The Express. — London, England, 1849-07-05 00:00:00

Amongst her cargo is specie to the amount of 40,0001. es merchant.' account. Bne also briogs a ship letter bag. Vbe Court. Their Royal Ilighress the Roches, of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Mathew; of Mecklenburg SW*lvit arrived at Dully House, Mashy Perk, yesterday amnia,, to ply a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, Their Manhattan partook of a &firmer with her Ma;rety, in the afternoon left Mushy Homo on their return In errs__ }less Royal Highness theDnitheas of Kent, attended * lady Aortas Bros, PAINING' de Speth, and Sir Oeorge Cti s itW e eft t Zr. Vella yesterday aftersoon foe her ri . Fregestne 'lnset. NV indm. His Royal Kleine= the Duke of Cambridge visited tits Botr..ie Gardens in the Regent's Pub yesterday. Mr. Job and Mr. Crowd] had an interview with Esri Grey rfterdey. Mr. C. Worley had also sa interview wick tee se east at the Cob:Iola office. Mr. Anderson M.P., Mr. George Moffatt, M.P., and Mr. Morgan ;ad an interview with CM remittent sad the Viee-Presdrat of the Limed of Trade yesterday on the subject of the light dots. Mr. C. Nash, from the committee of shareholdem as to amendments is the Itsilways Abandonment Bi.l, transacted business the at the t ttize of the Commissioners of Rzil tke 'timed of Trade. Wayi _ F. A deputstion from the Great Western Fieherim, assisting et Mr. lwkson Barwise, Mr. Heery Burt, Mr. Augustus CoUingrid,te, and Mr. Theme Fol:on, with Mr. William P. Metehis (steretary), had an interview yester day, with the Chancelke of the Bacticqntr. THE IbTAL VBIT TO IRELAND.—The North Wales rAroaicla says that the Quits* trill par tit:cough the Menai Straits es routs to Dublin. Vlscotiwr Poesosev, the ambassador at the Coast of Aurris, accompanied by Viscountess Pcnsonby, bee left Lo &es fog Vienna, to meets his diplomatic duties, after a cool. of two months. tilir HENRI' LT'frON Busmen has been compeVed to leave London for the German spas, owing to indifferent health. lasseelstely after his return from Oereaany, be will depart for Washington, to eater on hut diplomatic functions. IldnitaiaGE TN HlOll LIFL—The nuptials of Lady Diana Boyle, only daughter of the Countess (Dowager) of Glasgow, and Mr. Pskington, eldest son of Sir Jelin Peking ton, Ben,, M.P., were celebrated yesterday forenoon, at Bt. rain's Church, Knightsbridge. A very nuatrows and dis- tinguished elide assembled on the interest:4'g occashn, including the Earl and Count's, of 11. - ipstoun. the Cuinttas (Doeoger) of Eno', Viscount Newry and Moms, Viscount Calorie:l, Ay. FINANCIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. GREAT MEETING IN MARYLEBONE. A public meeting took place lee! evening at the Princess's Theatre. Oxford.street, in supgort nf the principles op mad by the Motropolitan Parliamentary and Reform Association. The theatre was crowded in every Part. Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY, M.P., presided, and, in opening We proceedisgs. coagratuletel the meeting on the number of ladies present, ae.d hailed it as an omen of success. In alluding to the unavoidable absence of Sir B. Hall, from illness. he bore testi inony to the zeal aid ability of that hon. member, end stated that he had enroJed himself a member of the as ociation, and, by his donation, had quelitied himself for a seat to the council, of which he would, no doubt, become • worthy member. (Hear, hear.) Sir Joshua continued—l appear before you this evening 111 In some degree the rpm sentatlve of the souneil of this association. It will ant, hem. ever, be necessary that I should particularly dams the rules and regulations which the sock ty has formed for its guidance. Thus mach I em bound to say, that the basis of the associa Boa is • broad and VIT. preheasivo extension of the suffrage. (Clasen ) To the demand for manhood suffrage and the char ter, what is the answer? Can we carry it? (" Yes, yes.") How ? (" By the people.") By moral force, by kindness, by good feeling, and by care not to ask for more than we are likely ti obtain. (Cheers.) Let us take what we can get fir the time, never for a alumni forgetting that we look forward to the full esteasim of the suffrage. (Cheers.) Have the council, with that statement before them, pidgin rightly ? I my yes. (" Y.., yes ") But this is nut t"e quest:on wo are now met to disown.' We are met to submit to you those views whkh thee...veil eine associatin has thought proper to develop as meet likely to carry out these piineip:es which we all think old sagely will be carried. (Hear, hear.) W. seek net to destroy, bat to build up—not to Hun the rights of any, bat to attain justice far all. (C heer..) We are satisfied that ear de demands are bend spnnjwitice; and we believe that their attainment would result in honed; and good to every class of the community. (folded and guarded by such clews, we shall retie forward with an earnest hope for their full sad complete secomplishment. (Applause.) In our efforts for the attainment of the suffrage, and of that whieh we sup port, we shall pursue none other but the most loyal, Jul, and constitutional means. (Hear, hear.) We are and we are held in thra!dom by hundreds; end lambed of makieg the neceesuy effort to be free, we are eatioNed with bigness, and repining,. (Hear, hest.) Is this • mate of things that shall cantina', or that ought to continue ? (No, a..) I appeal to all who hear me, whether they will say lower submit to such • state of things' —whether they will not rather unite as one man, forgetting all personal feelings and animosities, in one earne.t, deter mined, and continuous effort to do moral battle for the nee nigatyot the people. (Chien.) ilex NICII6LAY mewed— " net the abeam of • really representative Home of Coationts, the preponderant.* of class legislicion, the unequal pressure of taxation, the general entravacance of the public expenditure, and the consequences of these evils engender. ing discontent and threatening disorders fatal to the politietal and to the social prosperity of this empire, render the coma blaaii it of the middle and working Mum, for the MUM nt of the velem advocated by As Metropolitan Parlia mentary and Financial Reform hasecistim, a matter of momentous importance to the state. That, MOM of the met powerful means for the peaceful amomplishment of the great ut.; etc now sought to be effected, the system et the Fri ehold La. d S .ci-ties, established for the purpose of faci litating the acqui.i^ ion of 404. freehold., is ea'culated to work great results upon the representation of the counties ; and that this meeting strongly recommends every reformer, whatever his means may be, to avail himself of the great advantages of that system." Mr. HUME. M.P. on rising, was kindly cheered. He said the present meting reminded him of the exertions of that parish some 17 years ago, when they assembled to the number of 20,000, peanable and d 'term i at d, end effected their object of reform. They were then united, and it was aely by subequent divisions that the tones had been allowed to re fuss- the penile their rights. (Cheers.) To remove this di vision certsin members of the House of Commons bad last year firmed themselves into an association, with a view to secure for the people the rightof managing their own affairs, fres from the dictation of the aristocracy. (Cheers.) In such an object it was imposible to get any twenty men to agree as to the precise smears; but the association having adopted tee course they thought best, and laid their de mands before parliament, they now sought the support of the middle-class electors and the great body of the people. (Hear, hear.) He regretted the apathy which had pre• railed in the metropolis since the repeal of the corn laws, and trusted that it would soon be dispelled. Lost night's discussion must have opened the eyes of the people as to what they had to expect from the present House of Com mons. The motion was for all the points of the charter. He approved of them all, but was anxious to secure thosi &sons by moral conviction and a sense of the benefits which they would bring to ell (Hear, hear.) If the measure he had advocated in the past and present session were proved inset& tient, he would be ready to go further. (Cheers.) On that account be hailed the advances now making towards a union of classes on this gentian. It wa s t rue , l a s t n i g h t, h e was one of a minority of 16; he had teen ono of five before now—(hear, hear) ; he regarded not majorities, being con vinced that ignorance and interest must ultimately give way before a united demand for the (nimble,. The excuse of the minister was, that he saw no symptoms of an extension of the franchise being called for. (Cries. " Bring him here.") Hence, Lord J. Russell was not opposed to progressive