The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-03 00:00:00

SUAARY OF NEWS

MARKET NE WS.—(THIS DAY.)
riat staninsre.
' SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow flay', 3/ 15s tr.: 41 15s ;
Useful ditto, 4116 s to 514 s ; tine Upland ditto, 5/ 55 td
51 lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 11 lOs to
1/ 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 12s to 1/ 14s per load. A
limited supply, and a steady demand.
CoMilertf.AStlaCoaree Meadow Hay, 3/ 18s to 4118 x;
Useful ditto 51 to 5155; Atte Upland ditto, 51 6s to
5/ 12. ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 5/185 ; Oat Straw, 11 10s
to 11 13s ; Wheat Straw, 11 13s to 11 15s per load.
Supply but moderate, and trade rather brisk.
IVIMECHAPAL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 15s to 4/ 15s ;
Useful ditto, 4/ 16s tO 61 ; line Upland ditto, Si 5s to
5110 s ; Clover Hay, 41 10s to 61; Oat straw, 1/ lOs to
I/ 125 ; Wheat Straw, 11 135 to 11 15s per load. A ,
fair average supply, and an active inquiry.
COLONIAL
SCGATL—There has been, very little business done in
British Plantation, only about 250 casks having found
buyers, inclusive of 103 casks Barbadoes, which sold
by auction ai 56s to 65s for mid to fine -greyish yellow,
being firmer prices, but the market is heavy. The
public sales have only offered 2,192 bags Bengal,' which
partly sold at previous rates. The only transaction
which has transpired privately consists of 3,000 bags good
yellow (clayed) Manilla, which have been sold at 20s, being
an advance of fully 6d for this description. It is like-
wise reported that 9,000 bags of similar quality have
subsequently been disposed of at 19s 6d. The quantity of
British Plantation landed last week at the East and West
India Docks was 876 hhds 64 tierces 287 barrels, and
there *ere taken for home consumption 1,552 hhds 235
tierces 313 barrels. The stock in the same places 'is
11,490 hhds 1,548 tierces 2,418 brie.
Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and
West India Docks was 197 puns 38 hilds ; there were
taken for home consumption 160 puns 42 hhds, and ex-
ported 53 puns 28 hhds. The stock in the same places
is 12,178 puns 1,401 hhds.
TEA.—The market is very firm, and rather promises
an improvement. The stock is 29,151,000. lbs for
the Port of London the deliveries this year have
ben 32,668,0001b5, and the imports 32,885,0001b5. We
quote Bohea 4d to Bd, Congou ord to ord 10id, ditto
rather blackish leaf is 6d to 2s 3d, ditto Pekoe kind
2s 2d to 2s sd, Pouchong 6d to 10d, Twankay is 22d,
ditto mid to Hyson kind Is Gd to 2s sd, Ilyson good
tifd 1s 11d, hilt] to good mid 3s to ss, young Hyson is 7d
to 3s, Imperial 2s /d to 3s, and Gunpowder 3s Id to
4s 6d per lb.
TOBACCO.—The market has not been so active within
the past month, but the sales were nearly 1,300 lihds.
Virginia has been taken at 3id to 4id, principally for
ketitueky leaf and strips have been in steady de-
mand, the former at 31d to 31d, and the latter at 4:1-d to
51d per lb. A few hhds of Maryland have been bought
in at 50 to Sid. Havannah leaf has been in good'request
at improved rates, and a good business has been done in
Havannah Segars.
TALLOW.— P. Y. C. is quoted 40s 6d to 40s 9d per cwt
on the spot, and Town 43s 6d. The stock is 41,828
casks ; the deliveries last month were 10,125 casks.
lIEMP.—Clean is 27s to 27s 5d per cwt. The stock
is 7,143 tons, and the deliveries last month were 940 tons.
COAL MAIINET.
Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Adttir'e
Main, 17. ; Buddle's West Hartley, 17s 6d ; Carr's
Hartley, 17. 6d ; Chester Main, 18s 6d ; Davison's
West Hartley, 18s to 18s 6d ; Hasting's Hartley, 185 ;
Holywell Main, 19s ; Nelson's West Hartley, 18s ;
Old Pontop, 164. ; Ord's Redheugh, 16s ; Tantield Moor
Butes, 16s 6d •, Tanfield Moor, 198 6d ; Taylor's West
Hartley, 17s Ad ; Townley, 17s ; West Hartley, 17s 9d ;
W. E., Bewicke and Co„ 21s 6d ; W. E. Clark and Co.,
18s ; W. E., Clennell, 18s 3d ; W. E., Edmondsley,
19s ; W. E., Gibson, 21s ; W. E., Heaton, 20s 6d ;
W. E., Hotspur, 19s 9d ; W. E., Killingworth, 19s 6d
to 20. ; W. E., Wharmdiffe, 20. 6tl ; W. E., Wreck-
ington, 17s ; W. E., Eden Main, 20a 611 ; W. E., Bel-
' mont, 218 3d ; W. E., Braddyll's Hetton, 22. 3d to
22s ed ; W. E., East Hetton, 20. 9d ; W. E., Haswell,
22. 6d ; W. E., Hetton, 228 3d ; W. E.j.ambton, 22s 3d;
W. E., Richmond, 20s 6d ; W. E., Sunderland, 20. 6d ;
W. E., Hartlepool, 22s ; W. E., Harvey, 19a 6d ; W. E.,
Heselden, 20s ; W. E., Kelloe, 22s ; W. E., South Har-
tlepool, lis 6d ; W. E., South Kelloe, 22s ; W. E., Ten-
nant's Hartlepool, 20. ; E., Adelaide, unshipped, and
Caradoe, 21s ; W. E., Bitchburn, 19s ' • W. E., Corondon
Tees, 2Us ; W. E., Gordon, 20s ; W. E. Seymour Tees,
; 21s 3d W. E. South Durham, 21s ;V. E., Tees, 22. ;
W. E., West Tees, 205 ; Blyth, 15s ; Clackmannan, 164
Coween Hartley, 17s 6d ; Hartley, 19s 6d ; West
Hartley, Netherton, 188:--Ships arrived since last day, 18.

LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.-(THIS DAY.)

