t Feb. 10,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



with it The trust deeds of that place of worship bind it 

 to be in strict connexion with the Established Church of 

 Scotland, and Mr. Irving was removed from it on the sole 

 frround that he was cut off by his Presbytery in Scotland. 

 Mortality of the Metropolis.— The following is the 

 number of Deaths registered in the week ending Jan. 27. 

 !-West Districts, 177; Northern, 170, Central, 192; 

 Eastern, 252; Southern, 220. Total, 1011. Weekly 

 average for the last five years, 946. 



ffrobfncfal Netos. 



Aylesbury — The annual meeting of the Agricultural 

 Association of Buckinghamshire was held in this town on 

 Saturday for the purpose of auditing the accounts, fixing 

 the premiums, and other routine business. The members 

 afterwards dined together ; the Duke of Buckingham was 

 in the chair. The dinner was not so fully attended as last 

 vear, which was ascribed to the unfavourable state of the 

 weather. After the usual routine toasts the Duke of 

 Buckingham made the speech of the day in returning 

 thanks for the toast of his health. His Grace said, " I 

 pride myself upon being regarded as the mouthpiece of 

 this society, a society which has for its object not only the 

 well-being of the farmer but of the poor labourer also. 

 It is of no use talking of the prosperity of the farmer un- 

 less the prosperity of the labourer is to be considered as 

 a necessary adjunct. I now declare as connected with a 

 party and as a landlord that unless the well-being of the 

 labourer is to be attended to I would not give a single 

 straw for the present agitation. The first agricultural 

 association that had been formed was the present one, 

 and I am truly pleased to observe that there is now 

 scarcely a single county that cannot boast of a similar 

 one. What was the consequence ? The science of agri- 

 culture nad received an impetus which had given rise to 

 a variety of improvements that had never been dreamt of 

 before. But we are told by some parties that Ministers 

 are wavering ; and therefore notwithstanding the other- 

 wise great advantages that might arise from these associa- 

 tions, the farmer is at a loss to know what he really ought 

 to do. Now I think if gentlemen would only carefully 

 peruse what Sir R. Peel as the head of the Government 

 had said upon the subject, there would be no difficulty in 

 ascertaining what Ministers really meant. I have been 

 charged with inconsistency — but where was the man that 

 could prove that charge ? I think I am not saying too 

 much when I assert that no man in the country has en- 

 deavoured to do more for the support and well-being of 

 the agricultural interest than I have." 

 ^ Barnard Castle.— An Anti-Corn-law meeting was held 

 in this town on the 26th ult. in order to assist the League 

 id raising the 100,000/., and to spread information con- 

 cerning its operations for the present year. Already last 

 year's contributions are nearly doubled. 



Birmingham.— X meeting in favour of free trade was 

 held in this town on Monday at which the Chartists at- 

 tempted to interfere with the business of the meeting. 

 A riotous scene took place which ended in the Chartists 

 being turned out of the room. Mr. Cobden, Col. Thomp- 

 son and other gentlemen then addressed the meeting in 

 iavour of free trade, and the sum of 850/. was subscribed 

 in favour of the League Fund. 



h*u ^ fi Edmunds --^ meeting of Suffolk farmers was 

 neitt in this town last week for the purpose of taking 



«^ c Ii oppose the Lea s ue - About 500 P ersons were 



IZTl tJiegrea f er P artbei n? tenant-farmers. Geo. Rod- 

 V« lr ,T P^ded, and the meeting was addressed by 

 te^ltf 7 ° rd : Mn H * Heigham, and Mr. Edwards, 

 audo n'TT byL ° rd Eust °n>SirT. G.Cullum, Bart, 

 tion wtl lando r ers ' Res °l«tions ™ favour of protec- 



nurnrKP? /T ' and u P wards of 300/. subscribed for the 

 purposes of the meeting. 



Aerirnli?*f '™* 0n Saturda 7 a meeting of Cambridgeshire 



w 8 n"& ,, « Wd K held in this t0 ™ for the P ur P<>se of 

 opnosin" t { tUe beSt cour8e that could be adopted for 

 duTnJn? .* pr °e ress of ^e League, and for securing 

 present t!° n '° a * ricult ™«- About 600 persons werf 

 Mr Petp n reat ma i oritv of whom were tenant-farmers. 



