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London, England, 1841-06-04 00:00:00

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LONDON:
FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1841.

A London Gazette Extraordinary, published
at a late hour last night, contains Sir GORDON
BREMER'S despatch to the Governor-General of
India, dated " Wellesley, off North Wangtong,
March 10, 1841," announcing the capture of the
forts of the Bocca Tigris, together " with every
other of the Chinese defences with which we are
acquainted." " The British flag," it is said, " is
tlyjug Wangtong, in which is a garrison,
and all the other batteries have been blown
up, and are utterly destroyed." The work
was effected on the 26th of February, in

less than an hour after the ships could bring
their broadside, to bear, though one of the bat- I
teries mounted 4.2 guns of large calibre. The
Chineselost probably 230 killed atWangtong, and
probably as many more at Anunghoy, at which
place the Chinese Admiral KwAN, and several
other Mandarins ofrank, were amongst the killed.
Of our brave soldiers and sailors only five were-
wounded in the whole force. -

The despatch gives a long account of the pro-
gress of the negotiations and the delays of the
Chinese, both before and after the capture of
the forts, and concludes by expressing an opi•
nion, that in consequence of the tortuous con-
duct of the Chinese authorities, the Com-
mander-in-Chief will have to proceed with
hostilities at the risk of the destruction
of the second city of the empire. Canton
has been deserted by the authorities, and the
excesses of the lower classes, proverbially bad,
may force on, the Commodore is afraid, the de-
struction of the city.
The Gazette contains a second despatch,
dated " March 527th, Wellesley, off Wang-
tong," giving an account of the capture of
the only remaining fort protecting the ap-
proaches to the city of Canton. In this affair
three of our people were wounded, and a consi-
derable number of Chinese were killed. The
despatch mentions the destruction of other forts
and junks, the passage of our steam-boats and
small craft up the river, and, finally, the occupa-
tion of the factory of Canton on the 19th of
March. It concludes by announcing a suspen-
sion of hostilities, and the publication of an edict,
declaring the trade to be opened.
The Gazette also contains a despatch from
Captain HERBERT, commanding the advanced
squadron, detailing the operations on the upper
part of the river, on taking possession of Canton.
It further contains a despatch from Major-
General GOUGH to Lord AUCKLAND, describing
the share the troops bad in these several actions,
and expressing his high admiration of the con-
duct of all concerned.

The Peers met last night after the Whitsuntide holi-
days, and heaped on their table a great number of peti-
tions from their retainers and dependents, and from the
clergy, and those the clergy can influence, in favour o
he Corn-laws.

On the motion of Viscount DUNCANNON, their Lord-
ships did not persist in the amendments they had made
to the Arms Ireland Bill, to which the Commons had ob-
jected, and had held a Conference with their Lord-
ships on the subject. The Bill will therefore be passed
as the Commons sent it up to the Lords.
The Marquis of BUTE moved the second reading of
the Jews Declaration Bill, and explained that the Bill
was to enable persons of the Jewish persuasion to hold
office, when elected to it by their fellow•citizens, by ab-
solving them from the necessity of swearing on the true
faith of a Christian.

The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, after using some
flummery to the Noble Marquis, opposed the mo-
tion. He admired charity, but he did not think it
a virtuous species of charity to extend indulgences to indi-
viduals at the expense of duty towards GOD and the
State. According to the Most Reverend Prelate it is
the duty of Christian statesmen and prelates to be un-
charitable to the Jews. Fortunately for the world, the
Archbisbop's morality finds no favour. Even the
House of Lords does not support it. On a division the
Bill was read a second time by 48 to 47. The Jews are
to be treated charitably by the State, therefore, in spite of
the Archbishop of CANTERBURY. After reading the
Archbishop this useful lesson, their Lordships adjourned.
In the Commons a great number of petitions were
presented against the Corn-laws, and in favour of the
Ministerial measures for altering the duties on corn,
sugar, and timber.

On the motion of Mr. GODSON, the petition of Mr.
CoxE, from Nottingham, relative to the bribery practised
there, was ordered to be printed with the "Votes. Mr. T.
DUNCOMDE wished to have another petition on the same
subject presented, but as he had not given notice, hi 6
motion was postponed till this day.
Mr. LEADER explained to the House, for the satisfac-
tion of the Marshal of the Queen's Bench, that he had
not stated in his speech on Mr. T. DUNCOMDE'S motion
to release political offenders, that Captain DUFF and the
Earl of WALDEGRAVE were outside the walls of the
Queen's Bench prison.

