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FRIDAY EVENING.
The meeting of tlie Chartists on Thursday evening, to pre-
an,address to:Mr. WaltPr, was held in -the open Market-
-13310a,?, thoi speake:F. standing in a waggon. Between 20,000 and
'°'>o pttrsons,vere present. The address adverted to only one
hatred to the Poor-law. If the candidate
til)t_ any otheri they were all forgotten. At the conclusion
L"e cheers w4rre given for Mr. Walter, Pitkeithley, and others,
addPtnhree greans for the Poor-law Bill, the Whig=, and Mr.
Pt.
r'harge }ins been brought against Mr. Walter for prose-
cilting
Some :lien on the Times a few years ago for cornbina-
Tl°ei and one man, named Malcolm Craig, he allowed to die in
Ws.", rathe r than let him out on the score of ill-health.
tan Tortes attempted to refute, by stating that Mr. Walter
zeer prod uc ed
_ with the greatest kindoess towards the men, and letters
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from the lost remaining survivor of those who
med, and from others of Mr. Walter's workmen,
A,.('gare n the highest character.'
b.seve,n .4clock this evening, as the post closed, Mr. Lar-
t"t addressed the electors from the wiudtms of the Exchange
and Created a great sensation. The contest, it is
l't, will be one of the severest on record. .

V) THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
I4,—A aragraph, extracted from your invaluable aer of
cednesday, appears in the Nottinfihant Review of thpisp day,
fntaining the following statement, that "some of the leaders
the violent section of the Chartists. are Irishmen—will they
rp.et the lan, !uage,and conduct of the Times, and support Mr.
mereLy to spite the Whigs ?" Now, Sir, injustice to my
.;116Nrountrmmen resident in Nottingham, and lest it might be
jPPosed they 'are insensible to the injuries that may be inflicted
qn their native land by the return of Mr. Walter, I am proud to
*tale, that every man possesing the franchise (with one
..1":14rel exceition) will give their decided support to Mr. Lar-
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ed b ' Nor do any of them forger the epithets that have been
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tP,lty the Times to theirresected pastors, or the ground-
"dumnieA and'unmeasured abuse, that emanates daily,
• •.eu the ri,ediurn of that " base weathercock," against their
n tr.Y and
rem-,in, Sir, your obedient servant,
ott JAMES CALLAHAN,
Ninghas n,, April. 23, 1841. 26, Carlton-street.
s [We thoug,ht the Irish had too much spirit to kiss the foot
trarnplod upon tl.em.]

/:;RIGHTON, APRIL 23.
s TO THE E DI7'OR OF THE SUN.
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"'„'"-W;tth respect to the rates of increase of letters in
ttrr 'a
-Per festerday, it seems to me that you would do much
':ice by t bowleg your leaders what are the increased excise
e's pr•Ter coriequent oa the great increase of letters, and
tlaqvby er-Apitvouring to ascertain what the averace of revenue
h&c, be from the money-order system. It would be ht2,hly.
4,4n.rit before the budget comes out, when a reduction nt
tq tray reasonably be anticipated, to lead the public mind
Jerstand what is the operation of reduced charges. I
' takgdently anticipate that in a little frac., and with increased
ii,;Aties for the public, there will eno loss even in postage
4lue. This is well worth putting before the public.
YOUR CONSTANT READER. AND A STEADY
FRIEND TO PENNY POSTAGE.
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EATON HALL.—APRIL 23.
11_ Lord Westminster thinks it right to say he has no con-
t7ei in vehti:cs,er with a' Society called the !' London and
stminster Mutual Life Assurance Society," name
frontling been put forth as Patron, without any authority
him.

TAE WEATHER.—Noo, APRIL 24.
ArAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADEL A TDE-STREET.
Barometer
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bORESS TO THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.

(From the Anti-slavery Reporter.)
e Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-
ery Society have requested Mr. Sturge to present to
-e President of the United States an address, of which
-iullowing is a copy :
'Th.°ir,--Aa the head of a great confederacy of States,
aiotlY valuing their free constitution and political
tLsnialition, and tenacious of their rights and their
saracter the Committee of the British and Foreign
Are ' .
' halavery Society, through their esteemed coadjutor
41 representative, -Joseph Sturge, would respectfully
'111), roach you in behalf of millions of their fellow-men,
,tre'd in bondage in the United States. Those millions
ti,° not only denied the political immunities enjoyed by
„"e citizens of your great republic generally', and the
tUal privileges and the impartial protection of the civil
11:'' but are deprived of their personal rights : so that
w'Y cease to be regarded and treated, under your other-
tfiße noble institutions, as men, except in the commission
crime, when the utmost rigour of your penal statutes
to~°voked and enforced against them ; and are reduced
the degraded condition of " chattels personal" in
tith hands of the;;• owners possessors, to all in-
construction,., and pp
ipurposes whatsoever."
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This is the languan,l the law of slavery ; and
INk
rl this iaw guared with jealousy by tiluir plitical
clamitutions', e slavd holders of the South resto their
Iperty in man. But, Sir, there are claims
I human laws, and superior to all political
hich are immutable in their nature—
are the birthright of every human being
and of every colour—claims which God
, and which man cannot destroy without
infringe without sin. Personal liberty is
,he greatest and the best, for it is the root
'ights, the ceeservative- principle of human
"he spring of public virtues, anclesseetiar
'env th and greutnels.
:roue and wicked assumption of power by
:dinar-race, which slavery implies, is alike
kbhorti _he moral sense of manaind, to the im-
t4,ltable principles of justice, to the righteous laws of
r4(l, and to the benevolent principles of the Gospel.
„t is, therefOre, indignantly repudiated by the funda-
"Ltal laws of all truly eaghtened and civilised commue
le3 ; and by none more emphatically than by that
whieb,Sir, it is your honour to preside.
Abe great doctrine that " God hath created all men
and endowed them with certain inalienable rights,
I,f`Lthist amongst these arc life, liberty, and the pursuit
oe"viipiness," is affirmed in your Declaration of lode-
itts.denee, and justified in the theory of ynur consti-
ti,:nnal laws. But there is a stain upon your glory.
hjerY, in its most abject and revolting form, pollutes
Blo4' soil ; the wailings of slaves mingle with your
egs of liberty, and the clank of their chains is heard
horrid discord with the chorus of your triumphs.
ibil.hs records of your States are not less distin-
%Pied by their wise provisions for securing the order
maintaining the institutions of your country, than
hrheir ingenious devices for riveting the chains and
Ittteting the degradation of your coloured brethren.
;e.lr education is branded as a crime against the State ;
I,e freedom is dreaded as a blasting pestilence ; the
Itot suggestion of their emancipati,,n is proscribed as
445taia to the cause of American independence.
kit use things are uttered in sorrow : for the Com-
deeply deplore the flagrant inconsistency so gla-
VigY displayed between the lefty principles embodied
tZu great charter of your liberties, and the evil prac-
c,Which have been permitted to grow up under it, to
1;48 beauty and impair its strength.
Vttt it is not on these grounds alone, or chiefly, that
BZ, deplore the ;existence' of slavery in the United
t% Manifold as are the evils which flow from it,
Atataixing as are its tendencies, fearful as its re-
confessedly is on its supporters, the reproach of
brke',4stence does not terminate in the institutions
gave it birth. The sublime principles and be-
tlit",sPirit of Christianity are dishonoured by it. In
140.614 of Divine truth it stands revealed in all its
formity, a crime against God, a daring usur-
le prerogative and authority of the Most
is a violatiou of his righteous laws, an out-
glorious attributes, a renunciation of the
is blessed Gospel, that they especially de-
continuance and support it receives among
in the spirit of Christian love and fraternal
they would counsel its immediate and com-
;row, as a solemn and imperative duty, the
kit of which no sordid reasons should be per-
)l,,ttd to retard, and no political considerations to pre-
tt:f• Slavery is a sin against God, and ought, there-
c, to be abolished.
‘,oThe utter extinction of slavery, and its sister aborni-
-04, the internal-slave-ttade—second only in horror
ilt:`,111 extent in the United States to the. African, and in
of its features even more revolting—tan be
41;11 by the philanthropists of this country oily on
to th",-tract principles of moral and religious duty; and
ll'ccic'se principles the people of your great republic are
the ,g"I on the side of freedom beyond every nation of
Th
world
•
;
'n the negro, by nature our equal, made like ourselves
ituage of his Creator, gifted with the same
intelli-
tlC°~'nmpetled by the same passions, and redeemed by
lioxis;line Saviour, is reduced by cupidity and oppres-
kt °olosr the level of the brute ;soiled of his hums-
LetY) Plundered of his rights, and often hurried to a
hems'sture grave, the miserable victim of avarice and
limess tyranny ! Men have presumptuously dered
iiZrest from their fellows the most precious of their
tr,,ttli to intercept, as far as they may, the bounty and
tete: the Almighty—to close the door to their intel-
ktiftd progress—to shut every avenue to their moral
kiereLigious improvement-'to stand between them and
Ori)t °ieker ! It is.agains4, this crime the committee
as -men and as Christians ; and they earnestly
ttieesPeetfully call upon you, Sir, to use the high
Ptle rpi with which you are invested to bring it to a
it'll and speedy close.
iso4Y You, in closing your public career, and in the
419 t hours of your existence on earth, be consoled with
skftitlefieetion that you have not despised the afflictions
r4itlat 4fßieted ; but that, faithful to the trusts of your ;
't+a, 4tewardiihip, you have been "just, ruling in the
„_()Pfi G0(1"—that you have executed judgment for the
'111:t, 414(1, and have aided in the 'detiverance of your'
I '3' from its groesvcrirne and its chief reproach !
4"stid" Signed on behalf of the Committee,
. March 8, 1841. THOMAS CL ARKSON.