Ported hi tk S n , w * 8 called to the chair > and was SU P" 

 V. Cotton ^ n° f Hardwick e, the Hon. E. Yorke, Sir 

 taeetine t • Resolutions we re passed pledging the 

 Protectin f rC8lS . the Lea S ue and anv further inroads on 

 scribed in\i gncuIture ' and u P war «s of 500/. wassub- 



CarVi r ° 0m * 

 l a &d in the"^" meetm & °^ the owners and occupiers of 

 on Saturdav C ° Unty ° f Cumbe ri«nd was held in this town 

 for opposing ^_ COn8lder wh at measures should be adopted 



taction 

 Jting a 



Jorrner occasi ~"~" w uclween 4UU a » d ouu, an 



Sir G. Mn.. ° nS ' U was com POsed of men of all parties 



*°r Opposing. t i ""ai, measures snouiu ue auupiea 



Protection t P ro S re ss of the League, and for securing 

 mee tine am agriculture - The number attending the 

 formpr «.. 0unted to between 400 and 500, and as on 



Ported bv \T » WaS Called to the chair ' and was BU P" 

 Mr - Head AT • W * HazelI > Mr - Brisco, Mr. Graham, 

 tio ns i Q a ' _ Jor FieId * and other landowners. Resolu- 



—« • iu accorn J ° r d ' and other la ndowners. Resolu- 



^aniniousl* ° C Wlth the views of the roeeti »S were 

 for ^e distri ? 5 [ t0 ? and a " Protection Association" 



meat which if V J ng beea formed » a petition to Parlia- 

 aun »erousl» e .^ bodled the resolutions was adopted and 

 aai0 «nted to — - *' ^ h ~ subscri ption in the room 



ex Pected frrl l i? Wards 0f 200/ -> and a large addition is 



^vizel^. the count y- 

 J Ur e was held t meet,n S In favour of protection to agricul- 

 b y about 1200 t0WD 0n W ednesdav,anJ was attended 



? e y Herbert Iib" ??' &m ° n * * hom were the Hon - Sid - 

 * Ir -*eeld Ifpi I'n^' M ' P » Mr - Bennett, M.P., 

 [ i «.ft, Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P., Mr. Heneage, 



W. P. Hayward, the Hon. S. Herbert, Mr. Bennett, M.P., 

 and other gentlemen ; and resolutions in favour of protec- 

 tion were unanimously carried. Upwards of 1200/. were 

 subscribed at the meeting. 



Doncaster. — A tea- party in favour of the League was 

 held on Tuesday week in this town, which was numerously 

 attended, by far the greater number present being females. 

 The subscriptions now raised in Doncaster amount to 90/. 

 and it is believed that that sum will be increased to 100/., 

 nearly 30/. more than was raised last year. — On Saturday 

 a meeting of landowners, farmers and others was held in 

 this town as a sequel to one held on the previous Saturday, 

 when the tenant-farmers of this district agreed to solicit 

 the aid of the landowners and resolved that a public meet- 

 ing be held as early as possible, which the landed interest 

 should be invited to attend. Accordingly on the 3d inst. 

 a great number of the neighbouring gentry assembled to 

 give their support to the measures of the Doncaster Pro- 

 tection Society. Sir W. Cooke, of Wheatly Park, pre- 

 sided, and the meeting wasfaddressed by Col. Fullerton, of 

 Thryberg, and other gentlemen. Resolutions in favour'of 

 protection were unanimously carried and a liberal sub- 

 scription was entered into. 



Durham. — On Saturday a meeting of agriculturists was 

 held in this city, for the purpose of adopting measures for 

 opposing the progress of the League. The meeting was 

 numerously attended. Mr. J. Wood, a tenant-farmer, 

 was called to the chair, in which he was supported by R. 

 S. Surtees, Esq., of Hamsterley-hall; F. D. Johnson, 

 Esq., of Aykley Heads ; W. L. Wharton, Esq., of Dry- 

 burn ; T. D. Shaltoe, Esq., of Whitworth ; Thomas 

 Davison, Esq., of Durham ; A. Smith, Esq., of Langley- 

 grove, &c. A letter was read from the Duke of Cleveland 

 approving of resisting the League and recommending a 

 county meeting to be called. A long discussion ensued, 

 which ended in the appointment of a committee of owners 

 and occupiers of land, to superintend a meeting of the 

 whole agricultural interest of the county, and to consult 

 the Duke of Cleveland as to the time when it would be 

 most convenient to his Grace to attend, in order that as 

 little delay as possible should occur. 



Fareham. — On Monday week a meeting for the protec- 

 tion of agriculture was held in this town, attended by 

 about 200 persons. Mr. Robert Stares presided, and re- 

 solutions forming a Protection Society were adopted. 



