gentleman had stated his reasons for
bringing forward the overture, a lengthened discussion
ensued as to whether the overture was not too indefi-
nite, personal and family religion being the subjects of
ministrations at all times. In the course of the dis-
cussion, Mr. Brewster inquired whether the overture
referred to faiiaily worship, to the mere form and pro-
fession of Christianity, without its power and spirit.—
(Interruption.) He heard some " cbicking" in the
body of the meeting. So far as his observations
went, he found that the Pharisees of our Lord's Day
had their counterpart in our- own day.—(Cries of
" Oh, ob.")- He proceeded to inquire whether by
personal religion they implied that they were to use
their utmost endeavours to procure bread to every
human creature, and to obtain a repeal of unrighteous
laws. The speaker was here interrupted by numerous
calls of “aquestiou." After a good deal of confusion,
the Chairman interposed his authority, and order was
restored. It was agreed that the Synod should recom-
mend to ministers to be especially diligent and faithful
in promoting not only personal, but also family religion
and worship, and in enjoining on heads of families the
important duty of taking all care that their servants and
children shall be duly instructed in the Shorter Cate-
chism, and other standards of the Church.
On Wednesday the Synod met at eleven o'clock,
when a report was presented by Mr. M'Farlan of Ren-
frew, Convener of the Committee on Sabbath Desecra-
tion, against the running of the mail by railway on
Sabbath, or the use of railway trains on the Lord's
Day for any purpose whatever. After some discussion,
it was ultimately agreed to petition Parliament and
memorialise the Postmaster-General on the subject.
Mr. Stow then introduced a memorial in favour of
the Glasgow Normal School. He supported the claims
of that institution upon the Synod at considerable
length, and it was ultimately agreed to recommend that
collections be made within its bounds for the- benefit of
the school.
Mr. Brewster entered his dissent against the pro-
posed recommendation, on account of the distress which
at present prevails in Paisley. He thought the mem-
bers of that Court should appropriate any funds at
their disposal to the relief of the starving operatives of
the country, before they applied them to any other pur-
pose whatever.
The papers were read in the case of Mreßrewster,
as to preaching in the Chartist church on a Sabbath
in May last, and Mr. Brewster was heard on a preli-
minary objection, and was answered by a member of
the Paisley Presbytery. On the motion of the Rev.
Dr. Buchanan the whole case-was remitted to the
Presbytery of Paisley. , • • s
The Synod adjourned till seven o'clock• evening,
when they took up another case from Paisley, in re-
ference to a quarrel between Mr. Brewster and one of
the Superintendents of the -Poor within his parish.
Parties were heard, Mr. Brewster speaking upwards of
three hours on the point. After which the decision of
the Presbytery of Paisley in the case was affirmed.
The Court then adjourned till the next half-yearly
meeting in April. - •

CORN-LAMS AND THE CHARTER.