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LITERATURE.

draw more frequently from fancy than from life.
As for Webster, powerful as he confessedly is at
times, and magnificent as are one or two of the
scenes in his " White Devil," there is scarcely. a
page in any of his dramas that dos not contain
some absurd, overcharged idea, or some gross
solecism in point of taste. The " Rtpublic of
Tenni- and its Recognition," is a reply to The
charge made against the AmeriCan Government,
of 'having invaded this province, with a view to
introduce their own atrocious slave system there.
The Reviewer asserts that Jonathan has been
guilty of no such crime; but that the Texans
themselves voluntarily besought his assistance in
freeing them from the despotism of the Mexican
rulers. The details of the proceedings of
the first American settlers in Texas; of
their rapidly increasing prosperity; of the
injuries ' they sustained at the hands of
the Mexican General, Santa Anna of their
resort to arms, and ultimate triumphs, are
highly curious, and the facts, we suspect, . will
be as new to many of our readers, as they were to
us. Of the character of the province, the Re-
viewer speaks in .the warmest terms of admira-
tion. We bad always till- now, thought that it
was a country where snakes beset you by land
and alligators by .water; where muskitos plant
themselves on your nose, or drop into the nape of
your neck, and sting you till you roar ; and big
black ants creep up your breeches, and make
-more free than welcome, with the calf of your
leg. But it seems we were mistaken. TeXas is,
in reality, pretty free from annoyances, of this
sort; and as fiir its scenery, here is a description
flattering enough to set a lover of the . pic-
turesque
wild with ecstasy
:
Sometimes closely pressed in by the surrounding forest, the
prairie lies like a verdant lake of meadow—forming its bays and
creeks amid the darker woodland. More frequently the eye of
the traveller ranges over a wide extent of meadow, level or
undulating according to the region in which he may be; some-
times the horizon is the only limit to the apparently boundless
verdure, amid which the noble forest trees are scattered, singly or
in clumps, that recal the appearance of an English park; some-
times the dark outline of the forest is seen in the di lance, and
sometimes it crown:i the acclivities which rise from the plain. The
whole of these vast fields are covered with the rich prairie grass,
or a soft and elastic sward. Amid the the most exquisite flowers
are profusely scattered—ever changing with the changing sea-
son, but ever charming the eye with their ribrilliant
colours. In some parts, the traveller passes over miles of dazzling
sUn-flowerS.; in others,-he is surrounded by roses. The prairie
is covered with the geranium, the dahlia, the trumpet-flower;
the heart's-ease, the lily, the jessamine, .the lobelia,' and the
passion-flower ! The trunks of the trees are festooned with
the wild vine and the sober grey of the Spanish moss, over
which are often seen, hanging at a vast height, the superb
white flower of the magnolia. The fragrance of these flowers
is borne to the nostrils by the cool gale that tempers the heat
of Texas, and braces the muscles of the traveller of the prairie.
The solemn and soothing silence is at intervals broken by the
scream of the brilliant rarroquet, the song of the mocking..
bird or the thrush, and the melodious compla nts of the whip-
poor-will. The deer and antelope rush startled from the
groveS, and, bounding across the plain, invite the pursuit of
the hunter. Jr. is amid such lands as these that the Texan
emigrant fixes his staff, and enters on the enjoyment of a fer-
tile soil and a lovely home, which the wealthy of the Old
World might envy, but which wealth has not yet appropriated
to its exclusive enjoyment.
"Tracts for the Times, Number Nine ty" is inte-
resting, as representing the opinions—for the
article has a . semi-official air about it—of the
great Whig party, on the subject of the Puseyite
heresy. "At no period since the Reformation,"
says the Reviewer, " was settled, have the main
principles,, as well as so large an amount of the
specific opinions and practices maintained by the
Roman Catholics,' been so fornially, fully, and
systematically professed .within the Church of
England, as by these men." This is strong, de-
cided language, but it does not, we think, go
Much beyond the strict facts of the case.. In-
deed, the complacency, and even delight with
which Doctor Wiseman regards the recent pro-
ceedings of the Puseyites, proves that he con-
siders them excellent allies to his Church. Of
the remaining articles, the best are those en-
titled "On the Rights and Conditions of Wo- •
men," the " Silurian SySiem," and the " Pro-
gress of Historical Inquiry in France."

EDINBURGH .REVIEW.—No. CXLVI.
Lu'ngman, London, 1841.
The life of the celebrated German dramatist.
Schiller, whom the Reviewer asserts to be " emi-
. neatly the favourite poet of his countrywomen,"
forms the subject of a delightful article in the pre-
sent Edinburgh Re , iew. The early disappoint-
ments of this highly-gifted man ; the struggle
he long maintained against poverty, and the
slig,hts.to.which it gives rise ; the calm self-con-
fidence he showed under circumstances calculated
to check the glowing aspirations of genius; and
the full and perfect triumph. over prejudice and
neglect to which this well-regulated self-con-
fidence led;—all these marked features in. Schil-
ler's literary_ career are 'exhibited with great
spirit and minuteness, and offer a'useful moral to
conscious worth and talent when, languishing,
under the heavy pressure of contempt and pe-
nury. Frederick Schiller was, it seems, the
child of poor 'but deserving parents, and early in
life evinced a decided predilection for the Church.
From his mother he appears, says his Reviewer,
" to have inherited his pious, earnest, enthusiastic,
• temperament, his mild and loving disposition, and
his early taste for poetry. Even in face and form
the likeness was conspicuous ; in the tall and
slender figure, the light hair, weak eyes, broad
forehead, and melancholy expresSion which was
habitual to him." His predilection for the
Church, however, soon gave way to his passion
for the drama, which was elicited by his first visit
to the theatre at Ludwigsburg,. when a boy.
Thenceforth, he would " frequently shut himself
up in his room, and rehearse long scenes, in
which paper-puppets were the perfortnerS, while
plans of tragedies, sanguinary and terrific, began
to float across his-mind." The extraordinary play
of the " Robbers" was the consequence—a play
which once read, is -never forgotten. We our-
selves have not met with it since our school-days,
but the chief incidents are still as fresh in our
memory, as though we had perused them but
yesterday. This striking drama, which excited
the enthusiasm of all Germany, and whose fame
soon spread throughout Europe, was written
when Schiller was barely twenty-one years old :
.. It grew into shape under obstaeles of Rverykind; being
composed secretly, at such hours as Schiller could steal from
sleep or the studies of the academy. Sometimes he would
feign illness, in order to ohtilin a light in his bedroom ; but
this device was soon detected by the teachers, who forthwith
set him long tasks• to be performed, unt,jl he should again be
able to attend the usual courses. Once he had a narrow escape
from one of the domiciliary visits of the Duke, who, in mak-
ing his rounds at night, entered the room so hastily, that
Schiller had scarcely time to throw the manuscript under
the table, and to replace it by some medical work. To en-
able ,him to bear these nightly labours, he had recourse to wine ;
sometimes, it is insinuated, not without detriment to the steadi-
ness of his step next morning.
But pdpular to an unprecedented degree as
the " Robbers" was, it did little towards improv-
ing its author's worldly circumstances. Poverty,
in its worst shape, still dogged his footsteps 3 and
he was even denounced to the Duke of Wurtem-
burg, in whose dominions he resided, as a " fac-
tious and dangerous spirit" in consequence of the
supposed revolutionary principles developed in his
play. He was compelled, therefore, to fly se-
cretly from the Duke's territories, " with some
twenty florins, raised by the sale of his whole
earthly goods, in his pocket," and presented
himself at Mannheim, before the stage-director
of the theatre there, with a new play which he
had written,
.entitled " Fiesco." Strange to say,
he read this play so villainously, that the ma-
nager told hint point blank that it was a mi-
serable failure ; but on perusing the MSS. him-
self, discovered all its excellences, and promised
to forward its representation on the 'stage. But
before this could be accomplished, the Duke of
Wurtemberg's displeasure—for he had sent emis-,
saries after him to Mannheim—forced the poet
to seek shelter at Frankfort. The following pic-
ture is deeply affecting :
The journey must be performed on foot, for the trifle which
Schiller had brought to Mannheim could not last above ten
ten days longer, and to his; father he could not apply, since
any communication with the fugitive might involve him in his
fate. The faithful Streicher would not forsake his companion,
he procured about thirty florins from his mother, and, with
this scanty exchequer, the -friends started. The journey was
.long, and to Schiller, unused .to such excursions, exhausting.
Reaching Darmstadt after a twelve hours' walk, his sleep hal
been unpleasantly broken by the reveille of the drumx—a sound
which, after his recollections of his own position in a military
capacity in the Wirtemberg service, he could not help asso-
ciating with danger. The following picture given by Hoff-
meister is intereSting :—.4` It was a bright, cheerful morning,
when the travellers, wearied with their yesterday's walk, re-
sumed their journey. They moved forward slowly, stopping,
after a league, to refresh themselves with a little kirsehen-
wa.wr in a draught of water. At noon they entered a small
inn, less for the sake of food than to allow Schiller, who had
been ill before starting, and was very tired, the refreshment
of a little repose ; but the inn was so noisy, and the
people so rude, that they left it in a quarter of an hour.
Again they started fur Frankfort, Schiller walking more
feebly, and the paleness of his countenance visibly increas-
ing. When they reached a little wood_ by the road-side, he
declared he was unable to proceed further, would try
if; 'by 'rneabs'of a few hours' rest, he' could still reach
Frankfort that night. He lay down to sleep on the grass
under a shadowy thicket, Streicher sitting near him on the
trunk of a felled tree, and watching with anxiety his unfor-
tunate friend. There lay one of the noblest of poets, who
was soon to be the glory of his country, poor, helpless, ex-
hausted, without home, without prospects. Sleep took pity
on him—his strength was partially recruited;and, with nightfall,
the wanderers reached' Frankfort."

