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      France . —There is -some gossip in Paris about a . grand-congress of representatives from European nations fof the settlement" of * liSairs in the East . Another story is , that Prince Talleyrand has pre-Tailed upon Louis Phflippej in concert with England and Prussia , to undertake the suppression of- the Carlist rebellion in Spain . According to late accounts from Algiers , Marshal Yallee was successfully employed in ^ pacifying tie conquered territory , a * d " establishing stations for Trench troops in various partsofit . ¦ -- - , of

      . , „„_ - SPAXN ' .- ^ Eeports ha-ve been xeceived several actions between the Queen of Spain ' s troops and the ^ arlist insurgents , all ending in the defeat of the latter . It is , however , peculiarly necessaryatthe present time , to receive these accounts with caution , as the aim of the Spanish government is to raise money by loan in Paris or London ; and it is remarked that Spanish Stock has not risen in" value at Paris ., notwithstanding the rumours of -victories .

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      Heb 3 Ia JZSTT and the Duchess of Kent visited the Zoological Gardens , Begest ' s-park , on Saturday . The Duke of Bedford and family hare arrived at Bonrdeaux from Kiee . Ex ? tt . —Hop-tying is now in operation , and the bine loots promising , as do the wheat ? , ' and -vegetation in general , since the last few warm days . Hb . Hodgxs . — "We are h 2 ppy to announce the recovery of T . I ~ Hodges , Esq ., the Liberal Mem"ber for TVest Kent , from Ms late indisposition . The Lord axd Yice Ch ^ kcei / lor have adjourned their courts until the first dzy of next term .

      The Distakce from London bridge to Oxford "b y ¦ water is 116 miles . There are 32 loots , at some of which sixpence , and at others one shilling , is charged for a wherry to pass through . The A 3 TBA 5 = adoBj Upton , from ] S > w Orleans , -was carried into ^ Nassau , after "being on shore , bound to Liverpool . The Exquisite , Sovereign , from Tereeira , missed stays snd -went on shore at St . Michaels , 20 th ult ., and filled ; cargo saved . The Speedy , Yonng , from Cadiz , was taired into Lisbon with loss of rudder , bound to Talt .

      The Cathebixs , from Surinam to Amsterdam , was fallen in with 16 tfc Feb ., in Ion . 17 " ° , dismasted The Mcxgo , of St . John New Brunswick , was fallen in with 3 d ulL , in lat . 42 " , Ion . 62 ° , abandoaed . The A ? ts " William , Duck , from Newport to Dordrecht , struck on the Banjarred , April 30 , sunk ; crew saved . New York , April 11 . —The James , from ?\ ova Scotia to Antigua , was failed in with 14 th ult , in Ion . 63 ° , totally dismasted . Amsterdam , May 10 . —The Edicard Kirly arrived here from Neweas-tle , is very leaky , having struck on the rocks on entering the Texel . The Sovereign , Dunn , from St . Tineentto Halifax , has been condemned at Antigua .

      Citt OF Dcblix . —The corporation of Dublin have petitioned against the contemplated abandonment of the Boyal 3 Iil : iary Hospital at Kllmain-Lam . - CS-OTS . —During the past week the-crops have every where assumed a most improved appearance , carrying with them a fair promise of abundance . An Elderly YorsG Lady . —A provincial journal announces the death last week , at Dorchester , of Miss Hodge , at the and-juvenile age of ninety-four . Aristocratic Eloquence . In a recent speech , to the Electors of "Woodstock , Lord John Chnrehill said , he was sorry to announce . that he » had got a damned bad cold , " and that his observations must necessarilv be brief .

      Death troh Cold a-sd KrxGER . — An iagedpoor woman perished of cold and want at Gallowgreen-hill on Monday sight , having heen refused a lodging at different houses in that neighbourhood . —Limerick Chronicle . Dobchester LABOURERS . —The funds collected for the use of- the Dorchester Labourers amount to £ 550 . ; bat it is hoped that the subscription will reach £ 1 , 200 * , to "be laid out in stocking small farms for ll the labourers . " Church Bates . —Seizures , and sales of pVoperty seized , for Church Bates , in different parts of the country , are numerous and increasing . The refusals to pav are "becoming general .

      Lambtox Houxds . —Lord SufSeld has become the purchaser of the Lambton hounds , for the sum of 3 , 000 guineas ; and his Lordship intends to transfer that excellent pack to Leicestershire . Sir Matthew "W . Hidley offered £ 2 , 500 foT them . Epsoh Races commence on Tuesday , the 29 th . The Derby Stakes will tM 3 year , and in future , be run for on the "Wednesday , inrtead of Thursday , as before ; and lie Oaks on Friday , as usual . TEXT 0 TAL 1 SH . —We are extremely happy to perceive from the numerous notices of public journals as well as from personal observation that antialeoholism is heeoming more and more prevalent .

      Death tkom Fightixg . —George Driver was coBCTiStted , on Thursday , for trial on a charge of killing James Abbot in a fight , on Saturday last The " combatants were both silk weavers , of "Btthnal Green , and quarrelled in an alehouse . St . Ites . — - "We have heard , but do not vouch for the rumour , that there is a vacaacy in the Borough of Si . Ives , by the death of Mr . Halse . — Sun , Monday . Ixvijatiox Cabds . —Upwards of a thousand cards of invitation have already been issued from Kensington Palace for the splendid entertainment which is to be given to her Majesty by the Duke of Sussex on the 30 rh inst .

      Macleod , THE Murdereb , —A respite- of ten days has been received for tMs . unfortunate man , who was sentenced to he executed here on the 11 th inst . —Inverness Paper . Brighton , May 13 . —Information was received here yesterday that at Crawler a father had killed his own son , by running a prong into him ; but whether bv accident or design is not known . There hate beex MA ^ rr Bets made upon the arrival on Monday last , of the Sirius steamshi p , which was advertised to leave New York on the 1 st just . -It is reported she has arrived off Cori . . - -

      Ax Harmoxious Name . —A German journal speaks of a young authoress who has distiEgaished herself in the literary world ; she is called the Baroness de Qopskrakerstoc and Pfekalkrenken . — GizlignanTs Messenger , Demtrara . —A Leeward Island mail is arrived with dates to the 23 d March , from Demerara , 31 st March from Barbadoes , and 4 th April from Jamaica ; we find nothing of importance from this quarter . Amebicas Stocks . — "When it became known that Mr . Biddle positively refused to resume specie pavments with the New York Bank in May * the pnee of the United States Bank Stock fell from 114 to 108 , bnr it snbseonently rallied to 110 .