A.ND

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On Satarday Louis Philippe, accompanied by see 0
officers, left St. Cloud for Versailles, and returne.4
seven o'clock.
A heavy fall of snow took place in Paris and its
nlcy on Sunday morning, and continued at inter!'"
throughout the day. of
The Moniteur publishes the returns of the price. p
wheat in the different markets of lb ranee, which sold :if
an average at Toulouse, Gray, Lyons, and Marseill
for 19f. 83e. ; at Marans and Bordeaux, for le•
and at other places for considerably less, at Chaeleio,
for instance, at 15f. the hectolitre (2i imperial hush' fr
A Bayonne letter of the 20th ult. announces the
cution of the son and brother in-law of Zurbaao
two officers at Logrono.
There is no positive intelligence in the Madrid jots
of Zurbano. • 01
The Saragossa mail had arrived without bringlof
advices from Upper Arragon, which had been P',lo
cepted at Ayerbe by a small armed band, in the ss' ;$
of Anzo. The chief of the movement in that quartr.ll
M. Fernando Madoz, the brother of the Deputy. 41b
The discussion on the Reform Bill was proceeded et,
in the Chamber of Deputies, but the proceedings
not of much interest. Several articles were adopts"
Co
AND • tei
At the New Court, Old Bailey,T. Taylor was colic d
of stealing ten looking-glasses and a large quantrol
japanned articles, crockery, drapery, &c., value °",er
upwards, the property of John Taylor. He via'
tented to six months' hard labour. 0'
Captain Arthur Whally Owen was indicted l'o,!id
saulting Edwin Davis, on board a vessel called the Xfstbi
Queen, on the high seas, within the jurisdiction 01
Admiralty of England, on the 22d of June, and ($lOO
12th of July last. The jury having consulted for , for
time, prayed leave to retire. Aker being 001'01
more than an hour, they came into Court and delifeol
a verdict of " Acquittal," accompanied by a bolo oe
Captain Owen would be more cautious in future.
Court at its rising adjourned to the 16th.
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William Latham and John Simmonds, two resr-,04
looking men, were charged at Union Hall with 01%4
to pay the difference between Ist and 2d class fare 'OO
Kingston to Nine Elms, and the former defendant .or
also charged with using indecent language in the sitoy
house, whereby he incurred a further penalty (ft
Both defendants said that with regard to the charfie of
defrauding the company, they had no such intenll:,:il:
that as they were not in the habit of travellingll kid
way, they went into the first-class carriages, 1131,n
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they were tLe right ones. Mr. Traill said that tt
most improbable iliey could have mistaken first
cond-class carriages, a;:c1 that they were bound to ;id
known or to have paid the tatierence in the fares 0,11'.00
was demanded of them. The ii:Jtsistrate then is° off
a fine of 20a. each on the defendants for that offencie',lo
condo
an additional 20s, on Latham for his indecent co

the station-house.
s; is stsr • rilid7dtZO7l AL213121- •01061,
The Duc de Richelieu, Viscount Canning, and. 100
party have been on a sporting visit to the Ear„do
Countess of Idahnesbury, at Heron-court. The
Richelieu left at the close of last week, on his ret7
the Continent. sePti
Baron Brunnow entertained a distinguished The
dinner on Sunday evening at Ashburnham House... S.
Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and. Lady Andnoei
merset, his Excellency Baron Nieutuann, his Escr9di
M. Dedel, the Earl and Countess of Jersey alwss°l
Clementina Villiers, Lord Fitzroy Somerset 6f r
Esterhaty, Baron Bremer, Sir Wm. C. and Lad!. fei
giant Codrington, Dr. Quin, M. Lomonoff, 80" ,
among the guests of the .Noble Baron.
Earl and Countess Grosvenor and Ladies Gnisov,
leave Motcombe House, Dorset, next week, for eOS
Hall, Cheshire, to visit the Marquis and Marchieli?
Westminster, with whom a large family party
the approaching festive season. 010
The Earl and Countess of Beverley and Lady)
Percy are about to leave Portman-square for ,ny?
where they purpose sojourning until the close 0.
month. t rool
The. Earl of Ripon is residing at his villa ,
Heath, where the Countess and Yiscount Goderle
arrived from Yorkshire.
Lord Bloomfield, and his Excellency J.
field, our Minister at the Court of Russia, left 141_,," /6st°llP.
mandant's residence at Woolwich, last week, for Dm,
The Marquis of Salisbury has, during the lesSiierti:j
entertained a numerous party at Hatfield Houser • De,
Among the guests have been the Marquis of Dour..°Jigif
and Lady Charles Wellesley, Lord Brooke, Sir "'a le
and Hon. Lady Middleton, the Hon. Captain 14/
Cust, Right Hon. Henry Pierrepont, &c.
The Marquis of Lansdowne and Lady L0w.;400',1
maurice have left Lansdowne House, Berkelekor,
for Bowood Park. The Earl and Countess oftedotlot
are expected to arrive at Lansdowne House on 11'4
from Bowood, to remain in town until after he c,
ship's accouchement, which is expected shore,'
place. Siff
The marriage of his Excellency the Baron A-'l,ce°l
mann with Lady Augusta Somerset will take Prelf,
Thursday next, the sth inst., first according t°
man Catholic rites, at Chandos Honse, and subsecie)
at Beaufort House, in the form prescribed by the
of England.
ith 1,4
On Friday the Earl of Lincoln, in company W.,,sc,
Brunel], Mr. Page, Mr. Barry, and Mr. Cubitt, ilriaki
the river, from Vauxhall bridge to Batterseeidg
ps•?aratory to introducing a Bill into Parlialnr
the putiose of the Thames embankment. besoll
The vario,:., new lines of street which have
gested in the wen: and east ends of the metres-ocl,
effect, which above six hundred houses b&verf or
posed of and taken down, ere now nearly Os'',
erection of the houses.
Workmen have commenced operations for forlelo
Victoria Park.
The subscription now in progress at Canner, of
erecting a monument to the memory of Generehtiosi,4
is going on favourably. In addition to the de.,,°!„
Lord Dynevor and the Hon. Colonel Trevor,
each, Major-General the lion. H. Lygoe, jV if lir
John Mansell, and Mr. D. Morris, M.P., have con j
most liberally towards that object. h
At the Surrey December sessions, after tile#l44,
reports ef the visiting magistrates had been ~defiio
Court proceed, d to the election of district tbetitg,
under the New Metropolitan Building Act ellrrj
follon ing gt.ntlemen were elected :—Cansher/sfrAs
Stow ; Streatham, Mr. Mullens ; Clapham -Or 6 d
Battersea, Mr. I'Anson ; Wansworth and Tooninitib!cd
Hiscocks. There were ten candidates, nine Lipsw
went to the poll. There was no case of felonY be
Court of the slightest public interest..; ietl
The anniversary meeting of the Royal Seedieptily
held on Saturday la-t, at the Society's apert"-ip 0,
Somerset-house, the Marquis of Northampt°l3,, Or'id
chair. The Royal gold medals were awarded Sv ep, 0;1,
Boole, of Lincoln, for a mathematical pePee'l/Aed
"On a new method in analysis ;" and to Dr. of
of Belfast. fur a paper, " On the thermal changes,ololool
Substitutions." The gold Copley medal was et Isa
Professor Matteucci, of Pisa, for his researches w
Electricity. 0° 1111
A meeting of the tenantry of the Marquis 0 tot
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was held in Newtownards, on the 21st
purpose of considering the propriety of to,,lpertJr
nobleman and Lord Castlereagh to a public
to their departure from Mountstewart,
ff 81,.3 4
lution to that of tnv" ct was unanimously and ,r•
siastically adopted. It was also resolved that 011
should be presented to Lord Londonderrf.