A NEW CHECK JOURNAL UPON THE
PRINCIPLE OF DOUBLE ENTRY.
Br GEORGE JACKSON, Accountant..
Effingham Wilson, London.
A Sixth Edition of this work has just been
published, and contains, among other useful trea-
tises, a new and more simple method of book-
keeping, which the author calls " Double Entry
by Single." This new system contains none of
the cumbrous and inconvenient accompaniments
of the old Italian system of double entry; it is
characterised by simplicity, and by the rejec-
tion of useless repetitions and unnecessary tech-
nicalities. Such a simplification was much
wanted, in order to get rid of the tiresome
drudgery to which young men are subjected in a
regular course of book-keeping according to the
old fashion. The Appendix contains also what
is now more than ever wanted—a plan for the
-more effeetuallypreventingund,detecting forp.,eryi -
fraud, error, and embezzlement. This we can-
not abridge, and must refer those who are in-
terested to the work itself. The following ex-
tract from it we recommend to the attention of
all those placed in authority
If you have just grounds for suspicion,—watch ; and if you
discover a thief, punish or discharge him ; but let there be no
general sweep of character; let it be confined to the offender
solely. Take a solitary view, some half hour, of your own
past conduct, and see what remains to be corrected in that.
Perhaps you were once a servant yourself.
Liberal wages, and a kind and conciliatory demeanour, will
do wonders in preventing fraud. Convince your servants yea
have their welfare at heart, and you shall seldom find them un-
grateful ; but a dogged, snappish, and contumelious behaviour,
—a constant expression of dissatisfaction at the quantity of la-
bour performed, which from your own knowledge and experi-
ence is as much as can be performed by one person, or the
goading on of servants to absolute slavish employment, will
never gain their love ; they will serve you from fear, but des-
pise and hate you in their hearts.
Let us afford our servants proper intervals for relaxation from
the round of constant toil which encircles 'them, and for pro-
per exercise, so that health be preserved and cheerfulness kept
alive: it is unfair to abridge them of old•established privi-
leges, as Good Friday, Christmas Day, Easter,- Sze. Recol-
lect, that in your travelling excursions, pleasure and business
are combined. Most servants will do their duty if kindly
treated and desirous of retaining their situations ; but it is not
in the nature of things they can interest themselves so in-
tensely in your affairs as you yourselves do. When they can
be made to feel that you have their interest at heart, depend
upon it they will not forget yours. .

Arrived at Frankfort, Schiller's active mind,
undamped by his adverse circumstances, was in-
stantly at work with new creations. "He
walked," observes the Reviewer, " during the
mornings, passing through the crowded streets,
as in a dream; in the evening he shut himself
up in his apartment, walking up and down, as
was his custom, while engaged in composition ;
now and then pausing to commit some lines to
paper, apparently even unconscious of the pre-
sence of his humble friend, who, during these
moments of inspiration, was careful to preserve
a religious silence." After some hesitation,
Schiller, having ascertained that the Duke had
forgiven his flight, decided on returning to Mann-
heim, where he was fortunate enough to get an
engagement for a year as dramatic poet. Here
he produced his play of " Court Intrigue and
Love," which awakened " a tumult of enthu-
siasm :"

Schiller was himself present during the first night of its
performance. He sat with his eves rivetted on the stage ; the
compression of his bps and the Initting of his eye-brows indi-
cating when anything in the acting went amiss, while the
sparkling of his eye denoted his delight when some favourite
passage produced its effect. Not a word escaped him during
the whole of the first act ; and only at its close he seemed to
relieve himself by the words, " That goes well !" The second
act was played with such captivating warmth and truth, that
when the curtain fell, the whole audience rose, and broke
forth into a: general shout of applause. Schiller was so over-
powered that he rose in return and bowed to the public, his
face and bearing expressive at once of just self-estimation, gra-
titude, and satisfaction. Such a glorious moment repaid him
for the annoyances of many a weary year.
From this period Schiller's prospects gradually
brightened. The German Society conferred
upon him admission to their body; and the
Duke of Weimar bestowed on him the honour-

POPULAR ENCYCLOP2EDIA.
Tanner, London, 1841.
This is the first Number of a series of original
elementary treatises, forming a Cyclopedia of
Natural Science, which it is proposed to publish
in quarterly Parts, and wWcit is under the super-
intendence of the Society for the Promotion of
Popular Instruction. The present Number is
devoted to the subject of" Vegetable Physiology,"
which is treated with simplicity and perspicuity ;
while the systematic arrangement of the treatise,
and the scientific value of the principles laid
down in it, render it an excellent introduction to
more comprehensive works on the same subject.
As the Society justly observes, in an advertise-
ment prefixed to the work—" the general
reader, who seeks no more than entertainment
or recreation, will find it in this-volume, in the
copious illustrative facts and interesting collateral
information in which it abounds; while to the
agriculturist, the gardener, and the domestic eco-
nomist, it supplies principles and practical appli-
cations of great importance."

able title of Councillor. He soon afterwards ;;-
moved to Dresden, where #t wrote his " Don
Carlos," and the singular romance of the
" Ghost Seer." Thence he went to Wei-

mar, and ultimately fixed his abode vat
Jena, having been appointed, through the in-
fluence of Goethe, to the Professorship of His-
tory in that University. About this time he
married, and, unlike most poet's marriages, his
was a fortunate one, for his wife appreciated his
talents and encouraged him in their exercise. He
now studied and composed with more painstaking
assiduity than ever, and, among other able works,
produced his "History of the Thirty Years' War"
and his magnificent play of "Wallenstein,"
which Coleridge has so finely translated. But
his end was now drawing nigh. Early sorrow
and privations, together with the exhaustion pro-
duced by the incessant strain on his mental fa-
culties, had enfeebled his constitution, never
very vigorous, and he was seized, at Berlin,
while witnessing the representation of his " Wil-
liam Toll," with an illness which in a few months
proved fatal :--
He had been delirious in the morning of the day on which
he died (the 9th of May, 189.5), but about four o'clock he fell
into a soft sleep, from which he awoke in the full possession of
his tenses. He knew that his end was at hand, took farewell
of his family and friends, and gave directions for his funeral.
Some inquiring hoW he felt, the answer was—" calmer and
calmer!" Once he looked up with a gleam of animation, and
said, 'Many things are growing plain and clear to me.'
Soon after he sank again into slumber, which gradually deep-
ened into the sleep of death. He died at the age of forty-five,
while his faculties were in their full vigour, and a long and
brilliant course of intellectual activity apparently lay before
him."

COLIN CLINK 3 VoLs. Bentley, London, 1341.
As this tale has already appeared in successive
numbers of "Bentley's Miscellany," and was
noticed in The Sun from time to time as the dif-
ferent portions of it were published, we need say
nothing more on the present occasion than that it
is a tale which bears republication, being tersely
and vigorously written ; devoid of exaggeration,
whether as regards humour or incident, and con-
structed with no little adroitness: The embellish-
ments with which the volumes arc illustrated, are
from the pencil of Leech, who. has the art to ad-
here to nature in his delineations, without deg-e..
aerating into caricature.
T.

HE ANTI-BREAD-TAX CIRCULAR.—OUI
present number, appears under a different form and at an
increased price. Hitkerto the Circular has been sup-
ported at the expense of the League ; but it has been
thought that our readers may not be disinclined to allow
us to spread the burden of the publication equally upon
them, especially when they are told that, by contributing
as extra penny a fortnight, they will place at the disposal
of the League several handrads of pounds a year to be
devoted to additional exertions in lectures, tracts, &c.
This arrangement will also enable us to secure for our
editorial department the services of a gentleman emi-
nent for his talents and literary accomplishments.
A slight alteration in the name has been alopted, in order
that the title may exactly express the character and ob-
jects of the Circular. Our principle is more clearly ex-
plained in the words Anti-Bread-tax than Anti-Corn-law.
Ours is not so much a question of political economy as of
justice and humanity. We wish to speak directly borne,
not merely to the judgments of politicians, but to the un-
derstanding and feelings of every man and woman in the
kingdom as well as to.tfie sympathies of all Christians and
philanthropists. The contents of the Circular will be
found to be in strict unison with its title ; we shall con-
tinue unceasingly to oppose any and every scheme for tax-
ing the bread of the people. —The late Anti-Corn-law
Circular.

" Beaumont and Fetcher, and their Contem-
poraries" is—as may be surmised from the title—
a critical notice of some of the principal drama-
tists of the Elizabethan age. The Reviewer
commences with some remarks on the Greek
tragedians, wherein he speaks of Euripides as
having-" been seduced by false taste and unsound
philosophy." Of this great writer's philosophy
or otherwise, we say nothing, but we demur to
the charge that his plays are distinguished by
"false taste." His Alcestis, and still more his

•-•
Medea, are perfectly free from any blemish of
this sort. Indeed, the taste, as well as the pa-
thos, displayed throughout them, are exquisite.
As regards the Reviewer's opinions of Beaumont
and Fletcher, and Webster, we think he rates
them rather too highly. There is certainly a ster-
ling Poetical spirit displayed in the dramas of the
two former; but they are constantly guilty of
exaggeration of character; their pathos is apt to
degenerate into a sort of flowery, maudlin pret-
tiness of sentiment; and their humour, though
frenuine. is still oftener coarse, strained, and
•
say nothing of their gross-
ness, for it was the vice of the ; but we main-
tain, in opposition to their numerous admirers,
that in the delineation of their characters they

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A MAGISTRATE.
—lt is stated that the prisoner whose liberaion the Msgis.
trate of Middlesex (alluded t 3. at the Sessions-house on
Thursday) offered to procure in consideration of being paid
a sum of 3,0001., is . Francis Medhurst, who, it, will be re-
membered, was found guilty at tho Central Criminal Court
of stabbing, and thereby causing the death of, a fellow
pupil at Hayes. Medhurst was sentenced to three years'
imprisonment in the House of Correction, and it is said
that the escape was proposed about a month ago, and the
prisoner ass( rt that big curiscitmee would not suft.r him
to accede to it. The utmost sccrvsy is ohicived as to the
name of the Magistrate so accused. The taint of lied-
burst's sentence will expire in about a year aid two or
three days from tbis time.