      Coxtjctiox of a Clebgyjl&x . —The Dublin EreniJigJPost avers to a vejy curious ease at the Skibbereea Petty Sessions , before which the Xe v , Hr . Trafl , Vicar of Skull , was fined £ 5 for presenting a pistol at one of hi ; Homan Catholic fiock , on the high road , ou The return of the rev . gentleman from divine service , on a Sunday . Ee-C ' APTCRE or Mcr-EAY . — John Murray , one of the men who escaped from the Compter a few weeks sinc-e , was yesterday evening re-captured hj MT . Anderson , the principal turnkey of that prisoB , so that all the three fugitives have been again lodged in their old apartments .

      The Good People or . SusjjEBLAXD . —We a happv to find that the cause ofDemocracy proceeds rapidly in -the town of Sunderland . There has been four Democratic meetings this week . The inhabitants are becoming more . enthusiastic than evtr . They iniend having a " general demonstraoonj ' next Whit Monday , in favour of Universal bnfirage . The TraEes are organizing for that parpose , and every prospect of success is held oat And why not ? Too long have the insulted millions

      oeen Blent sleeping , when union , guided by Intelhgence , will earn them a glorious victory .. We intend erelong having a meeting of the women , " many bmSs make light work - -Northe rn Liberator , The Bet . Mb . Blackbchx . —We nereeive tttt some Angularly low attempts are mS to * &aoy this gentleman on . account of his zealous anil g » e appoBton to tie nnhuman and unchristian f oat . Law . He is , it seems , to be nicknamed the Poor Law Parson . " Mr . Blackburn , m- ^ Zl aasfa

      ^ cb ken , will mt he . ashamed of his Welll « m » ed mle ; and it would be to the credit of hi orde , lfm of ^ d had equally me-ited ttis . apl pelktioB . We mm the Kev . Geatte .. ^ will pi « vrre . •¦ eTfcn nato &g ml . "—Sheffield Iris . '

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      Cheap TRA . VBLLING . —Henceferthjio foot pa % . sengere will he allowed to travel on th ^ -railway between Stockton and Middlesborough , ^ fe rriages -will be attached to trains to carry trayeUfe « j at two-pence each ! Two-pence for four mile * There's ago J . .. Fatal Effects of Intemperancb . —At about fonr o ' clock on the morning of the 3 rd inst ., as the ^ brig JRoJwwoa , of Sunderiand , was ceo ^ r light passage to that port , and -being at thep ^ Oe time a little to the Northward of Seaham , th e ^ m , John Hosewarne , in a paroxysm of deliriuM ^ remens , produced by excessive intemperaace , leaped overboard and was drowned .

      Accident . —On Sunday morning , on thearnral of the Witberforce steam ship from Hull , Mr . Samuel Barton , groom to Sir Charles Sheffield , of Portlandplace , was engaged in landing two horses belonging to his master from the vesssl , when the rope securing one of the animals "broke , and the horse , a fine Lincolnshire one , began kicking and plunging . The groom , in endeavouring to quiet the animal , received a tremendous blow on the forehead from the horse ' s fore foot , which inflicted a deep wound , eight inches in width . He was picked up and removed by Perry , a policeman , fl 3 H . On his way to the hosratal , Barton fainted- seTeral times from loss of blood . The surgeon ? of the hospital give very little hopes of the ~ ^ flow's recovery .

      Stjicide from Je . — James Eedgrave , a tradesman of Sibton , vk aonths ago so affected by the infidelity of his ih « \ t he went mad , and was confined in the SuffolEV ^ ^ im > from which he was discharged as cured six ^ wftlks ago . Saturday he detected his wife in an intrigile with the same man who had raised his former jealousy , on which the unfortunate creature went into hishedroom and hanged himself to the tester . On Monday , at the inquest , the wife was called before the Jury and severely reprimanded for her infamous conduct . ^—Suffolk Chronicle .

      Gretna . Gkeex Superseded . —It is not generally known that there is a singular immunity attached to Peak Forest Chapel , near Tideswell , in Derbyshire . At this privileged altar , candidates " forbetter or worse " may be united , on any day , and at any hoar , by conforming to certain conditions . Perhaps when this privilege is better known , Peak Forest Chapel , may become as famed ss the Gretaz Green blacksmith , for the joining of nvnxphs and swains , who fly on the wings of love .

      "Wipe Awake . —A man named Austin , and a female who was with him , both of whom are wellknown ntterers of > ad money , were lately brought before the Lord Mayor , charged with having passed a counterfeit shilling . They both laughed upon being put to the bar , in the confidence that the evidence against them was not conclusive , and they vrere correct in their opinions . Mr . Powell , of the Mint solicitor ' s office , stated that , although there was ' no doubt of the guilt of the prisoners , there would be no chance of a veTdict against them , they had so adroitly contrived the imposition . The Lord Mayor : "ffell " , prisoners , I must discharge yon , but you will be here again . Austin : "We shall be happy to see your Lordship here or anywhere else ; we re wide awake , my Lord ; the City an ' t no place to go to sleep in .

      Tote 3 Iakixg . —Considerable displeasure is felt by the parishioners of Brighton at the conduet of their vicar in putting his own son , Master Arthur Wagner , a boy of fourteen , in the rate book , in order that he might give his vote in favour of the Tories , and support them in their encroachments on the liberties of the people by paying a parish chaplain a hundred a-year , and other measures of a like unpopular and unwarrantable nature .

      Ixqitest . —On Monday last , an inquest was held at the King ' s Anns , KeDningtou-lane , on Mr . "William Thomas Easton , aged 26 , a corn factor , who hung himself at his house in that neighbourhood , on Tuesday , in a fit of despondency arising out of a love disappointment ; the friends of a young lady whom be was courting , named Webster , at Wandswortb , refusing their sanction to his marriaee . Verdict , " Insanitv . "

      Irish Httmot-r . —A few days ago , oae of the Irish labourers on a railway was very severely hutt by a fall of earth . However , he complained not , but desired he might have a whiff of tobacco . He was then laid on a board , and hoisted on four men ' s shoulders for the purpose of being conveyed to the Infirmary . Upon moving , " Arrah , by Jasus , " he exclaimed , with all the characteristic humour of his country , " Little did I expect to live to see my own funeral . "

      Death of Dr . Watson . —Watson , whose connexion with Thistlewood , &c , is unforgotten , expired at New York on the 12 th of February , aged 72 . He had suffered for some time very severely . He endured many vicissitudes whilst in America , living , ax different times , in New Orleans , Louiiiana , ilississipi , Alabama , Florida , Charleston , &c . His widow was at St , Louis , unaware of the death of her husband , who died in the New York Hospital , and was followed to the grave by a few friends on the Hta of February . HLs son , who wa 3 suspected of shooting Platt , on Snow-hill , during the riots of 1319 , died two years since .

