The Sun. — London, England, 1865-09-15 00:00:00

The Chancellor of the Exchequer at Hawarden. On Wednesday the residents at Hawarden and district entertained the Chancellor of the Exche quer, Mr. W. H. Gladstone, M.P., Sir S. Glynne, and others at a banquet. An address complimenting Mr. W. IL Gladstone on his return for Chester was presented to him. Mr. W. H. GLADSTONE, M.P., in reply, said—lt becomes my pleasing duty to offer you my grateful thanks both for the address which has been presented to me and for the kind manner in which my health has been proposed and received by you. The ap plause I receive with unqualified satisfaction, but with regard to the address I must speak with some reserve, because I cannot help feeling some doubt as to the realisation of the bright anticipations which it expresses. In that address you have been kind enough to congratulate me upon getting into Par liament so early in life. lam deeply sensible of the great good fortune I have enjoyed in that re spect. From that very fact I may say that dur ing the election I had to undergo a considerable amount of what may be called very innocent chaff. (Laughter.) During my almost daily visits into Chester my eyes were usually greeted each morning with some new placard on the walls, em bodying, with some variation of form, the witti cisms of our opponents, and the main idea that ran through them all was that I ought to be regarded in the light of a very small child. (Laughter.) Undoubtedly, Parliamentary life is to be regarded as a profession, in which it is necessary to serve an apprenticeship, just as is done in any other profes sion. (Hear, hear.) I believe the day is gone by, never to return, for the nation to witness such a phenomenon as that of a Prime Minister only 23 years old, which I believe was the age of Mr. Pitt when he became supreme in the Government. At present a different humour seems to exist, and we behold a Prime Minister upwards of fourscore years. It is not my intention to dwell at all upon the vic tory won by the Liberals at the election at Chester. No doubt my success was particularly gratifying to me, and the more so because it was necessary to go through a considerable amount of hard and irksome work to achieve it. (Hear.) But this is not a political meeting ; its object is one which soars far above politics. (Hear.) It is in part to eat a good dinner—(laughter)—and that part of the proceed ings we have, I believe, accomplished in a very satisfactory manner. (Renewed laughter.) On that point wonderful unanimity seems to prevail in this assembly, though I am quite sure that it is im possible all who are gathered together now can entertain the same political sentiments. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Having expressed his un willingness to introduce any subject of contro versy, Mr. Gladstone made a few remarks upon the present position of parties, which he thought were in a state of extreme confusion, and the line between which was so fine that it was sometimes difficult to tell from the declaration of the candidate on the hustings whether he was a Liberal or a Conservative ; he then briefly touched upon the cordial feeling subsisting between England and France, as evidenced recently in the friendly visitations by the fleets of the two countries ; and, in conclusion, made a few more personal remarks. The chairman had expressed a hope, he said, and the same hope is expressed in the address presented to me, that I may follow in the footsteps of my illustrious father. (Hear, hear.) With regard to that, I certainly feel convinced that I could not have 'a loftier or higher aim before me, but I must also add that I think there are many things less difficult in respect of which a man might be excused if he desponded or even despaired of attaining them. (Hear, hear.) Whatever may be my course in life, I shall at any rate hope never to forsake the path of integrity and of uprightness. (Cheers.) 1 trust never to give you, gentlemen, any cause to repent that you did honour to me on this occasion—an oc casion of which I assure you that I feel proud, and the recollection of which I shall feel glad to cherish. (Loud cheers.) The healths of Sir Stephen Glynne and the Rev. 11. Glynne having been cordially drunk, Mr. J. BANKES, who avowed himself a Conservative, pro posed " The health of the Chancellor of the Exche quer," which met with a most enthusiastic reception. The CHANCELLOR of the Exc HEUER, whose rising was the signal for renewed applause, returned thanks in the following terms :—Mr.Chairman,Mr.Bankes, and ladies and gentlemen, I am deeply indebt e d t o you all for the kind manner in which you have been pleased to receive this toast, and I am particularly indebted to my hon. friend who was so good as to propose it, not only for the indulgent, and more than indulgent, manner for which he 11718 pleased to speak of myself, but, above all, in that truly Eng lish frankness with which he has declared the footing on which he appears among us to-day. My honourable friend has said that this is a meeting from which politics are excluded, and I must con fess that I think it is very good there should be such meetings. (Hear, hear.) We have lately had a general election ; we have lately been fighting one with another. Now the rule of Englishmen is when they work to work, when they play to play, when they fight to fight, and when they have done fighting to shake hands. (Cheers and