re form ; he even said if he were satisfi,d that it would produce a better government, he would go along with the demand for extension of the suffrage. (Hear.) Let them then con vines his lordship that the interests of the nation r quired this measure—let such meetings as this be held throughout the country—and let the middle and wcrking claims be united in their demand—a demand for nothing but what the constitution promised—and the government must give Way. All the people wanted was possession of their own hones ; let the aristocracy keep the other, but let them not have tooth hoes is in their nomination. (Chien.) At present four-fifths of the people had no voice in the choice of their representatives—what were they but slaves? (Hear, hear.) Give them the franchise, they would become content and pepperoni ; refuse it, and good government was impossible. With !As present constitution of the house, not more than 80 or 90 mould be got to vote for the ballot or any measure of noncety. A champ was dearly necessary • and the object of tills association was to effect that chow by constitutional measse. If the present electors would bat smite in sending to parliament men disposed to carry out such =emeriti, the object would be attained at once. Then, Ina a Hew of Commons properly constituted, every other Jibe& 1114111111M1 of fleancial reform and improvement would be serried let. (Cheers.) Many feared to give power to the people t • lst their union avd moderation convince these prone diet their apprehensions were groundless. As Lord John Rasta had stated that whew he sae the people united in their &meads for a change. he would not be slow to grant it, let the eke ton show him that it was now high time f or another reform bill to be passed. _ _ L.rd I). STUART we nest welled ea, and name forward amidst loud demonstrations of applause. After alludiog to the Mug and tried services of Mr. Rotas in the cause of reform, and to the importance and wrigultude of the meet ing, he observed that, though he add not delight the Mouse of Commas with Sulam of eloqueoce, he would fail to raise his voice there is support of the rights of the pi”ple. lie bed date a beeetotore, and should con tinue to pursue the mune coarse. (Cheers.) Financial re fer., above ell things, was needed ter the greatest good to the greatest amber; and though the demands oldie people might be rejected more than Nee, he would renew them again and again, and show the government that English men would not submit to unjust taxation, or to beg by patronage. (Cheers.) To get rid of that system of taxation which around down the people and took frem the working man ball his wages, they must that have parliamentary reform and extension of the suffrage. (Chaim ) He was in favour of all the paints demanded by Mr. Hume ; there ought to be full, fait, and free representation, and to tbianod extension of the varies was absolutely necessary. (Hear.) Mr. J. WILLIAMS, 14.1', eongra•ulated the sesemuly ea the tictory recently gain ed the City, and expressed a hope that Cue lords would not dare to throw back on the citi smack, man of their choice. Public opini wu now too power fill to be disregarded ; the Lir 3 would not venture on the experiment. ( Hear, hear ) Mr. J. CASSELL seconded the resolution proposed by the first speaker. He observed that a certain characteristic of a bed goverrnwat was that it was a spendthrift government ; and no country en the face of the earth had been more cured then this witn a succession of spendthrift ruleis. (Heir, hear ) Mr. A. MACK hY said that this country had two coosti tutiona—one f r sh,w, the other for use—one in theory, the other in practice. by the former, there were three co ordinate powers of legislation; but by the latter, one over rode the other two. Mr. F. O'CONNOR, M.P., said this win the first time he had ever addressed a middle-elan meeting. Without aban doning& single principle that he had advocated for a quarter of a century, he sought to allay any antagonism which might tend to continue the predominance of the aristocratic cliu. (Cheers.) Every man, except those who read toe Times, whou only object was to mislead—every reader of the Daily Neves, which contained the best compilation of Intelligence, both foreign and domestic—knew that this was the questicn which was now stirring the whole of Europe; and, until the feudal system was brain down, the working classes would never obtain their full r;ghte. In alluding to the dews of the preceding night, and the coarse taken by Lord John Russell, the hoe. gentleman observed that hie lordship was the smallest man both in mind and body that he had ever seen for nothirg. (Laughter.) In concltpion, he declared that he would sooner abandon life itself than aluadon a sleek p dot of the people's charter. (Cheers ) Mr. H. HETHERINOTON supported the resolution. Hitherto the working classes had acted on a policy which had retarded their cause, by opposing every proposition short of the people's charter. (Hear, hear.) The rewrite' n was tht n put, and agreed to ; and the pro ceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the thairmru. MEETING AT HACKNEY. Last evening a public meeting cf the inhabitants was held at the Manor-rooms, Rackety, for the purpose of fuming a puliamentary and financial reform association for flat district. The spacious rooms were crowded, and amongst the respectable audience we noticed stunt ladies. The chair WM occupied by Mr. Samuel Morl-7, Mg. The CHAIRMAN, in opening tne proceedings, expressed the gratifizati.n he felt in identifying himself with a move ment which had for its object the sccial and political well being of his fellow men. Mr. APPLETON moved the first resolution u follows: " That, in the opiuiun of this nnetiog the time has arrived when it is imps retied,. necessary that peas opinion should be brought to bray with powtrful etfect upon the prim edings of the House of Cummons as the emanational guardian of the public purse, in order to alleviate the burden of taxation upon the industrious claws of the community, and constrain the i.xecutive m a more economical admiListra tics of the national revenue." Dr. OXLItlf ',winded the first imitation. Mr. W. TOWNSEND, • cheitiet, supported it, and lv doing so sail he was de:ighted to Ban the middle and lower classes uniting together for the obtainment of their just rights. The Rev. Dr. MASSEY proposed the second resolution : " That, despairing of • sound and honest system of eco nomy and retrenehm-nt so long as the intertirs of the com munity are imperfectly represented in the House of Com mons, this meeting d • clues its conviction of the immediate necessity of a reform in parliament which shall embrace— first, such an extecsion of the suffrage es will confer the right to be ingistered as an elector up n every man of full age, not subject to any legal disability, who for twelve months sha!l have cccupied any tenement, or portion of a newn.ent, foe which he shall be rated, or shall hive eluim.ii to be rated, to the relief of the poor ; secondly, the ad pi n of the system of voting by helot : third'y, the timitatio t 01 the duration of parliaments to three years ; and fourthly, tech a well-considered eNenge in the arrangement of the eiectimil di.tricts as shall produce a more equal spaiortioununt of re presentatives to owistituents " lle said that he Iceilted upon the points mentioned in the reeo!ution a. instalments oily of what he d • dto have achieved; but, as far as they went, he was sincerely ar xi to obtain them, sad he hoped the middle and lower clot es would never erase their exertions until their victory wu won. Mr. ADDISCOTT retie (led the resolution. Mr. TOWNSEND suggested that the non property qua- Ilficetion should he added to the resolution. Ile said that Sir Joshua Welmaiey, and the council of the Metropolitan Association were opp.sed to any prop• rty qualification, and he certainly should move an amendment if the adel.tion ware not made. The non-property qualificatioa was then added to the re. solution, and It .as unanimously passed. Sir W. CLAY, Bart., M.P., mat addresaed the assem bly. H s mid t.e was a warm and sincere friend to the oh. jects which the meetinst bed been convened to furtit• r. He was In favour of the ballot, triennial parliament", and a large extensioo of the franebiee. He thought that the raft it country was the freest. It was imposiible to deny that there were a great many anomalies io our present mode of repre aeutation. He had ever been oppired to the rate•pay.ng clauses of the Reform 11.11 ; an.l at present these elitists ex cluded a great many persons from the trued., in tae Tower Madill.. He promised be'ore the clam of the premat session of parliament to rectify this evil, if p sible. He wee firmly persuaded that the result of the City election, the day b fire, would herald in the period .11. a the last remnant of intolerance would be swept from C.e statute lamb (Cneerii.) Mr. 0. THOMPSON, M.P., next addmrsed the meeting in • long and eloquent speech la favour of the obj. ers of the amodsuon, tad was throughout very loudly applauded. The third resolution was es follow' "That, approving of the general principles on which tie Metropo'itan Parliamentary and Reform Association is founded, this meeting pledges itself to support the coot c.l in their efforts; and ttat fur this purpose an ceociati n he formed, to be entitled the Hackney Parliamentary and Fi nancial Reform A.soeiiti in, and that a committee be ap pointed, with power to add to their number, to carry out the objects of the astoeiati .II; that every person suhreribing not less than one shilling per annum shall 'e registered as a asentbe, and that the funds of the association be cape• ded in the ilistributisn of tracts arid the holding of meetings for the diffusion of Information en the subject of national trine sentation and finance." The proceedings terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman. REPRESENTATION OP MARYLEBONE.