The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY,. EVENING, JANTJAR,Y

cheering.) You have also reerred to my conduct
with respect to railways which affeeted the city.
Many here present will bear testimony that I was
ever ready to get you clauses inserted in Bills as
they passed through Committee, in order to protect
those revenues which were devoted to the superannua-
tion fund. And these with respect to the Lammas
lands, I consideria-,'
that an arran ement which could
be come to b.'_j,,ween the landowners and the freemen,
if based '',"a equitable principles, would be of great
g
ke.v.'eefit to both.—(Hear, and cheers.) A Bill was
landowners,
that an brought in called the General Inclosure Bill, and in
that power was proposed to be taken,
applica-
tion, signed by two-thirds of the landowners, should
entitle the Commissioners appointed under that Bill
to enclose common lands. This would have applied
to Lammas as well as to every other description of
land belonging to freemen or to burgesses. I intro-
duced a clause in that Bill, making it imperative that
the sanction of two-thirds of the freemen should
also be required before any proceedings could lee
taken to enclose lands belonging to them.—(Cheers.)
Now I ask those freemen who turned against me at
the last election—it is right I should state that a
great many, I dare say 400 or 500, never came for-
ward—l ask those who turned against me if they
have not deserted a friend ?—(Cheers)—and those
who voted against me, as well as those who did not
come to the poll, if they have not neglected
I their duty ?—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.)
Nay, I will go further, and ask them if they have
not neglected to exercise that proudest of all rights
to which any Englishman lays claim—namely, having
a voice in the making of those laws which dispose of
his life, his property, his labour, and everything that
is dear to him. Now, my friends, there is only one
other subject connected with the late election on
which I shall address you. Some of the publicans
who voted for me on the former, voted for my
Tory opponent on the last occasion, because they
allowed themselves to be corrupted by receiving
money from the party which arrayed themselves
against me. They received money for the purpose of
supplying intoxicating drink to some of the corrupt
voters, and thereby influencing them to vote for my oppo-
nent. Yet a great number of the publicans did their duty
nobly, and many refused to be bought. Esau was
hungry, and he sold his birthright for food, but the
parties to whom I refer were not in that state which
made the possession of drink an important object to
them. I ask, therefore, if there can be anything
more degrading than the selling of his birthright by
an Englishman—selling, for a miserable considera-
tion, that elective franchise which he was bound to
exercise for the good of his country ?—(Hear, hear.)
Gentlemen, I have now told you everything upon my
mind with respect to the proceedings of the last elec-
tion. Now, I am told that if I had spent but 2001.
that I need have had no fear of losing my election. To
those-who addressed me thus I replied, " If spending
twopence in drink would obtain me a seat for Coventry,
or anywhere else—if twopence spent in corrupting the
electors would obtain me the proudest seat in Eng-
land, I would not take it."—(Hear.) It had been
said with truth, " You have been sticking long to
the people, and they are never grateful—(Hear)—
if you had gone on smoothly with the Liberal party,
you would have retained your seat." I said, " 1
came in for Coventry for the purpose, as far as my
very humble abilities would allow me, of raising the
condition, the character, and position of the poorer
classes of my fellow-countrymen.—(Hear.) I owe
everything to their skill and industry, and I should
not have been in this position if it had not been for
the produce of that skill and industry. I have, there-
fore, gratitude in my heart for them, and I
never will desert them.'! Look at the late
Parliament, and see how many friends of the dis-
tressed millions are to be found in that House. It
is lamentable that there were so few ; but it was
still more lamentable to see the hard-working man,
for a miserable quantity of intoxicating drink for a
day or two now and then, which cast him in the
lowest abyss of degradation, placing power in the
hands of those who were his bitterest enemies.
Often when sickness overtakes them, they are com-
pelled to seek relief in the workhouse, whereas it
they had merely partaken of the just enjoyment to
' be purchased by their earnings, they might place
themselves in a position to enjoy comforts, and to pro-
vide for accidents, sickness, and old ago, without
seeking aid from any one. But, as I told you be..
fore, the hard-wrought, industrious artizans pay
all the taxes, with scarcely an exception—for they are
thrown upon all their necessaries of life, and the 3
cannot help themselves. I have done all in my
power, I have done all that man could do to remove
the taxes upon their breed and upon their meat—the
taxes on meat are abolished, and on the Ist of Feb.
the tax upon bread will expire. I also took an active
part in obtaining the reduction of the duty on sugar
from 61d. to lid., so that now good brown sugar,
which formerly cost 6d. and 81. can now be bought
for 3d. and Sid, and before the stir made
about the repeal of the corn-laws I made a
lour of the continent of Europe--I visited
all the great manufacturing towns, and on my retain;
I told an influential member of the Government, and
I stated over and over again in the 'louse, that unles'
they placed the working men of this country, with
regard to the price of food, and unless they removed
the taxes from that food, such was the progress that
had been made by all the other nations, that in the
course of no distant time we should be placed in a
position of the utmost difficulty from our inability t(
compete with them. These were the honest feeling,
that guided Sir Robert Peel in taking the duty oil
bread and meat. You have, no doubt, recently seer
much correapondence about the defences of the
aountry, and from the stir which has been created
you would almost. imagine that the French were
about to invade the country, and walk in one day,
soon, and Pat your dinner-, just as you were sittint
down to them. 450,000,0001. have been taken fron
your pocket to maintain the army and navy since
the peace. What, I ask, has become of all this money,
if we are new in a defenceless state ? My friends,
we are not defenceless—our strong arms will be found
a safe defence whenever we are called out. I say,
if we are defenceless, " Arm the people, let them
everywhere have arms in their hands like the people
-of France." France, and other nations which are
termed despotic, keep up national guards. France
has a body of 800,000, and, if you are afraid
of invasion, constitute the people here a similar body,
and they will not only present an invulnerable force
against France, but against all the combined nations
of the earth, and laugh at them. A benevolent
nobleman, very much troubled with the gout, has
recently written a very long letter to the Times,
stating that the country is really in a very defence-
less state. Now, under the influence of the gout,
he might, perhaps, have fancied that his property,
which is reported worth 100,0001. a year, was in
danger. The Duke of 'Wellington has also written
a letter, and all sorts of opinions have been expressed.
The number of men voted for the army, the artillery,
cavalry, and infantry, from 1818 to 1840—embracing
a period of 21 years of peace—was annually about
115,000 men ; the difference between the highest
and lowest in any of these years was not more than
5,000. The number voted last year, which I op-
posed as being totally unnecessary to the extent pro-
posed, including 10,000 able-bodied pensioners—and
we have the authority of Lord Hardinge that there
are not 10,000 better men in Europe—was 161,200
men, or 46,000 more for the regular army than
during these twenty-one years.—(Hear, hear.) Then
we have 6,500 marines on shore and 4,500 on board
of ship, constituting a most efficient body ; in fact,
there are none superior to them. We have 12,000
Irish police, and their commander, who had served
in the Peninsula, stated before a Parliamentary
Committee that he had seen what soldiers could do, and
that with his 12,000 men he would undertake to fight
any army of the same extent in Europe, and lick
them.— (Laughter.) These men are armed like
soldiers, and I remember once in Ireland passing a
man who was in the custody of three men who
I carried guns and naked bayonets, and, thinking that
the man was a great criminal, I inquired the cause of
his arrest, when one of the policemen replied, "Why,
sir, he has been beating his wife."—(Laughter.) I
passed ou, saying I hoped they would punish him
well. Then we have 14,000 yeomanry who may be
made good soldiers at any time, and the militia
staff is 1,300. That gives 195,000 men now
in service, and paid for by the people; for
the yeomanry cost a good deal, and the Irish
Police are now paid out of the taxes. The
erg(' number of men included in the above
calculation,-in India and the Colonies, during these 21
years amounted to 60,000 on the average. I esti-
mate that there
are 75,000 in service there at present,
thireek, at
-but as we a
peace with every Power, that
number, I might be reduced with safety ; but
without them we
in Great Britain anda' a force of 120,000 for service
ground for fear from Ireland. Is there, then, any
France or from any other
n snit6ito. That worthy and estimable
nwuitshedparties I know well,
position qoubalretmera?n,
wTbhoesree is
aa aiallot balloon to
‘
whose fears are excited, is
in
aofwmind what
ascertain public feeling on the matter.
I tell you—the income-tax expires
their finances are not equal to their expendeiwturflonths ;
re
; they
have over-run the constable, and are spending more
money than they can screw from you ; and as they want
to increase the income-tax, they think they will frighten
you into compliance by declaring that we are in a
defenceless state. These calculations and statements
will go forth to the world, and I challenge any one
to dispute their accuracy ; if any one dispute them.
I will meet him, and show that my figures are correct.
When the income-tax was proposed in 1842 by Sir
Robert Peel's Government, there was a deficiency in
the revenue. Sir Robert Peel said then with truth,
We cannot get more from our taxes ; we have
squeezed the orange dry ; if you increase the taxes
by one-fourth, by
put taxes upon any
one-half, or if you double them, or
new articles, the people will be
unable to pay them ; they
cannot pay them, and
therefore, as a nigurig coneequence, less coneureption

