No. 695. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1838. PRICE 5> CHEAP GOODS ON SALE, AT THE LONDON SILK WAREHOUSE, 61 AND 62, BULL- STREET, BIRMINGHAM. PRINTED Saxony Cloths, Is. per yard. Printed Merinoes, Is. 8> 4( 1.; good Plain ditto, 2s. 6d. Bath Merinoes, equal to French, arid twilled on both sides, 5s. 4d. per yard. Mousseline de Laines, at 7s. lid. A few Children's Muffs, at 18d. About 100 Boas at 6*. 6d. A lotof Lynx and Musk Sable ditto, at 13s. 9J. A few last year's Boas, at 8s. 9d. Coronation Scarfs, at I6% d. each. Scarlet French Merino ditto, at 2s. l% d. Moravian Wool Shawls, at 3s. 6d. Good Filled Shawls, at 6s. lOd. Long Sbawls, at Ids. and 21s. Some good Black Silks, at 2s. O^ d., 2s. 3^. and 2s. 6% d. Some pood Plain Coloured ditto, at 2s. 2% d. A quantity ot Shot- figured Silks, at 2s. 6V£ d. One piece of good soft Black Satin, at 5s. 3d. Nine pieces of soiled Irishes, < from the Summer Stock) at a guinea and a half the piece, 25, 26, and 27 yards long. Velvet Sbawls, in all colours, at 25s. 9d. Figured Satinettes, at 2s. lO^ d.; Plain ditto, 3s. 4^ d. Some Squirrel Capes, the largest size, at 10s. 6d. About 130 Table Cloths, at 3s. 3d. each. A few at 4s. 3d., some Napkins, equal to Hamburgh, at 18s. 6d. per dozen. Cobdin's best Prints, at 8s. lid.; usually sold at 10s. 9d. Liddiard's and Sherriffs best Prints, at small profits. Flannels at8^ d., 9^ d., 10^ d., lU/ d., 14d., andl6d. Quilted Petticoats, at 5s. 9d.; Toilet Covers, 11 Bich Damasks for Curtains, in every colour, at Is. 7% d. Black and Blue Broad Cloths, at 8s. 6d. and 1 Is. 6d. per yard. Trowser Pieces, at 6s. 9d. and 8s. 9d. each. Fur Shawls, Capes, Muffs, and trimmings, in great variety, at low profits. Black Bombazines, Black Hat Band Silks, thick White Sarsnets, Gloves, Crapes, and every article in Family Mourning. Blankets, Dimities, Counterpanes, Quilts, Damasks, Table Linens, Sheetings, and every requisite for Families Fur- Dishing. W. EDWARDS, Proprietor. TEMPLE- ROW HOUSE. A VTVMN DRESS AND FAMIL Y CLOTHING. NEWTON, JONES, and WILLIS, most respect- fully inform the Nobility, Ladies, and the Public; they have made great preparations for the commencement Of the AUTUMN TRADE, and they beg to state their Stock is now replete not only with articles of LADIES' DRESS of the first fashion, but also with every description of genteel FAMILY CLOTHING, and being constantly in London and other Depots of Manufactures to meet the requirements of their increasing business, their connections may at all times depend on seeing every esteemed Novelty in Dress immediately on its introduction, and at as small a scale of profit as at any house in the trade. SUPERIOR FURS. NEWTON, JONES, and WILLIS, desire to announce to their connections that their FUR ROOM is now open for inspection, supplied with the same superior description of Furs as in former seasons, in proportion to the increasing demand, the taste for this article having now adapted it to Ladies' Dress in a great variety of elegant forms. Furs cleaned and repaired in the best manner. Ijgf The Trade supplied with every description of Foreign Skins, Fur Cloak Linings, Trimmings, & c. The lowest scale of profit will be strictly observed. September 29, 1838. CABINET AND UPHOLSTERY SHOW ROOMS, 16, ANN- STREET, BIRMINGHAM. WH. BISHOP begs most respectfully to thank • the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public generally for the distinguished support he has received the last sixteen years since his commencement in business. W. H. B. has great confidence in submitting to the ap- proval of his connection and the public his Stock, compris- ing every description of modern and elegant Furniture; and having made very extensive alterations in his premises to render his establishment adequate to his increasing bu- siness, he hopes to merit a continuance of that patronage lie has hitherto received. *„* Paper Hanging,& c. ONE THOUSAND POUNDS. APREMIUM of £ 1,000 will be given to any one who will procure for a Gentleman an adequate mer- cantile or other permanent situation. The Advertiser is not limited in regard to premium if an equivalent situation offers in any part of England. Apyly or address, post paid, to Mr. SHEAF, 72, New- street, Birmingham. ARMY CONTRACTS. Office of Ordnance, Pall Mall, 7th September, 1838. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons desirous of contracting to supply MEAT, BREAD, OATS, AND FORAGE, To Her Majesty's land forces, ( bread and meat for the Foot Guards generally, and for the Household Cavalry in Middlesex excepted) in cantonments, quarters, and barracks, in the counties of England severally, in Wales, in North" Britain, in the Isle of Man, and in the Channel Islands, for three months from the 1st of November next, inclusive; and also, STRAW FOR PAILLASSES, At the several barracks and ordnance stations in Great Bri- tain and the Channel Islands, for one year from the 1st of November next. That proposals in writing, addressed to the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, sealed up and marked on the outside Tender for Army Supplies, will be received at the Ordnance- office, Pall Mall, on or before Thursday, the eleventh day of October next; but none will be received after eleven o'clock on that day. Persons who make tenders, are desired not to use any forms but those which may be bad upon application at the office of the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance in Pall Mall, and of the barrack- masters in the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man. By order of the Board, R. BYHAM, Secretary. BARRACK CANTEENS. Office of Ordnance, 11th September, 1838. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the NEW CANTEEN in the undermentioned Barrack to be Let, upon the following conditions, to the 30th of Sep- tember, 1889 : — No Person but of unexceptionable character, nor any per- son who will not undertake, bona fide, to reside in the Can- teen, and conduct the business thereof in bis own person, will be approved; and two sureties will be required for the re- gular paymentof the rent, and of all sums which may become due in respect of the said Canteen, and for the due per- formance of the several conditions and stipulations of the lease. The Revenue or other Licences to be paid by the tenant. The person whose proposal shall be accepted ( and his sureties) must execute an Indenture of Lease,— must pay half the Stamp Duty, the amount of which, and all further particulars, may be known by applying at this Office, or to the Barrack- Master, at the Barracks, at Weedon. The names of two respectable persons, with their chris- tian names, professions, and places of abode, who will join the tenant in executing the indenture as his sureties, must be inserted in the proposals ; and no proposal will be attended to which is not accompanied by the written con- sent of the persons named to be the Proposer's Sureties. Sealed Proposals, with the words " Tender for Can- teen," written on the outside cover, will be received at this Office, at or before twelve o'clock at noon, of Thursday, 4th October, alter which hour any proposal received can- ot be noticed. By the Mutiny Act, Canteens are not liable to have troops billeted on them. RENT OF THE CANTEEN AS A STATION. DWELLING Fifteen Pounds per Annum. Wcedon, Ordance Yard, Barracks. By Order of the Board, B. BYHAM, Sec. TO THE ADMIRERS OF THE DAHLIA. JCOUDREY, Florist, particularly informs the • Nobility and Gentry, that his new and splendid collection of Dahlias are now in bloom, and may be seen on application at his Nursery, Nursery- lane, near the Church, Edgbaston. Edgbaston, September 22, 1838. DANCING. 10, OLD- SQUARE. MR. CRESSHULL respectfully informs his friends and the public, that his Evening Academy will be RE OPENED for the winter season on Tuesday evening the 2nd of October, and continued every Tuesday and Fri- day evening. The Wednesday afternoon Academy will also be resumed on Wednesday the 3rd of October, at half past two o'clock, for the instruction of those young Ladies and Gentlemen who cannot conveniently attend on Thursdays. Instruction on Thursdays as usual, from half past nine o'clock in the morning until five in the afternoon. September, 1839. MORNING INSTRUCTION. YOUNG LADIES are taught Writing, Accounts, English Grammar, and Letter Composition, at MRS. PITMAN'S MORNING SEMINARY. Hours of attendance, from ten till twelve daily.— Terms, 12s. per quarter. MR. PITMAN'S PUPILS will RE- ASSEMBLE on MONDAY MORNING NEXT, at Nine o'clock. YOUNG GENTLEMEN prepared for the FREE GRAM- MAR SCHOOL as usual. 19, Mewhall Btreet, Sep. 27,1838. AHIGHLY respectable Female wishes to meet with a situation in a gentleman's family ; to attend on a lady, or young ladies. She is a good needle woman, and can be well recommended. Letters, addressed, post paid, Y. Z., Journal Office. GENERAL HOSPITAL, BIRMINGHAM, Weekly Board, 28th September, 1838, MR. WM. HARROLD, CHAIRMAN. Resolved, THAT a Special Meeting of the Weekly Board be summoned for Friday next, at Twelve o'clock, to take into consideration the recommendation'of the Annual Board relative to canvassing the town and neighbourhood for an increase of Annual Subscriptions to this Institution. W. HARROLD. THEATRE OF ANATOMY AND SURGERY, No. 3, UPPER PRIORY, BIRMINGHAM. THIS SCHOOL will he OPENED on MONDAY, October 8, at one o'clock, when the Introductory Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Fletcher. In this Insti- tution it will be the object of the Lecturers to give con- tinual personal attendance, in order to secure the improve- ment and comfort of the Pupils. The following Lectures will be delivered during the Winter Session, 1838 39 : — Class. Anatomy, Phy. siology, and Pathology .. Anatomy, De. scriptive and Surgical .... Lecturers. Operative Sur- fery, with radical De- monstrations BELL FLETCHER, M. D., of the University of Paris, member of the Royal College of Phy- sicians. London, Physician to the General Dispensary, & c. Mr. GEO. ELKINGTON, M. R. C S., Surgeon to the General Dis- pensary, and late Demonstra- tor of Anatomy in the Bir- mingham School of Medicine and Surgery. Mr. JAMES WILKES, Member of the Royal College of Sur- geons, London, Hour. Daily, at 1, p. M. Daily at 11. A. M. £ s. 4 4 - J* ® » a £ B. 6 6 The Students of the classes of Anatomy will be admitted to the course of Operative Surgery, without payment of any additional fee. The Dissecting and Reading Rooms will be open to the Pupils of any of the above classes. Members of the Medi- cal Profession are respectfully invited to avail themselves of the opportunities afforded by the Dissecting Room, and to attend the Lectures. Students in Painting and Sculpture will be admitted gratuitously, under certain restrictions. For further particulars application may be made at the School; to Dr. FLETCHER, No. 90, New- street; to Mr. GEORGE ELKINGTON, No. 5, Jennen's- row; or to Mr. JAMES WILKES, NO. 36, Paradise- stieet, Birmingham. BIRMINGHAM SOCIETY FOR THE PURCHASE OF WORKS OF LIVING ARTISTS. SECOND YEAR, 1838. COMMITTEE. Francis Lloyd, Esq., Sutton Coldfield, Chairman Esq., Esq., Westley Richards, Edgbaston. William Scholefield, Edgbaston. Charles Shaw, Esq., Edg- baston. J. W. Unett, Esq., The Square. Joseph Walker, Esq., Cres- cent. Charles Birch, Esq., Mitch- ley Abbey. William Chance, Esq., Edg- baston. J. T. Lawrence, Esq., Balsall- heath. J. F. Ledsam, Esq., Edg- baston. E. T. Moore, Esq., Summer- row. J. E. Piercy, Esq., Warley Hall. J. G. Reeves, Esq., Moor- street, Treasurer. Rev. Hugh Hutton, Edgbaston, Secretary. RULES. AN annual subscription of one guinea constitutes a member; but each member may multiply his subscrip- tion to any amount, to have proportioned privileges, men- tioned below. After the payment of all expenses of the society, the remainder of the money shall be divided into various sums, not lower than five pounds, which shall be balloted for by all the members. The time of balloting for the prizes, shall be as soon after the opening of the annual exhibition of the Birming- ham Society of Arts, as the committee may deem ex- pedient. All sums so apportioned by the ballot, shall be expended to the full amount, in the purchase of works of art in the aforesaid exhibition. Every drawer of a prize shall be at liberty to select for himself, from the catalogue of the exhibition, one picture, of at least the value of the prize drawn; and to add to the sum of bis prize, to any amount, for the purchase of any work of higher value. Every member shall have one chance in the balloting, for every guinea contained in his subscription. In the year in whi - h the Birmingham Society of Arts exhibits works of anci ' nt masters only, the subscriptions shall be paid as usual, b. it no balloting shall take place; but in the following year the prizes shall be increased in number and value, and persons becoming members in this year, shall be required to pay two guineas, to entitle them to a single chance each, in this extended scale of prizes. No person shall be entitled to the privilege of balloting, who has not paid his subscription for the current year. At the annual general meeting of the subscribers, imme- diately after the balloting for the prizes, a Committee, Secretary, and Treasurer, for the ensuing year, shall be chosen by the members present. A list of the subscribers will lie, during the exhibition, on the table, in the saloon of the Society of Aits, in which persons desirous of becoming members, are requested to insert their names, residence, and number of shares re- quired ; but those whose names are already enrolled, need not repeat their signatures. The subscriptions for the current year are now due, which may be paid to J. G. REEVES, Esq., Moor- street, treasurer, or to Mr. JACKSON, at the door of the Society of Aits, by whom receipts will be given. ( Signed) HUGH HUTTON, Secretary. Committee room, Society of Arts, September 5, 1838. WINTER SUPPLY OF COALS. CT. LUTWYCHE takes this opportunity of re- • turning his thanks for the liberal support be has received from his friends since his commencement in the Coal trade, and to assure those friends who are about to lay iri their winter stock, that their orders shall always be at- tended to in such a way as he trusts will give entire satis- faction. COAL WHARF, SNOWHILL. Cox- street, Birmingham, Sept. 20, 1838. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE OFFICE, BRIDGE- STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON ; SURREY- STREET, NORWICH ; AND BENNETT'S- HILL, BIRMINGHAM. Capital, £ 550,000. DIRECTORS. President— Edward T. Booth, Esq. Vice- President— Lieutenant- Colonel Harvey. Anthony Hudson, Esq, George Morse, Esq. William Herring, Esq. Colonel Sir Robert J. Har- vey, C. B. George Seppings, Esq Isaac Preston, Esq., Recor- der of Norwich. Charles Evans, Esq. Edward Steward, Esq. Lewis Evans, Esq., M. D. Thomas Blakiston, Esq,, R. N. Secretary— Samuel Bignold, Esq. RECEIPTS for the renewal of Policies, wliieh become due on the 29th instant, are ready for delivery, on application as above, or to any of the society's agents mentioned below; when A TRIENNIAL DIVIDEND OF TEN PER CENT, will be made to the insurers on premiums paid by them at Michaelmas, 1834,1835, and 1836; and in like manner at the three succeeding quarters of Christmas, 1838, March and June, 1839, a dividend on the premiums paid to the office for the three years commencing at Christmas, 1834, Marehand June, 1835. Thus, persons insuring with this company, though nomi- nally charged the same rate of premium as would be re- quired by any established society, are, in reality, protected for ten percent, less premium than they would be if insured wilh offices making' no returns, but whose shareholders divide the whole of the prolits amongst themselves, and leave the Insurers with nothing but their share of respon- sibility. The distinguishing principle of this office is, that the parties insuring are, by the deed of settlement, entirely ex- onerated from responsibility, the whole of such responsibility being undertaken by a numerous and opulent proprietary, who have subscribed, to meet all contingencies, a CAPITAL , of £ 550,000. The law of partnership, operating in mutual Assurance Societies, is wholly excluded from this Society, whose deed of settlement has been framed by the ablest counsel to effect that important object. The confidence of the public in the stability of this Com- pany may be inferred from the fact, that its business now exceeds FIFTY- FIVE MILLIONS, and is rapidly in- creasing. No charge is made for policies where insurances are re- moved from other offices. The following is a statement of duties paid into the exche- quer for the year 1837, and the amount of farming stock, which is free of duty, insured by the undermentioned offices :— Norwich Union Birmingham ~ District Duty paid. £ 64,722 11 10 7,397 18 4 2,318 12 5 Amount Insured on Fanning Stock. £ 8,804,605 496,210 18,675 JOHN GREEN, Agent for Birmingham. Bennett's- hill, September 24, 1838. Alcester, William White, jun. Aldridge, Charles Juxon Bewdley, William Wright Bilston, Titus Thompson Brierley- hill, John Dugard Bromsgrove, Benj. Maund Burton on Trent, W. Wesley Burslem, Mary Powell Cheadle, G, Marson Cirencester, Wm. Stevens Coventry, Wm. Forster Evesham, Anthony New Hanley, Thomas Allbut Kidderminster, Charles Cole Kineton, Wm. John9 Leamington, W. F. Cowley Leek, William Challinor Lichfield, Wm. Baker Pershore, Charles Laugher Rugeley, James Moxon Stafford, J. K. Shaw Stone, John Lloyd Stourbridge, Joseph Fowler Stourport, Thomas Tyler Stratford upon Avon, W. Smith Tamworth, J. and S. Will- cox Upton, Thomas Bird, jun. Warwick, J. Margetts, jun. West Bromwich, J. M. Richardson Wordsley, Robert Green Wal6all, J. Adams Wolverhampton, W. Buckle Worcester, T. H. Wheeler ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY, ESTABLISHED 1808. DIRECTORS Sir Thomas Turton, Bart., Chairman. J. D. Hume, Esq., Deputy Chairman. The Hon. Sir Courtenay lioyle. John Oliver Hanson, Esq. William Laforest, Esq. Moses Mocatta, Esq. James William Ogle, Esq. Emanuel Pacifico, M. D. William George Prescott, Esq. Joseph Pulley, Esq. John Peter Rasch, Esq. John Woolley, Esq. CHARLES ANSELL, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DEPARTMENT.— Persons assured for the whole term of life, in Great Britain or Ireland respect- ively, will have an ADDITION made to their policies every seventh year, or an equivalent reduction will be made in the future payments of premium, at the option of the assured. THE THIRD SEPTENNIAL VALUATION, up to Christmas, 1837, is now completed, and the Directors have great satisfaction in stating its result. The following TABLE shows the TOTAL ADDI- TIONS made to policies for £ 1,000, effected in London, or through an agent in Great Britain, which had been in force for the 21 years ending 1837 : — Age at commence- ment. Annual Premium. BONUS. Gross Additions to the Sura assured. Equivalent to the following per cGnta^ e oil the premiums paid to the Company. £ s. d. £ £ s. d. 30 26 14 2 354 63 2 3 40 33 19 2 416 58 6 8 50 45 6 8 526 55 5 0 60 63 13 4 \ 789 59 0 3 ASSURANCES FOR SHORT PERIODS may now be effected in this office, at considerably reduced rates ol premium. FIRE DERARTMENT.— In addition to the benefit of the late reduction in the rates of premiums, this company offers to assurers the advantage of an allowance for the loss of rent of buildings, rendered untenantable by fire. POLICIES falling due at Michaelmas, should be re- newed within fifteen days from that period. The company's rates and proposals may be had at the office in London, or of any of the agents in the country, who are authorised to report on the appearance of lives pro- posed for assurance. HENRY DESBOROUGH, Secretary. 92, Cheapside, August, 1838. The agents for the company at the undermentioned places are, viz, Birmingham. Alcester Bilston Coventry Dudley Leek— Lichfield „ ™ Nuneaton^. Rugeley Solihull. Southam, —~ Stratfordon- Avon Stourbridge. Warwick ™ Wolverhampton Mr. JOHN ASPLEY. , Mr. J. Webb. , Mr. G. Beards. . Mr. T. Dawes. • Mr. J. Tyson. , Mr. J. Heathcote. • Mr. F. Egginton. - Mr. J. Estlin. , Mr. W. Turner. Mr. J. Edwards. Mr. W. Simpson. Mr. W. George. Mr. J. Light. Mr. H. Baly. Mi. H. Mitchell. VACANT— Henley- in- Arden, Leamington. LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE RATES REDUCED 30 PER CENT. PER ANNUM. INDEPENDENT AND WEST MIDDLESEX ASSURANCE COMPANY. IIFE ANNUITY RATES, calculated on equitable J principles, for immediate benefits to the public. FOR EXAMPLE. For every £ 100 deposited, this Association will grant the annuity placed opposite the age of the party depositing. From £ 50 and upwards, in proportion. AGE. SO to 40 to 45 to 50 to 55 to 60 to 65 to 70 to 75 to 80 £ 8 0 £ 8 10 £ 9 0 £ 9 10 £ 10 10 £ 12 10 £\ 5 10 £ 200 £ 250 per per per per per per per per per cent. cent. cent. cent. cent. cent. cent. cent. cent. LIFE ASSURANCE RATES. Age. 20 to 25 to 30 to 35 35 to 45 to 50 Premium £ s. 1 II | £ 8. d. I I 1 15 0 | £ s. d. I 2 0 0| • Ss. d 2 6 0 £ s. d. I £ s. d. | £ 8. d. 2 10 0 | 2 15 0 1 3 5 0 This Company make no charges for intermediate ages under fifty years. FIRE INSURANCE RATES. COMMON INSURANCE. S. d. Private houses and shops ( not hazardous) 1 0 per cent. Hazardous _ 2 0 Double Hazardous 3 6 Farming Stock 1 6 INDEPENDENT AND WEST MIDDLESEX ASSURANCE COMPANY, FOR FIRE, LIVES, AND ANNUITIES, Opposite the Bazaar, Baker street, Portman square, London. Established and empowered under the several acts of Par- liament of 14th Geo. 3rd, c. 48; 22nd Geo. 3rd; 53rd Geo. 3rd, c. 141; and 3rd Geo. 4, c. 92. Capital, One Million, In 20,000 Shares of £ 50 each. MANAGERS, Thomas Knowles, Esq. H. R. Perkins, Esq. Thomas Price, Esq. William Reid, Esq. Edward W. Taylor, Esq. John Wilson, Esq. Wm. Wiiittaker, Esq. James Alexander, Esq. George Anderson, Esq. Thomas Bedford, Esq. James Drummond, Esq. Samuel Eyre, Esq. Robert Ferguson, Esq. Thomas Hope, Esq. J. D. Hustler, Esq. AUDITORS— Samuel Eyre, Esq., John Wilson, Esq., G. E. ( Williams, Esq. RESIDENT SECRETARY— Mr. William Hole. BANKERS— The Bank of England. PHYSICIAN— Marshall Hall, M. D., F. R. S., Manchester square. SURGEON— James Devereux Hustler, Esq., Park street. SURVEYOR— Simon Thurston, Esq., 9, Southampton street, Bloomsbury square, SOLICITORS— Messrs. Williams and Son, 2, Hart street, Bloomsbury square. Agent at Birmingham— Mr. R. H. Tarleton, solicitor, Bennett's hill. Agents wanted for the county of Warwick. Applications o be addressed to the Secretary, as above. THE FREEMASONS' and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE, LOAN, ANNUITY, and RE- VERSIONARY INTEREST COMPANY. No. 11, Waterloo- place, Pall- mall, London. Capital £ 500,000, in 25,000 Shares, of £ 20 each. Deposit £ 1 per Share. One- tenth of the profits of each district will be annually applied to such benevolent purposes, connected with Free- masonry, as the Provincial Grand Lodge of such district shall approve. The tenth of the profits of the metropo- litan district to be applied by the United Grand Lodge of England. PATRONS. The Right Hon. the Earl of Digby. The Right Hon. the Earl of Mexborough, P. G. M., West Riding of Yorkshire. The Right Hon. Lord Reay. The Right Hon. Lord Saltoun. The Right Hon. Charles Tennyson D'Eyncourt, M. P., P. G. M., of Lincolnshire. General Sir Joseph O'Halloran, K. C. B. DIRECTORS. Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, Chairman. Wm. Cumming, Esq, I Geo. Goldsmith Kirby, Esq. Frederick Dodsworth, Esq. | Richd. Alex. Price, Esq. James Jephson, Esq. I James Stephenson, Esq. Wm. King, Esq. | Capt. Wm. Spencer Webb. AUDITORS. Joshua King, L. L. D., F. C. P. S.,& c., Psesidentof Queen's College, Cambridge. Rev. Hamnett Holditeh, F. C. P. S., & c., President of Caius College, Cambiidge. BANKE RS, The London and Westminster Bank. MEDICAL ADVISERS. H. U. Thomson, Esq., M. D. Thomas King, Esq., Maddox- street. LEGAL ADVISERS. Sir Frederick Pollock, M. P. William Hayes, Esq. The advantages of this Company are as follow: — 1. To the Assured requiring profits The whole of the profits of their own class will, after deducting all the ex- penses of the establishment and their share of the charity, at the end of the first five years, and from that time trien- nially, be divided amongst themselves. 2. The option of taking those profits in cash, adding to the policy, diminishing the premium, or effecting an annuity for the remainder of life at a certain age. 3. To the Assured not participating in profits.— Pre- miums much below those of most other offices. 4. Facilities for effecting loans on security of the policies. 5. To both Classes,— Increasing or decreasing premiums at their option. 6. Half the amount of premiums may remain unpaid, at £ 5 per cent, interest, on the security of the policies for the first five years. 7. Policies not forfeited if premiums unpaid at the stipu- lated period, but may be revived if health the same. 8. No error, but only fraud, to vitiate a policy. 9. Policies and premiums may be reduced if circumstances require it, and the overplus paid be considered as paid in advance upon the reduced policy. 10. All claims to be settled within three months, after satisfactorily proved, or earlier on an allowance of discount. 11. The advantages to shareholders are, a dividend of five per cent, interest on their shares— the whole of the pro- fits arising from the proprietary class, deducting its share of the charity— profits arising from the purchase of reversions — profits arising from the purchase and granting annuities. 12. The bonuses at the Equitable and other societies, which divide profits at long intervals, may be assured at this office. A table, showing the annual premiums required for the assurance of £ 100 on a single life, for the whole duration, with or without a participation of profits: — Age next birth- day. Without Profits, or Proprietary. With Profits, or Modern Mutual. £ s. d. £ s. d. 15 1 10 6 1 14 8 20 1 13 6 1 17 9 25 1 17 6 2 2 0 30 2 2 8 2 7 5 35 2 9 2 1 14 3 40 2 17 5 3 2 10 45 3 7 11 3 13 11 50 4 2 6 4 9 3 Other tables, giving the premiums for all the varieties of life assurance may be had at the office. Applications for shares to be made at any of the branches of the London and Westminster Bank; or for shares, policies, or annuities, to G. G. KIRBY, Esq., managing di- rector, 11, Waterloo- place. District Boards will be formed from the Brethren of Lodges, who will superintend the business for the benefit of the Masonry and the institution. Agents, being share- holders, will be speedily appointed in all the principal towns in the United Kingdom, and early applications ( post paid) for such appointments should be made, accompanied by the names of two respectable references in London. OPENING OF THE LONDON AND BIRMING- HAM RAILWAY. THE great facilities now afforded for travelling to the markets, and the immediate transit of goods t » their destination, must determine all houses of extensive business to alter their system of buying, and to have re- course to very much more frequent visits to the manufacto- ries and large depots. WESTALL, WESTALL, and CO., are so powerfully, impressed with this conviction, that, in unison with theic last announcement of a prospective " entire change in the nature of their business," they have fully completed ar- rangements for weekly journeys to London, Manchester, and other prominent markets, and for the delivery within a. few hours of goods therein purchased. WESTALL, WESTALL, and CO., are now in the markets, and will receive during the current week, and ew weekconsecutively, all eligible varieties of NEW GOODS produced in every department of their business, which is notoriously too general in its branches to require enumera- tion, and the character of which, for quality of goods and variety of price, has been best determined by the generous and large support extended to their house. N. B— Every variety of Family Mourning, of uniform shades of colours, and Funerals completely furnished. Next door to Dee's Royal Hotel, Temple- row, Birmingham. COUNTY FIRE OFFICE, AND PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, ESTABLISHED 1806. CAPITALS— A MILLION STERLING AND UPWARDS. PRESIDENT, The Right Hon. EARL GREY. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS. His Grace the Duke of Rutland. The Most Noble the Marquis of Northampton. The Right Hon. Lord King. The Right Hon. Lord Northwick. Sir W. E. Welby, Bart. Sir John Osborn, Bart. Sir Frederick A. Roe, Bart. G. E. Welby, Esq., M. P. George Pryme, Esq., M. P. Francis Const, Esq. J. E. Conant, Eeq. Barber Beaumont, Esq. & c., & c., & c. rpHE COUNTY is the only Fire Office which has - 1- constantly made returns to its members, and for a. long series of years. These returns have varied from 10 to 25 per cent., and have amounted to upwards of 100,000/. In the LIFE OFFICE, nearly the whole of the profits are divided among the parties insured. Their effect may be judged of from a policy taken out by His late Majesty on his own life for 3,000/, which additions increased to 3,963/. Upwards of thirty Insurance Offices having broken up within a few years, and nearly as many new ones having been projected within the last two or three years, it may be necessary to observe, that all the substantial advantages promised by such new Offices have been long realised under the plans and management of the Provident Life Office. Agent at Birmingham, WILLIAM SUMNER, 97, High- street. DISTRICT FIRE OFFICE OF BIRMINGHAM. ESTABLISHED 1834. No 61, New Street, next to the Post Office. CAPITAL, £ 300,000. TRUSTEES. JOSHUA SCHOLEFIELD, Esq., M. P. WILLIAM BEALE, Esq. WILLIAM HAINES, Esq. DIRECTORS. WILLIAM CHANCE, Esq., Chairman. WILLIAM BEALE, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Mr. Benjamin Barns Mr. Thomas Clark Mr. John Dadlev Mr. Matthew Dixon Mr. William Harding Mr. Samuel Haines Mr. Edward Middleton Mr. Thomas Pemberton Mr. John Brearley Payn Mr. John Gibson Reeves PERSONS desirous of protection from Loss by FI RE are respectfully informed that this Office lias been established with a view of retaining the Insurances of the town and neighbourhood, in preference to depending art Companies at a distance, and whose Pi oprietary are strangers. The terms of Insurance are fully as favourable as those of any other Office, and it is an advantage to the Assured that ALL LOSSES are promptly paid in Cash, the Company not interfering with the re- building or re- instating property damaged or destroyed. Losses from fire occasioned by lightning are made good. No charge is made for Policies amounting to £ 300 and upwards, or for those brought from other Offices. Powerful Engines upon the Premises, with active and ex- perienced firemen ready at a moment's notice. By order of the Board of Directors. HENRY LOWE, Secretary. Receipts for the renewal of Policies due on the 29th in- stant are now ready for delivery at the office, and by the under- mentioned Agents of the Company: — Mr. Horatio Barnett, Solicitor, Walsall; Mr. John J. Bateman, Leamington; Mr. Joseph Greaves, Solicitor, Warwick; Mr. William Gillard, Lichfield; Mr. James Hadduck, Kingswinford; Mr. T. L. Leonard, Worcester; Mr. J. W. Puckle West Bromwich ; Mr. Thomas Simpson, Wolverhampton; Mr. Samuel Sellman, Bilston ; Mr. Henry Willis, Kidderminster; Mr. James Morris, Dudley. BIRMINGHAM FIRE OFFICE, UNION- STREET, Established in 1805.— Empowered by act of Parliament. TRUSTEES. James Taylor, Esq. I Samuel Lloyd, Esq. W. C. Russell, Esq. R. T. Cadbury, Esq. Thomas Lee, Esq. J DIRECTORS. Thomas Lee, Esq., Chairman. R. T. Cadbury, Esq., Deputy Chairman. * ames Ll< ^ loyd, Esq. ickc James ] PHH| Mr. Howard Luckcock Mr. John Mabson Mr. James Moilliett R. E. E. Mynors, Es< i. Mr. William Parry William Phipson, Esq. Mr. Samuel Smith, jun. Mr. John Whittingham AUDITORS. Wm. C. Alston, Esq. Mr. Thomas Beilby Mr. Thomas Bembridge Mr. James Busby Mr. Benjamin Coley Mr. Edwaid T. Cox Mr, Samuel Dawes Mr. Benjamin Guest Mr. John Hardman Mr. Henry S. Lingham Mr. G. Lingham | Mr. Thomas Dowler THE following are among the peculiar and im- portant advantages offered by this old- established Office: — I.— PERFECT SECURITY.— The ample capital of £ 300,000, of which £ 160,000 is paid up, under the immediate ma- nagement of the above Board of Direction, is guaranteed by an opulent Proprietary for the security of the Assured. II. — HONOUR AND LIBERALITY IN THE SETTLEMENT OP LOSSES The well- known character of the Members of the Direction affords, on this head, every possible security. III— MODERATE RATES OF PREMIUM — The rates are fully as low as those adopted by Offices of character and experience. IV— The Insured are not liable to be called upon to make good the losses of others, as in the case of Offices that profess to divide their profits amongst Insurers. V— All Losses are paid in cash, without deduction or discount. VI.— Losses by Lightning are made good. Three powerful Engines, with experienced Engineers and Firemen, resident on the spot, ready for action at a moment's warning, and whose services will continue to be ( as they have been for upwards of thirty years past) devoted, free of expense, to the Public Security. Every further information respecting Insurances may be obtained at the Office in Union- street, or of the Agents of the Company throughout the kingdom, who are also now ire possession of Receipts for. the Renewal of Insurances due on the 29th instant, the payment of which is respectfully requested. By Order of the Court of Directors, JOHN SIMMONS, Secretary, September 25, 1838. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 29. 7 NEWS OF THE WEEK. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. LETTING OFF THE STEAM " One of our ministers," says the Journal de Paris, " has the singular mania of venting lis ill- humour by throwing his hat on the ground, and as his irritation increases, the unoffending castor gets kicked all round the room. The affair of Prince Louis Napoleon has already cost his excellency three hats." We learn from Vienna that the second section of the great northern railroad, named after the Emperor Ferdinand, has been opened with the accustomed ceremonies. This division runs from the town of Deutsch- Wagram to the Tillage of Unter- Ganserndortf. A new journal, called the Echo de I'Orient, has just ap. yeared at Smyrna. It is printed in the French language, and puWj'shed weekly, on Saturdays, the same day as the publication of that respectable paper, the Journal de jSmyi ne. EGYPT The German journals are filled with speculations on the effects of the new treaty of commerce between the Tuikish, French, and British governments, which, if carried into effect, is considered by those papers as calculated to utterly ruin Mehemet Ali, and tender him a complete vassal of the Porte. A letter from Constantinople, dated August 28, states, that the plague had broken out at Haida Pasha, near Scutari, and lacing the point of the seraglio, amongst the troops stationed there, and that twenty- nine cases were already known. Government immediately ordered the best sana- tory measures, establishing a cordon round the camp. The Commerce states, in a letter from Toulon, that about the end of October, the squadron destined to obtain satis- faction from the Mexican government would amount to twenty- seven vessels, viz six frigates, eight corvettes, eleven brigs, and four bomb- vessels. The affairs of England engage much of the attention of the writers in the Paris journals. The Kadical meetings, lield in London and elsewhere, the agitation got up by O'Connell, " pourfaire poueser la Rente," and the unequivo- cal, scarcely dissembling, hostility of Russia, are deemed the all but immediate precursers of our fall. The celebrated Danish sculptor, Thorwaldsen, arrived in the Sound on the 16th inst. on board of the frigate Rota, which the King of Denmark had sent to convey the dis- tinguished artist from Leghorn to his native country. The beautiful village of Heiden, near Appenzell, in Swit- zerland, running a length of nearly half a league, and con- taining upwards of one hundred houses, together with the church, was totally destroyed on the 7th instant by fiie, originating in an ironfoundry established there. DOMESTIC. THE METROPOLIS. BANK OF ENGLAND Quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of England, from the 26th of June to the 18th of September, 1838, both inclusive, published pursuant to the act 3rd and 4th William IV., cap 98: — LIABILITIES. Circulation £ 19,665,000 Deposits 10,040,000 eleven hours. The mails, through their detention for three hours in London, cannot now reach Liverpool till eleven o'clock at night. The steamer, however, starts regdlarly at five o'clock, as heretofore? the consequence is, the Dublin people are twelve hours later than before the railway ex- isted. Hop picking has now commenced generally in all parts of the kingdom, and it is said that the hops come down very short of the most cautious calculations. Miss Wigley's concerts on Friday passed off exceedingly well. The principal vocalists were Miss Birch, Miss Rain- forth, and Mr. Machin, who gave general satisfaction on this their first appearance in Shrewsbury. Mr. Cart, on the flute, and Mr. H. Hayward, on the violin, acquitted them- selves with their accustomed ability; and Miss Wigley's brilliant execution on the piano forte called forth repeated plaudits. In the absence of Mr. R. H. Bishop, Mr. G. Hay, organist, of Wolverhampton, presided.— Shrewsbury Chronicle. INFANTICIDE.— Mr. J. Wateihouse, chairman of the Hali- fax Board of Guardians under the Poor- law Amendment Act, publicly announced at the last meeting of that board, that since the passing of the Poor- law Amendment Act, bastardy, as well as infanticide, had decreased in an ex- traordinary degree. PEINE FORTE ET DURE.— We have been favoured with a sight of Her Majesty's sign manual, granting a condi- tional pardon to Ann Byrom and Dianah Jones, both for child muider, which is counter- signed by Lord John Rus- sell. This document condemns the women to five years' imprisonment with hard labour, in the Penitentiary at Mil- bank ; three months in each year, at intervals of one month, in solitary confinement; and at the end of that time ( if they survive the royal mercy) they are to be trans- ported to a penal colony for the remainder of their lives— Chester Courant. GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL. We regret to hear a report that the stewards will probably have to make up a considerable deficiency, as the expenses are said to exceed 50001, whilst the receipts are between 3 and 4000/.— Worcester Chronicle. GAME CERTIFICATES There has been a considerable in- crease in the number of certificates to kill game taken out this year for Herefordshire, as compared with the last. The first publication for 1838 contains the names of 479 gentle- men, whereas that for 1837 exhibited 445 only. RAILWAY FROM MANCHESTER TO THE HUMBER— A sur- vey of the proposed line from the Sheffield and Manchester Railway, near Penistone, to the Humber, is now proceeding under the superintendence of Mr. Locke, and it is ex- pected that he will, in a very short time, be enabled to make his report upon its engineering merits.— Sheffield Mercury. THE DEVIL'S DOZEN.— At a friendly meeting of the Tradesmen's and Operative Conservative Association, held at Mr. Searle's, the Peacock Inn, Kidderminster, on Mon- day last, thirteen operatives enrolled themselves as members of the association Ten Towns' Messenger. THE LANCASHIRE DEMONSTRATION. Securities,. Bullion £ 29,705,000 £ 22,846,000 9,615,000 £ 32,461,000 Downing- street, Sept. 21, 1838. COMPOUNDING Her Majesty has subscribed 300/. in aid of church extension in Scotland. [ Dr. Chalmers won't let ministers off for all that.] The statement that the widow of Mr. James, the naval historian, was to have a small pension, turns out to be un- founded.— Ministerial paper. A letter has been published by His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, in which he formally announces his inten- tion of resigning, in November next, the Presidency of the Itoyiil Society. It appears, from a statement presenting a summary of the proceedings for effecting the voluntary commutation of tithes in each county of England and Wales up to the 1st of August last, that the total in England and Wales, up to that period, has been— notices of meetings, 7,012; agree- ments received, 2,252; agreements confirmed, 1,357; ap- portionments received, 386; apportionments confirmed, 76. PROVINCIAL. CHARITY AT HOME.— A Mr. Crabb, of Southampton, has undertaken the hitherto neglected task of reforming the morals and religion of the Gipsies. GOING A- HEAD— On a single day, Tuesday last six large ships were launched into the Wear, on the banks of which 105 sail are now building. The Lords of the Treasury have constituted Carmarthen a separate and independent port.— Cambrian. THE FORFARSHIRE On Tuesday morning, the Superb steamer, Captain Davison, of South Shields, when about eight miles out at sea, picked up the bedy of a lady floating. This unfortunate lady is supposed, from the marks on the clothes, to be the wife of Captain Patrick, of Hull, and was a passenger on board the Forfarshire steamer when the late melancholy wreck of that vessel occurred.— Durham Chronicle. IMPORTANT REFORMS A reduction of Id. in the charge Of postage between London and Southampton has been ob- tained ; the aid of Lord Duncan has effected that which all the efforts of his Tory predecessors were unable to accom- plish !— Hampshire paper. At a recent meeting of the board of guardians of the . Auckland Union, it was unanimously resolved, that for the luture every applicant for parochial relief in that union who should be found to keep a useless dog should in consequence he refused such relief.— Durham Chronicle—[ If all the use- less dogs in society were sent to the right about, we suspect there would be a mighty dispersion of poor law guardians. — E. B. J.] DANGEROUS GUARDS— On Thursday, Mr. Levick, of Wellington- street, was shot in the leg by a spring gun, placed by himself in his warehouse, in order to catch any thieves that might attempt to rob the premises.— Sheffield Iris- Messrs. Fielden, of Todraorden, have contributed 200/. towards the fund for raising an annuity for Mr. Oastler.— Halifax Express. MANCHESTER The incorporation of Manchester is cer- tain, unless the Privy Council are a set of old women. The simple fact, that out of 32,000 names, more than 22,000 were fictitious, ought to have satisfied them that the petition was worthless.— Guardian. — [ We rather believe the charter has been signed, and is in the course of being sealed.— E. B. J.] FIRE- ARMS.— On Wednesday, Mr. Henry Mitchell, who lives in Silvester- street, Hull, placed on his dinner table two loaded pistols; his wife, ignorant of their being charged, took up one of them and pulled the trigger, when it went off, and the ball penetrated and passed quite through the body Of her husband. From what we gather up to the hour of going to press, very slight hopes are held out by his medical attendants.— Eastern Counties Herald. THE BRAGANZA.— One of the sailors belonging to the . Braganza, taken at Emden, in Hanover, has hung himself in the prison at Bremen. His name is John Adams. He was a native of Hamburgh. FATAL STEAM BOILER EXPLOSION.— Another of these violent steam boiler explosions, attended with loss of life, occurred in this town on Wednesday last, at the factory of W. G. Taylor, Hill- mill, Hallivvell, Lancashire, and we regret to say that tlie consequence proved fatal to a young man named Thomas Halliwell, aged nearly nineteen, an engine tender. The boiler burst with a loud crash, destroy- ing the engine house in a moment, and burying the deceased amid the ruins. All hands were soon on the spot, and after removing the bricks and the stones, the body of the unfortu- nate man was found quite lifeless. A THOROUGH BRUTE One of the most deliberate and diabolical acts of cruelty that we have heard of for some time past, was perpetrated in Carlisle, a few days ago, by a fellow of tb e name of M'Laughlen. It appears that a boy, named Peele, who is employed in an iron foundry in Water lane, was examining the cock of a steam- boiler on the pre- mises, when M'Laughlen told him to let it alone, or he would throw him into the boiler. The boy, supposing the man to be in jest, smiled, upon which the ruffian seized him, and placed head in the almost boiling water, in which he held him for a moment, and then, horrid to relate, dropped him in altogether. Having done this, the monster deliberately walked away, and left the poor sufferer, who, after a short struggle, succeeded in getting out of the boiler hut not until he was so much scalded that there are no hopes of his recovery. — Cumberland Packet. BEDDOES- GREEN SUNDAY WAKE.