—Yesterday a numerous meeting of the vestry of St. Pancras took place at the new vestry rooms, King's•road, Camden-town; D meld Fraser, Req., churchwarden, in the chair. Mr. Stockton said the vestry w. re no doubt aware that within the last few days the constituency of that borough had been excited by a coerce/a mdenee which tied appeared in the public pap. re be. tween their hon. member, Sir B. Hall, and certain pieties calling themselves " The St. Pancras Financial Reform As ociatioa." Now, in the first place, he (Mr. Stockton) had no hi illation in saying that these individuals who had ceded on the hon. baronet to resign his seat had assumed a tali they had no claim to; and he was not going too far in saying that be believed the conduct of those peril« s, la arrogating to themselves the authority to dictate to the con stituency and their representative, was not warranted by the general feeling of the parish. lie held in his band • memo rial which had been signed in a very short space of time by 150 electors of that parish for presentation to the Tt dry. He then rend a memorial to the vestry, signed by 150 elec tors and ratepayers of the parish, in which they expressed indignation at the conduct of the persans who called on air B. Hall to resign, and requested the vestry to summons a meeting of the elector', in order that they might have an opportunity of expressing their confidence in the hon. gentleman.—Mr. Clarke said he most cordially concurred in the feeling of indignation expressed in the memorial, a feel ing which he believed not only the liberal, but even a great pertinn of the conservative constituency of Blarylehone, aimed —He would move, " That the memorial be revived ; and that this vestry deeply condole with the hor, baronet. the member for the borough, Sir B. Hall. in hie present afll c tion, and hope that he will soon be restored to health, and resume his post in the House of Commons ; and beg to enure him that the 'wry have not withdrawn their confidence in him." Mr. Dyke secon ;tit the resolution; and several other gentlemen raving spoken, the resolution was put and carried by a large m ,jlrity. The memorial was then t..- Leived, and a copy thereof, together with the resolution of the vestry. was directed to be forwarded to the hon. bareuet, Sir B. Hall, by the vestry clerk. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY,—The 75th annual report of this institution has been printed, and contains some interesting particulars. During the past year the ceramic.° had submitted to them 132 cases comprising 155 persons, out of which 144 were successfully treated and reca - ered, and 11 were beyond recovery. One honorary gold medallion and 16 honorary silver medallions were voted for cases of rescue attended by extraordinary courage and risk of life, and 22 honorary bronsa medals have been awarded. The thanks of the society were presented to 9 individuals, and 125 other claimants received pecuniary rewards. The total number of persons who bathed in the Serpentine throughout the year was estimated at 91,720, according to the daily returns made by the superintendent, and which is below the usual average of 100,000. 20 persons were fawned from drowning by the society's boatmen, and 14 other in dividuals were likewise prevented or rescued from drowning by the watchfulness of the boatmen, 34 hare also been sued by the exertions of the " icemen." The total number of lives saved and restored in this country alone sines the foundation in 1774 has been upwards of 2.5,000 ; tour new stations have been added, making in the aggregate 210 stations where the society's drags are kept ready for use in ease of accident. The superintendent has been engaged in taking soundings of the varromi depths 4 the water in the Serpewtine and the ornamental water i n S t . James's and Regent's Parks, with a view to the better sr cu • rity of bathers and skater,. The society continues to enjoy the patronage of the royal family, and counts among its sup porters many of the nobility and bishops. The income amounted to 1,8301 165., and a trifling balance remained after defraying the expenses. The gold medallion was awarded to Captain Ullman, sth Regiment, for a noble act of daring at Old Mahebourg, Mauritius, by which the three of six offfmrs in the same regiment were providentially pre served. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1849. CITY OF LONDON ELECTION. Tho official declaration of the pcll waft made yester day at delete!, as brie fly announced in that day's Express. ' Baron ROTHSCHILD, as the successful candidate, then tame to the front of the hustings, and after the cor dial greetings with which he was received had in some degree subsided, be said ; Gentlemen, brother electors of this great city, I thank you most sincerely for this reception. I thank yen most sincerely for your exertions yesterday. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, if I wished to express my per- Douai feelings on the present occasion, I could cot find words to do so. We have ell been workiug in a common cause. Our majority, gentlemen and brother electors, 0012011 U, not only of the votes of our political Meads, who came forward on this occasion as they always do, but of the votes of a great many of our political opponents. (Cheers.) Their political opinions are not changed —(hear, 'war) —they do not come forward to support • Jew. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, they do no: come forward to support one who differs in reli s ion from them; but they come forward to support the rights and pried, gee of the cidzeos of London. (Much cheering.) Gmtlemen, I can say, and honestly say, that that sentiment was expressed to me yesterday in a great many of our Polling-broths, and nasty votes which on ordinary occestoes would have been given against me, were given in my favour, only to support you and the candidate whom you chose at the last election. (Caeers.) There is another circumstance on which I sag to 'mama, and which you will be so kind as to notice. We have had en our registration 1,700 voters who voted for me at the lest elecion erased Mem the liar 02 voters; I therefore have had 2,000 new voters and 2,000 new supporters, besides a greet many of my friends who were too sanguine, and who knowing that we should have a very large snajotity, leR the election to those who were more eager and more earnest. This election, gentlemen, was to prove and to test public opinion. (Hear, hear.) This election was to see if the opinion which you expressed at the last election was an opinion too precipitately moue, or one that you did not wish in any wuy to confirm. It was an election that we should have a great and glorious demon stration of public opinion. (lieu, hear.) Well, gentlemen, have we not had that demonstration ? (A voice, " Yee, and wlll men.") We hope not so goon ; we hope to be able to de without It. (Hear, hear.) We have had that demon stration of relic opinion, and I am happy in having seen so many noble lords in the City yesterday and the day be fore, and I hope and trust they will convey to their friends in the House of Lord., and to their relations, the spirit and opinions which are now se prevalent in the City of London. (Lend cheers.) They will then see, gentlemen, that we have been acting coneti-utionally—(heir, hear)—that we have done nothing with which any person can find fault—that we have only wished to assert our rights and privilegee. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I em very happy indeed in having this public opportunity of stating what 1 stated pri vately to the noble lord (Lord John Manners.) lam happy in having enjoyed his friendship for many years, in knowing him intimately, and I can only say that a mere amiable nobleman and gentleman does not exist— (loud cheers, and cries of " Bravo!") and I only hope that our friendship may remain the same after this ele:tien, as it has been till now. (Hear, near.) He comes forward to assert the principles of aline of po'icy which his party think fit and proper—hear them, and listsn to him; if you don't approve of them, that is a different thing; bet us you have been hind enough to listen to me, I hope you will do the same to him. Getttemen, yesterday was a glorious day for us, and I hope and trust we shall have a Macaulay or some great man who will write it on the noblest page of the history of freedom. Oa Saturday evening my noble friend Lord John Manners generously informed me of his intention to (01119 forward. This was generous on his part, for he had no 'cession to inform us that he intended to do so. I communicated the noble lord's intention to the com mittee. This was on the Saturday and from the Saturday till the Monday was all the time we had to prepare for the con test. It is quite evident, then, that our opponents had as much opportunLy for preparation as we had. M Lord J. ANNE RS next presented himself, and was re ceived wi h groans and hisses, mingled with perils! cheering. The following Is the subsumes of the noble lord's speech, as near as we could collect it amid the loud disapprobation ex pressed sometimes in low murmurs and hisses, and at other., by loud yells and groans, wbich continued during the whole time that his address occupied. Gentlemen, title 012, and brother. electors, I stand here to-day not to apologise for having entered into this contest—(" oh, oh," and cheers)— lee the 2,811 electors of the Cily of London who have un solicited and eucaneassed registered their votes—not for me, but for those great principles which in me tied an inefficient a defender, are at one • austification of the course I have I pursued—(cheers)—hut stand here, gentlemen, to express my own satiaLcti ,n and the satidaction of those gentlemen at whose request I consetted to come forward that the stand has been made, and to return my cordial. and heartfelt aeknowledgments to those free and irdependent el•stors who have registered their votes in my favour. (eteen.) And still more ds I come forward to assure the erectors of the City of Landon that on future occasions there rill be no shrinking, but a firm determination attain to 'Weak' these priuciples, and to defend this cause which bus now suffered a temporary defeat. (Interruption, and rith of ti It won't do here.") I have said that I would not apologise for having entered into this contest; but you will Blow me t o apologuee tor having been myself the individual in whose person it was raised. It was charged against me by the hon. gentleman who proposed my hoe. friend and opponent, that eight years ago—being then a very young man—l perished mane rather absurd poetry. A Vole" You ire no poet, And now you know it. (Latigbter.) Now, gentlemen, I s h ould hare thought that the vein, the speeches, and the conduct of a men who, for six long, eventful years, had taken his fair share in public debate in the House of Common•, would have been a fair eri tenon by which to test ►is qualifirations to re present this great and important city; bat it teemed to the bon. gentlemen that it was safer to select some lines of poetry written by me lean ago, and while yet t was but • boy—and safer, for the purpose of vilifyieg me, and disparaging my claims to represent this City—to base his opposition on hie criticism of those line.. (A voice, " Ab, your poetry has ruined you ; you had better go home and learn 'Manners.' ") I have no disinclination to dissent from the hon. gentleman's criticism. (Hear, h ol m) No one can more cordially coincide in it than I do. (" Hear, hem," and a laugh.) The poetry I admit to be indifferent, and the sentiment it embodies is still worse. (Much cheer ing, and loud laughter.) And in now taking leave of the subject, let me assure the hon. gentleman wbo has volun teered the critic. that bad as the poetry is, and worse, as I admit, the sentiment to be, I would rather be the boy who eight years ago wrote it, than the grey.headed man who could, the day before yererday, stand up in this hall, and for a party object, and with the view to crush a political opponent, rake up the follies of early youth. (Cheep, and cries of " Oh, oh.") Gentlemen,l hope that in now taking leave of you—(" Good bye, you had better go home") — I do to without having given the least cause of offence to any gentleman with whom I have come in contact. (Hear, hear.) Sure lem that I hays myself received none. With regard to my hon. %patent and friend, I take this public opportunity of thanking him for the uniform courtesy and kindoe.s which I have always experienced at his hands. (Hear, hear.) The sentiments of goodwill which he has just expended I cordially and heartily reciprocate. Baron ROTHSCHILD moved a vete of thanks to the Sheriffs, and expressed his admiration of the manner in which they had performed their duty during the election, and his thanks for the admirable arrangements they had made. Lord J. MANNERS seconded the resolution, and bore testimony to the fairness and impartiality with which the sheriffs had performed their duties. Mr. DILLOA put the motion, which was carried unani mously, and with acclamation. Mr. Sheriff FINNIS, who was received with loud cheer ing, assured the meeting that it was highly gratifying to the Sheriffs to find that the arrangements which they hal made for conducting the election had given satisfaction to both parties. (Cheers ) I Mr. limmut, the crier, then came forward, and Carnally dissolved the assemblage. Ma D. W. WIRE having been loudly called on, said that the victory having been gamed, and the noble lord who had been deluded intd the City having been dismissed to a re stewed cultivation of the sweets of litemtare, they had every reason to be satisfied with themselves as regarded their put exertions. (Hear, hear.) But he wished to say a ward to the electors as to their future conduct on this great question. It was not settled by their returning Baron Rothschild. It would hue to be settled in the House of Commons, and he called upon the electors of Loud n to be up and doing as soon al the new bill should be introduced, meeting in every ward and besieging the House of Com mons with petitions until they had, passed the bill. (Hear, hen.) Much as he respected the House of Lords, he hoped the electors, when the got before that noble holse, would give an answer to the question put by a right reverend prelate, when be asked—" Where are the petitioners in favour of the bin ?" Let the bishops and the House of Lords know by the number of petitions, that they were de termined and desirous that the bill should pass. (Hear, hear.) He saw a gentleman pointing to the number on the board —as if to say that was the best petition. Will, he agreed with him ; it ought to be a satisfactory petition to the House of Lords ; but should the house disregard the voice of the people, and pursue the course they had lately ((Awed, and again reject the bill, he trusted, if Baron Rothschild came back to them again, he would be returned by a much larger majority, and that they would never cease agitating until they saw him take his Best in the House of Commons without fear of ulterior consequences. (Cowls.) He had now said enough on the subject of the election, bat he could not allow the freeholders of London to leave that hall, the assemblages in which had ever been noted for their all ction to the sovereign, without testify ing their loyalty to the Queen. (Great cheering.) He asked them to give three hearty cheers fur the great Queen of England. This request having been heartily responded to, the meet ing separated. CAPT. P. P. STOREY, a the 38th Foot, has been appointed staff °dicer of the pensioners at Stockport, and C plain Christie is now engaged superintending the forma tion of a new division of the Landon district of pensioners, the head-quarters of which will be at Deptford.—Evening Pa r r. HE LATE COLLISION IN THE ATLANTIC.—We understand that the British sad North American Royal Mail Steens Packet Company have voluntarily intimated to the Mayor of Liverpool their intention of forwarding, free of charge, by their two next steamers to America, the persons saved from the -revel which unfortunately came into collision with the Europe steam ship.