The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-25 00:00:00

ZIR LINDSAY AND HIS CONSTITUENTS Mr. Lindsay met the electors of Sunderland on Monday night, in the Lyceum Theatre, for the pur pose of redeeming the pledge he made at his elec tion to return at the end of the session and give an account of his stewardship. The theatre was filled long before the hour fixed, and as the proceedings progressed the building became crowded. Mr. Lindsay, on entering the theatre, accompanied by a number of his leading supporters, was received with enthusiastic cheers, which were renewed when he rose to address the audience, and frequently re peated during the delivery of the hon. gentleman's speech. Mr. Alderman WILSON was called to the chair, and after defending Mr. Lindsay's vote in support of Lord Derby's government as the vote of an in dependent member, he introduced Mr. Lindsay as the independent representative of the independent liberals of the borough. Mr. LINDSAY said—When he had the honour of being the member for Tynemouth he took perhaps a little more than usual interest in everthing that tended to elevate the people, especially the work ing classes. He assisted in promoting a Mechanics' Institute at Tynemouth, and in various other smaller matters ; and the working people there had, as an acknowledgment of those humble services of his towards these objects, been pleased to gather a few pounds with which to present him with some small token of acknowledgment of the past. They had fixed the following day (Tuesday) to present him with this small memorial • and as he had to attend there he thought he could not do otherwise tkan when he was in the north pay his respects to the people of Sunderland, whose representative he had now the honour of being. (Speak up.) His voice, as he got warmer, would perhaps grow louder. (Laughter.) Not that he had a very great deal to say to them, because really since he had had the honour to be their representative there had been very little done. There had been little done to pro mote their interests, he was sorry to say—very little to promote the good of the country—very little to promote progress either in England or in the world. But he thought it perhaps still the more necessary that he should see his constituents, be cause there had been a misunderstanding, he thought, in regard to a vote of his—(" No, no") — a misunderstanding in regard to a very important vote—and a misunderstanding in regard to a speech which he considered his duty to make as their representative in the House of Commons. Now he wished them to understand this. They sent him to the House of Commons, as he under stood, as their representative, not as their delegate. The superiority of the House of Commons as a de liberative assembly over all the deliberative as semblies in the world was this—that the members of that house are, or are presumed to be, indepen dent representatives of the people. Therefore, every representative, when he comes to ask the suffrages of the people, appears upon the platform as an independent representative. They say so at least. Why is it that the House of Commons stands so high as a deliberative assembly in com parison with the rest of the deliberative assemblies of the world? Why is it that the House of Com mons stands so much higher than the Senate of France, or the Congress of America, or the Senate of the United States ? It is because the members of the House of Commons are the representatives of the people, or are presumed to be the represen tatives of the people. In these other places they are delegates—paid delegates. (Hear, hear.) Now did they wish him to be their independent ropresentative—(" Yes, yes," and loud cheers) —or did they wish him to be the mere delegate of a party ? (" No, no," and immense cheering.) If they desired him to be the mere delegate of a party, he must tell them, and tell them frankly and at once, that however much he esteemed their suf frages and respected the honour they had conferred upon him, he declined to sit in the House of Com mons as the delegate of any political party. (En thusiastic cheering.) Now, why did they return him to the House of Commons ? They returned him to the House of Commons, he presumed, be cause they thought that he would be a fitting re presentative of them—because trained, as he had been, to the sea—familiar as he was with shipping —having large dealings with the world—having a knowledge of men—having been forced to study the characters of men—and having been obliged to think for himself, he was a competent person to think for them, and to represent them. (Cheers.) Then, he trusted, they would allow him to think for them when he went to the Senate of the people, and he trusted they would allow him to exercise his judg ment to the best of his humble abilities as long as he did not deviate from those principles upon which he received their suffrages. cCheers.) Now, had he swerved from those principles? (Cheers, and " No, no.") No. ("Yes,' and "No.") There were one or two voices in that assembly which said that he had swerved from those principles, he asked them to tell him of a single vote that he had given con trary to the principles of progress, free trade, and civil and religious liberty. (Cheers.) Now, the vote to which he had alluded had given offence to some gentlemen in that place, whom he must ever respect—(" Mr. Alcock," and aughter)—and he re gretted exceedingly that they should have thought that there had been any cause of offence; but, in giving that vote, he did not violate any principle : it was a party vote. (Hear.) This would carry him back to the session. Now, how had that ses sion been occupied ? He spoke of the session from February up to the 12th or 14th August, when the house rose, because, though it included part of ti,v• parliaments, they might still call it one session. Well, in fact, there had been two great divisions : one brought a dissolution, and the other a change of Ministry. There had been two great questions before the house ; first, the question of reform at at home, and next, the war abroad. Then there had been two great parties struggling for power ; the one represented by my Lord Derby, anxious to retain power ; the other represented by my Lord Palmerston, anxious to regain power. Now, if he had to choose between Lord Derby, as a reformer and a Liberal, and Lord Palmerston, it would be a matter of very great consideration with him, he could assure them. Before they did him the honour of returning him to parliament, they might be well aware that he did everything that within him lay to overthrow the administration of Lord Palmerston, as the worst administration he be lieved that ever ruled the destinies of this country. (Loud cheers.) They must be well aware that he was opposed to Lord Palmerston's foreign policy—that he denounced it as a dangerous policy—that he opposed Lord Palmerston's policy on the China question ; and that he was one of the n inety-nine who repudiated Lord Palmerston's act in succumbing to that haughty message which was sent by Count Walewski dictating to the people of this country. (Enthusiastic cheering.) There fore they could not expect him (Mr. Lindsay) to have faith in Lord Palmerston's foreign policy; and if it was a question of overthrowing Lord Derby merely to reinstate Lord Palmerston, it then became a question of very grave consideration with him as to whether he should assist in overthrowing Lord Derby's Government or not, for he himself believed that Lord Palmerston was no more a re former than Lord Derby. (Cheers.) He believed that neither were reformers except through neces sity. (Loud cheers.) Did not Lord Palmerston oppose the extension of the £lO franchise to the counties ? (" Right, right.") Did he not join the Conservatives and oppose it ? (Enthusiastic cheers.) Had not Lord Palmerston opposed the abolition of church-rates up to this very session ? Talk to him of Lord Palmerston as a reformer. Did not Lord Palmerston oppose the Ballot ? Why, on all these great questions dear to him (Mr. Lindsay) as a Liberal—as an advanced Liberal—there was no thing in common between Lord Palmerston and himself. Therefore, if it were a question of choice between Lord Palmerston and Lord Derby, it was to him as a reformer a choice between two evils. (Cheers.) Now, to come to the main point. When he sought their suffrage, if he pledged himself to any question there were two great question to which he pledged himselfquestion these were the question of Re form and th e on of peace. In respect to this question of , Refo rm, he said, not at a public meet ing, but