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LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1841.

PUBLICATIONS.

PUNCH ; or THE LONDON CHARI-
VA 111.—The Illustration this Week is the POLITI-
TIC AL JACK S.!EPPARD. Amongst a great variety of
Pol,ticAl. Humorous, and Satirical Articles, are—" Loyalty
and Insa,ty." " Physiology of the London Medical Student,"
" The Putt' I' rs," " Pen and Palette Portraits," " Punch's
Fashions," " Lollionable Intelligence," &c. &c.
Published ece.•y Saturday, price Threepence. Office, 13,
Wellington-street.

MUSICAL PRESENTS.

This day is published, to be had gratis, an:l postage free, to all

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parts of the globe,
ALIST OF POPULAR MUSICAL
WORKS, admirably adapted either for Presents or
for Musical Students. •

London : Published only by R. Cocks and Co., 20, Prince's-
street, Hanover-square. Also to be had of all Music Sellers
and Booksellers. Ditto, Catalogue of Waltzes and Quadrilles,
fa all Instruments.

STARKIE'S LAW OF EVIDENCE. Third Edition.
This day is published,' in 3 vols., royal Bvo., 41. 14s. 6d.,boards.
APRACTICAL TREATISE of the LAW
of EVIDENCE, and DIGEST of PROOFS in CIVIL
and CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS. Third Edition, with
very considerable Alterations and Additions, brought down to
Michaelmas Term, 1841. By THOMAS STARKIE, Esq.,
one of her Majesty's Counsel.
V. and R. Stevens and G. S. Norton, Law Boolcsellers and
Publishers (Successors to.the late J. andW. T. Clarke, of Por-
tugal-street), 26 and 39, Bell-yard, Lincoln's Inn.

LONDON LIFE.—MR. GRANTS NEW WORK.
Now ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo.,
IGHTS and SHADOWS of LONDON
LIFE. By the Author of " Random Recollections,"
"The Great Metropolis," &c.
" Mr. Grant's works are not only popular, but are sure to
continue so. His present volumes may be characterised as a
sequel I. his' Great Metropolis,' to which ;they are not merely
worthy companions, but even of superior merit. The' Lights
and Shadows' are numerous, each striking in itself, and the
whole judiciously blended. 'We cordially commend the work
to the philanthropist, the legislator, and the general reader, if
he is inclined to study to advantage, and at the feet of a plea-
sant teacher, the chequered scenes of London Life.' "--
Monthly Review.
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LIGHT AND HEARING. - TESTI-
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" We, the undersigned, have been for some time making
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them the decided preference to every other kind of Lens

—the clearness of the transparency brings every object very
distinct, and enables individuals to view the most minute par-
ticle with perfect accuracy. They are particularly pleasant
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R. Noble Elwyn, Esq., Surgeon, 36, Albemarle-street.
Messrs. Griffiths and Duncan, Surgeons, 3, Leadenhall-street.
W. Day, Esq., Surgeon, Isleworth.
T. Daldy, Esq., Surgeon, 33, New Broad-street.
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Wm. Bowie, Esq., M.D., Bennett-street, Bath.
C. Heywood, Esq., M.D., Blandford.
Henry Lawrence, Esq., M.D., Tenhy.
Wm Jeafreson, Esq., Surgeon-oculist,2l, South Atlley-.street.
S.D. Robinson, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham.

C. Shillito, Esq., M.D., Brighton.
William Cnolly, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham.
E. H. Allnatt, Esq., M.D. Wallingford.
Thomas Willis, Esq., M. D., Brighton.
M. Griffiths, Esq., Surgeon, Hammersmith.
John Kenderick, Esq., Surgeon, Manchester-street, Manches-
_ter-square._

