The Press. — London, England, 1858-11-13 00:00:00

THE PRESS, NOVEMBER 13, 1858. 1104 to her Majesty's Government was hardly [intended so much in the spirit of advice, as thrown out to elicit an expression of our opinions. ( Hear, hear.) You have baited the hook, no doubt, with great skill and address—( a laugh )—butsome of us have lived many years in the world and have learned to he somewhat cautious. We do not intend to take the bait. (Laughter.) We prefer to be judged by our actions rather than by our intentions, b) our per formances rather than by our promises, and, with what ever respect I may regard this important assembly, I cannot persuade myself that this is an occasion on which to anticipate the speech to be delivered from the throne at the commencement of next session, or on which to take out of her Alajesty's mouth, from which it would fall so much more gracefully than from mine, the announcement of the intentions of her Government. But this I venture to say, that, after enjoying that brief period of partial repose which alone a Minister of State can hope to obtain at any time of the year, I am actively, daily, and assi duously engaged with my colleagues in considering and maturing the details of those measures of legal, social, financial, and political improvement which I hope by the commencement of the session to be able to submit to the impartial judgment of Parliament. (Cheers.) As a Con servative Government we look with reverence and adhere with affection to the great institutions of this country, under which I will venture to say the people enjoy as great an amount civil and religious liberty, as perfect and entire a freedom and independence of thought, word, and action, as any nation on the face of the earth now or at any former time. (Cheers.) But we shall not forget that those institutions were not the creation of a day or the simultaneous production of a single generation ; that, on the contrary, they have been formed by successive additions and improvements ; that they possess a flexibility which enables them to be adapted to the growing intel ligence and the growing wants and requirements of each successive generation; and, though I may be unable to satisfy your lordship's very natural curiosity as to the precise nature of the measures which we shall bring forward, I venture to assure you that they will be couched in a spirit of not endeavouring to serve this or that section of the community, but the whole people--not to legislate for the high or for the low, for the rich or for the poor, but for the well-understood benefit and advantage of all classes. (Cheers.) As I have said that those institutions under which we have the happiness to live are only an aggregate of successive improvements heaped up by successive gene rations, so I trust that when the present Government comes to a close it will not do so without leaving some thing in the shape of a contribution to those improve ments which it is our anxious and earnest desire to make, consistently with the maintenance of the great fundamental institutions of the country. (Cheers.) I must apologize fur having detained you so long, yet I beg to assure you that if the Government required any stimulus to exertion—if any additional motives were wanted to induce them to devote their best faculties of mind and body to the duties in which they are engaged—they would be found in the kind and cordial reception which you have given to us this evening; for, to deserve the esteem of such an assembly as the present, and of our fellow-countrymen generally, is the highest aim of our ambition, as it is the best reward of our labours in the public service. (Cheers.) The noble earl concluded by proposing " The Health of the Lord Mayor." _ _ The LORD MAYOR Lriefly acknowledged the com pliment, and proposed " The House of Lords," associating with the toast the name of Lord Brougham. The toast having been duly honoured, Lord BROUGHAM rose to respond. He ascribed the honour which had been done him to the fact that he bad the privilege of being a citizen of London—a privilege which he highly esteemed. The city of London had been well described as the cradle of our liberties, and he believed it would long remain true to its ancient traditions. The purity of the judicial bench and the independence of the bar were the best securities for rational freedom. In this country the bar had always upheld its independence, and in France, too, the same honourable profession had displayed equal courage and fearlessness. He believed that the bar of France would, in the worst of times—in worse times even than any yet seen in that country—continue to be animated by the same noble spirit. The LORD MAYOR next gave " The Health of the Judges," which was cordially received, and suitably acknowledged by Lord Chief Baron POLLOCK. The LORD MAYOR proposed " The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the House of Commons," which was received with great applause. Mr. DISRAELI, who on rising was received with loud cheers, in acknowledging the toast said : I rise on behalf of the Honee of Commons, which it is my high honour to represent on this occasion, to thank you fur the compliment which now for so many generations has been offered on this anniversary by the corporation of London to that assembly—cordially offered, 1 believe, and cordially accepted. Nor is it wonderful that there should be this