The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-27 00:00:00

A T H E R THAMES.

Some tell of the Ocean with his hidden gems,
rtut we would weave a strain for " Hither 1 hirees,"
Behold the raighty current in its pride I
See the huge ihipi that float upon its tide
While the proud river beautifully swells,
It feeds the streams of mercantile canals;
And thus we find, by this majestic tide,
A thousand lesser streamlets are supplied.
Now just a semblance is presented, thus, "
OL
ifkteh
,t
Fla,
tvhaesrt
Thames," stream" ofo rrad
schemese
Replenish, oft, unnumber'd "minor streams."
Though " competition" its " embankments" raise,
To "stem" the o'ertiowilig course" our trade displays,
Our " inundations" sweep thorn all awAy,
And still success maintains supolor sway.
mightywi'ic trading i finogws i
" for "us!
MOSES and SON, like that great river's Ude,
Beast a " resource that never shall be dried.

Though thousands " dip" into their "deepening stream,"
It still remains" exhaustless" as their theme,

•
Xiiii-w-iti; abundance shall it ever teem.
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TagHants, velvet collar ;net cuffs, lined throughout from 09 0
Beaver Chesterfield.
velvet collars and mill, ditto from 0 10 6
Codringtons, Peltos, York Wrappers, &c., handsomely
trimmed ... . .... ; ..... .. ................ ............ from 0 15 0
Warm Winter Trousers, lined from 0 4 6
Any pattern, Doeskin, ditto ................................ from 09 0
Double .breasted Winter Vests from 0 3 6
Dress Coats edged ........... . ................... . .................. from 1 0 0
ditto .........................MADE.T....0.MEA5URE..................... . from I 4 0
Winter Coats of the most approved make and material,
trimmed in the most fashionable style ..... ... ... from 1 5 0
Doubled Milled Tweed Wrappers, lined .................. Amu 0 16 0
Trousers of the newest fabric from 0 10 , 6
Or. Tnree Pairs . !eletatutlitas...,,,, fee 1 1(1 Q
Winter Waistcgats, in magas variety Or Materiel end
pattern
or ordered, if not approved ikr, cm,
Dress Coats
The best manufacture .. ........................................ ....from 2 15 0
Mourning to any extent can be bed at five minutes' notice, at the
a. 9 learn that the untradesmanlike
following prices :__,
Men's Suits, dress coat, vest, and trousers. .................... from 1 16
ion':
wnyhaltnes,tearnwceilh any other establishment.
Boys' ditto, jacket, vest, and trousers ..,,,,,,,,,,, ... .. . ,fresp 0 10
. and for obvious reasons.
N,B. Any article purehfisfd
changed, pi the rpouey returned.
CAUTIe)I.--X,. biases And Sati regret being obliged to guard the
pudic against imposition,
falsehood of being connected wit them, or it's the same concern,
ih,asneybehetaivreesno
ortedeontoneixn
and those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should spell or sepd 18
ISt, Mit,.".es to guard against disapPCr ointment, .4. ' -
Okoefs e,p. I,4o4Elapd so N. Tollgr.holos4le Wcioleu Drams,
end ClUtfi tars, 1.4, lillnorteg, and 86, Aidgate.

Naßvous DEAFNESS.—" ARNICA MoNTAXA."--A
paper of considerable importance to sufferers from nfberrvAsousthdmeafa;
ness was read on Saturdaian y afternoon, by pc: Qfgnin, ()meat
arnica montana " in the ; cure of
tini s the
street,c sShandtreefte (egi laYfft .t T4lhie4 lecturer3D
generallylP 801 ib aS
observed eda g thatn e
(l_dtelft-c
tnheerssewwasasmaomrearpkreedvadileirnetrthcilaci4;
be„weatsiTte4?ll.Livryplti
42wictugum,
and 44441441 gti4age,s, 4414 tom. 440 Diellevect t eirequent
failure of audsts in the cure of deaffiess arose froin a total
inattention to the difference between disorders arising from
either - mere torpor . or increased irritability, and those to
cal ea which were superadded structural .alotteerveratijoi.lngs.thatH, ehanoving4t
atteption to the dierpcor 'coontutron,
tflundl beneficiall44 several distressing nervous af-
fections, he tried it in nervous deafness, and had much plea-
sure in alluding to the cases of several highly respectable per-.
sons completely reliypd it 4 IFt epAivu 01e.4 cat:
14944q4 (14 Ofi'mutilatiO v,pcOse. braoine anrists of re-
oitihg the oruTi him glands of t e throat, and remarked
that Operations of this kind tended, from the shock produced
ou th,llcryou., ulefilkii iltr tllt.lll 11414113.
disease, and 044.1114,. 04110 4114Y-Ititeresting observations,
by stating tvaeihe ege Physicians omitted in their last
Pharmacopoeia" this valuable remedy, but hoped it would
be.restored in their next —Standard An abstract of the
lit'Sur9 ohcally bort/lOW* 11 crp,44

