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:novel : but thes' have offered sugrestions, in the sub-
oined resolutions, the effects of which they confidently
tope may be ultimately, though gradually sccee:,sful.
They believe that if those suggestions are considered
nal acted upon in a spirit of equal justice to both pro-
prietors and labourers, prosperity may be restored ; and
diet, under the blessing of Divine Providence, the world
may witness the complete success of the great example
which this country has afforded.
" Resolved,—That it is the opinion of this Committee,
. "1. That the great act of emancipating the slaves in
• the Wyk Indian Colonies, has been productive, as re-
gards the character snd condition of the negro
population, of the most favourable and gratifying results.
".2. That the improvement in the character of the
negro in every, colony into the state of which this Com -
mittee has had time to extend inquiry, is proved by
abundant testimony of an increased and increasing de-
sire for religious and general instruction ; a growing dis-
position to take upon themselves the obligations of mar-
riage, and to fulfil the duties of 'domestic life •, improved
morals ; rapid advance in civilization; and increased
sense of the value of property and independent station.
" 3:* 'That, unhappily, there has occurred, simul-
taneously with this amendment in the condition of the
negroes, a very great diminution in the staple produc-
tions of the West 'lndies, to such an' extent as to have
caused serious, and, in some cases, ruinous injury to the
proprietors of estates in thosecolonies.
"4. That while this distress 'has been felt to a much
less extent in some of the smaller and more populous
islands, it has been so great in the larger colonies of Ja-
maim, British Guiana, and Trinidad, as to have caused
many estates, hitherto prosperous and productive, to be
cultivated for the last two or three rears a t considerable
_
toss, ail(' 'others to be abandoned.

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FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
GLOBE.--The ac-:ounts received this morning
from the manufacturing districts are fearfully por-
tentous. We have given the particulars, obtained
from various sources, in another part of our paper.
his disorganised state of large masses of the manu-
facturing population has recently assumed a cha!
racter which excited considerable alarm in the dis-
tricts in and around. which these symptoms of
disturbance • have Seen shown. These. apprehen••
sions of outbreaks and violence have become re 7
alised4 with fears of still more dangerous attacks on
.
pubhc peace and order. This state of things will occa••
sion deep regret, but will scarcely excite surprise. Pri •
vations and sufferings—arising from lack of employ.:
ment—and an inability to obtain sufficient food and
clo.hing by severe labour, exacted from decaying
strength, to perform it by those who, only le
miserable than those from whom the importunity
of working for a scanty supply of bread for them-
selves and families has been altogether denied—
these calamities, deeply and widely spread, are work=
ink their invariable results among the sufferers
Theso terrible seem
to
woes.t,tt last refuge of the
hwlv wretched
abbeanddo Nniecti tim
hole,
of
miserable, and to haver infuriated to violence,
as though no conseqUendes to themselves, however
terrible, could produce worse calamities than those
they have long endured. We have before us an ad..;
dress which this operatives of Ashton-under-Line
have put forth on the subject of their grievous priva-
tions. They appeal to the middle classes, as to what
must be the inevitable consequences to the condition
of shopkeepers from the depressed state of wages ; and
present the results in figures which exhibit thoSe re-
sultg, in the following. form :
" Suppose there are in the surrounding distriefi people
employed of the description hereafter-mentioned, and
wages reduced to the sums stated, the figures will stand
thus

TO PARENTS & GU ARDIANS.—A FRENCH
LADY, residing in PARIS, has a VACANCY for TWO
YOUNG LADIES to BOARD and INSTRUCT in the
FRENCH LANGUAGE, with other branches of Education,
a necessary. They will he treated as weathers of the family,
rnd every care taken of their murals. The most respectable
eferen,,e .tiven and required.
Apply by letter, or personal interview, to Miss Tinckler, 22,
Old Bond-street, London.

