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The resolution having been seconded, was put and
carried with one dissentient only,
The resolutions were then ordered to be advertised in
the usual Morning and Evening Papers.
Mr. Deputy BLACKETT, after paying a high and well
merited compliment to the worthy Alderman for his
conduct in the chair, moved a vote of thanks to him,
which was carried without a dissentient voice.
On the motion of Mr. PRENDERGAST, a resolution was
proposed and carried, requesting the mover and seconder
of the petition to take charge of it, for the purpose of
procuring signatures.
Sir J. DUKE acknowledged the vote of thanks in •a
very neat speech, and the meeting, after giving flirt e
cheers for the Ministry and the measure, separated at
four o'clock.

THE FOUR HUNDREDTH ANNI-
VERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF ETON
COLLEGE.

The celebration of the four hundredth anniversary of the
foundation of this celebrated place of public education took
place on Saturday last, at the great room at Willis's in King-
street, St. James's. The meeting was, as might be expected,
most numerously attended ; we never, on any former occasion
of an Eton anniversary, remember to have seen the attendance
of Etonians so numerous. The chair was taken at half .past
seven o'clock by Lord Chief Justice Denman, supported on the
immediate right by the Provost of Eton, and on tl.e left
by Dr. Hawtrey, the Head Master of the School. There
were also present Lords Morpeth and Lincoln, and many
other Noblemen, the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Justice Pat-
teson, Mr. Justice Coleridge, the Reverend Dr. Keate,
formerly head master of the school, General Sir H.
Turner, and upwards of 300 gentlemen. Upon the removal of
the cloth, grace having been said, Lord Denman proposed
" The memory of the founder, Henry V 1.," which was drunk
in respectful silence. His Lordship then proposed the health
of the Queen, and in a short but appropriate speech adverted
to the patronage which the Royal Family had always bestowed
on Eton, Ind which her present Majesty, and her Royal Con-
sort Prince Albert, were not likely to withdraw.—( Great
cheering.) The health of Queen Adelaide, and the rest of
the Royal Family, was drunk with enthusiastic applause. To
the toast " The Duke of Wellington and the Generals of
Eton," Sir H. Turner returned thanks, but was inaudible to
most of the company. To the toast the " Admirals of Eton,"
there being no Admiral present, thanks were not returned.
Lord MottrzTa returned thanks for the toast " The States-
men of Eton," in a speech of considerable humour. His
Lordship observed, although he was now in the sixth form
of the Cabinet, it was very probable many gentlemen present
expected he would shortly be in the " Remove."—( Cheers
and laughter.) He would, however, observe, that whatever
might be his inadequacy to do justice to the toast, he would
recall to the recollection of those that heard him, that amongst
the statesmen of Eton were to be found a Fex, a Grenville, a
Canning, and a Wellington. His Lordship concluded amidst
loud cheering.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR, on the toast of the " Judges of
Eton" being drunk, returned thanks, and pointed out with
great humour how the practice of swimming and escaping the
entanglement of weeds at Eton, helped those brought up there
to become good lawyers. Dr. Keate returned thanks for the
Clergy, and Dr. llawtrey for the Masters of Eton. The health
of " Lord Denman" was drunk, for which his Lordship re-
turned thanks. The great toast of the evening, " Floreat
Etena," was drunk with the most enthusiastic cheers; it was
several minutes before silence could be restored, so vehement
were the company in their expression of good will and grati-
tude to the place of their education. In the course of the
evening, Lord Denman read a letter from the Marquis Welles-
ley, regretting that he could not attend, but expressing his
zeal for the prosperity of the College, and attributing his re-
putation and successful progress in life to his having received
his education at that place, under the learned Drs. Davies and
Norbury. This letter was received with every demonstration
of applause. Several other toasts were drunk in the course of
the evening, and it was not until nearly twelve o'clock that the
festivities closed.

CORN-LA W MARGATE.S
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The following Correspondence relating to a petition in
favour of the Corn-laws, from the guardians of the Isle of
Thanet union, is well worthy of being made public at this
most important period. If you have room in your Monday's
Edition, the whole of this affair will come before the public
before the petition is presented to the House :
" To THE POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND
WALES.
" 21, Dane-hill-row, Margate, May 13.
" Gentlemen,—l am requested by a number of rate-payers
of St. John, Margate, to forward to you the copy of a letter
received by Wm. Hall, Esq., guardian of the poor for Mar-
gate, from the Clerk of the Isle of Thanet union.
" Isle of Thanet Union.
" Notiee of motion by Mr. Thomas Hooper, on Friday,
the 21st May, 1841 :—That this Board send petitions to both
Houses of Parliament against the proposed al erations in the
Corn-laws.
" May 10. (Signed) " WM. FREEMAN, Clerk.'
" The rate-payers desire to know whether the Commis-
sioners advise or sanction boards or guardians, administering
the laws for the relief of the poor, to employ their clerks, or
other officers paid out of the poor's-rate, in furthering the
political views of individual members; and whether the notice
of motion conveyed by the Circular signed by Mr. Wm. Free-
man, Clerk to the union, be legitimate to the business of a
guardian, as defined by the 38th clause of the Poor-law
Amendment Act. The rate-payers earnestly desire the Com-
missioners to apprise Mr. Thomas Hooper, and the guardians
of the Isle of Thanet union, how obviously improper it is to
employ the officers of the union upon any business not strictly
defined and limited by the statute.
" I have the honour to remain, &c.
" EDWARD MOTTLEY.
" To the Poor-law Commissioners."
The Poor-law Commissioners, in consequence of the abov
remonstrance, sent the following lettter to fir. Wm. Free-
man, the Clerk:—
" 5,201 A. " Poor-law Commission-office, Somerset
House, 19th May, 1841.
" POLITICAL MEETINGS OF BOARDS of GUARDIANS.
" Sir,—The Poor-law Commissioners transmit herewith
copy of a letter which has been addressed to them by Mr.
Edward Mottley, on behalf of certain rate-payers of the parish
of St. John, Margate, in the Isle of Thanet union, respecting
a notice of motion given by, Mr. Thos. Hooper, a guardian of
that union, for Friday, the 21st inst., that the board of
guardians of the Isle of Thanet union send petitions to both
Houses of Legislature against the proposed alteration in the
Cern-laws.'
" The Commissioners desire to state, that having already
in a letter to the board of guardians of the Derby union ex-
plained thcir views as to the tmpolicy of discussing at meetings
of boards of guardians matters which are not within the func-
tions of the board, deem it right to call the attention of the
guardians to that communication in the official Circular of the
4th of April, 1840, herewith transmitted to the guardians.
" E. CHADWICK, Secretary."