The adjourned debate was resumed by Mr. Cot.-
QUHOUN. The lion. Member, continuing the personalities
which Zephyr GRAHAM began, and Heavy HANDLEY
so vigorously retorted, pointed out that Mr. HANDLE
had sat for a Tory nomination borough, had opposed
Catholic emancipation, and in 1822 had de-
nounced with great contempt Parliamentary Reform.
He had not always, therefore, been a Whig. The
Hon. Gentleman referred at some length to the
conduct of Ministers, and harped on the cuckoo-note
that they were not independent of the House of Com-
mons, and had proposed measures to please different
parties in that Assembly.
Mr. O'CONNELL followed, but less to reply to Mr.
COLQUHOUN than to defend the conduct of Ministers. The
question was, how was the country to be governed, and the
policy or government by the Ministers had been successful
both abroad and at home. The only objection to their
policy was, that they had not gone far enough in the
cause of Reform. Their present diminished numbers in
the House were caused by isolated elections, where
much bribery was used, and was no proof that Ministers
had lost the confidence of the country. Of course the
HO. and Learned Member vigorously defended the Go-
vernment of Ireland.

Mr. LINDSAY, the new Member for Sandwich, denied
that bribery had taken place there.
Mr. Sergeant JACKSON of course opposed Mr.
O'CONNELL, and spoke more against him than for the
motion.

A great number of Hon. Members subsequently
spoke, but almost to empty benches, or at least to a half
filled house, without saying much to the purpose, though
they prolonged the debate till Twelve o'clock. At that
hour it was again adjourned on the motion of Mr. Shiel,
and at a Quarter past Twelve the House adjourned.

Such of our readers as have paid attention to
political economical discussions must be well
aware that since the peace a great deal has been
written about gluts and over-trading, and all the
writers on the subject concur in making one
statement, viz., that since then there has been a
universal desire and a universal striving to pro-
duce more and more useful commodities, and to
produce them cheaply. 'Writers have differed very
much concerning the causes why such a desire
and such a striving have not been as universally
beneficial as, prima facie, they promise to be;
some ascribing the failure to the production of
more useful commodities than man can consume,
and others,more wisely and correctly in ourjudg-
ment, ascribing it to the restrictions placed on some
branches of industry, by which they have been
prevented from raising that produce, say corn,
which is the natural market for other produce,
say manufactures. They have, however, from
Mr. OWEN to Mr. M'Cum.ocir, all agreed in this,
that productive power has been prodigiously
augmented and most extensively applied.
No longer ago than yesterday we met with
Mr. GLADSTONE'S twaddling letters to the
Morning Post, done up in a pamphlet, in which
lie ascribes our present distress to the over-pro-
duction of useful clothing and,hardware. Such
evidence satisfies us, and we are sure it will
satisfy any person who has attended to the
su!)ject, that there has been, since the
peace, a most laudable striving amongst
the producing classes to supply their
fellow-creatures with an abundance of good
things. There is no doubt that this laudable de-
sire has been shared by the growers of corn, as
well as the makers of cotton cloth. Accordingly
we read every day almost startling accounts, as
it were, of the great abundance and cheapness of
food in the great vale of the Mississippi, and in
the plains of Russia, Poland, and Hungary. We
have in our early days, as we wandered through
the vales and over the hills of delightful, and
then as now sun-lit England, felt our hearts full
of rejoicing and gratitude to Providence ; as we
gazed from Nottingham-hill on the outspread
vale of the Trent, and saw it rich with
yellow harvests, ready for the sickle, rich
with food, provided beforehand, as it were,
through the instrumentality of man, for coming
generations ; but our gratitude and rejoicing at
thdt'physical proof of GOD'S -everlasting good-
ness, falls far short-of the gratitUde and rejoicing
we feel at the moral proof of die -Same. bountiful
attributes to be found' in' thiS universal striving
of productive labourers,-through so 'many years,
and under circumstances disheartening and disat-

THE SUN, LONDOIie FRIDAYI_3IINE 4,184 i.

