No. 650. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1837. PRICE 4* d. COMMERCIAL DISTRESS. AT a Public Meeting of the Inhabitants of Bir- . mingham, held at the Town Hall, on Tuesday, the 7th of November, 1887, called by advertisement. WILLIAM SCHOLEFIELD, Esq., High Bailiff, In the Chair, , The following REPORT of the Deputation appointed at the Town's Meeting, held on Wednesday, the 4th o' October, was read: — " Birmingham, 6th November, 1837. " Your Deputation appointed at the Town's Meeting held on Wednesday, October 4th, and consisting of the fol- lowing Gentlemen, viz.: tbe two Members for the Borough, the late Low Bailiff, Richard Spooner, Esq., William Chance, Esq., Charles Shaw, Esq., Mr. Thomas Ciutton Salt, Mr. George Edmonds, Mr. Thomas Baker, Mr. Joseph Corbett, Mr. Henry Watson, Mr. Henry Sansom, and Mr. Thomas Mackay, proceeded to London agreeably to their instructions, and on Thursday, the 2nd instant, they had a long interview with Lord Melbourne, at which the Chancellor of the Exchequer was also present. " Your Deputation beg to report that, in their opinion, Lord Melbourne was fully impressed with the extent and pressure of the existing distress— that he evinced much sym- pathy and earnest desire to be enabled to apply a remedy. At the same time he forcibly but feelingly explained, with freat candour, that it was not consistent with his duty, as ' rime Minister, to give any decided answer to the questions put to him in the Memorial before him. " His Lordship also remarked, that although Birmingham had expressed so unanimous an opinion on the evils pro- duced by the fluctuations in the Currency, the Deputation must be aware that the country at large and the Parliament had hitherto been averse to entertain the Currency Ques- " His Lordship, however, promised that the Memorial should have the deliberate and careful consideration of Her Majesty's government, but wished to guard that promise from being understood to hold out any expectation of imme- diate relief, which might lead to disappointment. " JAMES JAMES, Chairman of the Deputation." The following RESOLUTIONS were then agreed tot- It was moved by RICHARD SPOONER, Esq., seconded by WILLIAM CHANCE, Esq., and carried unani- mously— 1st. That this Meeting is, if possible, more than ever confirmed in the conviction, that the main source of the sufferings of the Industrious Classes is to be found in the fluctuations to which our present monetary system is un- avoidably exposed; and that it is impossible for any per- manent prosperity to exist so long as such monetary system is persisted in. It was moved by CHARLES SHAW, Esq., seconded by Mr. JOSEPH CORBETT, and carried unanimously— 2nd. That, under this conviction, this Meeting do request the Committee appointed on tbe 30th day of May last, to continue their labours and investigations, to communicate with the other great towns and districts ol the United Kingdom, with the view of obtaining a general co- operation in this important object, and to report to the town, upon an early occasion, the measures which they may deem necessary to be adopted. It was moved by Mr. P. H. MUNTZ, seconded by Mr. ISAAC AARON, and carried with one dissentient— 3rd. That, in the opinion of this Meeting, there can be but little hope of any permanent prosperity for the Indus- trious Classes, until the people are more completely repre- sented in the Commons House of Parliament. It was moved by Mr. GEORGE EDMONDS, seconded by J. TURNER, Esq., and carried unanimously— 4th. That the Committee be also instructed forthwith to prepare, and present to Parliament, the Petitions unani- mously agreed to at the Town's Meeting of the 4th of Oc tober last, and to communicate with such Members of both Houses of Parliament as are known to be favourable to the Tiews of this Meeting. It was moved by Mr. T. C. SALT, seconded by Mr. THOMAS CI. ARK, jun., and carried unanimously— 5th. That this Meeting, considering that the fortunes of the Merchants and Manufacturers generally are impaired and endangered by a perseverance in the present Monetary System, and that ail the Industrious Classes are vitally in- terested in this great question, do urgently entreat their fellow townsmen and their countrymen generally to contri- bute their subscriptions largely and generously, in order to defray the great expenses which must necessarily be in- curred. It was moved by Mr. THOMAS CLARK, jun., seconded by Mr. ISAAC AARON, and carried unanimously— 6th. That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be given to | the gentlemen who composed the Deputation to Lord Mel- bourne, for the zeal and ability with which they discharged their duty on that important occasion. W. SCHOLEFIELD. The High Bailiff having left the chair, and the same having been taken by JAMES JAMES, Esq., It was moved by Mr. GEORGE EDMONDS, seconded by THOMAS ATTWOOD, Esq., M. P., and carried unani- mously— 7th. That the best thanks of this meeting are due, and are hereby given to the High Bailiff, for his able, courteous, and impartial conduct in the chair. JAMES JAMES, AT a MEETING of a few FRIENDS of EDU- CATION, held at the Public Office, on Monday, 6th of November, 1837, The HIGH BAILIFF in the Chair, It was resolved, That a Meeting be convened by public advertisement to be held at the Public Office, on Wednesday the 15th instant, at Half- past Ten o'clock in the forenoon, to consider the expediency of forming a Branch of the London Central Society of Education, and of holding a Town's Meeting to petition Parliament in favour of a system of National Edu- cation. N. B. All persons who approve of the objects of the pro- posed meeting are earnestly requested to attend. The Chair to be taken at Eleven o'clock precisely. WILLIAM SCHOLEFIELD, High Bailiff. NEW ORGAN, ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH, BIRMINGHAM. ON FRIDAY, the 24th of November, the New Organ, now erecting in St. Thomas's Church, will be OPEN- ED by Mr. HOLLINS, when a SELECTION of SACRED MUSIC will be performed, Morning and Evening, from the Works of Handel, Haydn, Mozart, & c. MISS SKINNER, of Liverpool, MISS ASTON, MESSRS. BAKER, PEARSALL, and MACHIN, and a large body of the Choral Society, are engaged for the occasion. Tickets, 2s. 6d. each, may be had at the different Music Shops, the following Booksellers, Mr. Knott, and Mr. Wood, High- street, and Mr. Coburn, Ann- street; the Advertiser Office, Spiceal- street; and Mr. Bradbury's, Druggist, Islington- row. NOTICE is hereby given, that application is in- tended to be made to Parliament in the next session, for an Act to establish a Court in the Town of Ashby- de- la- Zouch, in the county of Leicester, for the Recovery of Small Debts within the said town, and within the following places, namely: — Appleby, Austrey, Blackfordby, Bretby or Bradby, Boo- thorpe, Breedon- on- the- Hill, Coleorton, Chilcote, Caulke, Coton- in- the- Elms, Clifton- Campville, Cauldwell, Donis- thorpe, Edingale, Foremark, Church Gresley, Castle Gres- ley, Grendon, Gopsall, Hugglescote, Hartshorne, Heather, Harliston, Haunton, Ingleby, Ibstock, Lount, Lullington, Linton, Meashain, Melbourne, Milton, Moira, Netherseal, Newhall, King's Newton, Normanton - on- the - Heath, Newton Nethercote, Newton Burgoland, Newton- in- the- Tliistles, Newton Solney, Overseal, Osgathorpe, Oakthorpe, • Orton- onthe- Hill, Odstone, Packing'on, Polesworth, Repton, Ravenstone, Rosliston, Stapenhill, Smisby, Swep- stone, Swanington, Shackerstone, Stanton- by- Bridge, Stanton- by. Burton, Swarkestone, Snarestone, Snibstone, Stretton. en - le - Fields, Staunton Harold, Swadlincote, Sibson, Ticknall, Twycross, Tlningstone, Willesley, Whit- wick, Worthington, Walton- upon- Trent, and Wooden- Box, in the counties of Leicester, Derby, Warwick, and Stafford ; and to fix and regulate the rates or fees to be taken by the officers of the said Court. Dated this second day of November, 1837. THOMAS PIDDOCKE, Solicitor, Ashby- de- la- Zouch, Leicestershire. A pleasing exterior is the first letter of recommendation. — LORD CHESTERFIELD. IN considering the testaceous tribes, it is not the animals themselves, but their clothing ( the shells) that • ve chiefly regard. So, in our thoughts respecting men, we « ldom go little beyond their external covering. Dress may be neglected by the sloven, despised by the iofty speculator, and overlooked by many who have never ^ iven it any reflection, but none besides the hermit can safely profess to be independent of it; hence, since dress is thus important, and unavoidably enters into the estimates we are accustomed to form of each other, it can never be but a matter of the first consequence in the economy of • lature. In the recollection of our friends how much of our thought is taken up by the clothes they wore, and how im- possible it is to form a notion of them in any other dress. The great importance of dress may be judged by reflecting now various habits have been and are appropriated to va. rious dignities— ambition itself may be defined as only an anxiety entertained by certain intelligert beings to get pos- session, for a time, ot certain dresses, which must be kept Ailed like the kingly office— rising in the army is but pro- motion from a coal with one stripe, to a coat with two or more. No man ought to be insensible to the influence ol dress; a good exterior procures at once an easy entrance into good society. It is a becoming part of the amourpropre of every one to have a dress worthy of himself, such as may neither seem to make undue pretensions, nor to be need- lessly humble, but to be appropriate to his figure, age, and character, and upon the whole recommendatory; hence the necessity of employing a person who is sensible of the vast im- portance of appearance— who can set off advantages and dimi- nish imperfections— who can furnish with clothes which shall be a passport into good society— a letter of recommendation carried about without trouble, and seen and read of all men. THE PROPRIETOR OF THE LONDON & PARISIAN PANTECHNETHECA OF FASHION, TAILORING, WOOLLEN DRAPERY, AND OUTFITTING ESTABLISHMENT. 23, New street, Birmingham, Is able to confer these advantages on gentlemen, as he has in his establishment none but artists of first- rate excellence — men who can suit the cut to the character, whether the smartness and spruceness of youth is wanted, the elegant and fashionable dignity of middle age, or the sober solemnity of declining years. S. HYAM begs to tender his sincere acknowledg- ments to the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants gene- rally, of Warwickshire and the adjacent counties, for the very liberal and extensive patronage they have afforded him since his removal to his present superb premises; and he begs to inform them, tlfot owing to the severe and un- precedented pressure on the money market, which obliged manufacturers to submit to unheard of sacrifices in the sale of their goods, that they might meet obligations incurred during prosperity, he has been enabled to purchase goods for cash, at prices wholly unparalleled; and he is determined his valuable and extensive connexion shall enjoy the ad vantages which he has been enabled to reap, through having the ability to purchase goods, almost unlimitedly, off per- sons who have been obliged to dispose of them at unre- munerating prices. He solicits the favour of inspection, and he is confident it will be found that he makes no as- sertion without foundation, and no professions but what may be realised at his Establishment. S. H YAM is conscious that his Establishment owes much of its celebrity not only to the superiority of its cut, but to the fact that it contains, without exception, the largest and decidedly the most varied and best assorted Stock that can be found in the world ; hence it is his interest, and shall continue to be his study, to furnish it with every new and fashionable article as soon as it may appear in the metropo- polis, or can be procured from the continent— so that his distinguished Patrons and Friends, by calling at his Estab- lishment, may depend upon finding at all times the newest and most fashionable patterns— and owing to the Proprie- tor employing agents to transmit every new and elegant design as soon as discovered, they may rely upon having every garment made in a style the most fashionable, and at one- third of the price charged by the metropolitan houses; the Proprietor being determined to continue to maintain that proud superiority which his Establishment has already attained, and as a single concern, remain altogether with- out a rival in the immense quantity, endless variety, and first- rate excellence of its goods, the fashion and superiority of its cut, beauty and durability of its workmanship, and lowness of its charges. S. HYAM feels confident that his establishment possesses advantages which cannot be met with in any other in the I universe, and as he is determined to continue that honour- able and liberal system of business which has afforded such satisfaction to his customers, of allowing any gentlemen to return every article which may not please either in fit, quality, colour, or make, he confidently calculates upon the future favours of those very numerous gentlemen who have already honoured him with their commands; aud in soliciting a trial from those who have not yet patronised him, he would observe, that he shall feel favoured by their calling to inspect his immense and valuable stock and splen- did show rooms, which he would feel happy in showing to any party who may come on business, or be desirous of seeing the magnificent Establishments of the town. The facilities which the GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY affords to persons living in the vicinity of the line, will enable them to come to Birmingham and return with the articles procured from S. Hyam's Tailoring and Outfitting Establishment, Pantechnetheca, 23, New- street, Birming- ham, suited to their various tastes, in less time than they could have been procured at home, and at prices so much below what they have been in the habit of giving, that the difference will more than counterbalance the expense of the journey. In submitting the following List of Prices the Proprietor solicits an inspection of his Stock, at the prices required for them, and fearlessly challenges competition in the united qualities of Fashion, Material, Manufacture, and Cost, confident his Establishment will always maintain its pre- cedence for the Magnitude, Extent, and Variety of its Stock, Elegance of Cut, Superiority of Workmanship, and Lowness of Charges No business done at this Establishment from after sun- set on Friday Afternoon, until Saturday Evening at Six o'clock, after which time it will be opened for business until Twelve o'clock. S. HYAM'S LIST OF PRICES, For ( Gentlemen's Clothing made to Order in the most fashionable and elegant style. COATS. Gentlemen's Fine Dress Coats, from Imperial ditto Extra Imperial ditto, best quality manufactured-, Superfine Frock Coats, or Surtouts with silk facings 1 15 Saxony ditto . ,—„ ™ 2 6 Imperial ditto 2 12 Extra Imperial ditto, the best quality manufactured 2 16 Ladies' Riding Habits — ,—,—, -— 3 15 Gentlemen's Petersham Great Coats, ( Double Breasted) ™ .— ———— 1 Superior quality, ditto — 2 Fine Cloth ditto, ( of any colour) 2 Superfine ditto, ( Double Milled) 2 Mackintosh and Co.' s Patent Waterproof Great Coats made to measure These will be found of that CHARACTER which has raised S. H's. Establishment to such eminence in the estimation of the highest circles, where nothing short of EASY GENTLEMANLY ELEGANCE could be tolerated. TUOWSERS. Buckskin Trowsers, on S. Hyam's new principle of cutting, especially recommended to Sporting Gentlemen — Summer ditto, beautiful patterns 10s. 6d. or three pairs for — Kerseymere Trowsers from Fine Quality, ditto Very best BREECHES. Gentlemen's Cotton Cord Breeches. Ditto, Woollen Cord Ditto, Kerseymere ( of any colour). Ditto, Best Manufactured, Kerseymere Gaiters Mr. Hyanis List of Prices continued. WAISTCOATS. Summer Waistcoats, new patterns, 7s. each, or 3 for 1 0 Splendid Silk Valencia, 10s. each, or 3 for . 1 8 Kerseymere Waistcoats, from , 0 8 Fine Quality, ditto 0 10 Silk Waistcoats, from . 0 11 Valencia Ditto, from — 0 9 CLOAKS. Cloth Opera Cloaks, from, Spanish J Circular ditto . Ditto, a complete Circle of yards round the bot- tom. 1 10 2 5 THEATRE ROYAL, BIRMINGHAM. UNRIVALLED MUSICAL ATTRACTION 1 POSITIVELY BOR ONE NIGHT ONLY. MORI'S CONCERT. Velvet Collars, & c., extra. Youth's Camlet Cloaks, from Ditto, Cloth ditto, from Suit of Livery ™ , Best Cloth, ditto- 3 3 0 Large sizes extra. 0 o 11 2 15 3 10 8 0 CHILDREN S DRESSES. Superfine Plain Cloth Dress, consisting of a Tunic, Vest, and Trowsers 110 Ditto, Superior Quality, handsomely Braided, faced with Silk . 1 8 0 Youth's Dress, ( of any colour) consisting of Jacket, Waistcoat, and Trowsers, made to any pattern 14 0 Ditto, Superior Quality, neatly braided 1 12 0 Contracts by the year, originally introduced byS. H., and having gained him such unequal fame, his prices being the lowest ever offered-, he still recommends it to every gentle- man to whom fashion, economy, and regularity, are an object. Second Quality. Two suits of superfine clothes, any colour £ 6 10s. Three ditto ditto 9 10 Four ditto ditto 12 10 Best Quality. Two suits of West of England VVool- dyed, the best quality that can be made £ 7 16s. Three ditto ditto 11 11 Four ditto ditto 15 0 Velvet Collars, & c., extra; and so on in proportion for each suit. Each suit to be returned on the receipt of its successor. Gentlemen contracting for three or more suits; are allowed two suits in wear during the whole term. The largest and most extensive stock of Mackintosh and Co.' s Patent Waterproof Cloaks, Capes, Nursing Aprons fyc., 15 per cent, under the regular price. THE Overseers of the Poor earnestly request the Rate Payers of the town to pay the Assistant Over- seers the amount now due for Levies on the next applica- tion for the same, as the state of the parish funds renders it absolutely necessary to summon all Defaulters for recovery thereof, without further delay. Birmingham, Workhouse Vestry, Nov. 7th 1837. NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF £ 50 CLUBS. MUTUAL INSURANCE SOCIETY. THIS Society is established upon principles com- bining the most perfect security, with advantages of the greatest importance to every individual connected with Money Clubs. CLASS 1st are provided with Sureties on payment of a small annual premium. CLASS 2nd affords an uncommon convenient and profit- able Investment for industrious Tradesmen and Capitalists. Prospectuses may be had by applying at the Committee- room, WHITE HART INN, Paradise- street, or to R. MOODY, Printer, Cannon- street. MONSIEUR THALBERG, THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMER ON THE PIANO- FOR ( His first and only appearance.") MISS F. WOOD HAM. MR. PARRY, JUN. MR. MORI, WHO has the honour to announce, that being anxi- ous to afford his Patrons the opportunity of hearing the most celebrated Musical Talent, he has secured the services of the above Performers for his GRAND CON- CERT, on WEDNESDAYEVENING, November 29th, 1837. To begin at half- past seven o'clock. Doors open at half- past six. MONSIEUR THALBERG, ( The extraordinary Pianist,) will make his first public appear- ance in Birmingham, and perform some of his most cele- brated Pieces, viz. : and GRAND FANTASIA, introduc- ing the National Melodies, God save the Queen, and Rule Britannia-, and a GRAND FANTASIA on Themes, from Meyerbeer's celebrated Opera of Les Huguenots, and performed by him in the presence of Her Most Gracious Majesty. MISS F. WOODHAM, Of the Court and Nobilities' Concerts, London, will 6ing several admired Airs and Duets. MR. PARRY, JUN., Of the Philharmonic, Ancient, and Nobilities' Concerts, London, will 6ing a choice selection of Italian and English Music. MR. MORI Will perform two admired Solos, and a Grand Duet with Mons. THALBERG. CONDUCTORS, MR. LAVENU. The VOCAL MUSIC will comprise many choice mor- ceaux, among which will be selections from those Operas which have excited the greatest admiration in London. In order to render M. THALBERG'S performance as effec- tive as possible, one of ERARD'S New Patent Grand Piano- fortes will be brought expressly from London for this occasion. Tickets and Places to be had of MUNDEN and CAMERON, 70, New- street, where the Box Plan will be kept; at SABIN'S, FLETCHER'S, FLATELL'S, and SHARGOOL'S. Lower Boxes, 5s. ; Upper Boxes, 4s.; Pit, 3s.; Gal- lery, Is. 6d. Programmes at all the Music Shops. A limited number of Reserved Seats ( upon the plan of the London Concerts) on the Stage, at 7s. 6d., at the back of the Piano- forte, for those who wish to see Mons. THAL- BERG'S splendid performance. £. s. „ 1 12 2 2 , 2 8 . 2 12 12 2 8 2 15 1 12 0 1 1 0 1 10 0 15 1 0 1 3 0 8 0 14 , 0 15 , 0 19 . 0 7 REPORT OF THE TRIAL AT EDINBURGH, Commencing 10th November. 1837, of the FIVE GLASGOW COTTON SPINNERS CHARGED with MURDER, CONSPIRACIES, INTIMI- DATION BY THREATENING LETTERS, FIRE RAISING, ASSAULTS, AIDING ESCAPES OF CRIMINALS FROM JUSTICE, & c. By a Member of the College of Justice, will be des- patched by the earliest conveyance after the Trial, and to be had of EFFINGHAM WILSON, Royal Exchange, London, and all Booksellers. THE SIXTIETH EDITION. Price FIVE and SIXPENCE, boards. ANEW SYSTEM OF DOMESTIC COOKERY, founded upon principles of ECONOMY and PRAC- TICAL KNOWLEDGE, and adapted to the use of Private Families. By a LADY. No critical recommendation of the Domestic Cookery can give so just an idea of its merits and popularity, as the mere statement of the fact that more than one hundred and sixty- five thousand copies have been sold of it. JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle- street. Sold by every Bookseller and Newsman. November, 1837. On Saturday the 18th November, THREE of the SPECTATORS PRACTICAL MEASURES will be published, with corrections and additions, in a Supplement of the full size of the News- paper, and Stamped for transmission by post. No. I. treats of THE CIVIL LIST— its cost to the country; and pro- posals for diminishing the amount without impairing the " lustre of the Crown," or encroaching on the comforts of Queen Victoria. N. B. It was on the Civil List that the Wellington Ad- ministration was defeated and driven from power, seven years ago ; and it remains to be seen in what way the New House of Commons will redeem the pledges, new and old, which many members have tendered to the Constituencies. No. II. exhibits PENSIONS and PENSIONERS, as scattered over the public service in many forms not commonly understood; with Personal Illustrations of Royal, Civil, Military, Naval, Diplomatic, and Literary Pensions; and a perfectly prac- tical plan for freeing the country in time from this enormous and insidious expenditure. No. III. gives a detailed account of THE ARMY EXPENDITURE; with an exposure of the Military Sinecures, and other useless squandering of the public money by the present Army Managers. A Test of the Liberal Government and the New Reign— Proposal for saving many hundred thousand pounds, at the same time improving the Army, and increasing its real efficiency. Each of these expositions is based on Parliamentary Papers aud other official documents; and the Notes and Anecdotes are derived from the most reliable sources of real knowledge. The Stamped Supplement will not be sold separately; but the price of THE SPECTATOR of the 18th November, with the Supplement, will be Is., being 3d. more than the usual price of the Paper. Orders should be given immediately, to secure copies of the Supplement. MEDICINE! MR. EDMAN, ( Late Surgeon in the Navy; Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries, London,) RESPECTFULLY acquaints the Inhabitants of Birmingham and its vicinity, that he has commenced Practice, and taken a retired house in Pershore- street, ( Worcester- street) and trusts from the long experience he has had in every branch of the Medical Profession, parti- cularly in the Diseases of Women and Children, to merit a portion of their support. Mr. E. has devoted a series of time to a ceitain complaint incident to both sexes, for the cure of which he has recently discovered a safe and sure re- medy, ( unknown to any person except himself) which sur- passes every thing hitherto applied, and totally eradicates that most baneful disease; the strictest secrecy, the most honourable system of treatment adopted; obstinate and in- veterate Venereal cases effectually cured, however long ex- isting; faithfully assuring the public speedy telief will be afforded those persons who place themselves under his charge. Every species of Fevers and Dropsies skilfully treated. Surgical cases promptly attended to; effectual cures made of ulcerated sore legs; and Gout and Rheumatism speedily removed. N. B. Patients visited, if required, at any distance, and supplied with medicines at charges extremely moderate. Hours of attendance from Eight o'clock, until Half- past Eleven in the morning, and from Half- past Three o'clock until Ten in the evening. ' Numerous testimonials of the highest respectability can be given, both as to qualification, professional ability, repu- tation, & c., & c. 6 17, Pershore- street. GREAT COATS, FROCK AND DRESS COATS, and every other article of GENTLEMEN'S DRESS for the present season, cut to fit in the most ap- proved style of fashion, and made in the best manner at the under- mentioned Low Prices for Cash, at J. G. E A R P' S, 74, HIGH- STREET, BIRMINGHAM, Four doors from Union street, AND AT 125, WHITECHAPEL, LIVERPOOL. Excellent Petersham Great Coats, Velvet Collar, and Lined throughout the Skirts, from 1 12 Double Milled Pilot Coats, complete 1 1 Superfine Double Milled Great Coats 2 10 Ditto Frock Coats, Double Breasted and Faced with Silk 2 5 Superfine Dress Coats, any colour „_ » 1 15 Excellent Suits of Black complete 2 15 0 — 3 10 Various excellent and new materials for Trowsers, from . 0 16 The greatest variety of the most fashionable Waistcoatings of any house in the trade, from 0 8 Macintosh Coats, made to measure, Young Gentlemen's Dresses and Servants' Liveries made on the shortest notice, and upon terms which cannot fail to give the utmost satisfaction to Gentlemen and Families, whose future favours will be secured by giving their orders at the above Establishments. J. G. EARP, 74, High- Street, Birmingham, Four doors from Union- street, And 125, Whitechapel, Liverpool. 0 to 2 0 — 2 0 — 3 0 — 2 0 — 2 0 — 140 110 2 5 0 LIFE ASSURANCE. FAMILY ENDOWMENT SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. 12, Chatham- place, Blackfriars, London. CAPITAL, £ 500,000. TRUSTEES. Pascoe St. Leger Grenfell, Esq. | Henry Porcher, Esq. Martin Tucker Smith, Esq. DIRECTORS. Henry George Ward, Esq., M. P., Chairman. George Alfred Muskett, Esq., M. P., Deputy Chairman. W. Butterworth Bayley, Esq. Henry Bowden, Esq. Sir Robert Colquhoun, Bart. John Fuller, Esq. Edward Lee, Esq. Major John Luard. Thomas Willis Muskett, Esq Major George Willock. AUDITORS. Samuel Arbouin, Esq. | Welbore Ellis, Esq. Riversdale William Grenfell, Esq. BANKERS— Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths. STANDING COUNSEL— W. T. S. Daniel, Esq. PHYSICIAN— Dr. Roget, F. R. S. SURGEON— Edward Cock, Esq. SOLICITORS— Messrs. Lacy and Bridges. ACTUARY— Mr. W. Lewis. SOCIETY OF ARTS. * T1HE EXHIBITION of MODERN WORKS of L ART WILL CLOSE on Saturday the 18th of No- vember. J. W. UNETT, Hon. Sec. Admittance One Shilling each.— Catalogues One Shilling Season Tickets Five Shillings each. The Rooms will be lighted with Gas next week, from Seven till Ten o'clock. BIRMINGHAM SAVINGS' BANK. DEPOSITORS are reminded that the SAVINGS' BANK will be CLOSED, for the purpose of BALANC- ING the BOOKS, from MONDAY, the 20th of NOVEM- BER, until TUESDAY, the 5th of DECEMBER, in conformity to Rule 7. WM. BOLTON, Secretary. PALAIS ROYAL, NEW- STREET, Next door to the Theatre, WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR A SHORT TIME LONGER. IVJESSRS. LOUIS AND CO. return their gratefui ITA thanks for the very extensive patronage received, a liberal patronage which will always be remembered by them with the most lively feelings of gratitude; and it is from these circumstances that they have great pleasure to announce to their patrons and the public, that they prolong their stay for a very short time longer— and having made great additions to their already, by all acknowledged the most splendid and valuable stock of continental manufac- tures ever displayed in Birmingham, and have but to add, that they will continue to offei their stock at the same scale of prices which have given rise to this unprecedented success. Messrs. Louis and Co. have just returned from the Continent, where they have become the sole . hPur^ chasers of the Bankrupt's Stock of Messrs. LE and Co., of Paris and Geneva, a magnificent and valuable Stock of JEWELLERY and FANCY GOODS, which is too well known to need description; but finding them too immense for their Establishments, have come to a determination to accede to the kind advice of their numerous patrons, viz. Families of Distinction in this county, to bring this elegant Stock to Birmingham for short time. It is from circumstances like these that the Messrs. LOUIS and Co. pledge themselves to offer a saving of full 30 per cent, from the usual prices. The Stockeonsistsof PARISIAN, GENEVA, FRANK- FORT, AND BERLIN FANCY GOODS, of the most highly useful and ornamental description ; several of which are in a style entirely novel in this country, and which Messrs. L. and Co. feel convinced have never been equalled for elegance and beauty. LOUIS AND CO. are so well known among the British Nobility and Gentry, that they need not comment respect- ing their splendid and valuable Stock, or the mode in which they conduct their transactions in their English Establishments. Messrs. Louis and Co. having been advised by their Soli- citors, that in removing part of their Stock from their regular Establishments, it may come under the License Act, they comply therewith. HYMEN LOUIS, Licensed Hawker, No. 2222, A: ENDOWMENT BRANCH. This, the peculiar feature of the Family Endowment Society, enables parties, at one time, to insure a provision to the whole of their future offspring. The Premiums may be computed either as certain pay- ments for a specified number of years, or to cease at an earlier period, in the event of the death of either or both the Parents. Endowments are also granted to children already born. To secure to each Future Child 100/. at 21 years of age. To secure to each Existing Child 100/. at 21 years of age. 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On Tuesday last \ meeting1 was held in the Town Hall, to hear the report of the deputation lately sent from this town to Lord Melbourne, for the purpose of representing to him the existing distress of the com- mercial and manufacturing interests, and requesting an enquiry into the cause of it. Twelve o'clock was the appointed hour, and at that time the hall was three parts full. The organ gallery was occupicd by the deputation and a large number of respectable trades- men, who were admitted by ticket. At half- past twelve o'clock, W. SCHOLEFIELD, Esq., High Bailiff, was called to the chair, amidst loud cheering, He said, he felt very great pleasure in taking the chair upon that occasion, because he was sure if there was one thing upon which he could feel a more earnest desire to do all in liis power than another, it was in contributing to promote the prosperity of his fellow townsmen. They were met to receive a deputation that had been appointed to wait upon Lord Melbourne, to explain to him the distress of the town, and the cause of it; and to solicit from government such measures as might lead to permanent relief. That the depu- tation had performed their duty with zeal and ability, they could have no doubt, and he hoped, also, with success. As they were prepared to lay before them the particulars of their mission, and as the meeting were no doubt anxious to hear these gentlemen, he should not trespass further on their time, but merely request for all a patient and impar- tial hearing. JAMES JAMES, Esq., then came forward, and said, before reading the report agreed upon by the deputation, he felt called upon to notice one or two circumstances connected with the deputation. He must first apologise for the absence of his late respected colleague, who was prevented by illness from attending that meeting. With respect to the deputation, they proceeded according to appointment to London, and were favoured on the previous Thursday with an interview with Lord Melbourne; and although he was aware he could not express his feelings in reference to the deputation, without apparent egotism, yet he must say the gentlemen whom they had deputed acquitted themselves with great credit. They were all agreed that great distress existed, and that they should press upon his lordship the con- sideration of that distress, and the cause of it. That was all they proposed to themselves. Having referred to the depu- tation generally, he would now come to a pleasing duty, and that was, to bear testimony to the excellent manner in which their fellow workmen, who were upon the deputation, had conducted themselves. Each of them had an opportunity ^ © hnWres& iifpfcord Melbourne ; and each acquitted himself to the great and entire satisfaction of the gentlemen by whom they were surrounded. ( Cheers.) There was a pertinence in their remarks, and something so substantial in the facts they adduced, that he thought their addresses produced a powerful effect upon the premier. They were therefore entitled to the respect of their superiors, and the confidence of their fellow workmen, for the manner in which they endeavoured to advance the general interest of all classes. Mr. James then read the report of the deputation. [ See advertisement. | Mr. MORTON JONES begged leave to move that the report be received, and lie hoped it would be received with that good feeling and unanimity which had hitherto character- ised their other proceedings. Mr. P. H. MUNTZ said he had merely to second the re- solution, reserving to himself the right to make a few ob- servations in the course of the day, if he should see fit. He would merely observe, that his views respecting thedeputation were confirmed by the report they had heard read. That tiiey would be thanked, and kindly bowed in and bowed out, he had no doubt. His opinion was, that ministers could not give any answer, and it appeared he was right. The fact was, the case lay in a small compass. If the ministry were willing to do what was right, but could not, they ought to be put in a situation to enable them to do right; and if they had the power and not the will to do right, they ought to be made to have the will, or compelled to resign. ( Cheers.) Merely observing that they were just in the same position as they were months ago, lie seconded the adoption of the report. RICHARD SFOONER, Esq., came forward to move the first resolution, amidst the cordial cheers of the meeting. Not- withstanding what had fallen from his worthy friend, Mr. jluntz, he was bound to say that one good effect had cer- tainly followed the deputation seeing Lord Melbourne— namely, that his lordship was fully impressed with the distress which existed, and likewise that there was at this moment an appearance of temporary relief, but that that relief would not be permanent, and that in a short time, unless remedial measures were adopted, the claims of the country for redress would become ten times more urgent and imperative than ever. ( Hear.) He could add his testimony to that of the late Low Bailiff, that nothing could be more frank, open, honourable, and gentlemanlike, than the manner in which the noble lord and his col- league, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, received the deputation. Every attention was paid to them, and more especially to those meritorious individuals belonging to the working classes who accompanied them, and who advo- cated the cause of their fellow- workmen and fellow- suffer- ers nobly, faithfully, powerfully, and eloquently; and in such a manner as to convince him ( Mr. Spooner) that Lord Melbourne knew how to value the men, and to appreciate the statements which they made. ( Loud ap. plause.) With regard to the object for which they were then assembled, it was to consider what they were next to do—( liear, hear,)— and before he sat down, he should call upon them to declare, what he was sure they would do, their continuance in those opinions which they so unanimously expressed at their last great meeting upon this subject. ( Loud cheers.) On that occasion they had expressed their opinions as to the cause of the evils under which they were suffering, without the removal of which they felt persuaded that no permanent prosperity could be expected. This was the purport of the resolution lie had to submit to them that day, which would prove to the country and the government that those opinions were not hastily formed, but that they weie determined to keep them fairly and continually before the people until they were attended to. In asking, therefore, their absent to the resolution, he would ground the opinions therein ex- pressed upon the history of past years. In 1793 there was great commercial and manufacturing distress, so great that a committee of the House , pf Commons was ap- pointed to examine into the cause. They made their repoit that^ Carose from certain circumstances— the gold of the country had been withdrawn from it, a want of con- fidence followed, and the remedy they suggested, was an immediate issue of exchequer bills, which would restore prices, give employment and confidence to the people, and prosperity to the nation. This measure was adopted— the distress ceased— and for a short time prosperity was the consequence. In the years 1797 and 1810, the same dis- tress occurred from the contraction of the paper currency by the Bank of England. In 1816 an attempt was made to place the bank iu a situation to return to cash pay- ments, and again distress came upon the country, which they must all remember, and continued till 1819, when that bill was passed which in his ( Mr. Spooner's ) opinion, whatever might have been the object of the legislature at the time, was a dead robbery upon the people— a cruel oppression, and a breach of national faith. ( Loud cheers.) Ministers went on after this till the re- sources of the country became so exhausted, and the revenue so diminished, that they were compelled once more to turn their attention to the distress and sufferings of the industrious classes, and the same mode of relief was lmd recourse to, in order to stay for a time the progress of the evil. They had better, in his opinion, at once have worked out their system, than thus deluded the people by exciting hopes which they must have been well aware could never be realised. ( Cheers.) They thus went on till 1825, when the same difficulties which bad visited them during the present year were experienced, until the screw which pressed upon the industry of the people was relaxed. He trusted, however, that the depu- tation had succeeded in warning the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer not to be deluded by the hope that this prosperity would continue; for, judging by the best of all experience, the history of the past, it was impossible that permanent prosperity, under the present standard of value, could be maintained. On this ground they called for enquiry into the distress, a distress which, by every government for the last forty years, had been attributed to anything but the right cause. It had been attributed, not by the pre- sent government, or that which immediately preceded it, but by the government of Lord Liverpool— to what, did they suppose? it had been blasphemously, in his opinion attributed to over- production— a good harvest, forsooth was the cause— the bounty of Providence was the source of the evil. ( Hear, hear, hear.) It was said that prices had been reduced so low that distress was the natural conse- quence. Then came the question, why did not the farmer continue to hold his grain until he could get a better price for it? But the currency system prevented him doing this, for the very operations of ' the screw upon the country put him in that position that he was compelled to sell at any price, and the sacrifice he was thus obliged to make, pre- vented him from being a consumer of the manufactured articles of the country, and therefore the calamity first fell on the producer, and then on the consumer of the produce. ( Hear, hear.) But the distress was now attributed to over speculation— it was said that England and America hail gone mad with speculation. But he would ask those who said so to go into the warehouses of the merchants and manufacturers, and afterwards to visit the cottages of the poor, and « ee whether there was too much stock in the one, or too much happiness in the other. ( Loud cheers.) No, he contended there was not too much trading, but there was too much legislation. ( Hear, hear.) It wa^ the result of callingmen to the councils of the nation who were totally unfit for the station they occupied, or who were willing, iu order to preserve a false, hollow, and rotten consistency, to sacrifice the strength, and wealth, and happiness of the industrious classes of this country. ( Renewed cheers.) They had been told that Parliament could do nothing— that inquiry was of no use— that the thing would work its own remedy. He would not believe such a libel on Parliament. He would not believe that Parliament was powerful only for mischief— inefficient for good. ( Enthusiastic cheering.) Parliament had made laws which had produced certain effects, and Parliament could, and Pailiament must unmake them ; and it was for assemblies like the present to call into action with them all the labouring classes of the communiiy, or those who felt for their sufferings, to get a searching in- quiry into this subject. He felt that if inquiry was granted, a remedy might be safely administered, that the industrious classes might again enjoy full employment, and for that em- ployment a fair and equitable remuneration, and England once more be enabled to take that proud station amongst the nations of Europe, to which by the energy, enterprise, and intelligence of the people, she was so well calculated to hold. ( Great applause.) Mr. WILLIAM CHANCE seconded the resolution. He said he should have appeared before them with greater pleasure, if they could have had to report that they had gained the object for which they had been sent to London. He deeply regretted they had not obtained it, but the disap- pointment would only stimulate him and the deputation to persevre until they gained their oqject. He entirely con- curred with Mr. Spooner, that Lord Melbourne was desirous to alleviate the distress of the working men, and extend, if possible, general relief. ( Hear, hear.) He and the rest of the deputation saw the subject was one of great difficulty, and they had resolved upon directing their best and immediate attention to it. Although they had not succeeded to the extent they desired, still he hoped they had effected some good, and that they would achieve still more. He had been a sufferer by the fluctuations to a very considerable extent, and he felt a deep interest in a full and satisfactory investigation into the causes of those fluctuations. He entered into the American trade upon the faith of existing monetary regulations, and the result had been loss and inconvenience. In the year 1826, as they were well aware, ruin and distre s came upon the merchants and manufacturers of England. The operatives were thrown out of employment, and great hardship and privations were endured by them. ( Hear, hear.) These fluctuations he certainly attributed to a de- fective monetary system. They had seen their trade and commerce in a flourishing condition, all happy and pros- perous, and in the enjoyment of good profits and wages, when all of a sudden this prosperity was destroyed, a sudden thunder storm came upon them and annihilated all their prospects. This was a state of uncertainty that ought not to exist, and to prevent a recurrence of which, he hoped some measure would be proposed and acted upon by the government and legislature. In the future proceed- ings of that meeting, some measures would be proposed for further