—Liverpool paper. LONDON PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY. This society, the object of whose institution is to Provide the deserving poor with bread and coals in all parts of the metropolis and its suburbs, celebrated its annual festi val yen, !day at the London T , HENRY POWNSLI, Esq., in the chair, supported by Lord Bolton, and about fifty other gentlemen. In relation to the el AS of misfortune to the relief of which the society applies its most useful energies, the report of the committee observeo " Tne public press has brought much to light which before was concealed, through circumstances which have called forth the prompt and vigorous interference of several benevolent magistrates; but these cases, numerous and fearful as they are, form but a very limited portion of the number whica heart-rending as not a few of them hays been, they are greatly exceeded by those by which the committee of this society have found themselves surrounded in the various streets and courts of Loudon. Among the casts now referred to, whole families have been found, of from six to ten, or even more human beings ! Not a few have been mot with who wire reared in the lap of plenty, who eommerced their career of life with prospects of the most flattering order, but who, by uncontrill.ble providen tial circumstances, have been reduced is a directly opposite condition in li:e. Such are the objects which this society seeks out, and to whom, as far as mans are furnished, aid is administered. The committee and secretary have visited, at all hours, the abodes of wretchedness and sorrow, and, in not a few cases, have met with scenes beyond description, and have been enabled to thee from destruction those whose feelings would have led them to perish, rather than hays obtruded their distress upon the notice of their fe,low crea tures. From the lot January, 1848, to the end of March, 1849, upwards of 18,000 tickets for 41b. loaves of bread, and 661bs. of coals, have been issued to the deserving poor, through contractors appointed in all parts of the metropolis and suburbs, the latter delivered free.' After a very excellent dinner the CHAIRMAN proposed the usual loyal touts, and in a lengthened address, proposed toe tout of the evening :—" Prosperity to the Landon rhilontlropic Society," and urged upon the company the necessity et using their best efforts to increase the limited means now at the disposal of the society, fur the Cluistiaa pupoie which that society contemplated. The Rey. Dr. Celluloi:, whose name was connected with the tout, acknowledged the cordiality with which it was received. Tne health of the chairmen was welcomed warmly, and, propos to the subject, " Oh, the heart is a free and a let terlem thing," was sung after a fuhion by Miss Hayis. &Tend other toasts w. re drunk, and a tolerable subscrip- Con announced. A summer month, however, is scarcay the most effective month in which to seek peoples sympa thies in relation to a fund for coals; even in an English July of can form no idea of any =musty for a fire. EDUCATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PAUPER CHILDREN OF 81. JAMES'S, WESE MINSTER. Yesterday, a public meeting of ratepayers and owners of property wu held at Willis's rooms, for the pur peso of authorising the governors and directors of the poor to provide premises for the reception and maintenance of the pauper children of the parish of St. James's, Westminster, and of fitting up and furnishing the same at a cost not ex ceeding 5,0001. Toe chair wu occupied by the Rev. JOHN JACKSON, the rector of the parish, who explain. d the objects of the meeting to a highly respectable and influential audis Wry, assembled on the evasion, Sir J. KIRKLAND moved the following resolution : " That the consent of this mating be given to the governors and diraton of the poor to provide premise.' for the recep tion and maintenance of the pauper children of this parish, and to fit up and luroish the same under an order of the commissioners for administering the laws for the relief of the Fmor it: England to he issued in that behalf, for a sum and at a cost not exceetlin _l,OOOl. _ _ The Hon. F. BYNG, in seconding the resolution, said it was incumbent upon that and every other metropolitan parish to support the exertions made and mai. g by that excellent man Lord Ashli y, and sedulously to endeavour to avert an evil which must endanger the community, if the pauper children growine up around us were not educated and taught some useful employment. Mr. Churchwarden ORESINO assured the meeting that the 6,0001., which it was proposed to raise by loan, would be expended with the greatest care and economy. Mr. COCHRANE offered some practical observa tions to the meeting, touching the management of the new establishment, and said that the necessity for institu tions of the kind must be anparent to every one when it was known that the property annually stolen from the public at large amounted at present, according to the beet statistical information, to 28000,0001. The public, he observed, were exceeding) , antique to dile inish rates, but they seemed to overlook altogether the importance of cutting down the '• thief's rati."—a most enormaus impost, which could only be reduced by disseminating the blessings of a moral, nil• gious, and useful education. The resolution having been carried, a vete of thanks was paned to the rev. chairman, and the meeting separated. A SUPPLEMENT TO TUE LONDON GAZETTE was published last evening, containing the following notice, which should have appeared in Tuesday's Gazette :—Ceurt of Queen's Bench.—This court wig hold a sitting on %Ved a( edsy, the 11th day of July instmat, at ten o'clock (in ad. dition to the sitting on the 6th July instant), and deliver judgment in cans previous'y argued.-2nd July, 13th Vie toria, 1849.—8 y the Court." PROCLAMATION OF OUTLAWRY.—Yes'erday at Hick's hall, Clerkenwell, the following persons were called upon to surrender themselves into the custody of the sheriff of Middlesex under penalty of outlawry :—The Due de Mel ton, at the suit of Robert Stott ; Sir William Mammy Stanley, Bdrt., at the snit of Joseph Knight and another ; George Robinson, at the suit of Richard Bland Lucas ; H. D. Campbell, at the suit of Charles Humphreys; John Hen• niker, at the suit of Henry Morgan Vane; James Alexander Thomas, at the suit of Thomas Howard; Frederick Charles I I Cape, at the suit of Charles Saunderson and others ; Mary Dinsdale, at the suit of James Wetland: liery Whittaker, ' a" the suit of Bercado Goldshede ; Septimus Hodges, at the suit of Alice Hodges • Windsor I'. Heneage, at the suit of Richard K. Lane ; W. H. Holmes, at the suit of Richard K. Lane ; and Edmund Hoary Wills, at the suit of Richard I K. Lane._ - THE PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY. Yesterday evening, a general meeting of the supporters of the above institution was held at the London Tavern. The report for the put year stated, that, although from the general causes which had affected almost el charitable institutions, the amount of the annual subscriptions had fallen to 4701, being 501. less then last year, the benefits of the rociety have not been curtailed. On the contrary, an increase of 281. in amount has been, during the year, paid to pensicners, of whom there are now 55 on the funds; the male' receiving 141., and widows 91. each, per annum. The sum received at the last anniversary dinner, presided over by the Marquis of Northampton, was 23.51. 10.1. The balance sheet showed the receipts by donations legacies, and subscriptions, &e., to be 1,2131. 16e. 114., whilst the expenditure left a balance of 661 15s. 4d. The funded property invested with the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt, was 6,2091.5.. 7d., producing an Mame of 2001. a year. DISTRESS IN DELL.—A public meeting, convened by the Mayor, on receipt of a requisition from the principal intabitantri, was held in the Town Hall, at Hull, on yester day, for the purpose of adopting some means of alleviating the large and increasing amount of distress existing in that town, in consequence of the Danish blockade. J. Lee Smith, Erg , the mayor of the borough, was called to the chair, and stated that he held in his hand an authenticated document, from which it appeared that in one part of the town 2,195 workmen were out of employment, and that upon these were dependent 8.780 women and children; making a total of 10,975. Mr. J. Thompson, chairman of the working men's committee, presented a number of details of the suffer ing and distress prevalent in Hull. Mr. Alderman Gresham stated that the receipts of the butchers, bakers, and nume rous other duets of tradesmen, had fallen off one half Mr. Alderman Jones said that during the forty years he had been in the retail trade it had never been so dull u at pre sent, except during three weeks when the cholera raged a number of years ago. Resolutions were agreed to for the formation of a relief committee and the raking of subscrip• tions, which the Mayor headed with 501. THE CHOLERA ON BOARD SHIP.