Mil, SUN, LONDON. SATURD Y. APRIL 24, 1811.

DINNER TO COMMODORE
NAPIER IN MANCHESTER.
It had been announced that Commodore Napier would leave
, Liver pool by the two o'clock tiain on Wednesday, and might
be 'expected to arrive here about half-past three. A number
of our townsmen who took an interest in the matter accordingly
' began to assemble at. the Liverpool road station soon after
three o'clock, and about twenty minutes afterwarels.the mayor
arrived there in his carriage, accompanied by a second carriage,
in which was Mr. Reade, of the Branch Bank of England,
Colonel Wemyss, and Sir Charles Shaw. Sir Thomas Potter,
Knight, followed in a carriage, accompanied by David Ains-
caorth, the boroughreeve, and C. J. S. Walker, Esq. Another,
carriage contained Alderman. Murray, and his father, Gesrge
Murray, Esq. The train arrived almost exactly at the time'
expected, and a 'considerable number of ladies and gentlemen
having assembled at the station by that time, the event was
communicated. to the crowd.assembled in Liverpool-road, and
who had not been.allowed to enter the station, by three hearty
cheers. The Commodore was
.assisted from the train by the
Mayor, who immediately escorted him to his own carriage.'
He was aceininpanied from Liverpool by Sir Thomas Ussher, to
whom a seat was given in Sir Thomas Potter's carriage, and
by Captain Bradley and Lieutenant Johnstone, who were ac-
cominodated with seats in the other carriages, and in this
manner the company left the station on their way to the
Town-hall.
The carriages arrived at the town-hall about a quarter before
four o'clock, where a large concourse of people, amounting to
some thousands, had assembled. On the Commodore alighting
three hearty rounds of cheers were given. The gallant officer
was immediately conducted, followed by his suite, to the lio-
roughreeve's room, where he was introduced to the town
counc:l and others who had been admitted to the room. Hav-
ing bowed politely to the company Sir Charles took his seat on
the right hand of the Mayor, William Neild, Esq., amidst the
cheers of the company.
The Ma on then addressed him as follows :—Sir Charles,
on behalf of •the Town Council I hare the honour of presenting
to you an address agreed to by them yesterday; and I perhaps
cannot do justice to them better than to allow them to :peak in
their own language. I will therefore do myself the honour of
reading the address that was voted to you yesterday.
The Mayon then read the address, which was folloWed by
loud cheers. • •
Commodore NAPIER immediately rose, and was greeted with
renewed cheering—Air. Mayor and Gentlemen, he said, I beg
to return you niy very sincere thanks for the honour yoU have
done me on my arrival in Manchester.—(Applause.) I can
assure you, it I have been able to perform any services for
this country, I have been very well rewarded in the way I have
been treated, not only in Liverpool, but in Manchester. I be-
lieve' Gentlemen, it is hardly necessary.for me to say that if it had
not been for our rapid successes in Syria, a war with France was
inevitable.—( Applause.) I believe the success we met with
there, both by sea and land, was the means of ousting the
French ministry, and bringing in Marshal Soult—your old
aequaintance—(cheers)—who was also received in rifle most
.kind manner when at Manchester, as well as when he was
at Birmingham: and I feel perfectly certain that•we owe a.
great deal to the manner in which Marshal Se* was re-
ceived in the different towns through which he passed .for the
peace we at present enjoy.—( Applause.) There is only. ..ixte thing
which I regret in the whole business that has gone en in Syria,
and that was the manner in which Mehemet ,Ali was
treated after he had signed the treaty.. I happened to be
in Egypt at the time, and I think he acted in the most
straightforward manner. He sent in his submission to the
Sultan. He gave up his fleet. He evacuated Syria. He
provisioned the fleet, and paid the "fleet. But lam
_sorry to
say, there was no good faith on the part of the Porte, for
orders were given to attack Mehemet Ali if they found him
weak, and if strong to let hini alone.--( Cheers. ) And then
the Porte has proposed terms which it is perfectly impossible
for him to accept.—(Hear, hear.) Therefore 'the eastern
question is still open, and unless a change. has taken place in
Tue:ey, when the new Ministry came in, God knows to what
it will lead.—( Applause.) Gentlemen, I again thank you for
the honour you have done me. lam quite unprentred,,as you
may
,suppose, coming here in the way I have done,• to make a
long speech. —( Applause). I beg, Mr. Mayor, to return you
my best thanks for the honour you have done me.—(Cheers).
The Commodore then resumed his seat, and another round of
cheering was given.
The MAYOR informed the company that Sir Charles was
about to retire to the York Hotel, from whence he wohld ad-
dress the persons assembled outside.
The company then quitted the room. Sir Charles took the
arm of the Mayor and walked to the York Hotel, where a num-
ber of officers belonging to the regiments stationed in and near
Manchester were introduced to him by Colonel Wemyss.
There being a great number of persons in waiting before the
hotel, the gallant officer, before taking any refreshment, ad-
vanced to the window, where he was received with a most
enthusiastic burst of chesring, and briefly addressed the mul-
titudes, and thanked them for their kindneas.' • '

THE DINNER.
The dinner took place in the central compartment of thelarge
room of the Town-hall, which had been handsomely fi'ted up for
the occasion. The partitien at the we,t-end of the room 'was sur-
mounted by the model of a sloop in the centre, with an anchor and
cable suspended below, and on either side the words " St. Jean
d'Acre," in gold letters; that on the east end by a beautiful
model of a loan of war, intended to represent " The Powerful,"
with the words on either side, " Saide" and" Sidon." On the
wall immediately behind the chair over the windows fronting
to King-street, were the crest and motto teethe Commodore,
admirably designed and executed in gas, by Messrs. W. Bran-
ford and Son. The crest consists simply of a hand bearing a
crescent, and: the motto, " Ready, aye Ready." The company
comprised about 120 gentlemen. W. Neild, Esq., the Mayor,
preseted, and on his right were Commoder Sir Charles Napier,
K. C. B. , Sir C. Shaw, K. T. S., Sic Thomas Ussher, Major
WJackson,
estenra, sth Dragoons ; Jos. Esq., Captain Napier,
elajor Power, H. Newbery, Esq , and J. M,Laren, Esq. On
the left were Colonel Wemyss, Sir Thomas Potter, Knt., Col.
Cus•ane, 10th Regiment; Adam Roxburgh, Esq.; one of the
constables; Major Bell, R. A., Captain Bradley, R.N., James
Watts, Esq., N. Slater, Esq., H. Wadkin, Esq., T. Bateman,
Esq., and. Captain Sleigh. Edward Brooks, Esq., the borough -
reeve, occupied the vice-chair. On the guest of the evening
entering the room, the floe band of the 10th Infantry, stationed
in an ante-room at the west-end,struckup"eSee the conquering
hero comes," the whole of the co npany rising at the same the
and cheering loudly. On the cloth being withdrawn, ;",Non
nohis Domino " was performed by teAkiparry of singers engaged
'for the'eneasion: After the mat tdrEtillaSts;--'-'2"---------
The CHAIRMAN. said the subject of the next toast was, in
fact, the subject of the evening.—(Loud choirs, the whole
company rising.) It must be gratifying to every gentleman
in the room that such a distinguished honour had been con-
ferred upon Manchester, in having it in their power to wel-
come to his native shore, and to welcome to their festive board,
the distinguished individual who had now done them the
honour of gracing that board on an occasion which had placed
his name in indelible characters in the annals of his country.
—( Cheers. ) After briefly adverting to the operations of the
British forces on the coast of Syria, he proposed the health of
their il:ustrious guest, Commodore Sir Charles- Napier.—
( Loud cheers.)
Commodore Sir CHARLES NAPIER then rose amidst very
loud cheering, and said—When he had the honour of visiting
Mae.chester some three or four years ago, with that brave and
distinguished warrior, Marshal Soult—(Loud cheers)—whom
they, as well as the people of Liverpool and Birmingham,
received, though once their enemy, with the utmost kind-
ness and distinction, he little thought that in the
course of a few years afterwards he himself should be
here again, after fighting his country's battles, to be received
in the same kind and handsome manner, He begged most
heartily to thank them for the kindness and honour they had,
he must say, fur any services he had rendered his country,
almost undeservedly—(No, no)—paid him. He had been
placed, when in Egypt, in a very peculiar position. He was
in the Mediterranean when the war begun : the general officer
who came out to take command of the fleet arrived there in
extremely bad health, and the consequence was that the com-
mand of the operations, both of the army and navy, devolved
upon himself.—(Applause,) At that time we were threatened
with a war with France ; in fact, they hardly knew that at any
moment the French might not appear off Alexandria accom-
panied by an Egyptian fleet of twenty sail of the line. Under
these circumstances, when they arrived on the coast of Syria,
there was very little time to lose, for though, when they landed
at D'Jouni, they were but ill-prepared in numbers to oppose
the enemy, who were posted on almost all sides—east, west,
and south—still it was necessary that something should be
done. The Admiral left him to follow out his own plan of
operations, and in that plan 'he followed the example of an il-
lustrious warrior in the Peninsular war, he meant the Duke of
Wellington—( Tremendous cheering)—under whoin he (Com-
modore Sir Charles Napier) had the honour to serve in that
war.—('Great cheering.) The Noble Duke, es they knew,
when he landed in Portugal, was opposed by 'very superior
forces ; but he fortified himself on the heights of Torres
\retires. and it was from behind the lines of that formidable
fortification he went forth to meet the enemy.—( Applause,)
In like manner he (Sir Charles Napier), though in a more
humble way, fortified himself at Defouni.—( Applause. ) They
were there in a country with which they were perfectly unac-
quainted, full of dangerous and unknown paeses, and the first
part of their time was necessarily taken up in acquainting them-
selves, as far as possible, with these particulars. The men op-
posed to them, at this time, under Solyman Pasha, could not
have been less than from 50,000 to 60,000 in number, but as
he did not seem inclined to make an attack on them, they be-
gan to get impatient, and they determined, as he would not
come to them, they would go to him.—(Laughter and cheers. )
Their first efforts were necessarily limited by the small force at
command, consisting of only about 500 marines, and about as
many Turks ; but, nevertheless they were successful, for the
sight of the red coats was nearly enough of itself to alarm them.
--( Hear, hear. )' It was something new for the Turks to
fight in a regular army, and on the first occasion of being
engaged but little dependence could be placed upon them ;
but the second time they were brought into action on the
heights of Syria, he must do them the justice to say he
never saw men behave better. The Commodore proceeded
to eescribe the measures taken for the capture of Beyrout,
with the brilliant affair en the heights of Ornschojouen,
where he found himself suddenly opposed to the enemy in an
aeparently unassailable position, the movement by which he
was enabled to attack him in front and rear at the same mo-
ment, and in the course of half an hoar entirely rout his forces,
a measure which led to the entire evacuation of the whole of
Lebanon, amidst loud cheers. He next described the attack
on Acre, by which that till then supposed impregnable for-
tress, was subjugated in less than three hours, with hardly
any loss. He now came (he said) to the subject of his nego-
tiations, which they, the men. of Manchester, had thought
proper to do him the honour of complimenting him upon.—
( Applause.) He was sent off to Alexandria with six sail
of the line. It was then the end of the season : winter
was coming on—they had a very small force—there were
about 10,000 Turkish men for the defence of the whole of Sy-
ria, with Jerusalem, Joppa, end the important fortress of Acre,
Mehemet Ali mustered between 50,000 and 60,000 troops.
Delays were always dangerous—(Laughter)—and so he took
on himself what was truly a great responsibility, for he was des-
titute of instructions or advice from the government at home,
or from his superior, officer, and proposed to Mehemet Ali
peace.—(Cheers. ) After three or four days' discussion-,not
like the usual discussions in such cases--(Laughter)—terrns
were settled, and in four days peace was made and an agree-
ment signed.--( Cheers.) He was quite aware that it was
dangerous ground he had taken ; it was poaching upon the
grounds, in fact, of the diplomatist—(Laughter)—but, never-
theless, he attempted it, and the attempt succeeded. When
his despatches arrived at Constantinople, communicatihg,
these frets, the four ambassadors became alarmed ; they 'began
to think their trade was at an end ; they protested against
the terms of the convention he had obtained ; it was pro-
tested against by the English minister, and Upset by the autho-
rities in Syria—denounced as hasty and unauthorised by the
commander-in-chief, and abandoned without reflection. These
were fearful odds apainst him truly; but soli he felt confident
that he (Commodore Napier) had taken a clear view of the
subject, and he felt that, when the news arrived in England,
and the circumstances tinder which it was agreed to were de-
Government.—
tailed, the convention would be approved of by (
Hear. ) Such, he was proud to say, was the fact ; and he
received a highly complimentary despatch from Lord Palmerston
and Lord Minto, for the manner in which he had acted.—
He had the satisfaction of being sent to Alexandria, to see the
treaty carried into effect, and he must say Mehemet Ali ap-
peared to have acted with the best faith in.the matter;
sit Was his
duty to say that he believed the Paoha was honest and straightfor-
ward in his conduct—that from the beginning heacted with the
most perfect sincerity. Besurrentlered thts Sultan's ships, hev'ee
tualled 111 e fleet, he paid it. (4.a. far as he could, for be had iir:t
money enough to do it entirely'; he ordered his army to evacuate
Syria, and put the country in a position to obey the Sultan.
But the Porte. was ill-advised_ in the matter, and he was tOrry