will take place, and instead of an increase there
will be a greater deficiency in the revenue "
God knows the labouring man has little enough
money to purchase tea and sugar at their present
price, but if you double their present cost he must
content himself with one-half.—(Hear, hear.) I
said at that time that the income-tax upon trades and
°-
professions was a grievance surrounded by every species
of oppression and inj us tic
And I proposed to raise more
than would meet the deficieriCv that might be created
without doing any injustice, like
at inflicted by the
income-tax. I proposed that landed
Troperty and
every kind of real property should
pay
.the same
legacy and probate duty as all other kinds oie pro-
perty. I will put a case. The Duke of Northum-'
berland died a short time ago, leaving behind him,
some say, property of the annual value of 150,0001., f.
on which he did not pay sixpence of duty ; but if a
poor, hard-working labouring man dies, and leaves
his house pretty comfortably furnished, they will
come and value every article, even the wearing ap-
parel he has left behind him ; and if all is worth
201., probate and legacy duty must be paid
upon it.—(Rear, hear.) I say, deal with
the Duke of Northumberland as you deal with the
hard-working man, for he can a thousand times better
afford it. I also suggested that all the salaries of
public officers, which were greatly increased during
the war, on account of the high price of provision'
and the depreciation of paper money, should be taxed
on a gradually increasing'. scale from 1501., those re-
ceiving 1,500/. a year being taxed 201. per eent.2 for
now everything is reduced to something like onehali
of its cost during the war. If both these suggestions
had been carried out, 1,500,000/. more than would
cover the deficiency that existed at that time
would have been raised. My advice was un-
heeded. Peel said, " We will have an income-
tax ;" he raised 5,000,0001., and they immediately set
about creating 600 new places, which swallowed up
in salaries during the first three years 225,0001. Now
they are again in difficulties. I proposed also, in
1842, that trades and professions should only pay one-
hallof the amount of real property—namely, aid. in
the pound instead of 7d. Well, we failed in that.
Then I proposed that the inquisitorial system adopted
with regard to ascertaining the profits of trade should
be placed on a different footing. I thought that the
tradesman, who was full of anxiety from year to
year, should not pay so much as the rich man, who
merely casts up his banker's hook to see how much
has been paid in by his agent, or who goes twice a
year to receive his dividends. In 1835 I supported a
proposition that trades and professions should be ex-
empt from the tax altogether; but we were not suc-
cessful in our endeavours. Well, you will see how
the gentleman who has supplanted me in the repre-
sentation will act ; and I hope he will publish his
votes as I have mine ; if not, I hope you will do so
for him, and that you will compare them with mine ;
and if you find that his acts and votes have tended
more to promote the public good than mine, I shall
be the very first to rejoice that the opportunity has
been afforded to him. But, gentlemen, I will only say,
in conclusion (the Hon. Gentleman's voice here failed
him repeatedly), how gratified I am to see so
many of my old friends again, and especially for this
mark of your esteem and friendship. Since my first
connexion with you, II have never received anything
but the most kind and friendly feelings, and I can
assure you that I shall carry the recollection of this
day with feelings of proud gratitude to the last hour
of my existence.----(The Hon. Gentleman resumed hit.,
seat amidst loud cheers, and was greeted on taking
his seat by many of the assembly, and several females
who crowded round him, and shook him cordially by
the hand.)
A vote of thanks having been voted to the Chair-
man, the meeting separated at half-past three o'clock.
In the evening Mr. Williams was entertained by
his supporters at the Castle. Mr. Clark occupied the
chair. About 140 sat down to dinner, and several
able and eloquent speeches were delivered by Mr.
Williams, Mr. Bucknay, Mr. Browett, and others.
The speakers regretted that Coventry was now a
political nullity, and confidently looked forward to
the day when the disgrace the town had brought
upon itself; by the rejection of Mr. 'Williams, would
he removed by his re-election. One gentleman sug-
gested that they should not separate without esta-
blishing a Liberal Association to defend their in-
terests, and to fight the Liberal battle in the Regis-
tration Courts. The company did not separate until
a late hour.