      The Ho >\ Graham Kikxaird . —With regret we have to announce the death of the Hon . Graham Kinnaird , under the following melancholy circumstances . Mr . Kinnaird was Lieutenant , commanding her Majesty ' s brig Rapid , and the vessel having been driven on some rocks and wrecked off Bona , near Tunis , he attempted to get ashore in his gig , but such was the violence of the sea , that the boat was unset among the breakers , acd Mr . Kinnaird

      alone failed in reaching the shore . In fact , he was the only person drowned out of the entire crew of the Rapid , and it is "but common jnstice to this voans and gallant officer , one too of high promise , to add , that to his presence of miiid and judicious arrangements in the midst of danger the salvation of his crew is , under Providence , attributable . Mr . Graham Kinnaird was the younger brother of Lord Tvinnaird , and bis death will throw into sincere mourning manv noble families .

      Suicide . —A foreigner , who was dressed in an olive brown frock coat , dark striped Valentia waistcoat , Oxford mixture trowsers , high patent leather shoes , and leather gloves , was found dead in Kensington gardens yesterday , having committed suicide ; he had shot himself under the ear . On the lining of the hat , made by Shearman and Briggs , Graeechurch-street , was written " Jones Schmidt . " It appeared from the evidence adduced , on the inquest , that on the twenty-first ult . the deceased had been robbed by a fellow countryman of 120 Napoleons , and that the loss greatly depressed him . Yerdict— " Temporary insanity . "

      , Coach Accident . —A dreadful coach accident occurred yesterday , at Weedon , Northamptonshire . Tie < 5 reyhound coach to Birmingham had nulled up at the Bull Inn , to change horses , when tie coachman incautiously parted with the reins before the horse-keepeT took charge of the horses . , The animals immediately started off , turning the corner into the inn-yard , through which they galloped , and mafie towards Stowe . There seems reason to believe no serious mischief-would have ensued if the

      passengers had kept their seats . Unhappily a gentleman threw himself off when the coach was near the bridge , at Stowe , and pitching on his head , was killed on the spot . Several other passengers were injured-more or less , bnt none seridasly . The unfortunate gentleman is supposed , from the papers - found upon him , to be an American merchant . The horses proceeded to Foster ' s Booth , where they drew up without further mischief . ; Construction of Wobk-Hotjses . —As if the work-house system , as established under the New Poor Law , were not in itself bad enough , a cruel ingenuity is had recourse to in the very erection of the buildings , with a view to shut ont the wretched

      inmates from the common blessings of nature—light and air . No one can have examined any of these structures , or even passed them on theToad " , ¦ without being convinced of this , and that the term " bastile " was never more properly applied to any species of bujldings than to these , which assnme both within and without , all the characteristics of a prisonhouse . That a workhouse Bhouldhe ' a place of little ease" to a person who , from indolence or -rice , throw * himself ont of work , and becomes burdensome to his parish , we readily admit . But the

      exception is not the rule ; and to distress and punish the majtrity of those for whom work-houses are intended , because a minority , and ihat small one , deserve but little in the way of encouragement and comfort , is a refinement in injustice which it was left for the satraps of Somerset House to carry into effect under a colour of law . Are not old age , decrepitude , disease , and poverty , in themselves sufficiently severe afflictions , bnt they must be . enhanced in the very means professed to he intended for their alleviation ? What are all the bountiful

      promisere at the hosfJBgs about , bow that they have gained their seata in Parliament by reprobating the operation of this atrocious law , * hat they sileptly snfier Its operation t 6 take place in these costly permanent huildings , without saying a word to lessen ^ h ? : r prison-like a-opearance a ' nd reality ?—Herald .

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      , Soda yiAtBR .-r-The article ^ olfl for . soda Water is nothing eke than pure water \ impregnaj « cj with carbonic add gas , and does , dot Contain' a ^ jingle ' grain of soda . Thougbsold for ' 6 dVa fottle , its cost a © 9 $ fcfO £ Tethan a farthing agallohj exolusiveofbppa ^ ^^^^^ o make real soda S ^ ter , put , in a ; bofttle a few ; graJjBeach of carbonate of Soda and tartaric acidj'iri ' crystals , and' in a sho ' rt time soda vrater would bepTeparedimeality . —Lecture atlAverpoti , March of Biootrt!—It is scarcely credible , but it is true , than in this , the nineteenth century , and we believe—but the fact we aref going to relate makes it uncertain—in a town named Kendal ^ which is said to he in u enlightened , Protestant England / ' that Dr . CombeY book on The ; Physiology of Man was first toted into / the library of

      the Institution of that town , and the vote was afterwards repealed upon' the preposterous pretence that it was not sufficiently religious in its scientific deyelopements . ¦ - iVby the thick-headed Puritans will presently be for abolishing all books , treatises , or modes of education in mechaaics , unless we can find out how Tubal wrought his metals ; and ivToah built his ship ! "Wh y don't they bring in an Act for restoring the practice of leaven in bakers ' s shops , instead of using that heathen invention yeast ? We wish Mr . G . / W . "Wood joy of the his independent constituency . Independent they certainly are of —common sense . —Manchester and Sal / ord Ad vertiser . ' .

      Alarming Fire . —Shortly before nine o ' clock on Monday night-, a fire wasdiscoveredinthe extensive stables and store cellars , 19 , Swallow-street , Piccadilly , belonging to Messrs William Ewart and Co ., of Jermyn-street . A policeman of the C division , who was passing the premises , first observed the smoke issuing from the doors and windows ; and immediately raised an alarm . Superintendent Bakery with a strong party of police , were instantly on the spot , when , on the door being opened , the centre of the lower part of the premises was found to be in flames . The horses in the front stables were

      immediately rescued , the flames having by that time threatened the destruction not only of the whole of the premises , but also " of the stables of L » rd Dundas on the one side , of Mr . Robert Newman on the other , and the bouses in- SackTille-street in the rear . The parish engine of St . James ' s , two of the County Fire-office , and several others of the London fire engine establishment , under the direction of the foremin of the district , were , however soon got into operation ; and there being a plentiful supply of water , the fire was confined to tbat portion of the premises in which it commenced . Messrs . Ewart and Co ., are insured in the County Fire-office .

