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WESTERN LITERARY and SCIENTIFIC
INSTITUTION, 47, LEICESTER-SQUARE.:
The LECTURE SEASON commences Tills EVENING,
Tau RSDA Y, September '29, with a Conversazione, and the
following LECTURES will be delivered during the ensuing
Quarter :—M. Hanhart, Esq., on Lithography ; Matthew
Truman, M.D., on the Chemistry of Animal and Vegetable
Food; Edward Cooper, Esq., on the Manufacture of Pdttery
and Porcelain; Charles Johnson, Esq., on Botany; Henry
Hersee, Esq.. on the Writings of Boz ; 0. Carmichael, Esq,
on Catch and Glee Singing; R. Davis, Esq., on Chemistryi
D. T. Ansted, Esq., on Artesian Wells; George Fownes,
Esq., on the History of Chemistry ; Edward Clarkson, Esq., op
Physiognomy ; and William Ball, Esq., on Ballad Literature.
A Conversazione will take place on Thursday, December 8.
The Lectures commence at half-past eight precisely.
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Sept. 29, 1842.

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Schools, half-price.

'IIIIIE CHINESE COLLECTION
A- ST. GEORGE'S-PLACE, HYDEPARK CORNER.
This Splendid Collection, consisting of Objects Exclusively
Chinese, surpassing in extent and grandeur any similar display
.n the known world, entirely filling the spacious saloon, 2115
feet in length, by 50 feet in width ; embracing upwards of
nifty Figures as large as life, all fac-similes, in groups, in
their native costumes, from the highest mandarin to the blind
.mendicant in his patched garment. Alsa. many thousand spe-
cimens, both in Natural History and Miscellaneous Curiosi-
ties, illustrating the appearance, manners, and customs of more
than Three Hundred Million Chinese, respecting whom the
rations of Europe have had scarcely any opportunity of judg-
ing„ IS NOW OPEN for Public Inspection from Ten in the
Morning till Ten at Night.
. . _ _ _

SIR ALLAN MACNAB.
(From the Hamilton Gazette of Sept. S.)
The men of Gore, with whom the Gallant Knight
is, from his loyalty and his exertions in the cause of
h:s country, inseparably connected, were delighted to
welcome upon Friday evening, his return among
them. At the loyal village of Oakville, upon his en-
trance into the district, he was received with discharges
of cannon, andwith the cheers and hearty congratula-
tions of the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood,
assembled on the wharf—some of whom proceeded to
Hamilton. Long before the steam-boat which con-
veyed Sir Allan lead made its appearance in Burling-
ton Bay, crowds of well-dressed persons covered every
height and promontory, and turned their anxious
glances to the canal to watch for its approach. Can-
non were discharged, and no stoner had the vessel
touched the wharf, than the cheers of thousands rent
the air. Sir Allan, upon his landing entered, accom-
panied by Lady Macnab, a carriage drawn by four grey
horses. The procession then proceeded, passing under
two triumphal arches, and so numerous was the attend-
ance, that the dense line of carriages extended from
the Town-hall very nearly to the wharf, a distance of
a mile. From all parts of the town and neighbour-
hood, in carriages and in waggons, on horseback and
on foot, vast numbers of persons proceeded to greet
him upon his arrival. Upon his arrival at the Town-
hall, Sir Allan and Lady Macnab appeared upon the
balcony, where an address was read to him by D. C.
Gunn, Esq.; to which Sir Allan returned ale very
neat arid appropriate answer which we present to our
readers. Shortly afterwards Sir Allan was conducted
with the same enthusiasm to his own house, there to
find, in the bosom of his family, that repose which,
after his untiring exertions in England for the good
of this his native country, he so much requires.
