The Express. — London, England, 1847-10-20 00:00:00

modation for LOH: pars in unfit reoeptacles, and to stow away paupers in over-crowded workhouses. We are on the point of abandoning our penny-wisdom in the one ease—we are still suffering from our pound foolishness in the other. We see no provision for housing the displaced poor suggested in the commissioner's report, which sets out the line of the new rreet : yet it is to pass, for much of its distance, through a poor and densely-peopled part of London, between Carey-street on the west, and Paternoster-row on the east. A mass of unhappy families will assuredly be routed out between these limits. They must seek a refuge in other districts, already over-crowded with immigrants from like causes. The quarter will be improved, but the life that peopled it will pay the penalty. We sacrifice an old population for the houses that are to shelter a new one. We offer up a holocaust of human victims, not like the Mexicans on a stone altar, but on one of bricks and mortar. We have already directed attention to this unques tionable and increasing mischief of recent street improvements. It is one not inevitable. A portion of the ground opened by the destruction of old houses should be set aside for buildings to receive displaced inmates. The experience of the benevolent proprietor of the different model lodging-houses shows that this may be done in such a way as to furnish the poor with decent and healthy dwellings, which shall return a good per centsge to the capitalist. We be lieve that if such a portion of ground were set apart whenever new streets are carried through poor quarters, and if the fact of such appropriation were duly made public, we should find benevolence uniting with self-interest to cover the area with houses suited for the poor, and yet not un worthy of the most spacious and stately street in London. The model-house in George street, Blooms bury, shows how completely these two conditions are compatible with each other. While, therefore, we congratulate the commis sioners on behalf of the lucky records, we beg to urge upon them, for consideration, the case of the less for tunate poor on the line of their proposed thorough fare from Cheapside to Long-acre. WE have lately called attention to the melancholy loss of life amongst the members of the medical pro fession, arising from their attendance upon those afflicted with the prevailing fever. This fatality is not confined to Ireland, but is spreading rapidly amongst the medical men of our own towns. The last number of the Prorincial Medical and Surgical Journal records the deaths of eight medical men from fever caught during the performance of their duties in fever hospitals and union workhouses. Most of them are young men in the prime of life, and many have left behind them widows and large families. In ore instance,that of Mr. ROBERT STORES, of Doncaster, a gentleman well known for his profes sional ability and contributions to the literature of medicine, death occurred from attending the poor in the union workhouse, and he has left a widow and twelve children to lament his premature decease. in nine cases out of ten, medical men leave no means be hind them to support their families; and although occupying public positions of danger, the government has never thought fit to interfere in their behalf. That men educated as gentlemen by the requirements of the law of the land, and placed in public posts of as much danger as the soldier in battle, should have to complain of the paltry pittance that is doled out to them for the performance of their duties, is, we think, a national disgrace. We have, on former occasions, spoken of the absurdly low payments made to the medical officers of poor-law unions, some times not amounting to more than twopence I per head for every patient prescribed for; and ' yet for this sum men with wives and children are expected daily to expose their lives to the infection of fever and other deadly diseases. As proof of our assertion we may appeal to the corre spondence which has appeared from time to time in our columns; and a letter from Mr. GARLICK, of Halifax, of last Tuesday, affords abundant evidence of the miserable pay and severe labours of the poor-law medical officers. We believe, however, that Mr. GARLICK'S case, in which six hundred and eighty-five visits were paid, and medicine supplied to every patient for the sum of 201., is not at all an exceptional one, but that he is better paid than hundreds of his brethren. We have previously shown how such a niggardly system must act on medical men. In many instances the more competent men will not take upon themselves such duties for so low a sum, and the office is given to sonic aspirant for prac tice who takes every opportunity of relieving himself of the services required of him. It is becoming noto rious that poor-law medical officers refuse to attend every case in which they have the appearance of an excuse, and lives are frequently, we believe, thus sacrificed. On Tuesday last we reported a case of a poor woman who was allowed to die of the effects of an overdose of laudanum without any medical assist ance. The parish, it appears, was applied to in this instance, and on the coroner inquiring of the con stable, " la not your surgeon bound to at tend in a case of this sort ?" the constable replied, " Not unless an order bad been obtained, but be would in a case of emergency." Upon which a juror observed: "The last jury I was on he would not, and the woman was dying." Such then is the result of the present system. The medical officer is paid so low that he has every inducement to neglect his duty, and the poor suffer; or, if he faithfully per forms his duty, he is liable to fall a victim to the diseases with which he is brought in contact. On both grounds—the welfare of the poor and the proper remuneration of the faithful medical man—we dunk the salaries should be increased. We are glad to find that medical men are them selves taking np this question, and that a meeting is fixed to take place in London during the next week, at the Hanover-square Rooms, for the purpose of taking steps to bring the subject before the present govern ment. The advice. brought by the Madrid mail of the 13th are in accordance with the intelligence of a still more recent date understood to have been received by telegraph at Paris. General Narvaez, accompanied by M. Brunelli, the papal nuncio, proceeded on the 13th, with the Queen's consent, to the Pardo, for the purpose of waiting on the King Consort, and attend ing his Majesty to the royal palace at Madrid, where he was expected the same evening, and where his arrival, as well as that of the Queen Dowager, has been already reported by the telegraph. The streets through which the King was to pass on coming to the palace were lined with troops at the departure of the mails. The captain-general, the military governor, and the political chief of Madrid were to meet his Majesty at the barrier, and to escort him to the palace. Further details will be found in the letter of our correspondent, which we give below. Our Path despatches of 'NI onday have arrived, but their contents are unimportant. There is every reason to believe that the account of the victory of the liberals in the canton of St. Gall is correct. The Frankfort German Journal states that, after three days' lively debate, the liberals have gained the victory. It was certain that the Grisons had voted against the Sonderbund. The resolution which passed was thus worded :—" If pacific means are found to be fruitless, the deputation is authorised to vote for the employment of force for dissolving the Sonderbund." This resolution was adopted by a ma jority of 38 against 17. The grand council of Coble, after a lively debate, also resolved, on the 11th inst., by a majority of 27 to 2 (according to the eatholies, 3), to empower their deputy to the diet to vote for the adoption of coercive measures for the purpose of breaking up the separate alliance, in case the seven cantons should adhere to it, after federal econmis- Wooers had been sent to them, and after other mild measures, such' as the issuing of a proclamation to the inhabitants of those cantons, had been taken on tae part of the federal diet. A motion in favour of submitting those instructions to the landsgcmeinde was rejected by a majority of 36 to 28. The result of the votes of St. Gall was unknown in Berne on the 14th, but was anxiously expected. A letter from that capital of the above date says there are more than 1,000 