      Thb Irish Tithe Question . —A number of the leading landed proprietors of this county assembled to-day in the County Grand Jury Room , for the purpose of taking measures preliminary to holding a general meeting of the county , to take into consideration the present state " of the tithe question in Ireland , with a view to * final and immediate . settlement of it . Amongst those who took a leading part in a short and desultory conversation which took place , were—Sir W . Chatterton , H . Townsend , Esq ., C . O ' Grady , Esq ., Y . Roche , Esq ., P . Power , Esq ., —— Ware , Esq ., Dr . Warren , Daniel Leahy , Esq . of ¦ Shanakiel , W . Coppinger , Esq . Barry ' s

      Court , Dr . M'Swiney , R . Coppinger , Esq ., F . Leahy , Esq ., T . S . Coppinger , Esq . Midleton , J . Denny , Esq ., &e . AH agreed that the various interests of the country called loudly for an adjustment of the measure . " Tithes had become , " to use Sir Wm . Chatterton / s words , ¦¦ ¦ " an incubus on the country . Religion , the public welfare , and every interest of public moment , demanded a speedy termination of the question . " " Tithes , " said Mr . Townsend , had converted the landlords of the country into proctors , had set the tenants in opposition to the landlords , and had endangered the prosperity of Ireland . " Dr . Warren said the clergy for . tbeir own sakes had better come into terms withthe friends

      of the . settlement of the question . If they persevered in opposing themselves any longer to the spirit of the times , ? perhaps they would lose all . Several gentlemen said tbat half the clergy of the country were favourable to the settlement , If they dared , in the face of their diocesuns , speak their real sentiments . After some further conversation , a requisition to the High Siieriff to call the general public meeting was prepared , and signed by all present . The recent letters of Deans Burgh and Hoare , were regarded by Sir Wm . Chatterton , Mr . O'Grady , and others , as containing sentiments and suggestions of the last importance , and a \ i present anticipated that the general meeting to be held would lead to results of the most important nature . —Cork Reporter oi Saturday .

      Election Bribery . —On Friday last , Messrs . Wm . Thompson and Benjamin Doyle , appeared at the petty sessions to answer summonses charging them with bribery at the last eleotion . The magistrates were , Aldermen Reynett , Evelyn , Carew , and S . Newport ,. Sir B . Morris , A . Sherlock , Esq . andDr . Jones . Mr . Hayes having opened the subject by applying to have information taken against the parties , Mr . Harris proceeded to contend that they coxild not be taken until the lapge of two years after the allegrd bribery , such being the period allowed for the commencement of a qui tarn action ,

      to recover the penalty of £ 500 awarded by the 49 Geo . III ., c . 118 . Mr . Hayes argued against this view on the ground that the statute should not be held to limit the powers of the common law . After some consultation in chamber Alderman Evelyn announced that the majority of the bench was against receiving the informations . Alderjnan Newport said that the majority was five to two . Dr . Jones remarked that Mr . Hayes had furnished them with no precedents to show that such jurisdiction had been exercised by magistrates ; if such precedents existed , he could not help thinking that they would have been adduced . —Waterford Mirror .

      Ferocious Savages . —On Friday morning , a duel was fought at Newton Park , between a Mr . Pigot , and , as we are informed , a Mr . Carroll . At the sixth shot Mr . Pigot received his adversary ' s ball in the leg . At four or five of the previous shots the parties drove the balls through various parts of each other's clothes ; but they were determined to shoot on until either would be hit . It was said that Mr . Pigot called for another shot whilst the blood was pouring from his leg . His request , as a matter of course , was uot granted . The dispute arose at a billiard table . —Dud / in Register . Coronership . —Mr . Robson has resigned the eoronership of the Newmarket district of Cambridge .

      ^ Destruction of Sir C . Price ' s Distillery " at LiMEHOtrsE . —Oh Monday evening last , at an early hour these works ^ sit uated at Mill Wall , LimehoTise , were totally destroyed by fire . They were the most extensive in the metropolis , and occupied seven or eight acres of ground . Intelligence of the calamity reached the head station of the fire establishment in Watling-street , about ten minutes before five . Mr . Braidwobd , the superintendent , proceeded with all possible speed to the spot with , the engines of that station , which were quickly followed by those of \ Tellclose-sqnare , -Schoolhouse-lane , Jeffery-square , WlriteCTO . 9 s-gtreef , ; Farringdon-street ,

      Southwark-bridge-Toad , and numerous others . On their arrival the distillery ( a building of upwards of seventy feet in length" arid ilfty in breadth ) was enveloped in one . sheet of "fire . It contained six boilers ^ all of which were full , also four large stills which were full of liquor j ready to be . boiled off ; on the stage of the distillery were two . hundred and fifty barrels of turpentine ready to be jemoyed to the store-houses . The calamity was soonlnownin the neighbourhood , and : thousands of persons-v ^ ere in a very short time seen exerting themselves , to eubdue the fbmes , but their efforts at , the : powerful engines hadnot the slightest effect oh . ' the fire . ' . The

      master at the West India Dock , djf receiving information of the fire , dispatched the dock engines to the spot , and they were ipstantly got into operation . The distillery is divided from the premises by a narrow road , knownT . as [ the Ferry-walk ^ but they are connected together by a . tunnel under the road ; on each side of this passage were barrels of tnrpentine piled in heaps , and about half-past five the outsides were , scorched by . the flames , which were completely blown on theto by a steong vrand from the N . E . The fireme ^ and workmen In jthe service of Sir Charles Price " on seeing the danger commenced digging un . the earth , and before the turpentine is the barrels had ignited in . the ; tunnel , completely "blocked it up , formiiig a barricade . Some difficulty was experienced : in obtaining a

      supply of water at first , but subsequently ^ by the machines , being taken to , the banks , of , tble City canal , which is about 150 feet from , the premises ^ s . bountiful supply was obtainedy The fire , continued to burn till seven , o ' clock after' wbiqb / thei flames gradually sunk within the pile of ruinsi .. ^ Theiistillery and outhouses adjoining ; are tptalljf destroyed , nothing remaining but the blackened " walls and chimneys . In the rear of the distillery . and outhouses was a . beautiful garden , Vhich ; contained several valuable , trees ; , plants ; , aid . ' fio ^ e ia \\ it , is entirely ! destroyed * by ^ tn e : falling i p f ' the ' . walls ^ and the trampling of the firemen and the inhabitants . The cause of tie calamity is at present unknown . The premises . are said to be insured in the Imperial and Phcenix Fire-offices , to an extent sufficient to cover the loss .

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      ImpO BMATiotf i for ^ eeb Book JkxV Qom-^ SIpN 5 Ri ^ -FLAT RPBBliLIpK >^ t a VeStTJ meeting of the parish 6 t ^ Lambeth , held at the ) Vestry ^ Hall last night , > ratepayer ' said , before ithey separated be wished to ^ knbw from : t % e newaboard of Fiardi an > , jwKether they mtended to carry out flie rules and regulations of the poor law commigsionerij by compelling all tte applicants % parochiaV -cei&et to come into the wprkhduse ? : Orieof the gua ^ said they certainly , should make use of . the building , for they h * d no other ^ house ; , besides ^ j in common honesiy ^ they ' werebound to pay for it and , therefore , the poor might as well have the benefit , o | f the building . Applicant—^ Then . flie board of guitrdians intend to carry out the obnoxious Poor Law ! Act . Mr . Fall- — -We do not intend to do any such thing ; it is the intention as Well as the determination of the

      board , at least the majority of them , to admit the poor into it , but not to lock them up ; they will be allowed to go in and out . and , endeavour to procure work , so that they , may be enabled to support themselves . There malso another measure which the board intend to adopt , that of not separating , husband and wife—( cheers . ) Those who have passed through life together ; in , ; their days of youth and health , will remain together in the same room in the workhouse , and every thing will be dpne to mate this part of the workhouse aucomfortable as possible . We do not intend to consult the poor law commissioners on the subject , neither do . we intend that they shall interfere with our arrangements . The agedpoor will be together precisely the same as when taey were at home . ( This statement wai . received with continued cheers by every person tiresent . ) —Mornifig Herald .

