The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-16 00:00:00

CHARTISTS IN SHEFFIELD.

(From the Sheffield Iris of Tuesday.)
Information having been received by the Magistrates
that the Chartists were to have a meeting somewhere
in Sheffield late on Saturday night or early on Sunday
morning, they resolved to adopt measures to prevent any
outbre tk, and applied to Colonel Marten, who sent
picquets out on all sides of the town, and had his troops
in readiness, part in the Tontine Yard, and the remain-
der at the barracks. in the outskirts of the town
some of the policemen were fired. upon, and
others attacked with pikes and bayonets, and we
regret to add that some of the wounds inflicted
are of a serious nature. One man, who, from
being dressed in a rough coat, it is supposed was mis-
taken for a policeman, was fired at, and so dan-
gerously wounded that he was conveyed to the Infirmary,
nd 27 slugs have been extracted by the surgeon from
his neck and shoulders. Others have been much hurt.
One had his hat penetrated by a ball, which grazed the
upper part of his scalp, without doing further injury.
In the course of the night several were taken prisoners,
and a great quantity of muskets, pikes, daggers, cats
(an instrument with three prongs, which is meant to
be thrown on the ground and destroy the horses' feet),
powder, balls, grenades, &c., were seized. At one place
the police discovered a regular store of these deadly wea-
pons, and they were brought to the the office in a coach,
the body of which was nearly filled by them. The pic-
quets on the Glossop road met a considerable body ofmen
rnorching towards the town, about half-past one in the
morning, the " shine" of whose spears was distinctly
visible. The picquet approached within 20 yards of
them to make certain, and immediately came to the
Tontine and gave the, alarm. On the other roads
bodies of men were also seen, but the preparations
made, evidently had the effect of intimidating them
from entering the town. During the whole of Sunday
the greatest excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood
of the Town Flail, where a troop of the Jet Dragooas
were on duty, and at kye o'clock the yeomanry were
called out, who continued to parade the Haymarket
and neighbourhood during the whole of the night, and
yesterday a great number of prisoners were taken, of
whom the following were examined before the Magist
trates and remanded. Some of the Magistrates have
been in attendance since Saturday afternoon.

From inquiries at the Infirmary last evening, we
hear that the watchman, Howe, who has two sword
cuts in the neck and a wound in the back, is doing
very well. We understand he was also fired at several
times at the Glossop-road, but without effect. Henry
Taylor, who was wounded beyond the Twelve o'Clock,
by a number of slugs being fired into hia side and baek,
being a worn subject, otherwise in a worn stag of
body, is not doing so well. Taylor said he ;,ad no inti-
mation of the attack, nor any give:, .037 which he could
conclude whence it proce,:-,,' ed. He is said to be a
Chartist, and by sine means to have given offence
to his. ass^:Liates. The circumstances under which
thi§ fast individual was shot are curious. We
understand he was proceeding to Attercliffc in com-
pany with another man, to fetch a relation to attend
on his wife, who was poorly; and on arriving at
the first row of houses past the Twelve o'Clock, in the
Wicker, he was shot in the back. His companion then
left him, and has not since been heard of. The poor
man contrived to get to a beer-house in the row, and
having knocked at the door he dropped to the ground.
The inmates of the house, who were just retiring to bed,
however, came down stairs, and every attention was
paid to the wounded man. Mr. Watson, surgeon, of
the Wicker, was sent for, and extracted a number of
slugs from his body. At five o'clock in the morning he
was conveyed to the infirmary. There is another
rumour afloat, that he was a Chartist, and was shot by
one of the same class whilst running away from the
main body.

