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" We are conscious that the best and most efficient made
of applying these ample means to give permanent relief to
the population, without temporary evil to any portion of it,
is not yet fully known either to the Government or the
people, or it would be immediately adopted.
" We believe that a discovery has been made of the means
and mode of applying them to extensive practice, even to the
empire, wide as are its limits in the four quarters of the world ;
and we desire to be aided by the Government to effect, in the
shortest time, this great good for our country ; and that it may
become a beneficial and glorious example to the world.
66 We therefore beseech your Majesty to overcome all the
obstacles of form or prejudice, which may otherwise intervene
to prevent your Majesty from giving such directions to your
Ministers as will effect this most to be desired result, for the
permanent happiness of all your Majesty's subjects, and of all
the nations of the world.
" For and on behalf of the Meeting,
" ROBERT OWEN, Chairman."

differences about nothing. Such conduct may conduce to the
interest of the public swindler and Jew-jobber, but not to the
interest of the public tradesman, the enterprising merchant, and
the humble mechanic.
The placard will speak for itself. Whatever danger
may come ; however intense may be the feelings of the
people—and we have long been well assured that they
would neither lay themselves down and die, nor accept
that as alms which they demand as a right—we have
the consolation of knowing that we have warned the
Government, over and over again, of the terrible perils
which unjust legislation is bringing on the empire. Sir
ROBERT PEEL has proclaimed in the House of Coin-
mons, that the authority of Parliament is falling into
contempt ; and now we have starving multitudes echoing
the cry of murder against the Legislature. Is it possible
for a body, based in corruption, and openly accused of
such foul deeds, to excite any other sentiments than
contempt and indignation ? Mind has its own laws as
well as matter ; and an- apple does not fall to the ground
with more certainty than such sentiments arise, when
those who claim honour and meek obedience, as the
protectors of the people, are convicted of betraying and
starving them.

These having been seconded were carried unanimously.
It was then agreed that the documents should be signed by
the Chairman on behalf of the meeting, and that the movers
and seconders of the resolutions should form a Committee to
secure the presentation of the Memorial, Petition, and At:dress.
Mr. FINCH was then moved to the chair, and the thanks of
the meeting having been given by acclamation to Mr. Owen,
that gentleman expressed his great gratification at the ♦ery
patient and orderly conduct of the assembly, and their disposi-
tion to listen to the truth; after which the meeting separated,
at half-past eleven o'clock.

We received last night the Hamburgh Mail, with
intelligence from different parts of Germany. The only
communication of importance is from Berlin. The King
of PRUSSIA, it would appear, since his visit to this coun-
try, has turned his attention to the great influence of
newspapers on the community, and a Conference is to
be held in a few days, at which his Majesty will preside,
the object of which is to do away with the present law
of censorship, and establish another on the most liberal
principles. The Minister of the Interior has published
a circular, addressed .to the Chief Presidents 'of
the provinces, enjoining them to send in general
accounts of the periodical press, and daily literature.
All the Journals which require a license from the Minis-
try are to be included in this report, w hich is to state
the character and standing of the Journals, their value
and usefulness, the number printed, their circulation in
the provinces, and their class of readers. Accounts of
foreign Journals are to be added, stating the numbers
circulated, and among what classes. The plan, on the
whole, is good, but some parts of it are highly objection-
able. A public functionary will make a return of the
" value and usefulness" of a Journal according to his
own political or religious opinions, and may, therefore,
make a very unjust impression as to its real
merits. If the same rule were to be applied
to the journals of this country, we suspect Sir jAiiIES
GRAHAM would be much puzzled in making use of the
return. He would•find some discrepancies between the
reports of the Lord Mayor of London and the Lord
Mayor of Dublin.

COMPLETION OF JOHNSON'S FARMER.
Published this day, in I very thich volume, Bvo., with Wood
Engravings of the best and most improved Agricultural Im-
te lments, &c., 50s. bound, in cloth,
HE FARMER'S ENCYCLOPJEDIA, and
DICTIONARY of RURAL AFFAIRS ; embracing
all the most recent Discoveries in Agricultural Cherni,try ;
adapted to the comprehension of Unscientific Readers.
By CUTHBERT W. JOHNSON, Esq., F.R.S.,
Barrister-at-Law, Editor of " The Farmer's Almanack," &c.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longrnans.

