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LEAGUE.
__ GRAND FREE-TRADE BAZAAR.

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made many live again before admiring eyes. They had r were in the habit of decrying female exertions, in the
given truth its place in all its simple beauty; song and cause of free trade, as impertinent and inappropriate
poetry abounded in their works, and thought and imagi- ; intermeddlings in politics. He had not unfrequently
nation had lent all their glorious richness to enhance their seen a dandy monopolist upon his canvass, after con-
value.—(Cheers.) To thank his auditory, therefore, for : temning the labours of the ladies, take off his hat and
all this as they merited, was not the object of his speech, make a low bow to the wife of a voter, and at the same
for it would not be in his power. But he would say, time earnestly entreat her to give him the benefit of her
they had given completion and perfection to a work powerful, her omnipotent interest.—(Laughter and
which had long before occupied the minds of many cheers.) Yes, so long as she wore his rosette in her
as one that should be undertaken ; and they had put bosom, and waved a handkerchief of his colour at the
before the world practically all that had long occupied window, and refused to deal with a tradesman that would
the minds of the Adam Smiths and other not vote for him, so long she was in the way of
philosophers of times gone by.—(Loud cheers.) duty ; but the moment she preferred the cause
These philosophers, although they had no influence over of justice to him, his colours, and his party, then she
the counsels of the realm, although their voices were was an officious intermeddler in matters foreign to
who
upheld
not heard in the great seminaries for instruction, they her sex, her station, and her duties, and must
thgareseat, principlesgoocl and
ofbl philosophicalessed work.
coo- Th e
women flea i n her
ofEeanrg.—lan(dC were ear.—(Cheers.) were philosophers who had achieved a mighty task, be sent back to the distaff and the darning needle with a
and performed
)firsWt calledhenthfeorethneirngiethseofthe
men
anti-
nomy did a good and needful work to prepare those who corn-law cause, there was truly enough to excite their
were to follow them in the consummation of it. The compassion, to enkindle their zeal, and to alarm them
merchants and the manufacturers of the north were the for the safety even of their homes and their country.
next
class who, when they saw laws made not only to Millions were but half employed, and hundreds of thou-
injure their own interests but to spread desolation around sands were altogether idle. Mills were empty, work-
the country—when in one week a change in price might houses were full. Places of worship were deserted by
bring them from the height of prosperity to the depths those who had been their most steady frequenters, be-
of adversity, and reduce them to a state of bankruptcy— cause of the poverty and misery that had befallen, even
sent petitions to Parliament, petitions signed by mil- the most upright and religious. Seven hundred ministers
lions, and when these were disregarded they put forth of Divine truth had given it as their opinion that the
their strength!, in mighty meetings, applied from their wretchedness, demoralisation, and disaffection then every
legislators to their constituents, and called upon the where prevalent, were to be traced in no small degree to
country to raise its voice and show its strength in im- the influence of the corn and other kindred laws, which,
mense meetings for the diffusion of instruction on this by depriving the people of the means of obtaining em-
momentous project, and who, were ready to continue ployment, had hurried them to beggary, and placed them
that work until it; nisi about& he accomplished. These at the mercy-of every tempter that -might lure them to
merchants and manufacturers, following the path of the their ruin. It was then the women of England first ap-
philosophers, had done their share of good, and had peered in the field, and nobly did they do their work.
earned from their contemporaries and from their pos- They went from hovel to hovel, and beheld for them-
terity enduring honour. Something else was wanting to selves the desolation which iniquitous legislation
this to give it grace and neatness; something to round had wrought. They saw the fireless hearth, the
it off, and that such remaining want they, the women empty cupboard, the ragged children, the wasted wife,
of Great Britain, had achieved. They made this a free the helpless, hopeless husband. They saw independence,
struggle, no mere philosophical speculation, no party integrity, comfort, self-respect, attachment to the laws,
conflict; they carried it beyond this, they rendered it and almost loyalty itself, broken down and wrecked by
more sacred than all that had as yet been done, or all by the operation of a system framed for the benefit of
that, without their assistance, could be achieved; they particular classes, and those the most wealthy and least
rendered it a household-word; they brought it to their productive in the State ; and, seeing this, they resolved
fire-sides ; they made it one of their household that they would henceforth make it a part of their
gods ; they declared that the wrong was so religion to labour to set free the industry of their native
great and so grievous, the path so clear and country.—(Cheers) Do any call this political ? Then,
the principle so good and; so glorious, that it de- I say, shame on those who create the necessity for women
volved upon woman to lend her hand and raise her voice, to rouse up, at the strong call of nature, to reform the
in order to complete the purpose of those who bad been laws of the land !—(Cheers.) Do any call this un-
so long instructing them in vain. They made it the cause womanly ? I say that woman is never more woman—