There are rumours in the own respecting outbreaks
in Dewsbury, Mansfield, Barnsley, &c.
The following persons have been examined :—Hol-
berry and his wife, Mary Holberry, Booker, Foxall,
Booker, Jun., and S. Thompson, and committed for
rc-examination. The large table of the sessions room
was filled with articles taken from the prisoners and
from the houses of the Chartists, consisting of hand
grenades, two large balls, a large quantity of other com-
bustible materials, also great numbers of long pikes,
daggers, swords, spears, guns, pistols, " cats," and ball

eertridees—eHne to er eh:ervc n taste' -sf
horrible nature and extent of the proceedings of the
physical force Chartists in this town.
(FURTHER PARTMULARS.)
( From the Third Edition of the Sheffield Iris of Tuesday.)
EXAMINATION OF CHARTISTS.
DISCLOSURE OF PLAN TO FIRE THE TOWN.
The Court met this morning at about eleven o'clock.
The same Magistrates were on the bench as yesterday.
Thomas Hague, watchman, was first called—l have
been a watchman about three months ; I was on duty on
Sunday morning last, in Portobello-street and Broad-lane.
At ten minutes past two o'clock I was leaving my beat to
go my round, when I heard footsteps. I stopped and
called the hours louder than usual. I then saw from 20 to 30
men come round the corner of Rockingham-street. I saw
them form into a line the same as regular soldiers do. They
were armed with long pikes. I had my lantern and my re-
gular dress; they ran towards me, and came in what
I call double time ; I sprung my rattle four separate
times, and ran towards them with my staff; I was in the
act of striking one of the men, when I saw a man with a
white Mackintosh cloak taking a blunderbuss from un-
der his cloak; I stepped back three paces, and he then
fired ; when he fired at me the ball glanced against the
number, and went through my hat ; they all ran down
Rockingham-street, except one man who ran up the
street. but he escaped.
Edward Housely, policeman, was next called.—l was
on duty on Glossop-road and Crookes moor ; I was
on my beat in Gen-street ; I knew Samuel Howe ; he
was on duty near Portobello-street ; I saw him first
at two o'clock ; there was nothing the matter with him
then; I saw him again abokit twenty-five minutes past
two ; he was in a yard in Gell-street ; he was co-
vered with blood ; his hat was cut all to pieces, and
his head very much cut ; I asked the gentleman of the
house to get up and let us in ; we got into the house. I
took off my police clothes, and asked the gentleman for a
hat. I did not consider it proper for me to go out with
my police clothes on. A coach was got, and he was sent
to the Infirmary, where he now remains.
Several witnesses were then called, residing in Crooke's
Moor and the neighbourhood, who had found some spears,
dirks, &c., in that district, all of which were conveyed
to Mr. Hadfield, and the whole were removed to the Po-
lite-office on Sunday.
Robert Marshall, watchman—l was on duty in the
neighbourhood of Beet-street, on Sunday morning; I saw
two men, one of them had a stick with a bayonet at the
end. I did not follow them immediately, but in conse-
quence of what I heard them say I followed them; they
ran up Daisy-walk ; I went to St. George's-terrace, and
received a walking-stick, with a bayonet at the end, and a
rope about four feet long.
Mr. Palfreyman then called Samuel Thompson, the
Younger, who gave the following testimony :—I am en-
gineer to Mr. William Parker, of the Pond Forge ; I have
worked for him nine months ; I became a Chartist soon
after Peter Foden was taken ; I have attended their
meetings in Fig-tree-lane as frequently as my business
would allow me ; I have attended pretty regularly during
the last fortnight ; I was present at a meeting there last Sa-
turday night but one ; Holberry was present then ; I have
known him ever since I first joined them : he has been in the
habit of attending the meetings ; he has taken an active
part as a speaker at those meetings ; I heard him say last
Sunday but one that be had been as delegate to Dews.
bury ; he told it to four or five at Holberry's house ;
he said they had agreed, and stated the time that
there should be a unanimous rise; he said it was
agreed that only two men in the town should know