Just ready, in three volumes Bvo., with numerous Plates, &c.,
NARRATIVE OF VARIOUS JOURNEYS IN
BALOCHISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, and the
PANJAB ; including a Residence in those Countries
from 1826 to 1838. By CHARLES MASSON, Esq.
Richard Bentley. New Burlington-street,
Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.

Now ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo., with Portions.
ROMANTIC BIOGRAPHY of the AGE of
ELIZABETH ;
Or, SKETCHES of LIFE from the BYE-WAYS of HIS-
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DALOUGH.
Edited by W. COOKE TAYLOR, LL.D.,
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POPULAR NEW WORKS,
Just published by MR. COLBURN
I.
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MADAME D'ARBLAY'S DIARY of the COURT o
QUEEN CHARLOTTE.

AGNES STRICKLAND'S " LIVES of tke QUEENS
of ENGLAND." Vol. IV., comprising the Queens of Henry
VII. and Henry VIII.

Iv.
The 'LIFE and TIMES of the Right Hon. /HENRY
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VI.
MADAME DE SEVIGNE and HER CONTEMPO-
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FREDERICK the GREAT, HIS COURT and TIMES,
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HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of
AUSTRIA,
having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS-
TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though
they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtain-
mg LARGE FORTUNES,
HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH,
ire now Selling SHARES for the said DIS fltlBU LIONS.
Persons desirous to purchase may re:eive PREVIOUS
giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PARTICU-
LARS, uroa addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to
HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURG H.
The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains 700 MONEY
DIVIDENDS, as follows:
1 .of ti25,000 Sterling .... .£25,000 Sterling.
1
1 ' 1,500
1
800
600
400
200
150
120
110
100
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iu
60
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700 Money Dividends, amounting t 0... £72,170 Sterling.
HEINE BROTHERS beg further to state, that the I\ EXT
POLISH DISTRIBUTION ot MONEY DIVIDENDS will
take place on Ist July. LARGEST DIVIDEND, £24,000;
SMALLEST DIVIDEND, £lB. SELECTED GENUINE
BONDS will be on Sale from 6th till 15th JUNE. The SE-
LEC I'ION of both Distribu ions is taking place oa Ist of
JUNE
Hamburgh and Lubeck, 20th May, 1842.

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THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.
THIS EVENING, JUNE 4.
The Performances will commence with a New Domestic Drama,
entitled ONE FA UTT. Principal Characters by Miss Faucii (from
the Theatre Royal, Covent-garden), Mr. Oxberry, Mr: F. Matthews.
and Mr T. Vining.
After which, the Musical Farce of THE AGREEABLE SU lt-
PRlsiE. Lingo Mr. Harley; Cowslip, Mrs. Humby.
To which will be added, GIOVANNI IN LONDON--Don Gio-
vanni, Mrs. U. P. Gra tan ; Leporella, Mr. Harley.
To conclude with the Ballet of THE DAUt.HTER OF THE DA-
NUBS, in which Mr. Gilbert and Miss Bailin will appear.
Boxes, 4s. l'it, (is.— Gallery, Is. Doors open at rialf-past Six ;
commence at Seven ; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine.
Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box-otficz ;
and of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Bally, at their Libraries.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Third Week of Murat, and the grandest Novelties ever witnessed,
with an Immense outlay, and numbers without conception.
THIS EVENING, JUNE 4.
Will be presented a new Military and Equestrian Spectacle, en-
titled MURAT—THE PEASANT, GENERAL, PRINCE, AND
KING, with Battles, Grand lieviews of Horse and Foot, and gor-
geous Tableaux.
Atter which, in a more extensive and splendid Arena than ever
before witnessed, NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing
Mr. BATTY'S unrivalled Collection of Animals, consisting ot nu-
merous and matchless Cream-coloured Horses, Andalusian Chargers,
Spotted Coursers, Fairy Palfreys, and Pigmy Poneys, and the must
talented Vaulters, iiiders, Gymtastics, and Contortionists in the
kingdom. Gorgeous Cavalcade, novel acts of Equitation, and unri-
valled Acrobatique Feats.
To conclude with an entirely New Comic Drama, entitled THE
GIMLET EYE