Here follows the address, to which Sir Allan makes
this reply : The Address with which you have
been pleased to honour me, on my return to my na-
tive country, and to the bosom of my family, contains
congratulations and assurances of respect and attach-
ment, which I receive with feelings of the warmest
gratitude; they are such, indeed, as I know hoc
well how to receive, nor in what terms to P.,A;know-
ledge. Permit me, however, to say, that iam deeply
sensible of your kind recollection
",‘: me during my
absence, and of the convinetng
proof of regard you
have shown in thus Ilesembling yourselves together
to do honour to my return. For if it is true, as a
general rule, that a public man is seldom honoured in
his own country, your kind and considerate conduct
on this ceeortalon leads to the certain conclusion that my
case Is a very flattering exception to that rule.
It is most gratifying for me to know that you have
rejoiced in the reception with which I have been
honoured at the Court of our beloved Sovereign, and
the courtesies I have met with from all classes of
the great and good of our father land—honours and
courtesies which have left an impression of gratitude
and pleasure on my mind, which no lapse of time
can ever weaken or efface. Far away from the be-
loved circle that surrounded my domestic hearth, and
the friends of my youth and manhood, these more
than friendly attentions have cheered and sustained
me through many an anxious hour, and enabled
me to overcome difficulties, and effect objects,
which must otherwise have proved insurmountable.
You have most truly expressed my own sentiments
in stating, that in the marks of respect I have re-
ceived, a high compliment has been conferred upon
the whole of the brave and loyal inhabitants of this
noble province, since, as I have elsewhere had the honour
to observe I have never been so presumptuous as to
suppose, that any services rendered by me, either to
the Colony from which I came, or the Empire
of which it forms a part, could possibly en-
title me to such honourable marks of regard.
During the whole period of my stay in England, my
most serious and earnest attention has been given to
many subjects of deep importance to the future pros-
perity of this country. If they should hereafter prove
advantageous to its welfare, that circumstance, with
your approbation of my conduct, will be my greatest
and best reward. One great object of improvement in
this country -I have ever felt to be the completion
of the navigation from the shores of Lakes ,Huron
and Erie, through the entire course of the St. Law-
rence to the ocean, the paramount importance of which
is so well understood, both in a military and commer-
cial point of view, that no doubt exists of the inten-
tion of the Government to carry it into full execution.
The financial condition of the province, some time
since, would have interpoied an insuperable obstacle
to the accomplishment of this great national under-
taking, but I have ascertained from the highest autho-
rity, that her Majesty's Government have determined
upon affording the guarantee of the Imperial
Treasury to the loan applied for, by the Pro-
vincial Legislature, during its last session, which will
enable us to proceed with all the public works and
improvements considered essential to the promotion of
our agricultural and commercial prosperity. It af-
fords me the highest gratification to state that, in my
opinion, the greatest desire exists in the mind of her
Majesty and every Member of her Government, to
pro:note the prosperity of Canada—and that her Ma-
jesty has declared her determination, that her North
American possessions shall be maintained at all ha-
zards, and that she is graciously pleased to consider
this Province an integral portion of the British Empire.
Personal observations and intercourse have convinced
me, that the people of England take the deepest in-
terest in everything relating to our civil and political
relations, and it is most unquestionably true, that by
putting aside the bad feelings engendered by the
sp:rit of party—by ceasing to agitate the mere ab-
stract principles of new and untried forms of govern-
ment, and by maintaining the strictest honour and
integrity in our commercial transactions, we shall
invite the confidence of British capitalists, afford a
feeling of security to British people in seeking our
shores, and thus give an impetus to the improve-
ment of the Colony which, in a few years,
will far exceed our highest hopes and expectations.