laughter.) lam there fore very glad that my hon. friend and others who I may not be precisely united with myself in political sentiments are so good as to appear among usto-day, and I trust that no word which may be spoken in this room will cause a moment's pain or give rise to a disagreeable reflection in their minds. (Cheers.) And this is not on the mere negative principle of abstinence from wounding others. There is a broader principle involved. It is the thought that along with all our grounds of difference as members of parties we have great agreements which we possess as Eng lishmen. (Cheers.) We are alike in valuing the Constitution under which we live ; we are alike in loving the Queen ; we are alike in revering thelaws ; we are alike in wishing to preserve and hand down to our children in still greater efficiency the institu tions under which we live. (Loud cheers.) More over, I will say that in my opinion every intelligent member of a political party knows perfectly well that he is indebted not only to the members of his own _ party, but also to the members of the other party. (Rear, hear.) There is no doubt that now and then they give you a 'very ugly knock--(a laugh)--but we must look at something more than that, and I say that the existence of one party in this country is just as essential as the existence of another. (near, hear, and cheers.) I know very well that the great bulk of the gentlemen I look in the face in the Rouse of Commons have just the same earnest, devoted desire to promote the interests of the country as I trust I have myself, and as I am certain those among whom I h ave th e pleasure to sit p ossess. ut, at the same time, you may depend upon it that if we were you all oce side, we should go wrong. (A l augh u must have a weight in each scale, or one will go up and the other will go down. It is very well to talk of the confi dence of the people--and I wish alw ays te, possess the confidence of the people—but, notwithstanding, it is a very good thing to have somebody to look sharp after you. (A laugh.) If you have th e b est stablishment it possible set of workmen in any e , does not show any want of confidence in them if you say you must have a foreman, somebody to see that they do their duty ; and whatever the Oppo sition may be, whatever the Government maybe, it is the business of the Opposition to see that the Government do their duty, and to find fault with them when they do not. (Hear, hear.) I admit that in moments of debate, when it is hot and keen, we do not bear this thought in mind so much per haps as we ought to do—yet at meetings of this kind we look at the matter from a more philosophi cal point of view, and looking at it from that phi losophical stand point, I do not hesitate to say that each party is indebted to the animadversions and criticisms of the other. (Hear.) To pass on, this is an occasion on which I won't quite say we who are growing old get young again but it is an occasion on which our memory goes back to old times. The Rector, in reply to your having drunk his health, has told you that when he was an undergraduate at Oxford he was for a. short period in Parliament, and that, exercising the privilege which then at lached to me m b ers " of Parliament, he wrote franks. can add any testimony in corroboration of the Rector's sts4 ement, for I remember that, being an undergraduate at Oxford at the same time, he was occasionally so good as to write franks for me. (Cheers ,and laughter.) It is just 23 years since I commenced my public life. I think that when the health of my son was given from the chair I heard the band play " See the conquering hero comes !" and that reminded me that when I was at Newark, and when I got to the head of the column, as we were marching from one part of the town to other, the band always played "See the con quering hero comes ?" (Cheers and laughter.) The flight of time is rapid, but to all of us is given a day for work, and there is also given to us, I hope, a time to rest. (Hear, hear.) I have lived in a period of extraordinarily active political interest ; and I have lived in a period the labours of which have been attended with this inexpressible consola tion and delight, that we are able to think the in stitutions and fortunes of this country do not stand worse at the present moment than they did at the time when men of my age commenced their career —(hear, hear)—but, on the contrary, that it has been our privilege to see a process going forward in which the throne has acquired a broader and deeper foundation in the affections of the country ; in which the laws have commended themselves more and more to the request and attachment 3f the people ; in which the various classes of the country have come into closer union with one another ; in which the wants of the great masses of our fellow countrymen have come to be better supplied than they were in the time of our immediate fore fathers ; and in reference to which a man desirous to advance the welfare of his kind, looking over the broad surface of society, may thank God and say, " Behold how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity." Ido not mean to say —for in this world we must be prepared at all times to abate from our most sanguine anticipations, and to allow for the existence of much that is defective and much that is faulty—l do not say there will not remain for those who have to follow us in the career of public life abundant occupation