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      " ^ hat Jnrsr you ( To a tea-table to ^ m it fit to eat 1 Give it np ! Why , tike away the tea ( T ) , and then it becomes eatable ! A Bilious Attack .. — "Too much We in my stomach , as the teakettle said when hanging over a hot fire . Sir Johs Barletcors is a stoat knight , but a ^ icjied and cunning knave , and does much mischief before men are aware of him . The Latest Case of absence of mind is that of a ceo * , at one of our largest hcr-els , who spitted herself instead of a turkey , and did jot discover her mistake tnl ah * was well basted—New York Paper . Is proof of the Queen ' s predilection for everything foreign , it is alleged that she has of bite forbidden even ihe use of her mother ? ' sj-longue in the Palace , and the intended " remove " of . the Duchess € > f Kent is thought to cod firm the fact .

      It IS highly gratifying to Prince Albert to be tssared that , from the " skill he evinced the other day in criving four : n hand , he will in time mak * a tolerable coachman . This , at all events , will bf f omathing vo engrave on the tablet of the juvenile Field Marshal .

      THE ADJOCBNJtEST . The Paruakest ' s udjourned for the recess , A circumsisJice to gladden mneh the nation—Less mischief wiH be hatched , we must confess , Since the foul thius ' s relea-sed from incubation . ' MnsorKXE in the first instance excused himself from being present a *» ; he " meet" on Monday , at Ascot , on the grouuu that he had no desire whatever to witness a " turn out / ' On the Queen , howler , assuring him that there was not the " least danger , " he consented to make one in the holiday cavalcade .

      Captais Hkaviside b .-ing asked why he preferred thrashing to kicking ihe learned seaucer of his wile , very aptly resp .-nded , that a person who had acted in so hardened a manner mi ^ ht be considered as u bomb proof . ' " Reb Majesty wishes it carefully to be underrtood that the proposed removal of the Duchess to Belgrave-square , proceeds from no want of filial Kffevtton on lier t > art ; j-he merely .-wishes her refcpecjed n-i . 'orma to ktep her distance—nothing -snore . ANTICIPA- " TOKT" EPITAPH . The follow i :: ^ , siigady . altered from an ancient epitaph on au obscure rascal , is so applicable to the rotorious " Hanoverian , " that iu ail probability i ; frill be adopted as his mortuary panegyric .- — The Lord is pleased when man doth cease from

      , The Devii is pleased when he a son ! doth win , Mankind is pleased wh ene ' er a villain dies r They all are pleased , siuce here grim Ernest Iie 3 . The cause op ladies' teeth decaying at so much earlier a st-dge of life than those of the other stx is sometimes attributed to the friction of the tonjrae iipon them . But , according to XheHertford Courier , it is owing to the sweetness of their lip > , as it is a well known fact that sweet things rot the teeth . The fibst paper published in the United Star-s was the Boston Neics Letter ; the second , the Nns England CouranL There are now published -i » l weeklies , 39 semi-weeklies , U tri-wteklies , and Iu 6 dailies .

      Robeet Bitrxs served as a volunteer , and orjee when the corps were exercising in firing , after a Jew bad discharges , the Capiain asked , " is this your erratic genras , Mr . Burns , that is spoiling our fire !" " It can ' t be nw , Captain , " said Burns , " for Jo-Jk ye . I ' ve-forgot my flint . " Ladies of Caxton . —The complexien of the ladies is exceedisgl j fair , their hair of the finest black , dressed up with gold and silver bodkins , adorned ¦ with flowers . Their shape is exquisitely fine , and their dress the m >> st becoming , natural , easy , and splendid , of any you ever saw .

      - THE DOCTOS AXD THE tADY . * In Lardner ' a desk was found a considerable quantity of valuable property belonging to the injured husband . "— Brighton paper . a , love , " he cried , bright are thine eyes , En ^ u ^ hto luxe ev * u saints to do ills j But core than ev ' n their rays / prize , . The brightness of thy husband ' s jeweli " Bctsdett , even to tais day , denies that "he has tunica his coat" with respect to his political opinions . As the " faded baronet" describes it , he was merely * laughing in bis sleeve" at those who were foois enough to unit him . The distinction is ob-¦ n otiz , though of very little importance .

      It -was am act of humasitt that led Captain Heariside to remove the spectacles from the nose of Dr . Lardnar , before he commenced beating him . The Doctor , it is well known , has not good eyes , and in ; no transaction of his life has he appeared &o short-sighted as in M 3 recent disgraceful elopement with Mrs . Heaviside . The Young Midshipmas a * d Miss Mbllo >\—When she was plajing Canstantia iu * he Chances , at Plymonth , and on her Baying , ** Now , if any young fellow would take a liking to me , and make an

      honest woman of me , I'd make him the be-t wife iu the Trorlri f a yonng midshipnran , who was . sitting athwart the boxes , called out with an oath , in great rapture , " I -will land I ' ve two years' pay to receive next Friday I "—Memoirs of the Duchess of St . Albans . Lrxnuocs and polished life , without a true senre for the beamilul , the good and the great , is far more barren and sad to see than that of the ignorant and bnnaloed . Even i& a mere wilderness would he less dreary to traverse than a succession of faim > and gardens , diligently and expensively cultivated , to produce no crops but weeds .

      Stbasge Taste . —When the Czar Peter was in this country , in the 17 ; h century , for tne purpose of learning ship-building , he occupied Sayts-court , near the King ' s dock-yard , at Deptford , where or ., of his favourite recreations -used to be to "demolish the beautiful holly hedges , by riding through them in a whsf 1-barrow ; and for the damages so occasioned to the proprietor , the celebrated Jf > hn Evelyn , the government at the time paid him £ 150 .

      THE GERMA 5 S TUMBLE . Two thing 3 so hard did Providence create"No blow , no shock can find their breaking part , ( I judge by Albert ' s fail , aud Flora ' s fate)—A Cobnrg ' s cranium and his Consort ' s heart . Cehf . mont . —It is the etiquette of Cambridge and Oxford th-t ; : o jreutlernaa spi-aks to another uul ; s he has be-. ni fo--m » ily introJnced tj him ; and a Ei-ory i :- toid of a .-tudeiit ' s refusing to assist ^ riotiitr who had l > e-: n r , p > et in a boat npon the Cam . and Etruggl-Dg to reach the bank , beeause he had no : the honour of being acquainted with him . " The SciPHtra question must almost necessarily haTe a warlike tcimiuation . A commodity which forms po wwerfal an iugrrdient in the composition of gun . oowdrr , is casiiy capable of passing from the inflaniBiiitur } siui ; .- » oabsolute explosion . Thelatter is evidentl y n-j : fir ilistaut .