You do me no more than justice in supposing that, as
a loyal colonist, I could not contemplate, for the first
time, without the deepest emotion, the colossal gran-
deur of Great Britain; and permit me to add in
your own words " the land of my brave ancestors"—
my heart palpitated, and my pulse bounded to the
thought, that I was one of the subjects of that great
and mighty empire, ruled over by 12. Queen who lives
in the hearts and affections of her people—an empire
whose meteor flag, as you have truly and beauti-
fully said, " wherever it floats on the breeze,
is the emblem of Christian hope, and of all
the blessings of well-regulated freedom." This
is that "liberty within the laws" which consists
in an equal right to all the citizens of a free State to
enjoy in peace and security whatever the Constitu-
tion admits to be consistent with the pdblie good. In
these blessings of wise and good government we par-
ticipate, with all our fellow-subjects in every country
and clime; they are such as are not enjoyed by any
other nation or people in the world ; and or the use
we make of them we shall be highly responsible to
Providence, to mankind in general, _and to our own
posterity in particular.

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the LOAN of MONEY, in sums of not less than £l,OOO each,
to be secured by the Bonds of the Company, for periods of
three, five, or seven years, at the option of the lender.
Interest thereon %sill be allowed at the rate of Four per cent.
er annum, payah!e half•yearly, in London or Manchester.
The Tenders to state which of the periods above mentioned
is preferred, and to be addressed to the Secretary.
By order, JOHN JELLICORSE, Sec.
Manchester, Sept. 6, 1842.

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THE CLERGY OF ESSEX AND FIELD SPORTS.—
In proof of the increased attention to official propriety
and consistency now paid by the clergy of the Esta-
blished Church, the diminished numbers of that body
who qualify themselves for what are called field sports,
by taking out game certificates, may be adduced.
There are not more than thirty clergymen included
in the first publication of the game lists for the county
of Essex for the present year : the number was, within
a few years, more than double.
CROYDON FAIR.—On Tuesday afternoon, about five
o'clock, a shocking accident occurred to a number of
individuals who were proceeding from Greenwich on
a party of pleasure to Croydon Fair. It appears that
when the coach had arrived at Beckenham one of the
horses shied, and began to kick and plunge at a furious
rate. The driver exerted himself to the utmost to re-
' strain the animals, but in vain, and when nearly op-
posite the church the coach ran against the kerb and
was overturned in a moment. The whole of the pas-
sengers were more or less severely injured. One gen-
tleman had several of his ribs fractured. A female of
the name of Mary Killick was thrown under the
coach, the vehicle being upon her. She was placed
in a car, and, by the direction of Mr. Ald. Wilson.
who lives near the spot, conveyed immediately to St.
Thomas's Hospital, where she lies in a dangerous state.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 4.—The Earl of Errol appeared
this morning before the Mayor and a Bench of Ma-
gistrates, to answer a summons preferred against his
Lordship for striking a police-constable who was sta-
tioned at the King's Rooms, on the night of the ball
given by the officers of the 16th Regiment, on the oc-
casion of the regiment being presentel with new co-
lours. Mr. Hoskins, the professional adviser of his
Lordship, endeavoured to impress on the minds of the
Magistrates that the assault in question was of a
trifling nature; but Mr. Howard (the Mayor) being
of opinion that the police-constable was struck while
in the execution of his duty, considered the case
should be decided by a jury; consequently the Earl
of Errol was bound over to appear at the next bo-
cugh sessions.

ADvERTIsEmENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, llfardill, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

EXAMINATION of the CHARTIST
, PRISONERS at. MANCHESTER.
(Abridged from Tuesday's Manchester Guardian.)
The examination of the 20 prisoners being appointed
to be taken at ten. o'clock this (Tuesday) morning
there was a very crowded Court. The following is a
list of the prisoners :
James Leech, Oak-street, Manchester, tookseller.
John Campbell, Chartist lecturer, London.
Christopher Doyle, weaver, Manchester.
Rev. James Scholefield, minister and surgeon, Man-
chester.
, William Scholefield, s chool in ester, Every. street
Manchester (surrendered on bail).
Bernard M'Cartney, bookseller, Liverpool.
James Arthur, alias MSArthur, Carlisle.
Richard. Ottley, tea-dealer, Sheffield.