in keep ing straight that which is straight already, and in setting straight that which has gone awry. (Hear, hear.) With the immense responsibility of this empire, with the vast variety of interests concerned, there is always scope for honest, intelligent, and able men, whether they call themselves Liberals or Con servatives, to find a career and to find a space for all their highest exertions in the service of the country which we love and admire. (Cheers.) But I am rejoiced to think, and you have re minded me of it this day in a manner most lively and most gratifying, that there is one remain ing consolation for those who begin to count up the years that are past, and to think that the years still in the future may be few. It is this consolation, that when we retire from the active scene of our exer tions we may be able to reflect that we have left be hind us others with regard to whom we feel a firm confidence that they will honourably and devotedly exert themselves in the service of their country, and will deserve and win the confidence of their fellow countrymen. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Chairman, it is a matter of the greatest thankfulness that that satis faction, too, has been given to me. It is not for me to speak in this company of the qualities of my son. I noticed the little gibes and jeers which werepassed upon him during the Chester contest. I confess I think, and he thinks so too, that they were all with in the fair licence allowed to Englishmen in elec tioneering times. (Hear, hear.) I believe one of those jests bore reference to his infantile stature and want of physical development. As far as regards that one particular, what is called " ocular demonstra tion" is quite enough. I don't know whether he could compete in size with every man in this room, but I think that among the average of the parishion ers of Hawarden, or among the average of the in habitants of any other parish in the country, he certainly would pass muster very well. (Cheers and laughter.) With regard to his mental quali ties, and, what is even more than his mental quali ties, with regard to his character, and with regard to the principles by which he means to be guided in life, I will only tell you this, that, my son though he be, I would have been no party in recommending- I him to the favourable notice of the. citizens of Ches ter if I did not believe—nay, if, as his father, I had not known—that if he became the object of their selection he would not disgrace their choice. (Loud cheers.) I have now to propose a toast—" The Agricultural, Mineral, and Commercial Interests of the parish of Hawarden," and this reminds me that there is a vital difference of opinion between my son and me upon aquestiou affecting those interests. I would like to communicate this to you, if I could, as a secret, but I am afraid there are reporters in the room, and I have an apprehension lest they should make it known beyond these walls. (A laugh.) You know that among the incidents of the Chester con- test an attack was made on my son to this effect— that he was friendly to the building of a certain bridge across the Dee, which the worthy and excel lent citizens of Chester believe to be adverse to their interests. (A laugh.) And it is true, as far as lam concerned, that I think it of the greatest importance, to the whole of North Wales, which is a country depending in a great degree on the immense variety of its mineral products, that it should be placed in the most direct and immediate contact with thegreat commercial emporium in this part of the world, viz., Liverpool; and therefore I am anxious that there should be one, two, three—l don't care how many roads, by which the produce of this parish of Buck ley and elsewhere should go straight and cheap to Liverpool, beeause my maxim is that you should buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest. (A laugh.) Upon this subject it appears to me that the people of Chester have got what is called a twist." (Renewed laughter.) Iknow of no other community which has more entirely my respect, or for which I feel a greater admiration, particularly since the last general election—(a laugh) —but this Ido say, that it is perfectly possible, as I am firmly persuaded, to make a bridge over the Dee which should in no de- gree damage the navigation, but which, on the con trary, so far from damaging the navigation, should be attended with measures that would improve the channel of the Dee, and thereby promote the pros perity of the people of Chester. However, lam bound to say that my son is altogether bigoted to the inte- rests of the city of Chester in this matter, and I am fearful that, whatever happens—whatever we may say to him with regard to the mineral prosperity and wealth of Hawarden, and the agricultural wealth of Hawarden—because I don't want to send the minerals without likewise having the corn and stock sent to the best market to be sold at the best price —I am afraid, I say, that, do what we will, though in every other respect his conduct may be satisfac- tory, his vote will be guided by the feelings and in terests of the people of Chester. That is a painful admission for me to make. (A laugh.) However, let him vote as he will. If he vote wrong, I will vote against him ; if he speak wrong And argue wrong, I will speak and argue against him. (Re newed laughter.) We will endeavour that the right shall prevail, and depend upon it, it