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(;IL.-kxr) CELTIC BALL, in AID of the
1711 FUNDS of the SOCIETY of TRUE HIGH-
LANDERS, will take place in the FREEMASONS' TA-
VERN. on THURSDAY NEXT, the 4th of January.
'Fickt-t•, t,) admit a Lady and Gentleman, 17s 6d., to be
had at Messrs. Duff and llodgson's, 65, Oxford•street t Mr.
Hardy's, 136, Fleet-street ; and at the Bar of the Tavern.

A T a MEETING held at LONDON HOUSE,
—CI.. on Saturday, December 2, 1843, it was resolved to form
an ASSOCIATION for PROMOTING the RELIEF of
DESTITUTION, and for IMPROVING the CONDITION
of the POOR is the METROPOLIS, by MEANS of PA-
ROCHIAL and DISTRICT VISITING : and after several
intermediate meetings, it was resolved, on Saturday, De-
cember 16, to adopt and circulate the following Address and
Regulations :

The object which this Association has in viewi s, not merely
to administer immediate relief in cases of extreme destitution,
or of pressing want, but to improve the social, moral, and re-
ligious condition of the poor, by means which have been tried,
on a limited scale, in certain districts, and which have been
uccessful in proportion to the completeness of the system
which has been put into operation, and the care with which it
has been worked. It is obvious that to dispense pecuniary re-
lief indiscriminately, and with reference solely to the apparent
or actual necessity of the case, without inquiry as to the past,
or provision for thL, future, is, to say the least of it, but a half
measure of charity, and has a tendency to generate or increase
the very evi!s which it seeks to cure. An inquiry into the
causes of distress, and into the best means of preventing its
recur-ence, by infusing into those who labour under it sound
principles of action, and forming them to habits of economy,
industry, and foresight, is obviously necessary, to ensure to the
exertions of benevolence their proper results. Mere liberality
in almsgiving, unaccompanied by an endeavour to remove the
causes of that destitution which calls it forth, will not answer
the requirements of Christian charity.
This view of th, subject plainly implies-the necessity 'coin--
bining religiaus and moral instruction with the relief of bodily
and of making the latter, as it were, a preparative for
the former. And, therefore, although the primary design
of the Associatiorris, to furnish the means of administering
to the extreme necessity of the poor, after due inquiry into the
circumstances of each particular case, its ultimate object is, to
aid in removing the moral causes which create or aggravate
want; to encourage prudence, industry, and cleanliness, as
parts of Christian duty, and to promote kindly feelings be-
tween those classes of society which are kept so far wander
by the diffeience of their worldly conditions. And this may
be effected, it is hoped, by a judicious distribution of the funds
entrusted to this Association, through which individual bounty
may be applied to the relief of distress without fear of misdi-
rection or waste. A few only of those charitable persons, who
e at all times ready to give of their worldly substance to the
sick and needy, have either leisure to make personal inquiry
into each case which presents itself, or these habits of investi-
gation which are required for the detection of imposture. Dis-
trict Visiting Societies, when conducted on right principles,
open a safe and ready channel for the distribution of pri-
vate alms.

The description now given of the objects contemplated by
this Association clearly marks out the propriety, or rather the
necessity, of attempting their attainment through the agency
of the parochial clergy. They are, in virtue of their ooffice,
almoners, as well as instructors, of the people ; nor can it be
doubted, that the evils under which the poorest classes labour
in our crowded chits and towns, have been greatly aggravated
by the inadequacy of our parochial system, with its existing
machinery, to meet the wants cif an overwhelming pope-
lat ion. Two things are necessary, in order to replace the social
system in a healthy state; a more direct and friendly intercourse
between the different classes of society, and the general incul-
cation of Christian principles. In both cases the agency of the
Clergy is indispensable, and will be, under the Divine blessing,
effectual to these ends, if means are supplied for carrying on the
work, which is now so immeasurably beyond their strength
and resources. An Association, which aims at the attainment
of this object, may surely assert its claim upon the charity of
those whom Providence has entrusted with the means of doing
good, and who are bound to use them for the glory of God, in
promoting the temporal and eternal welfare of their felluw-
creatures.

ASSOCIATION for PROMOTING the RELIEF of
DESTITUTION in the METROPOLIS, and for
IMPROVING the CONDITION of the POOR, by
MEANS of PAROCHIAL and DISTRICT VISITING.
I. The object of this Association shall be to relieve Desti-
tution, and to improve the condition of the Poor in the Metro.
polis, by means of Parochial and District Visiting, under the
superintendence and direction of the Bishop and Clergy.
2. The Association shall consist of the general body of con-
tributors to the Fund, the Bishop of London being President.
3. The business of the Association shall be conducted by a
Committee of Members belonging to the Church of England ;
one-third to go out annually, but to be re-eligible ; the vacan-
cies to be filled up by election at the Annual Meeting.
4. The Committee shall have power to defray,from the funds
of the Association, such expanses as they shall deem essential
for the efficient management of its concerns ; but no part of its
funds shall be applied to the payment of District Agents or
Visitors. 'I he attendance of five member: of the Committee
shall be necessary for the transaction of business.
5. An Annual Meeting of the Association shall be held—the
President in the chair—to receive the accounts of the preced-
ing year, to appoint auditors for the ensuing year, and to fill up
the vacancies in this Committee.

