The Express. — London, England, 1848-11-18 00:00:00

.......-----••••....,__ ',MeiseT. & Liwr Meek, tray It.-p. watt, 5.,,, be . 4 ,,,,, , , tesesb-Lot.at O. V. Geod. else emelt.; CIO. ft. Remy, to list a . h .., il'isdh trio id.; Ulla. IL Aisles, to ilw"' " ois MO PAL F. G. 11. Lake, to be limit Ift sollsea l li nt. L. ltrjeii. OseL , IL' " 1 " nunami........—akAN. J. 1. J. Meek tetra the 7 lat Y., to be apt., 11.1.1"-- AMMO% Kev. 14. s o m e stv . ..a. T . peeper, re.s., t? to see. Dent ; Mr. . 1,00 ,...i. i 5.; M. M. IL IA estaelll, to to le& lbstiL bar.. pa.* be IN. ingTlllo OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. aftie swift of th e magistrates of the county op ow potash, at Hick , : Hall, Clerken. eessive a upset from the 'kiting j ustices of the addi mg, Novas weds r yfam to be built at Caney-hatch. Mr. row. NS vas is the amis. The eIoPMI of the, 'Aare reed the impost. which re emmasderl the calm. noject to the approval ot the &mo ds he the B°r•O Department, to adopt the estimate i tIA L Gan g Wm, of Ordnance.wh um w arf, Lunbetb, under v im, the am et g the mylould not s xeeed 00. —Mr. Weir wished Mr. notch to exploits why the swa m now reconsurendel for adoption exceeded by 58,0001. me com mas igy laid before the eourt.--Mr. Notch d 300 t., 2001., and 1001. bad been advertised 'ctk, Mst, second, and third best set of drawings for the , y mm. Tidt plan for which the principal prize had bee awarded, would hove entailed • 004 of to 04.; but the attentions and deviations that had hem found a:emery would increase the cost to 138004. I t would b. satisfactory to state that the next es. Imam 1 wet 6,0001. above the estimate adopted by the corn imman—Mr. Weir said he was satio6ed.—The chairman mid that already the molt had voted for the purposes of this Anima 114,0001., and it was now found necessary that 2480 M. acne should be voted. When the principles upon which the asylum was to be erected, and the vast amouut of tit maid inhibit what compared with any M ai toll wets vendee& that sum would not, he felt a, besedaiweain say arep beyond the actual require a e mt s d that i m idgmg. it had been &Myatt to calculate ex • whet whet mosii he the expense. P ee instance , it had been alheleal *4 by siets of a raffway intended to be carried fie ipme the cost of the transference fox. 411 meildele be mow 8,0001. or 9,0u01., let ben the ger r alessidreedes of railway mitten fiseeseerm had not end the consequt nee to the mate ia this particular wouldbe that this item would he many &Bubb use 'mount calculated. la 1:429 30, when the Rueter was fast breasked, the justices were not informed of the emeanties iM a aunty wpm, and when they built that at Baswell, to provide for 3tiO patients, at an expense of *soot ,it was found insufficient; and the alterations end edditiers Met were seterquently made increased the cost of that asylum to 166,0001., and even with that expenditure e pee it, the Istablishatent could not affoid relief to all those that squired it. The esp nonce of the jaotiees in the case dthasdi would he thought induce themto go &Steady to work ems the affair to he goat over again.—After a shots kgrassimi the court unanimously ItillYstt , l the report—Mr. latch than moved that the court should vote 24,0001. MON et rte sums already voted (114,0001.) to make up the amount et the ft vote was carried, and the court THE STRANGERS' FRIEND SOCIETY. Iceterdetthis society, which was instituted for the of Tuition and relieving sick and distressed stran gers sad other pox at their respective habitation, in London seal Us vicinity, held its turd anniversary meeting at their ohm. is Exetcr-hall. The duty was tarn by Mr. T. harem the assayer. Toe report, which was reed by the Ke rney. alter describing the many claims of the society to suppot, in seeking out by means of their numerous vet,; rases of ilia:toss, and extending relid to those who ;ally Reviled it, and who bat for such assistance would in an y instances be left to perish, stated that the isace t i o s had at the early part of the year dared in the depression which all other chari ties bad, is consequence of the financial difficulties of the wig esy, nerienced, and that at one time—happily at a pied when the ceseation of disease which had previously so generally made it lees severely fat—they had C as ..spelled to contract the amount of relief afforded ; bat ekes they were reduced to a prition in which it would tavelasame seems ry to seek an ad roe from their treasurer, not intreeted7 they were relieved from their daft:l4 , h., oil rebid to rem* to their usual system of ralitt, by homy at 1,0001. Nearly 9,000 eases had been followed dreg the year, and la all these. more or law, the Tar of *Wen i end ez the bailor,. &this; the soh: d, viaithg re elk sails Worrell Wrier* to the moral and spin-sal Mkt et the deaths% had lion shown. The receipts he dr rot rum October lase, amounted in annual sob. riptems ee 14001. sa. SA, obi* was 4;91. 13s. Bd. lets than he moderyser • drakes, SW 13e. 3d., being a decrease d Gs. 101.; 'ratio sonnor. 4331. 11e. 5d., which was OIL 4e. 74 less than the year 1347 ; small sans collected by • 271. is. lad. ; the total dermas fa these items being NOR Ile. 9d. ilasaived from legacies, 1,3921. fie., being an trims over the amour received from this same source inns He envious year sit 1,3211 Gs. Tbsy had also re odd 1301. la fit, merry invested by • Firmer treasurer ors bee 20 pion age, sad hod been loot eight of, but now swevered. together with dividends thereon amounting to El.ts.ld, making together 2171. 4,.9d. Tte principal led been re-invested. The total rcc-ipts, includltg he rots sad dividends trim stock, amounted to 4 fiNk lb gel. The endit wrist showed payments or lOU. his, diOsibated in relief; 101. Ss. ditto, mu; 141. Its. satoriptions to disprearies ; IYf Is. somilion • 1161.65. printing ; 141. 4s. aivordesmosis ; sad Or same i s salaries of esterstary. tavaibire, sir Mi ss raitsre, el- MOIL lords a Ware in hand at the beaker' of WI Id. TM amount of the funded era steadies in the Ems sire miry was 4101. 2.. 8d. The report weadadoit biespesedni this regret of the committee at the leas by desttd lb, H. Clarke and Mr. Simms, who had boos ohs wrabers silks iniuitution for near;, half a century. A media ter rapers, grating, and circulating the report Wag bra mole, Hr. WARD Ices or orapiela of the lugs sums paid in arks, sorrieron, priating and advertising, a. compared Air the smart distributed in relief. In the la.t report he head Mt. lk. charged for contrision oa now donations red prodope en oollectints, the mar received being between I,IIK sid LOW There were also 3201. charged for plating mad dlvirdsorents. la all he believed the en par _toted to shoat 8001., as immense sue, as it ergo Sto drailecting and distributing shoat 2,6001. o whisk the amount of receipts, besides what hug pads goon which he supposed mat so nde. He had ado to of inatteatlin to the eases marradol by the suborders. The society primed to rod* d essemaradidions within 24 hours, bet be bad anninsmied the ors of a man who was saieriat a sa ir s i: reemolna, end who was reduced to the groin% 91n, who bad been led unattended to for three dap; sad tam, dna the viler at last saw him, be gar him 11011111 pat specific, sad left his, without calling in Si ate of thins seedbed geatkiman, who it was to the simian of the society, " bearolorly rioted to visit ern at *knees when applied to by arhalssi water re Illiongers' Freud egoist What Isidro ream at din mss he did sot karst, bat he bid normered the are as re is whisk side was really Mira Hs bad whin to the arrant sm ear y, detail *. Idris aborestaases of ths ore, bet the letter had, Is Wired, been sapporod ; st all rear no step had boss Meg Is hiders any inquiry, and he bad been hitherto meYs is obtain say exploaisbak He had heard of other hafts in whirl caw vesomniended for relief bad ben molested. He also Added to the day and hour of the marl mediag not brag eaMeisatly made ppeabile dodutimmesit, in order that those who bad eoggesnane to odes, er implortions to dared, might be in attendance. was in maisqmosi d is lssiss thin to rents is when the reselag was bold that be wee oat present bat year. The alteerralT said that the total weans last year sweated to OIL 9s. With roped to the pullet sermons r:iMbehalf fettle reasid,; e :s sace assally attended esp a inse al lessen 91. to 61. sad th en were more dr Mel them fa the yew. to collators 'mil re soak ea ordinary collections, and 10 per cent. on sherd which was the per osafogs allowed by trot TM WWII ha far beer dr gelid*. an who MI or Nepotism to mak*, with the Inv of iseseasing=lislasey st the sorry, to addrer Ida to the emotive committee, who would give them every minim There was every desire it the part of the man "rat to mamba se far as perilik—but til go nelsr, end bo pony who sad prod bolds, as would be if aily rafted to pay caldron, and depended wholly on entrtionea . to and distributin_ their repot'. He re aitabered one time when the reports and advuti•Mml• bro...aght nothing, wh en • Wieder nun mai be sMid :: t i k t The printing was learld toes ladled amenat ear with Ming. Who. sermons wore preashol it was sheeny' "an, to pint • statement of the diger der nutty, to distribute it the pews of the church sr doepi. dr Pirtite to take home with them. XT. WI" minded the chairmen that be hod Eris the rntkat ie committee through the issitosissisdsly, tam es bees s to. He thought thoodordrion 11 ,1, Per elk Oa doratiOU too much. ID.ALSIIMAII? SUITT...WI remembered the screphdat s bet hi d mreselleetiou of the letter. TheIIiCIUTAILT said if there had been any neglect •% the case, it had been accidental. With roil at. to u 216001. . ensLaiesion, by allowing it thy had she ilk lathe puntrot ,Lits which they they word not else sow LO_lsifs thin 13 ca 14 per t. on thewreasip hole e te xP rhich s woe 17____. 