The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-12 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

There was a slightly improved demand for some descrip-
tions of yarn yesterday, and rather mere business done in
them than for some time past, but without the slightest
rnprovement in prices; and goods of all descriptions were
'.xtremely Pat, considering the present season is one in
which the utmost activity ought to prevail,
ROCHDALR FLANNEL MARKET, MARCH 9.—There have
been rather more buyers in the market to-day, but little or
no improvement in the demand for goods. The manu-
facturers complain of the prices offered_ for .pieces, and
some who are obliged to sell may have submitted to a
small reduction. The wor,l market has undergone r,o
change for some weeks back, the demand has been limited,
and prices stationary.
HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, MARCH 10.—From all we can
learn, this market was much of the same miserable descrip-
tion as for some weeks past; perhaps no worse, but the
prospect of amendment does not brighten. Indeed all
rope of any profitable trade this season seems to be ex-
tinct; and unless the Legislature interfere, and open the
sluices that barcommerce, extensive ruin must be the con-
sequenee.—Manchester Gmardian.

From THE WEEKLY DISTATCH of Sunday, March 8,1840.1
THE MORALITY OF " THE TIMES" JOURNAL.
—There is no journal in the metropolis, and it is extremely
doubtful whether there is one to be found in the world, which
has alternately displayed so much insincerity and baseness as
Tile Times, a newspaper which has advocated and betrayed
every party with which it has been connected. The following
are extracts from that journal, and nothing can be more revolt-
ing to an honest mind than the evidence they afford of the
utter want of morality and the absence of truth and candour in
the Editors. It will be seen that, in 1834, the immaculate
Times lent its assistance to Chartism, while in 1837, only three
years afterwards, the honest Editors were absolutely rabid in
their delight of Toryism ; but that may be accounted for by
the fact, that the same men who write the leading articles for
it now, about the year 1835 suffered their consciences to be sold
by private contract, with the types and machines, to the Carlton
Club ! Men of England, this is the organ which it was in-
tended by the Conservatives should " guide public opinion !"
The Peers.— The Peers are to The Lords have saved tihe
be considered as old and use- country by their wisdom
less lumber, and it is high and firmness. It is, indeed,
time that thry were deprived an established fact, that
of the means of doing mis- their usefulness in the State
chief —Times, 1834. was never so gloriously ma-
nifested as at the present
time.—Times, 1837.
Peel and Lyndhurst.—Noman, He must, indeed, be either an
with the least comprehen- arrant knave or a fool, who
slots, would pronounce Sir denies the established fact
Robert Peel anything but a that Sir Robert Peel is the
shallow-pated red tapist, greatest of living .S.tatesmen,
and Lord Lyndhurst a de- and that Baron Lyndhurst
signing knave. Times, is the most honest and
1834. learned politician of his
time.—Times, 1837.
Oxford University. The The pious and learned divines
monks at Orford are the of the University of Orford
most narrow-minded of ec- are the true bulwarks of
clesiastics. It is time that Christianity. It is an es-
they should begin to set their tablished fact. , beyond all
house in order, for the hand doubt, that tc.'their liberal
of sound and sweeping re- feelings it is owing, that all
thrm is now approaching religious disabilities have
them.—Times, 1834. been removed.—Timaes,lB37.
Church-rates.— What are the The unholy War against the
Church-rates but the most payment of Church-rates
nefarious exactions when among low Radicals and
levelled against our Dis- Dissenters, amounts almost
senting brethren? The Al- to sedition and blasphemy.
mighty has left a man's Those who choose to secede
conscience free, and it is, from our Established Church
therefore, a robbery in the —and it is an established
eyes of Heaven, to extort fact that it is the only true
from a man support for church—ought to be made
that creed which he does not pay the penalty for their
believe. —Times, 1834. backsliding. —Times, 183 7
Conservatives.— What are the We rejoice at finding the cause
inveterateConse r v at
Conservatives
obb suttrut chtei:e'sos?t
What do they seek to gain
of Ptc:tzt ence is directly r i
macfdo
:Cat
n°acnsis:etelgr:ltthiusa'netzeeselactinfueeariecalsntl: iteidahnriairt-:
but power at the expense of
advancement,
fare justice, and the wet- siitb
ain n thata
fizre of the pJople.—Turies,
the Conserv& hoes have ever
1834.
been eager to promote all
such reforms as tend to the
benefit and happiness of th
community.—T Imes 1837.
The Queen Dowager. —Petti- What a miserablescoundrel
coat politicians are the bane must that man be who would
of a Court, and in regard impute to our gracious
bLord Melbourne's dismis- Queen the
ca
slightest inter,
sal, it is well known " the ference with
politil t..
Queen did' t all. Times, tern ! is an established
104. fact that leer Majesty is un-
interruptedly engaged solely
in the exerctse of her private
virtues.—Times, 1837.
Major Pringle arrived in town late on Tuesday
night, with despatches from the Governor of Canada,
The Glasgow Chronicle of last Monday has
the following most afflicting statement. Every circumstance
connected with the death of the poor fellow whom it refers to
demands the most careful inquiry:—" Corporal Webster, a
young man belonging to the detachment of the 78th Highlan-
ders, now lying in Glasgow, was some time ago sentenced to
Eridevrell by a Court-martial for a trifling offence. He re-
ported himself sick.to the district surgeon, but that gentleman
nut thinking the sickness very serious, the young man was sent
to Bridewell to undergo his sentence. The consequence was
that on Saturday morning last he was found quite dead in the
cell, after being nine days in prison. We understand that the
hi sjor In command has instituted an inquiry into the case."
Several of the horses entered for the Boston
stNiple race have arrived in the neighbourhood, and it is
expected that very nearly the whole of the entry will
start. The race-dinner at the Peacock Inn will no doubt
be very numerously attended. The Mayor,-or,
we understand,
dinner in the
e the
refused permission to Mr. lickson to a
AqAembly-rooms, and it mill* therefore be held in the Town