will prevail. Speaking more directly to the subject of the toast, the right hon. gentleman referred to the develop resottof becamet heacquainted various industries with it. This enterprise (he continued) tends to increase the wealth of the eapilta:list and the landowner, but it tends, above al toimprovfe the comfort an d con diti on of the great masses men. Hear.) I believeu i r t wisor nl theking fellow-country (yt h o r l e d e e o o r a f l our minesyears in ago since the last coa l miner of this parish died. I referto old Joseph Edwards,wholn some of you may perhaps have k nown, and whom I, with my own ears, have heard describe the state of the people at the commencement of the century. He told me that at that period the wages even of the mining population - were not more than 10s. per week, and with those wages they had to feed themselves and their families when the price of corn was 120 s. and 130 s. a quarter. What a change has since that time taken place in the means.. of procuring subsistence on the part of the great masses of our fellow-creatures ! During the time to which I more particularly refer — the last 25 or 30 years—the average wages of this parish have undergone' an increase of certainly not less than 40 per cent. upon what they were at the earlier period. What an adiVtion has been made to the comforts of the working :.lasses—not to the wealthy, not to those to whom it does not matter whether they be a little n tore or less, but to those whose means of sustainin4, life in decency, of clothing nin SUN,' LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1865, their families, of educating their children, were too often insufficient, far less were they adequate to meet the chance of life, the casualties of disease, and the certainty of decrepit old age! (Hear, hear.) These are matters which ought to excite in all our minds the deepest thankfulness ; and I propose this toast with the deepest conviction that on every ground you will give it a hearty and warm reception—first of all because the increased comfort of the people is in itself an object which may well be thought to deserve our care and anxious attention; secondly, because we may feel convinced as citizens that that increase of comfort will be attended with an increase of loyalty and of satisfaction, and that greater sacrifices will be made for the mainte nance of our domestic tranquillity at home and fame abroad ; and further than that, as Christians, those who are thus benefited will be better able to receive the consolations and to bear the discipline of religion when they find that those from whom they derive instructionbelong to a class which is anxiously occupied in an honest endeavour to; do what it can for the interests of the country specially to remem ber the interests of those great masses who are de pendent in so remarkable a degree upon the philan thropic labours and exertions of the educated part of the community. (Loud applause, during which the right hon. gentleman resumed his seat.) The health of Lord Lyttelton (brother-in-law of the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was afterwards proposed from the chair, and his lordship, in the course of his response, referred to Mrs. Gladstone as one who had indeed proved herself to be a fit help mate to her husband. In some lines composed on the occasion of Mr. Gladstone's marriage, the poet (Sir Francis Doyle) expressed the hope that the Hawarden bride would be to her husband "A star whose light is never dim, A pillar to uphold the good ;" and that Mrs. Gladstone had always been. applause.) (Loud A few other toasts were drunk, and the, company separated. COURT OF CONIMON COUNCIL. A Court of Common Council was held yesterday at Guildhall. The Lord Mayor presided. The TOWN CLERIC (F. Woodthorpe, Esq.) read a letter that had been received from General Knollys acknowledging on behalf of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin-, cess of Wales, the receipt of the addresses of congratulation from the Corporation on the birth of their Royal infant, and which at the same time stated that they were regarded by their Royal Highnesses as an additional proof of the loyalty and affection entertained by the citizens of London for the Royal family of which they were members. Deputy SNELLING, the proposer of the address, moved that the communication be entered upon the journals and minutes of the Court, which was agreed to unanimously. MODEL DWELLINGS F9R THE LABOTIRLNG CLASSES. Alderman WATERLOW, in the absence of Deputy Fry, who was to have brought up a report on the above subject, said that he knew it would be satisfactory to the Court to be informed that every one of the dwellings that had been erected by the Corporation in Farringdon-road was occupied, that the,rents were paid with the utmost regularity, and that all the tenants were exceedingly gratified ffith the accom modation that was afforded to them. (Hear, hear.) THE CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL. Mr. J. SYMONS, in pursuance of notice, then moved that the Court should testify its appreciation of the services of the Rev. Dr. Mortimer, upon his resigning the office of Head Master of the City of London School, and recommending that he be granted a retiring allowance of £5OO per annum. To this motion there was an amendment by Mr. Deputy Burnell to add, of ter the words " five hundred pounds"— " During the pleasure of the Court, or until he shall have