      A DangeivOi'S 1 rese > tatiox . —Mrs . Ery having been presf ui-cd ~ o ihe Queen by the ilarquis of Kormafeby , the Bishop of Exeter , it is unQer 3 tood , is reading all the writings ef the Society of Friendi ; , from the times of George iox down to the present day , that he may be enabled to prove this presentation a heavy blow and gmit discouragement to ( hi Established Church . —Gaieihead Obiercer . A Jamaica Legislator . —A bill being brought into the House of Assembly of Jamaica Jor regulating wharfingers , Mr . Paul Phipps , a distiuguished member , said , " Mr . Speaker , 1 very much approve of the bill . The wharfixgers are all * a set of knaves . I Was one mvself for ten years . "

      Durham Sessions . —M the sessions in Durhain , a clock was produced in evidence . " Pray , ' said Mr . Counsellor John .-on , m cross-examining vhe pro > ecutor . ;— " Pray , Sir , how do . you identify the clock af your proper jy V * ' I know it , " he replied , " because « n ^ ie face of it there ' s a picture of my wife ' s father on horseback . " " Oh ! said Mr . Johnson ; ' Is it considered a £ ood likeness V "Of conrse , " said-ire prosecutor ' s counsel , Mr . Gracger ; " a striking

      Castereurt , who i 3 somatimes rather sarca .-ric on Bioomhelii ' s mania for heaping np sacred br ; oks and monar , put the following inexplicable conundrum to that excellent prelat-e at the last " Ctrnrcb Ext * n ? ion " dinner : — " if it takes a certain number of years to build a dozen new churche ? -, how- lon >; irill ii take to fill vhe oid cne ^ V Never was bishop so complexly bothered , arid , as may be conceived , Canterbury was q \ iite " np in bis ttirrups- " on the occasion .

      Thb Picagune tells U 3 that an editor of a newspaper in Virginia recently received a note from a distant subscriber , nearly as foUows : — " Sir—you will plea&e discontmne my paper at the expiration of the year ,-as 1 do net find in it that species of information 1 was anxious ty obtain when I subscribed . I h * Te looked over it carefully lor six months for the de » th-of some individual I wnaacquainted with , but as yet not a single soul I cored for has dropped off . Yoo will therefore please have my name erased . "

      Wh £ S Psisce Albkkt ' s horse started off on hiw « y . to the hunt on Monday , the course of the affrighted animal was watchea with intense interest by the gentlemen accompanying the Prince ^ o the fieM , but when Albert fdl , an exclamation of apprehension proceeded from all present . Colonel Grey was the fir ? t tip to render assistance , and on being appealed to by the others as to whether the Prince was hurt , he replied , " No-fccAi / y his Royal Hirhne £ 3 pitched upon , his head !"

      A ccBiors case is about to be pleaded before the Tribunal of Commerce at Bordeaux . A person of that city gave a promissory note , pavaWe at sight . Whea it i ? is presetited the debtor had an enormous pair of green spectacles on hk no ^ e ; and , having informed ihe kuissier tbat his eight waeTerybad asked bim the nature of tlie bQl . The hnissier replied that-it rras payable at sight . " In that case , " said Uw debtor , I caniot pay it until my eyes get better ; for I do not seo h t" The holder « the bill iio ^ being satisfied with this view of the question , kas ccnmieticed bis action . \

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      OPIUM TRADE . —WAR WITH CEXMA . A public meeting took place en Friday at the Freemasons * Tavern , Great Queen-street , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament against the Opium War with China . The H&U was crowded shortly after twelve o'clock ( the hour fixed for the commencement of thy proceedings ) , and there were a large number of lad . es preseEt-At a quarter past twelve , on the motion of Mr . Sydxey Taylob . seconded by Joseph Stuhge . the Hi ^ bt Hon . the Earl of Stanhope was called to the chair amidst loud cheers . The Chairman said he considered it a distinguished honour to be called to the chair of a meeting assembled for a purpo-e which was most important t <> all who V . ad a " , heart the honL-ur and interest of Britain . He nl-OFnm TRASC-WAa WLTa CHINA .

      lowed no decantion of war had been issued a ^ a nst the Gov ^ nnimt of China—orders , however , had bten issued for the detention o : trailing vessels , and we were n > w eDgage ^ l in hostilities with an empire the most peaceable , un < l also the most populous , ¦ which haJ ever existed either in ancient or modern times : with an empire which had maintained with us relnti . ns of prace for more than two centuries ; with an empire With which we ha-1 carried on commerce , useful anu benefiu . il to ourseiTee , ami supplying us with an articli' that has become from hab-. t one of the necessaries of life to all clashes of the population . We were engaged in war trith an empire , tbe tride of which yielaa ue less than four millions sterling in revenue , and employed thousands of seamen , as Well as capital

      ainount-ng to ten mil iocs . Under those circumstances , ; t behoved us to consider whr . t was the or gin of this w ^ r thus unexpectedly Coiumeu-ed . iHvur . hear . ) Whether that war could be justified on . that principle on which alone vr . ir , nnder any circumsUnce * , could be toleratt-d—of iis bxing ntcessary for self defence . i Hear , hear he ; . r . > it behoveil us al . ° o to consider ¦ whether , in The proce-dinas which had produced thai calamity , - ? re hai acu d upon tfcat principle wi ich vrns solemnly im hressni upon us by tlie religion we all v rufessed , of *• doing to othtrs as we would they should do v , nto u < . " \! i : it . lie-vr , hvaT . i It wsj their bourid u duty to expres > : he : r opinions frct-ly ^ md fuliy upon the su'ject , as tn-c-iine linglisbnu )! , vritli the liberties t . ey eu joyed . It » ould uot b « nwessa .-v

      for him to enter int ' i a length- i : e > i exmiiEati . n of those papers ¦ wridch ha : i »* n pr > - « iit ^ - « . l to P .. rlianv ^ nt up . > n th- subject , an-i which , although they contained much extraneous and irrelevant ius . ; ter , omitted mudi of great importance to the qur ^ tion , and several documents which * ought to bave been f-jriiL = htd by the O > - Ternmeut- ^ t home . It was the less requisite for him to go at grea ; length into the subject , because it was hb firm rs ^ olve , triUiin a ftw days after the le-assembling of Parliaonent , to bring th ; s subject fully before the coniidesv . tion of the House of Lor ^ t - ii-ar , hear )—not witti any p : irty views , for be waa . as they well tnew , a ' . ttvether u ^ cor . nect < Kl with aay politic * parly—but wiih a view of preventing , by an audre .-a ; o i . er Mr . jestv , the introduction of Opium into OUina , by

      any of her Majtsty ' s subjects , and thus esuib . ish t ! . a principle on which aioue we could ever hope to restore th . it peaceful and beneficial intercourse wiixh formerly exbted with that t-mpire . When t ! at d : scu » si « n took place he would demouEtrate satirfactorily to every impart'al and intelligent i > ert > on , fiom the evidence of Captain Elliot hinu-eif , tkut although there may have been in that country as in this , instances of venality and corruption , ( although he was aware smuggling could not he carried on iu this country at all , or , at least , to a threat , extent , if all those tntruiteJ with the adminisirctiun uf the laws performed their dutyv . although such may havu been t .. e case in China , he would prove there was no connivance vrhatevtr on the part of the CLiiuse Government H would prove that

      for several years the Chinese Government bad mado the strongest remonstrances against the continuance of the trade - tLat repeated warnings had been given over and over again—that ttie Brif . bh Superintendent had be-n called upon to scKd away from tue coast ;! of Cuina vessels lying upon the coasts , not with any view of prosecuting vo \ agea , but solely for the purpose of rec-jving a poisonous drug , strongly prol . ibned by the Ch . ntse iav » s . nnd introducing ii surreptitiously into tbat empire . Bui it hud been sa ; d the Chinese violate 1 th *^ law of nations by confiscating this drug , and by the imprisonment , as it was called , of British subjects a- ^ d the officers of the Brit sh fa-tories . He beg ^ -M tl . eui to remem ^ e ? t e potion in which -he w . ud aot Bdj the Ch'cese ( iovcrnraent—i > ut any iudi . ' -