at a semi-public meeting, that if Lord Derby attempted to brin g w fo ie r b ward such a mockery h of a Reform Bill as that he brought forward humble aid towards thro whi ch he ga v e hi s 1 before the dissolution —and wing o utand Lo if no other moved a vote of no - confidence against he, h um ble as he was, would do so. Thisrdh a Ddebrbyeen , misconstrued. The first p ar t of the sentence w left out by those w ho did not wish hi m well, andba: I those who doubted him ; and the las t part onf r ; was noticed. (Cheer s. ) Now, there w ere tw o questions questions on which he and they and all earnest men felt a deep interest, and to these questiOns he had, as he had said, given them a ple d g e. The y were the questions of reform and pea ce. When they I returned him to Parliament the war was raging in "Europe; we did not know but that we ourselves aright have become embroiled in that dreadful con flict. He pledged himself to support any Govern ment that would maintain a strict and an honour able neutrality. (Loud applause.) He pledged , himself further to do everything that could lay in his power to have this great question of reform settled; for whether it was necessary or not—and he was one who considered it necessary—it was time that this question of reform was settled. He .had no faith in Lord Palmerston settling this ques tion therefore he made a condition with the Go -rernment, and he had that condition in writing, ve-fore he would give his support to maintaining in o' the administration of Lord Derby. He would re t.o them this condition. It had been whis pe. r ed about—though he took no notice of these things—that he personally had something to gain by the course which he took—that there was some condition which he had made behind the scenes, some mysterious condition to benefit himself. Why, there were very few in that place.who knew him who would really suppose for one moment that these stories were true. (" None but the Whigs.") They knew he really had little of importance to gain by being in Parliament, but he had much to lose. They knew that no appointment the Govern ment could give him would pay him as well as the business in which he was employed, and they knew also that if he did seek a seat in Parliament it was for the honour—it was from the hope of being of some advantage to his fellow-men. (Cheers.) There fore he asked them to understand him, when he said there was a condition made before he would take the course he took, and before he would invite others to follow that course which he felt it to be his duty to take. And the conditions were these—first, to regard to reform—that the late Government should declare that they were pre pared to bring in a bill, and to use all their power to pass it, which should provide for boroughs a £6 rental franchise, and for counties a £lO rental franchise ; and that, at least, thirty of tile smaller boroughs should be disfranchised. (Loud applause.) That was one of the conditions which he made before he would promise his support to the late administration. Had he not provedhim self an earnest reformer by that condition ? The next was this : that the Government should pledge themselves to take all necessary steps to maintain an honest and honourable neutrality, showing also that they were determined to take part with nei their of the belligerents, and that they were pre pared to defend to the utmost the honour and the interests of England, if either should be attacked. (Applause.), These were the conditions, and these were the only conditions which he enforced when he gave his consent to oppose that party move which was headed by Lord John Russell. Now, as they were aware on the first night of the debate, immediately after the seconder of the amendment sat down, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as the representative of the Government in the House of Commons, rose in his place in Parliament and gave distinctly his pledges - to those conditions which he (Mr. Lindsay) had named. Having done so, as a reformer anxious to have this great question of re form settled, prepared to accept a sound reform bill whether from a Whig or a Tory Administration, there was no other course left to him than to give his opposition to that party move which was made to overthrow the Administration of Lord Derby. But what had they (the reformers) gained by the change ? Why it was said, " Oh, Lord Derby's Government has been overthrown ; and Lord Pal merston"—who for the moment called himself a re former—" is in office." Lord Palmerston taunted the late Government for not laying a Reform Bill upon the table this session. Had Lord Palmerston laid a Reform Bill upon the table this session P (No, no.) No ; He had done nothing of the sort ; and he told them frankly that his lordship would not lay a Reform Bill upon the table next session un less he was forced to do so. Then there wag another consideration with him (Mr. Lindsay)—there was another house besides the House of Commons. If Lord Palmerston passed through the House of Commons a Reform Bill which would satisfy all sound Liberals ' would his lordship be able to pass that Reform Bill through the House of Lords ? (Hear.) He doubted it. It would go as the Jew Bill did for 25 years, like a battledore and shuttlecock between the Peers and the Commons ; and this question might be hanging over their heads, and might be made a party question, and furnish a party cry at every hustings throughout the kingdom for the next 20 years. Now he was an earnest reformer, and wanted the question settled. He did not want this question driven between the two houses. And there was another element of consideration with him, because he felt that if Lord Derby could give a bill which would satisfy him (Mr. Lindsay) and other reformers, his lordship had a power which the Whigs not not—a power to pass a bill through the Lords, and thus settle in our day and genera tion this truly important question. Now there had been a great deal said, that in returning him as their representative to the House of Commons, one great reason why they did so was, that when Mr. Hudson and Mr. Fenwick represented them, their votes were nullified, because one went into one lobby, and the other into the other lobby. Now, he believed his excellent and esteemed colleague, Mr. Fenwick, to be as sound a reformer as he him self was. They both in the vote they gave were equally anxious to obtain reform, and to obtain a settlement of the question. Mr. Fenwick thought that by the course he was taking he would obtain reform the soonest ; he (Mr. Lindsay) thought that by the course he was taking he would obtain it the soonest. That was the only difference between them ; but upon all questions of principle—for this was a mere party question: there was no principle involved in that vote—they were found together. They were found together in the vote for the sweep ing away of church rates, and on the vote for en dowed schools ; and upon all those great questions of civil and religious liberty and principles of progress and reform, he dared say they would find them together—(cheers)—and he thought he ought to take that opportunity in justice to his esteemed colleague of saying that short as was the time that they had been together he had found him an exceedingly valuable colleague. Upon many questions perhaps he might have a better knowledge from practical experience--the referred more particularly to maritime questions ; but there were many legal points which ho (Mr. L.) could not be supposed to understand, on which Mr. Fenwick's advice was to him of the greatest importance and value. He had already received from Mr. Fenwick much valuable information, which had been of much value to him, and would be perhaps through him of much value to them. The next question to which he would refer was rather a dry one, but it was one in which this country was deeply interested as a nation and as a maritime power, and the peopla of Sunderland were particularly interested in it. He meant the shipping question. Early in the late Parliament he moved for a committee to inquire into the special burdens affecting the merchant shipping, with a view to their removal. The House of Commons was pleased with due accord to grant this committee. The committee had merely com menced its sittings when the dissolution took place. He put the motion on the paper for it again ; when the time came to move it there was a change of Government. As they knew, some considerable time intervened and no business was done, and by the time he got in turn again the House of Com mons was weary of party fights, and was