reciprocity of feeling between the House of Commons and the corporation of this great city when we recollect that the history of our country contains a record of their united efforts on so many memorable occasions to establish and to vindicate the liberties of England. (Cheers.) We cannot forget that in more than one instance the House of 9 ,ommons has found, not only support, but security in the city of London—that on more than one occasion it has appealed to its love of freedom and itspublic spirit under circumstances of great difficulty. (Hear, hear.) Believe me, my lords and gentlemen, the collection of those times, trying and critical in the history of our constitution, is still fresh in the memory of the House of Commons. These things are not looked upon by that assembly as musty legends, but the glorious tra• ditiou has at all times influenced its opinions, and I trust the day may never arrive when between the House of Commons and the citizens of London there may not be identity of sentiment and identity of interest. (Cheers.) On their part I beg to return you their thanks, and I hope the time is far distant when their health will be proposed in this chamber without being recognized as that of a body entitled to the support and gratitude of free Englishmen. (Cheers.) Among the remaining toasts were—" The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex," " The Bishop of London and the Clergy," " The Lady Mayoress " " The Bar of England and Sir R. Bethell," and " the Members for the City and Lord J. Russell." The musical arrangements, which wore excellent, were under the direction of Mr. Henry Ball in the vocal department, and of Mr. Godfrey, jun., in the instrumental department. The band of the Grenadiers performed several admired operatic selec tions during the banquet. The dinner was supplied by the Messrs. Staples, whose arrangements were of the most satisfactory order. The following was the general bill of fare :- 250 tureens of real turtle, containing 5 pints each; '2OO bottles of sherbet, 6 dishes of flst.s, 30 entree, 4 boiled turkeys and oysters, 60 rout pullets, 00 dishes of fowls, 46 ditto of capons, 50 French pies, 60 pigeon pies; hams, ornamented ; 43 tongues, 2 quarters of house lamb, 2 barons of beef, 3 rounds of beef, 2 stewed rumps of beef, 13 sirloins, rumps, and ribs of beef; 0 dishes of asparagus, 60 dishes of mashed and other potatoes ; 44 dishes of shell fish, 4 dishes of prawns, 140 jellies, 50 blancmanges, 40 dishes of tarts, creamed; 40 dishes of almond pastry, 30 dishes of orange and other tuurtes ' 20 Chantilly baskets, 60 dishes of mince pies, and 56 salads. The Removes.--80 roast turkeys, 6 leverets, 80 pheasants, 21 geese, .10 dishes of partridges, 15 dishes of wild fowl, and 2 pea fowls. Dessert.-100 pineapples, from 21b. to 31b. each; 200 dishes of hothouse grapes, 230 ice creams ; 50 dishes of apples; 100 dishes of pears ; 60 ornamented Savoy cakes ; 75 plates of walnuts ; 80 plates of dried fruits and pr Nerves ; 50 plates of preserved ginger ; 60 plates of rout ()tikes and chips ; 46 plates of brandy cherries. Mr. Harker acted with his usual efficiency as toast master. A MEETING OF CITY MERCIUNTS WAS held At the London Tavern on Monday, to consider the Bank ruptcy Bills introduced by the Lord Chancellor and Lord John Russell during the last session of Parlia ment, and to try to obtain a satisfactory amendment of the bankrupt laws. A committee was appointed to consider, with especial regard to the interests of the mercantile community, the two bills, and to re port on the general subject of bankruptcy and insol vency to a public meeting, to be held on a future day. THE VESTRY OF Sr. GEORGE'S, Hanover•square, held a meeting on Thursday in the Boardroom, Mount street, to consider the resolutions agreed to at the St. James's-hall, on the 18th ult., protesting against the confessional and other innovations in the Church of England ; and also to adopt a petition to Parliament. The ltev. Mr. Howarth, rector, in the chair. The Hon. C. S. Vereker moved the adoption of a petition, in a speech of considerable length. Mr. Bertolacci seconded the motion ; anti, after some dis cussion, Mr. Peel moved, and Mr. Lyon seconded, an amendment, to the effect that while sympathizing with the petition, the meeting did not consider theological discussion to lie within the sphere of the vestry's duties. Sir J. Shelley, M.P., supported the original motion. On a division, only six appeared for the amendment, with thirty-nine against it. The original motion was then put and carried by forty three to two. A vote of thanks to the chairman con eluded the proceedings. LARGE MASSES 0; WILLS have been removed from the old Prerogative Registry and placed in St. Paul's Cathedral and in other localities ; but solicitors and others whose business leads them to the Registry still complain of the inconvenience to which they are subjected by the overcrowded state of the building. THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHIC direct communica tion between London and Paris has just been re established. THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM was visited during the week ending 6th November, 1858, by (1,602 persons. THE BIRTHS of 890 boys and 919 girls, in all 1,806, were registered last week in London. The deaths during the same period were 1,217, showing a rather high mortality, arising principally