trous, to provide a cheap abundance of all the
things that can sustain or gladden life.
The consequences, however, of that striving, to
which every heart must do homage, is that great
stores of food, or great means of providing food,
are now in existence in various parts of the civi-
lized world. The consequence, too, is, the same
useful desire still animating productive labourers,
that the production of food throughout the civi-
lized world has become cheaper and cheaper; skill
and science have been applied to cultivation as well
as to manufactures; the great agricultural skill
I and science of civilized Europe, and of forward
England, have been applied to the virgin soils
of the new world, and they teem, we believe,
with more relative abundance than does the
mule of the spinner or the power-loom of the
weaver. The great and the important conse-
quence of these leading facts in man's modern
economical history, is that food throughout the
civilised world, like cottons and hardwares, has
become cheaper and cheaper, and is obtained liy
less and less labour. Our political economy is
not cold and cheerless, and we rejoice even
more at this proof of the goodness of that Power
which provides for the ever-increasing multitude
of beings whom he has ordained to fill the
earth.

To this glorious progress and wise bene-
volence, which to us appears, from its exten-
sion throughout civilized society, to be a la .w
of nature or of GOD, there is a remarkable
exception. The owners of rent in England—tile
gentlemen who do nothing—the lauded aristo •
cracy, have taken it on themselves to thwart
this benevolent design, and to lift themselves up
in impious opposition to the palpable and de-
clared will of the ALMIGHTY. They make a law
to say that there shall be no further cheapening
of food, and no increase of abundance. The Corn-
law is expressly intended to forbid men from
consuming a quarter of wheat at a less price than
sixty shillings. The Corn-law, therefore, is as
direct a violation of the natural laws which de-
termine the progress of society, and is as con-
trary to all the striving and all the hopes of all
the industrious classes, as can well be conceived.

But although our landowners can prevent food
being supplied cheaper and cheaper to our people,
they cannot arrest the progress we have 'adverted
to in other countries. The skill and knowledge
of civilised England are applied to the rich soil
of the United States ; they are applied in Russia,
in Poland, and in other parts of Europe, and
produce a great abundance of cheap food. Far
from impeding this progress abroad the land-
owners of England, by not allowing their own
countrymen to share those advantages, make the
abundance and the cheapness in other countries
relatively greater. Shut off communication
with those countries they cannot, and the ulti-
mate consequence of their attempt must be to
bring, at some time or other, that relative cheap-
ness and abundance into contact with their own
forced prices, and plunge themselves into head-
long ruin. The apprehensions they now enter-
tain, and to which they sacrifice the public pros-
perity, are the offspring of their own law to pre-
vent the progress of society and the laws of na-
ture from taking effect in England.
Their policy is contrary to another very
marked part of our general policy. We plant
colonies and send abroad a multitude of persons
to, apply our agricultural skill to a new soil. Those
colonists must raise raw produce, and must buy
our manufactures with it. They endeavour
with all their might to make food cheap
and abundant. The noble colony of the
Cape of Good Hope, the vast territories of New
Zealand, New Holland, and Van Diemen's
Land, with Canada, must all be, in the tint
instance, cheap food producing colonies. The
policy of England is to encourage that, and the
vent for their food, or produce equivalent to food,
must be England herself. They will compete
with our own soil. They will contribute to reduce
price and raise supply here to a level with price
and supply in.other parts of the world. For the
landowners, therefore, to succeed in keeping up
the price of wheat to 605., or anything like it,
not only must they exclude communication from
other countries, they must cut off trade Ilith
our various colonies. The thing is impossible.
The task they have undertaken is as hopeless as it
is impious, and they will have the satisfaction—if
satisfaction it be—first, to starve down the popu-
lation to the supply, and then to see abund-
ance and cheapness—by them abhorred cheap-
ness—become prevalent here as in other parts of
the world. They are inflicting thus a tremen-
dous injury on their country, without the hope
of attaining their own object. To put down their
gigantic monopoly, and to save them, with the

rest of the community, from utter and irretriev-
able ruin, is the noble task the brave and wise
people have undertaken in demanding a total
repeal of the Corn-laws.

