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INFIRMARY for the CURE of STRIC-
TURESA. of the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GONOR-
RFICEA, GLEETS, and'all DISEASES of the GENERA-
TIVE and URINARY ORGANS.

Notwithstanding the above Institution is closed, Patients way
continue to receive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur-
geon (Mr. Courtenay, 42, Great Marlborough-street,) by ap-
p3ying at his own hcase instead of the Charity.
Hours of Attendance, from Eight to Ten in the Mornings
and from Seven to Nine in the Evenings. On Sundays in the
Morning, but not in the Evening.

S Manhood approaches, the human form, coun-
tenance, voice, and the whole intellectual character, ra-
pidly .indergo a revolution. Love is the end and sum of life, creating
image after image of ideal perfection. But in the present state of
society, pure and virtuous enjoyment is often postponed and ob-
structed, till the excess of youthful impetuosity impels to a course
of wild and injurious indulgence, and the mind becomes painfully
harassed by alternations of fears, disgust, and passion. In this state
relief is perhaps sought from the inexperienced, perhaps from the
ignorant ; in either case at the expense of health, that being only
palliated which should have been effectually cured. Here we propose
to step in and rescue the victim of unwise indulgence from the
pangs of remorse, disappointed hope, and disease; and we pledge
ourselves to eradicate every taint of syphilitic poison, and to restore
it, wonted energy every relaxation of the generative economy,
whether from this or other causes, whereby the dignity of manhood
shall have become impaired; equally contemning unfeeling empy-
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store; - and, on the other hand, that unworthy " principle" whose
proud selfishness increases the embarrassment °filth° afflicted. All
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MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PRE-
MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for
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Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the
TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHEA, GLEET,
&c. Illustrated with Cases, &c.

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LAUNCH OF THE THAMES.
Thursday was a day of bustle at the quiet village of North-
fleet, it being the day fixed for the launch of the Thames, the
first of four large steamers in course of building for the "Royal
Mail Steam-packet Company," by the contractor, Mr. Pitcher.
The morning was lowering, with a stiff breeze from the south-
west and heavy showers, but at the moment appointed for the
noble ship to take her native element, the sun shone forth
with great splendour, and the " Thames," receiving her name
from Mrs. Longland, the amiable lady of the Secretary to the
Company, glided with matchless grace into the flowing stream,
amidst the cheers of congregated thousands. It would appear
that the Directors of the Company had intended to be present
on this important occasion, but by some mismanagement, which
we trust is, not always their rule, they did not arrive at the
scene until the gallant ship had been some time afloat. We
could not have thought so great a company would have taken
a little Greenwich boat for their excursion, when there are so
many fine vessels plying to Gravesend close to the scene of
action.

The following are the dimensions of the Thames :
Length from fore part of stern at the bed of the bow • Feet. In.
sprit, to the after part of the stern-post on the keel 215 3
Length between the perpendiculars ..... •• • •• • 213
Length of spar deck
Length from fore part of the figure-head to the after
part of the taffrail
Breadth moulded
Breadth extreme
Breadth for tonnage
Breadth from out to out of paddle-boxes i
Depth from lower side of main deck to upper side
of floor or depth in hold
Height of spar deck 7
The burthen is 1,285 10-94 tons; builder's measurement,
1,300 tons old measurement.

Ihe ship is now at BlaCkwall to receive her engines and
fittings. We have yet to learn her power. The sister ships
Medway, Iris, and:Trent, building by the same enterprising
contractor, are progressing. The Medway will be launched in
about a month. Two ships intended for the Company have
been launched in the Clyde, and another will float on the waters
of Leith in the course of a few days, but we doubt if either of
them are equal in beauty to the Thames. We could not help
remarking that there was not one lady in the Company of the
Directors, nor did we hear of any entertainment being given
given in honour of the christening of this their first ship
launched on the Thames.