Charles Tonally, Esq., Surgeon, Camden-town.
H. Colebourn, Esq., Surgeon, 26, Harleyford-place, Ken-
nington.
N. M.Cann, Esq., Surgeon, 50, Parliament-street.
Samuel Banner, Esq., Surgeon, '26, Berkeley-square.
W. English, Esq., Surgeon, Denmark-h;11.
A. Barklemore, Esq., Surgeon, 10, Charlotte-street, Blooms_
bury.
R. J. Pollock, Esq„ Surgeon, Kensington.
E. Stoddart, Esq., Surgeon, 32, Golden-square.
J. H. Walker, Surgeon, 23, Charlotte.street, Bloomsbury.
C. Higham, Esq., Surgeon; 46, Davies-street, Berkeley-square
Edward Nason, Esq., Surgeon,Nuneaton, Warwiekshire.'
In placing the above list of Testimonials before the public,
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her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Bedford, and their Graces
the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Dukes of Devonshire and
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ABOLITION OF THE EXCHEQUER BILL
°Film—We understand that the forgeries committed
by Beaumont Smith and. his more guilty accomplices will,
possibly, lead to a transfer of the business connected with
the issue and payment of Exchequer bills to the Bank of
England. Ministers are already in possession of the
terms upon which the Governors of that establishment
will undertake the management and risk of this import-
ant security. No arrangement can be definitively entered
into until the meeting of Parliament, when it is expected
that one of the first measures of the session will be the
appointment of a select committee to inquire into the
management of the department of the Comptroller
General and Paymasters of Exchequer Bills ; upon the
issue of which will depend the abolition of the depart-
ment itself, and the transfer of its affairs to the Bank of
Englainl.—Circ der.
On Friday night week, the Perseverance, Evans,
of Carnarvon, from Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) for Dub-
lin, was totally wrecked on Jack Sound, to the north-
ward of this harbour. Three of the crew found a watery
grave, the master only being saved. He spent the first
night in a cave ; the next day, in attempting to climb up
the rock., missed- his footing, anti fell into the sea front
an overhanging rock of forty feet in height. He suc-
ceeded in regaining the cave, where he spent another
night, and on the, following morning got to the top of
the cliff. He was found in the door park of W. C. A.
Philips, Esq , of St. Bride's Hill, in a very weak state,
from want 01 food, and injuries received amongst the
rocks, and taken to a neighbouring farm-house.
Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Saturday
night, as one of the Clapham omnibuses was passing the
Orphan Asylum, Westminster-road, the passengers felt
a sudden jerk, as if one of the wheels had gone over a
large substance, and immediately after was heard a low
stifled groan. The driver immediately stopped, and upon
the conductor getting down, to his horror he discovered
that the wheel had passed over the body of a man,
. who had been killed upon the spot. It supposed that
the deceased was a ballad-singer, for in his pockets were
found several songs,
a sixpence, and fourpence in copper.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 11. —Letters received from her
Majesty's ship Hastings state, that the Calcutta, Impla-
cable, Hastings, and Rodney were to remain during the
winter at Gibraltar ; the latter only until relieved by
the Cambridge. The Indus and Revenge had sailed for
Lisbon, and are to remain there during the winter.—
The Serpent, 16, Commander Nevill, arrived to-day from
Sheerness, on her way to Plymouth.—The Growler,
steam-frigate, was commissioned at Sheerness, On Mon-
day, by Commander C. 11. M. Buckle.—The Snake, Hon.
Commander Devereux, left Deal on Wednesday last, on
her way to Plymouth. —Vice-Admiral Sir Edward
Brace, K.C.8., hoists his flag to-day in the Camper-
down, 104 guns, as Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness.
Capt. F. Brace will be the Flag Captain, and T. Wood-
man, Esq., Secretary to the gallant Admiral.—The
Devastation steamer, with the Bishop of Jeru-
salem on board; sailed on Wednesday, for the Me-
diterranean.—The Viper schooner, Lieut. Carter, went
out of harbouryesterday, and sailed to- day for Rio Janeiro,
with Francis Leeson Ball, Esq., Secretary of Legation
at Buenos Ayres, on board.—The Belvidere, 38, Hon.
Captain Grey, went out of harbour yesterday, and will
proceed to the Mediterranean in a few days. Capt. Grey
is gone to Italy in consequence of the death of his sister,
the Countess of Durham, and his frigate will call for
him at Leghorn, where it is presumed she will embark
the remains of the deceased Countess for interment in
England.—The Volage, 26, Capt. Sir W. Dickson, Bart.,
is gone to Plymouth from Chatham ; her supposed desti-
nation is China.—The Alfred, 50, Commodore Purvis, is
ordered to be hastened in her equipment at Sheerness,
and will complete at Spithead, and thence proceed to Rio
de Jaue:ro.
That fine ship the Java, fitted ~for stores and troops,
arrived at Gravesend, on the 3d, under the cow nand of
Lieut. John Imrie, R.N., and on the 6th received on
board troops and proceeded to Gibraltar, where she will
land them and the heavy ordnance for that place; she is
then to embark the 46th i Reement, and convey them to
Barbadoes, where she will take on board the 52d, and
caivey them to New Brunswick; then take on board the
36th, and return to Portsmoath. This splendid ship em-
barks a regiment entire, with all their women, children,
and baggage. She is 1,280 tons.—The Heroine, 10, is
now on her way from the River to -Portsmouth and
Plymouth.—The Vixen and Rhadainanthus, steam fri-
gates, are manned; and will be ready for sea at the
end of the month.—The Rapid, 10, arrived on Sunday
from Cork.--The Cracker, cutter, sailed on Wednesday
for Jerzey.—The Emerald, arrived yesterday from the
Eastward.—The Mercury sailed to-day for Plymouth.
—The Horatio, transport, sailed on Sunday for Dept-
ford.—lt is understood that the circumstances attending
the getting ashore of the Driver steam-frigate, will be
shortly investigated before a Court Martial on the officers
and ship's company, to be assembled at this port.
The following Pursers, from ships in commission, have
been examined before the committee of flag officers, as-
sembled at Somerset House :—Messrs. Simon Little,
Caledonia; John Goldsmith, William and Mary, yacht;
George V. Oughton, Queen ; and George Nicholls, For-
midable.
Colonel Cardew (from Malta) is appointed Commandant
of the Royal Engineers of this garrison, in the room of
Colonel Arnold, promoted to the rank of Major-General.
At Spithead—Belvidera, Serpent, and Mounstuart El-
phinstone,.East Indiaman.
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Queen, Excellent,
Vindictive, Warspite, Royal George, Hazard, Pantaloon
Rapid, Echo steam-tug. Athol troop-ship.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.