some ecclesiastical preferment producing an annual income exceeding that amount." Mr. SYMONS, in moving the adoption of the original motion, entered at some length into the eminent services that had been rendered by Dr. Mortimer to the cause of education by his able management of the City of London School. He said that when he assumed the position of head master the school was not at all regarded with favourable eyes by the public, and it only contained 360 scholars, whereas at the present time it contained 640, and between 200 and3oo more were await ing admission, and the high position and character attained by the school were such that parents were most anxious to have their sons educated there. (Hear, hear.) He then alluded to the honours that had been taken at the univer sities by scholars from the City of London School; and he observed that he believed that it was almost the only in stance where a scholar from one school bad taken the four highest university honours. (Hear, hear.) Not only wero the higher branches of education supplied, but every op portunity was afforded to children in the middle class of life to obtain a sound and practical education, such as would best fit them for the position they would have to fulfil; and to show the absence of anything like sectarian distinction, it was only necessary for him to state that one of the pupils who had obtained high honours was a Dis senter. (Hear, hear.) The sons of Jewish parents were also admitted, and the school, as the Court was aware, was conducted upon the most liberal principles. The com mittee to whom the subject had been entrusted were satis fied that the present satisfactory condition of the school was attributable to the exertions of Dr. Mortimer, and they considered that after his long and valuable services he was entitled to some substantial recognition of them, and he hoped, therefore, that the proposition now before.the Court would be agreed to unanimously. (Cheers.) Deputy BURNELL said he was sorry to propose an amend ment to the proposition, but it appeared to him that in all matters of this kind some definite principle shouldbe acted upon. According to the scale adopted by Government, Dr. Mortimer would only have been entitled to an allowance of £350 per annum, but, having regard to the eminent services he had undoubtedly rendered, he should not in such a case' object to the increased amount, but he thought that in the event of Dr. Mortimer obtaining some distinguished Church preferment the allowance ought to cease. Deputy ELLIOTT seconded the amendment. Mr. APGEORGE said he had hoped that no one would have seconded the amendment of Deputy Burnell, as it appeared to him that no matter what preferment might be obtained by Dr. Mortimer, his services had been so great and im portant in connection with the City of London School that he was entitled to some recognition of them at the hands of the Corporation. (Hear, hear.) Deputy CHARLES REED and Mr. R. N. PHILIPPS both supported the original motion, and they at the same time strongly urged that, to make what was done acceptable to a man like Dr. Mortimer, it should be done gracefully and without any condition that might appear at all humiliating. (Hear, hear.) Alderman SALomoxs, M.P., said he was glad to see that every honourable member who had spoken upon the sub ject appeared to bear testimony to the high worth of Dr. Mortimer, and after all it vas merely a question of manner and not of matter. (Hear, hear.) They all appeared de sirous to express their sense of the great and important services that had been rendered by Dr. Mortimer to the cause of education, and he suggested that the object of the mover of the amendment would be met by all the words after those of " during the pleasure of the Court" being omitted. _ Deputy BURNELL expressed his readiness to accede to the suggestion of the worthy alderman. Mr. H. LOWMAN TAYLOR said he thought that the Court 'was indebted to Deputy Burnell for the graceful manner in which he had consented to modify his amendment. He thought at the same time it should be known that Dr. Mortimer had not asked for any retiring allowance, which, he might add, was a very rare proceeding, and very much in his favour. (Hear, hear.) He agreed with some hon. Motubcre who has atabod that, nriceinally amendment was not very graceful, and ho felt quite satisfied that if Dr. Mortimer ever did obtain such a high ecclesias tical appointment as had been suggested, that he would immediately give up this pension. He added that the Court was well aware that he was, generally, no advocate for granting retiring pensions, but from his knowledge of all facts, and the great services that had been rendered by Dr. Mortimer, he most cordially agreed with the present motion. Mr. J. SYMONS, in reply, said he had no objection to the proposed alteration, andthe motion, with the addition above referred to, was then unanimously agreed to. SOUTHWARK-BRIDGE. The Bridge House Committee brought up a report, which merely stated that the arrangement that had been come to between the Corporation and the proprietors of Southwark bridge, that the bridge should be opened free to the public for the sum of £1,584 for the space of one year, would ex pire on the 7th of November next. Several members wished to be informed whether the committee made any recommendation upon the subject. Mr. J. KELDAY, one of the committee, said they had pur posely abstained from making any