MANCHESTER, MARCH 9, 1840.
My LORD DUKE,---I learn from the public
journals that on Saturday last your Lordship
seized the opportunity—offered by your having to
present " several" petitions from the prosperous
and happy county of Berkshire—from the county-
whose population in 1832 was 145,000 souls, and
whose poor's rates in the same year amounted to
121,000/. sterling—praying the HonourableHouse,
of which your Grace, in my humble opinion, is a
most worthy Member, not to allow the happiness
and prosperity of that thrice-blessed county to be"-
endangered by any alteration in the present imma-
culate Cora-law,—to say that you " hoped the
effl)rte of the much-talked of Anti-Corn-law League
would meet with the failure those efforts deserved."
My Lord Duke, you have on many occasions
applied not very Christian-like, epithets to the
League, of which lam an hutrible member. Yon
have accused its members of designing to reduce (I)
the farmer and the labourer from their present ex-
alted station to beggary and pauperism ; from their
present high physical and moral condition, to the
low debased condition in which their fathers and
their grandfathers must have grovelled, because
they were not " protected" by a rigidly restrictive
law, and because your Lordship's honoured father, ,
less wise, unfortunately, than his son, was an
enemy to the blessings conferred by dear bread.
My Lord, permit me to explain what I am, and
how I stand related to your Lordship. lam &ma-
nufacturer, one of those " commercial swindlers" •
who have the audacity, the impiety, to wish that
every man may be allowed to exchange the products
of his industry in the most advantageous market— ~
in the market where he can get the greatest amount.
of articles which he may want, for a given quan-
tity of the articles produced by his labour, skill,
and capital.
Now, my Lord Duke, I manufacture a kind of
cloth, called in the vulgar technical language of
trade, 27-inch printing cloth, the money value of
which is 6s. Bd. at Manchester, and which_ cannot
be bought lower, if' 'bi scrlow a price, in any other
part of the world. If I take six pieces of.. this
cloth to Hamburgh or Rotterdam—alwaysprovided
your Lordship's Llonourable House will permit me
to do so—l can obtain from them, reckoning
wheat at the decennial average ending 1835, one
quarter of wheat and 7s. in money, which sum will
pay the freight and expenses of bringing the wheat
from Hamburgh or Rotterdam to my cellar in
Manchester. But if I take six pieces of my
cloth to your Grace's steward--he, reckoning
wheat at the British decennial average ending
1835, will only give me about two-thirds of a
quarter of wheat ; so that I, a poor Manchester
manufacturer (if I must trade with x ou at all), must
make your Grace a clear present of two pieces out
of every six I turn over to you I NoW I, in-
dividually, cannot do this. Mark this, my Lord.
One half of the cost of my six pieces is labour, and
the rest raw material, which must be paid for before
used, and which, like the English landlord's rent,
is in, some measure independent of the price of my
goods. Now, deducting from the gross value of
six pieces, namely, 21., the raw material, namely, 1/.,
there remains for labour in the shape of spinning,
weaving, capital (which is hoarded labour), profit,
&c., 1/. ; out of this the weaver gets six shillings,
