The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-14 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, mil.

No 15,294

•
OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU-
TION, REGENT-STREET.—MORNINGS and
EVENINGS except SATURDAY EVENINGS.
NEW and VARIED LECTURES, and an ELEMEN-
TARY COURSE on BOTANY, by a Graduate of the Uni-
versity of London—On the DAGUERREOTYPE and
PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, with Illustrations, and
a full Explanation of the Chemical Process—On BAIN'S
ELECT 110-MAGNETIC PRINTING TELEGRAPH,
and BARWISE and BAIN'S PATENT ELECTRICAL.
CLOCKS in action. CHEMICAL LECTURES and EX-
PERIAIENVI, LECTURES on the STEAM ENGINE,
&c. CARY'S ORRERY, and the DISSOLVING VIEWS,
with Music. Diver and Diving Bell. Nearly Two Thousand
Works which display eminenrArt. Science, and Ingenuity.
CANTON, and other beautiful COSMORAMIC VIEWS
in the EVENINGS. The time appointed for the Lectures is
suspended in the Hall.—Admission, One Shilling.
Opens at Half-past Ten o'clock in the Morning, and Seven
o'clock in the Evening,

BANK OF ENGLAND, SEPT. 9, 1841.
THE COURT of DIRICTORS of the
GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of
ENGLAND give Notice, That a GENERAL COURT will
be held at the Bank, on THURSDAY NEXT, the 16th instant,
at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, to consider of a Dividend,
which will also be one of the Quarterly General Courts ap-
pointed by the Charter.
JOHN WATTS, Deputy Secretary.

Co RN-LAWS.

S U PPR I: SSION of IN TEMPERANCE

Last evening, Mr. Sidney Smith, the welt-known Corn-
law Lecturer, delivered a leAure upon the Corn-laws in
the Temperance Hall, High street, Shoreditch. The
hall was crowded to suffocation some time before the lec-
turer entered, the seats being principally occupied by
operatives. The raised seats in the Lail were occupied
by a great number of well-dressed ladies, who seemed to
listen with much attention and interest to the learned
lectinw. Mr. Sidney Smith entered th. Ilea at about
twenty minutes to eight, and was received with loud
cheering. Soon afterwards the Secretary to the Shore-
ditch Anti Corn-law Association arrived, and the busi-
ness of the evening commenced by
Mr. BINGLEY moving that Mr. Solomons should take
tine Chair, which being second'od, a person in the room,
who we understood to be a Chartist, rose, and said he
wished to ask whether Mr. Solomons was a friend to free
discussion.

Yesterday a festival and meeting of the City and North
of London Auxiliary for the Suppression of Intempe-
rance, took place ttt the- Canonbury House, Islington.
The extensive pleasure-grounds attached to the esta-
blishment were opened to the company at two o'clock,
soon after which it was thronged by a number of re-
spectable-loolth ig and well-dressed persons. • Some of the
company betook themselves to cricket and other athletic
games, while the remainder either strolled through the
grounds, and adjourned to where there was an excellent
band of music in attendance, and tripped it merrily on
the green sward until the hell announced, at five o'clock,
that the tea and other refreshments were prepared fur the
numerous visitors. . .

PATENT LEVER WATCHES.
['ORTON and CO., WATCHMAKERS,
&c., No. 36, Ludgate-street, St. Paul's (opposite
Everington end Co.'s), offer to their Friends and the public
their celebrated PATENT LEVER WATCHES, capped and
jewelled in four holes, double bottom silver case , maintaining
power, &c.. at Six Guineas, and with 3/4 plate Eight .luineas,
of workmanship of the highest class of excellence, equal to
those charged 25 per cent. higher. Gentlemen's Levers, in
gold cases, Fourteen Guineas and upwards ' • Ladies', with
gohl dial, at Twelve Guineas and Fourteen Guineas. Good
new Silver Verge Watches at 525. Gd. A warranty with
every watch for twelve months.
N.B.—An immense Stock of Jewellery and Fancy Goods
at '25 to 30 per cent. below the usual London eharges.