• George Julian Harney, bookseller, Sheffield.
John Thornton, hand-loom weaver, Bolton.
John Norman, Warrington.
John Massey, weaver, Newton Heath.
William Fletcher, Bradford.
Robert Brook, schoolmaster and news-agent, Tod-
morden.
R: v. William Hill, editor of Northern Star, Leeds.
Thos. Brown Smith, "literary" contributor, Leeds.
John Ellison, power-loom weaver, Stockport.
Samuel Parks, shoemaker, Sheffield.
Thomas Railton, joiner, Manchester.
Robert Marsden, factory worker, Manchester.
Mr. Brandt, the barrister, instructed by Mr. Gre-
gory and Mr. Part, of Wigan, who conducted the
case for the Crown, appeared for the prosecution. Mr.
Cobbett defended all the prisoners except M'Cartney,
Arthur, Smith, and Railton, who said they would de-
fend themselves.
The Magistrates on the Bench were J. F. Foster,
Esq., who presided; Daniel Maude, Esq.; C. J. S.
Walker, Esq„ and G. W. Wood, Esq. Sir Thomas
Arbuthnot, Col. Wemyss, Messrs. David Price,
George (nuke, Thomas Townend, R. P. Willock, and
°thee gentlemen, were also on the Bench.
Mr. BRANDT said he appeared on behalf of the
Crown, to state the charge against the present defen-
dants ; which appeared to him to be one of a very
serious and heavy nature. It charged these defend-
ants with unlawfully conspiring to excite her Majes-
ty's subjects to sedition and disaffection against the
laws of the realm, and to cause insurrections, riots,
tumults, and illegal assemblies ; and by force, violence,
and intimidation, to prevent certain of her Majesty's
subjects from following their lawful occupation, or to
force them to depart therefrom, and generally to dis-
turb the peace of the Queen. Unhappy differences
had arisen between workpeople and their employers,
into which it was not his business or intention to enter.
The Court was aware that the proceedings that tool:
place prior to the 17th August were characterised not
merely by those circumstances which occasionally dis-
tinguish turn-outs in this country, but by a violent
and illegal mode of turning out the hands who were
willingly employed ; setting the constituted authori-
ties at defiance ; and, in fact, usurping their authority,
until the strong arm of the law was ready to be,
arid was in fact called forth. Happily those disturbances
were quelled. And during the time this state of things
existed, the conduct of the parties now before the Court
took place, which gave rise to the present prosecution.
The charge against them was, that they had illegally
combined together to foster that bad spirit which ex
isted, and to excite the body of men who had turned
out others by force ; and that they, by their resolu-
tions and conduct, did foster and encourage that spirit
and even prompted it ; and that they did hold out in-
ducements to those misguided men to go to a greater
length. Now, it was well known, that workmen
were at liberty, if not content with their wages, to
leave their employ. Combinations for that purpose,
however dangerous,were still allowed by law ; but no
one could believe ial it could be allowed by law that
any body of men, not themselves engaged in that la-
bour, and not parties to it, should combine for the
purpose of exciting others to turn out, even if it were
only to obtain a higher rate of wages. But when
that was accompanied by acts of violence ; when the
conduct of these parties was not merely to leave
their own employ, but by threats, intimidation,
and violence, by the intimidation of numbers even,
to induce those otherwise disposed to continue at
work to leave their employ, then every person engaged
in that transaction was illegally engaged in it ; and
every person encouraging and sanctioning those pro-
ceedings was a guilty participant. But when, super-
added to those motives, there was the intention—by
stopping the labour of the country, by compelling
men to leave their employment—to effect a particular
object, which object in itself might or might not be
lawful, by such means as were clearly in themselves
illegal ; if this were done for any other object than
to gain an increase of wages, it was clearly and indis-
disputably an illegal transaction. And when that
object was to make a revolution in the law of the
land, to change the established law, by introducing
into it that perfection which some parties suppose
might be given to it, and that by means like
those he had described, such a transaction was most
clearly and seriously illegal. He believed he should
be able to satisfy the Court that the conspiracy and.