and the spinner in proportion. Now, supposing the
1/. to be.equally divided amongst the capitalist, the
manufacturer, the weaver, the spinner, and the
mechanic who keeps the machine in order, they
would each have one-tenth of a quarter of cora for
their labour, if they traded with the foreigner, and
only about one-twelfth if they traded with your
Grace ; and they would lose also, in the latter
case, by receiving from you only a little more than
a third of a quarter of wheat for the raw material,
while from the foreigner half a quarter would be
received for it. So that the cost of my liberality
in giving your Grace 8i- pieces of cloth for oue
quarter of wheat, instead of 6 pieces, must be borne
not only by myself, but by every individual
who is engaged directly or indirectly in producing
the manufactured goods. The heaviest part of the I
burden falls upon those who are the least able to
bear it, the operative workmen.
I do not wonder that your Grace should be op -
posed to any change in a system which enables
you to rob me and those dependent upon me of
one-third of the fair remuneration of my labour
and theirs. Perhaps, however, you will y
say—as
indeed you have often said—that the farmer and.
~
the labourer are the_ parties. who -gain by . this
legalized system of robbery : a word on this part
of the question. In 1770, when we exported corn,
or in other words, when we sold it as low, or
logr, than foreign counties, and consequentfy-.-
coffd not be said to be " protected against im-
portation," the Buckinghamshire peasant got Bs. sd.
per week average wages ; for this money he could
buy 26ib. of beef, or 28i-Ih. of cheese, or 751 b. of
bread, or 171 b. of butter. The rent of his cottage
and garden was about one half as much as the rent
of his cottage alone is at present! Now, in 1840,
the Bucks peasant has on the aeerage lls. per
week : for this he can buy only 191 b. of beef, pr
181 b. of cheese, or 601 b. of bread, or 111 b. of butter.
So much for the " beneficial" operation of the plun-
tiering system upon his condition.
In 1770 the average rent of land in Bucks was
101. per acre ; the farmers were rich, in many parts
uncommonly so, as your Grace may learn by
perusing " Arthur Young's Six Weeks' Tour in
the Southern Counties of England and Wales',"
p. 30, where you will find instances of large for-
tunes made and making by farming, and amongst
others, one of Mr. INlallett, a Norfolk farmer, who
had made his fortune, in less than thirty years, on
a faun of 1,500 acres, and who had, when Young
visited him, just bought estates to the amount of
1,700/. a year. Are there any Malletts amongst
your Grace's tenantry ? The true answer to this,
will settle the question of the farmers' " participa-
tion" ft the plundering system. They are plun-
dered, not plunderers. When I add that the
Bucks rents have risen from 10s. per acre to 1/. 10s.,
to Si. an acre, I think that the inference will be
that your Grace, and your Grace's order, are the'
sole parties interested in the preservation of the
p.esent Cot n-laws.
I could acid more, but I think you have had.
enough for the present from one who will have to
stand at the bar of God, perhaps, side by side with
your Grace, although, according to your Grace's
aristocratic notions, he may be at present merely
A MEMBER of the “ SWINISH MULTITUDIZ."