Tea was laid in two large rooms communicating with
each other, and every arrangement denoted a strict at-
tendance to the wishes and convenience of those present.
As soon as the company had taken their seats, the
Eight Hon. Earl Stanhope, who is President of the So-
ciety, entered and proceeded amidst loud cheering to the
top of the room, where he was handed to a seat by the
Stewards, and presided,as Chairman.
After ample justice had been done to the mild beve-
rage which graced the table, and roll after roll, and
round) after round had disappeared—[by-the-bye the
waiters in attendance seemed stricken with something
approaching to awe at the abdominal calibre exhibited
by the Auxiliaries]—the company again returned to
the pleasure-grounds, and resumed their amusements.
The Noble Earl took his seat on a rustic chair at the
upper part of the field, attended by several gentlemen,
and seemed highly gratified with the joyous andanimating
scene before him.

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RED ANNUITIES, &c
6 CORHILL.

Mr. SoLomoNs said, if he would be silent for a few
minutes he would answer him. The object of that meet-
ing was not for discussion. He (Mr. Solomons) was'an
advocate fbr• free discussion at all times. He had always
been so, and he trusted that he should never degrade
himself as a man professing liberal principles.--(Cheers.)
If it was the opinion of the meeting that he should take
the Chair, he should gladly do so, but he must state
that the object cf that meeting was a lecture, and not
discussion.—(Cheers.)
The proposition was then submitted to the meeting,
and carried without a dissentient.
The CHAIRMAN then rose and said that he was happy
to see so large a meeting convened for the purpose of.
furthering one of the most important considerations—one,
indeed, in which all were deeply interested. His first
duty was to ask for silence for the learned lecturer. He
was satisfied that when he looked around him, and salt,
so many of the fair sex, that -=would be a sufficient
guarantee-thtt• 'the information they were atbitrto-re-
ceive, would be received with attention and good order.
—(Cheers.) He asked them for their support, and told
them again that the object of the meeting was. not dis-
cussion, and he hoped that no gentleman would forget
the propriety of it, and interrupt the learned lecturer.
He would, therefore, with their permission, introduce
Mr. Sidney Smith to the meeting.—(Cheers.) And he
was certain that the information they would receive on
the great and important question before them, would tend
very much to improve their minds and induce them to.
draw conclusions whereby to benefit the whole esm-
munity:_.

Czpital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Par:.ament.
EIRECTORS. .

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE:
DONCASTER RACES.
SUNDAY ND:MT.—The London train this afternoon
brought a considerable accession of company, and many
of the principal lodgings have been taken, but the town
is far from full yet ; the inhabitants, however, are still
confident of a good meeting, and eertainly the extraordi-
nary fineness of the weather is calculated to neutralise
the indifferent character of the entries. Coronation ar-
rived yesterday at Sandbeck, and is as well as ever.
Tearaway is here : he was out this morning, but at so
early an hour, that the curious were disappointed. He is
not liked, and 30 to 1 may be had without difficulty.
Middlehatn is also here, but not in favour. The pre:ent
hettingis offes.to lay 7 to 4 on Coronation, or take 2 to
; 9 to 1 asst Satirist (taken); 10 to 1 agst The Squire
(taken); and' 12 to 1 agst Van Amburgh ; no others
backed. It is quite uncertain how many will run; the
" guesses" range from 8 up to 14.
The following bets have been laid on
THE DERBY.
22 to 1 agst Mr Wreford's Wiseacre
33 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland
40 to 1 agst Mr. Coombe's Criterion
• 40 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Robin
40 to 1 agst Mr. Allen's Belcceur
50 to 1 agst Mr. Cooke's Palinarus.

—.—
' T. LAMIE MURRAY, Es?., Chairman.
J. Elliotron, M.D., P.R. S. I John Rawson, Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. Jehn Riddell Stodart, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Langley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Professor Wheatstone, F.R. S. I Professor Graves, A .M. F.R.S.
ACT FJA av—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. H. A. S
SOLICITORS— Messrs. Sweet, Suttom, Ewens, and Omman-
ney, 6, Basinghall-street.