---
(From the Manchester Times of Saturday.)
A meeting of the Young Men's Anti-Monopoly As-
sociation took place at the Corn Exchange, Hanging
Ditch, last night, when Colonel Thotripson was to be
present to address them, and the, public were invited to
attend. By half-past seren o'clock, the time announced
for the proceedings to commence, there could not be
less than 2,000 persons• present, and the Colonel,' on
his entrance, was greeted with loud cheers. Mr. Hol-
land, surgeon, was called to the chair. Colonel
Thompson was received with loud cheers, and listened
to throughout, with a few interruptions only from the
Chartists, who on this occasion had assembled again
to play their old game' of interruption. Speaking
of the agitation for the' Charter, and that for the re-
peal of the Corn-laws, he said much difference of
opinion existed as to which ought to be sought for first.
He said, boldly, that he wanted to obtain the Charter,
and therefore he came here to advocate the repeal of
the Corn-laws. He quarrelled with no man for holding
a different opinion on that subject, but he said the way
to carry an important fortress was to advance upon the
weak point first,and not upon the strong one. He knew
there were those who said, " carry the Charter, and then
we should be able to carry every thing else." Now hear
his feelings on the subject. He had already said that
the policy of a skilful general was not to attack the
strongest point of the enemy's fortification, but the
weakest. Now he had some doubt for that reason
whether they ought to seek the Charter first. The
story that if they got the Charter first they should be
able to secure the repeal of the Corn-laws afterwards,
reminded h m of a story he used often to hear when a
youth—about the way to catch birds. The way was
by getting near enough to put a little salt on their
tails.—(Laughter.) Now he stood not there to deny
that fact, but simply to ask how they were to place the
salt on the birds' tails?--(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
He proceeded to argue that the Corn-laws were the
weakest point of attack, by a comparison of the
strength of the two parties (the Chartist and anti-Corn-
law) in the House of Commons ; and observed that
while the Chartists had only about 39 supporters in the
House of Commons, the repealera mustered 200, or
more than five times as many.
At the conclusion of his speech Mr. Birch, a mem-
ber of the Association, addressed the meeting in an
able speech, and moved—" That this meeting views
with disgust the conduct of Sir Robert Peel and his
associate monopolists, in advising her Majesty to pre-
rogue Parliament, without considering the destitute
condition of the labouring classes; but that fully con-
vinced of the necessity for the total, immediate, and
unconditional repeal of the corn and provision mono-
polies, we pledge ourselves never to cease our efforts till
we have attained that object, and the obnoxious laws
are swept from the statute book.
Mr. CULVERWELL seconded the resolution, and read
some statistics taken at Coventry, showing the effects
of high price of food in increasing mortality—the in-
crease being at the rate of from 77 in 10,000 in the
years of plenty (1833.4-5) to 121 in 10,000 in the
years which had succeded 1836.
At the conclusion of this address, when the Chair-
man was about to put the motion, the Chartist, Chris-
topher Doyle, accompanied by Leech (the two men
who disturbed the meetings at the Town Hall), ad-
vanced to the platform, and Doyle insisted upon stating
his sentiments, and proposing an amendment.
The CUAIRMAN assented to his proposition, and ex-
pressed his willingness to allow full scope to free dis-
eussicin.

A great part of the meeting, however, expressed their
disapprobation, and Doyle stood a considerable time
amidst a storm of invectives, vainly striving to get a
hearing.
VINCENT, of Bath, and LEECH, both came forward in
turn to request the meeting to listen ; but the
answer was, they would hear them or
_anybody
but Doyle ! Doyle, however, persevered, and at
length succeeded in Uttering a few sentences and read-
ing his amendment, which was in favour of the Charter.
LEECH seconded the amendment, add asked if the
middle class and working class interests were the
same, as had been stated, why did not the former
come forward and give the working classes a just
participation in the fruits of their labour? If there
were so many more Members in the Commons for
repeal than for the Charter his ~emedy was to sweep
the House away altogether.—(Avoice—'° How would
you do it ?" and laughter.) He admitted that was n
hard question, and the way to do t and the applica-
tion of the means must be put in face at the same
time. He then proceeded 'to argue that the cause of
that
the people's distress was machinery,_ ;nd denied tb
Colonel Thompson's advice to operate Ton the Legis-
lature by agitation at the elections woulahave a bene-
ficial result.

Mr. FMNIGAN came forward to answerhitn amidst
great cheering, and said that he thought, when an
amendment was put to a meeting, it lught to
have been based upon something like argument
in support of it, but be had heard nook They
had heard something about machinery'
a neryn:iarainiL
ththene
stringent rules of the factories, where gut
he should be at work, was not allowed to read ;
admitting it to bo true—was that a reason why to
aristocracy, for their own benefit, should tax the food
of the hungry and starving operative ?—( Loud cheers.)'
But Mr. Leech had said the House of Commons, with
200 members for it, would not give Repeal ; then from
what rule of common sense did he draw the inference
that with only 39 advocates in the House they were
more likely to get a Cbarter?—(Loud cheers.) He