the time; I next saw him at the rooms in Fig-tree-
lane, on the Thursday following ; there were a many per-
sons in the room ; James Boardman was there; I can't
say whether Birks was there or not ; Mr. Duffy was
there; Mr. Bradwell spoke; Mr. Ilolberry said he had
been round by Nottingham to warn them as a delegate of
the time the rise would take place, not with regard to
Mr. Frost alone (he was only an individual), but for the
Charter ; it was expected the news. was to arrive in Shef-
field respecting Frost's trial on Friday night, but they must
take no notice of that : the Charter was their motto ;
they said that every man must be punctual to his class
on Friday night ; they are divided into classes with a
leader to each; meetings are held at the houses
of the class leaders; there are about six or seven
class leaders; Boardman, of St. Philip's-road ;
Birks, of Mill-lane ; James Marshall, top of Coalpit-
lane ; I was one, but it was held at the house
of Mr. Valentine Hobson, in the Park; James M'Ket-
terick, Spring-street ; one in Forty-row, but I am not
aware of the leader's name; and one in Bridge-houses. I
was at the meeting in Fig-tree-lane on Friday night last ;
Holberry, Boardman, Marshall, Birks, and Peter Foden,
who came in late; Holberry had a pistol with him that
night ; he said that every man must be at his class by ten
o'clock on Saturday, for if he saw a Chartist out after that
hour he would certainly blow his brains out ; he said they must
bring all the arms they could bring secretly, but not pikes ;
the meeting was to be for an inspection of arms, and every
man must put on two shirts, or whatever clothes he could ;
ha said he should go round to inspect them ; a Frenchman,
who had been in the French Revolution, was there; he
was to inspect the arms also ; the meeting broke up on
Friday evening, betwixt eleven and twelve o'clock ; Bradwell
said there was a policeman underneath, but he would
cloak that, and he got up and spoke very loud; there was
to be a public meeting of the Chartists in the rooms at
seven o'clock on Saturday evening, as a cloak for the riot;
there were a few individuals elected as a council to meet at
three ; on Saturday afternoon Holberry called on me, and
took me to the Council at a public-house in Lambert-
street ; Holberry, Birks, Duffy, Boardman, a person from
Rotherham, and a few Irish friends, were there ; Holberry
rose and addressed the Council, and stated the plans ; the
Town-hall and the Tontine were to be taken; every man
was to be at his post at two; Boardman's, Birks's, M'Kette-
rick's, and my class was to take the Town-hall; Boardman
said he thought he could bring 50 men; I thought 50; Birks
20, and M'Ketterick 40. It was put as a motion who were
to take the Town-hall; Marshall's class, the Forty-row class,
and the Rotherham friends were to take the Tontine ; the
Rotherham and Attercliffe friends were to meet at the
Railway Tavern, near the \Ven, on the road from Shef.
field to Attercliffe ; if they were put off taking these two
places, they were to begin and fire the town. Holberry
said that he had eight men that he had picked upon, with
one that could climb the spouting, and after the soldiers
had left the barracks, they were to fire' the straw chamber,
and that would burn the riding-school, it being under, of
wood ; they were then to throw a hand grenade or two in-
to the barracks ?he said they had plenty of fire-ball ready ;
the hand grenades were to be divided; they were to go
from there to Mr. Albert Smith's, if I am not mistaken,
and so on with all the Magistrates. Some one was asked
,f he could accomplish his end at Mr. Hugh Parker's ;
leave that to me, I'll settle that business, if you will look
after the town. They then agreed how the classes were
to come and take the Town-hall and Tontine ; pre-
vious to the class coming up, one man was to go first,
and then two, so as not to alarm the watchmen ; they
were to assassinate every watchman or policeman that
they came across ; they were then to run to their posts in
a moment, and rush into the Tontine and Town-hall as
the clock struck two; they were to close the Tontine
gates and barricade them with the coaches in the yard.
There were to be men stationed in the Town-hall, up-
