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rji VOLUME I. I NEW-YOUK, WEDNESDAY, FEiJ. 24, 1836. J New Popular Movement is England.?Tiie pro gress ol popular relorm in England commenced v% ith llie political emancipation of the Catholics of Ireland, but where it will end no one can tell. Daniel O'Cos- | nr.ll is now at the heud of the great popular movement in Europe. * Possessed ?f indomitable courage, uucon- , (Tollable eloquence, far reaching sagacity, he lias begun j another agitation on the reform of the Hou.se of Lords j which will produce an excitement in England great r 1 than thatcountiy has yet passed through. It isjusl in ' its birth, but he dashes forward like the Arab Bleed over the desert. The rise or fall of a whig or lory mi- j nistry aie matters of very little importauee, and will soon be less. Hie reform of the Hou^e of Lords will oon absorb all atieulion, for on this very point hangs the history of Europe for the next century. If the House of Lords c*a be reformed, England will in a fewyears repeal hereditary distinctions aud become in some sense a republic, such as liar daughter the United States. The fallowing extracts from an address of Daniel O'Connell will show the principles on which the new movement starts:? First?That power without control, and without actual responsibility, is despotism. Second?That such power must necessarily lie abused to the imintcnance of the private or pnrti.tl interests of those who possess it, or through their folly or wickedness, or from all these impulses united. Third?That the practical majority of the House of Lords, consisting of 170 persons, or thereabouts, arc possessed cf such despotic power. Fourth?That they have exercised that power capri- ' ciouslv, absurdly, insolently and wickedly. 1 Filth?That in the present stale ofthe House of Com- ! mons, the recurrence of such conduct on the part of the Lords is inevitable. Sixth?That there is no legal remedy for the mon- I strous evil. Seventh?That a new law is, therefore absolutely accessary to rescue the British people from practical j slavery to an oligarchy of the worst description. Eighth?That such a new law should be " an Act for the Reform of the House of Lords, by combining the representative nrinciide with the practice of hereditary ' rank and title." j Niuih?That so much of the principle of representation as involves -election or choice, has been already acted upon and happily established in our monarchy, j by the njection and expulsion from the throne of the ; raca of Stuart, and the selection and electiui of (he dynasty of the House of Hanover, ?ho thus by n species of universal fMiffntgit, represent ail ilr? people ot the British nation. Tenth?That the principle of selection and representation in the peerage has been already adopted on the two most important legal revolutions in the British etn pire?the natural union between England and Scotland, and the less natural union betuean Great Britain and Ireland. Eleventh?That this principle of selection and representation in the peerage is equally applicable to England as to Ireland or Scotland. Twelfth?That it is a constitutional, a legal, a practical principle?capable in itself of working out accord- ! in^ to precedent, the reform of the. House of Lords. ! Thirteenth?That whilst the principle of that reform is thus established, the necessity for the reform require# imperatively a new mode of selection and representation of tho representative peers. Fourteenth?That such new mode should be by po- j pular suffrage, extensive in a ratio inverse to that of the number of the eligible, and protected in the exercise of such suffrau'e by the right to vote with the secrecy and security of the ballot. Liberality.?At at meeting held on .Monday night in the Green street Church, to take into consideration the great loss sustained by the Methodi-ts by the des- ' truction of their Book concern,?the official proceedings are not yet to he had, but upwards of thirteen thousand dollars were subscribed by the company pre- : sent. Another Wreck.?A Inter from Captain Smith o brig Emigrant, states that on bin passage to Matanzas' | in lat. 31 Ion. 84, he fell iu with schooner Paramount, of ; KOUItipOH, 111 a S1IIKII12 COIIUIIIUU. I ouk UII uie iuaMi-r, male, and crew, six in number and landed tliem at Ma- > tanzas, on the 27th nit. Death of Joice Heth.?Died, on Monday, Joice Heth, at the extraordinary age of one hundred and sixty two years. Soe was supposed to have been the olde.st woman in the world, and claims to have been the nurse of Washington. Faugh! Handsome.?Through the active exertions of James M. Rinsell, Adam \V. Spies and John Darker,firemen, and two