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volume must prove an acceptable work of reference or
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of their country for this very appropriate work, which
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MRS. MABERLY:S " LOVE MATCH.".--ThiS
pleasant, piquant picture of real life, as it exists in our
own immediate day among the class in which its beauti-
ful and accomplished writer moves, is daily extending
its popularity, and the reading world are beginning to
connect real characters with some of its leading perso-
nages. Gerald de Grey, the heartless, but consummate
man of the world, his female pendant the Lady Julia
Manners, and the card-playing Dowager Lady Mar-
wood, to whom a rubber at guinea whist is " the beauteous
and sublime of human life," have already found proto-
types in the fashionable circles. There can be little
doubt, too, that the melancholy story of the heroine,
Florence Brandon, is as true in its general features as it
is pathetic in its effects on the reader ; it is one of those
sad romances of real life which are true as they are
strange, and which nothing but the artificial state of ex-
isting society in the upper classes can either produce or
explain.
THE HON. MRS. DAMER'S TRAVELS IN
THE HOLY LAND.—We are requested to state that Mr.
Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has, this day,
published the Hon. Mrs. Damer's Diary of her Tour in
Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and the Holy Land, in 2 vols.,
small Bvo., with numerous illustrations, which can now
be had of all booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also, this day,
published, 4, The Trustee," a novel, by the author of the
Tragedy of " The Provost of Bruges," in 3 vols.; and
" The Life and Literary Remains of L. E. L.," com-
prising a new tragedy, and upwards of a hundred pieces
in verse and prose, hitherto unpublished; edited by Le-
man Blanchard, Esq., 2 vols., small Bvo., with fine
por-
trait of L. E. L., from a drawing by macfise.
A correspondent informs us that at the annual
dinner of her Majesty's tradesmen, which took place on
Friday at the Freemasons Tavern, the gentleman who
filled the chair, being a Tory, and actuated by all the
petty virulence which at present proomt.patstotrhee ptahratt);
indivi-
dually and collectively, talked largely about the propriety of
omitting from the list of toasts the health of her Majesty's
Ministers. It was a false move, as the functionary found,
to his manifest mortification. The proposal was scouted
with indignation by a majority to oto
one.—Evening paper.
CORSHAM.—We are happy to state that the
Anti-Corn-law petition in this place has received 142
signature's, a tolerable proofs thatteam .epvaenekientthe
left purelymiraggartie-
natural districts, and of 'these our neighbourhood forms
one, the impolicy and injustice of restrictions upon the
foodsupply
Independent.
The t are alike felt and aelturvledged._ wilts
The Mercury. Stir
on Friday at half-Past eight o'clock, A.ll6.calling at. Herne
Bay to take in passengers, and arrived at Nicholson', wharf,
London-bridge,.at two T. 31., being only four hours and a her
from }bias Bay.