stairs and down ; it was then arranged where the cats were
to be placed; Snig-hill was thesfirst place proposed, but
it was not carried. It was then proposed to lay th:01
from Woolhouse's corner, to the Albion and the ";„tine,
so as to catch the horses of the soldiers whichever way
they came ; this was carried. It was then discussed which
class should take the arms from the shops, to supply those
who had not arms ; the shops proposed to be broken
open were Mr. Ward's, corner, of Fugate, Mr. Yeard-
ley's, Westbar ; Mr, Du V was to take Ward's;
Mr. Boardman Mr. Yeardley's, and my class Mr. Nay-
lor's. It was then agreed that the whole body should
not call, but that they should make good their object ;
eight out of every class was to go to the shops ; after
they had done this they were to return to the body, each
knowing their own party. It was then mentioned about
the soldiers bringing their large caution, to blow at the
Tontine and Town-hall; if they should plant the cannon,
it would be easy to knack them off before they could
charge thee], The hand grenades were to be equally di-
vided ernongst the men who had no tire arms; they were
to throw them amongst the soldiers, to put them in an
uproar. It was said that the Government and the autho-
rities were a property governesent, and that as soon as
these places were taken, and the houses fired, they
would leave the town to take care of their property ;
the middle classes and the authorities would then give
heir votes towards the people obtaining the Charter. It
was then agreed that no provision, stores, or places of wor-
ship were to be destroyed, There were not many names
mentioned; it was left to Holberry. The first time the
Council met way at thsee o'clock, and closed at six ; the
Council met at the same place at eleven; Holberry was
not there at the time ; at the private meetings in Fig-tree-
lane, all the members were to bring in an account of their
arms ; never heard Holberry say he bad arms, but he
had combustible materials; the first time I saw the dag-
ger was at Kirk's ; Boardman said he could bring eight
or ten guns; Mr, Birks two or three; we had only two or
three, and Mr, Marshall four; they had about eighteen
guns and twelve pistols altogether; Boardreea had one
thousand rounds hall cartridge ;we had feu l'.undred;
Marshall lead four hundred ; Birks not many; the
IP'sder of the Forty-row class was not there then; about
hell-past nine o'clock at night I went to the rooms, ex-
pecting to find a meeting there; the door was shut and I
went to my class in the Park; we did not stay long there,
before I went to my house in Forge-lane; we were re-
moving, but had not got all the furniture away; we then
went to Mr. Birks's and settled there; it was agreed
we should meet there; when I got into Birks's I saw two
men with guns, and one with a sword ; Birks was dipping
torches in turpentine ; persons went to the council for
advice ; the orders were to meet at the tcp of Watery-
lane, and we understood at the top of Water-lane ;
we went there, and finding nobody, we returned ;
we afterwards went to Watery-lane, and from there
to Crookes-moor; we returned from there to 4‘ Baceo-
box-walk," where we found about half-a-dozen of
Duffy's party ; they had dirks; we had left Birks on
our way back from Crookes-moor; he had a torch and a
dirk ; we went from there with our Irish brethren, to
Duffy's, where we had some ale. We stayed there till
betwixt four and five ; I and another went to
Birks's house
to sec if he was come home, but he was not. I was then
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had three daggers given to me on Saturday night; one
was left at home, which was taken down to my father's
amongst the other things which they were removing.
The Court wished to know if the prinoners would ask
the witness any questions.
Holberry then said—You say was at a meeting on the
night of last Saturday but one? Yes, in Fig-tree-lane ;
you came in late, The Witness here begged to recollect
himself. He then stated that on the night in question they
were expecting Ilolberry from Dewsbury, and not ars
riving in time me and Foden were to go off in a gig ims
mediately to see what he was doing; they could not get a