" 5. That the principal causes of this diminished pro-
duction and consequent distress are, the great difficulty
which has been experienced by the planters in obtaining
steady and continuous labour; and the high rate of remu-
neration which they give for the broken and indifferent
work which they are able to procure.
" 6. That the diminished supply of labour is caused
partly by the fact that some of the former slaves have
betaken themselves to other occupations more profitable
than field labour ; but the more general cause is, that
the labourers are enabled to live in comfort and to acqhire
wealth without, for the most_ part, labouring on the
estates of the planters for more than three or four days
in a week, and from five to seven hours in a day : so
that they have no suffleient stimulus to perform an ade-
quate amount of work.
" 7. That this state of things arises partly from the
high wages which the insufficiency of the supply of
labour, and their competition with each other, naturally
compel the planters to pay ; but is principally to be at-
tributed to the easy t€rms upon which the use of land
has been obtainable by negroes.
"8. That many of the former slaves have been ens:=
bled to purchase land, and the labourers generally are
allowed to occupy provision grounds subject to no rent,
or to a very low one : and in ttese fertile countries, the
land they thus hold as owners or occupiers not only
yields them an ample supply of food, but, in many cases,
a considerable overplus in money, altogether independent
of; and in addition to, the high money wages which they
receive.

Reduced Weekly. Weekly Amount. Annually.
10,000 Weavers .. ..4s £l,OOO £52,000
2,000 Spinners- 7s ‘ 700 36,400
Card-room Hands, Heelers, Engineers, Mecha-
nics, Piecers, and all other hands employed-- '
(10,000) reduced upon
an average 2s. per week £l,OOO 52,000

.E 140,400
In the face of these dangers to society, Parliament
is about to separate, having refused to inquire into
the state of the country, with a view to providing a
remedy for its distress. On the Government will,
devolve the difficult and most embarrassing duty of
preserving the peace of the country--of protecting
an infuriated population from the consequences of its
own violence. The very means employed may pro-
voke collisions, and exasperate to yet greater violence,
Surely, Sir Robert Peel will pause on the threshold of
the intended prorogation, and at the Cabinet held
to-day, for the purpose of preparing the Speech which
to-morrow will be read by the Sovereign at the pro-
rogation, insist on the necessity of introducing a.
paragraph conciliatory in its tone, and encouraging
in its tendency ; promising that Parliament shall as-
semble at an early period, for the purpose of taking
the calamitous state of the country into its serious
consideration ; and that, in the meantime, the Govern-.
ment will diligently apply itself to the preparation of
effectual measures for its relief! •
STANDARD.—The debate of last night, though
comprised in two speeches, is not to be disposed of in.
such narrow space and with such brief consideration
as a newspaper can command in a single number.
Were the question, indeed, narrowed to a single
issue—the comparative merits of the late and the
present Governments—two or three short and
indisputable propositions would supply the answer.
The late Ministers found the country in the •
enjoyment of profound peace, not merely a
peace actually established, but secured by the
anxious desire of every foreign nation to. culti-
vatzt our friendship; and they found the country
also in the possession of a great surplus revenue, and
a most, prosperous commerce. 1\ hen driven from
office they left us with war in Chiba, war in Syria',"
,
war in Central Asia; with the next most powerful
nation of the earth to ourselves France, eager to
join in the war against us ; and with another
powerful nation—a most important commercial
customer also —the United States, scarcely less eager
to augment the number of our open enemies. They
left us with a revenue deficient at the rate of two
millions and alalf annually, and with a debt of ten
millions already realised by
this annual deficiency
with commerce, too, such as we see. These are facts
notorious and indisputable. No Man controverts
them, because no man can controvert them. The
miserable and almost desperate state in which the
late Ministers left public affairs is, however, the
state in which Sir Robert Peel's Government re-
ceived the awful trust. Now if this Government had
merely checked the dreadful current of deteriora-
tion—if Sir Robert Peel had only stayed the course
of u •Iversal war—if he had only prevented
for a day the actual outbreak of hostilities with
France and America—ifhe had but diminished
a million a-year—if he
' had but to boast that we have still a manufac-
torythe fiscal defalcation by
or two at work—his claim' to praise would be
as high as that of any statesman that has ever
directed the affairs of the nation. But what has he,
in fact, done ? lie has first given us a year without
a new war—he has even secured a rational pro-
bability of a speedy and honourable termination
of those wars in which
his predecessors involved
us—he has secured the peace of Europe by enabling
the wise and good King of the French to point to
England as a just, a respectful,
and sincere friend of
France, such as England ever ought to be—he has
taken away all tenable ground of complaint from our
American enemies, so as to arm the well disposed
and prudent citizens of the United States with
reasons for preferring peace with Great Britain. By
a bold financial policy, which posterity will rank
with those master-strokes of statesmanship which
have immortalised the memory of his great model,
William Pitt, he has at once restored the revenue
froth a deficiency to a surplus. 'We speak with per-
fect confidence as to the result, because no one pre-
tends to doubt it—while on every side we witness
with delight the unequivocal symptoms of returning
commercial prosperity. And all this has been the
work of less than twelve months !

VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATES in OXFORDSHIRE•
on the borders of Perks, within a few miles of Reading and
Henley, and only three miles from the Pangbourn Station, on the

"9. That the cheapness of land has thus been the main
cause of the difficulties which Lave been experienced ;
and that this cheapness is the natural result of the ex-
cess of fertile land beyond the wants of the existing
population.
_ _ _

Great Western Railway.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH awl SON beg
to apprise the Public that they will SELL by AUC_
TION, at the Mart, on TUESDAY, September 13, at Tweive, in
One Lot, by direction of the surviving Trustee of the Estate of the
late Henry Calveley Cotton, E•q.
The HOOK END ESTATE, near CHECKENDON and
WOO DCOTT, comprising about 416 ACRES, divided into a good
sound stock farm, with a respectable farmhouse, and all requisite
substantial buildings, together with some ornamental woodlands
and plantations, thickly stored with thriving oak, beech, larch,
&c., and forming excellent preserves for game, with several
cottages and gardens. The whole offering a good and improving
investment for capital, and a desirable healthy little domain fur
sporting, with several very eligible sites for building.
Particulars and plans may be had at the neighbouring Inns;
of Messrs. Whitmore, Roumieu, and Walters, Solicitors, 9, Lin.
coin's Inn ; at the Mart; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son,
Land Agents, in Waterloo.place, Pall-mall, and Windsor.

10. That in considering the anxious question of
what practical remedies are best.calchlated to check the
increasing depreciation of West Indian property,. it
therefore appears that much might be effected by Judi'
cious arrangements on the part of the planters them
selves, for their own general advantage, and by mode-
derate and prudent changes in the system which they
have hitherto adopted.
"11. That one obvious and most desirable mode of
endeavouring to compensate for this diminished supply of
labour, is to promote the immigration of a fresh labour-
ing population, to such an extent as to create competition
fur employment.
"12. That fir the better attainment of that object, as
welt as to secure the full rights and comforts of the im-
migrants as freemen, it is desirable that such immigra-
tion should be conducted under the a-..thority, inspection,
and control of responsible public officers.
" 13. That it is also a serious question, whether it is
not required by a due regard I.)r•the just rights and in-
terests of the West Indian Proprietors, and the ultimate.
welfare of the ne.'Toes themselves, more especially in
consideration of the large addition to the labouring
population, which it is hoped may'Zaou be effected by
Immigration, that the laws which regulate the relations
tr.itween employers and labourer in the different Colo-
nies,.should undergo early and careful revision by their
re:elect ve I:,?gislatures.
"25th July, 1842."