Barul----" Rule Britannia."

to say did not meet him with the like good faith. Their coca.
mander had secret instructions to examine into the strength of
the army of the Paella, and if it were found weak to attack
him, and if strong to let him alone. A brother officer of his
(Commodore Napier's) named Stuart, and Colonel Mitchell
protested against the act of the Porte, and. fortunately it
was not carried into effect. Syria was evacuated, Mehe-
met Ali retired into his country, and certainly had a right
to expect justice at the hands of the Sultan and of the
foreign Powers leagued' against him —( Cheers). He was
sorry that after all, however, the Eastern queStion was not
-settled. After Mehemet Ali had behaved in the most
honourable manner, terms had been sent him which it was
impossible he could accept. One of those terms was that
the Porte should have the power of determining which
of his sons should succeed him, after his death, to rule
the Egyptians, and the mext was, to have: the power of
taking away the officers commanding his troops and ap-
pointing their own. Mehemet Ali did him (Commodore
Napier) the honour of consulting him on this point, and it
was certainly a delicate question for him to' advise in, but
he certainly must say that he could not advise him or any
man to accept such terms.—(Loud cheers, and cries of
" Certainly not"). In conclusion, he observed, that the
order sent out to him •by the British Government was to
carry on the war with as little loss of blood as possible—( Loud
cheers)—and seeing that by means of that convention' he
should most effectually obey that order, he could not but think
that he had acted right.—(Renewed eheering4 The accept-
ance of that convention, in the first place, in part might shave
saved the lives of 10,000 human beings.—( Hear, hear..) He
again thanked the company for the honour done him, and re-
sumed his seat amidst loud cheers.

Majesty's dertiin!dil§l Put, in' that case, the Earl of Cardigan
would make good his title 10 this sole property in the Com-
mander-in-Chief's mysterious communication !
• POST.—Ina Very well-written article, as opposite as pos-
sible in tone and temper to that " explosion" upon which we
animadverted in our paper of Thursday morning, the Times
endeavours to explain away the natural deductions which we
made front the violence of which it was guilty on the day before.
In its publication of, yeiterday our Contemporary Says—" We
observe that an article which we published on Thursday (this
should be Wednesday); has been inhtaken by a reSpect..
able morning Contemporary for an explosion-of an,ger against
the Conservative party in general, ion account of some
supposed lukewarmness of the Nottingham Conservatives in
support. of .-Mr. Walter. Now, as we never had the
smallest reason to believe that any .. such lukewarmness
existed, it is. scarcely .necessary for, ns to disclaim . the
imputation ' of - having written under the, influence of. the
feeling which our, Contemporary imagines." We are glad to
find that the ;Times was not influenced as we supposed it was,
and did not mean to level any volley of abuse. against the
leaders of 'the Conservative party. We are very'well • pleased
indeed to hear this, but our pleasure we must confess is dashed
with' regret that writers so experienced and so influential as
those of the Times should express themselVes in a manner so
liable and likely-to be misunderstood: We hope it is scarcely
necessary to say that we should not presume to make
this remark if we alone had been " mistaken" in the
manner pointed out-. by our Contemporary. In that case we
should have apologised for. our error of perception, and,t.here
have let the matter drop. But as. we find that the Chronicle,
The Sun, and the Globe, that is to say, all the London Papers
which took auy notice at all of the article in the" Times upon
which we animadverted, fell precisely into the same error as we
did in,,its interpretation, we hope we may lie permitted to say
that it were well if the very important leaders' of the 7'w/es
were written more perspicuously.
CfJROI ICLE.— Tne honest-ratan and staunch Caiiserva-
tire of the. Times who refused any longer to subscribe to' the,
Conservative association, as, by turning outthe present Mi-
nistry, thecountry would only gain the substitute of "one set of
scoundrels for another," has been so far disavowed by that
journal, that it says it had not
.the, remotest idea . of, ap-
plying the phrase in its literal sense to Lord, Lansdowne
or Lord John - Russell, - much less to such men as
Lorl Stanley, Lord Lyndhurst, and Sir Robert
Peel. But though the Times did not - conceive
the above personages to be literally scoundrels, it
" thought it well to let the Conservative leaders see what bit-
terness of feeling their Whig propensities have a tendency
to excite in the minds of what we verily believe to he a
large class of their most valuable supporters." The Conserva-
tive leaders are, it scans, . at issue on " subjects of the
gravvst imiortance to both Cburch :and State." However, Sir
Robert Peel is still allowed a locus penitentie. He has given
grave offence on many occasions to the great body of the &met.,
vatives, but he may still corninand the support of the intmensema-
forityOf Conservatives if he will adopt the views of thcise who re-
. gArd the"piesentPoor-letv as a measure imPolitic,uiyust,unchari-
table, and unchristian. Bht if he reckons upon their support
without aioptitig their views, he must wily:ate/I" split .ppon.
the rock of the Poor-law. " If," concludes the Times; "we
must either acquiesce in the new Poor-law, or abandon him
(Sir R. Peel), we cannot long hesitate which alternative to
choose." It wouldle difficult to understand how Sir Robert
Peel could, :at the twelfth ,hour;; abandon the opinions respec-
ting the new Poor-law which he, 'has recorded a hundred
times, without proclaiming himself the scoundrel which he is
merely called in the bitterness of disappointment by honest
and staunch Conservatives.

The Cita lam N next proposed " The Army and the Navy,'
coupling with the toast, " Major-General Sir Charles Napier,
the commandant of the district, and Sir Thomas Ussher.
(Cheers. )
. . . .

Other toasts, of
.a complimentary nature, were given, and
the affair passed off with great eclat.