21 . 28 heir The peti c Zni bill last year ;rag A onn hie the large amber of reports it had boon u ein.yrsoory togriat sad dieribate. wailtmirk deviator who had been referred to by Mr. sahlrlil that the we alluded to woe that of a man ....,2_ , nneda sy . who resided in a mason lodgiarbouso He tried et the hew (obi s in one the earls nib d that neighbourhood) several times in we bat was told the man was oat, and word not ;Left ergo mac at night ; and it was hardly to be exported n__ceet v. well t e in such a place at such an boar. Gordan, efen enough to be out all day. Wises he at 67",_,_nfe the was he relived bin, and gave him mare te „.7!effebeamatialo. Afterward% the maa same to him ••• sashas better, and cia that messien he melt sad tobacco, aad on being spokes to said be cow. yen.", a smkLlt r!ilbeel that this ran, whowas of respectable _ wasted to extreme distress, told him that he to -1147,2g_0mv , days expecting the visitor to call on at 'moat llt= i se to aire do ely ic able to crawl, .Q^ •Pi out to seek hou. „h unT i n a t a e tier. Ward) found him at the lodging% The CRAIIIII ld cue . e oF not set much ground of nut been bright forward, and depr"l"satfeill THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENINe, NOVEMBER 18, 1848. that they avenged two every useath.—The Comma thought it very improper conduct on the part of Mr. Byes in having 1 s Wbody removed sows, when he most have known 'Jury I been summoned to aseartala the muse of death. Be did not approve of the mamas la which the bodies wer., mauled from the stylus, toe ao other purpose than. to avoid en Squid. The ostillestes gives by the msr, ana a t Grove.hall might be of the sew desoriptioa demos he gave as to the death of the Ir Aa tm o n o , ribs were brims. He easseldered it Isksly i mportant that Um eormaledossen of lunacy ehor:ot b mast so quints& with the bete of the mas t mo t t h at so m ouse ought to be held on the body of o„,y person wise lied Ia punts bruatis asylums, oa the same principle as in the prisoas.-tA juror said, it Vas demised had died from Seders he had no doubt It bad been caused by the bad drainage of the &rpm. Thos effluvium was most dreadful, sad settee of a most offensive des -ription was constantly 'slag through the brick wall of the building. Other jury men add they WITS well acquainted with the nuisance, and t=emeapirdata had been made to Byes, bat no ad bean taken. The jury then signed the following patties: " We, the undersigned, being the jarom sum armed to lagers into the death of Louisa Joseph, and find ing, ea assembling, that the body had been buried, do here by request the comer to write to the board of guardians of the Poplar union, requesting their immediate attention to W sanitary state of *at establishment. end particularly as ' to the drainage, it being defective." The coroner then re ' quested the oosstable to wait on Mr. 13:diord, the coroner, ' and acquaint Ids with the circumstances of the deceased's ' death. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MANCHESTER ATHENEUM. This aims] gathering, Which took place on Than day evening, was not on so large • scale as in previous years, the Town-hall Assembly Rooms, instead of the Free Trade hall, being engaged fir the mead». But though the com pany was not so numerous as on firmer occasions the pro aedings went off with considerable i'ciat. Lord Maw Provided, sad agape se the other guests were T. Milner Gibson, Esq., M.P., Mark Philip+, Eel , late M.P. for Manchester, John Bright, Hat , M.P., Wm. Brown, Baq., M.P., Wm. Bumble. Esq., late M.P. for the county, J ames Kershaw, Bp, M.P., Joseph Brotherton, Esq , and Mr. Bell. The noble Pawnee?» said : Appearing before von tie I du this evening, uncouneeted with you in redden» or in rem ideation—a stranger personally to almost every one around me, and differing from many among you in views and opi- Mons on public &Guts, I yet believe that these very Mecum- stances milord only a clearer token and more convincing proof of that link of brotherhood which should always bind toe getter those engaged in the pursuit of arts, of letters, or of educe. (Cheers.) When you invited me to my present high position And when I accepted the honourrepeeed in me,you telt, ' and I felt, that minds animated by theism* desire fur mental cultivation should not be deemed mangers to each other, sad that party differences should be laid aside for a time, freshly and freely, whenever the question arises " by what means knowledge maybe best appreciated and most lumen fully diffused ?" (Cheers.) I think, too, I may say, that meetings like the present, besides their first main object, are also in their collateral effects highly beneficial. We are all, to whatever sects and denominations we may belong, we are all, 1 think, inclined to judge a little it TOUT abq of each other. Surely, then, it is no slight advantage of an usemblage like this iuviting to the common field of action labourers both far end near, that we shall depart again with kinulier feelings, with • belief in each other's rectitude of purpose in our different paths, and with sentiments of preonal friendship and goodwill. Now, first, as to '6:ince. I cannot hut feel it aimed super fluous that I should say a single word to recommend its study to ouch a meeting as I see before me ; for if you look ensued you, if you see the greatness and importance which Manchester has attained, and if you consider within how limited a period that attainment ha taken place, you cannot, I am sure, forget, that this greatness and this importance are mainly owing to the discoveries of modern science. Con sider what a rapid advance these discoverhs in science have enabled you to make, when little more than • century ago the young Pretender marched through your town and lodged at a house standing not muy years since in Market-street. I ask you if it were possible for him to revisit these scenes, do you think he would recognise those teems aria ? Do you think he would see soy ram bler.» bets een the not considerable country town as it was then, which he so easily marched through, and what it has now become ? This immense capital of our manufac turing enteruise, this vast mart of active wealth, this mine of active industry _—what would he have said to this ? What would he have weld to those lines of notaries which have sine, arisen on every side, affording honourable employment to hundreds of thousauds of our people, and the beneficial effects of whose produce have been kit in the remotest quarters of the globe. Why, then, I say, when 1 see so much progress made, and I know it has been due to science, when the discoveries of science form, in fact, the chronicles and annals of your city, can I then doubt fora moment that the study of science will require any aid or encouragement from me—that you will be all desirous to explore the root of your own greatness, the groundwork of your own import ance ? Inns. place therefore do I think that • recommendation to the study of science can be less needed than in this shy, where I have now the honour of addressing on. (Ago plume.) Nor let ma be told that the study of ukase is lee hard and difficult for hours of leisure—tor hours whit* mud be taken from many other active pursuits. Let ma »shell those ladies who hive graced and hocoured us with their presence this evening—let me remind them that one of them solvate—me of the ladies of England, Mrs. Somerville, is not more remarkable for the depth and accuracy of her own scientific knowledge, than for the still higher end rarer gift of making the avenues of that knowledge clear and delight. ful to others. There are sciences which, as it were, have started into being altogether within the memory of man. Seth a science is geology. See what great triumphs in gee. logical dissever, have been achieved within how nar row a spec, of time! We cannot perhaps measure this difference, this progress, more clear) y than by showing the