      Maidstonb Petition . —Mr . John Smith , whose name appears to the petition to theHouseof Commons against Mr Feetor ' s . return for Maids ' tone has declared the signature bearing his name tq be a forgery , heynever having signed the petition ^ nor given permission to any other person to do so for him . —Maidstone Journal . Accident . —On Wednesday > a dreadful accident occurred to two of the labourers employed o < the works at the new Houses of Parliament , A number of men were employed in raising an imnjenae block of stohe by a crane , when the tackle suddenly gave way , and the block fell on two of the men . One of them was found to be literally crushed to death ; every bone in his body appeared to be broken . The other poor fellow ; had one of his thi ghs broken , besides being otherwise severely injured .

      Narrow Escape . —Wednesday , Mr . W . Dhcon , jun ., a commercial traveller belonging to Liverpool , had a narrow escape from dsstruetion whilst on his way from Ulverston to this town . Fearing be would be a little too late for cr 6 ssing Duddon Sands , Mr . Dixon obtained a horse , which he harnessed in front of bis own , and got a lad to ride it , who said he was acquainted with the . dangeroiis passage of the Duddon estuary . Mr . Dixon set off with speed , but had not adTanced more than half a mile across the Sands until he found himself placed in imminent danger . He was surrounded by the waters- ^ - the tide was rolling up breast high—presently loth horses were taken off their feet and began to swim

      , and the leader plunged violently ; the lad crept back into the gig beside Mr . Dixon , and the unfortunate animal which he quitted was . speedily drowned , ' and being fastened by the "trappings to the horse in the shafts , the travellers were brought to a stand , aad must have inevitably perished , had not some men < who were discharging a vessel at some distance , come to their assistance in a boat , and rescued them and the horse from their perilous position . Mr . Dixon ' s escape may be viewed as miraculous , ami we trust will operate as a caution to others not to place themselves in jeopardy in crossing those sands for the sake of gaining a few hours time . —Whitehaven Herald .

      An "Odious Adorer . "—Queen ' s-square , Loxdon . —Charles Gibbins , a genuine cockneyite , with a most unpoetical visage ^ was charged with assaulting Clementina Osborne , a pretty little darkeyed brunette . The complainant , previous to stating the circumstances of the assault , informed the bench that the defendant had for some time past had the impudence to : pay his addresses to her , and though she always treated them with "affable disdain , " yet he continued to annoy her . On Tuesday evening last , she went by " spicial inwitation" to a " merry-making" at a friend ' s house in Malay Gardens , Chelsea , and upon entering the room where the company were assembled , the ; first object

      that presented itself to her sight and notice , was her " odious adorer . '' He , however , very " perlitely" handed her a seat , and then placing himself by her side , began talking of a "burningbrand in his bosom , and such like nonsense , when she told him she bated the sight of him , and to go away from her . The defendant rose from his seat , called her " a faithless Pbillis , " and left the room . She then srjw no more of him until she was putting on her bonnet and shawl , when he presented himself again , called her " a , faithless BhiUis , '' smacked her face , tore her bonnet and shawl off , and said she shouldn't stir a peg from that place till slie promised to make him happy . A policeman , however , w& ?

      called in , who took the man , of tender passion to the station-house , where hi 8 overwrought feelings soon' subsided . Mr . White ( to the . defendant)—What have you to say in excuse for your foolish conduct ? Defendant ( crying and looking imploringly upon the complainant ) - ^ She nivver luyed me aivreif , though I luves her , and vould-die for fcer ; yes , that I vould , your worship ; I tempted to romance with her last night , ven she called me a ——— ¦' . Here the defendant made a dead pause . — Mr . White—What ^ did she call you ? Defendant ( blubbering aloud)—A ^ nincumpQop " ( roars of

      laughter , in which the bench joined ) . Mr . White—You had better pay your addresses i » a more favourable quarter ; it is evident the young woman does not like you . Complainant— Like him ! I detest him ; I ' d as soon have a kangaroo for my husband ( loud laughter ) . Defendant—iCangaroo , indeed ! Vy you knows , Clementina , 1 \ gets two shillings more a week than that ere fellow wot you pretends to like betterer than me . Mr . White—You must not show . '¦ " striking" proofs of your affection ; if you must mate Jove , do it without smacking the lady ' s face or tearing her bonnet . You must pay 10 s . Defebdant- ^ -I a'nt got it . The knightof the tenderpassion , was then removed .

      The Poor Law Commissioners and Public Morals . —On * Saturday , Phillis Wood , a pror tector of " unfortunate . girls , " and , who resides in Griffith ' s Rents ,, Kent-street , London , was charged with unlawfully detaining the clothes of Maria Povej \ Several similar cases had during the week bean proved before Alderman Farebrother , of so flagrant a nature ; that he was intlusei to direct the parochial authorities to prefer bills of indictment against the parties concerned . The poor girl in the present instance , 'it seems , had been duped in the manner which Hogarth has ably depicted in ithe scene of the country girl coming to town . Byher siarement it appears that she had been seduced by a uoblemau , and then thrown -like a blasted flower to be trodden on bv the worthless and the base .

      Having faUeu from her ipurity . she became the organ of profit to Mrs . Wood ; but now having an opportunity to go to a situation whereby she might regain a character ! , Mrs . "Wood refused to give up her clothes . - —Alderraau Farebrother , having heard the evidence ^ said she ought to be indicted . — -Inspector Cprstorphpn said the parish would not prosecute . —Alderman Farebrother : What parish is this house iu?—Officer : Iu S ( . John ' sj sir . —Alderman Farebrother : Tien if it is in my district I will see into the case > and try whether ^ the law is not strong enough to . suppress brothels , although it would appear , they are tolerated by the poorlaw canimissioneri . If it is within the borough , I shall order the citv solicitor to