GREAT ANTI-CORN-LAW MEET-
ING AT GLOUCESTER.
TRIUMPHANT RECEPTION OF MR. COBDEN, M.P.,
AND A DEPUTATION OF THE LEAGUE.
GLOUCESTER, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 24.—One of
the greatest and most important county meetings was held
to-day, at noon, at the Shire Hall. in the city of Gloucester,
for the purpose of receiving Mr. Cobden and a deputation of
the Anti-Corn-law League, in order to hear the sentiments
of those gentlemen relative to the question of removing all
restrictions as to a free trade in corn. The meeting was one
of the most imposing and enthusiastic demonstrations in
favour.of free trade ever witnessed in this county. The Shire
Hall was literally crammed to suffocation, upwards of 4,000
persons being present, and hundreds went away, who were
unable to gain admission.
About a month ago a requisition, most numerously and
influentially signed, was presented to the High Sheriff, re-
questing him to convene a county meeting, on the subject of
the corn-laws, which that gentleman refused to comply with,
alleging that the requisitionists "did not represent the
feelings of the freeholders of the county." This requisition
received the signatures of no less than upwards of one hun-
dred and fifty great landholders of the county, embracing
among that number two Peers of Parliament, six of the
Members of Parliament connected with the county, and about
twenty magistrates, as well'as several of the most eminent
practical agriculturists of the vale of Gloucester. On the
refusal, the requisitionists, with the Earls Ducie and Radnor
at their head, determined to call a county meeting on their
own responsibility, in order to afford the tenant and practical
farmers of the vale of Gloucester an opportunity of hearing
the arguments of the League. -
The leaders of the " Anti-League" exerted all their influ-
ence among the farmers of the Cotswold hills to induce them
to refrain from attending the meeting, and not to listen to
the " balderdash" of the " Lancashire strangers." A re-
commendation was also given to the farmers that they should
commence a system of " exclusive dealing." It was really
a most gratifying sight to witness that the farmers, not-
withstanding all the persuasions and entreaties of the mo-
nopolists, determined to be present at the meeting, and
attended iu considerable numbers. "At any rate," said one
of those sturdy yeomen to a brother agriculturist, "at any
rate, it would do no harm to hear what the great Parliament
men had to say on free trade in corn."
Shortly after eleven o'clock the deputation from the
League took their station on the platform. Mr. Cobden
was received with a burst of tumultuous applause.
On the platform we noticed Earl Ducie, C. E. Handford,
Esq., the late High Sheriff of the County, E. Holland, Esq.,
late High Sheriff of Worcestershire, C. Stauuton, Esq.,
brother to the Member for Stroud, Mr. Codden, M.P., Col.
Thompson, and Mr. Moore, the deputation from the League ;
and the following Magistrates of the county :—J. Whitwicke,
E. Kendal, L. Clutterbuck, J. Raymond Barker, L. S. Austin,
and Anthony Fewster, Esqrs., besides several other gentle-
men whose names we could not ascertain.
On the motion of C. ROWLEY, Esq., seconded by C. E.
HANDFORD, Esq., the Right Hon. the Earl of Ducie was
called to the chair, amidst bursts of acclamation and re-
peated demonstrations of respect.
His LORDSHIP said he deeply regretted that accidental
circumstances alone had deprived them of the pleasure of
the presence of his Noble Friend, Earl Radnor, who was
heart and soul in the cause.—(Loud and continued cheering.)
It was only at the eleventh hour that his Noble Friend was
deprived from giving his support and countenance to this
important meeting--(Cheers)—on account of illness. He
had received letters of apology from the two Members for
the city of Gloucester, who, however, fully concurred in the
object of the meeting, as well as several other Members of
Parliament, who were detained in London expecting the di-
vision on Lord John Russell's motion.—(Great applause.)
Several other friends of the cause and champions of free-
trade were also unavoidably absent ; but, while regretting,
he had only to look around him, and from the vast as-
sembly by which he was surrounded, which represented on
this occasion the wealth and intelligence of the county, he