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully
informed that
ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS,
GRAND EVENING FETES will be given, in which will be pm-
belied all those popular Entertainments that have given to this favou-
rite place of recreacion its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in-
troduetions, which render them more generally attractive.
The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and im.
portant acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds.
Feeding Time Five o'clock.
The Colossal VIEW OF BOME has been repainted, and in some
instances remodelled, with a Mechanical d'action, repre-
senting the Procession of the Papal Troops, Guards, and Roman
Nobles, to the Castle of St. Angelo.
Tha BAND includes some of the most eminent Performers, con-
ducted by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROMEN ADES
MUSICALES selected from the noblest works of the great Masters.
The ILLUMINATION of ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE,
and the iGIRANDOLA of ST. ANGELO, with all the gorgeous
Spectacles and magnificent introductions that have called forth ac-
clammations of delight and admiration on each evening of their ex.
hlbition, terminating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour,
the CASC ADE of BRILLIANT FIRE, SIX I Y FEET in height.
The Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening
Fetes, with the Promemades Musicales, Illumination of St. Peter's,
Girandola of St. Angelo, &c., will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays,
and Thursdays. Admission One Shilling.

LONDON:
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1842.

A considerable sensation was excited last night in the
House of Commons, by Mr. FERRAND exhibiting a
placard which has been profusely circulated in the
manufacturing districts, and has excited a much
greater sensation there than in the House of Com-
mons. Our readers will scarcely be surprised at
that, when they read the placard, which will be
found in our Parliamentary report. It is satisfactory to
learn from Sir J. GRAHAM, that no outrages have taken
place, but we would not hare the Government and the
landowners therefore infer that the minds of the people
have not been and are not intensely affected. Deep
water is still ; the bubbling noisy splashing brook, runs
over the surface and conceals no danger from the view.
A Correspondent at Birmingham, where also the placard
has been posted, says—
Such has been the effect which the exhibition of these
placards tended to create in Birmingham, that it appears to
have done more towards reconciling the hostile feelings of the
Chartists towards the Corn-law Repealers, than anything that
has heretofore taken place.
Immediately on the receipt of the posters, I caused one to be
exhibited in the immediate neighbourhood of my residence,
and such was the interest felt, that 1 was literally besieged by
applicants, chiefly Chartists, for copies of the same ; and the
heighbourhood has been crowded, so as to render it impassable.
Whilst Arthur O'Neill was lecturing on the subject of the
placard to a crowded meeting of " Christian" Chartists, at his
church, the friends of O'Connor were equally alive in obtaining
numbers of the bills to distribute amongst their friends. So
that I think we may venture to hope, by these unexpected con-
cessions, approving the language and motives of the Corn-law
Repealers by their late opponents, the Chartists, that the good,
old spirit of union is again taking its wonted place in the hears
and affections of the men of the Midland districts—of the heart
of England--of Warwickshire—of Birmingham—of the toy-
shop of Europe, and armoury of the world.
I hail the signal concession of the Chartists of my native
town- as a good omen of the future. What benefit is to be an-
ticipated by either party from incessant bickerings and eternal