?EN :NG FoirtoN.

Boardman Walt 111.. ; !is we were parting to go
home Holberq ; ~e went to Marshall's, from there
to Birks's, and then to IlollYTry's house.
The Prisoner—Did on see me in Fig-tree-lane on Fri_
day night ? _ _

Witness—Yes, with a boese.pistol ; you and I were to-
gether at the rooms till after twelve o'clock. You took
me to the council meeting : you spoke first at the meeting,
and framed the first ; I made the motion that
the shop; E:hnuld cpcii : you opposed it• on the
ground that they would !rise their object.
The Bench here said that the questions he was then
asking did not at all affect the charge against him, and
reminded him that what he said now would be taken down,
and might he produced against him at another time.
The Prisoner—l should have said more, which might
have thrown a great deal of light on the subject, hut after
what has been stated I will reserve what I have io say
until my trial.

Mr. Patfreyman appl.ed to the Bench on behalf of the
prosecution, that the elder Taompson, from the evidence
that had been given, should be allowed to withdraw from
the prisoner's hox and be set at liberty.
Mr. Parker said the Migistrates had great pleasure in
acceding to the request; they trusted he had nuthing to do
with the plot.

Mr. Buxton, collect6r of highway rates for Ecclesall
Bierlow township, proved that Thomas Booker occupied
the house in Bennet-lane since the 30th of June, 1830,
when he had paid rates.

William
Neil— I am about 18 years of age • I am ap-
prentice with Mr. George Wolstenhom, of Rockingham
Works ; I have been nearly four years with him ; my name
was put down, but I am not entered as a member of the as-
sociation ; I never paid any subscription. Since latter end
of August, or beginning of September, have occasionally
attended their meetings; the principal place was in Fig
Tree-lane ; I was neverat any other place ; there is one large
room where the meetings are generally held, and below a
committee-room ; during the last fortnight have attended.
several times; it is impossible to mention the number of
individuals I have seen there; Thompson and Holberry I
have seen ; the subject of the disturbances in Wales
has been talked over in the rooms, about a fortnight after
they broke out, I remember it ; it was mentioned to him
they were about to form an association, and a person in
the room said he should be sworn, as he had been saying
something he ought net to have known ; Holberry was
present ; I took a promise ; it was given in the upper
room ; Holberry was present, and gave the words ; I pro-
mised to keep the secrets of the association, and not
divulge them to any one ; was in the room on Thursday;
Holberry told them he had been a delegate to Dewsbury;
he spoke publicly; it was a publ c meeting open to every
person. On Saturday, met Holberry in Fargate, about
half-past one in the day, went to his house with him, all
that transpired was, he said he expected something would,
turn up that night ; he said I was to be at the
class that night by ten o'clock ; I never attended
before; he asked me if I had any arms; I told him 1 had
not ; I said, perhaps I can bet some ; I got a few small
daggers; think I got about half-a-dozen ; at night I took.
three or four to the class, which was at Thompson's, in
Forge. lane ; there did not appear to be any furhiture in the
home; was not there more than ten minutes; there were
perhaps a dozen at the class; before I set off to the class I
went to the room in Figtice-lane; there were only two
women there ; met a man at the bottom of the stairs, and
gave a dagger to him , don't know his name.
Wm. 'lake said, last night, in consequence of infc,ema,.
tion, went to search the house of a man named Boardmlan,
in St. Philip's-road ;he was not at home ; was informed
he had not been at home for some days ; found the pike
produced between the cellar door and chimney breast.
Mr. PALFREYMAN announced that this finished the case,
and they had no evidence to offer against Mary Holberry;
against the younger Booker and Foxhall the evidence was
of a minor eharactee ; bat against Thomas Booker and
Samuel Holberry he should press the charge he had first
made.