— In the course of the day a fight took place between two men, named Green and Harper, about an infamous woman. They fought in the most furious manner, amidst the yells and shouts of about five hundred ruffians; at length Harper was thrown hea- vily, and appeared almost lifeless, when Green, retreating a step or two, raised his leg, and kicked his fallen antagonist 3n the stomach. He lived only a few hours after.— Wor- cester Paper. MAKING [ LEE] WAY When the mail was conveyed to Xiivelpool by coach, it arrived shortly after four o'clock in the afternoon, and was forwarded thence in a steamer, which left Liveipool at five o'clock, thus allowing just sufficient time for the transmission of the mails from the coach to the steam- boat. The passage from Liverpool to Dublin is generally accomplished in moderate weather in SCOTLAND. EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER On Sunday afternoon a thunder storm passed over Glenlean, a few miles from Kil- mun, where is a powder mill. A flash of lightning struck one of the workshops, where there were eighteen barrels of gunpowder. The gunpowder was ignited, and exploded with a terrific noise, destroying the workshop and carrying away the roof of the mill. The magazine, situated between the two buildings destroyed, was untouched.— Glasgow Chro A dreadful accident occurred in Dundalk on Saturday evening. As the men employed in the erection of the Roman Catholic chapel of that town were carrying up the key- stone of the principal arch of the window of the edifice, when they got up with it to the fourth landing of the scaf- folding, the latter broke down, and, melancholy to relate, eleven men were precipitated from a height of fifty feet, the scaffolding, & c., & c., falling on them. Two men were killed on the spot; the remaining nine were immediately removed to the hospital; two of the latter have since died, and very little hopes are entertained for the remander. IRELAND. THE IRISH POOR LAW.— There will be 100 unions under the Poor- law act for Ireland.— Limerick Chronicle. LORD JOHN RUSSELL Lord John Russell arrived at Kingstown by the Liverpool mail packet, on the morning of the 22nd, and set off for the chief secretary's lodge in the Phoenix- park, where he will remain for a few days on a visit with Lord Morpeth. On the evening of the 18th inst., a man named William Brien, on his return from the fair of Castle Otway to Gurt- nagowan, was pursued by three fellows, and overtaken about a quarter of a mile from the police barrack, where they as- saulted him in so savage a manner that the left side of his skull was actually broken in ; from the effects of which he died at five o'clock the following morning, after suffering much agony.— Nenagh Guardian. PAYMENT or RENT Mr. John Haslam, of Mountmelick, having seized a quantity of corn at Inch, near Stradbally, for non- payment of rent due by his tenant, Henry Flinn, he having given previous notice, effected a sale on the 15th instant; but, on attempting to carry off the corn, he and the purchaser were opposed by a party of about thirty or forty of the peasantry, armed with pitchforks, reaping- hooks, stones, & c. The landlord's heels were tripped up, the pur- chaser was jostled and assaulted, a thrust of a pitchfork was made at one, and a reapiug- liook placed to the throat of another; eventually Mr. Haslam was obliged to allow the corn to be taken away by Flinn's friends, and thereby he was deprived of the only security for the payment of his rent.— Leinster Express. A GHOST SEER On Friday, the 7th inst., the remains of Patrick Cormack, a blacksmith, were borne through Nenagh, from Bantess, to be consigned to the " narrow dwelling," in Kilmore churchyard. Some months ago, Cormack resided in Nenagh, and had a forge in Barrack- street, in which he did a deal of business. One night, hav- ing sat up some time playing at cards with his two assistants, he retired to bed, leaving them to continue their amuse- ment. On awaking some time in the night, he looked to- wards the fireplace, and seeing two men sitting near the fire, whom he imagined to be his assistants, he exclaimed, " So ye are at it yet; I think it is time for he to stop!" The words were scarcely out of his mouth, when one of the forms slowly rose, and, bending on him a stony and staring look, said, in a sepulchral tone of voice, " If you do not drop them, too, you will rue it when it may be too late." In the shadowy torm Cormack thought he recognised the resemblance of a cousin of his, named Jeremiah, who was murdered some years ago in the neighbourhood of Bor- risoleigh. The other form then arose from its sitting posi. tion, and its proportions seemed so gigantic as to fill half the house. Cormack shivered in every limb, and could not take his eyes off them until they melted into thin air— first their legs became indistinct, then their bodies, then up their necks, and at last their heads. Cormack arose the next morning an altered man ; his disposition, which was gay, became saturnine and morose; even the flutter of a bird would startle him in a fearful manner. He walked about like a being who held companionship with the invisible; his energies were cramped, and his spirits seemed awfully de- pressed by some supernatural agency. The unearthly visitant still frequented his hearthstone, and startling are the reports of the dialogues that are rumoured to have taken place between him and the shadow of his murdered cousin. In order to rid himself of his ghostly intruder, he broke up house and went to live at Bantess, near Cloughjordan. He opened a forge there, but change of abode brought no change of feeling, for he still continued to be the pining victim of the hauntingsof the murdered dead. Human nature could not bear any longer its being in contact with supernatural companionship, and on Wednesday poor Cormack breathed his last Nenagh Guardian. MISCELLANEOUS. JOURNALISM We remember in one of Hood's capital jeux d'esprit, ( and it is one of his very best,) a poet is re- presented as occupied in writing a poem on his infant son ; which infant son, in the mean time, is running about the poor poet's room getting into all manner of mischief, and every minute obliging the distracted father to rush to the rescue of the china, or to save the house from fire, or the child from falling out of the window. Every sentimental couplet or so is consequently followed by a line of critical horror, or of passionate execration, something in this manner: — '' Propitious Nature when she gave a son"— ( You noisy brat, have done !) " To cheer the tranquil close of parting life"— ( Oh! God, he's got the knife!) " Thou, gentle child, repay'st a father's care"— ( There goes another square!) & c. This very aptly describes the condition of a political writer, more especially a journalist who would try to do the sen- timental in regard to human nature, which is violently in- terrupting him every moment with outrageous contradic- tions to his charitable reflections upon it. But still stranger contradictions, we are told, exist between a man and him- self; and whereas many men of whom history speaks, in their public character, stand out in her pages as bad and dishonest, even cruel and tyrannical persons, private sources have subsequently discovered to the world that they were in all the relations of private life irreproachable, — excellent husbands, the best of fathers, and so forth. This, then, must be remembered for the honour of human nature. Perhaps some crafty or despotic minister, whom we, in the discharge of our public duty, may be in the habit of denouncing in harsh and unceremonious language, may be all that is estimable in piivate life. No doubt. We, too, in our private capacity, may be all that is bland and mellifluous. Who knows?— Spectator. This great meeting came off on Monday, accord- ing- to appointment. The preliminary arrangements were good, and the success was corresponding. Per- haps of all the meetings that have hitherto taken place in England, it was the largest. The Times ad- mits that not less than two hundred and thirty thousand persons attended; and this calculation does not proceed in a rough eye- estimate, but on an ad- measurement of the ground that the meeting occu- pied. Other accounts raise the numbers to three, and some to four hundred thousand. The part of Kersal Moor on which the meeting was held is twice as ex- tensive as Holloway- head, and it was entirely covered. It is no exaggeration, then, to assert, that at least the anticipated number of a quarter of a million assem- bled. Under such circumstances it is really lament- able to find the Manchester Guardian coolly setting down the meeting at thirty thousand or less. The man who could soberly make snch an estimate is far beyond the reach of argument. The bands were very numerous, and well appointed; the banners were splendid. It is said there were three hnndred and sixty of them. To the temper of the meeting too much praise cannot be given. It was all that the most zealous friend of order could desire. The speeches will be best judged from the report. There was a little too much of poor law in tiiem. The Man- chester leaders are more ready to demand the relin- quishment of peculiar views from their friends, than to show an example of a similar sacrifice. Mr. Stephens, it will be seen, spoke on the occasion. His manner was moderate. He spoke, indeed, of arms, but only in reference to defence. From their demea- nour on Monday, we should argue, that the people of Manchester are as averse from violence as the people of Birmingham. It would be well if their leaders were to affect, even if they did not feel, a correspond- ing moderation. The weather on Monday was un- favourable. The skies were muddy and threatening, and the rain of the previous night had soaked the ground. For men of in- door habits it must have been exceedingly uncomfortable. That they contrived to stand it argues well for their spirit. We trust they will exhibit as much zeal in working out, as they have in commencing their political regeneration. Towards the close of the meeting the rain came down fast; and the journey homeward to the many thousands, who came to the gathering, from Bury, Rochdale, and other towns, must have been trying. Yet to view their cheerfulness when quitting Manchester, it would hardly have been deemed so. We have noted various particulars of the meeting in our Political Union re- port of Tuesday, which renders it the less important to go at large into the consideration of them here. The length of our report of the local meeting on Mon- day, compels us to omit the procession and various other matters of less importance. At about ten minutes to one o'clock, Mr. SEED pro- posed that Mr. Fielden, M. P. for Oldham, do take the chair. ( Loud cheers.) , Mr. BRODIE seconded the motion, and it was carried amidst great applause. Mr. FIELDEN was received with a tremendous burst of applause. On taking the chair, he addressed the assembled multitudes as follows :— Fellow countrymen of England, and workmen" of Man- chester,— you are assembled here to- day in large numbers to perform a public duty of the utmost importance. The practice of meeting in large numbers is not, nor has it been, confined to the people of England alone. Recollect that so far back as the days of Nehemiah, when the people were burdened and oppressed by taxes, that Nehemiah, a pro- phet of God, raised a large assembly of the people against the nobles and rulers of the land, who demanded that the taxes which harassed them should be abolished, and that usury should no longer be exacted from them. May heaven grant that our rulers may be as wise as the nobles and rulers of the land were in the days of Nehemiah, and that they may deliver the people of this country, as the nobles of that day had the honesty and prudence to do, on the suggestion of the people, from the grievances underwhich they laboured. ( Loud cheers.) You are all aware that large meetings of the working classes have lately taken place in Birmingham, Newcastle, London, Glasgow, and other places, having the promotion of the same object in view for which we are this day assembled, that is, of expressing to the rulers and nobles of the land, by petition, the inalienable right of every one amongst us, of the age of twenty- one, who is not tainted by crime, to exeicise a voice in the choice of those whom we select as representatives to make the laws by which we are to be governed. ( Cheers.) Nothing is more reasonable than this demand ; and it you conduct yourselves as you have hitherto done, and persevere in the same just and manly course which you have always pursued, there cannot exist the slightest doubt but that you will inevitably prevail in recovering your rights. ( Cheers.) Gentlemen, the press of the two factions is united to oppose your obtain- ment of the elective franchise— they say you are not fit to choose your representatives— that you do not possess suf- ficient intelligence for the exercise of the privilege of voting. That the people are poor, I believe you will admit; but that they are ignorant, I utterly deny. The working men are not only wise in their own generation, but there are amongst them some of the cleverest, indeed, generally speaking, they are the cleverest men in Great Britain. The editor of the Morning Chronicle tells you " that property alone ought to be represented," and that, of course, until you are in the possession of property, you must not be en- titled to vote for a representative. Thus you are deprived of the right to vote, on account of want of property, and this disqualification is aggravated, by making you the slaves of those who have votes. I am one of those that think that life, liberty, and happiness ought to be chiefly studied by the representatives of the people, and that the comfort and safety of the people ought to be consulted in preference to accumulated property. ( Cheers.) I am net the only person in England who entertains such opinions; nor am I singular in those sentiments with reference to the states- men and politicians of other countries. The wisest men that, as a body, ever existed— the founders of the American republic— stated the sa. ne opinions, and in all of their essays and speeches promulgated precisely similar doctrines. Poverty, I contend, ought not to be a barrier against the exercise of the elective franchise; and, as to the ignorance of the . people, which, it is alleged, should prevail against their right of voting, I should like to compare the working men of England with the present representatives in the House of Commons. If the Parliament was composed of working men, they would not have suspended the laws and the constitution of the country, and have passed a Coercion bill for Ireland. ( Loud cheers.) If the Parliament was composed of poor men, they would not have passed the new Poor- law Amendment act; but they would have first se- cured to the working classes fair remunerative wages. ( Cheers.) If we had a House of Commons composed of working men, they would not have voted 60,000/. a year for the maintenance of the London police, and then send them to annoy and disturb the inhabitants of the remotest dis- trict in the kingdom. ( Cheers.) If we had a House of Commons of working men, they would not repeal the malt tax one day, and on the next day, at the bidding of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, withdraw that repeal. To enumerate all their doings, or rather misdoings, of Parliament, would take more time than would be worth consuming upon such a subject; and I am sure the recital would be more disgusting than interesting to any of those who hear me. You all know that there was a war waged in France for a number of years. That war was waged with the ostensible motive of reforming the government, but in reality to put down the liberty of France. The money expended in the prosecution of that war was a frightful addition to the national debt of this country, which produced additional burdens in the shape of taxation. These burdens were not felt while the war wa3 in progress ; but when its termination took place, then followed a fright- ful catalogue of suffering on the part of the working classes, who had, in reality, mainly contributed, by taxation, to the support of that war. If the people then had had a proper controul over the revenue of the country, the national debt would not now have been what it is. ( Hear, hear.) What did the representatives of the people do at the close of the war? Why, in 1815, they enacted the Corn bill to make bread dear, and took away the property tax, because it was paid by the rich. These two evil measures were passed in one year. ( Hear, hear.) The war was carried on for the protection of property— the national debt was incurred in the support of establishments for the protection of property, arid yet the representatives of the people, to pay off the debt so incurred, enact an iniquitous Corn bill, which gives the poor man in England a less loaf than in any other country in the world. ( Hear, hear.) There are people who now ask you to agitate for the repeal of these Corn laws, instead of troubling yourselves by demanding universal suffrage. The object of such parties can only be to draw your attention from that which you ought now to con- sider. ( Hear, hear.) Let the House of Commons enact a property tax, and repeal the Corn laws at the same time. Let them take off the malt tax, the soap tax, and other equally grievous imposts. Unless the House of Com- mons will immediately do all these things, let those who wish to divert your attention from the objects of this meet- ing be disregarded. Go, as the Americans have it, go a- l. ead for universal suffrage ! ( Hear.) The suffrage is the great cure for all your political ills, and without the suffrage I will not promise you any cure. ( Hear, hear.) Go on with me in a peaceable and orderly manner—( loud cries of We will, we will)— and the suffrage must eventually be yielded to you. You are indebted— largely indebted— I might say almost wholly indebted, to the Birmingham men for this movement. ( Hear, hear.) There are from that town two members, who have, with me, been doing every tiling they possibly could, for the last six sessions of Par- liament, to enforce your claims upon the government, and call their attention to your wants, without success, the fruits of this I now see before me. ( Hear, hear.) The government, however, have taken the right course, for they have kept back your rights until they will be at length forced to yield to your demands. ( Hear, hear.) Nothing, to my mind, could be better than the reply given by Mr. Attwood to Lord Melbourne in November last, when he presented the people's petition from Birmingham. Lord Melbourne said, " Birmingham is not all England— the House of Com- mons is against you." The reply of Mr. Attwood was, " We will make Birmingham all England, and then we will mend the House of Commons for you." Now, if you are determined on mending the House of Commons you must be united and persevering— you must be true to each other, and to yourselves. You must not be deluded by the pro- mises of those who would sow dissension amongst you. Such people would fain draw your attention from the ques- tion before this meeting, by promising to assist you in carrying the Factory question— in forwarding the Short Time bill— in repealing the Poor laws— in repealing the Corn laws— and in fixing a minimum of wages lor hand- loom weavers. You must resist these divisions— you must concentrate your whole power upon one particular subject — that subject must be universal suffrage, and I promise you that in the end you will gain your point. It may take several sessions of Parliament to effect your object. I would not promise you the attainment in one or two, or perhaps, three sessions; but if true to yourselves you must succeed, infinitely sooner than if you permitted yourselves to be divided. ( Hear, hear.) Keep, then, I exhort you once more, to your demand of universal suffrage; and so sure as you do so, the suffrage, and the suffrage only, shall satisfy the people of England. When the report on the Poor law was brought before a committee of the House ol Commons ( and I was appointed a member of that com- mittee), after the matter had been discussed, I told the House of Commons, " This will not do; if you persevere in your present course, the next move the people will make will be to demand universal suffrage, and in that demand I will back them." You will, I am sure, excuse me if I de- cline saying more at the present moment, for I have suf fered much in my health since I was made a member of Parliament. Ever since the constituency of Oldhain have thought fit to send me to Parliament as their representa- tive, I have assiduously endeavouied to lessen the burdens of the people— to afford them redress in all their grievances, to make labour equal to property; and for these objects, fellow countrymen, are you assembled here this day. It is said that the working men, if in power, would be reckless of the preservation of property. This I deny ; the working man has a direct interest in the preservation of good order, and he is not so ignorant as to act contrary to his own in- terest, by doing that which might be calculated to endanger property, life, or limb. ( Hear.) These, then, are the con- siderations which induce me to advocate the system of annual Parliaments, universal suffrage, vote by ballot, and no property qualification for members of Parliament. ( Loud cheering.) ^ The hon. gentleman retired from the front o the hustings amidst the loud and enthusiastic plaudits of the assembled thousands. Mr. HODGETTS came forward for the purpose of moving the first resolution. He said--- The working men of Manchester, of Oldham, of Stock- port, of Staley Bridge, of Ashton, and of Rochdale, had all assembled there— had come forth in the largest masses that had ever belore met together in England, to demand uni- versal suffrage. The last petition they had met to sign— the last time they ever met together in numbers in south Lancashire— was on the blood- stained field of I'eterloo; when they were butchered and sabred by the military, and driven from the field. ( Great sensation was observed in the crowded multitude for some time.) They had met that day to adopt the Birmingham petition, and the words of that petition, he would observe, began thus: —" We demand." ( Loud cheers.) If they selected by ballot 658 representatives from the present body of the people, such representatives could not by possibility be more deficient in knowledge than the present so called representatives of the people. ( Hear.) It was said that the working people, if admitted to power, would destroy property. What, he would ask, was property ? Was there an atom of property which they did not themselves create? Were they, then, going to destroy the work of their own hands? Would they toil from morning till night in weaving cloth, and then tear it to pieces? Would they labour in erecting houses, and then throw them to the ground? Would they plough, and sow, and produce crops, and afterwards trample them under foot ? They were told that another objection existed to their obtaining the privileges they sought— the constitu- tion would be in danger of being destroyed. What! did not the working men of England toil for che support of that constitution? The enemies of the working people were only afraid lest the constitution should be wrested from the hands of the oligarchy, and restored once more to the rightful owners— the people. ( Hear, and cheers.) He moved " That this meeting adopts the principles of the People's Charter, as published by the Working Men's As- sociation of London." The Rev. JOSEPH STEPHENS, of Ashton, then pre- sented himself, and after several minutes had passed away in cheering, he addressed the assembled thousands as follows:— The principles of the People's Charter, which they were resolved to abide by, were simply the principles which every man was constrained to admit as indispensable. The ques- tion before them that day, with respect to the People's Charter, was a mere knife and fork question— it was a mere bread and cheese question. ( Hear, and cheers.) If he was asked what was meant by universal suffrage, he would say that the working man should have a good coat to his back, a good hat to his head, and a good roof to his house. ( Cheers.) The labouring man should have such a rate of wages as would enable him to procure all the necessaries, all the enjoyments of life, which a reasonable man could wish for. ( Loud cheering.) Universal suffrage would be passed before those things could come to pass. In advo- cating the principle of universal suffrage he was not singular — hundreds of thousands of people entertained similar opinions on the subject. ( Hear, hear, and cheering.) To obtain that suffrage was the grand object of their meeting there that day, and he would implore them not to permit their movements to be checked by promises of a repeal of the poor laws, or any other obnoxious acts. ( Hear, hear.) He was confident that the people of Lancashire— the people of Yorkshire— nay, the people of England— would not allow their movements in favour of the suffrage to be impeded by promises of a repeal of the poor laws, but they would per- severe to the end, never ceasing in their exertions until they had reached the goal. With regard, indeed, to the new poor law, as it affected the people in his own neighbour- hood, it was virtually repealed; the people of England had already, without the assistance of Parliament, repealed the law de facto; they would give the Parliament an opportu- nity of repealing it de jure, which if they did not do the people themselves would shortly accomplish it. ( A voice in the crowd here called out, " We have never had it in Oldhaig.") The rev. gentleman observed it had never been in operation in Ashton, and ten times ten thousand would not be able to enforce it there. He would contend that they had it in their power to prevent the operation of the poor laws. ( Hear, hear.) He stood before them as a man who had well considered the matter, and he hesitated not to say that they, the working people, had it in their power not only to prevent the operation of that odious law, but also to enforce their other rights. There were many thousands of persons then before him, and every third man of them, he might say, had fire- arms of their own. Why had they left their fire- arms at home? He barely alluded to this for the purpose of informing them that the borough- reeve and constables of Manchester had declared to the stewards of this national movement in Manchester, that they placed entire confidence in the proper conduct of the working classes of that town, and those of its vicinity. ( Loud cheers.) The boroughreeve and constables of Man- Chester had declared, that when the men of Manchester came together they needed no troops— every man was strong within himself— every man was armed— every man was a host of himself. If the boroughreeve and constables had not made the declaration which they had made, and if these parlies had not given the command of the police to be vested in the hands of the marshals of the day of that meeting, he would have come upon the ground armed, and would have brought ten thousand armed men with him to the meeting, and he would have moved an adjournment. He would have moved an adjournment of the meeting of the people of South Lancashire for one month; and he would have advised every one in the mean time to use all their influence over their friends and fellow- workmen to flock towards the standard of the National Charter. If they supposed, fr » m what he now expressed, that he was fond of war, they mistook his disposition— neither he nor one of his friends were fond of war— he was a man of peace ; and he endeavoured, by every means in his power, to pro- mulgate the doctrines of peace— the doctrines of peace and good will among men; but he would maintain that men, women, and children, should be enabled to live. The people of England were not naturally a dissatisfied people. They had not come there to ask for any wayward dream ; they had not come there to speculate; their cause and their case were already defined. They had not come there to- speak, nor to hear others speak— this was the South Lan- cashire Demonstration, and every man was a speech— every name was virtually a harangue. And when such was the case, and the people had the feeling in their hearts that they ought to be free— they were, in point of fact, free. He had much pleasure in seconding the resolution. Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR, who was much cheered, said— The man who could stand on that spot, with so splendid a spectacle before him, without feeling some degree of ex- citement, ought not to be an Irishman. When he looked1 round him and saw so many thousands, he was satisfied that he had not toiled in vain— that he had not toiled for nothing. Those who had been scribbling against them had never dreamed of a morning like this. It was not be- cause they were men of blood that they had thus assembled, it was because they considered universal suffrage as being the only means which could stop the flowing of blood. The whole discontent was occasioned by the oppression of the working class. When on former occasions he had told them they had not tried the extent of their moral power, he had meant to convey to the people the necessity of their per- severance ; but now, in the meeting of that day, he did see moral power with a new glance— not physical force. But he knew they could not be easily turned, because they had suffered too long. There was, in fact, no House of Com- mons. The present Parliament had been returned in a commotion, in a kind of spirit of knight- errantry. It was made a question between the Queen and the Duke of Cum- berland. Now, wlmt would the labouring class do if they had a Parliament? Would they not make the taxation commensurate to the state of the expenditure ? It was no wonder, in the present state of Parliament, that they had increased taxation 4,000.000/., and at that he would not have grumbled if the aristocracy had taxed themselves, in- stead of taxing the labouring class. If they had a Parlia- ment of their own would they not be much better edified with hearing Mr. Stephens on his principles, than hearing the Bishop of Exeter, with his income of 15,000?. a- year. ( Hear, hear.) There had been a great deal said about what had been done, and what was to be done, for his ( Mr. O'Connor's) country; but, nevertheless, his country was still a beggar at the door of England— a drag upon them, with the support of all their churchmen. ( Hear.) He thanked them for the number of churchmen. ( Laughter.) They wanted now some of those brave men that had fought for and contended for their rights, though it were up to their knees in blood, lor their religion and for their God'. Those men who stood forward to serve them were not free from peril, and it was the duty of the meeting to see them out of the lion's den. ( Cries of " We will.") In order to accomplish their aims they must and would have the Irish' people with them to a man; and it was only because lie dreaded that the honest endeavours of the English Radicals would circumvent him in his objects, that Mr. O'Connell had declared they were opposed to the demands of the people of Ireland. ( Hear.) The people of Ireland, how- ever, notwithstanding this, would be with them to a man. ( Loud cheers.) They were at present curbed by the same absolute and basely- used power which curbed the people of England— the Press—( hear, hear)— and if there was any power more dangerous, and which more deserved dondem- natioii for urging forward the agitation which was now going on throughout the country, it was the press, which with- held the voice of the people from their Sovereign's ear. He had come 280 miles to attend this meeting; and as he had constituted the great meeting at Birmingham a tribunal a jury to try the Whigs— he would do the same with the assembly now before him. Let, then, all present, who believed that during the last seven years the Whigs had been guilty of treason, hold up their hands. ( An unani- mous show of hands was exhibited.) He came to this- meeting also as the representative of the Democratic As. sociation of the city of Loudon— he was the representative, too, of the South of England, which was determined to give its aid to the north, where they were to a man una- nimous. ( Cheers.) Yes, and there was no one who had heard the speeches which had been made to them, who did not know that success was within their reach. ( Loud cheers.) He proudly rejoiced in being present at a meet- ing like this, composed of hundreds of thousands; and if lie left this life to- morrow he would do so content, for the loss of one man was now nothing, in a cause to promote which there was now so general a determination. ( Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) He thought that they should not be diverted from their great object by the agitation of the question of the corn laws, or by any question of detail; they should strenuously exert themseives to achieve their great object, and as he had commenced the battle with them, he would fight it to the death, if it were necessary. ( Loud cheering.) The resolution was put, and carried unanimously, Mr. FITTON, the delegate from Wrighton, came for- ward to propose the next resolution. Had the Whigs carried into effect the professions they had made before the Reform bill became a subject of agi- tation, and when it was before the country and the Par- liament, the necessity of this meeting would not have oc- curred. ( Hear, hear, iiear.) The Whigs had been now tried for these six yeirs, and the result of all this was, that the very principle upon which they had last come into office had been abandoned by them, and thus they had destroyed even the hope against hope that the administration would do> that which the country wished and desired, what it ex- pected, and that which it was understood they would do when they obtained office. ( Hear and cheers.) He said this much more in sorrow than in anger. ( Hear.) He had given every aid to the passing of the Reform bill to the extent of his means, and to the best of his power; and1 it was not without sincere regret that he had given up his confidence in the present administration. He would not detain the meeting, but proceed at once to read to them the resolution which he would have the honour to propose to them. It was—" That this meeting adopts the National Petition, as agreed to at Birmingham, and that the persons, now present at this meeting pledge themselves to sign the same." Mr. HOLYDAY, a delegate from Oldham, said- He would state in a few words what great evils he conv sidered the want of the suffrage entailed on them. In the first place they had a debt of eight hundred millions, the interest of which they had to pay. In the next place, they had an overgrown and luxurious aristocracy exercising their talents, their influence, their wealth, and their intel- ligence in opposition to the people's. In addition to this array they had an overgrown church establishment opposed to them. ( Cheers.) And in addition to that a large standing army, and a party in power which was endeavour- ing to intimidate the people by building prison workhouses, ( A voice in the crowd, " Bastiles.") Yes, bastiles throughout the country, with the intention of intimidating the working classes, or of moulding their opinions to the shape they wished; and for this purpose they were estab- lishing a Bourbon police all through the empire, so that every portion of spirit existing among the people should be extinguished. ( Hear, hear.) The working classes, then, never would prosper until they acquired political power, and it was for that purpose he now claimed the assistance of this meeting in the great work, to which he trusted they were all devoted. ( Loud cheers.) Let them show that they were not asleep, but that their energies and their determination had been aroused, for the purpose of obtain- ing their rights. ( Loud cheers.) Mr. DOUGLAS, of Birmingham, who was received with lengthened cheering, in supporting the resolution, said — He had come forward simply for the purpose of telling tiiem that there were some of the men of Birmingham amongst them. It did not require any great eloquence, even if he possessed it; it did not require any enthusiasm on his part in order to urge them to the achievement of their purpose, for all these attributes they had amongst themselves. ( Cheers.) There were three tilings, however, which the present meeting indicated, and which he consi- dered it to be his duty shortly to touch upon. The first of these indications was, that there were some grounds, some real substantial grounds, for the complaints which were made as to the condition of the people. ( Hear, hear, and cheers.) He, and those who acted with him, had been accused of travelling up and down through the country agi- tating the people. There had never been a more false accu- sation ; it would be more correct to say that the country was agitating them, than that they were agitating the country. He had been one of a deputation to Lord Melbourne in the autumn of last year, and when that noble lord had spoken of the agitation which existed in the couijtry, he ( Mr. Douglas) had taken the liberty to tell his lordship of the position in which they were placed. He had told him that if he believed that they who were at the head of the co- lumn of the people were dragging the people on, he had a very false notion of the energy which actuated the co- lumn—( hear, hear)— for the fact was, that they who were at the head of the column were pushed on by the column itself—( hear, hear)— and if they hesitated or stood still, they would inevitably be knocked down and trampled upon by those who followed them. ( Hear, hear.) He had told his lordship that they who headed the column had no alternative left them, and he begged of the meeting to re- collect this— he had especially requested the attention of his lordship to it— that though nothing was easier than to get THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 29. 7 rid of a handful of agitators, they could never get l id of an agitating people. ( Loud cheers.) One lesson, then, and it was a great one, taught by this meeting was, that there were good grounds for their complaints. ( Hear.) The next was, that the people themselves were convinced that such grounds of complaint existed, and that they willingly, strenuously, and honestly went together in their determina- tion to resist them. The next point was, and it was that which practically was of most importance, not only was there evidence in the present meeting that grounds for com- plaint existed, and that the people believed they existed ; but that they had the power as well as the will to get rid of them. ( Loud and continued cheering.) They must all, however, be aware that they had a great deal of up- hill work before them— that the conflict in which they were en- gaged demanded no feather bed soldiership. ( Hear, hear.) They had enemies to fight who had, and who would still, long and earnestly maintain the combat, and for the very best reason in the world, because they fought for good sub- stantial things. ( Hear, hear.) First of all, then, all the aristocracy were against them, ( for if there were any few exceptions, they but served to prove the general rule)— more than this, there was a great deal of truth in the ob- servation which had been made, that a great portion of the middle classes waB also against them; for he feared that the 10/. franchise had given to that portion of the community power, but had not established that feeling of generosity which it was expected to do in the bosoms of its recipients. ( Loud cheers.) Nay, be believed that the rotten borough voters had not contended more eagerly to retain their ex- clusive power, than would, in very many instances, the shopocracy that had succeeded them. Again, all the clergy were against them, whether in England, Ireland, or Scot- land, and they too for the very best of reasons, for they saw plainly that the cloud, not bigger than a man's hand, now rising on the verge of the horizon, by the time that it reached the top of the arch, threatened to cast a blighting shade upon their present pleasant condition. ( Hear, hear.) The Whigs, also, he need not say, were against them. They had held up their hands in condemnation of the Whigs as their oppressors for seven years, and he entirely agreed with them; and he would hold up both his hands against the other faction, the Tories, as their oppressors, not for seven, but seventy years. It was not against one of the faetions that they had just grounds of complaint. He would say heartily— " A plague on both your houses! " < Loud cheering.) These were the opponents of the people and now he would ask, what were the materials of their defence against their opponents? ( Hear, hear.) There was greater unity than at any former period. ( Hear, hear.) They had thorough confidence in their leaders. ( Loud cheering.) They had greater determination and simplicity of purpose. ( Loud cheers.) They were all ready to lay aside the worship of the idols to which they had been long attached. ( Hear.) His honourable friend, Thomas Att- wood, for instance, who had been admirably conjoined with his co- patriot, John Fielden, their excellent chairman, had a hobby which he rode with considerable vigour— the cur- rency ; and it was one which was ridden by all the men in Birmingham ; but Mr. Attwood had descended from it. They had, in fact, laid hold of the bridle, and compelled him with gentle violence to alight. ( A laugh.) Mr. Fielden had his hobby to the New Poor law, and he had equally dis- mounted. Nay, there w; » s a greater victory which had been achieved. The people themselves had come down from their hobby— the Com Law. ( Loud cheers.) They had come down from this, and were now determined to devote themselves to one great object— the object of the present meeting. Thev knew well the attempts made to draw the people away fro'm their objects by anti- corn law agitation. He had practical knowledge of the interest attached to that question when he was lately in Scotland. In the town of Hamilton it had been urged upon him, and those who were with him, by the delegates Irom Glasgow and Paisley, and other manutacturing towns, in order to promote the great objects of the people, that they must, in addressing the meeting which they attended, speak against the Corn law. ( Hear, hear.) But; let the present assemblage at- tend to the resolution which had been recently passed at a meeting in Glasgow. That resolution was, that no steps should be taken against any laws in detail, until the people obtained that suffrage which would give them the power effectually to amend all obnoxious laws. ( Loud cheers.) In their unity, then, in their simplicity of purpose— relying upon these, they had greater hopes of success than ever they had before. ( Loud cheers.) He was most anxious not to recal to the minds of those assembled the peculiar wrongs they had suffered ; but he looked at the little banner oil his left, and which bid him remember a direful day in their local history. ( Hear.) He would be ashamed to commune with any man present who could forget that day—( hear)— he could not applaud them as Christians if they did not for- give the awful transaction which marked it out, but they were not men if they did not hold it in their remembrance. ( Loud cheers.) It had been said by a previous speaker, that they had made some little progress since the Reform bill had passed, and he pointed to the present tranquil un- disturbed meeting as a proof of this; but he ( Mr. D.) would say, that whatever progress had been made was not the result of the Reform bill, but of the cause which had forced the Reform bill upon those who made it a page in the history of the country. ( Hear, hear.) He ( Mr. Douglas) remembered hearing one whom he feared he must term their late friend, Mr. O'Connell, say, that the Reform bill had been carried by the people of Birmingham. The phrase was sneered at by the Tories, and he repeated it, and they were silent. He said truly— it was the people of Birming- ham, and of Manchester, and the kingdom at large, that carried that measure. And it was to the growing intelli- gence and power of the people, and to the wholesome terror that they inspired, and not to the formalities of the Reform bill that the meeting owed the sufferance which they had met with. That was the real cause why the meeting was per- mitted to assemble peaceably to- day. The Whigs, and the Tories too, knew that if they attempted to act the affair • of August, 1819, again it would be fatal to them. To that feeling alone they owed their safety. ( Cheers.) One word of Ireland— Mr. O'Connor had stated to them that the Irish were with them to a man; he supposed that he meant that the whole of Ireland was with them, except Mr. O'Connell. Now, he ( Mr. Douglas) could not think that the Irish were were with them at present, but he was sure their hearts were not against them ; and if the Whigs were out of office, that Mr. O'Connell himself would be with them—( hear)— and when that time came, and it must come soon, he was sure they would have more joy over one who repented, than over ninety- nine who had not swerved from the direct course. ( Loud cheering.) Let him once more join them for the purpose of procuring a redress of grievances, and for the purpose of giving legitimate power to the people, and they would receive him as a friend and a brother. ( Loud cheers.) He thought it necessary that the meeting should now hear a little in reference to the convention which was about to be sent to London. He felt sure they would appoint for that purpose good men and true— hut those men must be sup- ported, and obeyed, too. Those forty- nine delegates must be placed in such a position, that to their dictate! there should be no grumbling They would not, they must not, travel out of the record of the petition, or they must cashier them that instant— if they went for that which ivas not in the peti- tion— if they failed to go for that which was in it— they must at once dismiss them. ( Hear, hear, and cheers.) But they should and must obey them in all decrees which are legal, and he felt assured that they would issue none that were illegal. ( Cheers.) Let not their motto be forgotten, " Peace, law, order." ( Cheers.) They were strong as giants whilst they kept themselves within this circle, but weak as children if they exceeded it. If ever the time came when law and order were set aside, or attempted to be set aside, by their oppressors, let the woe rest upon those by whom the offence came. Let the people always act on the defensive, and never on the offensive, and on those who acted on the offensive let the responsibility lie. ( Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) Let the people of England meet as the men of Birmingham did at Holloway head— as the men of Lan- cashire had done that day— let them but meet thus, and all the powers on earth could not prevent success in the objects they desired. ( Loud cheers.) Mr. COLLINS, of Birmingham, said— He lejoiced to have that opportunity of addressing so > many individuals of his own order as were now assembled — .