operations, and he could only say, that he would go hand in hand with the gentlemen of the depu- tation, and attend to any measures that might be found calculated to forward the object they had in view, and with- out the attainment of which, be feared little benefit need be expected. Before concluding, he would say a few words relative to the Bank of England. Complaints had been made of the governors of that bank. Now, in his opinion, great as, was the existing distress, it would be still greater, were it not for the assistance that had been rendered by that bank. As one connected with one of the banks of Birmingham, he might say be had had an op- portunity of knowing that the Bank of England had rendered great services to the commercial interest, and the governors were anxious to do all in their power to relieve the existing distress. In his opinion, the governors of the Bank of England were entitled to their thanks. Mr. H. SANSUM said,— after the long and able speeches which we have had the pleasure of hearing, and knowing that others are appointed to address this meeting, it would be imprudent in me to take up much of your time; hut allow me to say I cannot conscientiouslygive my silent vote on this important occasion. I stand before you this morn- ing as one of your deputation, to give an account of my stewardship, and allow me to say the whole of that deputa- tion used every argument in their power to impress upon the mind of Lord Melbourne the necessity of a serious and solemn enquiry on the subject of the memorial. And if I learned anything from the interview with his lordship, it was this— that he showed great sympathy for the sufferings of the working classes; at the same time that he expressed his inability to do anything for them. I have always thought that if anything were done, it must be done by ourselves; I would say, in the language of Lord Byron, so often quoted— " Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not, " Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow ?" It ought to be the motto of every Englishman never to let others do the work that they are able to do themselves. But how was the work to be done? Not by milk and water petitions. We have been petitioning, to my knowledge, for the last five and twenty years; arid all our petitions have been honoured with a place on the table, or under it. Was it petitioning the House of Commons that gained the Reform bill? ( Cries of no, no.) But when the people rose up as one man, and demanded it as a light,— they did not pray for it as a favour,— they had it. Did America gain her independence by petitioning? No, they demanded it; and when that just demand was refused they rose up and fought for it. We must rally round the old standard, the Political Union, and agitate for our constitutional rights and privileges— universal suffrage, vote by ballot, and short Parliaments. Any thing short of these is compara- tively nothing. With these only shall we be able to pro- mote the happiness and prosperity of our country. It is said by an old theatrical wiiter, that all the world is a stage, and every man an actor. And so it is, for we have all got something to do in this theatre of human life; and the man who sits down careless and indifferent under had and oppressive laws, seeing his fellow- creatures starve in the land of plenty, is a traitor to his Queen, his country, and his God. It is in vain for us to lift up our hands and call on Heaven to help us. We must put our shoulders to the wheel ourselves, and with one heart and one mind. We have been governed for the last hundred years by two base factions. The Tory faction have measured out misery wholesale and retail— they have created a national debt of eight hundred millions of money, which hangs like a mill- stone round the neck of every son of Britain— they have taxed us fifteen shillings to the pound from the cradle to the grave; and last, not least, they passed that infamous bill that has ruined thousands, called Peel's bill, which had for its object to reduce the price of labour, and all manufactured goods on the one hand, while, on the other it doubled our burdens, aud aggrandised those that were already feasting in the lap of luxury. The Whig faction— what have they done? Nothing— nay, worse than nothing. As soon as they got into office they passed the Coercion bill for Ireland ; they then laiishly granted twenty millions of money to emancipate the slaves in the West Indies, while there was a much greater slavery at home. And be it remembered, it had only had the effect of rivetting stronger the bondage of the slaves. Again, they have passed that bastile law, the Poor Law bill, which will stand as a monument of their dis- grace as long as time shall last. Not satisfied with all this, they have transported our labourers for standing up to pro- tect their rights from its operation. We must then be united, in order to obtain a good representation in the House of Commons. That is the only antidote that can be applied to our ills. When that is obtained, we shall have no neces- sity of meeting, month after month, and year after year, to agitate, but we shall soon see our country what it formerly was, the envy of surrounding nations, and the admiration of the world. Mr. J. H. SHEARMAN here stepped forward and said, in re- ference to the observations of the last speaker he would say, they could not fight for their liberties. ( Uproar and cries of down, and no.) They could not fight for their liberty, and if they would hear him they would agree with what he had to say. ( Renewed uproar.) They had got to a certain extent liberty, and they could by moral means effect whatever object they pleased. They had only to say what they would have, and they could obtain it. He held in his hand a Manchester newspaper from which they could learn the cause of their want of success in reference to the currency question. The editor of the paper was an advo- cate for the ballot, universal suffrage, short Parliaments, and in every respect was as good a Reformer as any of the people of Birmingham. He agreed with them upon all these points, but upon the currency he did not agree with them. Now the same might be applied to the people of Manchester; they did not understand the question. He avowed himself the author of an article in the Philan- thropist newspaper, which had been the subject of animad- version by the editor of the Manchester paper, and from that admission they would see he was in a situation which gave him an interest in the question under consideration. What he would advise was, that they should send a depu- tation to Manchester, Liverpool, Leicester, and other large towns, for the purpose of convincing them of the ne- cessity of an alteration in the monetary system; and having convinced them, then let them send a united deputation from all those places to Lord Melbourne, and they never would have occasion to fight for their liberties. ( Hear, hear.) That matter must be settled by the power of the mind, and not by force of urms. He was not a member of the Political Union, though he should have no objection to it if he had time to attend to it. He was not, however, obliged to join it, and in the observations he made he only wished to guard them against entertaining any other feeling than those he had expressed relative to the means of af- fecting their object. The Chairman then put the resolution to the meet- ing, and it was carried unanimously. Mr. CHARLES SHAW proposed the next resolution. He said, it would be in their recollection, that at the last meet- ing he pledged himself to give his humble exertions until they had obtained the object for which the committee had been appointed. He had then great pleasure in renewing the pledge. ( Hear, hear.) He thought they must even- tually he successful. The object, however, must be obtained, as had been said, by the power of the mind, and not by brute force. Although he disagreed on many points with Lord Melbourne, it was due to him that he should say that he met the question in the only way that an honest man could meet it. ( Hear, hear.) Lord Melbourne did believe that distress existed, and he promised it should be inquired into. He was sorry they had been deprived of the services of many worthy gentlemen, who felt thoroughly convinced of the existence of the distress and the necessity of an inquiry into it, but who differed with them as to the means of reme- dying it. It did not, however, follow, that because theie existed a difference of opinion upon various points, that they should quarrel with one another in prosecuting the object they had undertaken. He hoped, in all future meetings of the committee, there would be such an amalgamation of party and all feelings, tfTat they would be able to apply themselves to the consideration of the vital question, and by their joint efforts ensure a great degree of prosperity for themselves and the country. He would do every thing in his power, and concur in every thing that could be required from an honourable man. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. CORBETT, an operative, said, it was with great pleasure he seconded the resolution moved by Mr. Shaw ; for he was convinced, that unless the large towns followed their example, Her Majesty's government would do nothing. It was gratifying that the workmen's conduct bad given sa- tisfaction to their fellow- townsmen. Lord Melbourne would promise nothing, lest he might be charged with having deceived them. Every change for improving the condition of the people must be made by the people; it must be effected by co- operation. Party considerations must be sunk. The present union of masters and men had done some good; it had emphatically called the attention of the government to the wretched state of the country. His em- ployer did him the honour, at the last meeting in that place, to tender him his friendship in a public manner; he had no opportunity then of accepting the offer; and he did so now as a great example to the whole country, of the good under- standing that might and ought to subsist between masters and their workmen. The social regeneration of this great empire depended upon the elevation of the chaiacter of the labouring people; a corrupt government could not exist in the presence of a virtuous people. How important it was that they should be strictly sober— should be good hus- bands— good fathers— and good servants ; let them perform all these great duties; let them exert themselves, individu- ally, as if the salvation of the country rested with them alone. They must not despair; let them do their best, and leave the rest to God. Rather than his country should sink in the scale of nations, he would sacrifice his life; but he knew it must sink, if the present system be persevered in. There was no other people in the world that would endure so unjust, so vile a measure as Peel's bill. It was wicked in the extreme to force upon the already over- taxed, over- toiled, half- fed people, a law, compelling them to pay in gold what was borrowed in depreciated paper. He told Lord Melbourne, that the deputation were anxious to support the present government, although it consisted of Tory, Whig, and Radical. Masters and workmen were before his lordship; but unless some great measure of relief were brought forward, they would withdraw their support, for they would not be left in ruin and to starve. Mr. B. HADLEY came before the meeting amidst loud cheers. He said it was not his intention to have m! ide any remarks on the proceedings of the day, as he anticipated that the resolutions proposed, and the observations upon them, would have been somewhat in accordance with his own opinions; but he confessed the resolutions which had been submitted to them did not accord with his sentiments, and infinitely less did the remarks of the various speakers who had addressed them that day. ( Hear, hear.) He wished not to be misunderstood, for he concurred most cordially in the approbation bestowed upon the deputation, for the highly creditable and praiseworthy manner in which they had discharged their duties. ( Cheers.) But when that deputation had received anything but a satisfactory answer, he expected that the resolutions would have been of a stronger and more active character than they were. ( Cheers.) He regretted that sentiments such as those de- livered by the last speaker should have fallen from any one, but particularly from a working man. He said it was agreed to sink all party politics, in order that they might obtain a redress of those grievances of which they complained. Now he, for one, would never agree to sink his politics. ( Cheers.) He was prepared to show that it was the existence of a twenty- five years' . Tory Government which had brought them to their present distressed condition, and it was his object, and he trusted it was the object of the men of Bir- mingham, to root out that party from all share in the admi- nistration of public affairs, who had inflicted such sufferings upon their country. ( Renewed cheering.) He confessed he felt surprised at the veiy incomplete manner in which the honourable gentleman on his left ( Mr. Spooner) had de- livered his opinions that day, and no less surprised and dis- appointed at the manner in which those opinions had been received by the meeting. He charged that gentleman with want of candour when, in going over the monetary history of this country for the last forty years, and condemn- ing ( justly he admitted) the measures adopted by various governments, he carefully abstained from censuring, as he should have done, the administrations who passed those atrocious money laws and corn laws, which had brought ruin and misery to the doors of thousands and hundreds of thousands of industrious families, and then cruelly refused to grant inquiry into their operation. ( Loud cheers.) Mr. Spooner knew as well as him ( Mr. Hadley) that all these laws down to Lord Liverpool's administration, had been passed by Tory governments; although he ( Mr. H.) admitted the Whig governments had turned a deaf ear to the subject. Yet such was the mass of iniquity which had been brought together by their predecessors, in legislating for the rich at the expense o( the poor, that he questioned much whether it was in their power to remove the corruptions of the system. It was a well known fact, and no one knew it better than the honourable gentleman, that at the close of the war, the Tory government of the period, in breathless haste to secure themselves and the monied interests against the fall of prices, proceeded to pass the atrocious corn- laws, and made the necessary preparation for the resumption of cash payments, and Peel's most destructive bill; and he ( Mr. H.) defied the honourable gentleman to show that the acts of the Tories from 1815 to 1825 had been dis- tinguished by anything, so much as their insatiable thirst for the plunder of the people, and their hatred of politi- cal liberty. ( Hear, hear.) This party, though not in power, still exercised a powerful influence in the House of Commons; the interests of the corn lords arid money lords were so closely united, that it would be a miracle to re- ceive justice at their hands. Nothing, he was satisfied, but a searching reform in the House of Commons, such as a thorough responsibility in its members, an extension of the franchise, and the protection of the ballot, could even reach this remorseless union of power and wickedness, and until they obtained these vital measures,' he industry of the country would never be represented; and confi- dent he was, that until they made " along pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether" for the accomplishment of these objects, they must never look for relief at the hands of the legislature. ( Enthusiastic cheers.) It was clear, from the report of the deputation, that my Lord Melbourne could do nothing to relieve them. ( Hear, hear.) Not only did he refuse to promise any immediate or distant relief, but he could not and would not promise even that an enquiry should take place into the past and present commercial distress and monetary embarassment. ( Hear, hear.) The members composing the deputation too, un- happily, differed among themselves as to the remedy lor the present distress, though they agreed as to the cause; thus circumstanced, what hope was there that the exertions of the committee to induce other large towns of the kingdom to co operate with them to enforce the question of the cur- rency on the attention of government, would be attended with success ? ( Cries of not any.) For his own part, he thought there was but little hope, though he should be glad to see their exertions crowned with success. He implored his fellow- townsmen, on no account, to be induced to sink their politics; it was only by a firm and unshaken adherence to those principles, which had so much distinguished them during the last 6even yeais, that they could expect to obtain any relief from the ruling powers. ( Loud cheers. ) The Relorm bill, such as it was, he need not tell the men of Birmingham, was a pure and unmixed fraud,—( cheers,) — and until that Reform bill was reformed, it was to all intents and purposes of good, a dead letter. ( Renewed cheers.) Mr. Hadley next alluded to the observations of Mr. Chance relative to the Bank of England, which that gentleman said had been of great service to the country. On this subject he ( Mr. H.) differed with Mr. Chance, and observed that the conduct of the Bank Directors during the late commercial distress, had been anything rather than praiseworthy. What course did they pursue? They first seduced the commercial and trading classes, by the liberality of their issues and discounts, to embark their capital in trade, and thus general employment and pros- perity were produced; and thoti, without the slightest notice, they withdrew their issue 3 and refused theirdiscountf, to the ruin of thousands, and the embarassment of some ot the wealthiest merchants in the world. ( Shame, shame.) He rejoiced that he did not stand alone in the opinion, that until that accursed monopoly was put down, and a national bank established in its stead, on a liberal basis commen- surate with the wants of this great country, the property of no man could be safe, as they had the power to raise or lower its value as their interest or caprice dictated. In con- clusion, Mr. Hadley again conjured the men of Birming- ham to let nothing induce them to abandon their politics, for they might be assured of this, that their prosperity and hap- piness, and that of their families and posterity, depended mainly on the amount of political liberty which they ob- tained. ( Mr. Hadley sat down amidst loud and continued cheering.) Mr. SPOONER rose in explanation. He said he was not apt to quarrel with gentlemen who attacked him in public, nor was he apt to conceal his own opinion in any remarks which he might think proper to make. He should, there- fore, assure the honourable gentleman who had just sat down, that he had paid him the highest compliment he could confer, when he told him that he had met with that approbation which had excited envy in his mind. (" No, no," from Mr. Hadley and others.) The honourable gen- tleman then should have it his own way; he did not exactly use the word " envy,"— he could not tell exactly the words he did use, but he knew their sense, which was that his ( Mr. Spooner's) remarks had met with the approbation of the meeting, but not with his. Now he would say, that this was the highest possible compliment he could pay him, for he was willing to give up Mr. Hadley's approbation so long as heenjoyed the approbationof the meeting. ( Laughter.) The honourable gentleman had flinched at the word " envy,' but he would tell that honourable gentleman that the ap- probation of a meeting like the present was worthy of the envy of any man, and whenever he ( Mr. Spooner) failed to receive it, which he admitted had too frequently hap- pened—( much laughter)— and might happen again,—( hear) — he felt that such a circumstance would pain him with deep regret— a regret which could only be increased, were it possible for him to suppose that he had been base enough to purchase it by the surrender of his honest political opinions. ( Great cheering.) The honourable gentleman had taxed him with being incomplete in his remarks, that while he had found fault with Peel's bill, he ought to have reprobated the government that passed it. ( Hear, hear.) Now he appealed to the meeting whether it was possible for any individual to use stronger words in reprobation of that government than the words he had used. ( Cheers,) And further— there was not a more active opposer of Lord Liverpool's government, or a more zealous supporter of the government of Lord Grey, than he ( Mr. Spooner) had been, so long as he considered them deserving of the confi- dence and respect of the country. ( Hear, hear.) But he claimed for himself that which he gave to every man even to the honourable gentleman himself— first of all, to have the power of thinking; next to have the right of speaking; and having thus thought and spoke, he claimed also the power of acting as he thought fit. ( Loud applause.) The hon. gentleman had also accused him of not speaking out on another cause of the existing distress— the corn- laws. ( Hear.) He would, however, tell him, that he had always spoken out on that question, and he would again repeat, if under the present money laws of the country the corn laws were to be repealed, the first thing that would follow would be the total suppression of all payments in gold. Every farthing would be paid away to foreigners for corn, and they themselves would be placed in a worse situation than they were at present. ( Cries of " No, no," mingled with hisses and cheers.) He had no hesitation in asseiting that if they would only first of all, put right the money laws, as a matter of inevitable consequence, the corn laws would be practically put right in this country ; but he ( Mr. Spooner) was for accomplishing this end in a way which would not entail misery upon his fellow creatures. ( Cheers.) When the money laws were altered, the alte- ration of the corn laws must follow. Nothing on earth could stop it, and it was on this ground, and this only, he was anxious that the people should direct their attention to this subject first. ( Loud cheers.) Reverting to another subject, Mr. Spooner observed— He knew there had been no agreement to sink politics out of that room, for he would never ask anything that would interfere with the free exercise of the opinions of any man ; but there had been an agreement amongst them that politics should not come in to disturb the harmony which had prevailed up to the present moment. ( Hear, hear.) And yet he had been told that there was no such agreement. He asserted that there was such an agreement, and their fellow- workmen upon the committee would confi ™ 1 this assertion, if needful. They had agreed, whilst they perthiaciously held their own opinions on other topics, that upon this question they should be united; for by union alone could they hope to be of ser- vice to their country— without it, they were perfectly power- less. ( Cheers.) And in reference to the remarks which had fallen from a gentleman on the other side of the chair, he felt that he ( Mr. Spooner) would be a base coward in- deed if he did not express his entire disapprobation of them. ( Hear.) It was not by noisy and frothy threats— it was not by appeals to physical force, renouncing the power of moral force, that this great cause could be accomplished. No; but it was by the union of all those who were anxious to serve their country's cause, who were actuated by a spirit of public patriotism, uniting themselves together in a com- pact and irresistible body, and endeavouring to support the constitution, and not to destroy it; to amend it, if they pleased ; but still to keep it steadily before them— by calling on men to express their opinions, and if possible, most forci- bly; not, as lie said before, by an appeal to physical force, but to the force of sound reason and justice, without which all their efforts would be utterly in vain. ( Cheers and ex- pressions of disapprobation.) Mr. BAKER, an operative, said he would not have pre- sented himself to their notice, had it not been for the un- pleasant circumstance of a disagreement of opinion which they had just heard. The meeting would recollect that Mr. Spooner, at the last meeting, in citing Lord Liverpool's reason for adopting the gold standard, alluded to the saying that those who drove fat oxen should be fat. Now the indus- trious classes fed and drove the fat oxen, and somebody, he spoke without regard to party, had stolen them away. The working men had united to look after the stolen pro- perty, and those who set them quarrelling would cause their enemies to keep the fat oxen longer from them, and they should starve. There were those who prognosticated that the committee and deputation could effect nothing. Was it nothing to have the working men attached to the wealthy part of the town, and considered proper persons to be con- sulted on most momentous subjects, such as vitally affected the interests of all classes of Her Majesty's subjects? In bygone days, while contending for their rights in opposition to the many obstacles that opposed them in their progress, they had been loaded with every opprobrious epithet, and designated levellers. Now they were looked upon, and should prove to be, instead of levellers, conservators of public property. They had proved by their conduct that they desired not the wealth of others, obtained by their in- dustry, and the use of capital, but they were willing to form a phalanx around them for the protection of their lives and property. What they wanted, and what they must have, or there would be no peace to society, was employment, and sufficient remuneration that they might live and those de- pending on them. Obtaining these things by their united efforts, and conducting themselves in all the social and re- lative duties of life, the rich could not any longer withhold from them the elective franchise. He therefore regretted Mr. Hadley or any one else creating disunion, for the longer they were kept from the fut ' oxen he alluded to before, the weaker they should get, and less able to contend for their rights. He would go to the utmost for political rights, and not relinquish one iota which he had maintained for years ; but on the present occasion he would hold them in abey- ance, striving to obtain for himself and children the prospect of living independently by the honest fruits of industry. Mr. BLAXLAND said, — Mr. High Bailiff and fellow- townsmen, I certainly had no intention of taking any part in this meeting, nor should I have done so, had not Mr. Hadley spoken. However, I now intend to notice Mr. Spooner's remark, which was calculated to raise hopes in your minds of high wages, provided his plan was adopted ; this must have been intended to obtain your applause, for I fearlessly appeal to the merchants and manufacturers around me, if it be possible to obtain high prices in the foreign markets at present. The corn laws having already nursed manufacturers abroad, who are already rivalling your skill; in fact, at high prices your goods wilfnot sell. But by the abolition of the corn laws and beef prohibiting laws, your food would be so cheap, or the food of the workmen abroad so enhanced in value, that you would more than compete with them. The great cause of your distress is the debt, and at the close of the war, the great laid on a bread and beef tax, which, in conjunction with the tithes, take from your already too scanty earnings at least three shillings out of every five shillings you expend in food and drink ; and mark, their laws were expressly laid on to keep up high rents for the aristocracy, and high tithes for the clergy. And mind, this tax which they lay on you, they themselves in a great measure escape; for I appeal to Mr. Spooner whether these very men, who laid the tax on you, do not expend from six to eight millions on the continent. Mr. Spooner has said that the abolition of the corn laws, pre- vious to an alteration of the money laws, would ruin the country. I will tell you who it would ruin, it would ruin the already deeply mortgaged nobility— it would lower rents one- half, tithes one- half. It would ruin those men who, after taxing your food to nearly three times its value, go abroad to evade the tax, and in order to live cheap, leaving you that burden which themselves will not bear, and then they grudge your too expensive pauperism, and build you cheap bastiles. But I will tell you also who it would not ru: n; it would not ruin you, it would not luin the manufac- turer nor the merchant, it would give them an almost boundless trade, and you cheap food and ample employment, f assert fearlessly, as my opinion, that the gold remitted to the con tinent,& c., annually, to furnish the cheap luxuries and cheap food of our tax- eating, but non- tax paying, non- resident aristocracy and clergy, amount to nearly the sum paid for American cotton, and of course presses as heavy upon the exchanges, abstracting an equal quantity of gold. For the truth of this I appeal to Mr. Spooner, who, as a banker is I believe, well aware of the fact. And I must say, hat his' plan would lower the amount neatly one half, as, durine our deprecated paper currency, a one pound note on y produced about fourteen francs in Paris, whilst now the so ™ erei ™ produces near twenty- six francs; whilst the abolition of the com laws rn addition would prevent the necess ty of abroad to hve cheap. One speaker, Mr. Baker, has acfu ed us of being actuated by party spirit. So far from this being the case, I urged the same arguments, or raTer a empted to urge them, in the committee, but was prevented by Mr. Edmonds and Mr. Spooner, who would not allow them to be used there. Mr. Baker sneaks Ti nL were opposed to any alteration in Z S^ Tofe contrary no men have more firmly asserted and advoca ed an alteration than ourselves. We, who have stood h. if.- side of the great apostle of the currency, Mn A ttwoo/ our chief and leader, in good report and evil renorf • vJ » \ i have constantly demanded that the deb h jld be S currency of the same value only as that in which it was con- tracted; we, who demand that you, who universal^ n » » ^ tax of 3d. upon 5d. worth of bread you eat shall universal suffrage- animated by pa^ ty spirit i,^ eed? No we„ rr;?? at? d br n, ational sp| rit! p* rty ; When Wellington declared there should be no reform whilst he was minister, , and that the corrupt Parliame ™ was a model of perfection,— then, had you agreed with mand been quiet under Ins despotism, there would have b^ en " o party spirit, nor any other spirit than subserviency But you would not submit; and we, who stood by you and Mr Attwood, in difficulties and dangers, and wolld have stood unto death itself, to be taunted with a dividlrig and nartv spirit, because we opposed those men who gCausedP bv their profligate expenditure, all the miseries under whicS we now groan, and who then refused all refo m and all Pw7tn 0 yr a: ld,", h0 now refl's* « " extension o? reform— we to be taunted because, although we wish a curr ™ w reform, we wish also to give you thl power to make , vha? reforms you feel you need ! e wnac Mr. DOUGLAS, who was received with loud and prolonged cheering, said i was not a pleasant task to diffi unanimity, but it was sometimes a duty, howevei dis- agreeable In rising upon the present occa ° on to offer his dissent from certain speeches he had heard he did m at the hazard of being censured as one who did not love peace. He did love peace, but the peace must be a secure ° n ' R would at all times prefer an open war to a hollow peace. Besides, notwithstanding the apparent unanimity of the meeting, he could not help believing tl at tee was an under current of difference amongst them. He would first endeavour to set right two gentlemen near him, tS whose differences they had just bee?, listening. He did not understand the honourable gentleman behind him, ( Mr. Spooner) to advocate the corn laws, or express any des re nL" PSl « g Hem; V0 de » y or undervalue their injur ® ous effects. He understood him on that head to be of pretty nearly the same opinion as himself, and of his lio- heU/ v en? d M Att"' 00d- Mr. Spooner beheved, and » H say justly, that if the money laws were altered, the com laws would practically cease. The on v question between those who would go at once for the releh of these laws and Mr. Spooner, was a question of 2 not of ends. Mr. Spooner believed that by goin^ for a fh'/ mJiT ° f the C0' Vaws> ' hey would enl, Pst! gai is? them a those persons m the House of Commons, and ou of It, that were personally interested in agriculture. He advrsed them to proceed by the indirect way, as the most likely to prove successful. He preferred sap to storm, was all. Having stated that which was only fair t" Mr Spooner, he must add that there was one part of that gent Io- nian s observations, which betrayed a witty bitterness not on! consistent with his usual good nature/ He alluded tot! remarks on what fell from Mr. Hadley. He < Mr D ) did ? h° atZdenv, Vdd^ r, « Hadleyt? ""^ an/ any mo^ e than wV^ that he envied Mr. Spooner the approbation he had justly received on his rising and in the course of his able speech? What he understood Mr. H. to say was this— that1e was surprised and dissatisfied that the meetine bvits assent to what fell from Mr. Spooner, should 7epl Mr ^ Zw'Tr' 1, T its Perished principles, r lt b„, l c f'' r the [) OS, tio" of political eminence VT ,, • , S° Ion-* oce" Pied. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. Hadley had been misunderstood on another point. He did not mean to say that Mr. Spooner had not opposed Lord S T '^' f';' t, 0,,' iUt tllat Mr. gorier had not m his speech that day sufficiently condemned the authors of those bad laws, of which they all complained. He wou d now briefly advert to some other observations that had been s^ d'" in- i^ T- f Ai ™ . gentleman on the left lad said, in a speech of much ability, that the question of the Zr"" 7, W!' S 7l'y "" differently Understood ii? othe? pa t. of tl e country. He cited in proof, the opinions of a Man- chester journal, which while it entirely agreed with the of Birmingham upon the question, o t e suffrage, the ballot, and short Parliaments, laughed to scorn upon the currency questioned hence he in- ferred the necessity of sending deputations to Manchester and to other large towns, with a view to convince and con- n." w Tbel, evers: Mow, he ( Mr. D.) thought it a somewhat strange advice to call on them to send forth de- puta ions to Manchester to seek their co- operation upon a question which they did not understand, and to which they "•" fff' opposed; and at the same time to make no attempt to obtain their asaistance in carrying the measures npnnlf » nf T^" 11"' 1- on whlch^ hey, and the people o Birmingham were agreed. Would it not be mora reasonable to send a deputation to Manchester to call upon them to join the men of Birmingham in demanding those changes which they, as well as we, deemed essential, rather than to send a deputation to enlighten them in respect to changes which they knew nothing about, and cared as little? Instead offending men to Manchester to preach the un- known gospel of the currency, he would send men to show forth the corrupt state of the House of Commons, to which we attributed all the miseries of the country; and who would call upon the people of Manchester to join heart and hand with us in our attempts to reform that house, by giving to the working classes, who were the greatest suf- ferers by its Vices, a potential voice iu its formation. ( Cheers.) Such a deputation could speak to the men of Manchester m a language that they understood; they could say to them with a certainty of being heard-" You see how we all suffer alike; it is to bad laws made by bad men, whom we never appointed, and over whom we have no controul, that we must trace our misery; we pray you, brethren, come over and help us." ( Cheers.) To such an appeal they might be expected to respond. A great deal had been said by former speakers of the courtesy of ministers. The deputation appeared to be almost surprised that they were not frowned upon and ordered to walk out. W hy, who ever dreamt that two gentlemen, and courtiers too, would treat men sent on such an errand with dis- courtesy? Who ever thought they would not in words deplore the existing distress, and promise to do all they cou. d to relieve it? But, who was the simpleton that beheved that all this courtesy, aud kindness, and attention, was to produce, or was meant to produce, any real benefit. I. ord Melbourne was, it seems, quite charmed with the conduct of the working men of the deputation— it made a strong impression upon him. Was he induced, in conse- quence of that impression of their good conduct and in- telligence, to tell Mr. Corbett that he was sorry lie and his worthy brethren— men so well behaved and so able- had not a voice in electing the House of Commons which it was plain they were so competent to exercise,—( hear,)— or that would give them such a voice? ( Hear, hear, hear.) Did lie- further tell the men by whom he was so strongly im- pressed, " When you get that voice you shall be protected. You will sometimes come in collision with the will of your employer, notwithstanding your present harmony; and in order to shelter you against any injury they may threaten, I will give you the ballot." ( Cheers.) Some strong re- marks had been made on an observation of Mr. Sansum's, that they must fight for their liberties. Why every man in the meeting knew what he meant. They knew fuil well he did not mean that they were to run forthwith to the Proof- house and arm themselves. ( Laughter.) No one was so dull as not to understand him. And yet some gentlemen talked as apprehensively as if a resolution had been submitted to them for the immediate formation of a national guard. He ( Mr. Douglas) certainly would say they must win their way by moral means and moral force; but he would also say, what had often been said by his friend Mr. Edmonds, that the moral force they employed woul d be of little use, were it not for the physical force behind it. Had it not been for the knowledge that Englishmen had hands as well as heads, the Reform bill never would have been carried. It was the knowledge of that fact that alone operated upon their rulers. It was folly to affect to be BO much shocked at Mr. Sansum's plain remark, with the well- known fact before us, that no boon had ever been obtained or would be obtained by the governed from their governors, unless from a conviction on the part of the go- vernors, that there was amongst the most peaceful and sub- missive, a point beyond which endurance could not go. One word on a point to which he had omitted to ad- vert. There was still a stronger reason than that which he had assigned, why the proposed mission to convert the currency heathens, must be a failure.