1 he duties of the Committee shall be, to form and maintain
a fund for the purposes hereinafter specified, by occasional ap-
peals to the public, to receive contributions, and to administer
such fund under the fallowing regulations
1. To obtain from the parochialclergy, and to afford to them,
information concerning District Visiting. For this purpose, to
enter into immediate communication with the clergy of each
metropolitan parish.
2. In such parish where a Visiting Society is in operation, to
request information respecting its working and results, and the
general condition of the poor.
3. Where a Visiting Society exists, but is confined in its
operations by want of funds, to render assistance.
4. Where there is no Society, to submit a plan, with the offer
of effective co-operation.
5. Where no provision for District Visiting exists, or seems
likely to be made, the case to be submitted to the Bishop.
The fund shall be administered to objects deserving of relief
without distinction of religious persuasion.
1. Upon application from any incumbent, or from the curate
of any non .reaident incumbent, a grant of mouey may be made,
to be employed in the relief of the destitute poor by means of
gratuitous district visiting.
2. Such incumbent, or curate, shall specify in his application
the constitution of the District Visiting Society by which he
proposes to dispense the money granted to him by the Commit-
tee, and the general objects to which it will be applied.
3. And shall render periodically to the Committee an ac-
count of the actual expenditure of the grant.
4. All grants shall be made for one year only, but shall be
renewable upon similar application, at the discretion of the
Committee.

In distributing the funds of the Association, care shall lite
taken not to interfere with the legal administration of' relief to
the roor.
It was resolved to advertise the foregoing Address and Regq-
lations in the leading London journals.
A Committee was appointed, with power to add to its Tim-
ber. The following noblemen and gentlemen have already
consented to act on the Committee :
The LORD BISHOP of LONDON, President.
The Lord Ashley, M.P. Philip Cazenove, Esq.
The Lord Howard 'Rev. W. W. Champneys
Viscount Campden Harry Chester, Esq.
The Lord Dudley Stuart !Rev. Thomas Dale
The Lord R. Grosvenor, M.P.,W. Clowes, Esq.
Hon. Wm. Ashley V. Cotton, Esq.
Hon. Wm. Cowper, M.P. IRaikes Currie' Esq., M.P.
Hon. and Rev. H. Montagu Rev. William Dodeworth . •
Villiers G. Carr Glyn, Esq.
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, W. Gregarn, Esq.
'J. G. Hoare, Esq.
Hon. A. Kinnaird J. R. Kenyon, Esq.
Hon. and Rev. Baptist W. Henry Kingscote, Esq.
Neel John Labouchere, Esq.
Hon. Mr. Justice Patteson J. G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq.
Hon. Mr. Justice Coleridge IRev. H. li. Milman.
Re Sir H. Dukinfield, Bart. INV. Norris, Esq.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, BartiStafford H. Northcote, Esq.
Sir itobert H. Inglis, Bart.,lA. Robarts, Esq.
M. P. Rev. W. Short
Very Pev. the Dean of Chi-Edward Tharnton, Esq.
chester Henry Trit ton, Esq.
Rev. R. Burgess Rev. J. Endell Tyler
Rev. A. M. Campbe I Rev. J. G. Ward.
The Bankers of London are requested to receive contribu-
tions to the fund, and to place the same to the account of the
following gentlemen, who have been appointed Trustees :
The Right lion. W. E. Gladstone, M.P. Sir Walter R.
Farquhar, Dart., Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., 111. P., and Henry
Kingscote, Esq.

SUPERIOR CANDLES.
AVIEVS CANDLES, 51-d. per lb. ; Wax
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genuine Sperm, 2s. ; genuine Wax, 2s. 3d; Yellow Soap,
465., 52s , and 481. per I I2lbs. ; Mottled, 60s. and 645. ;
Windsor, Is. 4d. per packet ; Palm is. 4d. ; old Rio ,it
Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 2s. ; Camphor, 2s. ; Almond,
21. 6d. ; superfine Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. ; genuine
Sperm Oil, tis. per gallon ; Solar Oil, 3s. 6d. For cash. At
DA VIES'S old-established warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane,
opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house.

eIA I3BURN'S ANTI-DOLORIC OIL,
FOR THE CURE OF RHEUMATISM, GOUT,
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" TO Mr. CABRURN,
" Dear Sir,-11 have the pleasure to inform you many per-
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great benefit from your Oil, it has effected several extraordinary
cures, the particulars of which I will with pleasure give
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and another with a spinal affection which was deemed hopeless
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fact, from its general goodness, it is a pleasure to recommend
such an article. " I am yours truly,.

~J. 'CLAYTON.

" Meeke's-place, Doncaster, July 17, 1843."
Tesiimonials of importance within these few weeks have been
sent from York, Sheffield, Hereford, Manchester, Durham,
Rr:ghton, Norwich, Hull, &c., to Mr. Cabburn's Dispensary,
King's Cross, London, where the Oil maybe had in bottles, at
2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., Ilc and 225. ; likewise of all the principal Me-
dicine Venders in the Kingdom. Ask for Cabburn's Oil for
tl • mire of Rheumatism, &c.

FOGS AND DAMP AIR.
BA RCI, AY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has,
for many years, been proved an effectual Preservative
less Inc it lotrects of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter
Season, are so prevalent in this Climate. Its eabcts arc to expel
Wind, to preserve the Stomach from the admission of Damps, and
to relieve those who sutler from Dillic•ilty of Breathing.
Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street,
London • and Sold Retail, by their appointment. by Sanger,
Oxford-street; Gifford 114, and H. Burfleld. 150, Strand;
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WHEREAS, THREE LETTERS, addressed
to THOMAS HOOD, Esquire, to the care of Mr.
COLUMN, have been sent adrift, endorsel " Not known to
Mr. Colburn !!!" It is requested that all communications for
me be addressed to No. I, Adam-street, Adelph:, where (in
case of difficulty elsewhere) " Hood's Magazine," may always
be procured. T. HOOD.

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Moderate Premiums—Power to assured
of Payments. Prospectuses to be had at t
forwarded (post-free) on application.
F. FERGUSON CAMR

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le Office, oe will be

'U X , Secretary.

AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, and GENE-
RAL LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY COM-
PANY, 126, Bishopsgate-street, Corner of Cornhill.
Capital 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares.
DIRECTORS.
Edward Barnard, Esq. F. R. S. I Gideon Colquhoun, Esq.
Il*bert Brooks, Esq. Charles E. Mangles, Esq.
Henry Buckle, Esq. Riclwd Onslow, Esq.
John henry Capper, Esq. I William Walker, Esq.
Rii.uxults—Union Bank of London.

