The Express. — London, England, 1853-11-03 00:00:00

CITY CORPORATION COMMISSION. the coMraimioners met yesterday in the room of I ; the Judicial l'onsinittee of the Privy Council. Mr John therim Traven was swops, and gave the w Ore -lam a merchant of the City of Lon- , doe. Ih nz been one from my boyhood. 1 am cossetted with the Fishiness. si Company. I have not taken much interest in the corrration. I believe with most cf my ease II that its narmgemant sad system is bed ; that it is bad, I obsolote,:md were out. I weuldaweep it away altogether. I would not Alban ate any municipal body in its place. I would have merely 4 Chamber of Commerce, or something • like that. I don'ts now what the opinions of the inhabit ants of the City may he. Most of my class wore.d, agree wick me; bat 1 believe the small clan of shoekeepen wee k' etill wish to retain tome municipal form. 1 think that we have passed the time fur municipal institutions eve ry where. I think they are a nuisance now. I don't think the higher cle-ses would devote the time fleet ssary for the management of municipal business, or the: they would undertake business which they did nut uccierstand. Mew could gentlemen of the higher class undertake the monegement of sewers, and things of :Ire sort. My objection wou, ipply to all the unpaid maeistracy. The high. r class iu L 'Eldon would not aspire to civic *Ace. Tale Mr. Thomas l .ring, who stands confessedly amosteat highest class in Daman, be would feel insulted by an offer of the sailermanic ,town. I don't think if London were brought under the municipal Corporations Act it would make aay change in their feelings. In Liverpool gentle. men of high char:weir accepted the of of mayor because that ether conferred high commercial and poliiical privik kites. put that w.< not the case in London, nor do I think it desirable that it -heel , ' be so. I believe that the office of Lord Mayor might lie offered to 130 gentlemen in Landon and refund by :eery one of them. In Manchester the office of rigger is i. 'd by persons of high comma/n.l cha racter, but there is e great deal of difference between either Liverpool or Mane.ester and London. In Loudon the time of a merchant we much more occupied than in tither Liverpool or M.uebester. I don't see why Lan des should not oa under the general government of the country. lam not acquainted with the details of manicipid basilic , . in the City of London. They manage the police. I think the Metropolitan police is better managed than the City police, and that it would be desir able to have the Coy police absorbed in the general system. I think the system .f governing the City of London is worse than it, man mement. Under the influences of public opinion I believe the management of the corporation has' improved. I have not attended to the management of the corporate n funds. I believe the office of Chamberlain is a perfect sinecure. Tice corporation has thrown impediments in the way of commerce by the imposition of dues and tolls. I know that to be t'.e case with respect to foreign fruit. I don't know that I have any complaints to make myself, but I have heard others complain. I don't think there is any •adrantage in the connezion between the franchise and com panies. The fellowship of porters and such societies throw great impedimenta iu the way of commerce. If the COrPO - were swept away it would be a most desirable con summition. I baiire that all persona belonging to my class in the City of I. , indon arc most willing to forward the chock. of Ibis Commission. hlr. Arland was thew re•ealled, and his examinatices con tinuid-1 have to add to what I stated yesterday, that the aldamee are jpveruon of the royal hospitals en the City, ' Christchurch, St. Bartholomew's, St. Thomas's, and others. They also grant licerses for public-houses. These give them great induenrc, and this may explain why the dace of alderman is an object of desire. They bare some C.:arch pitronage. The rectory of St. Peter's, Corebill, is in their gift, and it is held by the son of an alderrnaw. The chamberlain is or was an alderman ; the clerk to the sitting justices was an alderman; the governor of the Dobton. Prison was the nephew of an alderman ; the vicar af Christ- chards, ditto; clerk of the fellowship of free porters, nephew and partner of an alderman; surgeon to the :Ake force, brother to an alderman's partner; comptroller, lee a common councilman , solicitor, ditto; high bailiff, ditto; cornetist:epee of police, ditto; sword-bearer, ditto; secre tory to the Irish Society, ditto; two bridge masters, ditto ; keeper of the Gress-yard, ditto; housekeeper at the Ses sions-house, ditto; keeper of the Monument, ditto; uphols terer, ditto ; clerk of the Court of Requests, ditto ; common Cliff, ditto; fruit meter, ditto; beadle of Coal Eze.angs, son of ditto; clerksitter, ditto; clerk to the Navigation, ditto; Gresham lecturer, ditto; City carpenter, dim); one of the clerks to the Commissioners of Sewers, ditto ; mesecoger to the Irish Society, ditto ; clerk to corn meter in trust, son of a deputy ; district cur veyor, ditto; eollactor of city mine dues, brother of a common councilmen ; governor of Newgite Prison, ditto. The appointment rests with a court of common council. The chamberlain and the two bridgemasters are the only oaken elected by the livery. The list I have read may be easily intended; but such as it is, it shows selfishness which justifies the bad odour in which the corporation is generally held. There may be, and there are, no doubt, some who are opposed to this system. The court of common council has bees reduced sines the last report from 240 to 206. This does not include the 26 aldermen. This reduction was made inconsequence of an ordinance of the court of common council. The Chairman. mcomea council. now to the constitution of the The covet of common council consists of 206 members, who are elected annually, and 211 aldermen, who are elected for life. The elections of common councilmen are generally preconcerted. The nomination lists are agreed to at precinct meetings, and if any other person is proposed besides those agreed to at the precinct meetings, he is looked upon as an intruder, and his name is placed at the bottom of the list. I am not aware of any ease of direct bethery is the election of common councilmen. There is at least a semblance of popularity end purity in all elections of themselves by that body. Great influence be longs to the Common Council, on account of the patronage which it exercises. This influence is principally exercised In the committees, of which there are about 20. The sum of 2,825 L is usually voted foe these committees. They are paid either in meal or malt. They receive either money payment or are paid in dinners, swasehoppinge, trips oil the Thames, and the like. A certain sum of mon yis np propriated to each committee, the total sum amounting to 2,8251. Most of these are standing committees, but some are for special purposes—for example, tbe Wellington com mittee. It is for the permanent committees that the per manent annual sums are voted. AU the permanent com mittees are not paid. There is one consisting of 41 members, which has no payment; and the consequence be that theta is the utmost difficulty in getting a quorum. There is ano ther committee which has Oa to spend. They go to Kew, or to Windsor, or somewhere else, arid spend it in a grand ate in the summer ; and then, when the money is eU gone there is the same difficulty in getting a quorum as is expe rienced in the ease of the committee which has no money. It is distinctly understood that the money is to be spent in feasting. Not every member of the Common Council is a member of a committee, but some are members of al, and the great fight is to be elected members of those committees which have meet money to spend. Hence the formation of cliques in the court. This is the nature of