* He alluded to the want of unanimity at home as well as abroad upon the subject of the currency. ( Hear, hear, hear.) Hedid riot see how any body of men could well go forth to convert others to a particular creed, upon the truths of which they themselves were not agreed. Suppose Lord Melbourne had called the deputation to his presence one after another, and interrogated them upon the currency, and their opinions concerning it; he ( Mr. D.) was not quite certain his lordship would not have got some half dozen different answers to as many questions. He feared that a deputation thus divided, would have little effect in Man- chester or elsewhere. They would be told—" Doctor, cure yourself, before you press your nostrum upon us." ( Cheers THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, NOVEMBER II. 3 and laughter.) He would only add, he cared little whether they went lor universal suffrage or not; but of one thing he felt assured, that unless they had power to return to the House of Commons, men of very different opinions and character from those already returned, they need never ex- pect an alteration of the currency laws, or any other mea- sure of solid and permanent relief. Mr. P. H. MUNTZ then came forward, and said he had a resolution to submit to the meeting. The reason why he had not submitted an amendment to the last resolution was, because he did not wish to act discourteously towards the gentlemen of the deputation. He must, however, say, it was altogether ridiculous for tliem to be directing their energies and strength to the attainment of an object upon which they themselves were not united, and the foundation and bearings of which they did not understand. He ad- mitted that at the meeting held at the Publie- office to which Mr. Spooner had alluded, it was agreed that they should then sink all party politics; but he contended that at the present meeting they stood upon different ground. The former meeting was merely preliminary to inquiry. That inquiry had been gone into, and they were then as- sembled to hear the result, and decide upon what steps they were to take in future. He need not say what the re- sult was, it was such as he had predicted. He would never allow his fellow- men to be deceived when he could prevent it. At the last meeting, held in that building, in reference to the subject, he did not take any part, because he was willing to wait the issue of the visit to London. He thought it, at least, possible that he might be mistaken in his views; he, therefore, resolved to take no part— to offer no opposition— until the experiment was fairly tried. It had been tried, and he now came forward to propose a reso- lution which he deemed essential to the circumstances under which the answer of ministers placed them. ( Hear, hear.) Before doing so, he should offer a few observations relative to the deputation and its report. In the first place, as to the capability of Lord Melbourne to grant their re- quest— it was plain that if he were ever so well inclined, he had not the power to do what they asked him to do, be cause he was certain to be opposed by the other ministers. His ( Mr. M's.) thorough conviction was, that if Lord Mel- bourne were to bring in a bill for the alteration of the cur- rency, his own colleagues would oppose him. Then, the monied interest had their hands upon the throats of the people ; and they never would willingly relax their grasp. Again, there were the representatives of the agricultural in- terest in the House of Commons, who did not understand the question ; and that interest also would oppose the question, if it were brought forward. With the present House of Commons, they had no more chance of the money laws or the corn laws being removed, than there was of that roof being removed from above their heads. Lord Melbourne might, indeed, pass an order in council to effect the desired object; but it was his ( Mr. M's.) opinion that no minister dared do it. If, then, the noble lord had not the power to do as they wished him to do, what was their course? Why, they must give him the power; and if he had not the will they must give him the will, or make him change places with men who had the will. That was the obvious course they had to pursue. Well then, how were they to give him the power? Why, only by reforming the House of Com- mons. ( Cheers.) There were no other means on earth, by which they could effect such a change as would place the ministers in a position to carry an altera- tion in the currency. They must give the industri- ous classes power to return to Parliament men who would really represent them in Parliament, and do them justice. Mr. James aud all the gentlemen of the deputation had said that the working men upon the depu- tation had conducted themselves well, and had discharged their trust faithfully, and displayed a great deal of ability. Now all this he believed. In fact, he knew they did, but what was the argument he deduced from it? Why, that they were men competent to discharge the duties of electors, and that they ought to enjoy the franchise. ( Cheers.) Would any man say, that men who were capable of evincing such genera! political knowledge, ought not to have the power of returning men to Parliament to represent them. They ought to have the power, and until they obtained it, they never need expect justice from any ministry. If this was a fact, and he asserted it was one which could not be contradicted, upon what principle, he wouk1 ask, could any man who professed to be a fiiend of the working man, refuse him the benefit of the franchise? ( Hear, hear.) Their present position lay in a small compass. They had a ministry at present who either had not the power, or had not the will to relieve tliem. He believed Lord Mel- bourne to be an honest, upright man, and since he had been placed at the head of the government he knew no objection to him. He believed, therefore, Lord Melbourne had the will to do good, but he had not the power; but the people must give him the power, and that they could not give until they possessed it themselves; and that they never could possess until they obtained an extension of the franchise. ( Cheers.) They had been told to go to Manchester, and other large towns. Now this, in his opinion, would be sheer folly ; but as that advice had been already adverted to by Mr. Douglas, he should not go at length into it. He would only 6ay, they might preach a very long time before they could gain them over to their opinion respecting the currency. With respect to the suffrage, that they did understand. It was a subject universally discussed and talked about, and desired; and if Birmingham and the other large towns would go unanimously to work, and demand an extension of it, they would obtain it; and, with it, everything else they required. He believed the people in the other towns did not understand the currency; but he knew they understood the corn laws and their operations, and they would willingly join heart and soul for the repeal of them, and if they were repealed, an adjustment of the money- laws would soon follow. But then he would sup- pose that perchance they could get the money- laws altered, was there nothing else required altering. Did they stand in need of no further reforms. ( Hear, hear.) Did they not want indemnity for the past and security for the future ? Who could tell, if they even bad the currency adjusted and a proper standard, that they would not have some ministry in power who would again plunge them into war, and entail another accursed debt upon them? ( Cheers.) Who could tell him that they would not have a tyrannical ministry who would re- act that base part which had been played off by former ministries against the rights and liberties of the peo- ple? What security had they against these things? None whatever, unless they reformed the House of Commons. ( Cheers.) Let them look, then, at their present constitu- ency, and see if it was not a paltry, miserable constituency, which represented the wealth, bat certainly not the industry of the country. In Birmingham, out of 22,000 houses, they had only 4,000 voters. ( Shame.) Was that a fair repre- sentation ? ( No, no.) Were the working classes fairly re- presented? ( No, no.) That was their firm opinion? ( Yes.) Well, if that was the case, and he knew they felt what they had said, it was clear they could not come to any other conclusion, than that they need never expect relief from their burdens, or security against future aggression, until they were represented. Would any man tell him, if the working men had been fairly represented in Parliament, that they would have returned men who could be so cruel and hard- hearted as to place a tax upon their own food. ( Hear, hear.) What he wanted to see, was not only an alteration of old bad laws, but a positive security and pro- tection against the passing of new bad laws; and that never could be, until they had a positive controul over the House of Commons. There would always be in the House of Commons men influenced by selfish'and party feelings; and unless the working men, who were the real stay of the country, could command a majority in that house, they never could' be secure. He cared not for names. He cared not whether those in power and in the House of Commons were Tories, Whigs, or Radicals, or whatever other name they might be called by, provided the people had a proper controul and voice in their councils. As he had before said, the working men had many things to look for besides an alteration in the currency. They had to procure cheap justice for all. ( Hear, hear.) He would ask them, did they feel that in law the poor man was upon equal terms with the rich? ( No, no.) Was it not a fact that the poor man, owing to the state of the laws and the complicated and expensive machinery by which they were administered, could not procure justice, and was it not indis- pensably necessary that these things should be altered;? In a word, were there not hundreds of things which required altering. He felt convinced there were, and knowing as he did that they never would be altered until they obtained an extension of the suffrage, he begged leave to move a reso- lution to that effect. Mr. Muntz, in conclusion, moved the third resolution. Mr. AARON seconded the resolution. He said he would state the reasons that induced him to do so. He had not, as they were aware, taken part in the discussion of the question, because he felt convinced that no practical good would re- sult from the deputation. The report of the deputation proved his conviction to have been right. What had they been told ? Why, that their memorial would be taken into consideration. How long were they to wait? The fact was, they had not, and, until the system was altered, they could not have men with power or courage to effect the de- sired alteration. He would grant that all that had been said of Lord Melbourne's candour and honesty was correct; but, he would ask, were all his colleagues equally candid and upright? Were Mr. Spring Rice and Lord John Rus- sell equally disposed to do justice to the people ? ( Partial cries of no, no.) Well, then, what could Lord Melbourne alone do? Why, in order to afford the necessary relief, he must propose an order in council; and, with such colleagues, could he pass it? ( Cries of no, no.) One of the resolu- tions they had agreed to, proposed that they should enter into communication with other large towns; yet it was admitted, on all hands, that the inhabitants of these large towns were opposed to them on the question of the currency! As an instance of the inutility of deputa- tions, he would advert for the information of the meeting, to an article lately published in a Sheffield newspaper. It was headed " Important to manufacturers," and purported to be an exposii of a system of fraud,, carried on by foreign manufacturers. It appeared they had been in the habit of manufacturing in Germany a great quantity of goods, such as constituted the principal trade of Birmingham and Shef- field. Aware, however, that the Birmingham and Sheffield manufacturers bad obtained a well- merited celebrity for the manufacture of these articles, the foreign manufacturers had most dishonestly forged the names and marks of the British makers; and, in that state, thousands of pounds worth of goods passed through the custom- house. To prevent this imposition, a deputation went to London, and waited upon the board of trade, and represented the grievance. But how did they do it? and what was the result? Did that deputation state the reason why the German manufacturers had been enabled so effectually to imitate our goods, and sell them so cheap? Did they tell the fact that it was the corn- laws that enabled the foreigner to manufacture cheaper than our British manufacturers? No, they also confined themselves simply to the result, without going to the cause of the evil, and boldly demanding a removal of it. The money laws and the corn- laws were the real cause of the evils which the deputation he had just noticed had com- plaiped of, and of the evils which the present meeting had been called together to consider. If, then, such was the case, what were they to do ? It was folly for them to go to Manchester and the other large towns, to try to convince them of the necessity of a change in the money laws. They did not understand the question, and it would only prove a loss of time to endeavour to enlighten them. Let them go, then, for those great and vital points upon which they wete all ageeed. Let them get their interests represented in the House of Commons, and the evils of which they had to complain would soon vanish. ( Cheers.) Without this they need hope for no relief. Laws had been almost invari- ably made for the rich, and against the poor; and hence the misery to which they had been reduced. William Pitt, of glorious memory—( laughter)— brought in two bills, or caused them to be brought in, the manner of disposing of which clearly proved the way in which legislation was cairied on of old. One of the bills was for the purpose of imposing a tax upon bequests of personal property; the other was a bill for taxing bequests of real property, which, as they all well knew, was in the hands of the rich men of the country. Well, what was the fate of these two bills ? Why, that which taxed the property of the poor man was carried into a law; but the other was abandoned. Pitt was told that if he persisted in carrying it he would lose the support of the country gentlemen I So much for former legislation. What was the present state of the House of Commons? Was the property qualification done away with ? ( Cries of no, no.) How could they expect their interests to be truly represented, when only those who knew nothing of their interest, with few exceptions, were their representatives ? If they went for property, they must go for what would bring prosperity and make it permanent. Believing as he did believe, he felt he would not discharge his duty if he did not support the resolution. He believed the whole re- sult of the deputation, whose report they had that day heard, was a gross deception. At the late great Newhall- liill meet ing he told them that what was said in the House of Commons with respect to their present distress by Sir John Rae Reid was a falsehood. The honourable baronet had stated in the House of Commons that the distress was only a pas- sing cloud; but he ( Mr. Aaron) had told them it was a cloud bearing death and destruction to many, and had he not told them truth? ( Cries of yes.) Had the cloud as yet passed over? ( Cries of no, no.) They were right; it had not passed over, and would not pass over until it had inflicted still greater misery upon the people, and all the deputation could do would not hasten a removal of the cause. No good would result until they took their own affairs permanently into their own hands, and procured for themselves an extension of the suffrage, vote by ballot, and short Parliaments. ( Cheers.) He was willing that every thing should be tried from which it was hoped any good would result, and from that feeling he had not opposed the deputation, but he was now bound to express his conviction that no good could result from it. If good was delayed too long, the consequence would be serious to those who obstinately refuse to afford it. He would say, if they could not have liberty and prosperity without war, then let them have war. ( Cheers.) He would tell them that the time might come when, in place of applying to the people of Manchester, in behalf of the currency, they would have to apply to their good right arms. JAMES JAMES, Esq., said he had been appointed upon the committee at the first commencement of these proceedings, and he entered upon the discharge of the duties of that committee under the influence of powerful feelings, arising from a conviction of the great distress that existed amongst the working classes, and the imperative necessity which he and all others in his station were under, of affording every possible relief. Throughout every stage of that committee he had taken part, with unabated feelings, of the desire to promote the relief of the poor, who, he considered, had been committed to his care. ( Hear, hear.) Up to the day when the deputation laid their case before Lord Melbourne, no abatement had taken place, nor did he, at the moment he was speaking, feel any abatement. He and the gentlemen who had acted with « iiim, came to that meeting upon the faith of an understanding, that they were to prosecute the great object they had undertaken, without reference to polities, and, therefore, it was with much pain that he noticed the introduction of the resolution then before the meeting. They were not called upon, in his opinion, to consider the abstract question involved in the resolution; nor did he consider himself called upon to give any opinion upon it. He certainly doubted whether it was an appropriate time to introduce it, and the question for them to consider was, whether it would not have the effect of opening the door for some of the committee to walk out. ( A cry of let them go out.) He certainly wished that he had sufficient influence with the gentleman who proposed tbe resolution to induce him to withdraw it. ( Cries of no, no, and that is the main point.) He ( Mr. James) was willing to extend to them the right to entertain that opinion, but he also claimed for himself the right of judging for himself. Mr. SrooNERsaid, heinost decidedly concurred with what had fallen from his hon. friend, Mr. James James. He would leave it with the meeting to consider whether that was the time the resolution before the meeting ought to be proposed or passed. He would not enter upon the con- sideration of the question, but he would show them the effect it would have upon their own proceedings. It would stultify their own proceedings. In one of the former reso- lutions of the meeting, which they had agreed to, they pointed out a certain course which they were to pursue; and the present resolution called upon them to declare, that nothing but the measure to which it referred would answer. Now, he would ask, without entering upon the discussion of the principle, would not the resolution, if passed, stultify their proceedings? ( Cries of no, no.) He would also claim their attention to another point, and that was, that he and his friends ought to have had notice given them of the resolution. It was one of too much importance to be introduced in the manner which it had. ( No, no.) He thought it was. ( Uproar.) He was not one of those who would endeavour to enforce his opinions upon others, nor would he say, to obtain their appiobation, that which he did not conceive to be right. He considered it unkind to have introduced the resolution. It was contrary to an understanding of all parties. It was contrary to the notice calling that meeting, and if his friends persisted in having it put to the meeting he must give it his negative, A WORKING MAN, in the body of the Hall, said, he, for one, thanked the deputation for what they had done; but it was clear they had received a negative answer, and nothing would be done for the people so long as the present system of legislation existed. Mr. Spooner had just told them that there were a great many present opposed to Mr. Muntz's resolution; now, in his opinion, they ought, at once, to try the meeting, and see how many were of Mr. Spooner's opinion. Mr. DOUGLAS in reply to Mr. Spooner, said, that gentle- man had said that they would make fools of themselves if they should pass that resolution. He had said, that because they had passed a certain resolution, expressive of the pro- priety of a certain course, they could not pass that of Mr. Mnntz. He added that Mr. Muntz could have moved an amendment upon the resolution referred to. Now, Mr Muntz declined doing so through courtesy, and an understanding that he could move it as a resolution. Anotherpointhewouldcall their attention to. Mr. Spooner had said lie and his friends ought to have received notice of the resolution. In reply to that, he would say that when Mr. Collins at the last meet- ing in that Hall, in connection with this subject, brought forward a resolution, expressive of their determination to meet the deputation on its return from London, it was then expressly stated that that resolution was not a resolution of the committee, but that it was proposed out of hand, and that too by a gentleman then upon the hustings. The present meeting was assembled by virtue of a lesolution which had not received the sanction of any committee, and Mr. Spooner complained that a resolution was introduced without the committee's knowledge. ( Hear, hear.) He should briefly state to them the position in which they were, and he would not add one word for the purpose of warping their judgments. If they negatived the resolu- tion, ( hey did more than stultified the previous resolution of that meeting, they stultified ten thousand previous resolutions. They stultified their characters in the eyes of every English- man, and they deprived themselves of that character for virtue, and patriotism, and consistency, which they so long enjoyed. ( Cheers.) That was what they would do. If they passed the resolution, they would be deprived of the support of some of the gentlemen behind him. At the same time he must state honestly that this separation was only what he had all along anticipated. He saw it was impossible they could goon long, differing upon nearly all es- sential points. He would to God that all men were as he was, and that, instead of differing from these gentlemen, they could unite cordially and honestly for the general welfare ol the country. This, however, he plainly said they could not do. unless they stultified their characters and sacrificed their houours as politicians. He wished he could prevail on these honourable gentlemen to go along with him— he wished he had the tongne of an angel to persuade them, but even if he had, he feared it would not be sufficient. If his friend Mr. Muntz had not brought forward the resolution, others would have done so. There was, therefore, no blame due to Mr. Muntz. They must part with the resolution, and with their common sense, and with their well known and oft avowed principles, or part with some gentlemen of the committee, unless they would even yet change their minds and go along with them. If these gentlemen would go with him, heartily would he welcome them; if not, he and his friends must go without them. Mr. BAKER said he was extremely sorry to see the party spirit which had displayed itself, lleasked, what had been the consequence of party spirit? Why, generally that class to which he belonged had been victimised by it. If they would only look back to a few years, and see the state of the public mind, and see the present state of feeling which existed, they would see there was a necessity for not pressing tbe resolution at the present time. ( Uproar, hissing, and cries of no, no, and down, down.) If they would look to the time when the great mass of the people cherished opinions directly opposite to those they now entertained, —( down, down,)— they would find that their distress arose from not being properly represented in their House of Parliament. It had been said by some gentlemen, that they could not walk any longer together. Now, when the mas- ters had come forward and said they were willing to go hand in hand with the men—( renewed uproar and hissing, in the midst of which Mr. Muntz rose, and requested a fair hearing for the speaker.) After standing for some minutes motionless, Mr. Baker resumed and said,— If they wished to carry the measure contained in the resolution, they had the council of the Political Union; arid if it was proper, let them entertain it. ( Great uproar and confusion, which l-. sted for some time.) The CHAIRMAN rose and sa: d, they were losing a great deal of valuable time, by not hearing Mr. Baker with patience. Mr. BAKER— When they presented the memorial to the merchants and manufacturers of Birmingham, they were urged on by men who were all starving. The gentlemen to whom they had applied responded to the call, and they had since fairly and honourably represented the state in which the poor were in. At the time this memorial was presented to the manufacturers, they had the Political Council or they had not. The gentlemen to whom reference had been made, had expressed their determination to follow up the present proceeding until all their grievances and com- plaints were redressed. ( Cries of no, no, they have not.) As he had said before, party spirit had been the bane of society, and he considered those who had introduced those notions were not at all forwarding the interests of the work- ing people. ( Renewed uproar.) Mr. HADLF. V said he regretted there seemed to be some misunderstanding, relative to thereal position of the meeting. Let them go back to principles. The question must be put upon its proper footing, because it was folly for them to con- ceal from themselves their real position. The present meeting was called for two purposes. First, to receive the report of the deputation ; and secondly, to consider what steps ought to be taken in reference to the report. ( Cheers.) Now, he contended that Mr. Muntz was perfectly competent to move the resolution before the meeting, because he con- sidered that the report of the deputation warranted the means which it pointed out. Did he ( Mr. H.) by support- ing the resolution, throw any slur upon the deputation? ( Cries of no, no.) These gentlemen had done all they could do, but they must know that their exertions had been all unavailing. Under these circumstances, it became that meeting to do the next best thing in their power, and that, in his humble opinion, was to procure a better representation in the Commons House of Parliament. ( Loud cheers.) Mr. SPOONER again rose, and said that Mr. Douglas had quite mistaken him and he thought his friend Mr. James. All he ( Mr. Spooner) meant to say was, that he was not pie- pared to give his assent to the resolution, and so thinking, he felt it his duty to say so. Mr. Douglas had assumed that which he had not a right to assume, that he ( Mr. Spooner) must withdraw from the committee. He believed that the present state of the currency was the cause of the evils under which they laboured, and to remedy that evil he would go along with the committee, although differing with them upon other points. Mr. PAR* said, that Mr. Spooner had partly anticipated an observation he was about to make. He was about to put it to that gentleman whether his continuance on the committee was not compatible with the resolution before the meeting. Mr. Spooner seemed to think the committee would have some influence throughout the country, upon the question of the currency; and if so, he did not think that the labours of the committee in that respect would be incompatible with their exertions in Birmingham for other reforms. Mr. MUNTZ said he had been accused of acting unfairly, and not with good faith. He denied they had any right to charge him with having broken faith. In the first place, he would ask what were public meetings called for ? Were they merely called for the purpose of hearing set speeches and passing set resolutions? or were they for the purpose of collecting the opinions of those present, and of affording them an opportunity of giving expression to their opinions ? He had not the least idea of taking part in the meeting when he entered ; he came from mere curiosity. Having, however, heard the report and the prospects it held out— having seen from it that all their expectations had been blasted, and knowing that they had nothing to hope, unless they obtained a better representation in the House of Com- mons, he felt it his duty so to express himself, and afford those present an opportunity of agreeing to or dissenting from his opinion. He should be extremely sorry if any gen- tleman should be obliged to leave the committee in conse- quence of his proposition. He could not, however, help it if they did retire. It was quite clear that Lord Melbourne could not, or would not afford tliem any relief; and if he could not on account of the House of Commons, then there was no other remedy than an alteration in the present con- stitution of that house. ( Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said he would now put the resolution. He did so, and on a show of hands being taken, all, with the exception of a couple, were held up in favour of the reso- lution, and it was declared carried amidst continued and en- thusiastic cheering. Mr. GEORGE EDMONDS came forward and said, he must confess he could not have expected that a question like the last could have been put abstractedly to a Birmingham meet- ing without being responded to in the manner in which it had. At the commencement of the meeting, gentlemen of different opinions from those which he entertained had been received with that enthusiasm they deserved. Mr. Spooner's speech had been received with that applause which its elo- quence, intelligence, and close reasoning justly entitled it to; and never was he ( Mr. Edmonds) more surprised than at the collision that had taken place between Mr. Hadley and Mr. Spooner. Mr. Spooner had expressed himself in the strongest possible terms relative to the cause of the pre- sent distress ; and had dealt severely and in no measured terms with those who were the cause of the distress. He was really astonished that, although differing upon a variety of other points, they should have been so unanimous upon the cause of the distress. Mr. Spooner had in no way what- ever concealed the cause, or screened the promoters of it. How had^ that gentleman spoken of Peel's bill ? Why, he said it was a dead robbery. How had he spoken of the corn laws and the arguments used to uphold them ? Why he said that they were of a blasphemous nature. Having exposed the nature of the distress, he then proceeded to ridicule, in the strongest manner he could, the arguments used by the promoters of the present monetary system ; that their dis- tress was attributable to over- trading. He denied it was over- trading, and he had honestly and candidly admitted that their distress was attributable to over- legislating. This was the course which Mr. Spooner had pursued, and he really thought that all his arguments were such as the best friends of the present undertaking could wish. Mr. Spooner, however, having made these admissions, must, in his ( Mr. Edmond's) opinion come to the inevitable conclusion that if all these evils were the result of bad legislation, or over- legislation, they could only be remedied by good legislation. If Peel's bill was adead robbery, Mr. Spoonerwould excuse him if he asked him, who were tha robbers in that transac- tion ? Why the answer which Mr. Spooner would give to that question, would force upon them the conclusion that the fault was in the legislature, and that a remedy must be found by a reformation of the legislature. Believing Mr. Spooner to be perfectly honest in his advocacy of their pre- sent undertaking, he would ask him what remedy he did propose, or could he devise, other than that recommended in tlie resolution they had just passed. He did not mean, in asking that question, or in the previous observations he had made, to offer any personal annoyance or insult to Mr. Spooner, because he had received more kindness from Mr. Spoouer and his brother, than any other two men in Bir- mingham. Having said this much, he would ask Mr. Spooner what was the actual remedy he proposed for the existing evil, and what means he would adopt to bring about that remedy. He had no doubt Mr. Spooner would say that they must lay fully before the public the real cause of the evil; that they must improve public opinion upon the subject; and ^ that. when public opinion was sufficiently en- lightened, they must bring it to bear in a legal and constitu- tional manner. Now he ( Mr. Edmonds) would agree that such were the means by which the required change could be effected. He had never advocated any other than moral means; but, as had been observed by Mr. Douglas, he( Mr. E.) felt, and had expressed himself to that effect, that it was the substantial thing behind the moral means, which produced tile impression upon their rulers. It was the flesh, and sinews, and robust arms, and something of a still harder materi il if necessary, that operated upon them before they conceded the claims of the people. They did not, however, wish to resort to these things, and he sincerely hoped they would never have occasion to do so. They only wanted the government to know that the bees of society could not, and would not, suffer themselves to be plundered by the drones. That it was not in human nature that men could patiently endure a continuance of the misery to which the people of these countries had been subjected by bad legis- tion. Mr. Edmonds then read the resolution( the4th) he had to propose, and in conclusion said, he had been pained at some things lie had seen and heard that day. He hoped they would allow him to beg of them always to show their love of liberty, by giving a fair and impartial hearing to all persons. He perfectly agreed with the last resolution, though he regretted it had not been brought forward at another time. He felt convinced, that until they took the management of their own affairs into their own hands, through the medium of a proper representative system, they need never expect any permanent relief. Mr. TURNER, Jun., seconded the resolution. He said, he was very sorry greater harmony had not existed iu the meeting. Tile manufacturers had been called upon to co- operate with the men, and they had done so. He was happy to say they had done some good, although not all they had desired, and he was happy Mr. Spooner had not declared off the committee. He hoped they would still be harmonious. Mr. SPOONER said, he had been asked, why, having at- tributed the evils under which they laboured to bad legis- lation, he would not remedy the present system of legisla- tion by a further reform of the House of Commons. His answer was, that the errors of past Parliaments in reference to the currency had made him a strenuous reformer; and in hope that a reform of Parliament would correct tbe errors of former legislators he had supported the Reform bill; and he would tell them that the reason why he did not support a further measure of Reform was, because he had been disappointed in the effects produced by the Re- form bill. He had been disappointed in the Reform Par- liament because they had passed that horrible bill called the Poor- law Amendment bill— a bill unjust in principle, and indefensible in practice, and which, in his opinion, if not repealed would draw down a curse upon the nation. The resolution proposed by Mr. Edmonds was then put and carried. Mr. T. C. SALT said, that at that late hour he should not think of detaining the meeting, if it were not that without some explanation the most erroneous and the most prejudi- cial impressions of their proceedings would go forth. Un- fortunately, some of his political friends had exhibited all along a hostile feeling to their proceedings. He regretted this exceedingly, as it multiplied the difficulties they had to overcome, and removed the period when they might hope for relief. Under the influence of this hostile feeling, they had given credit to and repeated a i(^ f> ort that the deputa- tion were not agreed among themselves, and that they disagreed even in the presence of Lord Melbourne. How they got hold of that report he knew not; but he would tell them, before that meeting, that they had it not from any one of the parties present at that interview, and that every one of those parties would have informed them that a more unanimous and determinedly agreed deputation never existed, nor a deputation which more pertinaciously performed its duty. Under the influence of this same hostile feeling it was at once asserted, that the deputation had done no good, without allowing any time to produce and make known the result. This was very unfair. He ( Mr. Salt) would tell them what he had said to Lord Melbourne. He had demanded of him justice for the productive classes. He reminded his lordship that when the papertmoney had been depreciated during the war, compensation had been given to the ministers of state, to the judges, to the army, and to all interests so affected, by doubling their salaries and pay, while the landlords had doubled their lent. When, by Peel's bill of 1819, the value of money was doubled, the ministers continued to pay themselves their doubled salary in the doubled money. Thus when they raised the value of money they doubled their own salaries, giving to themselves and their depen- dants ample compensation; but when they doubled the value of money what compensation did they give the pro- ductive classes? Why they doubled also the value of their food ; and when, by this double oppression of dear money and dear food, they had driven the honest and in- dustrious classes to the workhouse, they inhumanly sought to close the Kates of the workhouse by the new poor- law bill. He ( Mr. Salt) need not at that time go into the workings of that bill; he need only repeat that it was openly avowed, it was passed because the poor pressed too heavily on the rich; and its object was to secure the wealthy from being obliged to give so large an amount of relief to the poor. This was the compensation they gave to the productive classes. This might have been begun in error, but laid bare and explained as it was, it could only be con- tinued in guilt; and he implored his lordship to guard him- self carefully from so heavy a responsibility. All this and much more he made unanswerably clear to his lordship. Now he ( Mr. S.) had been often before ministers of state, and they had invariably, upon all occasions, been prompt to refute any mistaken fact or unsupported inference, but under these grave accusations they remained silent, and feft their truths and justice unanswered and unshaken. Was it nothing to have removed all disguise between them and their consciences, to have proved to them the deep guilt of allowing the present system to continue; a guilt, the sys- tem of which is the amount of broken fortunes and broken hearts, and of the wholesale murders which physical want and mental agony have wrought. But they had done more, they had brought the most hostile parties into free and friendly conference and union, to rectify the wrongs of their country ; and he was quite certain that much prejudice had already been got rid of, and no rational men could doubt that principle would triumph in proportion as prejudice weakened. It was said that their new allies would abandon them. Here was again the same hostile, discoloured, and distorted view of the subject; they would not abandon them or the cause they were embarked in, their interests were too deeply pledged. He would sketch to that meet- ing a most substantial ground for the zeal and fidelity of all who once turned their thoughts to the subject. The Ame- rican banks had advanced forty millions of paper money to the cotton growers, on condition that the cotton growers should consign to them their cotton, in value forty millions of dollars. Now these banks did not want goods, they wanted gold, and they were shipping this cotton to England to take gold back. The moment this cotton came to Eng- land, the gold would go out, the Bank of England would again put the screw upon the country, and under its opera- tion no fortune would be secure from wreck. The com- mittee would not abandon their labours; some gentlemen had said they were not advocates for further reforms of the legislature. He would put it to the stoutest Tory there, whether they would consent to surrender back power to the party who had perpetrated this wrong, or leave it in the hands of those who were bold enough to uphold it ? Mr. Salt had to move that a fund be raised for prosecuting this great work. They must not have a trivial subscription of pounds, but they must have subscriptions of hundreds; when the danger was at a distance he had solicited subscrip- tions to avert it; he never asked for less than a hundred pounds. He had been laughed at and refused; the ruin came, and those who laughed had told him, they wished they had subscribed thousands. Let them remember that disasters more fatal were approaching ; there was yet time, if their energy would supply the means of safety. The resolution was seconded by Mr. Thomas Clark, jun., and carried. Mr. CLARK again came forward, and said, in rising to move the next resolution, he felt very great pleasure in proposing that the cordial thanks of the meeting be given to the gentlemen composing the deputation to Lord Mel- bourne. The resolution, he was happy to say, needed no support from him. They were all very much indebted to those honourable gentlemen, and he had much satisfaction in moving a vote of thanks to them for the able manner in which they had dischaiged their duty on that important occasion. Mr. AARON seconded the resolution. THOMAS ATTWOOD, Esq., M. P., then rose, and was re- ceived with very loud and continued cheering, after which he spoke to the following effect:— He said it was his duty to say a few words respecting the deputation. He did not undertake the deputation with any certainty that they should do much good. He told them he feared they would not succeed. He said that if the ministry would turn a deaf ear to their memorial, that their conduct would force the people into the arms of the Political Union. This was the language he had used to them prior to the departure of the depuration ; but he must observe, in praise of the deputa- tion, tiiat they had produced a greater effect upon the minds of the two ministers upon whom they had waited than ever he expected. Lord Melbourne could not promise more than he did. He ( Mr. Attwood) could not say Lord Melbourne did not mean to act upon the advice of the depu- tation, nor could he say he would follow the advice. Of one thing he was certain,— the ministry had no hope of being able to carry on the government of the country by any other means; and he was not without hope that they should soon find a change for the better in the country. The ministers had never once questioned a single part of the memorial, and they did him ( Mr. Attwood) the honour to ask him to submit to them a plan of relief. He hesitated, because the object of the deputation was merely to point out the existing distress and the cause of it, leaving the remedy to the ministry; but being again asked for his plan he submitted one, and contended that if it was acted upon it would in one month give an abundance of work and good wages to every industrious man in England, whilst it would secure a fair remunerating profit to the manufacturers; and all this without injury or injustice to any class. They never contradicted his plan, or denied the practicability of it. They could not do it. The Avisdom of man could not find a weak point in the plan he laid down, and he ( Mr. A.) was sure, as he was of his existence, that Lord Melbourne and Mr. Spr : ig Rice knew it was practicable. Lord Melbourne said, " Well, but you know, Mr. Attwood, you have brought this great subject before tbe House of Commons, and othei able members have also brought it forward, and tbe house would not entertain the question.'' To this he replied, he knew it had been the case. He said he was aware that the members of the house were too jealous of their dignity to allow an humble button- maker from Bir- mingham to bring forward and carry so important a measure —( laughter)— but he also felt confident that if his lordship would only hold up his finger in support of the measure^ there were members in the house who would be right glad to support him. To this Lord Melbourne ieplied, that Birmingham was not England, and that other large towns had not made representations such as the deputation had. To this it was answered, that there was a strong and grow- ing feeling throughout the country upon the currency— that there was a very general conviction amongst the working classes that there was some defect in tbe money laws, and that they had a great effect in producing the misery under which they laboured— in fact, that they were beginning to know and understand their bearings, and were anxious to see them remedied. They also told Lord Melbourne that the action of the currency at the period of the panic, the fluctuations in trade to which they had been subject, and the misery they had endured, had opened their eyes to the nature of the system. He told him there was an under- current in men's minds upon the subject, and that if it was once introduced by Her Majesty's government, it would be warmly taken up by the people, and that they would give all the support in their power towards the settlement of the question. As a further inducement to Lord Melbourne to take up the subject, he ( Mr. Attwood) told him if he wished to quiet the fears aud apprehensions of the timid, if he wished to secure the throne, and keep it in perfect safety, and honour, and glory, he had only to issue his order, and restore plenty and prosperity to the people. The friends of the church, who were at present alarmed, would then feel easy, and thank God that all distress and cause of discon- tent, from which alone they had danger to apprehend, had subsided. All this they represented to his lordship, and wished to extract from him a positive answer to the three questions contained in the memorial. They put these ques- tions several times to him, but he refused to pledge himself. They then asked him if they might go home and assure their fellow- townsmen that things would be better. This he ( a! so refused to pledge himself to, but he did express a most ' anxious desire to do all in his power. He said he would do all in his power consistent with his duty to himself and the crown. ( Hear, hear.) Some of the deputation said they were afraid when they returned to the people without a satisfactory answer, they would be goaded to mad" e? 5, and perhaps commit themselves. To this he ( Mr. A.) replied, he had no fears of that. He said he knew his fellow- townsmen too well. He said he knew if they were not satisfied with the report, they would not violate any law that if they would go round the country, it would be for the purpose of gathering up the people for a great moral strug. gle, and that if once organised, they would never rest satis- fied until they demanded and obtained, not a settlement of the cuirency question, but of all others from which they could expect to derive security for the future. He told him the people would demand a full extension of the franchise, a restriction of their constitutional privileges, and a thorough cleansing of the'House of Commons. In conclusion, hewould say he relied much upon Lord Melbourne. He was a brave and honourable man, and he had a greater respect for him than any public man he knew. He had the confidence of the Queen, whom they all believed was well and affection- ately disposed towards the people, and he hoped for much from him. He did not, however, recommend them to halt. No ; he would say, move on. The High Bailiff having left the chair, and James James, Esq., having taken it, it was proposed by Mr. Edmonds and seconded by Mr. Attwood, that the thanks of the meeting were justly due to the High Bailiff, for his very patient and excellent conduct in the chair. The resolution was put and carried with acclamation, after which the High Bailiff returned thanks, and the meeting broke up at five o'clock. THE POLISH EXILES IN PARIS. [ From the Journuldet Dcbats.] A meeting took place on the 30th ult. of the Polish Lite- rary Society in Paris, attended by a considerable number of persons of eminence and distinction in that capital, con- nected with and interested in the cause of Poland, in order to present our high- minded countryman, Lord Dudley Stuart, with a copy of his portrait, engraved on steel by the distinguished Polish artist Olesczynski, and which has been effected by subscriptions raised among the Poles. Prince Czartoryski presided, and, in an eloquent address, observed:—" It has often been asked with some surprise why Lord Dudley Stuart has borne so great an affection, and has evinced so much interest in the cause of Poland? Men, in general, are led away by, and attach themselves only to, the fortunate ; they admire and surround those only who are successful. He, however, is one of those superior individuals over whom misfortunes exercise a predominant influence. The advantages and the importance of the re- establishment of Poland, may be shown upon a mere calcu- lation of the interests and dangers of Europe in general. Our lengthened misfortunes, and the state of destitution in which we appear to be, have chilled the sympathies of some, and shaken the convictions of others. But those causes have produced a different effect on a high and elevated mind, animated by an ardent sense of justice. It is pre- cisely because we are abandoned that he consecrates to us his time, his care, and his exertions. On an occasion whan it would be desirable to give utterance to expressions only ® of satisfaction, I wish I could say something consolatory ( o you on the state of our affairs. Unfortunately, however, the march of events do not permit me at this moment so to do. What conclusion is to he drawn from this? Is out cause to be despaired of? Assuredly not. It ought rather to strengthen our conviction in this, that the true hope of Poland is in ourselves. So long as the Poles shall continue to detest the yoke of the stranger, that they shall be deter- mined to remain at any price a nation, and ready to risk everything in order to reconquer the independence of their country, so long they may look forward with sure and sanguine hope to the future. The ever- changing march of affairs is not checked ; great events may every instant arise; but it is an invariable law, applicable to nations as well as to individuals, that there are no favourable events but for those who place themselves in a situation to act by their own means and with their own energies." The venerable Niemcewicz then retraced witn fervour the implacable and unheard of persecutions which Russia unrelentingly exercises over the whole population of Poland, not excepting women and children. Lord Dudley Stuart addressed the meeting at its conclu- sion, and after having thanked the persons present for tlleir flattering testimony towards him, he declared that his devo- tion would not be overpowered by obstacles, and that he would persevere, even against time and its most cruel vicis- situdes. He assured them that though for the present he was not in Parliament, yet that he had left there many friends zealous in the cause of the Poles. He recollected also that the question was now much better understood than it had been at the time of the last insurrection ; that the right was now established too clearly to admit of discussion; that hereafter it would be necessary only to watch forth- coming events, and wait a favourable opportunity— to pre- pare and show beforehand to the world the imposing spec- tacle of an union of views and a concert in action, such as the cause may require and circumstances rendered most advantageous. EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS On Saturday afternoon an explosion of a quantity of fireworks took place at the manu- factory of Mr. Wilson, 17, Hertford- street, Somers- town, which dreadfully injured several persons, and created great alarm in the neighbourhood. It appeared that the explosion occurred in consequence of the fireworks being placed too close to a fire in a room in which they were made. Mr. Wilson's two sons, a young man nineteen years of age, and a lad aged eight years, with two other persons, were con- veyed to the University College- hospital in a most pitiable condition. On inquiring at night it was stated that Mr. Wilson's sons were not expected to survive many hours. THE REGISTRATION. — Mr. Baines, M. P., proposes '• 1. Every notice of objection served upon an elector or overseer should be required to set forth specifically on what grounds the objection is made, and none other should be in- quired into before the revising barrister. 