altered feeling with which men of education and knowledge spoilt of knowledge. In the last century it was a not un frequent topic of ridicule. Now, we Bad these discoveries treated with general esteem and respect. Sixty years ago, for example, Bishop Watson, certainly a man of no mean order of mind, and of no mean intellectual attainment, used to may that the geologiet who attempted to speculate on the internal formation of the glebe, reminded him only of the ant which might be perched on the shoulder of the elephant, and might, by the puncture of its tiny sting, affect to tell him the internal structure of the majestic animal below. (Laughter.) Than are the words of a learned and accom plished man sixty or seventy years Fined. Would any man of any education or judgment use similar words now ? Is there any man who would mention, but in terms of respect and esteem, the researches of such men, for instance, u Dean Buckland and Sir Charles Lyell ? See what results have crowned the researches of these great men. Take that very point of the internal structure of the globe in which it was thought that nothing beyond the reach of actual observation could ever he properly con jectured. Since that time, I need not remind many among you, how It has been found that layer or strata, as they are called decline into the earth at a certain angle, and then at a certain interval of space re-appear upon earth again at a similar angle, and at exactly the same distance between the same layers. In these CAM l need not remind you it has been found possible to calculate, almost with certainty, what must be the structure of the globe for miles and mile' lower than the feet of the most adventurous miner ever trod. (Applause.) lof course glance only briefly at these topics; but you will see from this that if it were developed by some one better versed in scientific attainments, to do it justice, you would see from it that even on that ground an which the detractors of geology were wont to rely his afforded one of its proud( st intellectual triumphs. (Applause.) In speaking of geology I would not disjoin from it that science which, strictly speaking, is not the same, but which is seldom separated from it in study, I mean the study in which Cuvier attained such mastery and skill—the study of extinct races of animals, and the reconstruction of their skeletons from the bones, so es to piked, by analogy, no small probability as to their structure, their size, and even their habits of life. Sandy this again is a great triumph of the human mind; surely this, even in its first elements, even In the first stars of the science, is well w .rthy of your hours of leisure. I remem ber being especially struck with one of the discoveries of Cuvier, relating to one of those animals, which, a s far as we know, human eye had never seen, and of which, in this instance, it happens that as far aa we know no vestige of its substance remains, not one fragment of its bones, not one shred of its skin. Well, then, if this animal had never Wee seen, as far awe know, or at least had never been recorded in the annals of men—if no fragment of its sub stance, no fragment of its skis, nor its bone re mains, just ask yourself, for one moment, how wan possible to acquire any knowledge respect ing it ? Does not this, at first sight, appear an almost Impossible teak ? Just ask yourself the question whether the difficulty does not, at first sight, appear insuperable ? Yet this difficulty was overcome by Cuvier . How? By the footsteps of this animal in Its lifetime on the seashore, by these footsteps becoming petrified in the course of years ; from an examination of these footsteps Cuvicr has been able to deduce, by the interval between those steps • calculation as to the sine of the animal; by the configuration of the steps, calculations as to the order of animals to which they may have belonged, comparisons with other animals whose footsteps are the same. And thus, with no other calcula. Eon, with no other vestige remaining than these petrified footsteps on the shore, he had been able to construct—net as a vague theory, not as a mere guess, unsupported by experiment, but es the result of analytical reasoning, a most probable reasoning n to the size, the structure, nay, even the habits, of this salwesi. Am I then, wrong in saying that a study which prememte seek results, which even when in comparative infamy mss so surprising, is a study which may be well resseamilsi fmsou. end in which you cannot fail to find abwidest seeress of OWght ? From the study of science we turn to the reedy of literature, which also affords for your hours of leisure pursuits well worthy of your atten tive adoption. lam anxious, for I should be anxious at least if I were able, to Jayne' upon you that literature is not a mere holiday thing to be assumed on some special weal», but that it may mix and blend itself with the affairs of every-day life, our hours of ptsure, our days of excursion, end not only without diminishing the pleasure, bat with a considerable Increase and enhancement to it. Depend upon it these are plugsres which he who condemns will find himself a miserable loser at the end. It is with views like these that you founded the present institution— to encourage and promote, a far as possible, a taste for intellectual pleasures. This institution on that ground deserves, end willreceive,support. Thie institution contains within it the sure principle of vitality, because I believe it contains within it the principle of usefulness. Sow the good seed—rely on it that your her ' test, whether retarded by a passing cloud or quickened by • genial sun—your harvest, whether late or early—your hnryest will be plentiful and your reward secure. (Loud cheers.) Tau A$ MILS!". GIBSON, Beg., next rose midst tiotrAsable appkwe sad addromed the meeting It some ' , oath. Re mid he believed moth Methadone as the Min eiteeterAthenteum calculated to inflate the testa, to improve Ithe meanie, and to s=t the happinem, oldie ooramanity la whit they were - - JO= 1111011 T, Brq M.P., rose and said lam not pee entepteme mengli to stand up teem to teach there who. I am links arcs, win 'may ems able to leech me. But I feel thit there is something in soy experiame, and in the cease of my regimesa upon the sal4sets which have boa treated here to night, with* may be &danced without being wholly wren as C M iit 's . teretisi occesion. Almost every spoke who has me has dwelt upon the great usefelesse ead exal rece-Tithis and similar %Wades& New I emcees that on every °cession when I have attended the aselversayy of your Athematic, or any 01111.9 meetings of mechanics' insti tutions throughout this porticos of the wintry, I hays been somewhat oppressed with a nislaasholy feeling from the belief that there is a very large pecuniary expenditure—a very lame expenditan also of labour and exertion—which is sot attended with so great and good a result as we might hope mold be the ease, when we me the pains that are takes by the promoters and active members of these institutions; sad I mature not only to ask myself what is the neon of this comparatively small malt, but I venture to ask this meeting why it is ? and also to explain to this meeting what in 199 opinion h the reason 19by, with ell the adventsges which are now held out to almost every SIMS Of gookity. the progress of information —of knewirige generally—is not more rapid than it is. I moat* the conclusion I have arrived at by a proem of ressoaleg which is much more Mutilating to myself than it can bete anybody else present. I judge from my own ex perience that our small experience WINS from our want of duty appreciating the yes of time and the value of those advantage which these institatioos offer so widely to ell the I=6LThe moor part of us are infinitely more delighted emcee - t, many of 99 even with frivolity, than we are Mai that hard study end that laborious exertion which we ea neeseary to enable us to participate fully in the ad vantages which are thus offered to us. We read (and, un derstand me, I am judging of others es I have found myself) much more for amusement than for thought. lem not dis posed in the siiehtest degree to undervalue that description of reading which is generally known by the name of '• light Manners" lam least of all, perhaps no man lees, disposed to undervalue our periodical literature, especially newspa pers. They give us the history 0 our own time, sod no man can know where he stands in the world, unless he occasionally, nay frequently, looks into the newspapers of the day. I would not under value, as I said before, this light literature, but I think it a greet mistake on the part of young men from the age of litres to twenty-five, to consume their time to a large extent in such reading. There is a saying, which I think may now he classed amongst the old proverbs, that " a man is known by the company he keels ;" and