The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-07 00:00:00

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

HIG lIL AND SOCIETY OF LONDON,
A GENERAL COURT of this CORPORATION, to celebrate
the ANNIVERSARY of the BATTLE of ALEXANDRIA, will be
held at the FREEMASONS' TAVERN, on THURSDAY, tho 21st inst.
. _

Dinner at a Quarter before Seven precisely.
Lieut.-Gen. Sir JAMES 3IACDONELL, K.C.8., K.C.IL, and K.M.,

President, iu the Chair.
Members of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland and
of the Branch Societies of Madras, Bombay, Nova Scotia, Aberdeen,
&c., are admissible without introduction.
Members desirous of procuring admission for visitors, will have the
goodness to apply to the Hon. Secretary.
Members' Tickets may be procured at the Tavern.
GEORGE BAIN, Bon. Sec.

DISASTROUS GALES.--The BOARD of
MANAGEMENT of the SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN
and MARINERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY have received letters
from various of their auxiliary branches, containing the most painful
accounts of the wrecks occasioned by the late unexpected gales. In
many instances fishermen and mariners have perished, leaving their
widows, orphans, and aged parents in complete destitution ; and in
other cases where the lives of the crews of vessels and boats have
been preserved, the men have lost all that they possessed, and been
landed at a distance from their own homes.
The demands upon the limds of the Society have, there-
fore, been both heavy and numerous to administer to the neces-
sities of the surviving relatives of the deceased, and to clothe,
ahelter, and forward to their families the castaway mariners.
The Board of Management entreat that the public will continue to
render them that assistance which they have hitherto so generously
afforded.
It may be mentioned, as one amongst the benefits which this In-
stitution must confer upon the inhabitants of this kingdom, inland
as well as upon the coast, that it must put an end to the practice of
imposters travelling the country, representing themselves as ship,
wrecked seamen, Inasmuch as the public, feeling assured that all true
cases of distress from storms at sea will obtain prompt and efficient
relief from this Charity, by the means of Its extensive agencies
(633 in number), may suspend affording alms to all such applicants,
and by contributing to this Institution (the annual subscription to
which is only 2s. 6d.) mitigate real sorrow_ and defeat the designs of
such unprincipled persons.
Donations and subscriptions thankfully received by all the honorary
secretaries and gentlemen (a list of whom may be obtained upon-
application) ; by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., the bankers of
the Society ; and at the Central Office, 26, Bucklersbury, Loudon.
EDWARD WEST, Secretary.

PARIS AND STRASBURGH RAILWAY
Total Capital, 60,000,000 Francs.
To be divided into 120,000 Shares of 500 f. each.
An amount not exceeding a moiety of the same, to be raised in
England, in 201. Shares.
LONDON COMMITTEE.
WILLIAM THOMPSON, Esq., Alderman, M.r.
CHARLES BARRY BALDWIN, Esq., M.P.:
JOHN CROSTHWAITE, Esq., Liverpool.
WILLIAM SAMPSON, Esq., London.
T. M. WEGUELIN, Esq„ London.
R. W. KENNARD, Esq., London.
PARIS COMMITTEE.
Le Comte de MOLE, President, Pair de France.
Le Marechal Comte GERA.RD, Pair de France.
Mons. de CHEVANDIER, Pair de France.
Mons. ETIENNE, Pair de France.
Mona. MAGNIER de MAISONEUVE, Depute, de Bas Rhin.
Mons. GANNERON, Banquier, Depute, de la Seine.
Mons. de L'ESPEE, Depute, de la Meurthe.
Mons. ETIENNE, fins, Depute, de la Meuse.
BANKERS IN LONDON.
Messrs. DENISON, lIEYWOOD, KENNARDS, and Co,
Sir CLAUDE SCOTT, Bart., and Co.
BANKERS IN LIVERPOOL.
Messrs. LEYLAND, BULLINS and Co.
BANKERS IN PARIS.
Messrs. GANNERON et Compaigne.
GENERAL ADVANTAGES.
The limited investment of British capital in the construction of
Railways in France has hitherto been attended with both success and
profit. The proposal, therefore, to establish a railway communica-
tion between the French capital and Strasburg, the point of depar-
ture to and from Germany, must command public attention and con-
fidence ; more particularly when it can be shown that peculiar faci-
lities are afforded by the French Government, and that those risks
and expenses will be obviated, which, to so great an extent, affect si-
milar undertakings in England.
BENEFITS rEcuman TO FRENCH RAILWAY INVEST-
MENTS.
Conformably to the Law of the I Ith June, 1842, the French Go-
vernment have resolved on the formation of a railway from Paris to
Strasburg. It is necessary to state that, by the terms of that law,
the land will he purchased, and the earthworks, tunnels, bridges, sta-
tions, &c., will be executed by the Government, at their own ex-
pense and risk. A lease of the line for working will be made to the
Company, whose investment will be limited to the ballasting of the
road, the supplying and laying down of the rails, and providing the
engines, carriages, &c. The ratification of this lease, the duration of
the grant, the conditions of working, and the tariff of rates will be the
matter of a special law.
COMPARATIVE ABSENCE OF RISK.
All the advantages of railway investment will thus-he secured to
the Shareholders without those risks involved in the purchase of
land, and errors in the estimate of cost, which have so frequently oc-
curred in similar undertakings in England. The only object of consi-
deration will he the conditions to be obtained from the French Go-
vernment for the working of the line, and there are sufficient data to
convince the Provisional Directors that favourable terms will be
granted to the proposed company.
RATIFICATION OF THE LEASE.
Negotiations have already been entered into for a Lease, and it will
be the endeavour of the Provisional Directors to secure its immediate
confirmation by the Government, which they have every reason to
anticipate will be ratified by law during the present session of the
French Chambers.
IMPORTANCE OF THE LINE.
It will be perceived that the line now proposed, from Paris to Stras-
burg, passing through Meaux, Chalons, and Nancy, must establish
an international communication, traversing the richest and most
industrious provinces of France, and commercially uniting England,
by the port of Havre and the French metropolis, with Austria, Ba-
varia, the manufacturing province of Alsace, Switzerland, and the
Rhine ; bringing into readier and closer intercourse, not only France
and Germany, but Great Britain and the whole Continent, the city
of Strasburg being already the point of departure for travellers from
and to the Germanic Provinces, and the point to which the national
railways of Germany are intended to converge.
RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY TO BE TRAVERSED—PRO-
BABLE EXTENT OF TRAFFIC.
No doubt can exist as to the great extent of traffic to be anticipated
from the construction of this line. The report of M. Correard, an
eminent civil engineer, which will be deposited at the office of the
Company for reference, has been obtained, and in this it is announced
that the agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing resources
of the provinces bordering or within easy distance of the line, are
those of fifteen of the richest provinces in France—viz., Seine, Seine
et Oise, Seine et Marne, Aisne, Ardennes, Marne, Aube, Haute-Marne,
Meuse, Moselle, Meurthe, Vosges, Haute-Saone, Hant-Rhin, and Bas-
Rhin, abounding in forests, mines, collieries, iron works, mills, and
factories, as well as in rich vineyards, and various agricultural pro-
ductions. All of these provinces import much of what they consume,
and have abundant surplus produce to export. The Interme-
diate traffic on this route is considered to he greater than
in any other part of France, the total annual trade being estimated
at 100,000 French tons between Strasburg and Paris ; while that
between and among the various localites enumerated embraces
double this amount. The total population is about six milliions and
a quarter, and the total land revenue 320,000,000 f., or 12,800,0001.,
double that of the whole kingdom of Belgium.
PRELIMINARY CONDITIONS OF INVESTMENT.
The amount of capital intended to be raised at present is
60,000,000 f., or 2,400,0001., in nearly equal parts, in England and
France. The deposit to be 50f. or 21. ;on payment of which receipts
will be granted by the respective bankers of the Company, to be
exchanged for certificates of shares at the Company's Office in Lon-
don, when the contract shall be ratified. The remaining instalments
will only be called for at intervals of not less than three calendar
months, at the rate of 21. each ; the first instalment not to be called
for sooner than three months after the passing of the law constituting
the Company. After full payment of the amount due in respect of
his shares, each Shareholder will have the option of receiving cer-
tificates payable to bearer.
INTEREST AND PROFIT ON INSTALMENTS
The instalments will bear interest at 4 per cent. from the date of
the passing of the law, until the Company shall be in full operation ;
and such Shareholders as may pay their calls in London will be en-
titled to any profit accruing front the assumed exchange at 25f. per 1/.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITIES.
The privileges of a Societe Anonyme will he secured to the Com-
pany by a Royal Ordinance, which will limit the liabilities of the
proprietors to the amount of their subscription, as in the incorporated
railways of England, and the statutes of the Paris and Rouen, and
Rouen and Havre Railway, which have been proved to work well,
will he, as far as practicable, adopted hi the constitution of the
Company.

MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY.
The executive management of the Company will be conducted by a
Board of Directors sitting in Paris, attended by an English resident
director, and their proceedings will be regularly communicated to the
English directors, who will have the privilege of voting by proxy.
An office will be established in London for the transfer of shares, the
payment of dividends, and the furnishing of information to the
Proprietors.
APPROPRIATION OF PROFITS.
After the opening of the line, the profits, at each declaration of
dividend, will he thus appropriated. An allowance of 5,0001. per
annum to be made to the Directors, including the remuneration of
the English resident Director, and after payment of a dividend to
the Shareholders of five per cent., one per cent. will be reserved as
a sinking fund ; or, instead of this allowance of 5,0001., the Directors
may, at their option, claim one-twentieth of the remainder, after
the above dividend and reservation. The surplus to be again di-
vided into twentieths ; eighteen twentieths to be apportioned to the
Shareholders. and the remaining two-twentieths to the projectors.
PROVISION IN CASE OF NON-CONSTITUTION OF THE
COMPANY.
In the event of the Company not being constituted, the deposit
money will be returned to the Subscribers without deduction, but
without interest, the projectors, in that case, bearing all expenses.
POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DIRECTORS.
Tt is obvious that in such an important undertaking as the present
full power should be given to the Directors, and it must be understood
that the Subscribers are bound by such terms as the Directors may
accept on their. behalf, but the Subscribers may rest assured that in
all negotiations the Directors will have a strict regard for the general
interest of the body they represent. _

ENGINEER.
An English Engineer of eminence will be appointed by the English
Directors as soon as they are in a position to require his services.

APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
Applications for Shares to be made to Mr. Wm Inkersole, at the
temporary Office of the 'Company, 27, Austin-friars; to Messrs.
Beavan and Anderson, solicitors, 2, Adelphi-terrace, Strand, London;
and to Mr. Win. Bridges, 6, Parliament street, Westminster.

MECHI'S FAMOUS BAGATELLE TABLES,
manufactured on the premises, 4, Leadenhall-street, London,
make long evenings appearshort, and combine calculation with amuse-
ment.—Price 31. 10s., 41. 10s., M. 10s., up to 121.
Sold also by his Agents—Speirs and Son, Oxford ; Lounge, Leeds
Eastree, Liverpool ; Bruton and Williams, Dublin ; Wooltield, Glas-
gow; Pratt, Bradford ; Thompson, Nottingham; Stephenson, Hull ;
Squiers, Dover ; Steel and Rix, Norwieh.—None are genuine without
Hecht'? Name and Address.

/1111 E DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL LINEN
COMPANY, in giving publicity to the unrrecedented prices
at which they are selling LINEN MANUFACTURES, beg to ap-
prise families residing either in town or country, that goods are for-
warded for approval previous to payment. A few prices are an.
nexed, to which they respectfully invite the attention of families,
hotelkeerers, &c :—Table Linen—magniffcent table cloths, five
yards long, each 15s. ; napkins to match, yard square, 10s. Cd. per
dozen ; fish napkins, 2s. 6d. per dozen ; very fine ditto, Gs. 6d ;
common table cloths, yard and a half square, 12s. 6d. per dozen ;
larger sizes in proportion Sheetings—stout Irish sheetings, 12s. 6d.
per pair; '.Pte, three yards wide, without a seam, ISs. ; common, for
servants' use, 4s. 6d. per pair. Irish linens—stout qualities, the
piece of 26 yards for 21s. ; ditto, fine, 26 yards, kis. ; and very fine
and stout, _6 yards for 355.; the Company's yard wide, curiously
fine, f 6 yards, 40s. to 505.; Irish cambric handkerchiefs, equal in ap-
pearance to the finest French, 12s. 6d. per dozen; common lawn
handkerchiefs, 4s 6d. per dozen.
The Company are likewise bleachers of long.cloths, calicos, coun-
terpanes, &c. These warehouses are stocked with every deseription
of goods suitable for household purposes.
Prospectuses containing full particulars of the various goods for
sale, with lists of Frices, can be had at the warehous,s, or by post.
Retail entrance, 105, leet-street, corner of 1' arringdon.street, bottom
of Ludgate-hill.
N 13. The nobility can have their own crests
.made to order on any
size table cloths. Various superb designs now in the stock. Families
waited on with samples if required.

