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      Fire At Dalkeith Palace.—On Friday, The ...

      eentri entry at the above locality , was blown up to some ] heig ! height—mauy of the stones being shattered to frag-. Hicn aents . Two young boys , who chanced to ba in the \ icii Ticinity at the moment of the explosion , we r e sli ghtly ¦ hurl hurt by pieces of the fragments , but nothing serious : is a ; is apprehended .

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      1 The Poor Law Axd Agricultural Distress...

      1 The Poor Law axd Agricultural Distress . —J —Ihe Ian ed proprietors of the connty of Limeriek _an are still prosecuting their inquiries respecting the eff . effect of the poor law , itt augmemiug distress am _amongst the agricultural classes . The Limerick Ch Chronicle _s _ ys :- " Lords Clare and _Montogle at tei tended another adjourned _n-eeting cf the central CO committee of inquiry upon the effects of poor law an _^ agricultural destitution , with closed doors , on J ji - _" _*« % week , at the county grand jury room . A lne clerk of this union attended with statistical re returns . " '

      _Another local journal states , that the object of tl these meetings is '" to collect an accurate detailed ai account of the several burdens , of whatever characfc ter , now pressing on the land ; " and that" a _geceral p public meeting is expected to come off as Soon as t tiie statistical facts have been fully eliminated . " The southern and western journals devote much s attention to the distressed condition of landowners J and farmers , with a view of showing that their diffi-< cutties are insurmountable . It _appears that a Scotch ! agncukurist , Mr . William M'llae , who had beenfor ! some time settled at Bonavaree , county of Clare , has 4 quitted the c iuntry . Au address was presented to - _ip by'be local gentry and other residents in the i district , expressing deep regret at the loss of so

      extensive au employer of the _peasantry , who had imparted agricultural instruction by precept and example ; but whose departure had been erased by " the continued misfortunes of this ill-fated country . " Mr . _M'Rne , in his reply , says : — " Had there been the least prospect of realising an honourable competence in your country from my exertions , the necessit y for quitting it would not have existed , hut circumstances equally weli keown to yourselves rendered the success of this aspiration improbable , and while I haTe to seek this in a distant clime , the acknowledgment on your part , that I have done my dut y while with you , will ever be highly priz . d by me , and likewise be a powe _.-fnl incentive to continue the same line of conduct iu a distant land . "

      Generally the new boards of guardians are striking much lower rates than those required by the liabilities of the unions , on account of the crippled resources of the rate-payers , and ths absolute inability of many of them to pay any rate at all , in thepauperised nuions of the west and south . Rut in some instances heavy rates are still struck . Ill the electoral division of Kilgobbin , union of Tralee , a rate of 7 s € d . in the pond , oa the valuation made before the famine , has been declared , but extreme difficulty is experienced in the collection .

      Encumbered Estates Commission . — The Mer cantile Advertiser has the following resume of the importaut proceedings of the commission : — "The Business of the _commission is now assuming a very formidable aspect , and , so far as the number and territori _.-I extent ofthe estates which ' creditors hare taken the initiatory s'ep 3 to bring to the hammer are concerned , the act has already produced fully the effect wliich ite authors and the legislature contemplated . However , after the absolute orders for sales , a far moi-e _important stage has to be passed—the actual sales ; and it will then be seen whether a market can be had , and buyers will be ready at such rates of purchase as the commissioners shall deem it

      expedient to sanction . We have seen it stated that bidders will not be wanted , on a scale of purchase commensurate with , the present reduced _valueof produce and the augmented amount of poor rate . There can be no doubt tbat the perfect security , wit h out expense , ofa parliamentary title , wiV L afford a very material inducement to capitalists desirous of making such investments ; and the obvious interest of encumbrancers to secure the _amount of their own mortgages will also lead to a keen competition amongst this class of bidders at the sales . It is , however , ratherpremature to enter upon this branch of the Subject . One oftbe largest estates for the sale of which a petition has been presented , is that of Lord

      Audley . in the county of Cork . A fewyears since the sum o f £ 93 , 000 was offered for it , hut in all probability not more than £ 60 , 000 can now be obtained ; and as the encumbrances are about £ 100 , 000 , of course some ofthe tail creditors have butapoor prospect of payment . As the estate is an extensive and valuable one , and likely to improve in condition and circumstances , ihe prhr mortgagees , and indeed most ofthe creditors are quite secure . The great hulk of the property , we understand , is now without tenants , and severaiof the occupiers who are npon it are unable to pay rents : but in a short time , on the termination of existing leases , 6 , 000 acres will _pa'sinto the hands of the owners in fee , which c a n be r e a d il y l e t t o

      solvent and improving tenants , who would work the land at a moderate rent , varying from 10 s . to 15 s . an acre . The Audley estate will , in ali likelihood , be one ofthe first ofE-icd for sale under thc commission . The Portarliogtoa _elates are by for the most extensive yet brought under the notice of the commissioners . They are situate in the comities of Limerick , Tipperary Queen's County , Kiikenuy , and Meath . Tiie rental is npwaids of £ 32000 per annum ; and iie encumbrances on the entire amount to about £ 5 0 Q , _000 . The number of tenants on the estate is about 500- The name of the petitioner in this case is James Delany , and the solicitors to the petition are David and Thomas _Fitzgerald , of this city . _During

      the life-time of the late Earl of Portarlingtnn , loans to the amountof between £ 300 , 000 and £ 100 , 000 had been raised by mortgage , with a view to the payment of exi s ti n g liabilities , and trustees were appointed . The present Earl of Portarlington , who is known as a _"ood landlord , found the estate thus deeply encumbered , but . fortunately for him . he possesses estates in En land entirely free from these Uabihties . The -V 1 a . V FOB _GaLw-IY , —Tbe Evening Mad , _which started the idea , a few weeks since , of Prince \ lberfc purchasingthe Connemara property _, as a family estate—a project not deeni-d so

      chimerical as some mig ht su p pos e , and certainly one -which _wouldbemost popular in Ireland—now throws out a hint that the town of Galway may become tlie DropertT ofthe Citv of London , and be converted into the western ontport of tfce great _ro-tvopohs . HumouMare , it is stated , afloat of some va ? t enterprise of this sort , and the establishment of an American packet station at Galway is said to be awaited as the preliminary step .-The plan { says the 2 bil . ) il it exist anvwhere , except in the imagination of fhe Stock Exchange schemers -is a magnificent plan , and in everyway worthy of such a city _« _Tendon . London wants an outporfc upon the

      ocean ; and Galway , placed as it is at the Iicau oi a safe and noble bay , with secure anchorage for vessels of any burden , affording an easy and rapid communication as well with America as with the western shores of the whole world , and presenting facilities for internal traffic , which money only is wanted to _makeperfect-Galway isof all other places the best adapted to become the _cntKjiof of London trade and _^ A _^ _oL _nDoneE , "—An address " to the people of Ireland" has been issued by Mr . 3 . 0 Connell , m % eSe ofthe Repeal Association After summing un t h e usua ists of objects for which they are to Ware helays " And we will straggle on for tins if he -Kid wa _^ b y moral , by peaceful , by b _oodfefand-ScUy _^ d _entirely legal _^ d _constitntional If _tai and i no other For ™ J _*™ _£ _™ > , _„ t , _™ ht onr _rights lo be straggled for or _acn-evea .