SINGULAR ANIMAL.-Among the high moun-
tains of that elevated district, where Glenorchy, Glenlyon, and
Glenlochay are contiguous, there have been met with several
times during this and also the former winter,upon the snow, the
tracks of an animal seemingly unknown at present in Scotland.
The print of the foot in every respect is an exact resemblance
of that of a foal of considerable size, with this small difference,
perhaps, that the sole seems a little longer or not so round ;
but as no one has had as yet the good fortune to have obtained
a glimpse of this creature, nothing more can be said of its shape,
or dimensions; only it has been remarked, from the depth to
which the foot sunk in the snow, that it must be a beast of r;or,
siderable size—it has been observed also, that its walk is 'tot
like the generality of quadrupeds, but that it is more like the
bounding or limping of a hare when not scared or p ursu d.
is not. in one locality only that its tracks have been
It
but through a range of at least twelve miles, and as the seasot4
is now so far advanced, and consequently storms GI snow !lot
likely to be severe or remain for any length of time on the
ground, except on the highest ridges, this singular creature may
elude every notice at least for this season, although it is now
resolved, upon the first discovery of the track, to follow it
through the highest mountains, unless prevented by the most
inaccessible rocks and precipices.—Perth Courier.
• STROUD.—The following answer lins been re-
turned by Lord John Russell to the Address from the Dia- •
senters of Stroud :—" London, Feb. 22. 1840, Sir—l bare
hadthe honour of receiving your letter, enclosing resolutions,
which seem to be founded on some strange misconceptit.n.
have never uttered any insinuations against the character of
Dissenting ministers. On the contrary, I have frequently
borne my testimony totli;ir worth and integrity, which frequent
cannot, however,
to f but
of n
opportunities ever since I introduced a Bill for the repeal of the
Corporation b
o.) of persons
,an d Test Act havet;s c
convincedount. me aren equal
Ino
admit that John Thorogood, or any other person, Churchman
a
or Dissenter, is to decide for himself what laws he shall obey, •
and whatcourttshehmessevli,llesatrateingt
blef this
subject w-ertcotot
the
ee
insultspermitted,
injuriesDissentersthe
of
any
outrageous Churchman who chose to think the
Toleration Act unjust to the Church. No misrepresentations,
however, will alter those sentiment; of attachment to the cause
of civil and religious liberty, to e hich I have always adhered.
I have the honour to be your obedient servant, J. RUSSELL.'
The Earl and Countess Cadogan will shortly
commence their elegant dinner parties, and it is rumoured the
Countess will be very gay this season.
THE MARQUIS CAMDEN.--This venerable •
nobleman, on Wednesday last, paid into the Bank of England,
as Teller of the Exchequer, the sum of 23,536/. 135., which,
added to the sums previously given to the nation by his Lord-
ship, makes the amount voluntari:y surrendered by him no less than three hundred and forty-two thousand and sixty-six pounds.
Sir W. It. P. Geary, Bart., has contributed the sum of 1001. towards the erection of a new church at East
Peckham, and the Hon. and Rev. Sir Francis Stapleton, Bart., Rector of Mereworth, has given Si. for the same object.
Lord Clarence Paget has been appointed rlag7
Captain to Vice- Admiral Sir Hebert Otway, the Cr.immander-
in-Chief at the Nore.