persons waiting for the arrival of the mail from Zurich and St. Gall. The display of military in the mixed carton of Neufchatel continues. Every point on the shores of the lake is guarded by detachments of armed men against invasion from the troops of Vaud. At least this is the pretext set up in order to excite the exasperation of the faithful. The steam-boat will probably continue its mission until the meeting of the diet. Gen. de Waal, governor for the King of Prussia of the canton and principality of Neufchatel, and com manding the 7th corps of the Prussian army, has re ' ceived orders to combine his political mission with that of Id. de Sydow, minister of Berlin at Zurich. It is not true that Gen. de Pfuel was to assume a mili tary initiative, if necessary, in OM of a war against the Sonderbund. Berne daily assumes more and more the aspect of a town ander military government. In order that all the militia of the canton may be at liberty to move in any direction without compromising the safety of the capital in which are to be found elements of hostility to the present order of things among the ranks of the patriciate, as well as among the adherents to the late government, a civic guard has been formed, composed of volunteers belonging neither to the Mb, nor to the reserve. The numbers inscribed amount to 500, and are organised into four companies.—The government of Friburg has addressed a letter to the %orort, com plaining in strong terms of the Canton of Vaud for sending out an armed cruiser on the lake of Neuf chatel, and which assumes the right of searching all boats that appear off the shore of Friburg. iOn the 14th nst. seven chests of ammunition, which were brought by a mail waggon from Bale, were re moved from Rheinfeld and conveyed to Zurich city. The triple council of Zug assembled on the 12th, in order to draw up farther instructions for their deputy to the diet. A motion, proposed by the liberals, to the effect that the Sonderbund and the Jesuits should be denounced, was negatived by a ma jority of 116 to 20. On the other hand, a motion for the dissolution of the separate alliance was unani mously adopted, but with the condition that the ques tion of the Jesuits should be allowed to drop, and that the civil and religious rights of the catholic. should be guaranteed. The following petition has been circulated for signa tures in the catholic parishes of the canton of Geneva: To the president and deputies of the federal diet,—At the moment when the federal diet is about to be called on to decide on peace or war, we the undersigned, catholic citi zens of the canton of Geneva, come forward to pray the diet not to consent to measures which would render the evils of the country irremediable. Honour and religion dictate to us this grave and serious step. Our consciences would not permit us to take part in a war against our dear federal con freres of primitite Switzerland. They have declared that they never would be aggressors, and that they would always faithfully fulfil their federal duty. They founded Swiss liberty, they . often shed their blood to defend the country against foreign invasion. Let us place faith in their honour, which has never failed, and let us respect their rights. We do not think it necessary to address you at present relative to the other questions which divide the confederation ; but we cannot accept the eventuality of a war which is invin cibly rejected by the interest of the common country, na tional independence, religion, and our consciences. May the federal diet assume the only measures capable of healing the wounds of our country, by re-assuring the catholic. as to the existence of their rights as citizens, and u to the entire liberty of their religious institutions. The Frankfort Journal, under the date of Con stance, Oct. 9, states that the representatives of foreign powers have been ordered to quit Switzerland in case a civil war should break out, and fix their residence for a time in a German town on the frontier. Con stance is designated as the place where they are most likely to come, in case it becomes necessary. MADRID, Oct 13. It seems that on Monday night, while the un suspecting citizens of Madrid lay fast asleep, in comfortable security, Gen. Narvaez, ever watchful for the public safety, was galloping up and down the streets in company with Itoncali, the captain-general, botk'accoutreed as for battle, visiting the barracks, ordering the troops to assemble under arms, posting detachments at the mouths of the principal streets, with muskets ready charged, sending about patrols, I and, in short, taking all the military precautions ne cessary to defend the capital against some sudden sur- 1 prise. Having made his rounds, Narvaez remained with Roncali in the midst of three battalions of infantry and a squadron of cavalry till two or three in the morning. The same alarming precautions were re newed last night. The garrison was ordered to remain under arms; and directions were issued to the commanders of corps to obey no orders that were not personally communicated by the minister of state or the captain-general. It was also said that officers were warned not to leave their houses for their re -1 spective quarters, without being summoned by two soldiers of their companies. However, what has sur prised people most, is the former notice, which, if true, implies an absurd affront to the Minister of War. Of what use in the world is General Cordova if Narvaez is to usurp his functions, or what precedent is there for the minister of state maintaining imme diate communication with the troops, like a general in full campaign? But what, in the first place, is the meaning of all these midnight alarms ? What enemies menace the government ? What plot is brewing ? Nobody can tell. People shrug their shoulders, laugh, and say, " Narvaez is minister;' " It is a jure got up to serve as a pretext for perse cuting the liberals.' Others affirm that the persons suspected by the Duke of Valencia are rivals in his own party. Anyhow, few believe that there existed suffi cient ground for making these warlike demonstrations; which are looked upon u pusillanimous symptoms of overstrained suspicions, or ominous preludes to the in auguration of a system of terror. One of the measures of the government, which is viewed with apprehension, is the appointment of a special/meal to deal with offences of the press, by a decree inserted in the Gazette of Monday. This officer is to enjoy a salary of 20,000 reels. He has opened his career with denouncing an article in the E.rpecta dor of the 6th, the consequence of which attack seems to have been the infusion of a fresh vein of bitterness into that uncompromising organ of the opposition. The Heraldo contradicts the reports that have cir culated with regard to the entrance of Gonzales Bravo into the ministry, and the appointment of General Chacon as military governor of Madrid. A ministe rial council was held late last night. I). Juan Jose Bonel y Orbe having been elected archbishop of Toledo, the grand chancellorship of the orders of Charles 111. and Isabel the Catholic, which ho held, has been bestowed upon D. Antonio Posadas Rubin de Celia, the Queen's chaplain and almoner, and Patriarch of the Indies. The notices from Catalonia are not important. It seems to move some little surprise that Concha's ex pedition should have been as yet attended with too little result. Parties of rebels were continually presenting 1 themselves almost within gunshot. At Castel-follit, near Olot, the Carlists had established a custom-house, raising duties upon wine, charcoal, &c. It is re marked by the Eco, with some displeasure, that the only three generals in Madrid who represent the centraliatas, Iriarte, Ruiz, and Santa Cruz, were net invited to the Queen's ball. The singular agility displayed by the septuagenarian ex-minister, Cortazar, in various quadrilles, affords a subject of lively com ment to the Oacetillas. . If we may believe the Expeclador, Narvaez is not in particularly good odour at the palace, having been kept waiting yesterday two or three hours by the Queen in expectation of an aadience which he bad demanded. FRANCE.—ToutoN, Ocr. 13.