COLONIAL BANKERS—The Bank of Australasia (Incorporated
by Royal Charter, 1835), No. 2, Moorgate-street.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Co.
PHYSICIAN—Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildford-street, Russell-square.
SECRETARY—Edward Ryley, Esq.

ASSURANCES may be effected with this Company at un-
usually favourable rates, affording every variety of accommoda-
tion to the assured. Participation in profits, ascending and
descending scales of premium, permission to retain one-third
of the premium, which is charged as a debt against the policy.
tables for the assurance of a suns payable in the event of death
t. the executors of the assured, or to himself upon the attain-
ment of the ages of 45, 50, or 60.
TO EMIGRANTS, TO THE AUSTRALASIA N
COLONIES in particular, who are assured for the whole
term of life, this Company offers the dvantages of permission
to proceed to, to reside in, and to return from those colonies
without extra premium; and to pay their premiums there.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE AS-
SURANCE COMPANY,
No. 11, Lombard-street, at the Entrance of the Old Post Office,

London.
DIAECTORS.
JAMES MORRIS, Esq., Chairman.
JOHN LA HOUCHERE, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Venry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq.
John W. Buckle, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. M.P.
John Dixon, Esq. S. Marjoribanks, Esq. M.P.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Robert Mitford, Esq.
Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
Gtorge Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
John Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.

A. W. Robarts, Esq.
Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq.

AUDITORS.

ACTUARY-ariffith

Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
George Stone, Esq.

,avieg,Esq., P. R. S.

In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June
1829, exceeding One per Cent. per Annum on the Sums in-
sured, en an average of the different Ages; and two subsequent
divisions of nearly equal amounts were made up to Christmas
1835 and Christmas 1842. On an average of the three divi-
sions the Reversionary Bonuses added to the several Policies at
the end of every seven years amounted to about 27 per Cent.
en the total Premiums paid thereon during those seven years,
and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three Septen-
nial divisions exceeded 530,000/.

In the FIRE DEPARTMENT a return of 8? per cent. was de-
clared on the ith June upon the Premiums received on Policies
which had been in force Seven years and upwards, at Christmas,
184'2, and such return is now payable at this Office, daily (Fri-
day and Saturday excepted ), between the hours of Ten and
Three o'Cloek ; or by the respective Agents in the country.
Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at
Christmas 'must :be renewed within fifteen days at (this
office, or with Mr. Sams, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner
of Pall-mall, or with the Company's agents throughout the
kingdom, otherwise they become void.
GEORGE KEYS, Secretary.

LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN
LIFE ASSURANCV. COMPANY.
No. 3, Charlotte row, Mansion-house, and 55, Chancery-lane.

TRUSTEES.

K. Kingsford, Esq. I B. iffill, Esq.

I J. Bidden, Esq.

PIRVCTORS
KENNETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Chairman.
BENJAMIN WILL, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Alexander Anderson, Esq. James Hartley, Esq.
I
John Atkins, Esq. John M‘Guffie, Esq.
James Bidden, Esq. John Maclean Lee, Esq.
Captain I
F. Brandreth J. Marmaduke Rosseter, Esq.

THE HALF-PREMIUM plan of Assurance, as practised
by this Company, enables persons to retain to their own ase
the one-half of the premiums for the first seven years at La. per
cent. interest. Thus, suppose the ordinary premium for an
assurance of 5001. to Le 10/., the first payment by the half-
premium plan will be five guineas, being the one-half of the
104 , and interest for the retained half ; and if death should
occur in the first year, the sum of OWL would be paid lees the
5/. retained. The assured may thus have the use for the first
year of 51. ; for the second of IC/. ; and so on till the end of
the seventh year, when the retained sums, amounting to 351.,
may either be repaid, or retained at Si. per cent. interest until
death, when the 35!. would be subtracted from the 5001. then
payable by the Company.
Every information may be obtained by personal or written
application to the Agents of the Company, or to the Manager
in London.

ALEX. ROBERTSON. Esq., Manager.

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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

Fi1.)14 THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—The organs of the ultra section of the
TGries begins the year with a manifesto against Sir
Robert Peel, and the Ministry of which he is the chief.
Retrospection supplies matter fur reproach —" the
future" is invested with gloom, across which frightful
frtris are seen to flit, inspiring apprehension. of coming
calamities. " Twelve months," says the Mt, " have
now rolled by since, at the close of 1842, we gave sorrow-
ing and reluctant testimony on the nature mul conse •
quences of the political course which, d,mouneed on the
hustings by Conservative candidates, had been supported
in Parliament by Conservative legislators." . . "We
allowed ourselves to hope better things for the future."
But " the future"—to which the excited fears of the
Post looked forward with alternate anxiety and hope—
brought no diminution, much less a removal, of the
causes which inspired disappointment and " sorrow" in
the organ of the deceived and betrayed Tories. " When
the last session of Parliament had reached its ignomi-
nious close," the Post " took occasion to represent how
the patient expecting .friends of the Government—tile
patient and suffering people who elected it"—had Leon
duped and injured by " the Ministry which they had
placed in office." The Post, therefore—in the name of the nu-
merous and influential section of the Tory party—proceeds
to justify the dissatisfaction with which that party con-
templates the policy of the Government. The incom-
petency of Sir Robert Peel for the post he fills is set
f:irth in a variety of particulars, extending to every part
of' the policy of his Administration. As a financier,
his estimates arc shown to have been erroneous. The
grand scheme of finance," by which the Minister;
• .