IHE BEST APERIENT AND ANTIRILIOUS MEDICINE
FOR OCCASIONAL. USE.
FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH
effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relax a-
tion , without griping or prostration of strength. They remove head.
ache, sickness, dizziness, pains in the chest, Sre., are highly grateful
to the stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve langour
and depression of spirits ; while to those of a full habit and free
livers, Rho are continually suffering from drowsiness, heavine s, and
singing in the head and ears, they offer advantages that will not fail
to be appreciated. -
Sold -by T. Prout,229, Strand, London, Price ls. I%d. per box ; and
by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the Kingdom
Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEA LTH, and observe the
Name and Address of " ThornasProut, 229, Strand, London." on the
Government Stan

BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL.
The GALLERY for -the EXHIBITION and SALE of the
WORKS of IRITIS/1 ARTISTS is open daily from Ten in the
Morning until Five in the Evening.
;Admission, Is.; Catalogue, Is.
WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper.

GALLERY, 53, PALL-MALL, adjoining the
British Institution.
The Amateurs of Painting are respectfully informed that the COL-
LECTION of PICTURES by the OLD MASTERS will remain ON
VIEW at this Gallery until the End of the present Month of March,
when it will be re-occupied by the New Society of Painters in Water
Colours, to whom it belongs.
The Names of Subscribers to the SALE of SHARES in the Property
of the Pictures now on View, are received by
BENJ. DACOSTA, Secretary.
•
Admittance, One Shilling.

WILS ON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN-
MENTS,
MUSIC-MILL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE.
On MONDAY EVENING, March 11, at Eight o'clock,
Mr. Wilson will give his celebrated selected Entertainment on the
SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
Pianoforte, Mr. LAND.
PART I.—My sin fireside—Saw ye my wee thing ?—Auld Robin
Gray—The Laird o' Cockpen—Lizzie Lindsay—Scots wha ha'e wi'
Wallace bled—Mary Morrison—Get up and bar the door.
PART ll.—Farewell to Lochaber—My boy Tammy—My Nannic's
awa—Allister WAllister—There's nae luck aboot the house.
In the ?rese, the MUSIC. in MART QUEEN OF SCOTS.
Front Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Back Scats, 2s. ; Private Boxes for Six, 155.;
for Eight, It. Programmes -and Tickets may be had at the Music-
shops, and at the Music-hall.
Mr. WILSON will, in the course of the season, produce the tbll•w-
ing, which he has had some time in preparation :—Jacobite Relics—
Wandering Willie's Wallet—The Jameses of Scotland—The Wallace
and the Enica—A. lilaiver wi' Jamie Hogg.

MR. C. H. ADAMS'S ORRERY during LENT.
THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, OR ENGLISH OPERA

HOUSE.

TO-MORROW EVINING, FRIDAY, and every IVIEDNESDAY and FRI-
DAY during Lent, Mr. C. H. ADAMS will deliver his LECTURE on
ASTRONOMY. To begin at Eight precisely, and end about Ten.

Balcony, 4s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. Private Boxes, One Guinea
and Half-a-Guinea.

the Box-office, from Ten till Four, and at the
principal Libraries.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
POPULAR LECTURES in CHEMISTRY and NATURAL
PHILOSOPHY are delivered daily by Dr. Ryan, Professor Bachhoff-
ner, and other Lecturers, illustrated by Apparatus of the most valu-
able kind, including ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MA-
CHINE (which is exhibited daily at Three •'clock, and at Eight
is the Evenings) ; LONGBOTTOM'S OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ;
NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, COSMORAMIC VIEWS, &c., &c.
MODELS of all kinds of STEAM-ENGINES and other MACHIN.
ERY in MOTION, DIVER working under water, and the DIVING
BELL, &c. Lee.•
Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. . .

Prospectuses of the Classes for Private Instruction may be had
of the Secretary.

PATENT ELECTRO PLATED and GILT
ARTICLES in every variety, at the Establishments of the
Patentees, . __

ELKINGTON and CO.,

WEST-END-22, REGENT-STREET, corner of Jermyn-street ;
CITY-45, MOORGATE-STREET.
The Patent Electro processes being extensively adopted under their
licensof the Patentees beg to state that they confine their monufac-
tore to goods of a superior and warranted quality only, which in-
variably bear their mark, "E. and Co., under a crown."—Old articles
re-plated and gilt.

BY AUTHORITY of his MAJESTY the
EMPEROR of AUSTRIA.-IVill take place irrevocably on
the 16th of March, 1844, the DISTRIBUTION of NINE beautiful
ESTATES of a value. from 1,480,054 Francs, and MONET PRIZES
from 150,000 Francs down to 125-Francs of Common Bonds, and in
the Special Distribution of the Red Bonds 32,509 gains will be obtained,
and each Red Bond must gain a higher or lower amount. Price of a
Common Bond, U. ; a Red Bond, 21. ; for 51. Five Common Bonds and
one Red Bond ; for 101. Eleven Common Bonds and Two Red ; for
• 201. Twenty-three Common Bonds and Three Red.
Apply, without delay, to Messrs. JACOBS and Co., Bankers, Frank-
fort-on-the-Maine ; or to save Postages, Letters sway be addressed to
Mr. Jacobs, 34, Wellclose-square.