PROMOTIONS.—Assistant Surgeon—Henry D. Shea, to
the rank of Surgeon.
APPOINTMENTS.---Vice-Admiral—Sir Edward Brace,
'K.C.B., to the command at Sheerness.
Captain—Francis Brace, to the Camperdown.
Commanders—John llallowes, to the St. Vincent ;
Claude 11. M. Buckle, to Growler steam frigate ; George
Goldsmith (late Druid), to Hyacinth.
Lieutenants—John Cheere and Frederick Blair, to the
St. Vincent ; G. It. Halliday, and J. H. Bridge, to
Alfred ; C. J. Featherstone, to the command of tke
Volcano ; Chaeles F. L. Shadwell, to the Fly ; Octavius
CuMberland, to the Madagascar ; John Elliot, W. Dor-
ville, and William Bailey, to the Minden ; Hon. J. W.S.
Spencer, to the Isis ; John Borlase, to Cornwallis ; H.
Moorman' to Excellent ; W. Tottenham. to the Dido ;
W. S. Sanders,_ to Growler ; H. M. Kinsman, to War-
spite ; John T. Nott, to command Partridge.
Secretary—Thomas Woodman, Esq., to be Secretary
to Vice-Admiral Brace, at the Nore.
Surgeons—Dr. A. Nisbett, who served with Sir Geo.
Cockburn in the Vernon, to be Assisting-Surgeon at
Greenwich Hospital ; James Wilson, to the Caledonia ;
Joseph Plimsoll, to the Childers.

Assistant-Surgeons—Mr. Dodwell Browne Whipple to
Minden; W. Maitland, to the St: Vincent; A. Adams, to
Haslar Hospital.
Pursers—John H. Cook, to the Minden ; Edward
Owen, to the Volcano.