and on which he consented to rest his claims to
public confidence, has proved a failura —a source of
disappointment to the country, and a proverb of reproach
,to the• charlatan who, with the confidence of a quack,
propounded it as a remedy for the national maladies.
The "Arms Bill"—which the Ministers pressed through
Parliament with a pertinacity that indicated the im-
portance they attached to its provisions in dealing
with the popular excitement in Ireland—that chc/
d'oeuvre of the Cabinet, is branded by the Conservative
Post as a " contemptible" measure ! The Premier's
Church-extension scheme is designated " an ingeniously-
contrived illustration of the mountain-in-labour fable ;"
while " great and important measures, as the Factory
Bill and the Poor-law—measures grounded on the
actual pressing necessities of the poor —were muti-
lated, withdrawn, postponed, got rid of in any way
that temporary expediency might suggest." To the in-
difference evinced by the Government to the outbreaks
in Wales, and the consequent ineffiCient' means em-
ployed to suppress the disturbances, and then to remove
the dissatisfaction which had produced them—to this
want of perception and promptitude is ascribed the in-
surrection which ensued :—" The Welsh' liebeccaite
tumults, ostensibly originating in local grievances of a
subordinate character, were [thus] easily inflamed to the
aspect of a semi-political rebellion." The course pursued
by the Government in dealing with discontents and core
motions in Ireland, meets with the same unqualified con-
demnation. With reference to our Indian empire, the Post
remarks—" The conquest of Sinde, and the revolution and
murderous massacre by which the Sikh territory has
been plunged into blood and anarchy, will not fail to
produce changes in the face of our empire in the East."
. . . . "It is :till undecided whether the Punjaub
shall continue an independent ally, or be incorporated
with our enormous Asiatic dominions." These changes,
and the uncertainty in which they invest the
future with respect to India, are rogarcled with ap-
prehension, if not with positive alarm. The in-
ternal condition of France and Spain is then alluded
to in terms anything but calculated to inspire re-
spect for the foreign policy of the British Government.
Had Lord Palmerston d'rected that department, the
agents of France would have been detected, and their
machinations would have been defeated. No such
scenes—at once humiliating and disgraceful, would have
been transacted. To the solemn imbecilities of Lord
Aberdeen—no match for Phillippe and his Mi-
nisters in statemanship—the fearful condition of Spain
is to be attributed. The Post pants for the-return of Ab
selutism as a cure for tlufanarchy which now prevails. TVe
desire the restoration of Constitutional Government, which
was overthrown with Esaartero, and the consequent re-
moval of the foul traitors who, having acquired power by
treachery and perjury, use the child they have placed
on the throne as alternately a puppet and a tool ; and
thus insult, degrade, and endanger the moaarchy they
hypocritically affected to reverence and professed a desire
to uphold. Louis Philippe, the ally of England, with whom
the Government is not merely on 'terms of amity, but to
whom the Sovereign of this country has recently paid
a visit of friendship and interchanged cordial tokens of
royal regard—this Prince is selected as the subject of
the Poet's vituperation ; his person insulted—his right
to the throne he fills impugned—and the speedy down-
fal of his dynasty predicted. And all this by a Con-
servative journal ! But the fortunes of foreign nations
must not. divert our attention from troubles and ca-
lamities that afflict our own. Such is the exordium with
which the Post introduces a description of the condition of
the national interests at home, " now we are in the third
year of the official and parliamentary supremacy of 'the
most able body of statesmen whom the present generation
has seen embodied in one Cabinet." What are our gains
by their wisdom and ability ? " The English producer"
is " going headlong to beggary ;" while the condition of
the manufacturing population is not permanently im-
proved. We inight continue the top'cs of.retropective
condemnation—of present dissatisfaction—and of antici•
pated ruin to each of the great national interests that
were to revive and flourish under the protection and
guidance of the heaven-born Minister. To his abandon-
ment of the policy which he gave his supporters reason to
conclude would be the system of his gOvernment, is
referted all the past, present, and predicted mischief's
which have, do, and will afflict the community.
Through the space of four columns of mourning,
lamentation, and woe, the Post describes and deplores the
failure of the Peel Administration. The .topics thus dwelt
upon by a Tory organ, we have, on many occasions, fully
discussed. If we have not started from the same points, we
have generally arrived at the same conclusions as our Con-
servative Contemporary. A growing dissatisfaction—the
product of disappointment in some,and of a confirmed con-
viction in others, that a change of administration, as the
only assurance of a change of policy, is essential to the
tranquillity and prosperity of the empire—pervades all
classes. Events are co-operating, with the growing dis-
satisfaction ; and indicate, most clearly, that the disrup-
tion of a Cabinet denounced by most and confided in by
none, is not distant.
STANDARD.—We are able to contradict, in the
most distinct and positive terms the statement put for-
ward by the Globe and Morning Chronicle, that the Cabi-
net has resolved upon the recal of Earl de Grey from
the Viceroyalty of Ireland. There is not one word of
truth in the story, or even a shadow of foundation for it.
The colleagues in office of the Noble Earl have every
reason to be satisfied with, nay grateful for, the Lord Lieu-
tenant of Ireland's conduct in his arduous office, and he is
not the man to abandon his post in circdmstances like
those in which Ireland is now placed. The fable which
we contradict is merely one of the natural productions
of the season. The least observant reader of newspapers
knows that'such fabrications come as regularly at this
time of year as the short days—we were going to say the
snow, but • that has not this year kept time as regularly
as the political fabulists. We repeat it, there is
no more truth in the story than in the projected repeal
of the corn-laws, which we had to contradict not many
days since. Earl De Grey is Lord Lieutenant of Ire-
land, and will remain Lord Lieutenant of Ireland as
long as -it shall please him ; and we trust it will please
him to remain to the enjoyment of that pacific triumph,
in laying the foundation of which he has had so large
a share.