Wow ready,
LIVES OP THE QUEENS.. VOL. XL
BY AGNES STRICKLAND.
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THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
'Outer ti;t3 Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING
Will be performer: Shakspeare's Comedy of MUCH ADO ABM
r
NOTHING. Pedro, H. Vandenb,off; Don John, Mr. Brindal ;
Beuedick, Mr. Webster i Antonio, Mr. Tilbury ; Leonato,➢Mr. Ro-
gers ; Dogberry, Mr. FariF ; Verges, Mr. Keeley ; Friar, Mr.
Gough ; Beatrice, Mrs. Nisbett; Hero, Mrs. Seymour.
To conclude with a New and Original Burlesque Spectacle entitled
THE WORLD UNDERGROUND; or, ttheGolden Flute and
Brazen Waters.
Stage Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster.
J. T. Archer, Box-book teepet*.
Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is.
Doors open at Half-past Six,•Performance to somn:ence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPILI.
Under the direction of Madame Celesta.
THIS EVENING
Will be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEARL OF
THE OCEAN ; or, the Prince and the Mennaiden. Principal cha-
racters by Messrs. Waye, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, Glennaire,
'lullenford, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss
;.Illen Chaplin, Mrs. Law', aid Madame Celeste.
To be followed by a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE-
IACY. Turnem Green. Mr. Wright; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ;
Aanty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock, Mr. Cullenford ;
Policeman. Mr. Sanders ; Lisry Chubblock, Miss Woolgar.
To conclude with an Italian Pantomime, entitled PIERROT, the
Married Man ; and POLICHINELLO, the Gay Single Fellow.
Boxes, es. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.
Doors open at Half-past SIX, Performance to commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame VestriS.
Sole Lessee,THlS Mr
EV. ChEaTle N s Mathews.
NIG
Will he presented new Comic Drtm:4, entitled THE TRA-
GEDY QUEEN.
After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN
BRANCH.
To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX.
Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac.
uamara.
Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No
calf--price to any part of the house.
The New Box-office, No. 2, W'ellington-street, Is open to the
Public every day, from Ten till Six.
The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W.
Bradwell of the Colosseum.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Mr. 1. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street,

Portland. place.
Engazemant ct Mrs. Mowatt and Mr. Davenport, from America.