SABBATH FLOGGING.
" GENERAL ORDER.
" Horse Guards, 22d April, 1641.
" The attention of the General Commanding-in-Chief has
been called to the punishment of a soldier of the Hill Hus-
sars, in the Riding House, at Hounslow, on Sunday, the 11th
of April.
" It is well known that it is not the practice of this country
to carry the penal sentences of the law into execution on the
Lord's Day; neither is, it . the practice of the army, whether
employed abroad or at home.
The General Commanding-in-Chief is, therefore, sur-
prised that an officer, in the situation of Lieutenant-Colonel
ecuzimandinp; a regiment, should have carried such a sentence
into execution on Sundiy.
" The General Commanding•in-Chief desires that it may 1.);
clearly understood that the sentences of Military Courts are
not to be carried into execution on the Lord's Day,. excepting
in cases of evident necessity, the nature of 'which it cannot be
requisite for him to define.
"Ii y ccmame.nd. of the Right Hon. the General
• ''T • • . Q9mrnanding..-in-Ctlief,
(Sigoed).. "..rouF• . mAcpoiNiv.p, Adjutant-General."

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM TIIE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.—We take blame to ourselves for _having, suffered
any of our Contemporaries to anticipate us in the expression
of their just indignat'on at the atrocity perpetrated by Lord
Cardigan in' the Hounslow Riding-school on Easter 'day.
The public is, unhappily, too well acquainted with that noble-
man's character, to feel much surprise at hearing that he dis-
regards the solemn on inances of religion; nor is his reputa-
tion for mildness as -a disciplinarian so well established as to
make the infliction of Eorporal punishment upon a soldier
under his command appear an extraordinary thing. But we
did not think Her Majesty's army contained a person who
could deliberately choose Sunday of all days in the week,
and Easter-day of all Sundays in the year, for the execution
of a sentence, always barbarous and disgusting, upon one
of his men,—who, not content with this, could summon his
soldiers to witness the savage spectacle within half an hour
after the conclusion of divine service, in the very place where
they had just before assembled for the worship of God. All
this Lord Cardigan did. On the most sacred and solemn fes-
tival of the Christian Church, the anniversary of the Resurec
tion of our Blessed Lord,—on that day, surrounded as it is
with-irresistible associations of mercy, pardon, and peace, pro-
claiming the terms of amnesty and free forgiveness to every
sinful soul,—this wretched lasing, whom men call noble, who
thinks himself honourable, who is an officer bearing the com-
mission of a Christian Queen, and the acting Lieutenant of
that Queen's husband, did not scruple to exact from a fellow-
creature, in the building just used as a house of prayer, the most
inhuman of all the penalties tolerated by law. We doubt if
in the whole series of 1800 years which have elapsed since the
great Event which the Church commemorates at Easter, any-
thing parallel to this act has before occurred'. ; and, under all
the circumstances, we can hardly speak of it as less than dia-
bolical. Precedents there have been for the infliction of cor-
poral punishments in the British army en Sundays, under cir-
cumstances of peculiar emergency. But for their infliction on
Easter Sunday, we trust—we believe-Lwe feel sure, that no
precedent has ever been known ; and we can imagine no exi-
gency, short of mutiny itself, by which it could possibly be jus-
tified. Having thus expressed the feelings which this oc-
currence is calculated to excite in every Christian mind, we
have next to inquire what Ministers and the authorities at the
Horse Guards intend to do? No one-pretends to defend Lord
Cardigan's conduct. It has been the subject of two conversa-
tions in the House of Commons, and the Secretary at War has
pronounced it to be " most improper and culpable;"—unpre-
cedented, because officers of the greatest standing and expe-
rience in the service agree that " such punishments can
never be justifiably inflicted except in cases of military
exigency, and on march, when there is no choice ;"
wanton and gratuitous, because in the case of the
soldier punished by Lord Cardigan, " the punishment
might, without the -smallest inconvenience, have been post-
poned till the next day." What, then, is to be done with this
inveterate offender, this plague-spot of the British army, who
seems to exist for the single purpose of setting public opinion
at defiance, and bringing discredit upon :the unwise clemency
which restored hien, after one well-merited disgrace, to em-
ployMents for which he is by temper and character thoroughly
disqualified ? On Tursdayialr. Macaulay assured the House of
Commons that "such notice had been taken, arid would be taken,
of the case, a, would effectually-prevent the recurrence of anysim
fi-
lar one in future ; anticipating, we suppose, Lord Hill's general
order upon the occasion, which we publish to-day. That do-
cument does, indeed, characterize Lord Cardigan's conduct in
terms of very pointed censure. "It is well known," says Lord
Hill, "that it is not the practice of this country to carry the
penal sentences of the law into execution on the Lord's-day ;
neither is it the practice of the army, whether employed abroad
or at home. The General Commanding-in-Chief is, there-
fore, surprised that an officer in the situation of Lieutenant-
Colonel commanding a regiment, should have carried such
a sentence into execution on Sunday." This is very
well as far as it goes ; but it is not with a bare
expression of Lord Hill's " surprise" and disapprobation that
the public will remain satisfied. It will be their turn to be
" surprised," if the officer who, in addition to his many other
notorious delinquencies, has committed this revolting outrage
upon humanity, decency, and religion, is suffered to remain
" in the situation of a Lieutenant-Colonel commanding a re-
giment." Should their reasonable expectations on this point
be any longer disappointed, we trust some independent Mem-
ber of the House of Commons will take an early opportunity of
cutting the Gordian knot, and move an address to the Crown
for the removal of the Earl of Cardigan from the Lieutenant-
Colonelcy of the 11th Hussars.
ADVERTISER.—A " General Order" from the Horse
Guards appears in our columns to-day, in reference to the re-
cent revolting desecration of the Sabbath by Lord Cardigan, in
having a man flogged at Hounslow immediately after divine
service. There appears in this " Order" a great discrepancy
from the statement made by Mr. Macaulay in the House of
Commons, w hen he intimated that it was not unusual for con
poral punishment in the army to be inflicted on the Lord's Day.
The Adjutant-General distinctly states that " it is well known
that it is not the practice of this country to carry penal sen-
tences of the law into execution on the Lord's Day ; neither
is it the practice of the army, whether employed abroad
or at home ;" and that " the General Commanding-
in-Chief is therefore surprised that an officer in the
situation, of Lieutenant-Colonel commanding a regiment,
should have carried such a sentence into execution on
Sunday." We are gratified thus to learn that even the
Sabbath in the army is not generally outraged by such
a sanguinary abomination as that perpetrated at Hounslow ;
but we are astonished that the General Commander-in-Chief,
after having endeavoured to screen Lord Cardigan's infamous
aggressions on the feelings of the officers under his command,
after the thorough contempt that his Lordship has evinced on
an innumerable variety of occasions for public opinion and
public decency, and after the Commander-in-Chief having
thrown the shield of his most culpable protection over the
ignoble offender, whereby he virtually acknowledged that
Lord's prescriptive right to exemption from military penalty,
however enormous his transgression—under such authorised
immunity of offence, we are astonished that the " General
" Commander-in-Chief " should "feel surprise" at any out-
rage which Lord Cardigan could offer to military discipline
or public decency. For our own part, we are -not at all sur-
prised at Lord Cardigan's conduct. It was a thing to be ex-
pected. When superior authority connive at dereliction of
public duty, it cannot be expected that parties tempted to its
violation will be scrupulous in its observance. In retaining
Lord Cardigan in the service, after the inexcusable offences
proved against him, Lord Hill identified himself with these
offences, and therefore ought not to feel surprise at their repe-
tition. For all subsequent delinquencies, it is not Lord Car-
digan who is to blame, so much as the system which tolerated
his endurance in an appointment wherein he had exhibited
such glaring proofs of incompetency and unjust and tyrannical
ministration.
HERALD.—A general order, dated 22d April, 1841, has
been issuel from the Horse Guards, on the subject of the
punishment of a soldier of the 11th Hussars in the Riding-
house, at Hounslow, on Sunday, the 11th of April. In so far
as the terms of this order expressly corroborate the views we
took, and the opinions we expressed in the Herald of the day
before yesterday, it is impossible that we should find any fault
with them. We had said of Mr. Macaulay's speech on the 21st
instant on the subject, that it did not vindicate Lord Cardi-
gan from the charge of having " needlessly and offensively
desecrated the Sabbath." The general public order (which
we publish in anoSher column) declares it to be " well
known that it is not the practice of the country to carry
the penal sentences of the law into execution on the
Lord's Day ; neither is it the practice of the army whether
employed abroad or at home." In the Herald of the 15th in-
stant, we treated the infliction, of this punishment on the Sab-
bath, as "an unseemly affront on the solemn ceremonies
which had just before been concluded;" and we contended that
" nothing but a sudden act of mutiny on the part of the
offender, or the circumstance of his regiment being in actual
service, or in the field, or doing duty in a garrison town where
it might be of incalculable moment to visit instantaneously
every flagrant breach of discipline," would be a ground of jus-
tification for such a course. Now the " general order" seems
to confirm this opinion distinctly. It might be surmised
by anybody, who had had no experience of the immu-
table justice and stern impartiality of the Horse Guards,
that after the recital of the offence in the first para-
graph of the " order," it would have gone on to
denounce the offender ; and by name. Oh, no ! It
should seem that the Lieutenant-Colonel of " Prince Albert's
Own" has the privilege of exemption from all personal desig-•
nation in a public document that is expressed in the language
of censure. " The General Commanding in-Chief is there-
fore surprised that an officer in the situation of Lieutenant-
Colonel commanding a regiment, should have carried: such a
sentence into execution on Sunday." The uninformed public,
or that portion of it at least which a year hence rosy be rude
enough to have forgotten Lord Cardigan 'and all his graceful
levities, may thus he left to its own memory, or to consult the
authority of an old Army List, in order to detcrthine
who was this " great un-named," whom even the rude
censure of a General Order forbore to indicate by
any other identification than that of " a Lieutenant.
Colonel commanding a regiment." A lucky man the " Lieu-
tenant-Colonel " certainly is! But, since the authorities at the
Horse Guards seem at a loss to decide how their " general or-
der" should be made to apply, since it is evident that James
Earl of Cardigan, is not to be even assumed to be intended by
its terms, we would strongly recommend to the Noble and
Gallant Lord. the Commander-in-Chief, to put tho
old-fa-
shioned superscription at the head of this remarkable docu-
ment—namely, "To all whom it may concern." The " all,"
we verily believe, would comprehend but one Officer in her

EVIONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CHRONICLE.—The fluids have not been quite so buoyant
to-day. A 'purchase of tob,ooo Consols for the Account was
effected in the early part of the day at 90%; subsequently,
however, sales to some extent were made, which caused a
slight depression, the quotation having declined to 901/2 sellers,
which was the closing price. Bank Stock was 172% to .3%.
Exchequer Bilis 14s. to 16s. prem.
The rates of Exchange on Hamburgh and Amsterdam were
a shade lower, but on Paris there was no alteration.