GREAT OPEN-MR MEETING, IN
FAVOUR OF FREE TRADE.
'(Abridged from the Sheffield Independent.)
On Wednesday evening a public meeting was held in Para-
dise-square, convened by the Master Cutler, to address the
Queen in favour of the abolition of all monopolies, and espe-
cially in those of corn, sugar, and timber.s- The meeting not
having been determined upon until noon of the same day.
the deficiency in the time allowed for making it public was
supplied by the active and zealous exertions of the Working
Men's Anti-Corn-law Committee.
At about a quarter past six the proceedings commenced, and
the numbers rapidly increased, continuing to augment until
seven o'clock, when the whole area within the roads across and
up the east side of the square was filled with people. We
heard the number stated by a person unfavourable to the pro-
ceedings of the meeting at 12,000, others said 10,000 ; but we
should rather say, speaking moderately, seven or eight thou-
sand, a number which, considering the shortness of the notice,
is a strung proof of the deep interest which is felt in the pre-
sent effort of the Government to abate the monopolies under
which the people suffered.
'I he Master Cutler wes unanimously called to the chair.
Mr. Du NN had attended many meetings, on many import-
ant occasions ; but he had never known an occasion more im.
portant than that which had now called them together. This
was a question that extended its branches much wider, and
struck its roots far deeper, than any question of party politics.
The proposition before Parliament was to reduce the prohibi-
tory duty now levied on the sugar of foreign countries. An
alteration had also been proposed in the duties on timber and
on corn ; the great question, however, related to the corn.
The debate and the division were nominally on the sugar
duty, but in reality involved the whole. The amendment of
Lord Sandon was to the effect that we ought not to admit the
importation of foreign sugar, lest it should be an encourage-
ment to slavery. No men and no town in England hadaigreater
horror of slavery than the men and the town of Sheffield ;
but the amendment suggested the serious question how
far the present monopoly tended to discourage slavery in
other countries, as the Brazils and Cuba ? The argument of
Lord Sandon. if it was good for anything, went to this, that
we ought to give up the use of all slave-grown predune—that
we ought not to receive the cotton or tobacco raised by slaves
in America; if the argument be good for anything, it ought
to be pushed to this, its legitimate extent, and not confined to
the subject of sugar. But who were the men who used this
argument? and who complained that they could not, even with
a protection of fifty per cent., compete with slave-grown pro-
duce ? The very men who had received twenty millions to en-
able them to sustain the competition, now said that the amount
of saving effected in the price of sugar would be so small,
that it would do nothing for the poor man ; but he looked upon
the measure as calculated to secure and extend our trade with
the Brazils ; and if the saving in the price of sugar should be
only eighteen pence the hundred weight, yet if it created a
trade that would secure constant employment to the artisans,
surely that would greatly improve their condition. Then with
regard to timber, even if the alteration of the duty did not re-
duce the price, yet established a trade with those countries which
used to deal largrly with us, and in which the manufacturers of
Sheffield once did a large amount of business, would be greatly
to our benefit ; since we excluded the timber of those countries,
they, with retributive justice, excluded our goods. The ques-
tion then was,not merely whether the proposed measures would
reduce prices, but whether we could open foreign markets to
our manufactures. But the great question related to corn.
That was the pinching point, and the main part. of the mea-
sure. It was said that if we should alter our duties an corn,
we should injure our best and largest customer, the home-
market. If such an alteration were proposed as would mani-
festly put an end to the consumption of our manufactures by
the agriculturists of England, it would be suicide to adopt it.
But from the present measure no such loss could take place.
Let them recollect that it was not proposed to go all at once to
free trade. There might be various opinions on that point,
but they must all admit that a great step was made when it
was proposed to admit foreign corn at Bs. duty.—Thus
Bs. would be given to the British more than to
the foreign grower. So far it was a tax on corn, and was a
disadvantage. But the advantage was, that it would reduce
the trade in corn to a certainty. There was one peculiar fea-
ture in this question. Some people argued that the manufac-
turing and commercial prosperity of England had grown up
under this law. Such men talked as' if the Corn-law was as
old as Methuselah ; but in fact it was only twelve years old,
having been brought in by Wellington and Peel in 1828. After
the law was passed we had a series of abundant harvests, which,
during the years 1833-4.5, caused the price of corn to be low.
Then the tables of Parliament groaned under petitions from
the people against this law, not from the artisans and manu-
facturers, but from the farmers themselves. These men, year
after year, deluged the Parliament with petitions, praying
for relief. The Duke of Buckingham, then Marquis
of Chandes, made an annual oration on the subject,
and told the House they might do as they would, the
farmers could never be worse off than under those laws. Yet,
this very year, the same man tells the House that to touch
these laws would ruin them. They knew that Earl Fitz-
william was desirous to abolish the Corn-laws. The Duke of
Devonshire took the same view, and would not allow his pri-
vate interest too stand in the way of public good. The first
Peer of the realm also, a native of Sheffield, a man who was
always first in every good word and work (the Duke of Nor-
folk) said the same thing ; and he believed he might say that,
in opposition to the Corn-laws, they had with them all the
blood of all the Howards. Let them not imagine, then, that
they were without friends among the landed interest ; they had
many, and powerful friends. He did not ask them to sal port
a Whig or Tory Government. He did dot know whether
Mr. Otley would ask them to support a Chartist Govern-
ment ; but he asked them to aid in obtaining for them-
-Selt-M- kr Weir townsmen, and for the men of Yorkshire
and Lancashire, the means of living. He asked them to
commisserate the destitute who were able and willing to work,
but unable to find employment. Let them bethink themselves
of the misery endured by such men, and their wives and chil-
dren. He believed in his soul that there were hundreds of
respectable working men in Shefild at this time unable to find