SAINT PAUL, COVENT-GARDEN, MARCH 7TH, 1844.
THE COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT of
this PARISH hereby give Notice, that they will MEET in
the Vestry-room, on FRIDAY, the 15th day of March instant, at Six
of the Clock in the Afternoon, to receive and consider PROPOSALS
and enter into CONTRACTS -for PAVING and REPAIRING the
CARRIAGE-WAYS and FOOT-WAYS within the said Parish, and
providing good materials for the same ; and likewise for Cleansing
the Streets of the said Parish, and taking away the Dust and Ashes
from the houses of the inhabitants. The Contractors to give security
and pay the expenses of the bonds and contracts at the time their
tenders are accepted.

Printed proposals to be filled up by persons willing to oontra,A,
may be had at the Office of the Vestry-Clerk, adjoining the Church,
or at No. 13, Bedford-street, Covent-garden, where such proposals
will be received at any time before the meeting.
The Committee do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender,
themselves to accept the highest proposal.
nor, in the event of money being /offered for the dust, do they pledge

THOMAS MOSELEY,
Vestry-Clerk and Clerk to the Committee.

BURGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur-
poses, having gained such great approbation, and the demand
for it continuing to increase, JOUR BURGESS and SON beg most
respectfully to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public
for their liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great conveni-
ence in all climates have recommended it to the most distinguished
foreign connections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda-
tion. It is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint-
ment to families, all possible care has been resorted to, by each
bottle being sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well
as cash label having their signature, without which it cannot be
genuine.

JOHN BURGASS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed
ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by therm after
the same manner that has given the greatest satisfactiea for many
years.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Institu-
tion, both in its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par-
ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex-
pense or forfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short policies—
the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to
suit the interest er necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well
as to afford the full benefit to his family at death, and annual division
of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that
the Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di-
rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, t• add to each policy
en the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the
amount already invested; and this bonus, according to an equitable
scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction ef future
premiums.

EXAMPLES.

Annual Berms
Age. Sum. Prem. Added.
£ s. d. s. d.
59 1,000 67 8 4 '4 6
56 3,000 175 15 0

e.
Entry.

Cash I Preen. Bonus. Reduced

1837' I 39
1838 ll4

£ s. (LI £ s. d.I £ s. d.
132 14 6 58 19 9 819 4
296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7

Another Bonus will be declared in the present year.

DEFERRED ANNUITIES.

The beet and most varied provision for after-life hitherto offered—
every 2/. 12s. per annum, paid from the age of twenty, will, at sixty-
five, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 471. I6s. fid.,
or 349/. I ls. cash, or policy at death of 4661. Similar advantages at
fifty, fifty-five, and sixty, through an increased annual payment—
two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds returned to re
presentatives In cases of premature death.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec.

IWILLIAM MARRIOTT, the younger, at
present and for ten years past, residing at No. 33, Saint
Andrew's-road, New Kent-road, in the parish of Saint Mary, New-
ington, and :county of Surrey, and being a hat manufacturer, and
during part of the time in partnership with Samuel Burton, under:the
firm of Marriott and Burton, as hat manufacturers on the same pre-
mises, do hereby give notice that I intend to present a petition to the
Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-strect, London, praying to be.
eXaMillerl dobboi -fr^^ts- and to be Oz
tested teeth(' from all process upon making a full disclosure and surren-
der of such estate and effects for payment of my just and lawful debts ;
and I hereby further give notice that the time when the matter of the
said petition shall be heard is to be advertised in the London Gazette
and the Morning Sun newspaper one month at the least after the date
hereof ; as witness my hand this 29th day of February, in the year of
our Lord, 1844. W. MARRIOTT.
Witness, 11. T. Roberts, solicitor for Wm. Marriott, 33, Bazing-
place, Waterloo-road, Surrey, mid.% Bride-court, Bridge-street,
Blackfriars, City.

THE FIRST ANNUAL SALE of INDIA,
BRITISH, AND FRENCH SHAWLS, Silks, Satins, Velvets,
Cloaks, Furs, Printed Cashmeres, Worked Muslins, Fancy Goods,
Damask Table Linen, &c., &c., will commence on MONDAY the 11th,
and continue till the end of March.
GRAHAM and SMITH (late Everington and Graham), having added
vast connexions to their house by the economy of a ready money
system, applied to rich and fashionable goods, as well as to the plain
and useful, beg to announce their determination, that in ftiture the
overplus stock, extremely reduced in price, will be sold on the pre-
mises each year, previous to the commencement of the Spring Trade.
By this arrangement considerable advantages will be distributed
through their own connection, instead of pursuing the old plan, which
for thirty years has given an immense mass of beautiful goods, at
little more than half-price, to shippers for foreign sale.
10, LUDGATE-STREET, seven houses from St. Paul's.
India Shawls bought or exchanged.

CAMPHINE LAMPS-SUPERB LIGHT.
The CAMPHINE or VESTA LAMP, for intensity of light
finds its equal only in the brilliant Rude.
CLARK and Co. have invented an opal enamelled Shade, which
renders considerable advantages, gives the Camphine or Vesta Lamp
a truly elegant appearance, and makes it perfectly shadowless. Also,
a Fireproof Chimney, which is so necessary for these Lamps, the
Light being too powerful for common glassed.
A really splendid Show
of Lamps for Oil or Candles, all at
manufacturers' prices. The Camphine or Vesta Table Lamps, com-
mencing at 275. 9d., all complete, and -o on from price to price, to the
designs suitable for the mansion of the nobleman.
Highly Rectified Spirit, 3s. 7d. imperial gallon.
Camphine or Vesta Lamps always kept burning, fitted with ena-
mel, and shaded for public inspection.
Please copy the Address—Clark and Co., 447, West strand, ten
doors from Lowther Arcade.

Orders can now be executed immediately. Agents wanted. These
Enamelled Shades are highly suitable for Gas.

THE SKIN AND COMPLEXION.
GOWLAND'S LOTION.—The use of (lowland's Lotion is
speedily followed .by the disappearance of every species of eruptive
malady, discolouration, &C., and the establishment of a pure surface
of the skin, accompanied by the brilliant circulation which constitutes
the tint of beauty, whilst as a refresher it preserves the most delicate
complexion, and sustains to a protracted period the softness of texture
and vivacity peculiar to earlier years.
ROBERT SHAW, London," is in whiteletters on the Givernment
htamp, without which none is genuine. Prices 2s. 9d., ss. 6d.,
quarts Bs. Gd. Sold by all Perfumers and Medicine Yeadors.