EI ENINd EDIT ON.

DINNER
TO

GEO. BYNG, ESQ.,

finis magnificent public festival, given by the Re-
former; of England, to George Byng, Esq., in celebra-
tion and grateful acknowledgement of fifty years' unin-
terrupted services as Member of Parliament for the
county of Middlesex, took place yesterday evening at
Drury-Lane Theatre ; and whether we consider the
iut•'resting and unprecedented nature of the meeting, or
the number and rank of the distinguished individuals
who assembled to do honour to the veteran Reformer,
we can with confidence assert that it was one of
the most brilliant displays that has for many years taken
place in the metropolis of England.
Tho entire of the pit and orchestra were boarded
over on a level with the stage, which was thrown open
to its fullest extent ; and by the judicious and excel-
lent arrangements of J. B. Burnard, Esq., architect, of
Holloway, to whom the design hid been entrusted,
omloqable accommodation was provided for between
1,100 and 1,200 persons, the Committee having very
properly limited the issue of tickets to the number for

whom seats could be provided without inconvenience.

Two semicircular tables, one within the other, ran
found the pit, and within these, two others extended
along the centre of the pit to the stage, the whole afford-
inz accommodation for about 500 persons. The stage was
cccupied by seven or eight tables, running lengthwise from
the proscenium to the back of the stage, and on the right,
immediately under the stage box, was a raised platform,
covered with scarlet cloth, for the centre table, at which
the chairman, Lord C. J. F. Russell, the guest of the
evening, George Byng, Esq., and about twenty-six other
Nebleipeo and gentlemen, were seated. Br this ar-
`rangeraeat the Chairman and principal guests were visible
from ell parts of the house. The spice between the pit and
the stage was occupied by three tables, extending at right
stogies from the centre table, and these, which were ex-
clusively accupied by Peers and Members of Parlia-
ment, were calculated to accommodate about one hun-
dred and fifty. The stage was hung with drapery of
alternate stripes of pink and white, in the form of a tent,
and around the walls and over the principal tables were
various sags and banners with appropriate mottoes and
devices. In front of the stage, suspended by wreaths
of roses, was a scroll with the words " BYNG AND IN.
PEPSNDENCE," richly emblazoned in letters of gold. A
temporary orchestra for the military band was erected
at the back of the stage—and on either side was a
large and brilliant star in gas, in the centre of which
were the letters V. A.

dianer, which, of necessity, was a cold one, was
piovided by Mr. Breach, of the White Conduit Tavern,
and the variety and abundance of the viands, dessert,
tog., and the quality of the wines, of which there was a
groat profusion, appeared to afford general satisfaction.

We understand that the Committee of the Theatre,
in the most handsome and liberal manner, afforded every
aceommodation to the gentlemen concerned in the
ar-
rangements of the dinner, and the Earl of Glengall him-
self visited the Theatre in the course of the day in order
to make any suggestions that might be deemed useful.
The lighting of the Theatre was under the superin-
tendence of Mr. Gye, jun., formerly of Vauxhall, and
had an extremely brilliant and tasteful effect.
Among the professional singers were Messrs. At-
kins, Bradbury, T. Cooke, Fitzwilliam, Lloyd, C.
Taylor, E. Taylor, Turle, Young, Green, Rakes,
Tett, C. Tett, and Walsh ; and Masters Herring, F.
Stevens, E. Stevens, and Ball. The military band was
under the leadership of Mr. Hardy.
At ire o'clock several hundred oersons were assembled
at the box entrance of the theatre, and shortly after-
wards, the doors being opened, " a tremendous rush,"
such as would, under other circumstances, have
gladdened the heart of a manager, took place. There
was, however, very little confusion, policemen being
stationed at intervals along the passages. The tickets
being numbered to correspond with the numbers on the
tables, and all the company found their way to their
allotted positions without much trouble.
At half-past five the tables, with the exception of a
few of the reserved seats, were completely filled. The
boxes were crowded with ladies, and even the "two
slain" and " shilling" galleries, as they are techni-
ally termed, presented a dense mass of spectators.
in )Irs. Byng's box we noticed Lady Charles Fitzroy,
Lady Agnes Byng and her two sons, Lady Stirling,
gigs fly % Miss Fanny Byng, Mrs. Samuel Whitbread,
Wm Julia Whitbread, Miss Gertrude Whitbread,
Lady Clifford, and Miss Clifford,