the corruption exercised in the Common Council. There is another subject of some Importance to which I wish to refer. In Iti49 the consoli dated committee made a report to the Common Council, the purport at which was that the newspapers had of late said a great deal with respect to the corporation in no flattering terms; that the members of the corporation had frequently to come into communication with her Majesty's govern ment, who, in consequence of the newspaper articles, were led to misunderstand the motives and objects of the corpo ration; and that it was extremely desirable that a s-m of money should be voted to the consolidated committee to enable them to put themselves right with the public through the columns of the prem. The court received and adopted that report, and voted that tho sum of 1,000/. should be annually allotted to the consolidated committee far the at tainment of its purpose as set forth in that report. I be lieve the 4,0001. which have been spent in the four years since 1 9 19 bays been expended in the ordering of huadreds of papers on occasions when the papers gave reports, which they think satisfactory, of their proceedings. I am sure that during these four years the Tunas has not fee, ived one farthing of this money. The object in expending th.s money was to &educe the newspapers to suppress in their reports that which was unfavourable, and to give as favourable a report as they could of what was in their favour. Mr. Lewis—Are there nu details given of the expenditure Of this money ? Certainly not. There is a great deal expended which is not published. Mr. Lewis—Do you know who has the management of the details of this expenditure ? Assuming that certain copies of the newspapers are sold, who is to decide what papers are to be selected ? The members of the coesnlidated committee. Mr. Lewis—Do you believe that the question is brought before the committee, and that a vote is taken upon it ? Witness—l believe that there are certain member , of the committee who have the confidence of the rest, and that any intimation front them that there is a satisfactory report in such a newspaper, or that it contains a capital artico in favour of the corporation, is followed by the ordering of five hur.dred copies I don't know the particular men who managed this. I believe that sometimes one and sometimes another has done so. The consolidated com mittee consists of fourteen aldermen and the Lord Mayor. Besides this 2,825!. there was 5001. voted far the procession on the Thames, on which occasion there was a ere it deal of pea cheer and feasting. Very much of the . .1,e2.51. is expended in hotels on dinners for the committees and cor poration officers. The Chairman—Will you now state what you know of the canatdation of the common hall ? Mr. Ackland—The common hall is an ancient coon which has been invariably held in Guildhall, and it consists of the THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1853. theories of the vatithethille dee City of London, whether Mosapiers or not, whether odd& the City or not, whether rated or not. Thous may be 10,000 liverymen, end they were good electors, Neagh not on the parliamentary re gister if they were eh the livery of the guild. About 7,100 of these 10,600 wethea the parliamentary register as re siding within seven miles of the City of London. The rest were either not residents or men of small means who were supported by the charity of the guilds. A considerable number resided at • great :distance from the City. Not more than 400 liverymen took a general Interest in the pro- ceedings of the common hall, and of these probably not more than one-half or even less attended the hall. Their busi ness was to elect the Lord Mayor, the sheriffs, the Cham berlain. and some other officers. The 400 liverymen were under the beck and call of three or four men who managed the comuien hall elections. These elections were g lly conducted under a system of open au: undisguised bribery and corruption. Mr. Lewis—ls that the case in the election of the Lord Mayor % Mr. Ackland—lt is sometimes the case in the election of mayor, (reqututly in the election of sherifil, and almost al ways in the election of chamberlain. This system commenced, in reference to the election of the Lord Meyer, in 1331, on the occasion of the contest between Sir J. Key and Sir Peter Laurie. On that occasion Alderman Lawrence, who was a lighterman. brought up the lone-shure men, and turned the election in favour of his friend Sir J. Key. That election cost between 12,003/. sad 16,0 1 ,01. Long-shore men are those liverymen who are paid by tickets of Is. or Is. Gd. to come and hold up their hands on the ecceesion of elections for the friend of the leaders who manage them. In the election between Aldermen Weed and Carroll, the espea diture was between 4,000/. and 3,C001. Tne present Lord Mayor elect was a corporate reformer, and it was considered desirable that he should not be elected to the office. It IVY intimated, therefore, that two names would be sent to the Court of Aldermen for the Mae of Mayor, Mr. Alder man Sidney not being one, or t h .t two others would be named with him, so that he would have to undergo the expense of a contest. The parties who Inside this intimation, however, receiving a homes, they did not carry their intention into execution, and Alderman Sleety was elected. I believe he gave 3091. The MSc, of chamberlain was always an object of desire, and was generally obtained by mews% of open and undis guised bribery. At the last eontest for chamberlain be tween Sir J. Key and Mr. Scott, committee rooms were opened, in which bribes were openly tendered to those who voted for the respective candidates. I was myself agent for one of the candidates. Iwas agent to Mr. Scott. I know that money was given to parties for their votes. Mr. Scott was the popular candidate, and he had no occasion to bribe until a system of wholesale bribery had been commenced by the other party, which yopardised his election. Mr. Scott was an advocate for purity of election, and it was only in consequence of the bribery of the other side that he paid money to a limited number of electors. These pay ments were made with the knowledge of Mr. Scott, but in the City of London this was considered no disgrace. It was a mere matter of convenience and necessity. Sir .1. Key's party bribed largely and systematically. Mr. Scott, however, would have been returned if he was willing to spend another 1,0001 , but he refused to spend the money of his friends, who were ready to stand by him after he had spent all hie own money. On that occasion circulars were written to bring up liverymen from Manchester, Bristol, and other places. I don't think that the diefraischieentost of liverymen who did not live within 'even miles of the City would have any great effect. Sir J. Key was the favourite of the aldermen en that occasion, because the office of chamberlain was regarded as a place for distressed aldermen, and it was said that they subscribed each of them a considerable sum of money towards the expense of the contest. The o ffi ce of chamberlain is in itself a sinecure. The duties of the office are performed by Mr. Scott, the deputy-chamberlain. It was intimated to him that if he persevered in the contest, another deputy would be appointed. He went on with the contest, however, and was not since removed. The emolu ments of the chamberlain are put down at 2,5001. That is not all he receives by a great deal; but I don't know the exact sum. There is a balance of 70,0001. in the Chamber of London, as it is called, which arose in this way. There was a sum of money set apart fur the purchase of certain offices, and after their purchase a balance of 70,0001. re mained, which might be called no man's fund. I believe it can't be disposed of satisfactorily without an act of parliament. I believe the chamberlain has the use of