      ptndent Goveniment , w uld be placed , when it fcu > : d its orders were resisted—its powers d-. fu .-il—its "warn ing 3 d sreg-rded—no attention paid to its mandate—no regard shown to the health . happiness , or the lires ef it ? subjects . Was it manly , because a nation z \ fused to tanrkle with those who trampled upon it , and to say " lrt-t your wi !] be dune , ire submit to injustice , "' or if it did proceed to avenge the wro . g . he askod them to judge of their conduci by the Chinese or English lawtake -which thry -woulvi . Now , it hiid been said the Chinese prod :- d ngn wore unjust , because their law enforcing the punishment of death upon ttose who dealt in opium was of recent origiji , aud retrospective operatiou ; but whether this were the case or not . did not in the ltast aff--ct the sgrrem-jit , Dccaitse they knew , by

      an oid memorial of one of the Chinesa Ministeisto the Emperor , that the punishment awwded even then , according to the law of the country to those wlio dealt in opium , was ' enslavement to the military at a d . stant country . " He would nut urgue—it would be but arguing that which to nnversaily admitted , and could not be denied—that every man owed implicit obedience to the laws of any f-reign country iu which be resided . He went farther , and said ; , e owtd a greater obedience to the iaws of tha : country than his ovra , oecucue he was not a citizen of that State . 1 hen he would suppose the Chinese had acted upon their own law with respect to U : at act of wuagtiejs who lived at Canton , ana carried on a trade ki . o « m to bt contraband , iu open defiance of the lvws of tee Chinese empire . Accordingly

      if that law had been executed against them , tn » y would have been marched to the confines of Tartiry . there to underg * the punishment of " enslavement to the military . " Again , if thty w , re judged by the English law upon the subject , if thi-y referred to a recent Act , cil . ed ¦• An Act fjt the prevsnuon of smuggling , " they would find that any person harbouring , or who concurred or assisted in h-irbooring , keeping , or the nanspoi-. at-. f . n of contrabind articles , wai to forfeit ti . rce times tLeir vaiue . so if that ; &w were actcil up ^ n in Ohina , the smugglers in queitim ( f-. r be would uot I ' . is ^ raee the uame of British merchants !> j applying it t ti . i'Tni , they would h 3 ve furfeiUU not the opium itsali , bat thre- ? times its imount . But that was not all . if thev looko < l at

      another clause , V . ^ y found thai any ships ionnd w . tiiin a 3 ,. ort distance ef tho coast , hovering about , not prosecuting voyages , were conAscaUd , and not only the siiip bnt tne ca . rg . tta a ' . j > o- And h « bepged tLem aL « o to b ^ r ii > luind that mos t sacred rule inculcated by the Christian leiigi . n , Da uuto otners as you wiml >! tney should do vlm- ' j you . " And snppoiu , if it w-rc possible to im . ginti a parallel case in this country under the present system of fret trade , as it waa calle . i , that any article should be prohibited in this cuuntiy as opium was in China , its known effect in deba = iDg und depraving the character , demoralising the conduct , in destroying the health , the strength , the happiness , and lives of tae countless millions in China . Suppose uwt with respect to an article , the use of which in

      itself was innocent , and of which the introduction could only have the effect—an effect to ba much deprocated—of throwing our own artisans out of employmenu In such a case , ltt them suppose th . it a number of French merchant ships should bj ly . ng for years at Margate , not conttuninij , or attempting " to continue , their voyages , but remaining there for the sole purpose uf receiving the contraband Erticle , and sending it ashore as opportunity migh : offer . If there should be found living in this metropolis a number of French smugglers , giving orders on payment of money for the delivery of thr prohibited article at Margate . Would such a state of things be tolerated for oue moment in tbis country ? ( Heir , and cheers . ! Or if the ships should have b = en driven away from the c > -art bv force

      of arms , and the smuggling . merchauts proceeded against in the courts of justice , w « dld the French Government venture to ask for compensation ? or if any king or minister of France should be found frantic enough to entertain such an idea , or bold enough to attempt to execute it , would there not be , from one extremity of the country to tne other , even among thoao who were the most peacea-biy inclined—those who like himself deprecated war as one of tiie grtottit calaiuities that could befal the human » ca—jchtrs , —as a state of things always to be avoided if possible , and the most atrocious and iniquitous , ii unjustly carried on—( chcera > one cry of war in defence of our national rijnts ( Hear , hear , and cheering . ; The Chinese nation had not aa ytt called for war , but they might be

      ultimateiy gilded into resistance . It was with the greatest astonishment that he had heard tbe declaration made in the Honse of Commons by the Secretary of State for the Colonies , who , when asked the cause of the armament tent to China , and asked for a reason for its justification , said that its objects were—1 . To ask indemnity for the opium seized ; 2 . To demand reparation fur injuries ; and . 3 . That he hoped to establish our comarercial intercourse with China upon a better footing . With respect to indemnity for the opium seized , he could hardly think that the Noble Lord could have read the dfcspatch s > l h » noble colleague , the Secretary for Foreign AfEurs , on tbat subject Long before the confiscation of tiie opium took place , that . Noble Lord had stated in his despatch that those who violated the laws of China must suffer themselves the loss which must accrue . Could that be urged as a reason for the commencement of hostilities ? Besides , this

      confiscation had even been of benefit to the opium holders , as it had greatly increased the price of the article , and facilitated the trade , which , owing to the increased rigour and vigour of tie Chinese Government , had been almost ortirignishei " . He would ask , what had become of the honour of British merchants , which had hitherto been so celebrated in every quarttr of the world ? It had never fallen into such a state of disgrace and degradation & 3 that into which it bad now fallen . Eow was it reduced , when British merchants , after having given a solemn pledge in writing to abstain from the introduction of opium into the Chinese empire , in the course of tbe same year are now carrying along the whole extent of the east coast of China the introduction of this same opium , in vessels equipped and armed . foT the purpose of war , in order to effect by force that which they might be unable to effect by fraud—queers)— compelling the authorities of the Chi-