not really in the mood or in the spirit to go into any of thos questions which are considered in the House of Commons, he was sorry to say, though very im portant, still very dry questions. Therefore he had not had an opportunity of doing more in the House of Commons since he had been their representative than merely, in a few words, getting from the President of the Board of Trade a distinct under standing, given in his place in Parliament, that if he (Mi.. Lindsay) moved early next session for a committee to inquire into those burdens, the Go vernment would be willing to grant that com mittee ; and he got a still further pledge that the Government would introduce early next session a bill to deal with passing tolls and local charges upon shipping. He could not boast of having done much ; this little he had done. (" You'd better resign," and laughter.) He was not exactly cer tain that he was bound to do what that gentleman told him, but he would consider the matter. (Laughter.) Early next session he would move for the committee of which he had given notice, and no doubt it would be granted. In connection with this question of shipping there was one or two points that he wished them calmly to consider with him. The Shipowners' Society of London and various intelligent and influential gentlemen considered that the cause of the present great depression was the change of our policy, and they naturally asked for a reversal of the free trade policy as applied to shipping. He had always held that even if a re versal of that policy was for the interests of the shipowners, there would be no chance of obtaining it. The Shipowners' Society of London and va rious other delegates from seaports, memorialised her Majesty in regard to the present depressed state of shipping, and prayed for reciprocity. This memorial had been printed by the House of Com mons, and reported upon by the Board of Trade-- the Board of Trade of the Protectionist Govern ment—and this reportshowed, first, that the entries inwards and outwards of British shipping had in creased much more since the repeal of the Naviga tion Laws than before ; it showed next that the number of ships built since the repeal of the Navi gation Laws was greater than before; and it also showed that the number ofships owned was greater since the repeal of the Navigation laws than before. tolds shipping: ew e ren three important facts. He wished to put the case clearly before them ; and therefore . he that the report also showed that foreign entering i nwar d s i n our por t s h a d In creased in a_ greater ratio than British shipping. This fact had be en looked upon by a great number of intelligent shipowners—and he saw his friend hhe Adcock (Nir . before Lindsay) n him, and he had no d ou bt h e was one of them—with a considerable amount of alarm; wonderand hu.n at it ;because he saw great depressio n around and a great num ber of industrious a n d hardworking ship wright s and honest h ones t shipown ers o f this country gradually going to ruin. There was no hidi ng this stern fact that there was a greater amount of distress among the honest shipo wners of this c ountry than :cf. there was, and that there was an amount of stagna tion in the shipbuiling yards along the ba n k s of the river which was almo st unprecedented. But the question was, could they do anything by legislation ,e evils ? (Mr. , . to remove Alcock—Yes.) Well, if they could be would be most happy to do it. Mr. Lindsay proc'e, eded to point out the greet advantages of free trade tl i.l.iroughly carried out, and how by en forcing recipr oc.ity u:ion other nations adverse to free trade, the . artrzans and shipowners of this coun try would mai 'enallY suffer. In conclusion, the hon. member sai d, if anything he had done or said had given offence to any one, no one regretted it more than he did. He read the paper censuring his conduct, and althdu3h only signed by 113 out of 3,000 voters, he imust say, when he looked at the names in the pap( 'l' it cal'it him considerable pain. If those gentlemey a thought him wrong, they had a right to protest, a nd now that they have mutually and frankly statei 1 their opinions, he hoped they would hold out to,liim the right hand of fellowship, and instead of opi )osing assist him to obtain those measures of reform which all desired. The hon. gentleman sat down, after saying, "Continue tome your confidence, and I will never swerve from those independent principles which I have always pro fessed." The CHAIRMAN proposed a vote of confidence in Mr. Lindsay, which T‘-as carried with acclamation. Judge HALIBURTON . , being called upon by the meeting, in a few remarks paid a high compliment to Mr. Lindsay's practicul knowledge and useful ness as a member of Parliament, after which a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meeting concluded. SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1859. MR. LINDSAY ON STRIKES. On Tuesday night a great demonstration took place in North Shields, on the occasion of the non electors' presentation to Mr. Lindsay. The presen tation consisted of a very handsome rosewood cabi• net (manufactured by Mr. Hedley Chapman), and containing sumptuously bound copies of the works of Shakspeare, Milton, Bacon, and Burns. A soiree was held in the Albion Assembly Rooms, which was attended by about 600 inhabitants of the borough, many of Mr. Lindsay's friends from Sun derland and Newcastle being also present. The chair was taken by Dr. Dodd, who was sup ported on the right by Mr. Lindsay, M.P., and Mr. Ingham, M.P , and on his left by Mr. Justice Hali burton, and many most influential inhabitants of the town and district. Mr. Lindsay, on entering the room with his friends, was received with im mense cheering. Mr. RIDER, a journeyman joiner, read an ad dress to Mr. Lindsay, which was signed by about 800 non-electors of the borough. Mr. LINDSAY, who was greeted with long-con tinued cheering, thanked the assembly for the tes timonial with which they had presented him, but, above all; thanked them for the feelings which dic tated this spontaneous desire to aid so very humble a member. He had left them in regret, but not in anger, and perhaps they might in after years find that the principles which he advocated were the principles which would tend most to the interests of the people at large, and to their own interests in the long run. But it was not so much on account of his political principles that the testimonial was given to him, but there was a feeling among the working classses that he had assisted in giving them the means of gaining knowledge. Some gen tlemen were of opinion that it was unwise to edu cate the working classes, and that knowledge led to combinations and strikes. At all events there were strikes when knowledge was less rare than it is now, and if knowledge had done anything it had done this : that whilst the strikes in olden times were accompanied by bloodshed and violations of the law, no violations of the law occurred now. The mechanics had first to learn that the well-being of the working classes was as essential to the tran quillity and happiness of the state as it was to their own happiness ; and by a little study they would learn that the increase of revenue and stock was increased national wealth. If they had this im pressed on their minds, they would not be so dis posed as they were at present to combine among themselves to enforce better wages, when the de mand for labour did not warrant it. Labour was the poor man's capital, as much as shipping and land was his (Mr. Lindsay's); and he had a per fect right to dispose of that capital to the best ad vantage. (Cheers.) He was going to speak a few words to them in plain, honest language; but it was for their geed. In former times there were laws which made combinations for the advance of wages illegal, and many restrictions were put upon the masters in regard to the number of apprentices they took, &c., even to the dictation of the manner in which those apprentices should be fed. Happily, all these laws had been swept away, as being unjust and injurious to the people themselves. They had now a right to combine amongst themselves, but it was very questionable to him whether it was for their interest to do so. They lost in the low,monthsrun. Say, for instance, they struck three months to get an advance from ss. to ss. 6d. ; even if they carried their point they lost ss. a day for three months, and entailed an immense amount of suffer ing upon themselves and families. They had also done an injury to the state, because they were un productive labourers ; they were consumers, but they were not lending anything towards the creation of the wealth of the nation. He would now come to another point. While they had a per fect right to say they would not take a certain wage per day, they had no right to say to their neighbour that he should not do so if he thought proper, because that was a species of tyranny, by not allowing him to exercise his own free will. What was the effect of these combinations ? There were rules laid down which said that a certain man should only work a certain number of hours. Take, for instance, the masons' trade which was now on strike in London. They said a man should only use his trowel with one hand ; and the effect of this was that the skilled and industrious and energetic man was put on the same footing as the indolent man, whose wages were the same as the other. This was an unnatural state of things; and the surprise to him was, that the intelligent and energetic man should become a party to those combinations which attempted to "regulate" the price of labour. While he said this he begged them to bear in mind that he considered it equally impolitic and erroneous for the masters to combine. (Loud cheers.) 