TIMES.—The prospects of the new year, although not un-
clouded, are as fair as those disclosed by any of its immediate
predecessors. We begin the year in peace with every State of
Europe; we are at peace with Amettea ; and.we have every
reason for hoping that the partial war in India will soon be
brought to a happy termination. But the peace which we en-
joy is net a hollow, treacherous peace, merely awaiting some
diplomatic pretext, some red-tape sophistry, or some oppor-
tune weakness, to be changed into open war. Our relations
with all the Powers of Europe are those not only of tranquillity
but of amity. Not only is there no apparent cause of war to
alarm our Suspicions, but there is no desire of war manifested
by the Sovereign or the citizens of any foreign State. The
President of the United States joins with the King of the
French in the expression of an eat nest wish to perpetuate the
present harmony with Great Britain. The Ashburton treaty
has adjusted one awkward subject of dispute ; and we will do the
American people the justice to believe that they are not
anxious to find another in the indefinite boundaries of the
Oregon territory. France is no longer isolated; even
the rabid fierceness of the violent journalists against
the ambition, the falsehood, and the cunning of perfidious Al-
bion, has growled itself into silence. The people of the two
countries reciprocate those kindly feelings which their Sove-
reigns have expressed to each other on their behalf. So much
for our foreign affairs. At,home the prospect is less cheerful ;
still it is far from disheartening. If, indeed, we look to those
outward signs of prosperity which attract the superficial eye,
and satisfy the unreflecting mind, there is much to inspire both
hope and gratitude. A revenue now progressively increasing—
trade reviving to a degree at this season of the year almost un-
exampled—commercial speculation assuming a bolder and fteer
tone in the great m-rts of the north—all these are signs of
returning wealth and eirmeating capital. To many they are signs
of returning prosperity. May they prove so.! But let us not
forget, that while merchants and traders are investing
their money more freely and more hopefully—while the
national Treasury is becoming richer—while cotton-spinners
are designing new mills, and contracting for fresh labour,
to meet the demands for expected markets—let us not
forget that those whose toil is tasked to enlarge the
power of wealth and multiply the enjoyments of luxury are
themselves the victims of indigence and destitution. Let us
not forget the revealed condition of the labourers in some of
our agricultural counties ; let us not ferget the wretchedness of
our London poor ; and let us notblind ourselves to the poverty
and misery which has already been shown to exist In our manu-
facturing districts, and which will assuredly spring up in a
frightful and fearful multiplicity, if, on every otca,ion of tempo-
rary prosperity, labour is crowded into new factories, only to be
turned IttiFifp without employment as soon as the market is
glutted. In considering onr dompstie position, Ireland cannot
Ge everlooked. And yet what can we pay of a, country ti Imp

evils are as undeniable as the'remedies for them are v triers and
contradictory? To say that Ireland offers no diftiealtie.,, or
even no dangers, were absurd. Still we do nut believe the
dangers to be nearly so great as is imagined The Govern.
ment acted most foolishly in delaying to suppress the Repeal
meetings. Their tardiness gave the semblance cf earneatnes. to
an apitation essentially hollow, false, and hvpoc+itieal. It drove
the timid to join the cause from cowardice, anti the hypocr it ic .1
to persevere in it for 'the reputation of consistency. Had
they interfered earlier they would have c,nferred,:a great
boon on the Repeal gentry of Ireland, but a much greater en
the loyal and quiet Protestants. Now that they have evneed
a resolution to put down the agitation, baked as 11 cc are by
the popu'ar feeling of the empire, and having only a simulated
zeal for nationality to contend against, they must succeed
But when they have succeeded—when sedition is crtisteed, and
anti -Saxonism has perished—then come the labour and the
difficulty of governing her in the spirit of justice, in deratiun,
firmness, and kindness—of correcting her social ev.le and
couraging her natural advantages. Yes : there is a great work
for Parliament and the Ministry to do. To conei isle the
affections of the Irish without conniving at faction, or plaa ing
the fatal and Whiggish game of corruption—to give eirncst
and diligent heed to the condition-of-England question—to
resist. the strong effects of selfishness, whether in classes or
parties, agriculturists or manufacturers, and to corevet the
present unnatural distribution of the means of subsistence
these are the duties and the labours which the new sear offers
to those who have the courage and the heart to undertake
them; and which, undertaken with good heart ansi honest
purpose, will repay the country anti its representatives, if not
with entire success, at least with the blessing which never yet
was denied to good men working in a good cause.
HERALD.—'The Morning Herald having lately changed
its proprietors and managers, we deem it right, at the com-
mencement of the present year, to announce to our readers the
principles upon which the paper will henceforth be. conducted.
y will not essentially differ-Tfrom those whiellAniee been'
espoused by the Herald for some time past, viz. the principles
of moderate Conservatism in Church and State. Deeply at-
tached to the doctrines of the Anglican Church, as contained
in her Article i and her Liturgy, and as expounded by the great
body of her Divines from the time of Hooker to the
.presesit
day, we are unfavourable to those extreme High Church views,
which seem to approximate too nearly to the errors and super-
stitions of Romanism. Though we respect the private cha-
racter, and the motives, of many who are eminent among the
Traetarian party, we think that their zeal has outrun. their
discretion. We are anxious that the benefits of educa-
tion should be extended as widely as possible; but.
we think there can be no beneficial education of
which religion is not. the basis. If national schools are to
be established, as we ardently hope they will b', upon airy com-
prehensive plan, they ought to be conduct, d upon the princi-
ples of the Established Church, and under the guidance of her
ministers. To uphold the laws which secure private.property
is a duty not more imperative, and not more arduous, than
wisely to administer those which protect the rigLts -and inte-
rests of the poor. The statute of Elizabeth estah'ished a sys-
tem of poor la ws, under which England has reared up a more
- industrious and efficient population of labourers, and risen to a
higher degree of prosperity, than any country in the, ,world.
That abuses had crept into the administration of these laws,
which rendered some amendment desirable, we do not' deny.
At the same time, when a system is introduced, whiCh, in-
stead of recognising the light of the unhappy pauper to
relief, treats him as an intruder upon society, if not as
a criminal, we are disposed to look with doubt upon its
wisdom, and to watch iie administration with the utmost
jealousy. The adjustment of the corn-laws upon the modified
sliding-scale of Sir R. Peel, is an experiment, to which we think
that a fair trial should be given. We deprecate frequent and
hasty changes in financial matters; but most strongly do we
condemn that restless agitation which tends to disturb the
public mind, create panic in the commercial world, and destroy •
all confidence in the security of the law. While we desire to
afford an adequate protection to the agriculturist, we are rot
unmindful of that large and important manufacturing class, for
whose real good so little has been done by those who geow rich
by their labours, while they make the loudest outcries about
their distress. The laws which cone rn the relation
between workmen and their employers, the wages, time of la-
bour, health, morals, and general condition of our mechanics, are
subjects to which we shall from time to time 'Tait the public
attention. At this moment, the state of Ireland ; resents the
greatest difficulties to the British statesman. Our opinion is,
that the people of that country. disorganised and demoralised,
partly by a long c ant'nuat.ce of poverty and ignorance, but in
great measure also by the agency of rsckless ant designing
demagogues, require to be ruled with a firm and, Vigoroita
hand. That the union with Great Britain must be maintained
at all hazards, we, in common with most Englishint n, firmly
believe. But we also think, that for this, as well as for other
purposes, it is indispensable to uphold the Irish Protestant
Church With the progress of the reformed rel gin is as-o-
Mated, not only all the glory and ha; pines, of our own
kingdom, but everything which is great in the his- 1
tory of man ; and that it will ultimately work its
way, for glory and for good, in Ireland, we entertain no
doubt. That, however, which Ireland more immediately re-
quires, is the introduction of salutary economical measures, a
soundsystem of education, and astrong and discreet administration
of the lave. On the subject of law reform, we think that a good sys-
tem of local courts, such as may give anty and speedy justice
to the huinble suitor, is most desirable. We are averse to any
crude and h.tsty legislation on such matters; but are anxious
that some 'uniform plan, in accordance with the established
principles of our law, but extending its practical benefits, may
be introduced. With regard to our foreign relations, we need
hardly say, that the maintenance of peace, consistently with the
national honour, ought to be the primary object of our rulers.
For this purpose, we think that all interference with the in-
ternal affairs of foreign nations, unless forced upon
us by themselves, ought to be especially . avoided.
To preserve, but not to extend, the.. boundaries of
our empire; to give due protection to our colonies; to
enforce, as far as lies in our power, :the existing liera for the
suppression of the slave trade ; to propagate the Christian re-
ligion in the East, and other parts of the world *here our
power and influence. extend ; to enlarge our commerce by
friendly negotiation, but at the same time to keep in view that
reciprocity of advantages without which no commercial treaty
can be long maintained—these are the general features of that
policy which we approve. Such are our views upon those topics
which appear to occupy most of the public attention at the
present time. They are, we are convinced, the opinions
which are entertained by the great mass of the intelligent and
reflecting people of this country. Confiding in the h, nest in-
tentions of the present Government—knowing the difficulties
in which they are placed—and believing they are disposed, in
the main, to carry out the line of policy advocated by us, it is
our intention, as far as lies in stir power, to give them a steady
but independent support.