BASS'S PALE ALE.—The annexed Report of
the Prices of Ale in the three Presedencies of India has
been received this week by the Overland Mail :
CALCUTTA : Runes.
December 22, 1843—Bass SO per hhd. Actual Sales.
Allsopp 7O to 75 do. as per prices Current.
Hodgson
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MADRAS: flu. AN. f
December 26, 1843—Bas. 68 8 per hhd. Actual Sales.
._ rent.
Allsopp 65 do, as per prices Cur.
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BOSIDAY: RUPEES.
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masters, and wardens of lodges. After the preliminary
confirmation of minutes, the election took place. The
result was that the Earl of Zetland was welcomed as the
Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England, by
a large majority. The subsequent business of the Grand.
Lodge was not concluded until a latethour, which pre-
vents our giving any further details ; but we believe that
we only express an opinion that will be warmly received
by the universal craft, that the masonic sceptre could
not have been confided to more competent hands than to
those of the nobleman who now reigns in the hearts and
minds of an attached fraternity.

MR. O'CONNELL in BIRMINGHAM.
BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY NIIIIT.

This afternoon a public meeting, convened by requisition to the
Mayor, was held in the Town-hall, for the purpose, as stated by the
advertisement, of taking measures for the protection of the con-
stitutional liberties of the British people from the dangers to which
recent proceedings in Ireland have exposed them.
Previous to the meeting this morning, Mr. O'Connell was pre-
sented at the Queen's Hotel with an address from the Repeaters of
Birmingham, to which he made the following reply :—" Gentlemen,
you have called upon me suddenly, and when I was unprepared
for the kindness of the address which has just been read. I want
no preparation, however, to enable me eniphatically to announce
my cordial concurrence in the sentiments of patriotism, philan.
throphy, and Christian feeling, which characterise it. You are
right—l am an apostle of that sect which teaches that no advantage,
political or otherwise, should be sought or is worthy of attainment
by any other than peaceful and legal means ; and that a single drop
of human blood would taint any object, however useful and im-
portant in itself. In working out these doctrines I have had the
co.operation and support of the people of. Ireland, who have met
repeatedly in thousands and tens of thousands, displaying that inert
strength which would be so powerful if they chose to use it, but
instead, att.tlependiva. on • orce for the attainment of
their rights, relying solely on the nfiuence of public opinion.
If, in consequence of advocating those doctrines, I :should be
brought to the prison or the scaffold, then, in such a cause,
they are welcome. The prison and the ecagbld arc welcome
if they prove effectual in carrying those doctrines. lam now
in the power of your enemies and mine, and they never yet
had power, but they used it against those whose interests I advo.
cate ; that power they will use against me; but they cannot
change my purpose; they may strike, but they cannot intimidate.
for it is part of my duty to suffer in the advocacy of those doctrines
which I have so long inculcated. I have, however, the satisfaction
of reflecting that the verdict which was obtained against me was
one unfounded in fact, and was obtained by means so disgraceful,
that the public, instead of censuring me, have expressed OWN dis-
approbation of those means; and I believe I may safely say, that
instead of being lessened, I have been elevated by it in the opinion
of men who are amongst the most eminent of those who advo-
cate the welfare of the whole community. They may punish me,
but that punishment shall not prevent the Irish people from
seeking and obtaining their inherent rights. ' We have
applied to the British Parliament, but they have been
deaf to our applications. The people of England appear,
however, to be uniting with us, and by that union, in
demanding the rights of the whole, we may succeed in contri.
buting to a settlement of the liberties of the people of the em-
pire in such a manner as, without interfering with independent
interests, may secure the happiness of all. I thank you heartily
and sincerely for the sentiments you have so kindly expressed in
that address."

The meeting was appointed to take place at one o'clock, and at
that hour the hall, which will hold about 9,000 persons, was
densely crowded. Amongst the principal persons present `were the
Rev. H. Hutton (and other Unitarian ministers), the Rev. T. M.
Macdonnell (and other Roman Catholic priests) ; Town. Council.
lore Baldwin, T. Clark, Gywther, Wood. Rawlings, Smith, C.
Sturge ; Mr. Joseph Sturge, the Rev. T. Morgan Rodwey, Mr.
Boultbee, kc.

Mr. J. &URGE presented himself amidst loud cheers, and said,
he was sure his fellow-townsmen would sympathise with the
Mayor en the cause of his lamented ebsence. The fact was, he
had been called upon to perform a meat melancholy duty, to at-
tend the funeral of his mother on the previous day. But, although
the ceremony took place at a distance, he was happy to say that
the Mayor, who sympathised wi th the wrongs of Ireland, would
be present at half-past one o'clock. In the interim, in order
that things might go forward, he should beg leave to move that
" Mr. George Edmonds, the clerk of the peace of the borough, do
take the chair."—(Loud cheers.) _ .

Mr. Edmonds was called to the Chair amidst loud acclamation.
The CHAIRM►A, in opening the proceedings, said it was well
known he had laid it down as a principle, that holding the office
he did in the borough, it was not right, or at least not expedient,
that he should take any part in party politics. He was placed on
that occasion in an honourable situation, to do homage to a man
of great talents and great patriotism.—(Loud cheers) They had,
by a majority of that immense meeting, elected him as a locum
ten ens for the Mayor, and upon the arrival of that worthy man he
would immediately vacate the distinguished post he then occupied.
—(Cheers.) He was sure that on that occasion he (Mr. Edmonds)
would witness what he had witnessed on all previous occasions—
an unanimity of opinion and an enthusiasm of feeling, worthy of
and correspondent with the subject which had brought them toga.
then.—(Cheers.)