was fully satisfied that himself and brother magistrates were
perfectly justified in calling this meeting, notwithstanding
the refusal of the High Sheriff to comply with the requisi-
tion.—(Loud and protracted cheers.) Had he not occupied
the chair, he would have embraced the opportunity of de-
fending his conduct in giving his most cordial and hearty
support to the Anti-Corn-law League.—(Loud cheers.) In-
sinuations had been cast upon him, and some very unfair
statements had gone abroad relative to his conduct.--(Hear,
hear; shame, shame.) He should, perhaps, better consult
the unanimity of the meeting if he refrained from making
any remarks on the subject till the close of their proceedings.
—(Loud cheers.) He was surrounded by a great number of
influential landholders and tenant-farmers, who had been
taught to consider the League as the enemies of themselves
and of their interests; but he trusted that before they left
this meeting; the arguments, good temper, and gentle-
manly feelin of his most excellent friend Mr. Cobden—
(Loud cheers—would convince them that these opinions
were founded in error, and based on ignorance ; and that the
object of the League was, not to injure the agricultural in-
terests, but to benefit every class of the community, from the
peer to the peasant.—( Great cheering.) He was one of the
largest landholders of this county; yet he had been publicly
aceused of being inimical to the best interests of agriculture.
He could only say for himself, that he believed few men took
greater interest in promoting the prosperity. of agriculture
than himself. He was one of those who wished to see it
flourish, and "God speed the plough" was his motto.—
(Tremendous cheering.) Upwards of three-and-twenty
years had he been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and his
entire energies had been devoted to its improvement:—
(Cheers.) His reason for becoming the advocate of free
trade was that he verily believed, from his heart and soul,
while the manufacturing and every other interest would
benefit by it, the interest and prosperity of the practical
working agriculturist would experience the benefit of free
trade in a ten-fold degree.—(Loud, long, and continued
cheering.) His Lordship said, having expressed these sen-
timents to the tenant-farmers, he would now call upon Mr.
Cobden.—(Cheers.)
Mr. COBDEN, M.P., was greeted with the most enthusiatic
cheering from all parts of this vast auditory. The applause
having subsided, the Hon. Gentleman said—lt always
afforded him the sincerest gratification to deliver his opinions
relative to free trade among practical farmers.—(Hear, hear.)
He rejoiced in doing so in the presence of such men whom he
saw around him ; and he was happy that he had now an op-
portunity, for the first time, of addressing the highly respect-
able and intelligent farmers of the vale of Gloucester.—
(Cheers.) He (the Hon. Member) would caution them, at
the outset of his speech, not to take fright, or feel the least
alarm at the name of the Anti-Corn-law League--(Hear, and
laughter)—the terrible League—(Continuedemlaughter)--
against whom they had been cautioned in such horrifying
terms, by those who took upon themselves the high sounding
appellation and title of the farmer,' friends.—(Cheers.) He
could assure the farmers of the Cotswold hills and vale of
Gloucester, that the League had no cannibal propensities
about them ; they would neither devour the tenant-farmers
nor their cattle ; nor would they destroy the interests of their
calling.—(Cheers and laughter.) lie trusted he should be
able to prove to them that by reason of the corn-laws the
tenant.ihrmers were placed in an infinitely worse situation
1 than they would be were the restrictions removed, and they
had a free trade in corn. Now, he would ask them what was
the meaning of the corn-law ? It was this ;it was a law to
make corn sell at a Waller price than it would without a corn-
law i this was admitted on all hands, and not denied by the
monopolists. Well, then came the next question for the te-
nant-farmers. Does the price of land rise or fan With the
price of corn ? He would ask, 'quid laud let at the same
price when corn was 40a. a quarter, as when it was 80s. ?
(Cries of t 4 No, no.") Well then, if it would not, the object
in keeping up the price of corn must be doubtless to keep
up the price of land, or, in plainer terms, to keep lip the