riciE SUN, LONDON, SATCADAY ItVENING, JUNE 4, 1842

provement—a growing anxiety for temporal and spirit,
blessings—the well-being of all our fellow -creatures, en the
part of the people, if not on the part of the Legislature and
Government; and from this auspicious omen we hold the
belief that the British empire has not even approSchedits
zenith ; and we know that by the observation of a just
policy to all, and with the aid of such moral and religious
improvement as we witness, this empire may still ad-
vance in greatness and happiness, even, to the consumma-
tion of all things. If the march of this glorious destiny is
not to retrograde, we must preserve Our, colonies, and to the
preservation, of cur colonies it is necessary that we
treat with them with justice—not merely with such nig-
gard justice as consists in not injuring them, but with
the justice that we should claim from them, if our .posi-
tion were reversed—in short, with the same encourage-
ment for their industry that we claim for our own. We
must really treat them " asintegral parts of the United
Kingdom," or the high-spirited Englishmen who occupy
them will look for some other name. The name of
Englishman does not comport with inferiority or sub-
jection to any authority but that of laws to which the
owner is either immediately or indirectly a party.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT APOTHE-
CARIES' HALL.
(FURTHER PARTICULARS.)
At the urgent request of the East India Company,
the establishment of Apothecaries' Hall had undertaker,
contrary to their usual practice, the preparation of
fulminating mercury for the percussion caps in-
tended to be used in the East Indies. With this
view, both yesterdaT_and this
,morning, Mr. Hennell,
the Company's chenocal operator, had been preparing
about six pounds weight Of fulminating mercury, con-
taining one-third of its weight in. water, with a
view to ascertain its actual strength. At ten
o'clock, attended by only one of the labourers,
Mr. Hennell was standing before a large block
of wood about three feet high, whose circum-
ference could not be less than six feet, upon which was
placed a white evaporating dish containing the mercury,
the locality between the distil-house and what is called
the gas-room, where fOrmerly gas was manufactured for
the, use of the Hall, but which now is used for the pur-
pose of:containing various small bottles filled with essen-
tial oils. At this moment the labourer in attendance
left the operator, in order to look after a furnace fire,
where in the earlier part of the day 400 grains of
mercury had been drying, and -which it is supposed had
been taken out by Mr. Hennell, in order to test the con-
dition 'in which they were: Scarcely, however, had the
labourer left the place before he heard three slight ex-
plosions, between each of which there only elapsed a few
seconds, but which was folloWed by a loud report, the
origin of which, to the present time, appears to be per-
fectly inexplicable, although it is supposed that the slighter
reports were occasioned by Mr. Hennell striking a small
portion of the preparation with his finger, and thy fatal
explosion must have arisen from a particle of the
matter having fallen upon the larger mass. By this acci-
dent, we are -sorry -to say that the exploded preparation
struck Mr. Hennell immediately below the chest, and,
taking an upward direction, carried away the right arm
and the same side of the face, together with the whole
of the upper portion of tbe head, as :Well as . nearly the
whole of the viscera, laying open the entire chest, and ex-
hibiting the action of the heart and lungs. .Some parts of
the remains were scattered over the tops of the build-
ing, and other portions were actually picked up by
the workmen upon the roofS of the adjoining houses.
The deceased's right arm was found on the roof of Apo-
thecaries' Hall, at a distance of full 40 yards from the
scene of the fatal, event, and had, in its progress, in-
dented considerably the leaden gutter pipe. Qne of his
fingers was picked up in Union-street, a distance of 100
yards, by a person passing at the time, and must have
been 'forced over the laigh building of the Hall. The la-
bourers belonging to the Hall collected the scattered
fragments, and deposited them in a spot set apart for
their reception. Deplorable, however, as the accident has.
been, it is consolatory to know that no other person was
injured except one man, who was knocked down, but who
escaped without injury. The glass contained in the
whole of the window frames (made of iron) were broken,
by which at least 1,000 panes were demolished, exhi-
biting a picture of destruction seldom witnessed. The
block of wood upon which the dish was placed was so
much splintered as to appear as though it had been
struck by a cannon-ball fired from an eighteen-pounder:
The large paving-stone upon which the block stood is
likewise shattered into 20 pieces. About a yard square,
in the middle ail wall nearly two feet thick, is thrown
inwards forur Or five incbes by the force of the explosion.
We,learn that the deceased gentleman was held in the
highest esteem .by every person in the establishment;
from the treasurer downwards to the lowest porter in the
place, who this morning spoke of him in terms of the
warmest affection, and who seemed by their sympathies
as though each had suddenly lost a dear and valued
friend. The unfortunate gentlemen was formerly ap-
prenticed to the Company, and had been engaged in their
service thirty years. He has left behind him an amiable
widow to lament his loss, but happily no children.
It may be as well, in order to allay any unnecessary
fears that may have been occasioned to the neighbour-
hood by this alarming occurrence, to state that we have
authority for saying that in general no dangerous ex-
periments are ever performed upon the premises of
Apothecaries' Hall, and that they had only been under-
taken, in this instance, at the especial and urgent
request of the Directors. of the East India Company.
The whole of the preparation, 31b. of which was intended
for Bengal and 31b. for Madras, has disappeared by the
eXplosliiii, not a, sinVe particle_ having since been fottnd.
There is not, at the present inoinent, any preparation
upon the premises from ii hick the least danger can
possibly arise.

ELECTION COMMITTEE.
(THIS DAY.)
WATERFORD.