IRELAND.
THE STATE TRIALS.

DUBLIN, DEC. 29.--Although more than a fortnight
has yet to elapse before the commencement of term, the
note of active preparation for the forthcoming State
trials has been already sounded, and the public interest
in the result, which had begun to flag during the vaca-
tion, increases in proportion as the all important 15th of
.January draws near. Yesterday notices were s'rved on
the traversers to the effect that, in pursuance of the mo-
tion of Mr. Smyly, of counsel fur the Crown, the -speoial
jury will be nominated at 12 o'clock on Wednesday next,
when the High Sheriff of the city and the Uadvr-Sheriff
are to attend, and to bring with them the jurors' bo,k
and the special jurors' list, signed by the Sheriff sr his
deputy, and all the numbers written, according to the
Act ofParliament,on distinct pieces of parchment or card.
At the sitting of the Recorder's Court this day, Mr.
Close applied to his Lordship to order that the clerks of
the peace should furnish Mr. Pterce Maliony, as agent
for the traversers, with a copy of the special jurors' list
as returned by his Lordship to the High Sheriff.
The RECORDER stated that the officers of the Court
had applied to him for advice on the subject that morn-
ing, and having carefully read the Act of Parliament, he
was unable to find any clause authorising him to comply
with the application mado ; but as a matter of conveni-
ence for those concerned on both sides in the-approach-
ing trials, which were matter of notoriety, he would
advise them, if the Crown Solicitor and Mr. Mahony
concurred together in an application, that each party
should be contemporaneously furnished with a copy.
At a subsequent period of the afternoon an ',,ppliea-
tion was made at the Sheriff's-office fir a copy. of the
list,: the Recorder having stated that the only copy fur-
nished by him was that given to the High Sheriff. The
Sub-Sheriff, however, was unable to give any information
upon the subject beyond referring the applicants to the
High Sheriff,whose answer has not yet been made public.

BUDE LIGHT AT THE BROOMIELAW.—According
to the resolution of the river trustees, the steam-boat
wharf at the Glasgow-bridge, which certainly stood very
much in need of such an improvement, was last night
lighted up, for the first time, with the Bude light. The
light, which is calculated as equal to upwards of forty
ordinary burners, stands upon a pi!lar about twenty-
five feet in heighe, and sheds a brilliant illumination
upon surrounding objects. It has all the appearance of
a lighthouse towering above the bridge, sheds,- and other
elevations near it, and will be seen at a great distance.
Indeed, with such a- blaze, accidents to vessels arriving
or departing at a late hour from that part of the harbour.
even on the darkest nights, must be exceedingly rare.
The site is well chosen, and the light will, doubtless, prove
an immense advantage to the bustling portion of the
harbour where it is situate. Notwithstanding this most
useful addition to the steam-boat wharf; there is still
another to be made (the want of which is much 'com-
plained of by the public), and which could Le supplied at
a very small expense to the trustees; we allude to the
erection of a small clock in front of one of the sheds at
the lower end of the quay, whereby persons waiting for
steamers or hurrying to them, can gain at once infortna
tion concerning a matter sometimes ditfieult 'enough to
be ascertained, viz., the exact hour of sailing,'&e. The
advantages to be derived by this addition are so apparent
that we do not need to enlarge upon them. We hope
the hint will meet with due attention in the propc'r
quarter.—Glusgew Chronicle.