Gloucester. — The High Sheriff has refused to convene 

 a county meeting " to take into consideration the existing 

 restrictions on commerce, especially those affecting the 

 necessaries of life, and to hear Mr. Cobden and others on 

 these subjects." The ground he alleges is that 4k the 

 avowed objects of the proposed meeting appear to be not 

 so much to give the freeholders of the county an op- 

 portunity of expressing their sentiments as to listen to 

 the arguments of strangers." Among the requisitionists 

 were the Earls of Radnor and Ducie, and the following 

 Members of Parliament :— Mr. Langston, Mr. Philpotts, 

 Mr. John Martin, Mr. Pryse Pryse, Mr. Powlett Scrope, 

 and Mr. Stanton. A meeting however will take place on 

 the 24th instant, the following six magistrates having, in 

 consequence of the High Sheriff's refusal, appointed that 

 day for holding the meeting : The Earl of Ducie, and 

 Messrs. E. Holland, L. S. Austin, L. Clutterbuck, J. R. 

 Barker, R. Wynniatt, and C. E. Hanford. 



Lincoln. — On Friday a meeting of the Lincoln and 

 Lindsey Protection Society was held in this city, C. Chap- 

 lain, Esq., of Blankney, in the chair, when it was resolved 

 to prepare and present petitions to both Houses of Par- 

 liament as early as possible, praying that no alteration 

 should be made in the corn and provision laws. It was 

 resolved also that the secretary write to the different asso- 

 ciations in the county to appoint a deputation to meet a 

 committee of this society on Tuesday the 10th of March, 

 in order to form a central society for the whole county for 

 the protection of agriculture. 



Liverpool. — In consequence of the late disagreement! 

 in the district Court of Bankruptcy, the Lord Chancellor 

 has made arrangements by which Mr. Skirrow has been 

 removed to Manchester, and his place supplied by Mr. 

 Serjeant Ludlow, who will preside in this Court in con- 

 junction with Mr. C. Phillips. 



Louth. — A meeting of Agriculturists was held in this 

 town on Wednesday, J. W. Yorke, Esq., in the chair, at 

 which resolutions were passed pledging the meeting to 

 oppose the League and adopting a petition to Parliament 

 in favour of protection. 



Middleton. — On Monday a meeting of the working 

 classes of this town was held, when 29/. was collected 

 towards the League fund. The total paid by the 7000 

 inhabitants of Middleton is upwards of 370/. 



Newark. — A meeting was held in this town last week 

 for the purpose of adopting measures to resist the League. 

 Col. Rolleston, M.P., and numerous other landowners 

 were present. Resolutions were passed establishing a 

 society for the protection of agriculture, and upwards of 

 120 gentlemen put down their names in the room as 

 members. A committee was formed to conduct the pro- 

 ceedings of the society and appoint sub-committees to 

 canvass for subscriptions in their respective districts. 



Newcastle. — Mr. Wakley, a glass-merchant, brother to 

 Mr. Wakley, M.P., coroner for Middlesex, has been ap- 

 pointed official assignee of the Court of Bankruptcy for 

 this town. The appointment is worth 2000/. per annum. 

 Oldham. — On Tuesday week the Oldham committee of 

 the League forwarded their second remittance to the League 

 fund, which with the former payment makes the sum 

 of 769/. 4s. A third remittance will be forwarded in a 

 few days, and it is expected that the subscriptions will 



cellor, and heads of houses to the lay address against the 

 Tractarian party, signed by Lord Ashley and other mem- 

 bers of the Church of England has just been published.. 

 It is signed by the Duke of Wellington as Chancellor, 

 and by Dr. Wynter, Vice Chancellor, on behalf of the 

 heads of houses, and it is said to have been written by 

 the Duke himself. The following is an extract : — " It is 

 undoubtedly true that within the last few years certain 

 tracts or pamphlets have been published by several dis- 

 tinguished members of the University, containing opi- 

 nions and sentiments considered by many to be not con- 

 formable to, or consistent with, the doctrines of the Re- 

 formed Protestant Church of England as embodied in 

 the Book of Common Prayer, and in the articles of 

 religion called * The Thirty-nine Articles/ The opi- 

 nions and doctrines contained in these tracts or pamphlets 

 have been considered, discussed, and replied to in other 

 publications, and those discussions have at different 

 times attracted more or less of the public attention. 