LONDON, DEC. 3.—Wind Northerly, fresh breeze, and
cloudy.
DEAL, DEc. 2.—Wind N.W. to E.S.E.•—Arrd. Nile,
Anderson, Arica; Paragon, Berbice; Emma Searle,
Hogan, Prince Edward's Island; Palemon, Sanderson,
Quebec. Sld. Black Nymph, Batavia; Grace Darling,
Madeira. The Everett*, Brown, from St. John's, New
Brunswick, to Hull, got on the Goodwin Sands this
morning, but has been got off, and has proceeded for the
North Foreland (she has gone to Margate roads with
loss of anchor and chain, which have been supplied to
her).
HAMRGATE, DEC. 2.—The Anna Agatha, in going off
the patent slip to-day sprung her mizen-mast.
Orz DOYRII, DEG. 2.—Mary, Randall, St. John's,
New Brunswick; Employ, ditto fur Hull; Ocean, Ri-
chardson, Ichaboe.
PORTSMOUTE, DEC. 2.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Red-
wing, Stewart, Miramichi, for Hull, leaky ; Claud,
Quebec, for Hull.
TORBAY, Nov. 29.—Arrd, Hope, Elliott, St. John's,
New Brunswick, for Bridport.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 2.—Wind S.E.—Off port, Wel-
lington, Chadwick, New York.
SterIIAMPTON, DEC. 2.—Arrd. Queen (s.), Gibraltar
FALMOUTH, E.5.E.2 fresh breezes.
OFF:THE WIGHT, Etc. I.—Orlando, Quebec.
OFF SEAFORD, DEC. I.—lsabella, Rio, for Bremen ;
Creole, St. Domingo, for Bremen.
PORTLEVEN, Nov. 30.—A cask marked " Ship Cathe-
rine ship-stores and provisions," and a large beam, ap-
parently belonging to a ship of 400 or 500 tons, not long
inthe water, have been picked up near here.
PORTCULLEAN, Nov. 30.—The Elizabeth and Arn,
Charles, of Kidwelly, which was driven ashore here on
the 4th inst., was got off on the 28th, and brought into
the pier, with damage.
LIYERPOOL, Dac. 2.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—Arrd.
British Queen, Antigua. Sid. John Gray, Ichahoe;
Unicorn, Gulf of Mexico; Wonder, Calcutta; Pollock,
New York.
CLYDE, Nov. 30.—Sid. Tay, Lengraill, Mobile.
Corm, Nov. 30.—H. M.S. Resistance, in getting under
weigh this morning tailed upon the ground to the east-
ward of the fort, and remains for the tide. Through-
out yeste-rday there was a dense fog, and the river
steamers %ere prevented running. To-day wind is
strong at S., with rain.
YAISMOUTII, DEC. 2.—A boat marked "
Stonehouse," with some oars and pieces of wreck, have
washed ashore between Winterton and Palling.

FLANDERS MAIL.
(RECEIVED TIIIS
BnussaLs, Dec: I.—The Chamber terminated yester-
day the debate on the budget of ways and means, which
wee agreed to without modification by a majority of
61 to 4.
A su,'den change has taken place in the affairs of St.
Thoni.s's. Among the Members of the Chamber who, fur
these three days have taken a malicious pleasure in de-
cry Ins the colony at St. Thomas, there are some who
would be very glad if they could recal their words while
they were talking of a ruinous combination and impor-
Jure, and at the moment when it was leaf expected a
change has taken place, and the English have
taken it up, What dues this mean ? What
has happened 2 Why, the English have said,
" You will not give three millions to a company com-
posed of your own countrymen l Well, we will give
them. You will not have your countrymen go with their
labour and their capital, to fertilise the virgin soil of St.
Thomas's ; well, we will send ours. You will not found
a Belgian American empire for your glory, and for the
future splendour of your industry; well, we will found an
empire which shall equal Anglo-America. Everybody will
be contented, because you will get rid of an affair which
annoyed you ; and we, because while seeking an oppor-
tunity to employ our capital to advantage, we at the
same time always bear in mind the territorial aggran-,
disenient and the prosperity of the manufactories of our
country."
We hope, however, that the Belgian Company will
not be completely transformed into an English one.
Undoubtedly those who give three millions to the
Company have reserved to themselves some rights of su-
perintendence and control. We may therefore expect
that some Englishmen will be joined with Belgiansin the
twelve Directors of the Company : we shall see Eng-
lishmen take part in the advantages which the peculiar
situation of St. Thomas's offer to the commerce and ma-
nufacture of Europe: we still hope that Brussels will
continue to be the seat of this Company, that Ost:nd and
Bruges will not lose the promised opportunity of sending
their ships and receiving the returns. All these, how-
ever, must soon be cleared up,—Courrier Beige.