      prosecute | who will .. try the question , whether the poor law commissioners are pot , bound to allow the expenses . —Alderman Farebrother : You hear what you are charged with—detaining this ' poor girl ' s clothes ? :- — Defendant ; ¦/ Yery good . — -Alderman Farebrother : It js not ; very , good ifc is infamoUsi-r ; Defendant : Just as' you please , your worship . All I know is , I ' m , a perfect mother to themi- — Alderman Farebrother : And all I know is you ate the inosfcimpudent woman , even of your class , that ever appeared before : me . ¦ M other ^ indeed ! y ; ou profane the name . What do you : ask of this polor girl .- ^ Defetidanti : £ 3 . 18 s . pd . ' ' 1 ^ ai ays turn ' em out . respectable . —Alderman ; Farebrother : T dbn ' . ' t doubt it . Now ^ as a l ^ sson to thosb in your infamous paying , I- shall hold yon to ; bail : ; for * keeping

      such a house , and to siippress such ifaiquitbus deis , I shall order indictHlehte to be laid y andj if the Mat law ^ ^ comtnigsiioners / after this exaHun&tion ^ refoselto pay the , e ^ eii 8 esvParHt « nerit niuat tfeipetitidned Ion the subject—Thedefcndiat thenjogeredito give jap the property if ^ Maria' ' ' . would ' go with laer . — Aldennan Farebrother i I will have bail" for ycur appearance ; and as to trostmg . that poor girl in your fangs again , I w ; U ; not consentvto it ;? jAa officer shall go with you ;—Bail w . as ^^ tendered ,-but , on examinationjTih ^ A ^ Sqrmab ; Vejected it as } ! rrespbh | sible . The ^ defeniaaiit , * ha w-a 8 idefen < ied by' fin " attorney " :: who practises at' sthis' office , agiiri offered to give up the clothes . —^ The Alderman directed an officer to go -with her nno get them , and the defendant and her legal adviser left in company .

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      A ^ v ^ NERABLE CouptB . —An aged couple , man and « if > named Walton , are now ; residing in a cottage at i&lP or Stooes , in Wierdle and Wardle , n « ar KochdaJe . Tii ^ are paupers ^ receiving latterly 4 s . a weekyMd ^^^ withthe produce of their own labour , / they contrive to ; get on comfortably .: He weares » 48 re * d flannel ^ at ab out 12 s . 6 d ^ a pieca ; which he earns jnthTee weeks J the old Woman gpina the wool ; he ; is 86 , she is 75 ; How much better thigj than the workhouse system .

      The Scold ' s Beidlb Revived . —At the Mayor ' s Office ,. Stafford , last week , Mary , wife of T . Careless , of the Broad Eye , aperfect termagant , was ordered to pay one shilling penalty , and . 7 s . 6 d . coStSj for an unprovoked assault on Mary , the wife of Lems Bromley . During the investigation her garrulity- was so incessant , that the mayor was under the necessity of sending for the " scold ' s Bridl « , " an iron instrument of very antique construction , which in olden times was occasionally called

      into use . It is formed of an elliptical bow of iron , enclosing the head from the lower extremitr of one ear to the other , with a traverse piece of iron extending from the nape of the neck to the mouth , from which projects a flat bitj which enters the mouth , and completely covers the tongue , preventing its movement , and the whole machinery when adjusted is locked at the back of the head . This bridle is to be put in thorough repair , and hung in terror em in the mayor ' s office , and used as occasion may call it forth .

      This Birmingham Deputation to Scot ^ Land .- The deputation mean to set out on . Thursday . They . purpose reaching ^ Hamilton on Sunday ; they will proceed from Hamilton to Glasgow on Monday morning . The arrangements in Grlasgow are these- —the great demonstration will take place on the green , on Monday afternoon ; and in the evening there will be a soiree , at vrhich the deputation will be present , and where their rieWs

      can be more fully developed than they possibly could be in an open air meeting of two hundred thousand persons . On Wednesday there is to be a great meeting at Kilmarnoek , which the deputation have been earnestly pressed to attend . It is still unknown to us , though very prpbably by the time we write it will have been arranged , when a meeting will be held in Edinburgh , or if any meeting is to be held which the deputation , whose leisure is very limited , can attend . The determination of the various

      towns around Glasgow to imitate its metropolitan example has been strongly pronounced , in meetings held ' at P * islej , Parkhead , Lelth , Kiibirnie , Houston , and Lochwiunock , at all of which Mr . Collins ha ^ been present . The Paisley meeting is fixed for the twenty-second . From Dundee we have as yet no intelligence . —Bmningham Journal . Shakspharh ' s Autograph . —This great literary curiosity was brought to the hammer on Tuesday , by Mr . Evans , of Pall-mall , and sold to

      Mr . Pickering , of Chancery-lane , for £ 100 . It consists only of the name of the poet , written upon the fly-leaf of a copy of . Florio ' s translation of Montaigne ' s essays , 1603 , but it is his only autograph , with the exception of that to his will and some mortgage-deeds , now unaccountably lost or mislaid . Mr . Evans did the curiosity the utmost justice , and , although we consider the relic cheap at £ lO 0 , perhaps nobody in London could have obtained more for it .

      Witchcraft in the Nineteenth Century . —It will scarcely be believed that a poor youth in the employ of a stable-keeper at Hanticross , near Brighton a village on the London road , having been rejected in his love-suit by a female servant iii the village , and driven by disappointment into : a fit of frenxy , vras gravely pronounced by the neighbours to have been bewitched by the young person in question , and that an old woman undertook his disenchantment for the fee of half-a-crown ! Rows of

      pins , needles , knives , &c , were accordingly stuck around the bed-clothes for the purpose of impaling the fair enchantress on their elfin spears should she venture to approach his couch , and the farce was carried on until some persons possessed of common sense interfered , and had the poor fellow conveyed to a fit destination—the Lunatic Asylum . Horrible Murders . —A few days since , at Romilly , in the Aube , a frightful crime was perpetrated by a man who having been imprisoned for a year , through the instrumentality of his wife ' s brother , as he supposed , took occasion , ou being liberated , and after having had a discussion with him , his wife , and his own sister , to murder the whole three , with a sharp knife , ag they were sitting together in the avening . Almost immediately afterwards he put an end to his own existence by cutting his throat .

      Dr . Chalmers' Lectures . —The Edinburgh Chronicle states that Dr . Chalmers receives from the Christian Influence Society , at whose invitation he came to England , the sum of £ 50 per lecture .

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      HUDDERSFIELD BOARD OF GUARDIANS . Copies of letters addressed to tlie Poor Law Commissioners in pursuance of the order of the Huddersneld Board of Guardians . Huddersfield , May 7 th , 1838 . GENTLEMEN ^ The Board of Guardians of the Huddersfield Union have done me the honour to request me to write yon an account of their proceedings at a meeting held this day , at the Court House , Huddersfield , which is as follows ;—Entered the Court House as the clock ceased

      striking eleven . There might be thirty Guardians present . wheii I sat down in the board room . Mr Morehouse in the chair . After a few minutes , some of the Guardians declared that Mr . Cook was duly elected chairman at the first meeting ,. and ought to preside ; but that if there was any objection to it , all dispntes should cease : and this be regarded as the finst meeting . Shortly ^ there was a general call , Cook , ehair , among the Guardiansj and while Mr . Morehouse was on his fee ( , Mr . Cook was placed in the chair , Mr . Morehpu . se standing before the chair .

