The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-09 00:00:00

PUBLICATIONS.

THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No.CLII.,
Is this day published.

CONTENTS.
1. IGNATIUS LOYOLA AND MIS ASSOCIATES.

2. TRIAL OF MADAME LAFARGE-FRENCH CRIMINAL
JURISPRUDENCE.
3.,STEPHENS' TRAVELS IN CENTRAL AMERICA, CHIA.

PAS AND YUCATAN.
4. MILLINGEN ON DUELLING.

5. BARROW'S TOUR IN.LOMBARDY, THE TYROL, AND

BAVARIA.
6. MENDICI I Y-.ITS CAUSES; DEVICES, AND STATISTICS.
7. AIURE'S TOUR IN GREECE AND THE lONIAN ISL iNDS.
a LIST ON THE PRINCIPLES AND OBJRCTS OF THE
GERMAN CUSTOMS-UNION-DANGERS OF BRITISH
INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE.
London: Longman and Co. Edinburgh: A. and C. Black.

DISTRESS IN THE COUNTRY.

MEETING OF DISSENTING MINISTERS AND
CONGREGATION S.
Yesterday evening a meeting of the Dissenting Minis-
ters and their respective ,congreo-a tips,. in the neighbour-
hood of the metropolis, Was heldin; the Finsbury Cireas •
Chapel, for the purpose' of corOiderilie the present
awful distress so general throughout the country, and
hearing the statements Of. several - clergymen from the
provinces, relative to the facts in connection with the
distress, which came under their -"ebgnizanee in their
capacity as Christian pastors: Thomas Price, Esq.,
D.D., in the Chair. The large anti roomy chapel, with
its two tiers of galleries, was tilled Almost to suffocation
by a most respectable audience, who:seemed to manifest
the deepest sympathy and interest in the proceedings of
the meeting. --- -
The Rev. Mr. LowE, of Forfart after some preli-
minary observations, said that he,'-in conjunction with
other clergymen, some of them members of the Esta-
blished Church, had gone from doer to door in the town
of Forfar for the purpose of ascertaining the rearsitua-
don of the working classes there, and, as the result of
his own personal observation, he could state, that out of
a population of 1,402 families, pontaining 5,012 indi-
viduals, 139 were living on a sutra averagingfrom 6d.
to 9d. per day ; 193 men, earning from ss. to ss. 6d. a:'
week ; 386 had only from 4d to iid. a day ; and 853
wore dragging out a miserable existence on 3d. per day.
Again, there were 1,533 persens Vtio had only 3i-d. to
live on during the day, whilst 169 4il'only the incredi-
ble stun of from three farthings to fine penny to live on
during the twenty-four hours. Silt*
.vits the state of
the working classes in Forfar ; but, fi.e:vas also sorry to
he obliged to add that their spiritnri aSiveii as temporal
interests were affected by this, in_4t',lnite4 as the people
had not the means of attending ' their' religious ob-
servances, from the want of decent 4parel. The conse-
quence of this state of things• wag i4creasing disaffection
and demoralization ; and in proof of the latter assertion
lie would state that in 1836 theto were only 00 com-
mittals from the criminal tribunals, while in 1841
there were 202, and of all these latter the greater num-
ber were for thefts, not of valuable articles, but of mere
eatables. The maternal instinct was as inherent in the
breast of the emaciated and pauperised mother who
nourished her child with Ulu- last life springs of an ex-
hausted frtime as in --the Duchess who entrusted

her offspring to the charge '; or a stranger, and
supplied its void with ' a lap-dog.:---(Hear, hear.)
After some further observations, and detailing several
cases of individual misery, with which the reports of the
proceedings of the Anti-Corn-law Delegates have
rendered the public painfully familiar, the Rev. Gentle-
man sat down amidst loud cheertk.