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ROYAL VISIT TO STOWE.—W 6 are e°olol°,
announce that her Majesty has signified her cel3s.de
honouring by an early visit his Grace the Duktosierii
inghani, at his princely mansion in Buckingoeee
The precise day is net yet fixed, but we llor sl.°ll'
may state that the Court will leave Windsor r
either during the week before or the week glft? 40'0
mas. We are not aware that the melancholia 101.‘04
of her Royal Highness the Princess SePhittwlireferp"
change in these arrangements, which, yetoelc
should add, were completed before that event
—Post.
140613 Drip°
-VICTORIA. !PARE.—Yeaterday the Ivoro
menced laying down the oak posts and rallilno of_aef
boundary adjacent to the Grove-road. The tat briiil4
has been struck out for the new iron ornamee nee's.4o
which is to cross the Regent's Canal at 0° cerriTee
and a circle has also been made for a handsole_cee. 000
drive to the chief entrance from Bethnal-gl...adfietil,
improvemf3nts on the Old Ford-road, which, ceoll4
through the site of the park, have been neor'f X 19ce
PAISLEY.—STATE OF TRADE.---We 51,1011!.,IelcIO
notice that the preparations for the spring_As ;fear(
are now pre tty actively set on foot. The go_'-',l,ses„.lB
be made are of the richest description ths'iii", art cede
bebn manufactured in the country ; end it b
dress for the first circles, they are likeer _ore
those vajous classes of goods which the ~,,.fitie
have for some ;time had to contend with 101
Reformer :1 tclo. $l4l
Yeste 00110.,t,
MARINERS' ATIEGISTER TICKETS.-- sco 5, r
the first day of ti-ranting register tickets!,, c. 11,1
the Act of ParLiare ent 7th and Bth Victort.„.o, 2, t:eore
20, to merchant .ievnen, at the London slxccneeni.,t,
met-street, Towei•-hill. To prevent the floo_ Pod
that might arise 1"rom the assemblage 0,1be givsP;hett:
her of applicants for tickets than .coula.l those, ;
" v 3°
were taken alphabetically, beginning j,
surnames commenced with the letters Trop, 0, 1 g;5
day they will take D„c.:, F, G ; te-r"rton fricht)dlitisi'
L; on Thursday, M, 0, P, Q. -11 ; ....,;,hout .1 theool
U, V, W, X, Y, Z ; andl on Saturda);,eT
to livallaffor3of
tion of letters, those wh.,y have neglee_oonen_eri
selves during the week of the aceno.w.,,lo, deT.ooeo,,
by this arrangement. This prelionr_ccinalllB
tickets will be continued until the 7f, Jaratallr'oisb;
•the Ist v.,, ee
Act comes into operation on e-
on and after which register tickets withou.i. 9s ,
daily to all applicants entitled thereto' v gene
,a bee.,
tion. This excellent arrangement kb, sone Poperg:9,
faction to the numerous applioants• tie c.,10,111
adopted at the different Castom-hownsoelscoeo;oge v
The port of London is fuller no
eoW /3°
this regulation.
been known for a long time, who will take ad poet
There are 'on °cell
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Ts TRADE IN MANCHESTER.------- r ereCti of
FUNERAL OF THE PRINCESS SOPHIA OF GLo.,c---. lean fifteen warehouses in the courosfewelhist, otirc 118%4
TEL—The remains of her Royal Highness will be- de- ter,t and a dozen of them are
posited in thesame vault, at the west end of the south ! che, an averair' 40017.0 t
aisle of St. George's Chapel, which contains the remains the e, I"B'tool.laesase
of William Henry, Duke of Gloucester,
Gloucester, aho died in
who died in 1805,
of the Duchess of Gloucester,
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the Princess Caroline of 1807, and of tre,st ling of the like descriptiv
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MIELGIAN FUNDS.—linussats, Nov. O.
Actua Debt, 2% per Cent., —
Rtithsvhild's Loan Five per Cent .......
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent. 9B
4.. - Three per Cent —
.------- Thirty-seven Millions, ditto
(1840) lletliki
Loan of City, 1443, Your per Cent. lO2
1132 lOl
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent —
Rank of Belgium, Five per Cent 5.1%
—Brussels-Papers. Dec.• 1.
AUSTRIAN FUNDII.--Vinnna, Nov 25.
Flee per Cents. Metalliques• ,„,„..,, 100 15-16
",tr par C0nt5...........—. lOO
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Loan, 1634. *"... ****** 1 '''
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Ditto, 1039
Esterhaay's Loan
....Ifigernsine Zsitung, Nov. '2B.
moan, 1,141 f. 22.
DUTCH YUNDS —Ams7.. Money. Hills..
.. 64% 82%
Actual Debt, C.% per Cent........«- ....... - 75% 75V,
Ditto, data, 3 per Cent .............. ..... ......
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Ditto, ditto, 4 p,..! Cent........... 7..7.7.7...
gio, ITS%
alto, ditto Z pet cea.• .. ".,'''''' ' ...„,„.. ,44 .954,
Amore Syndic, 4% per cen -•••••• :
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Vitto, ditto, 3% per cent ...... '.. t
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CommervialCompany, 4% P" Cl"
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Loan 1837, 4% per c5nt...... ............. .
Exchange on s.ondon, (Memo,'" . .2 c 7
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ON THE OBSERVANCE OF THE

LETTER TO THE CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE OF
EXETER ON OBSERVANCE OF THE RUBRIC
IN TIIE BOON. OF COMMON PRAYER.-By
LIENRY LORD BISHOP. OF EXETER.

" Bishopstowe, Nov. 19.
"'Rev. arid Dear Brethren,—l address you on a
subject of very deep interest to us all—the diversity
of Practic'e in the worship of Almighty God—which,
in concurrence with other unhappy causes, has
threatened to involve us in a state of painful, I had
almost said perilous, disunion.
" That the mischief has not been felt so strongly in
this diocese as in some others, while it calls for our
*special thankfulness to Almighty God, may, we
hope, be ascribed in no small measure to warm and
steady attachment to the Church on the part of the
,Isity, and not less, I rejoice in thinking, to the gene-
resuberness and discretion of you, the clergy.