it may be added that a man is known by the books with which he is acquainted. We ought to apply the same principle and rule in choosing books that we should do in choosing associates. It would be easy to point out many books strongly to be approved of, and some which it would not be wise to coon' ensue. I would parti cularly recommend one branch of reading, which his been already alluded to—that of history—end to that I would add biography. I would ask any young man here accustomed to read books from the library of the Athenaeum, whether he has sot found a sensible difference on rising from the email of works of acknowledged standard merit than when he has risen from the perusal of light, flimsy, and anteing literature, of which there is a great deal around us, and offered to us on every hand ? Now, if you read the lives of great and good men, who have passed away from this scene, you observe how they have struggled, it may be from humble circumstance to the more elevated, distinguished, and useful positions in life. I speak from my own experience ; no man can read such works without feeling humiliated that he is so far be hind; but often he feels a stimulus and incentive to make spin and again a struggle in favour of any great and noble aim which he may have placed before his eye. What young ineu vatic is one idea added to all the other ideas that they have, and the knowledge of one fact added to the knowledge of all other facts. If it were possible to instil Into the minds of young men how much of after life, or all that is worth living for, depends upon what they do in early years. 1 think we should find all Kuehl. stitutions as these infinitely mom thronged than they are now, and that every devotee who comes to the institution would be infinitely more laborious and zealous than he now ie. On a former occasion, when permitted to address some observations at one of your anniversary meetinr, I spoke with reference to this great county in which we were ...hied, and to the extreme necessity there was that there should ire 1s these northern counties of Lan ashire and Yorkshire some greater, some better means of education for the sons of our commercial clause than are at present afforded. I spoke of the propriety at some distant time of opening a university in these northern counti.rahich the son■ of these classes might attend. Every year that has passed since then has only strengthened my opinion upon that subject, when I regard the vastness of the population ; our enormous interests of every kind ; when I think of oar past and present blunders, which would make a long catalogue ; when I think of our increasing social and political responsibilities—l confess that I doubt if those classes who are to be the directors and controllers of the caner of this part of the country are making that p in knowledge which it is desirable for themselves ea r cirrr country that they should make. It has been mid, with some truth, that half en education is a dangerous thing in a vast and populous district like this. If it be true that A little keroing is a dangerous thing to the working eases, because by that they discern some what of the uncomfortableness and apparent neglect of their condition, without considering further what are the remedies for the evils they suffer, so also A little learning is a dangerous thing he the clams in the social scale above them. If our aims of manufecturers, merchants, traders and others, who am give the time and afford tee expense, had the cime= weeded them of obtaining a first-rate education, pm. and morality of this class would be wonderfully Wm/ Bear in mind the battle of life is not the same now as it was centuries ago. Centuries ago the monarch, and the will of the monarch, was ever yth ing in this country, end we, se those who were like as 19498 as nothing. Centuries biter ; the priest was everythins, , and the people seemed to have little respoosibility upon ; but the power—l mean the power which existed in a blind superstition—that vested in the monarch and *helmet centuries ego, is now gone, and gone for ever; and in the place of such rulers there is a resistless opinion—an opinion which is struggling on through many Manilas and many blunders to a higher order of things and a higher state of excellence. Look at the social questiosa being mooted in this country and on the continent of Europe. Men ask themselves, Why is all this discontent ? Why is misery seen and eves heard 1 Is it essential that this turmoil should exist? Is it inseparable from the economy with which the universe is carried on 1 Why, if wrong and misery were to continue to exist as at present, would not all our frith be destroyed in that benignant Christianity which has enabled am to make such vast conquests since the days it was first introduesd into the world ? Thee who think, and can think—those who work end will work are the parties by whom in succeeding ages etch eying vices as drunkennem, for instance, are to be got rid of. (Applause.) I may allude to thatwhichthe chairman has said about the seed-time end the harvest ; and if God has not left himself without witless of the seed-time and harvest, over the broad =the of the globe, by which men are fed and nourished, and live—if he has not left himself without miaow of this, he will not do so with regard to mental qualifications and with regard to all those virtues which adorn mankind ; and can there be any doubt what ever that you will reap a rich harvest of comfort and joy to ti n ur e ss fa l etor , , yes and also become, in your day and generation, to all your fellow men amongst whom you may live. The hon. gentleman resumed his seat amidst loud al V ia l s iorrell, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Brotherton afterwards ad dressed the meeting. MI. MARK PIIIILIP9 moved • vote of thanks to the chair man, and the speaking having terminated, a hell eneeteded, and dancing coo n tined to a late hour. thel the practise of impeding the badness of Incelthis r erepoer. with stain/eau that toga not be sustained- P a however, that the gentleman who had brought for wward the sharp etneglect given. wet wished with the expl Aga ti es idth he& beta Me. Wait:L-0101dd, I tea not ; sad I Jonld like to snake use othervatione at to lay being vomited trots aVasalhil. the 11 “ 04 . by . rtf"ll it the neemeary tu laraemia be far for it—of the time at which the meodat weal& be eve COIAIIIMAI.—The better way will be to comasnaleate with the ensenthee thininittee. The ethlthiliel wr then put and agreed to. Bernal other bwriagg ea the bmanem of the society, were also rend, 'Pot which the meeting terminated. CuoLtah.—Yesterday the new cues reported to the Board of Health were : Lambeth, I ; IV 2, fatal ; Caßborwell, 1, fatal.—ltilinbasO, 9, fatal 4 ; Leith ington, , 2, fatal ; Glasgow, 1, fatal; Derbies, I,lataL—Total new cuss, 17; fatal, 11. _ - _ CALLS TO THE BAR.--INNER TEMPLE.—Tho Mi chaelmas Teem sails to the bar of the Inner Temple were meads yesterday, Nov. 17, and they comprise the afterritons stoned gratlemsn : A. C. Forbes, of Calms College, B.A , and C. C. Fumed, of Wady College, Cambridge, M.A. Tag Stettin IS THE Crry.—A report on the pre sent condition of the sewers of the city has been prepared by Mr. Walker , Mr. Cubitt, end Sir I. Brunel. It be ad d:eased to the City aathoeities, and concludes with the fol lowing gassed opinion We think that although there may be emeggemie in particular ern, the pelmet sizes of the mown an net toe greet, and that they ought not to be limarsaL natio sewer., where made, are generally e ffi cient. That se Mess three to four miles cooly of the fi fty miles of alnets, smith wed alleys within the City are without sewers se d it bankable that the same be constructed as soon searnmisiasses sea be made for the purpose, so that every street, esisrt, cr alley within the City may be efficiently drained. That the City sewers which receive the sewerage of the pethens of the adjoining county are sufficient for the thichaer of the county and City drainage. That as, of the 16,000 house and buildings in the City, 6,762 have not pri vate covered dralas, it is desirable that those be provided. That there is a considerable gaentity of 'oh deposit in ems of the seems, but that the tall or Inclination in the private drains is gennelly such as to keep them clear of offensive matt.r. That any general evirimk for ems/soots, fur the purpose of opening and emptying them, particularly In private house* would be impolitic se a general measure, gad likely to be story injurious than the esespools now are, if they are properly cosideucted, which may be eseertabsed. That the form of sewers has practically very tittle to do with the general question of their keeping clear of deposit, this de pending very much upon their fall and the quantity of water ; hut that no fill or qu.ntity of water is likely to be obtained, even in the city sewers, aufficitmt