and the plea of woman, whose moral sense was out- never acting more in accordance with her duties and the
raged; of woman, who knew better how to suffer than to strong instinct of her nature—never more noble—never
strive, whose history was one of endurance, and conse- more sublime—than when exerting all her powers to
quently whose sympathies were so keen for the op- remove the causes of misery and suffering around her.
pressed; of woman, who was seldom seen acting under eNo radiant pearl that crested fortune wears;
the blood stained banner of false glory, but who had No gem that, sparkling, hangs from beauty's ears;
been enlisted under the banner of kind administration; Not the bright stars, that night's blue arch adorn ;
of woman, who stood by the Cross when the Nor rising suns, that gild the vernal morn ;
Apostles fled in haste, and who, by the strength of her Shine with more lustre that the tear which breaks,
sympathy, was destined to be entered, on account of For human woe, down woman's lovely cheeks."
this very question, in the annals of the deliverance of --(Loud cheers.) Happily, the dark days to which
' those who were as yet crying in vain for help, but who he had alluded had passed away ; but let no one
should from her hand receive toys and blessings, conso- suppose that they were gone, never to return.— (Cheers.)
lation for the past and hopefulness for futurity. They Return they inevitably would, if the causes which
did not now-a-days act as in former times, when the in- formerly produced them were not removed. Heaven
suited artisan struck down the plunderer of his rightful had in mercy sent abundance of food, and that abundance
earnings, and when the oppressed came together, in- had had the effect of staying the progress of those heavy
creasing their rage by communication, and had written calamities which for several years had covered the
the history of their remonstrances in the blood of the nation with gloom, and brought the population to the
oppressors, and were hanged in hundreds in gratifica- verge of despair. In the order of events, bad harvests
tion of the sanguinary justice of their tyrannical judges. would again happen, and with them would come the re-
But in your assembling together, and braving whatever verses and ruin which had often before been experienced,
may result, individually and collectively, you evince that unless the people of this country achieved their own
firm gentleness which heaven in its wise constitu- emancipation, and abolished the laws which prevented
tion of things has invested with a moral power, and by them from realising the benefits of unrestricted com-
investing it with this power given a pledge of its leading merce, and exchange of the products of their industry,
eventually to triumph, glory, and blessedness. For what with the varied tribes and countries of the world.
can be said by all the world compared to that which (Cheers.) In this great work of the emancipation of
your own minds and consciences will suggest? What is human industry the women of England were ordained to
there in all the reproaches that may be hurled, in all the take an honourable and influential part—a part in every
sneers and sarcasms which may be levelled, at you, corn- respect in keeping with their position, their faculties,
pared with the anticipation of the success of your and their affections. Yes, and with their solemn obli-
righteous warfare; with the blessings of those who are gations and responsibilities in the sight of their Maker.
ready to perish, that will come upon the heads of who- Much nonsense was talked about what woman should
ever has aided in this deliverance; and with the sense do, and what she should not do, as though a difference in
that you have made an efficient contribution to the regard to sex made a difference in regard to responsi-
world's progress; with the consciousness that the mo- bility. He would advise all who heard him to take counsel
tives by which you have been actuated derive their of their own hearts, rather than advice from the adversary.
power from the purest sources, and that you exercise What was it they were asked to do ? To fulfil the
them in full communion with those religious princi- duties of rational, responsible, and immortal beings. In
pies that even in the presence of your God do not these respects they were equal with men, and with the
interfere with, but prompt your best endeavours for angels of God. They had influence—the influence of
the well-being of suffering humanity. You know how speech, of example, of labour, and of wealth. This in-
tg dick sh, League_ Bazaar a thousand times better fluence they were called upon to exert in the cause of
", - - -s been country. A day was coming when the plea of a
imitating the hues of Nature s ne... `,have at work, their h .
ff. .
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the softness of texture and the harmony of colour whin 1119he-sreeeedseemesee-te. a .essess e,.
..., _., se, r 9 S crn
the Great Artist of the universe bestows " Work while
the on the flowers of nothing," when a voice from heaven said
-day, for the night is coming, and there is
the field in all their richness and variety. The best it is called to , .
~
neither knowledge, nor device, nor wisdom in the grave?"
offered of every bird that floats on the air have been
But those before him needed not that he should
offered to your adornment. There has been with you enough,.
and taste, but add anything to what had been said in the way of ex-
not only the efforts of perseverance, care,
for' thelf they sought to be engaged in a good cause
these combined with industry. Some of you,l.
and planation.the
before them was good. If they sought good
sake of this great cause, hare bid the canvas we cause
good cause—the companions they would
breathe to the admiring eyes of those who gazef on your compt.inythien a
e
of free trade were the benevolent, the