( cheers)— assembled for the purpose of declaring their de- termination not to be any longer the slaves either of a Whig or a Tory faction. ( Loud cheers.) When he had first viewed the vast assembly before him, it had been with feel- ings which could never be forgotten. He had heard many individuals around him rejoice at the grandeur and magnifi- cence of the spectacle betore them—( cheers)— whilst, how- ever, he acknowledged this fact, he had still to lament over the cause which had brought them together. ( Hear.) If the people had full employment, they would not have been assembled there, and there was no friend of the country who could have wished that a necessity should exist for their coming there. ( Hear.) He would say that the strongest argument as to the bad policy of the present government was the fact, that it kept the country in such a state of agitation, as compelled tens of thousands an I hundreds of thousands to assemble as they had done, to express their in- dignation at the conduct of government. ( Loud cheers.) A fair trial had been given them— the people of Birmingham had assembled in their favour, and to promote the Reform bill— they had given them a fair trial, and the result had been greater suffering than he had ever before witnessed amongst the people. ( Hear, hear.) Thousands of people in Bir- mingham were to be found existing upon a very small pit- tance indeed. He had seen mothers with infants at their breasts who had been for forty- eight hours without food. ( Loudcries of shame.) He had visited fifty families in a " lav in Birmingham, who had neither bed nor bedding, and who, in many instances, wanted the means of procuring food for their families and themselves. This it was which induced the people of Birmingham again to come forward in favoui of an extension of the suffrage, in order to enable the peo- ple themselves to redress the wrongs which they were suffer ing. ( Cheers.) Mr. Collins concluded by asserting thai, in reference to numbers, immorality was more prevalent amongst the aristocracy and the people; and by exhorting them, if they wished to prove their professions, to contribute to the national rent, which was to support the national de- legates, and to obey them. The speech was received with loud cheers. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. WHEELER, of Manchester, rose to propose the third resolution. He would ask them a question relative to the resolution which he had to move, namely, if they were prepared to stand by those who were appointed to act for them with heart and soul, with purse and person? ( Hear, hear.) It was not sufficient that they should go home from the meeting, and say that was a glorious day, and then rest contented. They must have men elected to carry their petition to London, and they must he supported in that position, which would be one of no small difficulty. He would not detain the meet- ing long; he saw many there who ought, even then, to have been on their way home. He was happy to tell them that an old man, who had been a democrat for thirty- three years, had now an opportunity of addressing them; and he could assure them he could go with them heart and hand. ( Loud cheers.) The resolution which he had to submit was to propose the names of those individuals with whom they would entrust their petition of the convention of the country. The names which he had to take the sense of the meeting upon were those of Dr. Fletcher, for Bury; the Rev. J. S. Stevens, for Ashton- under- Lyne ; Mr. Taylor, for Roch- dale; Mr. B. O'Brien. Mr. Nightingale, Mr. Richards, Mr. Cobbett, and Mr. Wroe, for Manchester. [ Tile speaker put each name in succession, all of which were responded to satisfactorily.] He trusted they had approved of the names, that they would support the delegates through all theii precarious duty, and to protect them ; and if the ras- cally Whigs dared to lay a hand on them, and the people submitted to the interference, they would deserve to live only what they are— slaves. The must stand by and see their delegates safe out of the lion's mouth; For his own part he would support them and their cause as long as he had breath to draw. ( Cheers.) Mr. WHITTLE said — He had addressed them in worse times on the subjects > f universal suffrage and other matters of a political nature. Since then they had had the Reform bill, and he was ready to admit they had accepted it for the hour as one step to- wards the accomplishment of what they required. He had heard one name mentioned that day, a name which had be- come degraded among his countrymen. He alluded to Daniel O'Connell; but although he was surprised at the conduct of Mr. O'Connell, lie was happy to say that he was taking the best possible course to serve them, for he was removing a serpent from their path. ( Hear.) He had made himself known in his sentiments, and he was doing all that he could to sacrifice the labouring class, as he had sacri ficed the forty- shilling freeholders. He had besides fur- nished one more useful lesson— he had shown them that if they meant to do themselves a service they must rely on themselves. The last time they had assembled for a similar purpose was 011 the memorable day of Peterloo, when they met to petition for the fulfilment of the principles of the constitution, and on that occasjpn they had been attacked, sabred, and cut down ; now they were assembled, with the minister of England still living, that voted the address of thanks to the yeomanry cavalry for the outrage they had committed on the people. Now, where was that minister who had voted that address of thanks ? He was at that moment waiting in trembling for the result of that meeting. Such meetings as that would soon place the people in a si tuation to manifest that they were capable to work out their own relief. He would most especially enjoin them to use all their energies to support their delegates. Mr. LAURIE said- He had come from Newcastle to offer them, in the name of that place, the right hand of fellowship, and to express their readiness to abide by them in whatever they might deem expedient to do. They must wrest the power from out of the hand of their oppressors. ( Great cheering.) They had not turned without cause against the aristocracy. They had honoured the throne, and they had honoured the aris- tocracy as long as they could ; now they ought to act for the people. They had been told that the aristocracy were de- termined to go against them, but it mattered little if the people were only true to themselves, and if they would stand and be ready with their purses and their persons, as need might require. He was glad to see that the wholesome admonitions of Mr. Cobbett and Mr. Hunt had not been forgotten. ( Long and loud cheering.) He had confidence in the people that they would all do their duty. They must be well aware they were fast approaching that crisis when government must grant all their demands or put them down. He could not conclude without noticing the assertion, that their ignorance was the barrier of their obtaining their rights. Now, if ignorance was to be a barrier, he was convinced that many who possessed property would find themselves in rather a strange predicament. For his own part he claimed his rights as sent him from God. God had created every man, he believed, with as much sense as was necessary for him to manage his own concerns; and if they were asked to contrast their conduct with the conduct of their oppressors, they would find that the balance was all in favour of the working class. Mr. CLIFTON, from Halifax, had great pleasure to congratulate them on the aspect of the meeting', and also to inform them that it was intended to get up a grand demonstration of the same description in York- shire. He had heard a remark from a previous speaker, viz., that believed if they all had been fully employed, that they would not have troubled Manchester with their numbers that day. He was of a different turn of thinking, for if he were worth 1,000/. a- day, if he thought he was deprived of his rights, he would feel that he was in a state of degradation, and he would act accordingly to gain those rights. He would raise himself against his oppressors. He trusted that the number of young men whom he saw there that day would, from what they had seen, and what they had heard, imbibe the proper spirit of inquiry, that would lead them to a proper conviction of a sense of their condition. ( Hear, hear.) He could promise them the most cordial co- operation from the men of Halifax, in Yorkshire. Mr. PIERCE, of Birmingham, congratulated them 011 the demonstration of that day. He was desirous to impress upon their minds not to be led away from tiieir object, but to stick to the principles of universal suffrage, for that was the great lever that would remove the corn laws, and all objectionable laws. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. FLETCHER rose to move the fourth resolution, while it was raining in torrents. He rejoiced to see such numbers assembled. He was proud also to think that it was the working men of Lancashire, anil the weaver boys in particular, that had originated the national association. He urged upon them the necessity of sup- porting the piinciples upon which they had set out, and de- clared it was his own determination never to swerve from these principles. He would make it his proudest boast, that he had never swayed from his political consistency. The Whigs were continually tinkering the constitution, but they were like the tinkers in mending a kettle, they mended one hole and made two. He alluded to a remark which had been made by Mr. Robbie at a meeting of Conservatives, when he was asked to drink, as a toast, the Constitution, and he ( Mr. Robbie) had said he supposed they meant him to drink that little of the constitution which remained. He would ask them what it was that they had to conserve? Their principle object was to promote the interests of the working class; and by giving them their rights, they would find it the best means of protecting property. Mr. TAYLOR, of Rochdale, seconded the resolution. It was, that any petition on the subject of the meeting to the House of Lords, should be committed to the care of Lord Stanhope. ( There was, in point of fact, 110 petition to the House of Lords.) It was carried unanimously. After a vote of thanks to the local authorities— It was then moved that Mr. Fielding leave the chair, and that the chair be taken by Mr. R. Cobbett, which was agreed to. Mr. COBBETT then moved the fifth resolution. That this meeting returns its sincere thanks to Lord Stanhope, and Mr. John Fielden, for their exertions in Par- liament in favour of the working people. They had each done their duties in their places in Parlia- ment, in rendering them all the service they could. He hoped they would come forward and pass the vote of thanks with three cheers. The cheers mere given on the instant loud enough, and as long as he could wish for. Mr. ALEX. TAYLOR seconded the resolution with the greatest pleasure. Their worthy chairman was not only the representative of the Radicals of their own district, but he was the repre- sentative of the Radicals of all England. He was one of those that had sprung from the working class, and he had stuck to the clnss from which he hail sprung. He had not, like many others, gone off and left them. The resolution was put in form, aud was carried unanimously, amidst tremendous cheering. Mr. FIELDEN returned thanks- He expressed himself much gratified at, the honour they had conferred on him in calling him to the chair, and still more so with the orderly manner in which they had con- ducted themselves. When the lion, gentleman had concluded his brief speech, he prorogued the meeting, and the people, who had stood for an hour in the heavy rain, dispersed as quietly and in as good order as if they had come from church. RADICAL DEMONSTRATION IN SHEFFIELD. [ Abridged from the Sheffield frit.] Sheffield, though late in the field, has not been least in her demand for justice. The men of Hallamshire have nobly proved that they know their rights, and are deter- mined to have them granted. The day ( Tuesday) was very unpropitious, a great quantity of rain having fallen during the morning, and in the course of the forenoon, but by the time the chairman and the deputation from Birmingham reached the ground, in a carriage drawn by four horses, it cleared up a little, and continued fair while the proceedings lasted. Among those on the hustings, we observed Willoughby Wood, Esq., of Campsall Hall, the deputation from Birmingham, consisting of Messrs. Salt and Pierce ; Mr. Richardson, from Manchester; and different members of the Working Men's Association. We would just add, that the procession was received with enthusiastic cheers throughout the whole route. Mr. Ebenezer Elliott was voted to the chair, and the proceedings of the the day com- menced by singing a corn law hymn. Mr. EBENEZER ELLIOTT then addressed the meeting, and replied to the attacks in various London newspapers on the Radicals. He also adverted to the corn laws, and the ne- cessity for their repeal, that the labourer might receive the wages proper for a working man to support his family in comfort. Mr. BEAL, in moving the first resolution, said, the Go- vernment of the country has hitherto been chosen by the property classes out of the aristocracy, who have held the reins of power in defiance and contempt of the nation at large. Under this irresponsible system, the nation has been drained of its wealth to carry on unnecessary wars ; wars of aggression and extermination, in which the flower of our youth, the pride and glory of our country, were hurried out of being in a career of carnage and blood. ( Loud and con- tinued cheering.) The rich law makers have further taxed us beyond endurance; they have made partial and exclusive laws for their own private advantage, which are driving our trade to foreign lands, and starving our workmen at home. The com law abomination was enacted for the purpose, and has been the means of sheltering the landed aristocracy from all taxation ; and you are all aware it has succeeded to their hearts'content. ( Cheers.) It is said we are igno- rant and use foul language in seeking for our rights. It is said our ignorance would lead us to choose improper per- sons for law makers. Are we not as capable of choosing our law makers as our doctors or lawyers? We know more about right or wrong than we do of physiology, pathology, or the theory and practice of medicine, or the statutes at large. The tact is, sir, they know if we had political power we should put a lock on the till; we should button up our pockets. Let the rich pull the mote out of their own eye before they begin to pick at the beam in ours. Let them reform the Waldegraves, the De Rooses, and the Water- fords. The speaker concluded by moving the adoption of the first resolution, viz.:—" That the sources of the national prosperity are failing,— that our legislators in consequence of their selfishness, their ignorance, and their covert bank- ruptcies, are unwilling,— and our electors, in consequence of their small numbers and dependent condition, are unable to help us,— therefore it is necessary the universal people ob- tain the power of voting in the election of members to serve in Parliament." Mr. ISAAC IRONSIDE seconded the resolution. He sail.' I am told by some of my friends that meetings like the pre- sent will retard the progress of rational and practical re- form, by causing the moderate reformers to become Conser- vatives. That the bold position we are taking may frighten some of the wavering, who never move unless compelled, may be true, but to suppose that their conduct will at all influence reform, is monstrous and absurd. Eight years ago, the rational and practical Reformers of Sheffield met in Paradise- square to petition for re'oim. I attended that meeting, supported by a few friends, and moved a Radical petition as an amendment to the rational one. The same arguments were then brought forward. We were told that we should do every thing to take the moderate reformers along with us; the unstamped press had not then appeared; political knowledge was not so well spread then as it is now; the people believed their old leaders, who are absent to day; and the Radical petition was lost by a small majority. Since that time, the rational Reformers have had it riearlyall their own way. Aided by the people, they passed the Re- form bill; they have had the reins of government in the: r own hands nearly the whole time. ( Cheers.) For fifteen months, that is since the death of the late monarch, the Court has been decidedly favourable; and what has been the result? How have the poor felt the influence of the practical and rational reforms which have been carried? The answer is given by a reference to the last two years, during which time, although the harvests have been plenti- ful and abundant, the sufferings, privations, and miseries of the poor have been unparalleled, and let it not be for- gotten that in that period the most shameful and abominable civil list was past that history records. As far as my own experience goes, then, nothing has been done by taking the moderate reformers along with us; can we do less by going alone, standing on our superior position ? Certainly not. Oh! but they say it is easier to point out evils than to re- medy them. Give us the People's Charter, or at all events universal suffrage, and we will soon elect a Parliament that will control the destinies of this great empire, in such a manner that the people shall have an abundant supply of food. What, say they, you have ulterior views, have you ? ( Yes, from the chairman.) Yes, we have. Universal suf- frage is not a mere bauble with us; it is the means to an end ; it is the lever of Archimedes. I hate mystery of all kinds, and therefore these are some of my ulterior views in supporting universal suffrage. The abolition of the corn iaws—( loud cheering)— the establishment of a thoroughly efficient system of national education, of which good diet should be the foundation ; the severance of the church from the state, and the appropriation of the wealth of tile church to the use for which it was originally intended— namely, a great portion of it to feed tlie poor; the abolition of all private and joint stock banks, and the establishment of a national one; and last, though not least, but in my opinion the most important, although we are not all agreed upon it, affording the greatest facilities to the establishment of co- operative communities. Will these measures benefit the country? ( Yes, yes, from the crowd.) Reason, justice, humanity, answer Yes. Our present Parliament say No ; and whilst it exists not one of them will be carried. Why ? Because " our legislators, in consequence of their ignorance, selfishness, or covert bankruptcy are unwilling." Wiiat, then, must be done? Why, the universal people who pay the taxes must elcct the men who distribute them. In your sick societies, your money clubs, the other institutions you join, you elect the committee of management; why not in the far more important institution of the state? In con- clusion, allow me to give you a little advice. Be clean aud temperate in your habits ; by this means you will add much to your happiness and comfort; you will become more thoughtful and enquiring, and consequently better acquainted with your social and political condition. You will then be more powerful than meie numbers can ever make you. lirute force may be overpowered— mind cannot. Fixed on the eternal and immovable pillars of truth— high and ma- jestic it rears its head ; like the Himalaya mountains, it bids defiance to the contentious storms that assail it on every side, hurling and exhausting their fury upon it-- for a time the clouds of ignorance may hide it from view, but ever and anon its outline may be shadowed forth, struggling to pierce the mists which envelope it. Suddenly it breaks into full sight, looking lovelier than before; rejoicing in its superior sirength, its pristine splendour, its surpassing beauty, its stupendous majesty, and with a single glance withering the paltry arguments of the self styled rational and practical reformers. ( Great cheering.) Mr. SALT, of Birmingham, addressed the meeting in sup port of the people's right to administer the affairs of the nation, and alluded to the interviews which he, as one of the deputations from Birmingham, had had with Lord Mel- bourne, who, though he had promised to take their represen tations into consideration, had ' yet done nothing to relieve the distress of the people. Mr. GILL proposed the next resolution—" That the Peo- ple's Charter, containing the universal suffrage, vote by ballot, annual parliaments, no property qualification, equal representation, and paid members, is " a practical measure calculated to secure honest representation ; it is, therefore; solemnly adopted by this meeting. Mr. G. B. ELLIOTT ( the son of the poet) seconded the motion. WILLOUGHBY WOOD, Esq., of Campsall- hall, supported the resolution, and vindicated the claims of the working classes to a fair share of the intelligence possessed by the other classes of society, and instanced the corn- laws— the affairs of Canada— as proofs that the aristocracy were not possessed of the exclusive wisdom they laid claim to. He then moved the third resolution, viz.:—" That the National Petition, embodying the principles of the People's Charter, be adopted by this meeting." Mr. PARKER, a member of the association, seconded the resolution. Mr. WORTLEY moved the fourth resolution—" That W. Gill be appointed by this meeting to meet the delegates from other towns in London, to superintend the presentation of the National Petition," which WUS seconded by Mr. Crab tree in his most energetic style, deprecating the small sum tliey received for the large amount of labour they had to per- form, whilst the Dowager Queen received more money yearly than the working population of a neighbouring town, containing 14,000 inhabitants. Mr. PIERCE, of Birmingham, detailed the proceedings of the people of that town, which had led to the present movement; and declared, that as Earl Grey had determined to stand by his order, it was now time that they should stand by theirs. Mr. LOMAS moved the fifth resolution, viz.:—" That this meeting do pledge itself to support the national fund, for the purpose of carrying the foregoing resolutions into effect." He said, all the Whigs had done since their being in office, was to keep the Tories out; this they had effected, as weil as keeping the people out to. Mr. RICHARDSON, of Manchester, in supporting the reso- lution, stated, that they had a meeting the day before at Manchester, which had amply made up for the deficiency in Palace- yard, inasmuch as three hundred thousand persons attended— there were sixty bands of music, and more than three hundred banners. He said, it was, indeed, a glorious day. The labouring classes he depicted as being over taxed and over worked, whilst they were under clothed and under fed. ( Loud cheers.) He then drew a comparison between the amounts paid to ambassadors and consuls in pensions and secret service, showing that many of the items so paid were equal to the amount paid to the poor of several counties. Three cheers were then proposed by the chairman for Birmingham. Thanks were then voted to the chairman for his services, which was carried amidst loud acclamation. The assembly then quietly dispersed. In the evening, a numerous party of ladies and gentlemen partook of tea, & c., at the Bath Saloon, Ebenezer Elliott in the chair. The meeting was addressed by the chairman, Messrs. Wood, Salt, and others. MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE POLITICAL UNION. On Tuesday there were only a few councillors present, Messrs. Salt, Edmonds, & c., others being at Liverpool and Sheffield. Mr. BLAXLAND read the remarks of the editor of the Morning Advertiser on the subject of the great Manchester meeting on Monday, and concluded by saying, he last told them his opinion in 1836, and it was now the same— that if the people would go on they would obtain their rights. He had never acted, and he hoped he never should act, to another man differently to what he should wish that man to act to him. He had two votes, one for the county and one for the borough ; and he would not ask anything for himself which he would not give to another man. No man ought to have more than one vote, and that under districts. Referring to the meeting, he said he spoke with great con- fidence when, he asserted that nothing was too great for a moral, an enlightened, and determined people to achieve. If the people were not determined, they would not succeed; if they were, no power could resist them. He had intended to read an account of the Manchester meeting, but he was happy to see Mr. Douglas was returned from it, as he would be able to give a more pleasing description. He should, therefore, leave it in his hands. Mr. DOUOLAS said there was no particular business before the council that evening; and he had come there solely for the purpose of conversing with them about the great meet- ing at Manchester on Monday, not for the purpose of giving them an account of it, for that was impossible. He agreed with the gentleman who furnished the account for the Morning Advertiser, that it was, if not the greatest, one of the very greatest meetings that had yet taken place in England; and it was held under circumstances which made its magnitude more than ordinarily striking. There were . very large de- tachments of men from a distance. There was one de- tachment of considerably more than ten thousand men, from a distance of many miles; that circumstance alone expressed a strong spirit of determination on the part of the people, and it indicated that they had not only deteimina- tion, but good muscles and sinews into the bargain; for he could tell them that it was no joke to walk ten or twelve miles to a meeting, and, after standing there five or six hours, to walk the same road back again. The ground where the meeting took place was about three and a half miles distant from the point where the procession started. It would give them some idea of the magnitude of the pro- cession to say, that every man who was going to the meet- ing joined in it. With them in Birmingham it was dif ferent; their processions seldom contained more than from four to five thousand men; in Manchester, in this respect, they manage those things better. When Mr, Richardson, the marshal of the procession, came to the meeting, he stated, the head of the column was at the toll- gate, about half a mile off, while the tail was still in the town; the column came rolling over the brow of the hill, like one of those sea serpents which the Americans used to he so fond of telling them about. To describe the meeting itself was be- yond his power; it made one's heart more than glad to look upon it; it altogether astounded the beholder. The nature of the ground was very similar to that at Hollovvay- head, but of twice the extent. If, then, they could fancy a space of ground twice as large as that of Holloway- head, covered with men as thick as the day when they met at Holloway- head ; and if, instead of the two or three thousand in the rear of the hustings on that occasion, they could fancy an extensive race course covered by at least twenty- five thou- sand men, they would entertain a tolerably correct notion of the Manchester meeting. The number present had been cal- culated at three hundred thousand, but it was very difficult to form a correct estimate of such a meeting as it was. He thought at half- past three o'clock, after a very great number | of men, who were neither able to see or hear, had returned to town, that there still remained one hundred thousand. Mr. Salt arrived from Liverpool at two o'clock. He met the jeople returning from the meeting in so great numbers, and n so continuous a stream as he came from Manchester, that he had some difficulty in making his way through them. He ( Mr. D.) had had some conversation with an opulent manufacturer, almost the only man of the middle classes, with the exception of the Fieldens, who had joined the people. That gentleman had seen all the great meetings that had taken place in Manchester and Lancashire. He had witnessed all the meetings on the great race days, which brought together all parties and all classes of men, lords, squires, Whigs, Tories, Radicals, true men and rogues; and he had never seen the most crowded race day attended by such masses as were at the meeting on Monday. As for the temper of the meeting it was excellent; he did not think the men of Birmingham could have stood out better, or more quietly. The weather was not favourable and the ground was very wet; and he need not tell them that if to stand on wet ground for several hours was unpleasant to the men of Birmingham, it must be a great deal more so to men who come from the warm atmosphere of a cotton mill. And yet the mass of the audience stood like a rock. Mr. Salt and himself left about three quarters of an hour before the meeting ended; and, at that time, the meeting, pro- perly so called, was as closely packed as ever. The people met at nine o'clock in the morning, but the chaii was not taken until nearly one ; it took the whole of the interval to assemble. It was said that the masters of some of the mills had kept them going to prevent the men from coming out; but he did not think that was done to any great ex te" nt; it could have been only in a few isolated cases that attempts were made to restrain the men, or else the men had too much good sense to be restrained. There was another important fact worth noting— the meeting consisted almost entirely of men. This was very important. The absence of the women was a proof of the magnitude of the meeting. If it had been composed half of women, and half of men, they could only have calculated 011 three hundred thousand persons; but considering that the husbands, and brothers, and sons, who were there, stood as the represen- tatives of their female relations, they might fairly calculate that the meeting, with those who were present, and those who were represented, did not include less than six hun- dred thousand. It might have been, and was said, with re- gard to their meeting at Holloway- head, that the day being bright and fine, a great many persons went as lookers 011 merely, and took no interest in the proceedings; but at Manchester the morn was durk and dismal, with mizzling rain, and offired no such inducements to mere gazers. The magistrates behaved with great propriety. There had been some rumours that they intended to cali out the police force, and that there was to be a review on the ground that day; but they were entirely void of foundation. The magis- trates had no idea of calling out the police, neither was there any intention of reviewing the troops on that day. A de- tachment of police was placed at the call of the chairman, to keep order, and to prevent gentlemen from appropriating the property of their neighbours, and the military were kept close within their barrack. If any attempt had been made, the attack of soldiers on unarmed men would, no doubt, have led to the present dispersal of the meeting; but he believed that it would only have produced ten meetings for one ; and that those who attended them wou'd in future have taken care to provide themselves with the means of resisting attack. He could not believe for a moment that there was on the part of the Whigs any spirit of concession to tlie peo- ple. His opinion was, that the Whig ministry would go out sooner than grant the least of their demands; and assuredly if they would resign they would do anything else sooner than grant even the least. He should not be at all surprised if the first attempt they made to put down these meetings would be to suspend the Habeas Corpus act. To return to the meeting — the Chairman was John Fielden, Esq. ; he made a very excellent speech, full of moderation and good sense, and enacted his part with great dignity and propiiety. He was, of course, as they already knew, entirely with them. The resolutions were an approval of the Poor Man's Charter and of the National Petition; eight delegates were appointed. The Rev. Mr. Stephens spoke on the occasion, fairly anil temperately. Certainly there was nothing in his speech that could be called violent. Mr. Stephens made pretty marked allusion to strong measures, but he had made use of no other language than Mr. Attwood often bad— that force would only be resorted to by the people, in case force was brought against them. Their friend Mr. Attwood had often said," Woe unto the man who breaks the law against us." Mr. Stephens put his case, that if force was resorted to on the part of the government, force would be resorted to by the people. He, ( Mr. D.) therefore, was inclined to sus- pect that the parties who had on some occasions reported his speeches might have left out the if, ( and that little word if was a most important one) and thus given to them a very different construction. Several other gentlemen spoke with great propriety. The men of Birmingham were quite well received in the persons of their representatives. He ( Mr. D.) had the pleasure of supporting the second resolution. Their friend John Collins spoke also, and Mr. Pierce said a few words. Mr. Salt reserved himself for the meeting at Sheffield, which was fixed for that day. The people of Birmingham were at the head of one branch of the manu- factures of the nation ; Manchester was the representative of another— he alluded to the cotton trade. Let them go to the north, they had Glasgow, the great centre ol Scottish manufactures, with them. Now, excitement was contagious. If they had the large towns with them, they were sure to have the small. As certain as the gravity phy- sical of the sun retained the planets in their respective orbits, would the gravity moral of the large towns gathec round and regulate the small ones, and constrain them to obey. He had no doubt that even in London, cold, apathetic, wordly- minded London, they should soon have the whole of the people with them. The power of that animal magnetism which large masses of human beings ex- ercised over small, was altogether wonderful. It was fele by every man who came within its operation. It would have been as impossible for any one, be he Whig or Tory, who stood in the midst of the meeting 011 Monday last, to avoid being moved as it was moved, as it would be for tk boat to escape the Fall of the Niagara, when once fairly ire. the curreut. Mr. BLAXLAND having read some extracts from the speeches at the meeting, concluded by saying, that when a people demanded the rights which belonged to them, and demanded nothing more, history could not show them one instance in which they had failed to obtain them. It woulii be as easy to move the sun from the firmament, as to pre- vent them. The factious were resolved to have more than their rights, but the people resolved to have only their rights, and they must obtain them. Mr. DOUGLAS acknowledged the receipt of one pound from their friend Mr. Butler, whom he was happy to see there; and thirty- four shillings on account of the funds of the National Convention. On that subject a plan would be laid before them, if possible at the next meeting. Birming- ham ought to set a good example to the other towns in the kingdom. After a few remarks on the corn laws, and their connection with the price of labour, Mr. Douglas concluded, and the council adjourned. WOMENS' UNION. Wednesday evening the Women's Union met. Mrs. LAPWORTH was called to the chair, and after read- ing some verses of poetry, expressive of maternal affection, proceeded to comment upon them, observing that these feel- ings and sympathies were alike the same in the breasts of the poor as the rich ; although the former were, by the bad management of those in authority over them, rendered un- able to indulge in the kind feelings of their nature towards their children. She was not at present in want ot the ne- cessaries of life, but there was a time after she had become a mother, when for days together she had suffered from want. At that time she thought there must be something; wrong oil the part of those over them, or she would not have been in that condition, particularly when she knew that there were hundreds around her, of her own sex, who had never laboured, and did not know how to labour, and were en- joying all the comforts of life. Had she then known as much of the real cause of her distress, as she did at the present time, she would have sallied forth and forced on, as far as in her power lay, a combination of the working classes. Why should the ladies of the community enjoy all the comforts of life, whilst she, and those like her, who helped to procure, by their industry, all the luxuries, be deprived of the common necessaries of life ? Rich ladies must know a great deal of the suffeiings of the poor, and yet they appeared quite insensible to them. They never expressed their sympathy. In fact, the poor were never talked of by the rich, except with a view of ascertaining how to procure most labour for the least money. She hoped now the working women were united, that they would never desist until the industrious classes were raised to that condition in society to which they were entitled. They must not be deterred by the frowns or sneers of the rich men or rich women. They must not be afraid of them. They must recollect that, however wealthy those above them might be, they were nothing more than their fellow women, and they must not be frightened at their displeasure. Above all things, they must not be ashamed of their poverty. She knew that often the blush of shame twinkled upon their cheeks, when a friend happened to walk into their houses and caught them eating an inferior or scanty meal. She knew that they were accustomed to make apologies, and feel as if they had been caught in some bad act. She hop- jd this delicacy would be got rid of and in place of excusing their poverty, and feeling ashamed of it, they would openly acknowlege it, that they would make it known, and talk of it, and ask the cause of it, and tell others what they thought was the cause of it. If they were imkistrious, and could not get enough of food and clothing for themselves and children, were they to blame? She thought not; and why conceal their distress? But the rich would say the poor were looking for equality. She denied it. They did not want to disturb the rich in their enjoyments ; but the rich must not be surprised if the poor felt unhappy, when they could not get anything like a suffi- cient quantity of food or raiment for their labour. She hoped the women of Birmingham would persevere as they had commenced, and if so, she felt assured that in a few months they would do wonders. Mrs. BRADBURY said they had many powerful enemies to contend with ; powerful, not for their superior woith. or superior intelligence, but from their superior wealth. Yes, it was the wealth of those above them, which enabled them to opprtss and injure their fellow men and women. She had said women, because it was quite certain that which i jured and ppressed the men, must injure the women. They must, therefore, come forward and aid their husbands, and sons, and brothers, in procuring an alteration in the system. As they had taken the field in politics, they must stand firm, and never rest until they achieved their object. She firmly believed the goodness ol God designed they should enjoy plei ty, and it was only the wickeeness of man that prevented them from having it. The shopkeepers were not with them, and she thought tliey should know the reason why. As the Union was nearly three thousand strong, she was of opinion they ought to begin to inquire the cause of this indifference of the shopkeepers. She thought they ought not to purchase their tea or sugar from those who would not join the ranks of the people. When they found their custom departing from tliem, and their goods spoiling on their shelves, and their capital dwindling away, she had no doubt tliey would join the people. She moved a resolution, to the effect that the Unionists cease to deal with those who did not join the people in thee present struggle to better their condition. The resolution was seconded by another Unionist, and carried with great applause. Mr. JOHN PIERCE was then introduced to the meeting, and he addressed them, detailing what had taken place at the meetings of Manchester, Sheffield, and Liverpool. He read the following hymn by Ebenezer Elliot: — God of the poor! shah labour eat ? Or drones alone find labour sweet? Lo, they who call tlxy earth their own, Take all we have— and give a stone 1 Yet bring not Thou on them the doom That scourged the proud of wretched Rome, Who stole, for few, the lauds of all. To make all fife a funeral. Lord 1 not for vengeance rave the wrong'd, The hopes deferr'd, the woes prolong'd, Our cause is just, our Judge divine; But judgment, God of all, is thine! Yet not in vain thy children call On Thee, if Thou art Lord of all, And by thy work, and by thy word. Hark! millions cry for justice, Lord! t For leave to toil, and not in vain— For honest labour's needful gain; A little rest, a little corn, For weary man to trouble born! For labour, food ; for all their own; Our right to trade from zone to zone. To m: ike all laws for us and ours, And curb the will of evil powers. The reading of the hymn was received with great ap- plause ; alter which, the first and last verses were sun" by the meeting. 