2. Any person making a frivolous objection against a voter should be required to pay the person objected to for any loss of time or expense to which he may have been sub- jected in attending the court to support his franchise— the amount to be assessed by the revising barrister. 3. A court of revision should sit ill London to establish an uniformity in the decisions of the revising barristers upon all dubious points of claims and objections. 4. All questions of rating should be confined to these whether the name of the party claiming a right to be en- rolled on the register appears on the poor assessment book for the past year, and whether he has paid his rates for that year, and for that year only. Added to these alterations should be a provision, that all persons whose names appear on the register of electors in force for the time being, shall have a right to vote at con- tested elections, whether they retain the same qualification or not as that for which they were registered." THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 11. 5 PATENT VICTORIA LAMP, MANUFACTURED ONLY AT T. C. SALT'S LAMP, CHANDELIER, LUSTRE, AND GAS LAMP MANUFACTORY, No. 18, EDMUND- STREET, 1m* than 100 yards from the Town- hall, where the nobility, gentry, and the public are respectfully invited to inspect it. THE wick of this Lamp is supplied with a constant stream of oil, ensuring a superior and unfailing brilliancy of light during the longest night. The Lamp is perfectly shadowless, and will light every part of a large room for all purposes ot reading or work- ing, with a consumption of one- third less oil than an or- dinary Lamp. It is so perfectly clean and so easily managed and kept in order, that it may be safely confided to the least ex- perienced servant without chance of accident or failure. MILLINERY AND DRESS ESTABLISHMENT, 136, SNO W- HILL. MRS. CARTWRIGHT respectfully informs her connexion and iadies generally, that she will'sub- mit a carefully selected and fashionable assortment of MIL- LINERY AND DRESS ARTICLES for their inspec- tion, from the most approved sources in London, on TUES- DAY NEXT, the 14th instant. November 9,1837. MILLINERY AND DRESS ESTABLISHMENT, 140, SNOW- HILL. SE., and S. ALLCOCK respectfully announce • • to their Friends the return of Miss E. Allcock from London, where she has selected from the first sources every novelty in MILLINERY and DRESS for WINTER COSTUME. Their SHOW ROOM will OPEN for the Season on WEDNESDAY NEXT, the 15th instant. S., E., and S. Allcock cannot omit this opportunity of expressing their sense of the favours so liberally bestowed on them since their commencement. A VACANCYfor In and Out- door APPRENTICES. November8,1837. LONDON SILK WAREHOUSE, 61 and 62, BULL- STREET, BIRMINGHAM. November 9 th, 1837. THE Proprietor of the above Establishment has just brought from London A quantity of TOBOLSKI SABLE BOAS, at £ 2. 8s. 6d. Another lot of DAMASKS, ( usually sold at 3s.) at Is. 4% d. and Is. 6% d., in sets. Several Hundred LAMA SHAWLS, in dark colours, at 2s. 7Ud. A large lot of excellent WITNEY BLANKETS. PRINTED MERINOS, at 2s. 2% d. per yard. Many Boxes of FRENCH GAUZE RIBBONS, at 2% d., 3d., 3^ d., 4% d., 5% d., and 6Ud. One Box of very prime soft IRISH LINENS, from Is. 3% d. to 2s. 4d. OPEN AT TEN IN THE MORNING. EMPORIUM FOR SHAWLS, 52, BULL- STREET, ( ONE DOOR FROM SNOW- HILL,) WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. JBOUCHER begs to return his sincere thanks to • the Ladies and inhabitants generally of Birmingham and its vicinity, for the unlimited patronage he has received, and at the same time respectfully informs those parties, that in consequence of the DISTRESS SO long prevailing in the SCOTCH MARKETS, he has purchased the entire stocks of two Shawl Manufacturers, which will be ready for inspec- tion on Monday, 13th November, consisting of upwards of TWELVE THOUSAND Plain, Filled, Embroidered, and Chenille SHAWLS, with an immense lot of SHAWL DRESSES, HANDKERCHIEFS, & c., & c., which must be immediately converted into cash, at such prices that will astonish every purchaser. There is an immense Lot of CHENILLE SHAWLS at 14s. usually sold at 18s. Four Cases of Splendid Ditto, 18s., worth 30s. Two Ditto, Very Rich, 24s., regu'ar price £ 2. A Lot, the Richest Manufactured, 30s., worth 50s. 1,500 Black and Coloured Filled, 6d. 6d. to 8s. 6d. each. Ten Cases Beautiful Ditto, 14s. each, cheap at 20s. 800 Splendid SHAWLS, 20s. to 30s. each, worth 50s. 680 Ditto, in all colours, £ 2 to £ 10. J. BOUCHER, 52, BULL- STREET. TO GLASS MAKERS. WANTED, a complete set of each, Caster Place and Wine Glass Chair of Men. Steady men and superior workmen will find this a most desirable oppor- tunity. Letters addressed, post paid, to J. HOPE, Post Office, Birmingham, will be attended to. YV TO BRITANNIA METAL SPINNERS. ANTED, a steady MAN in the above line.— Address, H. C. at the Printers. FURNISHED APARTMENTS. AGENTLEMAN may be accommodated with a eomfortable Parlour and Bed- room, about one mile and a half from the centre of the town. With or without Board. Apply, Messrs. BOURNES, NO. 1, High- street. PUBLIC HOUSE IN THE CENTRE OF THE TOWN. TO be DISPOSED OF, a roomy and convenient PUBLIC HOUSE, eligibly situated for business, and Licensed to sell Spir its. Coming- in very low. Apply to W. CLARKE, Auctioneer, & c., Temple- street, who has several Retail Breweries orr Sale. LAMP TAVERN, 73, BULL- STREET, RIRMINGHAM. THE grand desideratum in all matters of business, is to obtain a frst- rate article at a reasonable rate ; ergo, H. H. HODGSON, IMPORTER OF WINES AND BRANDY, invites his Friends and the Public, who have not done so, to try { without delay) the superior excellence of his WINES and SPIRITS, assuring them that the quality cannot be ex- celled, nor a more reasonable price charged by any other house in England. THE TRADE SUPPLIED. THE Official Account of the QUEEN'S VISIT will be published by authority, in DOUBLE SHEET of the SUNDAY TIMES, giving a minute description of the Royal and Civic Procession : a complete list of all who appeared therein, whether, in official or private capacity, with ( by permission) a superior ENGRAVING, on an unusually large scale, giving an exact view of the BANQUET IN GUILDHALL. To be had of MANSELL and Co., News Agents, No. 31 J, Union- street, Birmingham. TO CORRESPONDENTS. » We don't see how the licence case can be mended. If the law so runs, there seems no help for the sufferer. We don't think the extension of the hours would at all cure the evil of the informer. * We are aware that the publication of police reports not unfrequently give serious pain to respectable rela- tions. But we cannot admit that a public journalist would be justified in suppressing them on that account. It ought to be recollected that the fear of bringing dis- grace en a friend, is one of the strongest safeguards to virtue. To spare the feelings of relations in such cases, is to destroy the very object of public punishment— the repressive example which it holds out. ing upon Mr. MUNTZ'S resolution, was a good deal interrupted, but he succeeded at length in obtaining a fair hearing. The only person whom the meeting would not hear out was Mr. BAKER, whose second speech, however well meant it might be, was not in over good taste; and the feebleness of its argument was quite as marked as the weakness of its prin- ciple. The advantages of a union of parties, sup- posing any such a union to be compassed, and certainly, in the case of the workmen's memorial committee, it had not, are comparative. The value of the thing Is just as much as it will bring. Like other matters of mortal concernment, it may be bought too dear; and if the supporters of the resolution thought that for its purchase they were called on to sacrifice not merely an important principle, but a principle, the maintenance of which was essential to the end for which the union itself was proposed, it was not very likely that they would be induced to abandon that support by a lamentation over the customary effects of party spirit, and the evils to which its indulgence had led. We see less ground of objection, however, in the argument of those who contend, coute qui coute, for what we may well call the New Union, than in their entire forgetfulness of' fact. There is nothing more opposed to truth, than their comfortable assumption that any such fine bond as that of which they are so conservative exists. One or two gentlemen of Tory politics, and one or two at most of Whig politics, have been induced to join the commit- tee— not to agree with it— and this is the amount. It is the very acme of absurdity to talk of this as a union of parties. The parties are as entirely separate in their feelings, Wishes, and purposes, at the pre- sent moment, as ever they were. It is true that at the first meeting, called to consider the workmen's memorial, there were a considerable number of Tories present— more from fear than love— but, with one or two exceptions, they never made their appearance after the first meeting. The three that remain are perhaps the least trusted— we don't say they are the worse for that— of the entire body, and it is'an additional cause of distrust that they are found where they are. There is as little attention paid to past expe- rience as there is to present fact, by the advocates of the New Union. Do they not remember that the scheme which is now so lauded, and lauded as if it were original, was tried and found utterly inefficient in 1829 P Don't they know that the Political Union of 1830, was projected because the Economic Union was found to be useless ? Did not the leaders of that year confess and declare, that with- out a change in the character of the legislation, the economic changes which they desired could not hope for accomplishment ? Has not every attempt to direct the attention of Parliament to those changes been as abortive under the new system as it was under the old ? And is not the self- same cause of this disinclina- tion, namely, the non- representation of the industrious classes, allowed by us all to be nearly if not entirely as operative in the new system as in the old ? Do not all our arguments for further change in the constitu- tion of Parliament proceed upon this assumption ? In the name of wonder, then, why should we expect mi- racles from an instrument in 1837, which, in 1830, we were compelled to throw away as worthless, under circumstances almost, if not altogether, similar ? Let it not be said we are averse from union. Union where the parties are agreed is a very excellent thing. But unless there be agreement, we confess there appears to us to be more danger of the labour being retarded than forwarded by what is called a union From all that we have seen or learned, we would infer that the pub- lic has a much better chance of being served by the rivalry of such parties than by their coalition. At the same time, we would hardly reject a practical good because of any abstract principle to which it might seem to run counter. But let the good be practical, and plain, and indisputable. We make these remarks, not without some reluc- tance and some hesitation ; for we are loth to cast cold water on the expectations of any one, especially where we know that these expectations are not put on for the occasion, but honestly entertained. But we believe that any remarks that we or others may make, are now of small moment. After the reception of Mr. MUNTZ'S esolution, and of the attempts to oppose it, we con- fess we look upon the New Union as virtually at an end. We have no doubt of the sincerity of those gen- tlemen, who declared their determination to stand by the committee; but we don't think the committee will stand by them. It may possibly keep moving for a short time, as a fly does when its head is off, but it will not progress, or it will progress to no certain purpose. which our townsmen can hesitate is the mode in which their affectionate remembrances can be best made known. It has been suggested that a penny subscrip- ti > n for a suitable piece of plate would be the most gratifyiug to all parties. Mr. Muntz was, in an espe- cial degree, the man of the people ; and it is from the universal people, in the widest sense, that the testimony of his long, and honest, and disinterested services should issue. A resolution will be proposed on the subject, at the meeting of the Political Union on Tuesday; and we trust that on that evening a plan will be organised for carrying such a subscription as we have indicated into effect. We content ourselves for the present with giving forth the word. We know it will not go forth in vain. BIRMINGHAM MARKET. Inspector's Weekly Return of Com sold, computed by the Standard Imperial Measure November 9. Total Quantities. Total Amount. Price per Qr. Quarters. Bushels. £. s. d. £ s. d. Wheat 2620 0 7519 3 0 2 17 4 Barley 300 0 495 0 0 1 13 0 Oats 450 0 522 2 6 1 3 2 Rye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 74 13 4 2 2 8 30 a 66 15 0 2 4 6 BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1837. THE PUBLIC MEETING.-— The meeting of Tuesday was well attended. The side galleries and body of the hall were filled densely. The organ gallery was crowded. We think there were more than four thousand present. The meeting was of a more spirited character.- than the last, a little noisy on one or two occasions,' but, as all our meetings are, exceedingly good humoured. Mr. SHEARMAN, in the commencement of his speech was rather impatiently received, though applauded at its close, Mr, SPQQNER, also, in speak, GEORGE FREDERICK MUNTZ, ESQ.— It is with a regret very different from that which editors commonly feel in announcing disagreeable intelligence, that we announce the removal of this excellent gentleman from Birmingham. He left it on Saturday last, with- out any present or ultimate prospect of again appear- ing among us unless as a sojourner. Mr. Muntz's departure is a civil misfortune. His talents were great— Ins integrity unimpeached— his devotion to the public interest constant, zealous. No man ever cared less for a friend or an enemy, when the good of the town or the nation called for his assistance. He had not only skill to discern the right, but a much rarer virtue— that strong courage which enabled him to pursue the right once seen, in good report and evil alike, and with a perseverance of purpose and con- tempt of difficulties that, in all cases, are the sure fore- runners of victory. Mr. Muntz had, in addition to his high intellectual and moral qualifications as a popular leader, many other advantages. He was a merchant and a manufacturer, practically initiated in all the mysteries of trade, and by long habit as well as study, an acute expounder of them. His circumstances were independent as well as his mind. He had the ear of the master as well as the confidence of the workman. ' He was— but we speak to those who know better than we can tell what he was. Is it fitting that such a man should depart without some expression of the , las tinges teem with which he was regarded when here and . of the deep regret that he has left behind him ? We know that from the tens of thousands to whom this question will come in the course of a few hours, there will be returned but one reply. The only matter concerning THE BIRMINGHAM ADVERTISER AND ITS PROPRIE- TORS.— There is a part of the Tory character which we admire— the zeal with which they stick by one another. With all our labours, it is the most difficult thing on earth to get the Reformers to unite; and when they are induced to do so, the most trifling cir- cumstance—" a trick not worth an egg"— will, at any time, disperse them. In their union, with here and there a rare exception, there is no heartiness. If a meeting, however necessary, is to be held, the most insignifi- cant engagement, remembered or invented, will pre- vent their attendance; if business the most important demand their co- operation, the most sleeveless excuse will suffice for their neglect or refusal. If an appeal be made to their pockets, the case is still more hope- less. It is an argument with the Radicals, and an ir- refragable one we admit, that they have not the means of answering srfch appeals; but what becomes of such an argument when employed by Whigs, the higher class of whom number amongst them some of the wealthiest men of the land ? And yet the disinclina- tion to make any sacrifice, however small, for the sake of their party, to say nothing of their principles, is the common and notorious defect of the Whigs. They will whine and complain, and censure the back- wardness of the people, and call for meetings and de- monstrations, while they scruple to pay for the adver- tisement by which they are invoked. Our readers will understand, that we are not, just now, referring to Reformers of one place or district; but that we are merely enunciating a general truth, applicable, more or less, to every place and district in England. Now, in nothing do the zeal and union of the Tories shine forth more than in the support which theyalford to the public press. Let but a journal advocate their princi- ples, it matters not how vilely or how violently, and observe the anxious care with which it is watched over. Does any matter of news come to the ears of one of its readers— his journal immediately has it. If lie, or his friend, or his friend's friend, has an ad- vertisement which, by any pressing, can be secured for it— how earnestly does he set about canvassing! Its interests are his interests. If it require literary assistance, his pen, if he happen to wield it readily, is in immediate requisition; if it lack funds his purse is at once opened to supply it. We do not seek to magnify our office, when we ask what all the meetings and speechifications of the reformed party would avail them, deprived of that press which has served them so well, so ably, and dis- interestedly. And yet, that press might sink into an- nihilation to- morrow— aye, throughout broad England it might— if twenty thousand pounds were required for its support. Yes, all the wealthy Whigs and Re- formers in England would be found unequal to that amazing sacrifice in favour of that mighty engine which they have so often declared to be " the air they breathe; without which they die." Now and then we do hear of a newspaper supported by a liberal indi- vidual, for his own purposes. A candidate for Parliament, anxious to obtain afooting' in a divided town, may, on rare occasions, use the press, or abuse it rather, as a means. Butathorough going, earnest, andgeneral support, such as the Tories every where render to their press— such a support the reforming press nowhere receives, or so rarely, that the solitary exception only more strongly demonstrates the general rule. Nay, the Reformers, and more especially the moderate portion of them, go a step farther than mere non- encouragement. If there be a Tory journal in the district it is certain to divide, if it do not monopolise their favours. The pudding goes to the foe, the praise— not always— is reserved for the friend. But, above all things, if there be within reach a journal of no politics— neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring— it is certain to be petted and en- couraged. Do the Tories ever practice such a game ? They know better. Their plain, straightforward sense teaches them to despise that fine morality, which is so fearful of the imputation of evil motives, that it keeps all its mercy for its enemies, and all its justice for its friends. We have been led to these observations— which we repeat are, and are meant to be, entirely general— by a list, which has come into our hands, of the proprietors of the journal whose name heads this article. With that journal we have no quarrel. It talks of us, after its fashion, as liars, libellers, and so forth. We are not disturbed by its strong language. Neither do we give publicity to the list of its proprie- tors from any feelings of animosity. It may be a question of morality, how far such of them as are re- verend, ought to sanction its violence ; and it may be a question of taste, bow far such of them as are gen- tlemen, can approve of its vulgarity; these questions we leave them to solve. We desire merely to give them credit for that proof of sincerity which the maintenance of an organ of their party supplies. The paper— we state no secret— was a few months ago in a state of bankruptcy, as well as its owner. The Tories stood forward to support the one and encourage the other. They deserve, we repeat it, credit for their zeal; albeit, in the estimate of those who think as we do, their zeal be a mistaken one. Their zeal ought to be known. The amendment of Lord Lyndhurst to the newspaper stamp bill has denied to the public the power, unless on rare occasions, of knowing to whom it is indebted for its political instruction. It is only right when such occa- sions occur, that the public should have the advantage of them. With this impression, and an apology for our somewhat lengthened introduction, wesubjoiuthe list— John Gibson Reeves, factor, Moor- street. Rev. John Mendhain, clerk, Sutton. John Homer, gentleman, Edgbaston. Rev. Rilarrd Bedford, clerk, Sutton. John Aston, button- manufacturer, St. Paul's- square. Thomas Knott, editor of Aris's Gazette. Richard Wood, surgeon, Temple- row. John Morgan Knott, printer, Hig'h- street. Westley Richards, gun- maker, High- street. John Boulton, linen draper, Colmore- row. R. P. Westall, ditto, Temple- row Henry Moore Griffiths, attorney, Waterloo- street. William Anderton, brass- founder, Wbittal- street. Clement Ingleby, attorney, MoSument- lane. John Stubbs, attorney, Monmouth street. William Roberts. William C. Alston, J. P., Winson Green. Geo. J. Green, Birchfields. J. B. Hebbert, attorney, Colmore- row. Ferdinand Smith, Grange, Halesowen. George Whateley, attorney. John Welchman Wliateley, coroner, Bennett's Hill. John Rawlins, Handsworth. Cor. Robins, auctioneer, New- street. George Barker, attorney, Bennett's Hill. Wm. Newton, linen draper, Temple- row. Samuel Haines, cutler, New- street. Barnabas Chesshire, auctioneer. John Chesshire, do. Sir Edward Hartopp, Bart., Sutton. Isaac Marshall, ironfounde'r, Bradford- street. Rev. Samuel Peshall, clerk, Henley- in- Arden. William Barnett, Dudley. Francis Lloyd, J. P., banker, Birmingham. Three parsons! and six attorneys I! The registered proprietors, it was already known, are James Mason, Esq., and Edward Armfield, Esq. The New York Emancipator of the 5th October- quotes from a Canada paper an account of a most atrocious offence, which has been perpetrated there under colour of law. From the particulars given, it appears that a slave named Molesby had eseaped from Kentucky, and taken refuge under the British flag at Niagara. His master trumped up a charge of horse- stealing against him; and on this party accusation the governor, Sir Francis Head, determined to give Moles- by up. The people of Niagara were opposed to the attempt of the governor, and the military were called out to enforce it. In the course of the dispute which the Canada papers say was carried on by the people in a perfectly peaceful and lawful manner, the soldiers were ordered by the under- sheriff to fire; they did so, and two persons were killed in consequence. A coroner's inquest, held on the bodies, brought in a verdict of wilful murder agkinst the under- sheriff. The under sheriff was plainly performing or attempt- ing to perform, a ministerial duty, though his zeal may have been greater than his discretion, as is com- monly the case with such officials in all contests be- tween power and the people. But whatever allowance may be made for the under sheriff, we cau find neither palliation nor excuse for the governor. That person must have known, that in issuing his order to give up the slave to the master, he was offering violence to the plainest principles of the British constitution, as well as the best established rule of British law. That slaves cannot breathe in England, or under the shadow of the flag of England, is a rule so notorious, that no man can hope to escape from its application by any plea of ignorance. The governor of Upper Canada knew that the soil of Canada had already given freedom to thousands, in circumstances precisely analagous to those of Molesby. What plea then had he? The conduct of this man in packing the assembly of Upper Canada, in better times and under a purer administra- tion, would have driven him from office with disgrace. Will this new act of tyranny meet with its due reward, or will it be glossed over by the pious head of the foreign- office with the same impunity ? Sir Francis Head began his career by imposing on the people whom he was sworn to govern in justice, a house of legislation got together by all manner of fraud and trick; will he be allowed to finish it by a base, as well as unlawful pandering to foreign slaveholders ? Is it not enough that he laboured to convert the Parliament of a free colony into the corrupt and corrupting en- gine of a domineering faction, but he must strain his brief authority in an endeavour to minister to the sup port of an infamous and revolting system ' of tyranny in the United States also ? We trust that, notwith- standing the zeal of the foreign- office and of minis- ters generally— for their guilt is common—. to screen the misdeeds of this governor, that his conduct will yet be inquired into. Our representatives in Parlia- ment will indeed be guilty of a direliction of duty if they do not demand an enquiry, and we think that, firmly demanded, it will not be refused. Sir Francis Head has now touched a string which will rouse the indignation of tens of thousands, in whom his tramp- ling on the liberties of Canada would have excited but small notice or sympathy. The entire of the measures proposed by the Ameri- can President, have passed into laws. The principal amendment in the sub- treasury bill is fixing the mini- mum of the state notes at fifty instead of a hundred dollars. The issue of these ten- pound notes has been represented as a paper currency. What would become of our paper currency if our least note were for ten pounds ? At a cabinet council held in Hanover on the 23th ult., the ministers in a body tendered their resigna- tions, rather than countersign a decree for convoking the states according to the law of 1819— which minis- terial act would be tantamount to an official abrogation of the constitution of 1833. Letters of the 30th and 31st ult., from Bayonne, state that Don Carlos arrived on the night of the 27th at Durango. The troops which passed the Ebro at Celta Penata, are harassed with fatigue, and in the most deplorable condition, after a campaign of five months spent in fruitless marches and counter- marches. Letters from Madrid, of the 23rd ult., state that the Queen was about to replace Mendizabal at the head of the finance. The French general election commenced on Satur- day throughout the kingdom. The result of nearly two hundred of the departmental elections was known in Paris on Monday, and as far as they have yet gone they may be pronounced decidedly in favour of Liberal principles. The Rev. T. EAST will deliver his SECOND ADDRESS to the MEN of BIRMINGHAM, in Ebenezer Chapel, Steelhouse- lane, on Tuesday Evening next, Nov. 14, at half- past seven o'clock. We have given a copious account of the Queen's visit to the city. It seems to have been a very glitter- ing and gratifying pageant. The day was generally fine; it drizzled at one time, but not long, Of course the reception of the Queen was everywhere enthusiastic. THE SOCIETY OF ARTS.— The close of this exhi- bition draws nigh. As a variety to the entertainment it affords, the plan of lighting up the rooms with gas, as an evening lounge, is to be resumed for a brief period. Those who have only seen the pictures by daylight, will receive a new gratification from behold- ing them in this new light. DINNER AT THE BELL.— An exceedingly pleasant party of sixty or seventy, dined at the Bell, in Phi- lip- street, on Wednesday. Mr. P. H. Muntz was in the chair, supported by Mr. Attwood on his right and Mr. Scholefield on his left. The company was happily matched; the refections admirable in their kind, and plentiful to superfluity; the speeches well conceived, and happily delivered; and the entire arrangements harmonious. The party was political, and of the right kind ; and though it could not, in strictness, be called a public one, we should have been most happy to give a full report of the proceedings, if, unluckily, the con- ciliation meeting of Tuesday, and the pilgrimage of the Queen from Pimlico to the Guildhall, had not oc- cupied our columns too entirely to permit of it. As it is, we can only find room to say that a pleasanter even- ing could not possibly be spent, than that which we ourselves spent there ; and Irom the happy appearance of the guests generally, we are justified in concluding that our opinions and theirs were, on that head, en- tirely concurrent. DINNER AT THE OLD PEACOCK INN.— Thursday, a highly respectable party of Reformers dined at the above inn, to celebrate the grand entertainment given to Her Majesty. Mr. Blaxland presided as chairman. Mr. Blews, vice- chairman. The dinner was excellent, and served up in Mr. Pountney's best style. After the removal of the cloth, the health of the Queen was pro- posed and received with the most enthusiastic cheer- ing, which lasted for some time. The health of the Duchess of Kent next followed, and was received with continued cheering. The health of the Duke of Sus- sex ;— the Members for the Borough, and several other toasts were given and responded to in excellent speeches by gentlemen of the company. Colonel Wallace and the officers of his regiment were not for- gotten. The gallant Colonel's health was proposed and received with vehement cheering. Several other toasts were given, and the convivialties were kept up till an advanced hour. We beg once more the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Mr. Hyam's in another place. It will really repay a perusal. Two inquests have been held this week, one upon a poor woman residing in Water- street, who fell down stairs and so severely injured herself that she died the same evening. The second was on a boy who had his head fractured by a fall at one of the canal wharfs. What is commonly called the wake was held at West Bromwich on Monday and Tuesday. The Earl of Dartmouth, to put an end to the practice of bull- baiting, took the entertainments and amusements under his own especial patronage. The sports took place in an enclosed piece of ground, and 501, was subscribed for prizes in the different games. The arrangements included foot races, hurdle races, races in sacks, wrestling, pony races, leaping, quoits, football, swarm- ing up a pole, & c. One of the wrestlers dislocated his shoulder by a fall, but it was immediately replaced by Mr. Allerton, surgeon, who was on the ground. A party of nearly thirty gentlemen afterwards dined at Mr. Cotterill's, the Horse and Jockey, near the ground, where a plan was drawn up for Tuesday's amusements, which were of a similar description to those of the pre- ceding day. REFORM DINNER AT STOURBRIDGE.— TheReformers of South Staffordshire gave a dinner on Tuesday last to the Hon. Colonel Anson, M. P., at the Stewpony Inn, about two miles and a half from Stourbridge. Sir John Wrotteslev, Bart., who for a long series of years represented the county, was also invited, but he was prevented by circumstances over which he had no control from attending. The dinner was excellent, and the whole arrangements reflected the highest credit upon the landlord, Mr. Jones. KIDDERMINSTER COUNCILLORS.— The Reform party of this borough have beaten their Tory opponents out of the field. So complete has been the defeat of the latter in the course of the recent election, that those of the party who held seats in the council have, a corres- pondent informs us, resigned in a pet, thus demon- strating at once their utter helplessness at present, and their utter hopelessness of the future. In numerous other boroughs the result of the municipal elections has been similar. The triumph of municipal reform in Kidderminster proves one of two things— either a very lax, if not criminal discharge of their political duties, characterised the Liberal party at the late election of a member of Parliament, or the present Parliamentary constituency does not fairly and adequately represent the feelings of the masses in the borough. We would, for the credit of our Kidderminster friends, adopt the latter theory; and adopting it, we would strongly im- press on them the necessity of inimediately agitating for such an extension of the suffrage as will at least render the parliamentary and municipal election iden- tical. The gentlemen of the council owe their honour, able distinction to the votes of the householders; let their first act be a petition to Parliament in favour of Household Suffrage. And let them conjoin with that petition, if they conscientiously can, a prayer for Bal- lot. There is no doubt that the independence exhibited by voters for councillors, compared with the servility too often displayed by voters for representatives, arises in a great measure from the absence of coercion and cajoling in the former case, which so commonly abound in the latter. The municipal electors are left to their unbiassed judgment, and the issue is a majority for the liberal side. Were the judgment of the Parlia- mentary electors equally unbiassed, there is every reason to believe that the issue would be similar. By the ballot alone can such a freedom and deliberation of judgment be secured. We would respectfully press the matter on the town council of Kidderminster, rather than on the inhabitants, because they are the freely chosen organs of the masses, and, therefore, on the part of the masses there can be no possible objec- tion to their testimony on this, or similar matters; and because they are of what is, not very wisely we ad- mit, called the more respectable class of citizens, and therefore their voice would be listened to with attention by many whom it is as well to conciliate if we can, and to whom the voice of the mere people would address itself in vain. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES.— On Thursday, at the works of Messrs Stephenson, of Newcastle- upon- Tyne, the trial of a splendid and powerful locomotive engine, constructed for the Great Western Railway Company, took place. It is called the North Star, and is calcu- lated to run fifty miles an hour with fifty tons burthen attached; and with the tender only, at the immense speedy of eighty. On Monday, Mr. O'Connell attended a meeting of the Dublin Trades' Union, and spoke at great length on the subject of Poor- laws for Ireland, the suppres- sion of illegal combinations, the prospects of Ireland during the new reign and in the coming session, and on other topics. In the course of his address he ex- horted his countrymen to petition firmly but respect- fully for the Ballot. O'Connell seems very confident that if generally petitioned for, it will be obtained. SHIPWRECK.— On the night of the 1st inst., about six o'clock, P. M., the fine new brig, the Bywell, New- castle trader, 250 tons burdens, William Binfield, mas- ter, from London to Newcastle, on her first voyage, with a general cargo, struck on the Newcombe- sand, the sea making a free passage over her. They imme- diately hoisted lights fore and aft, which were promptly answered by the launching of the life- boat through a heavy surf, with a spirited crew, under the command of Lieutenant Carter. These brave men succeeded in rescuing the crew, ten in number, with two male and two female passengers, from a watery grave. The life- boat had not left the Bywell above a quarter of an hour, before she fell on her beam- ends and filled with water, where she now lies, her cargo floating about the sea. Thus, in a few hours, were a fine ship and her cargo, worth at least 30,000?. lost.— Essex Herald. AFFAIR OF HONOUR.— A hostile correspondence took place last week between the Honourable Captain Forester and James Shipley, Esq., the mayor of Bridg- north, in consequence of the latter having sent a letter for publication in Hie Wolverhampton Chronicle, in which he said that a statement reported to have been made by Captain Forester, at the recent Conservative dinner at Bridgnorth, was " false." Captain Forester demanded a retractation of the charge of falsehood, which the mayor refused unless the captain admitted that the report of his speech was incorrect. After a conference between the gentlemen appointed to manage the affair, it was deter mined to leave the matter in dispute to Mr. W. Whitmore, who suggested the pro- priety of Mr. Shipley withdrawing the epithet" false," upon an understanding that the incorrectness of the report should be distinctly admitted by Captain Forester. The affair was thus arranged to the satis- faction of all parties. INCENDIARISM.— Some wretched, mistaken, infa- tuated wretch, thinking to injure Mr. Charles Osborn, when, in fact, he was only punishing an insurance office, last night, or rather very early this morning, set fire to the barn and stables of that gentleman, situate close to Fareham church ; and though immediate efforts were made by the inhabitants of that town, who turned out with great alacrity, yet the barn and the stables were totally consumed, together with about fifty quarters of barley, a small quantity of oats, and about four loads of wheat; a horse and some pigs were for a time in danger, but they were let loose before the fire reached their quarters. Considerable apprehension was entertained for the safety of the church, but the wind fortunately shifting before the end of the barn nearest the church blazed up, it was, with the aid of keeping it well wetted with the engine, preserved. As it was, the lead of the north- west window was melted, and the door very consider- ably scorched. This same farm- yard was set on fire about two years ago, but neither on that occasion nor on the present has the slightest clue been given to lead to the offenders. Mr. Osborn is a most humane and excellent man, and is held in high estimation amongst the labouring classes; in fact, he has, with great truth, been described as the labourer's friend. About two years ago, by his own individual exertions, he established the South Hants Agricultural Labourers' Society, the object of which institution is to reward meritorious agricultural labourers. It is, therefore, a little singular that he should have been twice selected as the object of attack.— Hampshire Telegraph. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 11. 5 EXPRESSING BY STEAM.— Yesterday, an expressfrom the London Morning Herald office arrived here at half- past twelve o'clock with an account of the civic feast. A steam- engine was in readiness to convey the express to Liverpool, and started immediately, at a tremendous rate, conveying the papers, engineer, and one gentleman connected with the Herald establish- ment. A few minutes brought them to Wolverhamp- ton ; hut when two miles beyond that town the boiler burst. Another engine was procured, and the express was conveyed on. The engineer was not hurt, and the gentleman who was with him, only slightly. They had the steam bang- up. MEETING OF THE POLITICAL UNION. On Tuesday the council held its weekly meeting. Thomas Attwood, Esq., M. P., was in the chair. There was not any particular motion before the meeting. The conversation of the councillors was in reference to the late deputation to Lord Melbourne, and its robable results. The Chairman was of opinion that P0 evil could result from it, and he was not without nome hope that, in the course of two months, they swould begin to feel the advantage. He detailed the particulars of the interview with ministers in nearly the same terms as at the meeting at the Town- hall, and which appears elsewhere. Mr. DOUGLAS reiterated theopiuionhe had formerly given, that no good could result from the labours of tiie deputation;— that ministers had been repeatedly applied to upon the subject of the currency, and that they had proved, by their conduct and language, that they either could not or would not consent to any alteration of the system. He considered they would be only deluding themselves to expect any relief from the interview that had taken place. Mr. MUNTZ said his opinions were already so well known upon the subject, that he should say no more in reference to it. He believed it was a delusion. Mr. SALT entertained a contrary opinion. He an- ticipated much good wouldresult from theinterview they had had with ministers. Mr. CUTLER said, the question they ought that night to decide was, whether they would regulate their future movements by the advice of the Political Union, or the Memorial Committee. It was quite clear they could not attend to both. Mr. BLAXLAND said, he felt disappointed at the con- duct of some of the working men who had been on the deputation. How they could refuse their assent to a resolution, the object of which was to assert their own rights and liberties, he knew not. Mr. AARON expressed his conviction that no good could arise from the late experiment that had been made. The CHAIRMAN having announced his intention of leaving for town on Tuesday, to attend his parliamen- tary duties, adjourned the meeting till the evening of that day in the usual form. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE CITY. This visit, which has been so anxiously looked for- ward to, and for which so magnificent preparations were made, came off, we are happy to find, in the most fortunate as well as brilliant style. The day was fine, with a brief exception, and London smiled in unison with the weather. The account of the festivity occu- Jiies in the Sun of Thursday, no less than twelve co- umns. We can, of course, give but a very small por- tion of this mighty mass. St. James's Park was early crowded— At the railing, from the Bird- cage- walk to the gate op- posite to the German Chapel, the park- keepers had at an early hour placed chairs, planks, and platforms, composed of hurdles, which they let out at liberal prices, and found the demand much greater and more rapid than they could fur- nish the supply. It was laughable to see respectable females breaking up the fences, and carrying off the hurdles, and even the moveable iron rails, to build platforms for them- selves, when the gentlemen in green were unable to accom- modate them with sufficient speed. The railing itself was covered with youths, as numerous as the spikes, and the park- keeper and police good- humouredly gave up the Pene- lopean task of displacing them, when they found that it was useless. In the mean time, the gravel walk in the Mall, in the neighbourhood of St. James's Palace, was covered with chairs, tables, forms, and planks supported upon blocks, which were let out to the curious by private adventurers. So late as two o'clock, when the Queen had already entered the state carriage, and the royal cavalcade had commenced its route, a whole regiment of chai rs and tables were pro- ceeding in a quick march from the direction of Storey's Gate toward the centre of curiosity, in such confusion, that it was impossible to distinguish the legs that carried them. About five minutes to two o'clock, the signal for the starting of the procession was given by the issue of the troops from the marble arch of the palace. The order of procession was as follows:— Detachment of Life Guards. The Duchess of Kent and Attendants, In her Royal Highness's carriage, drawn by six horses, With her proper escort of Life Guards. The Duchess of Gloucester and Attendants. In her Royal Highness's two carriages, each drawn by six hoises, With her proper escort of Life Guards. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Attendants, In their Royal Highness's two carriages, each drawn by six horses, With their proper escort of Life Guards. The Duke of Sussex and Attendants, In his Royal Highness's carriage, drawn by six horses, With his proper escort of Life Guards. HER MAJESTY'S CARRIAGES. Each drawn by six horses. Two " J THE FIRST CARRIAGE, F Two Grooms V - J Grooms walking. J Drawn by Six Greys. (. walking. Conveys Gentleman Usher of the Sword of State. Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber. Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard. Two " J THE SECOND CARRIAGE, f Two Grooms V J. Grooms walking. J Drawn by Six Bays, (. walking, Conveys Equerry in Waiting. Page of Honour in Waiting. Groom in Waiting. Silver Stick. Two -) THE THIRD CARRIAGE, C Two Grooms V -< Grooms walking. J Drawn by Six Bays. (. walking. Conveys Treasurer of the Household. Clerk Marshall. Vice- Chamberlain. Comptroller of the Household. Two THE FOURTH CARRIAGE, f Two Grooms V -< Grooms walking. J Drawn by Six Bays. (. walking. Conveys, Lord in Waiting. Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard. Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms. Master of the Buck Hounds. Two ) THE FIFTH CARRIAGE ) Two Grooms V V Grooms walking. J Drawn by Six Bays J walking. Conveys, Maids of Honour. Bedchamber Woman. Earl Marshall. Gold Stick. Two •) THE SIXTH CARRIAGE, f Two Grooms V < Grooms walking. J Drawn by Six Bays. (. walking. Conveys Lady of the Bedchamber. Maid of Honour in Waiting. Lord Steward. Lord Chamberlain. Yeomen of the Guard. Twelve Footmen, Four and Four. Four •) THE STATE COACH. ( Four Grooms > Drawn by Eight Cream- coloured •< Grooms walking. J Horses, (. walking. Attended by a Yeoman of the Guard at each Wheel, and Two Footmen at each Door, Conveying THE QUEEN. The Mistress of the Robes. The Master of the Horse. An Escort of Life Guards. The Carriages of the Royal Famdy Will enter the Park at the Constitution- hill Gate, and form in order in the Centre Mall of the Park, by five minutes before two o'clock. The Carriages of the Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers. Will enter at Constitution Hill Gate, proceed down the Park, and form opposite to the Park Wall of Marlbo- rough House, with the Horses' Heads towards Buckingham Palace, to be in readiness, at Two o'Clock precisely, to fall into the Line immediately after the Queen's Procession. The Carriages of the Cabinet Ministers Will form in like manner, and be ready at the same time . to fall into the Line, immediately after those of the Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers. The Procession to leave Buckingham Palace at Two o'Clock precisely. The Route is along the Centre Mall, through the Iron Gates bv the German Chapel, into Pall Mall, along Pall Mall, Cockspur- street, Charing Cross, the Strand, Fleet- street, Ludgate hill, St. Paul's Church- yard, Clieapside, King street, to the Guildhall. The general direction of the Procession is under the Orders of Lieutenant Colonel Buckley, and Lord Alfred Paget, Equerries to the Queen. The Earl of Mulgrave was recognised in his car- riage at several points of the line, and was vehemently cheered. The Sun, whose lengthened article was, of course, the work of many hands, and which bears not a few marks of the division of labour, traces the preparations from street to street. No sooner was it dawn than St. James's- street, Pall- mall, and the line of the vortege onwards to its eastern destination, were tolerably filled with persons— most of them apparently country folks— males-, but the vast majority females, hasten- ing along, as if on business of the utmost importance. They were eager to secure their seats early, as a report had gone abroad that none would be kept safe after eight o'clock. Many young gentlemen might be observed at this early hour promenading, with handsome white favours and an embroidered star on their left breasts. These, we suppose, were the loyal of the loyal, and in the days of chivalry would be the mailed defenders of female purity. We took notice that most of them were remarkably handsome men with strong " thews and sinews." Got up for the occasion, no doubt. Two large bodies of police at this time passed towards the palace, and two detachments of the Horse Guards ( red and blue) came down Duke- street and proceeded westward. At one o'clock a numerous body of Lancers drew up oppo- site Marlborough House, and then took their station in line along each side of Pall- mall. At this time the crowd was so dense that there was scarcely standing room. Every shop and window in Pall- mall and Coikspur- street, and every balcony were crowded with respectable persons, nineteen out of twenty of whom were females. We observed with much satisfaction^ in various places of the line, divers bodies of young men, apparently of the working orders, with laurel leaves in their hats, and paper placards with stars, and the word " Victoria" inscribed on them. They also testified their loyalty by loud and frequent shouts of " Long live the Queen." We never saw so many vendors of medals, and so many purchased. They bore the Queen's effigy, and were inscribed with the occasion and date of Her Majesty's visit to the city. At eleven o'clock, in the neighbourhood of Pall- mall, the crowd began to increase rapidly. The police had now taken their station along each side of the streets. As yet, how- ever, one could make his way passably well. The sun began slightly to peep out, and all promised a fine day. The differtnt club- houses began to show at their windows num- bers of well- dressed ladies, and the preparations for the illu- minations began to assume a state of great forwardness. In a few moments afterwards all those doors that had a high flight of steps were crowded with decent females belong- ing to the middle orders. The police at about this time, half- past eleven, began to be more on the alert, and to con- fine people to the foot- path. No carriages or horsemen were allowed to pass. Most of the windows now exhibited what must have been an interesting sight to her youthful Majesty, viz., hundreds of beautiful children elegantly dressed, looking in vigorous health, and in buoyant spirits. " We compared ( says the liberal reporter) the females in the different club- houses. Number and beauty was in favour of the windows of the Athenaeum. Those in the Carlton Club- house were old, and it seemed to us cross- looking, and rather woe- begone." There are a good many old women belonging to each of these establislimants. At a quarter after two the proeession having cros- sed the Park, entered Pall- mall, and the cry went up ! All eyes were directed towards the Queen, and as she bowed gracefully to the crowd, the cheering, the waving of hats anil handkerchiefs, surpassed anything ever heard or seen. The Duchess of Kent was greatly cheered, so was the Duke of Sussex, but next to the Queen, the person most loudly cheered was the Earl of Mulgrave. The Strand and West- end presented the largest and most motley crowd that ever appeared in the streets of London. Where they came from was the only wonder. In Pall- mall and Cockspur street no accident that we are aware of oc- curred. We must not forget to mention that the Duke of Wellington was no where cheered, save at the Carlton Club- house. The Standard will contradict this assertion, by au- thority no doubt. There is another extraordinary assertion of the Sun, which will also, we rather suspect, be contradicted by authority: Notwithstanding many anticipations to the contrary, we observed westward of the Sun office but one case of pick- pocketing which took place in the Strand at the bottom of Southampton- street, and the guilty party, a powerful look- ing man, made a desperate resistance. The police were not able to secure him without being obliged to use their staves, the effects of which were pretty well shown by copious streams of blood issuing from his head and temples, as he was handed to the station- house in Bow- street. We be- lieve the light- fingered gentry were in a great measure pre- vented from practising their industry, by the sharp look- out for them by the police, particularly in those parts likely to be crowded through the narrowness of the streets. We must now pass to Temple- bar: From the earliest hour this was a spot to which thou, sands and thousands thronged, from a knowledge that here the Lord Mayor and City Functionaries would meet Her Majesty, and that from the circumstance of Her Majesty having to stop at the gate, a more particular view of her might here he obtained than probably at any other place throughout the line; and certainly here the crowd was literally to suffocation, for many were the poor creatures of both sexes who were cariied away into some retired spot in a state of perfect insensibility. Every window was filled, and the top of every house covered with human beings. The centre gate was shut at an early hour, but through one of the side- gates passengers were allowed to pass into the city, and through the other from the city into the Strand, until a little after one o'clock, when all thoroughfare in either direction was put an end to. At this period the First Life Guards, and the Blues passed through the Bar into the city, and lined the streets two and two from the Bar to Guildhall. Within the Bar, the soldiers, the city police, and in- numerable special constables kept the streets entirely clear of all foot passengers. The passengers were thrown back on the pavements, and not allowed to stand in front of them. Almost immediately afterwards the Lord Mayor, alder- men, and sheriffs, came to the gate from the city, in their carriages, accompanied by their ladies. At the gate they got out of their carriages, and went into Child's bank- ing house. After the city functionaries had all assembled, and re- mained some time in Child's, they left that house, went down into the Temple, and mounted the horses that had been provided for them. They then came on horseback ( many of them comical enough in their appearance) to the Bar, each horses' head attended by the artilleryman walking, who rode it from Woolwich. The aldermen were in their robes, and carried wands in their hands. They lined the street on either side close to the Bar, there to await the arrival of the Queen. The centre gates we opened to admit the Royal Procession at ten minutes before three. The Royal Procession having passed along until Her Majesty's carriage came to the Bar, her cairiage was here stopped. The Lord Mayor approached the side of the car- riage, accompanied by his sworn- bearer, and after addressing her in a low tone of voice, which, though we were close to him, we could not hear, he presented her with the sword, which Her Majesty was graciously pleased to return with a smile and a most courteous bow. The Lord Mayor then mounted his steed, preceded the Queen, and Her Majesty drove off, attended not only by her guard of honour, but by the city functionaries on either side, and preceded, as we have said, by the Lord Mayor. Her Majesty looked extremely well, was continually bow- ing and smiling to her loyal and loving subjects, and seemed highly interested in observing all the decorations and devices upon the houses, with the preparations that were busily going on tor the illuminations. We regret to say that just at the time at which the Queen arrived at the Bar it began to rain, though slightly, and con- tinued raining for about an hour. We are likewise sorry to have to sate that a ladder raised opposite Gosling's banking- house broke just before the Queen passed, and that a man who was on it assisting in de corating the house, fell upon the heads of the mass below, who were not a little astonished at the visitation. He was considerably hurt, as were also those 011 whose heads he fell, though we are happy to state that no lives were lost. It is customary for the Christ Church boys to ad- dress the Sovereign on these city visits. The ceremony took place on the Queen's reaching the top of Lud- gate- street. We don't profess to understand the pro- cess by which the senior scholar, Master Frederick Giffard Nash, and the treasurer, Mr. Richard Hotham Pigeon, and the head master, the Rev. Edward Rice, Esq., reached the carriage of Her Majesty. The Sun says :— On the arrival of Her Majesty's carriage at the top of Ludgate- hill the senior scholar, Frederick Giffard Nash, accompanied by the treasurer, Richard Hotham Pigeon, Esq., and the head master, the Rev. Edward Rice, Esq., advanced to the door of the carriage on a platform erected for the purpose. After Master Nash had spoken his speech he and the other boys sung " God save the Queen." " The whole of the arrangements ( we again quote the Sun) of the day and evening, when there was a brilliant il- lumination of the booth, [ the locomotive platform P] being under the care of Mr. Pigeon the treasurer, who is the resident Governor of the Hospital, and who de- votes to the institution a portion of his time and atten- tion perfectly unexampled in the history of official ap- pointments." The following is a description of the Guildhall and its accessories:— At the eastern end of the Guildhall the gothic window was boarded up, and large sheets of iron were placed over the timber, in order to introduce in gas, the words " Welcome V. R.," under which also appeared in gas, a scroll reaching from one side to the other of the spacious building. The letters and the scroll were punctured with gas holes, and the light blazed through with great brilliancy. On a raised platform under these words, stood the throne. In the back of this magnificent seat, and above it, was a great profusion of crimson velvet, richly laced and trimmed with the letters V. R., surmounted by the crown and cushion. The hack fluting is composed of white satin, and the top is of crimson velvet. Large folds of crimson velvet fell from the top, introducing the Rose, Thistle, aud Sham- rock, brilliantly executed in white velvet. The seat itself is richly carved and gilt, and covered with crimson velvet. The table prepared for Her Majesty was most splendidly set out, and covered with the finest white damask, trimmed with gold, and before it was placed a great quantity of plants of all sorts. Behind the throne were spacious mirrors, and ranged along a shelf, extending the whole breadth uf the hall, was the city plate in great abundance. At the east end of the hall the large window was also hidden from view, for the purpose of producing an illumina- tion of a star, and the words " God save the Queen," which appeared most brilliant from the glass drops of which they were composed. Two very beautiful chandeliers were suspended a few feet from the top of the hall, and the sides were lighted with gas, in a manner not attempted before in this building. Four tables were placed along the hall from the royal table, extending about half way down, for the ministers, the nobility, and the Lord Mayor and aldermen; and at the west end of the hall were ranged six tables, including side tables for the common councilmen and other guests. The music gallery was fitted up in the Gothic style, and was large enough to admit sixty or seventy per- formers. The common council chamber was fitted up as Her Majesty's drawing room. It was hung with crimson cloth, festooned with red and white roses, and splendidly car- peted. At the upper end, on a platform, was a splendid carved and gilt chair, without hangings, on which Her Ma- jesty sat on her arrival at the hall. In this apartment there is no other seat. The room occupied inaldermanic discussions was selected on the occasion as Her Majesty's private room. It was beautifully hung round with crimson, ornamented with festoonings, and the floor was covered with crimson and gold carpet, a toilet table composed of white satin graced the recess, and the initials V. R. appeared in a wreath of gold in the interior. In this apartment were several of the chairs which were the favourite pattern of George IV., and were lent upon the occasion by Sir Thomas Ellis of Stratford. The elegant retiring room appropriated to the use of the other members of the royal family is the reading room of the court of common council. It is furnished with eonsol tables with marble toples and cabriolet chairs and sofa, each chair varying from the other. The old council chamber to the left or the Court of alder- men is fitted up for Her Majesty's suite, and decorated with crimson cloth. It contains a large mirror and toilet, with abundance of perfumes. The chamberlain's office is fitted up for the retiring room of the lady mayoress, the aldermen's ladies, and the ladies of distinction, and the old court of King's Bench was ar- ranged for the accommodation of the ladies of the members of the court of common council. The barriers of King- street, leading to the hall, were shut against foot passengers at eleven o'clock, and against all carriages, except those of the royal party, at two o'clock, it was about half- past four before the last carriage of the procession had set down. As the Queen alighted the fastenings of some of the diamonds of her stomacher gave way, and the brilliants— nec in- faustum sit!— fell to the ground. As soon as Her Ma- jesty had entered the temporary drawing- room set apart for her service, the aldermen were introduced, and the following address was read by the recorder :— May it please your Majesty, We, your Majesty's faithful subjects, the mayor and com- monalty aud citizens of the city of London, approach your royal person to express to your Majesty the sense we enter- tain of your Majesty's most gracious condescension, in vouchsafing to adorn, by your royal presence, on the anni- versary of our great civic festival, the banquet prepared in the Guildhall. The joyous acclamations of the people that greeted your Majesty's progress to this hall, find an echo in every breast within this your Majesty's most ancient and loyal city. These are not the indications of interested adulation offered to greatness in the zenith of its power. They are the out- pourings of an ardent and affectionate spirit that pervades and animates, as one man, the mighty masses of assembled multitudes, eager to testify, in the fervour of British feeling, their attachment to a constitutional sovereign, in the person of their beloved Queen. The most gracious declaration aud assurance pronounced by your Majesty, and published to the world upon ascend- ing the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as yet fresh in the memoiy, and glowing in the heart of a grateful and confiding people. In the exercise of the highest privilege we enjoy— that of personal communi- cation with the sovereign,— it was reserved for the citizens of London to receive from the lips of royalty the avowal ot those principles that so happily transferred to your Majesty's ancestors the hereditary sceptre of these realms. Deign, therefore, most gracious lady, with renewed ai surances of their devoted loyalty, to accept from the citi- zens of London the humble, but sincere offering of theit poor thanks and imperfect acknowledgments for the ho. nour this day conferred upon them by your Majesty's auspicious visit in the heart of the metropolis of this fa- voured empire. May Your Majesty long live in the enjoyment of health, and of the choicest gifts that Providence can bestow, to communicate to your subjects, and to ex- perience on the Throne, the blessings that attend the good Government of a free, happy, and religious people. Her Majesty having returned an answer to the address in the usual form, in the most gracious manner informed the Lord Mayor that she had ordered the patent for his baronetcy to be made out. Her Majesty was then con- ducted to the royal table, and the several members of the royal family took their seats. After dinner the I. ord Mayor proposed the health of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, which was drank with the greatest enthusiasm, Her Majesty appearing to be deeply affected with the general marks of loyalty and attachment evinced by the citizens of her good city of London. Then followed the " Health of the other members of the Royal Family," and " Our good city of London." Her Majesty left the banquetting hall shortly after eight and returned in one of her private carriages to Bucking- ham palace, escorted by a large detachment of the Life Guards, which, up to that time, had lined the streets along the route. So ended this pleasant ceremony, not uninteresting even to the philosophic eye, when considered, as it must be, in the light of an interchange of loving kindness be- tween the citizens of a great city, voluntary in their af- fections and rational in their loyalty, and that imper- sonation of the people's dignity, a monarch, inexpe- rienced, indeed, in years and feeble in sex, but, in her kingly office, the wisest of the wise and strongest of the strong, by virtue of the enlightened and zealous attachment of a brave and devoted nation. Our female friends may be curious to know the par- ticulars of the entertainment offered to the youthful Queen on Thursday. We give a list of the dishes in the nomenclature of Ude. If any one require to be en- lightened touching the nature of the viands to which so high- sounding names are given, we must refer him to the Almanac des Gourmands. The language of the description is, of course, French. English is only fit for roast beef and plum pudding, and such like old fashioned vulgarities— I, A TABLE ROY A I. E. 3 Potages Potage de tortue a l'Anglaise, consomme de Volaille, potage a la Brunoise. 3 Plats de Poisson.— Turhot bouilli garni aux merlans frits, rougets farcis a la villeroi, saumon bouilli garni aux eperlans. 3 Releves.— Poulets bouillis, aux langues de veau glaces, garnis de croustade a la Macedoine, noix de veau en daube decores a la Bohemienne, filet de bceuf a la sanglier en chasse. 8 Entrees Ris d'agneau piques a la Turque aux petits pois, saute de filets de faisans aux truffes, pate chaud aux becassines a l'ltalienne, casserolle de pieds d'agneau aux champignons, sultanne de filets de soles a la Hollandaise, garnis aux ecrevisses, timbale de volaille a la Dauphine, filets de lievre confis aux tomates, cotelettes de perdreaux au supreme. BUFFET. Potage a la Turque, hochepot de faisan, trances de ca- billaud, eperlans frits, iangue de besuf, jambon a la jardi- niere, bceuf roti, mouton roti, agneau roti, agneau bouilli, hanche de venaison, pierre grillee* au vin de Champagne, petits pates aux huitres, croquettes, cotellettes d'agneau aux concombres, dindon roti aux truffes a I'Espagnole. SECOND SERVICE. 3 Plats de Roti.— Faisans, beeasses, cercelles. 3 Releves.— Souflet de vanille, pommes a la Portugaise, caufres a la flamande. 4 Patisseries Montees.— Vase en croquante garni de pa- tisserie aux confitures, fontaine Grecque garni aux petit- clioux, vase de beurre frais aux crevettes, fontaine royale garni de patisserie a la Genevoise. 12 Entremets Creme danana garnie, gelee au vin de Champagne garnie aux fruits, homards a la remoulade, mayonnaise de poulet a l'aspic, fanchonattes d'orange, gar- nies aux pistaches, compotte des peches, en petits panniers, tartelettes aux cerises en nougat, petites coupes d'amandes a la Chantilly, culs d artichautz en magnonnaise, anguille au beurre de Montpellier, gelee au marasquin decoree, gateaux de pommes en Mosaique a la creme d'abricot. BUFFET. Poulets rotis, becassines rotis, canards sauvages rotis, tourte aux pommes tourte aux cerises, beignets de pommes, fondu de parmesan, trifle a la creme, plum puddiag, mince pies. We do not think it necessary to give the list of more gross and stimulating viands with which the palates of the Common Councilmen were titillated ; but we must find room for the table furniture. It seems to have been very splendid. The gold plate for the royal table, furnished by Emannuel Brothers, of Bevis Marks, was of the most costly descrip- tion and Elaborate workmanship. On the centre of the table was a magnificent epergne, supported by figures of the three graces, on sphynx pedestals, surrounded by a wreath of vine and oak leaves. On each side were two massive candelabra en suite, on which the royal arms were displayed in burnished gold. The soup and sauce tureens, celarets, dishes and covers, jugs, & c., were of the same costly mate- rial, and ornamented in a similar manner. The massive gold dinner and soup plates for Her Majesty's use were or- namented with vine borders, chased centres, and emblazoned with the royal arms. The knives, forks, spoons, salvers, liqueur stands, and all the rest of the materiel were equally unique and splendid— worthy alike of the good taste and opulence of the most wealthy metropolis in the world. The plate for the royal table consisted of five dozen of dinner plates, various patterns, one dozen of soup plates, a dozen fruit plates, eight ice pails with basins and covers, a tea and coffee service, three dozen knives, three dozen forks, and three dozen spoons. For the dessert service three dozen spoons, three dozen knives, and three dozen forks; two dozen helpers, two dozen sugar spoons, four dozen ice spoons, four pair grape scissors, four finger basins, two large salvers, four smaller basins, four pair bottle stands, four pair salt cellars and spoons. Of silver plate there were five silver soup tureens and ladles, ten sauce tureens, three pair fish knives, twelve dishes and covers, twelve warmers, twelve smaller ditto, three pair soufflet dishes, four pair flat dishes and covers. The china and cut glass were provided by the Messrs. Davenport, of Fleet- street, and it is hut justice to that es- tablishment to state, that although the order was not given till the 13th ult., owing to their incredible exertions it was completed on Monday last, and forwarded to town from their factory in Staffordshire. The dessert plates for the royal table, are of white china, with vine border in gold, and a wreath of oak leaves and acorns in raised mat gold, around the rim. A medallion at the top contains the crown, and another at the bottom the city arms emblazoned in their proper colours. In the centre are the letters V. R., in a handsome cypher, surrounded by an enamelled wreath of flowers, of the most brilliant tints and exquisite workmanship. There were twenty. four of these plates, which we understand are valued at ten guineas each, and they certainly form a hitherto unrivalled specimen of the perfection to which the manufacture has attained in this country. The decanters, claret jugs, champagne, hock, and other glasses, are all richly cut, and ornamented with a vine border, varied with the rose, thistle, and shamrock, and the royal arms. The supply for Her Majesty's table, consisted of three dozen wine glasses, three dozen small claret glasses, three dozen large ditto, three dozen champagne ditto, two dozen liquer ditto, two dozen goblets, two dozen curafes and tumblers, two dozen hexagon massive decanters, one dozen claret ditto, eighteen wine glass coolers, two dozen topaz coloured finger glesses, two dozen ice plates, and four earthenware antique jugs, with the royal and city arms in relief. For the entertainment generally there were furnished by the Messrs. Davenport 1,600 wine glasses, 800 claret ditto, 800 champagne ditto, 800 hock ditto, ( emerald green) 800 tumblers, 400 deeatiters, 300 water bottles and tumblers, 350 wine glass coolers, & c. The china was a pure white ground to correspond with that provided for Her Majesty's table, the patterns being extremely chaste and void of all ornament, with the excep- tion of a vine border in raised gold surrounding the rims, handles, & c. There were 1,500 large plates, 750 soup ditto, 1,500 pie ditto, 1,200 dishes, ( various sizes) 100 soup tureens, 200 sauce ditto, 50 dessert centre baskets, 200 compotiers, 500 ditto plates, 750 ice ditto, & c. There was singing and music of course, and the Sun, in its anxiety to give as fu II a description as pos- sible of a good thing, is kind enough to favour its readers with the glee in Cymbeline, " Oriana," and several similar novelties- The illuminations were very bright, but as usual, the devices were somewhat common- place. The Cockneys are content to shine in their lamps. Amongst the more distinguished, Mr. D. T. Clarke, of Ludgate- hill, obtains honourable mention. • Amongst others, we could not pass unnoticed Mr. D. T. Clarke's, wholesale and retail lace warehouse, No. 2, Ludgate- hill, which presented an extremely elegant ap- pearance. Over the front of his house there was an im- mense crown, brilliantly illuminated with three hundred gas lamps. It was one of the largest crowns in the line, [ the wholesale and retail lace line we suppose] and Mr. Clarke was offered 20/. for it beyond the sum he paid. He had also suspended from his house two large union- jacks, which he obtained / rom an admiral's ship. There must have been something very imposing in the union- jacks " obtained from an admiral's ship." Mr. Clarke did something better for his guests than w ave a flag over their heads:— He provided a handsome breakfast for them ; tables were covered the whole of the day with cold meats, game, and poultry of every description— wines and spirits of every sort of the finest quality; tea and coffee was served up in the evening; an abundant supper was supplied to all who could partake of it, and if true loyalty is to be inferred from a slavish exertion on the part of Mr. Clarke and his princi- pal assistants, to make his friends by whom he was sur- rounded, happy, well may it be said that Her Majesty's ac- cession to tiie throne is hailed with enthusiasm by the de voted citizens. Mr. Clarke had rivals envious of his fame, as all good men have. Messrs. Ellis, the silk mercers, not only gave their friends a supper, but a dance! The list of illuminations in the Sun occupies three columns, and an appendix is promised for next day. Oil the whole the show was a splendid one, and what was a particularly pleasant feature of it, the whole passed off, so far as has been ascertained, with the trifling excep- tion noticed above, without a single accident. * " Flints broiled with Champagne sauce." We trust the Queen's teeth escaped scot free in their encounter with this singular di& h. The following is a copy of the royal answer noticed above:— " I thank you for this loyal and affectionate address and I have much pleasure in receiving it here, and upon this occasion. " I entirely concur in the sentiments which it ex- presses. " It has been the custom of Kings and Queens, my predecessors, to visit, upon their accession, the city of London, and my regard for this great commercial com- munity, the metropolis of my empire, renders it to me a great satisfaction to follow their example. The Court circular gives the following account of the royal procession, and the illustrious and noble persons that took part in it:— " The State Procession was formed at the new Palace exactly at two o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Duchess of Kent left the palace in her state carriage, drawn by six bays, attended by Lady Mary Stopford, and Sir George Anson, and joined the other members of the Royal Family in the centre mall of St. James's- park. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were accompanied by their royal highnesses Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge; in the second carriage belonging to their royal highnesses were Miss Kerr, Sir James Reynett, Colonel Corn- wall, and Baron Knesebeck; both carriages were drawn by six bays. The carriages of the Duchess of Gloucester and of the Duke of Sussex were each drawn by six horses. " I11 the first of the Queen's carriages were Mr. Martins, gentleman usher of the sword of state; Sir Frederic Smith, gentleman usher of the privy chamber; and Mr. Samuel Hancock, exon of the yeomen of the guard; this carriage was drawn by six bays. " The second carriage, drawn by six bays, conveyed Vice- Admiral Sir Robert Otway, groom in waiting; Master Ellice, page of honour in waiting; Colonel Wemyss, equerry in waiting; and Colonel Greenwood, silver stick. " The third carriage, drawn by six bays, conveyed the Earl of Surrey, treasurer of the household; the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, clerk marshal; Lord Charles Fitzroy, vice- chamberlain; and the Hon. George S. Byng, comptroller of the household. " The fourth carriage, drawn by six bays, conveyed Lord Lilford, lord in waiting; the Earl of Ilchester, captain of the yeoman of the guard ; Lord Foley, cap- tain of the gentlemen at arms; and the Earl of ErrolJ, K. T., master of the buckhounds. " The fifth carriage, also drawn by a set of bays, conveyed Miss Spring Rice, maid of honour; Lady Gardiner, bedchamber woman ; the Duke of Norfolk, K. G., earl marshal; and Viscount Combermere, G. C. B., gold stick in waiting. " In the sixth carriage, drawn by six black horses, were the Countess of Mulgrave, lady of the bed- chamber; Honourable Miss Pitt, maid of honour in waiting; the Duke of Argyll, G. C. H., lord steward; and the Marquis of Conyngham, K. P., lord chamber- lain. " Two grooms walked on each side of this carriage, and also of the five preceding carriages. " The Queen left the state rooms, conducted by the master of the horse, and preceded by the clerk marshal and the equerry in waiting, and passing down the grand staircase, through the marble hall, which was lined by the yeomen of the guard, entered the state coach at five minutes past two o'clock, which event was notified by sound of trumpets. " Her Majesty's dress was of pink satin, very richly and elegantly embroidered with silver; over her left shoulder was the riband of the most noble order of the Garter, with the George appended ; 011 her head the Queen had a splendid diamond circlet. Her Majesty also wore diamond ear- rings, and had a stomacher of brilliants. A deep cape of ermine, over a white lace scarf, was worn by Her Majesty in the i^- riage. Opposite to the Queen sat the Duchess of Sutherland, mistress of the robes; and the Earl of Albemarle, G. C. H., master of the horse. " The state coach was preceded by the Queen's mar- shalmen, two and two ; the Queeu's footmen^. fbur and four; and by a party of the yeomen of th^ gvulrd in their coronation costume. The state coach wis' drawn by eight cream coloured horses, a groom being in' attendance on each horse, and yeomen of the guard and footmen walked at the side of the coach. " The whole of the Queen's carriages entered the Park by the marble arch, and the entire procession was escorted by the First and Second Life Guards, and by the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards; a senior captain riding on each side of the state coach. Lieutenant- Colonel Buckley, one of Her Majesty's equerries, was on horseback, and directed the formation of the procession. " The Marchioness of Tavistock, the CouPjf. sf of Albemarle, and Lady John Russell, were among the spectators in the Palace." THE CITY CHIVALRY.— We are assured, by a cor- respondent ( says the Morning Chronicle) who wit- nessed the whole proceeding, that however the alder- men and common councilmen might afterwards conduct themselves, or allow their chargers to behave, nothing could be more serious than the manner in w hich they mounted those chargers in the Temple. The horses of a troop of the artillery had been destined to support and secure the dignity and safety of the city deputies. The corporation of the lawyers, with a sympathetic feeling for the corporation of the traders, allowed the troopers to enter the Temple, for the pur- pose of enabling the aldermen and common- council- men to meet them in peace and quiet. The horses had been ridden from Woolwich by the troopers in the morning, and were, therefore, supposed to be in a be- coming state of gravity and fitness for their intended worshipful burdens. The officer commanding the troop, with much gentlemanly kindness, attended to the operation of the mounting, and the patients came to their posts with becoming fortitude. Most of them showed a proper consciousness of the deep responsi- bility they were about to incur. One or two youthful and adventurous spirits— Mr. Alderman Wood and Alderman Sir Peter Laurie— alone showed indiffer- ence to their fate, and cantered their steeds up Middle Temple- lane, the gate of which was at the time closely shut, with a graceful vivacity equally as- tonishing and unexpected. Attended each by the trooper whose horse he had mounted, the corporation deputies wended their way into Fleet- street, and took their stations. Here our correspondent's account of them terminates. He is a grave lawyer, and, after the solemnity of the scene he had witnessed, could not have borne to have his quiet reflections disturbed by the noisy impatience of the crowd without. We ought to add, that he mentions that the deputies mounted from the steps in front of the Middle Temple Hall, a sensible and cautious proceeding, first suggested by an astute special pleader to the officer commanding the troop of artillery men, by him proposed to the deputies, and by them most joyfully received, Sir Peter Laurie thoughtfully observing that it might save any damage done to their lower clothing. What else it might save he did not mention. The greatest solem- nity was observed on the occasion, except by an old woman, who insisted on aiding Sir Peter Laurie in giving directions to the deputies how they should mount and how they should ride. The two directors, however, differed as to whether the aldermen's robes should be allowed to cover the gay horse cloths pro- vided for the occasion, but on all other subjects tliey seemed to think exactly alike. • PI 6 THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 11. 5 NEWS OF THE WEEK. FOREIGN. It appears by tlie accounts which we continue to receive, that the storm of Wednesday night raged over the greatest part of France. It was exceedingly violent at Brussels, and as is supposed by the journals of that city, throughout the whole of Belgium. We learn from our correspondent at Boulogne, that on Thursday morning the English ship Leda, Captain Watson, from Cadiz to London, with a cargo of wine and quicksilver, was wrecked on the coast of Ambleteuse, and went com- pletely to pieces. Out of the crew, consisting of nine per- sons, three only reached the shore alive. The captain, two mates, the cook, and two other men were drowned. Several casks, some full, others empty, ten ingots of gold and silver, and some church- plate, have been cast upon the sands. DOMESTIC. THE METROPOLIS. EXTENSIVE FIRE.— Sunday night, during divine service, an extensive Are broke out in the lower part of the house oi Mr. Harris, a tailor, in Orange- street, Red Lion- square. A policeman on duty near the spot instantly knocked at the door to alarm the inmates; but the family having gone to chapel he broke open the door, when he heard the voices of some persons on the second floor imploring assistance. He rushed up stairs and discovered an aged couple named Peachy in a state of nudity, having been alarmed and aroused from their beds by the cry of " fire!" The policeman, with others who followed up stairs after him, fortunately suc- ceeded in effecting their escape; he afterwards attempted to remove some of the furniture in the tipper part of the liouse, but the flames spread so rapidly that it was with the utmost difficulty he could reach the next house. THE QUEEN The Queen is a Reformer, because she sees that Reform is fit and necessary; she does not like change for the sake of change only; and it becomes all the friends of improvement, whether Whig, Radical, or Tory, to use their best endeavours that sale and wholesome re- forms may be quietly and peaceably introduced.— Morning Chronicle. A NEW PRETENDER— On Saturday afternoon, about three o'clock, as Her Majesty was passing in her open car- riage through the Biulcage- walk, St. James's, on her way to Buckingham- palace, whither she was proceeding from Brighton, a person in the garb of a gentleman suddenly sprang to the side of her carriage, and, holding up his fist in a threatening manner, made use of obscene language, and with an oath designated Her Majesty by the most oppro- brious epithet that can be applied to a female, adding " and I'll have you off your throne and your mother too." He immediately ran off and effected his escape. Her Majesty did not appear to feel any alarm, and the carriage proceeded rapidly to Buckingham- palace. Information of the outrage was immediately forwarded to the commissioners of police, who instructed police constables R. Harris and Shearlock of the A division, who had been on duty in the Birdcage- walk, to trace the offender. It appears that they had some clue to him, for they soon discovered his name and address. Under the warrant of the Secretary of State, they proceeded to his lodgings, at a straw bonnet shop, No. 118, Oxford- street, the corner of the Regent Circus, where they lin- gered about the whole night in the expectation that he would return home. It appeared, however, that he had arrived before them, and yesterday morning one of the constables knocked at the door. On its being opened, they proceeded up stairs and arrested the delinquent. His name is John Good, late a captain in the 10th Hussars. He is described as a man of gentlemanly appearance, and about forty years of age. He wore a star upon his breast, and dared the officers to lay hands upon him, exclaiming that he was their liege lord and king of England, and that he would tear the Queen to pieces. He made a vigorous re- sistance to the officers, and was with difficulty forced into a hackney- coach, and driven to the Secretary of State's office at Whitehall. On the way he broke the windows of the coach, and conducted himself in the most outrageous man- ner. This was at two o'clock on Sunday. Sir Frederick Roe was in waiting at the Secretary of State's office, before whom the prisoner underwent an examination. The wit- nesses examined were the two footmen of Her Majesty. The two police- constables already mentioned, and a German gentleman, whose name we have not been able to ascertain, who heard the prisoner apply the insulting and opprobrious epithets to Her Majesty. During the examination the prisoner continually interrupted the witnesses, saying " he did not care a d—— what they said about him; he was King of England, King John the second, and that the pre- sent was the eighth year of his reign." Mr. Phillips, the Under Secretary of State, was present during the examina- tion, which lasted for about an hour and a half, and one or two of the ministers were in an adojiningapartment waiting to hear the result. The evidence given was merely a re- capitulation of the facts above stated, and at the close Sir Frederick Roe determined to remand the prisoner for fur- ther examination on Saturday next. He was then removed in custody to the new prison, Westminster. There appears to be no doubt of the man's insanity.