combination into which the defendants had entered
partook of all these ingredients. The present charge,
which was one of misdemeanour, appeared to him to
be a very merciful view of the subject, to bring it out
in that character.• He had now to detail the trans-
actions in which these parties stood charged with
being participants. On Aug. 17 there appeared on the
walls of Manchester a placard, a copy of which he now
held in his hand. It was headed, " The Executive
Committee of the National Charter Association ;" and
it was addressed "To the:People," calling them "Bro-
ther Chartists." And he must say, that more dange-
rous, more blood-thirsty sentiments, as it appeared to
him, could not be expressed than were contained in
that document. When that placard appeared, the au-
thorities were of course exceedingly anxious to ascer-
tain whence it emanated. The printer, bold enough
certainly, put his name to the paper ; it was found that
it had been printed at the premises of a man named
Turner; a copy of the bill, on which there were
manuscript alterations marked, was found there, and
it was clearly traced home to some of these parties.
It was found that this did really emanate from
what was called " The Executive Committee of the
National Charter Association." All the defend-
ants, he believed, were connected with this Associ-
ation as delegates, and two of them held official situa-
tions in that Association. The defendant Leach was
not only one of the executive committee, but he was
also President of the Association. Another party,
not now in custody, named Peter M`Douall, was also
a member of that committee ; and he mentioned his
name because he expected to be able to show that the
MS. upon the printed document was in his hand-
writing. Another of the parties before the Court,
John Campbell, was Secretary to that Executive
Committee ; and it included two other parties, neither
of whom was in custody, making, in all, five members
of the Executive. Campbell, as the Committee's
Secretary, was probably the hand employed in send-
ing forth that document; but he would show that
Leach had this document posted upon his own door ;
that Mr. Scholefield also was instrumental in having
it affixed on his premises; so that there was, by these
parties a publication of that document to the world.
He should' show, that, on the morning on which that
placard appeared, on the 17th of AugNuv
was a meeting of different delegates,
others,
amongst by all the defendants, and
TbYhiso
amongst them Mr. Feargus O'Connor.3f
Scholefield,
meet-
ing took place in the chapel of
dshtichtlev'eares
present. At the meeting of the 17 ,
in Every-street : and all the defenthanraiscerleirne
reso-
lutionthen was passed. Mr. Feargus O'Connor was one
Hill,
and at the
now in a situation to prove that
of the parties then present, and hhee(M wasr. Bthrte3ainls:dlteo)fp'mtr.hoes:
ept only the
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meeting it was determined, that there should be no
be published in
publication
tdhet ; and it was de-
nmonfv‘e
dvhafterha
meeting,, this-rteersmolainteiod that that resolution should
the Northern Star ; and accordingly, in the next pub-
rTe
sheant t while
cessationt
lication of that paper, afterothengly,
the
resolu-
tion did appear in it. It stated,
ale
Chartist body did not originate the present
expresses their deep from labour, this conference of
va-
rious parts of the kingdom, delegates, from
sym-
pathy with the working men now on strike; and
that we strongly approve of the extension and con-
tinuance of the present struggle, till the People's
Charter become a legislative enactment, and decide
forthwith to issue an
address to that effect, and
pledge ourselves, on our return to our respective loca-
lities, to give a right
direction
to the people's
(the placard Address of Esexeeetinngti,vte his document
Committee)efi
being produced it
•
was asked by the defendant Camp-
bell, whether the
meeting were to understand that
he (Mr. O'Connor) would print it in his paper; and
he answered, Yes, he would insert it as an advertise-
ment. He would now draw the attention of the Court
to some of the language of the document. Mr. Brandt
then read from ie the following :
" Therefore it is that we have solemnly sworn, and