0 Mr. COLLINS apoligised for the absence of Mr. Edmonds, who was kept away by fatigue and illness, occasioned by Ira visit to Liverpool. The meeting then adjourned. A THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 29. 7 ANTI- CHURCH RATE MEETING, MONDAY, THE 24th DAY OF SEPTEMBER INSTANT. AT a MEETING of the Inhabitants of the parish of Edgbaston, called by public requisition, and held in the Chemical Works of Messrs. E. and J. STURGE, for the purpose of opposing the payment of Church Rates, W. SC HOLE FIELD, ESQ., in the Chair, The following RESOLUTIONS were passed unani- mously:— , Moved by the Rev. THOMAS SWAN ; and seconded by JAMES JAMES, Esq— 1.— That this Meeting considers theenforcementof Church Kates a violation of the principles of justice, and of the rights of conscience. Moved by the Rev. H. HUTTON ; and seconded by Mr. JAMES BAKER— 2.— That the Church Rates now in the course of collec- tion in the parish of Edgbaston, in addition to the general objections stated in the previous Resolution, and to their unquestionable illegality, are, in the opinion of this Meet- ing, a violation of moral obligation; inasmuch as the follow- ing Resolution was passed by the Vestry, on the 22nd of Sept., 1834:—" That, in future, the Churchwardens shall give a fortnight's previous notice, by advertisement, in Aris's Gazette, of all Parish Meetings, and that such advertise- ment be inserted twice;" and no such advertisement was published previous to granting the Rates at the Meeting on the 1st of August last. A Moved by Capt. MOORSOM, R. N.; and seconded by Mr. W. BOULTBEE— 3 That the following Gentlemen— Messrs. J. Sturge, C. Sturge, \ V. Middlemore, VV. Scholefield, Capt. Moor- » om, T. B. Fiddian, E. Martin, J. Gill, W. Boultbee, J. Baker, E. Taylor, W. Terry, J. Qakes, T. Slaney, J. Holl, W. Dawes, J. Greene, — Martineau, J. Bradsbaw, and F. 2. S. Flindell, be appointed a Committee, with power to add to their number, to adopt such measures as they may deem advisable; that Messrs. W. Redfern, C. Redfern, and W. Barlow, be requested to act gratuitously as Solicitors; that a Subscription be now entered into ( or the payment of any expenses that may be incurred ; and that Messrs. J. and C. Stutge be requested to act as Treasurers. Moved by Mr. JOHN GREENE; and seconded by Mr. JOSEPH HOLL— 4 That these Resolutions be Advertised in each of the Birmingham papers. W. SCHOLEFIELD, Esq., having vacated the Chair, and Capt. MOORSOM having been called to the Chair, Resolved— That the thanks of this Meeting he given to \ V. SCHOLE- TIELD, Esq. for his kindness in presiding this evening. N. B.— Those Parishioners who have paid the Rates in- advertently, or under a belief that they were legally granted, are requested to send their names to the Solicitors. SOCIETY OF ARTS. THE EXHIBITION of MODERN WORKS of ART IS NOW OPEN. J. W. UNETT, Hon. Secretary. Admittance, Is. each. Catalogues Is. Season Tickets each. BIRMINGHAM AND EDGBASTON PROPRI- ETARY SCHOOL. THE last Quarter of the present Year will com- mence on Monday, October 1. J. C. BARLOW, Hon. Sec. Committee- room, Sept. 19, 1838. TO WOOLS TAPLERS. WANTED, a Man as Sorter and looker- over; also a Woolsorter. None but Bteady men, and good worltnen need apply, who can bring unexceptionable cha- racters from their last employers. Apply personally, or, if by letter, post paid, at No. 7, Gloucester- street, Birmingham. rjlO be LET, the BULL'S HEAD, Upper Tower- .1- street, completely fitted up, no Stock or Fixtures to t)£ taken to* Apply to THOMAS HALL, No. 6, Edmund- street. TO DRAPERS, UNDERTAKERS, AND THE PUBLIC. CHARLES RADENHURST begs respectfully to announce to his friends and the public, that he still continues to furnish Funeral Carriages, with real Ostrich Plumes, rich Velvets, & c., to any extent, and on the most reasonable terms, and assures those parties who may favour Jiim with their commands, every attention will be paid to conduct this branch of his business with that propriety which thesolemnity of the occasion requires. 102, High street. QUEEN ELIZABETH'S VIRGINALS. THIS unique specimen of art, and the oldest in- strument of music it is believed now in existence in Xngland, has, after various adventures not to be detailed in the space of an advertisement, fallen into the hands of Mr. Jonah Child, portrait painter, of Dudley; by whom it is offered for inspection and sale to the curious in such matters. The Price is One Hundred Guineas. A full description of the instrument will be found in the JEmyclopadia Londinensis, vol. 10th; and also in the Gen. tinman's Magazine for June, 1815. JOHN COPE, CHEMIST AND DKUGGIST, 43, HIGH- STREET, BIRMINGHAM, IN announcing- to his Friends his retirement from business, begs to return his sincere thanks for the many marks of preference bestowed upon him, and to acquaint them that he has disposed of his trade to Mr. W. M. SHILLITOE, of 69, High- street, to whom he takes the liberty of requesting a transfer of their support, feeling confi- dent that every effort will be made by him to give satisfac- tion. W. M. SHILLITOE RESPECTFULLY informs the inhabitants of Bir- mingham and its vicinity, that he has purchased the business lately in the possession of MR. JOHN COPE, 43, High- street, and hopes, by strict care and personal atten- tion to every department of his trade, to- merHthe continu- ance of the support so long bestowed upon his predecessor, as well as that shown to himself at his present establish- ment. W. M. S. wishes also to observe that it is his intention ultimately to remove his business from 69 to No. 43, High- street. A vacancy for an APPRENTICE presents itself. Agent for Jeffrey's celebrated Oral Respirator. INDIA RUBBER GALOSHES. JOHN W. SHOWELL, STATIONER, 48, NEW STREET, has a large stock of India Rubber Ga. Joshes, suitable for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Children. This article is far superior to every description of Clogs or Over- all Boots, and warranted to P. ESIST THE DAMP and keep the feet warm. Persons residing at a distance may depend upon being fitted by sending a shoe, or they may be made to any size in the course of a week from the date of receiving the order. TO THE PUBLICANS OF BIRMINGHAM AND ITS VICINITY, THE Members of No. 1 Lodge of the Birmingham Independent Odd Fellows, held at Mr. John Nutts, White Tower, Asbted, beg to submit to the not; ce of the Publicans generally, that some little time ago, a person of the name of Brecknell, barber, of Balsall street, and his compeers, did appeal to the members of the above- named Xodge to grant them a dispensation, for the purpose of commencing a Lodge of the same nature at the Dog and Partridge, Upper Windsor- street, Ashted; and as their conduct as been far different from what it ought to have teen, and rather of an ambiguous nature, the members of • No. 1 Lodge, in question, beg to submit to public notice, that tlie members of the Lodge held at the Dog and Par- tridge, aforementioned, being No. 2, have no just or legal right to grant a Dispensation to other parties. Signed in behalf of the Committee, JOHN EVANS, Secretary. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that GEORGE BUTLER EARP, of Great Russell- street, Bir- mingham, in the County of Warwick, Bookseller and Pub- lisher, hath, by an Indenture, bearing date the 27th day of September, 1838, assigned all his Stock in Trade, Personal Estate, and effects, to Dyer Berry Smith, the elder, paper- dealer, and James Stamps, paper- seller, both of Birming ham aforesaid, after payment of the costs and charges, in the said Indenture of Assignment mentioned, upon trust for the equal benefit of the Creditors of the said George Butler Earp, and which Indenture was executed by the said George Butler Earp, on the said 27th day of September instant, and by the said Dyer Berry Smith, the elder, and James Stamps, on the 28th day of September instant, and that the execution thereof by all the said parties, was at- tested by John Smith, of No. 48, New- street, in Birming- ham aforesaid, Solicitor; and that such Indenture is lodged at the Office of the said John Smith, for the inspection and signature of the Creditors of the said George Butler Earp, and such of them as shall not execute the said Indenture, or assent thereto in writing, within Two Calendar months from the date hereof, will be excluded all benefit therefrom. All Persons indebted to the Estate of the said George Butler Earp, or who have any of his effects, are requested to pay the same, and give notice to me, the undersigned. JOHN SMITH, Solicitor to the Assignees. 48, New- street, Birmingham. TOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM. MR. BIRD, Lecturer at Eton College, Harrow School, & c., & c., WILL give one more LECTURE on ASTRO- NOMY, with his GRAND ORRERY, on MON- DAY next, October 1st, to commence at half- pi. I si in the evening. Some appropriate Pieces will be performed on the Organ by Mr. Hollins. PART 1 Motion of the Earth, illustrated with splendid apparatus. " Hailstone Chorus," HANDEL. PART 2.— Magnificent Globe, surrounded by the Atmos- phere ; its wonderful properties explained. " Thunder Storm," HOLLINS. PART 3 The GRAND ORRERY. This Celestial Machine is thirty feet in circumference, consisting of the Sun in the centre, with all the known Planets and Satellites moving in silent grandeur, and supported without any ap- parent cause. CHORCS.—" The Heavens are telling," HAYDN. The Children and Teachers of Schools will occupy the Floor and Great Gallery. Admission to the Side Galle- ries, Is. each. Tickets may be had of Messrs. Bird and Co., Chemists, Philip- street; Mr. Showell, Bookseller, New- street; Mr. Bird, 20, Hagley- row, Edgeaston; and at the Hall. THEATRE ROYAL, BIRMINGHAM. rpHE Management have the honour to announce JL the First Appearance of Mr. and Mrs. YATES, who will take their Benefit this evening. Mr. and Mrs. HOOPER, and HERVIO NANO, will also appear on this occasion, in Three New Pieces. THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, September29, will be performed the Drama of the BLACK DOMINO, Horace de Massarina Mr. YATES. Angelle D'Oliverez Mrs. YATES. After which Mr. YATES will give his celebrated IMI- TATIONS of Mr. Young, as Cassius; Mr. Munden, as Sir Abel Handy; Mr. Kean, as Richard; Mr. Blanchard, as Sir Simon Rochdale; Mr. Macready, as Virginiui; and Mr. Braham, as Prince Blando. To be followed by The RIVAL APES. The OurangOutang HERVIO NANO. To conclude with The BRITISH LEGION. Timothy Mr. YATES. Col. Davenport Mr. HOOPER. Maria Mrs. YATES. SuBan Mrs. HOOPER. AND On MONDAY, October 1st, will be presented Shak- speare's Tragedy, from the original text, of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo Mr. FORDE. Mercutio Mr. HOOPER. ( Of the Theatre Royal, Drury- lane.) Friar Lawrence Mr. WILLIAMS. Juliet Mrs. HOOPER. ( Of the Theatre Royal, Drury- lane.) A favourite Ballad, by Madame INEZ. To conclude with an entire New Dramatic Spectacle, entitled, THE DEMON DWARF; or, The VAMPIRE BAT. With new Dresses, Banners, and other gorgeous para- phernalia. The Vampire Bat by HERVIO NANO, Who is specially retained for the next Five Evenings. Lower Boxes, 3- i.; Upper Boxes, 2s.; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. Half Price, to the Boxes only, at Nine o'clock. Tickets may be obtained, and places secured, on appli- cation to Mr. Brookes, at the Box Office, between Eleven and Four. GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVAL IN AID OF THE BUILDING FUND OF THE BIRMINGHA M MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. IN THE TOWN HALL, ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1838. RPHE COMMITTEE have mnch pleasure in an- JL nouncing to their friends and the public, that they intend producing, on the above occasion, Handel's celebrated Oratorio of THE MESSIAH In the morning, and a MISCELLANEOUS SELECTION In the Evening. The following vocalists are already engaged:— MISS BIRCH, MISS BRUCE, MR. BAKER, MR. BRAHAM, MR. HARRISON and MR. PHILLIPS. Principal Trumpet Mr. HARPER Conductor Sir GEORGE SMART, ( Of the Chapel Royal), who will preside at the Organ. The Choral and Orchestral Department will be full and complete, and neither trouble nor expense will be spared to render the performances a splendid musical attraction. The whole of the seats in the galleries will be reserved at 5s. each.— Admission to the floor of the Hall, 2s. 6d. each. Plans of the reserved seats in the galleries are now ready, at Mr. Fletcher's Music Saloon, 31, Temple- row. Tickets to the floor may be had at most of the booksellers and music shops, and the newspaper offices. The regulations of the committee, together with a pro- gramme of the performances, will appear next Monday. CROWN DINING AND COFFEE ROOMS, 40, SNOW HILL, BIRMINGHAM. THE above extensive Premises have just been opened for the accommodation of travellers, and the Public in general, on the most economical terms. Breakfasts ready at six o'clock in the morning. Hot Joints from twelve till eight o'clock in the evening. A good Plain Dinner for 9d. Good Soups, always ready, at 3d. per basin. *,* Comfortable Beds at 9d. per night.— Daily Papers. BULL'S HEAD, LICHFIELD STREET, BIR- MINGHAM. TO BE SOLD bv PRIVATE TREATY, the Good Will and Possession of the above well- fre- quented House, doing an excellent business in the Ale trade, and disposed of solely in consequence of the Propri- etor having entered into other engagements. The Premises are very convenient, with a back entrance to Stafford- street, and held at a Low Rent. For Particulars, apply to Mr. Jester, upon the Premises; or to Mr. J. Gilbert, Public- bouse Agent and Appraiser, 42%, New- street, Birmingham. DESIRABLE LEASEHOLD BUILDINGS. TO be SOLD, by PRIVATE CONTRACT, in one or more lots, all those Seventeenwell- built HOUSES, forming a coruer property, situated at Great Lister- street and Windsor- street, Aston, and consisting of one three- quarter House, six double Houses, and ten single ones, pro- ducing annually, at very low rents, 185/. The above is leasehold for an unexpired term of ninety- six years, and subject to a low ground rent. To view the same, apply to Mr. PRICE, on the premises; and further information will be given by applying to Mr. HENRY TARLETON, solicitor, 24, Bennett's hill, Birmingham. 1,300/. WANTED, on good Leasehold Security. BANKRUPT'S STOCK— FREE OF AUCTION DUTY. TO DRAPERS, INNKEEPERS, PRIVATE FA- MILIES, AND OTHERS. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, at the Sale Rooms, 16, Upper Temple- street, Birmingham, on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th days of October, 1838, commencing each morning at eleven o'clock, about TWO THOUSAND POUNDS WORTH of IRISH LINENS, Sheetings, Diapers, Table Cloths, and beautiful Table Covers, with a variety of other stock, of Messrs. Hayes and Shaw, bank rupts, and sold by direction of assignees. JOHN RODERICK, Auctioneer. Offices, New- street and Bennett's- hill, Birmingham. The Auctioneer respectfully informs the merchants drapers, and wholesale dealers, who attended the last sale that they will be treated with by private contract upon the same terms as they purchased at the sale, previous to the sale commencing. FREE OF AUCTION DUTY. DESIRABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY, GRAN VILLE- STREET, BROAD- STREET, BIRMINGHAM. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by JOHN RODE- RICK, on Wednesday, October 3, 1838, by direction of the assignees of G. and D. Smith, Bankrupts, at the Union Inn, in Union- street, Birmingham, at four o'clock in the afternoon, subject to conditions then to be produced, all those two well- built DWELLING HOUSES, fronting to Granville- street, in the occupation of Mr. Isaac Cole and Mr. W. Morgan; also, a CONVENIENT HOUSE in the yard, with two ranges of well lighted shopping, let to Mr. James Hudson, on a lease for twenty one years from June 1837, at £ 20 per annum, with spare land for additional shop- ping ; the whole producing a rental of £ 51 per annum, pay- able quarterly, held on lease for the unexpired term of ninety- five years from the 25th of March last, at the ground rent of £ 13 Is. 3( 1. Also a GROUND RENT of £ 3 10s. 10d., arising from a portion of the land let to Messrs. J. and R. Mole. Part of the purchase money may remain on mortgage if required. For further particulars apply to Mr. H. W. Tyndall, solicitor, Cherry- street; Mr. John Suckling, solicitor, Union- street; or to Mr. John Roderick, auctioneer, at bis offices, New street and Bennett's hill, Birmingham. TO CORRESPONDENTS. * » * Several letters and communications are necessarily postponed till next week, and amongst others that re- specting the Market Hall. * » * The newspaper addressed to Mr. J. Murray, Girvan, has been regularly sent from the Journal Office, nor can we even guess by what accident it has not regu- larly arrived. It ought, we should suppose, to be re- ceived by Mr. M. on Monday. It leaves Birmingham at five o'clock on Saturday morning. In future, the address will be written on the paper as well as the envelope. *.* " Dew drops." The thought in the last line, which is the sole point in R. J.' s epigram, is not new. We cannot point to the original linesjwhere it may be found; but they are familiar to our recollection. %* Why does our Steelhouse- lane correspondent write so lengthily? Does he never reflect on the slender chance that a letter of a column and a half has of a reading? BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1838. The whole of the journals, both Whig and Tory, seem at length to agree, in respect to the Radical movement which is now shaking the land, that there is " the devil to pay ;" but they do not at all concur in respect to the quarter whence the " pitch" is to be got. They acknowledge that the people are dissatis- fied ; the extent of dissatisfaction they up longer deny; they repudiate the cure which the leaders of the people offer; but they are sadly at loss for a substi- tute. It is plain, however, that the action of the masses has now reached the most sluggish and stern- most of them, from their manifest anxiety to compound. Six months ago it would have been difficult to get them to listen to a proposal for abolishing the rate- paying clauses; uow household suffrage is approv- ingly spoken of. If the people would limit their demands to that, they need only ask and re- ceive. It is absolutely pressed upon their acceptance. As to the corn laws, why, a single word from the Birmingham Council would purchase their repeal. Now, it is very customary to tell us of the foolish hopes of the Radicals, of their ignorant enthusiasm, of their extravagant anticipations; but in all the thoughts to which the Radicals have given utterance during the last twelve months, is there anything more ridiculously extravagant than the language of such journals as the Sun, and those, which, like the Sun,— Lead to bewilder, and dazzle to blind, would amuse us with, when they represent household suffrage, or the repeal of the corn laws to be objects of fa- cile attainment ? We will not assert that these " best in- structors" are guilty of any sinister design; we will not assert, that if the people were agitating for house- hold suffrage or repeal of the corn laws, they would seek to cheat their attempts that way also, by divert- ing them to some other and more attainable objects. But we do ask them to show by evidence which would justify the choice of a rational being, that, admitting the people to be as much united on the subject of either or both these changes, as they are now on the subject of universal suffrage ; they would in that case, have a fair chance of more speedily at- taining their object. With what party in the state, we ask, are we to combine for household suffrage, supposing our incli- nations to be directed that way ? The Birmingham Political Union, up to the commencement of the pre- sent year, advocated household suffrage. We have stated this more than once before, but the repetition is called for by the pertinacity of our opponents. Who joined it then, that does not still belong to it ? Not a solitary individual, out of the two hundred thousand that constitute our population, was associated with the Union while it restricted its views to household suffrage, who is not associated with it now that they extend to universal suffrage. What chance, what expectations, then, is there, that, were the Union to retrograde to its former position, it would receive any accession to its numbers from what are called the influential classes? We say no- thing of the certain falling away which such a step would occasion of the non- influential classes. And yet, if anywhere in England, there ought in Birming- ham to be a formidable band of household suffrage politicians. We have some real and a few sham Tories; but of mere Whigs we have not a baker's dozen. Even that small number are kept to their allegiance solely by the hope of a corporation. De- stroy that hope, and Lord MELBOURNE would not get three hands held up for him in the whole borough. Our Reformers are all thorough Reformers by pro- fession, and yet we venture to assert that were we, the universal suffrage Radicals, to retreat to household suffrage to- morrow, we should find ourselves as desti- tute of influential support as we now are. But the notion of a household suffrage party anywhere, is ridiculous. If any such party can be got together, why do not the opponents of universal suffrage set about it. Why, " call spirits from the vasty deep" of Radicalism, where " devil a one will answer?" Why not at once rally the influential classes to the rescue? Why not summon meetings, make speeches, pass re- solutions, levy a rent in favour of the moderate and attainable measure ? Let a veritable existent party be shown to us, and we may consider of the propriety of ajunction. At present our alliance is solicited for a shadow. We are clamorously called upon to agitate for the repeal of the corn law, which is sure to receive the support of all who are not interested in corn law abuses. Where is the party with which we are to commence our joint agitation for that repeal ? We get clever articles from newspaper editors, clever essays and lectures from eloquent individuals; but we look in vain for the influential masses, by whose assistance we are so speedily and certainly to lay low the Dagon of the squirearchy. No doubt, if we were to obey the call of the Sun and our other " damned good- natured friends," we might make a household suffrage party, or a corn law repeal party; but there would be no accession of strength— there would be no new force; it would be merely the old one with its front changed. Seeing, then, that our chances of success, so far as success depends on Whig or moderate reform assist- ance, are quite as numerous in our present position, as they would be in any other, why, in the name of com- mon sense, should we change our position ? Great stress is put on the wildness, the impractica- bility of universal suffrage. We grant it to be very wild and very impracticable, to those who are opposed to it; and so will the mostmoderate or simple scheme ever be. We do not find amongst thenon- enfranchised, that their obtaining of the suffrage is looked upon as either wild or impracticable. Now, who is to judge in such a case ? Those that suffer the wrong or those that inflict it ? It is, indeed, sometimes alleged, that it is for the good of the community, that four- fifths of its members should have no political power, and that the remaining fifth should have the whole. It might equally be alleged, that it would be for the good of the commu- nity, that four- fifths of its members should have no breeches, and that the remaining fifth should have five pairs a- piece ; but it would be very difficult to bring home the truth of such a rule to the minds of the sans- culotte party— especially when the wind was northerly. We observe in the speech of Mr. WHITTLE, at Manchester, the repetition of a statement, originating we know not where, but which ha « been attributed to Mr. VINCENT, of a fact which, in common fairness, ought no longer to remain uncorrected. We were not on the hustings at the moment, else we would have set Mr. WHITTLE right; and we do not doubt, from his candour, we should have received his thanks of doing so. We allude to the statement, that Lord MELBOURNE, when the Right Honourable WILLIAM LAMB, moved the thanks of the House of Commons to the Manchester magistrates for their conduct on the 16th August, 1819. Now, the Globe has distinctly averred, on the authority of " Hansard," that, so far from moving the vote of thanks alluded to, Mr. Wm, Lamb spoke in favour of and voted for Lord Althorp's motion for piqniry. We think this ought not only to be known, but acknowledged. It never can serve any cause, much less a cause which rests on so high grounds as ours, to make or maintain an accusation, which is not founded on truth. Neither should we think the case at all altered, if, as we hare seen it alleged, Mr. LAMB grounded his support of Lord ALTHORP'S motion on the hypothesis, that the magis- trates would come out of the inquiry justified. It is, we need hardly say, one of the most usual forms of of argument in such motions,' and in perfect con- formity with English fairness, and the spirit both of English law and practice, to assume the innocence of the inculpated party. The whole affair of the 16th August, 1819, was of so revolting a character, one to which O'CONNELL'S triad of " base, brutal, and bloody," so correctly applied, that we would not for a moment wish our worst enemy obnoxious to the im- putaton of being mixed up with it. We travelled from London to Birmingham last week by the London and Birmingham railway ; this week we were conveyed from Birmingham to Liverpool by the Grand Junction; from Liverpool to Manchester by the Liverpool and Manchester; and and from the latter town to Birmingham again by the Grand Junc- tion. Passing over the whole line of railway— two hundred and fifty miles— in the course of the week, we can speak with some confidence of a mode of tra- velling, which is destined, at no distant period, to supersede all others, as well as to the character of those regulations which have been adopted, we doubt not, after due deliberation, by the different companies to whom the three stupendous establishments we have mentioned appertain. Of the mode of travelling, we think no language can be fairly called exaggerative when directed to its praises. Of its safety, notwithstanding a few acci- dents that have happened from carelessness the most unaccountable, or ignorance the most gross, and not- withstanding a great many accidents reported, that have not happened at all, we have no hesitation in saying, that it is as nearly absolute as the imperfection of limited intelligence, and of perishable elements, per- mit. Railroad travelling, indeed, as much surpassesall previous modes of conveyance in safety, as it exceeds them in speed. We have been accustomed to speak of convenient coaches, of easy coaches; but the con- venience and ease of the roomiest and most exquisitely suspended vehicle, running on an ordinary road, is labour and pain, compared with the luxury of the arm- chair repose of a railway carriage. And of this luxury of rest, which to the aged or the feeble offers not the semblance of annoyance, even in the longest transits, the sum is mightily increased by the rapidity. The rapidity is in itself a pleasure of the highest kind. Dr. JOHNSON used to say, that there were few things more exhilarating than a quick drive in a post chaise— this before double springs or macadamisation were invented, and when highways offered a similitude, felt as well as seen, of human life, in their ever re- curring ups and downs. But what would the philo- sopher, who so justly appreciated the stirring effect of a trot of eight miles an hour, have said to a whirl of forty ? Every one who has witnessed a race course, must have experienced the excitement produced by the run home— how the eye strains, and the pulse rises, and the breath comes quick, and what a tingling goes along every nerve of the body ! Such is the effect of rapidity of motion upon the spectator; but the railway traveller has the still more enlivening perception of motion felthe is the bestrider of the winged steed, vvithoutany of thelabourof attention which such an exciting position demands. The distance from place to place is shortened in more ways than one, by the speed of transition. To travel over twenty miles of ground in four hours, is more fatiguing than to travel over eighty in eight hours. The ennui of a long journey is prodigiously diminished by the rapidity with which the several divi- sions are got over. In railway travelling the ennui is reduced to a minimum. From our experience we should say, that there is more weariness of the spirit in dragging along from the Bank to the White Horse> Piccadilly, in a city omnibus, than in journeying from London to Birmingham by the railway. Of the actual saving of time we need hardly speak. It is not yet so great as it will be; and yet how amazing it is, even now! The fast coaches to Liver- pool, which first started some ten years ago, professed to perform the journey in twenty- three hours, and they did accomplish it in twenty- four. The railway coaches do it in nine! Our recent journey from London to Birmingham occupied precisely five hours; our journey from Birmingham to Liverpool took three hours and fifty minutes. Touching the regulations we have little to say— so far as respects the passengers they appear to be judi- cious enough. In no case have we seen any difficulty thrown in the way of their accommodation; and the officials universally, from the highest to the lowest, seem to be equally orderly and civil. There is but one particular in which we would suggest a change; and that is, in the numbering of tlie tickets, which, by- the- bye, does not appear to be insisted on at the Euston- square station. We think it savours of a minute pre- cision, which serves no purpose but a troublesome one. Friends and acquaintances like to travel together; some persons like the rear of the train, some the middle, some the head; one would ride with his face, one with his back to the engine. By much the best and simplest plan, we think, is to let every one suit his own inclination— the only rule to he, first come first served. The case of a railway train and of a stage coach is different— in the stage a certain convenience would arise from having the seats numbered, which, however, has never yet been done, from the mere fact of the whole number being limited. In the railway train, on the contrary, it is almost always necessary to have more vehicles than are absolutely required, in order to their proper distribution at each point of the line; and it is altogether preposterous to fill a part of the coaches full, which is necessarily done by the ticket system, and to leave a part of them entirely empty. The mode of checking the tickets is a part of the regulations, with which the public have not so intimate a concern. It appears to us, on a hasty glance, to be extremely inefficient. There does not seem the slightest obstacle to a second class passenger taking a first class seat; nor, indeed, to prevent any one who is sufficiently unscrupulous from occupying a first or second class seat, without a ticket for either. The manner in which the ticket system works we do not, of course, know ; hut we should incline to believe, that it rather tended to facilitate imposition than to ex- pose it. The expense of a railway is a serious concern— we would almost say it is a national concern. The establishments will be kept up, pay or not pay; but, if they do not pay, they will not be kept as they ought to be; and, as it is most desirable for the pub- lic good, that they should be. The London and Bir- mingham has, or will, cost six millions; and its shares are at a premium of more than 75 per cent.— a capital of ten and a half millions invested in one great work ! The sum is enormous even to think of. Why, here is a bare interest required of £ 525,000 ! £ 2,000 a day would assuredly not be too much, if it were enough, for the payment of interest and ex- penses. At tlie present rate of charge, it would take about 1,600 passengers a day, supposing only pas- sengers conveyed, to pay even that sum. It may ap- pear strange, that, under such circumstances, we should recommend a reduction of the fares; but we feel convinced, that, only by a reduction, will the ex- pectations of the shareholders ever be realised. Make the second class carriages ten shillings, and the first fifteen, and we feel confident that, in twelve months,, the number of passengers would be four times as great as it now is. But this is not enough. The railways— we mean the Grand Junction and London — must carry goods; and they must carry goods as cheap as the canals; and then they will get all that are on the road to carry; and the chances are that, iu a very short time, the quantity will double. The quickness and certainty of transmission in all wea- thers must affect goods, though not in an equal degree, as well as passengers. It is only by great exertions, coupled with the- most rigid economy, that these mighty undertakings can prosper. We wish them to prosper; and from that wish alone we throw out these hints. Our wishes, we must say at the same time, are entirely disinterested; for not only have we not the slightest connection, direct or indirect, with either the Grand Junction or the London; but the Journal has been treated by both after a fashion, that, did we care as much for our purse as we do for our principles, might furnish us with a ready text for a very different The Coventry Herald, " at the risk of being thought wearisome," employs nearly two columns in adverting to the new agitation for the five points. The learned editor has contrived, most successfully, to convert the anticipated risk into a certainty— he will be thought wearisome, for he is so. He is ignorant also as his class of controvertists always are. He ascribes the new agitation for the five points, entirely to the Working Men's Association. The Charter happens to contain six points. The five points belong to the National Petition. Such a little fact serves to show that the editor of the Herald is readier to encounter the risk of wearying others, than wearying himself. The argument, if such it must be called, is, that the unrepresented are not gene- rally in favour of the five points— the proof, that Feargus o'Connor " put in print a direct and palpable untruth" touching the Coventry meeting. So because Feargus O'Connor, or his reporter, chose to talk nonsense respecting one meeting, all the meetings in the kingdom, by whomsoever described or reported, have been equally mis- described or mis- represented ! The argument sins ^ gainst higher rules that those of the Stagyrite. It is altogether dishonest. Will the Coventry Herald, and its Whig friends, put the question of the success or failure of the petition for the five points, on the issue of the numbers it may receive ? We will allow him or them to lay down the rule by which the numbers are to be estimated; pro- vided it be free and fair. Let the voice of the un- represented be taken by ballot, for instance. Will he and his supporters, supposing we show a mojority,. _ THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 29. 7 yield on that showing-? If they are not prepared for this, and we know they are not, with what face can they argue on the question of numbers. The petition of the National Guards of Paris will not be allowed to slumber. Of its vivaciousness, the first proof is supplied in the terror which it has inspired into the ministry. The Courier Francais says— " The extreme panic displayed by the cabinet, not in the presence of real danger, but on the question of a peaceable demand for a reform in the representative institutions of the country, is calculated to afford a miserable idea of the government, which affects to be one of progress, and which once styled itself the best of republics, but which is now as hostile to innovation and improvement as the government of China." The French journals lament the death of the Duchess de Broglie, daughter of the celebrated Madame de Stael. They announce, on the authority of recent letters, that the notorious Dr. Francia, of Paraguay, is alive and well. He was reported dead some time ago. Our paper of to- day is a paper of meetings. The great meeting at Kersal Moor we have noticed else- where. The meeting at Sheffield on the following Tuesday was not only the largest that Sheffield has ever presented, but every way, in its order, harmony, and intelligence, one delight. Such is the beneficent effects of one or two master spirits patriotically and zealously directed. The Liverpool meeting— the speeches at which we are compelled, from want of space, to omit— was, comparatively speaking, small. The highest estimate does not swell the numbers to more than five thousand. Of course, the Whig and Tory press estimate them much lower. There was considerable interruption from a travelling orator, named ACLAND, who formerly edited a Hull paper, and who was anxious to move a most impertinent amend- ment about tee- totalism. Whether he really wished to interrupt the meeting, or was sincere in his motion, we cannot pretend to say. That it sprung from knavery or folly was abundantly obvious. On the subject of small meetings, the editor of the Weekly True Sun has a remark, which the silly persons who sneer at them would do well to ponder upon. " We shall not mince the matter about the ( London) meeting; it was, to a certain extent, adisappointment. There were about fifteen thousand persons present; and though it was one of those fluctuating audiences, which, probably, more than tripled the number at any one time, yet for that very reason it lacked something of the excitement which often makes a meeting me- morable. The factions have no great reason to crow at this concession. The leaders of either would he ready to give their ears for an unpacked and unanimous meeting of fifteen thousand persons. There is 110 practical question about their attaining any such con- summation. The notion is hopelessly visionary. They say, Punch could do it; if it be so, we can only say that Punch is much more powerful than Peel or Rus- sell. » In the same way we may call upon the Whigs or the Tories of Liverpuddle to get up a better or more numerous meeting than that of Tuesday; and till they do so, to be as quiet as possible on the subject of its magnitude. In addition to the meeting at Liver- pool, we have to notice a spirited meeting at Brighton, a meeting at Bolton, where some excellent speeches were pronounced, one at Troubridge, a gathering of the surrounding districts, one at Greenside, and one at Winlaton, near Newcastle. The entire of these were eminently successful. Colonel Thompson gave on Tuesday evening last a lecture on the corn laws, which was numerously and influentially attended. We wish we could find room for the whole, instead of being compelled to restrict ourselves to the following brief extract:—" There was a great power," said the Colonel in his peroration, " rising in the political horizon— one of the phenomena which heaven had decreed should hold a distinguished place in human history. Those who had the muscle had got the knowledge. ( Cheers.) Why should they be led like oxen to the slaughter, when they had ceased to have the ox's senselessness? ( Cheers.) The masses were moving to demand admission to their share of legislative power— and why ? Because here— here— they had the evidence, that men without their share of legislative power are slaves, aud sure to be oppressed. ( Cheers.) Instead of there being op- position between the two questions, there was union; The want of suffrage, and the corn laws, were two weights both dragging the same way. He hoped the numerous classes would never relax in their exertions till they had carried them both. ( Cheers.) If the people went on firmly they must succeed. ( Continued cheering.) What tribulations they might pass through, it was not for him to foretell; but there never was an uprising of the masses in any nation like what was oc- curring now, which did not succeed in the end. ( Great cheering.) How much mischief took place during the operation, was at the choice of the opposing side. ( Cheers.) It was no slight thing they were struggling for; they were contending for the power of being happy here, and, so far as one might be de- pendent on the other, hereafter." This is truly and ori- ginally said. Our excellent member, Mr. Attwood, has been en- deavouring, with his usual zeal and ability, to en- lighten the natives of Cockney land 011 the subject of the currency, in a series of letters published in the News. We fear that he has been piping to the deaf adder. The following salutary piece of advice con- eludes the third aud last letter:— " It mustnot be thought, sir, that because I thus con- tinue to point out the errors of our oppressors respect- ing the currency and the corn laws, I am, therefore, desirous oflimiting the public indignation to those twin iniquities. I know that there are numerous other iniquities, which require redress. But I think it of vast importance to the nation, that these great subjects should be well understood ; and I am convinced that the more fully they are understood, the more firm and rooted will be the determination of the whole of the in- dustrious classes, aud of all just aud prudent men among all other classes, to rectify and reform a Parlia ment, and a system of government, out of which such terrible errors can proceed. Rooted, myself, in this determination, I have cordially thrown all my humble powers into the scale of the people; and lam of opinion that I cannot take a more effectual way to induct the middle classes generally to follow my example, than by pointing out to them the fatal source from which all their ' fluctuations,' and all their sufferings and dangers, proceed. Tlieiron handof the oppressor is upon them. They must not imagine that they are come to the worst. Again and again they will be placed in difficulties, losses, embarrassments, and dis- tresses. There is no hope for the middle classes, but iu a cordial, generous, and affectionate union with their workmen." We are almost tempted by the example of Colonel Thompson to set about a series of suffrage fallacies, as the gallant and ingenious Colonel has set about a series of corn law fallacies. We rather think that the false facts, and falser inferences which we should have to rectify and refute, would lurnish to us as abundant an opportunity of exhibiting our wit and logic, as the bastard economy of the squirearchy and their advocates have furnished to Colonel Thompson. The following is from the Morning Chronicle ; the editor is speaking of the Manchester meeting:— " The R ev. Mr. Stephens had fewer allusions to arms than usual, and though in his description of the advantages to be derived from universal suffrage, he did not come up to Jack Cade, it must be owned that it was well calculated to make an impression on his audience:— "' The question before them that day,' said the reverend gentleman, ' with respect to the People's Charter, was a mere knife- and- fork question— could be resolved into a mere bread- and- cheese question ( Hear and cheers.) If he was asked what was meant by universal suffrage, he would say that the working man should have a good coat to his back, a good hat to his bead, and a good roof to his house. ( Cheers.) The labouring man should have such a rate of wages as would enable him to procure all the necessary en- joyments— all the blessings of life which a reasonable man could wish for. ( Loud cheering.) Universal suffrage should be passed before those things could come to pass.' " All, we suppose, are tojhave good hats, good coats, good houses, and the necessary blessings and enjoy- ments of private life. In the political millennium an- nounced by the rev. orator, there are to be no pick- pockets, for we are curst with thieves aud pickpockets because we are without universal suffrage. The idle and the lazy will be better off under universal suffrage than the diligent now are. Bad seasons and failures of- crops will be merely matters of history, to be re- ferred to on the anniversaries of the date of the charter of universal suffrage, in order to enhance the enjoyment of the people by the contrast with their past sufferings." Now, if the eye of the learned critic could have com- manded as comprehensive a circle as did the celebrated fly that satin judgment upon St. Paul's, he would have seen that Mr. Stephens spoke not of the idle and the lazy, and those other persons whom the pilfering habits of a newspaper editor may render familiar to his ima- gination, but of the " working man." He would have perceived also, that inasmuch as partial laws and op- pressive taxes come between the working man and his reward, his condition must be greatly better under a system, which ( according to the hypothesis on which Mr. Stephens was arguing) is to correct partial laws and alleviate oppressive taxes. The allusion to bad crops and seasons is unpardonable iu an economist like the Chronicle editor. What would he answer to an advocate of the corn laws who should twaddle about bad crops and seasons? Would he not " tell them that the same state of the general atmosphere which produced scarcity in one part of the globe, produced abundance in another; and that it was the part of a wisely regu- lated commerce to remedy such inequalities ? And does the learned editor imagine, that had the people the making of the laws for themselves, they could not regulate commerce which they understand, and by which they live, a little better than dandified lordlings who know nothing about it, and who live not by its furtherance, but its restriction ? The Times has the following:— " Let these worthy artisans bear in mind, while they plume themselves so much upon what their labour produces, that if it were not for the capitalist they must starve, though they were strong as giants; let them consider, that every fine dress, every gaudy equi- page, every towering mansion they behold, calls into use and into pay labour which would be unemployed, if lords and ladies and the gentry were to be housed, attended, and arrayed, after a more homely fashion. They directly or indirectly profit by all; and they may rest assured, that if the condition of all men were equalised to- morrow, there would be much more start- ling comparative disparities in the amount of men's possessions this day twelve months than there are at present." The Times has never been famous for its political economy, and any very nice application of its princi- ples is not to be looked for in its columns. It would surely not be very difficult to show, that if the sums, which are now squandered 011 " fiddlers, pimps, and players," were devoted to objects of humble utility, the feneral happiness would not be seriously infringed upon y the more rational distribution of aristocratic super- fluity. But any dispute about the necessary connec- tion between labour and capital is merely absurd. Capital is labour in accumulation; labour is capital current. It is a truism that labourproduces all things. The Times confounds capital with money. The labourer cannot do without a spade, but the money by which the spade is purchased is 110 more than an in- genious machinery for facilitating the exchange of his digging against the hammering of the smith, and the hewing and sawing and planing of the carpenter. All commerce, when reduced to its elements, is but the exchange of labour against labour. The grand object of all sound reform is to make the exchange an equit- able one. Dr. Bovvring observed at the Manchester dinner a few days ago— " He cared not whether the corn laws were driven at first or the suffrage; let him see that a breach could be made in the works of the enemy, and towards that breach he would march." The company cheered the sentiment. Now, it does not require much argument to show, that he who would recall the troops after the trenches had been formally opened, and the breaching batteries erected, for no higher reason than that he thought another part of the wall might with equal facility be attacked, would act very unwisely. But the absurdity of the advice would be greater, if the besieging force were so called away to assault an isolated outwork, which if carried, would still leave the citadel as strong as before, and which, in the event of the citadel being stormed, was itself certain to fall. This would be a diversion without motive or object. Yet is is precisely the case of the suffrage and the corn laws. Carry the former, and the latter is carried as a matter of course. Carry the latter, and not only does the evil of a re- stricted suffrage remain, but every other evil, the corn laws excepted. POLITICAL UNION.