- At seven. o'clock all the party re-assembled in the
rooms where tea )'ad been served, and the Noble Earl
again resumed his position as chairman.
After the -Secretary' had read letters -from Severe—
clergymen and gentleMen,' apologising for their non-
attendance,
The Noble CnAIitMAN roiend said, he wished those
who brought the cha'rge against teetotallers of being
melanchilly and morose were present that day to witness
what had passed, and they would find that tee-
totallers were able and .willinr, to enjoy the plea-
sures of life better than 'others—better, he would.
say, because they could not be debased by drunk-
euness, theil- health or mental capacities injured
by it, and they could not make themselves obnox-
ious to the company by those discords which too fre-
quently disgraced what are called convivial meetings,
even in high places. They were told, on high and holy
authority, that health is better than riches, and none dis-
pute the effect of temperance in preserving it ; therefore
the improvement of health was in itself alone a sufficient
recommendation for inducing persons to join those So-
cieties. When he became a teetotaller himself he
strongly recommended other to do the same, because it
improved not only the health of the body, but also the
powers of the mind.—(Hear.) No man had a right
to enter into any inquiry relative to the private habits of.
another ; but he should say of himself, that feeling this.
to be a great moral reformation, of infinite importance
to the improvement of the people, he rejoiced to bear
his humble testimony to the beneficial effects of tempe-
rance upon both.—(Cheers.) If additional evidence were
wanting, he would appeal to the personal observation of
every one who heard him ; he would ask the inmates of
hospitals what brought them there ; he would seek the
cause of the majority of cases,of insanity, and he would
find that they were to be primarily attributed to the
effects of intemperance. From these considerations,
they were bound to be not only temperate them-
selves, but, as far as their example and in-

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m LIFE.
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Age. Without With For One For Five
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20 1 13 7 1 17 4 0 17 0 0 17 6
30 2 4 4 2 9 3 0 19 6 1 0 0
40 2 18 , 3 5 3 1 3 10 1 5 0
50 4 4 2 1 4 13 6 ~ 1 13 0 I 16 6
60 6 13 6 1 7 8 4 ( 3 0 0 3 9 6

HAMBURGH MAIL.
HAMBURCH, SEPT. 6.—The following is the Supple-
mentary Convention to the Treaty of Commerce and Na-
vigation of 29th September, 1825, between the Senates
of the free Hanseatic cities of Lubeck, Bremen, and. Ha-

Mr. SIDNEY SMITH then came forward.- and was re-
ceived
with a burst of cheering. whiP_l.l lasted for some
minutes. He said he was come'iliere, not so much fin-
the purpose of deliverinc,
theta a lecture,, as for the pur-
pose of asking them
h question. That was what had
brought eua
poor sho.f, 'faere ? Was it to say whether the
d be fed—was it to say. whether labour should
!Ef.v') its rights ? He would not insult their understand-
ings by such a supposition. He believed they had come
there to act, for the time for action had come.—
(Hear, hear, and loud cheering.) The merchant was
bankrupt, the manufacturer was without business,
the industrious mechanic was without employment,
the agricultural labourer was starving, the revenue had
fallen short of the expenditure, the Queen had ap-
pealed to her people, and her people had answered to
the best of their ability ; and yet all had been of no
avail, for classes of society were suffering distress
and misery throughout the country, although this coun-
try possessed means of wealth not enjoyed by any to the
same extent. In this great metropolis there were hun-
dreds of individuals that wanted the common necessaries
of hie, and yet, with all this accumulated evidence of
misery, they stw one class, and one class alone, in this
country war owing in wealth, while the other was in a
state. of destitution, misery, and despair. Tl:at class
which did nothing for itself, which did nothing fur the
country, and arrogated to themselves the power of
making the laws .for the poor, were still seeking to in-
crease their power; so that the great end of Government
was altogether reversed—the greatest happiness of the
greatest number.—(Cheers.) If any one indulged in
the hope that the Tories would give them more than
the Whigs, he (Mr. Smith) thought the events of the
last month must have completely undeceived him. What
a specimen, they had of the Tamworth quack doctor,
who said he would do nothing for the patient till he had
received the fee.—(Cheers.) It' he were an honest man
and a true patriot, he had it in his power to make this a
happy country as well as a great one. Bat now that he
had received the fee, he refused to do anything
for the patient.—(Loud cheers.) He would turn
to that individual who had been "introduced
into the Cabinet without office that he might not be
responsible to the people—he who was extolled from
one side of the country to the other as having acquired
his fame as being the best cutter of throats—that iron
I)ukc, who gave up Salamanca to three days sacking,
left the women to the violation of his atrocious soldiery,
and, to crown all, he who had looked on the death of

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1. A small yearly or weekly contribution will secure the
most ample return for after life; thus-21. Its. per annum (Is.
a week) at the age of 20, will give the policy holder the fol-
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Annuity for remainder of life... .. £47 16 6
Cash
Policy, without further contributions, of 466 0 at death.
Other periods of life (of 50, 55, and 60) may be also taken
with similar advantages.
2. Two-thirds at any time lent on deposit of policy, being a
fund always available during sickness or want of employment.
3. Two-thirds of all payments returned to representatives in
case of premature death.
N.B. Policies, as collateral money•security, for periods of
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F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec.