— London paper.—[ Cer- tain.!, not.] ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. On Saturday night, shortly after eight o'clock, as the rail- way train from Tring to London was passing the Harrow station, the steam- engine, from some unknown cause, flew off the tram- way, and, singular to relate, made a summerset, wheeling round its front towards Harrow, falling on the wheels, and was only stopped by the bank, which is con- siderably elevated above the tram- road. The tender con- taining the fuel and water, which is immediately attached to the steam- carriage, was thrown over on the opposite bank and broken in pieces, together with the first carriage appro- priated to the use of passengers, in which were eleven or twelve persons and a considerable quantity of luggage. It is a remarkable circumstance that not one of the passengers was injured, although it may be easily conceived they were dreadfully alarmed, more especially from the accident oc- curring at night. Three other carriages were thrown off ; the first- class carriages remained in their proper position. It was shortly after ascertained, from the concussion or overturning of the engine, that there was a large hole in the boiler, and on going a few yards in the rear of the train, the conductor, or engineer, was found lying extended across the tram- way, with both legs broken, one of which was sepa- ". l « , r the ancle joint hanging only by a piece of skin. As- sistance was immediately afforded, and the unfortunate man placed in one of the first class carriages. PROVINCIAL. RIGHT HONOURABLE LOGIC I never have and I never will shrink from giving my opinion fairly and most explicitly on any subject in any meeting of my constituents in which it is called for, whether that opinion may be in conformity with that of the majority of those whom I address, or whether it may unfortunately differ with theirs. Gentle- men, if I could bring myself to believe that the ballot would effectually give that security to the honest and independent voter in the exercise of his elective franchise which, I am ready to admit, is in many instances now wanting, I cer- tainly should not feel any hesitation in voting ( as I did on one occasion, in a very small minority, and when the sub- ject was not a very popular one) in favour of the ballot; but, gentlemen, the more I have reflected upon the subject, the more satisfactorily have I brought my mind to the conclu- sion that the ballot would not be productive of that effect. You could not prevent the landlord from soliciting his tenant— you could not prevent the wealthy customer from soliciting the tradesman whom he employs; and in propor- tion as they would have the less means of ascertaining whether their promises were kept or not, they would be induced to exact more solemn and binding pledges than they now seek. It appears to me, therefore, that the only refuge by which a man, under these circumstances, could secure privacy to his vote in consequence of the ballot, would be in a case in which he voted in one way after having pro- mised in another; and I confess that I cannot bring my mind to the conclusion that it would be of any advantage to the really honest and independent elector to give him such a means of escape from the inconveniences which may be consequent upon the fearless expression of his opinion. At the same time, I am bound to say that, feeling as I do that the system of coercing votes is one which requires a remedy feeling as I do that no remedy has yet been pointed out which to my mind is satisfactory— and that while the ballot is by no means satisfactory to me, still it is that which the majority of the people are in favour of, I have for some time abstained from voting against the ballot until I can satisfy my mind that some better remedy can be found. ( Cheers and cries of Universal suffrage.") Gentlemen, as to the extension of the suffrage to householders, I have to say, that although perhaps I may not individually feel any great objection to a proposal of that sort, yet I cannot forget that when the Reform bill was passed, I said for one, that if we could but establish the suffrage as it was laid down in that bill we would stop there; and I will not be driven at the voice of any man or any party, no, not even by such an assembly as I have now the honour to see around me, to go one jot beyond what my honest conviction prescribes to me to be the limits to which I so pledged myself. I will, therefore, tell you freely and at once, in the face of this meeting, that I am not prepared to support a motion for ". he establishment of household suffrage. THE CHURCH The following letter has been addressed to Mr. Smith, bookseller, Cambridge. It is a good puff of lie pamphlet. " Trinity College, Oct. 30, 1837. Sir, at meeting of several influential gentlemen connected with the University, it was unanimously resolved that, unless you immediately withdraw from your shop an infamous pamphlet, ' llow to Rise in the Church," they are deter- mined to use every effort to ruin your prospects in the town and University; and they further warn you, that if within a week from the date hereof either placard or pamphlet is seen at your shop, every window in your house shall be de- molished. It is not the wish of the meeting to injure you, but they will not suffer the pamphlet to be sold in the town of Cambridge. I am, sir, your obedient servant, ONE OF THE MEETING." The late E. Gawne, Esq., the banker in the Isle of Man, who died very suddenly at the Dumfries cattle show, has left upwards of 200,000/. personal property, the chief part of which is bequeathed to his only son— Cumberland Pacquet. JUSTENTION On Tuesday last the inhabitants of Boston were in a state of most dreadful alarm from seeing a human being hanging from the steeple of Boston church, at a height of 150 feet from the ground, and calling loudly for assistance. Two men from below got admittance to the belfry, and succeeded in rescuing him from his perilous situation. The perpetrator of this rash act is a person hold- ing a responsible situation in the town, and whose excite- ment had been caused by frequent intoxication. He on the day mentioned eluded the vigilance of the verger, and ran up the steeple stairs, intending to precipitate himself from the highest window. He got out of the opening, and held by one hand, in which position, having only one hand to sustain his weight, and a plunge into eternity being inevitable in consequence of his quitting so frail a resting place, his excitement became sobered, and he called most loudly for help, aud if it had not been near he must have been dashed to pieces Lincolnshire Chronicle. SCOTLAND. LAW OF LIBEL.— A case was brought before Mr. Sheriff Barclay last week, at the instance of a married man, for certain defamatory words spoken against his wife. The sheriff held that a husband had no right to claim damages for a defamatory libel against his wife, which he thought to be a counterpart of the principle of law which exempts a husband from the consequences of an action of libel against his wife. The action was, therefore, dismissed, reserving to the pursuer's wife the right of action, with her husband's concurrence, against the defender for the alleged injury— Glasgow Chronicle. MISCELLANEOUS. SCIENCE AND THE PENSION LIST We have said that this list of 1,058 pensioners contain some names of scientific or literary celebrity. To this branch of the pension list we shall pay particular attention; not because the recipients belong to our order, but because they form the chevaux de bataille of the government whenever the propriety of a pen- sion is discussed in the House of Commons. " Pensions provide," they say, " for men of science and literature. Let us see how. Of the whole body of scientific and literary men in England, Scotland, and Ireland, the names of only twenty- six are to be found on the pension list. In science, there are not more than six, viz., Sir David Brew- ster, 297/.; Dr. Dalton, 300/.; Ivory, 300/.; Faraday, 300/.; Sir James South, 300/.; and Mrs. Somerville, 300/. In literature, ten, viz., the poet Campbell, 184/.; Dr. Jamie- son, 100/.; Millingen, 100/.; Southey, 455/.; James Mont- gomery, 150/.; Sharon Turner, 200/.; Tom Moore, 300/.; Banim, 150/. ; Sir William Ouseley, 100/. ; Miss Mitford, 100/.; and the widow anil descendants of Paley ( eight persons) 200/., or 25/. each. The total sum bestowed upon the literature and science of Great Britain and Ireland is therefore a| jout 4,000/., in a pension list of 132,555/., or less than one thirtieth of the whole. Compared with the pen- sions to courtiers, it would seem that it requires more than three Daltons, or three Brewsters, to equal, in the eyes of the sovereign and his ministers, the merits of one apothe- cary to the royal household ; that three Southeysor Moores are only equal to one Sir Herbert Taylor; and that the combined talents of two Sharon Turners, one Bliss Mitford, one Sir William Ouseley, one Montgomery, and of Paley, ( as represented by his widow and seven descendants) have not benefited the country so much as one master of the household. Measured by another standard, the country would seem to owe more to one illegitimate child of royalty, than to the discoverer of the atomic theory; while the illustrious Lord Montford is superior to any two, Lord Bloomfield to any three, the young Lord Gilford any two and a half, and the Irish Earl of Tyrconnell to any three and a half, of the most distinguished philosophers of Great Britain. Old ladies, in the opinion of the government, have nearly as high a value : Lady Mulgrave's merits and claims are superior to those of Southey, Sharon Turner, and Miss Mitford united; Tom Moore ranks with the Dowager Countess of Huntingdon ; Montgomery is almost on a par with Lady Elibank and Lady Nairne ; Sir William Ouseley, tiie Persian scholar, pairs off with Lady Sempill, but he is twelve pounds worthier than the old Countess of Roscom- mon.— Spectator. WINDSOR CASTLE— QUEEN ADELAIDE.— The appearance is truly astonishing. On an eminence, which commands the country far and near, the mighty towers and walls, with their battlements composed of blocks of stone of a light grey colour, rise picturesquely mingled together. You would fancy til it you had before you a grand fantastic dream of the middle ages, realised by magic, and a castle in which the old kings of chivalry held their court. And, in fact, the heart, or nucleus, is of those times; for, in that most gigantic of all towers, which struck me at a distance, was the residence of William the Conqueror. The royal stan- dard is noiv displayed on a little watch- tower that seems to grow out of it. Since the year 1824, the king's architect, Sir J. Wyattville, gave the castle its present form and ex- tent. It is the only palace worthy of a king of England, for as he reigns over more than 100 millions of people, ( in. eluding the possessions in India), so this castle rises lofty and gigantic above the dwellings of other men, that seems but as pigmies in comparison. The King and Queen usu- ally pass a considerable part of the year here; Before the castle we met Raumer, who was also to be presented to be to the Queen. We had to pass through several gates and large court yards before we came to the part in which their majesties reside. While Lord Howe went to announce us, we looked about in a magnificent gallery which runs round an inner court. The ceiling is most ad- mirably carved in oak, in the rich manner of Gothic archi- tecture, which attained its peifection in England at the end of the fifteenth century. The walls are adorned with many pictures, among which are a great number by Canaletti, many of them among the best of that master. The Queen, on our being presented to her, immediately spoke to us in German. In her whole manner there is that simplicity, that natural courtesy, which, in persons of her exalted rank, has so resistless a charm. I have often met with this in persons of the highest rank. For the most part, it is only little great people who fancy they can make up by a haughty demeanour for want of rank and impor- tance. Her Majesty did us the favour to take us to her closet, which is really a most delicious apartment. From the windows the eye first beholds a garden on the terrace of the castle, with a fountain in the middle of a most delicate velvety lawn, and beyond it rests on the noble scenery of the park, which surrounds a great part of the castle far and near. When the Queen had graciously dismissed us, Lord Howe had the goodness to show us the castle. You may readily imagine that the royal apartments and state rooms are fitted up with the most solid magnificence, so that the walls and furniture dazzle with gold, and the richest silk and velvet Waagen. PIOUS CHEATS.— When Sir John Moore's army was re- treating through Galicia, a party of the 15th Hussars, in which regiment I then served, arrived late one night at a solitary house midway between Lugos and Valmeda. We had had nothing to eat all day, and were famishing, parti- cularly for want of bread, which had not crossed our lips forsome time past; and as the Spanish peasants generally keep some loaves in store, it became our great object to get possession of the prize at every hazard. A close search, however, in all quarters where such things used to be found, proved unavailing, and we sat round the hearth in the kitchen, wet, weary, cold, dissatisfied, and out of humour. At last it was observed that the padrone and his wife, having seated themselves on a huge chest, near the fire place, could not, by entreaties, or any other device, be induced to move. " I'll be shot," cried a man of the horse artillery, " if the old rascal's store of bread be not in that chest; and hang me if I don't get at it in spite of him." We laughed, and asked him how he would proceed. " Oh, I'll tell you how to proceed," cried he. " The Spaniards, you know, are a mighty pious people, and we must humour them. Let's sing a hymn on our knees, and when they see us in that attitude, the chance is much against us if they don't kneel too." " A hymn 1" shouted we, " what hymn ?" " Nay," replied the artilleryman, " I dare say you are all wretched hands at psalmody ; but surely we all know ' God save the King.' So here goes, boys— down with you on your marrow- bones, and up with the stave." Down, aecoidingly, we all knelt ; and with faces as grave as if we had been in church, struck up God save the King. The Spaniards stared. One of us contrived to make them understand that we were chaunting a hymn to the Virgin; and sure enough they too knelt down, and put their hands together. This was all that our friend desired. He quietly raised the lid of the trunk, withdrew half a dozen loaves, popped them into a nose- bag, and never was noticed. We had a capital supper that night, and many a good laugh afterwards at the recollection of our successful psalm- sing- lug— Chelsea Hospital. LITERATURE. ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA— Part 91.— This ex- cellent work, the cheapest, because the best, of its kind, progresses steadily and consistently. It now touches, in its march alphabetical, upon O; and its completion may, therefore, be looked for at no distant period. We have s^ en it in its present form only occasionally. The first Part we happened to review some years ago in another place. We were then much pleased with the plan of incorporating the curious and admirable supplement with the valuable matter of the general dictionary, so as to give continuity and uni- formity to the whole. We are equally pleased with the execution of that plan, as it has appeared in the few parts that have, from time to time, fallen in our way, and in this, the latest, which now lies before us. The larger articles in this part are, " Netherlands," " Newspapers," " New York," " Niebuhr," " Niger;" all of which are elaborately and instructively written; but there are a host of others, which do equal justice to the taste and judgment of the learned and ingenious editor. The paper, typography, and plates, are ex- cellent, as they have uniformly been. TAIT'S MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER.— This is a good, and, as usual, spirited number. The introductory article, " What ought the Whigs to do ?" by one of them- selves, exhibits much strong reasoning and sound sense, which are doubly valuable, proceeding from such an uuimpeached source. STATISTICAL MAGAZINE.— The second number of this periodical more than fulfils the promise of the first, as an exceedingly useful and instructive work. There is a table of the state of commerce in 1825 and 1836, ( page 123) which only the crowded state of our columns to day prevents us from extracting. Those who take an interest in questions of price, and there are few who are not compelled to do so, will find in it much information in a very concise and in- telligible form. THE PICKWICK PAPERS, NOS. XIX., XX.— This laugh- provoking periodical has now come to a close. The club, which had been somewhat loosely held to- gether from the beginning, is formally dissolved, aud the various dramatis persona disposed of as comfort- ably and definitely as Miss Buskbody herself could have desired. The eighteenth number struck us as a falling off, but in the nineteenth the author rallies, and if he does not come in with the same freshness that he started, he makes, at least, a fair run home. We are informed, in the directions to the binder, that there are two plates in the two last numbers; but, the liberal publisher having, we suppose, set apart the spoiled copies for the special benefit of the gentlemen of the press, we are, unable to speak of these deco- rations, for in the numbers that have been sent to us they are not. DOMESTIC ECONOMY.— The November number of this magazine is distinguished by the plain unpre- suming sense of its predecessors. It is the best family receipt book extant. How TO RISE IN THE CHURCH.— EFFINGHAM WILSON.— This is a vigorously written pamphlet, and tells some unpleasant truths with a smack of exagge- ration, we would fain hope. For certainly the clergy of the establishment are not quite so bad as, by inference, James Crow, Esq., would make them. LONDON REVIEW, No. 11.— EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. 133.— The London is as spirited and lively as ever; the Edinburgh is more energetic than it has been for some time past, and speaks out with a bold- ness and decision that remind us of old times. We have given in a former Journal extracts of the more remarkable articles of both these periodicals. There are in each a number of lighter, not less valuable papers, than those which are par excellence political. Amongst these we may notice a curious treatise on speaking machines in the London, and a critique on Mr. Whewell's book on the inductive sciences in the Edinburgh, in which the head of the learned and reverend Fellow is carved as cleanly as] ever was a calfs. BIRDS AND FLOWERS— DARTON AND CLARK.— This little volume, the first of a series, " has been written," says Mary Howitt, its author, " literally among birds and flowers," and she adds, " my earnest wish is that it may convey to many a young heart a relish for the enjoyment of quiet country pleasures." There is another wish which the modest poet does not breathe—• that it may beguile the languor of many an aged heart, by turning it back upon those young days when the freshness of nature and nature's works in the quiet country, had not been exchanged for the vapid enjoy- ments and sickly pleasures of the unquiet town. There is, indeed, the simplicity of the child in the author's mu- sings ; but there is also the wisdom of which a child- like simplicity is the fittest handmaiden. And happy are they, the favourite few of nature and her works, who, when they become men do not put off such childish things. To such the young of heart and affection this little volume will prove a most acceptable gift, whether their locks be hoary or sunny; and from all who have an ear for melodious measures, even where its tender- ness of sentiment may appeal in vain, its elegance of composition will not fail to elicit approbation. The book is, indeed, good all over— pure thoughts, laugh- ing images, pleasant diction, kindly in purpose, happy in execution. Aud as a crowner— the pencil of the artist and the skill of the typographer have been em ployed with equal taste and felicity, to set forth the beauties of the poet's fancy. The poetical pieces — for there are sprinklings here and there of sober ex- planatory prose— are forty- four in number, if our reckoning be right. Their very names make the heart to sing. The poor man's garden— the oak tree— little streams, burnies winding clear, as the Scotch bard calls them— the ivy bush— summer woods— sunshine! We thought of extracting " Sunshine;" but we prefer a bit of the " Poor Man's Garden ;" and there is sunshine there, too, that which a benevolent spirit never fails to scatter over the humblest spot, and the least pretending objects:— Ah, yes 1 the poor man's garden, It is great joy t « me, This little precious piece of ground Before his door to see. The rich man has his gardeners, The gardeners young and old, He never takes a spade in hand Nor worketh in the mould. It is not with the poor man so; Wealth, servants, he has none; And all the work that's done for him Must by himself be done. All day upon some weary task He toileth with good will; And back he comes at set of sun His garden plot to till. The rich man in his garden walks, And neath his garden trees, Wrapped in a dream of other things, He seems to take his ease. One moment he beholds his flowers, The next they are forgot; He eateth of the rarest fruits As though he ate them not. It is not with the poor man so, He knows each inch of ground, And every single plant and flower That grows within its bound. We must give the closing lines of " The Stormy Petrel" were it only that those who delight in sim- plicity and " naturality" may compare them with the stanzas for music under the same name, perpetrated by Mister Procter. There was a ship went down last night, A good ship and a fair, A costly freight within her lay, And many a soul was there. The night black storm was o'er her, And ' neath the caverned wave, In all her strength she perished, Nor skill of man could save. The cry of her great agony Went upward to the sky, She perished in her strength and pride, Nor human aid was nigh. But thou, O stormy Petrel, Went'st screaming o'er the foam ; Are there no tidings from that ship Which thou can'st carry home. Yes, He who raised the tempest up Sustained each drooping one, And God was present in the storm, Though human aid was none. The vignettes are the prettiest things we ever be- held ; the title page is a fitting vestibule to the sweets that follow; the decorated letters, and the tail pieces, are exquisite in design and execution. The outside is the only exception to the general beauty of the volume; it is almost too plain. This simplicity of exterior is, however, characteristic of its " friendly" author— sober without, and lovely within. POCAHONTAS, A New Historical Drama in Five Acts, with an In- troductory Essay and Notes, by a Citizen of the West. GEO. DEARBORN, 1837. [ We are indebted for the following account of this American drama— a production which forms too im- portant a feature in the history of Transatlantic litera- ture to be passed over— to a New York cotemporary, the Advertiser and Express, of the 11th ult.] The plot of this Drama is simple, and, as far as our recol- lections serve us, accurately historical. The time is the autumn of 1607, and the scene is laid in and about James- town, in Virginia. The Drama, therefore, illustrates the history of the first successful settlement of Europeans in Northern America, commencing about nine months after that settlement was first attempted. The piece opens with a dialogue between Hans Krabhuis, a Dutch carpenter, who afterwards betrayed the colony to the Indians, and John Laydon, whose courtship of Anne Burras forms the under- plot. Here, as one of the notes reminds us, the author also adheres to history; Laydon and Miss Burras having been the first European couple ever married in America. To- wards the close of the first act, John Smith, ( the Captain Smith so famous in the history of that period,) appears. Though nominally but one of the council, he enjoys, in fact, the power of president, and lias thus roused the envy of his fellow councillors, who tauntingly urge him to trace to its source, the Indian river, Chtckahoming, in hopes that amoHg the warlike tribes that inhabited its banks, he migh lose his life. Smith, though aware of their motives, resolves on the expedition. The second act opens with a scene between Pocahontas, the heroine of the piece, and her sister Nomony, and concludes with the celebrated scene, illustrated by a bas relief m the Rotunda of the Capitol, in which Pocahontas rescues Smith's life. Gratitude becomes, by an easy transition, love, in Smith; but Pocahontas, while evincing throughout the warmest filial affection towards him, has bestowed her heart on young Rolfe, her future husband. Smith's struggles with his unrequited passion, and his final generous cession of Pocahontas to Rolle, after he had, at the risk of his life, restored her from undeserved captivity, form the principal plot, relieved by scenes illus- trative of the astonishment produced in the simple natives by the mysteries of civilisation. There are several Indian speeches closely imitated, as the notes inform us, from actual " talks," as recorded by early historians; and the style of the whole Drama, in word, manner, and thought, is so much that of the Shakspearian age, that we are very readily led, as actors or spectators, into the very midst of these small beginnings, whose progress only thus far, has been the spread of civilisation over the immense continent of North America, and the establish, merit of civil and religious freedom, with a republican form of government, over 15,000,000 of people. Were it not that the title page proclaims the drama to be written by a citizen of the West, we should proclaim its impossibility, for the style of writing and the manner not only savours nothing of the luxuriance of language prevalent in the West, but it has more than the chasteness and strictness of the present New England School,— and much of that, very much, of the stiff, strong words of the very day in which the landing at Jamestown was effected,— when Bill Shaks- peare and Ben Johnson wrote, or when Burton wrote, a little later. A drama with such a national story, then, founded upon an event in our history, as important as the first settlement of Romulus and Ramus on the Palatine Hill, would com- mend itself to the nation apart from its merit; but when to the dignity of venerable history, ( and history and words, even, are constantly preserved in this drama,) are added the graces of choice, chaste and strong and beautiful poetry, we have an appeal to our taste as well as our patriotism, which needs but the player and the stage to bring home, all vivid and stirring, even to the popular mind of our day, what of danger, romance, and wonder, there was in the little colony at Jamestown, in 1610. Happily for the in- terests of the drama, the life of John Smith, who was one of the great men of a day of great men, is a life of poetry, and startling fact. From a chiralric warrior in Transyl- vania— but another Orlando Furiso there— he came as an explorer to James River, in Virginia,— and amid the present ruins of Jamestown, then again, with good sense, and all the romance of chivalry and curious love, he laid the founda- tions of this mighty, even now, among the mightiest em- pires of the day! To the drama, however, without more delay. Archer is one of the colonial counsellors. Smith was a counsellor also. Archer and Smith were rivals, and in opposition. By the influence of Archer, Smith was deposed. Smith was popular with the people of the colony, but Archer had more power in England,— for, as Archer says of Smith, he ever Is winning: riches, fayour, honour, power— Gaining over soldiers' hearts, paring the way, With his good sword, up to the Presidency. Ratcliffe was president of the Council, and Archer, after exciting his jealousy by making him believe that Smith was caballing for his place, goes on thus powerfully to describe what manner of a man he was;— ARCHER. Why, look you, RatclifFe ; It U not every man who has a will Some purpose faintly, and to- morrow's sun Sees their will change from what it was to day. Others, more constant, yet are culled away From what they will by pastime or convenience. Some hare a will that sleeps and wakes by fits ; A bluing, all- consuming fire one week, Or o'er the next, a dull and drifting smoke. But show mo him, who, when he wills a tiling. Wills it for ever— wills it hour by hour, And day by day— wills it, from youth to age. From age to death— a deep resolve, that turns As true to one unchanged and constant point, As needle to the pole— Inst thought at night And first at morn ; a will that slumbers not. But breaks, in dreams, through sleep ; a burnish wish, That, like the sacred flame in Vesta's temple, Lires on through chance and change by day, by night, Imperishing, unquenched! Show me the man Who wears about him such a will as that; And you have shown me one, whom nature formed To bend his fellows unto his caprice j In great things, or in small, for good or evil. To make his will the guide and rule of theirs. MARTIN. And such a man is Smith. Archer then goes on to plot to win the affections of the people from Smith, and to carry off the colonists to Eng- land,— and m contempt of one Martin, a counsellor, has gone off to pack up his gold dust, and of all such men, Archer pours forth the following soliloquy ARCHER. Lo! what an easy. baited fool is man? Seek him where'er you list, from pole to tropic. In East or Western World— take the Caucasian, Of ample forehead and symmetric limb, Or the dull, low- browed, unawakened CafTre ; The Patagonian, or dwarf Laplander; The gentle Islander of the Southern Seas, Ripened to prematurity, beneath The softening influence of a genial sky, Or the seal fisher, of far Arctic shores. Creeping to manhood, through the chills and darkness Of his drear, six months night; the dainty courtier, Fawning it in a tap'stried antechamber. Or the dusk Indian, rude and stern and free ; In his wild woods : take note of man in these And all his thousand strange diversities, And you will find him, civilised or savage, Yet the same easy fool, will spend his substance, Venture his life, barter his rery soul, To win an empty sound, yeclept— a TITLE! Or, if his poor ambition reach not eren So high as that, will follow, silly sheep, The first bell- wether that may cross his path ; Yielding, with loyal readiness, his will. In virtue of the tinkling ornament That decks his leader's neck. And here— even here— Amid these wild sarannahs, these rank forests. The self same bait will serre I Utta, an aged warrior, gives the following eloquent ac- count of the first landing of the English; — POWHATAN. Tell me, agod warrior, What hare you seen. UTTA. My Sachem I I will tell you. I've seen these Yengesse, when they landed first, Humble and friendly I craving our permission But for a single tree, to which they might Secure their big canoe. And then I heard them Say, that among their warriors some were sick. And longed for the green shelter of our foreBts. We suffered them to spread out their blankets there. And so they landed. Next their chief entreated For maize and renison,— that they might not starve. Winter came on. They could not leave us then. For there was too much ice. They promised us In spring they would bo gone. Meanwhile they begged For leave to put up wigwams, to defend thera Against the cold. That, too, we granted them. In spring, when ice was gone, they wanted land—. A little land, but just enough to grow Herbs for their soup. That, too, we granted them. At last, when they appeared to hare forgottoa Their promise of departure, and across The great Salt Lake, still other warriore came To join the first. We told them they must go. They pointed to the big guns round their wigwams And told us, they would stay. And they have stayed! And now, the same meek strangers, who once prayed But for the poor permission to make fast Their winged canoes upon our native shores— These self- same pale- faced strangers, if we fail To send them corn— the labour of our squaws— Bear- meat and venison— the hard- earned spoils Of an uncertain chase— why, they will threaten— Ay, by Agreskouay! and more than that, They loose their thunder on our sacred Okee, Kill braves and squaws, pillage our store houses. And act their will, as if the Mighty Spirit Had given this land to them, and not to us. You bade me tell you, Sachem, what I're seen ; I've told you. POWHATAN. You are wise. Your years are many. Again, he has another passage full of eloquence; and this occurs when Smith is informed of the issuing of a new Com- mission, nominating fresh officers. SMITH. Right noble names, and gallant- sounding titles ! What reasons, an' it please you, gives the Council For such a change ? RATCLIFFE. That they hare small content With what has yet been done, or with the emprise Of our good President. No route discorered To the South Sea ; no mines explored or worked ; No gold or silver gathered from the Indians ; No pearl fishery commenced j in short, While Spain lias gotten her uncounted riches From her New World, wo from ours hare wou Nothing that might repay the toil and treasure Expended on a colony like this. SMITH. Oh! they are wondrous wise, these merchant rulers ; Considerate— most considerate, i* faith! Merciful— so that mercy fills their purses ; Just— as' if justice would but turn to gold. With erery virtue underneath the sun. That will but yield the profit of a rice. I'm sick of will- and- will- not gentry, I; Men who would be at once both black and white ; Would pluck the fruits of Hell, on road to Heaven; Would serre two masters, and take hire from both ; Men, who will scorn a brazen consciensed cut- throat. Then grumble that they're not a cut- throat's pay; Expect the end, while they disclaim the means ; Coret the rich reward a villain earns. And deprecate the villainy that earns it; Would buy damnation in the Devil's market. Yet higgle at the price the Deril asks? BATCLIFFB. I must not sit, and hear such terms applied Unto our Council— SMITH. Now, I'd stake my life, These men would read Las Casas' blood- stained page. And start and weep orer the tale of crime ; How thou, of summer isles the loveliest. And most unfortunate, fair Hispaniola, Saw'st thy poor children, peaceful erst and bless'd. Torn from thy smiling vales,— to dig for gold ? Or, when they fled that torture, hunted down By bloodhounds, in their native mountain- wilds! How thy Caciques perished in treacherous flames ; How she— the noblest of thine island. daughters— Her nation's pride— Zaragua's hapless princess— Anacaona, graceful, beautiful, With but one fault, too gonerous kindness shown Unto cold- blooded wretches— how she met, Even at the hands of those her princely bounty Loaded with benefits— a felon's death! Yes, I'll be sworn they'll read these brutal horrors. And lift their eyes to Heaven, and thank their God They are not Spaniards. Yet they've small content- Ay, that's the phrase— in that tho Spanish coffer Groan beneath countless ingots, and, the while, Their own contain not, too, the price of blood. They twit you with a catalogue of treasures Obtained in Mexico, by Feruand Cortes; But speak of Guatimozin's bed of coals. Ask if they sanction hellish deeds like that— And straight their tlazael conscience take fire And cry—" What! are we dogs to do these things ?'• But yet they're small content!— Consistent souls! They miss the million and a half of pesos Ta'en by Pizarro as an Inca's ransom j Why then, a' God's name, let them cast aside These shackling, inconvenient, lady- scruples. That, in the wearing, mar so grievously Their rising fortunes'promise. Ay! and let them E'en seek them out— they'll find them by the thousand- Men who have Spanish hearts and iron hands. To do their dirty work; Men, who will bring home gold, and leave behind them A desert, strewed with bones, and soaked with blood 1 Of the merits of the piece for the stage, ( says the Adver- tiser,) we are not able to speak, for we have not that fa- miliarity with stage effect that is so necessary, on thil point, to form a proper opinion. VVe hope, however, some of our enterprising actors will take up the play, and make that familiar to the public, which every scholar and intelligent reader will peruse with pleasure in hie closet. The good old English style and taste in which the work ii written, il worthy of all commendation. f THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 11. OLIVER TWIST. ( From Bentley's Miscellany, No. II.) ( Continued.) " Theybelong to the old gentleman," said Oliver, wring- ing his hands,—" to the good, kind old gentleman who took me into his house, and had me nursed when I was near dying of the fever. Oh, pray send them back; send him back the books and money! Keep me here all my life long; but pray, pray send them back! He'll think I stole them;— the old lady, all of them that were so kind to me, will think I stole them. Ob, do have mercy upon me, and send them back!" With these words, which were uttered with all the energy of passionate grief, Oliver fell upon his knees at the Jew's feet, and beat his hands together in perfect desperation. " The boy's right, remarked Fagin, looking covertly round, and knitting his shaggy eyebrows into a hard knot. " You're right, Oliver, you're right; they will think you have stolen ' em. Ha! ha!" chuckled the Jew, rubbing his hands; " it could'nt have happened better if we had chosen our time!" " Of course it could'nt," replied Sikes; " I know'd that, directly 1 see him coming through Clerkenwell with the books under his arm. It's all right enough. They're soft- hearted psalm- singers, or they would'nt have took him in at all, and they'll ask no questions arter him, fear they should be obliged to prosecute, and so get him lagged. He's safe enough." Oliver had looked from one to the other while these words were being spoken, as if he were bewildered and could scarcely understand what passed ; but when Bill Sikes con- cluded, he jumped suddenly to his feet, and tore wildly from the room, uttering shrieks for help that made the bare old house echo to the roof. " Keep back the dog, Bill!" cried Nancy, springing before the door, and closing it as the Jew and his two pupils darted out in his pursuit; " keep back the dog, he'll tear the boy to pieces." *' Serve him right!" cried Sikes, struggling to disengage himself from the girl's grasp. " Stand off from me, or I'll split your skull against the wall!" " I don't care for that, Bill; I don't care for that," screamed the girl, struggling violently with the man ; " the child shan't be torn down by the dog, unless you kill me first." " Shan't he!" said Sikes, setting his teeth fiercely. " I'll Boon do that, if you don't keep off." The housebreaker flung the girl from him to the further end of the room, just as the Jew and the two boys returned, dragging Oliver among them. " What's the matter here?" said the Jew, looking round. " The girl's gone mad, I think," replied Sikes savagely. " No, she hasn't," said Nancy, pale and breathless from the scuffle; " no, she hasn't, Fagin ; don't think it." " Then keep quiet, will you ?" said the Jew with a threat- ening look. " No, I won't do that either," replied Nancy, speaking very loud. " Come, what do you think of that ?" Mr. Fagin was sufficiently well acquainted with the man- ners and customs of that particular species of humanity to which Miss Nancy belonged, to feel tolerably certain that it would be rather unsafe to prolong any conversation with her at present. With the view of diverting the attention of the company, he turned to Oliver. " So you wanted to get away, my dear, did you?" said the Jew, taking up a jagged and knotted club which lay in a corner of the fire- place ; " eh ?" Oliver made no reply, but he watched the Jew's motions and breathed quickly. " Wanted to get assistance,— called for the police, did you?" sneered the Jew, catching the boy by the arm. " We'll cure you of that, my dear." The Jew inflicted a smart blow on Oliver's shoulders with the club, and was raising it for a second, when the girl rush- ing forward, wrested it from his hand, and flung it into the fire with a force that brought some of the glowing coals whirling out into the room. " I won't stand by and see it done, Fagin," cried the girl. " You've got the boy, and what more would you have ? Let him be— let him be, or 1 shall put that mark on some of you that will bring me to the gallows before my time !" The girl stamped her foot violently on the floor as she vented this threat; and with her lips compressed, and her hands clenched, looked alternately at the Jew and the other robber, her face quite colourless from the passion of rage into which she had gradually worked herself. " Why, Nancy !" said the Jew in a soothing tone, after a pause, during which he and Mr. Sikes had stared at one another in a disconcerted manner, " you— you're more clever than ever to- night. Ha! ha! my dear, you are act- ing beautifully." " Am I?" said the girl. " Take care I don't overdo it; you will be the worse for it, Fagin, if I do; and so I tell you in good time to keep clear of me." There is something about a roused woman, especially if she add to all her other strong passions the fierce impulses of recklessness and despair, which few men like to provoke. The Jew saw that it would be hopeless to affect any further mistake regarding the reality of Miss Nancy's rage; and, shrinking involuntarily back, a few paces, cast a glance, half- imploring and half- cowardly, at Sikes, as if to hint that he was the fittest person to pursue the dialogue. Mr. Sikes thus mutely appealed to, and possibly feeling his personal pride and influence interested in the immediate reduction of Miss Nancy to reason, gave utterance to about a couple of score of curses and threats, the rapid delivery of which reflected great credit on the fertility of his invention. As they produced no visible effect on the object against whom they were discharged, however, he resorted to more tangible arguments. " What do you mean by this?" said Sikes, backing the in- quiry with a very common imprecation concerning the most beautiful of human features, which, if it were heard above, only once out of every fifty thousand times it is uttered be- low, would render blindness as common a disorder as measles; " what do you mean by it? Burn my body! do you know who you are, and what you are ?" " Oh, yes, I know all about it," replied the girl, laughing hysterically, and shaking her head from side to side with a poor assumption of indifference. " Well, then, keep quiet," rejoined Sikes with a growl like that he was accustomed to use when addressing his dog, " or I'll quiet you for a good long time to come." The girl laughed again, even less composedly than before, and, darting a hasty look at Sikes, turned her face aside, and bit her lip till the blood came. " You're a nice one," added Sikes, as he surveyed her with a contemptuous air, " to take up the humane and gen- teel side! A pretty subject for the child, as you call him, to make a friend of!" " God Almighty help me, I am!" cried the girl passion- ately ; " and I wish I had been struck dead in the street, or changed places with them we passed so near to- night, be- fore I had lent a hand in bringing him here. He's a thief, a liar, a devil, all that's bad, from this night forth; isn't that enough for the old wretch without blows?" " Come, come, Sikes," said the Jew, appealing to him in a remonstratory tone, and motioning towards the boys, who were eagerly attentive to all that passed; " we must have civil words,— civil words, Bill!" " Civil words!" cried the girl, whose passion was frightful to see. " Civil words, you villain ! Yes; you deserve'em from me. 1 thieved for you when I was a child not half so old as this ( pointing to Oliver). I have been in the same trade, and in the same service, for twelve years since; don't you know it? Speak out! don't you know it?" " Well, well!" replied the Jew, with an attempt at paci- fication ; " and, if you have, it's your living." " Ah, it is !" returned the girl, not speaking, but pouring out the words in onecontinuous and vehement scream. " It is my living, and the cold, wet, dirty streets are my home; and you're the wretch that drove me to them long ago, and that'll keep me there day and night, day and night, till I die!" " I shall do you a mischief!" interposed the Jew, goaded by these reproaches; " a mischief worse than that if you say much more!" The girl said no more ; but tearing her hair and dress in a transpoi t of phrensy, made such a rush at the Jew as would probably have left signal marks of her revenge upon him had not her wrists been seised by Sikes at the right mo- ment ; upon which she madea lew ineffectual struggles, and fainted. " She's all right now," said Sikes, laying her down in a corner. " She's uncommon strong in the arms when she's up in this way." The Jew wiped his forehead, and smiled, as if it were a relief to have the disturbance over; but neither lie, nor Sikes, nor the dog, nor the boys, seemed to consider it in any other light than a common occurrence incidental to bu- siness. " It's the worst of having to do with women," said the Jew, replacing the club; " but they're clever, and we can't get on in our line without ' em.