that toad. No account of it is rendered. I itzegine it 'return en interest, and if so, I suppose the cham berlain must have the advantage of that accruing interest. This matter has not been investigated by the Common Connell or any other body, that I am aware of. I object to the remuneration and : the mode in which it is given. I think the office is overpaid. To Mr. Lewis-1 cannot see the least advantage in keep ing up the distinction between the Common Hall and the general body of freemen. The Chairman—Passing to the office of Lord Mayor, ars there any observations which you wish to make with re geed to it ? Mr. Ackland—l have already alluded to the elections of 1931 and 1840. The Lord Mayor is generally elected in succession. I think it would he desirable to have the Lord Mayor elected from the general body of citizens. It is a reason why a man now seeks the office of Alderman that the Lord Mayor is elected from that body. I don't think with Mr. Travers, that it would be desirable to sweep away all the municipal institutions of the City of London. think there should be some municipal body in London. They rams a large *meant of municipal property for municipal purposes, which it would be necessary to ma nage. I den't think the inhabitants of London at large weuld be satisfied to he without some municipal body whilst they existed in other places. Without reference to the present system, I think that the head of a municipal city might with advantage be elected for more than one year. I don't think it would be well to bring the corporation of London under the General Municipal Corporations Act, because that would recognise the existence of the Court of Aldermen. 1 believe that nothing loss than a thorough re formation of the corporation will induce the higher class in the city to take any part in the corporation. The officers of the corporation are, generally speaking, men of intelli gence. With respect to the public entertainments of the city, I would take away all the gewgaws, which hide real defects, and leave enough for sensible and sub almatial hospitality. I believe the allowance for the Lerd Mayor ammints to 10,0001., but that is not always enough. Mono bred omplos are much more hospitable than others, triad several end money out of the fund allotted to them. 01 dna 0W munabon of the common council, 21 were INN the highest number in any class, 14 were mei do rest were members of various other trades. With mend to the office of the sheriffs, they spend am mosey than the amount of their salary. 'the first egos. they are required to pay is 7001. each towards the exposits of the Lord Mayor's dinner. Then they are ex =re give dinners, and to live in state and expense. I the duties of the sbrievalty may be discharged at half the emunint now lavished on the office. They are said to spend about 3,3001. beyond what they receive. They give dinners to the judges in the Snsions-house. Sir J. Pattison—The dinner is given to the aldermen. I, Mr. Sheriff Willis, one of the present sheriff's, was elected without expense. He is well acquainted with the system tithe corporation, and is now at issue with the corporation ' on the subject of the dinner to the aldermen et the Sessions. house. He is the pattern sheriff of economy. The prac tice was for one sheriff to give the dinners for the first quar ter, and for the other sheriff to give them for the next. But Mr. Sheriff Wallis objected to have anybody but those invited by himseif, and refused to invite any alder men but these who came to the Sessions-house on business. Mr. Sheriff Wire was of • different opinion, and the consequence was, that there were two tables, Mr. Wallis's table and Mr. Wire's table. The office of under sheriff was one of emolument to the party holding it. With regard to the office of bridgemester, that office is commonly the object of • contest, and it is a signal thing for a man to give a portion of hie salary for life to secure his return. The audit of the corporation is insuf ficient and inefficient, it being more formal than real. The auditors are of the class of clerks. With regard to the sheriffs' fines the practice is this: if a man is appointed sheriff by the lord mayor he remains on the list for throe years. If he serves he spends his 3,0001.; if he refuses be is liable to a fine of 4001., and who: he does is to bring up the long-shore men to vote against himself, as it Is easier to pay . them than to pay . 3,0001. for serving, or 400 i. for not sieving. The commission then adjourned. i THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. (Abrt.lged from the Lye* 44eartiser.) An address from the mayor, aldermen, and bur gesses of his native town was presented to Lieutenant Creu well, ILN., on the 26th ult., congratulating the gallant officer on the share taken by him in the successful Arctic expedition, from which he has just returned. The day selected for the presentation, the 26th of October, was the third anniversary (as appears by an entry in Commander M'Clure'a lug) of the discovery of the existence of a north west passage. An animated scene Was presented in the Town-hall when the Mayor entered, accompanied by Lieut. Creswell, Lord Stanley, M.P., Admiral Sir Edward Parry, Mr. F. Creswell, Mr. M. J. West, the Recorder, with the aldermen and town councillors. A large number of ladies were present, among whom were the mother of the gallant officer, the lion. Mrs. Frank Creuwell, Lady Mikes, and Lady Parry. A dinner afterwards took place in the Assembly Rooms. About 170 persons 'at down, under the presidency of the Mayor, who had on his right Lieutenant Creuwell, the guest of the evening, and Lurd Stanley, M.P. ; and on his left Mr. D. Gurney, high sheriff of the county ; Lord Cal thorpe, Sir W. B. Floikes, thc. Mr. It. Bagge acted as vice-preoident, and among the company were Admiral Sir o w . ad ,e r , R P e a v r ry. W. or urneyl o.ugl,leivb.ye C. ! e l ; , T t e e ta v n .Caro C p n . tain Caldwell, 11. N., Lieutenant H. Wodehouse, Captain Audi, Captain Adjutant Smith, Captain Wright, Lieu tenant Garla id, KN., Lieutenant Drouet, Mr. M. J. West, Recorder, &c. After the usual loyal and other toasts, The MAYOR gave "The Health of Lieutenant Gurney Creswell," which was enthusiwitically received, giviog, in the course of his remarks, an account of Lieutenant Cress well's services. Lieutenant CstreswELL, in returning thanks, said, he wished to impress upon them that it was more owing to circumstances than ae:y rits of his owl, that he stood in the honourable position in which he did that day. He might say, perhaps, that he was the child of for tune. Fortune had thrown him through the north-west passage, and here I.e was to reap to a certain extent the honours and benefits to which Captain M'Clure and the officers engaged in the shi, were certainly entitled. After being engaged in a three years' search for Sir John Frank lin, of course it was with deep regret that he (Lieutenant Creswell) was obliged to return to his native country without being able to bring with him any certain tidings connected with his fate. From the incident he had men tioned to-day, respecting the destruction of the Breadalbane, those present would be aware how very easily a ship might be crushed in the ice and sunk. That ninth% probably, have been the fate of Franklin's ships ; but there were many other modes in which a ship might be destroyed, so that no remains of it might he found. Lieutenant Cream well resumed his seat, after warmly acknowledging the honour which bad been paid him. The health of Rear-Admiral Sir E. Parry having been drunk, Sir E. PARRY rose to return thanks, and was received with enthusiastic cheering, the whole of the company rising to do honour to the veteran Arctic hero. In the course of kis remarks, he said:-1 spent many of the best years of my own life in services similar to those in which Lieut. Gurney Creuwell has been