      The _* W _5 Chafe * . CASE .-This «™ aSair remains still unsettled . On last _lu _^ day a _Sc _Meeting was held attheNenagh If _^ f . ™ ; ffilfor the _purpose of preparing an address tobe _Rented to the Catholic clergy attending the Sh ' s mind of the Very Rev , Dr . O'Connor , ? P V . G . The object of the address was _*> get Se cleSvmen to interfere with the bishops for the _£ ZA oUhe Rev . Mr . Kenny _We , «*»» . the S" which the clergymen returned to the _adore _^ . _^ G _^ ntlemeii-The very disrespectful andI un-™« _£ S & e language applied to Rev . Mr . Kenny ,

      vow parish priest , in the address reaa w w , _" _* -udj , Slpreventns ia any circumstances from taking f t Info consideration . And while jon continue in a state of insubordination _, to the authority tf your Sp « will be utterly impossible for us to mterfer « in the roannerrequested _.-Iy-pcrary Free lrcss . Desperate iW-One oi the most desperate riots that happened in _tbispart _^ . _^ Yx _^ Tree lr . ni * neriod occurred in a place called the lew iree , & _SsKS the -Silage ** _% «» _£ __ _* within one mile and a hatfof Shi _^ ane _, on Tues day evening . The contending P _^ es _^ umbered _iffA-tssc _= _as t _$ _yg _Kllhooks and _otK *» _l _^ _tTO £ rf _^ _^ i _^ fil _^ utf £ _sS and m urilated in

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      Mr. Cobdex. Axd The Austrians. Mr. Cobde...

      MR . COBDEX . AXD THE AUSTRIANS . Mr . Cobden has addressed the _following letter to Dr . Alexander Bach , th e Austrian Minister of Home ASairs : — " Si - ' _~ } _L addl ' _^ u , not as a member of the Austrian Govemment , but as a man whose _enlightened and liberal sentiments made a lasting impression upon mc when I had the pleasure of your acquaintance- at Tienna . You will find an excuse for this step m the fact of my faking it in the interest of those principles of humanity and civilisation which in those davs were cherished bv vou as well as by me . MindTul of the views which in 1 » 4 < recommended me to your kind notice , I cannot induce myself to believe that these views will find in

      you a less energetic advocate at present than you were in tho days to which I allude . " Sir , the public opinion of my country is shocked by the cold-Wooded cruelties which are being practised against the fallen chiefs of the Hungarians . This feeling is not confined to one class or to one party ; no ! there is not a single man in England who by word or letter would defend the conduct of tlie Austrian Government in Hungary . The sense of the civilised nations of the continent of Europe on this question must already have reached y ou , nor will the judgment of America fail to make itself known at Vienna . You are too enlightened to be ignorant of the fact that the unanimous verdict of our contemporaries is likewise that of posterity . But did it ever strike vou that historv will not

      accuse the brutal soldier , the tool of cruelty , but tbe 3 Iinistcrs who are responsible for that soldier's crimes ? I scorn to appeal to lower motives than those of an honourable ambition ; but I must ask you , did it ever strike you what dangers surround your present career ? Ton , who are so well read in English history , ought to remember that four years after Jeffreys' ' bloody assizes , ' both he and his Royal master were compelled most wretchedly to fly from the avenging band of justice . Or do you think our time allows thc public conscience to be scorned with impunity ? Is is not , on the contrary the peculiar feature of our time that reaction follows at the heels of any violence , no matter whether it proceeds from tho nations or from the Governments ?

      " But I fear I take too great a liberty by offering to speak in the interest of your reputation or safety . I appeal to you in the name of humanity , entreating you to put a stop to this new reign of terror , which , not satisfied with the butchery of its victims , puts a ll b etter and nobler fe e ling s of mankind on the rack ; for truly the world is too far advanced in civilisation to suffer your Albas and . Haynaus . I adjure you to make a public protest against tho butchery of prisoners , the still more disgraceful whipping of womon , and the abduction and incarceration of children ; and thus to rid yourself of all responsibility for actions and imprint upon their author the sti gm a of e v erlast i ng infamy . " I am , Sir , your most obedient servant , _"RiCHAnn _ConnEX . "

      Sympathy With Hungary. On Friday Week A ...

      SYMPATHY WITH HUNGARY . On Friday week a public meeting of the Welsh residents of Liverpool was held in the Music-hall , to memorialise Lord Palmerston to interpose the influence of the British " government to obtain for the remnant of the patriotic Magyars who have not yet been executed by Austria , a re s tituti o n of th e ir ancient constitutional liberties , and of their liberty and properly confiscated . Thc meeting was thronged and much enthusiasm manifested . Amongst the gentlemen on thc p l a tform were the following : ¦ — The Revds . B . James , W . Bees , M . Lewis , T . Aubrey , S . Tierce , J . Hughes , J . Williams , and J . Jones ; and D . Lewis , Owen Elias , J . Evans , Matthew Jones , D . Davies , J . Griffiths , and G . Owen , _Esqrs ., & c . & c . Mr . Town Councillor Thomas

      Lloyd was called upon to preside . The _CuAiBiiAx opened the proceedings by addressing the a u d ien c e in W elsh ; a nd a fter g iving a geographical description of Hungary , and the number and character of her population , & e ., read a lengthy letter from Arthur James Johnnes , Esq .. in whicli thc writer stated that , although his public engagements prevented his attendance at the meeting , he begged to convey his entire concurrence in the views of those by whom the meeting had been promoted , and his heartfelt hope for their success . T he meeting w as su bs equ e ntl y addressed by various rev . speakers , both i n Eng lish and Welsh .

      Among other resolutions forcarrrymgout the object of the meeting , the following was unanimously agreed to : — " That this meeting , while regretting that a portion ofthe English press , hut more especially the Times and Morning Chronicle , prostituted themselves to the infamous service of defending the cruel oppressors of Hungary , hy mi s repr e s e nt i ng t h e noble Hungarian nation , at thc same time tenders its warmest thanks to the conductors of the Baily Awaand other metropolitan journals , to t he lo c al press of Liverpool gener a ll y , and particularly to our own Welsh paper , ihe Amserau , for their consistent and continued advocacv of the cause of

      Hungarian independence . Th e m e m or i a l t o Lord P a lmerston , referred to at the commencement ofthe proceedings , was adopted hy ac c l a m a tion , and thanks having been voted tothe chairman , the meeting separated .

      Collision On A New York Railway. The New...

      COLLISION ON A NEW YORK RAILWAY . The New York papers received by the Europa contained detail accounts of an alarniiug railway collision that happened on the 5 th inst . We extract the notice in the New Tori : Herald as at once the most concise and the most distinct . "A dreadful accident occurred yesterday forenoon , on the New Haven Railroad , by the collision of two trains . The _up-train , conveying thc Boston m a il , and leaving New York at eight o ' clock , had on board in the hindmost car , the members of tho Marion H ose Company , Xo . 4 , Captain Joseph Buekman , who were going on theu * annual target excursion to New _Rochelle . There were nearly sixty in the car , including invited guests . When the train was between Fordham and Morrisiania , a drove of about thirtveows , belonging to Mr . Bathg ate , were beiug driven across the track , by the herdsmen , from watering . The train coming in collision with them , the _basgase car was thrown off the track , and across the track of the down train . At the same

      moment , the New Haven down tram was passing to New York , and the locomotive coming in contact with the baggage ear of the up-train , was dnyen off its track , end being detached from its tram vt shot off a t an ang l e , and went rig ht i nto th e corn e r o f thc hindmost car , containing the Hose Company . It went through it in a diagonal direction , wounding and bruising the passengers in a dreadful manner , and filling the car with the steam . Fortunately the safety pipe was broken in the collision , and the ste a m e scap i ng , the force was necessarily diminished . The engine was shattered , and buried i ts e lf i n the sand , by wbich its progress was arrested . The sand was thrown up into the air , like so much smokeThere were thirteen ofthe cows

      . killed , and some of them were thrown twenty feet by the force ofthe shock ; but it is almost miraculous that no human life was sacrificed—at least , we have heard of none . There was a little hoy sitting quite close to the spot where the locomotive entered it who was thrown to the other side and was not _iiiiured in the least ; and a fireman named James P Sowerley , of Stanton-street , was thrown out ot tke window , without being hurt . The other cars were considerably damaged , but none ofthe _passengers in them received the slightest injury . Some Sf the cars had the wheels knocked off . The followin" is a list of the wounded of Hose Company Xo 4- —George Bailey , 75 , Norfolk-street—both " and the

      hisle < 4 broken , one o t h em in two place s , other at the ancle ; _ITiffiam Palmer , 1 S 1 , _Sten-Su-street--leggreatly injured ; . WdllamSw lnerton , _Broome-streel _* -lGg badly bruised ; William Wilmott , 240 , Delancy-street-hurt in the side and feet ; G e orge Hobbs , Clinton-street-hoth legs and hip injured ; William Daley-injured in the breas and back ; John Morgan , Clinton-street-head and breast injured ; Robert Mackay-hurt m the stomach , by being thrown on a chair ; Thomas Baker , -h andinjured ; George W . Brady-face bruised ; Charles _Dumonlin _, Clinton-street-hoth legs , DJ « 'Here we have a list often , besid es others whose name wc could not learnmore or less injured .

      , ' " The up-train was delaved for about an hour , and then proceeded on its way . The down-tram was taken to New York by the Harlem train , and Hose Company No . 4 , after consulting _together , resolved to return by . it , instead of pursuing their trip , and to apply the money they intended to _ expend upon the excursion for medieal aid to the suffering members of their body , as the acci d ent occurre d when t h ey W The down-train having been placed on the track by the assistance of Irish labourers , who . were workin g in th e ne ig hbourhood , it was attached to the Harlem train , and arrived in the city at twelve o ' clock . "

      The Navigation Laws.-Tke Following Reply...

      The Navigation LAws .-Tke following reply has been sent by the Board of Trade to an application from some shipowners at Cork , on a point _^ of importance to tbeshipping interest of the United Kingdom- : " Board of Trade , Novem b er 5 , 1 Si 9 . ; —Su * _Iim directed by the Lords of the Committee of _Sy Council foV Trade to acknowledge the receipt Jf vour letter of the 24 th of October , addressed to ? ifpresident of this board , _, _te __^*} f _% AffleScan and other foreign-built ships will bo admftSto the priviliges of British registry , after _^ Act for the Amendment of the Navigation Law _SSft _blvecome into operation ; and I am to acshall _tovo « _w _£ fronlthe 1 st of January next all S _^^ _oSTb _^ _"' _** _' _? i admit ; _ffireS without inquiry as to the p lace of Carroll , Esq ., Cork . .

      Parlia.3ientm1y And Financial.Reform. Gr...

      _PARLIA . 3 IENTM 1 Y AND FINANCIAL . REFORM . GREAT MEETING IN EDINBURGH . In compliance with a requisition signed by upwards of five hundred ofthe most influential of the inhabitants of Edinburgh , a meeting was held in the Music Hall , Edinburgh , on Monday nig ht , to receive Lord Dudley Stuart , M . P ., Sir Joshua Walmsley , JI . P ., Joseph Hume , Esq ., M . P ., an d George Thompson , Esq ., M . P ., who are at present in Scotland as adeputation from the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association . The admission was by tickets , and notwithstanding the unfavourable state ofthe weather , ( a drizzling r ; iin falling during the evening , ) the _la _\*« C hall was CTDWuvu tO

      overflowing-. Ihe meeting , in fact , was equal to any ever held in Edinburgh . Among those on the platform were—The Lord Provost , Bailie Gulland _, Dean of Guild WiUon , Councillors Fyffc _, Redpath , D rumrnon d , Gray , Miller , Hay , and Anderson Bev . Drs . Ritchie , Peddie , and Kidston ; Rev . J . R . Campbell , Rev . Mr . Muir ( Leith ) , Rev . Mr . Crawford , and Rev . Mr . Somerville ; Duncan M'Lavcn , Esq ., William T a it , Esq ., Thomas Ireland , Esq ., J . II . Stott , Esq ., Thomas Russell , Esq ., J . W . Mackie , Esq ., F . G . Mitchell , Esq ., J . Musket , Esq ., Peter Wilson , Esq ., Ac , & c . On the motion of Councillor _Guay , the Lobd Provost was called to the chair . Tlie Loud Provost , a f t er t a ki n g the chair , said that thc meeting was aware that when he accepted the honour of presiding on this occasion he qualified that acceptance by stating thathe should be allowed

      to give his own opinion upon the questions to oe discussed , ne had , however , since thought that , in the first place , it would be very inexpedient that he should do so ; and , in the second place , that itwould not be courteous if he were in any way to attempt to discuss these matters with the " honourable gentlemen who were to address them , and therefore he would confine himself simply to this statement , that he was iu no way identified with the association which these gentlemen represented . ( Disapprobation , and slight cheering . ) He did not mind a little of that work , as it was very wholesome . { Laughter . ) B . UI . ME Stott read a letter of apology from Mr . Joseph Hume for not attending the meeting , pleading the necessity of attending to his private affairs After stating that nothing was to be expected from thc Whigs , Mr . Hume concludes as follows : —

      It is painful to all those who laboured to place the Whigs in potver to find them now against those very reforms which they in other days , wheu out of power , asserted were necessary to the prosperity of this country , aud I expect the people will liave to look to Sir Robert Peel and other men for the improvement that is now wanted in this country . But we shall not have reform from any class ot political men , whether Whig or Tory , until the middleclass electors ( who have the power , if they would honestly exercise it , of forcing on the timely reforms I have pointed out , ) shall join cordially . I can only wish you success and unanimity in your proceedings .