burgh, and her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and
Ireland, signed at London the 3d of August, 1841. The
ratifications were exchanged at London on the 28th of

August, 1841 :
" Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland on the one part, and the Se-
nates of the free Hanseatic cities of Lubeck, Bremen,

and Hamburgh (each State for itsif separate) on the
other part, being desirous of improving and extending
the commercial intercourse between their respective
subjects and citizens, have, with this view, and in confor-
mity with the stipulations of the eighth article of the
Convention of Commerce and Navigation between Great
Britain and the free Hanseatic Republics, signed at
London on the 29th of September, 1825, resolved to
conclude a CoUvention which shall be considered as

Supplementary to the sbove-mentioned Convention of

" Her Britannic Majesty and the said free Hanseatic
11:.publics have therefore named, as their Plenipoten-
tiaries for this purpose; that is to say—
" Her Majesty the Queen ()folic United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Hon. Henry John
Viscount Palmerston, Baron Temple, a Peer of Ireland,
_ _

thience reached, to endeavour to promote tempe-
rance in others. Ile considered the spread of tempe-
rance amongst that class whose interests were the
greatest of all, and whose rights he would ever advocate
—he meant the working • men—to be of paramount im-
portance, not only to themselves, but to society in the
aggregate. What this class spent in strong drink ought
to be expended is'increasing not only the quantity but
the quality of their food. He would appeal now to the
middle classes of society and tell them that what is annu-
ally expended in intoximiting liquors is equal to, if -not
greater than, the whole sum which is collected for
the public revenue yearly. He would suppose the case
of a man who did not consider himself intemperate,
but who drank half a bottle of wine every day (and this
was by no means an unusual quantity); that might pro-
duce no' visible effect upon him, but his annual expendi-
ture for wine would amount to 451. In all eases of ex-
penditure, the first question should be, can we afford
certain items, and, if we can, the next should he, could
we not turn diem to betterpurposes. If this expenditure
were for an actual gratification, some excuse might pre-
sent itself, but it arose merely from habit, and that a
habit which is snore or less injurious to health,
and lays the foundation of intemperance, which
shortened life, and prevented people from enjoy-
ing it, and prevented persons from making the full
use of their mental faculties. Them were many who

a member of her_Miije.sVs Most. lion. Privy Council

Knight Grand Cros; of the Most Hon. Order of the
Bath, a Member of Parliament, and her Britannic Ma-

jesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs;
and the Senates of the free Hanseatic cities of Lubeck,
Bremen, and Hamburgh, Edward Banks, Doctor of
Laws, a Member of the Senate, and one of the Syndics
of the free Hanseatic city of Hamburgh, &c. &c.,

who, after having communicated to each other their re-
spective full powers, found in good and true form, have
agreed upon, and concluded, the following articles :
"Art. 1. The Senates of the free Hanseatic cities of
Lubeck, Bremen, and liamburgh, hereby agree, that
British vessels coming from countries not being part of
the dominions of her Britannic Majesty, shall hencefor-