The SITE for a NEW TOWN, VILLAS, &c.
At the rand Railway Station at SLOUGH, near Eton and
Wind's , combining all the advantages of a dry rich soil,
deligh I air, excellent water, and surrounded by roads and
scenery! , ual to any in the kingdom.
ME SRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON beg to
nounce to Capitalists, spirited Builders, and any one
desirous oftsecuring a Site for a Residence, in one of the most
favoured spots now within 35 minutes' journey of London, that
they have txt,,n commissioned to bring to SALE by AUCTION,
at the Crow; •liin. Slough, on Tottasoxv, September 15, in divers
Lots, (9.461 ceptable offers shall bepreviously made by Private
Contract), _ _

The first portion of an Invaluable TRACT of FREEHOLD
BUILDING GROUND, close to the Grust Western Railway
Station at Slough, a spot which, from its Constant and expeditious
communication with the metropolis, its contiguity to Eton and
Windsor, the River Thames, the beautiful scenery of the Royal
Parks and Forest, combined with excellent roads and numerous
picturesque rural drives in the immediate neighbourhood, must
become a place of importance.
It is in a delightfully tine, elevated, and healthy part of the
country, in the centre of the Royal Hunt, presenting to gentlemen,
whose avocations reiittire their frequent attendance in London, un.
equalled advantages of retirement and enjoyment.
• Plans are preparing, and may be inspected at their Offices, in
Waterloo.place, Pall-mall, and Windsor, where descriptive parti-
culars will be ready in due time ; and also to be had at the Hotels
at Slough, Salthill, Uxbridge, &c., and at the Auction Mart.

GOOD NEWS for the LADIES.—MECHI,
No. 4, Leadenhall-street, London, sell his Needles at
4d. per paper; Pins, 4s. per pound; Scissors and Penknives,
is.; Thimbles, Is. ; Toothbrushes, 6d. and f.l.'; Hair-
brushes, Is. to 2s. tid. ; Comb 4, 6d. and upwards; Netting
Boxes, 2s. 6d. and upwards; Japan Dressing.eases, 3s. to
I2s. 6d.; Side Combs, Is. per pair; Work boxes, Bs. and
upwards; Tea.eaddies, Desks, Watch-stands; Card-raeks,,
Hand-screens, &c., &c.
MP:CLIPS IVORY TABLE KNIVES, lalanced Handles
in sets, 50 pieces, 21. 10A., :?/. los., 41. 10s. Common Kitchen,
per dozen, is. 6d., 12r., 16s. 61., 21s , 255. Table Steels,
Patent Sharpeners, Cases t.f Dessert Knives, Sheffield Plated
Goods, tierinan Siiver Forks and Spoons, Tea Trays, Tea
Caddies, Dish Covers, Cruet Frames, Sze. &e.

PUBLIC MONUMENTS.

(Front the "Votes stud Prozi!etings of the House of

A SISTER SHUT BY A BRUT HER.
Monday afternoon the inhabitants and neighbour-
hood of Shepperton Cottages, Rosemary Branch, Hox ton,
were thrown into a state of the utmost excitement arising
from the following melancholy event -occurring at No.
64, Sheprrton-cottages :—About three o'clock in the
afternoon the few persons who were passing were alarmed
by hearing a report issuing from the house, and in a few
seconds afterwards a lady was se .n rushing out of the
house in a state of the greatest mental anxiety, imploring
the passers-by to come in, as one of her daughters had
that instant been shot. A Mr. Donaldson, a confectioner,
who was passing at the instant, rushed into the house,
when the first sight which presented itself to his eye was
seeing an elderly gentleman with his -shirt.saturated in
blood, clasping in his arms a fine grown girl, about 15
years of age, who was bleeding profusely from the temple
and right side of her face. Mr. Henley, chemist, No. 52,
Shepperton-cottages, promptly attended, and was sub-
sequently helped by the medical attendant of the family.
It appears that the family consists of several children,
and one of them, a lad about 15 years of age, has been
in the habit of keeping pigeons, and for their protection
has kept a pistol loaded to shoot the cats. At the hour
above-named, one of the daughters, a fine girl about 15
years of age, was engaged in feeding one of the youngest
members of the family, when a younger child, a boy
about seven years of age, by some means obtained pos-
session of the pistol, and fired the weapon ; but whether
it was discharged at any object could not be ascertained.
Unfortunately the charge struck; and, we regret to state,
no leSs than nineteen shots, varying in size from part-
ridge to duck shot, entered the head of the poor girl.
'One of the shots entered beneath the eye, another on the
forehead, some in the temple, and others behind the
right ear—the laver being the most dangerous. The
unfortunate girl, shortly after she received the charge,
began to vomit, and exhibited the most dangerous symp-
toms. Subsequently several of the shot were extracted:
but we regret to say that the worst fears are entertained.