'rake the ship-building trade, for instance. There were in Sunderland and in that port various grades of shipbuilders. There was one shipbuilder who could by his greater energy and skill have more orders for ships, and could afford to pay workman ss. a day and make a profit. What right had the other masters to dictate to such a ship-builder as this, and say that because they were only paying 4s. a day to the carpenter, he should only give 4s. ? Why he only gave ss. a day on the presump tion that he could get a full receipt for that money. Therefore, it was as impolitic and as un wise on the part of the masters to enter into these combinations as it was for the men. The attempt to regulate wages was also injurious. A large em ployer of labour that day told him that he was con nected with the press, and it appeared that in the Printers' Union they had a general assembly and various presbyteries. The rate of pay was sd. per thousand letters, but at Aberdeen it was only 40. The general assembly decided that the Aberdeen pay should be 5d., and that the Aberdeen printers should strike. The printers said, " We do not want to strike ; we are satisfied with the pay, and as house rent and living are a great deal cheaper in Aberdeen than in London, Liverpool, and other great cities, 41d. is better to us in Aberdeen than sd. to you in London." The general assembly would not listen to that sensible reasoning, and compelled the men to strike against their inclination and clearest convictions ; and they were obliged to leave their families in want and misery to obey the man dates of that general assembly. This was a species of tyranny not to be tolerated. All attempts to regulate wages or the price of articles had been signally fallacious ; the price must be regulated by demand and supply. Many years since an attempt was made to regulate the price of coals. The coal owners fixed the amount of produce and the price of the coals. Consequently, to maintain the price they had fixed, they were obliged to materially curtail the supply, so that some large collieries which could have worked 500 tons a day ' obliged to reduce their workings to perhaps 100 tons. Intelligent men said immediately, " We are getting 15s. per ton upon these hundred tons, but if we got 7s. per ton upon five hundred tons, we should have a much larger profit, and be able to employ a greater number of workmen ;" so that this system which they had established for their especial benefit brought an amount of ruin upon various collieries. It was the same thing with an attempt to regulate wages. Why should the indo lent man be placed on the same footing as the fine, manly, energetic fellow who could make 7s. or Bs. a day ? Did they think the intelligent men of England would continue to stand that ? No. As they got more knowledge they would find that those combinations were not only tying their hands, but they were doing more than this. This was a great national question. Since the policy of free trade was wisely established in this country Englishmen had been forced to compete with other nations, and to maintain our position we must compete also in the labour market. If by these combinations they were curtailing the time when a man was allowed to work, and consequently must give him a greater wage, they were raising the rite of wages, so that the manufacturer of this country might not be able to produce the article at as low a price as his com petitors, the consequence was that he was driven out of those markets. This evil fell upon the work men, because it threw them out of employment. It made the number desirous of being employed greater than the number required; and consequently wages fell, while employment ceased. He asked them to be bound by no law which attempted to fetter their energy, and to ask in the market for that price which their labour was worth, but also to ask to have free scope for their industry and energy so that they might reap the reward. By doing so they were not only benefitting themselves, but the nation. Ile introduced Mr. Justice Haliburton, who, he said, had for many years taken a deep in terest in the welfare of the industrious classes. His writings were not merely full of wit, but they had done much to elevate the people from the pot-house to the parlour. (Applause.) _ _ _ Mr. iIALIBURTON was received with enthusiastic cheers, and one more for " Sam Slick." He said he felt a great deal embarrassed as to the mode in which he should address them; or the topics he should select. He had come with his friend Mr. Lindsay for the purpose of seeing this country— well-known as containing the greatest shipbuilding ports in the world. He regretted that there was not in those shipyards the employmentthey could wish, hut one of the baneful effects of war was to produce a superabundant supply of vessels ; and it was to be hoped that in a shorttime the demand and the sup ply would be more equalised, and that shipping would be,' as usual, a very profitable employment. His friend Dr. Dodd had eulogised him in such a way that, if he were not an old lawyer, it would have drawn the blushes very strongly into his face, and Mr. Lindsay had gone, if possible, a little beyond the doctor ; but this was to be expected from the long friendship which had existed between himself and Mr. Lindsay, for whom he entertained a very high personal regard, both in his private capa city as a gentleman, and also in his public capacity as a representative of the people. He had the mis fortune to differ from Mr. Lindsay in some points; but he concurred in the opiuion of the great ma jority of the people of England, and that was that upon all mercantile subjects, and upon all subjects which affected the shipping interest—which was the great interest of England—Mr. Lindsay was universally admitted to be, if not the very ablest, one of the most able representatives in Parliament. Mr. Lindsay was always listened to with very great attention, as every man would be who was master of the subject upon which he talked. Mr. Lindsay said there was an object in his (Mr. H.'s) books. Now, he should feel truly ashamed of him self—it would be very incompatible with his situa tion as a judge—if he should write a jest-book to make people laugh ; it would be a very undignified and very unprofitable thing for a judge to do; but he thought he might do a very great service to his countrymen, provided he could convey to them cer tain truths, either too humble for them to care much about or too dry, unless like doctors' pills they had a little sugar put round them. It was a very bad thing, as all lawyers knew, to have what they called an alias : when a man having four or five aliases was put into the dock it was enough to convict him. He laboured under the disadvantage of having an alias ; he was known by the name of Haliburton, and also as Sam Slick. He hoped this would not operate so much against him as he had seen an alias operate against others. He shoull not attempt to follow up those subjects upon which Mr. Lindsay had so ably discoursed, because he had exhausted the subject. Mr. Lindsay was a prac tical man, and whatever a practical man said was listened to with proper respect, because, however good theories may be in themselves, a mere theory without practice made a very imperfect man, what ever his occupation might be. He agreed with his friend Mr. Lindsay in his remarks about strikes. There was one consolation to be drawn from