from bronchitis and pneumonia. of rain, however, fell in the latter part of th e evening, which had the effect of dispersing the co m b atants somewhat earlier than usual. As the proctor and his men were passing E x eter College on Friday night a considerable quantity of water was poured upon them from some of the winilows. This indignity, however, is not likely to be passed over unpunished, for they at once entered the college and ascertained the names of all the delinquents con- earned in its perpetration. SISTERS OF MERCY have been refused permission to visit the workhonse at Liverpool, but the select vestry on Tuesday came to a resolution according the privilege to lady visitors. NEW MAGISTRATES have been appointed for the city and county of Bristol, namely—Messrs. James Poole, John Fisher, W. C. Beloe, W. 3. Bigg, W. D. Wells, and William Sanders. The first four gentlemen are Conservatives, and the last two are Liberals. MESSRS. ROEBUCK AND HADFIELD'S CoinurrEE held a meeting at Sheffield on Monday, to consider the propriety of inviting both representatives to address their constituents. A resolution was pro posed to the effect that it was inexpedient to ask the members to come down until the basis of a Reform Bill had been agreed upon. An amendment wt moved, proposing that the members he invitPd to come down as soon as possible. Ultimately the motion was carried, that the members are not to be invited at present. It was moved and carried that a public meeting be convened of the inhabitants of the town upon the subject of parliamentary reform be• fore the borough members be invited. THE BANQUET TO MESSRS. BRIGHT AND GIBSON, at the Free Trade-hill, Manchester, has been fixed for Friday, December 10. Vrobincial. GIINPOWEER PLOT ANNIVERSARY was commemorated at Oxford by the customary demonstrations between the " Gown and Town." A number of encounters took place during the evening between under graduates and bodies of the townsmen ; and the proctors and police, in endeavouring to preserve the peace by separating the combatants, were in many instances rather roughly handled. A heavy shower 3rtlant. THE PRIESTS AND THE RIBBONNEN do not appear to be on such good terms as formerly. The Newry Examiner states that the Very Rev. Dean Kieran and his curates visited the suspected haunts of the Dundalk Ribbonmen and " routed them." ANOTHER DREADFUL ASSASSINATION has occurred in Ireland, the scene of the murder being the Queen's County, generally regarded as one of the most peace able in the country. The victim is Mr. Richard Ely, who was unmarried, and about sixty-two years of age. He resided in a picturesque cottage, which was close beside Ballaghmore-castle, the residence of his brother, Mr. Robert Ely. Those houses were not more than two hundred yards apart, and a sister was also an inmate of the castle. The deceased was in the habit of daily taking his meals at their mansion and returning punctually to sleep at his own house. On Friday, about twenty minutes past eight o'clock, after dinner, and passing the evening with his brother and sister, to whom he was much attached, he proceeded homewards, by a passage through the farmyard, and while passing through a, stile into a small shrubbery leading to his house he was fired at by an assassin, who lay there in ambush. The con tents took effect in his left arm, a little below the shoulder. On being wounded he returned to his brother's house, and there became faint from loss of blood. Next day amputation was deemed neces sar y , since it was discovered that the bone was broken, destroying the arteries, vessels, and nerves, but be sank in two hours after the operation from the loss of blood and the shock to the nervous system. He underwent the operation with great fortitude. He also frequently and with minuteness described the particulars of the attack on him, and stated that he distinctly saw the person who fired at him, and that the assassin must have been within less than two yards of him ; and be also stated that he distinctly saw the flash of the pan. The authorities have taken the most active measures for the detection and sp• prehension of the assassin. The remains of Dr. Ely were in the course of the day removed to Kyle, the family burial•place, attended by a large concourse of the gentry of the Queen's County, King's Count y, and county Tipperary . The following is a descrip tion of James Delany, native of Rossbaun, who stands charged with the murder :—" Thirty years of apt 51t. 7in. high, slight make, sallow complexion, thin face, regular nose, dark brown hair; wore a grey . tweed frock coat, grey tweed trouser s, grey. tweed vest. He had a piece of cord sewed on the right leg of tr -users over the knee ; is slightly pockpitted; is unable to state what kind of bat or cap he is likely to wear, as the one he had on fell off after discharging the shot. The man is likely to emigrate from either Cork, Galway, Waterford, or Dublin." A NORTHERN IRisH JOURNAL states that o.n Thurs• day, the 4th instant, a body of about 200 Ribbo . were seen marching four abreast, at midnight, 1 . the mountain districts between Draperstown and in Feeney, in the county of Derry, with what object view does not appear. THE TIPPERARY PRIESTS have h eld a meeti ng ted, st which a memoriall to the Executive was adop praying for inquiry into the proceedings nnanecw" ; ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )