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EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 24, 1R44.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY, do hereby give notice,

GREENWICH ANTI-CORN LAW

ing.) The Hon. Gentleman then concluded, once more
calling upon the meeting to co-operate with the League,
to strengthen it by every means in their power, and to con-
tribute as liberally as possible to its funds. On sitting down,
the Honourable Gentleman was greeted with a perfect storm
of cheering.

ASSOCIATION.

That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY
Will he held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY,
the 19th June next, at Eleven o'clock in forenoon.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

A general meeting of this Association took place yesterday,
at the Lecture Hall, Greenwich, for the purpose of receiving
a deputation from the National Anti-Corn-law League, to
consist of Mr. Cobden, and Mr. R. R. R. Moore. The large
hall was crowded to excess at an early hour, with a most
respectable assemblage, a goodly proportion of which, we
observed, consisted of ladies. The deputation, accompanied
by the President of the Society, Colonel S. Perronet Thomp-
son, who acted as Chairman on the occasion, entered the hall
a few minutes after seven o'clock, and were received with the
most vociferous cheers by the 1,200 persons assembled before
them. Mr. Moore being detained at Covent-garden at the
weekly meeting of the League, his place was supplied by Mr.
George Thompson, who accompanied Mr. Cobden as his co
deputy. Admiras Dundas, M.P. for the borough, was also
present.

Mr. G. TitomrsoN was then introduced, and was received
with great cheering. There was no discussion respecting the
abstract principle on which their agitation was based. That
free trade was the doctrine of common sense was avowed by
the President of the Board of Control, by Sir Robert Peel,
and by the Mites newspaper. The only difference arose upon
the application of the principle. The League only asked
that it should be impartially applied. They wanted to strike
at once at the root of the tree—to overthrow the monster
monopolies which supported all others. It was not a ques-
tion for nianufacturers, or labourers, or agriculturists alone.
The interests of all classes were one, and protection was only
protection to one party, and that was the unproductive class,
living upon high rents, while the great productive masses
wished to live upon what was the natural law—universal
free trade. The League directed its attention, it was true,
mainly to the abolition of the corn-laws; but the question
had since taken a wider range, and comprehended every inter-
est in society. The Anti-corn-law movement was notj at
variance with the other great movements which were now in
progress, lie was an enemy to all monopolies. The very
same principle which led him to abhor this monopoly, led
him also to abhor all political and ecclesiastical monopolies.—
(Immense and prolonged . cheering.) The corn-laws were
the key-stone of the arch of monopoly, which fettered
not - only the industry, but also the consciences
and the political freedom of men. The interests of mono-
polists were all in common. But if they abolished the
great monopoly, there was no other which could not be.
easily assailed.—(Hear, hear.) The corn-Jaws were radi-
cally unjust. - It must have bees the Jaw of God in placing
men as we found them, is theirl4finite diversity of circum-
stances, that:they should stand on the most unrestricted
commercial relations with each other.—(Cheering.) It was
melancholy that in such a country as this so many who were
ready and able to toil should be destitute of the common
necessaries of life, in a condition of physical destitution un-
paralleled in any other country in the world. Where God
had been most bountiful man was most destitute—where
twin should command everything, he was in want of every-
thing.-(Cheers.) The League was not weak on any sub-
ordinate branches of this question. It had been discussed by
the religious portion of the community en purely religious
grounds, and their verdict had agreed with the verdict of the
League. It had gone into the agricultural districts and
forced the dumb to speak, and wince they had so spoken out,
the public had had an opportunity to estimate the profun-
dity of their intellects and the nature of their political
economy.—(Hear, hear.) He did not wonder that the
House of Commons had refused the Committees of
Inquiry which had been frequently demanded. The re-
sult of the Import Duties Committee had taught them a
lesson. That Committee brought to light the extraordi-
nary and stupendous robbery which was annually inflicted
upon this country. They were not likely soon to grant
another such Committee; but the question was now fairly
before the country. Much was owing to the Anti Corn-law
League ; there was more than bread involved in this matter.
Political science should know nothing of Parliamentary
peddlings with the trades of men. The pretence on the part
of the Government to exclude such articles as sugar on the
plea that they were the produce of slave labour, was one of
the most monstrous and hypocritical frauds of which a Legis-
lature was ever guilty. That was not the way to abolish
slavery ; free trade would necessarily overthrow the whole
system of slavery, as slave labour could never successfully
compete with free labour. The cry against admitting slave.
grown sugar was raised by those who, a few years ago, were
all slaveowners themselves; and who, while they held slaves
of their own, refused to admit the produce of free countries, in
order to continue .the slave interests in the West Indies.
(Hear.) Mr. Thompson then adverted to the object of the
meeting, and urged upon it to strengthen the hands of the
League by co-operating with it in every way, and, above all,
by contributing in a liberal manner to the fund which the
exsensive operations of the League for the present year re-
quired for their successful fulfilment.--(Cheers.) He trusted
they would transmute their cheers into the coin of the realm,
and that their contributions would bear a good proportion to
the importance and nationality of the question.—(Cheers.)

EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 24, 1844.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY, do hereby give notice,
That the -TRANSFER-BOOKS of the said COMPANY'S STOCK
will be SHUT on TUESDAY, the 4th June, at Three o'Clock,
and OPENED AGAIN on THURSDAY, the 11th July ; and
That the WARRANTS for the DIVIDENDS on the said STOCK,
payable on the 6th July, 1844, under the 11th sec. of the Act 3d and
4th William IV., cap. 85, will be ready to be delivered on that day.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

As soon as the meeting was constituted,
The CHAIRMAN came forward, and said that they were
assembled that evening to receive a deputation from
the League. He himself had had the honour of acting
with that body in various parts of the country, and he
would leave to the Deputation the task of informing the
meeting of the long and interesting histories of their suc-
cess in every district which they had visited, only urging
them to mate the fullest disclosures, in order that those
there assembled might form a judgment of how far they were
acting with prudence in continuing their support to the
League, and to the great cause which it advocated.—(Cheers.)
All ranks and interests were then present, none wanted its
representatives, to lead on the public against the unjust and
partial system of legislation by which all were injured.
Much attention would be paid in the other districts of the
metropolis to the manner in which they would then receive
the Deputation. From their approbation the League would
receive strength. It had gathered strength everywhere else.
Ifhad been in Scotland, and its representatives present would
tell them of its success in that quarter. They would all soon
throughout the country be united for the abolition of the
corn-laws, under which every interest had more or less suf-
fered. He would now call on Mr. Cobden, the undaunted
champion of free trade, who had at heart, together with his
own interests, which every man had.a right to pursue, their
interests, and the interests of every body besides. The Chair-
man then sat down amid prolonged cheering.
At this moment a person from the body of the meeting in •
quired of the Chairman, if those who addressed the meeting
would answer any questions which might be put to them at
its' close ? These questions would be deferied till then, as he
was opposed to interruptions during the progress of the re-
gular proceedings.—(Hisses and partial cheering.)
The. CHAIRMAN said that he supposed that when those
whom the meeting had invited to address them had finished,
they would gladly hear any question from those whom they
had invited, but it was entirely, as to the latter, a question of
courtesy. The meeting was not under the smallest obligation
to hear any question answered which they did not like. That
was a matter which he would leave to the discretion of the
assembly—pledging himself to act in strict accordance with
whatever opinion they should express.—(Cheers.)
The SECRETARY then read a letter frpm Mr. Barnard,
MP. for the borough, apologising for his absence from the
meeting, after which
Admiral DUNDAS, his colleague, came forward, and was
received with tumultuous cheers. He was completely com•
mated in the cause of free trade in corn, and so far was in
favour of the League.—(Hear, hear.) He was also in favour
of a free trade in everything else.—(Renewed cheers.) He
would have preferred that the League had declared them-
selves free-traders altogether, than have declared themselves
the Anti-Corn-law League solely. As it was, however, they
had worked uncommonly well, and had certainly done their
duty, considering the interests in array against them. There
was one class of men opposed to them, however, and that was
the landlords, who should be grateful to the League, for
since the present agitation commenced the farmers had re-
doubled their exertions and skill.—(Hear, hear.) For that
alone the League deserved credit. The Gallant Admiral
then went on to say that he considered the question involved
in the agitation of the League as intimately connected with
the suffrage question.—(Hear, hear.) The suffrage was at
present upon such a footing, that the Peers and great people
throughout the country exercised all political power—a state
of things which was as impolitic as it was unjust.—(Hear.)
After dwelling at some length upon this point, and apolo-
gising for introducing matter which was not wholly relevant
to the question before them, the Gallant Admiral concluded
by assuring the meeting that he was always ready to give his
support to Mr. Cobden and his coadjutors, both in the House
of Commons and elsewhere.

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
AVACANCY in the East India Direction having
taken place by-the lamented decease of the Hon. Hugh Lindsay,
I beg to inform you that it is not my intention to offer myself as a
Candidate on the present occasion, in opposition to my friend Mr.
Whiteman. I confidently hope, however, by the kind exertions of
my friends, and my own active canvass, to be in a position.to present
myself for your suffrages at an early future vacancy.
I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your faithful servant,
WILLIAM DENT.
I I, King's Arms-yard, April 23, Mt

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IRELAND.
THE STATE TRIALS.

DUBLIN, APRIL 23.—Up to four o'clock this day no further
move was made by the Crown in the Court of Queen's Bench,
in relation to the new trial motion. The affidavits of the
town-clerks and their chief clerk, Mr. Magrath, filed yester-
day afternoon, furnish no answer to the specific charges put
forward in the affidavits of the traversers and their agents—
certainly not such an answer as would sustain the Attorney-
General in resisting the motion for a new trial. The town-
clerks and Mr. Magrath exculpate themselves; but Mr. Ma-
grath admits that one sheet, containing the names of fifteen
special jurors, thirteen of whom were Roman Catholics; had
been " mislaid" by some of the clerks employed by him.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—(Turs DAY.)
The usual weekly meeting of the Association was held this
day, in the Conciliation Hall. At half-past one o'clock the
chair was taken by Nicholas Maher, Lsq., M.P. for Tip-
perary. •
Mr. RAE read the minutes of the last day's proceedings.
Mr. O'CONNELL, after handing in several subscriptions,
announced 11. as the subscription of Anthony Burke, Esq.,
of Westpont, who said that he was a Protestant, and had
always been imbued with a strong prejudice against him
(Mr. O'Connell) ; but, from a consideration of the state of
Ireland, he could no longer resist the impulse which he
felt to become enrolled among the friends of legislative
independence ; at the same time that he fervently hoped
they would bury in oblivion all the party and
sectarian animosity which had set Irishmen against
each other, and had produced the enslaved and destitute
condition of their common country. He (Mr. O'Con-
nell) was sure that there would be no second opinion among
the members of that Associa.ion as to the wish so properly
expressed by Mr. Burke. If that wish were not reslised it
would not be their fault : others might persecute them, and
rage fanatically against them, but there should be no per-
secution and animosity on their side.—(Cheers.) They
preached the doctrine of peace and harmony among all
sects and divisions of Irishmen; and it was that which they
most ardently wished to see realised. In compliment to
Mr. Burke, he would take that opportunity to refer to a sub-
ject suggested by his sentiments. He had seen, with great
disgust, in the Weekly Register, a letter from Cincinnati,
in the State of Ohio, which contained an argument in favour
of slavery. Mr. Staunton must not have been aware
that that letter was already refuted ; and imagining that it
had been suppressed by the Association, he thought it, no
itd to theoubt,amwaenrllyd.thipt was
aanscl notp theroof case
fhisz
tihnadteptehnedeAncseseteoiagtiievne
had suppressed it, He besides saw, with regret, that it
appeared in the columns of the Pilot. He de-
nounced that letter. It came from Ohio, where
there was no slavery ; and three persons who
itnheiitr tsotadtee.fenodnae
of those persons had the very un-Saxon name of Galagher.
themselves
which
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avl
lo I uenxties et r eidn
scayslltedem
He (Mr. O'Connell) wished he was in America, to put a wet
finger on that name, and substitute for it some more appro-
priate one. They might, for instance, call him Pedrillo,
which was the name of a famous blood-hound in Cuba, that
used to slaughter as many as thirty slaves in a single day.
They were asked whether they should not compassionate the
case of the slaveholdets as well as of the slaves? He (Mr.
O'Connell) would ask whether their compassion was due to
the 100,000 slaveowners, whose cause the writers of that
letter advocated, or to the men who were made slaves of,
but who were the property of no other being than the eter-
nal, and mild, and all -merciful God ?—(Hear, hear.) He
blushed to belong to the same country with Pedrillo Ga-
lagher—he hoped that name should go beyond the At-
lantic, and be indelibly attached to him. 'the Hon. and
Learned Gentleman then alluded to the case of a young
man named Brown, who had been lately sentenced to
death in America, for having encouraged a negro woman
to escape from slavery; and he found with shame and e-
gret, that the judge who passed that barbarous sentence
bore the illustrious name of O'Neal. As they had a dis-
tinguished patriot of that name in the Association, they
should write to America, to have the name of that bru-
tal judge changed from O'Neal to Pedrillo the second,
or to O'Pedrillo.—(Laughter.) That man had the
blasphemous audacity to introduce several texts of
the Holy Scripture, and maxims of Gospel morality
into his sanguinary sentence, but he seemed to have
been created a judge only for the purpose of sentencing inno-
cent men to be butchered. He (Mr. O'Connell) was glad of
the opportunity of admitting a Protestant gentleman into the
Association to make these observations, and he referred to the
glorious example always set by the Irish Members of the
House of Commons in support of the abolition of slavery.
It was, indeed, the Irish Members who turned the scale in
its favour, after Mr. Pitt had contrived not to succeed in
carrying it out; and on that occasion the Irishmen of all
parties were to be found on the same side, Colonel Conolly
and Sir R. Bateson, and all the Members for the north of Ire-
land, voting with the Liberal Members in support of abolition.
After some further observations, he concluded by moving the
thanks of the Association to Mr. Burke.

Mr. COBDEN then came forward. The assembly rose en
masse, and a storm of shouts burst from every quarter of the
spacious hall. The cheering was again and again renewed,
and when it at length subsided, the Hon. Gentleman observed
that he felt somewhat at a loss on entering the meeting as to
how he should address them, or what he should say, believ-
ing that they were likely to be quite as well informed upon
the question as he could be himself. The Gallant Admiral
who had preceded him, however, had furnished him with a
peg on which to hang a beginning, at all events. He had
called them to task for not adopting the title of the " Free-
trade League," instead of calling themselves the " Anti-
Corn-law League." But he would explain to them how the
League was both of these, although acting under a distinc-
tive name. The Leae-ue believed that, if they could manage
to dispossess the landowners—who formed the majority in the
House of Commons—of their peculiar monopoly, these land-
owners Would save them the trouble of getting rid of all other
monopolies. They (the League) believed the corn-laws to be
the key-stone of the arch of monopoly, and they had only to
remove the key-stone, and the whole structure would fall.
Therefore it was that the League kept the battering ram
going against the key-stone of the arch. But they might
say that. they lied no proof that the League was in earnest
in wishing for free trade in everthing. The manufacturers
had no protection which they did not want to get rid of.
There were, it was true, laws on the statute-book enacting
that cotton goods should not come into this country from
abroad without paying a duty. But so was there also on the
same statute-book a law, at one time, subjecting the impor- ,
tation of coals to Newcastle to a duty of 245. per ton.—
(Hear, hear, and laughter.) In neither case could such a
law operate as a protection. The so-called protection on cot-
ton goods did not enable the manufacturer to sell his produc-
tion at a higher price at home than he could abroad. Out of
every seven pounds of raw cotton worked in England, six
pounds were sold abroad, and at a better price than the re-
mainder disposed of in the home market. The manufacturers
had, therefore, no real protection, and wanted none. He
might show the same thing to be the case with regard to
them. By free trade the League did not mean, as some sup li
-
posed, to abolish the Custom- house, to abolish the necessary
imposts for revenue. What the League wished was, that any
taxes put at the Custom-house should be for the Queen's re-
venue alone, and not for the purpose of raising the price of
corn sold by Sir Edward Knatchbull and others, that they
might afford to pay their marriage settlements.—(Cheers and
laughter.) The corn duties were never collected to increase
the Queen's revenue. Their object was to raise the price of
corn at home, in order that the , owners of land might rent
their land at a higher rate.—(Hear, hear.) In the House of
Commons the monopolists had ceased to reply to the free-
traders upon the subject. The Ministers were afraid lest
their supporters might commit themselves, and said to them,
as the counsel said to his client, " You had better not say
anything about the matter, lest you should commit your-
self and endanger your case." A paper had been put into his
hands, purporting to be a manifesto issued by the West Kent
Protection Society. That society, judging from an analysis
of the names subscribed to it, was composed of 13 labourers,
50 farmers, 50 agents, and 137 clergymen and landlords.—
(Hear, hear, and laughter.) And yet all these called them-
selves agriculturists.—(Renewed laughter.) Now, land-
owners were no more agriculturists than shipowners were
sailors. That society was for protection. It talked of the
heavy taxes of this country in comparison with those of other
taxescoun
thandid h
countries. It forgotte g rati
chnaittutrliistsem._an(ttei manufacturers paid
Iffa
inmtoiri
ee
aggregate we paid a larger sum than other countries, it was
because we had better means of paying. And as to labour,
he denied that it was cheaper on the Continent than it was
here. In proportion to the work done, a man in England did
more for a given quantity of food than any other man on
the face of the earth.—(Hear, hear.) Their representative
had just told them what the League had done for agriculture.
This Kentish Society seemed apprehensive that the
object of the League was to destroy agriculture.
But he would say that morn had been done
during the last five years for agriculture in this country,
than during any fifteen years before the organisa-
tion of the League, and if the mere alarm that they would
have to come to free trade had done so much for the agri-
culture of the country, what might they not expect when
it would be in actual operation I—(Hear, hear.) A great
deal has been said as to the effect which free trade would
have upon wages. It would not tend to reduce wages. as
had been alleged ; but the reverse, for not only in manufac-
tures, but also in agriculture, would it give rise to an in-
creased demand for labour, which was incompatible with a
reduction of wages. ;They might beltold that foreign countries
would not take British manufactures in exchange for their
corn ; but would the foreigner give his corn for nothing? He
would take their manufactures. There had yet been no al-
teration in the tariff to extend the foreign trade: Let them
set the foreigner the example of free trade by abolishing
duties upon corn, and that would be followed by the adop-
tion of free trade by the foreigner. They were told that the
foreigner would only take gold for his corn ; but where
would they get the gold with which to pay him ? In
countries where gold was produced; and all that they had
, to do, if the foreigner would not take their manufac-
tures, was to send these manufactures to those countries
and bring back the gold to pay for the corn. So much
for the question of corn. There :was another question
equally important, that of sugar : the West India interests
and the corn interests at home were leagued together to
keep the people on short allowance in both these articles.
They were now paying double what the foreigner had :to
pay for sugar hi their own Custom-house. The foreigner
might come to the Custom-house and purchase Brazilian
sugar for one half the price which they had to give for sugar
of the same quality.—(Shame, shame.) Nothing was more
wholesome or nutritious than sugar, and they should, not be
restricted in the use of it. As to the cry against slave-grown
sugar, that was a very dishonest plea. We had.no objection
to refine slave-grown sugar in bond, while the same prin-
ciple, which excluded it from our use, also excluded the sugar
of free countries. 'When refined, the sugar grown in Brazil
was sent to Switzerland, Turkey, and even to Jamaica, to
be consumed by the coloured people there, at nearly half the
price which Englishmen had to pay for it, and still the West
India gentleman got up in the House of Commons, and ex-
claimed against the sin of encouraging slave labour.-(lm-
mense cheering.) There was no country in the earth la-
bouring under a more degrading servitude than this. To be
ruled over by an oligarchy of the sugar hogshead and the
flour barrel was really degrading—while in comparison to
that, a servitude like that of Napoleon or Cromwell would
have atoning features about it, from the mighty intellectual
force to which they would then bend. The Hon. Gentleman
then called upon the meeting to give their support to the
Anti-Corn-law League, and advised them to be ready for the
next election, as there was a great influence against which
_nt(hei as
euar, thatuhse e.aowasr eat after all they would hnve to contend.—(Hear, hear.) He advised
them to form themselves into a registration society, and to
betaaekurseseic.are that every vote on the right side was properly
registered,
voted for Mr. Villiers.,—( themaliliakde
ela) l bestr et
ll already
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tyhe orege,osoafdovriniNgit the
mhe
Hear,y
bear, and prolonged cheer-

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THE ST. ANN'S SOCIETY.
The annual dinner of this excellent Institution took place
last evening at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The
company was larger than we remember it on former anniver-
saries, there being upwards of 250 gentlemen present.
The Right Hon. Lord Ashley, M.P., took the chair. His
Lordship was supported by the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Hervey,
Mr. Commissioner Harris, the Rev. Dr. Croly, Mr. Alderman
Johnson, and many of the most influential merchants of the
city of i,ondon.
The cloth having been removed, the " Benedictus " was
sung by the professional gentlemen present.
The customary loyal and patriotic toasts were then given
in succession, and duly honoured.
" Prosperity to the St. Ann's Schools, and may the present
recipients of its bounty prove its future supporters," was then
given by the Noble CHAIRMAN, who, in his usual eloquent
manner, expatiated on the benefits conferred by the Charity
on a large and important class of the community—namely,
the children of those who had seen better days. He appealed
to the intelligent and healthy appearance of the objects of
the Society's bounty, who had been introduced into the room
(in number 289, boys and girls), in furtherance of his recom-
mendation, and the appeal was responded to by prolonged
and enthusiastic applause.
One of the boys repeated an address laudatory of the efforts
of the Noble Chairman in favour of the friendless offspring
of that humble class of the community of whose rights he is
considered the especial champion,
much cheering.
The children then left the room amidst the cordial appro-
bation of their assembled patrons. which was greeted with
The health of the Noble Chairman was then proposed, and
drunk with all the honours.
Lord ASHLEY acknowledged the toast with much feeling.
The able manner in which the present management have
conducted the affairs of the Institution is evident by, its pre-
sent flourishing condition. But ten years ago it was 2,0001.
in debt, and since that date the debt has been paid off, a new
building has been erected, the number of children has been
trebled, and upwards of 4,0001. funded. The sum subscribed
was unusually large • amongst the names announced by Mr.
Leeks, the naive and efficient secretary, were many of the
highest rank amongst the dignitaries of the Church, and the
merchants and corporation of London. Her Majesty was at
the head of the list. The services of the stewards of the day,
and the officers of the Institution, were duly acknowledged ;
and the company, having warmly kept up the hilarity of the
evening, separated at a late hour.

SOCIETY FOR THE EMANCIPA-
TIONOn Tuesday
OF INDUSTRY.
evening a numerous meeting of the friends
and supporters of this Institution was held at the offices
several
ofe r tahle Members Society.
of the Society, in Parliament-street, for the purpose of
giving publicity to, and adopting steps to further the
objectsr were
v
m gentlemenmons.p resent
w
Mr. ANDREW SPOTTISWooDE was voted to the chair,
and explained the nature of the meeting. The country
of At
hmeon llgositi se the
of C o
was detached into various and singular classes, who
each professed to have a remedy for the existing
evils, but whose professed remedy was fallacious and fan-
ciful. It was is the principles of that society alone that
a remedy was to be found, and pamphlets and tracts had
been published to explain them. It had, however, been
ascertained that explaining them verbally was much
more effective, and much more conducive to the interest
of the society than by promulgating them through the
medium of tracts. It was, therefore, their intention to
hold weekly meetings in that place until the public were
fully made acquainted liith their objects. The princi-
ples they advocated were not new ; on the contrary,
they were as old as Aristotle, Plato, and had been en-
tertained by all learned men from their day down to the-
present tune. They merely assembled together to ex-
plain that the principles held in the time of Aristotle
were worthy of every attention now. Previous to the
year 1819 twenty millions were advanced annually
towards reducing the National Debt, but since then not a
single farthing had been paid. It was clear, then, the
present monetary system of the country and standard value
of gold was wrong, and they were determined to agitate
until they obtained some reform, or were convinced their
views were erroneous.

Mr. LAMIE MURRAY followed with a series of re-
marks upon the injurious operation of the present system
of currency, and laid down the principles of the Society
as applicable to the circumstances of the country. Ile
elucidated, with considerable power, the advantages that
would accrue from a liberation of gold from the fixed
rate of 3/. 1.75. 10id. per ounee, and the allowance of a
paper circulation, convertible at the market or commer-
cial price of that commodity.
ATTWOOD, of Birmingham,. advocated at some
length the revival of the Bank ot. Restriction. He never
heard of any objection being raised to it when in exist-
the
ence ; certainly it never was petitioned against by
people, while, to his certain knowledge, 360 petitions
were, in 1819, presented to the House of Commons
against the then proposed change. It was the means of
carrying the country through a long and tedious war,
and heth that, had
unless
hesitation
no
o the
Bank
revived, to some extent, a revolution would ultimately be
the fate of this country.
i n
Restrictionexprssin Act were again
g his firm convic-
tion
Mr. Muntz, M.P., and several other gentlemen, also
addressed the meeting at some length, advocating a free
trade in 'gold, and an entire change in the monetary
system ; and thanks having been accorded to the Chair-
man, the meeting was adjourned till this day week.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—COURT BEAUTIES.—Much has
been said and written relative to the assemblage of
female beauty celebrated under this title. The portraits
by Sir Peter Lely and Vandyke, in Windsor Castle, are
doubtless faithful representations of those fair and suc-
cessful aspirants to a notoriety which endures to the
present day. But how gratifying are the conclusions
we are enabled to arrive at in favour of our own times !
The polished observances of modern society seem to
have had their effects in subduing the bold expression of
eyes akin to those that beamed upon the Restoration.
While a costume ever chaste and resplendent has super-
seded the stiff and formal sameness of the "olden time."
And to these, important advantages may be added a
pleasing restorative and preserver of the complexion,
Gowland's Lotion, in removing every species of cu-
taneous impurity, and sustaining a brilliant vivacity of
tint, has long been appreciated in the highest circles.
Au assurance of the sterling remedial qualities of this
invaluable article cannot be too- firmly entertained by
all who suffer from irritability and discolouration of
the skin, •

The motion was seconded and carried unanimously.
Mr. O'NEILL, withdrew his notice of motion, given on the
last day of meeting, to the effect that any man who should
move, at any time, for the dissolution of the Repeal Associa-
tion, to have his words taken down. Upon consultation with
the Committee, he (Mr. O'Neill) thought there was no neces-
sity for bringing the motion before the meeting.—(Hear.)
Mr. O'CoNNELL said he approved highly of the course taken
by Mr. O'Neill, and moved a vote of thanks to him for a
pamphlet on Repeal which he had lately written, and that
steps be taken by the Association to have it circulated
through the country.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN seconded this proposition, which was car-
ried unanimously.
Mr. RAY read a letter from Mr. Fitzgerald upon the present
state of Ireland, to whom Mr. O'Connell moved a vote of
thanks, which was carried.
Mr. S. O'Bnirix read a communication from a Mr. O'Far-
rall, of Dungannon, which contained a correspondence that
had taken place between himself and the Irish Executive,
in reference to certain outrages committed in that part of the
country by the Orangemen. The answer received from the
Castle was, that the people should appeal to the local magis
trates ; and Mr. O'Farrall, in his letter, said that there was no
justice to be had from Orange magistrates for outrages com-
mitted by Orangemen, and he hoped that the Repeal Asso-
ciation would take some measures to protect the people. Mr.
O'Brien said. he hoped that the Repeaters in the north would
do all they could to conciliate their Protestant brethren, for
ho believed that their co-operation was absolutely necessary
for the success of their cause, and he would say to the Re-
pealers of the north, " suffer injury and wrong, and continue
to hold out the hand of friendship to your Protestant neigh-
bours, and they cannot much longer continue to be estranged
from you." Let the Protestants of Ireland come and join
them hand in hand—let them declare, as they did before, that
the Queen, and the Lords, and Commons of Ireland had alone
the power to make laws for the Irish people, and they would
soon see their country a great nation.—(Cheers.)
Mr. O'CONNELL expressed his delight at what had fallen
from Mr. O'Brien. He (Mr. O'Connell) knew a great deal
about the property of the country and its forfeited estates,
and if they were to be again reclaimed, whatever property
himself and his brother possessed would be taken from them,
for every perch of it had been forfeited, and that at rather a
recent date.—(Hear, hear.) As to the idle apprehensions
about the forfeited estates, none but fools could seriously
entertain such notions. There was one thing in Mr. O'Far-
rail's letter which he could not accede to, and that was, the
harsh epithets applied to Colonel Verner, and some other
persons mentioned in his letter. He agreed with Mr. O'Brien
that much should be borne on the part of the people, and
every effort made to conciliate the Orangemen. As he was
speaking of the north of Ireland, he would allude to the death
of a most excellent man, who lived in the neighbourhood of
Dungannon—he meant the Rev. Mr. Boyton, as honest and
as upright an Irishman as ever lived—and he trusted that
ho would be permitted to strew a flower upon the grave of
a political opponent. Mr. Boyton, in 1837, made one of the
best repeal speeches that ever was made, and he (Mr. O'Con-
nell) had reason to know that Mr. Boyton would have long
since come forward to join the ranks of the repealers if he
could have got a Protestant party sufficiently strong to sus-
tain him, and in any event, had he lived a little longer, he
would have taken part in the struggle to make his country
a nation again.—(Cheers.) It might be said of Mr. Boyton,
as was said of Bishop Bedell, here lies the last of the Irish.
—(Cheers.) If allowed to go to Parliament, he would move
for copies of the correspondence referred to by Mr. O'Farrall,
and if he could not go there, there would be an honest Tippe-
rary boy to take his place.—(Cheers.)
Mr. STEELE moved a vote of thanks to Mr. O'Farrall, fhe
writer of the communication, which was passed unanimously.
Mr. J. REYNOLDS read the report of the Committee of the
Repeal Association, appointed to inquire into the state of
joint-stock banking in Ireland, and the effects of the Bank
of Ireland monopoly upon the prosperity of the country. The
document was of great length, and went on to show the ad-
vantages that Scotland received from the establishment of
joint-stock banks, the want of banking accommodation
amongst Irishmen, and the evil effects of the monopoly of
the Bank of Ireland, which prevented the issue of notes, or
the discounting of bills (except with notes of their own bank),
within fifty miles of Dublin.
Mr. DOHERTY brought up a report on the Municipal Bill
for Ireland, introduced by Sir James Graham. It was one
of those mock measures by which it was intended to deceive
Ireland with the notion that her interests were consulted in
the English Parliament, while, in reality, the advantages
offered in the shape of assimilation to England were a mere
illusion.

Mr. O'CONNELL spoke at some length upon the report
brought forward by Mr. Doherty, and moved that it be
printed and circulated, and copies of it sent to all the Irish
and English Liberal Members.
The amount of the rent for the week was 290/.

OASTLER LIBERATION FUND.
A meeting of the friends of Mr. Oastler,and the subscribers
to the fund for effecting his liberation, and purchasing for
him an annuity, was held yesterday, at the British Hotel,
Cockspur-street ; Lord Feversham in the chair.
Mr. Oastler sat on his Lordship's right, and Mr. B. Fer-
rand, M.P., on his left.
The Noble CHAIRMAN explained the reasons and objects
of the Committee in calling the meeting. Large and liberal
as were several of the subscriptions, they still fell very far
short of what the Committee had expected, and they wished
to lay the report of the receipts and expenditure before the
public. The subscriptions, he was happy to say, were not
confined to any party ; on the contrary, persons of all shades
of politics had contributed. His Lordship then read letters of
apology for non-attendance from Lord Kenyon, the Hon.
Stuart Wortley, Mr. llashleigh, M.P. for East Cornwall, Sir
Henry Fitzherbert, and Mr. Bailey.
Mr. BAILEy, the Secretary, then read the report, which set
forth that Mr. Oastler was sent to the Fleet Prison in 1830,
where, after two months' confinement, he was attacked with
severe illness, which endangered his life. It then recounted
the efforts made to effect his release, which was only done
finally by paying off to the utmost farthing the debt of Mr.
Thornton and costs.
At a meeting convened in that room on the 7th of April,
1842, a subscription was opened, and by the exertions of the
committee GOO/. was ecommittee and Mr. Atkinson, the secretary
col-
lected. The debt and costs amounted to 3,171/. 15s. 10d.
The subscriptions in all were but 2,0531. Os. 11d., leaving a
gross deficiency of 1,118/. 4-s. 10d.
Mr. WALTER moved the adoption of the report, which was
seconded by Mr. WILKINSON,i‘.p., movedl the
andcarried unanimously..
Mr. B. FERRAND,second resolution. On
rising,. the ibh%Gentleulanwas received with great cheering,

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which was kept up for several minutes. He bad known Mr-
Oastler for years, and a more upright and honourable man
never existed. He had been tried, and not found wanting.
(Cheers.) Neglecting himself, he had vindicated the rights
of others—rights which had been too long neglected. Too
long had the Parliament been passing laws for protecting the
rich and the strong, whilst the poor, and The weak, and the
aged had been neglected. At length Michael .Sadler stood
forth in their defence, and with him stood Richard Oastler.—
(Cheers.) Sadler failed ; but, thank God, his mantle had
fallen upon one who was fit to wear it. But there was a re-
ward which Richard Oastler bad received that was more
valuable to him than the support of the rich. He had the
blessings of the poor—(Cheers)—and he was called by the
white factory slaves their king—(Cheers)—and it was
through his instrumentality that the House of Commons had
at length declared its intention of legislating on Christian
principles—principles which soon will triumph.—(Cheers.)
The resolution was seconded by J. B. RYDER, Esq. He
regretted that throughout the West Riding of Yorkshire,
and in those places where the factory system was in fullest force,
the clergy, especially the Dissenting clergy, did not come for-
ward as they ought. Mr. Ryder having expatiated on the
horrors of the factory system, he denounced the most infa-
mous of all laws—he meant the infamous New Poor-law.—
(Hear, hear.) Good God, what an inroad that was upon the
laws. If a revolution were to take place to-morrow, that
.was the very thing to light the match. It was.the very thing
they could raise a revolution upon to-morrow.
The Chairman then called on Mr. OASTLER, who was re-
ceived
with immense applause. He had been the friend and
associate of the late Michael Thomas Sadler from his boyhood,
and from him he had imbibed those principles which he had
since carried out. By Sadler he had been instructed in the
principles of the British Constitution, and by him he was
taught that if they were properly carried out, they were cal-
culated to lead to the happiness of all, not only to guard the
rights of the poor, but of all. From him he learned, also, to
feel for the oppressed. If ever there lived a man whose
heart yearned for the distresses of others, it was Dliehael
Sadler, and if he were to detail the scenes he had witnessed
in his company he would sear their hearts. Having
eulogised Mr. Sadler, Mr. ()ostler proceeded to say—He
looked upon the people of the country as one complete
whole, and he considered that the freedom . and happiness
of each depended upon being restricted from trampling
upon the rights of others ; and if ever this country should
fall, it would fall in consequence Of having forsaken those
principles of the Constitution—those principles which our
modern Legislators affect so much to despise. The New Poor-
law was the very personation of all that lie opposed. It was
destructive of the rights of the poor, of the rights of the
Church, and of the rights of the Crown itself. Ile would not
say much at that time upon the subject of factory labour, but
tell them two anecdotes. Last night lie was in company with
a clergyman of the Established Church, who had just come
from Manchester. Whilst there he fell in with a poor factory
woman, who told him she went to work every day at six
o'clock, and worked until night. She bad a child, which she
could only suckle before going to her daily labour and after
returning from it ; and on Sunday she could do nothing, and
go nowhere, but sit at home and look at her child. The
other anecdote was one in which he had himself been the
interrogator. He had been in Manchester last Sunday, and
he met factory women ; one of them had a child. She
went to work every morning at half-past five, and returned
at half-past ten at night. She went home during the day to
dinner. When he asked her how she contrived to suckle
her child, she replied that it was only at those times she
could do so ; that when she was a young mother
.she used
to suffer ; but now the milk oozed from her breast so easily
that she was relieved ; but her clothes used to be wetted to
her feet. Now, he would ask any medical man whether
such a system must not be destructive to the mother, as well
as ruinous to the offspring.

Lord Feversham h.aving left the chair, and Mr. Ferrand
being called thereto, thanks were voted to Lord Feversham,
and the meeting separated.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, April 24.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice M-AuLE.)
WILKINSON V. LORD LICHFIELD.

This was an action by the plaintiff to recover a sum of
1,2001., the amount of the defendant's promissory note, under
the following circumstances :—The note in question came to
the house of the plaintiff, through a lady of the name of
Edmas, but it did not appear what consideration he gave
for it.

For the plaintiff, Mr. Leman, of the house of Leman and
Urland, who had been his Lordship's solicitors, as well as a
Mr. Lewis and his clerk, deposed to the genuineness of his
Lordship's signature, and from the opportunities which they
had, they had no doubt of it.
For the defendant, Colonel Anson, the brother of his Lord-
ship, was called, who most positively stated that the signa-
ture to the note, as well as the endorsements, were forgeries.
They had been schoolfellows together, and he could not be
mistaken in the genuineness of his brother's signature. His
evidence was corroborated by his Lordship's private secretary,
as well as the inspector of franks at the General Post-office,
while his Lordship was Postmaster-General, and some other
officials, who all pronounced the signature and endorsement
to be forgeries ; there could be no denial of their capability
of judging, as they were in the daily habit of seeing his
signature to official documents.
His LORDSHIP summed up the evidence at gre at length,
and told the jury that they had a very nice distinction to
draw between the balance of evidence. His Lordship ob-
served that it would have been more satisfactory if the plain-
tiff had given some explanation how he became possessed of
the note ; however, on the witnesses which he produced no
imputation could be cast upon their credibility and their ca-
pability of forming an opinion, still on the part of the defend-
ant, the witnesses called were of equal respectability, and
above all suspicion; therefore it would be for them to judge
of the respective value of the evidence on both sides.
The jury, after.two hours' deliberation, found a verdict for
the plaintiff for the amount of the note, with interest.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
SENTENCES.
_

The following were sentenced to transportation for the
terms set against their respective names, viz.:—
For Life—Captain NV. Simpson, W. H. Barber, J. Fletcher.
For Fifteen Years—Martin Kelly, J. Barber, J. W. Sim-
mons, J. Burton, J. Edmonds.
For Fourteen Years—W. Brown.

For Ten Years—J. Grant, jun., J. Smith, J. Page, M.
Green, T. Wright, W. Bristow, B. Smith, J. Williams, J. J.
Ward, P. Ryan, W. Stropling, W. Gould, G. Barker, G. Bas-
sett, J. Grant, J. Wright, R. Frazer, J. H. Gunner, G. Pitt-
man, T. Collims, J. Childs.

For Seven Years—Ann Elizabeth Earnshaw, Ellen Cal-
lighan, Emma Wills, Johanna Burns, S. Rose, S. Lumb,
E. Robotham, G. Comerford, C. Freeman, J. Clark, J. Smith,
T. Karr, T. Bullen, T. Wanklen, T. Clark, C. Leaver, Ann
Turner, W. Saunders, J. Smith, V. Hatch, J. Kebble, James
Kebble, W. Brown, J. Brown.
Imprisonment, with hard labour, in the Houses of Cor-
rection for the counties where the offences were committed :77-

For Two Years—T. Wright, T. Francis, J. Riches, T.
Francis, T. Lees, Georgiana Dorey, Lydia Saunders.
For Eighteen Months—P. Wetzel!.
For Fifteen Months—T. Harrison.

For One Year—E. Oliver, J. Birch, Elizabeth Watson,
Ann Tillicloft, Ann Willey, Martha Lee, Harriet Smith, Jane
Bunn, H. Williams, jun., NV. Maher, D. Truby, F. Bann, E.
Stokes, J. B. Tyler, A. Young, T. Freeman, H. Williams, S.
Haggett, A. Young.
For Nine; Months—George Pollard, G. E. Slade, 11. Gar •
rett, T. Brown, G. Reeves, G. Slade, H. Garrett, T. Tyrell, J.
R. Moore, T. B. Proctor, E. Proctor, T. Purdy.
Six Months—Ellen Leary, T. Fewkes, G. Barnes, T.
Regan, J. Williams, 11. Williams, F. Turner, J. Glanville, J.
Rawlinson, W. Hustwaite. R. Hustwaite, W. Sanders, Mary
Williams, W. Shepherd, T. Sanders, W. Coyle, C. Thompson,
W. 11. Hatten, F. Bennett, T. Potts, C. Indler, W. Cook, N.
B. Proctor, J. Winter, T. Ridley, John Smith, R. Bye, T.
Ormford, F. Fisher, T. Giddin_gs, J. W. Banks, G. Adams, T.
Lucas, R. Bingham, J. Phillips.
Four Months—T. Holt, G. F. Norman, C. Reynolds, J.
Jackson, W. Borden, Saran Richardson, Sarah M‘Maley, T.
Richardson, Sarah Richardson, J. Daniels.
Three Months—Mary Collins, Margaret Jones, Mary
Kean, Mary Smith, Margaret Smith, W. Winyard, C. Roger-
son, G. Pomfrey, M. Gallighan, H. Moorcroft, H. Clark, J.
French, G. White, J. Jones, J. Warren, W. White, A. Boyle,
G. Moore, M. Cubitt, E. Kelly, J. Dredale, J. Nicholson, S.
Payne, J. Little, H. Stamford, Caroline Daley, C. Jones, G.
Harper, J. Williams, G. Wilson,'J. King, W. Clark, J. Mailer,
J. Jackson, J. Bosley.
Two Months—J. Bashford, Mary Ann Bidden, Maria
Lewis, Matilda Green, J. Heaver, T. Short, J. Pearce, W.
Watts.

The grand jury ignored the bills of indictment preferred
against the following prisoners, and they were discharged :
Margaret Bagwell, Harriet Odell, Susannah Birds, -Eliza-
beth Johnson, Martha Johnson, Mary Ann Allen, Elizabeth
Donovon, Elizabeth Bryant, J. Norris, J. Beer, J. Steven-
son, Elizabeth Smith, IL Jones, T. Brown, J. Black, T.
Townsend, H. Lawrence, J. Kennett, J. Dillon, and J.
Cummins.

Sentenced to Die—Mary Furley. '
OTHER ADJUDICATIONS.
Imprisonment for six weeks, 5 ; imprisonment for one
month, 12; imprisonment from three to twenty-one days,
10 ; traversed or adjourned, 4 ; acquitted, 57 ; privately
whipped, 3 ; enlarged on his recognisance, 1; judgments re-
spited, 12;. confessed, 37.
The Court, on its retiring from its unprecedented prolix
sitting, adjourned to Monday, the 6th of May next, when
Lord Chief Justice Denman, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr.
Justice Coltman will preside.

SKELETON FOUND IN THE RUINS OF TUE OLD
HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—Yesterday forenoon, the
workmen employed in the crypt of St. Stephen's Chapel,
which was part of the Speaker's house for several years
before the destruction of- the old Houses of Parliament
by, fire, and afterwards used, until recently, as one of the
Committee rooms of Commons, found a human skeleton
embedded in a mass of concrete about three feet from
the floor of the crypt. It appeared to have been
buried in the earth, as no vestiges of a coffin
were found, the general belief of those who have
visited the place being that the corpse never re-
ceived the rites of burial, and came there by un-
fair means, where it has no doubt lain for several cen-
turies.3.oung man ;
The skeleton appears to be that of a full grown
the teeth are in an excellent state of pre-
servation, and many of the bones exhibit but slight
Symptoms of decay. The circumstance is still further
involved in mystery, from the fact that the most authen-
tic annals of the old Houses of Parliament contain no re-
cord of the crypt ever having been used for the purpose
of burial; a circumstance which has excited considerable
sensation in the vicinity. The bones were placed in a
barrel and placed in one of the vaults of the new
building.
RamsEv.—SAD ACCIDENT.—As James Bartlett, a
man in the employ of Lord Palmerston, was employedon Monday last in sawing a limb' from a tree, near_
re-
ceived Lordship's house, he fell from a great height, an
injuries so severe, tha,. death ensued on Wednes-
day. day. The poor man has left a widow and nine children.