Mr. PARKER said--Mrs. Holberry, you have now the
opportunity to retire from that box, and the Court dis-
charges you. Foxhall, you are at liberty to stand down,
but not discharged. The younger Booker may also stand
down. Samuel Holberry and Thomas Booker, the gentle-
men employed in the prosecution have finished their evie
dence against you ; now is the time if you wish to call any
witnesses.
Holberry declined dying anything till his trial. Mr.
Parker said that was a prudent determinzition.
Thomas Booker said—The ammunition and fire balls
were brought into his house on Sunday morning, but by
whom he did not know ; they said it was in conse-
quence of being disturbed at their meeting; they brought
some beefsteaks also. He had no witnesses to call. Mr.
Farish was very fond of his son, he bad been a teacher and
scholar at St. Mary's, sixteen years. They would have
his sun go with them, and in order to prevent it he went
himself. He was then going to describe where they went
to, when Mr. Albert Smith stopped him by desire of the
Magistrates, saying they only wished to hear anything hr.:
could say it) his favour, what he was saying would criminr.te
himself, he had therefore better say no more.
The Magistrates then retired for a short time
upon their return Mr. Parker addressed the prisoners to
the following effect—Samuel Holberry and Thomas
Booker, the charge brought against you is laid under a
statute passed fn the 36th George that makes other offences high treason which are not declared to be such
under 25th Edward 111. Levying war against her
Majesty with the intention to cause her to change her
measures or councils, is the charge specified ; and we
are all of opinion diet the offence is proved, at least
as far as is necessary to be proved here. We are
not sat here to try you, but to see if there be good
groiands to put you on your trials. You are com-
mitted on the charge of high treason ; the depositions; will be sent to the law officers of the Crown, and it will be for them to adopt them, or take such other pro-
ceedings as they think proper. I can only add that as
soon as you are removed from the bar, you wilt be con-
veyed to York Castle. We cannot staffer the present ex-
citement to be kept up, or the safety of the town endan-
gered by your remaining here longer than has been neces-
sary for your examination. Your schemes were of a most
diabolical kind ; the first act was to have been at this place
at two o'clock, then an attack was to have been made on this
building, then on the Tontine, and the town was to have
been filed in several places. Men were also engaged to fire
the Barracks, after that Mr. Albert Smith's house,
and then the houses of the Magistrates around. The
watchmen and police were to have been assassinated;
and cats thrown in the streets to obstruct the cavalry, and
shops attacked which contained arms. This was the means
you intended to go on with your conspiracy in that general
and public way ; and there can be no doubt in any per
son's mind, that the offence contemplated was high trea-
son. The scheme was really too dreadful, too awful,, to
be contemplated. Thank God, by the interposition of his
Divine providence, the town has been saved, which
would not have been, had not your designs been hap_
dilj forestalled. The schemes of conspirators. seldom
answer ; history tells us so, and our own times con-
firm it. Conspirators winars,t trust each other. Some,
are not so harderwei ei ethers, and by such means thei r
schemes are fezietreeed, If the authorities had be en
less vigilant In
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prepare
his applied for the use of' pen and Wit, to prepare
his defence, and wished to see his brother, who had come
40 miles for the purpose. lie was referred 41 tile Visiting
Magistrates at York.
Booker showed some anguish, and sO.shesi to see his
wife. Their wives only were ordered be allowed to see
them. They were then removed.
The prisoners were removed from the Town Hall at
twenty minutes past four, and conveyed to York in a
ehaise and four, accompanied by Mr. Bland, constable, and
escorted by a troop of the Royal Dragoons. The town is
again quiet, and we hope will long continue so.

THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME
YESTRIS.
THIS EVENING, JA N. 16,
Will be performed Sheridan's Ceraedy of
THE RIVALS.

Sir Anthony Absolute, Mr. W. Farren ; Captain Absolute,
Mr. Anderson; Sir Lucius O'Trigger, Mr. Brougham; Faulk,
land, Mr. Cooper ; Acres, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs.
C. Jones ; Lydia Languish, Madame Vestris ; Julia, Mrs.
Nisbett ; Lucy, Mrs. Humby.
To conclude with the New Grand Comic Christmas Panto-
mime, entiiled
HARLEQUIN AND THE MERRIE DEVIL OF ED-
MONTON ; OR, THE GREAT BED OF WARE.
Wtih entirely New Scenery. Machinery, Dresses, and De-
,

eorations.
Har.equin, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Clown, Mr_ T. Ridgway ;
Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli - Merrie Devil, Mr. Gibson ; and Co-
wahine, Miss Fairbrother.
Dress Boxes, 7s; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second
Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price,
29. ; Gallery, Is.
Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to
commence at Seven o'Clock.
Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter,
at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, wh re Season 'rickets
may be had upon application.
Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews. bookseller,
167, New Bond-street.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
The Grand Comic Pantomime, universally allowed to be the
best in London. is attracting the most brilliant overflows
evex witnessed, and will be repeated every evening. The
Three New Pieces have also bee►► pre-eminently succesafal.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 16,
Will be repeated, an entirely new Legenda►v Drama, called
THE LAPIDARY OF LEYDEN.