Master—Thos. Hancorn (acting) to the Mindon; John
Tucker, to Growler.

Masters' Assistants—F. R. Child, to the Viper ; J.
Studwell, to Victory, for Alban steamer.

Second Master—David Welch, from the Inconstant to
the Thunderer.

Mates—W. hay Wardrop, to the North Star ' • R. W.
Clark, Thomas J. Smyth, and F. L. Tremlett, to Caledo-
nia; Richard Chambers, to Malabar; F. T. Chetham, to
Queen..
Midshipman—F. Egerton to Beh:dera.
Volunteer Ist Class—W. Leader, to the Madagascar.
Clerk-in-C.arge—Franeis Munaay, to the Ferret.

Clerk—J. Hayward, to St. Vincent.
Dr. John Wilson, Assisting. Surgeon of Greenwich
Hospital, who has lately been employed in making up,
under the supervision of Sir W. Burnett, laborious statis-
tical medical statements of the Navy, is appointed full In-
spector, with a Surgeon under him, of the Chinese Squa-
dron; he will go out in the Minden, and will take with
him about six Assistant-Surgeons.
The following Midshipmen passed their examination in
navigation at the Rval Naval College, on Tuesday last:
—Messrs. John Crawshay Bailey (late Seringapatam),
Hon. G. 11. Douglas (late Carysfoot), and Mr. John
Jervis O'Ferrall Carmichael (late Britannia).
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 9.—The Pique, 36, Captain IL
Forbes, put into this port owing to contrary winds, on
the 3d, and still remains wind bound. The Minden, 72,
was commissioned by Captain M. Quin, for an hospital
ship, destination China. The Volcano steamer arrived
from Liverpool with volunteers ; Lieut. C. J. Feather-
stone, has taken command of her, her former Commander
(Lieut. Joseph West), having been promoted. The
Acheron steamer, Lieut. A. Kennedy, arrived on the
4th with the Malta mails. The Prospero steamer,
Lieut. C. Keene, sailed for Milford. The Belleisle,
72, Capt. J. Kingeombe, went out of harbour on the
sth ; a company of Artillery, which arrived in the
Alban steamer, were put on board her ; and the 98th
Regiment will embark on board her in a day or two.
The Lapwing packet, Lieut. ])rewe, was paid otf on the
7th. In Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, Isis, Fly, and
Voleano, Acheron, and Alban steamers. In the Sound
—Malabar, Belleisle, Pique, Madagascar, North Star,
Aigle, and Harlequin.

0l
(From the Devonport Independent.)
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Her Majesty's ship Pique, 36,
Capt. Forbes, had fifty boys, from the Caledonia, put on
for distribution among the
India station. She sailed on
Thursday, for Bermuda, but returned again yesterday,
(Friday) in consequence of contrary winds.
different en hter shipson West last,
Mondayon
the a
Her Majesty's troop-ship Belleisle, 24, Capt. King-
come, went into the Sound on Sunday last. The crew
was paid advance of wages on Tuesday, and the 98th
Regiment embarked on board her on Wednesday, from
the Alban, steamer, for conveyance to China.
Her Majesty's sloop Fly, 18, Captain, F.- P. Black-
wood, was masted on Wednesday last, and again warped
alongside the Jetty, where she will fit for sea.
H. M. steamer Alban, Master-Com. J. King, arrived
on Sunday from Woolwich. She brought round a com-
pany of Artillery, to proceed to China in the Belleisle.
The 98th Regiment embarked on board the Alban, from
the Victualling Yard on Wednesday, and after putting
them on board the Belleisle, she returned into the har-
bour on Thursday.
The Devon, lighter, sailed on Thursday, with stores
for Pembroke.

Her Majesty's troop-ships Apollo and Sapphire, ar-
rived here yesterday (Friday), from Portsmouth.
ller Majesty's ship Volage, 26, Capt. Sir W. Dickson,
Bart., and the Serpent, 16, Coin. Neville, may be hourly
expected at this port, from Chatham, to be paid wages
and receive their final orders ; it is expected that the
destination of the former will be China.