—The Toulonnaio says that the squadron under the command of the Prince de Joinville, which was off the islands of Hyeres, was to stand out to sea on the evening of the 14th, or the day after to morrow. The Sociversin, the Friedland, and the Ocean had orders to steer for Spezzia ; the Jupiter for Leghorn or the island of Elba, and the Jena for Genoa. Several steamers were attached to the squadron. The Leonidas, which had arrived in Marseilles from Malta, which is under quarantine, had also been placed under quarantine at Marseilles, but by a singular inconsistency the officers who landed with the letters were permitted to go to the poet-office in free pratique, and then to return to their vessel. Thus, if there really was any necessity for the appli cation of the quarantine laws to the Leonidas , the city of Marsi Mrs itself ought to be now under quarantine, some of the persons who arrived in that vessel having been permitted to land without any precaution being taken. ETAPLES.—TILE BOULOGNE AND ABBEVILLE RAIL AVAT.—The railway bridge of Etaples has slightly given way, and three of its arches will have to be rebuilt. The works to be done will, however, be completed before the 15th lof Novern.,er, when the railway is to be opened. The damage will cost 30,000 francs to repair. EARTHQUAKE.—A rather sharp shock of earth -1 quake was felt at Chltesurons and its environs in the even ing of the 9th inst. Several persons were, it is said, thrown out of their beds. _ _ —.— . HOLLAND.—Twe HAGUE, Ocr. 15.—Prince.. Wilhelmina Frederica, daughter of the King of Holland, against whom her consort, Prince Albert, brother of the King of Prussia, has instituted a suit foe a divorce before the royal court of Berlin, arrived on the 13th at the Hague with the intention of remaiaiag with her royal parents until the suit is terminated. It is mid that the prince.. is equally desirous of the mparation, and therefore has determined to suffer judgment to go by default. She has left her three child,en at Berlin. SARDINIA.—TterN, Oct 7.—The news received from all hands relative to the march of the netotiatione be tween Vienna and Rome, with respect to Ferrara, leave little doubt of the tut that some complications have THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY mutureed. It does not seem iaperaat se disown, the nature of these olesplitatiens ; it suffices to make known the point the Ragodaalass haw now attained. The cabinet of Rowe, request% fa the but note of the 27th Sept, that the foreign gerviesp should evacuate the town entirely. We can not poitaiblyMdeve, says the Frankfort Journal, that this de mand, wh is not founded on right, but which has for its aim to obtain a relaretion of positive right, to please the public opi nion in Italy, can be acceded to iu present circumstances, and considering the form under which the request has been presented. At all events, the affair appears to be a work of time. It is affirmed at Rome that government has requested the mediation of no power, whether catholic or protestant, and can but deplore any such steps, if they have been taken, however friendly, or from whatever nation. New changes seem to be in preparation in Tuscany ; but the report, lately spread, that a constitution was about to be granted, was premature. In our opinion, so great an inno vation could not be effectrd without the consent of the agnate. AUSTRIA.—VIENNa, Ocr. 10.—Baron de Nell, director of the administration of the Viennese Poet, will go to Dresden to join in the conferences which are to take place on this subject.—A dreadful accident took place at Comoro, in Hungary, by the falling of the bridge there. A crowd of persons who had assembled to see the arrival of Archduke Stephen, fell into the river and perished. The number of persons supposed to have lost their lives is stated at no less than forty. CRACOW, Ocr. 14.--On the 13th, the railway was solemnly inaugurated. After it had been consecrated by Bishop Sentowski, the first Cracow stesm-engine, with a long train of carriages and luggage waggons, left at half past ten for the Prussian frontiers. RUSSIA.—ST. PETERSBURG, OCT. 9.—Aocounta from Kostroma state that a terrible fire which had broken out in that city destroyed 118 dwelling-houses and the con vent ; on the tame night another fire broke out in a parallel street, but happily only one house was humid. The next day at 7 o'clock in the evening the inhabitants were a third time called upon to witness a part of their town in flames. Another fire occurred, which proceeded with such rapidity that in an incredibly short time 70 houses wore burnt to ashes. If, through immense exertions, the government buildings had not been saved, the merchants' market-place would in all probability have fallen a prey to the flames. _ _ - . . -- ---. POLAND. —lVAiumw, OCT. 10.—Late on the night of the 9th the Emperor of Russia arrived in this city from Lublin, end proceeded to the Lasienski palace. He was ao companied by the Grand Prince Constantine and General Orloff. Field Marshal raskowitach has also arrived in Warsaw. THE C.tLEDONIA.—This steamer, C a ttalo Lott, de parted from Liverpool yesterday for II and Boston. She carries out no specie. Cbt Court. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.— Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Wellington, enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning. The Duke of Cambridge lunched with her Majesty and Prince Albert, and afterwards took leave of her Majesty and her Royal Consort, proceeding from the Castle, attended by Major Stephens, to the Slough-station, and travelled to town by the Great Western Railway. The Right Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, and General Sir George Pollock, are expected to arrive at the Castle this evening on a visit to her Majesty. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening is expected to include the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Chevalier Bunsen, the Duke of Wellington, Prince Lowenstein, Lady Anna Maria Daw son, Baroness de Speth. Miss L. Dawson Darner, the Right Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, General Sir George Pollock, and the Dean of Windsor. The 'hike of Cambridge arrived at Cambridge house yesterday afternoon from Windsor Castle. The Lords of the Committee on Education of her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council held a meeting yesterday at the Council-office, which was attended by the Lord President, Lord J. Russell, the Earl of Auckland, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Viscount Morpeth, the Right Hon. Sir G. Urey, and the Right Hon. T. 13. Ma caulay. Mr. Kay Shuttlewerth was in attendance. A deputation from Liverpool, headed by the Mayor of Liverpool, and including Mr. W Brown, Mr. Cardwell, and Mr. W. Patten, had an interview with Lord J. Ru3sell lesterday at his official residence in Downing -street. His ordship was accompanied by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, President of the Board of Trade. - ----• The Bishop of Cape Town had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Major Graham had an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere yes terday at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Divett and Mr. J. Willson had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey at the Colonial-office. The Metropolitan Sanitary Commission eat at Givydr-house yesterday. The commissioners present were Lord it Grosvenor, E. Chadwick, Esq., Dr. 8. Smith, Pro fessor Owen, L. Jones, Esq., and their secretary, H. Austin, Esq. The Earl of Shelburne left town yesterday for Bowood-park, Wilts. DEPUTATION FROM LIVERPOOL TO LORD J. RUSSELL. _ _ - -------. Yesterday afternoon a deputation from the bankers, merchants, shipowners, and others interested in the trade of Liverpool, waited upon the Prime Minister at Downing street, for the purpose of presenting a memorial praying that the government might immediately adopt measures to relieve the pressure which now weighs so heavy on all the commercial dames of the community. The gentlemen forming the deputation were to have been in attendance on Monday, and an appointment was made by the noble lord for one o'clock on that day, but none of them made their appearance. In the afternoon letters were received from Lie erpool, explaining the cause which was attributed to the pressure of business, Monday being " packet day." Upon being made acquainted with the unavoidable circumstance which prevented the attendance of the deputa tion, Lord John Russell expressed his willingness to fix the very earliest hour on Tuesday (yesterday), and three o'clock was appointed, in order to suit as far as possible the conve nience of the depntationiets. They.drputation, which con. sisted of ten gentlemen, included the following :—Mr. Wit. Ham Brown, M.P. (South Lancashire); Mr. Cardwell, M.P. (Liverpool); Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P. ; Mr. O. H. Lawrence, Mayor of Liverpool; Mr. T. B. florsfall ; Mr. Charks Turner; Mr. William Steward •, Mr. James Chap man, and Mr. Weiley.