The Rev. Mr. MASSIE, of Manchester, next rose and
said he was grateful for having an opportunity to address
his fellow Christians of the meteTolis, and more espe-
cially so when it was on behalf of the poor. It was
scarcely necessary for him to enter upon the details of
suffering which were of daily oepurrence in his native
town, but still he feared that the condition of their fel-
low Christians and countrymen in the provinces, was
but little understood by their .brethren hi London._
( Ifear, hear.) A proposition had been made that 1,000
of the starving artisans of Manchester should be
enabled to come as a depetation to London by
a public subscription, and the reason why such
a proposition was entertained was, that they
believed if the people of London were aware
of the misery and distress which pervaded the provinces,
they would not for a moment appear so apathetic as_
they had done. He knew there were many claim§ as
Christians upon the people of London, and therefore he
could not expect that they should come forward with
charitable contributions, nor would he desire it, for much
as he would cherish the heart or charity, he never would
encourage the feeling of dependence on eleemosynary
aid.—(Bear, hear, and cheers.); Noble, generou,=, warm-
hearted John Bull had been contrasted with the poor
prostrate Paddy. He gloried in his own feelings of inde-
pendence in other days, but that •feeling is now fast going.
—(A Voice—" It is gone.") It was coming to the last
point, but still they should struggle to regain it. It was
not a spirit of idleness that kept the people prostrate, fur
he could assure the meeting that there- were thousands
in Lancashire who worked from six o'clock in the
morning until ten at- night to earn 4s. a weel,.
" Ilope deferred reaketh the heart sick ;" and if a man
saw that he laboured six times 15 hours to earn 4s. as
his reward was it a wonder if he-reversed the order of
the well-known sentiment, and turned his ploughshare
into a sword ? Mr. Massie then detailed several of
those heart-rending scenes of distress which render Eng-
land the scorn and pity of the civilised word ; and con-
tinued to say, that distressing as the scenes which he
described were, they were scarcely worse than the con-
dition superinduced by those in the middle classes.—
(Hear, hear.) He would ref.:47 Fis briefly as possible to
the state of the shopkeepers, such as bakers, butchers,
grocers and the like, in several parts of Lancashire.
Returns had been made to him, by which he would be
enabled to institute a comparison between the income of
this class of tradesmen in the years 1839 and 1841. The
returns related to the receipts-of 13 bread and provision
dealers, 14 butchers, 10 grocers and tea-dealers, and 13
drapers, all men of the highest character and respecta-
bility. In the year 1839, their aggregate receipts
amounted to 197,7004—in 18:41 they were 130,100/..
making a difference in two years of 67,0001.,
and shortly before he came to London he had been in-
formed by these parties that their income up to this
period of 1342 was at least 15 per cent.. less than what
it was at the termination of the year 1841, thus reducing
their receipts to about 110,0001. instead of 197,000/., or
little more than one-half in two years. In 1839 the
poor-rates were only I.s. 4d. in' the pound, and he was M-
I fo:med by the overseors that this year they would be at
least 4s. The shopkeepers were coming down fast to
the level of the paupers, and he could state that many of
them in Manchester, to his own knowledge, did
not taste butchers' meat during the week..—(Hear, hear.)
In the years 1835, 1836, and 1837, the average number
of cattle sold weekly in Salford was 700, while last week,
when, owing to the propitious weather, the greatest
plenty might be expected in the market, only 361 were
' sold. lle had been asked by a friend whether he con-
sidered himself justified as a minister of religion in
mixing himself up with the angry politics of the
day, but he (Mr. Massie) would ask, could a mi-
nister of religion—that , religion which exerts you
to love your fellow-man as yourself, be aware
of these facts, and abstain from joining in endea-
vouring, constitutionally, to obtain an amelioiation
in the condition of the suffering people ? Let them go
to the home of the working man, and then they would
see the child perishing in its spring-time for want of
food, while the parent was sad, and mattering vows of
vengeance against his oppressors, for to this it had
come at last. The people spoke of it openly ' • they
said they only wanted leaders, and he feared that
such would not long be wanting. In conclusion,
he would call upon all those who were ministers
to lose no time in convening their brethren, and
imploring Providence to avert the evils which seem
to threaten this country, and calm down those angry.
feelings by which the masses seemed actuated, and
which, unless speedily soothed, would lead to a sanguinary
revolution.—(Loud and 46,tig continued cheering.) •
Mr. GEORGE Tno3iescre addressed the meeting in
long and eloquent speech, in which he stated that eight
or nine months ago those in power strenuously denied
the statements with respect to the distress of the country,
but now they had it on the authority of the Home Soere-
ary that there was in Great Itoltain upwards of 1,300,000
persons dependent upon parish relief, and read several
extracts from the Right BOA. Baronet's memorable work
on Corn and Currency, which, with Mr. Thompson's
caustic observations,' caueed'much laughter.
Amongst those- present we remarked the following
Rev. Gentlemen:—Rer. J. 11. Hinton, James Carlile,
Gilbert, Dr. J. P. Smith, G. Evans, J. Miram, J.
Ad y, J. G. Fuller, J.Angug, T. Aveling, J. Raban, J.
Nellor, M. Pittan, E. Halliday, M. Pennan, Rev. J. W.
Massie, Manchester; Itev. Dr. Hough, Glasgow; M.
Lowe, Forfar ; Dr. King, -Glasgow ; 1)r. Perry, St.
Luke's, Kingsland; W. Harrison, Tottenham; Mr. Da-
bourg, Clapham ; J. IL Morgan, Stourbridge ; Mr.
Muller, Amsterdam; 'Mt. Ferguson, Bicester, &c. &c.
The meeting separated shortly after one o'clock.

