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      chair . The large hall , with the exception of the gallery , was very well filled , and on the platform were Major Reed , If . P . ( chairman of the association ) , Mr . Thomas Chambers , M . P ., Mr . J . Brady , M . P ., Mr . Apsley Pellatt , M . P ., Colonel D . M'Dotigalj , together with deputations from the towns of Birmingham , Barnsley , Brighton , Bridgewater , Deptford , Huddersfield , Ipswich , Oxford , Beading , &c . The attendance also included a considerable number of ladies . Letters of apology for nonattendance , but expressing- adhesion to the movement ,

      were received from General Sir De Lacy Evans , M . P ., Mr . W . Scholefield , M . P ., and Mr . R . Malins , M P . The speeches did not add much to the arguments already accumulated on the subject . Major Seed , M . P ., said : — " For his own part , as one of the independent members of that assembly , unless the declaration came from Ministerial lips that the war 9 d . should be given up , and a revision of the injustice done to precarious as compared with fixed incomes was promised , he undertook to put a notice on the booksof the House which must either extract

      from the Government an expression of their readiness to yield to the popular will , or bring down upon them the obloquy which they would so richly merit . " ( Cheers . ') Mr . George Beacon desired to be allowed to offer a suggestion for the guidance of Major Reed , M . P ., in framing bis motion . In lieu of all excise and other duties now paid by the working classes , all property in lands , houses , annuities , funds , &c , yielding upwards of 200 ? - per annum should be subjected to a tax of 2 s . in the pound . (" Question ! " ) He would also propose a tax on titles , called a title poll-tax . { Laughter and " Question ! " ) He had a book which had been sent from New Zealand ( renewed laughter ) which was worthy of the gallant Major ' s attention . ( Confusion , and cries of" Sit down ! " )

      He hoped to have another opportunity of expressing his opinions . —The meeting also refused to receive a proposal to relieve all persons whose income do not amount to 150 ? . a year . —Some uproar was caused by a speaker complaining that the chairman refused to allow both , sides of the question to be discussed ; but the meeting ultimately , by a show of hands , decided against hearing several speakers whose names were not on the pre-arranged list . —Mr . Apsley Pellatt , M . P ., remarked , that " if the Prime Minister did not , through the Queen ' s speech , inr timate a readiness to remit the extra 9 d . income-tax , some independent member of the House of Commons

      ought to get up and move an amendment to the address for the abolition of the hateful impost . ( Cheers . ) If no more influential member took that course , he pledged himself that he would . " ( Renewed ckeers . )—Several motions , objecting to the tax itself on the ground of inequality , as well as to the war 9 d ., were carried ; and Major Reed intimated that he had had a communication with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject of a deputation waiting upon him . The right hon . baronet had appointed Friday for receiving the deputation , when , it was to be hoped that'he would take the opportunity of making such a statement on the part of the Government as would satisfy the country .

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      STATE OF TRADE . Thk trade reports from the manufacturing towns for the week ending last Saturday contain nothing of importance . At Manchester , transactions are still conducted with hesitation , owing to the uncertainty as to the maintenance or probable increase of the rise in the Liverpool cotton-market . The Birmingham advices describe firmness in the iron-market , the American orders being larger than at the corresponding period of the past two years . Injhe general occupations of the place there has been no alteration . At Nottingham , a good demand has prevailed for hosiery , but in lace the operations have been unimportant , although the tone remains favourable . In the woollen districts , there has again been a full amount of business . —Times ' .

      In the general business of the port of London during the past week tKere has been increased activity . The number of vessels reported inwards was 171 , being 82 more than in the previous week . The number cleared outward was 8 G , including 20 in ballast , showing a decrease of 20 . The number of vessels on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is 63 , being 5 more than at the last account . Of these , 1 is for Auckland , 9 are for Adelaide , 6 for Geelong , 4 for Hobart Town . 2 for Launceston , 2 for Melbourne , 1 for Nelson , 19 for Port Philip , 1 for Portland Bay , 18 for Sydney , 1 for Swnn River , and 1 for Wellington . —Idem .