ward, together with their cargoes, -be admitted into the
ports of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburgh; and such
vessels shall on their admission pay dues not higher nor
other than those which shall be paid, in similar circum-
stances, by " vessels belonging to Lubeck, Bremen, or
Hamburgh. and the duties to be paid upon the cargoes of
such British vessels shall not be higher nor other than if
Such cargoes had bee. imported in vessels belonging
Lubeck, Bremen, or Hamburgh. And in consideration
thereat', her Britannic Majesty agrees that from and
after the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the
present Convention, the vessels of the said free Hanse-
atic ports shall, together with their cargoes, be admitted into
the ports of all her Britannic Majesty's possessions; and
such vessels shall, on their admission, pay dues not
higher nor other than those which shall be paid in simi-
lar circumstances by British vessels ; and the duties to
be paid upon the cargoes of such Hanseatic vessels
*ill not be higher or other than if such cargoes had
been imported in British vessels.
" Art. 2.—ln consideration of the privileges extended
to British trade and navigation by the first article of
the British Convention, her Britannic Majesty further
agrees that all goods, fares wares, and merchandise,
being the produce of the States of the free Hanseatic
cities of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburgh, or of the
other States of the Germanic Confederation, or of the
Sates comprised in the Germanic Union of Customs, and
which may be imported in any foreign vessels from the
ports of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburgh. or from any
port situated on the Elbe or Weser, into the ports of the
British possessions abroad, including Gibraltar and
Malta, shall also be permitted to be imported from the
said ports of the 'free cities of Lubeck, Bremen,
and Hamburgh, into the ports of the said British posses-
sions abroad, including Gibraltar and Malta, in vessels
belonging to Lubeck., Bremen, and Hamburgh, built,
owned, and navigated, as stipulated in the fifth article
in the Convention of Commerce and Navigation, con-
cluded on the 29th of September, 1825, between Great
Britain, on the one part, and the free Hanseatic cities of
Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburgh, on the other part ;
and such goods, wares, and merchandise, being the pro-
duce
of the free Hanseatic Republics, or of the other
States of the Germanic Confederation, or or of the States •
of the Germanic Union of Customs, and so imported in
Hanseatic vessels into the ports of the said British pos-
sessions
abroad, including Gibraltar and Malta, and all
goods, wares, and merchandise, exported in Hanseatic
vessels, built, owned, and navigated, as aforesaid, from
the ports of the British possessions abroad, including
Gibraltar and Malta, to any foreign country whatever,
shall pay no higher or other duties than if the same
were imported or exported in British vessels.
" Art. 3. The present Convention, which shall be con-
' sidered as supplementary to the Convention concluded
between Great Britain and the free Hanseatic Republics,
on the 29th of September, 1825, shall be ratified, and the
ratifications shall be exchanged at London as soon as
possibly within the space'. of six weeks. In witness
whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed
the same and affixed the seals of their arms.
" Done at London, on the third day of August, in the
year of our Lord one :housand eight hundred and forty-
one. (Signed) " PALMERSTON (L.S.)
" BANKS (L.S.)"

lAlletairrstla
ettll Ne
i)uitT—e_(Chheeelriviillog)e.--a
never
ld
tthis,‘vastreicat—ratbhleis
oifrona-
noble so.ntiment, was • being -4ealobbered. by the aris-
tocracy as —the - gt..Ltesi. ot
was he great ? This man was. Leing beslobbered
by Whig,.and Tory, by the aristocracy of both parties,
as a demigod. Let them listen to what he was about to
read, as the statement of this man, at the very time
When the party that do nothing for themselves, or any
body else, are lauding him to the skies. What did this
man say at a time of the deepest distress, when the poor
labourer •was starving in the streets, and who dared not
go home, for fear of being driven to distraction by the
cries of his children for bread ? He says. "He
i had
in
the course of his life been in various countries n diffe-
rent parts of the world, and had opportunities of know-
ing the circumstances of the various classes of their in-
habitants ; but in his whole experience, England was the
~only country in which he had ever found that the poor
man, if possessed of honesty and industry, would be quite
certain of acquiring a competence. Instances of the
truth of this offered themselves every day to every
body's observation, and it was only last week that
a signal illustration occurred. In the very lowest
ranks of life., not only could a competence be ac-
quired, but immense riches might be accumulated:"
Thus were the men who were starving insulted by this
statement, which was no more than saying that every
poor'man must neither be a drunkard or idle, or he
would be well ofil—(Cheers.) It was only for. them to
rise in their strength, and teach Lords, Marquisses,
Dukes, and sliding scales—(Cheers)—their places. The
time was come when they would no longer submit to their
tyranny.— (Loud cheers.) They had been able to wrench
from them Catholic Emancipation, and they were able
to wrench from them these atrocious laws. The same
• strength which had raised the Revolution in 1688 could
again crttsh the Aristocracy. The Learned Lecturer
then took a very extended view of the working of the
Corn-laws, entering very largely into details. He con-
trasted the price of provisions in America with England.
In America, where there were no Corn-laws, provisions
. were less than one-half the price they were in Englrnd.
• The Learned Lecturer read to the meeting a weekly bil
of a family residing in Cincinnatti, contrasting it with
a bill of the same articles in England. In America the
• prices were—

_
S. d.
3 stones of Flour, at Is. lid.
2oz. Tea, 10.; +lb. Coffee, 21d 0 4
I ilb. Sugar, at sd.
41b. Beef, at 4d I 4
31b. Mutton, at 2d.
21b. Bacon, at 2(1.
21b. Butter, at 3d. 0 6

In England the prices were— s. d.
3 stones of Flour, at 2s. 8d ' i 0
2oz. Tea, Bd. ; ilb. Coffee, 6d 1 2
lilb. Sugar, at 8d 1 0
41b. Beet, at 7d.