— Charley, show Oliver to bed." " I suppose he'd better not wear his best clothes to- mor- row, Fagin, bad he?" inquired Charley Bates. " Certainly not," replied the Jew, reciprocating the grin with which Charley put the question. Master Bates, apparently much delighted with his com- mission, took the cleft stick, and led Oliver into an adjacent kitchen, where there were two or three of the beds on which he had slept before; and here, with many uncontrol- lable bursts of laughter, he produced the identical old suit of clothes which Oliver had so much congratulated himself upon leaving off at Mr. Brownlow's, and the accidental dis- play of which to Fagin by the Jew who purchased them, had been the very first clue received of his whereabout. " Full off the smart ones," said Charley, " and I'll give ' em to Fagin to take care of. What fun it is!" Poor Oliver unwillingly complied; and Master Bates, rolling up the new clothes under his arm, departed from the room, leaving Oliver in the daik, and locking the door be- hind him. The noise of Charley's laughter, and the voice of Miss Betsy, who opportunely airived to throw water over her friend, and perform other feminine offices for the promotion of her recovery, might have kept many people awake under more happy circumstances than those in which Oliver was placed; but he was sick and weary, and soon fell sound asleep. ( To be continued.) NATIONAL EDUCATION. GREAT FESTIVAL AT MANCHESTER. We tfiink we shall best fulfil our promise of last week that we should, in our present number, give some account of this splendid meeting', which consisted, the Guardian says, of not less than 2,000 individuals, by giving- Mr. Wyse's speech entire. The other speeches, though good, are all more or less similar— in spirit and purpose entirely— to that of the honourable gentle man :—• Tho6. Wyse, Esq., rose am'dst loud demonstrations of applause, which lasted for several minutes. On its subsiding he said ( reading from the Rev. Hugh Stoweli's pamphlet)— " Inhabitants of Manchester, be not trepanned by plausible pretexts into sanctioning a scheme which appears to be un- necessary, unfair, unhallowed, and injurious." So say I. ( Loud cheers and laughter.) " Ascertain your ground before you enter upon it." So say I. ( Renewed cheers and laughter.) " You have the character of being a prudent people; vindicate your claim to that distinction at the pre- sent juncture." So say I. ( Continued cheering and bursts of laughter.) " Do not by your presence swell the influ- ence of a meeting which, to say the least of it, presents itself under a most suspicious guise. Let the magnificent mani- festation of feeling on this occasion, give the writer the an- swer to his assumption. ( Tremendous and long- continued bursts of cheering, accompanied by waving of handkerchiefs and hats.) No, it is no ordinary meeting. In times of great political and sectarian hostility we are assembled here on a great and important question. ( Hear.) It is no political, no sectarian, no party meeting: we are assembled here to- night, not to give assendaricy to any man, but light and heat to all. ( Cheers.) There is no sect here but Christianity. No citizens here but of one state, assembled here for one object— the cultivation of the human mind. ( Cheers.) Who have a better and a deeper responsibility attached to them than the mothers, and sisters, and wives of English, men in the great cause in which we are assembled ? ( Hear.) To whom is the destiny of young England confided, but to them? They make our future. ( Loud cheers.) This, then, is our answer, and the presence of this great assem- bly is a proof that we have not needed an admonition even from the accredited guardian of the religious interests of Manchester. ( Laughter.) There are four descriptions of men who oppose education. The first class are opposed to it as an evil in itself: another admit the propriety of educa- tion, but are divided upon its means ; the third class assent to the meaning of education, but imagine that we have it; the fourth are convinced that we are without it, and yet cross their arms and remain where they are. The first class are of two descriptions— one the wise in their generation, but also the corrupt; and the others are the honest but the wise, those who hate and those who fear it. These are the men who detest education, because they love power, and they know that education is power. ( Cheers.) They know it, and they would sooner place a despot on the throne, than give it to the people. These are the men who would ex- tinguish the language of Poland from amongst its inhabi- tants— who opposed the spread of education in France at the time ol the revolution— the men who oppose its intro- duction among the slaves of the West Indies, and who would still have kept Ireland in its shackles. These are the men who detest education for the people, and who value it only for themselves. But while they inflict the lash, they should recollect that it may be turned against themselves. It is not always that the knave can find the fool to be his instrument. The other opponents of educa- tion, are they who regard it as placing a steam- engine in the bands of the child— who look forward to its consequences with apprehension, lest it should produce mischief. These are they who dread an evil in every new discovery of science — who regard the balloon, as it soars in space, as trespassing upon the domains of the Almighty— who believe that the geologist is undermining religion by his discoveries— and who believe that philosophy is but another name for irreligion. Why should there be any Braminical law to tie up this arm? The God who gave us the arm gave us the instinct to think! ( Cheers.) There are those who think that to give the people the power to use their thinking faculties would be to arm man with a power dangerous to himself. And is it the church— a protesting church— that would oppose education? A church calling on men to inquire a church calling upon man to judge according to his inquiry — and a church, too, calling upon men to act according to their honest judgment afler such inquiry— is such a church to stand forward at this hour against the progress of light amongst the people? ( Hear.) Is it to say that it deposes merely to usurp ? ( Hear, hear.) Is it to say that when it opens the book of life, and prides itself upon the achieve- ment, it should set its seal upon that other book, and pre- vent man from finding out in it new evidences of the exis- tence and omnipotence of Divine Providence, and new motives for adoring the munificence of his God. ( Loud cheers.) Such a church I do not believe the Protestant church to be ! I must vindicate its faith against its anti- protestant supporters. The lion, member then adverted to the opposition which had always been held out in this country against education in every shape— the difficulties which Lancaster and Bell had to contend with in their sys- tems. The Sunday- school system came in its turn, and that too met with its opposition, and was stigmatised as a base and unhallowed system ! ( Hear.) The opponents of na- tional education said we must have the bible— the whole bible, in the schools. This he should not oppose— nay, he would go much further than they did, for be believed that an intellectual and physical education, without moral educa- tion, was like putting arms into the hands of the fool or tke madman. ( Cheers.) Above all be would advise, if they must have a national system of education, not to have a division. He knew not of a Unitarian nation, of a Ca- tholic nation, or of a Protestant nation— be knew tut of a British nation, and therefore he would say let us have none but a British national system of education. ( Loud cheers.) Did such a system of education exist in England ? (" No!") He should best meet the assertions of those who said that the means of education in the country were ample, by appealing to the facts shown in the statistical returns furnished by a number of gentlemen who had collected them with great care and trouble, and whose character was above impeachment. These returns were as follow: — NUMBER OP SCHOOLS AND SCHOLARS. Manchester Population 200,000, of whom 10,108 attend day and evening schools only. 10,011 attend both day and evening schools. 23,185 attend Sunday schools only. 43,304 The number of persons receiving education of some kind or other is thus, 21.65 percent, of the whole population. De- ducting 10,000 for scholars under 5 aud above 15. which is probably somewhat less than the truth, and taking 50,000, the number of children between 5 and 15, it would appear that only two- thirds were educated, and one- third were receiving no instruction at all. Salford Population 55,000. Receiving no instruction 3,060, 22J per cent of population. Bury— Population 20,000. Receiving no education 700. Liverpool. — Population : Number of children between 5 and 15 57,200. Receiving education 27,200. Receiving no education 30,000,— more than half. In short, not more than one- half of the entire number of children of England had at this moment the means of being educated. ( Hear.) Well might the commissioners in their report to the House of Commons say that an im- mense number are without instruction, whilst their parents were anxious to obtain it. In fact if they looked for the people's schools, where would they find them but in some garret or cellar, conducted by a broken down soldier or superannuated old woman, who was fit for nothing else, and certainly not fit for that purpose. Mr. Wyse then went on to describe the nature of the education given in the schools of Prussia, the expense of which is defrayed by a tax on the whole community. From the system pursued there was no sacrifice of the powers of the body to the mind, or of the poweis of the mind to the body. In addition to the native language, German, Latin, Natural His- tory, & c., were taught, and this for the enormous ex- pense of 86s. a year for each scholar. Such was the system of instruction now practised in the German States, Nassau, Bavaria, Switzerland, Prussia, and Denmark. Did not the people of these countries, in consequence of their education, rival ourselves in order, intelligence, and tranquillity? But a few years ago Switzerland was remarkable for its disorganization ; but such had been the recent improvement in the government and internal management of its affairs, that the importation of ma- chinery was allowed, and trade was rendered free— thus encouraging importation, by permitting imports to their own country. Prussia, with her dame schools as bad a « ours, and their endowments as bad as ours— with bad teachers and worse scholars, was contented with her sys- tem ; but, in 1770, one arose amongst them who pointed out the evil, and its remedy. This remedy was a sytem truly national, which was uniformly established throughout the country. ( Hear, hear.) It was imitated in all the other States of Germany, and finally France itself, whoMiad repudiated education at the time of the revolution, sent out her first philosopher, and he came back and naturalised the Prussian system in France. He thought it was time that this country should look forward to a system of national education. How was it to be obtained? He should say that the government on one side should give the impulse by the foundation of schools, and supply them with teachers; but that on the other side, the people should have a salutary controul over them in the appointment of theirown teachers and committees of management. The committee should have the power of deciding whether a school may be neces- sary in each district. In Switzerland the government pro- vided the means of establishing the school, the only thing required in return being that the scholars should be afforded a certain amount of physical and intellectual education ; that they should have good teachers and report to govern- ment, in order that it might be seen that they properly ex- pended the money of the state. So he would have it here. He gave great praise to the ministry for what they had done; they had shown a zeal for the education of the many; and if they had not gone to the full length which they desired, it was because their hands had been manacled, and they had been waiting for a favourable opportunity to throw their manacles off. ( Tremendous cheering.) They bad admitted that the state was the father of the sub- jects, and that education belonging to all ought to be the care of all. They had admitted in Ireland a system fitted for Ireland, and they had gone as far in Eng- land as circumstances would allow. With respect to the extent, he would have it co- extensive with the nation, and he trusted that we should vindicate our system of education from the disturbance of fanaticism on one side and from the divisions of sect on the other. Carrying into effect such a system of education, we should no longer be the scorn and scoff of surrounding nations. When a few yeais back be stood in the House of Commons as its advocate, he had to fight tile battle night after night single- banded, without having even a seconder to support him in the struggle. He bad then the same hopes of success as he had now in the midst of thousands! The lion, gentleman sat down amidst long- continued cheering. THE RHONE The Rhone is a violent and indomitable river; it pierces the lake of Geneva, and cleaves the chain of the Jura at a bound ; it dashes away from Lyons with the gentle Soone in its rude arms, and descends the broad and singular valley which separates Dauphiny from Langue- doc. The whole country partakes of the character of the river; the hills are bare, for the revolution, which has left its traces on all the soil of France, swept away the woods and thickets which once surrounded the chateau and crested the lordly domain; the wines grown upon the banks are hot and spicy; the crags through which the Rhone has driven its way, and the rocks it hurls upon its passage, have a savage aspect; the low- roofed stone cot- tages, which border the road at intervals, like the houses of a Roman street, have the air of Roman strength, and the population unites the ardour of the south to the energy and perseverance of the north. Such is the country in which the Roman colonies and the Christian churches of France were first implanted; where the provincial spirit has been most sturdily maintained; where the Protestants kept, and still keep, their footing on the soil; where Mirabeau and Barnarve were born ; and where the signal of the French revolution was given by the assembly of the states of Dau- phiny in 1788, at the chateau de Vizille. As we travelled southward from Vienne, we were more and more struck by the melancholy severity of the landscape. The soil looked as if it never cooled; the mulberry- trees were already stripped, in part, of their second leafage, and their naked stalks dangled in the wind. Sic vos non vobis, oh, mul- berry boughs ! I know none of God's plants so ill- treated as you, for the peasants take the tender sprouts of your spring to feed their silk- worms, and the big leaves of your autumn to fodder their cattle. Thus we journeyed onwards in the dazzling dreariness of the sunshine, amidst clouds of intolerable dust, crossed ever and anon by long caravans of roulage, drawn by tall mules, till we came to the towns of Tournon and Tain, situated on the opposite banks of the river. The boatmen of the Rhone, as they float down its rapid current without either sail or oar, slill call the right bank of the stream Le'Royaume, and the left L'Empire; on the side of the department of the ArdSche, the eld castle of the Soubises still frowns upon the opposite bank, from the rock of Tournon, as if it were a border fortress to pro- tect the territories of the king from the attacks of some un- duteous Dauphin, the claims of a free province, or the threats of a foreign suzerain.— ithenaum. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. TO THOSE THAT CAN JUDGE FOR THEMSELVES. The report of the deputation that waited upon Lord Melbourne, clearly proves that there is no hope left to the people but in their own exertions; hasten then to join the. Political Union, and endeavour through it to obtain what must be equally beneficial to all— a better representation in Parliament of the industrious classes. A FRIEND TO THE BEES. November 10, 1837. THE BALLOT. " But, my dear sir, you have not stated in all its strength the moral argument against secret voting-. The objection is not merely that it would enable and perhaps induce the elector to vote contrary to his pro- mise, but that he always might, and frequently would, give the promise, while there existed in his mind a predetermination to break it. It is this wilful, hor- rible ' foregone conclusion' sort of mental depravity to which the elector would be exposed by the Ballot. Lying most foul as in the best it is, But this most foul Think of the predetermination, my dear sir, and give up the Ballot." " We have thought of the ' predetermination,' but we will not give up the Ballot." " No: and it is this which makes Radicalism at once so hideous and absurd. Hideous in seeking- its means through the most fatal depravation of the people — absurd in making the means destructive of the end ; for an immoral people can never be permanently free." " Beat not the air so valiantly, most virtuous signor. Our end is good, and our means destroy it not. Your ' predetermination' has been answered." " How P when P where ?" " When and where ? In our last article which adorned the Journal about two months ag- o—' nay not so much, not two.' How? Thus. We left you, exceed- ing moral gentlemen, impaled aud writhing on the following dilemma. Either with the most nauseous gorge- raising hypocrisy, you urge against the Ballot the facilities which it will afford for deception,— or, under the Ballot, you will religiously abstain from the slightest approximation to the evil which you dread. We will assume merely for argument's sake that you are not the most contemptible political Tar- tuffes,— that you are sincerely anxious for the moral welfare of the constituency, and then it is palpable that nothing but a modesty equal to your goodness has prevented you from being assured that your vir- tue will rise with the occasion:— that if you would leave the elector to his conscience rather than by soli- citation expose him to the venial offence of practising deception, how much more will you so leave him, rather than incur the risk of making him a ' wilful, horrible, predetermined' liar. If the apprehension of a pricked finger thus excites your sympathy, what would the danger of a cut- throat do ?" Most virtuous objectors ! How is it, that while you are so lynx- eyed to the possible immorality of the ballot, you are blind as beetles and deaf as adders to the actual horrors of opeu voting? Is it nothing, oh ye conscientious people, ye modern Aristides, that the worthier candidate is defrauded of his right*— that the Senate is infected and its legislation marred by men who represent not the country's sentiments ? Are op- pression and intimidation nothing? Is the bartered conscience nothing- ? Are debauchery, violence, and murder nothing ? Answer, ye gnat- straining, camel- swallowing Pharisees, answer! AETOS. * Paley, no ultra- Radical moralist, says, that the man who, by a partial, prejudiced, or corrupt vote, contributes to this, commits a far greater crime than he who filches a book from a library, or picks a pocket of its handkerchief. And Paley might have added, that if the man who inter- feres with the elector's conscience does not pick his pocket, it is not from respect to the rights of property that he ab- stains, but from fear of the law. He who despises the greater would not regard the less. How much more worthy of the tread- mill or of Botany Bay is the moral tempter, than the pickpocket or the burglar! A SECOND VOLUME OF MARIA MONK. SIR,— Shortly after the appearance of Maria Monk's " Awful Disclosures," the editor of the Boston Pilot, ( United States,) informed the public that he possessed a copy of a work printed in 1731, and called " The Gates of Hell, or a developement of the secrets of the Nunneries," that a person borrowed this work of him, and kept it several months, and that this person soon after produced the " Awful Disclosures," which pro- duction is little more than a fac- simile of the other. It appears that, during the year 1836, another volume was projected. A young man, well known in Birmingham, of which place he is a native, having, by a long course of depravity, destroyed all the hopes and exhausted the patience of his friends, went over to America, where, continuing the same irregular life, he became reduced to the greatest destitution. In this state of things he applied for relief to a Mr. Cox, of New York, a member of a society called St. George's Society, and in the letter containing the application he makes the following statement:— " After having suffered severely during six months, and been upon the point of starving, I engaged, some mouths since, to write, for a man named Hoyt,* a second volume of Maria Monk's " Disclosures," for which I was to receive 100 dollars a month. I wrote for six weeks, but have never been able to obtain pay- ment from Noyt, although he is now, to my certain knowledge, in possession of several thousand dollars." The w riter adds, in another part of the letter, " I have engaged with Messrs. Matchell, ( Chatham- street) to write a novel, for which I shall be liberally paid." The letter is dated New York, August 24, 1836. Thus it is that the personal character of numerous individuals, and the religious creed of the majority of Christians, are committed to the caprice of the hired novelist, in order to fill the pockets, and administer to the sensuality of a professing minister of the Gospel. Surely even the most bigoted of this man's dupes will at length open their eyes to the imposture, for which they have paid so largely. In conclusion, allow me to add, that, through a train of singular circumstances, the original letter, from which the preceding extracts are taken, has fallen into my hands, and that it may be inspected by any one who doubts my assertion. I am, & c., T. M. M'DONNELL. St. Peter's- place, Nov. 9, 1837. * This name is spelled Hoyte in Mrs. Monk's affidavit. He was the seducer of Maria Monk. COUNTRY MARKETS, & c. BIRMINGHAM MARKET. Corn Market, November 9. A good supply of Wheat to this day's market, with but little dis- position by the millers to buy, unless at a reduction in price, which the holders would not submit to, and the little business transacted was atthe rateB of this day se'nnight.— Malting Barley fully main, tained the terms of last week ; grinding a dull sale, at a little less money— Oats support the prices of last week.— Beans continue scarce, and the few offering sold at an advance of 3d. to 6d. per bag. — No alteration in the value of Peas, WHEAT- perS- 2tbs. s. d. s. d. Old 8 0 — 7 4 New 5 6 — 7 4 Irisli 5 6 — 6 9 BARLEY— per Imp. Quarter. For Malting 38 0 — 42 0 For Grinding, per49lbs 3 3 — 3 6 M ALT— per Imperial Bushel. Old and new 6 9— 79 OATS- per391bs. Old 3 3 — 3 6 New 3 0 — 3 6 Irish 2 6 — 3 3 BEANS— perbag, lOtcoregross s. d. s. d. Old 16 6 — 18 0 New 0 0 — 0 0 PEAS— perbag of 3 Bush. Imp. FOR I10IMNG. White 17 0 — IS 6 Grey 16 6 — 17 6 FOR GRINDING. per bag of 10 score 14 9 — 15 3 White 15 0 — 15 6 FLOUR— per sack ofia01bs. net. Fine 44 0 — 45 0 Seconds.... 39 0 — 41 0 The following is the statement in Messrs. Sturge's circular :— PRESENT PRICES OF GRAIN. Birmingham, November 9, 1837. WHEAT, English, White, per bushel of 621b. Old English, Red Old Irish, White Red Old Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. Quarter Irish —— —— Grinding, per Quarter of 39- 21bs. -—~ OATS, English, White, per Imperial Quarter Welsh, Black and White, per 3121bs. Irish, ( weighing 41 to 4- 2lbs.) do. ( 37to391bs.)„ » » „ » ~ do. Black , do. BEANS, English, Old, per bushel of 651bs. New Irish. Foreign PEAS, Boiling, per Imp. Quarter Grinding, per Quarter ol 3921bs FLOUR, English, Fine, per Sack of 2801bs. Seconds Gloucester, November 4, 1837. s. d. s. d. WHEAT, English, White, per Imp. Bushel 6 3 to 7 8 English, Red _„„. — 5 9 .. 7 Old . 7 1 .. 7 Irish, White, per 601bs. ™ . . 6 0 .. 6 Red — 5 9 .. 6 Old 5 6 .. 6 Foreign —. wottHraaZ 6 BARLEY, English, Malting, por Imp. Quarter 3- 2 Grinding, per Quarter of 39' 21bs. -— . - 22 OATS, English, White, per Imp. Quarter 20 Welsh, Black aud White 20 .. 7 .. 37 .. 32 .. 25 34 0 23 0 Irish ( weighing 41 to 421bs); per Qr. of3121bs. 21 0 .. 24 0 ( 37 to 391bs.) Black. BEANS, English, Old, per Imp. Bushel New — — PEAS, Boiling, per Imp. Quarter Grinding, per Quarter of 39* 21bs. , FLOUR, English, Fine, per sack of2801bs. Irish 20 0 20 6 ~ nominal 5 0 4 10 . 40 0 . 28 0 . 44 0 , 41 0 .. 5 .. 5 .. 5 .. 5 .. 51 .. 31 .. 46 .. 43 GLOUCESTER WEEKLY AVERAGE. Qrs. Bush. Wheat Barley Oats ~ Beans Peas „ 447 285 234 137 0 d 50 4 28 7 21 9 37 5 0 0 Wheat Barley Oats „ Peas ~ Beans WORCESTER WEEKLY AVERAGE. Qrs. Bush. , 886 3 . 364 0 — . 76 2 .. s. d. . 54 6 . 34 10 . 0 0 . 0 0 . 36 1 Birmingham, November 9, 1837. At Gloucester and Worcester markets on Saturday Wheat was Is. to 2s. per quarter dearer ; the supply larger than for some weeks previous. Malting Barley unaltered in value, but little doing in grinding. Oats held firmly for quite as much money, but only limited sales were effected. Fine old English Beans scarce and fully as dear. Foreign plentiful and dull, as also were new English. During the present week the supply of Wheat has continued very short, and realised Is. to 2s. per quarter over last market day's cur- rency. Malting Barley a good deal enquired for, and parcels which can be warranted to work, saleable at some advance. Grinding ueglected. Old Beans of all descriptions in improved demand. Some parcels of Oats have changed hands at last week's prices. Nothing doing worth notice in boiling or grinding Peas. At this day's market the supply of Wheat was good ; early in the day it met a slow sale at an advance of Is. per quarter, but at the close no improvement could be realised. Good malting Barley scarce and Is. per quarter dearer; grinding a free sale, at fully the prices of this day se'nnight. Prime Oats saleable at former currency, but all other qualities were neglected. In Beans and Peas no alteration. IMPORTS INTO GLOUCESTER From the 1 st to the 1th inst. Wheat. Oats. Barley. Beans. Qrs 1452 Qrs Qrs Qrs Coastwise.. Qra 198 Qrs Qrs Qrs Foreign.... Qrs Qrs Qr. Qr. Peat. Flour. Bye. Vetches. Qrs 20 Sacks Qrs Qrs CoastwiBe.. Qr « Sacks Qr. Qra Foreign.... Qr » Sacks Qrs Qr. WARWICK, SATURDAY, Nov. 4 Wheat, per bag, old 21s 6d to 22s Od ; new, 21s Od to 22s 6d ; Barley, per quarter, 34s Od to 38s Od ; grinding, 27s Od to 30s Od ; Oats, 32s Od to34s Od ; New, 26s Od to 30 » 0d; Peas, per bag, 17s Od to 19s Od ; Beans, 16s Od to I7s6d; new, 14s Od to 15s Od; Vetches, 0s Od to 0s Od; Malt, 60s Od to 64s Od per quarter. HEREFORD, NOV. 4.— Wheat, per bushel Imperial measure, 7s Od to 7s 6d. Ditto, new, per bushel, 7s Od to 7s 6d. Barley, 3s 9d to 4s Od. Beans, 5s 6d to 6s Od. Peas, 5s Od to 08 Od. Vetches, 3s 9d to 4s Od. Oats, 3s Od to 4s Od. CHELTENHAM, NOV. 2.— New Wheat, 6s 6d to 7s Od per bushel. Old Wheat, 7s Od to 7s 6d. Barley, 3s 6d to 5s Od. Oats, 3s 3d to 4s 3d. Beans, 5s 6d to 5s lOd. Hop INTELLIGENCE Worcester, November 8.— There was a steady demand in our market on Saturday for all descriptions of hops, al- though the preference was given to the finest and best samples. The fresh supply from the planters was very scanty, and altogether not more than 1,000 pockets were pitched for sale; the greater part of which were disposed of at last week's rates. There were but few country buyers pi esent, or prices would probably have been again higher. Number of pockets weighed on Saturday, 855 new, 58 old; ditto in the week, 682 new, and 59 old. Borough, November 6.— The demand for hops has been more regular during the past week, and prices have become steady.— The estimated duty has now settled itself at 173m,; it will most likely be declared during the present week— then the market will enjoy its usual activity. Prices being very low, speculation must follow for a rise, as the growth will not exceed the con- sumption. Present Prices, per cwt.:— East Kent Pockets, £ 4 4s. to £ 6 6s. fine £ 0 0s. ; ditto bags, £ 4 Os. to £ 5 5s. fine £ 0 0s. ; Mid Kent Pockets, £ 3 15s. to £ 4 15s. fine £ 6 6s.; ditto bags, £ 3 103. to £ 4 10s. fine £ 5 5s. ; Wealil of Kent, Poc- kets, £ 3 3s. to £ 3 15s. fine £ 4 4s.; Sussex pockets, £ 3 3s. to £ 3 10s. fine £ 4 4s.; Yearlings, £ 2 I6s. to £ 3 10s. fine £ 3 15s.; 014 Olds, 18s. to £ 1 10s. fine £ 2 2s. FAIRS TO BE HOLDEN.— Warwickshire— November 22, Rugby Northamptonshire— November 13, Daventry ; 23, Higliam Ferrers.— Leicestershire— November 9, Lutterworth ; 10, Asliby- de- la- Zouch; 13, Loughborough ; 21, Market Harborough.— Oxfordshire— Novem- ber 13, Woodcott i 16, Chipping Norton, Banbury.— Staffordshire— November 13, Leek ; 14, Sandon ; 17, Hay ward Heath. Barometer at noon. Ex- treme during night. Ther- mome- ters mom. Extreme heat during day. Ther- mome- ter at noon. State of Wind at noon. Remark! at noon. Nov. , 4 29 30 38 0 44 0 50 0 44 0 N Rain 5 29 60 38 0 46 0 50 0 48 0 N Rain 6 29 65 36 0 40 0 50 0 44 0 S Rain 7 29 80 36 0 46 0 52 0 46 0 SW Rniu 8 29 85 30 0 44 0 50 0 40 0 sw Rain 9 29 80 35 0 48 0 52 0 48 0 sw Rain 10 29 60 0 52 0 60 0 58 0 w Rain GLOUCESTER SHIP NEWS, From November 3 to November 8. IMPORTS .- The Restitution, from Quebec, with 861 pieces of fir timber, 10- 1- 26 deals, 5- 3- 10 deal ends, 4- 1- 11 staves, 6- 3.9 staves, and 1} fathom of lathwood, consigned to Forster— Harmony, Quebec, 397- 2 pieces of deals, 386 deal ends, 1363 pieces of side staves, and 3200 W. T. staves, Forster— Martha, Watcrford, 640 barrels of barley and 20 sacks of flour, Phillpotts and Co.; 1040 barrels of oats, J. an*- C. Sturge; 30 firkins of butter, M'Cheane and Co.— Devonshire, Waterford, 10 bales of bacon and 1519 barrels of oats, J. and C. Sturge— George, Wexford, 501 barrels of barley and 250 barrels of oats, J. and C. Sturge— Aunt, Dmidalk, 564 barrels of oats, M'Cheane and Co Jessie, Cork, 1017 barrels of oats, M'Cheaueand Co.— Eliza, Bantry, 1500 barrels of oats, Wait aud Co.— Tamar, London, geneial cargo, Brown; 5 butts, 8 hogsheads, Sy casks, 13 cases, and 4 hampers of wine, Sliipton; 1 puncheon of compoo, Martin and Co.; 1 butt and 1 hogshead of wine, Haviland; 10 puncheons of B. compoo, Kent and Sons— Severn, Bridgwater, general cargo, Stuckey and Co.— Earl Grey, Carmarthen, 560 barrels of oats, J. and C. Sturge; 50 casks of butter, Morris; 21 casks of butter, Heath ; 20 casks of butter, Dank and Co.— Eunice, Newry, 804 tons of oats, J. and C. Sturge— Fly, Milford, 171 quarters of oats, Viniug and Co.— William, Cardiff, 20 tons of coke, Montague — Traveller, Newport, 40 tons of coals, Montague— Newport Trader, Newport, general cargo, Southan— Hope, Mumbles, 170 barrels of oysters, Southan— Three Brothers, Cardiff, ballast, Southan. EXPORTS : The Castilian Maid, for Portsmouth, with 100 tons of salt and 9 tons of bricks, from Brown— Severn, Bridgwater, 20 tons of salt, 4 tons of bricks, 14 tons of ironmongery, and 4 tons of sun- dries, Stuckey and Co.— Belinda, Swansea, I6J tons of bricks, 3 tons of salt, and 6 tons of ironmongery, Southan— Hazard, Bideford, 5 tons of salt, 3 tons of bricks, and § of a ton of cheese, Southan— Mary, Newport, 30 tons of salt, Brown— Hope, Newpolt, 20 tons of salt, Southan. TOWN INFIRMARY, Nov. 10.— Surgeon of the week, Mr. Berry. Patients admitted, 20; discharged, 12; in the house, 143. Out. patientB visited and in attendance, 735. Midwifery cases, 8. GENERAL HOSPITAL, Nov. 10.— Physician and Surgeon of the Patients of the week, Dr. J. Johnstone and Mr. Vaux. Visitors, Mr. J. Turner and Rev. J. Gaibett. In- patients admitted, 30; out, 131. Iu- patients discharged, 30; out, 69. Remaiuingiu the house, 183. BIRMINGHAM DISPENSARY, Nov. 10 Sick patients relieved, 392; midwifery cases, 18. STATE OF THE WORKHOUSE UP TO NOV. 7. In the House Admittedsince . Born in the House Discligd, absconded and dead* Total of each . Wo. INFANTS. Men. men. Boys. Girls. Male. Fern. Total. 176 201 13 10 9 14 42S 26 17 3 3 12 5 66 1 1 202 218 16 13 21 20 490 7 6 2 1 16 195 212 14 12 21 20 474 Number of Cases relieved last week .... NumberofChildren in the Asylum... , * Of whom 3 men died. . 3,076 . 295 METEOROLOGICAL DIARY. FURNISIIELLBY MR. WOLLER, E l » G D ASTON- ST R E ET. BIRTHS. 0: i the 4th inst., at Grove Park, Warwick, Lady Dormer, of a son. On the 1st inst., the lady of Robert Peel, Esq., of Bur- ton- upon- Trent, of a son. MARRIAGES. On Tuesday last, at the office of the Aston Superintendent Registrar, Mr. John Cooksey, late of Sutton Park, to Miss Ann Capener, of Erdington. On Tuesday, at St. George's Church, William Beau- champ, Esq., of Slough, to Mrs. Ann Morris, of this town. On the 7th inst., at the Collegiate Church, Wolverhamp- ton, Mr. John Batte, auctioneer, of Bilston, to Peggy, relict of the late Samuel Lowe, Esq., of the same place. On the 4th inst., at the Collegiate Church, Wolverhamp- ton, Mr. Frederick William Pugli, to Miss Jane Cordall, both of Bilston. On the 7th inst., at the Collegiate Church, Wolverhamp- ton, Mr. R. Moore, to Isabella, widow of the late Mr. Woolley, both of Wolverhampton. On the 7th inst., at Great Hampton, near Evesham, Mr. Thomas Sansome, of that place, to Mary, eldest daughter of Air. George Lunn, of Chadbury, Worcestershire. On the 1st inst., nt Tardebigg, by the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Aston, Christopher Royston, Esq., of Redditch, to Sarah, eldest daughter of Edward Parks, Esq., of the same place. DEATHS. On the 8th inst., in her 83rd year, at the house of her son- in- law, Mr. Lilly, of the Wellington- road, Mrs. Smith, widow of the late Mr. Smith, of the Old Union Mill. On the 9th inst., at the residence of Mrs. Glover, his sister, at Spring Hill, George Storer Mansfield, gent., aged 73. On Tuesday, aged 74, Mr. Stubbs, of Bath- row, formerly of Deritend. On the 24th ult., at Sidmouth, after a long and painful illness, deeply regretted by his family and friends, James Harrison, Esq., late of Calthorpe street, Edgbaston. On Wednesday last, Allice Emma, infant daughter of Mr. Matthias Green, of Bath- street. On Sunday, at Temple Balsall, in this county, Elizabeth, wife of the Rev. John Short, aged 62 years. On Saturday last, aged 44, after a few days' illness, deeply regretted, Mary, wife of Mr. Abraham Cox, of the Aston- road, and eldest daughter of the late Mr. John Overton. On Monday last, at Sandon, Mr. Sampson Tomiirison, aged 79. On Saturday, aged 33, Mary, wife of Mr. Charles Mitchell, of Field House, near Alstonefield. On Monday week, deeply regretted by his family and friends, Mr. Andrew Mountford, builder, of High- street, Bordesley, aged 56. On Tuesday week, in her 43rd year, Mrs. Woodcock, eldest daughter of Mrs. Adcock, of Loveday- street. On Monday week, Lieutenant Thomas Sneath, of Camp- hill, in his 77th year. On the 5th inst., aged 27, Eleanor, the beloved wife of Mr. Thomas Pugh, of Sutton, near Shrewsbury, and eldest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Lawley, of Bewdley. On the 4th inst., George Dudley, youngest child of Captain John Brockman, of Leamington. On the 2nd inst., after a protracted illness, SusRn, the beloved wife of the Rev. Halfoid R. Burdett, of Walton, Leicestershire, and only child of the late Rev. John Brewin, of Kimcote. On Thursday week, at Leamington, Mrs. Adams, relict of the late Charles Adams, Esq., of Walsall. 8 THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 11. 5 PUBLIC OFFICE. MONDAY, Nov. 6. ( Before J. T. Lawrence. Esq.) Wm. Latham, an imposter, was charged with an assault upon Oakes, a street- keeper. Oakes stated that on Saturday he was sent for to go to the shop of Mr. Smith, druggist, New- street, where he was told there was a man lying very bad in a fit. He went to the shop, and saw the prisoner lying on the ground. From his appearance he suspected he was shamming, and proposed to take him to prison. Upon that the prisoner jumped up immediately, struck him on the throat, and affected not to know what he was doing. He did not, however, wish to press the assault against him, as he had not injured him. Mr. Redfern said, the prisoner was s well known queer fellow, and he had no doubt he had been trying it on. Mr. Lawrence said, it was most disgraceful conduct, and ordered the prisoner to be committed for two months as a rogue and vagabond. Elizabeth Needs, a common prostitute, was charged with robbing a man named John Heming of 14s. 6d. in silver. Mr. Heming stated, that he was a miiler, residing in Colman- street, Ashted. On Saturday night at twelve o'clock lie was passing through Union- passage, having a basket in his hand, when he was met by the prisoner aud another girl. They hustled him, and one of them thrust her hand into his pocket and took out his money. He im- mediately called for assistance, and on the watchman coming up the prisoner was taken into custody. The prisoner denied the robbery. She was committed to the sessions. Jane Wright was committed for stealing 2s. 3d., the pro- perty of Eliza Brown, of the Old Inkleys. The prisoner lodged with the piosecutor, and on the previous Friday stole the money from out of the bed- room. Ann Shelly, Sophia Stevens, Phoebe Ketley, and Thomas Bolton, were charged with robbing a man named William Swift. Swift stated, that on Saturday night, between seven and eight o'clock, as he was going home, he met the prisoner Stevens, who cajoled him into a house in a court, in Tanter- etreet. He had scarcely entered the door when Stevens and the other prisoners attacked and robbed him of thirty- four shillings and a sovereign, and then made their escape out of the house. He was about to leave the house in pur- suit of the prisoners, when the prisoner Bolton came and stood between him and the door in order to prevent him from leaving. He did not, however, strike or hold him. The magistrate ordered the females to be committed, and Bolton to be discharged. A man named Bayley, who took Bolton into custody, then preferred a charge against him for an assault, and threatening to do him bodily harm. The complainant was corroborated by White, a street keeper, and Bolton was " ordered to enter into sureties. ( Teorge Slater was charged with stealing a silk handker- chief, the property of Mr. Edward Peters, of the Dart- mouth Arms. Mr. Peters stated, that on the 20th of last month he left home to go and see the train arrive at the railway station- house. He had in his pocket, when he left home, a new silk handkerchief, and when he returned he missed it. On Saturday last a girl named Martha Palmer came into his shop for spirits, having on her neck a handkerchief resem- b'ing the one he had lost. He asked her to show it him, and she did so, when he found it was his property. Martha Palmer was then examined, and she swore that she worked in the same manufactory with the prisoner. On Saturday he sold her the duplicate of a handkerchief for eighteen pence. She released it, put it on her neck, and having no knowledge whatever of the owner, she went into Mr. Peters' shop. Mr. Peters' house- keeper, who had purchased and sewed the handkerchief, identified it as the property of Mr. Peters, and the prisoner was committed to the sessions. George Pratt and James Dabbs, two respectable- looking youths, were charged with picking pockets. A young man, named William Emson, stated that he was one of a party who meets every Sunday evening in a room in Well- lane, in Allison- street, for the purpose of friendly discussion upon religious and political subjects. He was in the room on Sunday evening last, when he was told by a man named Chapman, that the prisoner Pratt had taken something out of his pocket, and given it to Dabbs. He immediately followed the two prisoners out of the room, and found upon Dabbs a new penknife, which he had stolen from him. William Chapman proved that he saw Pratt take the knife, and give it to Dabbs; and the prisoners were com- mitted. Dabbs was next charged with stealing a handkerchief from the pocket of a man named Unett, on the same night, and in the same room. The offence was proved, and the pri- soner was committed on the second charge. William Beazley was committed to the sessions, for steal- ing three tame pigeons belonging to Mr. John Green. BIGAMY.— An elderly man named Lockier, was charged with bigamy. His last wife, on being examined, said the prisoner represented himself to her as a single man eight jeers sgo, and, after a short courtship, he married her in St. Martin's Church. She was perfectly ignorant of his having another wife at that time, and continued so until he left her, and went to live with hi6 former wife. She then handed in 0 ceitificates of his two marriages, and in answer to questions bv Mr. Spurrier, said the persons who witnessed his former marriage were not in the court, and she could not prove the identity. The magistrate ordered the case to stand over until Thursday, to afford her time to procure witnesses. Edward Rudge was committed for stealing two guns, be- longing to Mr. William Challoner. The prisoner worked for Mr. Challoner, and on Friday morning week, he went to Henry Williams, a gun- stocker, who had a quantity of guns to stock for Mr. Challoner, and having stated that he was sent for two guns, he obtained them and pledged them. IN THE PRIVATE ROOM. ( Before Wm. Beale and R. Alston, Esqrs.) Several retail brewers were fined for selling ale, contrary te their licenses. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9. ^ JBefore Richard Spooner, Daniel Lediam, J. Webster, Wm. *• 0> jieale, J. T. Lawrence, and W. Chance, Esqrs.) Samuel Jarvis was committed for stealing two silk hand- kerchiefs, ten neckerchiefs, and other articles, the property of Mr. Thomas Ludlow, butcher, of the Green Lanes. The prisoner was a servant in Mr. Ludlow's house, and at various times stole the property. Rebecca Hodgson was committed for stealing one goose and three ducks, the property of Mr. Isaac Myers, of Edgbaston- street. Charles Sheriff and Charles Baker were committed for stealing six live pigeons from John Andrews. Thomas Collins for stealing two pair of steel chains and other articles from Joseph Turner, and Joseph Bentley for receiving the same, knowing them to have been stolen. Committed. William Walker and William Crisp for stealing a truss out of a carrier's cart, containing ten yards of velveteen and other articles; and Ann Parsons for receiving the tame, knowing thein to be stolen. The prisoners were committed. William Beazley was committed for Btealing six pigeons, the property of John Green. John Ashmore for stealing a portmanteau from off a coach, the property of the Rev. W. Grice, of Leamington. He was committed. AN EVENT The " breaking- up " of the establishment of a very dashing Earl is one of the events which is just now occupying the attention of the gossiping world. The noble- man alluded to not many vears ago came into a clear rental of 40,0001. a year, and 100,000/. in ready money. The prin- cipal cause of this smash has been an inordinate passion for horses, and a lofty ambition to be distinguished on the* turf. To such a pitch was this infatuation carried, that at one time his lord8hip was actually in possession of five hundred horses. It is to be hoped that a few years' rustication will convince the peer of the value of moderation.— Cheltenham Looker- on. LONDON GAZETTES. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER3. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. Nov. 3.— JAMES VINTON and DAVID LAWSON, 32, Brewer- street, woollen drapers. BANKRUPTS. [ The Bankrupti tosurrenderat the Court of Commissioners, Basing. hall- street, when not otherwise expressed.] ROBERT HUTCHINSON and ROBERT HUTCHINSON the younger, Minories, curriers, November 14 and December 15. Sols. Messrs. Lawrance and Blenkarne, Bucklersbury. NICHOLAS WEHNERT, late of Leicester- square, tailor, No. vember 13 and December 15. Sol. Mr. C. B. Wilson, Furnival's- inn, Holborn. JOHN BURGESS, Lowestoft, Suffolk, cordwainer, November 10 and December 15, at the King's Head, Beccles. Sols. Messrs. Clarke and Medcalfe, 20, Lincoln's- inn- fieids, London; and Messrs. Beckwith and Co., Norwich. PETER WRIGHT, Leeds, grocer, November 29 and December 15, at the Court- house, Leeds. Sols. Messrs. Woodhouse and Co ,11, King's Bench. walk, Inner Temple, London ; and Mr. James Stott, Leeds. DIVIDENDS. William Warwick Peirce, Northampton, cabinet maker, Novem- ber 24— John Blyther, Hoo, Kent, grocer, November 24— James Kenworthy, Quick, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, cotton manufacturer, November 27, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester— John Wood Gough, late of Dursley, Gloucestershire, stationer, De cember II, at the Old Bell Inn, Dursley— Thomas Luke Silburn and Helen Roby Richardson, Manchester, booksellers, November 29, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester— Edmund Parr, Gloucester, mercer, November 29, at Yearsley's Hotel, Cheltenham— Joshua Milner and John Milner, Bradford, Yorkshire, woollen drapers, December 1, at the Court house, Bradford— Richard Pullen, Selby, Yorkshire, flax merchant, November 28, at the White Swan Hotel, York— James Lomax, Stockport, paper manufacturer, November 28, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester— Samuel Riley, Farnley, Yorkshire, clothier, December 8, at the Court- house, Leeds— Daniel Day Orlidge, Bristol, wine merchant, December 1, at the Commis- sioners'- rooms, Bristol— David Morgan the younger, Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, draper, November 26, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester— Richard Mawdsley, Josiah Greaves, and John Moore, Manchester, dyers, December 2, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester— James William Gray, Exeter, glass merchant, November 29, at the Half Moon Inn, Exeter— Edmund Taylor, Liverpool, colour manufacturer, November 28, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES, NOVEMBER 24. George Baker the elder and George Baker the younger, Portsea, provision merchants— Waples Warden, Birmingham, boot and shoe maker— Richard Puttock, Billingshurst, Sussex, grocer— Jonathan White Haythorn, Manchester, cotton thread manufacturer— James Hall Farmer, Abchuich lane, painter and glazier— Joshua Gibson, Liverpool, silk mercer— Thomas Preston, Cateaton- street, ware- houseman— John Viney, 18, Cornhiil, tailor and draper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Thomas B. Burford and George Christel, 68, Ratcliffe. highway— Christian Weyler and Jolyi Jacob Pfisterer, Dock. street, White- chapel, sugar refiners— John W. Crompton and George Blyth, Bir- mingham, merchants— Thomas Eyre Lee and Harry Hunt, Bir- mingham, attorneys— John Carter and Richard Dewes, Coventry, attorneys— Jane Sympson and Samuel Hodder, Frome, Somerset- shire, cutlers— James Hyde and William Blunden, Red Lion. yard livery stables, Stangate, Lambeth, livery stable keepers— Joseph Quinlan and Frederick Walker, Trinity. square, Tower- hill— Catharine Day and Georgo Day, Low- hill, White Lady Aston, Worcestershire, graziers— Kenelm Chandler and Nathaniel Wood, Beech- street, Barbican, printers— Elisha Leak and Enoch Leak, Lane. end, Staffordshire, saddlers— Charles Hook and Frederick Richmond, Bridgwater, drapers— John Raywood and John Ward, Sheffield, brass turners— William Spear and Christopher Spear, Treville- street, Plymouth, and Christopher Spear, Colebrook, Plympton St. Mary, Devonshire, drapers ( so far as regards C. Spear, Colebrook)— William Leach and Robert Sexton, 18 A. Cleveland- street, Fitzroy. square— John Vallis, Weston Bampfylde, and John Hinks, Holton, Somersetshire, cheese dealers— Levi Malkin and Abraham Hooley, Park. lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire, silk manufac- turers— Thomas Peirron and John Dobson, Whitby, Yorkshire, common brewers— Walter Morris, Thomas Morris, and Daniel Jones, Toxteth. park, near Liverpool, woollen drapers ( so far as regards Daniel Jones)— John Norman and John Biadsliaw, Great Bolton, Lancashire— Edward Kirby, Lawrence Short, and Edmund Goodwin, Woodend, near Disley, Cheshire, calico printers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. Donald Macdonald, Drimintorran, near Strontian, Argyllshire, general merchant. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7. LONDON MARKETS. COHN EXCHANGE, MONDAY, NOV. 6— Wheat, Essex Red, new, 40s to 50s ; fine, 52s to 58s ; old, 58s to 60a; white, new, 50s to 54s; fine, 56s to 58s ; superfine, 60sto62s; old, 62s to 64s— Rye, 30s to 32s.— Barley, 26s to 30s; line, 33a to 35s; superfine, — s tc— s.— Malt, 508 to 56s j fine, 58s to 60s.— Peas, Hog, 32s to 33s ; Maple, 33s to 34s; white, 36s to 38s ; Boilers, 38s to 40s Beans, small, 38s to 40s; old, — s to — 8; Ticks, 30s to 33a; old, 36s to 38s ; Harrow, 33s to 34s Oats, feed, 19s to 21s ; fine, 23s to 24s ; Poland, 22a to 24s; line, 25s to 26s; Potatoe, 25s to 26s; fine, ' 27s to 293— Bran, per quarter, lOsOd to 1 Is 0d.— Pollard, fine, per ditto, 14s. 20s. PRICE OE SEEDS, NOV. 6.— Per Cwt.— Red Clover, English, 55s to 63s ; fine, 65a to 70s ; Foreign, 52s to 60s; fine, 63s to G8s White Clover, 55s to 60s ; fine, 65s to 70s.— Trefoil, new, 13s to 17s; tine, 18s to 21s ; old, — s to — Trefolium, 14s to 17s ; fine, IBs to Qls.— Caraway, English, new, 44s to 48a; Foreign, 46s to 50s— Coriander, 9s Od to lis Od. Per Quarter.— St. Foin, - s to — s ; fine,— s to— s; Rye Grass, 30s to 33s; new, 34s to 36s ; Pacey Grass, — s to— s; Linseed forfeeding, 48s to 50s; fine, 52s to 56s ; ditto for crushing, 44s to 47s.— Canary, 40B to 45s.— Hemp, 35s to 40s. Per Bushel.— White Mustard Seed ,7s Od to 8a0d; brown ditto, 9s Od to 10s ; Tare8,3s Od to 3s 9d ; fine new, Win., 4s0d to4s 3d. Per Last Rape Seed, English, 28/ to 301; Foreign, 27f to 291 GENERALAVERAGE PRICEOFBRITISH CORN FORTHE WEEK ENDING OCT. 28, 1837.— Wheat, 51s Od ; Barley, 29slld; Oats, 21a 7d; Rye, 30a 6d ; Beans, 35s 8d ; Peas, 36s 2d. DUTYON FOREIGN CORN FOR THE PRESENT WEEK.— Wheat, 32a 8d ; Barley, 18s 4d ; Oats, 13s 9d ; Rye, 22s 9d ; Beans, 12s6d; Peas, 158 6d. - Hay, 80s Od to 100s Od; Inferior, Inferior— 8 to— B; Straw, 30s to HAY AND STRAW Smithfield. — s to — s ; Clover, 88s to 110a ; 38s. Whitechapet.— Clover, 105s to 120s ; new, — s to — s ; second cut, 708 to 100s ; Hay, 80 to 1008 ; new ditto, — s to — 8 ; Wheat Straw, 35s to 36s. Cumberland.— Fine Upland Meadow and Rye- grass Hay, 100a to 107s; inferior ditto, 86s to 96s ; superior Clover, 110s to 1188; Straw, 38s to 42s per load of 36 trusses. Portman itfur& ef. — Coaraeheavy Lowland Hay,— sto— 8; new Meadow Hay,— sto— 8 ; old ditto, 84sto 100s; usefulditto,— sto — a; New Clover ditto,— s to— s ; old ditto, 100s to 115s ; Wheat Straw, 30s to 38s per load of 36 trusses. OILS.— Rape Oil, brown, £ 36 Os per ton ; Refined, £ 38 08; Linseed Oil, £ 29 10s; and Rape Cake,£ 5 fta,— Linseed Oil Cake, £ 12 12s per thousand. SMITHFIELD, Nov. 6— To sink the offal— per 81b.— Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 8d; Beat Down and Polled Mutton, 4s Od to 4s 6d; Veal, 4a Od to 5B 2d ; Pork, 4s Od to 5s 6d ; Lamb, 0s Od to 0s Od. NEWGATE AND LBADENHALL— By the Carcase — Beel, 3B Od to 3s lOd; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s Od ; Veal, 3s 4d to 5a Id ; Pork, 4s Od to 5a 6d ; Lamb, 0s Od to 0a Od. THAMES TUNNEL FILLED AGAIN.— A few minutes before four o'clock on Friday morning ( it being then nearly high water,) a sudden irruption of the river took place and filled the tunnel. When the irruption took place one hundred men were employed in and about the shield. The workmen retreated with the greatest precipitation, and had a very narrow escape. One man perished, who has left a wife and five children Sir Robert Peel has arrived in Paris, and will take his departure for London on Friday. He is staying at the Hotel Meurice. CHURCH RATES BERWICK A meeting was held here on Friday to levy a church- rate, when an amendment was made to postpone the consideration of the same for twelve months. A division took place, and a decided majority voted for the amendment of say 3 to 1. The churchwardens having demanded a poll, at the close the numbers were— for the rate, 114; for the amendment, 282; majority 168, against the rate Caledonian Mercury. The subject of the vibrations produced in the soil by the passage of locomotives and coaches was discussed at a meet- ing of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and many instances were mentioned in which the vibration of the soil was sensi- ble at the distance of one and a half miles duringan observation by reflection. It was also stated that a number of persons running down the hill in Greenwich- park produces a slight treinour, which is quite sensible during an observation by reflection; and that the shutting of the outer gate of the Observatory throws an object completely out of the field of the telescope 1 From this, it is evident that the Cockney holiday- makers have much to answer for, unless, indeed, the Astronomer- Royal takes the precaution of making holiday at the same time, and so ensuring as much accuracy to his observations as can be attained while the outer gate of his mansion is subject to the usual fate of all his tribe !— Mechanic's Magazine. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. NOVEMBER 6.— BENJAMIN WALLIS and ROBERT WALLIS, Blackwall, Middlesex, ship builders. BANKRUPTS. SARAH STUART, Pall- mall, milliner, November 14 and December 19. Sol. Mr. Burt, 10, Lancaster. place, Strand. JAMES RUSSELL, formerly of Park. place, and 7, Pall- mall, after, wards of Charlotte- street, Fitzroy. aquare, and now of 23, Tun. bridge. place, New. road, lodging house keeper, November 15 and December 19, Sol. Mr. E. P. Sutton, 12, Bartlett's- buildinga, Holborn. HENRY GLOYNE, Wakefield, Yorkshire, grocer, December 5 and 19, at the Court- houae, Leeds. Sols. Messrs. Scholes and Walker, Dewsbury; and Messrs. Battye and Co., Chancery. lane, London. THOMAS DUTTON, late of Stockport, Cheshire, victualler, No. vember 21 and December i9, at the Commissioners'. rooms, Man. Chester. Sols. Messrs. Norris and Atlen, Bartlett's- buildings, London; aud Mr. Turner Prescott, 53, Back King. street, Man. Chester. THOMAS TOWNSHEND, Birmingham, contractor for railroad works, November 21 and December 19, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Bir. mingham. Sols. Mr. E. A. Chaplin, 3, Gray's- inn- square, Lon- don ; and Messrs. Spurrier and Co., Birmingham. JERRY REYNOLDS, now or late of Thornsea within Saddleworth, Yorkshire, woollen manufacturer, November 25 and December 19, at the Commissionera'- rooms, Manchester, Sols. Messrs. Milne and Co., Temple, London; and Messrs. Whitehead aud Co., Old. ham. RICHARD SCOTT BURKITT, Sheffield, draper, November 28 and December 19, at the Town. hall, Sheffield. Sols. Messrs. Battye aud Co., Chancery. lane, London ; and Mr. John William Smith, Sheffield. THOMAS IW1SE, Wellington, Somersetshire, grocer, November 28 and December 19, at Sweet's Hotel, Taunton. Sols. MessrB. Rhodes and Co.. 63, Chancery. lane, London; and Mr. W. T. E. Drake, Exeter. DIVIDENDS. Robert George, Parker- street, Drury- lane, stage coach maker, November 30— John Upson, Park- street, Southwark, baker, No- vember 29— Thomas Morgan, St. Jainea'a- street, Piccadilly, per- fumer, November 30— Henry Curme, Bridport, December 8, at the Bull Inn, Bridport— Henry Hamer, late of Liverpool, wine mer. chant, November 30, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool— Robert Fairclough, Farington, Lancashire, tanner, November 30, at the Town. hall, Preston— David Smith, Smithy- mills, Addle- cum- Eccup, Yorkshire, corn miller, December 11, at the Court- house, Leeds- John Trevor, Whitchurch, Shropshire, banker, December 5, at the White Lion Inn, Whitchurch— Joseph Lewis, Conwill Elvet, Car. marthenshire, draper, November 30, at the Boar's Head Inn, Car- marthen— William Carver, Horsforth, and also of Idle, Yorkshire, grocer, November 30, at the Court- house, Leeda— Charles Aber- crombie, Liverpool, merchant, November 28, at the Clarendon, rooms, Liverpool— Edward MacLean, late of Cheltenham, general dealer, November 29, at Yearsley's Hotel, Cheltenham— Thomas Benson, York, chain maker, December II, at Etridge's Royal Hotel York— Richard Christopher Heigham, Lakenham, Norwich, beer brewer, November 29, at the Rampant Horse Inn, Norwich— Job Jackson and John Clews Jackson, Burslem, Staffordshire, earthen, ware manufacturers, November 29, at the George Inn, Burslem— Charles Thomas Rimer, Southampton, provision merchant, De. cember 11, at the Dolphin Hotel, Southampton— John Harman Clifton, Bristol, jeweller, December 6, at the Commercial- rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES, NOVEMBER 28. Caleb Radcliffe Bury, Hulme, Manchester, drysalter— Hyacinthe Mara Rimmel, 210, Regent. atreet, and 39, Gerrard- Btreet, Soho, perfumer— John King, Cambridge, grocer— Richard Inman, Brigh. thelmstone, Sussex, grocer— Maria Ann Hughes, Birmingham, iron, monger— John Bonnor, Cheltenham, ironmonger— Thomas William Vernon, Bilaton, Staffordshire, iron dealer— William Rostill, Bir. mingham, tortoise- shell box maker— George Noyes, Chippenham, Wiltshire, ironmonger. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Ferdinand Ferguson Camroux and James Mapleton, 1, St. Cle. input's. lane, City, ship and insurance agents— William Wheeler and Maria Wheeler, Birmingham, bakers— Edward Kendall, W. H. West, and W. H. Bevan, Beaufort- works, Llangattoch, Brecon, shire, ironmasters— Henry Chadwick and Joseph Newton, Oldham, Lancashire, boot and shoe makers— Charles Moyle and John Rusco, Whichurch, Shropshire, linen drapers— Thomas Cole and W. Or. lando Cole, Bedminster, Bristol, fellmongers— Benjamin Nind and W. H. Cotterill, Tlirograorton. Btreet, attorneys— William Cooper and Charles Anton Orth, Conduit- street, Hanover. square, saddlers — Henry Cozens and William Fierce, Southampton, BtationerB— Charles Vining, Gerard Gerard, Charles Joseph Vining, and William Vining, Gloucester, merchants ( so far as regards Gerard Gerard)— John Beatson and William Beatson, Maabrougli, Yorkshire, manu- facturing chemists. FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH FOR BOTH SEXES. 7 JPHE unprecedented sale of these Pills, arising from B- the earnest recommendation of the many thousands who have derived benefit from their use, renders any length- ened comment unnecessary: they are not put forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but for bilious and liver complaints, with their many well- known attendants, bilious and sick head- ache, pain and oppression after meals, giddiness, dizziness, singing noise in the head and ears, drowsiness, heartburn, loss of appetite, wind, snasms, & c.; they are acknowledged to be vastly superior to any thing ever before offered to the public, and for those of a full habit of body, they will prove truly invaluable; while as a general family aperient for either sex they cannot fail to ensure universal satisfaction. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of their salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain its strength; a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will rapidly take place; and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaundiced appear- ance, strength, activity, and renewed health, will be the quick result of taking this Medicine, according to the direc- tions accompanying each box. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London; and by his appointment, by Maher, Wood, Shillitoe, Sumner and Por tal, Collins and Co., Humphries, Smith, Suflield, Flewitt, Edwards, Gazette and Advertiser offices; Shillitoe, ( late Cowell) Westbromwich ; Turner and Hollier, and Morris, Dudley; Valentine and Thoisby, Walsall; Manderand Co., and Simpson, Wolverhampton ; Davis, Atherstone ; Mor- gan, Lichfield; Harding, Shiffnall; Pennell and Stewart, Kidderminster; Morris, Bewdley; Maund, Bromsgrove; Harper, Hodgkinson, Bayley and Roberts, Warwick ; and most of the agents for the " celebrated " Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills;" one of whom is to be found in every town in the Kingdom. Price Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the Government Stamp. Pursuant to the Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England. THE COURT FOR RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. ON the seventh day of November, 1837, in the matter of the petition of WILLIAM HENRY B ADH AM, formerly a lodger in Queen- street, then at the Swan Inn, Snow- hill, then at the Turk's Head Inn, Carr's- lane, all in Birmingham, Warwickshire, sheriff's officer, and late of Little Cannon street, Birmingham aforesaid, out of business, a prisoner in the gaol of Warwick, in the county of Warwick. Whereas the said prisoner was brought before me, one of Her Majesty's Commissioners for the relief of Insolvent Debtors proceeding on his circuit, at the Court- house at Warwick, in the said county, on the 21st day < of August, 1837, in pursuance of an order of the Court made in that behalf, in order to the hearing of the matters of the petition and schedule of the said prisoner, and the said hearing was then adjourned by the said commissioner to some future circuit, to be made by one of Hei Majesty's Commissioners for the relief of Insolvent Debtors: it is ordered and appointed, that the matters of the said petition and schedule shall be further heard by THOMAS BARTON BOWEN, Esq., or one other of Her Majesty's said commis- sioners proceeding on his circuit, at the Court- house, at Warwick, in the said county, on the second day of Decem- ber next, at the hour of ten in the morning precisely; of which such advertisement shall be published, and such notice shall be given, and to such persons, as is prescribed by the rule of court in that behalf, and as the commissioner may have directed on making the said adjournment. BY THE COURT. TAKE NOTICE. 1. If any creditor intends to oppose the said prisoner's discharge, notice of such intention must be given to the said prisoner in writing, three clear days before the day of hearing above mentioned, exclusive of Sunday, and exclu- sive both of the day of giving such notice and of the said day of hearing. 2. But where notice for the original hearing has been de- fective, and a short notice is given for the adjourned hear- ing, under tbe rule of court xv. 7, such short notice will only be valid, upon condition that the prisoner waives his right to notice of opposition. 3. Also creditors, whose opposition was commenced at the former hearing, are not required to give further notice of the same. 4. The petition and schedule will be produced by the proper officer for inspection and examination at the office of the Couit in London, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the hours of ten and four on this notice being exhibited ; and copies of the petition and schedule, or such part thereof as shall be required, will be provided by the proper officer, according to the act 7 Geo. 4, c. 57, sec. 76. N. B. Entrance to the office in Portugal- street, Lincoln's- inn- fields. 5. The duplicate of the petition and schedule, and all books, papers, and writings filed therewith, will he pro- duced by the said Clerk of the Peace, Town Clerk, or other person with whom the same shall have been directed to be lodged, for inspection and examination, at his office above mentioned, aud copies of the petition and schedule, or such part thereof as shall be required, will be provided, according to the Act 7 Geo. 4. c. 57, sec. 77. C. H. RUSHWORTH, Staple Inn, Holborn, for P. SMITH, Birmingham, THE ONLY CURE FOR CORNS AND BUNIONS. RAMSBOTTOM'S CORN and BUNION SOL- VENT. By the use of this valuable remedyimme- diate relief from pain is obtained, and by its successive appiication for a shortperiod, the most obstinate Corns are entirely removed without recourseto the dangerous opera- tions of cutting or filing. The proprietor pledges himself that it does not contain caustic or any otherarticle that will inflame the skin; being white it will not stain the stocking; and the advantage it has over plaister is mani- fest, and fully appreciated, as the very high recommenda- tion bestowed upon it by every individual that has used it testifies. Price Is. ljd. and 2s. The various counterfeits that are attempted to be im- posed upon the public in lieu of thisinvaluableremedy, render it imperativelynecessary for purchasers to ask for S. Ramsbottom's Corn and Bunion Solvent, and to see that it has the signature of " S. Ramsbottom" written upon the label that is pasted on the outside of the wrapper of every genuine bottle, in addition to the name of the article, and words sold by Hannayand Co. 63, Oxford- street, being the name and address of the proprietor's wholesale agents. The following letter from Mr. John Winfield, of Bir- mingham, is one of many hundreds of the same tenor: — Gentlemen— Having read an advertisement in a Birmingham paper, I was induced to purchase from your agent, Mr. Maher, Ann- street, a bottle of Ramsbottom's Corn and Bunion Solvent;— after a week'sapplication I found it had the desired effect. I have since re- commended it to many of my friends. You are at liberty to make any use you please of this communication Your obedient servant, Birmingham, Augusts, 1836. JOHN WINFIELD. Soldbyappointmentby M. Maher, 5, Congreve- street, and W. Wood, Bookseller, High- street, Birmingham ; Parke, Wolverhampton; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; Mer- idew, Coventry; Dicey, Northampton. REMOVED TO 120, SNOW- HILL. REPAIRING THE CONSTITUTION. BY REPAIRING the CONSTITUTION, the Advertiser means the HUMAN FRAME, which, by too free indulgence in momentary pleasures, destroys too often the noble fabric of man, and tortures him through his whole existence; weakens his energies, and makes him un- fit to perform those functions which are required of him. Dr. FISCIIELBERG, formerly of the Prussian army, who directs his entire study tp those cases so frequently brought on by the indiscretion of youth and inebriety, and whose long and extensive practice on the baneful diseases arising from the above causes, has at length been so fortunate as to conquer, through his salutary and most valuable medicinal preparations, the most obstinate venereal diseases, and does with confidence assure the afflicted, that, by adhering to his medicines, a complete cure may be relied on, for which he pledges his reputation. Dr. F. may be consulted by both sexes with the greatest confidence, from nine in the morning till ten at night, and on Sundays from ten till two, at his Medical Establish- ment, No. 120, Snowhill, opposite the Coach and Horses Tavern, Birmingham, ( late of Christ Church Passage, New- street) where advice and medicines may be obtained. The PILES successfully treated by internal medicines only. Dr. FISCHELBERGisthesole Proprietorof the highly celebrated Royal Prussian Herb Pills, for the cure of the Venereal disease. Sold, with proper directions for use, in boxes at 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each, duty inoluded—- Agent, Mr. Caldicott, bookseller, Dudley- street, Wolverhampton. Letters from the country, post- paid, with particulars of the case, and enclosing a remittance, punctually attended to, and advice and medicines forwarded to any part of the kingdom. Observe, No. 120, Snowhill, opposite the Coach and Horses Tavern. FRANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF COPAIBA. ACERTAIN and most speedy cure for all Urethra, Discharges, Gleets, Spasmodic Strictures, Irritation of the Kidneys, Bladder, Urethra and Prostate Gland. TESTIMONIALS. From Joseph Henry Green, Esq., F. R. S., one of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, and Professor of Surgery in King's College, London, " I have made trial of Mr, Franks's Solution of Copaiba, at St. Thomas's Hospital, in a variety of cases of discharges in the male and female, and the results warrant my stating, that it is an effica- cious remedy, and one which does not produce the usual unpleasant effects of Copaiba. ( Signed,) JOSEPH HENRY GREEN. 46, Lincoln's- inn- fields, April 25,1835. From Bransby Cooper, Esq., F. R. S., Surgeon to Guy's Hospital, and Lecturer on Anatomy, & c., & c, Mr. Bransby Cooper presents his compliments to Mr. George Franks, and has great pleasure in bearing testimony of the efficacy of his Solution of Copaiba, in Gonorrhoea, for which disease Mr. Cooper has prescribed the Solution in ten or twelve cases with per- fect success. New- street, Spring Gardens, April 13,1835. From William Hentsch, Esq., House Surgeon to the Free Hospital, Greville- street, Hatton street. My dear Sir,— I have given your medicine in many cases of Go- norrhaea and Gleets, some of which had been many months under other treatment, and can bear testimony to its great efficacy. I havfe found it to cure in a much shorter time, and with more r. enefit to the general health, than any other mode of treatment I know of; the generality of cases have been cured within a week from the commencement of taking the Medicine, and some of them in less time than that. Have the goodness to send me another supply. I am, dear sir, your's, very truly, ( Signed) WILLIAM HENTSCH. Greville- street, Hatton. garden, April 15,1835. Prepared only by George Franks, surgeon, 90, Black- friars- road, and may be had of his Agents, Barclay and Sons, Farringdon- street, London; Evans, Son and Co., Fenwick- street, Liverpool; Mander, Weaver, and Co., Wolverhamp- ton; at the Medical Hall, 54, Lower Sackville- street, Dub lin; of J. and R. llaimes, Leith- walk, Edinburgh; and of all Wholesale and Retail Patent Medicine Venders in the United Kingdom. Sold in bottles at 2s. 9d., 4s., 6d and lis. each, duty included. Caution To prevent imposition, the Honourable Com missioners of Stamps have directed the name of " George Franks, Blackfriars- road," to be engraven on the Govern- ment Stamp. N. B Hospitals, and other Medical Charities, supplied as usual from the Propi ietor. Hlg" Mr. Franks may be consulted every day, as usual until Two o'clock. Sold by appointment, by Mr. Maher, 5, Congreve- street: Birmingham; Merridew, Coventry; Owen and Gerdes, Liverpool; Bowman and Law, Manchester; and Deighton and Co., Betterby, York. \ SHLEY COOPER'S BOTANICAL PURIFY- ING PILLS are established by thirty years'experi- ence, are prescribed by most of the eminent Physicians and Surgeons in London, and are always administered at several public hospitals, as the only certain remedy for Gonorrhoea, Gleets, Strictures, and all other forms of Ve- nereal diseases, in either sex, curing in a few days, by one small pill for a dose, with ease, secrecy, and safety. Their operation is imperceptible, they do not require theslightest confinement, or any alteration of diet, beverage or exercise. They do not disagree with the stomach, nor cause any offensive smell to the breath, as is the case with all other medicines in use for these complaints, and after a cure ef- fected by the use of these pills, the party willnot experieenc any return of the complaint, as generally occurs after taking Balsam of Copaiba, and other drugs of the like nature, which only possessing a local action, merelysuppressed the complaint for a time, without eradicating it from the con- stitution, and the patient on undergoing a little more fa- tigue than ordinary, finds all the symptoms return, and that they are suffering under the complaint as much as at first, and are at last constrained to have recourse to these pills, as the only certain cure. They are likewise a most efficient remedy for Pimpled Faces, Scurf, Scorbutic Affections, and all Eruptions of the Skin. Captains of vessels should make a point of always taking them to sea, their unrivalled effi- cacy in curing Scurvy being known throughout the world. The following letter selected from numerous other pro- essional recommendations forwarded to the proprietor when, he first offered these pills to the public, may be considered interesting. From that eminent surgeon, the late Joshua Brookes, Esq., F. R. S., Professor of Anatomy, & c. & c. Theatre of Anatomy, Blenheim. street. Dear Cooper,— I have tried your pills in numerous instances, and my candid opinion is that they are a mostimproved system of treat- ment for those |) eculiar complaints for which you recommend them, curing with rapidity, and with a certainty that I had never before witnessed ; but what I consider their most invaluable property is, that they entirely eradicate the complaint, and never leave those dis- tressing secondary symptoms ( that harass the patient for life) which usually arise after the use of those uncertain remedies, Mercury and Copaiba. I think you cannot fail to have a very large sale for them. Believe me, yours, very truly, JOSHUA BROOKES. Ashley Cooper's Botanical Purifying Pills are sold in boxes at 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each, wholesale and retail, at HANNAY and Co.' s General Patent Medicine Warehouse, 63, Oxford- street, the corner of Wells- 6treet, London, where the public can be supplied with every Patent Medi- cine of repute, ( with an allowance on taking six at one time) warranted genuine and fresh from the various makers. Orders by post, containing a remittance, punctually attended to, and the change, if any, can be returned with the order. Ashley Cooper's Botanical Pills are sold by one or more respectable venders in every town in the kingdom, and any shop that lias not got them will obtain them from London without any extra charge. Country shops can obtain them through any of the London booksellers. Sold by appointment by M. Maher, 5, Congreve- street, and Wood, Bookseller, High- street, Birmingham; Parker, Wolverhampton; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; and Merridew, Coventry. ]%/• ESSRS. PERRY and Co., Surgeons, may be i- V- JL personally consulted from nine in the morning, till ten at night, and on Sundays from nine till two, at No. 4, GREAT CHARLES- STREET, four doors from Easy- row, Birmingham; No. 23, SLATER STREET, near DUKE- STREET, LIVERPOOL, and No. 2, BALE- STREET, near St. Peter's Church, MANCHESTER, of whom maybe had ( gratis) with each box of pills, their TREATISE ON THE VENEREAL DISEASE, Gonorrhoea, Gleets, and Stric- tures, arising from early abuses, intended for the instruction of general readers, so that all persons can obtain an imme. diate cure with ease, secrecy, and safety. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, of Copaiba, Cubebs, and other Vegetable extracts, price 2s. 9d. and lis., per Box, a certain, safe, and the most speedy remedy ever discovered for the permanent and ef- fectual cure of gonorrhoea, gleets, strictures, seminal weak- ness, pains in the loins, affections of the kidneys, gravel lumbago, local debility, irritation of the bladder or uretha, and other diseases of the urinary passages, frequently per- forming a perfect cure in the short space of three days, with ease, secrecy, and safety. Their operation is imper- ceptible ; they do not require the slightest confinement, or any alteration of diet, beverage, or exercise. Neither do they disagree with the stomach, or cause any offensive smell to the breath, as is the case with Copaiba and Cubebs, when administered by medical men in the usual way. PERRY'S VEGETABLE PILLS are well known as a certain and effectual remedy for the Venereal disease, secondary symptoms, venereal eruptions, pains in the bones, ulcerated sore throats, diseased nose, chronic rheumatism, scrofula, scorbutic and glandular affections, local and general debility, nocturnal pains in the head and limbs, depression of spirits, and alldiseases arising from an impure state of the blood. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall victims to the venereal disease, owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison— mercury, ruin the constitution, and cause ulcerations, with blotches on the head, face, and body, dimness in the sight, noise in the ears, deafness, obstinate gleets, and nodes on the shin bones, till at length a general debility and decay of the constitution ensues, and a melancholy death puts a period to their dread- ful sufferings. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, continue to direct their studies to those dreadful debilities arising from the too free and indiscriminate indulgence of the passions, which not only occasion a numerous train of nervous affections, and entail on its votaries all the enervating imbecilities of old age, but weaken and destroy all the bodily senses, occasioning loss of imagination, judgment, and memory, indifference and aversion for all pleasures, the idea of their own unhappiness and despair, which arises from considering themselves as the authors of their own misery, and tlie necessity of renouncing the felicities of marriage, are the fluctuating ideas of those who have given way to this delusive and destructive habit. In that distressing state of debility or deficiency, whether the consequence of such baneful practices, excessive drink- ing, or any other cause, by which the powers of the con stitution become enfeebled, they offer a firm, safe, and speedy restoration to sound and vigorous health. Messrs. PERRY and Co., may be personally consulted from nine in the morning till ten at night, and on Sundays from nine till two, and will give advice to persons taking the above, or any other of their preparations, without a fee, at No. 4, Great Charles- street, four doors from Easy- row, Bir- mingham ; 23, Slater- street, near Duke- street, Liverpool and at 2, Bale- street, near St. Peter's Church, Manchester. where their Pills can only be obtained, as no Bookseller, Druggist, or other Medicine Vendor is supplied with them Lettersf rom the country ( post. paid), containing a remit tance for medicine, will be immediately answered. MULREADDY'S COUGH ELIXIR. ONE dose is sufficient to convince the most scrupu- lous of the invaluable and unfailing efficacy of Mul- readdy's Cough Elixir, for the cure of coughs, colds, hoarseness, shortness of breath, asthma, difficulty of breathing, huskiness, and unpleasant tickling in the throat, night cough, with pain on the chest, & c. The paramount superiority of this medicine above every other now in use, for the cure of the above complaints, only requires to be known to prove the passport to its being, ere long, universally made use of for the cure of every description of Pulmonary Affection. To those who are unacquainted with the invaluable pro- perties of Mulreaddy's Cough Elixir, the following letters will exhibit its efficacy: — Manchester, Jan. 2nd, 1836. Dear Sir,— The cough medicine you sent me is certainly a most surprising remedy; six days ago 1 was unable to breathe, unless with great difficulty, attended with much coughing, which always kept my soft palate relaxed, and in a state of irritation, aud the more I coughed the worseit was, and it, in its own turn, produced a constant excitement of coughing. I am now about, to the wonder of my friends and neighbours, entirely free from cough. One small phial of your inestimable medicine, ten years back; would have saved me not less than £ 3,000 In medical fees, but it would have done more— it would have saved my having had to swallow, from time to time, upwards of a hogshead of their nauseouB, and, as they all proved, uaeless drugs. The agreeable flavour of the medicine is a great recommendation: I think you ought to put it up and sell it to tbe public, and if any one should doubt its efficacy, refer them tome. I shall have the pleasure of being with you in a few days, when I shall press on your consideration the propriety of making it up for sale ; it would prove an enormous fortune to your grand- children. If you make up your mind to do so, as 1 am what the world styles an idle man, you may enlist me in your service in any way that you think would be uaeful. But I ahould advise you to > lace the management in the hands of one of the great medicine louses in London. Hannay's, in Oxford. street, are beingadvertised in all the papers here, as wholesale agents for Ramsbottom's Corn Solvent, which, by the bye, my girls all say is really a cure, and many other medicinc9. I should say this would be a very good house, Oxford street being one of the most public situationsin Lon- don. All join me in kind remembrance to yourself and Mrs. M. Believe me, yours, very truly, T. Mulreaddy, Esq. ROBERT GRANT. Golden Lion Hotel, Liverpool. Sir— To my astonishment, the other day, I had a visit from ray old and esteemed friend, Mr. Hughes, whom I had not seen for many years, and still more so was 1 when, finding that 1 had a severe congh, he drew forth from his pocket a phial, a portion of the con- tents of which he insisted upon my swallowing inBtanter, and lef me the remainder, which I alBo took, and in the course of twenty- four hours I found myself quite freefrom even any tendency towards coughing; he now tells me that you are his oracle of health; I, therefore, beg leave to present my report at head- quarters, with many thanks, and trust that I may be able to prevail on you to let me have half, or a whole pint of the medicine to stow in my sea- chest, as I sail again for America In about ten days, and if 1 can, in return, afford you any service on the other side of the Atlantic, 1 am at your command: T. W. BUCHANAN. Master of the Brig Nancy, of Orleans. T. Mulreaddy, Esq. Birkenhead, Jan., 1835. Dear Sir,— The bottle of Medicine you left for me the other day has greatly relieved the wheezing I have been ao long subject to; and I do not now find the cold produce tlie sensation it used previous to taking your medicine ; it used formerly to nip me on going out, aud I seemed as though I had a string run through my body, and th » breaat and backbones were drawn together. If you will be so good as to give me another bottle, I am sure it will work a perfect cure. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, T. Mulreaddy, Esq. NICHOLAS BROWN. Dear Sir,— The effect of your medicine, in curing our children of the Hooping Cough, has been like magic, for which I, and MIB. Wilson in particular, return our grateful acknowledgments, and the little W's shall not fail, ere long, to thank you in person. Rely on it, n our family you will be styled doctor in future. Believe me, yours very sincerely, J. WILSON. Liverpool, Dec., 1834. My dear Sir,— You most assuredly deserve the thanks of Bociety for presenting it with such an invaluable cure for Coughs. For " ears past, during the winter mouths, and aiways on foggy days, , ave I heretofore been compelled to confine myBelf a close and soli- tary prisoner in my library, to prevent the possibility of being tempted to join in conversation, the excitement of which always produced such violent paroxysms of coughing, that I have been in constant dread of sudden dissolution, by bursting of a blood- vesBel. At the commencement of the present season, by your kind liberality, I com- menced taking the medicine you sent, and have taken twelve bottles. After I had taken three, I could respire as vigourously as in the early part of my life, and I now believe that 1 was then perfectly cured— a cure not to have been expected at my advanced age, 80 years— but I persevered in taking it until I had consumed the whole twelve bottles. Your situation In life, I know, places you beyond the necessity of preparing an article of the kind for sale, but it must and shall be done, and if you neglect to do it, my sincere wish is that you may be I ugged out of your retirement, and compelled to provide it in quantities equal t « the boundless waters; and you may relv upon it, that I, a locomotive proof of its wonderful power, wilt spare neither time nor trouble to promulgate its efficacy, until you will find your cottage attacked by myriads of my former fellow- sufferers, for a Bhare of your bounty, and I myself now apply for the first, trusting that your goodness will not suffer you to refuse ma a pretty considerable quantity, and I promise to distribute it most usefully. Whenever you have made up for sale, send me one thou- sand bottles. Ever your sincere well- wisher, T. Mulreaddy, Esq. W. HUGHES. CheBter, 12mo., 1834. Esteemed Friend,— Thouhastmvsincerethanksfor thy Samaritan present. Thy medicine has had the promised effect, and com- pletely cured my trying cough. If thou wilt let me have a quantity in a large bottle, I will, in return, enter thy name to any charitable institution thou wilt fix on. Thine, T. Mulreaddy, Eeq. JACOB ROBERTS. Mr. Mulreaddy begs to observe, that to publish copies of he whole of the letters he has received of the above tenor, would require several volumes. The selection here pre- sented he considers quite sufficient, but begs to say, that upon trial of his Cough Elixir, it will give itself the best recommendation. It will be sold by his appointment, whole- sale and retail, by his agents, Messrs. HANNAY and Co., 63, Oxford- street, London; and retail by every other respecta- ble vender of medicines in bottles at Is. lj^ d. each. Purchasers should observe that it is wrapped up in white paper, on which, in a blue label with white etters, are printed the words,— Mulreaddy's Cough Elixir, pre- pared by Thomas Mulreaddy, Liverpool, and sold byhisap- pointment at Hannay and Co.' s, Patent Medicine Ware- house, 63, Oxford- street, London. Price Is. l% d. and 4s. 6( 1. Sold wholesale and retail by HANNAY and Co., 63, Oxford street, London, wholesale Patent Medicine Ven- ders and Perfumers to the Royal Family, where the public can be supplied with every patent and public medicine of repute; and also with the perfumes of all the respectable London perfumers, with an allowance on taking six or more of any other article at the same time. Soldbyappointmentby Maher, 5, Congreve- street, and Wood, bookseller, High street, Birmingham ; Parke. Wolverhampton; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; and Merridew, Coventry. Printed and published by FRANCIS BASSET SHENSTONK FLINDILL, of Lee Mount, in the parish of Edgbaston, at 38, New- street, Birmingham, where letters for the Editor maybe addressed, and where Advertisement* and Orders will be received. ( All descriptions of Jobbing carefully and expeditiously executed.) Agents in Lon- don: Messrs. NEWTON and Co., 5, Warwick- square; and Mr. BARKER, 33, Fleet- street.— Saturday, November 11,1837.