to keep them clear of obstructions, without the occasional aid of men in the sewer to remove hard deposit. That the most eminent men of their time leave been consulted in, or have directed the execution ef, the City sewers, including Wrou,Wyett, Dance, Smirks, and Rennie. That we have discovered nothing in the construction of the works which can justify our charging the commissioners with waste in respect of the Use or con struction of the sewers or otherwise; although the outlay, daring the last ten yea's, must have been great, as during this tame more new aewen have been made than during the peovioise 130 years. That the system of flushing has been in troduced lately with great advantage, and is already con siderably extended. That the desiderata, in enter to per fect the sewerage of the City, are, the formation of the 3 to 4 miles of sewers, the extension of private drains, a large supply of water, the fleshing system by gates and tanks as described in cur report, the better ventilation and dbelsarge of the sewers, and the thorou.th clearing out of the sewers duo lag the next winter, and keeping them clear in haute. We assume that the numerous and useful improve ment' of detail which will no doubt from time to time be faceted, will be considered and tested, and where succem fel, will be adopted, as appears to have bete done heretofore. We ere of opinion that neither of the new plans suggested for Westminster by tho surveyor to the metropolitan sewers comunimioners, nor that of their consulting engiueer, is app. Ridable to the of werage of the City of London.—iSi:aed) J. WALN.III, W. CUBIT*. I. K. HOMAN IsH.—The Herr. Hobert K. Sconce, D.A., of Bille•OIN College, Oxford, has conformed to the church of Rome. The rev, convert, in publiehing his reasons for De ment, , urges that he had, previously to leaving the church, been permitted by his diocesan to hold and teach the iden tical doctrines which he now holds iu communion with Home ; and that the only doubt enjoins In his mind la a considerable period previous was, whether his own diocesan or the Bishop of Rome had the greater claim on him obe dience. Mr. Scone was ordained in 1815.—Church and &age Gazette. PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY FOR THE. REFORMATION or CILINIINAL Aire Viithuirr Bon. —Yesterday the com mittee of the above society made a report stating that they had elfeeted the purchase of an eligible farm, of 130 acres in extent, for their new model ferns, at Pod. eahar, Bernet. The building will be immediately condeencedon the designs of ▪ Moffat, the architect, and as soon as it is completed, the present establishment in St George's &We, Southwark, will be removed thereto Prince Albert has undertai en to lay the first stone of the building, the subscriptions to which amount at present to about 3 ; 1001, The society's present plan of reformatory education in the new establishment will be modified by the introduc tion of two important improvements—viz., a aye tam of domestic emaciation which has been so sue awfully adopted at Hamburg, Mettray, and other con tinental Womb for the reformation of juvenile criminals-- the hays nil be divided into families of GO ei,ch, every family Ines assnwedated with a separate house, and each Mei elda.l ineght, employed, and practised in all common awe* swiss as in a home, and, in addition, employed in pedening, and the plainer mechanical arts con rieelle=ihret labour; they will also be taught to make Oak own efribirg, and receive a sufficient amount of ele mentary in in reeding, writing, and arithmetic. ALTEI MINING ASSOCIATION.—A general meeting of the shareholders of this undertaking took place, yester day, at the company's offices, Old Broad-arm*, for the pur pose ef receiving the report of the directors, end a state ment of the financial condition of the company up to the flat of March last. John Labouchere, Beg., in the chair. TM secretary read the report, from which it appeared that the inlay of the company for the year had exiseeded its M emo be the some of 971, a circumstance which was attribu table solely to the tall of 201, a ton, which had taken place la the pries of copper. The mines had pndneed a mate greeter quantity of copper in that year them had bees obtained in the preceding year ; aad bat be the depreciation which had occurred a dividend weld have been declared at that meeting. It was also stated that several sew lodes had been discovered daring the nit nth weer, and that the condition of all the manse was mush Im proved. It appeared by communicatioss whilk bed bees received from their agent on the spot, that a treat impend smelt had manifested itself in the Raipos misssegnially, wi that the slashing of the ores had proceeded very finer ably.—Mr. Lee, on proposing the adoption of the report, Wt occasion to compliment the directors upon the efforts they had made to afford the shareholders ample and atxu. ram information, regarding the present position and prospect& of the aompany.—The report having been adopted, and the usual vote of thanks to the chairman passed, the meeting wonted. SANITARY CONDITION OF THE PARISH OF ST. MARTLEBOWI.—Yesterday, a meeting of the board of directors and guardians of the poor of St. Marylebons, took place in the board-room of the workhouse, Sir Walter Stir ling, Bart., in the chair.—Mr. Meeser, the relieving over seer, presented reports of the sanitary inspectors, represent ing Blancldordthews, Bleadfurd-smiare ; Stephen-court ; Providence-place, Limon-street ; and other localities is the Whitt, as being in a most dangerously filthy condi ticm.—Mr. Potter said it was a monstrous injustice that the law was set woos enough to compel the rich and noble sr_olusi_badkrds of Marylebone to see to the proper awl ventilation of their properties. Stephen-court, Zlefid=sel been referred to, was the property of Sir Edward Baker, and he underlet it to some one else, and this some one eke let the houses out in rooms to poor matures, thus realising enorm ins ream, the place at the same time being absolutely unfit for the habitation of human beings.— Mr. Artand said there were portions of the property of Lord Portman and the Duke of Portland in au equally thgraosful condition : and there were some parts in the neighbourhood even of St. John's-wood, the condition of which, in a saai. dry point of view, for want of proper drainage, would be a diegreee even to St. Giles's.—After some further observa tion, it was resolved that the reports be referred to the saaitary committee and the toner e, with a request that immediate steps be taken against the parties concerned, ender the Removal of Nuisances Act. INQUEST, YeeTlKDAT.—Cliehde AGAINST THE 80711INTI1tDLNT Ur • LUNATIC ASYLUM AT Bow.— Mars Kr. W. Baker, at the Five dells, Old Ford, Bow, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of a pauper lunatic named le Ws Joseph, who was alleged to have died from Asiatic cholera in the above asylum on Ifed nesday last—Smith, the constable, said the dement had been removed from Grove-hall and buried. Ile handed to the coroner the following certificate, which he had received from the relieving officer of St. George's, Hastovernstare : " Louisa Joseph was interred is the burial grand at Bays watts this morning, in consequence of it being repotted that she bad died MINI cholera. Jean ItUPIN."—The Coroner said It was a most extraordinary document ; a certificate that would suit any time.—Smith stated that the deemed be longed to the parish of St. George, and the surgeon to the whim had registered her death as only having been ill eleven hours. She died on Wednesday, her hod was removed from the how the same day, and was the following day.—A juror remarked that the eu chre of Mr. Ryes, the superintendent et Grove-hall, had bus sem of . late. There had been several deaths in thee t, but me cartmer's inquests bad been held on the ladle.—The corner said he could explain the ru ms —Abet eighties wain ago he held se inquiry at that heneos the body ef a lessatk, who hail died suddenly, and the cvlds.ee wag he Phew that two of the keepers had Wales lies in a meet end meaner. The surgeon to the esylem gave evidence, nil =gibed death to natural CANNA, and the jary returned a waist to that effect. On the fol lowing day a post-emetbse sandailime of the body was made, and five of the thensere dhe were found to be broken by the ill ai g e he bad nedied from the two keep ers. The men wen taken be. melody end the magistrate at the Thane's police-oourtentemlllsel them if , r manslaughter. They were tried at the Ciskei thcbalnal Court and wadded. In consequence of the sew then giving such avidness he (the coroner) refused to allow kW the usual fee, and sines then he had never received asyhelbrmation from Mr. Byes that any of the inmates had died end that an inquest was neces sary.