THIS EVENING
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Benedick, Mr. Davenport ;
Beatrice, Mrs. Mowatt.
To conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD
FATHER TIME ; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons.
Dress Circle, ha.: Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2a. ; Gallery, Is.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ANTIGONE.
Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, old Bond-street.
Mr. Mitchell respectfully announces that the celebrated lyrical
tragedy of ANTIGONE, from the Greek of Sophocles, with the en-
tire music of the illustrious composer Mendelssohn, will be produced at
ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
THIS EVENING,
Distribution of the Characters.—Creon, M. Bocage, as originally '
performed by him at the Theatre de l'Odeon, Paris, and by whom the
Min en Scone at this theatre will be conducted ; Hemon, M. Feeb-
ler ; Tireslas, M. LeMOTller Lo Garde, M. St. Marie ; Le Coryphee,
If. Henri Alix ; Antigone, Mme. Rabut Fechter ; Ismene, Mille.
Baptiste; Eurydice, Mille. Berthe.
Previous to the Play anu the Music of Antigone, the Orchestra will
perform the Overture, Scherzo, Nocturne, and March, from Men-
delssoha's Music to Shakspeare's Play of the Midsummer Night's
Dream.
Director of the Music, Mr. Lucas, in the absence M. Jules Benedict,
who is compelled to fulfil an engagement at Stuttgard.
For the efficient performance of this celebrated composition the
ollowing professors have been expressly engaged, and will consti-
tute the orchestra :—First Violins—Messrs. Burette, Deloffre, News-
ham, Mellon, Thirlwali, Brown, Goffrie, and Morris. Second
Violins—Messrs. Ella, Payton, Zerbini, Newsham, jun., Elsmore,
and Watson. Tenors—Messrs. Lyon, Glanville, Weslake, and R.
illagrove. Vielencellos—Messrs. Lucas, Pilet, L. Phillips, and
Guest. Double Basses—Messrs. Howell, Campanile, Severn, and
Griffiths. Flutes—Messrs. Ribas and King. Oboes—Messrs. G.
Cooke and Nicholson. Clarionettes—Messrs. Boose and Maycoek.
2orni—Messrs. Charles Harper and Callcott. Bassoons—Messrs.
Larkin and Winterbettom. Trumpets—Messrs. Thomas Harper and
Handley. Trombones--Messrs. Smithies, Ilea`ey, and Winterbot-
tom. Drums—Mr. Chipp. Harp—Mr. T. Wright. Conductor—
Mr. Lucas.
N.B. Inumerous and powerful chorus has alsobeen engaged under
the superintendence of Mr Grico and Mr. Lee.
A new scene has been painted for the subject by Mr. Muir and
assistants,
A detailed prospectus of the general arrangements, and of the
pieces which will be produced during the season, may be .had at Mr.
Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office
of the Theatre. which is open daily, from 11 to 5.
Doors open at half-past Seven, Performance to commence at right.
Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, Es

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessee, Mrs. F. Davidge, No, 1, Davidge-terrace, Kensington-road,
Surrey.
Under the Management of Mr. Bunn.
THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with the
lebrated Opera of
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL.
Count Arnhelm, Mr. Stretton ; Devilshoof, Mr. H. Horncastle ;
Arline, Miss Itainforth.
To conclude with a new Pantomime, entitled BATTLEDOOR and
“ILTTTLECOCK ; or, Harlequin Trap, Bat, and Nall.
A dittinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which
:aye been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the
orhielpal Librarians ; and at the Box-eflice of the Theatre, which is
pen daily Irc,:n Ten until Four.
Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed TILE LIGHTERMAN of BANKSIDE ; or, the
)rphan of Bermondsey. Characters by Messrs. Dale, Henderson,
;licks, Searle, forum, Higgie ; Miss Vincent, Mrs. Lee, and Miss
Burroughelitre.
After which, the new grand scholastic and instructive Pantomime,
ratified THE WORLD OF WONDERS ; or, Harlequin Caxton and
1-:e Origin of Printing, with wonderful scenery and decorative ap-
pointments. Clown, Mr. Paul Herring ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ;
Ilarlemiln, M. Lupine : Sprite, Signor Molino; Columblne,
To conclude with THE LORD MAYOR'S FOOL.
Boxes, is. ; rit, 6d. ; Gallery, Id. No Halt -price to any part
f the house.
Doors open at Six, to commence at Half-past Six.

ASTLErii ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
IT,rrle,tor and Manner, Mr. William Batty.
Mr. Batty's performing Elephants.
Grand Juvenile Xight on Thursday next, when the Pantomime
x ill
be played first.
THIS EVENING,

The Grand S7ectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA.
Entirely new SCell-13 in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of
t?le ~tabilsi•ment, in the various modes of equestration.
To conclude with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime entitle:l
ARI,E9A-IN DOCTOR SYNTAX AND HIS DAPPER GREY
MAIZE, in which these popular artistes Herr Dentin, Mdlle. Theo-
lore, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Bradbury, as Harlequin, Columbine,
clown, and Pantaloon, which will exceed in splendour and effect
all former productions at the Amphitheatre,
Box-office open from 11 till 5
Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W West.

IDE WEATHM—SIIN OFFICE, JAN. 12
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 30 ; lligkest, 33 ; Noon, 35

BA.BomETER, 30 44.—Virnip S.W.; fine.

,
tllOll WALTER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning.. 54 minutes after 5. I Evening .. 19 mini:ace after 6,