In the Foreign Marker, Spanish Stock experiekiced a further
slight improvement, owing to the 'prevailing opinion that the
affair of the Regency will terminate in the election of the Duke
of Victoria alone to the office.

SUN.—The markets and trade generally continue very
dull in the City.

The Funds were depressed to-day in a slight degree,
but not, perhaps, worth alluding to particularly. Consols
for immediate transfer realised 94. to 90k, and for the Ac-
count 90fli to 90k, which is k per cent. below yesterday's
quotations. Exchequer Bills were steady at 14s. to 16s.
premium, and India Bonds were firm at 3s. premium ;
Bank Stock was well maintained in the morning at 173
to but closed at 1721. India Stock was at 255 k to 256.
The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were firm at 99 to
• The Three per Cent. Annuities brought 89k to g.
4
In the Foreign Securities there was very little doing,
nor were the Railways so buoyant. Spanish Bonds were
dull at 23a to for the Accoun,, being a trifle higher;
the Passive were marked 5/, the Portuguese Old Stock
62, the New Five per Cents. 3:3/, Mexican 30k, Belgian
103, Austrian 110/, Danish 773 to 78, and Dutch Two-
' and-a- Half per Cents. 521,-. French Four per Cents.
were quoted 99r. 52c. ; Exchange 25f. 400.
The value of the Great Western Railway Share; was about
283, of the New 14, of the Fifths 71 to 7a ; of the London
and Birmingham 70 to 71, of the South Western 191, and
of the Croydon Trunk a premium. Brightog Shares
were at 2, Blackwell at 51, Greenwich at 113., Midland
Counties 103, and Bristol sod Exeter at 24 discount.
Australasia Bank New Shares were 18g. premium.
The Foreign Exchanges were again rather heavy to-
day. The more current rates for three months' bills were
these:—Paris, 25F. 62.12-e. to 671 e. ; Hamborgh, 13 9
to 1-; Amsterdam, 12 31; Antiverp, 12 3-1 ; Frankfort,
1491 to 150; and Trieste, 10 to 10 1.

CHU ;IC R-RATES. .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin—We have statute lat,v authorising the Poor-
' rate being made on a pound-rate, and the same for a
highway rate ; but there is no law comptiling a pound-
rate for the repairs of the Church. Now, Sir, as the
Church party base taken such cruel and unwarrantable
measures in enforcing the payment of Church-rates, I
think any legal mode by which the Church party may
be forced to join in the cry for the abolition of such oh- '
noxious charge perfectly fair. I contend that when a
vestry is determined on the amount of what the rate
shall be in the pound (say, for instance, 6d.) that the
vestry has only determined on the expediency of making
such a rate, that such resolution will not justify the
churchwardens in snaking the assessment on which to
found a rate ; that the parishioners have themselves the
right to make the rate itself. I propose, then, that. the
vestry resolves, " That a rate be now made," upon which
some party should produce a list of the inhabitant house-
holders, beginning (say with A. B.) if he be a Church-
man let him be rated at one pound—let no reference
be made to the value of property occupied ; then pro-
ceed to C. D., (a Dissenter) let him be rated at one
penny, and so oa throughout the list ; let it be then
signed by the majority of the inhabitants present, end
handed to the Chairman ; let all the Divanters pay the
rate when callei upon, leaving an appeal to the Eccle-
siastical Court to that Court's supporters, and if the
rate be quashed and another vestry called, as the
doctors say, " repeat the dose."

I am Sir, yours, &c. &c.
~~pril 21,x1841. GORDIUS.

N.B.—Perhaps it would be as well first to demand a
poll upon the Churchwardens' propositions, and act
according to circumstances (at a future vestry if de-
feated) to ad those who should vote for the Church-
wardens propositions. Sonic part es will say this is a
double-edged weapon ; never mind, the war will be
the sooner over.

CHARTER-HOUSE SQUARE.
NFIRMARY FOR THE CURE OF FISTULOUS

DISEASES.

On Thursday the Fifth Anniversary of this most Bene-
volent Institution was celebiated at the Albion Tavern,
Aldersgate-street. One hundred and fifty gentleman of
great respectability, wealth, and influence in the metropo-
lis sat down to dinner, which was served up in the best style.
Alderman COPELAND, M. P., in the Cha'r.
After the cloth was removed, " Non Nobis Dominc" was
sung by Meis7s. Broadhurst, Taylor, and other professional
gentlemen.
The health of her Majesty was then given, and drank
with three times three.

The healths of the Queen Dowager, Prince Albert, the
Princess Royal, and other branches of the Royal Family,
met with similar enthusiasm.

The CHAIRMAN then said, in proposing the next toast, ho
would have to trespass largely on the indulgence of the com-
pany ; his situation as Chairman compelled him to do so.
He had to lament that the health of the Chief Magistrate
prevented him from appearing among them, as he was
sure he would much more efficiently discharge the duties
which were imposed on him than he could.—( Hear, hear.)
Though he was his senior in the Court of Aldermen, yet
when he called upon him to preside on the present occa-
sion, he willingly responded to that call.—( Hear.) His
anxiety was to do justice to the merits of an Institution
not so well known as it ought to be to have its merits
appreciated.—( Cheers. ) No one knew better its merits
than he did. He would yield to no man in zeal for its
success ; and it was a matter of pride and gratification to
him to sea it in such a fllutishing condition..—( Cneere. )
They had met to celebrate its anniversary, and though this
great metropolis abounded with charities, yet there was not
one more deserving of public support. His own experience
had proved that, as he had been Governor of many of the
institutions of the country, and amongst their number there
was not one to which suffering humanity was so much in-
debted.--(Cheers.) It was rather remarkable that in-
stitutions were established in the reign of Henry VI., and
originally they were founded for the curing of the sick,
the protection of the young, and the punishment of the
guilty ; and there never was an institution of a similar
description until it was raised by their bounty.—
( Cheers.) He trusted that they would not re-
lax those exertions, as their poor suffering brethren
were looking with anxious confidence to their results.
The existence of the Latitution was (mine. to his excellent '
friend, Mr. Salmon, who fearlessly undertook a labour
which others shrunk from ; but no opponents could stand
before his attire benevolence.—( Cheers.) He undertook
the care of a malady which the innate modesty of English-•
men (and modesty was their peculiar characteristic) I
shrunk from disclosing. It wes a disease which from their
kindest and dearest relatives they were anxious to conceal.
But he thanked God that owing to the bountiful contribu-
tions of the company that concealment was unnecessary,
as the most perfect cure followed its disclosure in the In-
stitution, and the benefits it conferred were manifest by
its progressive success.—( Ctreem ) How the philan.
thropic contributor's heart most be animated when he re-
flected that he was an auxiliary in affording relief to
1,400 of his fellow-creatures !—(CheLrs.) Six hundred
successful operations had been performed by his spirited
surgical friend (Mr. Salmon), and he would confidently
appeal to their benevolence whether they would not support
an Institution which conferred such lasting benefits, and ho
partakers in then gratitude which their liberality procured.
To show how the benefits of t ii•J charity operated on the •
heart, he would reee tem one fie'. In tl e latter pert of
1839, when tic it to t tioliour to fill the civic chair, three
labourers from Bethlehem "Green ( who had peen relieved
by the Institution), waited on him, and solicited him to
become the patron of an auxiliary institution. He con-

EV_ENING EDITION.