 Against the prevalence however of erroneous opinions* 

 among its members generally, the University possesses a 

 safeguard in the statute enacted more than two centuries 

 ago, which provides that every candidate for matricula- 

 tion should subscribe the Thirty-nine Articles ; and every 

 candidate for a degree should again subscribe the Thirty- 

 nine Articles, and in addition thereto the Three Articles 

 in the 36th Canon. The authorities of the University 

 have not lost sight of their duty in enforcing a strict com- 

 pliance with this statute ; nor have they shown themselves- 

 indifferent to the improvement of religious instruction 

 within the University ; for when her Majesty was enabled 

 by recent acts of the Legislature to provide for the- 

 foundation, maintenance, and regulation of additional 

 Professorships of Divinity, the authorities of the Uni- 

 versity with the assistance of Convocation adopted 1 

 every measure for which they were competent, to carry 

 into execution the views of Government and of Parlia- 

 ment. And they trust that by perseverance in a course of 

 moderation and watchfulness, they will be enabled under 

 the Divine blessing to train up the youth committed 

 to their care in the pure principles of the Reformed" 

 Church of England." 



Salisbury. — A meeting was held in this city on Tuesday 

 to oppose the League, A. Hussey, Esq., M.P., in the chair. 

 A working committee was appointed and a subscription 

 entered into for the purpose of furthering the interests of 

 protection. 



Spalding. — Earl Spencer has addressed a letter to Mr. 

 Bonner, honorary secretary of the Spalding Association- 

 for the Protection of Agriculture, in answer to his official 

 letter, calling on his Lordship in the name of the society 

 to resign his office as President of the Royal Agricultural 

 Society. The following is an extract from Lord Spencer's 

 letter :— " Believing, as I do, that that society is doing a 

 great deal of good by the improvement which it is tending 

 to produce in the agriculture of the country, and wishing 

 therefore most earnestly to do all in my power to support 

 ir, no personal consideration would induce me to hold the 

 office of its President for one moment if I thought that 

 my resignation of that office would be advantageous to 

 the society. As however upon the best consideration t 

 can give to the subject, I am convinced that my resigna- 

 tion of that office, for the reasons stated in the paper which 

 you have inclosed to me, would be extremely detrimental 

 to its interests, I must decline to comply with the request of 

 the gentlemen for whom you are acting. I beg to say 

 that the opinion which I have lately expressed upon the 

 Corn Laws is no new opinion of mine ; I held it, as is. 

 perfectly well known, long before the Anti-Corn-law 

 League, with which I have no connexion whatever, was 



in existence." 



St. Albans. — A meeting was held in this town on 



Friday, for the purpose of forming a Protection Society 

 for the county of Herts, in order to raise a fund to meet 

 the expenses of printing and circulating cheap periodicals, 

 and to defray other charges incident to an organized syi- 

 tem of opposition to the efforts of the League. The 

 meeting was very numerously attended, the Court-house 

 being crowded in every part. Mr. G. Passingham presided, 

 and was supported by Lord Grimston, the Hon. Mr.Ryder,. 

 Mr. A. Smith, M.P., the Marquess of Salisbury, the Eart 

 of Verulam, the Earl of Essex, Sir John Sebright, the? 

 Hon. and Rev. Mr. Capel, Sir A. P. Cooper, &c. Reso- 

 lutions condemning the League and free trade in cora 

 and establishing a Protection Society were unanimously 

 adopted, after which a subscription was opened, which- 

 amounted to 1000/. before the close of the meeting. 



Stafford. — A meeting in favour of Agricultural Pro- 

 tection was held in this town on Tuesday, Lord Sandon in* 

 the chair. The meeting was addressed by Earl St. Vin- 

 cent, Lord Ingestrie, M.P., Lord Newport, M.P., Major 

 Chetwynd ; T. H. Parker, Esq. ; Watts Russell, and 

 C. B. Adderley, Esqrs., Members for North Staffordshire ;. 

 Mr. Kynnersley, and other gentlemen. A petition to- 

 both Houses of Parliament was adopted and in the course 

 of the meeting a number of signatures were obtained. A 

 subscription was also entered into, and at the close of the- 

 proceedings upwards of 400/. had been contributed. 



Wellington. — On Monday a meeting was held in this 

 town to oppose the progress of the League, Mr. Charlton 

 of Apley Castle in the chair, supported by a large number 

 of landowners and farmers. Resolutions were passed in 

 favour of protection and condemning the League, and 

 petitions to both Houses of Parliament embodying the re- 

 solutions were unanimously adopted. 



IVetherby. — A meeting of landowners and tenant- 

 farmers was held in this town last week, the Earl of Hare- 