--Seneal of the jury mid they remembered the circum stance, and thct prevails to that period inquests wen held on the bodies of the inmates that died in that asylum, and IRELAND. Dyixm. Nov. 17. The state prisoners have arrived in the metro polis, preparatory to their appearance this day in the Court of Queenk Bench for the purpose of assigniag errors. They reached the King's-bride yesterday ir ri evening by a speci al train. A troop of Lancers and a strong of the metropolitan police, under Inspector lwood, were in waiting to receive the prisoners, who, with the governor of the Clonmel prison, were seated in a first-clue carriage. As soon u the seminary preparations had been made, Messrs. O'Brien and Meagher, with the governor, took their seats in one covered car, and Mean. *Manus and O'Doughus in another, and the prisoners were at once conveyed, surrounded by the lancers and horse and foot police, to Kilmainham gaol. Mr. O'Brien looked rather delicate, bet the other prisoners all appeared to be in good health. Several of their Mends, amongst whom were some ladies, were at the station to meet them, and on the covered cars which conveyed the prisoners to the gaol, coming out of the terminus, a slight cheer was raised. The removal of the prisoners from Clottmel yester day morning is thus described : The hour find for the departure of the prisoners this morning was sir o'clock. At tour o'clock, a.m., a company of the. 84th Regiment, under command of Capt. Patterson, marched out of barrackL and proceeded to Clealin, a village about four miles from Clonairl, on the Ca , hel raid ; and at half-pan five o'clock another company of the same regiment, commanded by Captain Harrington, marched up to the gaol, and formed in line opposite the upper gate, on the outside. At the came time a party of tonstsbulary, connoting of fifty men, under Bab-Inspeetor Geronn, took up a position adjoining. At mix &clock pradaely, a troop of the lab Dragoon Guards arrived and termed late three divisions. The entire mainly force was under the command of Nye! Dsberley. The convey. tunes provided fee the occasion were four-kone car4vans. Previous to the cortege setting out, the military and polio l were commanded to load their muskets, which they did with I the usual air of precklon sad defiance, which greatly startles bystanders, and did not fall to have a due effect on the crowd assembled on this comeles. At ten minutes past six o'clock the principal gate of the prison was thrown open, and immediately the first division of Dra goons moved on, followed by the caravans, laden alter nately with military sad paha. When the coach containing the prisoners appeared in the 'sett, the crowd set up a cheer, and way vainly endeavoured to thrust their hands in at the windows. This was productive of some slight con fusion, but no serious fracas occurred. Mr. Meagher put his head frequently out of the window, saying, " Never mind, bop ; keep quiet and peaceable ; soon be back; you'll have me for the borough of Clonmel yet ;" sad other simi larng and encouraging exPrestions , which were, of course, loudly cheered. The prisoner.' coach was followed by alternate detachments of police and military, the tad division of Dragoons riding alongside; the 3rd division of Dragoons came after, the rear tieing brought up by a caravan, laden with a detachment of the 64th and the officers and resident magistrate. The road between Clouse' sad Clerihan was afterwards scoured by • troop of dragoons. At Cashel, a great crowd had assem bled to witness the procession, but beyond the mere cheering there was no demonstration to excite alarm of turbulence or interruption. No greater delay occurred than that required for changing horses ; and at Tburles, a special train being in perfect readiness, the escort proceeded on its way to Dublin without any interruption. Sir James Graham visited the National Education schools, Marlborough-street, on Wednesday. He was accompanied by Lady Graham and Sir Robert Kane, and the resident commissioner, as well is several of the officers of the board were present. Sir James, who was a party to the establishment of our national system, took necessarily great interest in the develop ment of it in the echoes's. He heard the examination of the pupils in the male and female school with great apparent satisfaction. The answering was admirable. Su James visited several other of our institutions in the course of the day. The Roman catholic clergy of the diocese of Meath have published a most earnest appeal to their Socks to abstain from the use of intoxicating drinks, not only as temperance is calculated at all times to pro mote health, peace, prosperity, and virtue, but because it is especially needful at this time when cholera threatens to visit a wasted population. We may add our wishes to the entreaties they alike that their appeal will be successful. WALES. THR MtiRDER AT CARDIFF.—The excitement occa sioned at Cardiff by the mutt's, of T. Lewis, on Saturday night last, has not yet subsided, and the inhabitants are loud in their threats of vengeance against the Irish residents, many of whom have been driven from the town, including the Bev. Mr. Malay, catholic priest, who has left Cardiff, tearing the riotous populace, who went ne far as to attack his dwelling and damaged his property. On Tuesday a procla mation was issued by the mayor, warning all persons against committing depredations, and subsequently a placard, offer ing a reward of 501. for the apprehension of the mur derer, John Conners. The police have been busily engaged in se arching for the accused, and among other suspected places, the Boman Catholic Chapel was entered and exa mined, as also the vaults underneath, and the priest's house, but without success. A number of the inhabitants of Car diff have been sworn in as special constable, and the pen sioners have been kept under arms for seve ral; nights. On Tuesday afternoon the body of the murdered man was con signed to its Iset resting place in the burying ground of the parish church ; end on Thursday evening the inquest was resumed, and again adjourned. The police were directed to afford their protection to two Irian witnesses, with whom the prisoner lodged, as they were in great danger from the incensed populace. TILE GREAT TCBULAR BRIDGES. —The final opera tion of lowering the second tube bridge at Conway for the return line to London, on the Chester and Holyhead Rsil way, and the placing it on its permanent bed, was accom plished on Wednesday. The ponderous mass of 1,300 tons was suspended on chains, hanging and swinging two feet above its permanent bed, over an area of estuary et 400 feet, and 20 feet above the Straits, for a per:od of ten days, during which the engineers end pilots were engaged in adjusting din bad plates and rollers and masonry for its support. The tube was likewise lengthened 12 feet, by the addition of six feet of similar tube to eaeh end of the mass so raised, this additional length alone weighing upwards of GO tons. Under the direction of Mr. R. Stephenson, Cap tain Claxton, and Mr. Edwin Clarke, the whole bridge, with its permanent way for the passage of tho trains, complete and ready for use, was then gradually lowered, by means of the hydraulic perms which raised it, on to a bed of red and white lead, spread over the creosoted timber, which equalised the weight on the cast-iron bid plates and rollers, to allow for the constantly varying length of the tube from changes of temperature. The tube is new in use fur the transit of the trains. PROVINCIAL. TOMICSITIRE. OP WEST YORKSIIIIM- REPREBF.NTATIO)i Thursday afternoon the liberal electors in the tassels polling district met at the Reform Registration-office, in Leads, to receive the report of the deputation who had waited upon Mr. Charles W. W. Fitzwilliam, and to decide upon the ulterior measures to be taken in view of this election. Mr. F. Carbutt presided ; end, after a lengthened discussion, the following resolutions were adopted: 1. That the electors now present, considering the political end manta ol the Hon. C. W. W. gitewillism. Mr conduct VP a mommte for the representation of the West Riding in parliament, and his acknowledged inexperience, are of opinion that he is not entitled to their support at the comity election. That, provided a candidate can be oftslaW who fully sympathises with the Your conditions expressed in the Nonneaton resolution, sad whose experience, racter, and teams qualify him to represent the important lateness of the Wed Riding, this meeting is of opinion that be would receive the general support of the liberal eicetors of this polling district.—S. That this meeting would recommend to the consideration of the meeting of delegates to be held at Normanton on Friday, the 17th but., Sir 4 . : ei uth i Llardley Eardlcy, Hart., as a suitable candidate for the repre n of the West Riding.