these strikes,there was no country but England could afford to have strikes. Strikes were expensive things, and only belonged to a rich country ; he defied any man to point to any country where mechanics could go upon strike for three months together as they did here. It the mechanics in the States were to strike, they would be starved out by Saturday night. Mr. Lindsay was an example of what a man could do; and it was this upon which his respectability was so much based, that by his industry, perseverance, prudence, intelligence, and energy, he had been the architect of his own fortune, and a very handsome fortune it was ; and he was still a young man. On the other hand, there were examples for a man to avoid. There were no more valuable institutions in this country than mechanics' institutes, but they had changed their nature and become something else than they were originally designed to be. He did not think they did the good they originally did, or fulfilled the purposes that Lord Brougham and other philanthropic men intended. They had be come rather places for lectures upon abstract things, and did not convey that useful knowledge which they ought. He should prefer very much indeed if the mechanics themselves would be the lecturers in their institutes. He would like to know whether Mr. Fairbairn, of Manchester, would not give a far better lecture than the most profound man from King's College, London, because the former had got the practical combined with the theoretical knowledge. It very frequently happened that young men, not mechanics, and knowing nothing about their life, doubts, anxieties, skill, or know ledge, and wishing to get their names known a little in public, delivered lectures, and they went to cyclopedias and other books, and hunted up cer tain statements, which they did not know to be right or wrong. Why, it was all wind, and went for nothing. If mechanics' institutes were to do any good, mechanics must take them into their own hands, be their own managers and committees, and not look to any people of consequence, but make it entirely and purely a mechanics' institute for their own advancement. (Applause.) As mechanics' institutes now stood, they were one of the first step ping-stones for young men t o ge t i n t o P ar li amen t. They tried their minds there in making speeches. Everybody that went to a hustings here, or spoke at all, was all for the people; he would lay down his fortune, stake his character, and sacrifi ce a ll f or the people. He didn't care for the honour, but it was for the poop e --he was a friend of the people. H. made a great many pledges, but if pawnbrokers took parliamentary unredeemed pledges, and any body could be found to buy them, an auctioneer's would be found a much more profitable business then a shipbuilder's. (Applause.) Mr. INGiis sr next spoke in terms of general ap probation of the conduct of Mr. Lindsay, whom he had always had reason to regard as one of the most intelligent and one of the most useful members of the Huse of Commons. His conduct in reference to the Harbours of Refuge Commission and that of manning the navy entitled him to the highest respect. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the pro ceedings terminated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-Aug. 24. .MANSION-lIOUSE.—W m . Gill, of Leadenhall market, poulterer, and licensed dealer in game, was summoned for having in his possession certain head of black game out of season. Mr. Orridge attended to support the complaint, and Mr. Best for the defendant. Mr. Orridge said the information was laid under the Ist and 2d Wm. IV., c. 32, sec. 4, by which any dealer who might have possession of black game between the 10th of December and the 20th of August, except it was game from Devonshire or Soinersetshire, where the time of prohibition was extended to the Ist of September, was liable to a penalty ; and he (Mr. Orridge) should prove by a witness that the defendant had possession of several head of black game on the 15th inst., five days be fore the date when posses s i on was allowed by the act. Joseph Newstead, a clerk in the office of the Field newspaper, deposed that from information re ceived by him, he went to the defendant's shop in Leadenhall-market, and saw there several head of black game, of which he purchased one, which he produced, for 3s. 6d. On cross-examination by Mr. Best, the witness said he was sent to make the purchase by the Asso ciation for the Prevention of the Sale of Game out of Season, having its offices at the Field office; and he admitted that the . defendant was not present when he (witness) made the purchase. Mr. Best submitted that there must be some proof that the person who sold the game was really in the employ of the defendant ; or otherwise his authorised agent, before the case could be carried any further. Mr. Orridge contended that positive proof on this point was unnecessary ; as, in tfte ease of a licensed dealer in game, he had a right to conclude that any person selling game on the dealer's pre m'ses, in the absence or presence of the dealer him self, was a duly authorised agent. The. Lord Mayor—You must prove to my satis faction that the game was sold by the defendant or his agent, and you have not done so. Mr. Orridge thought the fact of selling in the defendant's shop was sufficient. The Lord Mayor—l think not. Mr. Orridge thought it should be so considered,. for the 42d section o f th e ac t th rew th e proof of exceptional facts upon the party proceeded against. Mr. Best said the 42d section was not intended to apply to such cases at all, and for aught that had been shown to the contrary, it might have been sold to the in fortm r by a person who was a stranger to the deli•nittnt. Orridg-e sL,id that was by no means likely. The Lord Mayor—You might have proved your case by calling the defendant's assistant, Mr. Or ridge. I do not think the delendant is bound to disprove the fact of the service. I think you are bound to prove it. Mr. Orridge—Then I shall ask you to adjourn the case, my lord. Mr. Best—And I shall ask your lordship to dis miss the summons. The Lord Mayor—Have you any further proof, Mr. Orridge ? Mr. Orridge said he had not. if required to prove the contract of service, he could go no further then. The Lord Mayor—lf you knew as much of the practice of Leadenhall-market as I do, you would not be surprised that I want you to prove, other wise I might convict every tradesman in Leaden hall-market. I dismiss the summons. Mr. Orridge said he must, of course, submit, but the information would be laid afresh. Mr. G. Brookes, secretary to the Game-dealers' Society, said he thought the opportunity a proper one, with his lordship's permission, of calling attention to the fact that any person purchasing game of the men who sell in the streets is liable to a fine of £5. The society did not want to pounce upon the public by means of informers, but he thought if the fact were made known by the press, it would have the effect of putting the public on their guard. The Lord Mayor said he had no.control over the press, but the statement was a very proper one to be made public, and Mr. Brookes had acted kindly in making it. Mr. Orridge said the association which he re presented had been established as much for the protection of gamedealers as of sportsmen, and would take proceedings against purchasers of game in the streets if cases were brought under their notice. The Lord Mayor told Mr. Orridge he would have plenty of work if that were done, for on Saturday nights numbers of street game-sellers might be seen on and near London-bridge. CLERKENWELL—DARING ROBBERY OF A CASH-BOX AT A LICENSED VICTUALEER'S.