rents of the landlords.--(Cheer&) Admitting his propo-
sition to he eerreet! suptiOill porn was raised to 100 s. a
kligteri the farmers could not possibly, by the remotest
(glance, be one bit better off.—(Loud cheers.) Why, the
farmers of Gloucester were not so dull of intellect hat they
must see this. It was no abstruse doctrine; the whole
question lay in 4 14411011 i the farmers not only got nothing
by the OOril=laws, but, on the contrary, were, in point of
fact, losers by this protection, unjustly so called. lie . was,
addressing practical men, and, therefore, he would illus-
trate his meaning. In 1815, the 'legislature passed a
law, after a clet4lllllllo opposition, no the purpose of
Illaint4ining wheat at 80s. per quarter, and from the
year 1815, down to 1822, the rent of the tenant far-
mers was increased, while corn in reality was only 42a,
per quarter.—(Cries of " Shame" front different parts of
the room.) Well, once 11141 V the law was altered, and the
sliding KAI° introduced in order to keep the price of
corn at 635, or 645., and yet, with land
valued at the same price as 1835, the cot%
averages for the year gave a price of Xis. 4d,, while in the
month of December of that year the farmer WWI selling his
wheat at 365., or just 28e, under Act of Parliament price.
This was the injustice to the tenant farmer : he rented his
land at Act of Parliament prices and sold his corn at market
prices, and so when he went to pay his rent he found he had
been compelled to sell his corn at 10s. or 12s. under the price
which the landlord gave for his land. This was 111111400 to
the tenant; he (Mr. Cobden) wanid flow Mine to the injus-
tice to the lebetirete-4,(Cheers.) It was an awful fact that in
the agricultural districts the labouring population were earn-
ing less, and were considerably worse off than in any Otllo4'
part of the country. Why, the manufacturers bad heett
accused of growing rich by grinding Awn the labourers;
now he (Mr. Cobden) paid to the_ eatahlishment to which he
belonged sonieWh4rB 414442000ut 4 year in wages ; he em-
ployed 00 hands; these who were skilful In their business
earned from 20s. to 355, per week, and sometimes extra • and
even common labourers, employed at work which:a bricklayer's
labourer, or a man fresh from the tail of a plough, could
perform as well as anyone else, even these earnedcan 12s,
to 14s. per week. The lionourallie (41,41E+414n plged his
word he had Tiut all 10401%1 Man en his premises earn-
big le4o 41111 tivA Ealin•—( hem.) He did not speak of
wages as a smatter of boasting—wages were no charity--
masters only gave what was the market price of labour,
and he (Mr. Cobden) did not give higher wages than his
neighbours ; but those were the general wages of the manu-
facture in which 1w was employed. Let the fanners con-
trqst those wages with what they were giving to their own
tabourer(. He did not blame the farmers for giving so little
—(Hear, hear)—it was no fault of theirs—(Crie4 pf 4A Noi
no")—they gave what they could 4911/ ‘11(1 what the state
of competition in the 14110,44, Illotrket Jitetified--(Hear, hear,
are} 0114 of tt Tilit's it.) iltill lie understood the wages in
Lilo eocuitural districts o? Gloucestershire were miserably
low. A statement had just been put into his hand lly A
gentleman, a member of the Board of Guard** of a nesgh-
bouring union, wherein wsa,,s tl. 4tittettletit of a man and
his wife end fc:IT 35'iTig esntiOren earning Bs. per week. This
won appii4 fOr railer, but his application was refused, thus
proving that his case was only the common state of his
neighbours. Another man was mentioned, who hail also a
wife and four young children ; his wage? were -Ts. per week,
and he was receivipg Taal and although he would not
ripitien armies, he TEght state that this man was working
for a gentleman who made himself very conspicuous at the
Anti-League meetings, and talked very loutlls eS protectuin
to the agricultural labourer..—Nbae4At amid ems of 'Shame,"
PIP We'll
New in the Very union of which he had
Mien speaking the cost of maintenance in the union work-
house was 2s. 4d. per head per week, and yet here were
labourers only receiving half that amount, or ls, 24.. pep head
to maintain their families.
..Wes that a Paso to go to Parlia-
ment for prgteetiPifi Z. Pi at WAS at a state of things to be main-
tained .14 Lit or Parliament.-,-(Great cheering.) . `Away