engaged. It is now 33 years since 1 commenced upon the same field of labour, and it is 34 years since it pleased God to permit me with two of our ships to penetrate to the western end of Melville Island. That 1 was permitted to accomplish in a single season ; and considering the Datum of that enterprise, there is no doubt I had a favourable season and was very much favoured in doing it. because, until the year 1832, from the time I speak of in 1819, although several efforts have been made, no one has ever reached within 300 or 400 miles of the same spot. While this was going on, the north coast of America, from Behring's Straits,was being surveyed by many accomplished Arctic tiers. We have in the list our dear friend Franklin, Richardson, and Deeds., and Simpson, and Ilse, and Beechey, and Pullen, and Hooper, and perhaps one or two others whom I base forgotten. But you see there is a long list of gallant nautical men engaged in Sur- Toying that part of the coasts of America which you see before you on the chart. So that in point of fact, when I reached the western extremity of Melville Island, and saw Banks' Land 60 miles from it, which is laid down in my chart of that day, these then remained a considerable por tion from the continent upwards to that point yet to be explored. Our dear young friend has had the privilege of accomplishing that—(applause) ;—and I venture tosay that there is no portion of the north-west pawge more difficult of accomplishment than that. I will say, too, that there never has been an instance in which so magnificent a nevi geion has been performed in a single season as was per formed by Captain M'Clure and his officers. Gentlemen, there is nothing in Arctic discovery to be compared to that one summer's exploit in the year 1832. It is between 900 and 1,003 miles, very nearly 1,000, from Point Barrow, which we consider any ship may reach in these days. We don't think so much of getting a little into the ice as we formerly did, but from Point Barrow along to Cape Parry, from which our friend struck off in the Investigator to the island you see there—Baring Island,and then upward to the ' Bay of kterey,whero the Investigator,l ant afraid, is till this moment confined, is from 900 to 1,000 miles ; and I assure you, from the experience I have had of the navigation of those seas, it is a moat marvellous navigation to accomplish. While we are rejoicing over the return of our friend, and the probable return of his shipmates, we cannot but turn to that which is not a matter of rejoicing, but rather a matter of sorrow and regret—that there has not been found a single token of our dear long-lost Franklin and his companions. Not only has that been the cue in the expedition in which Lieutenant Gurney Creswell has been engaged, but I understand it to be the case with Sir Edward Belcher, who has gone up the Wellington Inlet,where I certainly thought traces must be found, because at Beechey Island we knew Franklin passed the first winter when he went out. There we found three graves of his men, and that is, up to the present moment, the only token whatever we have received of him. I do consider it a most mysterious thing, and I have thought of it as much as anybody. I can form but a single idea as to the probable fate of Franklin. I do not agree with our friend Gurney Creuwell about the probability of both ships having gone down and nothing been seen of them ; because, although it is true that nothing might be seen of the ships themselves, I do not believe the crew would all have perished at one moment. I think there is that stud and stamina in 120 Englishmen, that somehow or other thee would have maintained themselves as well as a parcel of Esquimau: would. They would have found the Esquimau:, and there would have been something like a trace of them if they had been on earth. The only thing which I can suggest irthis :—Wellington Strait was dis covered by myself on the expedition I spoke of. It is a large opening from the Lancaster Sound. When I was going up westward from Melville Island we saw Wel lington Strait perfectly free from ice, and so I marked it on my chart. It was not my business to go north as long as I could get west, and there fore we ran past, and did not examine it ; but it had always been a favourite idea of those who imagined that the north west passage was to be easily made by going north. That we know wee the favourite idea of Franklin, and we know he did intend, If he could not get westward, to go up Wellington Channel. We have it from his own lips. My belief is still that after the first winter he did go up that channel, and that, having steam power (which I had not in my time), it is possible he may have gone up in a favour. able season. For you cannot imagine anything snore dif ferent than a favourable and an unfavourable season in those regions. You cannot imagine the changes that take place in the ice there. I have been myself some times beset for two or three days together by the ice in inch a way that from the masthead I could not see sufficient water to float that bottle in, and in 24 hours there was not a bit of ice to be seen—nobody could tell why—l cannot tell why ; and you might have sailed about as you may in your own river, as far as ice is concerned. Therefore in a favourable season he may have gone up that inlet, and may, by the power of steam and favourable circumstances, have got so far to the north west that in an ordinary season he could not get back again. And those who knew Franklin know this—that he would push on year after year so long as his provisions lasted. Nothing could stop bins. He was not a man to look back if he believed the thing was still possible. He mai have of beyond reach of our searching parties, for Sir E dward d elcher has not been able to get far up, and we have not been able to get the investigation completed. In speaking of Franklin every one will feel sorrow for his probable fate. My dear friend Franklin was 60 years old when he left this country, and I shall never forget the mod, the almost youth ful enthusiasm, with which that man entered upon that expedition. Lord Haddington, who was then First Lord of the Admiralty, sent for me, and said, " I see, by looking at the list, that Franklin is 60 years old. Do you think we ought to let him go 1" I said, " tie is • fitter man to go than any I know, and if you don't let him go, the man will die of disappointment." Ile did go, and has been gone eight years, and therefore I leave to yourselves to consider what is the probability of the life of that excellent and valuable man. In the whole course of my experience I have never known a man like Franklin. Ido not my it because he is dead—upon the principle, do mositiis nil nisi bosun; but I never knew a man in whom different qualities were so remarkably combined. In my dear friend Franklin, with all the tenderness of heart of a simple child, there was all the greatness and magnanimity of a hero. It is recorded of that man that he would not even kill a mosquito that was stinging him. But whether that be true or not, it is a true type of the tenderness of his heart. I cannot sit down without alluding to another circumstance which must cut a gloom over that which would otherwise be a matter of rejoicing, and that is the fate of that gallant and most distinguished young Frenchman, Lieutenant Bella. lam sure, I trust England will be ready to do' justice to the magnanimity which led that young man on two occasions, as a foreigner, to enter into our own service without pay, without emolument, without anything but humanity pressing upon his heart, to go forth in search of our lost hero. (Applause.) Gentlemen, when I was leaving home yesterday morning, it occurred to me that I could bring to you and show you—as every reminiscence, every memento of such a man is valuable—a turnecrew he sent to m', poor dear fellow ! just before he left England, the handle being made of one of the boats of my old ship the Fury, which, atter lying there' 6 years, Benet picked up on Fury Beach. Ile sent me that little thing as a me mento, and it will be handed down as an heirloom to my son, who, I hope, will value it as I do. The health cf Captain M'Clure, of the Members for the Borough of King's Lynn (acknowledged by Lord Stanley), and of the Mayor, having been drun', the company soon after separated. DEMERARA HAMM AL—Traffic for tho fortnight entling Sept. 21, 1853-3181. 