—Thomas Jones, Thomas Gallagher, and Samuel Harmer, all well known to the police, were placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged on remand with stealing a cash-box containing £25 from the Prince Albert public-house, Hollingsworth-street, Isling ton, the property o f M r . Ch ar l es W a lk er. _ _ Mr. T. Beard attended on behalf of Gallagher and Harmer, and Mr. T. Wakeling for Jones. Mrs. Walker said that, on the morning of the 10th, about half-past ten, the prisoners entered the bar, and Gallagher and Harmer called for some drink, which they paid for with some half-pence. The whole of the prisoners then called for some cigars, which one of them paid for with half-a crown, and she gave them change from the till. They then had some more deink, which came to fourpence, and gave half-a-crown in payment, for which she had to get change from the cash box in the parlour. One of the prisoners at this time was in the tap-room, and Harmer went and spoke to him. Gallagher and Harmer said the cheroots were very much broken, and if she would untie a bundle they would take a shil ling's worth. She got a bundle, and Harmer took four. He then went into the tap-room to the pri soner Jones. Gallagher remained at the bar com plaining of the broken state of the cheroots, and she remained waiting to serve him. Harmer came back from the tap-room and the cigars were very bad, and that she must put some more out for them to choose from. She did so, and when they had picked some out they asked her for some paper to put them in. She gave them some, but this was not clean enough for them, and she gave them some more. Eventually she satisfied them both with paper and cigars, and then Jones came out of the tap-room. She heard her bar-parlour door slam, and then all the prisoners left the house. She sus pected that something was wrong, and, upon her going into the parlour, missed the cash-box. She went to the front door, and saw Jones going one way and the other prisoners another. Gallagher and Harmer, who were brought back, were in the house the day before. Cross-examined—Jones she had not seen before. There were not a number of persons passing through the passage at the time. While the prisoners were in the house no one was in the passage but the servants. Mrs. Grummell said that, on the morning of the 10th, she saw the whole of the prisoners leave the prosecutor's house. Jones came out first and went one way, and the other two ran round the corner. Mrs. Waiker came to the door and called out, and witness ran after Gallagher and Harmer. They ran across a brick-field, and went to a house and knocked. A lady came out and spoke to them, but would not let them in. Charles Hawkins, the potman, said he saw the three prisoners at the house on the morning in ques tion, and they all came in together. They were at the house about an hour. He saw Jones in the tap room, and though his conduct very suspicious, as he kept looking towards the bar-parlour door. Cross-examined by Mr. Wakeling—l am certain that Jones is the man, although I had only seen him once. When the prisoner was taken into cus tody I pointed him out to the constable. By Mr. Beard—There were other customers came in while the prisoners were in the bar, but I can not say whether they were men or women. Mrs. Lin dop said she resided at 21, George's-grove, Holloway. On the morning of the 10th Gallagher and harmer knocked at her house door. She asked them what they wanted, when they looked con fused and did not make any answer. They had previously been up to the laundry door and shook it violently. They then ran up to the private door and knocked a rat tat, but would not then say what they wanted. Police-constable Stammers, 136 N, said he took Harmer and Gallagher into custody at the door of the last witness. The prisoner Harmer said, "I do not know what we are in custody for. I was run ning after the man who took the box." One of them gave his address at Dublin, and the other at Liver pool. When Jones was taken into custody he was at Orme's, the Jane Shore, with a lot of thieves. Sergeant Gould, 40 N, said he took the prisoner into custody, and told him that a young man wanted to speak to him. He made a rush to the back-door of the Jane Shore, and called out " Rous, rous," which means " help." His companions came for ward and tried to rescue him. At the station, when the prisoner was searched, there was found upon him a jemmy, some picklocks, and some skeleton keys. On the way to the station he said he would lay £lOO to £1 that he was not the man. Cross-examined—He did not tell the prisoner the charge until he got him to the station. The prisoner asked him, but he did not tell him, because he was surrounded by the prisoner's companions. Mr. Beard submitted that it was only a case of suspicion, for it was not shown that they were known to each other. Mr. Wakeling said, as far as his client was con cerned, he must say that Mrs. Walker must be mistaken in his identity. Mr. Tyr whitt said it was a case he could not deal With. Mr. Wrakeling and Mr. Beard said, under the circumstances, the prisoners would reserve their defence. Mr. Tyr whitt fully committed the prisoners to the sessions for trial. Inspector Judge, N division, said that Gallagher and Harmer had been previously convicted, and sentenced to transportation, Gallagher for 20 years. The landlady of another public-house, at which £45 had been stolen, was present to prefer a charge against the prisoner Gallagher. Mrs. Hitchcock said she kept the Prince of Prus sia public-house, Horsleydown. In the early part of last month some men came in the morning, and called for some porter. When they were served, the man Gallagher came in and spoke to the other men and then went out to the back part of the house. The other men asked her for some cigars, and spoke to her about the spots on them. A boy then asked her for change, which she had to go to the back to fetch from the cash-box. Afterwards the prisoner came to the bar, and called for a glass of porter. Before he drank it she had occasion to go to the back for the purpose of paying a small bill, and then found the cash box was gone. On returning to the the prisoner was gone. Mr. TyrN;hitt said he considered the first case would be sufficient, but Mrs. Hitchcock had better watch the result. SOUTHWARK—COMMITTAL OF Two FASHION ABLE SHOPLIFTERS.—EIiza Baker and Mary Ann Lundav, fashionably dressed young women well known to the police as connected with an organised gang of shoplifters, were brought before Mr. Combe for final examination, charged with steal ing a valuable Paisley shawl, at the shop of Mr. D. Davis, linendraper and silk-mercer, Newington causeway. It sppeared from the evidence of Mr. Robert Hooson, the manager of the business, that on Satur day evening, the 13th inst., the prisoners came into their shop and requested to be shown some shawls. A number were placed before them, among which were several of Paisley manufacture. Lunday selected one, which was placed on one side, and after Opening se v era l o th ers B a k er sa id she ould like to look at others. Witness was partially turning round reaching them when he perceived linker IUI up one of the Paisley shawls and secrete it under her clothing. Ile said nothing until he gut round the counter, when he requested both prisoners to accompany him to the other end of the shop. They seemed flurried, and Baker hesitated to leave her chair, but on a constable being called in she got up and the shawl fell from oeneath her dress. They were then both given into custody, Reid, 235 M, who took them in charge, said that since the last ).:amination he had ascertained that they lived in the neighbourhood of Whitechapet and were connected with an extensive gang of shoplifters. iohn Pearce, 178 K, said that Baker was a well known thief. She was tried and sentenced to four months at the Thames Police-court in December last. The prisoners, who reserved their defence, were committed for trial. AN IRISH Row IN GUY'S HOSPITAL.—SINGU LAR APPLICATION BY THE MEDICAL SUPERIN TENDENT.—Dr. Steel, the medical superintendent, waited on the magistrate for his advice under the following singular circumstances :—He said that a male patient died in one of the wards at 4 o'clock in the morning. The wife was there, and left shortly afterwards, but returned in about an hour with a number of Irishmen, and demanded the body in stantly to be delivered up to them. The gate keeper told her that he could not comply, as it was against the rules of the hospital. They then all rushed in, and, headed by the female, entered the ward, and forcibly carried away the corpse. Their conduct caused considerable excitement in the building at that unseemly time in the morning, and as it was likely to be of much inconvenience if such conduct was repeated, he wished his wor ship's advice how to act against the female. Mr. Combe—Was any opposition given to the latter as to the removal of the body after death had taken place? Dr. - Steel—Yes, Sir. It is against the rules to remove them so soon. The corpse is first removed to the dead-house, where it remains a short time, and then given up on application of the relatives. Mr. Combe—ls any operation gone into after death ? Dr. Steel—No, Sir, unless with the consent of the relatives, or a post mortem ordered by the au thorities ; but here a mob rushes into the hospital, and with force carries away a corpse contrary to the known regulations. Mr. Combo—l dare say they thought the body was about to be cut to pieces, and they went in to prevent it. The Irish are particular about their dettl. Did. the female commit any assault upon your officers ? - Dr. Steel—l cannot say that she did, but I con sider her conduct very bad in bringing a mob of unruly persons to the hospital at such an unseemly hour. Mr. Combe—l recommend you to give instruc tions to your gate-keeper to prevent a mob enter ing for the future. When any of the deceased's friends demand the corpse, only allow sufficient in side to convey it out. Dr. Steel—We shall take your advice for the future. Applicant then left the court. THAME S.