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      nese empire to hsnre receurse to coercion to prevent this importation . Those who engaged in an unrighteous war did that which was detestable in the sight of God and man—( eheers )—and would have to enswer to their Creator for the iniquities they inflicted on their fellew-creatmes . ( Cheers . ) He would not presume to give an opinion as to tlio progress of tbe war or Its probable consequences—whether or not we might be able to contend successfully against a population of nearly four hundred millions of human brings . It was true , we might burn the towns and villages on their coasts ; it wai true we might murder their unoffending inhabitants , for murder it would be —( cheers )—of the most ptac-ful , industrious , intelligent , and ingenious peo . pie in the world ; we uiicht slaughter the unoffendnese empire to haro receurse to coercion to prevent

      ing Chicese ^—we might capture , according to the provisions of the order in Council , their junks and trading vessels ; the progress might be marked by bloo . l and fire , but he did not think that success would be more certain for these things . ( Cheers . ) With regard to the third object , that of placing our commercial intercourse "with tbe Chinese on a more secure footing , would that be more likely to be accomplished by having our name execrafed . ( Load cheers . ) We might talk as we pleased of our superior enlightenment , but we showed ourselves by our conduct to be nothing less than pirates . ( Cheers . ) Our trade would be injur- d . Wo could not attempt to enforce our blockade without being resisted by America . He would put this alternative , from which the ; -e was no escape . In

      blockading Canton , the blockade would either bo acknowledged by the Ameriians , or it would not . If t ' : ( -y did , what was to become of our trade in tea and silk , paying upwards of four millions annually to our revenue , employing a capital of tun millions , and hund : tds of thou . N . inds of our seamen . If they did not , we must cither ensent to this non-recognition or not . If w .- did not consent , arid attempted to enforce this bluck ; ide in spite of America , we should bn exposed to a war with a nation -with which our commercial intercourse was mo . st extensive ami important , a nation , the navy of which was bc . ter prepared , and more fjrindabie thnn ours . If we consentL-d to the nonncoinition of the blockade on the part of America , and suffered their trade with the Chinese , tho result would

      : * , tLat the whole trade of the country would pass into thehmdsof the Americans . He heard much of reparation fur injuries . Now the Chinese had suffered from vis the most irreparable injuries ; but it was said that our Representatives had sufferrd indignity and imprisonment at Canton . Why , he had forced himself there . He had gone up to Canton in Spite of tbe positive orders of the Commissioners , and in spite of every effort maiie to prevent him . The British merchants were imprisoned at Canton , in order to inve-fcuate their conduct , and the British t > upi-rintendent had ehosen to join them . Thb detention , howover , could not be considered as an imprisonment It did not appear from the whole coarse of the correspondence that he had ever app . ied

      to leave CanUm snd been reiused . But it was said tho innocent were made to suffer with the guilty . Ho should like to know of thuse detained how many were r < -a ly innocent . ( Cheers . ) He knew thut there were a few most bonour ; ib : t ! ex «; ept'on 9 among the British inhabitants of Cantun , to whom all praise was due , because they lived in the midst of contagion and bad example . The detention had "» ten gentral preparatory to inquiry—there was no exception mado , but he hud yet to learn that , ou the part of the guiitless persons , there had been any demand for reparation -whatever . The Americans , who bad acted with scrupulous good faith , and had i < hown also much good sense and judgment , had continued to enjoy all the advantages of the trade . Then it was ur » red against the Chinese

      Government , that they had proceeded hastily . Those who slid so had surtly forgotten the violent attack and the or . trages that had bten committed on the defenceless inhabitants of China—some of whom had been murdered ; and when repeated remonstrances had been made by the Chinese authorities to Captain Elliot , he had declared himself unable to find out the murdertr . ( Cheers . ) There could bo no doubt that Captain Elliot , if the murderer had been found , wuuld have treated him according to tho laws of his country ; but then the question was whether he adopted the proper course to do so . It was his duty to have called upon the Cliinese to see if they could not identiiy the murderer . No such course was adopted , aud then we complained against China because she retaliated upon us for the

      number * . ss miseries we had caused , and the pestilence and death which we had carried to her shores by the trade we ha I cairi-d on with lu r in opium . No nation thathivdthe least regard for its own d ' gnity , orthat which was far more , the h . alth , and happiness , and prosperity of its subjects , couM possibly bav « delayed long-r resenting that conduct which had been pursued by the nierchai . ts of this country towards the people of China . It was the duty of tvery person in this country , if he would obey the Laws of God and man , to raiae up his voice and petition the Legislature for an equitable and picific arrangement of the differences of this country with the Chinese . Look at what had betn the result of the introduction of opium into Assam ; there all the prospects of the country had been biasted , and the great

      expectations enurtained of her put an end to . Look at another view of the subject—look at the infamy this country was bringing upon itself if they sanctioned the continuance of n coursi which was unapproveil of by an independent State , because it was the means of the destruction of the moral aud lives of its hitherto innocent people ( Loud cheers . ) Look at what had hitherto tak-n place , and which might hereafter occur . The propagation of Chiistianity had been retarded—in v . iin bad the Bible Society sent out large numbers of Bibles into that country , translated into its language , for tho purposo of disseminating the Christian religion there . In vain did their missionaries destroy their health and livea in this great wcrk . In vtvin did they attempt to imitate the example of the first apostles , and induce

      all to look up to the religion of Jesus . ( Cheers . ) In vain did they attempt all this ; their exertions were rendered useless by the injustice of this country . He would suppose the instance of a Chinese youth being addressed by ono of the society ' s missionaries , who was endeavouring to terxh him the beauties uf the Christiun religion . The intelligent y ^ nth wuud , doubtUsi , feel the force o ; a good deal that was said , but then he would recollect tho ills that had been inflicted upon his couutvy by the countrymen of tbe man who was talking to h . m , ami he would raise up his eye . s and exclaim , " Lord , how great thy mercies are . in allowing men to live who speak so well and act so ill . " ( Gnat cheering . ) He would think that the Missionaries were nothing more than cmtinghypocrites

      when they talked of the beauties of their religion , and were , i . t the same time , carrying death and ruin into the kingdom they were pretending to Christianize—( cheers (—because its benevolent Emperor was determined to prevent the introduction of poison into his dominions . He ( Lord Stanhope , felt btrotigly on this subject , and he spoke , as the Chairman of aToUI Abstinence Society , and he could assure those present , that when the subject of the opium trade was brought forward in the House of Lords , be vrould be found at his post , if he stood alone there , or in this great metropolis , fully and fearlessly to argue against the pernicious effects of

      the course this country was adopting . The Noble Eurl s jid be could here enter into a variety of details which would , however , now be unnecessary , as they would be brought before the House of Lords . Ho trusted that he had expressed his views upon the subject impartially and consistently . ( Hear , hear . > Ho had , in conclusion , to declare his unqualified approbation of the resolutions to be proposed , which he hoped -would be considered fairiy and dispassionately , and that if ( as lie doubted noli they met with the concurrence of the meeting , petitions funnded u ;> on them would be circulate . ! through all the districts of the metropolis , and numerously and respocUbly signed . ( Cheering . )

      Mr . Sydney Taylor rose , and was received with gre .-. t cheering . He said , the nineteenth century hud been called the age of intellect , and they heard much of its science , its intelligence , and its civilization . WLy , then , in such enlightened times as the present , shonld they uiishcath the sword against tho Emperor of China ? Was it beeause like another Csesar or Napoleon ha wished to carry war and desolation throughout the world . ( - ' No , no . ") No : the Emperor oi China was content with his paternal dominions ; ho ¦ w ished to see the fair garden over whieh he-presided fair and flourishing , und he had bten heard to declare that if he did not put down the opium trade , when he left that world for the next , he would be ashamed to meet the shades of his ancestors . ( Cheers . ) It was

      absurd to suppose that the object of the present meeting was to interfere with the commerce of that country in the legitimate sense of the wor . l . Nothing could be a greater soDhism th > in that Legitimate commerce was tha daughter of peace , and tbe promoter of the humur . zin" arti of civilizatien . It traversed vast seas to link different nations in social intercourse , and like a floating world it carried on its bosom the fruits of peaceful industry to all mankind . In the course of the debate in the Commons it was stated that they sent Bib ' . es and Missionaries to China , and that the opium war might be made the means of facilitating the introduction of Christianity . ( Oh ) A more monstrous proposition we never heard of—instead of Missionaries and Bibles they were to be the bearers to the Chinese of opium and blood . ( Shame . ) It was the very mockery of