APPALLING STATEMENT.
At the Anti-Corn-law Tea Party, held in the Corn Ex-
change, Manchester, on Thursday, several excellent speeches
were made by Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., of Liverpool ; T.
Milner Gibson, Esq. ; the Rev. Wm. M'Kerrow, the Rev,
'D. Hearne, and others. We regret that we cannot find room
for them, but the short one, made by the Rev. Ali\ Hearne, it
would be a sin to omit. It tails a tale more frightful than any
that has ever fallen under our observation. The Rev. Gentle..
man (a Catholic priest) said he was not much acquainted with
the commercial bearings of the subject, and therefore he could
not enter into them. He would leave to ethers the task of
explaining why wages were low and corn high in this country,
while in America wages were high and corn low. He came
forward to bear his humble testimony to that awfid and conti-
nued distress which is raging in Manchwer, and which
threatened, unless means were taken to alleviate it, to
bring about a disruption of social *icier. In his ministerial
character among the people he had witnessed the effects
of a famine now and again, but he would say that this
was no temporary distress ; a famine had been raging in
the district where he lived since 1838, which proved the evil
could not be a passing ono, and he attributed it to nettling else
but the low rate of wagers—( Hear, hear)—which scarcely af-
forded to the poor labourer the means feeding himself and
offspring. The meeting could scarcely form a conception of
the misery and destitution prevailing in the district, of which
he was a eiinm on 'this occasion. He went lately to ad..
minister the consolations of religion to a poor dying woman,
On arriving at her bed-side she seemed to be alone, lie
asked if she was. ...Johnny," said she, and immediately a
sack in the corner of the room began to move, and then
another began to move, and out of these tumbled the
poor woman's sons, their only bed being the inside o;
sacks filled with shavings.—( Hear, hear.) He had about
20,000 of his flock living within half a mile of his ohapel.
Scarcely a single Catholic, unless in cases of sudden death,
breathed his last without sending for the priest, and of these,
and he spoke from personal observation, at least one-half died
from starvation.—( Hear, hear.) Talk of war ravaging a
country I—better by far was he who died by the sword than he
that was striken by famine.—( Hear, hear.) He could bear
but too strong testimony to the opinion expressed by Mr.
M'Kerrow that men in want of temporal comforts were but ill-
fitted to receive the consolations of religion—for he had found
how difficult it was when the poor man was dying, with his
starving children around him, to stop the d
of
word blasphemy
issuing from his lips, in his parting breath.

BRUTAL ATTACK..
(Fitold A CORRESPONDENT.
The meeting convened by the Sheriff of Lincolnshire to
take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament
against the intention of Government with respect to the Corn-
laws, was held in the Castle-yard, Lincoln, oa Friday last,
and was attended by a very large number of landowners and
occupiers, including the Earl of Winchilsea, Earl of Yar-
borough, Lord Worsley, M.P., Sir Montague Cholmeley,
Earl, Sir John Netthorpe, Bart., G. F. Heneage, Esq,,
R. A. Christopher, Esq., M.P., Hon. A. S. Melville, Sir
Charles Anderson, lbrt.. the Dean of Windsor, the Sub-
Dean of Lincoln, T. G. Corbett, Esq., Charles Chaplin,
Esq., &c. &c. When the resolutions were put to the
meeting, thousands of hands were generally held up far
their adoption, and when persons unfavourable to the re-
solutions were invited to held their hands up, between sixty
and si4ty perhaps were visible, and those honest
.men oho
dared to oppose the thousands of the landlords' slaves, viz.,
the farmers and labourers, there assembled, were marked
out, and some disturbance took place. Several of the gentle-
men
on the hustings exclaimed—" Turn them out ;" this_
meeting
rwit.
instant every AutiXorn-law man at that
attacked by the farmers with sticks, knocked a and
brutally kicked when they were down. Such_
das-
tardly attack was perhaps never before; witnasod.rivTenhefroinm-
structions to turn the men out having been 6
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much injury was done. Severe
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who used their bludgeons, were known, and, after the meeting,
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GIRAFFES.—M. Ilibouiet arrived here on Sett
last, with five Giraffes, which he. c3ug,ht himself young
in Abyoioia, and which have been exhibited Awe chkrizi the
put seek. This enterprising travellec had OsTern on boardAXAKI s(a al
these beaitiful creatures, but to hoisting one (4 I
e Great Liverpool it struggled so that the crate gave w"
and he so injured himself that it was found necessary to destroy"
him..4"srtsmouth Paper. _