with such cant ; away with the idle and crocodile tears
which pretended to flow for the interests of the labourer,
while he was receiving just half the wages which it cost to
maintain the pauper in the workhouse and the criminal in
the gaol.—(Bursts of cheering.) In conclusion, he would
caution, the ,farmers to examine the matter for themselves—
(Hear)—to endeavour to act for themselves, and to keep
themselves clear of political landlords--(Hear, hear)—and
above all things, to eschew the miscalled protection of Acts
of Parliament. It was said at the sea ports, when a vessel
was seized by the custom-house authorities, she was marked
by a broad arrow ; and this was called, in the cant of the
ports, the devil's claw. The intermeddling of the State with
agriculture' was the devil's claw, and this had been on the
shoulders of the farmers for the last twenty-eight years ;
and they might depend upon it they would never prosper
until it,was,removed from them.—(Loud cheers.)
The Hon. Gentleman's address, of which the above is
scarcely an outline, occupied nearly two hours in delivering,
and via cheered in the most enthusiastic manner through-
out. On his resuming his seat the entire meeting rose, and
greeted him with three times three hearty cheers. ,
EWDARD IrOLLAND, Esq., -of Dumbleton, rose to propose
the first resolution, which was to the effect that protective
duties were not only injurious to commerce, but to the in-
terests of agriculture also, and that free 'trade would promote
the interest and prosperity of the whole community. Mr.
Holland stated that he was a landowner and a land culti-
vator ; the whole of his income and the support of his fa-
mily was derived from the soil, and therefore if free trade
would, as alleged, ruin the cultivator, destroy the rent of the
landlord, and throw land out of cultivation, he, of all men,
ought to oppose it—(Ckeers)—lit, so far from that, he cor-
dially agreed with the- resolution, and cordially united heart
and soul with the objects of the League. Ile had been a
practical farmer for many years, and his opinions in favour
of free trade were based-on his own experience and observa-
tion; he had looked attentively to the proceedings of the
Anti-League societies, but had found no single argument
brought forward which 'at all shook his previously formed
opinions. The corn-laws, while they were framed ostensibly
for the benefit of one class, did no real good to that class, at
the same time that they were an injustice to the other classes
of the community.—(Loud cheers.) He cordially proposed
the resolution.
Mr. Josian of Almondsbury, a practical tenant
farmer of great experience,- Seconded the resolution.—(Loud
cheers.) He had long been opposed to the Corn-laws. He
was convinced they were no benefit to the tenants, and were
only designed -to raise rents and to keep the tenantry sub-
servient to the political domination of the landlord.—(Cheers.)
If he needed anything to fortify his opinion on the corn-
laws, it was the fact of the best practical agrioulturists in the
kingdom entertaining the same views. There was the Noble,
Earl Ducie—(Loud cheering)—one of the first practical men
of the day—his name had always, been held up as the best.
landlord in the county.—(Cheers.) Lordship's tenantry.
were the most thriving tenantry inn the county—(Cheers)—
and yet he was heart and soul a repealer. Then there was Earl
agSp:inecuelrtu—nclpromtarattcetrsed
was
sheerciiinogt)—ed
repealer ; and he had himself heard the pro-corn-law Mem-
ber for the western division of the county say that he could:
w
afar man
andwwhoidgee—he opinion on a
as
not get over the fact of Earl Spencer being in favour of re-
peal.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Hunt) believed that with free;
trade the cultivation of the land would be improved—thel
produce of the land would be increased—the independence'
of the tenant secured, and his prosperity greatly aug-
mented.—(Cheers.) He could fully bearout what Mr. Cobden
had said about the agricultural labourers—their wages
were miserably low, and yet the farmers could not pay more.
In his own parish hundreds of families lived on 7s. per week
—their fare was worse than that of the pauper—whole fami-
lies of grown up children slept in one room, to the total
disregard of the decencies of life, and to the total de-1
struction of feelings of propriety and morality.--(Cheers.)
It had been said the land had to bear peculiar burdens, but iti
should also be said the farmers had peculiar exemptions—
(Cheers)—and if the farmers' windows 'were untaxed, and?
his riding horse and his dogs free of duty, ,it was not to benefit!
him, but that he might be able to -pay higher rent to Mal
landlord.—(Hear and cheers.) He cordially seconded the,
resolution, believing that a repeal of. the corn-laws would!
improve the prospects of the tenant-fanner, and promote the
physical, moral, and social condition of the labourer.
On the resolution being put, two persons made their way
to the platform and moved a counter-resolution. The design
was evidently to obstruct the business of the day, but the
resolution was put and carried by an overwhelming majority,
only about a dozen hands being held up against it. The re-
sult was received with loud cheering.
C. E. HANFORD, Esq., moved a vote of thanks to the do.
putation who attended from the League. He fully concurred
in the. object of the meeting and the principles of free trade.
—(Choers.) As an instance of the increased value of land
under the corn-laws, he could state what occurred within his
own experience.; an estate in the county of Gloucester was
purchased About a hundred years ago for a certain price,
was not situate near iktown, and had no other adventitious
advantage, and yet that estate had been sold lately for a sum
ten times as large as the purchase-money a hundred years
ago.—(Cheers.)
C. SrArrrox, Esq., of Stroud, seconded the motion. He
contended that free trade benefited the manufacturing inter-!
eat, and that it would also benefit the agricultural interest. '
The motion was put and carried, with only two dissen-
tients.