other gentlemen, whose nnnx-s are unknown, $10,*J88 have been collected for the Fire Department 1 Fund, the whole or nearly the whole of which was lost by being invested in insurance stocks, which have become insolvent since the large fire of December 16th. Messrs. lioiirinan, jomiMuii vv ?uo ncic n>cic sufferers by the fire, gave the largest sum, i.e. $250,and John J. Aslor $100. Mr. Astor should have assigned as a reason for his giving so little that he was preparing a plan for a college " a la Girnrdwhich he iutends to locate in the city to be endowed nfter his death. Weekly report of deaths.?The City Inspector reports the death ol 141 persons during the week ending Saturday the 20th of February. Of these 28 were men, 24 women, 55 bova and 33 girls?9 of the above were colored persons. ILr The Corporation should be indicted for neglect of duty. A few dollars properly laid out in clearing the snow from the streets, would save property to the amount of (bousande, and lives that thousands cannot purchase. HE H NEW-YOllK, WEDNESDAV, Strike*.?Not long since lue journeymen bookbinders made u strike for hi;!wr wages ill Philadelphia?lust week tlie journeymen tailors struck in this city?and uow we have the stevedores striking for a like purpose. For any thing we cun tell, half a dozen other trades may strike before the month is oat. These are truly striking time*. Tne journeymen mechanics complain that provision* are higher, and rents are double what they were a f.;w year, ago, when they had the same wane* noiv given tlism. lu ?uch a state of inequality how can they live? There is no one has a worse opinion of Trades' Unions than we have. They are perfect nuisances?mere grog-room conventicle's? runi-driu'sing assemblages?which do more harm than good. Hut many trades ami journeymen have some reasou for revolting against the present state of thing-. Where are the real evils ? It is the grasping monopoly of landlords and forestallers. The removal of the Post Office up town has caused more extortion to be perpetrated against mechanics in the article of rents than we could enumerate in a week. This is only one item of oppressive, hard-hearted extortion. Another source of wrong is the monopoly and forestalling system practised by a band of men who congregate about the Upper j Bull's Head, and are backed by the Butchers and ; Drovers' B ink. They, and they alone, cause the pre- [ sent high prices of provisions in the various markets. All these causes combined have rendered it necessarv for tiie journeymen to demand higher wages. His expenses are uow one-third higher than they were four years ago?but his income is nearly the same. Probably the removal of the Post Olfice has already caused more oppression to the poorer classes than any single event we know. Mechanics and journeymen unite at once and kick that concern back into Wall street, , where the rich can afford to pay rents. Call meetings?get up petitions?agitate?agitate?agitate. Not a moment is to be lost. Disgraceful Riot, and assault upon an officer. ?On Holiday, the Stevedores struck for an advance of wages, and went around in a large body to compel those ?t work to desist. A posse of constables, headed by the high constable, proceeded to the scene of action, but sre they arrived, the mob had dispersed. Yesterday, notice was given that a still larger mob had collected, iml wpre cnnrliir finer in n most riotous and disorderly nanner. Justice* Bloodgood and Lowndr, accompaniet) :>y a numerous escort of officers, proceeded to the foot if Maiden lane, to a ve?wl losdiog with where lie Stevedores had forced the men at work to leave off. Every man was armed with a stave, aud the officers ivere unable to make them disperse for a long time. Ufficer Brinck, who is ever foremost where danger was 10 he met, got in among the crowd,and while endeavourng to quell the riot going on, w as struck over the head with a stave. The blow cut through the hat, and frac11 red the skull. He was taken into a neighboring louse, and immediately bled by a physician in attend>?ce. The man who struck the Wow- was urrested, but nescued by the mob. Justice Bloodgood rushed into ihe thickest of the fray, and seized a giant of an Irish nan by the nape of the neck, and brough^him in custody io the office. !