Mr, MORGAN, Solicitor and Secretary of the Complete Suffrage
Association, begged leave to move the adoption of the following
resolution :

" That the people of Ireland, as subjects of the British Crown,
are entitled to enjoy all the tights and liberties which belong to the
inhabitants of the other parts of the empire, anu -.44-
to derive the benefit of a just and impartial Government.
" That this principle has been violated by a long course of mis.
government, of which recent circumstances afford flagrant proof,
particularly in the suppression, by military force, of a peaceable
public meeting, convened for legal purposes, and in the selection of
a sectarian jury upon the late trial of D. O'Connell, Esq., and others.
"That these circumstances, while they justify the utmost alarm
for the constitutional rights of the whole nation, call for an ex.
pression of hearty sympathy with the people of Ireland, who have,
notwithstanding their oppressions, exhibited that peaceable and
exemplary conduct which ought to command every exertion for
She speedy redress of their grievances by Parliament."
Mr. I'. C. SALT congratulated the meeting on the reception they
had given Mr. O'Connell—a man standing alone in this world
before his fellow-creatures as doing battle by moral means for the
rights of his country—whose whole life had been devoted to the
Irish people, and who had been trusted by them with an affection
which gave him more than a Royal power.—(Cheers.) He cor.
dially supported the reso'ution.
The resolution was then carried unanimously.
Mr. JosLeu STUMM presented himself, and was loudly cheered.
He comir enced by observing that he hoped they were met for prac-
tical purposes, and the resolution which he held in his hand had
practical objects in view. They were met together, not to protest
against a Coercion Bill like that passed by the Whigs, but against
proceedings which went directly to subvert the British Constitu.
tion.—(Cheers.) Toey were all aware that the late debate in the
House of Commons was got up for party purposes, but although
unquestionably a party debate, it ha I brought to light many salu.
tary truths. It showed most clearly that the jury by whom Mr.
O'Connell and his colleagues were tried was a partisan jury, and
that even according to the charge of the Chief Justice, the meetings
for attending which the parties were indicted wire perfectly legal.
—(Cheers.) After some other obser►ations, Mr. Sturge concluded
by proposing the following resolution :
" That instead of the recognition of the people as the source of
all power, the British empire appears to be in danger of becoming
subject to a despotism. That the only guarantee for the attainment
and protection of perfect civil and religious liberty is to be found
in a full, fair, and free representation of the people, and this will
be most effectually obtained by the friends of the people in Par-
liament enforcing the ancient constitutional principle, that redress
of grievances should pr,ecede the voting of supplies.''—Cheers.
Mr. W. H. Witsos seconded the resolution.

The resolution was then carried amidst great cheering.

Mr. ALLBRIGIIT, a member of the Society of Friends, said he
had a petition to present, which would conclude the business of
the afternoon. [There were here loud calls for Mr. O'Connell,
and in order to appease the public clamour, the speaker said he
should simply confine himself to submitting the petition for the
adoption of the meeting ]
The Rev. Hucn Ihrrrom most cordially seconded the resolution.
The petition, which embodied the previous resolutions, was
carried amidst loud applause.

The Chairman then introduced Mr. O'Connell to the meeting.
When the Hon. and Learned Gentleman came forward to the
front of the platform, there was a general burst of cheering from
the meeting. Those in the galleries rose from their seats, the gentle-
men waving their hats and the ladies their handkerchiefs. The
cheering continued for nearly fire minutes. As soon as silence
was restored,

Mr. O'Comtiatt said,—l with to-ask you one question, and
that is, whether you or any one among yoU, is desirous of know-
ing what brought me here 7—(Cries of " Yes, yes.") Well, then
I will tell you. I came for two reasons to Birmingham. The
first was to express, in the strongest terms the English language
would afford, delight and gratification at the sympathy which my
country and I as her advocate have received from the people of
England since the recent transactions.—(Cheers.) I was grateful
before I came, but what must be my gratification now, after
having received such a hearty reception among you—when I see
so many congregated thousands giving me—no, not me, but my
unhappy country—the tribute of their sympathy, and I will add
perhaps of their support?—(Cheers.) Fbr it is not an English
fashion to shout loudly In support of a cause one day and abandon
it and treat it with neglect the next. That is a course which
you have not commen:ed yet during the eight centuries that you
have been a nation, and I hardly think it is worth your while to
begin it now. I should not believe one word if any one were to
tell me that your sentiments were now otherwise. I rejoice,
therefore, to have to announce to the people of Ireland that there
is no longer a distinction between Englishmen and Irishmen—
that Saxon and Celt, Scotch, Welch, English, and Irish, will
henceforth be one nation in sentiment and sympathy,
united together in one great general movement for the
benefit of all. My first object, then, was to express my grati-
tude; the second, to exhibit that gratitude by endeavouring
to conciliate the people of both countries—to animate them
in the great object of putting down class legislation, the
tyranny and oppression of the poorer classes,—in putting an
end to oligarchial dominion, and giving the sacred principle of
democratic liberty its full sway and entire power.—(Cheers.)
I conceive that I avn performing my duty in thus attempting
to conciliate the two countries to each other—the people of
the two countries ; for, as to the upper classes, as they are
falsely called—as to the wealthier classes, I make a present
of them to any body who may choose to pick them up.—
(Laughter.) There is one law for them and another for you. Last
week that was shown in both Houses of Parliament, when, while
the tines inflicted on the poor man, while every magisterial inflic-
tion is left unrepealed, penalties were averted from the heads of
the rich, and charity assumed that shape in which it is not blessed
by Heaven—when, instead of being exerted for the benefit of the
poor, it is used for the purpose of giving renewed powers of
oppression to the rich.—(Cheers.) In the performance of this
duty—in thus endeavouring to reconcile the sentiments of the
people of the two countries—l wish to get rid of two mistakes into
which the friends of liberty in England have fallen. I do not
care for the calumnies of those who are ready to make use of any
pretext for opposing us and contriving our separation, but I do look
with great regret on the mistakes committed by honest men. It
is my duty to expose them, and to set those parties right on
points of fact, and as to the reality of the present position of the
two countries as regards each other. There are two objections
which honest men make to me with respect to myiproceedings ;
first, that the union was a compact or bargain betweesritin•o nations,
which, as a bargain once made, ought not to be violated ; and
secondly, that in looking for a repeal of the union we are looking
for a separation between the two countries. Now I admit, that
if the union could be proved to have been a bargain between the
two countries, it ought not to be violated. But I utterly deny
that it was a bargain, and I will tell you why.—(Hear, hear.) The
Irish people were not consulted with respect to it. The meetings