come forward and state your objections, and WOusla7l
be heard !" exclaimed the Apparitor-General. " Yo 4
are not permitted to appear here!" was the ejacula-
tion of the Vicar-General immediately the. Proctor
already alluded to mentioned his first objections—
" You are not permitted to appear hero ; and we
are bound to proceed. without suffering any
hinderance or delay t" Was there ever a
more egregious absurdity, a more gigantic hum-
bug, or a more transparent farce ? The opposer
is first courted to break silence, and then peremp-
torily desired to hold his peace; he is lured into
publicity, to be instanfmneously snubbed in the pre-
sence of her AlaJesrv's lieges Ole is entreated to
enter his prote:station, and before he has half expressed
his opinions against the Bishop elect, he is told that
the ceremonies cannot be interrupted. Dr.
ADDAMS was stlficiently good-natured to treat
the matter with all possible seriousness, and
to consider it as became a man well
versed in ecelesiasti cal history. In this character
he was followed by Dr. HARDING and Dr. Puma-
, AMORE; but not all the aptest quotations from FULLER,
not all the most apps opriate facts and the most lo-
gical arguments, cout I exercise any influence what-
ever upon the obstinacy of the Vicar-General and
his clerical colleagues . The seductive adjurations of
the Apparitor-Genera l were only repeated again and
again, to be again am I again succeeded by the con-
tradiction of the sup e:rior celebrants. The Church
was gentle in languags only to be discourteous in
act; he made promise s only to be broken, and
called forth the opponents of Dr. HAMPDEN by as-
surances of her suavitjr (" and you shall be heard I")
only to repulse them m'ith bitterness and ignominy.
Yet, obnoxious as t hese anomalous formalities un-
questionably are, it is satisfactory that even they have
brought this deptorablte controversy to a conclusion.
It is consolatory to reflect that anything, however,
reprehensible in it self, has silenced those intolerable
bickerings which have latterly reflected so much
disgrace upon the Establishment, and exposed its
most secret divisions to the contempt of the com-
munity. Dr. HAMPDEN has at length been in-
ducted into the episcopal dignity. The representative
of the Primate an. i Metropolitan of all England has
confirmed the selecltion of the SOVEREIGN and ac-
quiesced in the app ointment of the Prime Minister.
No further dissem,i.ons as to the meaning of a con-
tested passage in the Bampton Lectures can henceforth
destroy the peace of mind of the Regius Professor
of Divinity, or ha rasa the conscience of the Lord
Bishop of HERE: rORD. The verbal and actual
installation of Dr. HAMPDEN has afforded the most
conclusive respons e to the fiery protests of Bishop
PHILLPOTTS, and the milder, but not less emphatic, ob-
jections of Dean. MEREWETHER. Supposing Dr.
HAMPDEN did formerly hold doctrines such as are only
reconcileable with. those of Socinianism, he has since
expressly proclaimed his belief in the divinity of
CHRIST, and his orthodox idea as to the oneness of
the Trinity. If an ecclesiastic were repulsed from
the fold of Christianity because he once entertained
notions of an heretical character, then ought PAUL
the Apostle to have been rejected because he had
originally been a Pharisee, and CONSTANTINE denied
the glory of being the first of the Christian Emperors
because he had worshipped the pagan deities before
his eyes had been greeted with the celestial promises.
In hoc signo tines 1 But the cases even so far are
not analogous, for the Socinianism of Dr. HAMPDEN
at any period of his ministration has yet to be proven.
Howbeit the terrors of pranzunire have been so far
avoided, and the recommendations contained in the
conga d'elire have been fulfilled and consummated.

The Government policy with respect to the Bank
Charter Act is too plain to admit of any doubt. The
fearful extremity to which the operation of that fatal
law had reduced the country was so manifest that no
person could be found with sufficient hardihood to
deny the existence of a wide-spread and universal
distress, of a general want of confidence which led to
a total cessation of credit, and induced all those who
had the command of money to withdraw it from
circulation and hoard it up in their private coffers, in
order that they might have it in readiness at the
period when their own exigencies might require its
production. Fatal as were the results of this line
of cenduct, we can scarcely censure the parties by
whom it was adopted. They were too well aware
of the stringent regulations contained in the Act of
1844 to hesitate upon the course which the instinct of
self-preservation induced them to pursue. They
kfiew, that however fair the future prospects of the
country might he—however certain the arrival of a
period when the storm would cease, and there would
be a partial restoration of prosperity, although but
for a brief and passing season—that the Bank di-
rectors could not act upon that knowledge, th :t they
were deprived of every species of discretion, and that
no matter what might be the consequences to the corn-
mercial and manufacturing interests, and indeed to all
classes of society, even the very humblest, they were
utterly powerless, and could only issue a limited
amount of notes, unless an interposition of the Go-
vernment should take place, and, by suspending the
law, enable the directors to bring into circulation
an amount adequate to the wants of the nation.
When the Bank itself was visibly trembling and
hoarding up its own resources, it was by no means sur-
prising that the example should be followed, and that
every man should look to himself alone, and that
" sauce qui peut" should become the universal rule
of action. The general remonstrances that flowed
in from every quarter on this untoward state of
affairs compelled even the Chancellor of the
Exchequer to assent to the suspension of the
law, and although the tardy concession was
only granted at the eleventh hour, and was also ac-
companied by a condition as to the minimum rate of
discount, which materially reduced the value of the
boon, still its effects were almost magical, and the
happy results became immediately apparent. The
panic ceased, confidence was partially restored. The
Bank had at length the power of relieving the wants
of those who had good security to offer, and it was
universally believed that the fate of PEEL'S Act was
sealed, and that immediately upon the meeting of
the Legislature, which had been summoned for an
early period, the exciting cause of all these evils
would be erased from the statute-book. We need
not now inform our readers how futile was this
expectation. On the very day of the opening
Speech from the Throne the Ministerial letter was
withdrawn, and the provisions of the Act re-estab-
lished in all their integrity, and during the debate
which subsequently ensued the Chancellor of the
Exchequer avowed his unshaken confidence in that
very law which he had himself consented to suspend,
and declared that the safety of the country was owing
to its operation. True, he moved for, and obtained,
a Committee "to inquire into the causes of the com-
mercial distress, and how far it had been affected by
the laws for regulating the issue of bank-notes pay-
able on demand." But when that Committee
was nominated, and it was found to consist of
persons, a large majority of whom were the
avowed supporters of those laws, it became manifest
that the only object was to get rid of the question,
with the hope that some trifling improvement might
induce the people to remain quiet under their suffer-
ings, and still to endure the continuance of that law ;
and this opinion received additional confirmation in
the decided refusal to interfere in any manner with
the law until the report of that Committee had been
obtained.

A certain degree of improvement has since taken
place. There is greater easiness in the money
market, and better prices are obtainable for every
description of property; but this is in spite
of the law, and not in any manner owing to its
results. The opponents of the Act of 1844 have ever
maintained that in periods of ordinary prosperity it
remains a dead letter, and has no effect whatever, but
on the approach of adversity the difficulties of the
country are fearfully aggravated by its operation.
The Bank has now an amount of bullion in its vaults
which renders it to a certain extent independent of
the law, but we may still ascribe the high rate of in-
terest that is still maintained (the minimum being 5
per cent., and that when there is nearly thirteen
millions of specie in both departments) to its con-
tinuance.
This, then, is the proper time for legisla-
tion on the subject. A great impri-,
can only be effected when there 1 an ab-
sence of that excitement and irritation that might
possibly lead to the adoption of rash and ill-consi.