—FALMOUTII, JULY 3.—The accounts trim the convict ship Havering were, last night, of a most satisfactory character ; a tone of general improvement appears to have commenced in the health of the people, probably owing to the ship being in port, and to the fine breire of northerly wind which prevailed all the day, and the clearaesa of the atmcsphers. No further deaths have taken place, and the muter hopes to be ready to sail to-day.—Pwrmoura, JULY 3.—The ship Tasman, Blackbourne, of and from Landon, which arrived hint with 164 emigrants on the 28th ult., for Port Philip, has, through sickness, lost her chief officer in the Downs, and her steward in the Chanael.::The day. after her arrival a woman and child died, and on Sunday morning she lost a male emigrant. In consequence of these casualties Mr. Murdoch, the chairman of the Emigration Board, now on an official visit here, Mr. Rogers, a member of the board, and Lieut. Carew, R. N., resident emigration officer, con sulted together, and determined on the transhipment of all the emigrants frem the Tasman to the bulk Andromeda, now lying in the Sound. The Taman is to be thoroughly cleansed and purified prior to the re-embarkation of the emigrants. CRICKET IN SCOTLARD.—Thie game Seems almost to have become epidemic in Scotland since the grand match in Edinburgh, between the eleven of all England and twenty-tern of all Scotland, in which the latter sustained a great although an honourable defeat. Matches are now being played all over the country, even as far north as Aber deen.—Scotoman. A BARONET IN A BRIDEWRLL GUARD!—A Cork weekly journal, tho Province of blunder, has the following singular paragraph:—" Sir Richard Moore, But, the eldest son of the late Sir Emanuel Moore, his, we are informed, just been appointed on. of our city Bridewell guard by the high sheriff. This is, indeed, a strange position for the repreeen tative of one of our oldest baronetairs to occupy. What makes it the more d stressing it, that his poverty has not come of his own folly, but has been entailed on him by the indiscretion of °there. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE GREENWICH REGATTA. —A SCllliet'S match cams off at Greenwich on Monday, and drew together a large mamma of spectators. The prize was competed for by six young men, inhabitants of Green wich, and amateurs ; and the amusement was prematurely brought to a stbse by the upsetting done of the boats, when a young man, of the name of Salisbury , was drowned. The + ceased, who was 23 years of age, has left a widow and three children totally unprovided for. THE TEN HOURS' FACFORY MOVEMENT. The state of this i question cantinues to excite a great deal of 'Beath.' in the Lancashire district, mid the law as it stands appears to be very unsatisfactory to all parties. The operatives have ter some time been relying upon a promise given, as they say, by government, that the clauses in dispute, and having reference to the relay system, should be brought before a superior court; but they ate now said to have become impatient tt at e• long • priod has been allowed to elapse wi'hnut the promise having been earri d out ; end have determined on a course of 'cita tion as a more certain means of effecting their object. The master spicnen and manufacturers, it was understood, hail some overtures tending to a omprem:se to make at the close of last week, and en Saturday Mr. Cherie. Hindley, M.P., with a view to bringing it about, got together a meeting of some of the principal masters and men, at the Albion Hotel, Manche star. There were present, on behalf of the masters, Sir Elkanah Armitage, T. Barley, Esq., president of the Manche-ter Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Lewis Wil liams ; on behalf of the factory operatives there were about 30 delegates, from almost as many towns in Lancashire. Tue masters addressed tho delegates, setting forth the advantages which might be expected to arise from an uniform factories act, and stated that they undentood from fire to six hundred of the masters were willing to go with them in applying to government for an efficient measure for working 63 hours per week. The leading dele gates after lis•ening to thew overtures then addressee' the meeting, and stated that it was hardly fair te ask them now to relax an la ur a day and call it a compromise, after they, the operatives, had fought the battle for upwards of 30 years, every inch of the ground being contested during that time with them. They Bided their determination not to consent to any bill that would in ary way infringe upon the Ten Hours' Act already in exigence. But they would willingly join the masters in the a 'option of any rcheme which would render the present tyres unifcrm, end they suggested that this could be beet done by bringing the points in dispute before a superior court—in doing which they would willingly share any expense which might be incurred. After the conference with the maters, the delegates re a.sembled at the Woodman's Hut public-hou e, but business wax ultimately adjourned until Sunday. On that day there were 63 delegates present, and the meting which took place lasted from morning till late in the evening. Very strong resolutions were passed in favour of the ten hours' system, and it was resolved to hold public meetings in earl JIB towns W lay before the operatives the present position of the ques tion, and to memorialise the Queen to cause her principal Seeretary of State to ecforco lie law according to the inter pretation already put upon it by the Secretary of State ; and cause the factory inspectors to carry into effect the ivatruc ti ens issued to them by the Secretary of State u?en the in terpretation given to the Factory Act by the law of of the cro an. A resolution of the central short time committee, request ing Mr. S. Fielden, son of the late Mr. J. Fieden, M.l' , to trke the Vac: of his lamented father, at the head of the agita ti n, was proposed, and unacimonoly adopted. Adr putttiun was appointed to wait upou Mr. Fielded with this resolution; and it is understood that he has consented to comply with this request. Mr. Fielden, together with Mr. oa-Ver and Mr. Ferr.nd, is invited to attend all the meetings which it is in contemplation to hold; and the first of chess has been fixed to take place in Manchester next week. The following is a copy of a printed circular, which has he, n issued to the operatives by the short time committee in Bolton : " The Ten Hours Act —Fellow-workmen, to prove whether the statement made by the deputation of misters was correct, to the government that " a number of large manufacturers to had the full consent of their men for an Eleven Hours Bill," the spinners in the borough of Bolton have this week nude known their opinions by halo., and the result is, that in the whole of the mills, 44 in number, containing 838 spin ners, 829 voted for ten hours : 5 voted for eleven hours ; and 4 weutl not vote; so that it is evident that the operatives are anxious fn ten hours, and no more.—Signed, DAVID HOLT, Secretary." THE MURDER AT ENFIELD.-INQUEST. Yesterday the inquiet, which had been adjourned from the previous evening, was resumed at the King's head 'Tavern, mar Enfb ld Cbarch, before Mr. T. Higgs, to in. quire into the circumstances attending the death of John Cock, butler to John Edward Buller, Esq., solicitor, residing at Eufi.lll, who was stabbed to the heart with a dessert knife by his wife on Sunday afternoon last. Charlotte Giant ewe: e that she was nur,emaid in the service of Mr. Bailer. The deceased was footman and butler in the same family, and had been sa for the last two years. Gu Sunday last, about fi ve minutes before three o'ckck, wit. nese was in the nursery, dressing he self for church, when the deceatgd came up stairs to the nursery-door, and asked her if she would come down stairs and see his baby. Witness said she would as she went to church, and he Immediately left the lauding and went down stairs. lie was perfec,ly sober at the time, and did not appoer to be excited. About five minutes afterwards, witness went down yaks, and prneeedel to the kitchen, but seeing no person there, she walked to the pantry, which adjaios the kitchen. On witness approaching the pantry dour, she saw the de. ceased's feet lying partially in tt.si kitchen, and his body was lying in the pantr. Ile was upon his back, and appeared quite senseless. ills wife was standing modenleu in the pantry on the right side of the deceased, with her child upon her lest arm, and her back was to the sink. When witness was close to the door, the wire ;suddenly exclaimed, " Run and fetch a doctor." Witness was terribly alarmed, and ran to the bottom of the stairs, and celled to the cook, who was up stain. Witness did not wait fur answer from the