of the people to petition against the measure were prevented.
The Sheriff of King's County and the Sheriff of '1 ipperary called
meetings of the people for the purpose of petitioning against
the measure, and those meetings were dispersed at the point
of the bayonet. During the time the union was in agi-
tati on trial by jury was suspended, the Habeas Corpus Act was
suspended, martial law was proclaimed, and was frequent all
over the country. The people did not dare to utter one word, for
a jury of five officers could send any man to the gallows, and
they did send a multitude there. There were 175,000 bayonets
in Ireland at the time, and the people could not hold public meet.
inv. Yet, even In that state of things, 707,000 people petitioned
against the union, petitions being carried from house to house.
There were only 5,000 petitioners in favour of the union, and the
measure was carried by force and fraud, aided by the most enor.
mous bribery that was ever yet invented. No less a sum than
1,275,000/. was given for the purchase of rotten boroughs, and
3,000,0001. was spent in direct corruption, in order to dila the
object.—(Hear, hear.) I deny, then, that the union was the result
of a bargain. If a robber points ,a pistol to a man's breast and
says—" If you give me money I will not shoot you, but if you
don't I will," that is a bargain ; and just such a bargain it was
that was made at the time when the union was carried.—
(Laughter.) The Government could not carry the measure by the
votes of Irish Members, so they bought forty scats at an enormous
price, and put in English and Scotch officers to vote for the union.
I am glad to have the opportunity of again stating this, because I
know that what I say will be carried on the wings of the press, and
that all England, nay, ail Europe, will once more know the foul
means by which Ireland was defrauded of her native Pailiament.
—(Cheers.) But then it is said that repeal means separation.
I deny it, and I go further, and say that if I thought it did mean
separation, I should not be for it. And I tell you with all the so.
lemnity, hut none of the profaneness of an oath—l tell you, in the
solemnity of truth, that I am thoroughly convinced that the very
means of preventing a separation between the two countries is by
repealing the union. The people of Ireland cannot endure it, and
I believe that but for my influence over them—an influence which
to myself is astonishing, but which arises from a conviction that I
have always.•lol.oured issiliMpaple, and against their enemies,
and that my o ly motive ire to secure their umnfort and
happiness—l firmly believe, I say, that but for that influence a sc.
paration could not have been prevented.—(Cheers.) separation:
Why, the countries were joined for 600 years while Ireland had a
Parliament of her own. During the American war the Irish
people allowed every soldier to leave Ireland and go to America,
There was no necessity for them, and the people of Ireland them.
selves armed for the defence of their country against the French,
the Dutch, and the Spanish. The Irish volunteers rose as one
man, and became such a formidable bulwark:to the country, that not
a single foreign foe durst trample on the soil of Ireland for a moment.
—(Hear, and cheers.) No; what I want by repeal is not separa.
tion. I want to continue the connexion between the two
countries. All I want is, that there should be a local Par-
liament in Dublin, to do the business of Ireland, to pass
laws for Ireland alone—to have nothing to do with Im.
perial concerns—to leave to England the government of the cold.
nies, and of England, Wales, and Scotland, but to have nothing
to do with laws binding on Ireland. Apply the case to the corpora.
[lon of Birmingham. Suppose any one were to get up and say,
" Let us have an union with Manchester. You shall send ten
Alen there as your representatives, and they shall have 500 of their
own ; and this united' corporation shall have the power of
making laws for the paving, lighting, watching, and all the interior
regulations of Birmingham." What would you think of such a
proposal as that ?—(Laughter.) Now, I am for Birmingham ma.
naging its own affairs, and for Manchester its own, and I am on
the same principle for Ireland managing her internal affairs, and
contributing to the maintenance of the Throne and the stability of
the institutions of the country, by ready contrributions for all ne-
cessary purposes, and still more by watching that none should be
contributed to what were not necessary.—(Cheers.) But some
people will ask, " Why do you want change ? Is not Ireland pros-
perous ? Has she not for forty years enjoyed the ' blessings' of
the union ?" I will tell you what Ireland got by the union. When
Ireland was under her own Parliament she only owed 20,000,000/.
The English Parliament had involved the empire since that period
in 441,000,0001. of debt. Ido like a Parliament that saves the
public money I—(Laughter.) However, at the time of the union
Ireland exported 3,000,00 N. of native manufactures, and imported
only 1,000,0001. worth. There was, then, a balance on the wages
of labour in favour of Ireland of '2,000,0001. annually. You bad
not then the thousands of starving Irish coming over here to shut
out the English labourer from Work, crowding the towns, and
by competing in the market, lowering the wages of la
lour. They were then taken care of at home, and wages
were not lowered in England, because there was not this ad.
ditional competition in the labour-market.—(Hear, and cheers.)
Ireland was prosperous then. I ask English statesmen to meet me
foot to foot, and say if she is prosperous now. Ireland has had no
manufactures. True ; it may be said that hngland must have more
on that account. But lam sure that you would not, from mere
selfishness, wish to prosper at the price of the misery of Ireland.
There is ample room for all, if we had a fair and honest Govern-
ment, which would lower the burdens of the people and grant in-
creased franchise and increased securities for our liberties. The
world is wide enough for all. Look, however, to the state of Ire.
land. The Commission of Poor-law Inquiry six years ago investi-
gated the poverty of Ireland, and from their Report it appeared
that, out of a little more than 6,000,000 of people in Ireland,
',300,000 were in a state of destitution ; that is to say, nearly
one-third of the inhabitants of that rich and fertile country are in
a state of destitution. The population returns of 1841 show a falling
Mot 70,000 per annum, as compared with the ten y ears before 1831;
that is to say, the retrocession of the population of Ireland during
those ten years was 700,000. If the increase of population be the
best test of the prosperity of a country, the retrogradation of a
,amt he a test of the want of that prosperity. And that
is the case of Ireland. There is no man who possesses one iota of know-
h dge in political economy but what must go with me in this. I
say that 700,000 murders have been committed in Ireland during
the period I refer to, for every human being who might have come
to maturity during that period has in fact been deprived of existence
by bad laws and bad government. I arraign then,. I plant on
them the stain of blood, of multiplied murder. I arraign them for