artistical productions. You have moulded ormfs not have in d
the
eaus . .
p it throughout the country ; and, if
unworthy of being animated with the breath
song
life,
tnh'ise,an reward, they would find it—in the blessings
You have given truth its shrine in song, and toas pre-mngoldof
fey soughtthe poor, the prosperitye of their native land, the
pared for the voice, its enduring mould of
deepesty. motion of peace and goodwill throughout the world, and
pro-
Thought has been at work putting forth its
powers; imagination, in all its gorgeous richness; ir. - the gratitude of coming generations, for having been the
e ng
poet and the emancipators of British industry.—(Cheers.)
mory, with its ample stores; the pen of the *
h the pon- Upon the motion of Mr. G. THOmPSoN, seconded by
logician ;—all these you have combined with the . _
its email- Mr. SUMMERS HARFORD, thanks were voted to the
derous efforts of industry in its toils, willing .
Ch •and
bution also, soon to claim the attention of a gazing and. airman, the meeting separated.
admiring public, to show what the power, skill, taste, in-
dustry, perseverance, and energy must be which can
produce such a testimonial as that which will speedily
h 3 exhibited of the diversity of British industry,
the fervour of British charity, of the skil, the combining
and blending power, of the women of Great Britain
1 compassionating suffering humanity.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN, at the conclusion of AA —r. Fox's
speech, exhibited to the meeting an elegant cushion,
upon which a most beautiful cornucopia was worked
by
they
the needle, forwarded by a lady from the country,
through the medium of Mr. Burnett, as a contribution
towards the Bazaar. The beauty of this article excited
general admiration.
Mr. THOMPSON said, he never listened to eloquence
such as that which had delighted the present meeting,i
without a strong desire to be himself mute. 'o
heighten the effect which had been produced was next
to impossible, and he (Mr. Thompson) should deeply
regret the saying of anything that might diminish it.
To him such spectacles as the one before him were not
singular. In connexion with that sacred cause ( the
cause of emancipation) with which his humble name had
been coupled by the chairman, he had for many years
seen frequent meetings like that both in England and in
America. It was not going beyond the truth to say that
the triumph of the abolition cause was greatly accelerated,
' if not principally achieved, by the untiring efforts_ of the
noble-minded women of England.—(Cheers.) To them
belonged, in no small measure, the honour of having
formed that public opinion, which, in the end, iyas_ fund
so strong that a Cabinet Minister now opposed to them ,
impossible
to in Parliament that it was
to resist its demand.—(Loud cheers.) Well did
he remember the time when a petition from the women
of England had to be brought into the House of Com-
mons by half a dozen of the officers of the House, and
when one of the most distinguished among the people's
representatives exclaimed, "It is time to legislate for
the extinction of colonial slavery, when the maids and
matrons of England, half a million strong, are thunder-
ing at our doors for justice."—(Cheers.) His eloquent
friend bad not been afraid to speak to the ladies present
of the petty persecutions they would have to encounter
among their acquaintances, and the probable sneers and
misrepresentations of a portion of the public press. He
(Mr. Thompson) ;knew
too well the courage and forti-
tude of the women of this country to imagine for a mo-
ment that any of these things would scare them from
the discharge of their duty.—(Cheers.) He had wit-
nessed the undaunted, the almost heroic bravery of their
sisters on the other side of the Atlantic, in a kindred
cause. He bad seen them sit calm and unmoved in a
meeting like that, while a ruffianly mob - without
were breaking the windows, and threatening the destruc •
tion of the building ; and, while he gazed upon
them, he had felt that he would sooner find
his wife, his :sister, or his daughter] among those
women, than among the coroneted aristocracy of his
native country.—(Cheers.) The truly noble were the
truly humane. Not many mighty, not many honour-
able, had been memorialised in the pages of sacred his-
tory; but many who we. re poor and despised in their
own day had been. It Pharaoh's daughter was men-
tioned, it was because she took pity on the infant she
found sleeping among the bulrushes, and brought it up
as her own.—(Cheers.) Little did the poor widow
think, when she was dropping her two mites into the
treasury, that the eye of the Saviour of the world was
upon her, and that she would live for ever on the page
"
of inspiration, with this commendation of her conduct
from the lips of a Divine Being, " She hath done what
she could."--,(Cheers.) To do anything to help a cause
like that which brought them together, was much; to
win the approbation of their-own hearts, was more; but,
to obtain the testimony of Him who was greater than
our hearts, was best of all ; and that could only be
gained by amaking our capacity for doing good the
standard of our duty, and losing no opportunity of
speaking or acting in the cause of truth and justice.—
(Cheers.) Thus far the anti-corn-law cause had
been conducted free from sectarianism on the one hand,
and party-political bigotry on the other.—(Cheers.)
No distinctive differences were compromised by joining
the League. No names were written on their standard
as the badge of a party. No votes were given in the
House of Commons for this man or that, because he was
of this or that sect in politics. Never had the motto-,
" Measures and not men"—been more consistently acted
upon than ,by the League.—(Cheers.) It was earnestly
to be hoped that such would always be the case.—
(UM.) It vine. 31 ev e r the le s s true that the monopolists