cook, but immediately returned to the pantry, end said to the wife, " Perhaps ho is only in a faint, and there is no occasion fir a surgeon." The wife replied, " Fur God's sake fetch a el icier,: see what I have done." Witness ran into the road, and entered the first cot tage, and desired a man named Thorn to obtain the assist ance of a surgeon. He went instantly, and witness returned to the house, and on reaching the gate witness met the cook, who exclaimed "that the deceased was quite dead." nisi was very much frightened, and went out and procured asaiganc , . Mary Caplin, the cook, said she had known the deceased about six weeks, and saw his wife the first Sunday she en tered the ',nice. They appeared very friendly together, and it wu known in the family that he was a married man. On Sunday last she again visited the house, and eta, red the kitchen shortly after one o'clock, while all the servants were at dinner. Witnee walked towards and took the child from her, and told her to take her things off, as she appeared to be in a great heat. The deceased took his child from witness, and said to his wife , " What brought you here to-day ?" She replied, " You know what I have come for." The deceased appeared very much agitated at this remark fur a minute or two, but became more cornpo,ed afterwards. Witness again asked her to take her things off, and have some dinner. She then sat down, and partook of some dinner, and she appeared on friendly terms with her husband. Mr. Edward J. Asbury, an assistant to his father, a sur geon, stated that about half.past three o'clock on Sunday lest lie was called to Mr. Bullet's house, in tbe absence of his father. He found the deceased lying upon the floor, as described by the witnesses. There was no pulse to be felt. He breathed once, and almost instantly expired. Witness saw marks of blood upon his shirt, and on unbutton ing it he found a wound, about an inch in length, on the left side of the breast, over the region of the heart. When wit ness pronounced the deceased to be dead, his wife uttered some exclamation. She rem-ined perfectly quiet afterwards. Witness gave directions to a young man named Thorn to ob tain a police constable, and in a few minutes afterwards Sergeant Collins arrived. Tae Coroner read levers! letters which were produced. They charged the dueued with incenstancy, and that he had improper connections with the female servants. They also coctamed the most opproorious epithets to the de ceased, and in one letter the prisoner stated that she wished j ib wgs dead. Mr. J. Asbury, surgeon, said he had made : post mortem examination, and he found a small wound on the left side, about an inch in length, which had been inflicted by some cutting instrument. Mr. William Cock, brother to the deceased, and bailiff in the service of Mr. Buller, said the deceased's friends never countenanced his marriage. They had been married about five years, end only had one chili, which was about six months old. She was always a violent and abusive woman, and the deceased had lost several good situations through her conduct. She was exceedingly jealous, and witness often thought the would do her husband some injury. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Caroline Coca." The Coroner having hound over all the witnesses, he issued hie warrant for the committal of Caroline Cock to News mate. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.—From the hour of one on Tuesday morning until nearly six o'clock, the vartous engines of the London Brigade and West sf England Company were kept in constant motion throuth the streets of the me dtliweliffthreatnteir "alarms" I tl' them received Acing du r ing period st n a o tion fe s. wer T t h h e an m s os ix t serious of these fires broke out in the coffee rcoms belonging to Mr. W. Tilley, in George-street, Marylebece. The premises were of cauiderable .xteAt, swi when the fire was first discovered in the basement of the floor, the inmates were aroused, end with the exception of Mr. Tilley, they all succeeded in making a retreat. Mr. Tilley, in his anxiety to extinguish the flames, descended to the lower part of the house, and whilst engaged pouring water upon the fire, it extended so rapidly, as to compl.-tely encircle him, and had it not been for atme of the public officers he must have perished. The engints were promptly on the spot, hat in spite of the exertions of the firemen, it was not until nearly the whole of the furniture was destroyed, sod the premises almost consumed, that the fire will extiuguished. Mr. Tilley was insure 1 in the Sun Fire Office. ATTEMPT To POISON.—The parishioners of Tre wags, Cornwall, have been in a state of great excitement during the past fortnight, in consequence of the life of their vicar, the Rev. J. T. Symons, having been greatly endan gered by poison. It appears that he took some calves'•toot broth on the evening of the 2nd inst., and was afterwards suddenly taken ill, the cat.se of which was subsequently brought to light, it being that hi. servant, a lad about 14 years of age, had maliciously put an ounce of amide, which he had before purchased, into the basin captaining the broth. It is reported that the young scoundrel's intention was not to poison his master, but that he had premeditated the de struction of his mistress, by whom he supposed the broth would be eaten. An express for Mr. W..st, surgeon, of Camelford, was immediately despatched, and through his exertions, and in consequence of the quantity of arsenic that was given, the set% gentleman is now going on favourably, and it is hoped will recover. The perparator of this crime hu absconded.—Deponport Independent. GRAMMAR SCHOOL ABUSEi. -MEETING AT ROCllliSfir. The Dean and Chapter of Rochester Cathedral hay loft recently dismissed the Itlv. ILibert Whisten from tae head mastership of their grammar-school, in cal sequence of a pamphlet published by him, relative to alleged mismanage meet of the cspitular funds, a public meeting was held yes terday, in the Town•hall, Rochester, is discuss what the re quisitionists term, the unconstitutional and übitr.iry con duct of the dean awl chaptir, in dismissing the Rev. IL. Whiston from the head-mastership cf the Cathedral gram mar school ; and also to consider the propriety of petitioning the Queen in council." The rcom was densely filled at an early hour. The platform was occupid by county magi strates, clergymen, and nearly the whole of the town council. On the motion of J. EDMONDS, Esq., seconded by J. NIGHTINGALE, Req. (both comity magistrates): Capt. BAKER took the chair, &nu proceeded to state the objects for which the meeting bad been convened. He begged to disclaim any intention of jejuna; the church by the prominent part he was taking in the present proceedings. However, he felt strongly, and should perhaps be obliged to express himself strongly, on the subject under discussion, the more so when he found • section of perhaps the most im portant and influential body in existence, persisting is a course which, in the words of the bill he held in his hand, he would call unconstitutional and arbitrary. (Cheers) lie asserted that it was the duty of every man whohad a drop of English blood in his veins tostand forward, and by his exer tions and countenance to endeavour to succour the oppressed. (Cneere.) Let th. M consider Dr. Whiston as standing in that aituatioo, and for what? Not fur agitating fur his own personal benefit, but for the good of the people of Rochester and their families. (Hear, hear.) He craved permission to say a few words on the public conduct of the Dean and Chapter, deem:ng that as public men they were public prupery, while he releliously abstained from alluding to their private ce.aractere, which he believed to be most estimable iu all the relations of lite. They were the administrators of a property which it was alleged had been Mended down to them and their predecessors 300 years ago, and they asserted that their management, which was now impugned, was precisely that welch had been adopted by their predecessors. To tan assertion he gave • most distinct and positive denial. (Hear.) If there had been no d:soussion during the last tweuty years relative to the con duct of deans and chapters towards the property entrusted to them, then perhaps they might have sheltered themselves under the plea that as it was handed to them, so they had administered it. But it must be remembered that in 1h36 a certain bill was brought before parliament to alter in some respect the cathedral system of this country, so as, while preserving existing rights, ultimately to re was the expense tie thess establishments. Now, when that bill was going through parliament, what was the conduct of these reverend gentlemen and their friends ? They presented • memorial serpent by the then Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Rochester, and the Dean and Chapter„ the teaor of which showed clearly that they were fully swore of the real pur port of these statutes, however now they might prokss igno rance. In that memorial they intimated "that the prop , Bed al terations would be wrong in principle,invelyingthesabversion of ancient institutions which had not ceased to be of service to the church, the violation of statutes which were still ob served, and would touch a more serious question, that of con science, as regarded the oaths taken by their officers as well as the members of the establishment, and of which the obli gation was kept and the sanctity revere d." If, as was alleged in justification of the dismissal of Dr. Whiston, that gentleman had been gull') of a sc:.i.delous attack on the dean and chapter, the law wee open to them. L t them take an action, and if Dr. Whiston should be cast, let them dismiss him, but let them not assume a power vehicle no ether body in the kingdom possessed— that of throwing upon Dr. Winston the expense of a lawsuit to regain that of which they ha 1 unjustly deprived him. (Hear, hear.) A letter had been sent to him yester day by Mr. Easel. Against that gentlemen he had nothing to say. Be was chapter clerk, and consequeutly the cat.h. dentist adviser of the dean and chapter ; and, therefore, his letter was to be taken for what it wait worth. lie was not going to examine that letter in detail, but in his opinion a mare futile attempt to deceive the people never appeared in print. (Hear, hear) It was the greatest rubbish he had user seen, and if it was put forward t 3 gull the people of Rochester, Me relieved it would lamentably fail in its elect. (Cneen and laughter.) lie did not think it would make a single convert, but would on the contrary confirm the people in the opinion they had already fennel of the cenduct of the dean and chapter. Not an allegation in Dr. Whinon's pamphlet was denie el in this letter, lied yet he was accused of having printed scandalous libels. Why, the libels were not these of Dr. Whiston, but of the Bishops of London, Lincoln, Exeter, and Canterbury, who each in their places in parliament (in 1836) used language much stronger than any adopted by Dr. Whiston. He would now read to them an address to Dr. Whiston, the adoption of which would be m :ved and seconded by two gentlemen who were about to address them. "To THE REV. ROLL WHISTON. " Rev. and dear sir,—lmpressed with a deep feeling of the injustice exercised towards you by the dean and chapter of Rochester, we, the inhabitant, tf Rochester, Chatham, Stroud, end their neighbourhood, beg to express our feelings of earnest sympathy ; but we must first leo allowed to accord our thanks for your noble, patriotic, and zealous couduct in endeavouring to gain for the scholars of the grammar school of this place thoac benefits which they have been for many years and are now deprived ef. Regardless of personal ease and comfort, and fully aware of the odium ycu must incur, you have courageously fought the battle. By respectfully appealing to the dean and chapter, and then to tee bishop, you sought to gain your ofject. Foiled in both those appli melons, you made an appeal to the public, in which you estahlieh your f .cts with such conciseness and clearness that he who runs may read.' The league* s. of that pamphlet we admit to be severe, but its severity consists not so much in any thing you have sod, as in their own words, which have in such force recoiled upon themselves, the words e( their own advo cates the Bishops of Lincoln, London, and Exeter. It is with pain that we speak with disrespect of men whose office is so sacred, who should and who will command the respect of all right-thinking men, unleas indeed their actions belie the sincerity of their professions. The dean and chapter have exercised towards you what we conceive to be • most arbitrary and unconstitutional power. They have set a brand on you, you have been denounced as utteriy unfit to instruct the boys of their grammar school. If these charges are true you are ruined in fame and fortune. Time, a very short time, will, we believe and hope, prove them totally without foundation ; in the meantime we cannot but sym pathise with you, and assure you that we will each according to our ability aid and assist you in resisting the arm so cruelly and unrelentingly raised to oppress and crush you. Permit us to repeat our thanks moat heartily to you for your noble and disinterested conduct, and wishing you a long career of happiness and success, we remain, &o." Mr. STEELE, in moving the adoption of this address, congratulated the meeting on the imposing appearance it presented. When they considered the great influence of the cathedral body in that small place, the number of p e r sona connected with them in business, and in other ways, it was surprising that so large a meeting had been get together. What had the dean and chaptet been doing ? Seven years hack they found the school established by Henry VIII. declinin,r. and one year back it might be found without a sinlge scholar. Was not that most astonishing negligence ? The dean and chapter alleged that their school had dwindled in consequence of the greater popularity of neighbouring schools, but the fact was, that they paid the master such a small stipend se to render effi ciency unattainable. They paid him in the same way as the poor-law unions did their surgsons, and the consequence was that they were at last lett without a single scholar. (Cheers and laughter.) Where was the Bishop°, Rochester to see the statutes put into operation ? (Hoer, hear.) At last they appointed an efficient man in the person of Dr. Whieton, hut the moment he respectfully suggested improve menu, they refer him to the viarcer, who in turn hands him over to the Court of Caancery. (Hear, and a laugh.) And be it remembered that there he must tight them with his own resources, while they would have the revenues of the foundation. In his (Mr. B's) opinion, dismissal was right, but it had fallen on the wrong person. He believed that the dean and chapter plsaled among other things ignorance of their statuses. He did not believe the plea, but even if well-founded how dis graceful to swear to statutes which they had never read. (Hear, hear.) Be admitted that some of the abuses were of old date, so far beck as the time of Elizabeth. In conclusion he txpresepel his hope that the reform which had been.) well begun would Loon be completed by the voice of the public. The seldress w..s then put, and its adoption carried unani mously. J. NIGHTINGALE moved that a subscription be opened, in order to assist Dr. Whiston in carrying on the good cause. Mr. D. H BAKER seconded the resolution, which was unanirously cgreed to. Mr. W. LEE moved the appointment of a committee to consist of the chairman, Messrs. Nightingale, Steele, and one or two oth. es, for the purpose of preraring a tnemtriel to the Queen in council respecting Dr. Whiston's and also to obtain signatures. This motion was seconded by Mr. BALLEN, and carried unanimously. The Rev. Mr. COBB, Vicki. of DeWitt!, then rose to m inc o d ve . a a f v e cte a o ,a f e th n s a n t k ia s a t a o in read Dr. Whiston's pamphlet, and being a stranger in the o t n h e t hell a i rm a n , main uaensdti in g h d so immediate locality, he c euld give an °putted free from per. sena feeling. He must say that, in his opinion, fiat gentle man had made out a very string case. Remembering Dr. Whist:ill's recent violent expulsion, he thought the people were bound to *train every nerve to see him righted. Mr. EVEREST, a member of the corporation, seconded the resoiutien of thanks, which was carried by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, after which thanks were voted to the maor for the use of the Guildhall, and the proceedings terminated. INQUEST, YESTERDAY.—MORE DEATHS FROM CHOLERA IN THE Mtunaren. Paisox.—Beford Mr. Bed ford, in the Milbank Pri.on, on the bodies of four prisoners who htd died therein of Asiatic cholera. Their names were Jac.' Catling, aged 18; John Donovan, aged 21 ; John Mountford, aged 23 ; and Thomas Jon, s, aged 13. Tim evidence proved that, when admitted, they w: re all is a good state cf health, but they were attacked with Asiatie cholera, of which they died. In answer to a gaeetion, Dr. Baly, the prison physician, laid that the prison was un healthy, from its being low and so near the river. More over, there were bane-boilers and gas works on the opposite side if the river, and an open ditch near the prison. There had been 24 eases of cholera lately in the prishn, and 14 deaths. There were at the present time three other cams, which he hoped would recover.—Verdict in each case " Death from Asiatic cholera." ~i~ 1