10s. 3tl. FEARFUL BOILER EXPLOSION AT BLACKBURN. - • - SIX PERSONS KILLED. An accident of the most appalling description occurred yesterday wojning at Iflackburo, on pietu'sc.; occupied by Mr. W. Hesketb, cotton maauficturer, by which at lent eix persons were killed and several other, were injured. The premises are situated in Starkie-street, and are the property of Mr. James Pickup, spirit merchant, bat they are commonly known by the name of the E s le Foundry, having been built, a considerable number ,of years back, by Messrs. Price and Davis, who carried en busioess there. It passed through several hands subsequently, and is at present in the joint occupation of several persons, of whom Mr. liesketh is one. The buildings comprise a cotton fac tory, four stories in height, adj Ailing which was a weaving shop, two stories high at the back, and one story in the por tion fronting to the street. ''his budding is about twelve yards in length. The bailer house fills up the space between this building and two cottages at the corner of Penny-street. Behind the boiler-house was the engine-room. The upper weaving -room extended over the engine-room, and orig:- nally over the boiler-houss also, but this portion is now partitioned off, and occupied by Mr. Thomas D iwaon, shuttle-maker. Mr. ;Hesketh occupies the whole of the weaving rooms, with the beiler-Route and engine-room, and also a considerable portion of the mill, where the opera tions of warping and winding are carried on. The re mainder of this building is tenanted by Mr. Hort, oil-shect and cementing manufacturer. Mr. ll.aketh employs About 100 hands, of whom rather more than half work at the looms ; and Mr. DAWSOL usually has three or four men engaged in the room over the boiler-house. The boiler which exploded was in the boiler-house just alluded to, and the only one at woes on the premise-. It was a waggon boiler, of about 10 horse power, and worked at high pressure, tonally 33 or 36 pounds to the inch. It was 14 or 15 feet in length, about ti feet in height, and about 7in width. The firebox was at the end nearest the street, and the flues ran up each side, the water being in the middle, and there were seven stays on each side. It hes been in use 13 or 14 years, and appears to be in a very dilapidated condition, some of the plates being only about 1-12th of an inch in thickness. It was repaired three or four months ago by Mr. Yates, of the Canal Foundry, Blackburn, who put in three or four new plates, and about a fortnight ago that gentleman commenced the construction of a new boiler intended to replicte the present one. Two men were sent by Mr. Yates to take the dimen sions of the old boiler, one of wham is said to hate hastened out of the place as quickly as possible, net considering it ask to remain there a moment, as it was then working at about 4515. pressure, and he considered it would have been unsafe at more than 10. It is said that the boiler was open to the street, and exposed to the air during fear cr five years whilst the premises were unoccupied, and all the children in the neighbourhood used to amuse themselves with climbing over it, and playing upon it. About a year and a half ago, soon after the premises cause into the occupation of Mr. Hesketh, the inhabitants of the neighbouring houses complained to the au• thorities, and the owner of some of the adjoining property, wrote a letter, through his solicitor, threatening legal (proceedings, as several of hia tenants were much alarmed by the dangerous state of the boiler; but since than no further steps had been taken. Yesterday morning, when the accident took place, the engine was started at six o'clock and worked till eight o'clock, when it stopped for breakfast. At half-put eight o'clock it was started again, and almost immediately after wards the boiler exploded with a tremendous report, the back plate flying through the engine -house into &yard behind the houses in a street called Salford; whilst the boiler shot in the opposite direction a distaneii of about twenty yards right across Starkie-street, and imbedding itself in one of the lower rooms of the Fleece Inn, at the corner of Penny street. It passed through three walls in its passage, treat the outer wall of the boiler house (nine inches thick), then a 14-inch boundary wall in front of the public-horse, and lastly through the wall of the house itself, also r.bout Lice inches in thickness. The effects of the explosion were of the most widely spread and disastrous character, the whole of the boiler-house being levelled with the ground. as also the one-story portion of the weaving shed ; and she upper story of the remainder, the lower story of the back part of this building, and also the engine house were completely gutted. The nearest of the two cottages before I spoken of was shaken entirely down, not a fragment of a wall i being left standing, except the pony wall dividing it from the next cottage, and a short piece of the front wall, where it joins the latter. A piece of calico from the loins was found, after the accident, carried over the top of this piece of wall. and twisted tightly among the exposed rafters of the roof of the cottage adjoining. Two rooms (one over the other) at the back of this second cottage were also exposed by the falling of the party wall at that end, all the way from the roof to the ground, and the floor between then, was partly destroyed also. On this side of Starkie-suet, there is a space of about 30 yards square laid open, one corner of which is occupied by the ruins of the weaving-room, and the remainder is a mere mass of bricks, fallen timber, broken horns, and other machinery, the engine being cow ' pletely destroyed. On the other side of the street, he: ides the low boundary wall, the greater part of the outer wall of the dining room of the Fleece Inn was thrown down. Fortunately, only 14 or 15 of the hands had returned from breakfast when the explosion took place. The en-'' rineer, Edward Sharpies, and the fireman, James %Valuta ley, were in the boiler house at the time of the explosion, and also Thomas Sharpies, the son of the engineer, all of whom were afterwards brought out, but, up to the time when our report was despatched, it was impossible to ascer tain with certainty the nature of their injuries, or whether they were still alive. Mr. Reaketh was himself in the weaving shop when the accident took place, and escsped unhurt. Great numbers of people were speedily assembled round the place, and as soen as possible about 100 man from the crowd were set to work by Mr. Withers, the town surveyor, to disengage those who were buried under the ruins. To give anything like a list of the sufferers, or their names, or to state whether all the bodies have yet been recovered, is quite impossible ; but as nearly as can be ascertained, six Dave been taken out dead, including a w named Themes Brotherton, • painter, who was in one of cottages, named Win. Bens, from L ondon, and an infant that was in the first cottage, occupied by a person named Robinson. In the other cot tage, tenanted by • person named Chadwick, a tailor and draper, a stonemason was in bed asleep at the time, and had a most miraculous escape, the bed turning completely over with him as it fell through to the bottom story, and thus protected him from injury by the falling ruins. Several other persons have been injured. A horse that was in the street was almost killed by a stone which struck it on the head. An accident of a similar nature occurred in the main building on the 31st March, 1646, by which four penens were killed, and several were badly hurt. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. The election of sixteen councillors, in the place of that number who retired by rotation on the same day, took place on Tuesday the Ist Nev. The Tories bad vaunted the great gain achieved by their party in the revi sion court, but the result has proved that their gain is merely on paper. The election, as in former year", was entirely a political one. In three of the twelve wards into which the borough is divided, liberals were returned without a contest, in one other a Tory was returned with out opposition, and in another a Tory ani a Liberal were elected by agreement. The other seven wards were all contested, five of them by Tories and Liberals and two of them by different shades of Liberals. The Tories succeeded in three of the contested wards and failed in the other two, their entire gain being two seats in the council. Of the sixteen councillors elected, eleven are Liberals and five Tories. The council which consists of 64 members, will now consist cf 55 Liberals and 9 Tories. Oa the 9th inst. the election of a mayor, and of eight aldermen to fill up , vacancies, will take place. BIRMINGHAM. Here sixteen wemben of the Town Council retired by rotation, bet never since the Charter of Incorporation was obtained bas there been so quiet a first of November, for after two or three weeks of wordy warfare, there was a contest in one ward only ; here the polliug ran so close that a minute before it closed the bombers were equal, and the newlyelecttd councillor is indebted for his return either to his own vote or to that of the presiding alderman. The political element has not been a consideration in the matter of returns to the Town Council here for several years pest ; " reduction in our local expenditure " is the cant phrase of the moment. Municipal honours are, however, not only not coveted, but in the present state of the council they are more avoithd than sought ny those who are most fitted by the respectability of their station to discharge public duties with credit to themselves and to the borough. Some of the most persevering patriots on every first of November a few years since, have managed to procure their own election as aldermen, with the attainment of which exalted dignity their patriotism has subsided; others who have by their presence been to some extent a guarantee to the public fur the character of the proceedings of the Council have inti mated their resolve to retire. Amongst these are five out of the eight retiring aldermen who have been members of the body ever since the incorporation of the borough. BRISTOL. The elections have mulled in a few personal changes, but the political complexion of the Town Council remains naltertd. ASIITON-UNDER-LYNE. Then has been no contest in any of the wards. The respective parties, therefore, remain in the same position, the Liberals having a majority in the corporation.: STOCKPORT. The proceedings here created little interest. The return of the two conservatives was unsuccessfully disputed in St. Mary's Ward; but the remaining 12 new members, who were all Liberals, were returned without opposition. T he Liber +I party have now a cloir majority in the council chamber, which will be still further increased by the election of six aldermen, in the room of those rotiring by rotation. BOLTON-LE-MOORS. Twelve reformers have been returned without opposition. Tha following was the final state of the poll :—No. 1 Ward.—Mr. 1). Clarke (liberal), 185 ; Mr. P. Hall (liberal). 203 ; Mr. S. Adahead (tort'), 31. No. 2 Ward.—No con test. Mr. J. Shatwell (tory) ; Mr. D. Brown (mry). No. 3 Ward.—Mr. J. Higginbotham (liberal), 137; Mr. F. Jackson (liberal), 135; Mr. S. Orme (tory), 6. No. 4 Ward.—No contest. Mr. D. Oldham (liberal); Mr. J. Smith (liberal). No. 5 Ward.—Mr. J. Smith (liberal), 86; Mr. W. Deane (liheral), 74 ; Mr. W. Barker (tory), 67. No. 6 Ward.—Mr. W. C. Brocklehurst (liberal), 1'27; Mr. W. Alcoek (liberal), 114; Mr. W. May (tory), 93 ; Mr. G. Godwin (tory), 86. DISGRACEFUL RIOTS AT BLACKBURN. The vehemence of party spirit with which these elections have bzcn conducted in this borough hu led to a most disgraceful riot, in which several persons received injury, and the lives of two are almost despaired of. The principal struggle took place in St. Peter's Ward, where the candidates were Messrs. J. C. Forrest and Hibbert, cotton manufacturers, on the conservative ride, and Messrs. T. Ainsworth and Cliorge Ward in the liberal in terest. From an early hour in the morning, men armed with bludgeons were seen moving about, and everything seemed to indicate that violence would be resorted to be fore the day was over. At nine o'clock a body of tories took possession of the polling booth, and kept it more or lass till the afternoon ; and whilst they thus guarded the door, personation was attempted in favour of their candidates. In the course of the morning three men were given into custody for this offence. At noon, when all the factories were "loosed," the street became filled with operatives, and stain of skirmishes ensued, in the ours' of which several men were very roughly handled, and one of them, " Bill Stowe," a butcher, and a well known character, wee so severely injured that he is not ex pected to recover. Another man, named Tennant, a slogger, is also in a precarious state. A headliner weaver, named Thomas Proctor, was conveyed home in a cart at noon, having his head much cut, and appearing very weak from logs of blood. Several windows were smashed, which led to a general closing of the shops, and a fearful riot be gan to be anticipated. Up to 12 or 1 o'clock the conserva tive candidates headed the poll, but after that time they loot ground, and the liberal candidates were returned by a majority of about 80. Thls is partly attributed to their following the bad example set by their opponents, and reeorting to personation. No further disturbances had occurred up to yesterday afternoon, except a few windows broken during the night. The result of the elections will lead to the appointment of Mr. Thomas Dugdale, chairman of the East Lancashire Company, as mayor. SCARCITY OF SHIPWRIGHTS AT LIVERPOOL. The insufficient supply of mechanics to meet the demand of the ship-builders of this active port was again the subject of deliberation at a meeting of the Liverpool Ship-bailden' Association, held on Tuesday last. To meet the want of men Mr. Grayson proposed that the journey men be in the first instance called upon to increase the pre sent number of abipwrights from 1,700 to 2,000. But here a difficulty arose, inasmuch u while in most ports of the kingdom the termed apprenticeship is limited to five or six years, the Liverpool apprentices are bound according to the old and stupid custom requiring seven years' servitude. In this way the Liverpool apprentices nearly out of their time, would see youths of no longer stand ing than themselves taking wages while they were serving their masters without. This it was thought might be easily remedied, if it were made a provision that for a g:Doer two, as the ease might be, these men should pay the , men's society a per centime of five or ten per cent., 'easy other amount they might fix upon, towards the sup rathe society, for when all was said and done, he be the operatives' society had kept to its legitimate obPeet, to mist the poor, sick, aged, and for the burial of the dead. Mr. Grayson further proposed that every master in the emaciation should give up his apprentices who were now in their seventh year, that is to pay, that all from six years upwards should be at once made journeymen, they,on their own part, also paying &contribution, which