a sufficiency of bread for their children ; and if they had hearts
to pity these men, let them not be led astray and deluded.--
(Hear, hear. ) Let them remember that cheap bread and
provisions were essential to the comforts of the poor. Let them
recollect the time when the men of Sheffield were best off,
when they were best employed, best paid, and most comfort-
able. That was at the time not when bread was high, but
when it was low.—(Cheers.) He with confidence submitted
the resolution he had to propose, which they would find
pledged them to no Government, but to the principles of free
trade. He read the resolution as follows :
" That a petition and address be presented to the Queen on
behalf of this meeting, assuring her Majesty that the mha-
sures which have been recently announced to Parliament by
her Ministers for the revision of the import duties upon sugar,
corn, and timber, have been highly gratifying to the country, as
the heralds of a new and better system of fiscal policy, and un-
restricted trade ; and humbly. beseeching her Majesty not to
repose confidence in any Ministry who are not prepared to
accomplish such measures, and generally to introduce a more
enlarged and liberal system of commercial intercourse with
foreign countries."
And added, with that resolution went his whole heart and soul,
and prayer, and he confidently left it in their hand.—(Cheers. )
Ineinsost, Esq.—(Loud cheers)—Seconded the reso-
lution. Let them only strip the question of everything ex-
traneous, and they would find that it was really very simple,
and such as no man of common understanding could fail to
comprehend. To one of his friends, who talked of its com-
plexity, he asked what proportion of apound,were sixteen thirty
seconds. He could not tell ; but when asked how much was
one half of a pound, he had no difficulty. Just so they should
deal with the question of the Corn-law. Let them suppose a
small island, with 100 inhabitants, producing food enough for
themselves and one-third more, which they exported to pur-
chase other articles. In time, the population might increase to
200, and then, so far from having corn to export, they
would not have enough at home. They must therefore
find some other commodity to export to buy the corn
they needed as well as the other things, which before
they had purchased with corn. Supposing that they manu-
factured hardware, and went on till the population had reached
four hundred thousand ' • it was plain they must then have an
immense importation of corn. The system would work well.
But suppose a few old families owning the land should conspire
to lay a duty of 50 pet cent. upon all imported corn, in order
to raise the price of that produced on their own land. Then,
the corn that cost 205., would pay a duty of 10s. The effect of
that would at first be to make the hardware exported 50 per
cent. dearer to the purchasers. But they would retaliate and
lay a duty of 50 per cent. on the hardware. Thus, its price
would be practically raised from 20e. to 40s, or 100 per cent.
But suppose the purchasers of the hardware should begin
to manufacture tor themselves, and could make for 30s. the
hardware which, with the duty, cost 40s. Then the island-
ers must meet them in the market, and sell their own hard-
ware, burdened with the double duties, for 305., which would
reduce the price paid to the manufacturers and artisans for
what they used to sell for 205., to 10s. Thus they might go
on, as we had done, increasing their exports, but getting less
for them. Thus wages and profits would be reduced, till
workmen were starved, and masters ruined. Just such was
the operation here. Our prices were now constantly reduced
by competition—a competition in a great degree created by
our absurd laws, which would not allow those who want our
goods to pay for them in the only commodities they have to
give. Surely every man could understand this, and they ought
to support the Government who had offered to make a great
and beneficial change.—( Loud cheers. )
Mr. OTLEY said, it had been currently stated that the
party to whom he belonged, had continually opposed the re-
peal of the Corn-laws, and the amelioration of the condition
of the working classes. Now, let them mark what these
gentlemen were doing. There was a motion before Parlia-
ment—to do what ? To repeal the Corn-laws ?No such
thing. They knew better than that. He told them
three years ago they would never get the Corn-laws repealed,
and he told them so now.—( Disapprobation.) There was too
much class legislation ever to obtain a thorough, perfect, and
unconditional repeal of the Corn-laws. 'I hese gentlemen
would take an instalment of Bs. per quarter, which would make
it 10s. per quarter when the expense of transit was paid, so
that there would be no improvement in the condition of the
working classes. It would only give the masters an opportu-
nity of getting quit of their goods, which the men would have
to produce at lower wages.—( Hear, hear, and disapprobation. )
They wanted the repeal of the Corn-laws, in order to enable
them to compete with foreign nations. Competition was ex-
cluding us from the markets, because we could not produce so
cheaply as others ; but what was the reason ?—(The Corn-
laws.) Let them look at Ireland. They had bread cheap
there.—(No, no, they've nothing cheap there.) I'll tell you
why. Because they have nothing to purchase anything with.
It will be the same here. Ireland is only a picture of the
States of the Continent with which you will have to corn-
pete. Gentlemen talked of monopolies, but not of those that
were of value to them. They said nothing against the profes-
sions into which they could initiate their children, to make
them gentlemen.—(Question.) Trade monopolies was the
question. Then there was the army, in which they could
make their sons officers.—(Question ; "So may you,") Not
wihout money to purchase. Then there was the monopoly of
the hereditary landowner. And, above all, mark this, there
was the monopy of legislation.—( Hear, hear.) They say they
advocate free trade and liberty; but do they give you liberty ?
.—(No, no.) Will they give you representatives in Parlia-
ment ?—(Question.) This is the question. Let them give us
representatives, and we will repeal the Corn-laws, and all other
obnoxious laws. I expected opposition to night, for the meet-
ing has been packed.— ( Who could pack a meeting in Para-
dise-square?) I shall now move an amendment.—(Mr. Otley
here received a hint from a friend behind him; after a mo-
ment's consultation with whom, he continued )—ln conse-
quence of the advice of a few friends behind me I shall not at
present make any motiou. ---s( Laughter. )
Mr. ELLlOTT—(Cheers)—Mr. Otley tells you that two
loaves instead of one will lower wages.—( Laughter • " We
don't believe it.") The question is not, whether you will hare
low wages, or whether you will have any wages at all. He has
told you a deal about competition, Competition depends
•