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dered-'-rileaares, and the attempt to effect an imme-
,diate ::escar4 frdm existing evils might involve
ux in errors of a very different description.
rhere is nolack of persons to press these matters on
the public attention. Public journalists of every
shade and variety of political feeling have discussed
the question, 'and with one great, and a very few
minor exceptions, they have exposed the injustice and
impolicy of the existing laws. The movement
has not been restricted to the daily or weekly press,
the monthly and quarterly organs of public opinion
have also joined in the debate, and in several cases
most ably and efficiently. We have seldom read a
more convincing document than " the History and
Exposition of the Currency Question," contained in the
present number of the Westminster Review, which
contains a chronological sketch of the principal events
of British history relating to the currency ; a perusal
of which will enable any person to come to a correct
conclusion on the most important question of the
present day. We shall on a future occasion allude
to this admirable article at greater length than our
space this day will enable us to devote thereto.

A letter from Berne, of the 6th, says, that on the
day on which SIEGWART MuLLun fled from Lucerne,
a French emissary arrived in that:city, having made a
long detour by way ofPiedmont,Valais,Furka, and Uri.
lie was the bearer of directions from M. GUIZOT to
the Council of War of the Sonderbund to retire into
the primitive cantons, and to maintain themselves there
by an obstinate resistance, if only for a few days,
which would give France an opportunity of putting
in practice her threat of an armed intervention.
Austria has expelled from the university of
Pavia, every Swiss student who was in arms
against the Sonderbund. The venerable Bishop
of SOLEURE has addressed a circular to his
clergy, directing them to abstain from exciting dis-
orders.

• A letter from Rome of the 2d says—
" The underhand schemes of the Jesuit party tend-
ing to irritate the people against the Sovereign, and
the Sovereign against the people, by means of false
rumours and insinuations cleverly combined, have
already been spoken of. This plan, so often and so
vainly employed, has just again failed, as you will
see from the following recital :—On the Ist, Rome
was sad and full of care ; the people who are gene-
rally so joyous and animated in the solemn fetes were
silent and disquieted. Certain words said in a low
tone, some phrases exchanged between the citizens,
spread rapidly over all the city, and gave an air of
painful anxiety to every face. The words which thus
checked all gaiety were to the effect that Pius IX.
would not receive the congratulations of his people ;
that he refused to present himself to witness the
proof of their affections. The excuse put forward
was that he:was ill and suffering. But the people
asked themselves in what respect they could have dis-
pleased him, and intimated that even if he were ill
he might have received a deputation which could have
passed silently before him as a mark of the public
grief. In a short time the people became distrustful,
and it then seemed to them impossible that the Pope,
who is so sure of the affection of his subjects, could
have refused to receive the homage of his people. It
was probable, said they, that these rumours were
machinations of the men of the 16th July of the
enemies of the people and the Sovereign.' The people
then hastened to the Palace Corsini to see the Prince
Corsini, the Senator. They told him the rumour
which afflicted Rome, described to him the public
grief, and with one voice supplicated him to conduct
them to the Quirinal to ascertain the truth, and to
express their good wishes, love, confidence, and de-
votedness towards Pius IX. The Prince Corsini com-
plied with these prayers, for he shared the senti-
ments which agitated the people. He went alone to
the Quirinal, the people in obedience to his desire
having refrained from following him. At first a re-
fusal was given to receive him. His firmness, his
obstinacy triumphed over the refusal ; and, leaving
the Secretary of State occupied in giving orders to
prevent an imaginary revolution which lying reports
had predicted for the night, he arrived in the presence
of the Sovereign Pontiff. There the veil was torn
away ! The Pope and the people of Rome again found
themselves worthy of each other; both had been
shamefully deceived. What 1' said the Sovereign
Pontiff, my people refused to come, and express to
me their good wishes ? What! my people, on whose
affection I have so many rights, shows itself so
little affectionate—so cold towards me ?' But, Holy
Father,' answered the senator, you forbade the
people to come to the Quirinal, and your people, al-
ways obedient to your orders, have refrained from
coming, knowing you to be suffering and ill, but
have sent me to express its grief to you, and to state
the wishes which it forms fur your Holiness !' On
this, the Pope said that it was false he was ill, or
that he had given any order, and he added, As
my people are prevented from coming to me, I will
go to-morrow and see them !' To-day, Sunday,
Rome presents an imposing and sublime aspect !
The Holy Father is traversing all the city, accom-
panied by universal acclamations, stopping before
the posts of the civic guards, greeting and blessing
the multitude, which, if possible, is more animated
than ever. Rome is in the midst of a fete, a grand
Rite, for she has just sealed her alliance with the hest
of sovereigns, to deceive whom an attempt hes been
made—she has just baffled in a striking manner, the
underhand plots of her enemies, and has given them
a lesson which, it is to be hoped, will not be for-
gotten."
Another letter of the same date states that on the
let of January a rumour was spread that the people
intended to attack the Jesuit establishments. The
guard were consequently called out ; but after
being under arms for some time they were dis-
missed, it appearing that there was no ground for
the alarm.