31b. Mutton, at 61d.
21b. Bacon, at Bd.
2 lb. Butter, at Is. Id.

17 7-
The Lecturer then wept on by facts and arguments io
prove that the Corn-laws were equally detrimental to the
agricultural labourer as to the manufacturing one. The
Corn-laws, he said, were only invented and maintained
for the purpose of raising and keeping up the rents of
the landholder. The landholders motto was—

-- -
That crime is great in man or woman, •
Who steals a goose from off the common ;
There is a crime which still was worse—
Stealing the common from the goose ! •
—(Laughter and cheers.) The Learned Lecturer then
concluded a very long lecture of nearly three hours, having
been listened with attention to throughout.
The CHAIRMAN proposed a vote of thanks to the lec-
turer with three times three, which was responded' to
most heartily:
Mr. SIDNEY SMITH briefly returned thanks, and called •
upon them to come up and enrol their names as Mem-
bers of the Branch Association. He was glad to see so
many of the fair sex at these lectures. They were in-
deed interested in this question, for he.believed that the
Corn-laws caused more young men to remain bachelors
than anything else.--(Cheers and laughter.) He always
tt
nandundertaking.
the i)
en n y
The bonnets
liked to see the bonnets ; wherever they were they were
carried sure to s succeedlaye .i in
ainne i
paai
Postage, and
they could carry the repeal of the Corn-law.—(Cheers
aizdtiolcs autgo theh
er.).
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and concluded by
proposing three cheers for the Queen.
Chairman. i ie
concluded
by Proposing a vote of
Some two or
three parties at the back of the hall attempted an oppo-
sition, but they did not succe,.d in clamping the sincerity
and loyalty of the meeting, and three hearty cheers wire
given for the Queen. A cheer, as Mr. Sidney Smith
said, always did his heart good when he heard it. It
was a true British cheer, well worthy of the object.
The meeting then separated. The Chartists attempted
to frustrate Mr. Smith in his laudable endeavours, but
they were in a triserable minority.

leloarnthijs)h'aeturday
the disease now raging
,
DEATH FROM BAD aIEAT.---AIJOUt a fort-
nightgot it dressed, and then
ago, a farmer in tio neighbourhood of Whitworth,
asnearcidoni
anion;
cattleet
,c3llat lap le;er,:sl(fl:it:esrt
v‘i,:titsi
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week, retailed it.
ISro less than thirty-one persons who partook of it on
the following day became suddenly affected ; one man
. died, and it is feared some others will not recover,—
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said they would drink ;ithout being
those_ he would sa_v_ for there
was no certain metuum-poun-iNoNeen mtemprance and
total abstinence. The Noble Earl then contrasted the
superior physical powers of the Mahometans to those of
Europeans, which he attributed to the abstinence from
ine enacted by their religion, and continued, that he
knew a gentleman who, determining to be very temperate,
owlet ed his servant to bring only a certain quantity of
brandy mixed with water daily, but his palate be-
coming gradually snore accustomed to it and requir-
ing stronger stimulants, he went on desiring the
servant to increase the quantity of brandy and decrease
the water, until at last, one day, upon giving the usual
order to the servant, he was told it was impossible to
decrease the water further; as he had just got the brandy
as it came from the rectifier's.(Laughter.) It was thus
that habits of imtemperance grew imperceptibly. After
some further observations the Noble Earl concluded an
able and eloquent address amidst loud cheering.
Mr. BUCKINGHAM, the well-known temperance dele-
gate, addressed a long and eloquent speech to the meet-
ing. which we regret space only permits us to give an
abridgment. In alluding to the statement in the
speech of the Noble Chairman, that as much
was spent on intoxicating liquors as equalled the amount
of public revenue, he said, if there was one thing snore
than another-in which-Great Britain was more proudly
pre-eminent amongst other nations of the earth,
it was for her public charities ; yet statistics proved,
beyond doubt, that the -income of them did net
amount to more than one million—one-fifth of the
amount spent upon intoxicating liquors. (Hear,
hear.) Mr. Buckingham concluded by saying, the meet-
ing ought to be proud of the Nobleman who honoured
them by taking the chair that night. He was the
friend of the poor man as well as the Peer, or of the
magnates of the land. He therefore felt proud in pro-
posing a vote of thanks to their Noble Chairman.
Earl STANHOPE having returned thanks, and several
other gentlemen having addressed the meeting, it sepa-
rated.