Duo,

A short time since, a huissier of Rouen called on the
wife of a small manufacturer, who had left that town in
consequence of losses in trade, ads stated that he had
come to seize her goods. The youg woman exerted
all her powers of fascination to soften the heart of the
agent of the law, but smiles, soft words, prayers,
resortedblandish knomteonin s:
in
how'
act all the artillery which pretty
woman
to employ on such occasions, were
vain ; the ,poor woman had yet to learn
what a huissier's heart, and above all the heart of e
ble, and ordered his followers to com -
Nina
soe
anneupeiaentchee oi huissier,inventory.
,Ds' made of. He remained as cold
tr 0 r y .
The young woman then changed
her manner, and seizing, in a fit of despair, a long knife,
struck herself three times in the breast. Luckily her stays
rkin
prevented the wounds from being dangerous, but she
fell fainting on the floor. The: huissier had her placed on
a bed, and the neighbours sent for the authorities. When
they arrived, they found the huissier proceeding with
place in the parishes of Murroc mid
lniliastltsioersks,oanndwiaclici tulally ma g down in his list the very
the
young woman was lying.
PROGRESS or TE,seErtANcE.--.An imposing de-
monstration took
p
Abington on Sunday last, when persons, to the number
of fifty thousand, assembled to hail the arrival there of
Father Mathew, when! he had been invited to administer
theimwith a
dde
pledge. Deputationsr ssos
h
After the greater part of the day
had b2en spent in administering the pledge to postu-
lants, this immense concourse quietly broke up.
liAi r-FARTHINGS. -- A Writer, addressing the
Master of the A You have invented a new coin.lint, says—
Why lave you shrunk from giving it art original name ? The
corn( quence will be thatthere must be an additional column
in cur tradesmen's ledgero, ' X. s. d. q. ig,' and an article may
cost Is. li-cl. iq., or ad. oci, and so on. May not this in-
convenience be avoided by the disnse of the word ' farthing,'
and by the adoption of the word ' octave' for the half-
ft r hing? The catty of the pm) of the article Trill then be
•le. 114, or *LA

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Here-
ditary Prince and Princess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, took an
airing yesterday afternoon in an open carriage and four, the
Hon. Colonel Grey and Colonel Bouverie, the Equerries in
Waiting, attending on horseback. •
The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday, and re-
mained to lunch with her Majesty and Prince Albert.
The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, accompanied
by the Dowager Lady Lyttetlon, were taken an airing yester-
day in an open landau and four.
The Hereditary Prince and Princess of Saxe Coburg Gotha
visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday, and afterwards paid
visits to all the members of the Royal Family.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Au-
gusta of Cambridge visited the Prince and Princess of Saxe
Cobourg Gotha yesterday.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last evening
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their
Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Saxe Cobourg
Gotha, the Earl of Liverpool, Lord Fitzgerald and Vent,
Dwarkanauth Tagore Zemindar, Lady Anna Maria Dawson,
Sir George Couper, Bart., and the Baron de Brandenstein.
The band of the Coldstream Guards attended during dinner.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Canibridge
had a dinner party yesterday, at Cambridge House. The
company included the Lord Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst, the
Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Marchioness of Londonderry,
-Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter., Marquis and Marchioness
of Ailesbury, Marquis of Granby, Earl and Countess Gros-
venor, Earl and Countess Brownlow, Earl of March, Earl
of Pembroke, Mr. and Lady Georgians Codrington.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge bad after-
wards an evening party, which was very numerously attended.
Ifer Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by
Lady Charles Somerset, arrived shortly before ten o'clock.
The Company began to arrive at ten o'clock, and continued
setting down until past eleven o'clock.
The suite of State Rooms were all opened on the occasion,
-and were brilliantly illuminated ; in one of them a Concert was
performed; the following was the Programme

PA RTE PRIMA.

Blercadante.

Duo----" Si the un figlio," Signori. Rubini e
Lablache (J. Briganti) .
Aria—" Ah ! non avea pie 'lagrime," Signor
Ronconi (Maria Rudenz)
Duo—" Dove vai," Signori Mario e Lablache
(Guillaume 'fell)
Aria—" L'estrema volta e questa' " Signor Rubini Benedict.
Fantasia sur les motifs de—" Don Juan," M.
Thalberg
Aria—" In terra ci divisero," Signor Mario
( L' Illustri Alvah)
Trio, " Tronca suoi di," Signori Rubini, Ron-
coni, e Lablache (Guillaume Tell)
PATE SEC UNDA.
"Ashton !" Signori Mario e Ronconi (Lucia

Donizetti.

Mercadante.

di Lammermoor)
Aria, "11 soave e bel contento," Signor Rubini

Donizetti.

Pacini.