At a few minutes past six the Chairman entered the
raom, Mr. Byng leaning on his arm. They were fol-
lowed by the Duke of Bedford, Lord Holland, Lord J.
nulled, the liarquis of Head fort, and several other
Noblemen and Gentlemen. On their entrance the
Company rose and greeted the distinguished guest of the
evening with several rounds of applause, the Band play-
ng, "See the Conquering Hero Comes."
At the eentre table were Lord Charles James Fox
litisvll (the Chairman), supported on his right by the
distinguished guest, George Byng, Esq., Lord Wil-
liam RI:well, the Earl of Albemarle, the Earl of
Listowel, the Earl of Roseberry, Lord Sudelay,
Lord Camoys, Lord Holland, the Earl of Errol, Lord
Godolphin, and Lord E. Russell, Hon. Fox Maule, Sir
A. Clifford, Dr. Lushington, Sir J. Campbell, Attorney-
General, Lord E. Paget, Hon. C. Cavendish.
Lord Colborne, Right Hon. F, I.varl Ellice, the
Earl of Shelburne, Lord Cremorne, Lord Howick,
the Duke of Bedford, the Marquis of Tasistock,
Admiral Adaras, Mr. Hume, the Lord Advocate,
and Lord Oranmore.

At the other tables we observed :—The Marquis of
Hcadfort, Lord Dunboyne, Sir Edward Colebroke,
Hon. Mr. Butler, Lord Clarence I'aget, Lord James
Stuart, M.P., Lord G. Paget, Lord Alfred Paget,
M.P., Lord Frederick Gordon, Lord Worsely, M.P,
ion. G. Ponsonby, Hon. E. J. Stanley, M.P., Lord
Torrington, Sir B. Hall, M.P., Sir I). Lacey Evans,
.M.P., Mr. E. Horsman, M.P., Mr. J. Cirnpbcll, M.P.,
Sir Walter Stirling,B wt., M.P., T. S. Duocombe, Esq.,
11. P., H. W. Tancred, Esq., M.P., M. J. O'Connell,
Esq., M.P., G. Wilbraham, Esq., M.P., Sir Mattliv
Wood, Bact., MY., Benjamin Wood, Esq., M P.,
W, Willshire, Esq., M.P., K. M. Ilativ, Esq., M.P,
D. R. Pigot, Esq., M.P., T. Gisborne, Esq., M.P.
William Evans, Esq., M. P., E. Divett, El.; M.P.
Alexander Bannerman, Esq., M.P., T. Thorncly, Esq.
M.P., E. Baines, E.4q., M.P, T. S. Briscoe, Esq.
'.P., Lord Marcus Hill, M.P., B. Clive, Esq., M.P., 1
Rowland Alston, Esq., M.P., Itght. II m. Sir Robert
Adair. Wynn Ellis, Esq., M.P., Thom Is Nino ek, Esq.,
M.P., Hun. J. Ponsonby, NI.P., Sir J. Guest, Bart.',
M.P., J. Pattison Esq., M.P., Hon. S. Brig, J. A.
Yates, Esq., M.P., Mark Phillips, Fog., M.P., Hun.
J. E. Elliot, M.P., J. A. Smith, Esq., M.P., James
Morrison, Esq., M.P., W. J. Haytcr, Esq., M.P.,
W. Elrart, M.P., E. Strutt, M P., W. Crawford, M.P.,
Captain Berkeley, ALP., Gibson Craig, NI.P., Hon. F.
Dandtils, M.P., George Evans, M.P., Hon. W. 1),
ISLaalev, M.P., H. Tuffnell, M.P., W. B. Wrightson,
M.P., Hpn. P. Bouverie, M. P., D. Callaghan, M.P.,
5. M. l'onblanquc, Wm. Stanley, Esq., M.P., Col,
Fox, Col. Anson, Right Hon. G. S. Byng, M.P.,
Simnel Whitbread, Esq., Sir John Seale, M.P.
Alderman Lsinson, Duke of Devonshire, W. R.
Stansfield, Esq., M.P., T. L. Hodges, Esq., M,P.,
8,. V. Smith, Esq., M.P., Wrr. Roche, Esq., M.P.,
W. Collins, Esq., M.P., Humphreys, Esq., ALP.,
J. Loch, Esq., M.P., Sir T. Troubridge, ALP., W.
Barran, Wq., M.P., Sir J. Forrest, E. W. W. Pen-
darves, NI.P., Major Vivian, M.P., W.Clay,Esq., NI.P.,
Hon. G. Brown, Sir Charles Adam, M.P., Frederick
Howard, M.P., Colonel S. Cowell ~Si. H.
M.P., Vivian, Esq., 'M.P., John O'Conne Vivian,
11, NI.P ,
Thomas Wakky, Esq., M.P., Sir Edward Lytton. Brllwer, Bart., 'M.P., Robert Holland, Esq M.P G. R. Philips, M.P., Dr. Stock, M.P., Joseph" Park.-s",
Right Hon. S. Lushington, .M.P., Earl of Zetland
Hon. Fox Maule, M.P., Robert Stuart, M.P. ,
Si
l Augustus Clifford, Philip Howard, Pq., M.P . , r
Ste.
After the cloth had been removed, and grace sung
by the professional gentlernen,