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SUMRIARY OF NEWS

Yesterday a meeting of ladies was held at the Hanover-
square Rooms, being summoned by the Ladies' Committee
for promoting the success of the Free-Trade Bazaar, to
hear addresses from W. J. Fox, Esq., and George Thomp-
son, Esq. Before one o'clock, the time appointed for the
meeting, the Queen's room was filled. Mr. William
Beaver was introduced to the chair by Mr. Saull.
The CHAIRMAN said, Ladies, it would be bad taste in
me to occupy a single portion of your time, when we
have such friends as Mr. Fox and Mr. George Thompson
in your presence. I will at once commence the business
of the morning by calling upon W. J. Fox, Esq., to
address you.---(Applause.)
Mr. Fox then came forward, and was received with
considerable applause. He said—Such an audience as I
behold here assembled, and on such an occasion as that
which has led to your coming together this day, renders
the present meeting one without precedent or parallel in
the history of public speaking. The circumstances give
it a peculiarity of character, which, to a certain extent,
cannot but depress the feelings of those who have to
address you, from the very sense of moral sublimity,
which cannot but be suggested to our minds by the
scene which we now contemplate.—(Hear, hear.)
For—to behold you, the representatives of the
women of England, brought together to bear your public
and active testimony to the cause of justice and hu-
manity, involved as it is in the proceedings of the Anti-
Corn-law League, is a nobler and a grander sight than
any miscellaneous public assemblage, however vast its
numbers, and however determined its opinions.
It is grander far than— any 'gathering. of any
patriots or warriors listening to the leaders whom
the y expect to guide them on to battle and to victory.
It is grander than any meeting of the ministers of reli-
gion assembled in their rubes, gowned and mitred, and
surrounded by adoring multitudes—because in you, who
have so great an object to be realised—an object as great
as ever was contemplated by human beings—in you we
se., the women of England met to declare that the laws
which refuse to industry its remuneration—which ag-
gravate the wretchedness of the suffering and restrict
the achievements of enterprise—which divide class from
class—which swell the bills of mortality and • fill
the records, not only of disease, but of 'crime—ought to
he abolished. You are met here to bear your testimony
that this disease-creating. and poverty-producing law
shall not be continued—a law which presses down the
powers of the country, and renders this isle the
abode -of vice and wretchedness, when it might be
one of virtue and of enjoyment—•of honourable
and useful progress. But, what can I say to you—can
I declare to you more than you yourselves express by
your attendance here? What topics can I appeal ro
which you have not anticipated? Your presence here is
more eloquent than the most strenuous discourse of the
most eloquent public speaker.—(The Learned Gentle-
man was here briefly interrupted by an expression of
approbation which we cannot call a cheer or applause,
but which was too marked to be left altogether un-
recorded.) He went on to say that the effect
of the corn-laws upon the whole of the
British community was such as might be
experienced by this great metrepolis, if that proud and
stately river which flows through it were to change its
course, and instead of mingling its waters with the ocean.
were to surround, enclose, and isolate the City and the
whole of Middlesex, so that we might speak of this
metropolitan county, as the old romancer talked
of the isle of Windsor, they. would have the isle of Mid-
dlesex. Food would rise in price—land would rise in
value—rents would be doubled as they had been through