he would entirely leave to the journeymen themselves to settle, but paying a contribution towards the support of the society. This would show the men that the masters were prepared In make their share of the sacrifice required by the pressure of themes. The speaker then developed a plan for nicer :Vag& the wants of the trade as tar as labour was con , and further, to introduce a system of arbitration by appointing a committee of masters and men to regulate the introduction of new labour. After a brief discussion, the motion was carried, and the consideration of the propriety of advertising for strangers deferred. In the course of the conversation, a doubt was expressed as to whether there were 1,700 shipwrights in Liverpool, and it was suggested that not only the number of men required by each master should be ascertained, but also the number of men in each master's employ. The CHAIRMAN read an application trout the ship joiners for an advance of Is. per day. A conversation followed, in which it was stated that the ship joiners had been paid Is. per day less than the ship wrights, and as the wages of the latter were now 7s. per day, they were entitled to the increase. A motion for an increase of 61. per day was carried. In reply to qucidiocs from the CHAIRMAN, Mr. M'Eceoy stated that Bs. per day was being pail hr Mr. Milligan, on a ship hi the Sandon Dock ; acd that a Dutch master was paying at the same rate. Mr. Sotherbury was also paying the saint wag .6. Mr. JONES suggested that the latter gentleman should be written to, and if he did not give a satisfactory answer that he should be fined R. I Mr. CROSBY reported that Mr. Sotliorbury sae carted man down to his ship. I • &erosion then followed as to a larger allowance rate far apprentices, but eventually the subject was referred Ur the consideration of the committee. A vote of thanks w'as then passed to the chairman, and the proceedings terminated. IRISH BEET SUGAR COMPANY. The first armlet general meeting of the share holders of this company was held on Monday, at the offices of the company, 4, Coleman-street-buildings; Joure CLE MENT EXPINO, Esq., in the chair. The report stated that the deed of constitution has been duly signed, the certificate of the Board of Trade obtained, and the necessary deeds enrolled in her Majesty's high Court of Chancery in Ireland. The liability of proprietors is consequently limited to the amount of their shares. Atter a considerable amount of preliminary and experiments' labour, the difficulties of the enterprise arc being gradu ally removed. The manufactory at Mountmellick has been put into perfect working order, and the services of an ex perienced mativer and staff have been secured. In the put season the works were in continuous operation for a period of ten weeks ; the result has been satisfactory, both as to the quantity of saccharine matter yielded by Irish-grown beet root and the quality of the s agar produced therefrom. The prices realised by public sales have proved that the com pany's sugar can compete successfully with the colonial produce of the cane. The commencement of the working for the present season now only awaits the delivery of the roots; from the arrangements reported, the directors hope that &sufficient quantity will tri supplied to enable opera tions to Le .conducted upon a scale much beyond that already attempted, while it is believed that the cost of pro- duction will li: considerabl lessened. Leal labour is cheep and abundant. The balance of profit appearing to credit of the menutscturiog account, even from the partial working of the put season, is so far satisfactory. The motion for the adoption of the report and accounts was carries: uncrimously. Some canvass tiun took place ;respecting the election of the retiring directors, after which, on the motion of Mr. FRASER, seconded by Mr. C. WHETHAM, they were all unanimously re-elected. Colonel Sexes: moved, and Mr. FRASER seconded, a vote of thanks to the directors, which was carried unanimously, and being acknowledged, the meeting separated. THE l'oNtc SOL-FA ASSOCIATION.—In the notice of the Tonic Sol-fa Association, in yeaterday's papa, for, " the key note being written 1), the second M, the third 1 , , and so on," real, " the key-note being written 1), the second It, the third X, the fourth F, and so on." EXPLOSION AT A FIREWORK M.4NUFACTORY. CLIATIIAN, Nov. 2.—This afternoon, at about three o'clock, a terrible explosion took place at the workshops of Mr. Henniker, a gun-maker, residing at Hammond-place. Mr. Henniker and his three sons had been engaged for some time past in preparing a large quantity of fireworks for the approaching sth of November, and up to this day they were busy executing a large order for squibs. At the time of the explosion there were at work in the factory Mrs. Henniker, aged fifty, and her three eons, aged respectively twenty, fourte , n, and ten years; Mr. Henniker only a short interval previously having left tho premises. Mn. ' Henniker was in the act of leaving the workshop, having in her apron a large quantity of squibs, when, from some unexplained cause, the whole of them became ignited, the roof and one side of the workshop wet: blown away and every article of furniture in that portion of the premises was demolished. The three youths were nearly covered with the falling materials. The eldest son, who saw the ignition take place, had the presence of mind to snatch up a case containing about 251bs weight of gunpowder, which he hurled over an adjoining wall, and thus in all probability a large sacrifice of life and property was prevented. As soon as the flames were sufficiently extinguished to allow persons to enter the ruins, Mrs. Henniker was found fearfully burnt and scorched, and apparently dying. The son, aged fourteen, was also greatly injured, by the explosion and much burnt. Mrs. Henniker was immedi ately removed to the Chest Arms tavern, and Mr. Fayle, of the firm of Bell and Fayle, was promptly in attendance; hut when this report left, small hopes were entert►ined of Icy recovery. The second son also lies in a precarious Ante. The two other sons, though much injured and burnt about the head and body, are progressing favourably. TUE CLERICAL PERVERTS.—The Guardian of yeaerday states that a clergyman who was among-t those who seceded to Rome, has lately returned to the English church. MURDER OF A POLICEMAN IN LlVEnrOoL.—The municipal elections in Liverpool, on Tuesday, passed over quietly, with the exception of an af f ray which took place in Edgar-street, at a public-houso where several of the municipal electors of Scotland ward had retired. The parties inside seemed anxious to get away, but a crowd hav ing gathered round the door, insisted spoil getting money bt fire allowing them to pats. Police-officer 732 (Sunder land) remonstrated with tl cm and endeavoured to induce the mob to disperse, when a man named Copeland, one of , the, most desperate ruffians in Liverpool, raised his hand and deliberately stabbed him in the groin. The wound divided the femoral arts and proved fatal almost immedi ately from bleeding. T he unfertum ste man was univer sally respected, owing to his Lind disposition, and it was in contemplation by his superiors to remove him to some less rough neighbourhood. Copeland has been arrested. An inquest was held yesterday, before P. F. Curry, E,q., coroner, but had not concluded when the despatch left. THE CHOLER-1. Mom thoCansatal Board of Ilealth, Nov. 2.) THE METROPOLIS. Returns made by the superintendents of the D, E, li, M, P, and It Divisions to the Metropolitan Police Commissioners enumerate 17 Cases of choler* (eight resulting fatally) as having occurred between 37th and 31st October. In several instances death ensued after very short illness. In a case in Ber mondsey the people living on the spot complain of offensive smells from the privy and drain, and also from Mew,. Barclay and Co.'s tanyard at the hack. In Bermondsey-place, St. John's, it is stated that four cases have occurred in the same house within the last four days. The buildings are very close and badly ventilated, there being no back yards to the premises. The closet and dust hole for the use of nine houses are at the end of the court, and bath are described as smelling very offe•nsivety. The inhabitants likewise complain of bad smell . at times ----- from the adjoining tauyard. 