After \which, ;enmedietta, from the French, entitled
FAMILY JARS MENDED. _ _ .

Bonhomme, Mr. Smith ; Chapinet, Mr. Saville ; Madame
Bonhomme, Mrs, Daly ; Theresia, Miss Martin.
To conclude with the New Grand Christmas Pantomime, called
THE QUEEN BEE, OR HARLEQUIN AND GOODY
TWO SHOES.
The splendid Scenery by Mr. Brunning—The magnificent
Diorama by Mr. P. Phillips.
Columbine, Miss Sharpe ; Harlequin, Clown, Pantaloon, and
Sprite, by the Bolero Family.
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ment to wrong. But they are bound to teach us,
not we to teach them, and they should know, without
being informed by Corn .law Circulars, that the
Corn-laws are a great system of injustice, contrary
to the Bible, and contrary, as Mr. SPENCER re-
marked, to the prayers they read. They claim at
present, and we deny it them net, a right to
express their sentiments politically ; and, there-
fore, they are bound not only to be well-informed on
the subject of the Corn-laws, but to express an
opinion on it. We have called on them to do so
many months ago ; but during the year and a half
that this question has been agitated, when the
priesthood have got up petitions from all parts of the
empire against the grant for education, scarcely one
clergyman has lifted up his voice against the Corn-
laws. Many (.1 them have discouraged the agita-
tion, and avowed themselves favourable to the tax
on the people's bread. For this they may be as-
sured the people will remember them ; and the ac-
cursed bread-tax will be found in the end as pregnant
with danger to the priesthood as to the aristocracy.

Nothing has afforded us more pleasure than to
see that the Anti-Corn-law League is determined to
demand the total abolition of all taxes and duties
on provisions. Mr. STURGE very properly cau-
tioned the meeting on Tuesday not to yield any
part of their demand ; and we must caution them
to be as much on their guard against insidious
friends as open foes. The Globe last night, after a
gent!e admonition to the landlords that they might
perhaps "be straining their power too far," and
might rue " being victorious over trade," as if they
were engaged in some noble contest, not in a pitiless
course of plunder by means of law, uniting the
most flagrant breach of trust to the lowest and
meanest theft—the Globe, last night, after a fie
fie kind of admonition, as if given by an almost
willing confederate, adds this passage:—
" The ground on which it seems to us they (the Legis-
lature) have a right to impose duties is for the sake of re-
venue, and of drawing that revenue without discouraging
one branch of industry or employment of capital more
than another. Duties on foreign commodities must, we
think, be acknowledged to be justifiable, when it is neces-
sary to obtain a revenue by taxing the same heavily when
produced at home. To exempt foreign imports wholly
from that taxation would be to do precisely that which is
objectionable in protective duties—to encourage, namely,
one producer at the expense of another—the favoured pro-
ducer, in the latter case, being a foreigner instead of a
native."

Now some of the produce of the land, as hops,
and barley when malted, are taxed for the sake of
a revenue; arid, on the principle laid down by the
Globe, barley and hops—at least when imported,
though we apprehend the principle is intended to
be carried further—should not be exempted from
taxation. We suppose, in truth, that it is intended
to make the tax on these products the criterion for
taxing all foreign agricultural produce, otherwise
the protection would be of no use. A thousand sub-
stitutes would be found both for malt and hops, and
merely to tax foreign barley and foreign hops would
not serve the purposes of the grower.
Some other of our Contemporaries, not friendly to