— Tickets for the quarter com- mencing October 1st, will be ready for delivery on Monday next, at the Journal Office. We have much pleasure in referring to the report of the very important church- rate meeting at Edgbaston on Monday. THE THEATRE.— Mr. and Mrs. Yates, and Hervio Nauo, make their first appearance for the season this evening. In the course of the last ten days an addition of 2,400,000 dollars has been made to our home stock of bullion, by the arrival of the Cleopatra and Linnet, from Mexico. Newfoundland would appear to be in some danger of becoming practically free; for the Tories and the moderate Reformers have memorialised government for a fresh supply of troops to put down the Ra dicals. MAILS.— The following alterations will, we under- stand, take place in the departures and arrivals of the Mails at our Post- office, on and after Monday next:— LONDON.— Departures, at eight in the morning and eleven at night. Arrivals, thirty- eight minutes past two in the morning, and four in the afternoon. LIVERPOOL.— Departures, at three and eleven in the morning, and at half- past five in the evening. Arrivals, at seven in the morn- ing, at half- past four in the evening, and eleven at night. HOLYHEAD.— Departure, half- past three in the morn- ing. Arrival, half- past ten at night. SHEFFIELD.— Departure, at three in the morning. Ar- rival, half- past ten at night. BRISTOL.— Departure, at twelve midnight. Arrival, eight minutes past two in the morning. KIDDERMINSTER AND STOURPORT. — Departure, at five in the morning. Arrival, at half- past ten at night. FATAL ACCIDENT.— About half- past ten o'clock this morning, as a waggon, loaded with manure, was coming out of a yard in Little Hampton- street, it was unfor- tunately upset, and a man of the name of Wm. Hicken, who works for Mr. King, Wood End, Shen- stone, was pitched off the top into the bog- hole, and the manure and waggon fell above him. It was not until after the lapse of three- quarters of an hour that he was got out— he was then quite dead. We have just seen a scheme of the two musical performances at the Townhall on Wednesday week, in aid of the building fund of the Mechanics' Institution, and can justly pronounce the bill of fare excellent. The musical world may safely anticipate a treat which has seldom been equalled, at least in Birmingham. THE HIGH BAILIFF'S BALL.— Instead of a dinner, which has been customary, the High Bailiff comme- morated the " fair," and his approaching Quitting- of office, by a ball. It took place iu Dee's large room on Thursday. The party consisted of about two hundred and twenty ladies and gentlemen, selected from all parties, from the high Tory to the ultra- Re- former. A ball- room is the appropriate place for such commingliugs. There is very little difference between Radical and Conservative toes, except that the former are more free of corns, and can, therefore, better tole- rate being trod upon. The evening was an exceed- ingly pleasant one; and the pleasure was certainly not diminished, by the zeal and activity of politeness which were shown to all by the master of the feast— the honourable High Bailiff, and by his lovely lady. The company began to assemble a little before nine, and a few minutes after that hour, quadrilles com- menced ; and with an occasional waltz for the more ambitious exhibitors, continued till two o'clock, when Sir Roger de Coverly closed the night's enjoyments. There was a profusion of substantials as well as de- licacies, in the rooms above stairs, the preparation and distribution of which did Mr. Dee very great credit. We should hardly have felt justified in alluding to a party, which, though given by a public officer, was strictly private, had it not been that we are most de- sirous to have the precedent, so properly set by Mr. Scholefield, followed by his successors, whether they happen to bear the name of High Bailiffs or Mayors. Even the feeble connection of a dancing- room, and the passing acquaintance of a few hours, are not without their effect in mitigating the asperities of party. Though they may not eradicate the feeling of auimosity with which men of different political views are often unconsciously led to regard each other, they yet tend to soften its expression, and so to remove occasions of new offence. In noticing a ball it would be contrary to all rule to omit mention of the music. The band was that of Mr. Adams; it included the well known Messrs. Harpers, and a double orchestra of performers. It was ably led by Mr. Goodall, and gave very great satisfaction. The favourite waltzes and quadrilles of the evening were the waltzes of Strauss, and quadrilles arranged from " Amilie," by Mr. Adams. INQUEST.— An inquest was held on Monday before J. W. Whateley, Esq., 011 the body of a man named George Roberts, residing in Slaney- street, whose death occurred on Saturday. It appeared from the evidence, that 011 Saturday a man named Paul Lees, an idiot, about twenty- three years of age, was, at his own re- quest, put on a horse belonging to Mr. Tyson's omni- bus, which runs between Darlaston and Birmingham, to ride from Mr. Booth's yard, in Steelhouse- lane, to the Castle and Falcon, Snow- hill. Immediately on leaving the yard, the horse galloped off, and ran over the deceased, on whom it fell. Roberts immediately jumped up, and exclaiming " Oh dear!" immediately fell to the ground, and never spoke again. He died immediately 011 arriving at the Hospital. Lees ap- Jieared much frightened, and unable to check the lorse; he received no hurt by the fall.— Mr. Whateley severely lectured the son of Tyson, for allowing an idiot to get upon the horse, thereby placing the lives of the inhabitants in danger, and regretted it was not in his power to punish him for such wilful indiscretion. The deceased was a single man. Verdict, " acci- dental death," and a deodand of 20s. on the horse. Mr. Tyson gave the sister- in- law of the deceased a sovereign towards the expenses of burying the poor fellow. THE EXHIBITION. We take the pictures as they come iu our way, without reference to names; and we speak of them as they impress ourselves, without much heeding how our opinions may square with those of the critics. We enter the rooms with a view to extract pleasure from the show ; and we know 110 method better calculated to reduce that pleasure to a minimum, than the control of its indulgence, unless where it may happen to be sanctioned by the catalogue. We admit our judgment may not be so consistent as if we were to regulate it in the usual way— to consider, before we ventured to bestow praise, the reputation of the party on whom it was bestowed; and, above all things, to restrict our censure to the obscure and the humble. We write, however, for a public, which has pretty nearly the same interest iu these matters as we have ; which goes to the exhibition with the same motives, and seeks in it a similar gratification ; and being thus identified with " our public," we are quite as likely to please it by pleasing ourselves, as if we were to do violence to our own feelings in order to conciliate the views of the learned. 6, River Scene; 159, Cottages, Isle oj Wight. F. W. WATTS.— The water in the first of these landscapes is very prettily and pellucidly painted; the cottages of the second are delightful. The lights are well distri- buted, and the whole picture has a fresh, natural hue, without the tameness of mere portraiture. 28, The Battle of Worcester; 100, The Happy Meeting. THOMAS WOODWARD.— This gentleman has another picture, 36, in the same room. 28 is an am- bitious affair, with abundance of hard- favoured faces, upraised arms, capering steeds, and the other accom- paniments of what is called a battle- piece— which may be for the most part interpreted, a piece that battles most earnestly aud successfully with truth and reality. Cromwell figures in the foreground, encouraging his troops to go forward, while he himself is only with- held, by a suspension of the laws of gravity, from falling backward. For while his steed is rearing he is inclining, not to its neck, as all men who care for their own do in such a case, but to its tail. The Happy Meeting is a rather pleasant representa- tion of a road encounter between two aged friends, each with a better half pillioned behind him. 31, 50, 90. J. STARK.— These are exceedingly clever landscapes— particularly the first and last. The sea in The Beach Scene is admirably managed, free and flowing. 32, Mary, Widow of Louis XII, and Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. W. FISK.— The young widow is well drawn and painted ; the face is pleasing and the drapery handsomely disposed. Suffolk is a red and white gawky looking person, in a very fine coat, with leg's made to order. 35, Outhouse with Cattle. JOHN WILSON, JUN.— This is a good picture. 18 and 86, by the same artist, are also worthy of inspection. The morning light in 18 is very naturally given. 42, Barge passing a lock. JOHN CONSTABLE.— This is a lent picture. The society owe their best thanks to Mr. Birch for the loan; and so do the visi- tors. It is an admirable specimen of the artist. We have lingered before it more than once; and we would advise our readers to follow our example. 47, The Rev. John Kenrick. H. W. PICKERSGILL — A good portrait, clear and truthful. The features are somewhat more decided, than when we last saw them; hut from our recollection, though now a little dimmed, we should say the likeness is wonderfully good. 56, Portrait of a Lady. L. SEBBERS, P. P. d. 1. C. d. B. [ What is all this?]— The lady stands 011 a balcony, which slopes at an angle of forty- five. She holds firmly by the balustrade; but does not seem over- secure, notwithstanding. If her mother consented to her going out in such a fashion, she must be very careless of her offspring. 57, 83, 207. H. H. LINES.— Of these landscapes, we like The View near Shenstone ( 57) best; but The View of Gordale ( 83) has very considerable merit. 65, 167, 195. HENRY HARRIS.— We admire Mr. Harris's landscapes more than his historical piece. The Trees ( 65), and the Cottages ( 195), are delightful. Elizabeth's Entry into Kenilwor th ( 167), is well painted; but it wants life. The group of animals, rational and irrational, on the Castle Green, do not show a tithe of the animation that fills the group of sturdy vegetables at Charlecote. 71, The Wayside Inn. T. C RES WICK.— This is a very good picture; and it would be still better if it did not so strongly remind us of Wilkie. The figures are well grouped, and the colouring and expression clever. 77, Christmas. D. M'CLISE.— A picture should tell its own story ; and that it may do so intelligibly, the story ought to be a simple one. Wherever there is a necessity for appending a narrative, by the way of ex- planation— by- the- bye, it ought to be appended to the picture, not to the catalogue— either the tale to be un- folded is over complicate, or the art of the painter is unequal to his subject. Christmas is of this descrip- tion. It has a great many parts; and. without refer- ence to the small text, a great many of them would, to the spectator, appear to have no other connection than they derived from being bound round by the same piece of gilt frame work. There is a group of a baron, his family, and honourable friends, at table; a group of young ladies and young gentlemen on the floor; a group of players; a procession, and other particulars, which George Robins would take a column of the Morning Chronicle to catalogue. The conse- quence is, that though portions of the picture are very pleasing, the whole tends more to distract than to gratify attention. The expression of the group in the back ground is rather that of persons who witness, for the first time, a ludicrous exhibition, than of a family party assembled to share in a customary solem- nity. The baron looks 011 the show with pretty much the same eye, as " the pure blood of Lambton" would on a donkey race by his miners. The hunt- the- slip- per group is prettily painted; the girls rosy, and the lads smirking; but the silks and satins accord strangely with the seat among the rushes; and the whole affair has more of the affected eagerness of a band of youthful fashionables playing a play, than of hearty vigorous country romps amusing themselves in earnest. The mummers on the left have a similar expression of make- believe acting. The lights and shades in Christ- mas are in strong contrast; and the colouring is glitter- ing rather than warm, faults which took considerably from the Bohemian Gipsies of the same painter, which we had occasion to notice last year. Singular as it may appear— for no two scenes could be imagined less similar— the present picturehas a strong resemblance to the Bohemians. The men aud women in both are plainly of one family; and the features, complexions, persons, positions, are almost the same. The lads and lasses on the right of the Christmas assemblage, might be removed from their present place, and added to the gipsy encampment, without the slightest apparent violation of costume; and the " yule log," and the old lady, whose wrinkled face it bronzes, would make as good a tent- fire and fortune- teller as the most exigent critic could desire. The whites in the Christmas are strangely laid 011. There is not a nose on the chamber of Dais, that does not look as it had been subjected to the dredging- box; and the garments of the young- lords and ladies are as " flowery" as those of Lawyer Endless on his escape from the meal sack. On the whole, though there are in this painting many things that only Mr. M'Clise could accomplish, we consider it but little calculated to add to the fame that he has already gained. 88, Dr. Dalton. THOS. PHILLIPS.— This is a line portrait of the venerable philosopher. The hands are truly, and beautifully drawn. 93. GEORGE LANCE.— The bit of carpeting in this still life piece is finished with most Dutch- like minute- ness and accuracy. You may feel the threads. Mr. Lance has another picture— four pieces in one frame— the fidelity of drawing and colouring in which are very marked. ( To be continued.) CONCLUDING DAHLIA SHOW. We give the list of prizes at the show which took place in the Town Hall, 011 Thursday and Friday. The exhibition was exceedingly good. The flowers were shown by gas light on Friday, as a variety. DAHLIAS.— Twenty- four Blooms— Ut prize, Mr. Sadler; 2nd, Mr. Coudrey; 3rd, Mr. Burman; 4th, Mr. Beach. Twelve Blooms— 1st prize, Mr. Sadler; 2nd, Mr. Barman; 3rd, Mr. Mussell; 4th, Mr. Coudrey. Six Blooms — 1st prize, Mr. Musseil; 2nd, Mr. Burman I 3rd, Mr. Ear!; 4th, Mr. Percock. Single Bloom.— Premier, Mr. Mussell. White and Blush.— 1st prize, Mr. J. Moore; 2nd, Mr. Coudrey ; 3rd, Mr. Coudrey ; 4th, Mr. Mussell ; 5th, Mr. Mussell; 6th, Mr. Earl. Rose and Crimson.— 1st prize, Mr. Clarke; 2nd, Mr. Clarke; 3rd, Mr. E. Hill; 4th, Mr. Phillips ; 5th, Mrs. Has- lope; 6tli, Mr. Mussell. Lilac, Purple ov Puce.— 1st pnz6) Mr, Sadler; 2nd, Mr. Coudrey; 3rd, Mr. Clarke; 4th, Mr. Mussell; 5th, Mr. Coudrey; 6th, Mr. Beach. Sulphur and Yellow.— 1st prize, Mr. Burmau ; 2nd, Mr. Mussell; 3rd, Messrs. Pope and Sons; 4th. Mr. Beach ; 5tli, Mr. Percock; 6th, Mr. J. Moore. Orange and Scarlet.— 1st prize, Mr. Mussell; 2nd, Mr. Mussel!; 3rd, Mr. Mus- sell ; 4th, Messrs. Pope and Sons ; 5th, Mr. Mussell; 6th, Mr. Mus- sel!. Striped, Spotted, or Edged.— 1st prize, Mrs. Haslope ; 2nd, Mr. Beach; 3rd, Mr. Mussell; 4th. Messrs. Pope and Sons; 5th, Mr. Moore; 6th, Mr. Yates. Seedling.— lst prize, Mr. Percock; 2nd, Mr. Earl; 3rd, Mr. Burman. In Pots 1st prize, Mr. Coudrey ; 2ud, Mr. Mussell; 3rd, Mr. Mussel!; 4th, Mr. Coudrey; 5th, Mr. Coudrey ; 6th, Mr. Coudrey; 7th, Mr. Coudrey ; 8tli, Mr. Phillips. ORCHIDEOUS PLANTS lst prize, Mr. Dugdale Houghton. STOVE PLANTS.— lst prize, Mr. Dickenson ; 2nd, Mr. Dickenson ; 3rd, Mr, Dugdale Houghton; 4th, Mr. Dugdale Houghton; 5th, Mr. Dugdale Houghton. GREENHOUSE PLANTS.— 1st prize, Mr. Dickenson; 2nd, Mr. Dick, enson ; 3rd, Mr. Dickenson ; 4th, Mr. J. Moore; 5th. Mr. J. Moore ; 6th, Mr. Coudrey. ERICAS.— lst prize, Mr. Mussell; 2nd, Mr. White. CALCEOLARIAS.— lst prize, Mr. Dickenson ; 2nd, Mr. Dickenson. GERANIUMS.— 1st prize, Mr. Moore; 2nd, Mr. Moore; 3rd, Mr. Moore ; 4th, Messrs. Pope and Sons. PLANTS OP COMMERCE— lst prize, Mr. Stork; 2nd, Mr. Dugdale Houghton; 3rd, Mr. Dugdale Houghton; 4th, Messrs. Pope and Sons. TENDER ANNUALS.— lst prize, Mr. J. Moore; 2nd, Messrs. Pope and Sons ; 3rd. Mr. Mussell; 4th, Mr. Mussell; 5th, Mr. Dickenson. HARDY ANNUALS.— lst prize, Mr. Moore; 2nd, ; 3rd, Mr. Coudrey ; 4th, Mr. Coudrey; 5th, Mr. White ; 6th, Mr, Moore. FRAME OR ALPINE PLANTS.— lst prize, Mr. Dickenson ; 2nd, Mr. J. Moore; 3rd, Mr. S. Yates; 4th, Mr. J. Moore; 5th, Messrs. Pope and Sons ; 6th, Mr. Dickenson. HERBACEOUS PLANTS.— lst prize. Messrs. Pope and Sons ; 2nd, Mr. Clarke; 3rd, Mr. Moore; 4th, Mr. Moore; 5th, Mr. Moore ; 6th, Messrs. Pope aud Sons. Twelve- out Specimens— lst prize, Messrs. Pope and Sons ; 2nd, Mr. J. Moore. PANSIES IN POTS.— Ist prize, Mr. Coudrey ; 2nd, Mr. Coudrey; 3rd, Mr. Coudrey; 4th, Mr. J. Moore; 5th, Mr. Coudrey; 6th, Mr. Coudrey. Twenty- four Blooms.— lst prize, Mr. Earl; 2nd, Messrs. Pope and Sons; 3rd, Mr. Coudrey. Twelve Blooms.— lst prize, Mr. Earl; 2nd, Messrs. Pope and Son9. HOLLYHOCKS, MARYOOLDS, OR ASTERS. — Twelve Blooms.—\ st prize, Mr. Coudrey; 2nd, Mr. Coudreyj 3rd, Mr. Coudrey; 4th, Mr. Coudrey. NOSEGAY, OR GROUPE.— lst prize, Mr. Coudrey ; 2nd, Mr. White. UNCLASSBD FLOWERS OR PLANTS.— lst prize, Mr. J. Upfill; 2nd, Messrs. Pope and Sons; 3rd, Mr. Coudrey; 4th, Mr. Moore; 5th, Mr. D. Houghton. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Collection of Fruit.— Mr. White. Collection of Vegetables.— lst prize, Mr. Burman ; 2nd, Mr. White. Melons.— let prize, Houisanse, Mr. Whale; 2nd, Royal George, Mr. D. Houghton. White Grapes White Muscadine, Mr. D. Houghton. Black Grape*.— lst prize, Hambro, Mr. Stock; 2nd, Hambro, Mr. D. Houghton. Peaches.— lst prize, Royal George, Mr. D. Houghton , 2nd, Van- guard, Mr. Sadler; 3rd and 4th, Royal George and Noblesse, J. Gough, Esq. Nectarines.— lst prize, Golden, Mr. Yates ; 2nd, Romdu, Mr. Sadler. Apricots.— iBt prize, Moor Park, Mr. Sadler; 2nd, Orange, Mr. J. Moore; 3rd, Orange, Mr. White. Plums lst prize. Magnum Bonum, Mr. Earl; 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, Red Gage, Magnum Bonum, and Green Gage, Mrs. Haslope. Dessert Pears lst prize, Jargonelle, Mr Mussell; 2nd aud 3rd, Jargonelle and Windsor, Mr. Walthew ; 4th, Colinar, Mr. Coudrey. Culinary Pears.— lst prize, Double de Guerre, Mr. E. Hill; 2nd, Aston Town, Mr. Phillips. Dessert Apples— 1st prize, Downton Pippin, J. Gough, Esq.; 2nd, Alexander, Mr. Beach; 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th, Golden Russet, Golden Rennet. Scarlet Eve, and Golden Pippin, Mr. Yates. Culinary Apples.— lit prize, Hawthornden, Mr. Britten; 2nd, Keswick Codling, Mr. Betts ; 3rd, Kentish Pippin, Mrs. Haslope ; 4th, 5th, and 6th, Hawthornden, Broad Eye Pippin, and Napoleon, Mr. Betts. Filberts or Nuts.— lst prize, Purple, Mr. Jackson; 2nd, Mr. Bayliss. Celery.— lst prize, Mr. Mussell; 2nd, Mr. Lewis; 3rd, Mr. Bur- man ; 4th, Mr. Jackson. Onions.— lst prize, White Portugal, Mr. Sadler; 2nd, White Spanish, Mr. Burman; 3rd, Globe, Mr. Baker; 4th, Blood Red, Mr. Burman. Lettuce.— lst prize, Golden Coss, Mr. Sadler; 2nd, Bath Coss, Mr. J. Jasper; 3rd, Drumhead, Mr. D. Houghton; 4th, Golden Coss, Mr Sadler. Cucumbers.— Defiance, Mr. Harrison. Carrots.— 1st prize, Mr. Barman ; 2ud and 3rd, Long Orange, and Orange, Mr. Sadler. Brocoli lst prize, Cape, Mr. Burman ; 2nd, Cape, J. Gough, Esq. French Beans.— lst prize, Mr. Wright; 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, Mr. Sadler. Turnips.— lst prize, Globe, Mr. Harrison ; 2nd, Early Stone, Mr. Wright; 3rd, Altringham, Mr. Brewer; 4th, Early Stone, Mr. Burman. Potatoes.— lst, 2nd, and 3rd prizes, Swan Egg Kidney, Red Foxes, and Foxes, Mr. Baker; 4th, Americau Kidney, Mr. J. Moore. FRUITS OR VEGETABLES UNCLASSED.— Peas, — lst and 2nd prizes, Edgbaston and Dutch aud English, Mr. D. Houghton ; 3rd, Match- less, Mr. J, Jasper; 4th, Almonds, Mr. £. Hill; 5th, Parsnips, Mr. Betts. COTTAGER'S PRIZES.— DAHLIAS, SPOTTED OR EDGED. — lst priz?- Mr. Joseph Smith; 2nd, Mr Davies. White— lst pnze, JBr. Davies; 2nd, Mr. Lees. Blush Ist prize, . Mr. Davies; 2nd Mr, Cole. Sulphur— lst prize, Mr. Cole ; 2nd, Mr. Davies. Crim, son — lst prize, Mr. Davies; 2nd, Mr. Lees. Ruby.— Ist prize. Mr, Cole ; 2nd Mr. Davies. VEGETABLES.— Turnips— Mr. Cole. Carrotts.— lst and 2nd prixo » r Mr. Smith. Potatoes.— lst and 2nd prizes, Mr. Smith. Onions » st prize, Mr. Smith; 2nd, Mr. Davies. Celery— lst prize, Mr Lresj 2nd, Mr. Davies. Peas— Mr. Davies. Cucumber Mr. Darie » . French Beans— Mr. Davies. Cauliflower.— Mr. Cole. Red Cab. bage — Mr. Davies. Cabbage— Mr. Davies. Sallad— Mr. Cole. FRUIT— Dessert Apples— lst prize, Mr. Davies; 2nd, Mr. Barton; Culinary Apples— 1st and 2nd prizes, Mr. Davies. Pears— iSr, Cole. Plums— Mr. Barton. Gooseberries — Mr. Barton. Lettuce.— Mr. Daviee. Nosegay— Mr. Cole. PUBLIC OFFICE. MONDAY, SEP. 24. { Before Francis Lloyd, Daniel Ledsam, and William Beaff, Esqrs.) Mary NichoUs was charged with stealing a Macintosh coat and a horse cloth, the property of Mr. J.; Alldritt. The prisoner was fully committed to take her trial at the sessions. George Richard Watkins was placed at the bar, charged with stealing two rabbits from the stable of Mr. Bourne, the landlord of the Boat public house, in Suffolk- street. BENEFIT SOCIETIES.— Edward Cook, the steward of the benefit society holding its meetings at the Dog ami Duck, Edmund- street, appeared to answer a summons granted to John Nimm, a member of the society, for refusing to pay the said John Nimm the sum of three pounds, which, by the twenty- second section of the society's articles, he considered himself entitled to towards the funeral of his wife. The articles were exhibited and read, and the magisttnte called upon Mr. Cook to say why he refused the demand ? Edward Cook: Why, sir, I consider he has no claim upon us for this funeral at all; the articles say, " if a member's wife dies, he shall be paid three pounds towards funeral ex- peases;" and we paid him, only a year or two ago, that sain towards his first wife's funeral, and as the articles don't siiy wives, but wife, we consider we have discharged his claim upon us. Mr. Lloyd : That is a construction of the articles that amounts to a restriction upon your members ever consoling themselves with another wife after the decease of the first. So construed, it is, indeed, a clause of pains and penalties; but I can allow no such interpretation to be put upon ilj the spirit of all benefit societies is mutual promotion of do- mestic comfort; but such a clause would preclude a imn, after contributing all his life towards your funds, from a most material reimbursement of expences, attendant upon one erf the greatest calamities that can befal a man. The steward of this society has stated his case cleailyand forcibly, and has proved himself a worthy disciple of the learned Vicar of Wakefield, Dr. Primrose, whose eloquent discouises in sap- port of his favourite doctrine, monogamy, are, no doubl, lamiliar to most of my learned friends below me. I an » obliged to come to an opposite conclusion to that of n> clor Primrose and the steward of the Dog and Duck society, and must make an order for the three pounds and costs. Benjamin Parsons was summoned for non- payment of two pounds one shilling, and Joseph Almett for the sum of two pounds six shillings, by Joseph Sinallwood, the steward of a benefit society held at the Swan, in Little Charles- street. Mr. Edmonds appeared for the defendant Parsons, and argued that his client was clearly liberated from all claim of the stewards of the society. The magistrates had held, on several former occasions, that after exclusion had taken plsct, by the silent operation of the articles, no claim could: be set up for subsequent fines. In this case nearly a year bad elapsed, and no summons had been applied for; the party had, it was true, been conventionally taken again into mem- bership, but it was only purtially; nor could he be considered amenable to fines for irregularity, after bis legal expiration off membership. Four nights were all that could be claimed, at least, so it had been held in this office, in many decisions, whidh he had no doubt Mr. Lloyd would remember. He did not mean to say it was a decision not open to revision; but there was no doubt, but that it was the uniform practie « s of the magistrates in this place. Mr. Lloyd said, he was obliged to arrive at a different judgment, for he could not see how any man could acquire partial membership, or the rights of membership at alj' » unless subject to the conditions such membership imposed upon all alike. It was true, in this case, the defendant WHS, according to the phraseology of the articles, " liable to be excluded;" now was not any one who came by misconduec within the operation of a penal statute, equally liable to j> e » nalties? But no penalties could be inflicted without a process; there must be the conviction of a jury and the sentence ol a judge; unless, therefore, proof was matte before him, that a resolution for the defendant's exclusion had passed at a meeting of the society, he ( Mr. Lloyd) most consider him still a member. The society had received foer monthly contributions since the period at which be bail made himself liable to exclusion, and by this they recognised him as a member ; he should, therefore, order the charges which had been read over, and which appeared sanctioned by the articles, with the exception of the beer money, tote forthwith paid. Mr. Edmonds said, there was anotl er objection whiel) be considered fatal to the adjudicatio. of i magistrate at all, and it was this; that by special u tee nent, forming OTH? of the articles enrolled with the Clerk of the Peace, " a! l fines, penalties, and charges whutsover, were to be sued for in the Court of Requests." All had agreed Io this mode of abitrement, and as this suit was upon the articles, by their articles must the officers of the society abide. Mr. Lloyd said, he considered no agreement could over- rule the statute law of the country. The magistrates acted upon statutes made and provided for Benefit Societies, and their controul he considered absolute, and not to be preju- diced or inteifered with by special contract between parties subject to it by act of Parliament. Mr. Lloyd appealed to Mr. Spurrier, the senior legal adviser of the magistrates, for corroboration of his view of the case. Mr. Spurrier, Mr. Gem, and Mr. Griffiths, concurring with Mr. Lloyd, an order was made. Daniel Hill, a member of the Benefit Society meeting at the Dolphin, in Unett- street, was summoned at the in- stance of Thomas Gregg, the society's steward, for contri- bution money and fines, amounting to eleven shillings and sixpence. Mr. Lloyd asked him what objection he had to take toa » order upon him for the amount? Hill said he had been deceived by false representations when he joined the club, for the members were not upon art equal footing, he being a young man, but the rest of the clnlr were old ones, and he did not deem it fair to contribute bis savings to maintain them. Mr. Lloyd: You do not, then, consider yourself a quali- fied member for a Sexagenarian Club? I do not wonder aC your dissatisfaction, and I fear many members of benetiC societies have like reason to complain of the imperfect nature of their organisation. You had better leave tbe club, and discharge your account with the stewards air once. Benjamin Terry, a member of the same society, was also summoned for non- payment of his arrears of contributkra money and fines. Mr. Lloyd t Your resistance to the claim of the club can- not he grounded upon the same fears which operated upoo the defendant in the former case; your age, apparently, a& least, would average more fairly with the patriarchal claim- ants upon your funds. Terry: The funds of the society are no funds at all, sir, the money is all spent. Mr. Lloyd : So is the national debt, yet we call it "• Ibe funds," and it pays its annuitants very punctually; so, X dare say, will this society pay yours, when you become a claimant. I shall make an order. I am happy to inform you,, and all other members of benefit societies, that there is a better prospect of your leaping a reward for your frugality and providence, than you have hitherto had, and I trust that- it will not be long ' ere you will be able to avail yourselves of it. THURSDAY, SIP. 27. ( Before William Chance and Daniel Ledsam, Esqrs.) Nathaniel Gold was charged with stealing a quantity oS tobacco. Mr. Stephen Parker, grocer, New town- roai', stated, tbat on Monday the prisoner was employed in his cellar to re- pair some gas tubing. He was aservant of the Biimingfrara and Staffordshire Gas Company. The prisoner had not been long in the cellar when he ( Mr. Parker) went down and saw him coming from that part of tl e 0 liar wheic his tobacco was stored. Knowing the prisoner had no bu- siness there, he suspected he had been taking his tobaceo ; still, however, he did not say anything to hira until he had finished his work and come up stairs. He then asked h m what he had in his hat. The prisoner said nothing. He ( Mr. P.) took off his hat, and found it full of tobacco. He then examined his pockets and found more, in all about four shillings worth. The prisoner then acknowieged his faoJS and asked to be forgiven. The prisoner was committed to the sessions. Alfred Parsons was committed tor stealing three shirty from off a line at Edgbaston, the property of John Coudrejs. Two young men, named Vale and Wall, were charged with robbing their master, Mr. Theophilus Kirkham, silvrar plater, Cherry street. Mr. Spurrier said there was no evidence against W » 3J, except his own confession, and that appeared to have hero obtained under a kind of promise, which ought not to have been made. He thought Wall ought to be discharged, ami Vale committed. Wall was accordingly discharged, and Vale remanded until Mr. Macfarlane was present to identify the silver. With the exception of the committal of a boy for gaidcD robbery, there was no other business done.- 6 THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 29. POETRY. NEW ENGLAND. [ From the Cincinnati Philanthropist. l BY J. PEUCIVAL. Hail to the land whereon we tread, Our fondest boast: The sepulchre of mighty dead, The truest hearts that ever bled, Who sleep on glory's brightest bed, A fearless host: No slave is here; our unchained feet Walk freely as the waves that beat Our coast. Our fathers crossed the ocean's waves To reach this shore ; They left behind the coward slave To welter in his living grave j — With hearts unbent, and spirits brave, They steruly bore Such toils as meaner souls had quelled ; But souli like these, such toils impelled To soar. There is no other land like thee, No dearer shore; Thou art the shelter of the free, The home, the port of liberty, Thou hast been, and shalt ever be, Till time is o'er. Ere I forget to think upon My land, shall mother curse the son She bore. Thou art the firm, unshaken rock On which we rest j And, rising from thy hardy stock, Thy songs the tyrant's frown shall mock, And slavery' 8 galling chains unlock, And free the oppressed . All, who the wreath of freedom twine Beneath the shadow of their vine, Are blessed. GLEANINGS. § 37ZUHE OF CHARLES AT HOLMBY ON the 2tid of June, ssihe king was playing at bowls after dinner, on Althorpe JBDHYJ), two miles from Holmby, the commissioners who araorapanied him remarked with astonishment, among those aianding by, a stranger in the uniform of Fairfax's regiment ci Guards. Colonel Greaves asked him who he was, whence he came, and what was talked of in the army. Tlie man answered rather abruptly and haughtily, as if conscious cfbis own importance, yet without impertinence. Are perl was soon in circulation round the king that a numerous fcetly of horse were on the road from Holmby. " Have you Sward anything of them ?" said Greaves to the stranger. " 1 fcaremore than heard," he replied, " I saw them yesterday 90t far from this spot." This caused great alarm ; they all nemediately returned to Holmby; preparations were mads to resist any attack; and the garrison promised to remain futhful to the Parliament. Towards midnight, a body ol tetree arrived under the walls of the castle, and demanded rstjanee. " Who is your commander ?" inquired the com ssssioners. " We all command," was the reply. One of the party came forward, the same who had been seen a few Itaxsrs before on Althorpe Down : my name is Joyce," said hti " I am a cornet in the Guards of the General; I must aptafc with the king." " By whose desire ?" " By my The commissioners laughed. " There is nothing leiDghable in the matter," said Joyce; " I am not come to ask for your advice, I must see the king immediately." Gjeaves and Major- General Brown, one of the com nrissioners, ordered the garrison to hold themselves in readi- : s ® 55 to fire ; but the soldiers had talked with the new « sraers, the portcullis was lowered, the doors opened, and Joyee's men were already in the castle- yard, alighting from tb » r horses, shaking hands with their comrades, saying tbsst they came by orders of the army to put the king in safety, as there was a plot to take him away, conduct him to London, raise other troops, and begin another civil war. On hearing this, the soldiers exclaimed that they would not fetsake the army; and Greaves disappeared, and absconded assoonashe could. After a few hours' consultation, the commissioners acknowledged that all hope of resistance ussst be given tip. It was twelve o'clock ; Joyce took pos- sessk> n of the castle, posted sentinels about it, and then re tired till night, to give the troops a little rest. He returned at ten in the evening, and requested to see the king. He was told that His Majesty was in bed. eare not," said he, " I have waited long enough; I 3Biist see him ;" and with a pistol in each hand he caused Ssraself to be conducted to the apartment occupied by Charles. " I am sorry," said he, to the gentlemen in atSemlance, " to disturb the rest of His Majesty; but I « 3 » B0t help it; I want to speak with him, and that imme- istffcly." He was asked whether he was authorised by the commissioners. " No; I have put guards at their doors, and my orders come from those who do not fear them." Tbey endeavoured to persuade him to lay aside his arms, lust he refused. Some hesitation was shown before the ttoor was opened; he put himself in a passion. The king, awakened by the noise, rang, and gave orders that he should Jse admitted. Joyce entered, his hat off, a pistol in his Issnd, and with a resolute air, but otherwise with strict pro- jwiety. The king held a long conference with him in pre- srsee of the commissioners, whom he had sent for; and he parted with him, saying, " To morrow morning, Mr. Joyce, SjpriH willingly go with you, if your soldiers confirm all that yea have promised me." The next morning Joyce's men were on horseback, a/ nmged in order in the yard of the castle. The king ap. yeared on the steps leading to the hall, followed by the com. missiooersand his servants. Joyce advanced to the foot of Sfcestairs. " Mr. Joyce," said the king, " I must ask yo- tt i> p what authority you pretend to seize me, and take me feoro this place." " Sir, I a: n sent by command of the am> y, to prevent the designs of their enemies, whose desire is once more to overwhelm the kingdom in blood." " This is BO legal authority; I acknowledge no other in England Hart my own, and, after mine, that of the Parliament. Have j « s a written warrant from Sir Thomas Fairfax ?" " I have arders from the army, and the general is comprised in the army." " That is no answer; the general is at the head of tie ;; rmy; have you a written warrant?" " I beg that your Majesty will question me no further; I have already said esough." " Come, Air. Joyce, be frank with jne; tell me where is your warrant ?" " There it is, sir." " Where?" " There." " But where?" " There, behind me;" and he pointed to his soldiers. " Never," said the king, smiling, •" liiil I before see such a warrant: I own it is written in fair ( Characters, legible without spelling; these gentlemen are all wonderfully well equipped, and very good looking. But jon must know that to take me away from hence, you must i- ssploy force, if you do not promise that I shall be treated well) re- pect, and that nothing will be required of me against my conscience or my honour." " Nothing! nothing!" the soldiers all exclaimed. " It is not our rule," said Joyce, " to constrain any one's conscience, and especially that of our king."