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London, April 4, 1845.

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The ALLOTMENT of the—Shares in this COMPANY will take
place On WEDNESDAY NEXT, the 9th instant, on or before which day
all applications must be made.
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the Coventry and Leicester Junction Lines, will be entitled to One
Share in the present undertaking for every three held by them in
either of the two former, provided they make application and produce
their Scrip to the Secretary, at the Office of this Company, No. 3,
Church-court, Old Jewry, London, beibre the day of Allotment.
IL HARTLEY KENNEDY, Chairman.
London, April 4, 1845.

WANTED, a YOUNG MAN v 4 ho has been ac-
customed to TRAVEL through North and South Wales,
and who has a good connexion amongst the Drapers and Hatters.
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out, under the present restrictive system, but the imme-
diate cultivator would not find remuneration. Many
would be driven to leave the localities to which
they were attaehed, and would be obliged to go forth
pilgrims, with heavy hearts, to look for a country which
would give them a remuneration for their labour.
Kent and Essex and Buckingham would have
their retributory codes, and would impose pro-
hibitory duties on the produce of Middlesex.
He told them that which they themselves knew, which
they, the women of England, told to the world by gifted
members of their sex—he told them but that which had
been put forth in bold and strong language by Mrs.
Loudon, in her " Philanthropic Economy," which had
been told with such elegance and almost fairy stores of
fancy by Mrs. Marcett, and what had been told in such

sound Philosophy, and with such varied illustration and
infinity of resources, in the elegant and powerful lan-
guage of Harriet Martineau.—(Hear, hear.) They had
given the world instruction, and they came there only to
say that they were not inattentive to their lessons. They
rejoiced that the women of England came forward there
on that day with bllUla otrcarts arnrod.
sc.' ut% thna i. Oh
no, indeed, there was no need of teachers on a subject on
which pens, and eloquent ones, had been found amongst
their own sex. They had well done their duty; and if
some times the heart of man forgot what was due to such
teachers—if there was a tendency to take a dishonour-
able license with their names—if it a as said that writers
of the gentler sex should, instead of discussing such sub-
jects, remain at home, making puddings and mending
stockings, they might retort by saying that they were
too honourable for many men otherwise employed at the
present moment; and if legislators, peers, and rulers
could not imbibe the simple lessons taught by those
women, and had not integrity enough to act on them, why
they were unworthy not only of their present functions,
bat even of making puddings and mending stockings.
There should be for them a more charitable feeling,
even if they were as ignorant as it was pretended they
were--even if they could only set up nurseries for un-
enlightened Chancellors of the Exchequer, and offer
plums and praise to Premiers, who seemed to have some
glimmerings, though imperfect, of the truth.—(Laughter.)
As it was not necessary to treat this question as a matter
of argument before an audience so enlightened on the
subject, he would refer to another topic, and would
thank them rather for the demonstration cf earnest fcel-
ing which they had shown, rather than call on them to
use greater exertions in the cause, for he knew that was
not necessary. They felt earnestly in this matter, be-
cause the evils of monopoly in their most aggravated
form came especially under the notice of woman's kind
and observing eye. Many who were present there w ere
doubtless witnesses in their own neighbourhoods of the
gradual sinkings from the effects of poverty—how di-
minished employment narrowed the resources derived
L'om the weges of labour—how the poor lost one article
after another—how their articles of furniture, and even
their clothing went to the receptacle of the pawn-
broker how one., little luxury was given up