      Christianity itself . He admitted that in the dark ages war had been undertaken for the propagation of Christianity ; but there was something of chivalry in these wars , and they had fanatical ignorance for their excuse . The present , however , was a case of sordid and selfish baseness unrelieved by a single generous impulse for the service of humanity . It was not upon the alter of Christianity , but the altar of Mammon , that the torch was lighted to spread the conflagration of war through the dominions of China . ( Hear , hear . ) Let it not be said that England abused the gifts of a beneficent Providence for the promotion of so unholy a traffic , but let them call to mind the suWime maxim which was engraved on an ancient Egyptian momument— " Know all you who exercise power that God hates injustice . " ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Taylor concluded by moving the the first resolution as follows : —

      " That this meeting , whilst it most distinctly disavo-vra any party or political objects , and deptecates most strongly any such construction being put upon its efforts , deeply laments th » t tho moral and religious feeling of the country shonld be outraged , the character of Christianity disgraced in the eyes ef the world , and this kingdom involved in a war with upwards oi three hundred and fifty millions of people , in consequence of British subjects introducing opium into

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      China In direct and known Violation of the laws of that empire . " - Rov . C . Stovel seconded the resolution . After tbe resolution had been put , a gentleman who had frequently interrupted the proceedings , > 8 aid he wished to move an amendment , and upon hii ascending the platform , amid cheers andhlsses , tbe Noble Chairman entreated the meeting to give all persons apatient hearing , and the speakers to abstain from introducing all party politics , and confine themselves strictly to the subject of the resolution . Chira In direct and known Violation of the laws of tbat

      Mr . Hopkins then said he had an amendment to move to the resolution , which was a very short one , and which he thought the majority of the meeting would approve . Ho wished to lay before them a little of the fallacies of the last speaker . When hespoko incorrectly he hoped the meeting would allow of correction . He had said in the resolution that opium was introduced by British subjects . He begged leave to ask him whether a great number of the subjects of other countries did not also introduce it . He totally lenied the fact bo stated , that British ships sailed up to the port of Canton for the purpose of disposing of opium . It was a falsehood—not a single ounce was ever distributed thore by British subjects . He proved this fact to them by stating that the water Would not admit of it . It was not deep enough to admit any other craft than the junks of the country . He did not come there to disturb the meeting , nor did he expect the meeting waa an ex parte one , and now he understood

      the chairman was a peer , he expected perfect disinterestedness in every point He had heard so much matter unconnected with this subject that he thought a word or two might be said respecting it . He came to defend the war with China . It was in no ways connected with trade . Among other fallacies of the last speaker , he said he would much rather be a Chinese than a Briton . He did not think any other person present would say so . For his part he would ever defend his country , not only with his person , as he had done , but in principle , and in argument , and in every way that becamo an Englishman . ( Laughter . ) Did they suppose he Would stand there to run down his country—quite the reverse . ( Hero the speaker , who was frequently interrupted , and whose peculiar pronunciation occasioned much laughter , was compelled by the noise and laughter of the audience to desist . i He therefore moved as an amendment , that the word Chinese be substituted for the word British in the resolution .

      The Chaiuman asked if any gentleman seconded the resolution , when a gentleman stepped upon the platform , aud gave his namo as Mr . Roiiehtson—He said that he should feel himself guilty of an act of moral cowardice if , after hearing the strong terms which had been used in designating the opinions which ho conscientiously held , he were silent There had not been a singlo word said in resptct to the opium question , as it affected the honour , welfare , and moral character of the country , in which lie did not cordially concur . He would deserve to have his tongue blistered if he uttered one word in defence or approbation of a traffic for bringing into China a drug , every dram of which contained a pestilence more fearful than had ever walked in darkness . ( Cheers . )

      Having stated this opinion with regard to the opium trade , why was ho there to move an amendment ? Simply because he contended they were mistaken . He disagreed with them in poiut of fact—he said this was not an opium war . He believed the opium trade had been the unfortunate and melancholy occasion of the war , but it was not the cause of tho war . When he bad first announced that opinion , their Noble Chairman had told him that this was a distinction without a difference . ( Cheers . ) H « would state how it was the oct-asion without being the cause . Wo were not going to fight about opium—we had given it up ; that was his point , and he wished to draw the attention of -the meeting to that point ( Loud cheers . ) He would in tue first place refer to the instructions given to Lord

      Napier . He had been instructed by Lord Palnierston carefully to abstain from any connection with any trade interfering with the laws or customs of the Celestial Empire . How had this been followed up ? It happened that in endeavouring to suppress the opium traffic they took a Chinese who had been engaged in it , and strangled him in front of the foreign factories . The whole of the foreigners rose , and caused a riot . What bad been the conduct of the British Government ? Having carefully read the large Biuo Book , which had been laid before Parliament , and which he was certain had never been read by certain gentlemen who had spoken on this subject that morning , he would challenge any person to point out a singlo passage shewing that thu British Government had ever

      interfered in favour of the opium trade . ( Great cheering ) Lord Palmerston had oent out a strong reprimand , forbidding British subjects interfering with Chinese usages , or from in : ringing in any manner the laws of the Celestial Empire . He would challenge any ono to contradict that fact . Did the British Superintendent mix himself up with the defence of the iniquities of the opium smugglers ? The statement was not true—he had not done so ; on tho contrary , he had issued orders to compel every boat engaged in the opium trade to leave the Canton River . This was iu December , 1838 , In December , 1838 , such an edict was issued by Captain Elliot ; could that , he would u » k , t ) e contradicted ? ( Cheers . ) Further , when the opium traffic had thus been suppressed , so far as the connection of British

      subjects waa concerned , it naturally took another course ; Instead of being a peaceful smuggling traffic , it became a buccaneering one . ( Laughter . ) The thing went on , and all over the coast the smugglers were engaged in their nefarious proceedings , the British merchants having washed their hands of any responsibility . ( Crie 3 of "So , no . '") He would say yes ; for out of the two hundred merchants there the Chinesa admitted only fifteen had been guilty . Now , when the trade was going on in that way , what did Captain Elliofrdo' He expelled all British subjects who were denounced by the Chinuse Government as being concerned in the opium traffic . ( Cries of " No . ") Mr . James Innes waa expelled . That was a strong fact , showing that the British Superintendent was not the

      cause of the opium traffic . ( Hear . ) What then was the cause < f the war ? Let thosa who followed meet that cause ; it had three points , and let them knock down o ;> e of them it they could . The first was reparation for insults —( clKjcrai ; secondly , indemnification for losses ; and , thirdly , for protection lt » r British . subjects ( Cheerj . ) Now he would say a few words on these points . Tlie Chinese Government , in carrying out its exclusive policy , determined that no foreign power eX ' . upt Russia should have any direct communication with its authorities . Ti is state of tilings subsisted fur mauyyejiw ; but it became , in 1834 , an object to our Government to obtain direct communication with the Celestiil Empire . Xhis was refused . It was said to Lord Napier that they would not admit him