—Mr. Brown and Mr. Cardwell intro duced the deputation to Lord John Russell. The Right lion. Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, President of the Board of Trade, were also present, and took part in the discussion which ensued. The deputation having been presented, Lord J. Russet!. received them with much courtesy, and expressed the willingners which he and his right honourable colleagues present felt to hear any representations which the bankers, merchants, and shipowners, of Liverpool, were pre pared to make with respect to the presence now experienced by the mercantile community of the country. Mr. EITEWAND, Mr. Meows, and other gentlemen of the deputation, then proceeded to direct the attention of the noble lord to the critical position in which the merchants and traders of Liverpool were now placed, in consequence of the existing pressure on the money market, and the de plorable condition of trade, commerce, and manufactures. They wished it, however, to be distinctly understood, in thus representing their ease, that the relief which they sought at the hands of the government was but of a temporary kind. At the present time, pro duce of every kind could only be disposed of at an enormous sacrifice, which must, sooner or later, it carried to any great extent, involve the trader in ruin. Orders from abroad for goods or produce could not be exe cuted, from the impossibility of converting into cash the bills drawn against them. The deputation could not refrain from expressing their opinion that much of the alarm and want of ocallidence, which now prevailed amid all classes, might, in great part, be allayed by the judicious interference of the government. The memorial which they (the depu tation) were charged to present to hie lordship, dwelt strongly upon this subject, and set forth that in the opinion of the memorialkts, a temporary advance by government, to be secured upon the credit of the country, would effect an immense amount of benefit for the mercantile classes. and, by tending to allay groundless alarms, cause the *lease of large sums of money now locked up, and comparatively profitless in consequence of the panic which prevailed. An advance of this description they contended it was tke duty of the government to make, as a continuance of the present state of things would inevitably have the effect of depriving very many thousands of the labouring population of all classes of their employment, and thus prostrate the great in dustrial resources of the country. The accounts daily re ceived from the manufacturing districts showed that houses of the greatest respectability and ample resources had bent before the ovetwhelming pressure of the present crisis ; and those who were most experienced in monetary and commer cial affairs agreed in thinking that if government did not im mediately come to the relief of the bankers, merchants, and traders, on whose prosperity so much of the welfare of the country depended, the result would be that firms now solvent, and possessing ample means (if their securities were convertible into ready money), would be involved in the common ruin. The deputation concluded by again pressing on the noble lord's attention, and on that of his right hon. colleagues, that the memorialists did not require any permanent measure of assistance ; all they required was a temporary measure of relief, to enable them to meat what they hoped and believed to be a temporary danger. Lord J. Russet!. admitted that the pressure under which the commercial classes laboured at present was very great, and a subject of deep regret. The matter was one which had occupied, and he assured the deputation would occupy, the attention of her Majesty's government. He regretted, however, to any, that he could not hold out any hope to the deputation that the government could interfere in the way suggested. The subject, however, should receive from her Majesty's ministers that attentive consideration due to the great importance of the interests involved. A member of the deputation having observed that in the course of n few days they might again take the liberty of waiting upon his lordship with other suggestions, Lord J. RusseLL said that it would afford him much pleasure to receive the deputation again, whenever they con ceived they could aid the object in view ; but, at the same time, he assured them that he could not hold them out any L h or b .. deputation then presented the memorial, which, the noble lor d assured them, should receive the best considera tion he could give it. The gentlemen of the depute lion having thanked Lord John Russell and his right hon. EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1847. colleagues for the numedinglyeauteeus manner with which they►ad been received end their representations listened to, wlf The Chiusano( of the Erebequer took an animated part In the discussion, and the imprearion left upon the minds of the deputation was, that the right hoe. gentleman had not, up to that period, been thoroughly acquainted with the ex tent of the alarming pressure that existed. The right hon. gentleman admitted the distressing pellicle of mercantile affairs. The interview lasted upwards of an hour and a quarter. THE REGISTRATIONS. MIDDLEBEX.—The court sat yesterday at the Seem Arms, Hammennlith when the lists for the parishes of Chiswick, Fulham, Hammersmith, St. Luke, Chelsea, and St. Mary Abbott, Kensington, were taken, the revision of which concluded the business of the registzation. In the Fulham lid, the name of the Rev. L. C. Bathurst, described as of 12, Vale-place, was objected to by the over seers. It appeared that the residence given was the house of the father, who was also on the register ; and, upon in quiry, the overseer was informed that the son diet net live there, upon which ground the objection was taken.—Mr.' Payne said this was one of the many cases during the present revision in which the overseers bad exceeded their duty, by objecting_ to persona whose qualification remained unchanged. —The Barrister: But here the objection is that the party cannot be found.—Mr. Payne was satisfied of the (edifice tion ; and would, if the case were adjourned, trove it by the evidence of the father. At a later period of the day the Rev. L. Bathurst, gen., attended, and proved that his son pos sessed the qualification ; and that when he was in town, the father's house was the son's home. The vote was allowed. In the same list, in the new claims, the name of J. Baxter, of Deophan, Norfolk, farmer, was expunged, the calling of the party, a farmer, being placed by mistake in the third column, where the qualification should be described. A great number of claims have been lost during the revision for the same reason—the incorrect or insufficient description of the quali fication in the third column, as the omission of the word " freehold," " copyhold," or " leasehold," when such was the nature of the qualification. Several were struck off who claimed on account of " ground-rent," without stating the charge to be " freehold ;" others, who claimed merely for " rental," were expunged in like manner; and in three or four instances the holders of benefices have been disfran chimed, their qualification being stated as " incumbency of -- church," " rector of —," instead of " freehold rectory," etc.; in one case a claimant described bis qualifica tion as " upon a house for eighty years," and was disfran chised for omitting the word " lease " When the parish of Hammersmith was called, the Barris ter's attention was directed to the fact that the overseers had neglected to prepare and publish a separate list of the new delineate, as required by the Registration Act, and that in consequence there was no list of claims to revise. It appeared, on inquiry of the overseers, that they had printed one list only, which contained the names of those persons entitled to vote as well as those who claimed to be entitled, the latter being marked with a star to distinguish them.—The Barrister reprimanded the overseers for the neglect, and relived to take the parish of Hammersmith till all the others were dis posed. When the Hammersmith list was again called on, Mr. Jones, an attorney, appeared for the overseers, and en deavoured to show that the list as published was sufficient for the purposes of the act • and added, that the reason that the new claims were inse rted in the list of qualified voters was to save trouble and expense.