— Guizot. SAILORS AND LAWYERS—" You have a'ready stated that Use wind shifted in the evening. What time did the wind shift ?" ** The latter part of the dog- watch." " 1 ask not during which dog's watch it was; my ques- tion refers to time. What hour was it when the wind ikifted ?" " About three bells." " Three o'clock, eh?" " i never said three o'clock," returned the witness, mark- } ag the lawyer's mistake. " I said three bells— half past five id the four to six watch." "• Three hells— half past five— four to six, iterated Waddy. What a precise specification of time. Well then, sir, at th? ee bells, how was the weather then ?" " Greasy- looking to the sow west. Sun, too, looked wild » Bii watery; any one with half an eye could seed a breeze was a brewin." **• You say the master was on shore when the accident oc- trorsd ?" " He was." » The charge of the vessel then devolved upon you ?" •" Exactly so." Was preparation made for bad weather?" ** All thut was necessary." w Did the > h; lting of the wind alter the primary position ef the brig ?" The wind shifted with the tide, but the vessel went the wrojjg way." " The wrong way, eh? Mark that, gentlemen ofthe jury," sets.' Waddy, placing his forefinger at the side of his nasal tutsan, as if desirous to convey the discovery of an important " So she did," pursued the witness, "' twas swinging with Ser starn to the west'ard that brought the elbow in the - Elbow in the hawse," repeated Waddy. " In delivering year testimony, sir, it is not necessary to imitate the jargon cfthe jockey. We had quite enough of horses and stable- j- siit! slang to day. You are required to give your evidence i*! be language which the law can recognize and receive as mt& IHgible." " ! ilelivers myself in the language of a sailor," said the witness, sullenly; " it's never no fault of mine if that language is; ost to the law." The judge here recommended the witness to be sparing of - Moment. | " When the Lady Elizbaeth cast anchor, did she take up ' a position properly apart from the Prince of Wales?" " She ilid, but'-—- • " Come, no buts, sir, answer the question direct." " Well, then, I says, when one takes into account the sarcumstarices as might deceive the best man in taking up at a distance, I must say that the bark might have taken up a worse berth." " In what way could that deception arise?" " From our buoy not watching at the time." " The boy not watching at the time ; lazy dog. The mur- der's coming out," said Waddy, exultingly ; and then desir- ing the witness to reply direct to the next question which lie was about to put to him, and above all, to be cautious of prevarication, he thus proceeded— " I ask you, sir, as a seaman, on your oath, would matters have gone the wrong way with the Prince of Wales, had theie been a proper watch on deck?" The absurdity of this question, added to the pompous declamatory tone in which it was delivered, cxcited so much of mirth and noise amongst the nautical part of the auditory, that it became necessary to eject from court a couple of Sunderland skippers. Upon the restoration of order, and the repetition of the question the witness replied— " There was a watch upon deck." " My I. ud," said Waddy, turning to the bench, " this is positively the grossest case of prevarication I ever met with " Do you persistin swearing," he continued, interrogating the witness, '' that a proper watch had been on deck when the wind shifted ?" " I do," replied the mate, in a fitm emphatic tone. " Come you here, sir, to insult common sense? Is it possible you possess effrontery sufficient to tell those intelligent gentlemen ( pointing to the jury) that in a vessel situated as the Prince of Wales was— bad weather coming on withal— the watch should have devolved on a dumb animal ?" The witness looked blank. " Do you hear, sir," vociferated the bully. " I dosen't understand you," replied the deponent, with perfect composure. The question was shaped anew— " I ask you, sir, whether it was fitting to intrust a vessel exposed to the elements, as well as to the privateers of the enemy, to the vigilance of a dumb animal— to the watch of a dog ?" " There never was a dog aboard," replied the witness, bluntly. " And yet, gentlemen of the jury, the witness has had the audacity to assert, upon oath, that the wind shifted during the latter part ofthe dog's watch." " Bill, let's bolt," said an auditor, addressing a brother tar in the rear of the court. " By Lord Harry, there's no stand- ing that squinting beggar's lubberly lip." The judge had already decided that the witness was hound to state distinctly the description of watch which had been left upon the brig's deck. The witness said, " James Thompson, my Lord, had charge of the deck during the whole of the four to six watch. A better seaman never puddened an anchor, hauled out a weather earing, or took lead or helm in hand." " Then how comes it," asked the lawyer, " that this super- excellent seaman was not as competent to prevent the Lady Elizabeth running aboard ofthe Prince as the boy of whom you so much boast?" ( Some brat of his own, added Waddy aside, to the jury.) The witness not appearing to comprehend the question, the judge directed Waddy to repeat it. " I ask the witness, my Lud, if the boy whose dexterity in taking up a distance he so much extols could have prevented the^ langerous proximity ofthe Lady Elizabeth to the Prince of Wales; why, then. I ask, as a mere matter of precaution, was not ' this matchless quick sighted lad put upon the wateh ?" The mate remained mute. " Put it more directly, Mr. Waddy," said the judge. Waddy bowed to the bench. " Why was not the boy put on the watch?" " Because'twanted bleeding." " Had you a surgeon in the ship?" " Sartinly not." " Then, how, sir, can you take upon yonrself to give an opinion on a case of medical peril ? Pray, sir, have you made physic, as well as seamanship, a study ?" " I can't abide physic— never took a dose in my life." " Then upon what grounds do you assert that the boy wanted bleeding?" " Cause ': was full of water." " Gracious Heaven!" exclaimed Waddy, with extended arms,' was ever greater ignorance betrayed. My Lord, the jury never can receive such testimony? Whoever heard of resorting to depletion in a dropsical case?" " I say it again," rejoined the witness, looking at Waddy full in the face, " the buoy wanted tapping." " Never, never, was there an instance of grosser prevari cation ! Note this, gentlemen of the jury, he first swears that the boy wanted bleeding; and now he finds himself in error, he turns from the operation of bleeding to that of tapping." " Well, I says so still— bleeding's just as proper a tarm as tapping— take the turns out of that if you can," said the mate in a tone of defiance. " I can't suffer you, my man, to be insolent to counsel," said the judge, addressing the witness in a peremptory tone. " I'm not insolent, my Lord, but where's the man, my Lord, as can bear to be bullied and badgered by a lubberly lawyer, as does'nt know the main- brace from the captain's breeches ?"— Glascock. A MIDSHIPMAN OVERBOARD—' Maintopmast head there !' hailed Leatherlungs, in the subdued tone usually assumed on such occasions. ' Sir!' was the shrill and ready response. ' Come down, young gentleman. Come down, Mr. Darcy.' ' Ay, ay, sir,' rejoined Darcy, in accents which at once indi- cated a feeling of gratitude for his unlooked- for release. With the same spirit of alacrity with which he had gone aloft, the youngster now descended the topmast and lower rigging, the chaplain all the while watching the boy in his rapid run down the ratling of the shrouds. At length, when the lad had descended within a few feet of the quarterdeck hammock- rails, his parent's cherished letter, which had been placed in the pocket of his unbuttoned jacket, accidentally slipped out; and the youngster, endeavouring in an over- reached effort to regain it, lost his balance, and, with the weatherroll of the ship, fell from the lower shrouds. ' Gnod God !' exclaimed the parson,' the boy's overboard!' Sta tl * d by the heavy splash heard in the water, as he stood on the gangway, with his back turned to the main rigging, the gentle Giles exclaimed, ' bless my soul! I do verily believe tliat somebody has fallen overboard.' ' Seeing's believing,' said Leatherlungs, who flew like lightning forward on the forecastle, to let go the maintop bowline, with a view of backing the mainyard, and stopping the ship's way through the water. ' Giles, Giles! let go the lee mainbrace,' bel- lowed the first lieutenant Irom the forecastle. Giles, who, touching all matters of ' reports,' was punctilious even to a fault, had already entered the cabin, for the purpose of ' re- porting'to the captain, ' A man overboard !' The confined brace was, however, disengaged from its cleat by the chap- lain on the poop, who, instantaneously, on letting it go, sprang to the leequarter cutter, to clear her for lowering. Here, however, his alacrity, ere he reached the fiferail lead- ing to the suspended boat, met, indeed, with unexpected obstruction. ' Musn't go into that boat, sir,' cried the sen- tinel, who had been recently placed over the painted cutler, at the same time pulling the chaplain back by the skirt of his coat. ' Inhuman monster!' ejaculated Lawrence, ' is it your object to cause loss of life?' ' I knows my orders, sir.' Regardless of all orders, Lawrence again essayed to enter the boat, but the bare bayonet presented to his breast com- pelled him to forego his purpose. In a second he sprang to the weather side of the poop to clear away the boat which was suspended to the davits on the opposite quarter; but here his quick sight was scared by another objection. The boat was under repair; several streaks bad been removed from her bottom. In this state it was manifest that, if lowered, she would fill and founder; neither was oar, nor mast, nor spar left in the boat. The life- buoy, it is true, had been cut away by the sentinel to leeward ; but this drifted in the ship's wake, widely away from the struggling youth. To Lawrence the sight of the poor boy buffeting the tops of the whiteheaded waves ( for a cross sea was fast getting up) was not to be borne. The look of terror depicted in Darcy's face, wrung the heart of his friend, across whose mind flashed many distracting images: he thought of the gallant boy contending in vain with his fate; of the bereaved mother, and her wild outcries for her lost and only son ; of her sub- sequent dumb despair, and longing for death, because the only being that alone had reconciled her to life had perished. Such ideas were torment, and lie instantly resolved to save the youth or be lost with him. His coat was already thrown off, and he was about to plunge into the tumbling sea, when the timely voice of the same sentinel, who had seemed to him such an inhuman monster, checked his resolve. ' For God's sake ! sir, don't attempt it— the jollyboat— the jolly- boat, sir.' The suggestion was enough. Meanwhile the second lieutenant, who had returned from the important service of arousing his commander from his siesta, bail al- ready, in conjunction with the Irish waister who had been standing at the ' leewheel,' repaired to tlie poop, for the pur- pose of lowering the jollyboat suspended at the stern. Where, may it be asked, was the quartermaster at the conn ? Contrary to the custom observed in well regulated vessels ol war, the quartermaster at the conn had forsaken his sta- tion, and without awaiting his regular relief had shouldered his hammock, and borne it below to the cabletier. Law- rence ( and be it observed, that this was the third boat he bad thought to clear and lower,) bad already entered the ' jolly,' and had cast adrift her gripes and confining geer, when the Irish waister, in his haste and anxiety to ' clear for running the foremost fall,' accidentally, though awk- wardly would be nearer to the truth, threw off from the be- laying Cleat the turns of the tackle by which the boat's bow was suspended. By this accident the poor parson was pre- cipitated headlong into the sea, and the boat was ultimately swamped under the stern of the ship. No sooner had Law- rence risen to the surface of the water, and bail recovered from the shock of his lofty fall, than he was seen breasting the surge, and making his way for the sinking youth. Until the noise and confu- ion afloat had drowned his voice, he was distinctly beard hailing and cheering Darcy in his danger. ' Hold up, hold ( ip, my boy ! I'm coming to your aid ! Fear not; don't tire yourself; try and tread the water. That's a fine fellow! That's a brave boy !' ' A fine fellow !' exclaimed the Irish waister, who had distinctly heard the chaplain's words in the water. ' By Jagers, a finer feller never sot fut afloat nor yer same self, Larking Larry. Bad luck to the fall, it flew so f. ist, it fairly fired my hands.' And now thun- dered forth the mandate of the first lieutenant. ' Turn the bands up, out yawl! Where's the boson? Good God! Where's Mr. Brown?' Mr. Brown had deserted the fore- castle to ' freshen his nip' in the fore cockpit. ' By the im- maculate man, if a life's lost, I'll break that skulking, lubberly boson !' ' A man oveiboard ! A man overboard !' vociferated the timbered- toed cook, stooping his body down- ward over the maindeck combings of the fore hatchway, his unbending wooden leg pointing straight upwards in the air. The line and cry increased on the lowerdeck:—' A man overboard ! A man overboard!' resounded fore and aft the ship ; seamen and marines were tumbling over the stray hammocks strewed upon the different decks, while others were running up the ladders in the greatest confusion. • Silence! silence! Good heaven! silence!' ejaculated the first lieutenant, in a voice of thunder. ' Clear away the yawl; up wi' the stays, and down wi' the yard tackles. O 1 you Mr. Brown! You're a precious boson, indeed ! where were you, sir, that you were not to be found to turn the hands up? No, reply, sir,— silence !' Confusion was now rendered ' worse confounded' by the oflicial interference ol the drowsy captain. ' What! somebody overboard ? Cut away,— cut away the life- buoy abaft. Mr. Leatherlungs, Mr." Leather lungs, what's the use of the quartet boats, sir?' Leatherlungs made no reply. He was better employed. At length the boat on the booms was hoisted out, and a willing crew was soon seen pulling away with might and main astern of the ship. ' Mast head there!' hailed the first lieutenant: ' point to the men in the water.' ' They sees ' em, sir, in the yawl. She's steering light for ' em.' The excitement of the spectators already crowded on the poop had now risen to a painful height. Darcy's youth— Ins in- telligence— his amiable disposition, and general amenity of manner— flashed upon the mind of every man who thought of the poor boy in his peril; whilst the noble intrepidity of the parson, who evidently was resolved to share his danger, and who had long stood in the new and almost anomalous position of ' pet of the people,' was the admiration of all around. ' Mr. Lawrence,' said the signal man, who with his glass to his eye had already placed himself in the mizen top, watching the movements of the parson in the water, ' Mr. Lawrence, sir, has just closed wi' the young gemman. There!— no,— yes,— yes, sir— there ! there !— he's got him,! — he has him !— holdin' him up by the hair o' the bead.' ' Bravo, Larry!' simultaneously burst from several voices on the poop,' What a chap !' The bowman of the boat had already thrown in his oar, and now was seen ' the rowout of all,' and a couple of stout topmen bending their bodies over, the gunnel of the yawl, and grappling with Lawrence and his apparently lifeless load. ' All right' said Leatheilungs, nib- bing his hands with acountenance beaming with delight. Sir Montague retired to his cabin. The steward had announced ' coffee.'— Glascock. AMERICAN STEAM BOATS.— There was considerablediscus- sion on this subject at the Meeting of the British Associa- tion both at Bristol and Liverpool; and a paragraph, in the introduction to the published ' Log of the Great Western,' having attracted the attention of Mr. W. S. Redfield, the gentleman referred to by Col. Reid he has obligingly for- warded to us a copy of a letter he addre.- sed to Lieut. Hosken, the commander, from which the following are the most interesting extracts: — " There is, if I mistake not, some misapprehension pre- vailing both in England and America in regard to the ordinary as well as maximum speed ofthe best steam ves- sels. This is mainly to be ascribed to three causes:— 1st. The erroneous statements which often find their way into newspapers; 2nd. To a mistaken estimate of the tides and currents; and 3rd. To the erroneous popular estimate of navigating distances, which on nearly all internal or coasting routes in both countries, so far as my knowledge extends, are habitually overrated. This may serve to explain, on one hand, the extravagant claims to velocity which are sometimes put forth in regard to American steam- boats ; and, on the other hand, may account for the strange incredu- lity which has been manilested by Dr. Laidnerand others, not well acquainted with the structure and performances of the best American steam- boats. The acquaintance which I have bad with the navigation of the Hudson by steim during the last thirteen years, enables me to speak with confidence on some of the points involved, and it is, there- fore, that I venture to address to you a few remarks on this interesting topic. The ordinary working speed of the 1 est class of steam- boats on the Hudson may be estimated at fouiteen miles an hour, through still water of good depth. That they are notunfrequently run at a lower speed is freely admitted. But the maximum speed of these boats is, and has been for several years, equal to about sixteen miles per hour. This result is not readily admitted in Europe by men professionally conversant with steam navigation, owing ( as I suppose) chiefly to the fact, that they do not fully compiehend the means by which it has been effected. What may be the actual speed of the best Margate, Heme Bay, or Gravesend steam vessels, in measured miles through still water, I am not prepared to say, except, as I have always understood, that their means for attaining a high degree of speed are not equal to those possessed by American steam- boats. In regard to the ' admitted four miles per hour tide up the Hudson,' I feel bound to state that the admission is extremely erroneous. The average advantage to he realized in a passage on flood tide from New York to Albany, is not more than from one to one and a half miles per hour, or, at the most, say twelve miles in a passage to Albany,— equal to about one twelfth of the distance as performed under the most favourable circumstances. Some six years ago, and before the present degree of efficiency was arrived at, the passage was performed, as I have good reason to believe, in nine hours and eighteen minutes, including landings and making fast of the steamer at several places on the river; and it should be remembered, that in navigating the shoals and narrows which are met with in some parts of the Hud son, not more than two- thirds of the maximum speed can be attained. The length of this route, as navigated, is pro hably within 150 miles, although the shortest post road, on the eastern shore of the Hudson, is admitted to be 160 miles. Not long since, I left New York for Albany on the ebb tide, when running at about two- thirds its maximum strength, and arrived at a point near the Jersey shore, oppo- site the opening at the north end of the Island on which the city stands, in less than fifty eight minutes from the steam- boat landing, which is just below Cortland- street, the boat having iti this time her headway to acquire, and being laden with full fuel and an unusual freight; the wheels, which are twenty four feet in diameter, running two revolutions per minute slower than their maximum rate. This distance on the course steered, measured ac- curately on the city map, is equal to 68,112 feet, or twelve and nine tenths miles in fifty- eight minutes. If two- thirds ofthe velocity of only a two mile ebb tide were now added to this, it would show this specimen of ordinary speed to be nearly fourteen and three- quarters miles per hour. The greatest strength of tide, it should be noted, is within twenty miles of the city."— Athenaeum. THE UNITED STATES— PROGRESS The western termina- tion of the Erie canal looks out upon Lake Erie, the most southerly and central of that great chain of navigable lakes, which stretches far into the interior from our western boundary. Around these inland seas, a cluster of five great states is rapidly rising. The territory which they comprise, and which is to become tributary to the canal, embraces that great area extending from the lakes on the north to the Ohio on the south, and from the western confines of this state to the Upper Mississippi, and contains 280: 000 square miles. This is fifteen times as large as the state of New York, west of the county of Oneida— neaily twice as large as the kingdom of France, and about six times as extensive as the whole of England. It contains 180 millions of acres of arable land, a large proportion of which is of surpassing fertility The productive power of this region is greatly strengthened by the facilities it enjoys for cheap and easy transportation ; for it is nearly encircled by navigable waters, and its broad urea is intersected, in numerous directions, by streams furnishing ample means of conveyance— while un- usual facilities for the construction of canals and other arti- ficial channels of communication are afforded by the level and uniform character of its surface. These being its advan- tages, it needs only the requisite population. Its progress in this respect has been surprising. In 1816, Ohio was the only state government within its limits. In that year, Indiana, having obtained the requisite number of 60,000 in- habitants, entered the Union. Illinois and Michigan were then feeble territories, with a few settlers thinly scattered over their broad surface— while Wisconsin, unknown even by name, was an undistinguished portion of the great north- western territory. In the brief period of twenty- one years, such has been the influx of population into this great dis- trict, that Ohio, the eldest member in this brotherhood of nations, now numbers 1,400,000 inhabitants, Indiana up- wards of 600,000, Illinois and Michigan ( both of whom have organised their governments and come into the Union) 700,000— while west of Lake Michigan, not only is Wis- consin rapidly rising, but even beyond the Upper Missis- sippi, 30,000 citizens have already laid tile foundations of yet another state. The population already embraced within the district in question fails little short of 3,000,000, and if the same rate of progress shall be maintained for the twelve years next to come, by the year 1850 it will probably exceed i 6,000,000. The peculiar activity and snergy of these people are also worthy of consideration. They probably possess a greater aggregate power of production than any other por- tion, equally numerous, of the human race. Their popula- tion is made up, almost exclusively, of the young, the resolute, the vigorous, and the intelligent, who have gone from more crowded communities, to seat themselves around this chain of waters, and there to build up an empire. They have taken with them the laws, habits, language, and insti- tutions of their parent states— but, above all, they have carried into that vast field an honest love of labour— anil in the very act of organ sing their government, they testified their willingness to exert and rely upon their own energies, by abolishing slavery for ever throughout all their limits. This group of inland states has two outlets for its trade to the ocean— one by the Mississippi, to the Gulf of Mexico; the other through Lake Erie and the navigable communi- cations of this state, to the Atlantic. Whether it be attri- butable to similar ity of origin, or laws, or habits, or to ties of consanguinity, or superior salubrity of climate, this people evidently prefer the market ou the Atlantic; and they are making prodigious efforts to reach it. Three great canals, one of them longer than the Erie canal, and embracing in their aggregate length 1,000 miles, are to connect the Ohio with Lake Erie, while another deep and capacious channel, excavated for nearly thirty miles through solid rock, unites Lake Michigan with the navigable waters of the Illinois. They are also constructing lines of railroad, not less than 1,500 miles in extent, in order to reach with more ease and speed the lakes, through which they seek a conveyance to the sea- board. This undaunted resolution is strikingly evinced by the fact, that the cost of the great works they have thus undertaken ( and most of which are in progress), will exceed 48,000,000 of dollars, a sum far exceeding all that New Yolk, with 2,000,000 inhabitants and 200 years of accumulated wealth, has ever ut tempted. The circumstance, moreover, is particularly important, that the public works of each of these great com munities are arranged on a har- monious plan, each having a main line supported and en- riched by lateral and tributary branches,— thereby bringing the industry of their whole people into prompt and profitable action— while the systems themselves are again united on a grander scale in a series of systems comprising an aggregate length of more than 2,500 miles, with Lake Erie as its common centre. The various portions of this vast work are now in a train of rapid construction. Indiana alone has 6,000 men in her employ, and Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan, are making correspondent efforts; so that it may be confi- dently predicted that, within seven years from this time, the whole inland trade of that broad region around the lakes will crowd the entrance of the Erie canal, on its way to the Atlantic.— Stevenson. THE AGE OF WONDERS My neighbour over the way, Colonel Swallowmore, thinks himself born in the age of wonders; and no wonder he thinks so, for he reads the newspapers and believes them ! It is astonishing how gravely the colonel gulphs down every crude lump of mon- strous fudge the papers con'ain. Sea serpents, crook- necked squashes, consumption cured, talking pigs, and three- legged cats, are nothing to an appetite like his. He believes electioneering speeches and predictions of political quid- nuncs. All is fish that comes to his net. " These are times! Mr. Titterwell; these are times indeed!" says he to me, with a most rueful visage, as he lays down the news- paper—" What are we cjming to? People have got to such a pass! Something is eeitainly going to happen before long. I'm really, really frightened to think of it. There never were such doings in my day. Positively I've got so now, that I an't surprised at any thing!" And so he shakes his head, hitches up his breeches, sticks his spectacles higher up his nose, and reads the wonders of the day over again. Twenty- eight several times has this country been irretrievably ruined, since I knew the colonel. Seven times has the world come quite to an end. Nineteen times have we had the hardest winter ever known within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. Twenty- one times there never was seen such a backward spring. Forty- seven times the approaching session of congress has been one of uncommon interest; and thirteen thousand nine hundred and sixty- six times has death snatched away the best man upon earth, leaving mortals inconsolable, and society with an immense void. The mental agitations he has undergone in pondering upon the " wonderful wonders" that spring up as plenty as grasshoppers in his wonderful age, are not to be de- scribed ; for the colonel takes an immense interest in public affairs, and cannot see the universe go to ruin about his ears without pangs of sympathy. Whatever molehill he stumbles upon, he makes a mountain of it. He thought the Salem mill- dam absolutely necessary to the balance of power, and was certain that the bridge over Peg's Run was the only means of saving the nation. He went to bed in a great fright, on reading in the paper that Emerson's " Speiiing- book" would overthrow the liberties of the country; and he was stiuck with the deepest alarm, when he heard of the feud that had broken out between the houses of correction and reformation, about a cart- load of chips. I shall never forget the anxiety that beset him last summer, when the city council could not come to a choice about the superin- tendent of drains. The newspapers were full of the affair, and the colonel, I verily believe, would have worried himself into a nervous fever, had this alarming schism between the two branches of the city government been carried much farther. " A strange affair, Mr. Titterwell; a very mys- terious affair," 6aid he. " There are some dark, under- ground manoeuvres going on in this matter, depend upon it; and, really, the mayor and aldermen"— here he turned up the whites of his eyes, and shook his head: heaven only knows what he thought of those great dignitaries. How- ever, the affair of the drains got through without any great catastrophe to folks above ground, that ever I could learn, and the colonel's consternation subsided for that time. All the world were going mad the other day about white mus. tard seed. " Pray colonel," said I, " what is white mustard seed to you or me ? Can't we eat our bread and butter, and sleep till six in the morning, without troubling our heads about white mustard seed? Didn't we fight the battles of the revolution without white mustard seed ? Didn't Samson carry off the gates of Gaza without white mustard seed ? Didn't your blessed old grandmother knit stockings and live to the age of ninety, without white mustard seed? Then, what's the use of minding the dolts in the newspapers, who tell you that white mustard seed is better than meat, drink, and sunshine, and that we shall all die untimely deaths, un- less we take white mustard seed?" The colonel could not understand it: it was a great mystery indeed, but the news- papers were full of it, and he was convinced white mustard seed had something in it, that would come out in due time. White mustard seed, however, has had its day ; and the colonel has probably taken to saw- dust, as I heard him talk of Dr. Graham last week. But of all mortals, the colonel is the most prone to sympathise with the unfortunate public upon the loss of great men. I popped in upon him the day before yesterday, and found him lamenting a huge public calamity. Three great men had fallen in Israel: an eminent clergyman, an eminent country representative, and an emi- nent dealer in salt fish on Long Wharf. The colonel was triply dolorous upon the matter; society, business, politics, had suffered an immense loss— a loss incalculable, irrepara- ble, and so forth. I assured the colonel there was no great cause for apprehension, for the world was pretty sure to turn round once in twenty- four hours, whether great men died or lived. " The fact is, colonel," said I, " great men may die as fast as they please, for aught I caie. I have never been frightened by the death of one of them since an adventure that happened to me in my ninth year, when I lived in the country." " What is that?" asked the colonel. " I'll tell you," said I. " On a certain day— a day never to be forgotten by me— news arrived in town that the governor 1 was dead. No sovereign prince, pontiff, or potentate on the face of the earth, ever appeared so gigantic anil formida- ble to my childish eyes, us that harmless gentleman the governor of Massachusetts. Imagine the shock occasioned by this announcement! Straightway the bells began tolling, people collected in gioups, quidnuncs scoured from place to place, gossips chattered, children gaped in dumb astonish- ment, and old women with dismal faces ran about croaking, " the governor is dead !" To me these things seemed to betoken the general wreck of nature, for how the order of the universe could subsist after the death of the governor, was beyond my comprehension. I expected the sun and moon to fall, the stars to shoot from their spheres, and my grandfather's mill- pond to upset. The horrible forebodings under which I lay down to sleep that night, are not to be described, and it was a long time ere I could close my eyes. In the morning I was awakened by a dreadful rumbling noise. " The governor is dead!" I exclaimed, starting up in a terrible fright. The noise continued: I listened, and discovered it to be nothing more than my old grandmother grinding coffee! The effect of this prodigious anticlimax can hardly be imagined ; never in my life was I so puzzled and confounded as at the first moment of this discovery. " What!" said I to myself, " is the governor dead, and yet people grind coffee ? Then it seems we are to eat our break- last just as if nothing had happened. Is a great man of no more consequence than this?" A new ray of light broke in upon me; 1 fell to pondering upon the occurrence, and five minutes' pondering completely demolished the power supreme with which many a pompous owl had stalked through my imagination. From that moment, governors, town clerks, select- men, representatives, justices of the peace, and great people of every degree, lost nine- tenths of their importance in my eyes, for I plainly saw the world could do without them. How often in after life have I applied the moral of this incident! How much moving eloquence and dire denunciation have I passed by with the remaik—" That is a great affair, no doubt, but it won't stop a coffee- mill."— Yankee Notions. LUNAR IRIS— This phenomenon was witnessed on Sun- day evening, between eight and nine o'clock, at Chailton, in Kent. AN IT CHURCH- RATE MEETING IN THE PARISH OF EDGBASTON. On Monday evening, a highly respectable meeting of the parishioners of Edgbaston was held at Messrs. Sturges' chemical works, for the purpose of receiving information on tile circumstances under which the present church- rates for the parish had been granted, and to consider what steps should be taken in regard to them. Six o'clock was the time appointed for taking the chair, but owing to the heavy rain which fell at that hour, the rate- payers did not assemble until nearly seven o'clock. At that hour, WM. SCHOLEFIELD, Esq., High Bailiff of Birmingham, on the motion of Joseph Sturge, Esq., took the chair, and opened the business by reading the reqiusition calling the meeting, after which he said, that he need not re- mind them that, according to the terms of the requisition, all parties were not only invited to receive information relative to the rates, hut to give such opinion as they thought proper upon the subject. This being the case, he was sure he need not call upon them to afford to every person a fair and im- partial hearing. For his own part, he confessed that if he t bought the meeting was to confine itself to the consideration of the rates then sought to be collected in the parish, and not direct their attention to the principle of such rates, he should not have been present that evening. ( Applause.) If church- rates were good in principle, he should not have felt warranted in opposing them upon any technical grounds; but it was because he objected to the principle of church- rates that he attended to lend his aid in putting an end to such a mode of supporting the church. Church rates had been proved to be such a flagrant violation of principle and the rights of conscience, as well as so injurious to the church which they were designed to uphold, that he felt himself bound to oppose them. It was because he was a zealous member of the Established Church, and a warm supporter of its doctrines, that he most anxiously desired to see these compulsory exactions for its support done away with. JOSEPH STURGE, Esq , then came forward, and was re- ceived with much cheering. He said, before the business for which they had assembled was entered upon, perhaps it would be as well briefly to put them in possession of the facts which led to the present meeting. A few days ago, three or four of his neighbours called upon him, and stated that they thought the last church- rates which had been im- posed upon the parish had been granted under ciicumstances that calied for investigation ; and they did not conceal their opinion, that they considered the rates illegal. He told them that he had opposed church- rates all his life from prin- ciple, as a proof of which, he had suffered his goods to be taken out of liis house, ra'her than pay them. Viewing them as a legal robbery, he should consider it his duty to join in taking any legal exception to the mode in which the present rates had been imposed. A few individuals met the same evening, when some fresh facts were elicited; and then it was resolved, as the most fair and candid mode of pro- ceeding, to call a public meeting of the parishioners, for the purpose of taking the subject into consideration. With regaid to the signatures attached to the requisition, that subject required some explanation, and perhaps apology, as many of the parishioners had no opportunity of attaching their names, and one list that had been signed, from some cause, was not delivered in time for publication. He might perhaps be allowed on that occasion to state distinctly the grounds on which the society to which he belonged ( the Quakers) had, foi nearly two centuries, allowed their goods to be taken, rather than consent to pay church- rates. ( Hear, bear.) They did so on two grounds; first, because they regarded that impost as a violation of justice; and secondly, and principally, because it was a violation of the rights of conscience. ( Hear, hear.) Some of their episcopalian friends thought they were rather factious in this their oppo- sition to church- rates; but if they would place themselves lor a moment in their situation, and suppose that the Catho- lics, or Independents, or Baptists, or Quakers, got the upper hand, and imposed a compulsory and exclusive rate for the support of the form of worship which they approved of, they would soon see the force of the objection which Dissenters now entertain against the payment of this tax. ( Cheers.) Under the strong conviction, then, that it was a violation of the rights of conscience, he could never contribute to this tax. There were, however, circumstances connected with the present rate of a peculiar character, which would perhaps be best explained by reading to the meeting two or three of the minutes of the vestry, entered in the parish books, copies of which he held in his hand. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. Sturge here proceeded to read a resolution come to at a vestry meeting held in the parish church, on the 22nd of September, 1834, to the effect that, in future, the churchwardens shall give a fortnight's previous notice by advertisement in Aris's Ga- zette of all parish meetings, and that such advertisement be inserted twice. On the 21st of July, in the present year, there wss a vestry meeting held in the parish church, when a notice was issued for a meeting of parishioners on the 1st of August, " for the purpose of granting a rate for the ne. cessary repairs and expenses of the church and also a further rate, for the purpose of purchasing a plot of land to enlarge the present churchyard, and enclosing and fencing the same, as specified in estimates to be laid before the meeting, and at the same time to pass the churchwarden's accounts." This notice was signed " James Busby and James Upfill, churchwardens." ( Hear, hear.) Here they not only omitted to advertise, according to the minutes of the vestry, but rather singularly, he thought, they fixed on the first of August to pass the rate, ( it might be by pure accident,) when many of the parishioners were engaged in town celebrating the freedom of the negro. ( Laughter, and cries of bear, hear.) On that day, a rate of three pence in the pound was granted, in the terms of the resolution on the parish books, for the necessary repairs and expenses of the church; and also to reimburse the late churchwardens the money ad- vanced by tliein in their accounts for the last year, namely, 35/. 17s., and the payment of the unpaid bills, amounting to 91. 10s. At the same meeting it was also resolved," That a rate of sixpence in the pound be BOW granted and signed, for the purpose of purchasing a plot of land adjoining the present churchyard, for enlarging the same, and fencing it, and to defray the expense thereof as specified in the estimate now laid before the vestry." ( Hear, hear.) He would leave others to judge, if anything of this kind had been done in private life between man and man, what would have been thought of it ? ( Hear, hear.) Was there not at least a moral obligation strengthened by their own previous resolution, to let the rate- payers know they were going to assess them? But no notice was given of such intention, except to those who attended the church, and read it on the door. ( Hear, hear.) The church paity, as they were called, were in the habit of boasting that they comprised the wealthiest and most respectable portion of the community; but although he might belong to the poor Dissenters, he would not have sanctioned such a proceeding for the amount of the rate itself and the value of the church and the churchyard toge- ther. ( Cheers.) It might perhaps be said by those who enforced the rate, " We have the law in our favour, and we will have it, whether it is founded on justice or not." Now, if this was their ground, it only served still more strongly to prove the case of the Dissenters, that a church establish- ment was not founded on Christian principles. ( Hear and cheers.) The gospel told them to do unto others as they would wish others to do unto them; and if they would only act in accordance with this sacred command, he was per- sti tded they would hear very little more about church- rates. ( Cheers.) Such were the peculiar circumstances of this case, that although the denomination to which he belonged might not generally be very anxious to make converts, he trusted many of those present would act as the Quakers did upon this subject, and suffer their goods to be taken, rather than do violence to their principles, by paying the rate. In addition to other grounds of objection in the case before thein, he believed the parties who acted iu the manner he described, would be found to have violated law quite as much as they had violated equity. If he had spoken warmly upon this occasion, or used any expression that might be con- strued into personal offence to any one, he beggea to assure them, that it was not the result of any ill feeling towards individuals; for lie firmly believed the greatest good he could do to the members of the episcopalian church, would be to induce them to give up, at once and forever, this odious and unjust impost. WILLIAM REDFERN, Esq., who was received with loud cheers, said he hail been requested by his worthy friend, Mr. Sturge, to afford the meeting some exposition of what he conceived to be the law of the case; and at the outset he felt happy in being able to state that that exposition would be of a gratifying nature, since he thought he should be able to show that the parties to whom they were opposed on that occasion, had not even the law in their favour. ( Hear, hear.) In the prosecution of his inquiries, he was desirous, in the first instance, of ascertaining what was the ancient common law on the subject; whether, setting aside all new- fangled alterations introduced by modern statutes, there was any power in a parish vestry to make a rate, not for the purpose of repairing, ( about which there could be no doubt) but for the purpose of enlarging a church- yard. He had not proceeded far in his inquiries, before he came to the conclusion, that there was no such power. The authority on which he mainly relied was Dr. Burns, an eminent civilian, and practitioner in the ecclesiastical courts, and, therefore, naturally disposed to stretch to the utmost the ecclesiastical jurisdiction. For this reason, he ( Mr. R.) felt safe iu believing that the entire absence of any mention of such power by him was, of itself, conclusive proof that no such power did exist. So much for the ancient common law on the subject. He was not, however, satisfied with this result: he knew the grasping and extortionate spirit of the church. He thought, therefore, that it was not at all un- likely that a clause, granting some power of this nature, might have been slily slipped into some obscure nook or corner of some modern act of Parliament. He accordingly set to work to rummage the statutes at large; and, sure enough, he at last alighted upon a clause which, he supposed, had served as a foundation for the grant of the rate in ques THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 29. 