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UIL, FOUR SHILLINGS per Gallon, burning more brilliantly than
the ordinary Sperm Candles and Oil, and differing from them in being
nrincipally prepared from a pure vegetable material, Instead of an
apure animal one.
PRICES PATENT CANDLES, 1014 d. per lb.
VAUXHALL COMPOSITE CANDLES, B)4d. per lb.
PATENT BELMONT WAX CANDLES, Is. per lb.
Families wishing to try any of the above are recommended to
order them through their own tradesmen, taking notice, however,
that these being the London Cash Prices, the Country Dealer must
charge higher to cover his expenses of carriage. Where no dealer
can be found willing to sell them, Edward Price and Co. will supply
quantities of not less than 51. worth, direct from their manufactory,
at Belmont, Vauxhall. On receiving a Post-office order for this
amount, they will forward Candles and Oil in the proportions that
may be directed; or, to parties wishing for samples and unable to
obtain them, they will, on receiving a 1/. Post-effice order, forward a
box containing 31bs of each of the four sorts of Candles, and a
gallon of the Oil. They fix the price of the sample box so high, to
avoid all suspicion of their wishing to interfere with the retail trade
of the Country Dealers.
The trade may obtain the above Candles and 011 wholesale, in
Loudon, from Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall ; Palmer
and Co., Sutton-street, Clerkenwell ; and W. Marchant, 253, Regent-
circus, Oxford-street ; in Manchester, from Richardson and Roebuck,
Market-place; in Bath, from T. and G. Butcher, No. 4, Saw-close;
and in Cheltenham, front Mathews and Co., 400, High-street; and in
Salisbury, of C. Stokes and Son.

one aiter another till the hare subsistence of the day
was All that could be got. None so well as the gentler
sex knew how all this time the heart was breaking un-
der tl‘e strtiggie ; how 'the spirit was worn with the ef-
forts to make an appearance in the world, and in the
contention to bear up against approaching poverty.
They knew how, under the operation of those impious
laws, the working man was transformed ; how those
tendencies which hound together human beings to each
other, and all the diversified classes of society
in one harmonious whole, were broken, till
at last he sunk in the struggle if he did not
turn to crime and guilt. He need but mention
these things to awaken a vivid picture of them
in the memories of many who heard him. He knew
that they felt those things as they ought, and, therefore,
they were there on the present occasion. He would do
nothing more than Express his thanks at the moral cou-
rage displayed by the women of England on this occa-
sion. To be present there, exhibited moral courage of no
small amount, for they were opposed by an unscrupulous
party who from their wealth and title gave the tone to
fashion ; and not to be daunted by the sneers and in-
sinuations of such persons from being present
there, exhibited the greatest moral courage.
He had, however, to congratulate his fair and crowded
auditory upon having as powerful advocates in their
cause some portion of the public press. But he re-
gretted to say, that whatever of fidelity, and truth, and
honour, they had experienced from that portion of the
press faVOurable to their views—and they were not few
—still he felt compelled to declare, that there were other
public writers who, though they should be at least the
faithful recorders of what passed at these meetings,
yet did not hesitate to falsify their proceedings, and issue
the most brazen contradictions of what had been said
and done by those who were present ; but they were not
to be surprised to hear on occasions their motives mis-
construed and impugned, their kind and mild desires to
do good falsified, in a manner altogether abhorrent to
every feeling of every well regulated mind and
member of society. Even in the highest ranges
of literature he had known instances of the
pen being wielded by powerful hands to the ac-
complishmeet of the basest purposes, when it appeared
that women had the benevolence to snake themselves
marked by the use of their pen in exposing the pre-
vailing corruption daily vended in the market in the
sisstninment of bad laws. This he could call nothing
less than wielding the tomahawk of political writers by
the hands of interested ruffianism.—(Cheers.) But
the objects of the solicitude of those he now
WAVY around him, felt assured of their continued exertions;
and those who made those Exertions might rest assured
of bespeaking, through their acts, an envied and envia-
ble glory and blessedness.—(Cheers.) For what could
Le said to stand as equal to that reward which would be
certain to crown with success and victory, already anti-
, ipated, the beneficent and meritorious warfare waged
by such hands, conscious that they stood forth as
the fair and firm advocates for the well-being
of suffering humanity. To enter into a detail of the
efforts of his fair auditory in coenexion with the bazaar
about to be opened in Covent-garden would be unneces-
sary, for be lied already seen that in that too his hiehest
expectations hail been anticipated, and therefore ho had
no need to tell them what was to be done, for they all knew
it much better than he could describe it. Fairy fingers had
been at work, giving softness, and beauty, and harmony
of colour, to:',tlnse productions of art which so clearly
; resembled those bestowed by the Great Creator of the
Universe upon nature. The birds of the air had been
vividly transferred to their works, and the „„a„ had

HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL RIVER
YACHT FAIRY.
This beautiful little vessel, built of iron in the strcngest manner,
by Ditchburn and Mare, 145 feet in length and 21 feet breadth of
beam, and 250 tons hurthen, fitted with oscillating engines, by
John Penn and Son, was tried down the river yesterday for the
fourth time. The Fairy left Deptford about nine o'clock A.M.,
under the charge of Commander Smith of the Woolwich Dockyard,
with an officer and crew of the Black Eagle, mid the Royal Marines
of the William and Mary yacht. Mr. John Penn, engineer, and Ms
assistants, went on board at Deptford, and Mr. Lloyd, chief engineer
at Woolwich Dockyard, embarked at that port to ascertain the speed
of the vessel and the working of the machinery. This handsome
vessel, which distanced all the other steamers on the progress down
the river, is propelled with an astonishing degree of speed de-
cidedly far exceeding the greatest ever previously obtained by the
screw propeller, with which she had been fitted on Mr. F. P.
Smith's plan. The great speed of this vessel has been obtained by
a very ingenious adaptation of the double slides to Mr. John
Penn and Son's engines, which renders them more eligible than
any other description of engines for screw propellers. When op.
posite the measured nautical mile in Long Reach, the speed of the
royal river yacht Fairy was calculated by Mr. Lloyd, and found to
be, after ten trials, above thirteen knots on the average reckoning,
and against wind and with the tide, upwards of fifteen statute
miles per hour. The vessel rides in the water remarkably easy,
notwithstanding her great velocity, and is sa stiff and upright in a
breeze, or when the whole have moved to one side, as to show
scarcely any perceptible difference in her perpendicular position.
The engines, by Messrs. John Penn and Son, are two of 64-horse
power, each making 48 strokes per minute, and causing, by the aid
of the cog-wheel attached to them, 240 revolutions of the screw
propeller in the same period of time, The engines are very com-
pact, and, owing to their oscillating movements, only occupy a very
small space in the vessel, 14 feet by 4 feet ten inches, and the
connecting axle of the screw is entirely under the cabin floor,
near the keel of the vessel. The beauty of the workmanship, and
perfect adaptation of every part of the engines to each other, was
clearly shown during the trial, as not the slightest degree of heat..
ing took place, but every part worked with the greatest smoothness.
It is expected the vessel will be completed in a few weeks, and ex.
ceed in speed the fastest paddle-wheel steamer in any service.
When opposite Charlton-pier en her return, the Fairy allowed No.
11 Waterman, fast boat, to get ahead, and, putting on her speed,
distanced that vessel before she got to Blackwell. The draught of
the Fairy is 4 feet 4 inches forward, and 5 feet 4 inches aft, and
the height of the principal cabin, 6 feet 2 inches, and altogether
very commodious and suitable for the purpose for which she has
been built,

THE MURDER IN ST. GILES'S.

CAPTURE OF THE MURDERER.

" IT'/lo runs may read."

PRINCESS'S CONCERT Rooms.—Miss Galbraith had
a concert at the abo:e rooms on Wednesday evening
last ; and she was aided by a variety of vocalists (in-
cluding Madlle. Schloss and Madame Albertazzi), who
,ang a long list of ballads, duets, and trios. Perhaps the
best thing among the vocal efforts was the performance
of Rossini's " Qttis est homo," rwhich Miss Galbraith and
Madame Albertazzi gave in a most excellent and effective
style. A little lady, .about twelve or thirteen years of
age, rrjoiciii in the suggestive -flume of Dulcken, played
a grand fantasia on the. pianoforte, and with such vast
cx.!eution and evidel;ce of muscle as to greatly astonish
the room. Mr. John Thomas played a solo on the harp ;
and there were other executive doings by Mr. Haus-
mann, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Roeckel, and Mr. G. Case.