—Considerable discussion took place upon the point amongst the agents ; when the barrister observed that the Reform Act called upon the over seers to issue a notice requiring all county voters to send in their claims ; and by another section they w,re required to make out an alphabetical list of the persons claiming in the year of the passing of that act, and in each socceeduig year • list of persons on the register and of the new claims ; but those provisions had been re pealed by the Registration Act. What he complained of was, that overseers would ' never uttend to the new act, which required that they should now make out every year an alphabetical list of the claimants, apart from the list of registered voters. He must do in this case as he had done in the parish of St. Clement Danes, take the list of registered voters, without reference to the new claims.—Mr. Jones said that would be very hard upon the overseers, who had acted on the best motives. There were 23 new claims, and if the old list only were taken, the 28 claimants would be thrown over, and the overseers would be liable to so many actions.—The Barrister: And I hope they will he all brought. —Mr. Davis (who attended for Mr. James) observed that it was • question whether, as the list containing the registered electors and the new claimants to gether had been regularly published on the church doors, the barrister could not deal with it ?—The Barrister : That is not such a list as the act requires, and I cannot deal with it. As to the overseers' objections, they must all fall to the ground ; and, with regard to the new claimants, such of them as attend and prove their qualificatioa will have their names inserted. The first of the new claimants was Mr. Cumming, a dissenting minister, whose alleged qualifica tion was his office as minister of a freehold chapel in the Broadway, Hammersmith. On being questioned, Mr. Cum ming stated that he had been appointed to his office by popu lar election ; that he held • life interest in it, but was re movable for misconduct. He had been on the register some peen ago, in right of the same qualification, and his vote had tow received at the hustings.--The Barrister , But bow me you • freeholder of the county? Does the chapel belong le we? or is the ground on which it stands your property ? —M. Cumming It has been held in the case of ministers et proprietary chapels in connexion with the established starch, who hold their office* on precisely the same tenure es I do mine, that they are entitled to the franchise. The chapel is in the hands of Vegeta—The Barrister: Have you the deed of conveyance with you ?—Mr. Cumming : There is a deed, but I have it not with me.—ln reply to other questions the claimant said that his income was derived from two sources, endowment and pew rents. If he were to change his religion he supposed he would be removable from his office, but that was a matter upon which to give a positive opinion the trust-deed most be referred to. Ultimately the claim was refused, not upon the merits, but in the absence of the trust deed, the applicant being told that he had better renew his claim next year, and come better prepared to support it. — One or two others of the new claimants, who were in attend ance, had their claims inserted in the register; the rest, who did not appear, were disfranchised. In the list of St. Luke's, Chelsea, a long discussion took plaw on the claim of a Mr. Hurst—whose qualification was described as " ground rent," arising from a cottage in the King's road, Chelsea—as to whether "ground rent " meant freehold ground rent. Mr. Payne said he was ready to prove that the claimant was the possessor of the freehold, but the barrister said the description was insufficient as a qualifies- Vs* and could not be amended ; the claim must, therefore, be reused. In the case of certain objections to new claims toads by Mr. James, the question was again raised as to the sufficiency of the service of the notices upon the overseer, anti the overseer having admitted that all the notices had been received by him, Mr. James argued that shot admission was sufficient for the purposes of the act.—Mr. Payne having been heard on the other side, the barrister said he saw no reason for divurbing the decision he had given on the previous day, that in the absence of the stamped dupli cate the service could not be proved.—ln the same list Mr. E. R. Robertson, a barrister, attended to answer an objec tion signed by W. 11. Walker.—Mr. Shadwell intimated that Mr. Walker having neglected to pay the casts awarded ' against kim in a previous ease, no other objection from him could be entertained.—Mr. Robertson, however, .urged that as he had been brought there at great town ' venience, and as his qualification was perfectly good, he was entitled to costa. He had been objected to last year by the same party, and had then proved his qualification, the present objection, therefore, was evidently vexatious, and h e hoped the party making it would be punished by the in fliction of the highest penalty, in the shape of costs, the court could award.—Mr. James, jun., and Mr. Davis opposed the application, but the Barrister, after the appli cant had been examined as to his possession of the required interest to qualify, made an order on the objector for 20s. costs, and directed the attention of Mr. Robertson to the ' clause of the act which provides for the recovery of money so awarded, recommending him to get some sharp attorney to put it in operation.—Mr. Young, a claimant, who had been objected to by Mr. James, and who stated he had come up all the way from Shrewsbury to defend his vote, after proving his qualification, claimed costa.—The Barrister could not allow costs in the case of a new claim. During the re vision of the Kensington list a gentleman called the attention I of the court to a grievance which Mr. T. More, of Grove-plan, ' Kensington, suffered in oensee,uence of some error in the revision of the list last year. dlr. More had been for years on the register, and on the last year's list, as published on the church doors, his name duly appeared, and no objection was made. On going, however, to the polling booth at the last election, his vote was refused, on the ground that his name was not in the large book—the register for the county. The party applying produced the list of the previous year, as published, in which the name appeared unobjeeted to. and demanded from the Barrister such remedy as it wee in his power to give, in order to restore Mr. More to his rights as an elector. —The Barrister said, as the name of the party was not on the list for the present year, the case was not before him, and be could not entertain it —Mr. Payne then recapitulated Um statement to the Banister, but added that he feared the Act of Parliament gave no remedy in such a case ' all that could be dery was for the party to send in a fresh claim next year. Upon further inquiry, it was ascertained that in the last year's list there were two Thomas Mores, one of whom was objected to as being disqualified, but by mistake the name of the qualified person was struck out, and the non.qualified retained.—The Bar rister regretted that be had no power of remedying the evil by inserting the name in the list, without a fresh claim being made, which could not now be done till next year. The formal business of passing the overseer's accounts was then gone through, and the proceedings of the court termi nated. . _ _ The result of this revision alters in no material degree the relative strength of parties in the county. The agents on both sides say that they are reserving theirezertions fear next year, when a determined attempt will be made on the one side to overthrow, and on the other to uphold, tho majority which the liberal party now possess. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a court was held for the despatch of business. WHITECROSS BTKEET PRISON.—The Sheriffs presented the following report of the state of the debtors' prison in Whitecruss-street Middlesex, 115 males, 4 females; Prison of Ludgate, 5 ; Poultry Compter, 12 ; Giltspar Compter, 10 ; total 146. The Governor respectfully reports to the worshipful the Court of Aldermen that be has " carried into effect the classification and regulations recommended by the Secretary of State, and confirmed by your worshipful court on the 29th ult." Already 13 belong to the " Remanded Ward," sad when posnitetents are made by the " City of London s ma ll D e bt...bet," an Increase may be looked for. The average deli; numbers for the lut quer. ter do not show an im...Thue, although the annual number committed in the year ending September 29, gives an excess of no leas than 443 on the two preceding ones. The prisoners have been generally healthy during the past quarter, and their conduct has been vary quiet and orderly.