The Liberal party says that it is the enemies of
Reform who are trying to get up riots, in order to
throw discredit on the Liberal movement.
The disturbances at Milan, on the 3d and 4th in-
stant, were of a very serious character. A collision
took place between the people and the Austrian
troops. The latter attacked the people, who to the
amount of 30,000 were peaceably assembled on the
Corso, fired upon them, and killed five. The people
became exasperated and attacked the different mili-
tary posts, diSarming the sentinels ; after which they
proceeded to the barracks, where a terrific conflict
took place, and several were killed on both sides.
The fighting was going on when the accounts were
sent off ; the result therefore is not known.

The correspondent of the National says that, on
the sth Marshal RADETSKY marched 20,000 Aus-
trian troops into the city, and tranquillity was re-
stored.

Madrid papers of the sth have arrived.
Senor SANCHEZ SILYA, in the Chamber of Deputies
on the 4th, read the act of accusation against SALA-
MANCA. SEIJAS LOGANO then addressed the Cham-
ber in support of the accusation, after which SALA.
MANCA was heard at considerable length in his defence,
and concluded by demanding a ballot on the question.
The Chamber was then addressed by Pinar., after
which the debate was adjourned. It is expected that
there will be a large majority in favour of the im-
peachment.
Several banks and public companies had announced
the payment of dividends :—The Bank of St. Fer-
dinand, 5 per cent. on the capital ; the Spanish
Colonial Bank, 5 per cent.; Progressista Bank, 6
per cent.; the Iris Company, a payment to make
up 10 per cent. ; the General Spanish Commercial
Company, 5 per cent. ; Phoenix, 6 per cent., and
the Gas Company, the interest on the second half.
year.
MADRID BOLSI, JAN. s.—Three per Cents. 27i at
50 days, 261 cash ; Five per Cents., 1511 for the
10th of Feb. ; Passive Debt, 4-7,- cash.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The debate on the Address commenced in the
Chamber of Peers on Monday. The discussion was
commenced by Count D'ALTON SnEE, who declared,
that in the conduct of foreign affairs, the Ministers
had so acted as to be unworthy of the confidence of
the Chamber ; and with regard to Switzerland, he
declared that the conduct of M. GUIZOT was incon-
sistent with the principles of liberty which the revo-
lution of July had sanctioned. After a short speech
from M.ViLLTEa, DU TEERAGE in favour of the Minis-
ters, M. 141EysAas declared that, although he was a
Conservative, he felt bound to protest against the
language which had been applied to the reform meet-
ings. Certainly, grave abuses existed in the Admi-
nistration, and some reform was necessary. This
closed the general discussion, and the Chamber pro-
ceeded to consider the Address paragraph by para-
graph. Having passed the first paragraph, they
adiourned.

On Tuesday the discussion on the Address was r.-
87.11ried. The first four paragraphs were agreed to. In
the discussion on the fifth, the Marquis DE BOISY.
stigmatised M. GUI= its a broker of corruption.

M. GuxzoT said that he should not reply to the per

sonalities of M. DE BOISSY, but denied that the Mi-
nistry had anything to do with the acts of corruption
of which the Noble Peer complained. Count Aiwa
began to address the Chamber, and was left speaking
at post hour.

The Deputy for the Gironde, M. HEIM, com-
mitted suicide on Tuesday.
The Courrier Francais has the following

"We are informed as a fact that the Council of
Ministers has ratified the convention made between
Abd-el-Kader and the Duke d'Aumale. This news
is said to have arrived at Toulon, and has been an-
nounced to Abd-el-Kader, who has signified his
option in favour of St. Jean d'Acre. Immediately
thereupon a steamer is said to have been sent off to
Constantinople, with dispatches• from the French
Government to our Ambassador. It is stated that
these dispatches enjoin M. de Bourqueney to
come to an arrangement with the Porte for keeping
a strict watch over Abd-el-Kader."

On the other hand, it is said that the KING has
invited ADD •EL•KADER to Paris, and that it is in-
tended to endeavour to persuade him to remain in
France.

The joint note of Austria, Prussia, and France hal
been presented to the Diet. After declaring that
" the Powers merely guaranteed the neutrality of
Switzerland, and granted her an augmentation of
territory, and other advantages, on condition that the
cantonal Sovereignty should be maintained as the
principal basis of the federal compact," the three
Cabinets declare—

" 1. That the cantonal Sovereignty cannot be con-
sidered really to exist so long as certain cantons
shall continue to be occupied by the federal troops,
and after the acts which accompanied that occu-
pation.
" 2. That it is only when the cantons thus occu-
pied shall have recovered their independence, and
freely elected their Governments, that the Confedera-
tion can be considered as restored to a regular con-
dition, conformable to the treaties.
"3. That the reduction to a peace footing of the
military force of all the cantons is the necessary
guarantee of their mutual liberty.
"4. That no alteration can be introduced into the
constitution without the unanimous consent of the 22
cantons."

In conclusion, the note states that " the engage•
ments of the great Powers with the Confederation and
of the Confederation with the great Powers are
mutual," and that "neither can be eluded without
compromising and suspending the others ;" and that
" if the actual situation of affairs in Switzerland were
to endure, the great Powers would deem themselves
bound to take it into their serious consideration, and
in future to consult only their duties as members of
the great European family, and the interests of their
own respective States."
speaking of this note the Constitutionnel
Th; dispatch of Lord Palmerston, of the 27th
December,•appears to be a complete answer to this
note. Thus M. Guizot declares that the sovereignty
of the cantons is violated by the military occupation
of the insurgent cantons ; he protests against the
elections which have just been made in those cantons,
and on the other hand he makes the inviolability of
the Swiss territory subordinate to the maintenance of
the sovereignty of the cantons as understood by the
Powers. England affirms, on the contrary, that the
inviolability remains complete, and that it will be re-
spected by the Powers. This shows how serious the
difference is."