      Sir Joshoa Walmsley , M . P _., a fter passing a w a rm eulogium on Mr . Hume , whose absence he regretted , said it would he his ( Sir J . Walmsley ' s ) duty , on the present occasion , to submit , as simply and as plainly as he could , the objects and propositions which the Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association endeavoured to carry out ; and ho should leave it to his fellow labourer in this good cause to explain and to support them . ( Applause . ) Thc hou . member then went ou to explain that the object ot the deputation was to promote the cause of parliamentary reform , with a view to the attainment of such amendments in their financial , fiical , colonial , and ecclesiastical affairs as should be in accordance with the wishes and feelings of the great

      majority of the people , and should enable tliem to reduce and equalise the unequal burdens of taxation . Every one who took an interest in the parliamentary debates , and especially in those of last session , could not but have remarked the extraordinary difference in the numbers of those who voted for and against every measure in which the people had taken an interest . In every measure in winch thc people felt a deep interest—such as a large reduction in the expenditure , the question of arbitration , the question ofthe Irish Church and its anomalies , and the very question now before tho meeting , which was broug ht forward by Mr . Hume—they must all have remarked the paucity ofthe numbers of those who voted on the side of the people , and

      have seen that the representatives who voted with an d for t h e people in all the s e g r eat questions were the members of large constituencies . ( Hear , hear . ) Indeed , the effects of the inequality in their representative system wero felt and appreciated by every member of the community , in the heavy and unequal burthen of taxation , in the unequal distribut io n ofthe funds ofthe state , and in their injurious effects upon the commerce , and trade , and manufactures of the country . They would _sustain tho crown and i ts government with b ec omi _ng sp lendour ; they would gladly reward all who had done anything to advance their country ' s welfare ; but they would draw a wide line of distinction between the dignity of the crowii and the safety ofthe state ,

      • md that useless pageanty which was kept up not for the benefit ofthe people , but for tho benefit and pecuniary advantage of a small branch of thc community . They desired to see such a check placed upon their rulers as would ensure the strictest economy in every department of the state consistent with the national faith and the national honour . They would apply state funds to properly stato purposes . They would ask thc government to look upon thc national treasury as a sacred trust p laced in their hands for the benefit of all , and not for the the particular advantage of a privileged few . They wou ld ende a vour to do aw a y with th at feeling whic h existed between their misrepresentatives and the people , and have them strive to rule by affection

      rather than by coercion . The association whicli he had the honour to represent appealed with earnestness to all parties in the community , to put aside for a time their individual objects of agitation , and to unite in that whicli was not only the most important , hut tbat on wliich all others should bo basedthe will of the great majority of the people . Their present system , he thought it would be agreed by all , was most disastrous . I * , bad involved the country in an enormous national debt , in endless extravagance , in discontent and disaffection at home and "abroad , and had rendered their position as a nation one of doubt ami disquietude . ( Hoar , hoar . ) The changes that the National Reform Association sought couid scarcely he worse than the present

      state of things . Tliey , however , believed that they would be infinitely better , a nd they were at least , based on justice and equity . They were based on this principle—that they should rule by the will and forthe benefit of thc many , rather than for the few ; and if they did not result in good , cheap , and efficient government , they would , at least , remove every just cause of discontent . The association sought to obtain these tilings by loy a l , peaceful , and constitutional means ; and , strong in the justico of their cause , they called with confidence fo r the support o f t h e goo d of e v e ry c l a s s , creed , and party . ( Great cheering . ) Sir Joshua resumed his seat amid loud and enthusiastic cheering . Mr . G . _Tno-wrsox , M . P ,, who was most

      enthusiastically received , said , —My lord Provost : Had I not taken up the cause of parliamentary and financial reform , as I have taken up every other , fion » the deepest conviction had I not believed that I was compete n t ( com pe tent , however , onl y in so far as thc cause was good in itself ) to _demonstaitc that it had claims to the support of this meeting , I would have been led to hesitate by the announcement , on the part ofthe chief magistrate of one ofthe most enlightened cities in thc world , that he was to be considered as in no way identified with such a movement . ( Hear , hear . ) I did not think that in _regard to a society which has published on the wings of the press its princip les , its objects , its measuresthat has challenired the most searching proof that

      there is ought in its scope or design that is injurious to the stability of tlie throne , or tho maintenance of our present form of government—I say that I did not think it was necessary to have announced to a meeting like this that the chief magistrate of such a city was in no way to be identified with such a movement . ( Laug hter an d gre a t cheering . ) lam identified in every way with that association . It seeks to extend the liberties of my fellow-suhiects , therefore I am identified with it . It seeks to stem the demoralising torrent that floods this country whenever a general elecnon takes place , a nd when , from two to two and a ball milli ons of t h e w e alt h of thi s country _»» » _£ _»* to debase the intellect , corrupt the ooMCience _., and buy the votes of the poo l _^ - ( G _^> j I am with it because I do not behove that _vntue _. ol

      intelligence , patriotism , and P ic _' . v-lo - _i _V ° plli „ ' Queen and reverence to our _Ood-are eo * _ri _« this country , within so narrow a compass as &) 0 , 000 voters of tlie whole population of the United lumjdom . ( Cheers . ) I am with this association because I believe that the hour is come when true conservatism consists in doing justice , not m denying it t because I believe that the people , in the midst ot surrounding convulsions-with poverty amongst themselvesf and a dull and cold , and insulting denial of any , even the smallest , right at the hands ofthe government-have shown ( when thrones weie tumbling , and our shores were crowded with exiles to-day that were monarchsand ministers yesterday ) by their observance of tbe law , by then * respect tor nropertv , by their concessions to their fcllow-sul _* - lects , all that can be shown to demonstrate their 'fitness to be at once admitted withm the elective franchise . fCheers . ) I am with this association

      because whoever the degenerate sons ot nome snes be that may be absent from this platform to-nigfltand I do not regret their absence-I am here to advocate a cause advocated by then * fathers three quarters of a century ago , and bequeathed to tliem to be accomplished , but which they have treacherously betrayed , and are not here to-night because they have not obeyed the voice of their fathers . ( Applause . ) To-morrow and its revelations , however , will , 1 trust , read these men a lesson ; for the hour is come for the breaking up ofthe domination of cli q ues , and clubs , and part _' es . ( Great ap-

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      _pl-rusc . ) I know that' th e r e a re m a ny who were asked to-day , and yesterdav , and the ( lav before , to be here , but who havo replied , " Have any of our rulers believed in him ?—( a lamrh — is tlio cause fashionable ? or is the Lord Provost with it ?" ( Renewed , laughter , and much applause . ) They will now learn to-morrow that lie is not with it . ( Hisses . ) I hope- the * cause will go on notwithstanding . ( Laughter and applause . ) I do not think that I shall feel it necessary to pack up mv portmanteau , a m / return a cross th e ' Tweed , while ! from tho Lord Provost in the chair , I can appeal to the enthusiastic thousands before me with a full conviction that , ere 1 sit down , I shall demonstrate that every man here ought to have the franchise . ( Cheers . ) Let me guard the association—for the association

      lias been put upon its trial to-night—from thc misrepresentation of those who lie in wait to deceive . We seek no change in the existing form of government . We are for no revolution save by peaceable means . We do not seek to dostrov the ' _peeratro of the country . The head and front ' of our ofiendmg is this—that we wish to havo in the Commons House of Parliament a just and constitutional counterpoise , to the influence and power of the other two states of the realm . That is a constitutional object . Wo have not three states of tho realm at the present moment . Wo havo but one . Mv honourable friend has said truly that wc do not live under a government of Queen , Lords , and Commons . \\ e are under a government that is an _swistowacvpurely an aristocracy , as th e d emocratic element has no influence whatever in this country . What is thc constitution of the house at this moment-thp people s house—the Commons liouso of parliament ? Six marquises , seven earls , twontv-onc viscounts .