—A NAKED PRISONER.—WiIIiam Jones, a wretched-looking object, age 21, was ar raigned in the felon's dock, with nothing on his person but an old short pair of trousers. The upper part of his person was entirely naked. Robert Harris, a police constable, 377 K, said the prisoner was detected pulling down a fence on the premises of Mr. James Knight, a stone-merchant, in the Mile-end-road, and given into custody. There was no prosecutor. Mr. Yardley - -Has the prisoner any clothes ? Witness—so, Sir. • Mr. Yardley—You ought to have put him in pro per trim to appear here. It is not decent to put him into the dock naked. Witness—He has no clothes. Mr. Yardley—ls the man mad ? Witness—No, Sir. He said he came from Wales Mr. Yardley—lt is scandalous to put the man into the dock to answer any charge in such a trim as that. Witness—He tore up his clothes. Mr. Yardley—l don't care about that. I will not have such indecent exhibitions in a court over which I preside. Who is the inspector ? Where is he ? Fetch him directly. Inspector Hayes, of the K division, immediately rose from his seat, and said—l am here, Sir. Mr. Yardley—Why was not the prisoner brought here with some sort of covering on his person ? Inspector Hayes—Nothing is prepared for the purpose. Mr. Yardley—Something impromptu might have been done. We must have some regard to decency in a court of justice. The prisoner ought not to have been put before me in a state of nudity. Inspector Hayes said, if the prisoner had been found in the state he now was in the streets he should have sent to the workhouse for clothes ; but even in such cases as that the parish officers were very reluctant to provide clothes. Mr. Yardley asked the prisoner where he came from, and what he meant by tearing up his clothes. The prisoner said he came from Wales, and that his clothes were all tattered and torn, and held together by pieces of string. Harris said the prisoner had told him that he had run away from a schooner. The prisoner said he tried to obtain a berth in the Royal Navy, but was unable to do so because he had no papers. Mr. Yardley—Where are your papers ? The prisoner —Not one have I got. Last winter I had my discharge from a ship, and have lost it. Mr. Yardley—lf you had been disposed to obtain work you could have been employed at harvesting. The farmers want men. The prisoner —I have never dope any harvoit work. Mr. Yardley —Not much skill is required for harvest work. Kent, an officer of the court, said the prisoner had not done much work for a long time, and his hands were quite s )ft. Mr. Yardley—l have no doubt he is a trouble some, idle, and disorderly fellow. He must be clothed; he must not be sent through the streets in a state of nudity. I have been here 13 years, and I never witnessed such a thing before. Inspector Hayes—There is great difficulty in getting clothes from the people in authority at the workhouse. Mr. Yardley—lt must not happen again. Inspector Hayes—l will see to it, sir. It shall not happen again. Mr. Yardley—Never let a man or woman be put into that dock in such a state again. It is degrad ing and a violation of the dignity of a court of jus tice to expose a man publicly, and arraign him before a magistrate in a state of nudity. The prisoner was then discharged. WESTMINSTER.—BEGGINQ IN BELGRAVIA. ----John Durant was charged as follows : It appeared from the evidence of Peter Smith, 274 B, that on the afternoon of Tuesday, the de fendant went into some mews and an area in Bel grave-square and solicited alms, declaring that he was destitute. At one place he obtained some money and at another some bread and meat. He went down an area without ringing, and looked very suspici ously in at the kitchen window, but was met at the door by the servant. In answer to Mr. Arnold's inquiries, The policeman said he had been more than once convicted, and was a constant companion of the worst thieves in Chelsea. The defendant alleged that he rang the bell pre vious to going down the area, and denied looking through the kitchen window. He was born in Man chester, but had been brought up in London, and was obliged to beg, being subject to fits, which pre vented him working. Mr. Arnold was inclined to think that he went down the area with the purpose of committing a felony, instead of begging. He, however, must convict him for begging. Tht defendant was sent to prison for a month. A SOLDIER CHARGED WITH STEALING A WATCH. —James Pratten, a private of the Grenadier Guards, was charged with stealing a watch, the property of John Crate, 2, New Peter-street, Westminster. Complainant said that on Whit-Monday he went out at eleven in the morning and returned at three in the afternoon. When he came home his watch was gone. He mentioned it in the house but made very little stir about it, and did not ask any one whether they had seen it. On Tuesday, for the first time, he heard that the prisoner had taken it. Ellen Bradbury, wife of a soldier, said at the time of the robbery she lived at 2, New Peter-street, and prisoner lived in the same house. On Whit- Monday, while prosecutor was gone out, witness was standing on the landing at the top of the house, and prisoner comi ng ou t o f hi s room sa id h e would have prosecutor's watch. Witness replied he " wouldn't go to do it," but he went into prose cutor's room, and she saw him take the watch. In answer to inquiries from the magistrate, wit ness at first replied she did not know why she had not spoken of the circumstance, and afterwards said she said nothing about it because she had never been in a police -court before. She told her husband a fortnight ago, but did nut tell prosecutor till Tues day. Police•constable Polcy, 228 B, proved apprehend ing the prisoner on Tuesday evening at the Tower. He denied the robbery. Mr. Arnold remanded the accused for a week, and delivered him over to the military'authorities, observing he did not want to lock him up. He could not believe the woman's evidence unless it wore corroborated, and if it were not next week, he should discharge the accused. THROWING STONES AT A POLICEMAN.—DICKY ESCAPE.—Henry Shirley, a boy of about 15, wcs charged upon a warrant with a violent assault upon police-constable Beal, 59 B, by cutting his head with a stone. On the 27th May last, Beal took a boy into cus tody for picking pockets, and was immediately sur rounded by a crowd of low characters. His pri soner was rescued, and defendant threw a large stone at him, which cut his head severely, and ren dered him unfit for duty for four days. A warrant was obtained against him on May 28, but it could _ BIRTHS. ANTIGUA.—On the 22d inst., the widow of the Right K the late Lord Bishop of Atigua, of a daughter. KILDARE.—On the 20th inst., at Kilkea Castle, the chioness of Kildare, of a son. NoEL.—On the 21st inst., at Westbourne-terrace, the }l°°. Mrs. Henry Noel, of a daughter. SPENCE.—On the 23d inst., at Oldan' s -hill , Fi n chleY, M r°. James Spence, of a son. MARRIAGES. PARKER— BERGMAN.—On th e 23d i nst. Abbe/ t , at the „ o • Church, Sherborne, Jame s Parker, Esq„ publisvi e y i ter , Oxford and London, to Sarah Caroline, e ld es t daug of F. J. G. Bergman, Esq , Sherborne. St. PRYOR —PETT.—On the 23d inst , at the Church o Stephen-the-Marty r , R ege nt's-perk, the Rev. J° 4 , ri met Pryor, curate of Sh en l ey, to Mary Gertrude , ditubneo• of Alfred Pett, E sq ., 29 , U pper Avenu e-road,'Rege pat park. ARiltlfSanTßt O so N n G o .TO D D. r. th L e a D n l e 9 e t l h o A t inst A T r s a t S t r . o D n u g b , 1 if 3, t h L e g e h l t r goons. BA Ritow.—On th e 22d inst , suddenl at Brighton, Cap Arthur C. T. Barrow, aged • 27. y, " Lo t. BoYE.---On the 20th i ns t., a t N ott i n hill, 1 3 q swater i Ann, reli c t o f th e l ate Lieut.-General Charles oYe, the Bombay Army. e• of Bu EtNETT.—O n th e 22d inst., at Chichester, Maria , WI -8 Sir W. B urne tt, M.D., K.C.8., aged 76. Cuoss.—On the 20th inst., at Margate, Mr. Joseph Cr° sot of Holborn-hill. eV EVANS.—On the 19th inst.,nf Robert Evans, Esq./ ol ) firm of E vans , S on , and Saudys, LiverP ° aged 31. F. LACROIX.