The attempt on the part of M. GUIZOT to suppress
this dispatch of Lord PALMERSTON, of the 27th De-
cember, is commented on severely in these papers
as another instance of that want of good faith for
which M. GUIZOT has become proverbial. Even the
Presse—the English-hating Presse—is, in this in-
stance, compelled to do justice to the policy of Lord
PALMERSTON. It says—
" The English Cabinet demonstrates, what indeed
is incontestable,:that the inviolability of the Helvetic
territory, and the neutrality of the people who inhabit
it, were stipulated in 1815, less for the interest of
Switzerland than for the advantage of the Powers in
the midst of which that country is placed. It was a
guarantee which Austria gave herself against the pos-
sibility of seeing France one day borrowing this in-
termediate territory, in order to strike a more direct
blow at her in case of rupture—it was to interdict
the twenty-two cantons, in a permanent manner,
from having the faculty to serve as an advanced
guard against her. Up to the present time, the idea
prevailed that Lord Palmerston, in withdrawing
from the concert to which he had at first adhered,
had only been anxious to thwart the views of M.
Guizot ; but it is now clear that his withdrawal had
another object. An intervention, according to the
English Government, would be a violation of treaties,
and would open against those who should attempt
it a positive right to others to commence reprisals.
Certainly, after that declaration, we are perfectly
sure that the intervention will be at once abandoned,
and M. Guizot, lately so enterprisinm, will more than
ever confine himself to piping forth,. on his innocent
reed, about the troubled happiness of Switzerland.
But is it not worthy of notice, the strange tact with
which another grave difficulty has been raised up
with England? It would have been certainly very
awkward if the Minister of Foreign Affairs had per-
sisted to the end in not presenting Lord Palmerston's
dispatch of December 27, since it is a necessary epi-
logue in the business. if it is the Committee on the
Address in the Chamber of Peers which called for that
supplement of the documents, thanks he rendered to
it ! The adversaries of the policy followed in the
Swiss que:,tion cannot but rejoice at what has now
been done."

From the tenor of this article in the Presse, it
would seem that the views of Russia on the Swiss
question coincide with those of England. It will
be observed that no Russian Minister attended the
conferences.

The Marquis D'ARAGON, Peer of France, died on
Sunday.
Palm BOURSE, JAN. 11.—The market opened
dull at about the closing quotations of yesterday, and
remained at that figure for some time. Towards the
close the heaviness appeared to increase, and prices
gave way, Threes having been last called at 74f. 85c.;
Fives, at 116 f. 90c.; and New Loan, at 75f. 90c.,
for the end of the month. The market closed
follows :—Three per Cents., for cash, 74f. 90c.; for
account, 74f. 85c.; Five per Cents., for cash, 116 f
85c.; for account, 116 f. 90c.; New Loan, for cash,
75f. 80c.; for account, 75f. 90c.; Bank of France
shares, 3,210 f. ; Neapolitan, 102 f.; Spanish Threes
29i ; Ditto, Fives, not quoted.

RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has been also
heavy. Most of the lines have been offered through-
out the day, and the closing quotations are generally
lower than yesterday. For cash, Paris and Orleans
left off at 1,195 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 901 f. 50c.;
Rouen and Havre, 438 f. 75c. ; Vierzon, 520 f.
Strasburg and Bale, 161 f. 25c.; Boulogne, 370 f.;
Dieppe, 25M.; Nantes, 385 f. ; Northern, 536 f. 25c.;
Paris and Strasburg, 405 f.; Paris and Lyons, 387 f
50c. ; Montereau, 260 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 11.

Northern of France, 1134—Orleans and Botdeaux, 514
—Paris and Lyons, s%—Paris and Rouen, 343,4.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY.
We have again to report the arrival of a very moderate
supply of English Wheat for our market coastwise.
To-day the show of samples of that grain was small, and
all descriptions commanded a steady, though not to say
brisk, inquiry, at fully Monday's quotations. The im-
ports of foreign Wheat, since Saturday, have been under
6,000 quarters, almost wholly from Russia. Fine dry
samples were in moderate request, at full prices ; but all
other qualities were neglected. Barley ;was somewhat
firmer than of late, and prices were well supported. Al-;
though the supply of ,Malt was small, the trade was
heavy at late rates. There was more disposition mani-
fested to purchase Oats, but without any improvement
in value. Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn were a slow
sale. Flour was held at very full prices.

ARRITALS.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Floor.
1,290 qrs. 4,300 qrs. 2,760 qrs. I 2,630 ski;
860 I --
5,920 -- 300 I --
Malt. 8,750 on.

English ......
Irish.
Foreign ......

V7HITECH43?EL.

We had a moderate demand this morning, and prices
were well supported. Beef from 8s 4d to 4s 4d; Mut-
ton, Ss 6d to 4s 6d ; Teal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d; and Pork,
3s Sd to 5s 2d per Blbs. by the carcase.

HEALTH OF THE TOWN OF DlNGWALL.—Unfounded
reports of typhus fever being very prevalent in the town
of Dingwall, have been widely circulated throughou
the country for the last few days, thereby creating a de-
gree of terror in the minds of the people, of a most in-
jurious kind. We are happy, to state, however, that, so
far from this being the case, only one or two cases have
occurred, which were confined to one family, and that
the town of Dingwall has not been in a more healthy
state than at present for a considerable time past.—
Ross-shire Advertiser. _ _

EARL or CAP.LISLE.—We have much plealuro in
stating that the _health of this venerable nobleman is
improving. The accounts received in town last evening
describe the Noble Earl to have much improvecL Vis-
count Morpeth and other members of the family are
still in attendance at Castle Reward.

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