7 tion. He should first read the clause to which he referred, and then explain the reasons which induced liirn to think that the formalities required by the act had not been complied with. The clause was sec. 36, 39 George 3, cap. 134, and it ran as follows:—" That all such parishes as shall be re- quired by the commissioners for executing that act, shall furnish lands for enlarging existing churchyards, or for mak- ing such additional churchyards as the commissioners may deem necessary to be enlarged, and that as soon as the com- missioners shall have fixed upon any parish, as being one in which it is necessary that the churchyard should be enlarged, they shall give notice to the churchwardens thereof, and of the part of the parish or extra parochial place within which the same is required to be provided, and the said church- wardens shall, within the space of fourteen days, call a meeting of the vestry of the parish, for the purpose of tak- ing all such measures as may be necessary for providing such additional churchyard, and in case such parish shall not be able to provide the same without purchase, then the vestry shall forthwith so proceed to treat for a piece of ground according to such notice, but shall not conclude any bargain for the same without the approbation of the commissioners." Now ( continued Mr. Redfern) there were two things that struck him forcibly on the perusal of this clause; the first was, that the churchwardens could not take the initiative steps in the matter, but that in the first instance a formal notice must have been given to them by the church building commissioners; and, secondly, that n vestry meet- ing must be convened within fourteen days after the set vice of such notice, for the purpose of taking such measures as may be deemed necessary for providing the additional church- yard. With respect to the first of these points, he should like very much to know whether any such notice had been given by the church building commissioners. ( No.) He had made diligent inquiry about this matter. He had in- quired of Mr. James Upfill, the present churchwarden— he had enquired of Messrs. Bedford and Spencer, who were professionally concerned— and of Mr. Fletcher, the collec- tor of the parish rates, and the custos of the parish books— and he had referred to the books themselves — but no where, neither in the one place nor in the other, could he find any vestige or trace of the notice; and he confessed his own strong opinion was, that no such notice had in fact been given. He might, perhaps, go a step further, and say, that, from a certain quarter that he was not at liberty more particularly to mention, he had received a pretty broad hint that he was quite right in his conjecture. ( Applause.) Now, if this were so, it was quite clear that the rate in question was not worth a straw. ( Great cheering.) But even ad- mitting that a notice had been duly given by the church build- ing commissioners, and that the meeting was convened within fourteen days after this notice had been served, even then, the meeting was not convened by the churchwardens in conformity to the act of Parliament. The act says, the meeting shall be convened for all such measures as may be necessary for providing an additional churchyard or burying ground: But what says the notice? Why it calls the meet- ing for " the purpose of granting a rate" for purchasing tin' land. The act in effect says, " You, the parish vestry, shall make all the arrangements; we leave it to you to provide the additional churchyard, and to treat for the purchase of the land." " Oh no," says the notice, " nothing of the kind; we, the churchwardens, have done all these things already. We have treated for the purchase of the land, and have made all the necessary arrangements; and all we want yon to do is to grant the rate." ( Laughter, and hear, hear. ) He ( Mr. Redfern) contended that there was a plain and palpable discrepancy between this notice and the terms of the act ol Parliament. He contended, indeed, that no meeting had been held for the purpose of taking measures for providing an additional churchyard, and tlierelore, that the rate was illegal. ( Loud cheers.) At the meeting, how- ever, not only was a rate granted for enlarging the church- yard, but one was likewise granted for repairing the church. Now, if he had strong doubts as to the validity of the former rate, still greater were his doubts as to the validity of the latter— doubts, indeed, amounting almost to conviction in the opposite direction. ( Loud cheers.) There was no rule of law more completely settled than this— that no church- rate could be granted for the purpose of reimbursing the expenses of a former churchwarden, and that if any such rate were granted, it should be null and void. He called upon them to mark the terms of the resolution by which the rate then under consideration was granted. They were—" That a rate of three pence in the pound be now granted and signed, for the necessary repairs and expense of the church for the present year, and also to reimburse the late church wardens the money advanced by them in their accounts lor the last year." Why there was a palpable blunder on the face of this resolution—( hear, hear);— and so convinced was lie of the illegality of the proceedings, that he would pledge his professional reputation, that if any one would resist the rate, if could not be enforced against him. ( Great cheering.) Having made these remarks upon the legal merits of the case, he would now glance at a few of the more general topics connected with it. They had been told by Mr. Sturge that, in the year 1834, an understanding had been entered into, which might very properly be regarded, he thought, as an agreement between the dissenters of the parish, on the one hand, and the churchmen on the other, that no vestry meeting should in future be held without a previous advertisement in Aris's Gazette. It would seem, too, that to give as binding a sanction as possible to this agreement, it was reduced into writing, was passed as a formal resolu- tion at a vestry meeting, und was recorded amongst the parish minutes; and there it continues up to the present day. He felt, then, with Mr. Sturge, that they had great reason to complain of the utter disregard of an agreement sodeiiberately entered into. He should not be far wrong, indeed, if he denounced that disregard as a most unjustifiable breach of good faith between man and man. But there was one plea that might be set up for the select vestry. It might be said, that as the compact he had alluded to had been made so long ago as 1834, they had forgotten it. If this plea should be urged, all he could say was, that it had not the slightest foundation in fact, for he was able to state, on the authority of Mr. Upfill, the churchwarden, that he reminded the select vestry of the resolution amongst their minutes, and asked whether he was to advertise the meeting. And what was their reply ? Did they say that the law prohibited them Irom complying with the resolution, or that they would incur any legal penalties by so doing, or that there was any one obstacle either of law or of convenience in the way of it? No; the answer was simply this, that the law did not require them to advertise. ( Much disapprobation.) And they were per- fectly right in this ; the law did not require them to do so. Unquestionably there was no court of law that would re- cognise the agreement; but he was also sure, that there was no court of honour that would not recognise it; and he felt some pleasure in reflecting that if the agreement could not he enforced, either by judge or jury, at all events its violation could and would be vsiited by public indignation. ( Applause.) For men could not and must not be permitted, with impunity, thus to trifle with and outrage the plainest and commonest and most elementary principles that bound society together, and make man place faith in man. ( Loud applause.) He should like to know, too, for what reason the gentlemen of the select vestry were so reluctant to advertise the meeting ? How was it that they were so anxious to avoid publicity? What was it that made them prefer the comfort and snug- gery of what was little more than a select vestry, to the openness and freedom of a fair parish meeting? He would tell the meeting what it was. They knew very well that if the vestry meeting had been properly advertised— if due notice had been given— it would have been numerously at- tended ; it would have been attended by all who were there that night, and by many more besides; by Dissenters as well as by Churchmen. They knew very well that a spirit of opposition to church rates had sprung up in the parish, and was spreading day by day. ( Cheers.) It was for these reasons they saw fit not to advertise the meeting. It was for these reasons that they put the notice on the church door, and then cunningly locked the church- yard gates. ( Great laughter.) But good some- times came out of evil, and he believed that such would be the case on the present occasion. His own opinion was— that if the gentlemen of the select vestry had been satisfied • with going on in their old jog- trot pace, levying a rate of only three- pence in the pound, not a little finger would liave been stirred in opposition. But this did not satisfy them, they must try their hands at something more ambi- tious, they must have a nine- penny rate. He was glad they had made the attempt, for his firm conviction was, that by doing so they had sealed the doom of church rates for ever in that parish. Mr. Redfern concluded amidst loud cheers. The Rev. THOMAS SWAN then moved the next resolution, and said, his duty would have called him to attend a prayer meeting that evening in the chapel over which he presided, but he considered it a more important duty to attend that meeting; and lie was not ashamed to appear there humbly to advocate the cause of truth, justice, and liberty, and he might say, the cause of religion. He bad been requested to move the resolution he held in his hand, and which was to the effect that it was a violation of a moral obligation, and of the rights of conscience, to enforce the rate they were that evening met to oppose. He refused the rate when the collector called for it, for the reason assigned in the resolu- tion, because he considered it unjust, and a gross violation of the right of conscience. What said the just God in re- ference to this subject? That he " hated robbery for burnt offerings;" and be ( Mr. S. j would ask— could the present demand be considered in any other light than a robbery, though made under the colour of law? He was happy, however, to hear from the learned gentleman who had just addressed them, that the persons to whom they were op- posed on that occasion, had not even law in their favour. But what said the Lord— bead of the church? He told them to call no man master upon earth, in his memorable sermon on the mount; and concluded that admirable discourse by saying to them, " that they should do unto others as they wished others should do unto them." Now he ( Mr. S.) wished, and earnestly desired, in all the transactions of his life with his fellow men, to be guided by that heavenly rule. He did not wish the Episcopalians to defray the expense of his religion; and he was determined that he would not willingly pay for the maintenance of theirs. He trusted if there was a general demand made for the rates under con- sideration, there would be a general refusal to pay them. ( Hear, hear.) If so they would have what was termed in Scotland a fine " rouping" ( auction.) He certainly should not pay it—( cheers)— indeed he could not pay it without stultifying himself. He had concurred repeatedly with the men of Birmingham in their refusals to pay church rates ; and he had done so upon the principle of justice. He had approved altogether of their conduct in refusing to pay, and he could not act a contrary part himself. He had the hap- piness and honour to be the minister of a church and con- gregation, which had built, at their own expense, a spacious and commodious chapel, which they maintained in a be- coming manner. They paid from 800/. to 1000/. a- year towards the support of religion amongst themselves and their neighbours, and they willingly contributed towards propagating the Christian religion throughout the world at large. Now, if there was one thing more than another which enhances in his estimation the value of this liberality, it was the fact that a majority of the persons who thus con- tributed, lived entirely by the work of their hands. The majority of them belonged to the industrious, the all- im- portant, because productive, classes. ( Applause.) Why, he would ask, ought persons of this description to be com- pelled to contribute to the support of any other sect, than that to which they so cheerfully paid? He would ask the High Bailiff if the object of that meeting was to enforce the payment of a compulsory rate, could he consistently have taken the chair on that occasion ? ( Cries of No, no.) Could he have subscribed to any measure, having for its object the forcing of money out of the pockets of the people, to support the highest, the richest, and the most aristocratic church in the country? A church which boasted of having for its members all that was respectable, all that was great in the country; but who, nevertheless, were either unable or unwilling to pay for the maintenance of their own pecu- liar form of religion ? Was it to be endured that they should be compelled to pay the expense attendant upon the worship of the few gentlemen who prayed in yonder little church at Edgbaston. ( CriesofNo. no.) He asked, was it justice that they should do so? ( No. no.) No; it was not just they should do so, and they would not do so—( cheers)— they dare not pay it—( renewed applause)— they dare not sanction or countenance such a glaring injustice, practised in the name of the holy religion they professed. The next point to which the resolution referred, was the violation of conscience involved in such compulsory exactions. He had refused to pay, because he couW not conscientiously pay. Religion, according to his estimate of the subject, was a matter between man and his Maker; it was a most serious and important subject, and one infinitely beyond the reach of man's interference. It was a subject upon which man could not legislate without committing the most egregious mistakes. What bad they not dune in England by legisla- tion? Why, they had established popery in Canada, idolatry in India, presbyterianism in ScorUud, and episcopaliunism in England. Only let them think what a tissue of absurdity was thus exhibited, and all the result of state legislation. He most conscientiously objected to the establishment of any religion in connection with the state. He objected to any such establishment, in any > luipe or form, because it was impossible that they could en. low any one church— for, after all, the whole matter consisted in endowment— unless at the expense of other portions of the community. He did not wish to conceal his opinions mi the subject, and he would, therefore, say, that he went at once for the separa- tion of the church frotn the state. ( Applause.) In his opinion, every man who refused to pay church rates, dis- sented from the principle of church and state connection. Every man, therefore, who refused to pay the rate, by so doing advocated the separation ; and the man who did not feel and know that he was so doing was much mistaken. ( Cheers.) He was most anxious that this separation should take place, because be felt convinced that until that took place, there would not be a solid and permanent peace in the empire. If he did not go for separation, he would at once pay the rate. The connection was the root of the evil. All established churches had been domineering, and had trampled upon all others who did not worship accord- ing to their tenets. He, therefore, felt no hesitation in saying, that he hoped the Church of England, as an estab- lishment, would not much longer continue to exist. He did not wish to advert to forms ol Christianity, but if he did, he would say, that he certainly could not conscientiously give his money towards the support of that form which up- held a bench of lordly bishops, who, as history proved, had been opposed to all good measures of a popular nature, and who had showed themselves inimical to the rights and liberties of the masses. He could not conscientiously pay towards the maintenance of a church, the majority of whose ministers were worldly minded men— a church which abounded with bloated pluralists— a church which, not- withstanding all its immense revenues and consequent means of affording education, had left the people at large in ignorance and depravity. He admired all the good ministers of the Church of England ; and there were many good men in the body; but he would not support a religion, on the whole which had been generally productive of so much evil, lie did not, however, mean to rest his objection upon the ministers of the establishment— he objected to the principle itself. Such were his reasons, and having stated tliern broadly and candidly before that meeting, lie cared not if the world knew th « m. He hoped the time was not far distant when the causes of difference would be done away with. He trusted Lord John Russell was seriously think- ing of the matter, and that he would very speedily put an end to the obnoxious impost. He hoped there would be no commutation—( hear, hear)— no shifting of the burden from one shoulder to another— no doing away with church rates, and placing them on the general taxation of the country. ( Hear, hear.) If so, the country would protest against such a change; it would be worse than nothing to attempt any such alteration ; and he hoped the ministry would see the folly of the attempt. He most cordially moved the resolution which he held in his hand. Mr. JAMES JAMES, in rising to second the resolution, said, that, knowing him to be a Dissenter, they would not re- quire from him any justification for resisting church- rates. He concurred with those who thought them an infringe ment of the principles. On more than one occasion he had addrsssed public meetings upon the subject, and he only wii! e l that Churchmen would at once come forward, and spontaneously offer up the rate, in obedience to the dictates of reason, and the wishes of the great body of their fellow- countrymen. He had no wish to interfere with the legiti- mate revenues of the Church of England. His text had always been, let the establishment keep what it had, pro vided it was rendered conducive to the welfare of the people, and compatible with the rights and privileges of all other denominations of Christians. There were many members of the establishment for whom be had a very sincere respect, and he differed from the preceding speaker, as to the general character of the ministers of that church, The time to which Mr. Swan had referred had gone by, and he ( Mr. James) had lived long enough to see a marked difference in the character of that body. He believed, if religion pro- gressed as it had latterly done in the establishment, the ex cellent men to whom he referred would themselves find i difficult to refrain from consenting to the abolition of church- rates, and, by so doing, illustrate that Christian precept " Do unto others as you would wish others to do unto you.' Until that period, he hoped the conduct of the Dissenters would be marked by that strict propriety of men contending for principle. Nothing was to be gained by anything but a spirit of friendly feeling. He knew how difficult it was to maintain their disputes with temper; but he, personally, was determined not to place himself unnecessarily in the position of hostility to gentlemen whom he had the honour fre- quently to meet and act with in public, upon matters of importance, and for whom he could not do otherwise than, feel the greatest respect. But, as regarded church- rates, he did, and ever should, consider them a violation of principle. He believed his legal friend, Mr. Redfern, would tell them that they were not sanctioned by statute law, Mr. REDFERN : They are not. Mr. JAMES hoped they would not be much longer known to any law. He trusted their friends of the Established Church would soon see the importance of making a speedy alteration. Indeed, they had every reason to hope that such would be the case. They hud many excellent friends of the church advocating an alteration. Their excellent Higl Bailiff was a churchman ; Mr. Redfern was a churchman Captain Moorsom was a churchman ; and many others he saw around him ; and all this indicated a growing feeling in favour of the principle which that meeting was convened to assert. The resolution was put and carried. The Rev. HUGH HUTTON, Unitarian minister, moved the next resolution, but owing to ill health, he spoke only a few sentences. He had been invited to attend that meet- ing, and he could not resist that invitation, although he had to arise from a sick bed to comply with it. He had refused, for years past, to pay church rates, and he was happy to say he bad never been troubled by the churchwardens. ( Hear, hear.) The question of church rates had been so ably handled by the Rev. Mr. Swan and Mr, Redfern, that he should not detain the meeting, but merely move the resolution. JAMES BAKER, Esq., seconded the resolution. Captain MOORSOM moved the next resolution. He said he was an Episcopalian ; lie had peculiar pleasure in taking part in the proceedings of the evening. He most cordially assented to the first resolution ; which declared that it was a violation of a moral obligation and the rights of consci- ence, to enforce such a rate as they were that evening met to oppose. He was sure religion suffered most by the in- fliction of such rates. He had never attended a vestry meeting in tlmt parish, because he thought every thing passed sub silentio. If, however, he found that church rates were to be moved in the manner in which be had reason to suspect they would be in future, he should attend. W. BOULTBEE, Esq., said it was rather an Irish mode of doing business, for him to stand up and oppose a rate alter he had paid it. ( Laughter.) The fact was, the collector called at his bouse, and one of his family hail paid the fate unknown to him. His principle was, that no man should be compelled to pay for the religion of another. It was im • possible to conceive how compulsory payments for the sup- port of religion could be good. He had to pay tithes and church rates for ten or twelve years to various clergymen, yet be, nor his family, had ever received reproof or admo- nition from any of them. And why was it so ? Because he had been compelled to pay towards their support. If these gentlemen had been voluntarily paid by their parishioners, there could be little doubt that they and he would have been on terms of intimacy and friendship. The system of chuicli rates was altogether bad, and could not fail to produce bad effects. Never was he more surprised than on one occa- sion when he attended St. Martin's vestry meeting. The Rev. Mr. Moseley was in the chair, and be ( Mr. B.) was shocked when he heard the rev. gentleman say the object of the meeting was not to discuss church rates, but to pay them, because it was the law. It might be the law, but nothing was more certain than that church rates had been the source of very great animosity amongst the people, and the sooner the law was altered the better. JOHN GREENE, Esq., moved the next resolution. He said he thought it was desirable the parishioners should know how far the rate had been paid. It was pretty generally reported, by some parties, that only two or three persons had refused to pay the rate. Perhaps Mr. Redfern could tell them how many had paid. Mr. REDFERN said be had not made inquiry, but he be- lieved it had not been generally paid. Mr GREENE said he had not paid. Mr. REDFERN : Those who have paid the rate can com- pel the churchwardens to repay the money, if the rate is illegal. Mr. GREENE, in continuation, said he had, up to the pre- sent time, paid every church rate levied upon him in the parish, and the tithes upon his garden ground. He bad never attended any of the meetings held in St. Martin's church, and the present was the first of the kind he had ever attended. Nevertheless, as a Dissenter, be was op- posed to church rates, and he was of opinion if there was a disposition in the parish to oppose the payment of the rate, the better way would be to get up a large meeting, and de- cide upon the course to be pursued. No person felt more indignant than he did at the manner in which the late rate had been imposed. It appeared from what they had heard that evening, that there ought to have been notice given to the parishioners of the meeting, at which the rate was to be made, but that notice had not been given; and be con- sidered the holding of the meeting without it, had been very properly designated a want of good faith. ( Ap- plause. ) Mr. 1 IOLL said, having been engaged in procuring names to the requisition, and knowing a good deal of the feeling of the parishioners, be could safely say that not ten per cent, of the rate had been collected. ( Hear, hear.) He had heard of various persons in the parish of whom it was said had paid ; but on inquiry, he found they had not. He hoped, therefore, they would not be misled by such reports, and induced by them to pay, unless they were otherwise disposed to pay. The question must be tried. ( Hear.) Mr. FUNDELI, said there was a further injustice con- nected with the rate, which had not been alluded to by the previous speakers. It was a partial rate. Some persona had not been rated at all. At all events, if they had been rated, they had not been called upon to pay. ( Hear.) CAPTAIN MOORSOM was then called to the chair, and a vote of thanks to tile High Bailiff having been carried with acclamation, that gentleman briefly returned thanks. He said his exertions had indeed been very humble. Such as they were, they had been the result of a conviction that church rates were wrong in principle, and if his exertions could in any way contribute to the removal of them, he should consider himself amly repaid for hi6 labour. ( Loud and continued cheering.) PRISONERS AND WATCHMEN. SIB,— On reading- the Journal of last Saturday, I find that a person named Tyrrell was taken before the magistrates, and it turns out that this man was most shamefully used by the watchman ; and it appears the magistrates took but little notice of the circum- stance, merely discharging- the man, satisfied that he had been well thrashed. Now, sir, it appears this is not an uncommon occur- rence in your town, for about two years back, when passing through Bull- street, I witnessed a similar exhibition, viz., a policeman beating a poor fellow in a most brutal manner. Now, in my country ( Wales), such a thing as that reported in the Journal, never happens; indeed, I do not think that there is in the whole of North Wales a sniffle magistrate, but would have committed the afore- said watchman for his brutality. I feel both astonished and indignant, that a town like Birmingham, con- sidered the foremost in the cause of reform, should suffer its inhabitants to be thus treated, admitting tliat such were, in the first place, transgressors. I remain, sir, yours, & c., JOHN JONES. Birmingham, Sept. 24, 1838. THE REFORM BILL ELECTORS. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. THE EDGBASTON MEETING. Wheeley's- lane, Edgbaston, Sept. 27, 1838. MR. EDITOR,— Attending last evening the meeting called in reference to the Edgbaston church- rates, 1 noticed a discrepancy of opinion between Mr. Swann and Mr. James James, respecting the general character of ministers of the " Establishment,"— Mr. Swann ob- serving that the majority of them were altogether un- worthy of their office; and Mr. James not only dis- senting from such opinion, but passing a high eulogium upon tliem, as a " reformed, pious, and exemplary order of men." Now, Mr. Editor, I have but a very few words to say upon the matter; but when any class of individuals, under the sanction of an iniquitous law, suited only to the dark ages from which it eman- ated, and without any colouring of equity, are in the habit of sending their myrmidons, periodically, to our dwellings, to plunder us of our money or goods, I think it becomes every one subjected to such infamous attacks upon the sacred rights of property— the still more sacred rights of conscience.— to state what he does happen to know concerning them; and when an occasion thus calls upon him, to expose their true characters to the world. I take the liberty of saying, then, in corroboration of Mr. Swann's observation, that I am intimately acquainted with a part of the country, about twenty miles from this place ; and in a district, say of thirty miles in circumference, I know of seven clergymen residing, not any one of whom is at all more worthy to exercise the sacred office of a minister of the gospel, than— what if I should say, your humble correspondent himself? And if any pious, candid member of the " Establishment," be dis- posed to make the investigation, I engage to furnish him with the names of the parties I refer to, for such purpose, provided only, that he will honestly inform me, and allow mc to inform others, of the result of such enquiry. To take them in the rotation which they occur to me:— No. 1 is a bigotted, bloated plural- ist, employing two curates to do his duty, and who does now, or very recently did, realise a considerable sum annually, by the sale of tracts. No. 2 is a mere sportsman and justice of the peace. No. 3 has a cock pit, which I have frequently passed by; and he has been known to introduce his birds into his parlour on the Sabbath afternoon, to fight for the amusement of his guests. ( Worthy disciples of such a pastor!) No. 4 is a grossly immoral character and ranting politician. No. 5 pockets 600/. or 700/. a year, never preaches, never visits the poor, and if he gives 5/, annually to relieve their temporal necessities, it is the outside of his alms- doing. No. 6 is a haughty, persecuting bigot; I lately heard of his interrupting a pious dissenting minister in the very act of prayer, surrounded by an attentive audience, upon a common, because, he said, " it was too near his church." No. 7 is a downright miser, receives about 600/. per annum, gives a curate 80/., and lives constantly in London. Now, Mr. Editor, having made a simple statement of facts, were it not for intruding on your valuable columns, I would very gladly offer such comments as naturally force themselves upon every unprejudiced mind in consequence; but I have already, perhaps, trespassed too far, and will, therefore, leave your readers to judge how far Mr. Swann was right, in saying that " the majority of the clergy were men un- worthy of their office," or Mr. James, in pronouncing them " a reformed, pious, exemplary order of men." And please to bear in mind, that the instances adduced, are brought forward by only one person who heard the remarks; others, I doubt not, could tell as much, or more. Respecting the immediate object of the meeting, I am convinced, that ( he utter illegality of the present extortionate demand upon the parish will be fully es- tablished, and that the attempt of its exaction will recoil upon the party with whom it originated, to their own lasting disgrace, and, what is of far more im- portance to us, put a final extinguisher upon church rates in the parish of Edgbaston. I am, Mr. Editor, very respectfully yours, J. F. P. S.— I am sorry it was omitted to move a vote of thanks to Messrs. Sturge, for the use of the spacious and commodious building so kindly supplied by them for the occasion, but I suppose others, as myself, forgot it until the meeting had closed. [ We have struck out some particulars which might have served to individualise the parties, and thus turn a general argument into a private libel.— E. B. J.] Sir,— The spectacle of the people of a mighty na- tion ground down by overwhelming taxation, aristo- cratic oppression, and a code of infamous laws, rising up throughout the length and breadth of the land to shake off the accumulated wrongsof ages, has hitherto been viewed with feelings of consternation and fear, as the prospect of a wild and sanguinary justice, to be dealt out to the oppressors by exasperated millions, presented itself to the eyes of many good men, as well as to every lover of corruption. The red page of his- tory records the accuracy of such forebodings; yet, even when accompanied by the horrors of civil war, there is a chord in the bosom of every true Englishman which vibrates with sympathy when the annals which tell of a country's resistance to tyranny lay before him. But it is reserved for the present age, and our native land, to display a similar national struggle against an unparalleled catalogue of political iniqui- ties, without occasioning in the breast of its worst enemy any fear of a bloody catastrophe. The gigantic measures which the people of England have laid down for their guidance, and day by day are maturing and carrying out, put all apprehension of the necessity of physical danger away. Indeed, the glorious Con- federation which, since last May, has grown in every quarter of the country— the holy justice of its riglite- mis demand— the oneness of purpose which it every where displays— the self- reliance which it universally exhibits— and the all- pervading, inflexible determina- tion, not to swerve from the great work, presents such an array of " popular power, that a second Canute might be more easily found to drive back the advanc- ing ocean, than a man so mad as to resist by the sword the moral avalanche which is rolling towards the castle of Wrong'. Thrice honoured be the pioneers of Birmingham, of Glasgow, and of London, who volunteered the vast design! The present union and movement of the working classes is not to be compared with any previous popu- lar demonstration in this kingdom ; it bears no resem- blance to any which has preceded it, save the Ref inn bill campaign of 1831- 32. The motive which actu- ated the productive population then, was precisely the same which now impels them. They asked fir, as they now demand, the infusion of the spirit of a lepre- sentative government into our decayed and rotten con- stitution. But the fate of a too confident and trustful disposition awaited them. They saw in their ranks thousands of the middle classes, who breathed utter devotion to the people, and, waving the demand for their own political rights, they laboured unmurmur- ingly and with enthusiasm, to gain the great charter which was in peril. No toil, no obloquy, no sacrifice, turned them from the generous devotedness of their task ; no doubts crossed their minds as to the sincerity of their well- attired colleagues, for whom alone the enfranchisement was designed; they rested satisfied with the bonds which justice and gratitude imposed upon the class for whom they laboured. The struggle ended, and the victory came— it was fought and won only by the masses. But the shopocracy, having re- ceived the boon from their unconquerable adherents, shrunk away with the franchise which they had pledged themselves to exercise for the good, and in accordance with the voice of the entire people. The Reform bill has failed in the design which alone recommended it to the productive population, and the Commons' House still speaks the voice of faction alone. The men into whose hands the fran- chise was then placed, have proved themselves too feeble, or too base, to exercise it for the common weal. Even for their protection, and to realize the intent of every honest elector, it has become essential to admit within the electoral pale, the masses who themselves carried the bill seven years ago. And yet, in the great movement which now absorbs attention, where can we find the champions who struggled with us before? The popular movement of 1831- 32 was signalised by a display of disinterested energy and zeal by the working men, which will shed a lustre upon their memory throughout all time. The demonstration of to- day exemplifies, on the part of the middle classes, an amount of black ingratitude which will elicit from posterity a just measure of execration. After all the flaming orations which, seven years ago, we listened to from a crowd of liberty- loving patriots, where have they vanished ? Is it possible that the men who then extolled the multitude as the depositaries of every virtue, are silent in their praises now? Behold them in their 10/. tenements of brick, rejoicing in the poli- tical rights which they cajoled the unenfranchised to bestow upon them ! Listen to the horror they uow express at the " clamour" for similar privileges of the " low democrats!" Hark with what disgust they con- template the possibility of meeting at the poll booths, the mdiguant artizans whom they have heretofore de- frauded. Is there a meeting in the town ? Lo ! where the pseudo- patriot of 1831 skulks by the hall, and grows pale as a bust of cheers peal to the roof, greet- ing some tried friend of the popular cause, whom the recreant now defames. Such are the vast majority of the men on whom the honest wealth- producers of Great Britain conferred the franchise, which they only use to betray the universal people. The dastardly desertion which we have experienced from that portion of the liberal force which alone pro- fited by the Reform bill, affords one great stimulant to the present movement. It is utterly impossible that the masses can ever again trust to, or rely on, their insidious and crawling neighbours. They will deserve, and assuredly experience, a similar reward, if, once more, they join in any political struggle involving the interests of a single class alone, or to invest with further power the men who have proved themselves so much below any standard of political integrity. How can the " liberals" of 1831, who now stand aloof, or actually oppose the enfranchisement of the produc- tive population, justify their conduct in having, seven years ago, arrayed that body with such gigantic strength in opposition to government? It will not suffice for them to answer, that, in 1831, the universal voice of the people was of such concern, that the des- tiny of the country was wisely decided by it, and yet refuse them, now, a legitimate mode of making that voice known, on the plea that they are ignorant of the national interests. They must either confess them- selves to have heen miscreants in 1831, for leading millions of men, whom they believed to have been utterly reckless of the fate of the nation, to the verge of a revolution, or that they are base and cowardly slanderers now, for daring to brand them with that atrocious character. The ministerial press has not been slow to mark and take the advantage of the present conduct of the IG£. householders; and one of the most cunning of the Whig organs throws out a suggestion that the fran- chise may be conveniently extended, so as to admit within its pale the well- to- do portion of the working1 men, in the fond hope that they will then turn their energies to oppose the influx of their less fortunafce friends. The press remembers the vaunting patriotism which was on the lips of many, seven years ago, and marks how the possession of the right of suffrage has converted them into the most indefatigable opponent* of an extended franchise. Is it to blame, then, to at- tribute equal treachery to more humble men? Jfmfi notable it is, as marking the ruling instincts of thetw ® great factions, that, on the passing of the Reform Wfl, the Tories recovered from their despondency, on dis- covering to what restrictive purposes the registrati « « i machinery could be turned ; and that now the Whig* soothe the panic into which the national demonstrate* ® plunged them, on observing how they may profit fiy the perfidy and baseness of their friends. Let the hint which they have given us be treasured in iw minds, and, if the attempt be made, let no excess af confidence in man, though he be the best proved of oor friends, suffer us, in this great struggle, to assent tm any reform short of the universality of the suffrage. But we are told that the working classes, apart from the shopocracv, have no power to effect a political movement. They who falter out '. this stupid false- hood must, in their excess of terror, have totally lost the faculty of memory. Have they the presumptim to attribute to the circumstance of their joining tfce people in 1831- 32, the signal and great victory whada was then achieved? When the crisis came, whose voices were listened to— whose right arms wete dreaded ? In that mighty spontaneous meeting- < m Newhall- hill, was it at the few bland and smirking faces, fresh from behind their congenial counters, or at the one hundred thousand swarthy artizans, am whose dauntless brows might be read the intelligence of their better dressed adherents, and a nobility of re- solution which none but themselves displayed, t& at the Duke of Wellington shrunk back, appalled? Bo- fore one month elapses after the great abstinence de- cree is issued, these trading gentlemen will admit the might of the unassisted people. In the meantime, let them look to the vast array which, at Glasgow, Birm- ingham, Newcastle, Northampton, Hull, Bristol, Balii^ and Westminster, these helpless folks now present. I know that the blush of shame would mantle upon the cheek of many of the Reform bill electors whoane now inactive, where they to be numbered with ri » e traitors of whom I have been speaking ; and it is t » such men that I would emphatically address mysefi£ imploring them, for their own reputation sake. to make apparent their sincerity to the people. I call upoat them, as they value the fair name which, in the former struggle they justly won, now to enrol themselves ia the ranks of the parliamentary reformers. Many ase harassed and persecuted in the exercise of their fran- chise, and the ballot is refused to tlieni, and will newer be obtained, until the right of suffrage is co- extensiwe with the spirit of the constitution. What have U » ey to hope from a continuance of the present state rf things— what to feai in assisting their brethren, whose patience and integrity they have so great cause to acknowledge ? The moment is arriving when neu- trality will be treason to their principles— the hour is at hand when the man who is not for us will be esti- mated as our enemy. Then let them take their stanit for they are now commingled with, and will soon tie numbered amongst, the base miscreants who are either actuated by simple hatred for the people, or by a de- sire to preserve the franchise in its present excluswe- ness, that in proportion as the votes to be solicited am few, so may their price be large. I am, & c., KESBMK. Birmingham, Sept. 18, 1838. GENERAL HOSPITAL, SEPT. 28.— Physician ami Surgeon Patients of the week. Dr. Evans and Mr. Jukes. Viatetsv W. Beale, Esq., and Mr. C. Shaw. In- patients admitted. 23g out, 82. In- patients discharged, 33; out, 91. Remaiuiuf; w tt* house, 154. BIRMINGHAM DISPENSARY, SEPT. 23.—. Sick patients 231; midwifery cases, 14. STATE OF THE WORKHOUSE UP TO SEPTEMBERM. In the House .... Admitted since . Born in tlie House Dlscligd. alisconded, and dead Total of each . Wo. INFANTS. Men. men. Boys. Girls. Male. Fern. 180 192 5 18 8 8 m G 14 3 3 5 5 •• M 2 28 186 200 8 21 13 IS « 8 12 13 1 3 3 3 m 174 ; » 3 7 18 10 12 <£* .5& S MARRIAGES. On Monday last, by licence, at the Superintendent Regis- trar's Office, Bennett's- hill, the Rev. S. Turner, of Ayles- bury, to Miss A. Wheeldon, of Moundsley Hall, Norton. On Wednesday last, by licence, at CanniJh- street Meefijqj- house, by the Rev. T. Swan, Mr. E. Winterson, to Mrs.. Monton, relict of the late Mr. Monton, of this town. Yesterday, at Cmnon street Meeting- house, Mr. RiciHofl Phillips, to Miss Ann Goffe, both of this town. On Saturday last, at St. Helen's, Worcester, Mr. Jetn Hill, of the Market- place, Evesham, to Mary, third daugfcsar of William Battersby, Esq., of the same place. On the 18th inst., at Leamington, by the Rev. Abiatfcar Hawkes, George Walter James, Esq., of Handsworth, So Emily, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Morden Cartferais, vicar of Mattishall, in the county of Norfolk. On the 18th inst., at St. Martin's, Mr. John Mousley, a£ Constitution hill, to Eliza, eldest daughter of Mr. Robatfewv of Vittoria- street. On the 25th inst., at Edgbaston by the Rev. Mr. PrareH, Mr. David Jones, of Wolverhampton, to Anne, eidsst daughter of Mr. Samuel Harrison, of Edgbaston. On Wednesday, at the Friends' Meeting- house, Bewdtegi Mr. James Cadbury, of this town, to Miss Lucretia SUM^ K, of the former place. On the 15th inst., at Aston, by the Rev. G. O. FE » - wicke, Mr. Henry Taylor, of Sparkbrook, to Miss Lea, « f Highgate. On Tuesday week, at Milverton, near Leamington, tlie Rev. George Boodle Clare, B. A., Incumbentof St. George's, Wolverhampton, and Perpetual Curate of Shearsall, Staf- fordshire, to Mary Jane, youngest daughter of the late Joseph Brearley, Esq., formerly of the New Inn HaH, Handsworth. On the 15th inst., at St. George's, Hanover- squat*!, Stephen Simpson, M. D., of Piccadilly, London, to SopSae Anne, only daughter of the late Stephen Simpson, Esq., « f Lichfield. DEATHS On the 26th inst., in this town, after a lingering illness Sarah, widow of the late Job Harding, Esq., of Wolver- hampton, aged 55 years. On the 26th in « t., deeply regretted by his family ii » 4 friends, Mr. John Bragg, of Barford- street, in bis 5J « t year. On Thursday last, after a long illness, which he borewi ® great fortitude, Mr. William Evans, of Bristol street, l* « e of Alrewas, Staffordshire, aged 58 years. On Tuesday last, after a short illness, Lionel Place, EM;,, of Weddington Castle, in this county. On the 15th inst., Mary Ann, the beloved wife of Mt. Frederick Edward Hobson, of Reservoir- lane, Edgba « t » c, and eldest daughter of Mr. Mann. On the 16th inst., aged 86, Avis, relict of the late Ma- Samuel Isherwood, of Constitution- hill. On the 16th inst., in his 72nd year, Mr. Abraham Liag- ham, of Merriman's- hill, near Worcester. On Tuesday week, after a lingering illness, much respected, Mr. Edward Waltho, grocer, of Boar- street, Lichfield, sg « 4 55. On the 15th inst., George, eldest son of Mr. John Lewis, wine merchant, of Bridgnorth, aged 19 years. On the 14th inst., at Kidderminster, Mrs. Esther Peine, widow, aged 67 years. On the 14th inst., at Kidderminster, Mrs. Mary Clarice, widow, formerly of Bewdley, aged 65 years. On Tuesday week, at his residence, Field Place, near Stone, Mr. Boreham, aged 52. On the 13th inst., at Sheffield, aged 55, Hannah, reiafi of the late Thomas Elgie, Esq., of Worcester, and mother of Mr. F. T. Elgie, solicitor, of Broad- street, in that city. On the 13th inst., at Aberystwith, in his 64th yeafc Theophilus Salvvey, Esq., of Ashley Moor, near Ludlon. 8 THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 29. 