      While Mr . Morehouse was reading , a Guardian laid hold of the minute book : a scuffle ensued , in which several Guardians took part . Another Guardian having obtained the book was requested to return it , and to allow business to proceed , which , he did . An old chair was broken in the scufile . > Mr ., Morehouse , again hanng possession of ' the book , said , I adjourn this meeting to this day fortnight ; and was turning off with the book , when a Guardian , who had hitherto taken no part in the

      strife , but quietly' watched proceedings , said ,, # e majority of the ^ Guardians presejtf , being resolved to proceed to business , you cannot adjourn the meeting , and shall not take away the book : So saying , he took the book out of Mr . Morehpuse ' s hand , and' gave it to the clerk or to the constable ; eventually , it was given to the . constable . Mr . Morehouse and eightor nine Guardians went out , followed by the clerk ; the remaining Guardians having placed Mr . Cook in the chair , proceeded as follows :- ^ .

      The clerk having retired and taken away the papers , &c , v KEspLVEB ^ That Mr . Edvrard Jackson be appointed cleric to this board pro temp . Guardianspresent : —Robert JVrigley , South Crossr land ; Joseph Chadwick , John Moxon , Thomas Haley , William Cook , Huddersfield ; Charles Senior , Kirkheaton ; William Varley , Lingard ; Joseph Senior , Lepton ; William KoebucK , Anstonley ; William Wright Bond , Daiton ; Jonn Mellon ; Almondbury i Hiram Harling , Joseph Matthews , Shepley ; James Hirst , itirkburton ; Johi ^ Rhodes , Lindley-cum-Quannb yj LWilliam Haiffh , Shelley ; Henry , Littlewpod , Honley ; ...-v Jonathan Senior , FarrileyTyas ; JosephHirsti Thuretonland ; Thomas Kaye , Hepworth y Charles Stock well , Whitley Upper . " ¦ ¦ . ¦ -. - ' : . ' . • • ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦;• ¦ . . ¦ - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ,: ¦¦ . ' : <; ¦ ; . > William Thprnber , Scammonden ; James Parkiii , Linthwaite , and James Brook , Honley , demanded

      to be admitted as Guardians ;¦ and having proved , by . satisfactory endence , ; that they were duly elected , they were received unanimously . Stephen Dickinson deraaiided to be received for Huddersfield , instead of Mr : ScUwan . Evidence was present to prove that George Crqssland was not , duly elected for Lockwood , and that-James Reqfearri , was not duly elected for Melthani ' , ; : butas ' tble other interested parties were not present v theBoard . . \ ¦ - RESotvBp .- ^ That the cases of-Stephen Dickinson , Huddersneld ; George Crossland , Lockwood ; and James Redfearn , Meltham j be referred to a coftmittee , - of / James Brook , Joseph : Hirst , - ^^ ph Senior , John Moxon , Sidney Morehonsc . Ja ^ nes Bates , elected GuJirdians ; and John Sntcliffe , Esq ., ^• -OJ ? o / oGuardran ; three of whom shaU be a shaU mee

      % REsoLVEP .-That th ^ commi ^ t at theKewInri , Hiidaersfield , on . Thursday , tb j irth irSuVatfive o ' clock iu the ^ afternoon , to toy the crfsesof Steven Dickinson , George Crossknd , and James Redfearn ; and report the result to this Board on tKe 21 st inst . , . ¦ , , " RKSotVEP . —That a resolution passed afca previous meeting of the Board of Guardians , appointing the Leeds Mercury , and the Halifax Express , news «

      papers , as the advertising taediums for . the Huddersfield Union , be rescinded j and , that the Leeds IritcUigenier , the Northern "Star , and ^^ the Lee ds Times newspapers ,: -in future , be the mediums of xidverfeiug hetween this ; Boardand the-public . _ IlESOLVEb . —Tliat the petition to both Houses of Parliament , adopted and signed by . thi f Board , be seiitto Earl Stanhope , for presentation to the House of Lords , and to John Fielden , Esq ., M- V ' ™' presentation to the House of Commons ; ana that they be requested to . support the prayer thereol .

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      That this meeting be adjourned te the 21 st inafc , at eleven o ' clock , at the Conrt Housey Hudder » T field . - . ¦ ¦• - ¦ - ¦ ' .. . - '•¦ •;•¦ ¦¦ •¦ ¦ - . / "¦ . ¦ - " : * :. - / : ( Signed ) > WILLIAM COOK Chairman . That the thanks of this meeting be given to Mr W , Cook , for his able and impartial conduct in tbe chair . . r ( Signed ) ; ¦ JOSEPH CHAi > WiCK , m tte Chair . The Union comprises & or U Guardians ^ viz ^ 39 qr ( KVelected ^ Guardians , and four acting ex-officb Guardians , 23 freely elected Guardians ; sienfed th «

      pennon ; so we plainly had a majority of-acfing supppsmg all who were not present had : voted agamst us . . .. A copy of the petition shall be forwarded io too lnalewdays , - ^ ' I am , Gentlemen , Your humble servant , JOSEPH HIRST . To the Hon . Board , the Poor > Law Commissioners forv England and Wales . V

      Thurstonland , May 8 th , 1838 . Gext ^ emek , —What would England have thought of the judgment and spirit of 23 freely elected Guardians , if they had allowed ten to adjourn the meeting and walk off with the minute book , whife 23 were declar ing , as with one voice , proceed t » business ; especially , with the . following rules of tho Commissioners before them . V .: ,: Rule 2 nd , page 81 , second Annual Repprti—The powers and authorities hereby or by the Act , granted or vested in the Guardians , shall , and may from time to time , be exercised by the major ^ part of such Guardians who shall attend at any meeting .

      Adjourned Meetings , page 82 , rule' 6 . The majority of the Guardians present at any Weekly meeting may , if they think necessary , adjourn the same to the next day of the neit weekly meeting , or to any other day previous to the next weekly meeting . Duties of Clerk , pages 84 and Ho . 1 . To attend all meetings of the Guardians , to enter punctually in the minute book , the minutes of all the proceedings at every such meeting , &c . ; 2 . To keep minutes , < fcc , duly and punctually to submit the same , &c . 3 . To conductthe correspondence of the Guardians , according to their directions . •' .. '¦' " ., " - ¦ . 4 . To direct tBe service of notice , < fec . '

      At the first meeting we were insulted , and denied the rights of Englishmen . At the second we presented written protests against the proceedings o £ the first meeting ; and agreed to a memorial to the Commissioners , to which we have receivea n » answer . And that the third , we were required to acknowledge the correctness of such proceedings . I am , Gentlemen , Y 6 ur humble servant , JOSEPH HIRST .