— A On the Bth ult., at Calcutta, the Rev. -"' r y Lacroix, 38 years a missionary of the London Missions Society, aged 60. MAYBERRY.—On the 19th inst., at Ely Cottage , Brec°l3' Mrs. Henry Mayberry. ----- 740 t.oNnoN : Printed and Published by MURDO YOU— n ' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Stets Office, No. 111 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the couutY ° Aliddlesex, Thursday, August 25, 1859. i not be exeouted as accused had been in prison at Hastings. Defendant, who pleaded guilty, was E.ent to pri son for 14 days. WOOLWICH.—BURGLARY BY A YOUTH:" George Peak, a young lad, recently in the service of Mr. Appleyard, grocer, of North Cray, was placed at the bar on a remanded charge of burglary and stealing a cash-box containing £44 Ss., the moneys of Mr. Appleyard. The evidence of the prosecutor was to the effect that the prisoner was employed as shop-boy; but absconded from his service about three weeks since, and he then discovered that the prisoner had col lected several small debts and embezzled the money. Subsequently, on the night of Sunday, the 14th inst., his house was broken open, and a cash -box and £44 Bs. stolen. Police-sergeant Ebbs deposed, in conseque nce O f information, he proceeded to Gravesend, and found that the prisoner was in c ustody for being d runk and having possession of a large sum of money for which he could not account. Witness found 1 2 ' in his possession and several articles which the pro secutor identified as having been stolen from Ilia shop. The depositions of the witnesses were made out, and the prisoner was committed for trial. COUNTRY MARKETS. MELTON MOWBRAY—Aua. 23. There was a tolerable supply of wheat to-day, with a sls business at the annexed prices :—White wheat, from Od to 48s Od ; red, 42s Od to 47e per 36 st. ; bean s, °"! 3 2, to 54s Od per 38 st.; barley, 30 s t o 34. Od per qr. ; oa ts, . to 35s per 24 st. HULL—Atm. 23. At our market to-day we had o n ly a small supplY ° f Ell lish wheat, which sells at about last week's prices for ol several samples of new offering at is to 2s per qr lower. Barley steady, and oats inlslow request, at previous pric es ' Beans and peas a slow sale, but not lower. Wheat.... Old white per qr. Old red 44 52 88 7 f New white .. „ New red .... , Dantzio, Konb , &c. old white 48s Od to 525 if; Dutch, Belgian, and French 46s Od to 485 u° Baltic and Hamburg, red St. Petersburg and Riga, old 4os Od to 428 Barley.... English malting 33s Od to gs ~71 Grinding 3os Od to 3 2 s ~,71 s s u. Saal and Oderbruck Od t t o o 44808 _1- Holstein and Danish 3lB Od to 325 od Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st Os lld to I, t Friesland and Dutch ' Osllid to is _c! Swedish and Danish Oslla to Oslli_ct. Beans —.English, old, per qr. New pigeon 4os Od to 42s ?? New tick Egyptian 3Bs Od to 390 1,),, , Peas Foreign breaker s Grinding Tares ....Winter B5B Od to o slndian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £8 12 6to £ 8 1 4 5 6 Foreign Bl5 oto 8 Jr ? 6 Rape cakes 615 oto 4 .` a Bones NEWARK—Axa. 23. At this market there was alimited show of wheat to - c" which met a tolerable demand, at previous rates. I n barley little doing. A fair show of new oats, at the turn to v" price. Beans supported late rates. White wheat, new, —s to —s Barley, 30 • ding.. 28s t o 30. . Red do. —s to —s Oats, old, ..... .26s to _ Old white 4Bs to 53s New do 2 43 to 2b. 48s to 520 Red do. 44s to 50s Beans.. s to - II Barley, malting....3Bs to 42s Beans, new — DUBLI Our market was again dull prices of wheat as nominall] supplies of new wheat, oats, was ad and rapeseed 6d to new barley appeared. Scam corn. —Aua. 23. for old grain, and we note ths y unaltered. There were faiir , bere, and rapeseed. Ni r ll e6 l . Is lower. A few sample., ely anything doing in Incw"• s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 26 0 to 27 0 Do., red 24 0 to 25 6 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black l4 0 to 15 0 s. d. 0 . 1. Do., new ... l2 otol3 0 Bere . . 133 to 14 0 Rapeseed _ _ 18 6to 23 0 Oatmeal l4 6 to 16 Bakers' flour Indian corn 29 oto3l 0 BRISTOL SUGAR—Aua. 24. Our market continues excessively dull, and the flee of the week are very limited, and rather in favour of b u y oli• The few lots of Jamaica rums that have been brought for' ward have been taken at full rates. Other kinds continue quite neglected. COAL MARE {Prices of Coal per Ton at :ET—Atra. 24. the close of th• market.) s. d. Byass's Bebside West Hartley .14 6 Lambert's West Hart ley 14 6 Davison's West Hart ley . t .14 6 Hastings Hartley .....14 6 Tanfield Moor 12 9 Tanfield Moor Butes l2 9 Walker Primrose 12 3 Washington Hartley 13 6 West Wylam l4 0 Walls End. linnwick ------ ----- 14 0 Whitworth.. 14 0 Ships at mark' Walls End. v. d. Braddyll's Hatton . . ... 16 0 Kelloe . ............ 16 South Kelloe .. . ..... 16 0 South Hartlepool. .... .16 9 Hartlepool.. ....... 16 6 Riddell ............15 0 0 Keiper * Grange.. •• •• • • 16 0 Gosforth ... 15 Haswell ........ 17 0 Shincliffe 15 0 West Kelloe l5 3 0 Hetton , 17 Heugh Hall 1 5 G. Benson l4 Trimdon Thornley.. 14 93—Sold, 55. THE MONUMENT TO AGNES BURNS IN DUN DALK.—The monument to Agnes Burns, elde s t sister t o Robert Burns, the national bard o f Scotland has be e° erected in St. Nicholas' churchyard, Dundalk, where th e mortal remains of the poet's f avour it e sister are interred' The monument looks streetward, and has a very cha ste and characteristic effect. About £7O was contributed bl e the inhabitants of Dundalk and its vicinity towards th erection of the monument. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pilll Diphtheria, sore throat, glandular swellings.—Some 20 years ago diphtheria raged in Paris to an alarming extent!. and in Boulogne in 1855, it s p resence pro d uce d co nsterna te tion by the desolati on it l e ft i n it s t rac k , an d ga i ne d theaP. pellation of the " Egyptian P es til ence ." Diphtheria . variety of typhoid fever, perfectly under curative control DT. Holloway's ointment and pills, which assuage the fav e diminish the thirst, disperse swollen glands, prevent intlautio mation in the throat, and speedily heal the hazar d ° lo ulcerations on the tonsils which always accompanY complaint. Various are the r emo t e causes o f this let o . lence, but impure blood directly pro d uces i t, th u s lieu o way's preparations, by filtering everything deleterious fre that vital fluid, ward off the disease. [AnvERTISEMENT].—The possibilit y o f a b an doning: °L . dicine altogether is shown by the numerous extraordulW cures without medicine of i n di ges ti on (dyspeps i a ) , datuleni; constipation, nervous. bili ous , an d li ver comp l a i n t s , coug d ; asthma,. consumption, and debility, effected by Du B ar b i e delicious Health -restoring Revalenta Arabica Food. 0 following are not th e l eas t remarkable :—Cure N o . 46,27 36 Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant, of Frimley, t, years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangeinelk partial deafness. —Cure No. 58,816. Mrs. Holze, aged 1 a , years, of dyspepsia (indigestion) debility, irritabilitYt,, nervousness which had tormented her for 70 years.— i" :, , No. 46,814. M r . S amue l Laxton, Leicester, of two Ye ars diarrhoea.--Cure No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess Castle Stuart of many years' nervous irritability, bile, ai; indigestion.—Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zag L ie cured of consumption, after her medical adviser had a 4 doned all hopes of recovery.—Cure No. 180. " Twenty,-, years' nervousness, constipatien, indigestio, and (1 13 °11 from which I have suffered great misery, ~.";f 0 which no medicine could remove or relieve, ha been effectually cured by Du Barry's food in a /re 0 short time.—W. B. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, Lond, 01 1; In tins, at ls. 6d. ; lib., 3 s . ; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 51b., 125.; 0; 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. ti ns carriage free, on receipt of P e t. office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, Lrda Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly ; Abbot, d . Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 150, °Ve r o . street; 330 and 451, St ran d ; 49 an d 60, Bisharga,lis4 street ; 85, Tottenham-court- r o a d. Al so at 1 .; 111 0 Bewley and Draper ; at Edi n b urg h, R a i m es ...A at Liverpool, Nixon and The w; at M anc h es ter, SharP Scott ; at York, Raimes, Blanohard, and Co. ; at Sall'" ampton, Randall and Son.