upon the number of competitors, and on the amount they have
to compete for. If you still go on increasing, without a cor-
responding increase of food, you must have too many competi-
tors.—(Cheers.) If Corn-laws and monopolies are good
things, you ought all to be prosperous now; are you so ?
" No, no." Then it is not for want of Sugar Duties and Corn.
laws.—( Cheers. )
Mr. BENSON appealed to the meeting if they had not made
it known as much to Chartists as to Whigs, and as much to
Whigs as to Tories, as much as lay in their power ?—( Cheers. )
And now he asked—was there any pretence for saying that
they had unfairly packed the meeting, even if such a thing
was possible ?—(" No, no," and cheers.) He contended that
the present proposition of Ministers was an approximation to
the changes that were necessary, and he would not, for one,
cefusa to take them, because they were only part of what he
asked. If a man owed him 101. but could only pay him 51. at
once, promising the remainder afterwards, which would be the
wise course—to take what the man could pay, and wait for the
-emainder, or to throw him into prison and probably lose the
whole? If he consulted a physician for a complication of d;s-
2ases, would it be wise to refuse a remedy which would relieve
the more severe of his complaints, because it would not at once
cure the whole ? Whatever measures tended 'to the relief of
cite people he would support, believing he should thus most
effectually promote the great end he had in view ; but never
while he lived should he rest satisfied or ceased to struggle till
he such more accomplished than was now proposed.
Mr. HALL, an operative, thought Mr. Otley had not
spoken rightly in saying their wages would be reduced by a
repeal of the Corn-laws. He had attentively watched the
fluctuations of trade since 1810, and he never knew a pros-
perous state of trade produce a reduction of wages.--(Cheers.)
While trade was increasing, they had never sewn working-
men reduced to the state of poverty and misery they now en-
dured. What had brought about this reduction ? It was the
Corn -laws. What would restore them to prosperity ? The
repeal of the Corn-laws.—( Hear, hear.) It was impossible
that their wages could be lower when the Corn-law was re-
pealed than they were now. Where was the man among the
table-knife hatters who could earn more than eight or nine
shillings a week, unless he called in the assistance of his chil-
dren, and they increased the competition? He contended,
then, that the repeal of the Corn-law could not reduce wages
lower than they were now.
Mr. SMITH, a printer, said if England would abolish the
Corn-laws, and the United States would establish a national
bank, the trade between the two countries would again pros-
per. At present the price of American flour was such that it
might be imported into England at la. 6d. per stone, thus giv-
ing cheap bread, and a demand fur our manufactures to the
extent of millions. The establishment of free trade would go
far to annihilate the manufactures of the United States, which
were every year becoming stronger ; but if the measure were
much longer delayed, the manufacturers of the United States
would become so much mere powerful, that the Federal Go-
vernment would not be able to establish free trade with Eng-
land, which it would now be glad to do.
The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, in favour of.
which there was a general show of hands throughout the
whole meeting, while against it there only appeared about a
score of hands ; and the Master Cutler declared, amid loud
cheers, that the resolution was carried almost unanimously.
WILLIAM VICKERS, Esq., came forward to move the se-
cond resolution. He was there to support free trade in corn,
and in every other commodity. Let them but have fair play,
and they would not fear to take their chance in the wide
market of the world. To say that we desired the repeal
of the Corn-laws, to enable us to compete, supposed that
we were now exempted from the necessity of competion. But
it was not so, for we had competitors in every market at present;
and the only difference made by the Corn laws was, that we
competed with them under great disadvantages. Scissors were
now made in Germany and Prussia such cheaper than in Eng-
land, and cheaper knives were made there than we could pro,
duce. Our matchet trade was gone entirely. And if we were to
compete for 10 years longer with our foreign rivals, on the same
terms as we had done since the peace, our manufactories might
be shut up, and this country must become agricultural. He
had great pleasure in proposing the Address to the Queen,
praying her Majesty, whether her advisers be Whigs or Tories,
to give her countenance to none who would not give the people
free trade, but above all, free trade in corn.—( Cheers. )
Mr. BRAMLEY—(Cheers)—seconded the motion. He
avowed himself a Radical, and wiling to go further than the
Ministry. But as Mr. Benson had well put it, if he were
labouring under several diseases, it would be absurd to refuse
medicine that would cure one, because the same thing would
not cure all the rest. That was just their position as to the
Corn. law. To concur in its removal need not prevent their
also agitating for the Charter, or applying for the Suffrage.
But if they wished to accomplish those objects, they must exist,
which they could not do without food.
Mr. ELLIOTT said, the landowners are forcing men to ask,
a hundred years before the time, whether a class of persons
living on the rent of the land, ought any longer to exist in
this country ? In deciding ',that their monopolies shall die a
natural death, or rather a most unnatural one, by destroying
the trade of this country, they, in effect, decide that their land
shall be divided among their victims. That such must be the
result if they persevere, I will make plain to your senses. Is
it not plain to your senses, that at Sheffield, on about 600
acres of bad land, covered with houses and steam engines,
live 120,000 human beings? Now, these 600 acres of land,
if employed in agriculture, would not comfortably sustain more
than a hundred families, or 500 persons. Suppose your trade
destroyed, then, what would become of 119,500 people, here
thrown out of subsistence by Act, of Parliament ? They
must fall upon the land for maintenance, because there
will be nothing else to fall upon ; and they must divide the
land, because there will be nothing else to divide, all commer-
cial property being annihilated. Yet the Duke of Wellington,
the winner of the bread-tax, who ignorantly dines every day
on the ruined fortunes of Isis countrymen, expressed a wish, a
few days ago, if 1 understand his reported speech, that this
country had no trade! Suppose his wish gratified, what would
be the consequences? In a very short time two-thirds of you
would be living, if at all, on parish pay, thrice the number of
workhouses would not admit one-third of the applicants for
admission. There would soon be no wages, no ratepayers,
and no markets. House proprietors could not live on their
property, for no one could pay them ; mortgagees could not
receive a farthing interest, for the same reason ' • no farmer
would sow his land, for he would not be allowed to reap the
harvest ; no shopkeeper would open his shop, for, if he
did, it would be instantly gutted ; and when the storm
had rocked itself to rest, and two .thirds of you had perished,
there would not be in these islands, thenceforth and for ever,
a class of men, and perhaps not an individual, living on the
rent of land. All of you, not the slandered Chariots only,
but all classes of men in the nation, particularly the pious re-
spectables, the great manufacturers and merchants, the richer
shopkeepers, the more wealthy portion of the religionists of all
denominations, and almost every parson, whether Dissenter or
Churchman, have supported, during the last twenty-six years,
and are still supporting, the aristocracy and their food tax, and
all other monopolists and monopolies.
The Rev. R. S. BAYLEY—(Cheers)—Was in favour of free
trade, without an exception, in religion, in commerce, in poli-
tics, in education—he repeated, without an exception.—
(Cheers.) One of his motives for appearing on this occasion
was to speak to the poor. He was the minister of the poor. It
had never fallen to his lot, and never, probably, would, unless
he should follow theexample of which they had recently seen an
instance in the medical profession, and become a renegade, to
school the great. The bulk of his congregation consisted of
the horny-handed sons of toil. He knew how they felt—how
they lived—what was the furniture of their houses—how their
children were educated—and what was the state of their own
knowledge i.nd morality; and he said, without the slightest in-
tention of slandering or hurting any one, that he believed one
of the most alarming symptoms of the operations of the Corn-
laws to be, that they deteriorated immensely beyond what any
table could show, or even Mr. Elliott, with his diamond pen,
describe, the morality of the country.—(Hear, hear,) At the
present time there was such a concurrence of circumstances as
he never remembered to have known before. We had a young
Queen—an independent and high-spirited woman, who had
shown her independence, and saved us once. —( Hear, hear.)
She was now on the perilous edge of faction, and could look
to no protection but her people. The people of England were
the best protectors or England's monarch. If the people
failed to protect her and her Ministers, she must fall under
the power of the aristocracy, and when they had got
the Queen into their own hands, and weaned her
of her popular bias, then the people would have to reproach
themselves for the lethargy that had permitted it. He was re-
joiced that this meeting had been so pacific and determined.
If the Chartists were to worry the Reformers, and the Re-
formers the Chartists, the consequence must be that the Tories
would worry both.—( Hear, hear.) He hoped they would live
to see the day not only of the abolition of the Corn-laws, but
when there should be no need to bead their placards with " No
panolditicesq,ualinityrelvvigitiohno,utanedxceinptiotrnat e,
tithleorneo Monopoly," 'l'db because,
libertyusin
(Cheers. )
The CHAIRMAN then read the resolution and address, and
e
put it to the vote, when the show of bands in favour was large,
and the minority seemed even smaller than on the former mo-
tion. The Chairman declared it to be carried almost unani-
mously.—( Loud cheers. )
This triumphant and satisfactory meeting closed about eight
o'clock.