" But even here we are very far from being ex-
empt from the common evil. There are parishes in
Devonshire, and still more in Cornwall, in which
grave misunderstandings have arisen between the
Minister and the people, from causes for .which
aeither he nor they have been primarily responsible.
" Discussions of important principles in other parts
of the Church, though they found among us no vehe-
Inent partisans on either side, have led, in several in-
stances, to very painful results. Vhile they have ex-
cited in many of the clergy a livelier sense of the re-
sPonsibility imposed on them by their engagements to
the Church, and have made them solicitous to follow
out its requisitions to their full extent; they have at
the same time indisposed the laity to the reception of
any change, by exhibiting too many instances of the
fatal consequences of change, introduced, as it has
elsewhere been, by private individuals, whether from
simple desire of novelty, or as part of a systematic
attempt to bring back our Church nearer to the cor-
tuPt usages from which it was reformed.
" It was therefore actual experience of great, and
Pressing, and growing evils, which recently induced
Ine to have recourse to the unusual, but strictly
canonical, expedient of seeking the advice of those
‘',ll°Be office and standing, and I may truly add
those high personal qualifications, pre-eminently fit
them to form the Council of their Bishop.
" Sixteen members of the General Chapter of the
Cathedral of Exeter, together with the Archdeacons
of Totnes and Barnstaple (the Archdeacon of Corn-
. Wall being unfortunately absent through illness), met
In the Chapter-room, and gave me the benefit of their
I:lted deliberations. Another distinguished pre-
-0417 (reluctantly detained by sickness) sent to us
.",13 judgment, founded on long experience in one of
ice most populous and important districts in Corn-

" They were unanimous in deploring existing evils,
inni.lo apprehending greater, if some timely check be
not applied. And, if they were not unanimous in ad-
vising what that check should be, this very want of
nanitnity gave to me the advantage of more fully
bearing all that could be urged by able and expe-
rienced men on either side. After a discussion of
three hours more than two-thirds of the whole num-
b ,
er agreed in advising me, that the only proper, and,
tinder God, the only effectual remedy, appeared to
he, at once to restrain all undue change, and to look
to the law as our sole guide. Of that law, the law
that
°the whole Church of England, including under
Comprehensive term not the pastors and teachers
alone, but the people also—that is, the State—of that
One main and leading object, since the Reforma-
t`", has ever been to establish uniformity of public
131613'ers, and administration of sacraments, and other
rites and ceremonies.'
This object, good in itself, becomes inestimable,
BZnea weolook to the evils which it alone can prevent.
ut uniformity, it is manifest, can only be secured by
ifling down one rule. This the law has done. And,
tpe e
soetices, i
s of time
me have introduced some relaxations in
Practice,
in the great evils we now deplore,
a:ill:Convincing proof that the true remedy for those
van- Must be sought in returning to a faithful obser-
i ea
of the Act of Uniformity.
have at ACt has, in truth, 'every claim a law can
Men.
bn the dutiful and cordial obedience of Church-
and Based on the soundest principles, recognizing
the liturgy itself to be purely spiritual
111,; itB
origin, and applying temporal sanctions only to
euforce the use of it, this illustrious statute bears on
itn the character_of a solemn compact ; by which the
r',hnreh, having P rovidel for the nation a pure form of
'hristnt` worship, received for that form the assured
protection and support of the Crown, and all the
estates of the realm ; a statute which, for this very
reason,, is holden to be essential and fundamental,'
andlB so declared to be in the great Constitutional
Tett the Act of Union between the realms of Eng-
land and Scotland.
" Now, I do not say, that every departure from
anY Minute direction of th 3 Book of Common Prayer
enshrined
as it is in this fuldamental law, deserves to
be stigmatised as a violation of the national compact;
~11t I lay, that the duty of strict obedience to it can-
cl be too strongly felt by any—least of all, by the
I. this duty we pledged ourselves in our
:dination 'VOWS. We renewed that pledge, as often
- undertook the cure of souls, or were otherwise
admitted to serve in any office in the house of God
f ? the strict fulfilment, therefore, of that duty, no
42441 minister of Gcd's Word will think it a hard-
arauiP that his Bishop should now recal him. He will
attr,ll7l gladly recognise the fitness of recurring to it:
I"me of general doubt and difficulty, as the one,
°nly rule, by which our practice in Public
raXer can be honestly or safely regulated.
eut` And while a willing and hearty obedience is thus
arafid'intly anticipated from the clergy, can we ap-
tpend less ready acquiescence in the same course
hat" Part of the laity ? Assuredly not—provided
eh we previously instruct them in the nature of the
are 'n.ges Introduced, and of the reason for which they
ntroduced—not from love of change, but to pre-
fort change—to enable us, at length, to find a rest
Us °Urs amidst the fluctuation of usages around
Lovesfind it in strict obedience to the law.
staibtiVeed I add, that this very purpose of ensuring
is the Y, as well as uniformity in our public worship,
chti.:,",erY end. and object of the statute, as thus de-
in its preamble—' In regard that nothing cun-
(*big, more to the settling of the peace of this nation
of ~e° IS desired of all good men), nor to the honour
their religion and the propagation thereof, than an
Alts, al agreement in the public worship of
vtitba"t7 God ; and to the intent that every person
svbich M this realm may certainly know the rule to
his to conform in public worship, and admi-
ra44,
"ot n
of the sacraments, and other rites and cere-
of4l the Church of England.'
in t},:t. these reasons I scruple not to address you all
I
Wniet, language of most earnest entreaty—entreaty
of fo" thankfully acknowledge, after the experience
but warist.een years, you have never yet disregarded,
than C'eh I now put forth with far greater anxiety
With ,:ver before testified—that you will all concur
us in discountenancing every attempt to divide
peatet? Parties, by rendering a steady, uniform, and
ei0,11.1 obectence to the laws of the Church, espe-
In all that relates to the public worship of
of guts. God, as enjoined in the Rubric of the Book
X addnnnon Prayer. If to this my earnest entreaty
city 115 lam bound to add, the language of autho-
the f„111 order, you will, I am sure, see in it only
act 9r sanction and support of your own desire to
duty conformity with your own deep feeling of your
Ltiti I abstain at present from entering into details.
and fiZt, ho:ivsver, say that I advise a very cautious
the io.tuearing tone in all that respects the duty of
you 1
aY, as laid down in the Rubric. For instance—
offertore Fund to read at least one sentence of the
rem Y whenever the Communion service shall be
ebcp.,, lila it is left to your discretion whether you
e,seo7 read more, in other words, whether you should
ce a collection.
in "yr, In every church in which the congregation
ez4ten.eral is prepared to regard the collection as the
of offelare. °f a high Christian privilege—the privilege
there llng to God—of giving to him of his own—
vise that a collection be always made. But
wherev a
bethisttehir 7 the pervading tone and feeling is not yet of
itod,
wrtnh order, be patient; strive, but strive gently,
t.
elninpdrayer to God, to raise your people to a
44,41n0t debeeei tiadoiedestill they have attained to it, shock
I.lr prej; irritate not their selfishness, it
their worldly-mindedness. Only let them
, ve themselves ; let them see and feel that you
I,7ea): not theirs, but them.' Tell them the truth in
'"11 and leave the rest to God.
it i',9ne further caution I would add, though I hope
almost needless.
Whil
of the „ e I urge you to return to a full observance
~...,it.ubric—falling short of your prescribed part
twig—beware of exceeding it. The peculiar
Pang of of the times, as well as the prevailing tone of
;ZI;•9 :pinion, call upon you most powerfully, as you
~,,b`"Q void being in the number of them through
vat"lio offences come,' to forbear all unnecessary inno-
te..s n
th esPeeially as I have recently had occasion to
civ at Worn kind of innovation, the revival of