—Thotnaa Burdon, Governor. OLD CITY R !CORDS. —The Lord Mayor laid before the court a letter which he had received from Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk at the Mansion-house, stating that he had examined the contents of several large boxes of books in the cellar of the Mansion-house, and found the books con tained the minutes of the various mayoralties (with rome exceptions) from 1686. The following are 'erne extract, from them, the reading of which caused much Isuchter • 1688. August fah—Ordered by his lordship that baligent oilicers bearing the Queen's letter patent have the sole right of raffling tottering sad other, games at the ensuing Bartholomew and Smithfield fairs. 12th-Ordered that certain buildings In course of erection In the city be stayed forthwith for irregularity In construction. 13th —The matter marked between Clark and Ward by his lordship was remitted to judgment with the order that defendant do toy costa of suit in twenty-four days, and to gin security far debt, or to inioths In course dimsdm In Smithfield for ensuing Yr ordered to be inagell lis lordship's orders. dept.r maid* bil.--libeeral perms amemielel lesions fur meeting at a me la Neer-lane. Mk—Richard Levett ordered to enter into recoontleances in 401. t appear Manzi quarter mono., for employing foreigners to work or porters in the City, to the prejudlce of the ticket portent. 20th.—Francis Lkirleigh permitted by his lordship to erect a stage In Smithfield Pound, and there act as a mountebank, he and his ver sants doing nothing to the disturbanoe of kW Majesty'. peace. 20th.-John Knight, a member of the JoynersComsany, having re fused to net as steward of the company on ensuing Lord Mayor's day, ordered to pay • flnecif 51. 23rd —Cole r. Newbold: 100. and costs of action awarded to plain tiff according to custom of London, tenoning plaintiff • whore. 25th.—Thomsa Johnson, Esq., and Richard Oawthorr., merchant, lately returned in pursuance of his Majesty's pardon, rendered them selves to the Lord Mayor for the henent of such pardon. Oct. 3th.—Wm. Fawley had license granted under his Lordship's hand and mayordtv and for driving a hackoey much in this coy. 22nd.—Edmund tramoobary, wine porter to the king's wines, Laid U. for refusing to take the ofSce of collector for the poor of the pariah of St. Mary, Mounthesd. Now. Dith.—John Knight committed to Bridewell for setting up and lighting a great number of candles in his house to affront the govern merit (on the sth November). Dee. 3rd.—Ahnibum Mindy committed to seraions for coffering a candle tn be lightei and fixed on the top of his house on the sth of November. . . . 1365. 7 Ssainel Vale, fined 51. fur burying his wife in linen clothes instead of woollen. I 6 7.—Bail of attachment. Bail described as citizen, but one raided at Battersea. . . . iiiiiii.ai;sintiano7;ttaihment ; one of the bail described a. of St. Saviour's-deck, Southwark, beta eitisen of London.—(Note.) The practice in 'IOW to require howeholders in the City. 16.8, Feb. 9 —Sir John Chapman, the Lord Mayor, commits to Newlyste Sir Robert Wright, for that being one of the judges of the Court of King's Bauch, he had endeavoured the subversion of the eatablished government, by altering of the power to dispense with thelaws. I.• I, blurb 15.—Brame Crosby, the lord Mayor, commits the men. wager of the Howe of Onamons for executing a warrant in the City, without being nicked by the Lord Mayor. (The entry in the minute book was struck through in ink, by order or the House of Commons.) The Lord Mayor said that as his year of office had nearly expired, he could not, perhaps, take a better opportunity than the present court afforded, to bear testimony to the in valuable services of Mr. Goodman—to his knowledge, real and integrity, and his distinguished abilities. (lieir,ltear.) It was imposaible to speak too highly of that most skilful and indefatigable officer..—Alderman Farebrother, Sir Peter Laurie, Alderman Musgrove, and Alderman Sidney, spoke in similar terms of the conduct and character of Mr. Good man. The paper ordered to be entered on the journals. THE BLOWINO.UP or WRECKS IN THE THAMES.—A sum of money not exceeding 4661. was voted to the disposal of Captain Fisher, the principal harbour-master, in the useful duty of blowing-up vessels wrecked in the Thames, and forming dangerous obstruction to the navigation. The principal harbour master, upon whom the responsibility of removing all impediments of the kind devolves, has already cleared away a number of wrecks by explosion, which is found to be the most economical as well as the most effica cious mode of operation. NUISANCE AT THE WEST LONDON UNlON.—Alderman Challis brought up the following report : In obedience to an order of this court of the 29th of September last, ' to examine the report of the commissioner of police, with :he report of the inspectors of the division, upon the petition Of the Inhabitants of West Smithfield relative to the nuisance they tee exposed to from 1 the congregation of vagrant nod disorderly persons applying for ad mission lnto the workhouse of the West London Cuero, and to re port our opinion thereon, we, whose names are hereunto .uteeribed, your committee foe general purposes, do certify that we proceeded to consider the whole subject, and were attended be D. W. Harvey, Esq., the commissioner of the City of London police, a 1,0 wash. and upon the said reports and petition. That we were also attended by Ale-srs. Boyle Turner, Strugnell, Shank, J. Pratten, and other prtition•vs, who were heard at considerable length, and represented the great and serious nut-once they are cenunually exposed to in consequence of the improper and dingu•ting conduct and behaviour of numerous persons cr , both sexes thronging the immediate neighbourhood or, and apply ing for admission into, the said workhouse. That we also heard Mr. I Miller, the relieving officer of the establishment, and, after an attentive conaiderution of all the circumstances, we recommend this honourable court to &red the commissioner of police to Kurt le tor the constant attendance, both by day and night, of two additional police officers in that neighbourhood, to endeavour to remedy the evils complained of; and having communicated our opinion to the commissioner, be expressed his readinem to comply therewith, sad to present a report to this honourable court, at the expiration of a month, as to the effect produced in consequence of such additional attendance. At the name time your committee feel that the beard of guardians hare not provided adequate socommodation on their pre. mina for the numerous parties applying for mfroimion tom the same. Alderman Sidney said it was impossible that he could be induced to believe that the want of accommodation for the poor wretched applicants for shelter was not the origin of the evil so strongly complained of. There were but two miserable rooms into which, when they were crammed almsst to suffocati••n, there were from forty to seventy more appli cations nightly for admission. How could order be expected, or decency, or anything but what was revolting ? It was stated that many of the applicants were thieves of the lowest de,cription. lie regretted if such happened to be the case ; but the law commanded that even thieves should be shel tered, and certainly the casual poor at the West London Union were infinitely wore treated as to room than were the most abandoned criminals—A copy of the report was then ordered to be sent to the board of guardians of the West London Union.—Adjourned. TREASURY WARRANT.—POSTAGE.—Last night's 1 , Gazette contains a warrant directing certain reductions and alterations in the rates of postage between this country and its colonies, establishing a loceiqpst at Hong-Kong, &c. It is ordered that on every letter nßa exceeding half an ounce in weight, transmitted by packet between the islands or Martinique and Guadeloupe, and also between those Wends and British North America and the West Indies (not for warded through the United Kingdom), three shall be charged a uniform rate of fourpence. A loco rate of one penny is also ordered en all letters transmitted through the post between any two places in the island of Hong-lieng, in the Chinese sea. Progressive rates to be charged on such letters as exceed the above-named weight. The local rate already fixed for letters passing between the various British dependencies east of the Red Sea, the Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius, the Philippines, the Moluccas, Australia, and New Zealand (namely, one shilling per half ounce), are not to be charged in addition upon letters transmit ted between the United Kingdom and the above places.