The Paris Journals of Wednesday have all reached
us. The following extract from an article in the Courrier
Francais will show in what light the struggles of party
in England are regarded by a certain class of French
politicians :
" One thing alone is interesting to France in the endless
quarrels of parties in England ; it is the reserve which they
have maintained when speaking of the late events in which
the alliance between the two countries was compromised. Sir
John Hobhouse exclaimed that the conduct of Lord Pal-
merston had gained ior hhn the admiration of Europe; Mr.
Macaulay asked if England had ever spoken out more
boldly ; and Lord Morpeth affirmed that the name of Lord
Palmerston bad acquired a respect amongst nations which
had never before been attained. Sir Robert Peel expressed
himself with more moderation, and did homage to truth when
he said, " I believe that, notwithstanding our late brilliant
achievements, it would have been possible to have reconciled
our conduct with the maintenance of friendly relations with
France, and to have removed that feeling of bitterness between
the two countries which, I fear, will survive, and which
may prevent future reciprocal and cordial relations between
us, a consummation so desirable that I believe it to be one
of the most essential foundations of the peace and security
of the world." Let us not forget, however, that Sir Robert
Peel is almost the only man of his party, who has expressed
these sentiments. Whilst there was yet a chance of war, and
whenever Franc e sent a ship to sea, the Tories urged the
Government to augment its navy. It was they who encou-
raged the insensate policy of Lord Palmerston, and their op-
position manifests itself only at the moment when the deficit
occasioned by such ruinous folly is to be provided for. Whether
Whigs or Tories, the men who have governed England
since the peace, are of the school of Pitt. Adversity alone
can reconcte them with France. England, to become humane
and civil, must receive some great chastisement from Heaven."
There is no domestic news of any political interest in
the French Journals.
The Journal du Havre of the Ist of June has the follow-
ing article :
" Captain Beschon, of the Robuste, who arrived this morn-
ing from Brazil, informs us that while he was on the coast of
Sumatra the Dutch, who were at war with the chiefs of the
interior, had taken the towns of Barousse and Sinkal, and
concluded a treaty of commerce with the King of Tourou-
monde. In passing the channel of Mozambique the Robuste
was visited by an English man-of-war (a brig), which, in
order to oblige it to stop, fired a, gun, the ball of which struck
the mast."
A letter from Algiers, of the 20th of May, says :
" The last courier from the East brings word that Ge-
neral Guezivella had sent an emissary to the Governor of
Ilongia, to inform him that he had taken possession of the
town of Zammourah, and that he had pushed a reconnaissance
farther in tke direction of Bongia."
Zammourah is a small town situated about twelve leagues
to the north-west of Setif, it is built on the declivity of a hill,
which is pretty steep, it is surrounded by gardens, supported
by terraces. The population, consisting almost entirely of
Coulouglis, is estimated at 1,800 or 2,000 souls."

AUSTRIAN FURL/a—Vilma, M*. 25
Fiveper Conts.Metalliques • IOSN
For per Cents. %%
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares l6ll
- - -- ---

.:-.;lllgemeine Zeilung. May 30
HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, JUNE 1.
Bills. Money
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares 1645
Anglo-Russian Loan lO-% lON
Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate
Inscription, Ist Series lO2
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. ad and 4th . •
Series ... 97% 5)7%
Ditto in Certificates
Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840) B7!* b 7
Dutch Actual Debt, 2l pc, Cent 5l --
Ditto 3 per Cent —
Polish Bonds
. __..

New ticket
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 75 75
NAwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent...
Spanish, New 5 per Cents. lB%
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
HAMBURG, JUNE 1.-13 7.—Two months, 19 sq.
STOCKHOLM, MAY 25.—Seventy-five days, 12. 0.
CLIRIATIANIA, APRIL 2•2.—Threc months, 4 56.
LEIPSIC, MAY 2 .—Two mo ths, 6. 20.
PRUSSIAN FUN DS.— BsituN, MAY 29.
Bills. Money,
St. Schuld. Sch., 4 ~,, per cent. lO4 1(3,4
Prussian English Loan, 1831, 4 per cent 102% 101%
Cxchange on London, three months 619
—Prussian State Gazette, May 30