Commons.")

Entry in Journal, 3d February, 1817, read, as fol-
loweth

" Resolved, nemine contradicente, That the thanks of
this Ilouse be given to Admiral Lord Viscount Ex-
mouth, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable
Military Order of the Bath, for his able and gallant con-
duct in the successful and decisive attack on the batteries
and naval force of Algiers, on the 27th August, 1816."
Entry in Journal, 30th October, 1801, read, as fol-
loweth

" Resolved, nemine contradicente, That the thanks of
this House be given to Rear-Admiral SirJamesSaumarez,
Baronet, Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the
Bath, for his alacrity and zeal in pursuing, and his!able and
gallant conduct in the successful attack on, the combined
squadron of the enemy in the Straits of Gibraltar, on
the 12th and 13th days of July last, by the squadron tin-
der his orders."

Entry in Journal, 24th March, 1803, read, as fol-
loweth

" Mr. Chancellor of he Exchequer acquainted the
ITou,e, that he had a Message from his Majesty to this
H Juie, signed by his Majesty; and he presented the
same to the House ; and it wAs read by Mr. Speaker
(All the Members of the House being uncovered) ; and is
XS f.llowetb, viz.:--
" GEORGE 1.1.

" H's Majesty having taken into consideration the
eminent services performed on various occasions by Rear-
Admiral Sir James Saumarez, Baronet, and K. 8., and
par ticularly the valour, promptitude, and ability which
he displayed in successfnlly attacking a superior squa-
dron of French and Spanish ships in the Straits of
Gibraltar, on the 12th of July, 1801, recommends it to
the House of Commons to enable his Majesty to make
provision for securing to the said Sir James Saumarez
an annuity of twelve hundred pounds for the term of his
natural life. " G. H."
Entry in Journal, 26th September, 1799, read, as fol-
loweth

We have been informed from good authority that
the present system of forming a few regiments into two
battalions of six companies each is merely a temporary
arrangement, and that when the pressure on the army
shall be relieved, by the close of the war in China and
in India, the two extra conwanies will be reduced, by
drafting the men into the remaimine. ten companies, and
placing the officers on temporary half-pay. This reduc-
tion, however, cannot take place for a considerable
period ; and, contrary to the opinion of many, we main-
tain that the military force cannot be reduced, even
though the China war and the outbreaks in India were
ended. Without doubt we must hereafter retain a pro-
tecting force in China, and in our Eastern empire a much
larger proportion of Europeans will be employed than
heretofore. We have heard that officers have hesitated
to accept promotion in the corps augmented to twelve
companies, but we think they have needless. fears of re-
duction to half-pay. We even venture to predict that a
still further augmentation of regiments to the establish-
ment of twelve companies will take place before another
year, if we may take the present aspect of Eastern and
Western affairs as our guide. • We regret to say that our
army has in no degree been placed on the same effective
scale of numbers as the navy has been during the last
two years.—Nat;al and Military Gazette.
FLOOD AT CREDITON..--011 Wednesday afternoon
an awful storm of thunder and lightning passed over a
part of this parish, and a water spout, of very great
length, burst, inundating the fields and roads to an extent
never before remembered ; and, in one or two instances,
clearing whole fields of the shocks of corn. The little
steam at Moorlake was swollen to a large and rapid river,
and rendered completely impassable, washing away a fine
bridge recently erected over it, which many thought was
a waste of the parochial finances, the stream being so in-
significant. Near the Barnstaple-cross turnpike-gate, at
the head of a large field, several yards of the hedge were
washed across the road, which was thereby rendered im-
passable for those on toot, and the road appeared as if
the hedge had been across-it for several years, from the
bushes remaining with the earth. A house near Moor-
lake was swept clean off. The rain did not extend to
the eastern parts of the town, round which the opera-
tionson all day.— Westcrn 7 inns.
of harvest were going
BONDED CORN.--It is generally expected that the
corn now in bond, amounting to about 1,500,000 quarters
will be liberated next week, at the duty of Bs. per quar-
ter on wheat. Efforts have been made so to work the
averages as to reduce the payment to 7s. or to 65., and at
one time it was thought that they might be got down to
Is. The happy prospects of an early and well-gathered
harvest have defeated the expectations of the specu-
lators, and rendered it very clear that the longer the
liberation of the grain is delayed the higher will be the
duty.--Leeds Mercury.
A NON-FINANCIAL TEST.--A Philadellhia paper
of July 20. says:—" Merciful fathers I what a 'hot day
this is. Yesterday was thought to be a scorcher; brit it
was no touch to his. By Mot4ty night, should 'hi •
weather continue, he financial situation of our citizens
will bo fully tested; all who are then found in the city
may be safely set down as too poor to get out of it."