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      "SHALLOW POLITICIANS . " To statesmen of enlarged views , much experience in affairs , and superior ability—persons of Lord Bacon ' s stamp—nothing appears so cpntemptiBle as tne petty cavillings and impatient censorionsneis of shallow politicians . For example , Mr . Baines , the-W-hig Member for Leeds , and its Bacon ^ has perfect scorn for that section of the Liberals who are blind to the wisdom of the Whig-Radical policy of ' ieeping put the Tories . '' He knows " the difference of having men in office who supported Liberalrneasures because they liked them , and those who adopted Liberal measures because they Were forced upoa them : " * whereas the " shallow poh ' ticians , '' whoia Mr . Baines has seen through ; would rather have the

      measure * , even although wrung from Tories by forca of their official necessities , than mere proposals ^ made without the means of carrying them , from . . Whigs . In other ways , the ppli ticians whom Mr . Baines so becomingly rebukes , exhibit their deficiency of depthi ; They quarrel with * Ministers for combining with . Tories to defeat motions supported by large majorities of Liberal Members ^—not discerning the sage policy which prompts such a course of action ; though , V doubtless , Mr . Baines cpuW deinpnatntte its wisdom , would he condescend to the task . , Measures , at the best confessedly inadequate , are pared down to please the Peers , who contemptuously reject them : theirrejection excitesno anger , because

      ot their little worth : and the " shallow politicians' * say that it would be better to fail in an attempt to perform something popular , useful , and greativthao . sorrierhHig insignificant ^ ani for whose loss nobod y carfes . But the simpletons comprehend not the force of the Ministerial apology—that if they-cannot succeed in small , it is useless to aim at ' . large things . ¦ ., ¦ :- ¦ , > Some Whig measures passed the Commons by large majorities— -the Irish Corporation Bill by a majority of eighty . Hold fast to your Bill—fight ' the Tory Peers on this your vantage-ground—fair play and free English institutions for . the ^ aliens P ! exclaimed th . e " sb ^ illo -w politicians . " - But they-finderrated the magnanimity of * he Whigs : who , satisfied

      with the ; possession of place , mercifully abstained from forcing their measures on the nnwfllihg : adversary . Herein the Whig placemen exhibited -prudence , as well as a due consideration for the feehngr of others . . They gave a guarantee to their retainers that they would not pnt their tenure of office in the slightest jeopardy , and that even the possession ; of » superior force should not tempt them into a . ^ cmflict which could possibly terminate in letting in the Tories , were it only tor half a quarter . r - .. The main bulk of the Whig-supportersin England being Dissenters , " shaUowpoh ' ticians' ^ wouldiaTe advised that the aboHtiph of Church-rates Bhould be put fprward If at all , among the first measures of th © session : Ministers , on the coritraryj let two-thirds

      of the session elapse , and then only proposed a Committee to malce preu ^ ninary inqiiiries , which cannot be completed before , the prorogation . H ^ done more , would there hot nave been risk of such a defeat as must have compelled a surrender efface to the Tories ? No , no ! the Ministers ; ano ^ Mn Baines were too deep for that . The Church-rate question is shelved ^ and the Church party are compelling payment of rates from all and sundry , b y distress and legal proceedingsi :. bnt what then ? is not Melbourne in " power , ** and Peel on the wrong side of the chair ? ^ .. . : ¦ - > The shallow politicians " fought that the . measures which Ministers , even by unworthy compliances have not been able to carry , would have been dearly

      purchased by the debasement of public spirit ^ the discoTiragement of ahigh tone of moral and political feeling in the conhtiy—the main security tor good government -I and pfbgre ^ ive social improvement under any Administration . But these meri are : oldfashioned theorists , deriving their notions of virtue from their exercises and obsolete books . Ministers and their supporters are practical persons , who have substantial reasons for the coijrse they pursue : What need : they care , having solid : puddingy for the airy nothing called ; pubuc opinion ?; . ; j Whig influence and popularity have Deeti . in a state of progressive decline in Lag-land since tie meeting of the - -first Parliament under the Reform Act . Ministers have uae : d their power in sncE a way as to reduce a Parliamentary majority of hundreds to one of units—a bare haF-ddzen out of 658 votes ; and this in spite of the recent exertion of Conrt

      influence in their favour- The " shallow politician ^" therenpon fancy , that the policy , pursued has been wrong , and suggest , as aflording the last and only chance of recovery , a leaning in a popular direction ; the profound Whigs go further the other way , proclarm their resolution to maintain the supremacy of the landed interest ; arid their desire . to be nd of Radical support . But though they do side with flie landed aristocracy , and do insult {^ Radicals , shall not the latter keep them in office to Jjeep . the / Tones out ? " Certainly . SuchisMr . Baines ^ adrace . ^ To be sure , as Mr . Bames nimself telkus ^ ' his friends generaliy imagined that he was nrfrf ^ i by Ministers : ft was their honest opinion . Bati jt was mamfest thatMr . Baines numbers among ^ his friends tot a few of the " shallow pohticians , " whose opinions he justly despises , though ^ ^ in consideration-oif its honesty , he bears with adviceheisi tooknowingto foUow . ; - ' - "• ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ iw ¦ " -- ¦ - ' - \ : 'i : - '

      . . , ; ; ... ; ....- . The chief end and aim of .. a Liberals existence on"ht to be the exclusion of Tories from , office . Lamentable therefore is it to perceive , that the Tories never were so eloseuponitsthreshhpldas atthetune when most sacrifices have beenrmaae to keep them off . It does so happen ~ — the fact is undeniablethat the popular resistance to the Tories has been gradBallyBecoming more andtnapre Ungvia , ma that when public indignatien is excited lt-w ra ^ r against- Whigs than Toiies . One ^ W ^ . another to th& dreadml ^ evenH * e ^ n ^ arnmmmmm

      interruption o ^^ p iate . Absolutely , the ; time is . too V - ^ lg ^ Z wer to keep but tne Tones 8 e ^ of ^ TSeS ^ hen there wiU beno ' choice 5 P ? ^ SS This is what the- « shaUpwi poll H&S-K ^ een constantly foretelling aa tb ^ resuk of efforts having a precisely contrary aim . "If the Torv-Radical simpletons ahonld be right after all , iiother striking yropf would-, then : he . affordeid that the wisdom of thjs ^ ^ World : is little better than folly and that the LeedsVBicon , Mr ! Baines . hteuseif , m igftVwith , advantage have taken a lesson from the politicians whom he somewhat prematurely ridiculed as-. " shallow . " —Spectator . ¦' . _ \\ t-. Baines ' s Church Rate . ¦ Abolition , Speech at the Cit of London Tavern oa the Sth instant .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 19, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct349/page/3/