At a moment when the fate of the " President" steamer
excites the interest of every class of people in this--and,
we may add, wherever the calamitous circumstances of
her absence is known—of the people of every other civi-
lized nation, every suggestion tending to prevent or re-
lieve similar misfortunes deserves attention. The remark •
of a Contemporary that the Fortitude, the captain
of which vessel speaks in a tone almost of certainty of
having seen her, took no steps whatever, either to signal
or assist her, calls for some comment. On the score of
humanity, there is, of course, not the shadow of excuse
for this serious neglect ; but when it is known that,
without incurring the heaviest responsibility—a respon-
sibility, not limited to his ship or his cargo, but affecting
likewise the owner of that cargo, and the assurers upon
it—the captain could not go out of his course, there is al-
lowance to be made for what appears a defect of duty
and judgment in this particular. The captain, it is
not stated, was in any peril when he asserts he saw
the " President," yet he pursued his course, and leaves
the disabled ship to buffet the waves or founder. By
the form of policy now in common use in the mercantile
and marine world, the slightest deviation by a vessel
from her course vitiates the contract between the as-
surer and the assured, and it is seldom, therefore, that
any takes place ; never, certainly, without compromising
the interest of those assured. We are glad that our
columns of this day announce to the trading community
the existence of an establishment in which this restriction
is done away with, and which, with the same security, will
give any man, or body of men, the opportunity of encour-
aging, by their own acts and influence, this much called
for, though almost uselessly withheld, philanthropic con-
cession.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)
CORN EXCHANGE.

There have been moderate arrivals of English Grain this
week, and good of Irish Oats. The fine weather has kept the
market in a state of great dulness for all sorts of Corn : but
the factors were unwilling to take less prices except for Irish
Oats, which sere rather cheaper. Flour unaltered.
SMITHFIELD.

We had but a short supply 'of Cattle, with a good demand
at our present quotations. Of Sheep and Lambs we had a
fair supply, with a moderate demand for the former, but brisk
for the latter. Of Calves our supply was good, with a brisk
trade, prices rather improved. Of Pigs a middling supply,
with a moderate demand. Beasts, 582 ; Sheep and Lambs,
9,260 ; Pigs, 480 ; Calves, 366. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ;
Mutton, 4s. to 55.; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. 6d. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. ;
Lamb, ss. 6d. to 6s. 4d.

ROLLS' cOURT.—(THIS DAY.)

IN RE SMITH.

F,VEN

CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY.
The Loan CHANCELLOR took lunatic petitions to-day, of which
thewe were 26 on his Lordship's paper ; but no case of any interest
except to the parties concerned, came before the Court during the
morning.

The further arguments in this case were resumed today.
Sir WILLIM!! FoLiam was heard on behalf of Mr. Smith,against
whom the application was made on the part of a Mr. Husband, a
solicitor of Devonport, for whom he had acted as agent. The
petition contained serious charges in regard to the management of
the business of the petitioner; but we reserve the details until the
conclusion of the case.

VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.)
Short causes and unopposed petitions occupied his Honour the
VICE-CHANCELLOR the whole day.