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      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A very alarming circumstance , happily unattended by any doleful result , occurred last Sunday afternoon at Manchester Cathedral . The preacher had advanced some -way in his sermon , -when a slight crnck was heard immediately above the pews in the westerly portion of the north gallery . The congregation looked up in sudden alarm , and saw that the whole of the ornamental plaster moulding which covered a beam crossing the gallery from front to back , had parted from the wood and wan falling on to tho pews below . There was a rapid and tumultuous movement on tho part both of laoies and gentlemen , but this was aoon checked by the Kev . Canon Wray rising in the reading-desk , and pronouncing tho benediction usual at the end of the service . 1 ho fears of the congregation being thua quieted ,

      many persons remained to inquire the cause of the event . The mass of plaster precipitated to the pavement is supposed to weigh from twelve to fourteen hundred weight , but , falling on a partition separating two divisions of the pews , it was shattered into smaller pieces , and did bo injury to any one . The plaster was laid on some years ago . The cause of its sudden loosening is not known . —In consequence of a report on the accident from the architect of the chapter , the churchwardens have resolved on closing the north gallery for a short time . The boiler of an engine which was standing , with a ballast train attached , at Sough station on the Lancashire and Yorkshire line , burst on Monday afternoon , forcing out about a foot of the firebox , so as to knock the driver off the engine . He was afterwards found on the side of the line , quite dead . The guard also died , in the course of a few hours , from the effect of serious scalds . The lives of both men were insured in the company which is connected -with the office .

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      AMERICA . "Very little of European interest has yet taken place in the discussions of the . Federal Legislature . The most important proceeding of the Senate is the adoption of a resolution calling for the correspondence relative to the refusal of the Dutch Minister to testify "before the Court in the case of Herbert , who shot one of -the waiters at an hotel in Washington last spring . The Dutch Government has signified its disapprobation by recalling their Minister , M . Dubois , and transferring him to Copenhagen . The New York Legislature has proceeded to business , and read the Message of Governor King , which was of considerable length . In this document , the Governor complained of misinterpretations by several members of

      The Bum authorized to be issued is 250 , 000 dollars in bills of 50 , 100 , 300 , and 500 dollars . From Mexico we learn that a newpronunciamiento has been declared against the Government by those who are dissatisfied with Vidaurri ' s treaty . Vidaurri , however , remains true to his agreement ; and the country is becoming more tranquil . The Indians , nevertheless , have committed some serious depredations alone the Upper Rio Grande . The activity in the New York money market continues , and the rate 3 are fully maintained . The receipts of gold at New York for the year 1856 , however , showed a falling off compared with the previous year of nearly 1 , 500 , 000 dollars . The amount in 1855 was 41 , 682 , 524 dollars , against 40 , 319 , 929 dollars in 1856 . The receipts for the present year are expected to teach from 38 , 000 , 000 dollars to 39 , 000 , 000 dollars .

      Her Majesty ' s steam frigate Tribune , 31 , Capt . Edgell , arrived at Callao on the 4 th of December on her voyage to the coast of Central America . She had been detained at Arica , Peru , in consequence of the revolution and an attempt to take the town by the Peruvian squadron of General Vivanco . Her surgeons were of great assistance to the wounded , and the Spanish papers state that her presence and the efforts of her officers prevented much disorder and bloodshed after the town had fallen . Twenty were killed and thirty-five wounded . Several ladies took refuge on boaTd .

      the Senate at Washington of the views entertained by the Free States men . He said that the opponents of slavery " held to all the obligations , &c . of the constitution as understood by its founder , and until recently acquiesced in by the whole country ; and , with regard to slavery especially , they held that where it existed it was by virtue of the local law alone , but that it neither existed nor was confirmed there nor anywhere by the force and effect of the constitution of the United States . Congress had the power under the constitution to exclude slavery from the territories , and they insisted that it should exercise its power to effect that purpose . The constitutional restriction , until 1808 , of the power of Congress to prohibit the slave trade , and . the prohibition afterwards of that trade by acts of Congress , constituted one of the compromises of the constitution , which should be firmly insisted upon and for ever maintained

      inviolate . He blamed the new arid unsound construction attempted to be put upon the repeal of the Missouri compromise as the cause of the slavery agitation , and stated that it was made to carry slavery wherever it went . Therefore ; when thny resisted that aggressive spirit and the extension of slavery to winch it extended , they were acting within the constitution , in defence alike of its spirit and letter , and in opposition to the fanaticism of slavery . To the repeal of the Missouri compromise he attributed the fearful scenes of violence and wrong which had occurred in Kansas . The phantom of squatter sovereignty in new territories was contradicted by the fact that the Federal Executive appoints all the chief officers , such as governors , judges , and marshals ; besides which , it was unconstitutional to confer on the first few accidental settlers the right to determine—it might be finally—the condition of a , territory capable of sustaining millions . "

      Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Eaton has thrown up his commission as Captain of the 3 rd Infantry , on the plea that the meagre allowance provided by the Government would not enable him to support his family . . The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald states that there is some foundation for ft report " that Vandeibilt has despatched an ngent to negotiate a loan with Costa Rica of 500 , 000 dollars , provided tho funds are used in exterminating "Walker from Nicaragua . " The assertion , however , is open to doubt . Official despatches had been received from Captain Hartstein , speaking in glowing language of his reception in England .