The Noble CHAIRMAN having presented the vote of thanks
in due form to the deputation,
COl. THOMPSON and Mr. BloonE briefly returned thanks.
Earl Ducie having. left the chair, and the same having been
taken by L. Clutterbuck, Esq., a vote of thanks was proposed
to the Noble Lord, and carried by acclamation.
Earl Ducts, in returning thanks, said he must take that
opportunity of refuting an insinuation which had been cast
upon his motives by a gentleman signing himself " A Vale
Farmer;" that insinuation was, that he (Earl Ducie) had
property in the neighbourhood of Manchester, and that he
supported repeal to enhance the value of his own Joropert
He need scarcely give that charge his flat contradiction.
(Tumultous applause.) The bulk of his property was in
agricultural district, and he should scarcely go to injure tha
in order to improve any small interest he might have i 4
Manchester or elsewhere. He advocated free free trade be+
cause he believed it would benefit agriculture and improve
tie condition of the people generally, and because he fel ,
;
with Lord Grenville, that everything was injurious to the
country which impeded the free current of aatural industry
—(Loud cheers.)
In the course of the Noble Lord's speech he made an allu.
sion to " the packed jury which condemned O'Connell.
The effect of this observation on the meeting was electrical
The whole company rose, and, amid waving of hats and
handkerchich, gave several distinct rounds of applause,
which interrupted the proceedings for several minutes. An
allusion to the Irish being treated as brethren, in the earlier
part of the evening, also gave rise to a similar demonstration.
The proceedings closed about five o'clock, having occupied
nearly six hours, and was one of the fullest meetings ever
remembered in the county of Gloucester. The Earl Dude,
Mr. Cobden, and the deputation, were loudly cheered on their
way from the hall, mingled with a few hisses.
The agriculturists, who attempted to interrupt the har-
mony of the meeting, experienced the most signal and iu=
glorious def Cat.

ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETINGS.
A deputation from the League, consisting of Mr. Prentice
and Mr. Hint, have been visiting Thirsk, Richmond, Knaree-
borough, and Pontefract, at all of which they were well re-
eelvedand were suc,ceasful.

IRELAND.
LORD PE GREY AND THE DUBLIN ORANGEMEN.
Dtaturi, Fan. 24.—There has been another correspondence
between Lord De Grey and the Orange Operative Association,
which has terminated very differently from that respecting
the Clouted proclamation, rethrred to by Mr. Sheil in the
House of Commons on Thursday night. The operatives for-
vrardad a memorial to the Castle, complaining of the treat-
-Mont they experienced at a recent meeting of the citizens,
held in the Royal Exchange for the purpose of offering to
Alderman Ree, the late. Lord Mayor, some suitable testimonial
of their Malt appreciation of his impartial conduct as chief
Magistrate. Although Liberals, such as Lord Charlement
and many of the most respectable Conservatives, joined in
paying the compliment to Alderman Roe, the Orangemen
attended in considerable minibus, with the view of breaking
up .the meeting by violence and clamour. Owing to the
judicious firnmese of the present Lord Mayor, the Orange
party were completely foiled in their disgraceful project.
They then appealed to Lord De Grey, but in this they wets
disappointed, as the following reply will show I,—
"Castle, Feb. 14,18.14.
" am directed by the Lord Lieutenant to acknoW-
Lcelolfenthcye
ledp the receipt of the memorial signed by you, on behalf of
the Protestant Operative Association, complaining of the in-
terruption which they met with at the meeting in the Royal
Exchange, convened and presided over by the Lord Mayor
reirtoesttiteg tchiractumlii:tan
onwould the lsOut he ofa
special January,
inquiry an d
case, in order that there may be retribution for the past, &c.
• •44 His Excellency directs me to inform you in reply, that
he does not consider himself authorised by law to inquire
int*, or to interfere with, the proceedings of the meeting in
question, whit% was duly convened and presided over by the
chief municipal officer of the city of Dublin.
I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
" ARTHUR C. MAGENNIS.
" H. B. Stringer, Esq."
IRISH PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGE QUESTION.
A"special meeting of the General Assembly of the Irish
Presbyterian Church, convened by the Moderator, was held
in Dr. Cooke's church, May-street, Belfast, on Wednesday, to
consider the present state of the marriage question.
Ile Clerk read the following resolutions, which had been
prepared in inferitur
" That should the decision of the House of Lords, in the
appeal case, the Queen v. Millis, now pending, establish the
validity of Presbyterian marriages at common law, this As-
sembly depreoate, and resolve to resist, any legislation on
the subject.
That should the decision be unfavourable, and the Pres-
byterian Church be deprived of privileges enjoyed by her in
this country ror more than 200 years, and legislation thus be-
come necessary, this assembly will consider it an act of in-
ltaliVO to be subjected to any restriction* in the celebration
of their marriages which are not also imposed upon the
ministers of the Established Church,
" That this assembly have cause to complain that the
Committee of the 'House of Lords did not afford them an
opportunity of presenting evidence on the marriage question ;
and would respectfully suggest that, for the purpose of esta-
blishing the complete regularity of Presbyterian marriages,
the following persons be now a amined, '6z., Rev. Doctor
Reid, Glasgow College Rev. Doctor Browne, Aughadoney,
Garvagh ; Roy, John Johnston, Tullylish, Banbridge; Rev,
William Whirs, Londonderry ; James Gibson, Esq., Belfast,the law adviser ; a 0 A. J. Macrory, "Esq., Belfast, the soli-
citor of the assembly.
" That should the (lion be adverse, this assembly will
use every nittni in their power to bring their grievances W-
k. theta' friends in England, Scotland, Wales, and the colo-
ni
our es,Li and
righ to ats. use them tb aid . us in recovering and securing
st
.. • .
"That the Moderator be instructed to forward these reso-
lutions to her iNestyte Government."
Afto.r, Kate conversation the resolutions were carried una-
nimously, and the assembly adjourned.