      as an equal , and that his letter must be addressed with a mark which showed that he was not so . To this Lord Napier demurred ; and lor this he had every species of insult put upon him . Ho was compelled to leave Cauton , and to go to Macao , where ho died . Captain Elliot succeeded him , aud he signed his letter as required , signifying that he was interior to the Emperor . This was done for peace . Did the Chinese lessen their demands ? No , so far from this , the time came when tho most vigorous means were necessary to put down the opium trade . They told all tho foreigners at Canton that they should neither have food nor water until all the smuggled goods had been delivered up . What were the terms in which that waa done ? Why , when a quarter of it was given up the merchants were to have

      tlie atteudiincu of their servants , food and water . When thrcc-fi .-urths was given us , the trade was to be opened ; and , lastly , when the whole was given up , the trade was to be continued . ( Hear . ) Now , not one of those stipulations had been kept by the Chinese . The trade in t' -a had fresh restrictions put upon it , and instead of British subjects being allowed the same liberties they formerly had , their factories had been made garrisons . This was the state of things m Canton when Captain Elliot took upon himself the responsibility of delivering up the opium , and throwing on the British Government the question whether they wished their suljec « 3 to bo treated in this way . ( Cheera ) The question then assumed other shapes . It happened that a Cliinese subject was in a broil , in which both an

      American and a British seaman was concerned . He met his death and Captain Elliot proposed a joint investigation by tue Chinese and British authorities , for the purpose of detecting his murderer . This the Cbineso Government refused ; but they demanded the production , if m > t ot the murderer , of one that might suffer for him . The Chinese anthorities threatened extermination if an Englishman was not delivered up . The Chinese Admiral requested Captain Smith to remove his ships a little down the river . To this Captain Smith assented , anxious for peace . ( Hear , hear , and cheering . ) But then tho Chinese Admiral endeavoured with twenty-nine war junks to intercept the British frigates . Against this , of course , Captain Smith took an ol jection , and desired their withdrawal . This was refused , and as they continued advancing he nred on , and sunk half-a-dozen . ( Cries of " Served them right , " and much cheering . ) Now those were to be respected , undoubtedly , who objected to war ; their

      bentim , eiits called forth the best and purest of the sympathies of our nature . But the promoters of this meeting should be told that reprisals did not constitute war —( hear)—and no doubt the first proposal by those who conducted the expedition agaiust the Chinese would be for entering into negotiations with the Chiheso Government , and for entering into those diplomatic relations which it had hitlitrto refused , and if * China still was deaf to their pacific and reasonable overtures , the appeal would justly be made to the God of Battles—( cheers)—under whose Providence , as truth and love were the strongest feelings , right and might would ultimately be united . ( Great uproar . ) In conclusion , the worthy gentleman moved an alteration in the amendment , to which , as it stood , he said he would not assent—that alteration being to the effect that the meeting regretted that the opium-war " might have been the unhappy occasion , though not the cause , of reprisals against China . " ( Cheers and laughter . )

      No other person ottering to second the first amendment , the Noble Chairman declared it to be unanimously negatived . Mr . M'Dowall came forward to second the amendment , but he was met with such constant interruptions from various parts of the room , and which were continued notwithstanding the frequent Interference of the Chairman , that not two consecutive sentences of his speech were heard .

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      The patience of the meeting was severely tried by Mr . M'Dowall persisting in his harangue , but tho good temper of the audience was restored by Boatswain Smith , who , with a half dozen of the children of his school , occupied one of the forms in the body of the meeting , exclaiming , "Does th « gentleman ' s mother know he is out ? " Mr . M'Dowall having exhausted himself , retired . Mr . Evans begged to say a few words before the resolution was put . With reference to the statement of the gentleman who had last spoken , that the British Government were entirely innocent of introducing opium too China . He should , however , read to the meeting one or two extracts from a document lately published , which would show that the British Govern-The natience erf th « mnptin * w *« unvowflv -trimi hv M *

      ment were entirely Innocent of the crime of encouraging the smuggling of opium into China , had carried on the ' trade under its patronage , and that application had , in consequence , been made to Parliament to put a stop to the trade ; the result of which was , that Parliament had voted that the trade should be discontinued . The pamphlet to which he alluded , had been written by a gentleman who was well known in that metropolis —Mr . Pryme—and it contained papers and documents of great authority upon the question they were met that day to discuss . He would read for them an extract from a letter received in the month of March last , not written by an Englishman , but by a native Hindoo . Mr Evans here read an extract , the purport of which was , that the Bed Rover and the Sir Edicard Ryan , twu

      vessels , had lately arrived in Calcutta from China , and had both sailed two or three days previously to the date of the letter , the former with 1 , 000 , and the latter with 700 chests of opium onboard , armed to the teeth , and well manned . That they had sailed out of a British port , under the sanction of thu British Government , their av « wed object being to hind and sell their opium upon the coast of China at all hazards . [ A gentleman on the platform called out— " What authority Lave you for that statement ? . " ]¦ He had the authority of Mr . Pryme . He would tell them further , that under tho sanction of the British Government , the British Indian Government possessed a monopoly of the opium trade with China . ( Cries of " Yes , " "No , " cheers , aaduproar . ) During the last year 20 , 000 chests of opium .

      with the knowledge and sanction of the Br tishGovernment , hod been shipped to the ports of China He would rtfer to the report of a Committee to Parliament , in 1832 , in which thu Committee represented that the opium trade was so valuable , tbat it was not expedient to give it up , to which report Parliament assented . After this it-was absurd for the English Government to assert they were innocent of encouraging the opium trade in China . We were placed then in this difficulty , and here he did not make the charge exclusively against the present Government . butagainst past Governments also , all of whom were guilty of the encouragement of this trade . ( Cheers . ) But for the encouragement given to the trade by British Governments , it never would have been , as it was , the most

      important branch of our trade with China . But we ought to consider what was to be done under the circumstances in which we were placed . Gentlemen had talked lightly of the war with China , and called it merely reprisals . Why th * last letter received from Calcutta stated that an armament of 10 , 000 men was equipped for this service . ( A voice , ' 16 , 0 n 0 . ) Could anyone suppose that 10 , 000 or 16 , 000 men could be sent to China to make reprisals without occasioning bloodshed ? Were then was the use of the distinction drawn between reprisals nnd war ? For his part , he thought it a distinction without a difference , and he thought they ought not to cover , under the name of reprisals , a war , which , if called war , no houest man would ever attempt to justify .