"CHEAP FOOD MEANS LOW WAGES."—The
Air and Calder Company have just reduced the wages
of their boatmen one-fourth ; and this at a time when
bread is almost at a famine price. Here we have another
practical refutation of the miserable Tory sophistry, that,
high-priced food means high wages. Be it remembered
that this reduction in wages is effected by a company
whose wealth knows no bounds. Would, or dare they,
have attempted such a step, had food been cheap and
trade brisk ? Answer, ye blue•smock'd slaves, who to a
man do the tyrant Company's bidding at the Municipal
Elections. Would ye not have spurned the tyrants, and
sought and found another market for your labour? When
will the working man open his eyes ? Here we have
the disgusting exhibition of a Company actually wallow-
ing in wealth, and whose shares are paying more thanloo
per cent. interest ; the first to take advantage of the
times, and 'grind down the wages of the poor !—Leeds
Times.

THE SOOTHING SYSTEM.—Captain Mac-
onochi, Superintendent of Norfolk Island, has lately
made an experiment upon the 1,850 doubly and trebly
convicted felons there, which is worth the attention of
the advocates of the silent and separate systems at
home. On the occasion of her Majesty's birthday, the
Captain ordered fresh pork to be issued, instead of salt
meat, rum and sugar to make punch, a play to be act( d by
the convicts (whether th e Beggar's Opera or Jack Sheppard
is not said), and fireworks to be let off at night. In
the morning, the whole 1,850 men played at cricket,
and other games; at dinner, every man had a bumper of
punch to drink the Queen's health, after which the air
was r:nt by three tremendous iouts, Captain Moco-
nochie standing by and seeing every glass ser% ed out.
The men then resumed their sports, and in due time the
play was acted in the large mess-room. At eight, every
man retired peaceably to the barracks. Not a single in-
stance of tumult, disorder, or accident occurred during
the day, nor was a single man in confinement that evening
or next day. It may be thought that Captain Mace-
nochie had gone too far ; that he was incurring a
most tremendous risk by letting loose 1,850 felons in a
small secluded island, with the very trifling means he
possessed of resistance ; but he had exacted from them
on the previous day a pledge that decorum should be
preserved ; and that every man at eight o'clock, when
the bugle sounded, would retire to his quarters. lie had
told them solemnly, that on redeeming their pledge his
I future confidence and their welfare would depend ; and
he had a full reliance that an indulgence never before
granted on the island would not be abused. The event
proved that he was not deceived.—Quarterly Review.

„
IJUNKELD.—LARGE SALMON.--On Monday
last the Hon. Mr. Drummond, of Srathallan, killed a
salmon with the rod, in the Tay, to the westward of our
bridge, which weighed 411bs. imperial. This fine fish
must have been the monarch of the stream ; as accord-
ing to the testimony of the oldest ” knights of the pint,"
this is the largest salmon that has been caught in this
quarter for the last half century. There is preserved
about the kitchen of Dunkeld House the outlines of a
tremendous salmon cut on a board, killed nearly,a cen-
tury ago, which weighed 561bs. Dutch. The anglers of
the present day have to content themselves with less
weighty results.—Perth Paper.
PETITION THE QUEEN.—A correspondent
says :—Pray urge on your readers the importance of
petitioning the Queen as well as the Houses of Parlia-
ment on the distre ;s of the nation, and repeal of the
Corn-laws. The Queen may otherwise 1 e deceived by
the Tories as to the feelings of the count] y.

PRICE 5d

THE RE-ELECTIONS.
TAM WORTH.