\1r. Brinuk is lying in a very dangerous situation, and it is scarcely possible that tie can survive. The following men were arreste^,?James Cunningham, John Ciiilmore, Peter Tick, James Edgar, -Mathew Fanell, Johu Peet, said by officer Lyons to have been the first of the rioters, John Lyons, John Hogan, and Edwd. O'Brian. They have all been committed. PhysiologicalLectures.?Dr. Sleigh delivered his lecture at the New York University as usual, on Saturday evening. The lecture rooin was crowded to excess with the fashionable world, ladies and gentlemen.? The Doctor having laid down the foundation of his subject, viz : "that ths blood depends for its perfect regeneration on respiration, digestion, formation of bile and various other functions," proceeded to prove that in proportion as this was imperfectly accomplished, were the seeds of disease sown?health impaired?and beauty diminished?and as to the latter, the Doctor observed, that with ladies, life,or ten lives were nothing, w hen compared with figure, but that as figure did not constitute beauty, he would put figure in one scale, and various departments of beauty, such as fair skin, fine skin, bright eyes, &c. iu the other scale; anj that if Iip proved (which he would do) that shupe^unnatural shape) could not be obtained by means of tight lacing or the corset, without destroying the other characteristics of beauty, he was sure lie would bring conviction home to the heart of every female of the destructive and pernicious effects of the corset. This he fully did?and then went into a professional investigation of the internal causes of consumption, the seat of which he considered was in 9 cases out of 10, not in the lungs, as is generally supposed, but in the liver, which organ he pronounced to be a powerful auxiliary to the 1 lungs and attributed the great fatality of this disease to this erroneous view of its cause. Iu reference to the evil effects of tight lacing, he quoted language from a liitle work published in this city bv Dr. D. Reese, called "Strictures on Health," on which, as well as on ils author he passed the highest encomiums for talent, deep research, and professional skill. We understand that these lectures are postponed till the weather improves. [L-T Several correspondents ask us why we don't give an account of our interview with Maria Monk. Be patient. As soon as our nerves are quiet and satisfactory, we shall do the needful. To-morrow, perhaps. E R A I, FEBRUARY 24, 1836 [Cont?tH>i.deuce of Mu<hoa*? Altic.iuils* Kr*i K*.;u?.| Washington, Feb. 21,1W6. The st??ry about the insurrection hi Nashville,to which I referred to yesterday, has lnvu fully contradicted today, it< you h.ive already been apprised by the Philadelphia papers. It was not believed in the city for a single moment, and yet it produced an exciteweut that will not be very eaM.y quelled. The slave holders of the District and adjacent couutry, .ire very sensitive, end already has fueling become so iAit'-l) exeiti d, tint almost every uian lioui the north is looked upon with an eye of suspicion. A day or two ago, 1 hapjteued to ask a slraver, who is the attendant on my room, if he would like to be sold to liie, and for this sin.le and simple net, I iucurred the ire and displeasure of hi-' master. 1 hail taken a fancy to the boy ; lie appei red to !>e fond of me, and after he bad tfld 'lie, ibat one of bis neighbours had lieen sold to go to New Orleans, I asked him if he would be willing to be sold to me. The boy was pleased?supposed that I vv idled to purchase him, and immediately asked bis master il lie might be sold. The mastci replied that Inmight; and on an inquiry who I was. lie discovered,that as I was from the north, he im Mediately took il into bis bead that 1 was a fanatic, aud had a design ujioh his shaver. I was immediately called iqion for au explanation; and, though 1 could not admire the folly of the man who had suspected me, I thought it necessary to suv,mai i was ni)i mr-j'O-M-M to interfere with any inun ^ rights; anil as for the abolitionists of the nortii, I li.nl tli ?iiizl>t tliut I IiiiiI too long and too zealously opposed them, to subject myself to t!ie suspicion of being a fana tic. Thr mail was satisfied,and so was I. The adoption of the Resolution ol the lion. Henrv L. Pinckney, of South Carolina, und the d> baling in Congress, have had a direi t tendency to inflame the public mind; and the lime may come, when it ?ill be dangerous for a northern man, no matter what his principles may be, to visit this section of the country. All this comes from the monkish ai:d ill timed philosophy of the north. About two or three weeks ago, Mr. John Quincy Adams called for h Select Committee, to act on the subject of th? abolition petitions. Much excitement was produced nruoug the people of the south, and 1 heard a man Ftv at that time, that if he could catch Mr. Adams out of the District of Columbia, he would not onlv convince him of his disapprobation, hut do liiiu an act of violence. There is much more excitement on this subject in the District of Columbia, than many