-4. That Prank Carbutt, Edward Banes, Junes Richardson, and Jean Marshall, be reap minted delegates to attend, on behalf of this disk at the mid meet lag at Normanton. Yesterday afternoon a meeting of delegates from the several polling districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire,was held at the Normanton Station Hotel, to receive the report of the delegation appointed to wait upon the Hon. Charles W. W. Fitzwilliam, for the purpose of suggesting to him the pro priety of his withdrawal as a candidate for the vacant seat, and also to receive the report; from the several districts as to the propriety of starting another candidate in opposition to him. On the motion of the Mayor of Bradford (Titus Salt, En.), seconded by M r . Thos. Todd of Dewsbury, Francis Carbutt, Eaci., of Leeds, was called to the chair. Before taking the chair, Mr. Carbutt wished to take the sense of the meeting as to the desirableness of reporters . Of whom there were nearly balls score) being present during the whole of their procriedings. The circulars convenult the meeting were marked "private and confidential; and it must of necessity happen that certain portions of their arrange ments were not proper to go forth to the public in detail. They felt complimented by the attendance of so many repre sentatives of the press; and they had no wish to keep them in ignorance of the result of their proceedings = but they would, he had no doubt, see the propriety of retiring at least for a time. Upon this hint the reporter, shut up their books and left the meeting. The delegates remained in consulta tion till after duals, and when our correspondent sent off his despatch at half-past four, they had not come to any resolu tion to put a candidate is nomination. Since the foregoing was in type, we have received the following from a corresponden :—" The meeting of liberal delegates at Normanton this (Friday) afternoon, broke up soon after the express train for London had passed the Nor mantas station. The result was, that two gentlemen were proposed as eligible candidates but both of them were negatived, and after re-appeintiiig the four delegates from Leeds as an executive committee, the meeting broke up. I believe the two names put to the vote were those of Sir Culling Eardley Eardley, Bart, and George Goodman, Esq., of Leeds. Mr. Fitzwillium is to commence his canvass at Leeds next Tuesday." WARI COMPENIIATION FOR PROPERTY REQUIRED BY A RAILWAY COMPANT.-011 Thursday an inquiry into the value of some property, belonging to the Free Grammar School, at Birminghim, and required by the Landon and North Western Railway Comrny, took place at Birmingham, be fore O.C.Giesnway,Fesq.,the county coroner,with Mr.W. B. Andrews, Q.C., as assessor, and a special jury. From the statement made by Mr. Whiteley, for the school, it ap that this property, which consists of no lees than 70 t= end 14,000 square yards of land, situate in the neighbour. hood of New-street, in the very heart of the town of Birmingham, is required by the company, in con sequence of the powers they obtained in an act of parliament passed in the year 1848, extending the London and North Western line, and erecting a central station in the town, and the amount claimed by the governors of the school as compensation for this property was 42,0001 It appeared that within the last few years they had paid no less than 22,0001. for a portion of this property, and a great number of witnesses were called to speak to its value. It seemed that a considerable part of the property was re-let on leases, but in the year 1848 Mr. Robin', a land-valuer in Sliming ham, valued it at 43,0001; another person named Fowler valued it at 33 0001. In 1847, the question sti ll remaining unsettled, the railway company bought out the tenants at high rates of compensation, and commenced their works. The interest now possessed by the governors of the school was partly in freeholds, partly in ground rents, and the remainder in reversions. A variety of evi dence was given to show the value of the property.—Mr. Rill addressed the jury, insisting that the governors of the school had greatly over-estimated the value of the property, and that, in reality, 25,000/. was much beyond its absolute value.—The learned Assessor having summed up, the jury gave a verdict mussing the value of the property at 39,8331, 10s. COMMITTAL TO PRISON FOR INOCULATING CII/L -ERSR.—R man named Mathew Spam, a biker at Bruetock, has bust been lodged in the county prison, on a char ge of causing the deaths of J. Hoare, aged six months, and W. S. Hoare, aged three years, the children of a dairyman. It seemed that the children were inoculated with the small pox by the prisoner, who appears to have been in the habit of inoculating children, though repeatedly admonished not to do so. They both died of the disease so conveyed to them; and the jury, upon the strength of the 29clt cap., 3 & 4 Vic., which declare/ inoculation illegal, determined upon a verdict of " manslaughter." COMMISSIONS BY THE LORD.LIEUTENANT.-E. St. Vincent Digby, Rsq., to be captain, and G. P. Maned, gent., to be cornet, in the Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry. I(IL.NT. -- THE MURDER AT STROOD.-011 Th3raday even ing the coroner's jury concluded their inquiry at the Guild hall, Roehester.—The jury returned the following verdict " That the deceased, Mary Abbott, died by sufficanoo, hay. ing been murdered by Maria M'Gill, Thomas *Gill, and James M'Oill." lute Arts. ARTISTS' ANNUITY FUND.—Sir,—You contend that es there is a benevolent society attached to the Artiste' Annuity Fund far the advantage of the widows of deceasod artists, therefore the public have an interest in seeing that the affairs of the Arturo' Annuity Fund shall he properly managed. Allow me to set you right on this point by in forming you that the funds of the two societies are distinct one from the other—that the of of each society are also distinct—that the one society has no control whatever over the management of the other—that the " benevolent fund it is managed, not by artiste, but by gentlemen, patrons of ere —and that this fund has not suffered, nor could it in any way sutler, by the late or by any future embezzlement in the Ar tists' Annuity Fund.—J. H. LYNCH. Polygon, Clarendon square, Nov. 10. [Mr. Lynch asserted that the public had no more right to inquire into the management of the Artists' Annuity Fund than into the management of Messrs. Coutts' banking.honse, because " there was not use penny of public money in it." We suggested that this was not a fair statement: arid re minded Mr. Lynch that there was attached to the annuity fund a benevolent fund, every shilling of whose resources — about 1,0001. per annum—n contri •uted by the public for the vole purpose of granting annuities to the widows and children of the subscribing members to the annuity fund. What does it signify to this question by whom these funds are administered? Surely parties who are called on, year after year, to subscribe fur the benefit of the widows and orphans of the members of the annuity fund, are not acting very offensively by inquiring how their own funds are die posed of. There is no such annual subscription, that we ever beard of, in favour of the widows and children of the clerks in Messrs. Coats' banking house.] UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL. UNITIBRAITT OP LONDON.-85CON1) EXAMINATION TOM A te . Droess or Reernmon or Menictsz. 1848.—Drst dion : A. C. Cope:nen, King's Coll. • J. 8. Drury, school adj. St. Cloorge's Hap. • J. 0. Evans, Unto . (it. W. R. Gill, Kings Coll.; 8. 0. Haber:how, ours Hosp.. A.H. Helsel. Roy. Coll. of Burg., Ireland; D. Boom, Gorr Hosp.: W. McCrea, Ft. Ormerge's Hap.; E. Pekner. Univ. WI.; A. J. Payne, King's Coll.; W. 8. !every, St. Ilsrtho.'s Hap.; Sbelley,Guy's Rosa.; F. Meson, Univ. of Mine.; &Wilke. Gny's Hosp. ; W. T. 0. Woodfarde, Univ. Coll.—Second divirlan P. W. P. 'ago, London Hoop.; H. Long, Univ. Coll.; R. 1). Pyper. MhAlkiez Hosp. •' W. Ryan, MMES.:sex and Jereie.li. Hap.; ; W. IL 0. Rinke), St. Bertha'. Hasp. MEITINOS OP TRZ Baesx CHURCH BUILDING SOCIZTT and of the County Board of Education were held at Colchester, ea Tacolay, Archdeacon Grant in the shAr. A grant was made by the Church Building Society of 600/. in aid of the rebuilding of the with church of Bamford ; 1,500!. is to be raised by rate, and 1,0001. bag been voted by the Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford. for the rime purpose; the cost of the new church will probably amount to 7,0001. The rules of the Church Building Society were oleo revised at the same meeting, with a clew to simplify the method of application for grants, and to meet the late ecclesiastical ebanges in the °panty. A grant weemade by the Board of Education to the reboot b u gdi g g Nag, at II ivenboe, to the amount of 3u1., and to the parish of Steeple Hampstead to the amount of 35/. PREFERMENT.—The Ker. I. Spooner, to be a surrogate for Worcester. NAVAL. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 17.—Hormee, at., arrived from Ply mouth with supernumeraries, and sailed in the evening for Wool. with, when it is mid Me will take the Conflance, It to Plymouth. Myrtle. et., rrturnwl yosteiday from the Channel Island., whither she bad been Metened to owing to a ease of reported cholera on beard the Beallowcr, but on examination it was satisfactorily proved not lobs that dineuse.— Black Eagle, Admiralty yacht, returned from Pem. broke yeeterelay, and remains in Barbour.--St. Vincent, Prince Regen!, Bellerophon, Driver, and Sharpshooter, remain at Spithead ready for aes. DEVohiPortr, Nov. 16.—Medina, et., Livnt.-Cum. Die by, railed this morning for Malts, Liking n mail—Heroine, tt, Om. Edmunds, was paid off in the dockyard this afternoon. SHZERIIIBB, Nov. 17.—Tbe Leanne Koster Kleve, from Rotterdam, with cholera on board, his this day been towed into Standgate Creek, by H.M. steam-vessel Wildfire, by order of vice admiral the George Elliot. The troops are put out on board R.I. ship Realities, 74, and the sick are to be put on board the Bacchante frigate to-morrow, under the charge of the superintendent =4 Dr. Brown. There hes not been any farther ewes during The chief mate is not expected to survive. There are at pre- sent seven cases. Fourier n deaths have taken place since the shipping of the troops at Rotterdam—all from cholera. WooLwlco, Nov. 17.—Hermes, st.-v. arrived this morn ing from Devonport. Her °Maw and crew ;rill be turned over to tee Condense N. tug, which is to omwey the luggage of stir J. 1. Omani Bremer to Devonport —Teaser at-v., Lieut. Selwyn, was taken out of the Basin yesterday, havin g been ~hower-rigged. She has taken in all her steers, coals, Ike., and will leave in a day or two for the wag of Africa.—Zephyr, is ordered to this port to be paid oft.—Rear-Admiral Dunfte, C. 8.. First Naval Lord, visited the dockyard last evening, in company with Capt. Eden, sad went over the Tearer and the Yisgard. Admiral Dundas returned to town at late hour. Sir Wm. Bunelaysician.Geneng to the Fleet, also visited the yard on edictal t ADMIRALTY, Nov. 17.—APPOINTMENTS.—Lieuteaants: A. Ham. Boa, and P. G. Hickiey, to Hastings. MILITARY._ THE QUESTION WHETHER., instead of the bayonet belt now in use by the army, except in rifle regiments, a waistbelt can be substitu ed, a now under cowdderatlon at the 11 one Guards. Our military readers are aware that, In the rifle regiments, the bayonet, which is larger than the ordiwy one, is carried in a sword or waist belt, as It is technically ceded, and the change proposed would have the rffect of asslnulating the mode of wearing the bayonet in all mgt. ments, whether rifle or otherwise. This change would, it Is omit. Ward, be an improvement hi appearance; and, what Is of more mm. Kowa*, would diminish in some degree the weight carried by the so.dier on the beck and shoulder. MEDICAL. AsoyersCAIIIIWO HALL—Names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the mime and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, at die meeting of the court of asibtantr, m Thursday, the 16th hug.: Maws. T. Dale, Liverpool; 0. J. Munell, Bury St. Edmunds; W. 8 decried, E. F. PosasU. Warminster ; W. B. Name, llevagissey, Cornwall ; E. A. &eddy ; Chatham: and A. Crompton, Crompton, near Oldham, Lancashire. Mr. CALLAWAY, for many years OBS of the MalitiflUlf inn Room at Guy's Hospital, died yesterday at Brighton. lie was a mem. her of the coomail of the Royal College of Surgeons, and ho death, therefore, mates a vacancy in that body. SPORTING. NEWPORT PAGNELL STEEPLE CRA3EB.—Paroar. Swiennernmis of 6 save. each, and 26 added; 12st sash. Winner to besold for 2004 ha. 1 Wks. 0 gabs.) Mr. Lee gham's Osyhtust (Amber} I Mr. RITMO Canterbury (Frisby 9 Mr. Tilbury's (Raskley 3 MATOR, 50 ate. ° V e r. Hunt's Artful Dodger, list 71b (owner), bat Mr. 011iver'sOramhopper, I Ist 71b (Lamm). 3t04 as Ormalsopyer. Wee in a eater. HANDICAP 13ersiPsensns of 26 Dove. each, 16 (t, and 100 added; sexed to are his Make. 4 miles. Mr. Byroandes Charity Mr. Miller's Palma, (Owner) 3 tab) EnttUtgaut. _ NOTICE. QUITII'II BC4Cll.—TheLonioitiajOurnatent dar fitter Miabitlmas Term is flied for MandaT, Dec. 11. ri;:litlehaelinisFierm, --. 12 Cie.—Menke to the Masters. —No suitor. who appears in pence, is to Met Warty to set down any motion ha the Hot of motions postponed t .. ;ernd the fist four days of term, without the express leave of the EQUITY COURTS—YzargaDAT. ._ Before the Lord Chancellor. _ IN THE MATTEITOWMiss BAosrsa, s LIINATIC.—Mr. Holt said one of the four petitions in this matter was pre sented by his client early in 1847, complaining of the conduct of the lunatic's mother to the committee of the person.— The Lord Chancellor : That petition was heard at the time. His lordship then said he saw Miss Bagater yesterday, and he found it was quite impossible for him to leave her any loupe under the cars of her mother. He had made the ex periment, thinking her the most natural person to be the comnuttee of her daughter, but lie found she was kept in a eo estaot state of perturbation, and referred it to the muter in lunacy to settle a new scheme for the care and maintenance of the lunatic. She alone was the peculiar object of the can and protection of the court.—Mr. Wood asked that Alder man Kelly and Mr. Crowder, the executors and trustees of the will of Oliver Crowder, the luna tic's grandfather, from whom she derived all her property, might be at liberty to attend the muter. The Lord Chancellor said he would not make any order. A great part of the allowance (1,0001. a year) of the lunatic went to the payment of expenses. Several counsel on behalf of creditors complained that the master did not admit their claims except es far as they were admitted by Mrs. Waddell, the mother, and committee of the person.—From the con versation between the counsel and the Lord Chaccellor, it was understood that these petitioners might carry their claims before the master at their own risk. The petition of Mrs. Hopwood, the companion of the lunatic, would go before him in the consideration of the new scheme. Before Me Kamer a' the Rolls. ARMISTEAD e. DURHAM.— Sum AGAINST COMMIS NIGHER!, FOR DRAINING HATFIELD DHASIL—This suit wee instituted by Lawrence Armistead and seven other per sons, on behalf of themselves and all other the participants in the level of Hatfield Chase, against Makin Durham and George Dyson Simpson, the commissioners for .he improv ing and draining of lands in the above chase. By an act of parliament passed in 1813, provision was made for improving and drainingthe level of Hatfield Chase, lying in Me several counties of York. Lincoln, and Nottingham ; oommisaionen were appointed for this purpose, and full powers were given to them to complete the works contemplated by the act, and to levy rates on parties (called participate') having land in the chase, and also to borrow money for the purposes of the act, as occasion should require ; and they were finally award the share of the expense to be borne by the respective participutte. The commissioners were also required to pug their accounts before certain justices, and in case any party was aggrieved by the acts of the commissioners, he ought apply to the justices, or, by way of appeal, to the Quarter Sessions. The defendants, who were the present commissioners in Sept. 1847, gave notice to the participants of their intention to levy certain rates for defraying the ex pense of the works, and to make their final award. Some of the participants had voluntarily paid the rates, but the plaintiffs not approving of the proceedings of the commie sinners, filed the bill in this cause against the commissioners, praying a general account in re.pect of their receipt. and payments, and an injunction to restrain them from levying the rates in question, end making their final awar d. Breaches of trust, errors in the accounts, and irregularity in th •ir proceedings wore alleged against the commissioners; and it was also alleged that the defendant, Simpson, was not regularly appointed a commissioner, and that the rates pro posed to be levied were on that account invalid, A motion was now made by Messrs. Turner and Hetherington, on behalf of the plaintiffs, for an injunction against the commissioners to restrain them from levying the rates in gaieties, or making their final award.—Messrs. Walpole, Tenant, and Dennison appeared for the commissioners, and resisted the application on the grounds that the court load no jurisdiction to interfere, as the justices and the quarter see. stone, on appeal, were by the act constituted the proper trl bunals to determine the question raised in the sun . . They also vindicated the defendants from the allegations made against them by the bill.—The Master of the Rolls was clearly of opinion that the court had jurisdiction in the matter. He should give no opinion as to the validity of the