      _thirty-iour lords , twenty-five . right honourable ? , forty-seven honourablcs , fifty-six baronets , eight lord-lieutenants , seventy-four dcputv-licutonauts , fifty-three magistrates , sixty-three placemen , IDS gentlemen , who arc patrons of livings in the church , and so on . That is the people ' s houso at this moment . ( A laugh . ) Do you ask anything in that liouse for the people , it is denied . " H consists of 650 men . Ask the ballot , and there are only eighty that will , vote for it . Ask for an inquiry into the appropriation and application of the temporalities of the church in Ireland , and 100 only will vote for it . Ask for any measure of financial reform , and only seventy-eight , seventy-nine , and eighty , will vote for it . Ask for the extension of tlio suffrage , and only eighty-four will vote for it . Ask for the People ' s Charter , a nd onl y fifteen will vote for it . Now , my lord , with regard to financial reform , there is no difference of opinion . Tlie universal cry is that taxation has reached its limit , and tlie

      universal admission is , that it is injurious to the interests of the people ; that it interferes with industry ; that it paralyses trade and commerce ; that it is unequally imposed ; and that the mode of its collection is vexatious . Well , doubtless we are heavily taxed . I think , my Lord Provost , that you will admit this , that taxation is not a luxury , th a t it is not something that is done to gi ve us p leasure ; and that if any corporation , having tho power , exercises it to take money to the extent of ten millions out of the pockets of tho peoplo , thej' ought , at least , to bo able to show a good account of what they have done with it , and prove themselves faithful andjust in regard to it . I will call on this audience , ' tO-Iligllfc , tO Jook at this question ihrough certain high moral aspects . Kow what do we pay

      for government in comparison with- other nations ? On the othor side of the Atlantic they havo a government , and they are proud of it . " Tliey support their king in respectability , and they call him a president . ( A laugh . ) lie reigns for four years , and there every man is heir-apparent to the throne . ( Laughter and applause . ) Well , they have a government , and they havo a standing army which they deem sufficient to guard that immense frontier of theirs , stretching f rom th c F roz e n O c ean to the Pacific , and to the distant portions of Mexico . And what do they pay per head ? Just 9 s . _fd . Well , if wc go from America to Russia , we find that there they rejoice in a government called an autocracybecause , I suppose , an autocracy is a word superior to a republic- ( a laugh )—nnd they have to pay 2 d

      more than in America , for they have to pay 0 s . Od . a head . They have a _vcmarkable government , to be sure ; and very conducive to order , whether it be in AVarsaw _, St . Petorsburgh , or the banks of thc Danube . '( Laughter . ) .. Then , in Austria , thc peoplopay Us . 0 . a head ; in Prustia , 12 s . 4 d . ; while our mercurial neighbours on the other side of the channel pay Sis . a head , for—I was going to d esi gnate this government , but I do not know well what it is , and I will , therefore , refr a in f ro m doi n g so . ( Laughter . ) They have got a government , however , and , for such as it is , they pay 24 s . a head . And , my Lord Provost , we have a government ; and if thc worth ofa thing is to be estimated according to what it costs the country , wh y we should havo a thins ; of superlative excellency—of

      faultless creation , or without a blemish in its beauty , or a flaw in its construction ; for instead of paying 0 _^ . 7 d . and 9 s . 0 x 1 . a head , as in America and in _itussi' * . ; lis . 6 J ., as in Austria ; 12 s . id ,, as in Prussia ; and 21 s ., as iii Franco—we pay 45 s . a head all round . ( Hear , hear . ) In addition to this , there is an immense amount of taxation for local purposes , which weuld , perhaps , swell the amount ot thc taxes paid by tho people of this country to the extent of more than £ 100 , 000 , 000 annually . AYhat is this paid for ? For government . For any thing else ? 2 fo man can say that it is paid for ought but government . Wlmt is the object of government ? To defend the rights and liberties , and to

      protect the property of all . Under a wise and andjust government , laws should be no respecter of persons . Justice should he cheap , easy , certain , impartial . Industry , so far from being sneered at or plundered , should be , no t ia Mr . Disraeli ' s sense of the word , by just laws and taxation , protected , so that it might have free scope . So just government should make any religious distinctions a matter of disqualification in things that aro purely secul a r , temporal , and political . There should be no more taxes raised under a just government than wero absolutely needed . They should he justly imposed—not levied lightest on the strongest , and heaviest ' on the weakest . Thev should not seek

      from him that has scarcely anything almost as much as that which hc hath ; and that would not seek to give him who has abundance , tell times move out ot Ihe taxes than ho pays into them . AVill any man fur a moment contend that such is thc constitution ofthe peoplo of this country that they cannot bo governed for l ess th a n 21 s . a head more than French , 32 s . Sd . more than tho Prussians , 33 s . Gd . more than the Austrians , 35 s . 3 d . more th a n the Russi a ns , and 35 s . 5 d . more than the people of thc United States ? You in Scotland will surely seek to clear yourselves from thc imputation of being sueh an unruly , turbulent , and immoral set of people as to require an expense ten times

      greater than that ofthe people ofthe united States to govern you . It strikes me that instead of being a country which should have to appeal to the civilised world for bread to save it from famishing , as we have lately been , it ought to be a country which , as it possesses all the elements of wealth , should possess a contented , ; _i happy , _iind a prosperous population . ( Cheers . ) AVill any man rise and say that the evils of which wo havo to complain are chargeable to the Divine Heing ? No . AYhat could Hc have done for us more than lie hath done ? AVe havo a boundless territory . AVe can command , even on our own soil , the fruits of all climes and of all seasons . We have bread enough and to Sparc in the imperial granary . AVe arc exalted in arts ,

      and invincible m arms . Ave have a commerce commensurate with the globe , with mineral riches unsurpassed , with mechanical ingenuity unequalled , with a perseverance amongst our mariners and our merchants that leads them to compass the earth , so that wherever a human being Can bo found they will be ready to change commodities with hiin . ( Cheers . ) And yet , notwithstanding all this , wo are a discontented and wretched people , having more poverty amongst us than can be found among the same number in any part of tho world , Howdoes that come to pass ? " We think that misgovcrnment has a great deal to do with it . Th e re a rc i _£ 0 l ) , 000 _, 000 of taxes raised every year forstate purposes . From whom , then , are the taxes derived ? The aristocracy pay nothing . They pay , in fact ,