      The amendment and the resolution were tbon put to the meeting from the chair , but the latter was carried by a triumphant majority , amidst great cheering . Mr . Alexander , with great pleasure , moved the second resolution . He was himself a trader , and he felt that the character of Englishmen , and the character of English commerce , had been degraded by the part which British merchants had taken in the opium traffic , and by the part which the East India Company had taken in growing that article . ( Cheers . ) He had read , with feelings of shame , that cheers followed the demand made by the merchants in the House of Commons for war with China ; but he was persuaded that if the friends of humanity and religion had been heard , a different feeliug would have been created . ( Hear

      hear . ) Even looking at the matter in regard to our manufactures and commerce , he contended that the measures which had been taken by the Government , and in which this country was now engaged , were calculated to produce the most serious injury to our commerce . ( Hear . ) The traffic in opium had prevented the introduction of British manufactures into China . ( Hear , hear . ) He could scarcely belitvo that men could be found who would sympathise iu a 'war waged by a powerful nation against a people who were ignorant of the truths of Christianity , and who , by the measures that were about to bo taken , were likely to be estranged more , If possible , from the truths of our holy religion The introduction of opium for a long course of years had caused the present reprisals , and ho was astonished

      to learn that Lord John Uussell had stated in the House of Commons , that ono of the measures sought from China was the reimbursement of the amount of opium seized by the Chinese Government , and which had been attempted to be smuggled into China , thus making the British Government the confederates ef smugglers . ( Loud cheers . ) In tho cause in which they had that day assembled , their legitimate commerce , their reasonable luxuries , the interests of humanity , and of their holy religion , were involved . He believed there was among the Christian portion of the people of this country , a degree of energy which would induce Parliament to abstain from waging

      a most unrighteous war . —( Loud cheers . ) He begged to conclude by moving , " That , although the Chinese have not been hesrd in their defence , the statements adduced by the advocates of the war clearly establish the fact , that the East India Company , the growers of , and traffickers in , opium , and British subjects who received the protection of the laws of China , have been throughout the wrong-doeM ; therefore , this meetiii ( without reference to tho conviction of many , that a ' . l war is opposed to the spirit aud precepts of the gospel ) , holds it to be the bound'iii duty of the Government immediately to effect an equitable and pacific settlement of the existing diff . reuces with China . "

      Mr Eagle seconded the resolution , which was carried with but one dissentient voice . Dr . Martin BaIiry , F . R . S ., said —He was appointed to move the next resolution , and in doing so he felt it was quite unnecessary for him to do more than to repeat it , which was accordingly all he would do . It was'" That all traffic in opium with the Chinese being contraband , the opium which was surrendered to their Government was justly confiscated ; and tLat to demand payment from the Chinese—to make reprisa ' s upon them—or for this country to give compensation to the British merchants thus engaged in smuggling , would be to sanction , and even to grant a premium for , crime "

      KOBT . R . Moore , Esq ., A . M ., Barrister-at-law , rose to second the resolution . He thought every part of it had been proved to the satisfaction of the meeting . That the traffic in opium was contraband , contrary to the Chinese law , and therefore justly confiscated ; and that it was contraband not only by their law , but by ours also . It was un established fact , that it was illicit by the law of botu countries , and the same point was enforced by Commissioner Lin , who said ttuie was more traffic in the single article of opium than any other , but if they would refrain from it they would reap threefold profits , and go on acquiring weaith , neither violating the laws nor laying up store for future evils . It had been stated there were but nine engaged in this traffic , but he had got the names of

      twenty-nine signed by themselves . There were 300 merchants in Canton , out of these about 200 were Englishmen , and he could not give the names of ten who were not implicated , and it was remarkable tbat of these not eno was injured by the Chinese—their lives were not endangered , nor were they kept without food . Here were the names of those engaged in the opium trade ! The Learned Gentleman then read a list of names , remarking upon that of Jardine and Company , that they were the owners of one-third of the opium surrendered . However it might be attempted to conceal it ,- this was an opium -war , and ho had resolved to state so throughout the country . He would tell the people of this country , as it really was , that this was an opium war . ( Loud cheers , ) ,

      John Scoble , Esq ., then moved , and the Rev . W . Bean , seconded the next resolution : — " That the petition now read be adopted by this meeting , and presented to both . Houses of Parliament ; und that the Hight Hon . Earl of Stanhope be requested to present the same to the House of Lords , and Lord Sandon to the House of Commons . " The petition , which embodied the resolutions , was then read and agreed . Mr . Sturge would not on any ordinary occasion have felt it his duty to bring forward a proposition which waa contained in the resolution he held in his luuuls , and perhaps he should be reminded by some that it was treason to correspond with the enemies of the Queen ; to such he would , however , reply , that that the Ministers of the Crown would not admit we

      were at war with China , and surely the Government which would plunge us into such a war through the influence which opium smugglers exercised upon the councils of the nation , are far more the enemies of the Queen than the Emperor of China ; and was it not the duty of every one , of whatever religions denomination , solemnly to protest against such a war as thi » , although not prepared with him te condemn all war as forbidden under the Christian dispensation ? And if their legislators treated their remonstrances with contempt and indifference , they ought at least to take every means in their power to let the Chinese know it was not the disciples of Him whose doctrine the Christian Missionaries preached , who were engaged in their destruction , but a party in power who , while proteas ing the name possessed not the spirit of Christianity He would , therefore , beg to move

      " That the resolution of this meeting be published at the discretion of the Committee ; and that a copy of them , in the Chinese language be transmitted , through the High Commissioner Lin , to the Emptror of China . ' - ' Dr . HoDOKiN -would only occupy tne time of the meeting a very few minutes . He cordially seconded the resolution . He thought it was due to the Christian inlubiUnto of this country to show the Pagan inhabitants of China that they were not all the barbarians

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      the Chinese supposed them to be—that they 3 re » jiot all the patrons of smugglers . Many arguments would , doubtless , be urged after the meeting shoitfd be broken up against the object for whieh they we * 6 fcesemtoeO If tune allowed ,- many of thoaer arguments might' have Seen anticipated , and he would beg the 'meeting to recollect that not one could be advanced but what could be triumphantly answered . It behoved etery Christian to come forward to repudiate the acts « f men by whom Christianity yns disgraced . Christianity ought not to suffer through their cupidity . While on this subject , he would observe that , it would be well for the cause of Christianity , if not among the Chinese only , but among the Aborigines of other countries , we ¦ were to put ourselves forward in the light of protectors of their rights and expesers of their wrongs . tho nhint ** ' mmm ^ i tw ?» i-. iLi « I ___ ' /

      The ChaibmaN , in putting the resolution , would make a single observation in reference to the remark of Mr . Sturge , tbat it was treasqn to correspond with the Queen ' s enemies—an objection which , if valid , would go against the resolution . It was no treason to cor « respond-with the Queen's enemies , even after » declaration of war , if that correspondence were conducted through the Queen ' s advisers . He would suppose a case , that a subject of this realm should wish to Visit the dominions of a country with which we were engaged in hostilities—he would be justified in sending through the Secretary of State an application to that foreign power to furnish him with passports ; secondly he would observe with regard to this resolution , it did not fix any precise time for the communication to be made . If a short suspension of hostilities took place it might be made forthwith , provided it were made with the full knowledge of the Queen ' s Government If hostilities should have commenced preceded by a

      declaration of war , this communication might be made hereafter . He thought that this war was one of the most flagitious , unjust , and disgraceful that had e . fer been entered into , and , if continued , we should hare no ground of complaint against France for her spirit of aggrandisement and ambition , or against the nations of the South of Europe , for want ef faith , but the meeting washed their hands of this guilt , and would not be responsible for the blood , crimes , and calamities which would ensue ; but would show the Chinese Government , whatever might be the crime of this Government , there was one portion of their fellow-citizens who had loudly remonstrated and petitioned against it ( Cheers ) On the motion of Mr . Stdmby Tay £ OB , the Noble Chairman signed the petition on behalf of the meeting Mr . Eagle moved , and Mr . Bbown seconded , a rote of thanks to the Noble Chairman , which , was carried unanimously . Earl JSTANHorB returnedJtbank * The meeting separated shortly after five o ' clock . '