obsolete us,lges not required by law, which are asso-
ciated in the minds of the people with the supersti-
tions and corruptions or• Rome.
" This letter will reach you through your Deans
Rural ; and I advise you to communicate together in
your several deaneries ; thus of yourselves you will
on most points come to an accordance. Should
doubts arise, the Preface to the Book of Common
Prayer, concerning the service of the Church,' tells
you how to act. You are to have recourse to your
Bishop, who, if he be in doubt himself, is ' to send to
the Archbishop for the resolution thereof.'
" I also advise that you make no deviation from
the mode in which you may be now severally in the
habit of performing Divine service, until there shall
have been an opportunity of collating the different
practices and propositions of the different.deaneries.
" We may too, perhaps, be thus enabled to profit
by the construction put on the rubrics in other
dioceses, if any similar consideration of the matter
meanwhile be had elsewhere.
" One great advantage must arise from this delay,
that it will enable us to make all the change, which
shall be found necessary, at once, and thus to avoid •
future change.
" A very few months at the utmost will more than
suffice to enable you to bring all questions to a deci-
sion. Should it be necessary for me to explain the
grounds of the resolution of any of• the • doubts sub-
mitted to me, an opportunity will soon be afforded, if
it please God that 1 have health and strength to hold
my visitation in the next year, which it is my present
intention to commence immediately after my ordina-
tion on Trinity Sunday.
" There is one diversity," for the quieting and
appeasing of which' I will now take order.' This
I feel myself cared upon to do, because, unhappily,
the 'diversity' to which I refer is regarded by many
of the people as exhibiting the badges of party, on
one side, at least, if not on both. It cannot, there-
fore, too soon be settled.
" I refer to the use of the surplice in preaching, a
matter so inconsiderable, that it could not, of itself,
excite any strong feeling in any reasonable man. But
the more unimportant it is in itself, the more mani-
fest is the necessity of stripping it of that factitious
importance which is given to it by its being made the
symbol of disunion. This can be done only by re-
quiring that there be no longer any diversity, that
all either use or disuse• the surplice when they

preach.
"If there were no law, one way or the other, there
might be difficulty in deciding which to require. But
the law, on due investigation, is clear ; however com-
plicated may be the inquiry which is necessary to as-
certain it.
"That law, beyond all question hich can now
arise, requires that the surplice be always used in the
sermon, which is part of the communion service • and
as to all other times, whenever a sermon is part of the
ministration of the parochial clergy, there "is so little
reason for question, that I resolve the doubt, by re-
quiring (as it was. required in the diocese in which
my own ministerial life was passed, the diocese of
Durham, and there by the order of one of its most
distinguished prelates, and of our most eminent ri-
tualists, Bishop Cosin) that the surplice be always
used.
" There remains one matter on which there is no
rubrical direction, as it was not contemplated when
the Book of Common Prayer was compiled :—I mean
the sermon at the time of evening prayer. The power
of the Bishop to order it rests on a modern statute,
which does not control his discretion in ordering how
it is to be introduced. I therefore direct (and Ido so
with the express sanction of his Grace the Arch-
bishop), that, where there is a sermon in the evening,
it be delivered after evening prayer, in the accustomed
manner—that is, preceded by a collect (unless the
bidding prayer be used), and the Lord's Prayer, and
followed by the blessing. I hope it is unnecessary
for me to add, that there must be no prayer of your
own composing either before or after the sermon.
" I conclude with entreating you to join with me
in fervent prayer to Him ' who is the author of peace
and lover of concord,' that He will accept and
bless this our humble endeavour to promote peace
and concord among us within his own house, and in
his own immediate service.—l am, reverend and dear
brethren, your affectionate friend and brother,
" H. EXETER.

" P.S. I avail myself of this opportunity to suggest
a different subject to you—that you apprise me, some
time before my visitation, of any matters of moment
in your several parishes which may require special
consideration when we meet."

DISTRESSED NEEDLE-WOMEN.
A public meeting of the Society for the Protection and
Employment of Distressed Needle-women and for
clothing the poor, was held yesterday afternoon at
Willis's Rooms, St. James's. The Right Hon. Lord
Ashley, M.P., presided.
There were several noblemen and gentlemen on the
platform, and we observed many ladies of distinction in
the body of the meeting.
Mr. Roper (the Honorary Secretary) read the first
annual report of the Committee, which stated—
" That every precaution had been taken to avoid de-
creasing the funds unnecessarily ; and it can only re-
quire to be known the good that has been effected by
such limited funds fur tbopublic to continue their sup-
port of this Institution. Although the Society had been
established only nine months, the Committee felt confi-
dent that the benefits of the charity would be extended,
and the Society prove to be one of the most useful and
philanthropic institutions in the metropolis. Since the
establishment of the institution not one instance had
occurred of work being detained by the persons em-
ployed ; thus exemplifying, that a fair price for work
done was the surest preventive of workpeople pawning
goods entrusted to their care. Many of the class of
females employed by this institution wore persons who
had moved in a superior sphere of society, and who were
anxious to hide their miseries from the public eye.
" The number of day workers recommended from the
Institution, and engaged at wages not less than nine
shillings per week, are
Upholsterers
Assistant dressmakers
Shirtmakers lB3
Staymakers 27
Laceworkers
Shoebinders
Stockmakers
Flowermakers 2B
Needlewomen to private families
Cloakmakers