The Noble CHAIRMAN rose and said—My Loris
and Gentlemen, the toast with which it is usual
to commence, on occasions lika the present,

is one that must be familiar to you all, and
which I feel you are impatient for ; but, Gentle-
men, although I believe that the words, " English
and true " are essentially synonymous, yet, o❑
the present occasion, I shall make use of the
one rather thin of the other, and I say that
the toast lam about to give you is one which must
be received with enthusiasm by every true man, be he
English, Irish, or Scotch. Gentlemen, I give you the
Health of the Queen.---(Thunders of applause, which
was continued for several minutes.)
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
God say,. our gracious Queen,
Long live Victoria,
God save the Queen
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over uq,
God save the Queen!
O Lord, our God, arise,
Scatter her enemies,
And make them fall.
Confound their politic,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Her our hopes arc fixed,
God save us all.

Thy choicest gifts in storp,
On Her be pleased to pour,
Long may she reign!
May she defend our law 3,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the Queen!

In the second verse, when they came to the words
" Frustrate their knavish tricks," there were loud
' cheers from all parts of the House .
The CHAIRMAN—The next toast is one which should
follow closely upon that which we have just drank. It is
the health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert.—( Loud
and reiterated cheering ; all the ladies in the boxes
rising and waving their handkerchiefs)—and although,
Gentlemen, the landing of the Illustrious Prince upon
the shores of these realms was the signal for
attacks being made upon him by the worst extreme
of an inveterate and embittered party----(Loud
cheers)—yet I trust that the welcome with which you
have met the mention of his name, will go forth
as an evidence that at least the Liberal party
we are not wanting in the courteous hospitality which

is due to an illustrious stranger, and the devoted
attachment which we owe to the unfettered choice of
our beloved Sovereign.
The toast was drank with tremendous cheering.
WELCOME TO PRINCE ALBERT.
German Air
Albert, hail I a nation meets thee,
Bids thee welcome to her shore;
Joyfully, Britannia greets thee
Welcome, Albert, evermore I
Not with servile flattery bending,
Nobler honours we would bring ;
Freedom, the right hand extending,
And the heart's best offering.
Hail, VICTORIA, England's glory,
Raise the song on every side ;
Long her name shall live in story,
Albion's joy, and hope, and pride.
While our blessing rests upon Her,
Let us sing with heart and voice;
Britain's sons delight to honour.
THEIR BR.LOVEI) SOVZREIGN'S CHOICE.

The CHAIRMAN said, the next toast is one which

follows in the ordinary course. We have already
drank the healths of the Queen and of Prince Al-
bert, and I am now about to propose to you
the health of " The rest of the Royal Family."—

(Cheers.) There is in this room a letter from his
Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex—(Enthusiastic
cheering)—in which he expresses his hearty con-
currence in the object of the meeting, and
deeply regrets his inability to attend.—(Renewed
cheering.) My Lords and Gentlemen, such an apology
I deem hardly necessary in a meeting like the present
knowing, as we all do, how staunch a friend he has
been to Liberal principles, even when they were not
in the ascendant.--(Hear, hear, and cheers.) It
was in the hour of darkness and distress that his
Royal Highness well earned for himself the
title of the people's friend. (Loud cheering.)
I beg to propose to you " The Queen Dowager, the
Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Cambridge, and the
rest of the Royal Family."
The toast was drunk with much cheering.
Glee--" Hail, Smiling Morn."
flail ! Smiling Morn, that tips the hills with gold ;
Whose rosy fingers ope the gates of day ;
Who the gay face of Nature doth unfold,
At whose bright presence darkness flies away.
Hail ! hail I hail ! hail