ARCHES' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

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could not state who it was that drank the wine, but it was M
SP
t"`"
Mr. SPeer
to the Church a bottle of wine for the use of Mr. Speer.;_....elsv
who paid him for it. The beadle who attended en e,
during divine service for the purpose of assisting him to change.7,...r
dress for the different parts of the service, was examined,
witness stated that a bottle of wine had been brought frOose_i!Lei
Swan about every second Sunday morning, but the landlord,
was likely to be more correct, stated, that the wine was sent Tr'
every Sunday morning. The beadle, however, stated in his evi
that the bottle of wine was usually deposited in the Vestreallo9D32;c
that Mr. Speer, during some interval of the service was aeellstver—s
to take a halepint of wine and water warm, and that
terval, between the Communion and the Sermon, he usually
,toll3',biy
another halt'-pint of wine and water warm. Now as to vibestvee.
Mr. Speer drank the whole of the bottle of wine lilmselles
another ettrl.,
the question was not as to the quantity drank but 3.
the effecte produced by the portion of wine and water viaw`w
was drank. It was said in extenuation that Mr. 59_,:fl
was a gentleman of a sickly constitution, and was under the neeer,l:-,
of havihg recourse to some such stimulant es wine, to enable n_on
to go through his duties on Sunday, and that without such A ,P 115...„.
taut lie would be unable to go through his duties. Probably Fr:
was true, and that the quantity was very swab which produeedotn
effect of intoxication on Mr Speer, but it was not, therefore,: ne,
attributed to the witnesses that they deposed falsely in va=s
that he appease,' under tile influence of liquor
service. It was probable that some of the witnesses might be m 17,,
by appearances, and attrthu to to the use of that wine and tvatFreiei
wine in its simple state, the appearance of a drunken man, w Il!:4
Mr. Slicer seemed to them to exhibit. They stated the facts
they eopearsd to them, and it was for the Court to believe O
were at least capable of judging in such a case. The first Wit_tr:
was Captain Williams, of her _Majesty's Dragoons; and alth7;,,
that witness was examined de bone esse, and was not subject
cross-examination, still the Court must look at the evidence :,'
witness of such respectability. He attended the church sine.
1528, and he said Mr. Speer performed the service in a veil
decorous manner ; and on one occasion he gave great offence anda
gust, and he attributed the whole to the effects of intoxication. 4174. f
ther wit nesswas Lord de Roos, who resided in the parish in the Yoe •
1837, 1838, and 1839, and he gave evidence as to the general e...
duct of Mr. Speer. He said it was very unusual, and his raaeenite
of performing the service was very irreverent, and gave
great scandal in the parish—he stated, at the same time, that other
isi
wise his conduct was not offensive, and that he was veil Peigide
among the lower classes in the parish. From this it was abundant;, .
clear that the aristocracy of the parish were nut in league 'when
him—they spoke of him conscientiously, and gave him praise r
•
ever they could. His Lordship said on many occasions Mr. SP;
was intoxicated during the (tine he was performing Divine Ser"to.
sometimes so much so as to be hardly able to get through hi' 4,e,„
Then, again, Captain Manners, of the Royal Navy, gave similar
tintony, and said the service was performed in so slovenly a ms.'
and so irreverently, that it gave great offence to his notions,' .4;i:
came the evidence of Mr. Clark, who stated that the sersire'
performed in such a manner as to drive him from the Chnreh toyre'e
Independent Chapel. Sir Charles Sullivan corruborato6
that had been said before, mid he stated that the coo4untiii
Mr. Slicers was so bad that he would not allow his cti
to go to eht,rch, and wood have refrained from attend
io:
himself had it not been for the sake of example. Then thee' -.041
the evidence given, most unwillingly, by the parish clerk; he;efig
out of the way so as to avoid being interrogated. It was ell' 0(
that he was au unwilling witness, but he corroborated the
the evidence given by the former witnesses. He spoke rer,e'
pauses in the service as if Mr. Speer had lost the place, 47blse
spoke most unwillingly but strongly to the general manner chibie,
performing the service, and Mr. Speer was in such a stare
the the witness was obliged on some occasions to read the setiteek,'
him. That formed a body of evidence which could leave no
in the mind of the Court as to the real state and condition of ;i,
Speer curing the general periods alluded to. He was suePlieleroie
wine on all occasions ; lie was constantly in the habit of c".:7;
ing some portion of the wine; he was very frequently in 3 44'7
great confusion, and he generally performed Divine Service,
improperly and indecorously. Now how was this body of Bev
as''!
evidence met ?—First, the evidence of Dr. Booth, who neve'lle
tended church, but was the medical adviser of Mr. SPeer' _esti
stated that he never had reason to consider Mr. Speer eeeictimt
i
drinking : he was of a highly nervous temperament, end :1/V
excited, anti generally he was of a bad constitution, and reit.,
some starnulating medicine or wine, but be had never ordered. 7-0
to take wine that he remembered. He said that when in a
of excitement, which very little would put him in, many Per le
might think him labouring under a state of intoxication.
uo,
1836, he expressed a fear that he would break doWn in ills 4 •
when witness recommended him to take something stimulicir*tiov
Witness only spoke generally. Ile could not speak to anything etes
went to a contradiction of the other witnesses. Other witnessessPebbi'ci
the same facts as to the nervous stet e of Mr. Speer, and some °fo!
proved that he was sometimes very hoarse at the altar ; and h.
proved that he was subject to a swelling of the uvula; arid 0044
stated that they had not seen any indecent conduct in the char
and one female witnesss said the parishioners were very pert
ito
and were dissatisfied with the manner in which the service tvol;`
formed before Mr. Speer came into the parish, but nothing tut sit'
upon that. The curate who was employed by Mr. Speer 1,01
that he had never seen anything indecorous or irreverent into
mantle:, but he was in the parish only three months in ISO'
did not come bark to it till March 1839; so that during the gr. ce ter s
part of the time covered by the allegations, he had no knowledgeoe
the habits of Mr. Speer. He said he had often dined .With.,,d""o(.;
and vice versa; and that in his opinion Mr. Speer was not rot
either wine or spirits; that he had seen two glasses of homeo,
wine take as much effect upon him as a bottle would do uPon,oeei
other parties. All that proved the allegations and the evia'rege:
given support of them, for it was proved that he drank ;is
several times during the Service, and if it tock such effect uPelsoes.
it was his duty tthave abstained from it. In his opinion Otto.
gation had been proved. Then came the fifth Article, w .4
charged Mr. Speer with having, on the sth. August, been In Sloe,
state of intoxication as to be unable to perform the SerViee `":010V
day, and that he did not preach on that day, being diss
from it by Sir Charles Sullivan and Mr. Seely. No witnesses
been called to prove this allegation, because it was found that 7;it,
was charged to have taken place in August, actually took plaF
September. The counsel for Mr. Speer had made some attoakbite
nervations on that fact, but he (Sir H. Jenner) did not thin%i
were warranted by the facts. The next charge was,' that w
the church was under repair in 1836, Mr. Speers called urii,
Captain Williams in a state of intoxication, and that when lea/ ise
in attempting to mount his horse he overbalanced himself, and,fea
on the other side. Mr. Speer attributed the fall to the horse 0(
ing on being mounted, and attempted to prove it by the evident:
a coachman of Lady Liverpool, but he could only say that hee
the horse was fresh it was rather frisky. The fact of intoxielLie,'"'
was clearly proved by Captain Williams and his butler that
!lon he thought proved. He now came to the most serious etra'ab
it was contained in the seventh allegation, and was supported 4
two witnesses, against whom no suspicion had been attempted...Zll
raisect. Tegg, the churchwarden, was at a christening hi la, b 0
1838, when he thought Mr. Speer would have fallen down'.oos
read the service in such a manner as to render it uninteitigible",
ridiculous. That witness was corroborated by Carnes, the falbeigi
the child, who said further that Mr. Speer after the ceremony, snee
a kind and jocular manner, " It is said clergymen rob the Pu'''see
this is my tremendous fee," and then gave it back for the child'
his opinion this allegation was made out, and he thought the
vation clearly irreverent. The next charges were drunkenne7tliss
July, 1838, and August 12, 1838, when Mr. Speer perforro4tdl
services in a most irreverent manner, making many m10,0°4,00,
sometimes shouting, at other times speaking so low as pot'ee. gat
beard. In his opinion the weight of evidence was in faunae 4eit
facts charged against Mr. Speer. Having disposed of all rh.74
deuce, he said his opinion was that Mr. Speer was often Pr°e
_," sea
have been in a state of intoxication, and wholly unfit to P' of.
Divine Service. In such circumstances what were the parisbi°.eater,
of Thames Ditton to do ? Were they to remain quiet, tat' stir!
notice of sucleconduct ? No doubt Mr. Speer was kind and c 6
; table to the poor, but that was no reason why the other Paris,"e.°oo.-
should put up with such indecorous conduct. The Learnt,' "a sees
set at very considerable length defended the motives which 11,3001
tuated the parties who had instituted the proceedings ; the ell 0001,
proved that they were perfectly justified in doing so, andas he ,heleor
say, that Mr. Speer had been very ill advised in attributing ""ieeslP
sccution to malicious and private motives, He w' %es/
of opinion that it was proved that if 14r* 001/
was not an habitual drunkard, at least that he had liPcin" 00•
occasions, been in a state of drunkenness, and ib.ots.
clearly proved that in consequence of that habit he had beet' ;ea
times unable to perform Divine Service; and it was clearlYil-pate
that he had upon ninny occasions •
performed that service in an •ifee,
cent and irreverent manner; the consequence of which '116.,00.
several of the parishioners had withdrawn themselves frontiw.r4
giio,
ante on the parish church ; and he felt quite C"-offsj
that if some steps were not taken to rem°eve '
Speer from the parish, and put an end to such s 4`.
cency, it would lead to an entire desertion of the tburc—h.eo.o"'f'
would be necessary, therefore, for the Court to pronoU;sll,
sentence which must remove, at least fora '!.me:Mr. Speer fro fit
parish in question, and he was very terry to be obliged to "-1 07,
a gentleman who had been proved to be kind, humane, 3...„P-8 07,
ritable to the poor. He had endeavoured to find out sw-de- ois'
tigating circumstances, but he could find none, for Mr. spear,-
every thing, and attributed the prosecution to malice; rit( 06'
nothing, therefore, for him to amend. The sentence,' (het Rte
must be the usual one, which was suspension for three 00.1*
both official and beneficial, from the time the sentence least: s
nicated to him, and he felt bound to condemn him in the e(*---;.',
READING—SECOND
LAW 3.IEETINCi.