—Newspaper conveyed between the United Kingdom and the above de pendencies to be charged in future a uniform rate of Id. each, in addition to any rate of transit postage payable in respect of such newspaper, so far as the same shall be for warded by land through Egypt or any other foreign country. —Newspapers conveyed by poet to any British colony in the Mediterranean and China, and the Philippines, are to be charged a uniform rate of 2d. sea postage, irrespective of any land postage to which they may be subjected.— Pamphlets and publications priated in the United King dom to be transmitted thence to the above-named places at a penny per ounce, up to silt.* i oun ces, which is the limit.—Rates on letters addressed to officers, warrant and nonorommiasioned officers, and seamen and privates in her Majesty's service in India and in the East India Company's service are to remain as before; but in the case of letters directed to officers in the United Kingdom, who may have removed from the place to which they are addressed to any place beyond was, the ad ditional postage is to be charged to the place of destination. All ship-masters or others belonging to private yeseela shall give up on demand every sealed letter they have to the poet master at Hong-Kong or other port at which they may be demanded, under a penalty in default, of sf. for each letter concealed. The warrant to come into operation on the lit of January, 1846. COURT Or SEWERS, QUILDTW.L.—ANTI-SANI TART MOVEMENT IN THE ClTl.—Yesterday , at the meet ing of the Court of Sewers, the chairman ( Mr. Deputy Pea cock) was informed there was a deputation in attendance from the inhabitants of Raquet-court, Fleet-street, who had a memorial to present against a proposed sewer. It ace that the oommusioners, being anxious to carry out gearvcad rious sanitary regulations which have been laid down for the improvement and health of the inhabitants of the City, gave notice to the inhabitants of Raquet-court that they forthwith intended to construct a sewer through the above place, and to connect it with the main one in Fleet-street. This an nouncement gave anything but satisfaction to the persona resident therein, and they at once had a meeting, when they unanimously agreed to petition against the proposed alleged improvement. A memorial was accordingly presented, and rigncd by every inhabitant in the coon. The memorial having been read, some of the members of the court who represent the ward of Farringdon Without said they had been requested to support the prayer of the petition.—One of the members of the deputation said that he had held property for upwards of 40 years in ltsquet-court. the greater portion of which period he had lived there, and there fore from his own experience ho could assure the court that no sewer was required; that the inhabitants of the place enjoyed as good health as any of their neighbours, and the I proposed improvement would be a nuisance instead of a benefit —A discussion of some length ensued, some of the members of the court maintaining that small sewers would prove a nuisance, as it would be impossible for a sufficient body of water to flow through to carry away the deposit, and then effluvia would arise, which in the end would, become insupportable ; while the advocates of the government system of sewerage and drainage held that the health of the place must be improved, although some of the inhabitants had during a long period enjoyed such excellent health. As the subject was deemed of great importance, the question was adjourned. The court gave orders to remove the wood' pavement in Fore-street, and re-lay it with stone, so that the only wood pavement that will remain will be Stephen Carey's, which it has been proved will last for the full period it was laid down for—lo years. THE POOR IN ST. PANCRAl3.—Yesterday a very fully attended meeting of the directors of the poor of St. Pancras took place in the new vestry-room adjoining the workhouse, King's-road, Camden•town, for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee appointed with refer --.-- ence to the workhouse diet.o7, and the propriety ofpr eeer, tog the sale of food in the It °TkheUke• and other op i u m connected with the relief of the 1 2^0 e• — hle• E. J E. Woo d having been called to thechair, Mr. Phorelawarden Howard, brought up the report, which stated a.: the committee 44 made such alterations in the dietary of the workhouse p ut they considered it ample for the inmates withogt Me utrtt duction of any other food, and they therefore ream that the sale of any kind of food amongst the innate, of th e workhouse should be abolished, and that the in trodectiosod uncooked food by the friends of the poor should be proh,. bited. To the report the alterations in the dieter, a were pended, which consisted in e n augmentation the Intieiek bread to the inmates to the extent of 12 ounces per week an increase of 12 ounces of potatoes per week, and i , e , consisting of 16 ounces of Irish stew per week, to th e 6 ,7 class paupers, and the oth.ra in proportion on th e t i; hand, there are very considerable deductions from tta po i sent diet in the articles of beer, porridge, soup, and then,.. Mr. Howarth, in moving the adoption of this report, 4,4 the new dietary had been submitted to the melte', officers, who entirely approved of it, and the most benefic ia l results might be anticipated from the abolition of the ,e,,,,us larity of cooking at all hours of the day•—Mr, bouglu hart. ing' seconded the motion,Dr. Bermingham complaintd that even now the dietary was most inefficient, and unequal to the dietary issued by the poor law commisaienem R e found .-•7 a diet table he held in his hand, that et t it, t a, diet of St. Fences., consisted of only 140 ounces of solid food per we -k, the union diet table gave 173 ounces of said food per week. Dr. Bermingham also referred to the sth repo rt of the commissioners of the new model prison at l'entoartfie . . , .. • which, - iteeaid,siaored that each prisoner retained 202 - oe of solid food per week ; ar.d thus even the common ;elm was treated better with regard to food than the i111911!Pi of St. Pancras workhouse. lie complained that • large quit. tity of en article of such nutriment as that of cheese had been withdrawn by the new dietary ; and he contended that the board ought to allow at least an increase in the article of bread to 11b. per day, and potatoes to 31be. per week. Ho was about to move an amendment to this t ffect, when Hr. Howarth agreed to alter his motion, and move that the report he re ceived and printed with a view to further discussion. He lathe move time said that the new dietary increased the solid focd from 140 to 168 ounces per week. The motion was ulti mately adopted.—Mr. Churchwarden Howarth called the attention of the board to that portion with respect to th e recent defeat in the vestry, in the report recommending a, enlargement of the workhouse. There were now unwed, of 1,000 persons in the house, being 400 more than could be accommodated ; and he contended that it was the duty of those gentlemen who were the advocates of wholesale and indiscriminate out-door relief to come there and carry oat their principle. He would move that the fallowing entice of motion be printed for the neat meeting: "That the vestrymen and ratepayers of this parish have a right to er. pect that the members of this beard who voted at the late vestry meeting against the proposition for enlarging the workhouse should take immediate and effectual steps foe re lieving the workhouse from one-fourth of the present mates, and for establishing such a system of out-door rebel in this parish as will in future prevent a greater is of paupers into the workhouse than it is calculated properly to accommodate."—Mr. Dougl es seconded the resolution, after a stormy discussion, was adopted.—The board, hanog disposed of some further business of on upimpurtant ess racter, separated. SOLAR PHENOMENA.—At present two very large groups of solar spots are risible at the centre of the sun'red,..