Lieut. Doyle, of this D. j
Division of. Royal Marines, em-
barked on board the Aigle tojoin the Inconstant, vice
Lieut. Philips, deceased ; Lieut. M'Carthy is promoted
to the rank of First Lieutenant, vice Philips.
Her Majesty's ship President, 50, Captain Broughton,
may be expected home with Rear-Admiral Ross,C.B., in
the early part of January next from the Brazils.
Ships in Harbour—Caledonia, 120, Capt. IL Eden ;
Captain Sir John Marshall ; Minden,. 24 (hospital ship),
San Josef, 110, Captain F. W. Burgoyne ;
Captain M. Quin ; Fly, 18, Captain Francis P. Black-
wood ; Bramble, 10, (tender to Fl ) -i.
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steamer,lil e; N(i)licaasnt
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iLieut.i3inlg
In the Sound—Malabar, 72, Captain Sir George R.
Capt. Right Hon. Lord
Sartorius, lint. ; Madagascar, 44, Capt. John Foote ;.
Pique, 36, Capt. Forbe.s ; North Star, 26, Captain Sir
8-13), Capt. J. King-
come ; Harlequin,
.16, Com. the Rom G. F. Hastings ;
J. 1i.:.. liil:gnei et,; BBacriti4Ae,ig2l4e,
Apollo and Sapphire, troop-ships ; and Somersetshire,
convict-ship. (2tr4Oope,Ph;
We have been favoured with a letter from an officer
of her Majesty's brigantine Bonetta, 3 Lieut. J. Austen.
dated Sierra Leone, October the 10th. The writer
had arrived there in charge of the Portuguese slayer
Aeorieno Oriental, which had been captured by the Bo-
netta after looking out for her nearly two months. She
had a full cargo of goods on board, and everything re-
quisite for taking in slaves ; 300 had been registered for
her off the Galinas, and were to have been taken on
board on the 30th September, but it was prevented by
the Bonetta falling in with her. In consequence of the
vessel being condemned at the Admiralty Court at Sierra
Leone, it is expected that the proceeds of the cargo goes
to the Crown, and only the tonnage paid to the captors.
They were anxiously looking out
.for another slaver, of
which they had information, and in great hopes of fall-

ing in with her shortly. The Wanderer, 16, Coin, the
Hon. J. Denman, had arrived at Sierra Leone, and was
to sail on the 11th October, taking the prize-master and
crew down to the Bonetta, cruising off Cape Mount.
The Persian had been very lucky, and sent into Sierra
Leone several prizes. The crews of these vessels were
healthy. •

IRELAND.

TORY ADDRESSES TO LORD 1)E GREY.

DUBLIN, DEC. 10.—There was quite a field-day at
the Vice-regal residence yesterday, no less than three
deputations having attended with addresses. The ad-
dresses purported to come from the counties of Armagh,Tyrone, and Wicklow ; but as regards the express:on of
public opinion, they might almost as well be described as
emanating from any three counties in Scotland. The
county meetings at which those addresses were got up,
Wicklow and Armagh especially, were most ludicrous
failures ; and in Tyrone, the Marquiss of Abercorn and
Lord Claude Hamilton, when remarking upon the miss-
rably small attendance, attributed it to the improper steps
taken by the place-hunters who managed the affair.
Nevertheless, the addresses commenced—" We, the no-
bility, gentry, clergy, freeholders," &c. The Three
Tailors of Tooley-street to perfection.
The answers of Lord de Grey were the merest school-
boy effusions—boasting of " firmness and impartiality"
after his degrading apology to Mr. West, and his Orange
appointments.
In his answer to the Armagh deputation, the chief
members of which were Colonel Verner and Colonel
Blacker, both of whom had been dismissed from the
Magistracy by the late Government for participating in
offensive Orange displays, his Excellency said—" You
generously promised me your confidence in guiding your
exertions. Your confidence shall not be misplaced. For-
getfulness of former injury, forbearance under present
wrong, oblivion of the past, and good will for the future,
will be the rule of action for those who may be guided
by my influence."