er, 71)
Various of the neighbouring proprietors and boil- blea jj
their dependarrs, accompanied by an attorney, assenisecoa
the Town-hall, on the occasion of Mr. Sidney Snlitb' 'll°ll'
lecture, on Wednesday evening, took possession of theii,o4o"
form and packed the body of the hall with their own ire-;k1 IS
When .:\ !r. Vines was proposed for the chair, these nis,,ri, ,A-i
lii,
moved: another person to that office ; but even with e.`", Oa
packing, I\lr. Vines was chosen by a large majaritY•iat,er,
addressing the assembly. Mr. Vines was frcqueodj t,i
rusted be these respectable ruffians. And when i‘icaceiri
trey Smith was introduced, one of them, by the ileige:j
certed signal of a cat-call, evoked the discordant
ostrati,
himself arid followers. , After :Ur. Smith had resn°oool;
against this conduct five or six times, and had been aot- i'to
with the moat insulting epithets, he at last took
minute
watch, and said, " I shall just give you five Inii",,i, Ilea
leave this platform, and with your gang, to leave !"2,53i
?a
with If 3ou do not, take the consequences."—(He was agon,. la
with threats, hoots, add the most insolent epnhe`i rol„
audience then began with that fearful ground tone 0 S,itlizl
anger which never can be trifled with with impuniT iala'!;-
however, with white face and quivering lips, tle,ivia fl;:i
disturbers bade defiance. At last, as the anuli, /9'T,5
lAitecl symptoms of impatience, the poor cowards qa'io'
to speak with Mr. Smith, to promise to reni IV'
if they were nut removed.) Mr. Smith—l "I"'„arlef:a
no words with such men. Your time of grace it Pball
~,
p'red ; you shall leave this place voluntarily, or Y",,irasel ta
bundled out of it neck and et,,p ; choose which Y'nu ~rured i
[Ashamed to sneak off, the brawlers still endetves'adi,
bully.] Mr. Smith--The time, is up. Men 01- 'llthe hoer
shall make way for you till you have cleared tot „ty
form and die hall of these ruffians. In au ins.adje",.,.
people rushed to the platform, and the enemy a' uct, liaoo,
crawled ott the back way. As they did not go
every N„
ever, the audience pursued them, and turned , forttir
of them, squire and clodhopper, ignominions'Ye' I,
Smith til ntl
amidst tremendous cheering. Mr. de ,
livered a lecture of two hours to' the most attentive al' e "
The 134 thelF slastic audience ever assenfoled in Reading. 7.-- .011 , ;
was crammed, and many ladies graced the weeting `:,, j 41,
presence. At the conclusion the cheers were loud ._"idst.e.o
and tie meeting broke up in the utmost ord"r, and 21n,,,, 110
pres,ior.s of the greatest enthusiasm and satisfaction•
fur Tory attempts at domination in leading !