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      . ^~~— HULL TEMPERANCE SOCIETY . This highly important and increasingly useful society , which has already been the instrument , of effecting much good , celebrated its anniversary according to usual custom , on Good Friday , in the Freemason ' s Hall , Mytongate . The cup which cheers Was enjoyed by a goodiy company of both sexes ; and much praise is due to the ladies and other friends who ha * superintended the preparation of the repast , fop tie pains they had taken to provide ample store , and to ' secure comfort and satisfaction to every visitor . After tiie tea equipage was removed , the meeting was addressed in animated speeches by the Chairman , John Wade , Esq . ; Mr . Wilby , the treasurer ; and by Messrs . Wardle , of Hull ;'' Winsnip and Ciappison , of Barton ; and Mr . John Andrews , of Leeds . The address of Mr . Winshlp was particularly effective , and Mr . Ciappison gratified the company by singing a humorous copy of verses of fiis own composition . The whole week previous had been devoted by the friends of total abstinence to the furtherance of the causa

      On Sunday afternoon , the Rev . J . H . Bromby preached at the request of the society in the Holy Trinity Church , from the words , "Lead us not into temptation . " The discourse was excellent , and was listened to with deep attention . A collection , amounting to nearly £ 5 , was made for tbe purpose of aiding in the circulation of temperance tracts in the town and its vicinity . On Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday evenings meetings were held in the Town Hall , which had been kindly granted by the mayor , which were woll attended ; and that eich evening the interest excited was evidently of a deeper and more absorbing character . John Wade , Esq ., a member of the Town Council and President of the Society , presided on the three first evenings , but we regret to say , he was absent on Thursday , through indisposition .

      On Munday and Wednesday , the principal speaker was Mr . E . GrUbb , of Preston , one of the agents of the British and Foreign Temperance Association , whose heart-stirring appeals and urgent arguments in favour of the cause lie had come to advocate , were of the most thrilling interest . On Tuesday evening , Dr . Beaumont , of Bradford , delivered what , we are informed , was one of the most splendid temperance appeals ever listened to by a British audience . The impression he has left in Hull will never be forgotten . Oh Thursday and Friday evenings , Mr . John Andrew , of Leeds , delighted us with two of his truly excellent temperance addresses . We had also on' one of the evenings of this delightful week the Rev . J . H . B ., whose incessant labours in the glorious week hare justly entitled him to the esteem and respect of every tee totallt-r .

      On the Saturday evening we had another delightful tea party , Mr . M . Fixby in the chair . The company was addressed with much force and energy by Messrs . Firth , of Hull j and Brown , of Dewsbury North , of Louth ; and T . B . Smith , ' of Hull . Glorious , indeed , is the cause in which we are engaged , and glorious , for time and eternity , win be its reiulta . When we look back to the time when Temperance Societies were first introduced into this town , and recollect that the pledge which deprived the poor man of his grog , left the rich man in the enjoyment of his wiw \ we ask where are the clerical and lay advocates which then so loudly proclaimed the vxcelkncies of this partial and worse than useless system . Alas ! they are gone to hide themselves in holes and corners , and some of them to denounce us as

      fools and madmen . This , however , is our boast , that while , with all . the noise they made , they never succeeded in the work of reclaiming a single drunkard , tho band of working mon , marshaled for the "¦ fight by out worthy President , ( who , of all the respectables , has alone stood by us ) and our excellent Secretary , have , by the blessing of God , redeemed scores and hundreds who live to bless the day that teetotal ever resounded in their ears . There is yet much work to do , and there are a few who are still resolved to carry on the contest , till the demon of intemperance is banished from our land . On Easter Sunday , we had two out ef door meetings , and were favoured with numerous and attentive audiences , and we closed tiie delightful scene of temperance festivity iu the evening , by a teetotal tea party , which was well attended , and of an interesting character . —From a Correspondent .

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      PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS AT DAMASCUS AND RHODES . To the disgrace of our common humanity , the atrod * ous calumies so rife in the middle ages against the Jews , of their being guilty of human sacrifices , have been revived in the East , and a cruel persecution is now raging against these defenceless people at the abovenamed places . At Damascus it originated in the disappearance of a Greek Priest A poor Jew barber was arrested on suspicion of having made away with hint , put to the most horrid tortures , and driven by his agonies to accuse seven of the wealthiest Jews of tbe city . The Pacha , full of anger and fury , sent for the

      seven Jews , and had the bastinado given to them . The wretched men cried out and protested their innocence , saying that the Jews could nut even feed on the bloed of animals , and much less perpetrate- ' an act repugnant to human nature . The Pacha would hear nothing , had them loaded with chains , and made them undergo the most severe sufferings , keeping them on their feet for fifty hours , and allowing them neither food nor Bleep He then sent for the three chief Rabbis , Jacob Antevi , Solomon Ann , and Azaria Hultien , and had them tortured in such a manner that their flesh was rent asunder , demanding whether they had really used Wood la their unleavend bread ? To which they answered , that the Jewish proselytes would long ago bare disclosed thu fact , if there hud been any truth in it .

      The Pacha then went to the college of children , bad them put in prison , and loaded , with chains , and forbade their mothers to go and see them , allowing t&ea no other food than an ounce of tread and a glass of . water per day—all this in the hope that the parents , to , deliver their children , Would confirm the charge . A generous Jew then presented himself , arid observedt ? : the Pacha that the calumny had already been ' disctlsied :-by all the Powers of Europe , and that the theologlaBi ; had decided it to ba utterly inadmissible ; that besidef it was iniquitous to exercise such tyrannies merely ot . tiie confession the accused had made in tho midst of v tortures . The Pacha caused him to be beaten till be

      died under the strokes inflicted .: He then visited 0 * spot in person , with six hundred men , And caused 0 *' houses of the accused Jews to ba demolished , to flai dead bodies ; but not having btStt able to discover MJ ' thing , had thera dragged to the palace of the Gown- ment , and thrown into-a sower . No longer abto ¦<•* endure these tortures , they , preferred . death , and co # ' fessed the truth of the calumny brought Against the » Further tortures ensued to induce them to renoonW their faith ; « nd the banker Negri , unable to eti * " * tiie torments to which he was pat , has embnoat Islamisnt Others of the wealthy Jews have fled ; . v »\ those who remain are a prey t » the brutal and gape ** stitions populace .

      . At Rhodes , the death of a Greek child , ten ye&xt * age , who Junged himself , has produced similar retoB ing scene * . These are horrors which must be put a stepta * once , and the strong shield of European protect thrown over these unfortunate people by tho unanimo interference of all the Powers . Delay on- their P *** would be indelible infamy .

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      ¦ ¦ — - ™ ^ ..: ¦ . . -... ¦ . . " Stockdale versus Hansabd . —In the Coar ., 'f Queen ' s Bench , on Saturday , Mr . Wightman apl »««* to tho Court fora rule to stop the proceedings ^ this case . Lord Deoman granted ine applican t

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      6 THF NORTHERN STAR . ¦

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 2, 1840, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2682/page/6/