      Infinitely less than nothing when you compute how much they take out of the taxes . Who pays the £ 37 , 000 , 030 of indirect taxes ? Tlie consuming and hard-working' people of this country . _Kot your men in ermine robes . 'So . That pale-faced weaver pays them—that man that is coming with sooty face from the mine , where hc h a s be e n l a b o uring hard in the bowels of the earth , pays themyon ingenious mechanic pays them—yon semptress in the garret pays them—yon porter labouring under his burthen pays them—yon engi neer t h at drove tho locomotive that brought us to this city paysthem . AVhere he spends 20 s . in tea , he pays 15 s . in taxes ; where he spends 20 s . in coffee , lie pays 8 s . in taxes ; where he spends 20 s . in sugar , he pays 6 s . in taxes ; where he spends 20 s . in soap , os . goes to pay -taxes ; and when he spends 20 s . in to b acco 10 s he pays for taxes . AVho , then , pays the taxes ? It is the hardworking people . Our

      taxes Como from the poov , from , _tta mcv \ * sW vise early and who sit up l a te , and who cat the bread of carefulness , and whoso bosom is wrung by a thousand anxieties to provide for those whom hc has left at home . These aro the men whom wo seek to have a share in seeing tiiat the government is properly administered ; itis tho fathers and the husbands—the men who work hard , and arc willing to do so , from Monday morning till Saturday evening , to gain an honest livelihood . ( Applause . ) It is the man who , if he has 20 s . a week , pays 10 s . of it i n taxes to the Ch a ncellor of t hc Exche q uer , as ho can scarcel y do anything for which he is not taxed . If not , would his lordship give it a name ? AYas itnet something liko robbery ? ( Applause . ) _Xow this association was established for the protection of tho masses who wore thus robbed . If not with the Lord Provost , at least with many of this audience they would find sympathy for tho object they had in view . ( Hear , hear . ) He would now take

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      an illustration or two . ' Ur , Thdm /> son then ivferred to thc sixty millions sterling which was annually raised by this country , ami said that were ' this money properly spent , " what immense good could be eftucted with it , Every cottage might be Hooded with light , every deformed creature housed and comforted , and every wretched and poverty-stricken victim might be saved from famine . ( Applause . ) Hut how did the money go ? Twenty-eight millions of it went to pay the interest on the national debt , which was nothing more nor less than a stupendous movement of their practical atheism . Then , besides this sum of twenty-eight millions to pay the interest of the debt contracted by war , there was _nsarly twenty millions _stcrliiio * move expended for

      the purpose of keeping up war-like establishments . Ue then referred to the small sum which was set down for education ( , £ 30 , 000 ) denounced tho largo sums given to the church of England and to the church of Ireland for the maintenance of tlieir religious ordinances , and after referring to the splendour and wealth in which many of tho prelates of these churches lived , and to the large sums which thej often bequeathed at their deaths , ho asked if this was a consistent imitation of him who had not where to lay his head . ill * . Thompson then stated that last session an earnest appeal was mado to thc prime minister of this country to grant some measure of reform . Lord John liusscll , however , replied in substance that tho system worked

      well—( laughter)—and let well alone . Kow to that , he ( Mr . Thompson ) would say that it doubtless worked well for Lord John ; for lie had a salary of £ 5 , 000 a year , the amount wliich thc President of the United States received who governed nineteen millions of tho human race—and . a house called Pembroke Lodge , in ltlehmond Park , all the repairs of which wcre done at the public expense ; he had besides tho _piitvonago of 103 livings ill the _ohlU'Ch , and the appointment of all thc bishops . Lord John hail two brothers in the army taking tho pay of tho people ; one who was a canon iu thc church ; two on tbo quarter deck ofthe navy ; one sergeant nt-arir . s of the House of Commons . He had also an uncle in the navy , a cousin irovcrnor of a

      distant colony , a fathcr-in _^ aw Lord * Privy Seal , with £ 2 , 000 a year , and a brother-in-law * one of tho secretaries of the Board of Control , '• Verily , Lord John Russell might say that thc system worked well . ( Loud applause . ) Thero wore also many others for whom tho system worked well , ( Hear , hear . ) It worked well for admirals and no ships ; for generals and no command ; for pensioners and no merit ; for office-holders and no duties ; for grand falconers and no falcons ; and many others . It did not , however , work well for trade and commerce ; for the rights and claims of British industry ; for tho cause of peace and for the rights of the poor ; for the rights of conscience ; for thc contentment of the colonies ; for thc peace of Ireland ; or for the

      independence of election . In none of tliese respects did it work well . ( Loud cheers . ) I a m m a king no a llusion to m e n f or th e purpo se o f bringing them into prominence for theiv disadvantage or disparagement ; but is it just or right to the people of this country to charge them £ 120 , 000 a year for thc continuance of the regal mockery in Dublin ? Can no man be found , w ho s e sympathy for Ireland would lead him to go there , and do his best to tranquilise that unhappy country for loss than £ 120 , 000 a year ? ( Hear , and applause . ) So American ambassador bas more than £ 2 , 000 a year ; neither Mr . Bancroft , at the Court of St . James ' s , nor AYashington Irving at any other court . Surely we have something else to do with our money than

      to pay our ambassadors or attaches tor sporting along ' thc streets of Naples with Lola Montes . ( Laughter and applause , ) If £ 2 , 000 will food , house , and provide a carriage , what neod have they of £ S , 000 or £ 10 , 000 , when that is taken from the h a rd e a rn i ng s o f th e poo r w ea ver or blacksmith ? ( Applause , ) AYhat can that be called ? ( A voiec , " Robbery . " ) Now , . I say without hesitation , that the appl i c a tion ofth e mone y t a k e n from t h o p e op l e of this country is a sc a nd a l to ou r reli gion ; and the parties that do so are a government who do not sympathise with meritorious industry . Well , then , the question was , how is this system to bo remedied . Thanks to the men of Liverpool , and to thc men of Edinburgh , who havo taken up tho question of financial reform , tho evils of the present system have

      been to a considerable extent exposed . Mr . Thomps on th e n allu d e d to the votes on various m eas ur es o f reform during the l as t s e ssion , and asked what then is tho remedy ? AVe sny representative reform . AYe say that all these evils have grown up under our representative system . AYe say that every argument employed in favour of the Reform Bill iu 1831 and 1832 is applicable at tbo present time . Did Lord John Russell , at that time , denounce nomination seats ? AYh y , they exist still . It will be found that , in more than the half of tho small boroughs , at thc last general election , there was no contest . And why ? Because there was no men desirous of incurring expense . No ; but because no man has anv earthly chance unless Lord