the Corn-laws, have suggested a modification of the
present duty, and have all along been distinguished
for a quasi opposition to that total repeal which the
Anti-Coin-law League and The Sun have uniformly
and continuously contended for. The League shows
no inclination to adopt their views. Having
struggled so far successfully it will not now, on
the eve of victory, give in. One of its most de-
termined opponents, the Herald, admits that the
banquet this year is twice as numerous as last year ;
it sees with envy and disappointment that the
workmen, in spite of its efforts, are all becoming
repealers ; it warns the landlords that the League
is most formidable ; and, when such an acknow.
ledgment of its power is extorted from its enemies,

it will never suffer itself to be seduced from de-
manding what is right by the cajolery of friends.
Not one, but several speakers at the meeting on
Tuesday, admitted that their cause had gained
great strength by taking up the broad principle of
justice, that religious and philanthropic bodies were
joining them on that ground, and on that ground

the mass of the workmen had come over to them.
They will not, therefore, we are sure, separate them-
selves from their best auxiliaries ; they will not
cool down the public zeal and turn public opinion
away from them to catch a little present Parliamen-
tary support, or blunt a little the eager hostility of
the landlords. Rather call on the Legislature to
revise its system of taxation, than not exempt
foreign agricultural produce from a tax which shall
be equivalent to the taxes
.on malt and hops.

By the arrival of the Siddons, Capt. PALMER,
at Liverpool, yesterday, in seventeen days, from
New York, we have at last received the long ex-
pected PRESIDENT'S Message, together with files
of New York papers to the 29th ult. Want of
space prevents us from doing more than directing
the attention of our readers to the Message, a copy
of which will be found in another part of The Sun,
followed by the latest intelligence of the state of the
New York Money Market.

Madrid Journals of the Gth and 7th inst. have
been received. The following paragraph from the
Madrid Gazette, contains all the news they con-
tain of the slightest interest :

The Duke de la Vittoria writes, from his head-quarters
of bias de las Matas, dated Dec. 28, that Brigadier-Ge-
neral Aleson, commanding ad interim the 3d division,
assisted by Colonel Zurbano, had made a movement
against the town of Ejulbe, in order to destroy the fortified
works commenced by the enemy. The factious have not
dared to wait with a firm foot the Queen's troops, and in
their retreat burnt the Hermitage, where they had begun
their fortifications. Whilst our soldiers were establishing
themselves at Ejulbe, Llangostera descended from the
Sie. ra with three battalions. He forced the position occu-
pied by the 2d battalion of Bourbon, destined to protect
the entrance of the troops into Ejulbe. This battalion
bravely sustained the shock, and forced the enemy to fall
back. The affair was warm ; the factious, in despite of
their advantageous position, were repulsed on all sides, and
they lost ten killed and forty wounded, and two taken pri-
soners. We had one man killed and twenty-eight wounded.
The Queen has learnt this success with great satisfaction.
The Five per Cents. improved on the 7th.
Sales were effected at 28 for cash.

The Paris Journals of Tuesday devote the
greater portion of their leading columns to com-
ments upon the speech of M. TIMERS in the
Chamber of Deputies on Monday. M. TIIIERSI
partiality for the English alliance has given mortal
offence to the Legitimist, the Republican, and
even some portion of the Juste Milieu press.
The Commerce, for example, is of opinion that
it was better adapted for delivery in St. Stephen's
Chapel than in the French Chamber of Depu-
ties, and recapitulates, with a bitterness of tone
which we regret to find in a Journal gene-
rallyi so moderate, all the causes, real
and imaginary, which France has had to
distrust the friendship of England during a bygone
Iperiod extending over twenty-five years ! The

National, of course, ever the opponent of the
English alliance, is equally hostile to the views of
the ex-Premier ; and finds in the existence of our
Aristocracy an insurmountable barrier to the cor-
dial and honest union of the two countries. These
jourpals are still more furious because that the
Minister of th Interior, who replied to the speech
0f M. THIERS, re-eehoeil his sentiments respect-
the importance of the English alliance, and
only differed from him respecting the policy of the
I conduct of the Governmem upon the Eastern

question.
The Moniteur threatens with punishment such
officers of the National Guards as assisted at the
porcession on Sunday, with addresses to AIM,