MONDAY EVENING, SIX O'CLOCK.—The enemies of
monopoly (having resolved on bearding the Doctor in
his own borough, and wringing from him, if possible, a
prescription fur the evils of the country which he has
undertaken to govern) appointed Mr. Acland to contest
the election in this borough, rendered necessary by Sir
Robert's accession to power. That gentleman has been
consequently, during the last fortnight, actively engaged
here, and had demonstrated beyond the possibility of
doubt, that the great battle now going on, or which may
be said to be only commencing, is one of might against
right—of power and wealth against poverty and the
masses. Mr. Acland held many meetings, and addressed
larger assemblies in the Market-place, last week, than
were ever known to have been collected in the same
place for any political purpose. He was listened to with
marked attention, and the manner in which his speeches
were received proves that if the people of Tamworth
were free--if they could exercise their rights according
to the dictates of their conscience—Sir Robert Peel
never would again misrepresent " his lovely Tamworth."
As this day (the time fixed for the election) approached,
the morning was ushered in by nothing more alarming
than the ordinary bustle of an electioneering movement.
At half-past ten o'clock, Thomas Buckenfield, Esq.,
Mayor, arrived at the Town-hall, and immediately after
the Hon. William Peel, brother of Sir Robert Peel, and
the Committee of the Hon. Baronet entered. Mr. Acland
was accompanied by .Sir Charles Wolsley and others.
The usual preliminaries having been gone through,
S. TYLECOTE, Esq., came forward and said; he would
only remark that if any person came forward to oppose
the Hon. Baronet, he would treat him with indignant
silence. He knew that one great principle which actu-
ated all these walking heroes was almost similar to that
which actuated men who went about setting fire to men's
-houses. They' S-et fire to every man's mind that they
I could reach. They were men of that description, and
he would have them set down.

WILLIAM ROBINSON, Esq., seconded the nomination.
A working man named Vaughton, a shoemaker, then
came forward and said, having been an elector in that
borough for the last 50 years, he thought he had a right
to propose a candidate, acid he begged leave to propose
James Acland, Esq., as a fit and proper person toirepre-
sent that borough in Parliament.—(Loud groans and
laughter from Sir Robert Peel's party.).
A working man named FosTEn then came forward
and was received with loud hissing and groaning by the
same gentlemen, after which he said he seconded the no-
mination.

The Hon. 'Wm. PEEL then rose and said it might
perhaps he as well that he should then state to them the
course which he meant to pursue, standing there as the
representative of the Right Hen. Sir Robert Peel. When
they should have re-elected his Right Hon. relative, he
should in his name, and at his request, express to them
his most sincere and grateful acknowledgments for their
uniform kindness towards him for the honour they con-

ferred upon him, and more particularly for the very
great kindness he had received at their hands since her
Majesty the Queen had been graciously pleased to sum-
mon him to her councils, and since, by his acceptance of
office, his seat had become vacant. He trusted it was
unnecessary for him to say he would act no part in the
very absurd farce which had been got up for the purpose
of offering a vexatious annoyance to Sir Robert Peel,
and to the immense majority of the electors of that
borough.
Mr. ACLAND then came forward, and was received
with loud hissing from Sir Robert Peel's friends and
cheers from the people. Mr. Ackland then proceeded,
amongst the most discordant yelling from opponents to
deliver a few sentences, which increased the fury of the
party. He said their conduct was only in accordance
with their despotic principles, and he could not expect
better from men who were the occupants of a rotten
borough. This last observation sensibly affected the
respectable supporters of the Premier, and two of the
most respectable of the party rose and called upon
those.present not to allow Mr. Acland to proceed. The
request was sought to be complied with, and, for
at least one hour, they kept up a constant yell,
interspersed with the most insulting language.
Mr. Acland, however, was not to be intimidated, or
stopped, and with the utmost coolness and courage, he
continued his address, and went through the whole of
those general arguments against the Corn-laws with
which the country is now pretty well acquainted. lie
dwelt with much force upon the awful distress which
prevails in many parts of this kingdom. His description
of the state of the poor rather scorned to increase the ire
of his opponents, and called forth renewed bursts of dis-
approbation. He continued his adlress upwards of two
hours and a half, which produced a strong impression
upon many who heard it. At the close of his speech a
show of hands was called for by the Mayor, and declared
in favour of Sir Robert Peel.
Mr. ACLAND then said he had been instructed that if
he dissented from the declaration of the Mayor it would
part m
Aaven. is go to a poll- without him (Mi.. Acland) de-
manding It.
'rue sown Clerk,decided that such was not the case;
,/)-,1 the Mayor-accordingly declared Sir Robert Peel
duly elected.

:ale lion. W. PEEL then returned thanks on behalf of
the Right Hon. Baronet, in a speech of some length;
after which the hustings were soon cleared.
Mr. ACLAND then went to the window of a public-
house and commenced addressing a considerable body of
people.