people imagine. It itK reases daily, and hardly n mail comes in from the mirih, that is not loaded with prints and uhoiition pamphlets. They are forwarded to members of Congress, and thus gain circulation. If the abolitionists of the north are guided by correct and honorable motives, let them discontinue this abuse of the mails. Important Case.?A very important cane was be fore the Court of Common Pleas yesterday, and had ' not terminated when our paper went to press. It grew ' out of the circumstances of the great fire. The question raised is how far the. Corporation is bound to pay for the damages done to property destroyed by pulling down buildings to stay a fire. Mr. Lord, of Exchange street, had his store und goods to an amount of $529,000 destroyed by the pulling down of his store under the order of the Mayor. An old law of 1813 provides that on such a thing occurring, a writ may be issued and a jury summoned to assess the damages, but the language of the law is somewhat etpiivocal and appears to refer to real estate alone. At present the only legal question of which there is a doubt, is whether the Corporation is liable for the destruction of personal property ? If a jury should say "yes," theu the suits that may yet he brought against that body on similar grounds will fully amount to one million of dollars, to pay up which, will of course require a general tax to that amount. Messrs. Enimelt and Ogden for the Corporation, and Messrs. Lord and Sedgw ick for the plnintiffc. fTr* li appears that our old associate in the'famous Bachelors' Balls, Mr. Jetiings, and also the immortal ! W'illard, amuse their leisure time in reading the Herald. Very well?very good. They don't show great taste, ' however, in their selections, as will appear by the fol- j lowing glass of bitters, which has been handed to us for publication:? We have read a paragraph in the Herald of this morning, and hereby certifv?That in no instance whatever, since we have used Gas Lights at the City Hotel, has the Gas failed, except from local causes, which | were immediately remedied; nor have we ever made any experiments of using oil in place of gus ; or ceii-nl at any period to u?e the gas li?hls as usual. On thfc contrary, we state and believe that the amount of gas consumed in this establishment has been correct I v measured and charged by the New York Gas Light Company. In short, the eircuniMances stated in tlie paragraph alluded to, are to our knowledge, without the least foundation. City Hotel, Feb. 20, 1836. /0. Chf.stkr Jfvings, tSiur.eitl ? ' o f ursamud wlllahd. ? IAcrfby certify that I linve taken on exact and particular account of the (ins consumed at the Citv Hotel, <m rrgi*tered each mijht by the Gasometer, and hove alwavs found the same to b? correct, and conforming precisely 10 the period for which the li?lil<? were used. I kn*w of no experiment* having been made w ith oil lamps, nor anv cause of complaint against the New York Gas Light Coinpuny, us fur ad Gad is used in this establishment. Cit v Hotel, Feb. 20, 1836. (Signed) Samiei. E. Lent, Book-keeper. Canadian Project.?A singular proposition has been started in Upper CanaJa. It is to request the United States Congress to permit the port of New York to be also a port of entry for Upper Canada. By a reference to the Canada papers we find that the tonnage of Quebec last year was 1*212 vessels?335,209 tonnage and 14,554 men?of Montreal 103 vessels, 22,620 ton nage, 1165 men. Here probably we should have no objection to permit New York to be the port of entry for the foreign imports of Canada?it is already tlie poit . of embarkation and debarkation for all those in Canada , who travel to and from England. u. NUMBER 153. Special Si.ssi:>\?''resent the Recorder and Al(ionneu Laba-li an i I':. - !ur. The cajo ;>t tiic Court room presented a group of nineteen oi' tiic most grotesque locking mortals that ever assembled together. From the regular loafer down lo tiic soHtv sweep nf fifteen?the ragged and the well clothed?ihe dirty and the cleat*?all were there, ready to be inspected by lii- 11 mor the Recorder, and sent to their respective d. : intts. Among the persons sen, ! 'here were three illlookius *agab.