      So-andso , and the Honourable So-and-so nominated Hm . Then is tlio . ro no interference ofthe peers with the freedom of election ? Why look to those two ornaments of tho opposition benches—tho youthful Granby and the venerable Homes , lhey came into parliament to represent tho most noble the Marquis of Exeter . They sit for thc Marquis of Exeter and tlie honest voters of Exeter say , that rather than things should remain in that state , they would prefer that the borough was altogether disfranchised . Is there no bribery now ? Yes ; I spoke of two millions having been spent at every election in bribery . In somo boroughs it requires £ 70 or £ 80 , in others £ 200 or £ _50 ( i , a nd i n t he ca s e of L i verpool , it reaches to thousands ; for men are utterly

      intractable until you have employed the oil of palms . ( Applause and laughter . ) ill * . Thompson then asked what chance have the popular constituencies ? The borough of the Tower Hamlets , which lie represented , sent two members to the House of Commons , a nd ha d a popul a tion of neaal y half a mill io n o f souls ; but there were eighty-three men in tho I l ouse of Commons , the population of whose eightythree boroughs did not equal that of the Tower Hamlets , and eighty of these wero in the opposite lobby of the liouse to which he went . He then directed their attention to thc return obtained by Sir W . Clay , from which it would be seen that fourteen boroughs , at tho top of one of the lists , with a constituency in the aggregate _ofdMH , returned twenty

      members ; whereas nine boroughs at the bottom of tho list , who also returned twenty member . ' , had an aggregate constituency of 141 , 403 . Mr . Thompson then showed how the elections in the small boroughs were man ag ed , th r ough th o instrum en t a li t y o f London parliamentary agents , and unknown and untried men got in to represent them , entirely according to the amount thoy are willing to spend on the bribery and corruption of the voters . These , hc said , were facts which could not be denied , and although large constituencies , liko that of Edinburgh , might from their numbers bo saved from such a state of things , yet what he had stated was the condition of half the boroughs in thc United Kingdom . ( Hear . ) It was to put an end to things like these that thoy asked for such a measure of parliamentary reform as was lately brought f orw a r d by Mr . Hume ; and nothing less than that would

      answer . Apart , however , from tins measure , as a moans to an end , there were sufficient grounds upon wliich to espouse it . It was right in itself ; and that was enough for him ( Mr . Thompson ) . AYhy should one man have a vote and not another ? ( Cheers . ) lie then adverted to the irresponsible character of tho House of Commons , as at present constituted . No doubt there wero a few members returned by large constituencies ; and hc would like to ask if the giving of the franchise to these large constituencies was an error ? Had Manchester cause to he ashamed of her representatives ; or thc metropolitan boroughs , of coarse with one exception ? ( Alaugh . ) Their ministers were not ,, however , responsible at this moment to their constituencies . Was Lord Palmerston responsible to Tiverton ? Sir J . llobhouse to Harwich ; or Mr . Ilawes to Kinsale ? AVhon Sir . Ha wes was responsible to Lambeth , he was turned out . AVhon Sir J . llobhouse was

      responsible to Nottingham he was also turned out . He could allude to other turns out , but hc would not . ( Laughter , applause , and some hisses . ) They could take the liberty of putting thoir own construction on this . ( Hisses , appl a use , and a _yoicc —" Three cheers for Mr . Macaulay . " ) There was a very interest i ng d i f f er ence of op i nion o n th a t su b ject , and hc would not attempt to decide the question . But this he meant to say , that the electors had the right to choose the man that they liked best . This was not the case , however , with thrce-fimrths of the burghs in this country . Then , in reference to the counties , the £ 50 _teiinnt-at-will electors eould not act in opposition to the behests of their landlords , unless they were

      willing to make sacrifices whicli few men were prepared to make for political honesty . He had to tell them , finally , that hc and those who co-operated with him , sought thc measure at which they aimed as a measure of honesty . They sought to accomplish it by honourable means . By appealing to the understanding , the reasoning , and the virtues of thc people of this country , they hoped to obtain for ti _«> _wwfYM-i-jwisevi cliisscs that whieh tliey had a right to . ( Applause . ) IJ the middle classes did no unite with their disfranchised fellow-subjects of tho working-classes in this movement , it was his doliberate opinion that matters could not go on long _a-i they had been doing . Of this , however , he was

      sure , that it the middle class would recognise the rights of their unenfranchised fellow-subjects , no ministry would much longer delay granting such a measure of reform as they claimed . It was not univers a l suffrage that they sought , but th e enfranchisement of every man who was rated in Eng land to tho poor—who had a local habitation and a name . This would exclude the vagrant , tho lunatic , and thc soldier _, lie granted that this would bring within tho franchise a great many vicious persons ; but hc doubted if there would be more vico than existed under the present system . He was convinced that there were many who would go from that meeting into

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      _ouseurity that were : is much entitled ty uiu _Iruiiehise as any who at present held it ; ami who would besides , exercise it aa well aud as faithfully . Ilo held that there were many such as i / j : serviu _^ of thc IVaiidli-C as tho chief magistrate who presided over their meeting . ( . 1 _/>/>!¦ ¦! use . ) It Uml been said that the working-classes had been turbulent ; but men were generally disposed tobe turbulent when they were sensible of being wronged ; and thoy mot to judge what tho conduct of men would ho when ' righted , by what it had been when they were aeting under a sense of injury . ( Hear , hear . ) It did not follow , however , that a bad man would elect a bad representative . They know too much of the evils of their own class to do so . At all events they

      know too much of themselves and then- tendencies to put a man exactly like themselves in a situation where hc could do ' so much injury . ( Applause . ) Ho was disposed to think that society wasnot just so vicious that they eould noc get abundance of materials to control or leaven , in a matter of this kind , what was bad . In his humble judgment there was far too much importance attached to the giving ofthe right to vote to the unenfranchised classes . It was a trust wliich no doubt required to be exercised wisely ; but a man almost every day in his life discharge *! duties which wove calculated to have as great an influence on his fellow-men as this . Tho working classes were already morally and intellectually enfranchised , aud why miht they

      _^ not be politically enfranchised ? Thoy had the franchise of speech ; thoy exercised tho d uties of fathers and husbands , of m as ters and fore me n , an d ot h er important duties in life ; and why should they not have a right to vote for those who rpprsented them in parliament' ? ( Applause . ) They were surety as _^ vell qualified to exercise ic as the peoplo of America or of France . It was , therefore , no longer _amattti * of doubt or experiment . It had been tried and proved beyond all cavil or dispute ( Applause . ) They had an infinitely better population hero then existed in America where tho suffrage was universal ; and what was to hinder the suffrage being extended to them ? Thc honourable gentleman then stated that the association stopped

      a little snort of the demands of the chartist , and went a little beyond those of the moderate reformer , and said that having done this they had happily obtained , the co-opcrlition of both . Mr . Thompson concluded by calling upon men to cast aside party , and hy urging reformers to unite and to trust to themselves . Thoso who wcre ready to go their length , and yet did not declare for it , " merely because thc word had not yet come from Lord John _ltussell and Lord Grey , should at once make np their minds , irrespective of these parties , for they might depend upon it that they would place them in a false position , for when once thu whigs found that they must either move on , or move out of office , they would adopt thc former instead of the latter