-975
Showing that 975 females of good character have been
recommended by the Institution since it was established,
independently of those to whom work has been furnished.
This number, however, is only about one-third of the
applications that have been made to the Institution by
respectable and unemployed females. The Committee
only ask one-third of the support for their own country-
women that is so benevolently bestowed upon foreigners,
who no doubt well deserve the support that is given
them by a British nation. This Society will give full
protection to the benevolent from the frauds practised
by what is termed the " begging-letter system," as many
females make it a practice, and, indeed, some a living,
by calling upon the charitable with a long statement of
their wants. If they really are deserving, their miseries
will be removed by employment being given them by
this Institution.
" Amongst the work-people employed by the Society,
and now earning 9s. per week, are a number of persons
who were obliged to make shirts from lid. to (seldom
exceeding) Is. per shirt. But this payment was made
by the person termed the middle-woman,' who, in fact,
gets the best remuneration, for she takes a large quan-
tity of work from the shop or workhouse, and emplo)s
as many hands as she can procure, who will work at the
lowest price ; thus dealing out to those poor creatures
work at a rate almost impossible for them to exist upon,
and not exceeding 2s. per week. The rate of prices
that have been paid by the Institution are from 2s. to

3s. 6d. per shirt.
" It has been stated that the Metropolitan Visiting and
Relief Association would be the means of assisting the
unemployed needlewomen ; but there is a material dis-
tinction between the one society and the other, the des-
titute poor being generally persons reared up in humble
life and accustomed to labour, whilst the sempstresses
are in most instances daughters of parents who have
moved in a different station of society, and who suffer
the most acute privations in silence."
The Secretary stated that the Committee had to ac-
knowledge the receipt of several contributions of goods
to the Society, such as flannel, shirting, needles, sewing
cotton, &c. It appeared that the cash received in do-
nations already amounted to nearly 5001., and that 336/.
worth of needlework had been sent in to the Society,
making a total of 7921., 5001. of which had been paid by
the Society in the shape of wages. After defraying all
necessary expenses there remained a balance in hand of
nearly 4001.
The following notification has been put forth by the
Committee :
" That all work sent to the Society shall be charged at
the following prices, viz. :

s. d. s. d.
A trimmed shirt
A plain ditto • 1 8 to 2 6
A boy's ditto 1 4 to 2 0
A shift
A night shift . 1 3 to 2 6
A night jacket 0 8 to 2 0
Petticoats 0 6 to 2 6
Sheets, per pair
Pillow .cases, per pair 0 6 to 1 0
Towels„ per dozen
Dusters, ditto
Cambric pocket handkerchiefs, ditto
Common ditto, ditto 1 oto 1 6
Table-cloths, each
Neck-handkerchiefs, per dozen
Napkins' per dozen
Children's shifts .............................. 0 6 to 1 0
Pinbefores 0 4 to 1 0
Children's petticoats
Frocks
Marking, per dozen ........................... 0 3 to 0 6
Hemming, per yard ........................... 0 Oi to 0 1
"No charge made for cotton or thread. All work to
be washed and cut out before it is sent, and, if required,
a pa!tern with it. An extra charge of 3d per shirt is
made, if cut out at the office.
" The work is done for ready money only, and no ar-
ticle allowed to be given out till paid for. The super-
intendent is empowered to receive the amount, and to
gives receipt if required."