- In This passage his Excellency evidently referred to the
case of the two dismissed Orange Magistrates who stood
before hint.

RAILWAYS IN IRELAND.

The Cork Reporter publishes a correspondence be-
tween the Lord Lieutenant's private Secretary and Mr.
Dillon Croker, the Secretary of the Cork Railway Com-
mittee, relative to the presentation of a memorial con-
nected with the establishment of railway communication
in Ireland, from which it is evident, says that Journal,
that " Government has no intention whatever of taking
up the project of railways in Ireland as a great public
measure."

DISMISSAL OF THE STIPENDIARY MAGIS

TRATES.
The Government is getting on by degrees. The sti-
pendiary Magistrates are to be got rid of in batches of
five. The Evening Packet of last night announces that
the five following have received their death-warrants :
Theobald A. Dillon, Esq., Kenmare ; Hugh Grey, Esq.,
of Manorhamilton ; Benjamin Holmes, Esq., Bruff ; Pa-
trick C. Howley, Esq., Longford ; John Veevers, Esq.,
Templemore.
OUTRAGES IN THE COUNTY OF DOWN.—
MURDERS.
DUBLIN, DEC. 11.—Still the Dublin Gazette, which
was again published last night, is silent respecting the
insurrectionary outrages, and the firing at. magistrates in
the county of Down. But the Gazette contains various
proclamations, including two rewards respecting mur-
ders, one committed in Tipperary, and the other in Drog-
heda, on the night of the 7th inst. The victim in the
latter case was Peter Dolan, a huckster, who, it is stated,
" was barbarously murdered by some person or persons
unknown, in his dwelling-house."
But although Lord De Grey and Lori Eliot appear to
have disregarded the outbreak in the Protestant and
Presbyterian county of Down, they show exceeding zeal
respecting an outrage committed more than a year ago
in the King's county, and for the discovery of the perpe-
trators of which rewards have long since been offered by
the Government, as well as the local Magistracy. This
is the case of Mr. Biddalph, a Magistrate, who had been
fired at on the morning of the 24th of September, 1840.
In the Gazette of last night the Lord Lieutenant offers a
reward of 200 i. for the apprehension and conviction of
the persons concerned in this outrage.
JUDGE LEFROY.
The Gazette of last night notifies the appointment of
Mr. Lefroy—whom the Duke of Northumberland refused
to appoint as a temporary Judge—as the Junior Baron
of the Exchequer, in place of Baron Foster, who has
been pitch-forked into the Common Pleas.
THE LORD CHANCELLOR OF IRELAND.
Sir Edward Sugden will leave Dublin on Tuesday, for
London ; his return is not expected. No doubt he is an
able lawyer, and a first-rate equity judge. With his
domestic difficulties we have nothing to do ; but report
has it that some objection stands in the way of Lady Sug-
den at the next drawing-room. Lord Eliot gave an en-
tertainment at the Phoenix Park, and Lady Sugden was
present. This circumstance begot observation, and the
result, we apprehend, has had some connection with the
present movement.
It may be that a manoeuvre is on the tupis to place
Chief Justice Pennefather is the court of Chancery, and
Blackburne and West on the french. If such be the ease,
the promotion of Jackson and Litton will, as a matter of
course, follow.— Waterford Chronicle.

MEETING AT ISLINGTON•
7'o ?'HE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIRS I perceive by your report of Thursday even-
ing's meeting, that you did not wait the • conclusion of
the proceedings. I shall, therefore, be obliged if you
will give publicity to what transpired after the Rev.
Chairman vacated the chair.