7 TEE TOTAIISM ABSOLUTE. — Never shall 1 lorget the Bervous horror of my old grandmother when she came home frooi one of the lectures of Dr. Sawdust, who had been proving that coffee was poison. The old lady had drank four cups a day, ever since she was ten years old. She So; mediately clapped on her spectacles, sat down with a piece of chalk, and made a calculation of the quantity. Shecould hardly believe her eyes, when she discovered that she had swallowed seven thousand three hundred and eighty- eight gallons of poison ! " Better late than never," she exclaimed. " f tt'on't be poisoned any longer, not I 1" And so, at the age of ninety, she reforms her diet, fully persuaded, that to go on drinking coffee would kill her, sooner or later. An- other old lady, on hearing that tea was intoxicating, had nearly gone into fits, and is in great affliction at the thought that she has been fuddled every day for sixty years, without knowing anything about it. With the great abundance of wisdom upon these matters, that we are now blessed with, prospects are surely very encouraging. If we believe the vegetable- diet wiseacres, who, of course, know all about it, human life is to he wonderfully increased in duration : they taik of Meihusaleh and his great uncles as familiarly as maidens of fifteen do of puppy- dogs. The danger seems to be, that people will live too long. True it is, that none of this cabbage- fed tribe have yet given any strong signs of longevity; they all die off most unaccountubly just as they are on the point of beginning to live a thousand years. However, this must be a mere freak of nature, who often takes a malicious pleasure in confounding the wisest of our calculations. The Sauxkttt Journal, a newspaper which has been for some time established in this city, must, we think, convince any man who will take the trouble to read it, chat eating is a very dangerous business. It is astounding to perceive what multitudes have died of roast beef, mutton bcoth, and suchlike slow poisons. A considerate man wonders to find himself alive, and is fully convinced that he ought to have been dead long ago. But to show that people are at last fairly awake on this subject, and are determined not to sit still and be poisoned any longer, we make the fol- lowing extract from the editor's correspondence :— " To the Editor of the Sawdust Journal. " Gooseborough, December 25,1837. " Friend Withershiru,— I wrote to you some time since, for tlie • Library of Starvation,' and the Sawdust Journal; I hope you will send those excellent publications as soon as possible, with any other works you may have on the subject of short commons. Public attention is now strongly turned towards these subjects, and we really hunger and thirst after every thing in the shape of bate bones. Dr. Sawdust has been lecturing in this place, and produced quite an excite- ment: his proofs of the pernicious consequences of eating food, were in the highest degree convincing; people dis- covered themselves to be sick, who never dreamt of the thing before : indeed, it is very clear, that, but for Dr. Saw- lust, we should never know half our misfortunes. Flesh neat is now held in utter abomination among us. People ire turning their pigs out of doors at a great rate; all the lows are cashiered, and the poultry have been obliged to cut ind run. As for a beef- steak, I need not say, such a thing is » ot to be had for love or money: sausages are entirely out » f demand, except such as are stuffed with red baize and Jurnips; and I verily believe, the ghost of a sheep's head would frighten the whole community. Flesh, in fact, is quite out of the question, and nothing is fish that comes to net here ; a man could not get even a salt eel for his supper. All the dogs have run mad, and every cat in the town has departed this life. I hope, friend Withershins, we shall have the pleasure of beholding your hatchet face among us, before long. You would be delighted to see the sharpness of our noses, the prominence of our cheek- bones, and the beautiful lantern like transparency ol our jaws. The good work is going on, although a great many among us are going off; this, however, cannot be owing to their change of diet, but to the roast turkeys they ate last winter. There is a class of young ladies at Mrs. Nippo's boarding- house, who are living ( those, I mean, who still survive) in exact ad- herence to the principles of Dr. Sawdust, and find their complexions highly improved by it. They have excellent soup, made of pebble- stones boiled in clear spring water; sometimes they strain it through a colander of turnip- tops; but this the doctor calls high living. The sawdust dough nuts never give them the heartburn; and if you shake a bunch of radishes at them once a week, it is all they want. You never saw a more beautiful and interesting sight than these young ladies; tbev resemble fair and delicate cabbage plants, growing under the shady side of a barn. Their strength is so much improved by their diet, that they have no occasion for exercise, and never feel the least desire to walkabout. Indeed, this would be somewhat hazardous, foe one of them being abroad on a windy day last week, was accidental! j blown against the side of a newly painted house, where she stuck till somebody came to her relief. Since this catastrophe, they have all kept within doors; which, in fact, is much the best way for true sawdustariaus. Since writing the above, I have received accounts from the neighbourhing town of Noddleton, where Dr. Sawdust has also been lec- turing. The good work is going on there. The people have given up eating entirely. Most of them do nothing lint gape, though even this is censured as a superfluous luxury, as well as the practice of sucking fog through rye straws. Tee- total fast- day- for- ever associations are rapidly forming. Several people have sewed up their mouths, and assure me the sensation is delightful; others hold back, and think that knocking their teeth out is going far enough. However, the general cry is'go ahead,' and I think these last must knock under, in spite of their teeth. Brother Sappy lectured on water porridge last evening, and delighted amost enthusiastic audience. He gave a flaming description of earrots, and the mention of onions brought tears into every eye. He means next week to take up the question on the moral qualities of baked beans. We are all as thriving as corn- stalks; there is not a face in the town that is not pea green.— Yours most emaciatingly, " SIMON SCARECROW.'' — Yankee JVotions. LONDON GAZETTES. I'UESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. SEPTEMBEa 25 WILLIAM STRICKLAND GLADILL, Clerlien. well close, japanner. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. WILLIAM THOMAS HOUGHTON, Walcot- place, Lambeth, coal merchant. BANKRUPTS. CHARLES NEALL, Epping, cheesemonger, October 3 and No. vember 6, at the Bankrupts'Court. Sol. Mr. Hooker, Bartlett's- buildings, Holborn. Pet. Cr. John Purdue, 152, High. street, Soutbwark, cheesemonger. Seal. September 20. ROBERT MACHELL, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, innkeeper, October 20, nt the Court- house, Leeds, and November B, at the Man and Saddle Inn, Dewsbury. Solg. Messrs. Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery. lane. Pet. Cr. Richard Bainbridge, Yarm, in the north riding of the county of York, manufacturer. Seal. September 3. GAVIN CLARKE, Shrewsbury, innkeeper, October 5 and Novem. ber 6, at the Shire- hall, Shrewsbury, Soli. Messrs. Clarke and Medcalf, Lincoin's. iun. fields. Pet, Cr. Edward Nokes, Shrews, bury, yeoman; Seal. September 3. DIVIDENDS. H. LLOYD, Old Bond. street, draper, October 18. H. BARKER. Lower- street, Islington, butcher, October 18. S. HOADLEY, New Boud. street, roach maker, October 18. W. H. HOUNSFIELD, Preston, Lancashire, draper, October 16. W. COX, Leigh, Worcestershire, baker, October 18. J. BELL. Cockermouth, Cumberland, hat manufacturer, Oct. 17. C. HEALY, Nottingham, grocer, October 18. C. WAKE, South Brewham, Somersetshire, cattle dealer, Oct. 31. J. THOMPSON, New York, America, merchant, October 26. J. KELLY, Merthyr Tidvil, Glamorganshire, and Tredegar, Mon- mouthshire, grocer, October 20. J. MAUNDERS and J. DREW, jtm., Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, Dorsetshire, grocers, November 2. CERTIFICATES, OCTOBER 16. M. Seager, Poole, merchant— R. Major, Longfleet, Dorsetshire, merchant— J. Rusby, Lee^ s, coach lace manufacturer— J. Payne, jun , Lawford, Essex, cattle dealer— J. Pittar, Holy well. street, Mill, bank, Westminster, merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Marsden and Co., Horwich and Manchester, cotton spinners— H. Hilton and Co., Manchester and Harpurhey, silk manufacturers— H. Hilton and Co., Manchester, Harpurhey, and Leigh, silk manu- facturers— B. Dickinson and J. aud M. Robinson, Manchester, tea dealers— Sellers and Morgan, Blackburn, Lancashire, stone masons — I. Milligan and J. Brett, Louth, Lincolnshire, grocers— Robinson and Dean, Masborough, Yorkshire, shovel shafts manufacturers— Gledhlll and Whitley, Bradford, Yorkshire, woolstaplers— Mousley aud Adams, Birmingham, bronzists— T. and T. Law, Rotherham, Yorkshire, linen drapers— S. Ginder, J. Aruett, and A. Simpson, Lane Delph, Staffordshire, earthenware manufacturers— J. Campion and W. H. Archer, Goodge. street, Tottonham. court- road, plana makers— E. aud J. Edwards, Park. terrace, Regent's- park, cooks— M. Hendy and J. Quicke, Great Guildford. street, Southwark, rope manufacturers— J. Russell and J. Wall, Worcester, tobacco pipe manufacturers— P. Groves and G. F. Inman, Boston, Lincolnshire, chyrnists- Duff and Legli, Quadrant, Regent- street, wine merchants — Hutchinson, Chappie, and Jackson, Great Dover- street, Newing- tou, linen drapers ( so far as regards W. Jackson)— W. Morris and Co., Wheatley, Yorkshire, wire drawers ( so far as regards W. Mor- ris and J. Tidswell}— M. and E. Leigh, Chorley, Lancashire, confec. tioners- T. Howells and Co., Kennington- cross, linen drapers— Poltok, Gilmour, and Co., Glasgow, Gilmour, Rankin, and Co., ML rnmichi and Bathurst, R. Rankin and Co., St. John's, A. Gilmour and Co., Quebec. W. Ritchie and Co., Montreal, and A. Ritchie and Co , Restigouche and Dalhousie, Chaleur Bay, merchants ( so far as regards A. Gilmour), LONDON ' MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY, SEPT. 24. — W heat, Essex Red, new 50s to 60s ; fine, 60* to 66s ; old, — 8 to — 8; white, new, 54s to 63s $ fine, 65s to 68a; superfine, 68s to71s; old, — s to — 8.— Rye, 32s to 40s.—- Barley, 32S to 34s; old, 35s to 37a; superfine, — s 00— 8.— Malt, 50s to 55s; fine, 56s to 58s Peas, Hog, 32s to 34s ; Maple, 36s to 37s; white, 38s to 42s ; Boilers, 44s to 46i.— Beans, small, 36s to 38s; old, 38s to 41s; Ticks, 32s to 34s; old, 34s to 38s; Harrow,— s to— 8.— Oats, feed, 20s to 22s ; fine, 23s to 248 ; Poland, 22J to 24s; fine, 25s to 27s; Potatoe, 28s to 30s ; fine, 32s to 33a.— Bran, per quarter, 8s Od to9s 0d,— Pollard, fine, per ditto, 148.20s. GENERAL A. VERAGEPRICEOFBRITISHCORN FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPT. 21, 1838.— Wheat, 61s lOd; Barley, 32s 2d; Oats, 22s 9d; Rye, 36s 4d ; Beans, 39s 7d ; Peas, 32s 2d. DUTYON FOREIGN CORN FOR THE PRESENT WEEK.— Wheat, I0s8d Barley, 12s 4d; Oats, 12s 3d; Rye, 12s 6d ; Beans, 9s 6d; Peas 14s Od. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. JOHN MASON, Boston, Lincolnshire, corn merchant. BANKRUPTS. £ F& « Bankrupts to surrender at the Court of Commissioners, Baxtn% hnU. street> when not otherwise expressed ELLIOTT LEWIS AARONS, St. James's- place, Aldgate, oil mer- chant, October 3 and November 2, at the Bankrupts' Court. Sols. Messrs. Heatlicote and Holman, Coleman- street. Pet. Cr. Henry Worms, 233, Whitechapcl- road, shoe manufacturer. Seal. Sep. tember 20. JOHN SOPERand CHARLES WATTS, Brighton, ironmongers, September 29 and November 2, at the Town hall, Brighton. Sols. Messrs. Clarke and Medcalf, Lincoln's- inn- fields. Pet. Cr. Thomas Dutton Whitfield, Edward Whitfield, and Henry Whit- field, Birmingham, factors. Seal. September 4. JOSEPH FAULDING, Worcester, victualler, October 4 and No- vember 2, at the Hop- market Inn, Worcester. Sols. Messrs. White and Whitmore, Bedford- row. Pet. Cr. John Powell, Worcester, wine and spirit merchant. Seal. September 19. RICHARD LEWIS, Holyhead, Anglesey, mercer, October 9 and November 2, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester. Sols. Messrs. Baxters, Lincoln's- inn- fields. Pet. Cr. John and Joseph Ryiauds, Manchester, linen merchants. Seal. September 11. JAMES BO WN, Melcombe Regis Dorsetshire, builder, October 1 at the Antelope Inn, Dorchester, and November 2, at the Golden Lion Inn, Weymouth. Sol. Mr. Ranyard, South. square, Gray's- tnn. Pet. Cr. Benjamin Ranyard, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, ironfounder. Seal. Septemberr 11. DIVIDENDS. J. LLEWELLYN, Carmarthen, draper, November I. J. HARRIES. Carmarthen, timber merchant, November 29. S. WHITEHEAD, Chorley, Lancashire, cotton spinner, Oct. 12. W. BURGE, Wareham, Dorsetshire, tanner, October 13. R. ROSE, Devizes, Wiltshire, chesse factor, October 15. E. HAINSWORTH, Stanningley, Yorkshire, cloth manufacturer, October 20. G. ANDREWS, Sturmiuster Marshall, Dorsetshire, woolstapler, October 23, T. BANKS, Greta- mills, Cumberland, valentia manufacturer, Oc- tober 17. J. HONEY, Redruth, Cornwall, linen draper, October 22. W. and C. MATHER and J. T. NEWSi'EAD, Manchester and Salford, ironfounders, November 2. T. and J. B. STEEL, Stockport, Cheshire, cotton spinners, Oct. 15, CERTIFICATES, OCTOBER 12. J. Turley, Bilston, Staffordshire, ironmaster— R. W. Rushfortli, Manchester, merchant— A. Lees, Gorton and Manchester, manufac- turer— B. Ware, Great Tower- street, cheesemonger— J. Dadd, Mar. gate, grocer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED Steele and Harris, Nicholas- lane, tea dealers— R. Griffiths and J. Bettridge, Birmingham, builders— J. Crossley and Co., Manchester, si$ k manufacturers— Buck and Watson, Kennington- cross, chymists — J. M'Diarmid and Co., Dumfries, printers— Rose and Longton, Much Woolton, Lancashire, millers — Rose and Willacy, St. Helen's, Lancashire, millers— Scott and Co., Bell- wharf- stairs, Lower Shad- wen, anchor smiths— J. Pearse and G. Clibbett, Oakhampton, Devon, shire, tin plate manufacturers— B. Robinson and Son, Beverley, Yorkshire, chymists— W. Day and Son, Bishopsgate- street- within, auctioneers— J. Latham and Co., Manchester, cotton spinners- Young and Luxmoore, St. Martin's- lane, silversmiths— R. and W. O. Corke, Hastings, Sussex, linen drapers— J. Wilkinson and Co., Whitby, Yorkshire, mercers— J. Wells, sen., and J. A. Hall, Rath, hone- place, fancy fringe manufacturers— J. W. Wood and Co.. Biirslem, Staffordshire, earthenware manufacturers— Skinner and Soris, Strand and Holborn- bridge, tobacconists ( so far as regards C. J. Skinner)— W. and J. Gill, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, farmers, SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION, i zander Mackintosh, Campi- litown, Invernessshire, timber mer. cJiaut. ;, > - PRICE OF SEEDS, SEPT. 24.— Per Cwt.— Red Clover, English, 50S to 658 ; fine, 708 to 80s ; Foreign, 48s to 60s; fine, 65s to 70s.— White Clover, 50s to 60s ; fine, 63s to 70s.— Trefoil, new, 18s to 20s finei2Isto 22s ; old, 12s to20s.— Trefolium, 8s to 10s; tine, lis to 13s.— Caraway, English, new, 42s to 46s; Foreign, 0s to 0s— Coriander, 8s Od to 10s Od. Per Quarter. St. Foin, 40s to 448 ; fine, 46s to43s ; Rye Grass, 28s to 30s ; new, 30s to 34s ; Pacey Grass, 0s toOs; Linseed for feeding, 50s to 56s; fine, 56s to 60s ; ditto for crushing, 40s to 50s.— Canary, 60s to 65s.— Hemp, — s to — s. Per Bushel.— White Mustard Seed, 9s Od tol3s0d; brown ditto' 15s0d tol88; Tares, 5s0dto6s0d; finenew, Spring, 8sOd to9s0d ; PerLast.— Rape Seed . English, 36/ to38/; Foreign, 34^ to36'. OILS.— Rape Oil, brown, £ 43 0s per ton; Refined, £ 45 0s Linseed Oil, £ 29 10s; and Rape Cake,£ 6 0s Linseed Oil Cake, £ 11 10s per thousand. HAYANDSTRAW.— Smithfield Hay, 60s0dtoll0s0d; Inferior, — s to — 8; Clover, 60s to 135s; Inferior — 8 to — 8; Straw, 36s to 448. Whitechapel.— Clover, 100s to 132s; new, 40s to 110s; second cut, — sto— s; Hay, 80 to 115s ; new ditto, 40s to Ills ; Wheat Straw, 30s to 42s. Cumberland.— Fine Upland Meadow and Rye- grass Hay, 110s to 120s; inferior ditto, 90s to 100s ; superior Clover, 120s to 126s ; Straw, 46s to 48s per load of 36 trusses. Portman Market.— Coarse heavy Lowland Hay,— sto — 8; new Meadow Hay, 80s to 90s ; oldditto, lOOsto 118s; useful ditto,— 8 to — 8; New Cloverditto, 100a to 126s; old ditto, — s to — s ; Wheat Straw, 408 to 483 per load of 36 trusses. SMITHFIELD, SEPT. 24 — TO sink the offal— per 81b.— Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Best Down and Polled Mutton, 3s lOd to 4s 8d; Veal 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Pork, 4s 2d to 5s 6d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 4d. NEWGATE AND LBADENHALL.— By the Carcase— Beef, 2s lOd to 8s6d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 0d; Veal, 3s Od to 4s 8d ; Pork, 4s 2d to 5s 6d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 4d. COUNTRY MARKETS, & c. BIRMINGHAM MARKET. Corn Market, September 27. Wheat in short supply to this day's market, with a ready sale for good fresh dry qualities, at au advance of 6d. per bushel. Barley, both malting aud grinding, in better demand, at fully the rates of last week. Oats scarce, with a good sale, at is. per quarter above the terms of this day se'unight. Beans and Peas a free sale, at a trifling advance. WHEAT- perSllht. s. d. s. d. White 8 9 — fl 0 Red 8 ti — 9 0 Irish 8 0 — 8 6 BARLEY— per Imp. Quarter. For Malting 31 6— 33 6 l'ur Grinding, per 3921bs 30 0 — 31 6 M A I. T— per ImperialBushel. Old and new 0 0 — 00 O ATS— perSUbs. Old 21 0- 21 0 New 0 0 — 0 0 Irish 24 6 — 26 6 BEANS— perbag, lOtcore gros g. < 1. g. ft Old 15 9 — 17 0 New 0 0 — 0 0 PEAS— perbag of 3 Bush. Imp. FOR MOILING. White 0 0 — 0 0 Grey 15 0— 16 0 FOR aaiNUlNQ. perbag of 10 score 14 6 — 15 6 White 15 0 — 15 0 FLOUR- persack or- 260lbi. net. Fine 50 0 — 52 0 Seconds.... 45 0 — 47 0 The following is the statement in Messrs. Sturge's circular : — PRESENT PRICES OF GRAIN. Birmingham, September 27, 1838. WHEAT, English, White, per bushel of021b Old Irish, White none Red . n^.- w. ™ - ™ - ™ - ™ -, ™ none Old none l'nr ,- i^ n . none BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. Quarter Irish ..—— Grinding, per Quarter of3921bs OATS, English, White, per Imperial Quarter ™ ,„ Welsh, Black and White, per alalba Irish,£ weighing41 to421bs.) do. ( 37 to 391bs.) do. Black „ do. BE ANS, English, Old, per bushel of 651bs Irish ™ , ™ - ™ , ™ . ™ . ™ . „ none Foreign —. PEAS, Boiling, per Imp. Quarter ™ v ™ » ™ v ™ . ™ . Grinding, per Quarter of 3921bs FLOUR, English, Fine, per Sack of 2801b6 Seconds .^ m ™ * ™ - ™ * ™ ,, ™ , ™ . WHEAT, English, White, per Imp. Bushel . Old . English, Red. Old . Irish, White, per601bs„ s. d. 9. d. 8 6 to 9 2 8 4 .. 9 4 8 3 .. 9 0 8 4 .. 9 1 0 0 .. 0 0 0 0 .. 0 0 0 0 .. 0 0 0 0 .. 0 0 32 6 .. 37 6 0 0 .. 0 0 28 0 .. 30 0 21 0 .. 34 0 23 0 .. 24 0 26 6 .. 27 6 23 6 .. 25 0 23 0 .. 24 0 5 4 .. 5 9 5 0 .. 5 4 0 0 .. 0 0 4 10 .. 5 6 46 0 .. 52 6 30 0 .. 33 0 53 0 .. 56 0 49 0 .. 52 0 mber 22, 1838. » . d. g. d. 8 0 to 8 6 8 0 .. 8 8 7 9 .. 8 3 8 0 .. 8 4 0 0 .. 0 0 Red nomiwil 0 0 . 0 0 Ohl - nominal 0 0 . 0 0 Foreign 6 6 . 9 4 BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. Quarter 30 0 . 34 0 Irish none 0 0 . 0 0 Grinding, per Quarter of 392lbs. 28 0 . 30 0 OATS, English, White, per Imp. Quarter 22 0 . 30 0 Welsh, Black and White 21 0 . 23 0 Irish ( weighing41 to42lbs); per Qr. of3121bs. 22 0 . 26 0 ( 37 to 391bs.) 21 6 . 23 0 Black ™ ™ 22 0 . 23 0 BEANS, English, Old, per Imp. Bushel „ 5 0 . 5 4 New 4 6 . 5 0 Irish none 0 0 . 0 0 Foreign 4 10 . 5 4 PEAS, Boiling, per Imp. Quarter 44 0 . 50 0 Grinding, per Quarter of 392lbs. 28 0 . 31 0 FLOUR, English, Fine, per sack of 280lbs„ 53 0 . 55 0 Seconds .... 49 0 . 52 0 Wheat.. Barley - Oats ™ Beans „ Peas ™ WORCESTER WEEKLY AVERAGE. Qrg. Bush. 776 0 12 4 . ™ . 75 0 110 0 99 4 » . d. . 59 9} . 33 4 . 24 10} . 40 4} . 37 2} GLOUCESTER WEEKLY AVERAGE. Qrs. Bugh. g. d 0 30 6 0 22 2 0 . 40 2 Wheat. Barley . Oats ... Peas ™ Beans - 592 73 1089 0 50 Birmingham, September 27, 1838. At Gloucester and Worcester markets on Saturday last Wheat found ready buyers, at an advance of 2s. per quarter. Malting Barley was nominally unaltered in value. Grinding more in request. Oats barely maintained the previous week's currency. Beans were dull, and rather lower. During the present week new English Wheat has been disposed of at a rise of 2s. per quarter, and old foreign realised Is. per quar- ter more money. Englishmalting Barley finds purchasers at 34s. to 36s , and a small parcel of new Irish, of fair quality, brought 33s. per imperial quarter. Fine heavy Oats being scarce, support their value, and good feed were taken at former rates, say 27s. per 312! bs., for the former, aud 23s. 6d. to 24s. per 312lbs. for the latter. For Beans the sale is limited. At this day's market the supply of Wheat was fair, and all descrip- tions sold at an advance of 3s. to 4s. per quarter, fine old and new realising 9s. per 621bs. Barley more in demand, and fully as dear. Oats unaltered ; the quantity offering is small. Beans Is. per quarter higher. Peas a good deal enquired for. IMPORTS INTO GLOUCESTER From the 19th to the 26th inst. Wheat. Oats. Barley. Beam. Qrs 1914Qrs Qrs Qrs Coastwise.. Qrs Qrs Qrs Qrs Foreign.... Qrs Qrs Qrs Qrs Peas. Flour. Rye. Vetches. Ireland...... Qrs Sacks Qrs Qrs Coastwise.. Qrs Sacks Qrs Qrs Foreign.... 325Qrs Sacks Qrs Qrs WARWICK, SATURDAY, SEPT. 22— Wheat, per bag, old 24s Od to 26s Od j new, 21s Od to 24s Od ; Barley, per quarter, 30i 0d to 36sOd ; grinding, 32s Od to 34s Od j Oats, 28s Od to 34s 0d; New, 26s Od to 29s Od ; Peas, per bag. Os Od to OS Od ; Beans, 14s Od to 15s Od; new, — s Od to — 8 Od ; Vetches, 0s Od to 0s Od; Malt, 56s Od to 64s Od per quarter. HEREFORD, SEPT. 22— Wheat, per bushel Imperial measure, 8s6dto8s9d. Ditto, new, per bushel, 8s 3d to 8s 6d. Barley, Os Od to Os Od. Beans, 0s Od to 0s Od. Peas, 0s Od to 0s Od. Vetches, 0s Od to 0s Od. Oats, 0s Od to 0s Od. CHELTENHAM, SEPT. 20. — Wheat, 7s 6d to 8s Od per bushel Ditto, red, 7s 0( 1 to 7s 6d. Barley, 3s 6d to 4s Od. Oats, 3s Cd to 4s Od. Beans, 5s Od to 5s 6d. HOP INTELLIGENCE. — Worcester, Sept. 24. — Prices per cwt.:— East Kent pockets, £ 00s. to £ 00s. ; ditto bags, £ 4 10s. to £ b 5s. ; Mid Kent pockets, £ b I2s. to £ 7 7s.; ditto bags,'£ 4 0s. to £ 4 10s.; Weald of Kent pockets, £ 5 10s. to £ 6 6s.; Sussex pockets, £ 5 12s. to £ 6 0s. j Yearlings, £ 4 10s. to £ 5 6s.; Old £ 0 0s. to £ 0 0s. ; Old Olds, £ 1 6s. to £ 2 2s. GLOUCESTER SHIP NEWS, From September 20 to September 27. IMPORTS : The Belinda, from Swansea, with a general cargo, con- signed to Soutban and Son— Robert, Odessa, 450 chetwerts of peas and I477Ja chetwerts of linseed, J. and C. Sturge— Carolina, Riga, 3140 deals, 600 deal ends, 107 pieces of timber, 70 wainscot logs, and 4 fathoms of Iathwood, J. Forster— Gloucester Packet, Sandersfoot, 34 tons of coals and 20 casks of butter, John Green ; 10 casks of butter. Heath— Daniel O'Connell, Wexford, 979 barrels of corn, J. and C. Sturge— Industry, Pulteney Town, 496 barrels of herrings and cod fish, Southan and Son; herrings and cod fish, Daniel Meadows— Henrietta, Memel, 168 pieces of timber, 3200 deals, 50 wainscot logs, 20 mille staves, 15 spars, and 1 fathom of lathwood, J. Forster— Fame, Neath, 46 tons of copper, Partridge and Co Ospray, Youghall, 572 barrels of oats, Wait, James, and Co Vic- toria, New Ross, 1074 barrels of oats, Wait, James, and Co Con. vention, Memel, 310 pieces of timber, 50 wainscot logs, 2800 deals, 3600 staves, and a quantity of lathwood, J. Forster— Cardiff Packet, London, general cargo, Gopsil Brown— Sarah, Swansea, general cargo, Southan and Son— Tredegar, Yarmouth, 80 tons of sand, Southan and Son— Earl Grey, Carmarthen, 437 barrels of oats, J. and C. Sturge— Endeavour, Tenby, 41 tons of coals, to order— Ocean, Marianople, 1300 quarters of linseed, Forsters and Co.— Carolina, Charlestown, l'; 0 tons of iron ore, Kendall and Son— Mosquito, Exeter, 80 tons of pipe clay, Partridge and Co Queen Adelaide, Malaga, dried fruit and lemons, Kendall and Son. EXPORTS : The William?, for Cardiff, with 15 tons of salt and 10% tons of ironmongery, from Soutban and Son— Jane and Mary, New Quay, 50 tons of salt, Southan aud Son— Anna Lindfladt, Wyburgli, 96 tons of salt, Price, Washbourne, and Price— Newport Trader, Newport, general cargo, Southan and Son — Thomas, Newport, Phillpotts and Co.— Lord Stewart, Llanelly, Price, Washbonrne, arid Price— Stonr, Maldon, 120 tons of salt, Gopsil Brown— Alert, Se. ville, Gopsil Brown— Speedwell, Newport, Price, Washbourne, and Price— Superb, Limerick, 173 tons of salt, Gopsil Brown— Princess Royal, Chepstow, Wait, James, and Co— Dove, Bideford, 30 tons of salt and 5} tons of 6oda, Southan and Son — Sarah, London, 133% tons of iron, Kendall and Son— Myrtle, Llanelly, Price, Wash, bourne, and Price— Union, Swansea, 20 barrels of fruit, Arnold- Swift, Newport, J. and C. Sturge— Belinda, Swansea, 33 tons of bricks and sundries, Southan and Son— Fame, Neath, 18 tons of iron and 5 tons of clay, Kendall and Son; ironmongery and sundries, J. It. Heane; sundries, Southan and Son— Atkin, London, 3SI tons of salt, Gopsil Brown— Charles, St. John's, 150 tons of salt and 10 tons of coals, Gibbs, Bright, and Co— Ann, Dublin, 4IJ tons of ashes, Partridge and Co.— Elizabeth, Cardiff, 4 tons of cheese, S. Bowley; sundries, J. R. Heane— Sarah, Swansea, 30 ton3 of salt and sundries, Soutban and Son. BEITS PATENT BRANDY. IT cannot be matter of surprise that the extiaordinary patronage with which this favourite beverage has been honoured— a patronage brought about by those two distin- guishing features, its essential purity, and striking similarity in flavour to that of the finest French Brandy— should have called into activity many pretenders; whose efforts, like those of their annual predecessors, promise the same abor- tive results, from the total failure in attempts at producing an article with the slightest pretension to approach it in quality. To guard the Public against being misled, and to assure them of the utter futility of all such attempts, J. T. BETTS & Co. need only state that the peculiarly wholesome pro- perties of their brandy— attested by many eminent Chemists, and frequently published since its introduction in 1829— are secured by Patent Right, which, in itself, forms a sufficient guarantee, if purchasers be careful to establish the identity of the article. The Distillery, No. 7, SMITHFIELD BARRS, LONDON, is the only Establishment of J. T. BELTS & Co. The Agents appointed for this district of country are Mr. JOHN SKELTON Birmingham. Mr. Thomas Durham Lichfield. Mr. John Dell Coventry. Mr. C. S. Clarke Wolverhampton. Mr. George Jull—.— Leamington. Mrs. Elizabeth Biddle Stourbridge. Mr. Thomas Cook Worcester. Mr. Hugh Martin Tewkesbury. Mr. Henry Pointer Cheltenham. Mr. James H. Lockyer Rugby. from whom, respectively, the Patent Brandy may be ob- tained, either pale or coloured, on the same terms as at the Distillery, viz., for quantities not less than Two Gallons, Eighteen Shillings per Imperial Gallon, of the highest legal strength, for cash on delivery. ASHLEY 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 Gonorrhtea, Gleets, Strictures, and all other forme 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 medicinesin use for these complaints, and after a cure ef- fected by the use of these pills, the party willnotexperience 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 complaintfor 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 retur n, 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 likewisea mosterticient 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- fessional 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 peculiar 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 uncertainremedies, Mercury ani Copaiba. I think you cannot fail to have a very large sale for them Believe me, yours, very tr uly, JOSHUA BROOKES. Dr. Borragan presents his compliments to Messrs. Hannay and Co., and writes to say, that having f"' » r some years prescribed Ashley Cooper's Pills to his patients, with the most successful results, be feels called upon to add his testimony to their great efficacy in curing sexual diseases, and they deserve well of the public profession. The Purifying Drops are also a most valuable antiscorbutic medicine. Dr. B. has found them to be a decided specific for those eruptions of the Bkin which frequently app ' ar at the rise and fall of the year. London, street, June 12,1838. Gentlemen,— I cannot express the feelings which induce me to forward my name, in addition to those who have gratefully returned their thanks for a complete cure of gonorrhoea, by the use of Cooper's Botanical Pills, I beg merely to say, that I have experi- enced an entire cure from the small quantity of six boxes of those Invaluable pills, a very urgent and distressing species of the above ( disorder; and my gratitude shall be ever evinced in my strongest recommendation of them to alt I may hereafter meet suffering in the same manner. If this communication can be of the least service, I beg you will accept it, merely reminding you, that if made public my residence may be omitted I am, gentlemen, your much obliged and obedient servant, JOHN HARRISON. 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- street, London, where the public can besupplied with every Patent Medi- cine oflepute, ( with an allowance on taking six at one time) warranted genuine and fresh from the various makers. Orders by post, containing aremittance, punctuallyattended to, and the change, if any, can be returned with the order. Sold by appointment by W. Wood, High- street; R. Matthison, 71, Edgbaston- street; Hodgetts, Spiceal- streetj Watts, Snowhill; and Guest, Steelhouse- lane, Birmingham; and by the principal medicine vendors in every other town in the kingdom. CORNS. DICKER'S OPIATE CORN PLASTER, for the removal of Corns, Bunions, and all hard fleshy sub- stances on the feet. It is admitted by the thousands who have tried it, and the most sceptical, to be the only remedy ever offered to public notice; it acts both as an opiate and solvent, by relieving the most excruciating pain, and gradu- ally dissolving the callous or horny substance. Prepared only and sold by WM. DICKER, chemist, 235, Strand, next door to Temple Bar, London, in boxes Is. 1 Jd each. Sold also by Messrs. J. M. Knott, Wood, Flewitt, and Sliillitoe, High- street, Birmingham ; Harper, Hodgkin- son, and Roberts, Warwick; Stanley, and Newby, Lea- mington; where likewise can be procured DICKER'S Pi ROM ATIC ESSENCE, an instant relief for the Tooth Ache, in bottles Is. l^ d. each. 4CERTAIN DISEASE PREVENTED by the use of Rowed's Composition, which has been the means of saving thousands from misery and ruin. The Proprietois of this invaluable discovery, receive daily testi- monials of its efficacy, and transcendent qualities in resisting a disease so destructive to health and happiness— while un- like the mineral poisons administered by many Piactitioners, it tends to prolong life and restore decayed nature. It is sold by all respectable Medicine Vendors, for the use of both sexes, at 2s. 9d. per box, ( duty included) with copious directions, which, if attended to, will prevent the unhappy events too often arising from indiscriminate pleasure. Sold wholesale and retail by Rowed aud Co., at their Patent Medicine Warehouse, 64, Farrlngdon- street, Lon- don. 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 ol breathing, huskiness, and unpleasant tickling in the throat, night coagh, 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 loiijj, 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, 1835. Dear Sir,— The cough medicine you sent me is certainly a most surprising remedy; six days ago I 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, and 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 nauseous, and, as they all proved, useless drugs. The agreeable flavour of the medicine is a great recommendation: I think you ought to put it up and sell it to the 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 I am what the world styles an idle man, you may enlist me in your service in any way that you think would be useful. But I should advise you to Elace the management in the bands of one of the great medicine ouses in London. Hannay's, in Oxford street, are being advertised in all the papers here, as wholesale agents for Ramsbottom's Com Solvent, which, by the bye, my girls all Bay is really a cure, and many other medicines. I should say this would be a very good house, Oxford street being one of the most public situations in Lon. don. All join me in kind remembrance to yourself and Mrs. M. Believe me, yours, very truly, T. Mulreaddy, Esq. ROBERT GRANT. Birkenhead, Jan. ,1835. Dear Sir,— 1The bottle of Medicine you left for me the other day has greatly relieved the wheezing I have been so long subject to; and I do not now find the cold produce the sensation it used previous to taking your medicine ; it used formerly to nip me on going out, and I seemed as though I had a string run through my body, and the breastandbaekbonesweredrawn 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. Liverpool, Dec., 1834. My dear Sir,— You most assuredly deserve the thanks of society for presenting it with such an invaluable cure for Coughs. For years past, during the winter mouths, and aiways on foggy days, have I heretofore been compelled to confine myself a close and soli- tary prisoner in my library, to pre vent 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- vessel. 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 partof my life, and I now believe that 1 was then perfectly cured— a cure not to have beenexpocted at my advanced age, 8C 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 lugged out of your retirement, aud compelled to provide it in quantities equal to the boundless waters; aud you may rely upon it, that I, a locomotive proof of its wonderful power, will 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 share of your bounty, aud I myself uow apply for the first, trusting that your goodness will not suffer you to refuse me a pretty considerablequantity, 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. Mr. Mulreaddy begs to observe, that to publish copies o' the 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, tha' upon trial of his Cough Elixir, it will give itself the bes' 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- blevendorofmedicines in bottles at Is. l^ d. each. ( g^* Purchasers should observe that it is wrapped up in white paper, on which, in a blue label with white letters, are printed the words,— Mulreaddy's Cough Elixir, pre- pared by Thomas Mulreaddy, Liverpool, and sold by his ap- pointment at Hannay and Co.' s, Patent Medicine Ware- house, 63, Oxford- street, London. Price Is. l^ d. and 4s. 6d. Sold wholesale and retail by HANNAY and Co., 63 Oxford street, London, wholesale Patent Medicine Ven- dors 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. Sold by appointment by Wood, High- street; R. Mat- thison, 71, Edgbaston- street; Hodgetts, Spiceal- street; Watts, Snowhill; Guest, Steelhouse- lane ; and by the principal patent medicine vendors in every other town in the kingdom. OLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. • J Cure of rheumatism of forty years' standing, at Malms- bury, Wilts. To Mr. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Sia,— I feel that I am performing a duty, to acknowledge publicly the very great benefit which I have derived from taking BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, after having been afflicted with rheu matism in my left hip, thigh, shoulders, head, and arms, for forty years- for a long period the pain was so great that I frequently started up in bed— in fact, for seven years before taking BLAIR'S PILLS, I had little or no rest, night or day, although 1 had the best medical advice, both in aud out of the army. I now am happy to say that I am free from this painful disease, and have been so for three months. These pills were recommended to me by my brother in Bath, who has been cured by them of gout or rheumatism of long standing, and advised me to lose no time in applying for them to your agent, Mr. Walker, druggist, Malmsbury, which 1 did, and after taking five boxes am completely cured. Witness my hand this 22nd February, 1838. HENRY WILKINSON, Upwards of seveuteen years of the Royal Marines. Mr. Walker, chemist, Malmsbury, will testify respecting the authenticity of this letter. The above is another proof of the great efficacy of this excellent medicine, which has called forth the grateful thanks and approbation of all classes of society. From many of the highest branches of the nobility to the poorest peasant, they have happily been the means of giving a de- gree of health and comfort, which, in most cases, have not been enjoyed for years; they effectually relieve the most acute fit of gout in a few hours, and seldom fail to enable the patient to resume his usual avocation in two or three days, and if taken on the first symptoms, the patient is frequently left in doubt as to the reality of the attack. And there is another most important effect belonging to this medicine— that it prevents the disease flying to the brain, stomach, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appointment at Birmingham, by Shillitoe, Wood, Collins and Co., Edwards, Flewitt, Sumner and Co., Smith, Suf- field, Gazette and Advertiser offices; Dudley, Morris, Tur- ner and Hoilier; Wolverhampton, Mander and Co., Simpson; Atherstone, Davis; Walsall, Valentine and Co. ; Kidderminstej, Pennell; Lichfield, Morgan ; Bewd- ley, Morris; Westbromwich, Shillitoe; Shiffnall, Harding; Bromsgrove, Maund; Warwick, Bayley, Harper, Hodg- kinson, Roberts; Bridgnorth, Nicholas; Coventry, Wileys and Brown, Merridew, Uollason, Loveitt; and all respect- able medicine vendors throughout the kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," impressed on the government stamp, affixed to each box of the genuine medicine. THEONLYCURE FOR CORNS AND BUNIONS. t> AMSBOTTOM'S CORN and BUNION SOL- VENT. By the use of this valuable remedy imme- diate relief from pain is obtained, and by its successive application for ashortperiod, the mostobstinate Corns are entirelyremoved without recourseto the dangerous opera- tions of cutting or filing. The proprietorpledgeshimself that it does not contain caustic or anyotherarticlethat will inflame the skin; being white it will not stain the stocking; and the advantage it has over plaister is mani- fest, and fullyappreciated, as the very high recommenda- tion bestowed upon it by everyindividual that has used it testifies. Price Is. Ijd. and 2s. The various counterfeits that are attemptedto be im- posed upon the public in lieu of this invaluable remedy, render it imperatively necessary for purchasers to ask for S. Ra nsbottom'sCom 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 ofthe proprietor's wholesaleagents. 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 s Birmingham paper, I was induced to purchasefrom 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. 1 havesince re- commended it to many of myfriends. You are at liberty to make any use you please of thiscommunication.— Your obedient servant, Birmingham, August 6,1836. JOHN WINFIELD. Mr. Phipp, of Westbourn. road, Paddiugton- green, writes he had been so severe a sufferer from corns, as to be quite a cripple, requir- ing the aid of two sticks to walk with, for many months, until he was recommended to try Ramsbottom's Corn Solvent, which entirely cured him, and that be has not been troubled with them since, and will be most happy to answer any personal enquiries as to its effi- cacy. ALSO FROM DR. GITENVILLE. Dr. Grenville presents his compliments to Messrs. Hannay and Co., and begs to add his testimony ( publicly) to the efficacy of Rams bottom's Corn Solvent, which he purchased at their shop, when in London last season : it completely answers the purpose, the danger possible to arise by cutting them too deep is avoided, and it is far more agreeable than plaister. Sold by appointment by W. Wood, High- street,; R. Matthison, 71, Edgbaston- street; Hodgetts, Spiceal- street; Watts, Snowhill; and Guest, Steelhouse- lane; and by the principal patent medicine vendors in every other town in the kingdom. A THE A TISE on every Stage and Symptom of a Certain Complaint, is just published by MESSRS. PERRY and Co., Surgeons, who may be personally consulted, on all cases of secrecy, 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 4, BALE STREET, near St. Peter's Church, MANCHESTER; and country pati- ents requiring their assistance, by making only one personal visit, will receive such advice that will enable them to ob- tain a permanent and effectual cure, after all other means have failed; and with each box of PERltY'S PURIFY- ING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d. and lis., will receive gratis the TREATISE ON VENEREAL and SYPHILITIC DISEASES, with observations on se- minal weakness, and the deplorable consequences resulting from the use of mercury, containing plain and practical directions for the speedy and effectual cure of all degrees of the above complaints. Where an earlj application is made for the cure of a certain disorder, frequently contracted in a moment of in- ebriety, the eradication is generally completed in a few days, and in the more advanced and inveterate stages of venereal infection, characterised by a variety of painful and dis- tressing symptoms, a perseverance in their plan, ( without restraint in diet or exercise) will insure to the patient a per- manent and radical cure. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall victims to this disease, owing to the uuskilfulness of illiterate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison— mercury, ruin the con- stitution, cause ulcerations, blotches on the head, face, and body, dimness of sight, noise in the ears, deafness, obsti- nate gleets, nodes on the shin bones, ulcerated sore throats, diseased nose, with nocturnal pains in the head and limbs, till at length a geneial debility and decay of the constitution ensues, and melancholy death puts a period to their dreadful sufferings. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9.1. aud lis. a box, are well known as a certain and effec- tual remedy for every stage and symptom of the venereal disease, without confinement, loss of time, or hindrance from business; they have effected many surprising cures, not only in recent gonorrhoea and simple cases, but when salivation and all other means have failed. Messrs. Perry and Co., 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 the necessity of renouncing the felicities of mar- riage, to those who have given way to this delusive and de- structive habit, but weaken and destroy all the bodily senses, producing melancholy, deficiency, and a numerous train of nervous affections. In this distressing state, whether the consequence of such baneful habits orany other cause, their mild mode of treatment will effect a speedy restoration to sound and vigorous health; and to those whose constitu- tions have become enfeebled, in consequence of improper treatment, or the venereal virus not being entirely rooted from their system, as well as from the dreadful effects of mercury, or from secondary symptoms of the venereal disease, including strictures, gleets, and all urethral dis- charges, their medicine will be found a most safe and inva- luable remedy. Messrs. PERRY may be personally consulted from nine in the morning till ten at night, and will give advice to persons taking the above, or any other of their prepara- tions, without a fee. Attendance on Sundays from nine till two, at No. 4, Great Charles- street, Birmingham; where their medicines can only be obtained, as no Book- seller, Druggist, or any other Medicine Vendor is supplied with them. , Country letters, ( post paid) containing a remittance for medicine, will be immediately answered. Printed and publishe by FRANCIS BASSETSHENSTONI FLINDELL, of Lee Mount, in the parish of Edgbaston, at 38, New- street, Birmingham, where letters for the Editor maybe addressed, and where Advertisements 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, Sept. , 29,1838.