TORY OFFICIALS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
sift,—Some of the underling officials in the country are
giving out that Ministers have caused an inquiry to be insti-
tuted in the various departments, to ascertain whether addi-
tional receipts to the revenue cannot be screwed out of some of
the items of taxation which have been remitted to the country,
in order to make. up the present deficiency in the income, and
that such inquiry, so far as regards the department in which
they serve, has been made through them. Now, Mr. Editor,
what I want, by my present letter, is to impress upon Ministers
not to trust the reports which they may receive through such
quarters; many of them took their offices under the Tories
whilst they were in power, and would gladly hail their return,
as the greatest God-send that could befal them. I trust Minis-
ters know better than to endeavour to improve the revenue by
restoring items of taxation which they have given up on account
of their vexatious and oppressive na'ure. 'they are now stand-
ingwell with the country, and the recent division will improve
their popularity ; let them not injure themselves by a departure,
in the slightest degree, from the just principles which they
have laid down. 'I he country will support them to the utter
dismay of the Tories. The people are no longer to he hood-
winked, their eyes are opened, and when the time comes when
Lord Melbourne and Lurd John Russell will appeal to them,
they will manfully do their duty, and carry her Majesty's Mi-
nisters triumphantly through all the interested opposition of the
monopolists, however powerful they may fancy themselves to be.
I am, Mr. Editor, your obedient servant,
Yorkshire, May 20. A CONSTANT READER.
[lf Government would decimate (not by hanging or belice.ausil-
ing, but cashiering) the upper, as well as the underling. n_wbo m
thoser such a
they
minorityou gh
as they n h, n h
t to support,
ohae Toriese wouldnever
again Common.]'