(Niobe)
Duo, " Qui fra voi," Signor Lablache, e Ronconi
(Eliza e Claudio)
Airs de Schubert, Signor Mario.
Fantasia sur les motifs de " Lucregia Borgia,"
M. Thalberg Thalberg.
Duo, " Donala a questo core," Signori Rubini e
Mario (Ricciardo e Zoraide)
Quartetto, " 0, nubile Signora," Signori Ru-
bini, Mario, Ronconi, e Lablache (Comte
Oury)..
M. Costa presided at the F ianoforte.
Among the company were Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
the Belgian Minister, the Grecian Minister, and Madame
Tricoupi, the Sardinian Minister and Count Revel, the Saxon
Minister, the French Charge d'Affaires, the Austrian Mi-
nister and Baron Koller, and Baron Lebzeltern, the Swedish
Charge d'Affaires, the Wurtemburg Minister, the Netherlands
Charge d'Affaires, the Hanoverian Minister, the Russian Mi-
nister and Baroness Brunow, the Prussian Minister and Ma-
dame Bunsen, the Bavarian Minister, and Count
Koudriaffsky, the Duke of Wellington, Duchess of Inverness,
Viscount Barrington, Sir Henry and Miss Wheatley, Rev. Mr.
Hutchinson, Lord and Lady F. Somerset and Misses Somerset,
Sir E. and Lady Antrobus and Misses Antrobus, Earl and
Countess Stanhope and Lady W. Stanhope, Sir Gore and Lady
Ouseley, Miss Ouseley, Sir J. and Lady Shelley, Miss Shelley,
Earl and Countess Beverley, Lady A. Vane, Lord and Lady
Norms's, Sir Samuel G. Higgins, Lord Foley, Earl and Coun-
tess Delawarr and the Ladies E. and M. West, Honourable
Miss Copley, Colonel and Mrs. Bentinck, Captain Vil-
liers, Mr. and Mrs. J. Towneley, Viscountess Palmer-
ston, Viscountess Jocelyn, Earl and Countess Sandwich,
Earl and Countess Jersey, Lady C. Villiers, Marquis of
Headfort and Ladies Olivia and Mary Taylour, Duchess of
Northumberland, Miss Wynn, Misses Percy, Lady Dungan-
non, Duke of Richmond, Lady C. Lennox, Mr. and Mrs.
Hupeden, lion. Mrs. Goulburn, Countess and Misses De
Flahault, General Keats, Lady rnest Bruce; Earl and Coun-
tess of Kinnoull and Lady Louisa Hay, Sir J. and Lady
a'Beckett, Mr. Ridley Colborne, Mr. Culling Smith, Earl and
Countess Wilton, Marquis of Douro, Earl and Countess of
Haddington, Mr. A. Montgomery, Earl and Countess Powis,
Ladies Herbert, Marquis of Worcester, Ladies A. and
H. Cadogan, Honourable Mr. Cadogan, Lord and the
Honourable Miss Forester, Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch,
Lord Lovaine, Hon. W. Cowper, Earl and Countess Sefton,
Mr. and Mrs. Baukes, Lady Le Despencer, Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Clanricarde, Mi. Vincent, Sir W. and Miss
Gordon, Ladies E. and M. Grosvenor, Lady and Miss Far-
quhar, Ladies Cust, Earl Beauchamp, Viscountess Mahon,
Lady Gomm, Colonel and Mrs. Cornwall, Duke and EL:cliess
of Somerset, Earl of Ripen, Captain J. Macdonald, Sir G.
Lady and Miss Quentin, Lord and Lady Poltimore, Viscount
and Viscountess Villiers, Countess of Tankerville, Countess of
Glenuall, Dowager Lady Clinton, Misses Seymour, Lady
G. Somerset, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Roslyn,
Mr. Brand, Lord Redesdale, Hon. Miss Mitford, Lord Canti-
lupe, Mrs. and Miss Scarlett, Marquis and Marchioness of
Downshire, Lord E. and Lady Charlotte Hill, Hon. Cecil
Forester, Mr. and Mrs. Marjoribanks, Miss Marjoribanks, Miss
Coutts, Duchess of Bedford, Duke and Duchess of Cleveland,
Colonel Jones, Viscountess Canning, Earl of Liverpool, Lord
Fitzgerald and Vesci, Marchioness of Westminster, Lord and
Lady Robert Grosvenor, Earl and Countess Carlisle, Lady M.
Howard, Viscount Clifden, Sir F. Trench, Earl Bathurst,
Hon Charles Gore, Lady and Misses Clerk, Viscount and
Vitcountess Sydney, Lady A. Paget, Earl and Countess Cra-
ven, Lady Marianne Alford, Lord Bloomfield, tsc.
Mr. Jackson had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday,
at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.
A Deputation from the Yorkshire Coal Masters, including
Messrs. Briggs and Morton, had an interview with the Earl of
Ripon yesterday, at the Office of the Board of Trade.
Lord and Lady Aylmer have arrived at Farrance's Hotel,
Belgra.ve-street, from Paris.

Rossini.