% How TO MAKE. A Foltrt'ler..—On Friday Mr. IV, Crawihay, the most powerful of " the iron kings" of the principality, gave a sumptuous entertainment to the inhe bitants of Merthyr and Domino, at the Bush lloteLlderthve Upon his health being drunk, Mr. Crawshay gave the fol. lowing graphic account of the rise and progress of his family as ironmasters, and of the gradual progress of the iron trade of South Wales. He said, " I ask not for pubiie life, I those I see before me, and of the men whom I employ. to know that I enjoy their good will is my greatest gratification . God grant that my sons at 60 yams of age may receive the same compliment from your successors. My connexion with this place is so well understood that little remains for me to tell you ; but, if I do describe to you the fins part of my grandfather's life, I trust you will receive it is the way in which I intend it. I mean that it should be heard, not by setting suns in the world, but by rising sus: and think not, gentlemen, that I am proud or make a boat of my origin; although I tell these things, and stn in one sense proud of them, yet I do not boast of them. My grandfather was the son of a respectable farmer at Nor. manton, in the county of York. At the age of fifteen father and sou differed, my grandfather could not agree with his father—the reasons are unknown to me—sad my grandfather, an enterprising boy, left Normenton for London, and rode his own pony up. When he got to Lon don, which in those days was an arduous tank of tome 15 or 20 days' tr ieelling, he found himself as destitute of friend, as he poasibly could he. He sold his pony for 1.51., tad during the time that the proceeds of the pony kept him he found employment in an iron warehouse, kept by Mr. Bit. klewith. fie hired himself for three years for 151., the price of his pony. His occupation was to clean the counting. house, to put the desks in order for his muter and the clerks and to do anything else that he was told to do. By industry, integrity, and perseverance, he gained his master's favour, and in the course of a few months be was considered de cidedly better than the boy who had been there before him. He was termed' the Yorkshire boy;' and the Yorkshire boy, aenti,mr., progressed in his muter's favour by hie activity, integrity, and perseverance. lie had a very amiable tad good muter, and at the end of a very short period, before he bad been two years in his place, he stood high in his muter's confidence. The trade in which he was engaged was only • cast-iron warehouse, and his master assigned to him, the Yorkshire boy, the privilege of selling flat irons, the things with which our thins and clothes are flat tened. The washerwomen of London were sharp folks, sad when they bought one flat-iron they stole two. Mr. Meth with thought the best person to cope with them would be a person working for his own interest, and a Yorkshireman at the same time. My grandfather sold those articles, sad that was the first matter of trading that ever he embarked in in his life. By honesty and perseverance he continued to grow in his master's favour, who, being an indolent man, in • few years retired, and left my grandfather in pessessioa of the cast-iron business in London. That busimse was cu sled on on the very site where I now spend my days, in Tort. yard, London. 't arioua vicimitudes in trade took place in the course of time. Mr grandfather left his Mourn London and came down here, and my father, who ear tied it on, supplied him with money almost as far Is he spent it here, but not quite so fast ; and it I there I epend my time, engaged in selling the prodwo of this country, and you know to what an extent the Ira produce of this country Lae risen up. My gnindfather established the ironwork, at Merthyr and Cyfartha, bat my father was not left the whole of the Cyfartha establishment, —he was only left 3.Bths of it, but by purchase ha obtained the whole of it, and, by his benevolence, I have suoseeded ft. During my time the concern has not diminished, sad I pray God it never may dimiaish ; and I hope the Mere generation will see that by industry, integrity, and perw* ranee, wealth arid rank in life in the profession they Ins chosen are attainable by everybody. Who started with hulk[ prolpects than my grandfather ? No man in this room is N poor but that he t= command 1.51. I have told you this before; and I am proud of it. Depend on it, that any young mauve, is industrious, honest, snot persevering, will be respected is any class of life he may move in ; and do you think, gentle men, that there is • man in England prouder than I us st this moment? What is all the world to me unless they know me, and you all know Inc, and you would not be here to- night unless you thought me entitled to yourgoodwill!" FORCED ALMS.—Sir,—The impoltcy of attempting to give • forced direction to the charity of a liberal peot could not, I should imagine. have bean more strikingly played than it was throughout England on Sunday last upon the occasion of the ill-advised second edneen's Lena for the Irish ; which was read "by command" on that day. Upon the occasion of the first letter, a fee monde back, for this object, the people of the paris h of All :slate, Poplar, subscribed most liberally the sum of one birthed and twenty guineas! On Sunday last, M. was all that sw collected under the second letter for the same object ; what. (as though to show that the trifling nature of this collection did not arise fromany lack of charitable feeling) an equalsum was di posited by the congregation in the alma-boxes for the relief of their own plinth poor which are pissed near the church doors. It is sincerely to he hoped that other " Queen's Letters," as they are called, bear exclusively lastump o e. n o members cteaarint. ut the p:onf churchwt hh wh ic h a u f no r Church of at.no object jet England,yw un po p ula rt madei s m a oy se, sad • very unjustifiable.—A POPLAR MAN. FIRE IN ST. JAMES'o.— Yesterday afternoon a re port was raised in the neighbourhood that the St. Jaws" Theatre was on fire. In the course of a few minutes seven' hundred persons had congregated round the premises, when smoke in dense bodies was to he seen inning from the celll7 running immediately under the theatre and the St. Juices Bauer. Engines were immediately called into operation and several tons of water were thrown into that part of the building from which the smoke was issuing, bat without P si br md r igad in u to c e i , ag it th h a e e n n y w se e m n ff t ec f t o exact seat of the ire, which was nearly 300 feet from the spot the firemen at first imagined it to be. By await* additional lengths of hose the fire was at length exit' r enabled,tMhaft e rfiSt a pl es ,m p s r o o of e tdn ;o eessf u o' b r el and e m , a t on by d Ptu o hm u e t P *in t :e guiahed. Neither the theatre nor bazaar have eustained the slightest injury. Mr. Braidwood, in his official report, returns the damage as follows r—" Fire in the Bazaar build ings, St. James's-street and King-street, occupier Mrs. Sarah Croxford, used as wine-cellars. Cause, spark from a candle. Contents and building insured in the Alliance. About one load of straw burnt in the cellars. Stock damaged by hat and water, and several equities of glass broken." INQUESTS, YESTE;DAT. isHE LATE HIGHWAY ROBRIRT AND LLLISORD MORDEl.—Before Mr. Bedford, at the Grosvenor Arms, Kensington-place, Arne -street, Westminster, relative to the death of Mr. john Bell chambers, aged 67, who it was alleged died from on attack made upon him in the public streets. Some Par ticulars of this case have already appeared in our jour nal.—Mr. H. F. Holt, surgeon, of No. 30, Abingdea. street, was the only witness examined. He said that be attended the deceased from Monday week until his death, on Sunday last. Deceased hardly recovered his senses the whole time. The injuries he had received were &jagged wound on the right temple, apparently inflicted with tow bloat weapon, and about an inch long; • graze on the right cheek, u if from a fall ; and a small cat order the left eye. Bath the eves were blackened A a most singular manner all round the orbits. Witness bad since made apart mortem examination, and found the caul of death to be fracture of the skull. The wounds could not have been inflicted by one blow, there must have bent ' several.—The Coroner asked Inspector Taylor whether my persons were in custody charged with the deceased's death. and whether the police were in search of evidence.—Tbo Inspector replied that two men named hrliity and DO