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THE MOVEMENT IN IRELAND. Already
there are unerring indications that the movement in Ireland
will be most energetic, enthusiastic, and universal. The
Ulster Reform Association meets to-moi row to express its opi-
nions upon the alterations in the corn and sugar duties. The
Belfast Vindicator announces that arrangements are in pro-
gress for simultaneous meetings throughout Ulster on Sunday
next. The citizens of Waterford assembled yesterday, under
the presidency of the Mayor, Simon Newport, Esq. A letter
was read from Lord Carew, one of the most extensive pro-
prietors in the south, announcing his approval of the commer-
cial policy of the Ministry. Thus, the greatest proprietors in
the country are declaring in favour of the fixed duty on corn,
as better calculated to protect the interests of the farmer than
the gambling and fluctuating system. Clonmel, Macroom, and
other places, are preparing to assemble, and yet the movement
is only commencing in Ireland.---Dublin Evening Post.
HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY.—The ilitttnt-
nations in honour of her Majesty's birthday were very brilliant
and throughout the metropoliti,-_-_-' n

The monoposlists started with the crY of humanity.
The old slavemongers ; the men who resisted neg-tu
emancipation at every stage, who yielded not till they
obtained twenty millions of our hard-earned gold, and
even then tried to defraud us of the bond—we all remem-
ber the meeting held in this city to expose and resist
their abuse of the negro apprentice—these jobbers in hu-
man flesh, the owners of the blood, and bones, and sinews
of their fellow-men—are all at once seized with the ten-
derest concern for the poor negro, and they desire to
promote the " great experiment "- of emancipation !
even though they only get twopence per pound over and
above the fair market price for every pound of sugar
which they grow by this great experiment. The hypo-
crites! how dare they show their faces before the people
of this country ! They have denied the negro a human
soul—they have rioted amidst the fruits of labour ex-
torted from him by the lash and the goad—they have
disregarded every natural tie of affection, buying, and
selling husband from wife, and child from parent—and
when the nation would no longer submit to this hellish
system, and generously came forward with its gold,
heaped and piled up in such a mass as to be the wonder
and astonishment of the age—these men, thus convinced,
yield to the impulse—they receive the gold, and become
" emancipists ! Only give them a few millions more
in the shape of a grinding monopoly, and they will con-
sent to carry on the " great experiment " of emancipa-
tion ! Was ever such a combination of greed and im-
pudence ! It is barely possible to hear the case stated
with patience, much less to prostrate the reason to argue
with them. But it is not only the West Indian who
figures in this memorable debate. All others who live
by monopoly, or have vested interests to protect at the
expense of the people, join them in the cry—that the
great work of emancipation shall be fairly carried out.
Why, who ever heard a Tory cry out against slavery be-
the nation abolished it ? Who stood by slavery till the
horrid system was actually struck down by the indig-
nant people of this country ? The Tories. One and
all, individually and collectively, they rivetted the fet-
ters of the slave.

I(From the Coventry Herald.)
The question whether the Corn-law is an evil or a
good, wants no discussion ; and the printing of the peti-
tion, and its circulation among the inhabitants of Coventry,
previous to laying it open at the hall for signatures,
leaves the opponents of the undertaking without any
pretext for saying there was any desire to obtain sig-
natures under false colours. Let the emissaries of the
aristocrats we have before a-tided to, who are, and have
been prowling about all over ' he country with pocket pe-
titions, do the same if they flare. Let them leave it to
the free will and choice of the poor creatures whom they
lead, drive, and cheat, under all manner of pretences, to
sign petitions in favour of the Corn-laws, and the petitions
would be little more than blank sheets of paper. If, how-
ever, those . admirers of the Corn-law, who say it
works well, and who taunt the repealers with not calling
a public meeting—if these gentlemen want a public meet-
ing, we invite them, and we venture to do so in the name
of the Anti-Bread Tax Association. We invite them—
we challenge them to call a public meeting to petition in
favour of the • continuance of the Corn-law. There is
plenty of time yet. The Duke of Buckingham, Stanley,
Wellington, Peel, gir E. Knatchbull, and other crack
men, are all before them, with place in view. We, there-
fore, beg and pray of those who approve of the Corn-law
—who say it works well, and who are dissatisfied at not
having had a public meeting—we entreat them to con-
vene one to petition in support of the Corn-law. Let
them try the tight coat of monopoly on, and see if it does
not rip in the fitting.
(From the Leicester Mercury.)
There is no time to be lost. The Government
measure—though far short of our standard—would pro-
duce great practical benefit. Repeal will not be carried
at once. But, if we would obtain anything, we must
ask for all. It is politic, as well as dignified and con-
sistent, to maintain the high ground of total and imme-
diate repeal. With a rapidly-declining commerce, with
a starving population—with woe and misery before us—
these are no times for compromise. Let us attack the
monopolists in their entrenchments—let us dispute with
them, inch by inch, the ground they occupy. Let us
shake off, once and for ever, the iron yoke of a tyrant
' aristocracy.