dented ; and he now had the pleasing duty of being the
lietn!tin instrument to convey their bounty of fifteen
ii guineas to Abe parent establishment.—(Loud elieere%)
After such a eirennietence would they not come forward
liberally ? He appeelJef Sasebo. young as well as to the cid•
It might be the first time the former had stretch. eti
their hand to the support of an Institution conferring sue.
benefits, and the recollection of it would be coeval
With their existence.—( Loud cheers.) The Society had to
regret the loss of Sir Francis. Ommanney, but he trusted
that his benevolent support of, the Institution left a bril-
liant example for imitation. In conclusion, be declared
that the institution had as strong a claim upon morality
L.. 51 it had upon philanthropy,—(,cheers,) The Secretary
then read the Report, from which it appeared that the sub-
scriptions in the room amounted; to'(our hundred pounds.
• The Cnernman proposed the health' of the Lord Mayor,
who, owing to his advanced time of life, 'etottld not be pre-
sent. He could assure the company thS'ehie Lordship
felt the deepest interest in the success of the', Institution,
and nothing could• prove it better than the libeieality Of his
donation. His Lordship's health was drink mast enthu-
siastically.
The CHAIRMAN. -after paying a high eulogie Hr on tho
.public conouct of Mr. Sheriff Gibbs, proposed hie 14V3Aft,
which met with a flattering reception.
Mr. Sheriff Giees,heeiag briefly returned thanks,
Mr- POWNALL yose and said that though he, bad not "
asked the Chairman's permission, yet he would propose a
toast, which he was sure would be received in the way to
which it was entitled.—( Heir, hear.) Every person pre-
eet knew what a rtauncie anxious, and zealous friend to
the Institution their Chairman was.—(Cneers.) He bad
already given seven donations, and he net only always sup-
ported it with his purse but by his presence.—( Cheers.)
Lie now filled their chair, and no one filled a ;chair with
more credit, and they owed him their most cordial and sin-
cere thanks. , fie cherished the institution by his fostering
mind end kind sympathy.—(Cheers.) Its support was a.
work of naercy,and benevolence, and they could not feet
too deeply the incuortance of its existence.—( Hear, hear.))
Their thoughts would weep with joy when they contem-
plated the afffieted learnt restored as he might say t hie;
orphan child.—(Cheers.) Its benefits_ welt a boon to
suffering mankind. Ti.e soease it alleviated was a pecu-
liar mealy. It was not ahtepic for conversation over
their domestic altars as ()thee. lastitatioes were. It
was not necessary then to dilate upon its remedies
and effects; theee we:c apparent. It Wee true there
were no Corinthiau Pillars within its; walls, but:
it dontained jewels far more precious, " grrteful kearie."—
(Loud cheers.) The poor man restored to health andl
strength had nothing to give but his gratitude ; sciatic wealth:
could purchase that?—(Cheers.) • Though it coild not
be purchased it could be generated by their liberality. lie
would return to his daily tOII,. a husband and .a fatter feet-
teasing and correnaetideAis family. -a( Ch-dirs.) Let theme
but contemplate thi labourer's wife on seeing her husband'
restored to health, returning to industry, and supporting
his family. It was like drawing two heerts together with
a silken thread, or he should rathersay it was like the
electric spark which while it illumed one heart lighted
both.—(Loud cheers.) Wheothey considered the bless-
ings which it conferred on destitute families, English be-
nevolence and Btitish liheeality would be at their post. Its
support was as beneficial to tnem as it was at. blessing to
others, and when they were called to the jots above he
could not say•whether they would be more missedhthan re-
gretted.(Loud cheers. )• He. concluded by proposing
the health of the Chairnian.
The CHAIRMAN having returned thanks,
Mr. Sheriff GIBBS proposed the health of Mr. Hoa se
and the Vicc-Presidents.
Mr. HOARE rose to return thanks, and said that be re-
gretted the absence of his colleague, Sir John Lntledale,
and he could assure the meeting no man felt a deeper in-
terest in its success than he did. There was an impression
abroad that the profession had not the opportunity to judge
of the merits of the Institution ; but (hot was not the tact,
as he could assure them that Mr. Salmon had offered.
every professional gentleman an opportunity of witnesting
his practice even so early as seven o'clock in the morning..
Therefore, Mr. Salmon was most anxious to extend the-
benefit of his exile: knee to other branches of the profes-
sin, in order to inceettee the usefulness of the institution.
He had made large seerificcs in its behalf, and no doubt
he would enjoy that moral satisfaction which such benevo-
lent exertions more cale,tiated to produce:
The Crientimen then proposedt tihnestiiiteuatlit,l,in.of_(Mcriicers.)
Fre-
derick Salmon, the Surgeon ;of
he
;otia a•
Mr. SALMON rose to returat .thanks. He said, that
it was not is his nature to express' what he felt, Heit u
a simple-minded man, and not a pu'lih speaker, but his
heart spoke. In the establishinenths:4the lest
he had had great difficulties to contend vein', but a Chris-
stian public enabled him to overcome theta. There were
there 200 subscribers to the Institution, and n'hat retaght
to be the feelings of these gentlemen when, eh), their
bounty, they were enabled to relieve their fellow-creetii rca
who were pining in sorrow, suffering intense bodily d. is-
ease, and oppressed by mental despair ? With regord to
his own merit, he would not be worthy of the name of mat ,
if he did not exert its valuable prerogative, and I feiert
was relieving suffering humanity. He had exerted there
prerogative. He was the humble instrument of relieviug:
1,300 of his fellow-creatures. If ever there .was a.s
necessity for support to the present Institution,
was at the present time—the increaeinge population •
so imperatively demanded it. He could assure- tlp.igence
roes subscribers that their beneficent liberality sentald bz
cell repre:exed by the gratitude of those whom they re,
lieved front bodily suffering and mental misery.—( Cheers. )
The health of the other officers of the lestiteVon havintig
been drank the Chairman left the Chair, and the Cornier ny
separnted, after having spent a most delightful , evenirieteee
with the et; ingest reliance upon the iacreasi rg innt'Pon'Y
?If the lustitutior.

TO THE COUNCILLORS OF T,tiE
NATIONAL. CHARTER ASSOCIATION ~/F
TROWBRIDGE'.
GENTLENIRN,—As a portion of your Addresa, which ap-
peared is The Sun of yesterday, is directed immediately
to myself, I deem it neceszary to offer you a brief explaaa-
lion why I am not a member of your Association, and why
the National Assiiciation for Promoting the Political and
Social Improvement of the People is formed.
I:. :Le first plaice the plan of the Naaional Association wow
written during the first few Months of our incarceration in.
Warwick Gaol, long before your Association was formed-,
and would have been published had tee been allowe.l free:
communication with our fricnde.
On our liberation from prison cur plan was published irk
the pamphlet entitled .‘ Chartism," and at different public
meetings Mr. Collins and myself avowed our intention of
emlaavearing to form au Association upon that plan as soon
as our heolth and circumstances permitted.
Differeat plans and projects were promulgated at that
period, for carrying forward the cause of Cuartion, ono
was for evablishing, a morning paper, another it national
press, others toe exclusive dealing, others tor joint-stock
stores, and others had projected and taken sonic steps tc-
wards forming the National Charter Association to which
you la.long.
Our plan for obtaining the People's Charter by peaceful
arid moral 'roans, by tne erecting of halls, the establishing
of schools, the fo7mation of libraries, and by every means.
Sethi og to raise the intellectual and moral character of
oua brethren ; while approved of by the press in general,
as weal as by the thinking and reflecting par ion of
Charti,an instead of being made a legitimate subject for
discus-.ion, was only made the subject of contempt and ridi-
cule by the peoplea organ, the Aorthern Star, tha
editor of which designated National Education as a •‘ Na-
tioral Jackass," and without condescending to review or
rebut the arguments we had adduced, hint, d that our plant
was altegeth,r worthless, as The Sun, the Chronicle, arid,
other portions of the press had spoken favourably of it.
On my return from Cornwall I received a letter in-
viting ale to join your Association, which I refused to do
on the grounds cf illegality, at the same time referring
them to Acts of Parlament by which they were shown
that all who telengcd to them were subject to transporta-
tion ; a risk I did not choose to run. About the same time
Mr. Collins called the attention of the Editor of the Star
to the subject of ihe illegality of the Charter Association,
and tine necessity of cautioning the working-classes
the subject. The persons engaged on that iaper O
subse-
quently wrote to Mr. Place of London to ascertain the
state of the law on the subject, which that gentleman
readily furnid
weeks
ed them with, but reveral
at
.(,re suf-
fered to elapse before any notice was takenor warning
given. when Mr. Place'a
article
An alterati )n was subsequently
least acknowledgment of the anthor.
appeared without the
Association, to make it more confirmable to law. How
made in the plan of your
far that has been effected I shall not hazard an opinion ;
suffice it to say i have not seen sufficient inducements in
your objects, nor that line of conduct pursued by those
who rule its destinies to warrant me in joining them.
Believing that the principles cf Chartism arc purely
detuocratical, calculated to benefitlaolclaeglaresseels;jatnldt_enogterthee..
working-classes exclusively, I cant.
.1
ral denunciations against all kinds of union with the
rniddle-caasees, nor do I approve of the abuse, calumny,
and despotic conduct which have recently been put forth
against all those who think a union of ail classes desirable.
It has been stated by the editor of the Star, (doubtleas
with the view of exciting the prejudice of the working..
classes,) that the plan of our Association was concocted by
Messrs. Hume, Roebuck, and O'Connell, when he knows
to the contrary, that it is word jin..
.word such as ap_
peared in our pamphlet,
which was written under eircurn-
stane,s of deprivations and sufferings in the cause of the
people. But even if it was the production of the greatest
enemy of the people, its origin is of little moment, - the
great question for consideration is, would it benefit the
people politically and socially if the people themselves re-
solved to carry it into practice ?
Our plan has been said to be put forth " as a secret
move. ' In answer to which, I embrace this opportunity
of stating that similar means were taken to ascertain the
opinion of all the known end active Chartists of the king-
dom respecting it, as were taken to obtain the signatures •
to the Irish Address which was put forth previous to the
mectirboa of the Convention. Copics of it were sent to all
the Radical, Workipg at
—en'a, and Charter Associations
throughout the kingdom—the addresses of which we
could obtain—as also to the Members of the late Conven-
tthilnt,ncomtloirnalc only was
the originators of your Association. So
was the widest publicity g
opportunities afforded for laying beforei igiver, o
yourtibutAssociationample
or any other body of Reformers.
Those whohave appended their names to the Address:and
Plan of the National Association are desirous of a union
embracing forsons of all creeds, classes, and opinions, who
are desirous of promoting the political and social improve-
ment of the people ; and if the Members or Council of
your Aoieciatiun approve of our objects, and the means we
have put forth for the attainment of the People'" Charter,
we shall be glad to enrol them as Members; as also Sir R,
Peel, Lord J. Russell, or the Duke of Wellington, if they
choose to joint us. At all events, we claim the same right
to put forth our views, and to form a union upon our plans
as you have on yours, the Scotch on theirs, or any other
body of Reformers ; tend little can loesaidof
ofth ethdoesme"roa- •
a;c feelings, the intallect or moral principle
denounce as thieves, traitors, and liars" who differ froms'o '
them in opinion or mode of action. :1
I remain, your obedient servant,
Ib3, Tottenham-court-road, W. LOVETT.

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