" Resolved, neminc contradicente, That the thanks of
this House be given to Captain Sir William Sidney
Smith, for the conspicuous zeal and heroism by which
he animated and directed the efforts of the Turkish
forces, and of the small number of British officers and
seamen-under his command, in their long and successful
defence of Saint Jean d'Acre, on the coast of Syria,
against the formidable and desperate attack of the French
army, under the command of i4eneral Buonapartc."
Entry in Journal, 16th Febtuary, 1801, read, as fol-
loweth

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted the
House, that he had a Message from his Majesty to the
House, signed by his Majesty; and he presented the
same to this house ; and it was relid by Mr. Speaker
(all the Members of the House being uncovered) ; and
is as followeth, viz. :
" GEORGE R.

" His Majesty being desiNuS of conferring a signal
mark of his favour and approbation on Captain Sir Sid-
ney Smith, in consequence of the eminent services which
he has rendered, and the valour and ability which he
has displayed during the whole period of the important
operations, with the conduct of which he has been en
trusted on the coast of Egypt; and particularly in the
gallant and heroic defence of the fortress of Acre, re.
commends it to the House of Commons to enable his
Majesty to make provision for securing to the said Sir
Sidney Smith, a pension of one thousand pounds per an for the term of his natural life. "G. R."
1. Resolved, That an humble address be presented to
her Majesty, that her Majesty would be graciously
pleased to give directions that a monument be erected
to the memory of Admiral Lord Viscount Exmouth, with
an inscription expressive of the public sense of his great
and meritorious services, in the course of a long and dis-
tinguished life ; and in particular, of his able and gallant
conduct in the successful and decisive attack on the bat-
teries and naval force of Algiers, on the 27th of August,
1816 ; and to assure her Majesty that this House will
make good the expenses attending the same.
2. Resolved, That an humble address be presented to
her Majesty, that her Majesty would be graciously
pleased to give directions, that a monument be erected
to the memory of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, with an
inscription expressive of the public sense of his great
and meritorious services, in the course of a long andAis-
tinguished life ; and particularly of the valour, prompti-
tude, and ability which he displayed, i i successfully at-
tacking a superior squadron off reneh and Spanish ships
in the Straits of Gibraltar, on' the 12th and 13th daya
of July, 1801 ,• and to assure her Majesty that this t,Ttotkse
will make good the expenses attending the sa;:ue.
3. Resolved, That an humble Adkess be Relented to
her Majesty, that her Majesty woOd be graciously
pleased to give directions I,l* a monument be erected.
to the memory of AdMiral Sir Sidney Smith, with an
inscription expressive of the pui)lie ;ieusn of his great and
Meritorious services, in Ito coarse of, a long and distin-
guished life ; and in particular, of the valour and ability
which he displayed during the whole period of the tut-
portant operations, with the conduct of which be Was
intrusted, on the coast of Egyvt ; and especially in the
gallant and heroic defence of the fcrtressi of Acre i and

AD r ERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE TR REE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY
,CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

t 4) assure her Majesty that this House will make gxd
the expenses attending the same.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(Tins EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Their Lordships met at Five o'Clock.
The Consolidated Funds Bill, the Exchequer Bills
Bill, the Slave Trade (Portuguese Vessels) Bill, the
Boroughs Incorporation Bill, the Coventry Bounda-
ries Bill, and the Manchester, Birmingham, and Bolton
Police Bill, were read a third time and passed.
BOROUGHS INCORPORATION BILL.

Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from
Birmingham against the Boroughs Incorporation Bill.
lle apologi3ed to their Lordships and the petitioners
for not having presented the petition sooner, which
was occasioned by its having been mislaid.
NEWFOUNDLAND BILL.

Lord RIPON having moved the Order of the Day
for the third reading of this Bill,

The LORD CHANCELLOR ordered Mr. Burge,
the counsel for the House of Assembly of Newfound-
land, to be called in.

Mr. Burge then appeared at the bar, and addressed
the House against the Bill.
. [LEFT SITTINGI

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—You will confer a great favour on the un-
LdersigniKl, by in the columns of your valu-
able journal the following incidental remarks, which
have been called for by the hearing of an extraordi-
nary sermon, on Sunday last, delivered by the Rev.
Incumbent of Low Harrogate Church, in order to
deter his parishioners from assisting their more needy
brethren in the erection of a Roman Catholic place of
worship, for the accommodation of strangers, as well
as for the general improvement of this delightful and
rising watering-place.
Not satisfied with dealing in the old and hackneyed
phrases of blasphemous doctrines, debasing supersti-
tions, monstrous absurdities, &c. &c., of the Romish
Church, the Rev. Preacher must needs treat his hearers •
to a close inspection of his Holiness the Pope, by desir-
ing them to lift up their eyes towards this Papal god,
and read the terms of blasphemy written on his fore-
head emblazoned in letters of gold. What a pity,
by way of changing the scene, that the audience of the
Rev. Gentleman were not treated to a minute and dis-
tinct view of the apocalyptic beast, fully garnished
with a tail and ten horns 1 But, to be a little more
serious, if you will indulge me, I will favour you
with a few extracts from the edifying and soul-stiring
appeal
.which flowed in honeyed accents from the lips
of the reverend orator.

- •Extract Ithas come to my knowledge within
the last twenty-four hours that a Roman Catholic
chapel was about to he built here, a place in which
most blasphemous doctrines are set forth—a church
which is one rnass—one volume of superstition."
Extract 2nd.—" My text refers to Papal Rome,
that apostate church—that nominal church—that
mysterious church, I can hardly call it a church, in
which the Scriptures are withheld from the people,
and. themselves kept in darkness."
Extract 3d.—" Look to the unhappy countries in
~which it is transcendant, infidel France—Spain.
Turn to my own unhappy country, Ireland, where so
much bloodshed, perjury, awl murder are committed.
Look wherever you will, where the doctrines of this
damnable, scarlet, Papal, apostate church are pro-
mulgated, there is nothing but bloodshed, &c."
Extract 4th.—" Look, brethren, at the difference of
our service; it is such as every one of you can under-
stand, not like theirs, performed in the Latin tongue."
Extract sth.—" Look, again, to the confessional.
What would you think of the virtue—the happiness—
of a yOung female who would confess to a priest—an
unmarried priest? I call upon you then, brethren,
to oppose, in every way you can, a church, the doc-
trines of. Which are erroneous, false, and disloyal."
I leave you to judge of the effect which such
languag,e is calculated to produce on the youthful and
unprejudiced minds of his hearers; and to say how
powerfully the Rev. Gentleman advocates the cause of
his opponents, which he professes to disclaim, in terms
the most disgraceful and unchristian.

Really it is impossible to treat the subject with that
seriousness of manner which the gravity of the charges
would seem to require, for they are only deserving of
the ridicule and contempt of every sincere lover of
truth and charity.
In reference to extracts second and third, which
challenge my attention, I am quite amused at the
attempts of the Rev. Gentleman to re-furbish his
logical'. lore. The population of Ireland consists of
eigh millions of souls, seven millions of whom are
Catholics ; therefore—oh ! delightful son of Bob Logic
—there is a greater number, or I would say, "a larger
numerical force" of murder, perjuries, &c., belonging
to the Popish Church than to that of your humble
servant. The contrary argument, as regards Protes-
tant England, of course, has no force ! " Credal
Judeas sed non .ego."