The repo rt having been read,
The Hon. WILLIAM COWPER moved that it be re-
ceived and adopted.
Mr. Aldermen FAREBROTHER seconded the motion.
The Noble CIIAIRMAN said that, before he put the
question to the meeting, he wished to call their attention
to the special object for which they were then assembled.
It would, however, be unnecessary for him to enter into
a sta'ement of the circumstances which rendered the ex-
istence of such a society as the present necessary in so
great a metropolis as this. The destitution and distress
which prevailed among the class who were employed in
needle work was too obvious to need any lengthened
detail. It was impossible to take up any one of the daily
journals without seeing a record of the cruel and har-
rowing sufferings which that portion of our fellow-crea-
tures have endured. The report they had heard read
showed, however, the great good that might be effected
by such and similar institutions as this, and demonstrated
that, by their energetic efforts, it was in their power to
ameliorate much of the sufferings of those who were the
immediate objects of this Society ; but the more especial
purpose for which this meeting had been called, was to
stimulate the charitable portion of the public to
provide funds to meet the necessities of the coming win-
ter. This was a period of the year which pressed most
heavily upon those suffering under destitution. They
were upon the close of the old year, and at the beginning
of the new ; and it did so happen that about this time
there was almost invariably such a stagnation, to which
they whom God had blessed with affluence were vary
little alive, but to which those who lived upon their labour
were most alive, and felt most acutely. This Society, was
founded for the purpose of carrying out a grand and
unquestionable truth, that the labourer was worthy
of his hire,—(Cheers.) He held in his hand a state-
ment of various suggestions of means by which that
desirable end might be attained, but the Committee had
rejected many of them on account of the difficulties
that would attend their adoption. Seme persons had
proposed taking a large building, and disposing of the
goods fabricated by the needle- women employed by the
Society. But this was considered likely to make the
remedy worse than the evil, because it would interfere
with the interest of the general trader. Again, it had
been proposed by some that large houses should be
erected, where the women should assemble and work
together, but to this there were many grave objections.
In all the charity which they proposed to bestow, in all
the advantages they took upon themselves to give,' it
was their object to do all that in them lay, to encourage
that mainstay of the social system—that institution of
God himself—the domestic—that system by which the
woman might be kept at home, there to learn and exer-
cise the high and holy calling of a wife and a mother.—
(Cheers.)
It was likewise the object of this Society to
obtain for all those who might be employed by means of
its funds, a remuneration of at least 9s. a week, with mo-
derate hours of work. Some persons had said the
Society ought not to confine the amount of remuneration
to 9s. It was by no means the wish of the Society to
limit it to that sum,:much less did he intend to affirm that
9s. was an adequate remuneration for a mother of a
family ; but the object of the Society in putting the
remuneration at that limit was to prevent a greater evil ;
for the Committee felt:that if they were to contribute
more than that sum, they would, in many instances, be
creating the evil they sought to remove, for they would
be possibly- enabling a party to set up an establishment
in which some wretched girl, taken from the workhouse,
might he made to undergo the very privations which
that party was now herself enduring, and from which
it was theobject of the Society to rescue her altogether.
(Cheers.) Another object of the Institution was, to sup-
ply the poor with medical aid; and in that very little diffi-
culty would be found; for his experience had convinced
him that medical men were ever ready to offer their services
in the cause of charity ; proving,:as he had always found,
that their profession was characterised by everything
that was kind, generous, and self-denying.—(Cheers.)
He wished to advert briefly to an objection which had
been urged against the Society by persons who had expe-
rienced disappointment, in not having the objects of their
recommendation assisted. Now it did sometimes happen
that persons were sent to the Institution who were either
aged or unskilful in their business. But, although such
persons were entitled to every charitable consideration,
still a committee in administering the contributions of a
charitable fund must be guided, and act upon, certain
specific rules. Now, this Society was specially founded
for the purpose of giving aid to professional needle-
women, who had no other means of subsistence, and who
were the only really skilful workers in that business.
In some instances work had been given persons who were
inadequate to its performance, and the consequence had
been that those who had sent the work were much dis-'
satisfied with the mode of its execution. It was by no
means the intention of the Institution to interfere with
the trade in general, or with the shopkeepers in par-
ticular. The great wholesale dealers in many instances
had given the Society their most effective support, and
the Committee never thought of doing anything, directly
or indirectly, that could do injury to such parties. If,
however, injury should happen to fall upon other parties
—upon those whose object it was to grind the very faces
of the poor, he did not think there was any one in that
meeting who would feel the slightest compassion for their
loss.—(Cheers.) But he was most anxious to impress
upon the meeting that which he felt very deeply himself,
namely, the great evils that were arising in all directions
from that constant and unceasing effort on the part of
every one, to get every single thing—he meant not the
trifles of life, for them the did not care, but every neces-
sary that could be done for them by a human being at the
very minimum of remuneration—at the very smallest•
amount that would keep any mortal, being just within
the limits of this side of the grave. Look at some of the
cases where women have been ground down to the lowest
amount of remuneration that could sustain human exist-
ence. He himself knew of an instance of a woman who had
worked twenty hours a day, day after day, without in-
termission—(llear)—but what was it that worked them
down to this wretched condition ? First, there was the
workhouse.—(Hear, hear.) Work was taken in at those
places to a very great extent, to be performed by parties
who were maintained at the public expense. These per-
sons often made shirts at a Id., and even sometimes at a
id. apiece, and thus the public fund raised to relieve the
poor was brought into competition with these wretched
sempetresses, who were struggling to support themselves
and their children, from the very houses that were held
up as pieces of terror to them ; and yet those very houses
were made the instruments of their ruin.—(Hear, hear.)
To put an end to this system was the first remedy to be
applied. lie did not mean to say that work ought not
to be performed in workhouses ; but, if it were so, either
let it be confined to supplying the wants of the inmates
themselves, or else taken in at the market rate of re-
muneratior, so that no undue advantage should be given
—not to the poor people themselves, who do work in
those houses, but to the public, by the diminution of
the rates—that advantage being purchased by the enor-
mous sufferings of those wretched creatures whose cause
you are now met to support.—(Hear, hear.) The same
argument which applied to workhouses would also apply
to prisons, and the same remedy was equally applicable
to both. He, in company with Alderman Farebrother
and their worthy Secretary, had the honour of waiting
upon Sir James Graham upon this subject, and that
Right Hon. Baronet was pleased to express deep sym-
pathy with the sufferings of the needle women, and pro-
mised he would do his best to abate the mischief arising
from the causes which he (Lord Ashley) had been stat-
ing. Aye, but there was another description of place in
which much mischief was done—he meant the schools of
the metropolis.—(Hear' hear.) Work was taken in at
the charity schools and done upon terms most inade-
quately remunerative. It had frequently happened that
when applications were made at the house of this Society
to know upon what terms work would be done, and when
those terms have been stated at the lowest possible
amount that it would give, he would not say an ade-
quate, but a decent remuneration, the parties had gone
away, saying they could take their work to the schools
and there have it done for next to nothing.—(Hear.)
And this was what was called charity !—(Hear, hear.)
Before he sat down he was happy to have it in his
power to announce that her Gracious Majesty had
permitted him to declare that she would con-
tribute to the funds of this Society to the amount
of 50L—(Loud cheering.) He felt assured that
meeting would express its hearty gratitude for the mu-
nificence and charity of their beloved Sovereign.—(Loud
cheers.) Another illustrious lady, the Queen Dowager,-
had empowered him to add a second donation of 101.—
(Cheers.) And, moreover, she had given them the pri-
vilege of enjoying her name as the patroness of this In-
stitution.—(Cheers.) He had also to announce that
Prince Albert had empowered him to say that he would
be a contributor to the amount of 251., and he accompa,
nied his donation with the expression of sympathy and
kindness for the objects of the Institution. He (Lord
Ashley) hoped that these royal examples would stimu-
late the public, for it was to the public, through this
meeting, that they made their appeal, appealing, also,
for assistance from the public press, which always showed
itself forward and zealous in advocating the cause of the
destitute and the oppressed. He did hope that these
royal examples would stimulate all parties to come for-
ward and do something effectively for the relief of the
present destitution that prevailed among so large a class
of their fellow-creatures.—(Cheers.) It is hopeless (said
his Lordship), nay, it is useless, to attempt any social or
moral improvement of those classes so long as they re-
main in their present state of destitution and suffering.
(Cheers.) Food and raiment are indispensable prelimi-
naries, and unless these demands of nature be supplied,
it is vain, it is almost cruel, to talk of amelioration.—
(Hear, hear.) Just consider what a multitude of women
are concerned in this appeal. There are many mothers
of families who are whody unable to make provision for
the proper discharge of any one of the maternal duties.
Neither at home nor at school is there any possibility
for their offspring to undergo any domestic or religious
training. I have often said, and I do venture to say
again, and I will say it even to satiety, that the women
of a country are the chief sources of its virtue and of its
vice, and that unless something be done to raise this class
from their present state of destitution and disgrace,
there will be very little hope for the prosperity of the
British empire.—(Cheers.) When the Emperor Napo.
leon asked Madame Campen what he should do for the
benefit of France, that excellent woman replied, " Train
up for us a race of mothers." 'This is as true as holy
writ, because it is derived from it ; and I do hope that
from this day we shall be doing something effective
towards that great consummation, and that we shall not
be content to say , "Be ye warmed, and be ye fed," but
that if a brother or sister be naked, we shall at once' be
ready joyfully to acknowledge the relationship, and
prove that we are the children of one common Father.
The report was then received and adopted.
Mr. Alderman FAREBROTIIER observed, that as her
Majesty the Queen Dowager had graciously Conde.
wended to become the patron of this Institution, their
noble friend in the chair was necessarily superseded.
The first thing, therefore, they had to do was to request
his Lordship to accept the office of nice-patron ; he ac-
cordingly moved that Lord Ashley be vice-patron of the
Society.
Mr. REDMAYNII seconded the resolution, which was
unanimously adopted by the meeting.