SHOCKING CASE.—On Friday last an extraorainary
accident occurred at Brombam Bridge. whereby a farmer
residing at Stagsden, of the name of Leaberry,- came to
his death. It appears that he had been to Bedford,
drinking freely, and at half-past six left the Bell inn,
and mounted ills mare to return home. Thy' ware waa
blind, and it is supposed that the deceased was too fresh
to guide her, the consequence was that she stumbled
over the parapet wall (which is very low) and fell into
the river. On Saturday morning a man num (4 Harrison
was going to his work, and saw the mare in the meadows
below with a bridle and saddle on. By the river he saw
a hat, And this excited some suspicions, and upon looking
into the river he saw a man lying at the bottom; Ile
procured assistance, and recovered tilt) whieit ht
then found to be that of lir. John Leaberry.— eaaritige
Chronicle. . ,

The Whig journals, partly, no doubt, with a view to create
alarm in the Conscrvat:vs ranks, and partly in order to prepay;
for a burst of affecte I disappointment and indignation—have
been lat”, for some time past in assaring us, that the text ses-
sion of Parliament must either cotnplete, or at least commence,
the repeal of the corn-laws; a repeal, in all probability, pro-
posed by Sir Rol ert Peel himself! "No man," said the
Chronicle of Dseember 2, "can expect the present corn-law,
or anything like it, to last two years. Perhaps the outlines of
i s successor are ah eadil on paper' and are of such a character
as to account for Sir Edward Knatchbull's absence from the
councils of the Cabinet." Such prognosties as these have bis.en
constantly matte use of in the %%'hig journals during the last
three mantas; and they answer, as we have already said, the
doable purpose of alas niog a few timid Conservatives; anti of
forming an apparent ground f,r vast rinlignation—when it
shall appear. at last, that the Ministry has not tt c slightest in-
ttntion of the kind; and when thus it will be said, the uni-
versal expectation" shall have been" lamentably (his ippointed "
T:10 plain fact, however, is, that but for thee politic prog-
nostics of the Whig newspapers, and the clamours of the
Leavw, net a single creature in her Majesty's dominions
would dream of such a thing as a further tampering with :he
corn-law:. Why should they? Sir Robert Peel is known to
be a cautious statesman : this measure, one of the chief acts
of the present Adroini-ttation, was carefully considered, and
passed with great deliberation ; and it has entirely answered
all the purpose of its frame's. On what rational ground, then,
should arty tie expect its sudden and causeless repeal, after an
exis'ence of less than two years?
We s,Ty that the measure has entirely succeeded. Indeed,
we may challenge any politician to adduce a case, in modern
times at least,. in which the objects professed by the proposers
of a measure have been so fully realised by the event. 'the
Reform Bill, we all know, disappointed all parties ; so did the
Municipal Corporations Bill ;so ditl the New Poor-law ;so
did the Penny Postage, which was to have augmented the
Pest-office revenue in theory, but which has nearly annihi-
lated it in fact. Nearly every nostrum of the Whig Adminis-
tration turned out altogether another thing from what its pro-
pounders intended. But the corn-law of 1842, we broadly
and unhesitatingly assert, has in no respect fallen short of its
proposer's views and intentions. It has done all that it was
intended to do ; and the enmity shown towards it by the Whigs
andlite League arises merely from its not doing what no one
ever supposed that it would do.
No one ever supposed, for instance, that it would stop the
clamours of the Leaguers. Those honourable and very worthy
pe-sons, like their great master and exemplar in Ireland, thrive
by. agitation. and bare not the least wish or intention to give it
or, so long as a grievance can be imagined or invented. It is
-the corn-law agitation that makes Mr. Cobden Member for
'Stockport, and Mr. Bright Member for Durham ; and both
these respectable gentlemen have told us, that they will never
-mare their agitation so long as there is an iota of duty on
corn ; in other words, that they will retain their present
tt proud position" as long as they can find adherents to follow
them, All this Sir Robert Peel knew long enough ago ; and
his Corn Hill was not intended to attempt what he knew to be
impossible; i.e , to persuade a vain and conceited demagogue
to retire into t ticurity, so long as he had the means of keeping
himself at the head of a popular agitation.
Nor, in the next place, was the Corn Bill of 1842 designed
to satisfy the clients of the Times—by establishing an eaten-
she and a steady continental trade in corn. That large and
regular imports of corn are needed, is disproved by the expe-
rience of the last ten years. That to import corn largely when
it is not. needed, must be injurious to the main branch of our
national industry, is self-evident. Hence the law of 1842 did
not propose to encourage a large and steady import ; and it has
not encouraged it.
What, then, was the object of the change effected in IS4'?
It was, to correct the previously existing system, by apply.
ing the results of the experience of a dozen years. It was, by
a more carefully graduated scale, to obtain greater steadiness
of price ; and also a rather lower price in times of scarcity.
Precisely what Sir Robert Peel described as his object, in tiffs
speech introducing the measure, has been attained, and at.
tai'n'd in the simplest and eas'.est manner, and at no cost of
pi inetple, or even of pecuniary advantage.
We will quote a single pa-sage from Sir Robert Peel's
speech of Feb. 9,1842, and then compare it with the event :
—" It is utterly beyond your power, and a mere delusion to
say that by any duty, fixed or otherwise, you can guarantee a
certain price to the producer. It is beyond the reach of the
Legislature." . . . . " But I should say, that for the
pro-ce•ion of the agricultural interest, if the price of wheat
in this country, allowing for its natural oscillations, could
be limited to some such amount as between 545. and 585., Ido
not believe it is for the interest of the agriculturist that it
should be higher."