SHROPSHIRE IRON TRADE.---In consequence of the
large advance in the price of iron which has recently taken
place, the Lilleshall Company have resolved on advancing the
wages of the numerous hand; in their employ :—The men to
the amount of 6d., per day, and the women and boys in pro-
portion. The whole of the pits and furnaces belonging to the
compauy are in full operation, and the advance will take place
Worcatershire Chronicle.

roltEraN.

Civil war has commenced in Switzerland, by an attack on
Lucerne, in which, it is said, from 800 to 1,000 were killed.
The particulars are given elsewhere.
The French Government have presented to the Chamber of
Deputies a Bill, demanding a credit of 28,700,000 f, for the
improvement of the ports of Dunkirk, Calais, Boulogne, F -
camp, Granville, and others.

In the Chamber of Peers the discussion en the Colonial
Administration Bill had commenced. The Minister of the
Marine detailed at some length the object of the Government,
which was to introduce into the colonies elements to promote
the welfare of the slaves, to give them moral instruction, an
encouragement to legitimate mai riages, and an efficacious
repression of abuses. On all these points the Government
and the Committee were perfectly agreed in their opinions.
There was, however, he said, one important point on which they
differed: The Committee wished the reforms to be all effected

immediately, whereas the Government were of opinion that it
should be done by degrees. The Bill excites great interest.
Miss Louisa Bingham, eldest daughter of W. Bingham,
Esq., of Philadelphia, niece of Lady Ashburton, and grand.
daughter of the late Hon. Allin Chartier de Lothiniere, was
married at Paris, on Wednesday, to Count Olivier de Bois-
guilbert.
The France Meridionale of the 29th ult. gives some addi-
tional details of the insubordination of the law pupils at
Toulouse. " The lectures," says this journal, " which were
interrupted by the Easter holidays, were to continue on the
Friday. after. The students arrived in great numbers to
hear the lecture of M. Massal, but when they beheld that
the measure which they complained of was maintained, they
withdrew, notwithstanding the friendly representations of
the rector, who was pleased to be present at the first sitting.
The students continued to assemble, and used riotous lan •
guage, until the arrival of the troops. They then dispersed
in great agitation."
Accounts from Rome state that further political arrests
have been effected at Ravenna, by order of the military
commission. The number of persons now in the prisons of
that city for political offences amounts to upwards of 100,
about twenty of whom belong to the first families in the pro-
vince. Among them are Counts Cappi, Gamba, Vicarj,
MM. Dellavalle, Camerano, &c.

Considerable sensation was created last evening in the
neigbourhood of Great Queen-street, Holborn, by the
announcement that the murderer of the unfortunate
woman, Mary Brothers, had been captured in a court
leading off the above street. We made inquiry on the
subject, and found that the information we had received
was correct. It appears that Superintendent Pearce,
having received some communications on the subject,
paid a visit to the lodgings of the party charged with
this diabolical murder, and was fortunate enough to ap-
prehend the individual in question. His name is under-
stood to be William Cannon, his age is about 19, he is a
smith, working with his father in the Haymarket.
Superintendent Pearce, on taking the prisoner
into custody, informed him of the nature of
the charge against him. It is not stated
in what way the prisoner met the imputation.
He was immediately conveyed to the Bow-street station-
house, and messengers were at once sent off to Mr. Old-
ham, the cutler, of High-street, St. Giles, and to the
woman Palmer, the servant to the brothel, who attended
very soon afterwards. Both of them, without hesita-
tion, identified the prisoner; the former as knowing him
to be the purchaser of the knife found in the wound in
the unfortunate woman's neck, and the latter as bt ing
the person who accompanied the deceased and engaged
the room where the murder was committed. We are
not aware that the prisoner was in any way influenced
by the recognition by these parties, but, as stated by
Mr. Oldham at the ingdest, the prisoner is a young man
not more than twenty years of age, very sallow in com-
plexion, and nothing very remarkable in his appear-
ance. These are all the accredited facts that have trans-
, pired to this time respecting the prisoner.

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