The first salmon taken in the Lune this season was
geld ita Lancaster market the other day at 3s. per lb.

REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.
The following is the Petition which Mr. S. Crawford
wished to present to the House of Commons last week,
but which was rejected by the Speaker, owing to its in-
formality :
To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and
Ireland, in Parliament assembled, who represent the
950,000 British subjects who possess the Elec-
toral Franchise.
The petition of merchants, manufacturers, and traders,
at a public meeting held at the King's Arms Inn, Philip
Lane, in the city of London, on Wednesday, the 14th
of February, 1844, humbly showeth:
That your petitioners naturally look to those who act
-es the—representatives of the people in Parliament, not
only for the enactment, from time to time, of such new
and additional laws as change of circumstances, unavoid-
able Contingencies, and the onward match of events may
render necessary, but also for the rep, al and amendment
of such laws as experience shall have proved to operate
injuriously to the interests of the community.
That your petitioners have felt, from long and deep
experience, that the whole of our fiscal laws and regula-
tions require to be revised and amended, especially in
as far as they promote the interests of classes or indi-
viduals at the expense of the community, fetter and
embarrass commerce, confer on the foreign manufacturer
undue advantages ever the British manufacturer in all
the markets of the world ; and entail on all classes of
British subjects, but especially on the operative or
working portion of them, many and grievous hardships
and privations.
That with respect to the fiscal laws to which your
petitioners refer, as most injuriously affecting society,
they beg to direct the attention of your Honourable
• Houseful-the first place, espeCially to those which affect
the importation of foreign -grain, and in the next place
to those which affect the importation of sugar. And
your petitioners respectful'y represent to your Honour-
able House that they entertain the opinion, that, while
all laws affecting trade, manufactures, and commerce,
should tend as much as possible to promote, encourage,
and cherish the same, without respect to classes or par-
ties, all such articles as are deemed and reckoned to bo
indispensable articles of food ought to Le admitted into
every port of the-kingdom, without being subjected to
any tax, duty, or impost, either for the purpose of fiscal
revenue, or for the protection of any class or party.
• That your, petitioners feel it to be a severe grievance
that they are not so fully and efficiently represented in
the Commons' House of Parliament as they ought to be,
and as the British Constitution warrants them to claim as
their right, inasmuch as they consider the extent of the
franchise, as it at present exists, to be by far too limited,
and that due protection is not afforded to electors in the
conscientious discharge of their electoral duties.
That your petitioners consider it to be the inalienable
right of every British subject, nay, of every human being,
to be permitted to worship his Creator according to the
dictates of his conscience, without thereby rendering
himself liable to tax, fine, or prosecution, on the part of
any sect or party ; and that, consequently, for a State
Church, having rich endowments of its own, to compel
those who conscientiously dissent from its creed, or mode
of worship, to contribute to its support, is a gross viola
tion of the sanctity of conscience, an infringement of the
liberty of the subject, and a grievous act of oppression.
That your petitioners consider the whole of the courts
of law, as at present constituted, to be a severe grievance
on account of the heavy expenses which are necessarily
incurred by all litigants therein, and the length of time
during which all parties interested are kept in suspense
before decisions can be obtained.

That your petitioners are fully sensible of the serious
grievances which are inflicted on the community by the
verbosity, tautology, and obscurity of the whole of our
statute laws, whereby, instead of simplifying law, and
furthering the celerity with which justice should' ever
be administered, the very attainment of justice is always
delayed, and often defeated.
That averse as your petitioners would be to obstruct,
or unnecessarily delay, the business of your Honourable
House, yet so seriously do they feel the pressure of the
above-named grievances, and so strongly do they en-
tertain the opinion that the speedy redress of the same
is essential to the happiness, well-being, and prosperity
of the community, that, as well-wishers to all ranks and
conditions of their fellow-subjects, they feel it to be their
duty to call upon your Honourable House, without loss
of time, and before you proceed to vote the usual sup-
plies, to take the said grievances into your most serious
consideration; namely, the whole of our fiscal laws, es-
pecially those affecting the importation of grain and
sugar ; the present limited extent of the electoral fran-
chise, which ought to be greatly enlarged; the state of
the law as regards the protection to which every elector
is entitled in the discharge of his electoral duties.
but which, at present, is often shamefully vio-
lated ,• the state of the laws as regards the church-
rates, Easter-dues, &c., which, as affecting Dissenters,
arch unjust in themselves, and subversive of religious
freedom ; the present constitution of all our courts of
law, both civil and ecclesiastical, the delays and expen-
siveness of which are severely felt ; and the verbosity,
tautology, and obscurity of our statute-laws, which lite-
rally render them unintelligible to the bulk of 'mankind,
and ops. up a
.boundlas: field for quibbling and
wrangling to those whose interest it is to"%rii their in-
tricacy to their owh account. " •
May it therefore please your Honourable House to
grant the prayer of your petitioners, and your peti-
tioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c.

JUSTICE TO IRELAND.
DINNER TO MR. O'CONNELL.
This Dinner will take place at COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE
on TUESDAY, the 12th of March, at Six o'Clock precisely.
Every attention will be paid to make the arrangements worthy of
the occasion. The pit and stage of the theatre will be laid together,
and the tables spread over the whole area. The boxes will be en-
tirely reserved for ladies. The galleries will be opened, and admit-
tance to,the boxes and galleries by tickets, which will be issued to the
Stewards.
Dinner Tickets, One Guinea each, to be had from the Stewards
only. In consequence of the number to each Steward being limited,
au early application is requested.
The Tickets will be ready on Friday next.
JAMES COPPOCK.
3, Cleveland-row, St. James's, Feb. 26, 1844.

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