      Numerous disasters from fire are reported . The -wife of Judge Daniels has died from the effects of fire , which caught her clothing . Telegraphic advices from Montpellier ( Vermont ) report that the Vermont Capitol building was on fire , and likely to bo totally consumed . At Halifax , on tlie 2 nd inst ., a firo broke out , at four o ' clock in tho afternoon , in tho vast building at the corner of Ilollis and Prince streets , extending thence southwards , crossing Hollis street , and burning nearly the wholo block between that and Granville-street , including St . Matthew ' s Presbyterian Church . Twenty buildings were consumed , and thirteen partially destroyed . Two entire blocks , from Bedford-row to Barring ton-street , were gutted .

      1 ho defaulting treasurer of tho Eastern Railway Company of Massachusetts , whose peculations are believed to have readied the sum of 150 , 000 dollars , lias been convicted at Boston , The first issue of paper currency in Cuba was authorized by a special decree of the Captain-General on tho 24 th of December to take effect on tho 2 nd inst .

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      IRELAND . EtBcxioN of a Roman Catholic Bishop . — The parish priests of the diocese of Cloyne proceeded , on Thursday week , to elect a successor to the late Dr . Murphy , and , after a scrutiny of the voting had been taken , the name of the Right Rev . Dr . Keane , the present Bishop of Ross , was found to be first ; the Very Rev .. Dr . Russell , Dean of Cloyne and Vicar Capitular , second ; and the Very Rev . Morgan O'Brien , P . P ., V . G ., Michelstown , third . A Piece of Irish Nationality . —A large body of the established clergy of the diocese of Limerick have addressed a remonstrance to the Lord Lieutenant against the appointment to the post of master of the Limerick Diocesan : School of Mr . Hyde , an Englishman educated

      at Oxford . The remonstrants conceive that no one should be appointed to the post who is not an Irishman , and who , furthermore , has not been educated at Trinity College , Dublin . The Lord Lieutenant , through his secretary , intimates that he cannot agree in those opinions ; that it woul-. l be a piece of great illiberality to exclude Irishmen from similar posts in England , and that the same rule is applicable to the employment of Englishmen in Ireland ; but that , nevertheless , the great bulk of appointments which fall to his Lordship ' s disposal are filled- up by Irishmen . Dr . Kir wan , Dean of Limerick , in whom the appointment , in the first instance , is vested , also writes a letter , defending his choice , and contrasting the liberality evinced in such matters in England with the narrow-mindedness exhibited by the objectors .

      The Guano Tirade . —A cargo of seven hundred tons of Peruvian guano has just reached Ireland , for the U 6 e of Mr . Allan Pollok on his large estates in the county of Gahvay . The value of this immense mass of manure is calculated at 10 , 000 / . Fiue at the Bank ov Ireland . —A large part of the magnificent pile of buildings formerly occupied as the seat of the Irish Legislature , but at present used as the offices of the Bank of Ireland , was burnt early on Monday morning . The night watch has been for some timu discontinued ; and it was not till about four o ' clock in

      the morning that Miss Roberts , the housekeeper , discovered the flames issuing from the windows of the bookkeepers' department . The alarm was speedily given , but the tanks on the roof were found to be dry . The steam water-engine and the ground-tanks were , however , well charged , and a copious stream was soon poured upon the source of the conflagration . Its ravages were thus confined to the bookkeepers' department , which was quite gutted . The only property said to be destroj'cd consists of useless ' blotters' , all the valuable books being locked up in tho safes . The origin of tho fire is a mystery .

      Bank Amalgamation . —Tho Tipperary Free Press announces that by the authority of Government the Carrick-on-Suir , Clonmel , Thurles , and Cashel National Hanks of Ireland have now been amalgamated with the National Bank . M » t . F . P . Dwykk , formerly private secretary to Daniel O'Connell , who , as we recently stated , was compelled by misfortune to seek workhouse aid , lias obtained a small appointment . The QuKim ' a Colleges . —It ia stated tliat Government is about to issuo a commission , at the head of which Mr . Temple is likely to be placed , for the purpose of inquiry into the internal economy , curricula of education , and attendance of tho several professors and presidents of tho Queen ' s colleges , and tho several rules and regulations which govern each , with & view to their modification and improvement . —Tintes .

      The BiSHormo ok Cohk . —The Venerable William Fitzgerald , Archdeacon of Kildaro and rector of Monkatovvn , has been appointed by tho Lord-Lieutenant to the Bishopric of Cork , Cloyne , and Ross .

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      Janttatiy 24 , 1857 ] TH E X E A D EB . 77

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 24, 1857, page 77, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2177/page/5/