Such was the Premier's explicit declaration of his object.
Now what has been the result? Here are the averages of
the
year IS43: s. d.
January 28 .... 49 3
February 25
March 25
April 29. • ' 47 0
May 27
June 24
July 22
August 26
September 23 . . .. 49 3
October 23
'
November 25 .
De •ember 23... ....... .
These prices have followed two favourable harvests. They
therefore natural!), fall rather below the figures stated by the
Premier as his nzaximunt, A deficient harvest or two would
probably raise prices fully up to that mark. But two circum-
stances here call for observation—lit, The great steadiness of
price which has followed the adoption of the new system
and 2d, That the price suggested by Sir Robert Peel has not,
in these favourable seasons, been fuly realised; though pro-
bably the average of three years will prove the accuracy of his
calculations.

And this makes the idea of lot ther change sill more prepos-
terous. The Glamourous party is that which demands low
prices . well, it turns out that Sir Hobert Peel's measure gives
them, after all, at least up to this time, rather lower prices
than he himself intended. Ile has already been better that,
his word ; and if any rectification can be needed, it must
'rather be in behalf of the other party.
There is, then, not.the shadow of a hope, on any reasonable
grounds, that the Government, after cautiously and delibe-
rately adjusting this great question in 1842, will re-open it in
1Y44. In Fact, the mere de►ire or disposition to do so, on their
part, would necessarily ,o shake public confidence, that the very
Coi.sois themselves would waver and oscillate at the prospect.
There is no such inroad upon the public credit, however, in
prospect for the chroniclers of 1844.

This single question disposed of, what have the malcontents
to look forward to? In wEat part of the kingdom, in what
quarter of the globe, can a grievance be raked up? Truly, for
Whig expectants, the prospect is lamentable. The League is
indeed their " forlorn hope." Peace in all parts of the earth—
a restoration of our finances—a still advancing revival of trade
and manufactures, would seem to promise a session of more
than ordinary quietness. But these are stirring times. Much,
we are aware, will be demanded of the Government, and we
believe and expect that much will be endeavoured by them.
Party strife may sometimes defeat their best purposes, as in the
cage of the Factory Education Bill of last year ; but they must
labour on in spite of disappointments; and we anticipate that the
coming session will not be a barren one, of carefully prepared
and well-digested measures of Conservative reform.—Herald.

STATE of the REPRESENTATION.
(From the " Complete Suffrage Almanack," 1844.)
It appears that there were upwards of one million
electors on the register in the year 1840. It must,
however, be recollected that a large proportion of the
electoral constituencies, about one quarter, never
exercise the franchise, so that the real effective
electors of the United Kingdom could not then be
estimated at more than 800,000. There is much
doubt whether the number of electors has been much
increased since that period, when we take into consi-
deration the severe distress that has, for the last few
years, visited all classes, except the higher, and the
wholesale disfranchisement that has been going on in
Ireland. If, therefore, we take the total number
of electors on the register in 1840, as representing
the whole of the electors who would now exercise the
franchise, it will, probably, he rather over than under
the mark.

It will hence appear that one person out of about
every seven male adults is represented in the House of
Corn:nons—that is to say, that out of the 6,736,07
male adult population of this country, 5,724,411 are
taxed by the State without having a voice in the
inching. of its laws!
. By analysing the list of constituencies, we arrive
at still more startling results. Thus, in England.
Wales, and Scotland, which return 592 members,
sixty-seven of the constituencies number less than 500
persons ; 145 less than 1,000 ; and 209 less than 2,000.
Accordingly, nearly one .1121 f the representatives of
cities and boroughs of England, Wales, and Scotland
are returned by about 100,000 constituents. Nor is
this all. We find that, in the United KingdoM, 232,
Members represent about 220,000; and thus it may
fairly he calculated that, out of the 658 Members of
the House of Commons, 330 of them—or a clear
majority—are returned by less than 300,000 persons.
The destinies of this country, therefore, are actually
confided to the hands of about one-third of the elec-
toral body. In other wards, one twenty-third part of
the male adult. population of this kingdom elect an
absolute majority of that House, which not only ex-
ercises an omnipotent control over the liberties and
property of all, but which is, according to the Con-
stitution of these realms, especially " the People's
House."

Much is said of our nicely balanced Constitution.
Let us examine it. The Crown is a mere puppet in
the hands of the aristocracy, and virtually, if not
no►ninally, possesses no political power. The House
of Lords, which, except in case of voting the supplies,
possesses a power commensurate with the House of
Commons, is, of course, the ready instrument of oli-
garchical rule. We now come to the third branch of
that Legislature, in which, according to theory, op-
posing interests are so impartially represented that
they form a counterpoise the one to the other. The
Commons' House of Parliament, designed to repre-
sent the peoide as distinguished from the nobility of
this country, who possess .a House of their own, is
chosen by the votes of one-seventh part, and a majo-
rity of its Members by one twenty-third part, of the
male adult population. This is the House of Com-
mons, which, according to the theory of the Consti-
tution, represents the sentiments of the whole people
of Great Britain !

WILL OF THE BISHOP OF JAMAICA.—The will of
Bight Rev. Christopher Lipscornbe, Bishop of Jamaica,
has just been proved in Doctor's-commons, by Mary
Harriette Lipscombe, the widow of the 'deceased, and
sole exteutrix named in the will. The will (which is
extremely short) bequeathes the whole of his property
(including valuable library, jewels, plate, and paintings
by the Old masters) to John Edwards, Esq., Receiver.
and F. Mayow, Esii,, Jitmai",
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General of Jamiiea; henry Lipscombe, Esq.,
in mist for his." iietkrly
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