(From the Staffordshire Examiner.)
In point of argument, the monopolists cut a most des-
picable figure throughout. The pretext of humanity was
so torn from them, that all hope of deceiving the people
was destroyed. The grand disappointmeit to the mono-
polists, however, is the course her Majesty's Ministers
have determined upon pursuing, with regard to the divi-
sion. The Government has wisely resolved not to
allow the grand feature of the Budget—the Anti-
Corn-law project—to be shirked by this "event.
They are determined not to dissolve Parliament
until the Corn-question has been discussed. There
is now an interval of ten days before the Corn-
laws will be broached : this interval should be actively
employed in preparing and forwarding petitions expres-
sive of the national feeling on the subject. If we mis-
take not the signs of the times, too, the opportunity will
not be lost. A continuation of the activity, which has
already exhibited itself from one end of the kingdom to
the other, for another fortnight, will suffice to furnish an
overwhelming and irresistible demonstration of the will
of the nation.

inthe
England,
s Scotland.
o Greattla
n as
idt
.iiss
muchesniustrphsucasasircsasedeml
(From the Hull Advertiser.)
ybyaagthta
oienwsnt
feelingtoh rediidistrict
Corn-lawsthriic(,ht oeitshitnes
least importance that has not petitioned, prepared to
petition, or taken other measures to accomplish the over-
throw of the landlord's monopoly. In addition to the
immense number of petitions already presented to the
Legislature from Scotland, many, very many, have been
forwarded within the past week.
(From the Dublin Evening Post.).
As we anticipated all along, there will be a dissolu-
tion, but not, we think, immediately. The Tories have
been too cunning for themselves. The Holy. Alliance of
the slave-owners (virtually so)—and the saints (so hy-
pothetically)—of the timber merchants and bread-taxers,
have been, we admit, too much for Ministers ; but the.
character of the discussion, spread over the unprece-
dented space of eight days, has proved fatal to the com-
bination. That debate goes to the country, and: the
country gentlemen who figured therein will heave to ttp_
peal in person in the course of a very short time. That
the country will respond to this appeal in the spirit in
which it will have been made we entertain no manner of
doubt. In Ireland we shall certainly add to our numbers.
We shall win back Carlow, Kinsale; and Newry. Iv-,
shall emancipate Bandon, and. in our opinion, 'founded,
by no means on light grounds, we skull turn Emerson
Tenncnt out of Belfast. But we need not, indeed we
cannot at present, go into any particulars. We „.ere
never better prepared, and we may just add, for the sa-
tisfaction of the Orangemen and all concerned, that it is
the intention of the Irish Liberals to appeal, to most of
the constituencies in this part of the United Kingdom.

THE QUEEN.—The Queen, God bless her /
has remained true to the Reform party under all the severe die-
courageraents of the last few weeks. Her Majesty, with that in-
tuitive sagacity which belongs to her clear judgment and vigo-
rous understanding, penetrates all the depths of Tory wiles
and trickery to get hold of place and power. She sees that
were its principles to predominate, not only would the peace
of the country be endangered, but the very existence of the
monarchy would be imperilled. A distinguished member of
the Liberal party, writing to Exeter in the early part of the
week, says, " the Queen is sorely distressed at what is passing.
and is showing the strongest attachment to the Reform party.
Western Times.
AN AMERICAN DOCTOR.:—James Woodward,
a somewhat no' otious character, who went by the name of the
" Negro Doctor," died a few days ago at Ciecinnati. He was
singularly successful in his empiricism, and had amassed a
handsome property. His pretended manner of discovering the
diagnosis of disease was by having the finger of the patient
dipped in water, which was then inspected by him, and, it
mattered little whether he saw the patient or not, he imam..
diately prescribed for him.—Philadelphia Ledger.
It is a remarkable and awful circumstance that
within a fortnight the hand of Providence visited with
sudden or violent death the four following landowners,
all „ tensiee proprietors
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Weymouth,
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joining
Sir F. G. JohnitOne, Bart. ; lisac
Spars,
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each
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other,
viz.,
gt
Gould (Fleet) ; and Joseph Hardy Egg•. (porte,ham
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