When he and the rest of the Tory clique had left, a
portion of the meeting followed their example, and others
were about to do the same, but were stopped by loud
cries from the platform of " Come back, come back." On
returning, we found that a Chairman (a working man)
had been appointed to conclude the business which the'
former one had so disgracefully omitted to do. It was
proposed that the address should be presented to her
Majesty by the Members for the Borough, Messrs. Dun-
combe and Walley. This was seconded. An amend-
ment was then proposed, that Mr. Wakley's name should
be left out of the motion • for, said the speaker, " he is
not our Member, he truckles too much to Sir Robert
Peel." It was ultimately agreed to that it should be pre-
sented by both Members. Scarcely had this been done,
when the beadle made his appearance, and demanded
the candlesticks, and immediately blew out the lights.
This was the signal for an immediate rush to the doors,
and thus ended this extraordinary evening's transactions.
I think, Sir, that this insult to the parishioners should
not-pass by unnoticed, but should be highly reprobated
by the press and the public generally. It will teach the
working classes (of whom the majority of this meeting
was composed) one fact, however, that they have little
good to expect from the parish functionaries, who fatten
on the produce of their toil.
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Mr. ftamsden, in the course of his speech, said, that if
a meeting were called for the purpose of giving relief to
the destitute poor of this parish, he would gladly co-ope-
rate with any one for the promotion of such a praise-
worthy and Christian object. I should, therefore, sug-
gest, Sir, that you use the powerful influence possessed
by your invaluable Paper to get up such a meeting, for
that distress does exist to a dreadful extent is indisput-
able--one poor woman having died from starvation only
last week in this parish ; and there are many others who
have the awful forebodings that a similar fate will termi-
nate their sufferings, unless something be done to supply
their immediate necessities.—l remain, Sir, your obedient
servant, A PARISHIONER OF ISLINGTON.
Dec. 10, 1841.

DEATII OF Mu. JOHN SYDNEY TAYLOR,
TEE BA MUSTER. —We deeply regret to have to announce
the death of Mr. John Sydney Taylor, barrister-at-law,
which took place on Friday morning at his house in
Chancery-lane. Mr. Taylor had been ill for several
months, and underwent repeated surgical operations of
a very painful nature. He bore his sufferings with
great fortitude, and with profound resignation to the
Divine will. Mr. Taylor, who was a native of Donny-
brook, greatly distinguished himself at Trinity College,
Dublin, where he took the degree of M.A. Soon after
completing his education he came to London, where he
obtained an engagement as Parliamentary Reporter on
the Morning Chronicle. After remainins, some years on
that establishment, he was employed by the late Mr.
Thwaites, principal proprietor and editor of the
Morning Herald, to write leading articles for the
latter journal, which he continued to do until within
a few months of his death. Nearly all the articles which
have appeared in the _Herald during the last fourteen
years, in favour of an amelioration of our criminal code,
and for the abolition of capital punishments, proceeded,
we believe, from Mr. Taylor's pen. A collection of these
was made six or seven years ago, and published in two
volumes, at the expanse of the " Society for the Diffu-
sion of information on the Subject of Capital Punish-
ments." Mr. Taylor was a man of highly-cultivated li-
terary taste. He was also exceedingly fond of poetry,
and has written various small poetic pieces possessed of
considerable merit, though he never put his name to --any
of them. Everything that proceeded from his pen was
pervaded by a spirit of humanity and benevolence. his
metropolitan practice in the Courts of Law was limited,
but in the Norfolk Circuit, which he regularly travelled,
he was rapidly rising into distinction, and was beginning
to obtain a large and lucrative business. He possessed su-
perior talents as a forensic speaker; and often displayed
()Teat ingenuity in his cross-examination of witnesses. He
was a mail of very kindly and generous disposition,
though somewhat reserved in his manner. He has left
a widow, but no children. He was in the 45th year of
his age.—Observer.—[Every one who knew Mr. Sydney
Taylor must concur in this tribute of respect to his memory.
He was an accomplished scholar, and a man of the most
amiable disposition. In all his writings he proved that his
great object was to improve the condition of mankind
and, above all,,
to mitigate the cruelties of slavery and the
severity of the criminal law. Perhaps no man of the
present day has been more influential in the abolition or
mitigation of punishment ; and though his philanthropy
at times might carry him further than the ideas of the
age or even sound discretion would justify, he must have
been consoled at the hour of death with the reflection,
that his failings were always on the side of humanity and
mercy to his fellow creatures. His exertions in this
sacred cause are not generally known to the public ; but,
among those who were engagod in the same pursuit, his
death will be felt at the present time as an irreparable
loss.--En. Sun.]