the slaughter of 700,000 people in the course of ten years. Ido
this on the testimony of the Report of their own Commissioners,
and on the evidence established by the publication of that Report
by the two Houses of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) But what more
does that Report :contain ? It states that upwards of 70 per
cent, of the whole population of Ireland arc in such misery that
they are obliged to live in houses containing only a single room ;
and that 30 per cent. of the town population were in such a state
that frequently three, four, and five families occupied a single
room, and no person occupied more than a single room.—(Cries of
Shame!") 1 may appear to be wasting your time by thus talk-
ing of the woes of Ireland; but I do hope that I am animating
your sympathy, exciting your attention, and leading you to call
with a voice of thunder on the governors and the Government to
look to giving the people of Ireland a remedy for their sufferings
instead of a prosecution and a ccnviction.—(Cheers.) I will men.
tion one fact more. In 1830, when the Whig Government came
in, Mr. Spring Rice wanted to prove that Ireland was then becom-
ing prosperous, the Emancipation Act having passed. He got a
Committee—it was called the Prosperity Committee, and he pro-
duo.ed as a witness before that Committee a Mr. Wiggins, who had
been a land agent on a very extensive scale in Ireland. That gen-
tleman deposed that there had not been much prosperity in Ireland
up to that period, but he attributed it to the agitation for emanci.
pation, and to the Emancipation Act not having been passed. He
prophesied, however, that in future there would be a very different
state of things. Now, this Mr. Wiggins published the other day
a pamphlet, entitled the Monster Evil of Ireland, in which, so far
from his stating that Ireland had become more prosperous since
the year 1830, he said that it was now in an infinitely worse con-
dition. That misery will go on. What is to stop it ? The same
causes that produced it continue to operate—misgovernment, ab-
senteeism, refusal of the right of the franchise, taking away from
the people of Ireland the management of their own affairs and
putting them into the hands of men who care nothing for
Ireland, and who, if they can practise their own manoeuvres
to attain party power, do not care what becomes of the people
of Ireland. Remember, it is not stature that makes Ireland
sterile. No ; Ireland is, for its size, one of the most fruitful
countries on the face of the globe, one the most capable of
producing all the necessaries of life. She is fertile—oh, no
country in the world is so well placed for commerce—with such
noble estuaries, with such communication from the centre to the
sea, that there is no place in Ireland more than thirty miles from a
good harbour. Then, why is there this starva,ion and misery ? The
answer is, because there has been misgovernment and oppression.
—(Cheers.) Well might one of our Bishops say, that although
the people of Ireland might continue to submit to their wrongs for
conscience sake, no transition could be to them for the worse; and
that if the army were turned out to slaughter them, it would be
better for them to be in their graves than to exist in their present
misery. I have now, however, to rejoice that I see an opening
for the people of Ireland in the sympathies of the English people.
I shall not soon forget the cheers with which you received me to.
day, nor those which are still ringing in my ears from Covent-
garden Theatre.—(Cheers.) I am bound to say, and I say it in
the pride and exulation of my heart, that I never saw such a meet-
ing in England as that which I see before me to-day. I have been
in this hall before. I have been here when English affhirs were
agitated, and when interests of a personal nature attracted a great
crowd, but never did I see in the discussion of English affairs such
a numerous, such an overpowering—oh I such a majestic meeting
as this I—(Cheers.) Believe me, that whatever faults we Irish.
men have, want of gratitude is not among them. Our errors are
mistakes of reason—the head is wrong, but never the heart. These
cheers at Birmingham will spread all over Ireland. They will be
re-echoed to the Giant's Causeway—they will sound when the bil-
low breaks over Cape Clear—the hills of Connemara and the Hill
of Howth will reverberate the echo—when it is announced to the
people of Ireland that at least the people of England were really
beginning to sympathise with their wrongs.—(Cheers.) Be-
lieve me, the people of Ireland are equally ready to sympathise
in your struggle. Your Reform Bill is a total failure, or nearly
so. By reducing the constituencies, it has brought them up to
to the bribery point. There are now just enough of them to be
bribed. Bribery indeed is become necessary ; for, actual nomina-
tion being put an end to, it is necessary to buy votes in another
way. For every one crime of bribery under the old sysiem there
must now be some 200 or 300. So that there is really an addi.
tien to the criminality—to those offences which bring down the
ta.C.ohrgirsotisasnawshyostdeomes_no(ct
hreaelys.r)ound us and wish us to
vengeance of Providence on corrupt and wicked nations. That
is
We will assist you.—
putma na
ennocit
(Cheers.) lam not one of those who are for refusing instalments
of public liberty. lam for getting all I can, and I will help you
to get as much as you can, leaving the rest to the future. The
people of Ireland are ready to go with you. Our principles of Par-
liamentary reform are manifest. We insist that, not cows, or
sheep, or houses shall have votes, but men. At present the mete
occupation of a 10/. house gives a vote, while the man who earns
251. a year by his labour—by the exercise of God's gifts--has none.
I say that man is a slave.—(Cheers.) There is a story told by Dr.
Franklin, which I will tell you. A man in Philadelphia claimed to
vote, as being worth 101. ; but, to make up the sum he included an
ass, valued at 13s. When he came up to vote, the ass had died
in the interval, and his vote was successfully opposed. "Ah I ha,"
cried he, " I did not know before it was my ass that had the vote,
and not me."—(Laughter.) Why, the people of England are
themselves asses if they do not see that this tale applies to them. It
is robbery to deprive a man of his vote because he lives in a room
and not in a house. What lam surprised at is, that you do not
at once divide yourselves into a slave class and a master class.
(Hear.) You sing at your dinners and meetings, " Britons never
will be slaves." Why, I say that every man who has not a vote is
a slave, and I will tell you why. A slave is one for whom some-
body else makes laws—whose conduct, whose property, whose tax-
ation is regulated by laws over which he has no control.—(Hear.)
That mats is a slave. Write him down a slave I Men of Birming-
ham! form your slave class at once of those who have
no votes. Count those who have—they are very few
—and let the enormous multitude remaining resolve
that they will leave no peaceable means untried until they
cease to be slaves and acquire as much power as their neigh-
bours ; they have the right to make their owls laws.—(Loud
Cheers.) Ireland, I say, is ready to assist. They may shut me up
in a dungeon; they bare me in their power..—(Cries of " No.")