The Committee appointed to try the merits of the
petition against the return for the city -of Waterford,
met this morning at eleven o'clock, J. W. NOGG, EST,.
in the chair.
The Counsel for the sitting MeMbers were Mr. Cock-
burn, Mr. Wrangham, and Mr. Alcock. Mr. Wrangham
was absent from indisposition. The Counsel for the
petitioners are Mr. Austin and. Mr. Hayes.
At the last election the numbers polled for the re-
spective candidates were as follow
Mr. W. Christmrs(C.) • 285
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Mr. M. Heade (C.)
Sir H. W. Barron (L.) 2Ol
Mr. T. Wyse (L.) 199
The grounds on which the petition was made against
the return were, that the Sheriff had improperly rejected
376 votes tendered for Sir H. W. Barron, 377 tendered
for Mr. T. Wyse, on account of the words " Houses and
premises" not being inserted in their certificates of qua-
lification, as required by the Act of Parliament. The
objection is stated in the petition to be invalid, and that
the votes rejected, being perfectly good, ought to have
been recorded, which would have placed the petitioners
in a large majority.
Mr. AUSTIN having briefly opened the case, the poll-
books were put in and proved.
Mr. COCKBURN took an objection to the affidavit of
verification put in with the poll-books, the jurat of which
he contended was defective on account of the names
of the persons taking the oath not being men-
tioned in the document. The affidavit being
defective, had the same effeclas if there . had been
no affidavit at all, and could the Committee receive the
poll-books, not from the immediate custody of the Re-
turning Officer, but from the Clerk of the Peace, with-
out an oath of verification ? He adhered to the statute
which compelled evidence of the oath having been taken
to be produced.
Mr. AUSTIN defended the validity of the affidavit
The production of the books from the custody of the
Clerk of the Peace was sufficient even without any affi-
davit at all. This argument lasted the greater part of
the day ; several precedents, in which the point had
been contested, were cited on both sides.

The room was cleared, and after a long deliberation,
the Chairman decided that it was the opinion of the
Committee that the production of the poll books without
evidence of the oath of verification was not sufficient,
and that the objection was good. The Committee did
not. express any opinion as to the affidavit itself, leaving
Mr. Austin to produce such proof of the verification as
he thought proper.
Mr. Uoox, the Clerk of the Peace, was. called, and
swore to the hand-writing of Mr. Elliott, the senior
Sheriff. He believed that the other signature was that
of Mr. Hasard, the other Sheriff, hut he could not speak
positively.
Mr. Edmund T. Power had been in communication
with Mr. Hasard by letter, and to the best of his belief
the signature to the affidavit was his. Witness was an
agent of the petitioners.
Mr. AUSTIN then put in the affidavit as proof of the
oath having been taken.
Mr. COCKBURN again objected to its being received on
the same grounds as before; the only proper proof of
its validity would be the evidence of the jurors.
The objection was not to the signatures, but to the form
of the jurat.
M.. AUSTIN replied : there was no general rule re-
quiring that the names of the jurors should be inserted
in the affidavit ; it applied only to particular Courts.

Mr. CocxuuaN supported the objection at great
length, contending that the form of the affidavit was
exactly the same as if the oath had been made by one
witness only.
The room was again cleared, and the Committee de-
cided unanimously that the affidavit tendered for the
petitioners was a sufficient verification on oath by the
Returning Officer of the poll books.
The Committee then adjourned till eleven o'clock on
Monday.

THE PRINCE DUOINVILLE'S VISIT POSTPONED.—
Our Paris letters of Wednesday afternoon announce that the
projected visit of the Prince of Joinville and the. Duke
d'Aumale to this country formed the subject of discussion in a
Cabinet Council held at Marshal Soult's on Tuesday. The
two sons of the King of the French were to have left the
French capital, for London, a day or_two after the anniversary
of the battle of Waterloo, in order to avoid being in England
at that period; but, after due deliberation, the Ministry came
to the conclusion to recommend to the King the postponement
sine die of the intended tour, as, from the excited state of the
public mind against England, the visit might be construed to
be an act of condescension of the French King towards this
country at a moment when so much agitation existed on the
right of search question. It was reported in the Court that
the young princes will certainly visit England about the
Autumn, when the French elections shall have been terminated.
—Morning Post.
The town and vicinity of Cahors were last week
visited by a hail-storm, which did considerable injury to the
crops within its range. The Journal de Cahors asserts that
some of the hailstones were of the volume of large-sized eggs.
A letter from Nimes states, that M. 3larignan,
sen., the chief actor in the late tragical event in that place, wrs
removed at midnight, on the 23d inst., to prison, his wounds
not having admitted of his being earlier taken from his own
house. It appears that the condition of his son and daughter
is very much ameliorated.

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