The learned doctor of Low Harrogate , Church,
after denouncing the Romish Church by many
hard and ' abusive epithets, in order to give his
argument a little more point, and to in-
duce his parishioners to turn a deaf ear and
a blind eye to the blandishments of the scarlet
lady of Babylon, he seriously informs them that in a
Popish mass-house there is so much attraction, not
only from the music, but also from the gorgeous dress
of the priest, &c. How deeply skilled and practically
informed is this Hibernian philosopher in the art of
scaring away his simple flock from the bug-bear of his
own creation ; or, if you would have it so, how scien-
tifically versed in moving the finest chords of the
human heart.

With regard to extract fourth, in reference to the
Latin tongue, or that in which the ritual of the
Romish Church is said to be performed, I have only
to say, that as a sincere Protestant., I should much
prefer to join in the worship of God celebrated in
the tongue of the Turk or the Hindoo, than to
be condemned to sit under the pulpit of a man,
who, calling himself a, minister of the God of
charity, offends against its vital principle, by an
intolerable and bigoted abuse of his neighbour.
Truly, indeed, it is deplorable to witness the rapid
and fearful advances made by the Romish Church
in these realms—to behold one Popish mass-houw::
rise after another—one Popish bishop sucCeP"., an-
other, wielding his-pastoral staff over 'increasing
charge—nay, to sec our very colou.k's fall under the
dominion of Rome, and not one solitary effort made
to save our time-honoured Church from crumbling into
ruins, save and except—" heaven bless the mark !"
hy the iron-hearted courage and heart-thrilling'
elo-
(Nemo .of the reverend apostle and sainted Incumbent
of Low Harrogate Church.

Such apostles as these are indeed envoys of mis-
chief and sowers of discord amongst brethren, instead
of being, as they are commanded by the Divine
Founder of Christianity, evangelists of peace and good
will on earth to men. Their doctrine is like a double-
edged sword, which, when it is expected to smite the
enemy, only inflicts a deadly wound on him who
weilds Sir, a sincere Protestant, butnoßigot,
" ALPHA.

• WELL DRESSING.
On Monday last, the village of Youlgreave was
thrown into gloom by the death of Miss Bowman,
a venerable lady who will long be remembered
by the inhabitants for the large share she took
in supplying the village with water from a hill
at some distance, by means of pipes laid under
the stream of an intervening valley, and which
lead to the revival of the good old custom
of well dressing, formerly common in this part
of England, but now only celebrated in one
or two .of the villages. The unsightly swelling of
the front part of the neck, commonly known under
the name of goitre, prevails to a considerable
extent in certain districts of Derbyshire ; and
medical men have judged it to proceed from 'the
strong .impregnation of the water with 111-,e, from
the lithestone of the country.
This circumstance
led to the benevolent undertaking,
the water conducted byb
t-
- just alluded to :
artificial channels
being from a sandstone thkratum, and perfectly pure.
It was cmpleted a'xi the year 1829, and is annually
c4+nnemoyatA on midsummer-day, by the ancient ce- '
remonita above mentioned, and of which some account is
worthy of being recorded. The dress consists of many
thousands of flowers, which, for days before, have been
collected from far and near, to grace the occasion. They
are arranged with rustic skill on frames covered with a
kind of clay, into which each flower is fixed by its
stalk, cut short, and by which it is preserved fresh
during the period of preparation. When the frames
are fully decked, of course neihing is to be seen
but a thick carpet of beautiful colours, wrought
into many appropriate devices. The largest of
theee, concealing the front of the well, is usually
about twelve fee ; and many others, of smaller
dimensions, make up a surface of more than
a hundred square feet, thus emblazoned. Ele-
too, stretching in various directions,
gant garlands,