II 013 INTE L L I GEN C . / .01 r'ill;
CA NTL ilB i' It V. —.The bine looks well, at (I is daj•Y :,(1: -
isig. In one or two grounds the fly has slightly all'"
rocr
in other, it is not f
lu be seen. t Or ioP
kt4hti:i.rihs,i,,,Tasigabtkil,j.,oetinlfing ravishes ,rea rt.'xr
ise
rils::lc)Nl:E;a:ur,i the ny i7dj'ar Dec-.
ci,-\.`•:iitooK'.—Our hoe
nit t‘h, 1, they
lii
s,h t‘:;re '. for tit' il,.,,),lll3tn.''b'aaptfinl;si ttaihot.uee:lcati: i 'it
ill::".'teD: r't4.
°'
D :lave caused the improvement. ,
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T
it,tforOsOtLoOCtlixlCA L GARDENS:
gardens in May, were 21,948,
6931. 9s. was received. The number of visitors ' t
too- ••urc
day, TuQs-day, and Wednesday, was 6,100, and the .t
volved ott those days was upwards of 1301. The gr.e-reono
a attraction has been the young giraffe, which is I,nttio
ably tine health and condition, and there reinaitlsll_„iitiV,
but that it will It, successfully roared, as the mothor,riciit' itjate.l
to take every notice of it. This interesting soung hate
be shown to the public next week. The el.- dens ;,
been ornamented with several fine specimenis
amongst which are fine statues of Venus, Ceres,