>iid- vulvar.i .. : Hated loafers, named Hihbard, Ore and Cornell. were charged with tie-ling a quantity of rait poik and piss trotter*, with which tUe_> were trotting off nhen arrested by the owner. They denied having stolen the articles in question, and said that they had picked ihetn up on the side walk. Ore said thai h ' hud been in the Slates' service for twelve yearn pusl?not the Stales' service in the general acceptation of the term, bill as n sailor on board of one of our national vessels. As his Honor ihe Iter older thought lie might learn something new in the land service, lie sent him for six months to learn the stone cutting trade at Blackwell's Uland. When the sentence was pass, d, llibhard got up and exclaimed?"that's right, old daddy"?and went of gailv. William Penuiman, a sailor-like looking character, was tried for stealing n quantity of stocks I roin the store door of .Mr. Watson, No. 118 Chatham street. He wu arrested a few -lours from the place where he had committed the theft, and was amusing a company of boys with his drunken amies. On his trial he resolutely denied any knowledge of having stolen the stocks, but facts wer<> too strong, and he was sent to Blackwell's Island for six mouths. Legislative Reports.?The reports of the Superinteudants of Common Schools in relation to the instruction of the deaf and dumb in this stole, shew rlmt ?l>? whole number of pupils in this city and the central school in Canojoharie, arc one hundred and seventy one. Of thi*8e 120 ure supported h_v the slate?some of the residue by various couuties and some by their friends. The report of the Comptroller shews the amount of funds received and expended. Received $183,897,99 and expenditures $134,'?21,79. This is from the year 1819down to ihe present time. In 1834 an appropriation of $50'V) per annum, for five years, was grunted by (he slate, a portion of which goes annually to pay off the mortgage. upon the building. $10,000 of this appropriation has been received, and the remainder due, will be paid on the 1st of April 183f> and 1837. The Report of one of the In-pec tori of lleef and 1'ork for lhe City and County of New York, shew that during the past year he 1ms inspected 10,353 barrels of pork, 449 half barrels, 3375 barrels of beef and 300 half barrels, whose average valne amounts lo $194,132,25, and the fees for inspection to $2,135,00. (Lf The country is said to be overrun with ma<l dog*. How many legs have they ' We can then tell to what species of dogs in natural history the mud ones belong. Singular Circumstanck.?During the fire which destroyed the " Gieat Book Concern" ef the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Mulb?rry street, loose leaves and sheets of the books were carried to great distances, some across the East River Oa the morning after that lamentable event, a Reverend Clergyman in Brooklyn picked up a leaf fluttering in his garden, which exhibited traces ef the fire round the edges. On examining it he found that it was part of a leaf of a Bible, and he Lould read the following text from Isaiah 64. 11, which had escaped the fire. " Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up with fire: and all our peasant things laid waste." The Reverend gentleman preserves the fragment in his pocket book along with his five dollur bills, and considers it even more, precious than they, and no doubt it is so in every other place round the world, except in Wall street and the Fulton Market. The Astor Hotel is nearly all plastered. The wijdowa are now nearly all put iu?the furniture prepared?and one half the parlors are taken by fashionable families who intend to give up house-keeping in May. Bay don the elder will onen the hotpl , I ">"/ oil tliut day. He is now busy getlin? in his furniture. Mrs. Mann's Boarding House, bo famous in the annals of fashionable life, where more matches have been inuile, and more hearts broken mid healed, than in any similar house in the country, is leased to Mr. Davis the architect, who intends to fit it up by May-day for offices, sales rooms, stores and places of business? UllimaCti "*< venil j 'Mi carm'iiit *t ? ; M .gnus aW inlegru serl>rutn na*r,itur m jo. Accident.?As we predicted \ esterday, respecting the state of the side walk in William street, from Maiden Lane to Wall street, it has turned out. A gentleman parsing along near Maiden Lane, fell into one of the gulier* f.;rmed on the side walk and broke his leg. The streets ??nerallv are ill the most dreadful situation, hut William street is certainly worse than any other in the city. Stale.?A Texas meeting was to be held on fh?; 9lh in Nasliviile. MARRIED. <^n Mon'a* e? n!n?. bv f ie Rcr. Willi >ra D. St^ie, Mr. Aoder?on tl-jfar, t Min Julia Auztnt < C rr- |i, ill of Chit cNt. On Mo d y rvi nine, b. lbs Ke?. S eiwer It Cone. Gil'-ert F. n y, l? Mjrjr K., e dcst daughter uf J iioin * lloIuiet, K>q , all of hi, c ty. , OIKO. On Mondir evening suddenly, RiJeriek, only too of W. R. On IK. >1 21 in lh . O'llhe in:It iu-l. \V UJ.C )riie?, of a thort and severe iliac* ia the 36l li ye irof hiiage O 1 Moidav, iilrr a lingering illneu, Carnelia H., wife of Jobs [1. Smith, aged J5 yean.