      alternative . Mr . Thompson then read a letter from Lord Dudley Stuart , expressing his regret that severe domestic affliction prevented him from heing able to como to Edinburgh . Sir ., AY . Taw ( the former publisher of Tait ' s Magazine ) , then moved the following resolution : — " That tho inhabitants of Edinburgh here assembled , believing as they do , that good and economical government will onl y Y > e secorcu by < l largo extension of franchise ; a shortening ofthe duration of Parliament ; protection to every man in tlie exercise of tha franchise , and a more equal distribution of politieal power , through the means of equalised electoral districts , heartily sympathises in tho object aimed at by the National Financial and Parliamentary Itcform Association , and of tho means used

      to effect those objects ; and this meeting tenders its warmest thanks to thc gentlemen of tlio deputation for their able exposition of the principles of that association upon the present occasion . "—Ho said he did not approve out-and-out of the Parliamentary Financial Beform Association . Ilis objection , however , was not that it went too far —hut that it did not go far enough—hc being of opinion with Jeremy llentham , that thc suffrage should be universal . ( Applause . ) Mr . Tyfk , S . S . C ., seconded the motion , which was carried amidst the most enthusiastic applause . Sir Joshua AYai . msi _, f . y and Sir . Thompsox then severally returned thanks ; and , after a vote of thanks to the Lord Provost for liis conduct in the chai r the meeting broke up .

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      avreck ofthe Ship _LEubope . —The underwriters at Lloyd's received thc following particulars , announcing the deplorable loss of tho barque L * Europe , of Havre , with tho whole ofthe crew ( except the second mate ) and passengers , on the island of Guernsey . _L'Enrope wns a vessel nearly 400 tons burden , and was bound to the above-mentioned port ( Havre , ) from Saguc la Grande , Cuba . She sailed on the 4 th of October , and had a pr sperous voya ge till t hc morning o f Thur sday last , having safely passed tho Lizard on the previous day with a fair wind from N . AV , At two o ' clock , when it -was blowing a gale from tho northward , accomp a nied by heavy sliowcrs of rain aud hail , thc master , reckoning that ho had passed tho Caskets , shaped ins course for Baifleur lighthouse , hut , in an hour

      afterwards , land was seen on thc larboard how , and almost immediately rocks were perceived close at hand . An attempt was made to put thc vessel about , but she missed stays , and in wearing ship much gl'OUnd WftS lost . Two tacks were made to avoid thc danger which seemed imminent , nnd the best bower-anchor was then let go very close to somo rocks in _proximity with the shore . The anchor , however , did not hold , and finall y , about half-past five , the vessel was driven broadside on against a dangerous ridge of rocks , a short distance below llomci' d'Alboc , to the eastward of A a zon B a y , and shortly afterwards went to pieces . The second mate was the only one of tho Cl'CW who gained the shore ; all thc rest perished , and a lady passenger and her two children . The hodies of the latter havo been washed

      ashore with two of tho crew , and were decently buried . Not a particle of her cargo was saved . The loss of the vessel aud envgo is estimated at £ 8 _,-500 . Thc Guernsey Comet states that the name of thc lady " passenger was Mme . Duj . irdin , from Ghent , in Belgium , and the names of her children Henry , aged about five , and Henrietta , throe years . L'Europe was commanded by Captain Slehout , and sho had a crew of nine mon and a boy . Death from Chloroform . — _Annthsr death from chloroform has lately occurred iu Paris , and Ins heen reported by M . de Confevron . The patient , a woman thirty-two years of age , who had been some time befove etherised _witliO'it ill-ctt't _* ct 3 , inhaled chloroform previous to the extraction of n , tooth . The chloroform was given very carefully and slowly . When insensibility had been apparently produced the operator was about to _commenca , when the pnticnt

      perceiving herself not sufficiently affected , repulsed his hand and tmdc signs for more chloroform . Sho pressed the handkerch ' ef to her mouth and made four or five deep inspirations . Almost immediately the face became pale and contracted ,. the pupils of th e eye horri b l y diluted , the teeth clenched , and the head thrown back- Ammonia , galvanism , artificial respiration , and other means did not restore her . On post mortem examination no stroctural disease was discovered ; the cerebral vessels wcm congested ; in all thc larger vessels at the base of the cranium there wvre many hubbies of air . The left auricle of the heart contained black fluid , in which also were air bubbles . The large veins contained black fluid blood . M Confevron refers the bubbles of air to the strong inaifflations he practised . He considers tlie death to have resulled from tho directly noxious influence of chloroform upon the nervous system . —Medical Gazette .

      _Narrow Escape of a Train at CiiAni . EROi . —On Sunday last thc train left Namur with four hundred passengers . When within sight of Charlrroi , the driver seeing no signal hoisted , blew his whistle repeatedly , biit meeting with no response , and apprehending danger , got down and walked to thc station , where he found the waykcepcr lying on the ground , bleeding profusely from sv _dagger wound and contusions about thc head . Hc _' found also that the rails had been removed by some miscreants , who effected it with luiminm mufiictl in cloth , with _, which they felled the waykceper , who states that he > had just sufficient strength , as the engine-driver * was on his way , to raise his hand nnd give the sig- nal for tho approaching train to stop . Had it pro- cceded , the consequence , it is stated , would have 5 been , that it would with the passengers have been ; i precipitated into the canal . Two men tire in ens- ; - tody on suspicion .

      A . Yesskl _mseut - rd bv her Crew . —Ivilkee , S , Nov . 17 . —A vessel , timber-laden , was discovered on tt the morning of the 17 th inst ,, oft' Loophead Light- thouse , des e rt e d b y her cr ew , and drifting before the ie wind . She was boarded by the men of a pilot-boat , t , who succeeded in getting some of her sails into to working order . She wind soon after having come te to the south-west , the ship ' s head was turned to- ownrds Galway . She passed tbis place about three ee o'elock in tow of two pilot-boats , and seemed to be be getting on well , The coast-guards stationed here re attempted to board her , hut failed , so t ho poor p ilot _> ot men were loft to enjoy their prize undisturbed , sd . There is no account of tho crew ; it is supposed 'ed thoy deserted her during the late stormy weather , er and that they landed oh the Kerry shore . _AViTii a view to collect their webs for silk , -1 , 000 300 spiders were once obtained , but \ hey soon killed , led each other . Manufactures and war never thrive _'tve together .

      _Ahebneihv _' s Tub 1 \> wj > ehs were specially prepared as an s an adjunct to the external application of " Abernethy ' s IHle llie Ointment for every variety of the piles . The use of these hese powerful aperients tends greatly to dostrov the beneficial ef- a ef- . tects of the outward application and to increase rather than than l u ™« nsli tho _disorder . It Is too much tiic custom with thu I thu \ _tumcted to _liave recourse to strong purgative medicine in no in . eases of this complaint , and in almost every such instance _ance i mo patient is materially injured aud tho _di sease greatly _-catlyy aggravated . AVhere tho bowels are confined , the Aber lYber _ncthianlowdcrs havc the effect of removing thc obstruc-struc- - "on , and of allaying any inflammation that exists . Thev Thev « n ?„ ° . ¦ _" _! . _sh'c"Stlien H > e body , and render thoroughly cfll-y cfll-iwent the use of the Ointment .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 24, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_24111849/page/7/