Lord Maacus HILL then rose and said—My
Lord and Gentlemen, I do not rise with any presump-
tuous intention of returning an acknowledgment for the

toast that has just been drank, and which has been re-
ceived with such enthusiasm, but having been de-
puted by his Royal Highness the, Duke of Sussex
to state to the meeting what his opinions
arc, I trust I may be allowed through the kindness of
the Chair to read to the present company the senti-
ments which he has conveyed to me, and I trust that

I shall be able to make them heard by all around me,
who I am sure will do justice to the conduct and cha-
racter of that illustrious individual, who has been
always found the constant and consistent friend of Li-
beral opinions. —(Great cheeri-ig ) The letter is
in his Royal Highness's own handwriting al-
though he has been afflicted with great debility, and
his eye-sight is greatly impaired. It is dated 4Fom
Kensington Palace, and is as follows :
" Kensington Palace, March 11, 1840.

MY DEAR LORD—Most willingly would I accede
to the wishes of the Stewards who are charged with
conducting the Dinner proposed to be given this day
to my old friend Mr. Byng, as communicated by you
to me, were I able to attend. The uninterrupted public
and private services which that gentleman has rendered
to this country by a faithful discharge of his duties as
Member for the County of Middlesex, during the pe-
riod of half a century, call for a demonstration of gra-
titude, not only from his constituents, but like-
wise from ever✓ friend of freedom, and most
particularly from every ad cite of liberty and con-
science. The manly and uncompromising manner
in which Mr. Byng has stood forth, not only
to maintain those principles in times of great difficulty
and of personal danger, but also to support other cham-
pons of the liberties of their country during the struggle,
demand the approbation of every honest and upright
man. Long may he live to enjoy the recollection of those
honourswhiA, no doubt, will beheaped upon him this day.
They will prove not less gratifying to his friends and
admirers than to hirn,elf. To have contributed, by his

own vote and personal exertions, towards the repeal

of the Test and Corporation Acts (Cheers)—

to have assisted in expunging from the
Statute Book the penal laws enacted against
her Majesty's loyAl Roman Catholic subjects

—to have aided in carryirg out the Reform
Bill, regulating the representation in Parliament, or to
hue. voted for the abolition of the East ludian mono-
Poly—to have supported the Act for emancipating the
black population of our colouies—and to be still giving
his time and personal attendance to countenance
every plan and proposal having for its object the general
and gradual improvement of the country—besides
his constant and munificent contributions in aid of
every charitable and benevolent institution, not only
in the county
Middlesex
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land, which profess
afflicted, as likewise toadvance the intelligence,
to encourage the moral habits, and to protnott the in-
dustrious exertions of the lower orders of so .t •
these are lasting obligations which Mr. Bynglicalsc con-
ferred upon the British nation, and for which
theycan
never adequately repay him. When my
Honour-
able Friend looks back upon these eventfulanc
interesting occurrences, which I have thus hastily
traced, he will have the satisfaction to find and to
know that his time has ken well spent ; that he will •
leave a good name behind him—respected by every
virtuous and good man, who will hold up the name of
Byng to his children as a bright example of a
true patriot for them and posterity to imitate.
All this I would have said, and much more,
were I present, as I love, respect, and admire the old
English Gentleman both on the score of his public and
private character ; but, unfortunately, at this season of
the year, I am Ihrecd to avoid exposing myself
to the easterly winds, *ilia arc very pre-
judicial to my health. Under these circumstances,
therefore, you will oblige me, my dear Lord, by making
my apology to the Stewards, while explaining the
cause of my absence, and by expressing likewise my