110Lnuits UNION.—Mr. Grainger has been re cently engaged in a re-examination of the present state of souse of the notorious seats of fever us this district, in which the danger of an outh: eak of cho lera appeared to be imminent. Ile status that the seaVengtng is considerably improved since 16a; but that it is at all times desirable, and in the present critical state of the public health indispensable, that the surface of the courts should b thorenighly swept and cleansed daily. In Tied this-buildings, lime washing had been dune on one side, and it was pro mistd by the landlord on the other. Many of the houses here, and especially in Charlotte's-buildings, were iu a must depiorablo state of filth. In many inst , .nei s the dwellings were dilapidated, and altogether unfit for human habitation. But among the many evils, the worst is the state of the privies and drainage. In Tin dall's•baildings he examined the ground floor of a house, the walls of which half way up were per mace utly damp and fmtid. In the cellar was a privy, without an)• etlicieht drain; and the stench of it was horrible. The rent of this wretched house was till lately 6s. a week, but a new landlord now dem..nds Os., although nothing has been done to improve the place! Great numbers of the inhabitants had been in the country fur the harvest; bat they were flock ing back, and, owing to the want of house accommo dation, they must crowd into these filthy rooms, whether cleansed or not. Sr. GEOIWE'S IN TILE EAST.—Three ewes of cholera are reported to-day from this p Irish, two having resulted fatally. Both are recorded as being of a very bad type of the disease, and both occurred in the same house in Grove-street, the one on the ground floor, the other on the third storey. The street is " unpaved in the centre, and the house dirty." ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTELL—Nov. 1. Cholera-1 death. In the 13 weeks ending Oct. 29, 1848 the deaths from cholera in the metropolis numbered 261, while in 1853 the deaths numbered 437. In the four weeks ending the 29th Oct. the deaths in 1848 were 174, and iu 1833 they were 290. AYTON (BettwicKstrutE).—Particulars of a fatal ease of cholera, and of 14 cases of very severe diarrhoea, have been received from Dr. It. A. Col ville, medical officer of this town. The greater por tion of the diarrhoea) cases were apparently produced by overcrowding, particularly in the rooms at night. ARBROATIL—A fatal case of chok ra has cceurred in this town, iu the person of a married woman who had been in Dundee for some days in attendance upon several of her friends, who had been labouring there under the disease, and of whom no fewer than four had died within the space of as many days. The poor woman returned to this town on the 28th, very much exhausted, was immediately seized with cholera, and died the next morning. Her husband and daugter Lave also died of cholera in the same house. Active measures appear to have been taken by the authorities of this town for the removal of nuisances and otherwise providing against a visi tation. TENTERDEN UNION (APPLEDORE). Oct. 30. Death—Cholera, 1. GREAT WALTHAM (CHELMSFORD UNION).—Nov. 1. Death—Cholera, 1. RYE UNION.—Oct. 28. Death—Cholera, 1. Mearrru.—Oct. 28 to 31. The returns for these days from the Morpeth Local Board of Health re cord 88 cases of diarrhoea and one of Asiatic cholera. Of these the cholera case and 37 cases of diarrhoea occurred in Morpeth, and 10 in Beddington. IRELAND. Draux, Nov. 2. The wind, which has been from the smith for several days, accompanied by an incessant drizzle of rain, chopped round to the west this morning, and has for the last few hours been blowing a tolerably stiff gale. The boisterous weather has caused con siderable delays in the English mails, and steamers from Dublin bound to the south have been compelled to return to Kingstown harbour. There is a tre mendous sea in the Channel, and reports have reached us of vessels being seen suffering very much front the gale. Some anxiety was caused by the account that the Cambria, express steamer, had encountered much stress of weather on her voyage from King stown to Holyhead on Monday, when a heavy sea swept away the deck saloon ; but the passengers are all agreed that the st amanlike conduct of the captain and crew on that occasion rescued the vessel front extreme peril. The work of demolition and removal has already made wonderful progress in the Great Exhibition building, and no one who saw the interior of it last evening could have thought it possible that so much could have been done in twelve short hours to undo the work of months. The fairy scene of the preceding day was transformed into a wilderness; and in ano ther day scarcely any article, save the weighty pieces of machinery and a few ponderous masses in the central hall, will have been left under the vaulted roofs of Dargan's Temple of Industry. The prepa rations for the banquet to be given to-day to Mr. Dargan and the exccuti've committee are on a scale worthy of the occasion. Among the distinguished persons, in addition to many others already men tioned, who have signified their intention of being presentare the Earl of Bessborough, Lord Ward, Lord Clancarty, and Lord Bective. The funeral of the lamented Lord Cloneurry took place yesterday, when the remains of that true hearted Irish nobleman were removed from the villa of Maretimo, near Dublin, to the family mansion at Lyons, in the county of Kildare. There the coffin remained in state for a short time in the hall, and last night it was conveyed by torchlight, accor ding to the custom of several old Irish families, to the family vault within the Lyons demesne. A very large number of the gentry and citizens of Dublin, together with a multitude of the peasantry, attended the funeral procession. On the lid of the ceffin was engraved the following inscription, surmounted by a baron's coronet : " The Right Hon. Valentino Browne Lawless, Baron Cloncurry, born 19th of I August, 1773, died 28,th of October, 1853. Aged 81 lye" The remarkable trial for alleged shoplifting now proceeding in the Commission Court here, occupied the court again during the day yesterday, and was once more adjourned. The defence was concluded last evening, a host of most respectable witnesses to character having been exa mined. Two persons were ordered into custody for applauding in court when evidence favourable to Miss Cantwell was given. A number of tradesmen have of late been employed in effecting improicinents at Lisduff Ikuse, and on 1 Saturday evening last having terminated their day's work, they came into the village of Killimore,where, after drinking ardent spirits for a length of time, they quarrelled, and one of them, named Richard Thomas, from the county Cork. stabbed with a knife Roger Redden, a native of Dublin. The wound having been inflicted on the left side, in the imme diate region of the heart, death almost instantaneously resulted. Thomas immediately gave himself up to the police, who have him in custody ; but as yet a coroner's inquest has not been held. TILE MAGISTRACT.—The Lord Chancellor has been pleased to appoint Sir Thomas John retnerston, Bart., &magistrate for the county Longford, on the recommenda tion of Colonel Henry White, Lieutenan: 01 the county 1 1 Richard Odium Esq., Crow Park, county Meath, has been appointed one of her Alajetly's juAieca of the peace !or that county. 1