recommendation. The only object in presenting the report was to remind the Court that the arrangement between the Corporation and the bridge proprietors would expire on the 7th of November, and the Court could take what steps it pleased in the matter. Alderman SALOMONS said the subject was a very impor tant one, and had already been under the consideration of Parliament, and would no doubt be so again next session. He hoped, at all events, before any definitive arrangement was come to, something would be done to prevent the toll gates at Southwark-bridge from being replaced. (Hear.) Mr. LAWLEY said, that at the same time he could not allow it to go forth to the public that the corporation of London were going to p urc h ase th e b r i dge. In the first place it was no part of their ,duty to do so ; and, secondly, they had no funds at their disposal for such a purpose. (Hear, hear.) _ Alderman SAMMONS said he believed that in the course of a very few years the Bridge House Estates would be en tirely unencumbered, and there would be then an opportu nity of considering the question. Several members denied that the Bridge House Estates were likely to be unencumbered in a short time, as stated by Alderman Oalomons, or that this portion of the corporation funds was likely to be devoted to the purchase of the bridge, and eventually the matter dropped. THE CITY TRAFFIC. Mr. M‘GEoRGE then proposed several resolutions having reference to the inconvenience and danger that were created by the stoppages in the City, and also to the operation of the City Traffic Regulation Act of 1863, and he moved that the subject be referred to the Police Committee, with power to confer with the Court of Aldermen, and to consider whether it would be expedient to apply to Parliament for further powers. This motion gave rise to a long and somewhat desultory argument, in the course of which the onlything upon which the different hon. members seemed to be agreed, was the absolute necessity for something being done to remedy the present almost unbearable condition of the public tho roughfares of the City, a condition which is likely Lobe very much aggravated, when the railways converging to the City, at present in course of construction, are completed. Several of the speakers expressed a strong assurance that the Act of Parliament obtained by the City in 1863, for the purpose of regulating the traffic, would have been found much more effectual if Sir George Grey had not put his veto upon so many of the regulations contained in it, which virtually destroyed entirely the effect of the act. Mr. RUDKIN expressed his opinion that the only effectual thing to be done was, to meet the difficulty boldly and make wider streets, and he contended that the Commissioners of Sewers, whose province it was to do what was necessary in such an important matte; ought to borrow money upon the security of the rates for the purpose of effecting improve ments, and do by wholesale what at present they only did piecemeal. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DE JERSEY, the chairman of the City Sewers Com mission, with some warmth denied that there had been any neglect on their part to effect any improvements that were practicable ; and with regard to the suggestion of Mr. Rud kin, that they ought to borrow large sums of money upon the security of the rates to be levied upon the citizens to carry out these improvements, he would only observe that, however simple it might appear to some persons, it was in reality a very serious question how far they would be justi fied in taxing their successors for present improvements. The motion of Mr. M'George was then agreed to. THE OFFICE OF CLERK OF THE PEACE. _ _ _ Mr. Edward James Read, a gentleman who has for a great many years filled in a most satisfactory manner the office of deputy clerk of the Central Criminal Court, was unanimously elected to the vacant office of clerk of the peace for the city of London and the town and borough of Southwark. FELONS' GOODS. Mr. MiDwINTER presented a petition from Messrs. Bate man Brothers, of 82, St. John-street, Smithfield, praying the Court to direct the delivery to them of money and property taken from certain persons convicted of burglary, and which is supposed to have been stolen from their premises. It will be remembered that a short time back several no torious burglars were convicted of committing an extensive burglary at Mr. Walker's, a jeweller, in Cornhill. When they were committed a large sum of money was found in their possession, and since their conviction the wives of three of the prisoners, it appears, have applied to the Treasury for some portion of the money to be given to them. The Treasury authorities, however, declined to interfere, as, by ancient charter, the property of all felons convicted in the city of London is handed over to the sheriffs. Since then it appears that Messrs. Baum, of Lombard street, who were also robbed of a large amount of property, it is supposed by the same parties, have applied to the sheriffs for a portion of the money, and a similar applica tion was now made on behalf of Messrs. Bateman. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff BESLEY explained the circum stances as above mentioned, and caused a good deal of laughter by stating that, by ancient charters, and indeed almost from time immemorial, the sheriffs of London had been the receivers of felons' goods, and this was one of their rights and privileges. He wished it, however, to be understood that the sheriffs did not receive a single sixpence benefit from them, and when any property found upon a convicted person was identified as having been stolen it was always given up. In the present instance the money found upon the prisoners was supposed to have been the produce of different robberies, and this created great difficulty in the way of dealing with the question. The sheriffs, however, would be responsible to the Lords of the Treasury for any course they might take in the matter. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR and several other members suggested to Mr. Midwinter, after the explanation that had been given by the sheriff, that it would be better to withdraw the petition and confer privately with the sheriffs, but he declined to do so. Mr. HARTRIDGE then moved, that the petition do lie on the table, as an amendment. The original motion, that the petition should be referred to the same committee as that of the Messrs. Baum, was then put and agreed to, after which the Court adjourned. International Festivities at Poole. - .T The example lately offered by the naval service of France and England in interchanging hospitalities has been fol lowed by communities essentially peaceful on both sides of the Channel. The people of Poole and the people of Cher bourg have paid mutual visits,•and each has professed the warmest friendship for the neighbouring nation. In this instance there is, indeed, something beyond a general sen timent of goodwill, because it happens that a new lino of communication across the Channel, which has been opened between the two ports, intimately affects the interests of both. One is apt to think of Cherbourg only as a great naval station formed with the view of checking, if not threaten ing, Portsmouth; but it must be remembered that besides the.militaly port there is also a commercial harbour capable of providing for the wants of a larger commerce than it at present enjoys. Poole, which is exactly opposite to Cherbourg, also possesses, in the magnificent expanse of water which forms its harbour, the means of accommodating a vastly increasing trade. As almost every French Channel port from Dunkirk to St. Maio is now in direct communi cation with its nearest English neighbour, an attempt has been made to establish a steam communication between Poole and Cherbourg. For some months a fast steamer has been running twice weekly between the two ports, and it is said with encouraging results. Another very important step has also been taken in the employment of a steam dredging machine to lessen or to remove the bar of sand at the mouth of Poole-harbour, which at present entirely pre vents the entrance of vessels drawing 15ft. water. It will, then, be observed that in addition to national sentiments of good will there is a mutuality of interests existing between Poole and Cherbourg, which cannot fail to strengthen the amicable relations existing between them. Soon after the establishment of the steam service between the two ports the municipality of Cherbourg, fully appreciating the importance of the undertaking, invited the corporation of the borough of Poole to visit their town. The invitation was cordially accepted, the visit was paid, and the English guests were received with such generous hospitality that it was immediately felt a return visit was a necessary con sequence. The Mayor and corporation of the borough of Poole accordingly invited the municipal authorities of Cherbourg to visit their town on Wednesday. It had origi nally been intended that the return visit should have taken place earlier in the season, but the overruling troubles of the general election necessarily led to a postponement. It seemed, however, that the interval of time had not been lost, as advantage was taken to renovate the Town-hall, where the French visitors were to be entertained at a splendid banquet. This building, which externally presents few architectural beauties, afforded a spacious and even elegant dining-hall. It had been, as we have said, entirely re decorated for the occasion, and a profusion of flags of both nations were displayed upon the walls, while over the mayor's seat were placed the busts of the Queen and of the Emperor. Upon the space in front of the Town-hall a tem porary building was erected to serve as a reception-room, and the arrangements and decorations of this apartment were in excellent taste. The walls were hung with trico loured drapery, and between the double flight of steps which form ordinarily the exterior entrance to the hall from the street, but which were now included within the reception-room, was arranged a beautiful collection of -barns tura the, centre. The exterior of the building was also painted in the three colours, and the front was illuminated by a tracery of gas jets. The town itself, which usually presents a very quiet and subdued aspect, was quite transformed. It would not be correct to say that all business was suspended, be uc a s u u s a e l everybody e n s e e r e a m i e e s d a n t o d t b i e r m o i n r e d busily ust ryw engaged ed than new directions. Many of the houses were decorated with flowers or exhibited mottoes of welcome, and some half dozen triumphal arches were raised in the streets. As for the display of flags, all that can be said is that the wealth of Poole in that article must be enormous. Shortly after 3 o'clock the steamer Albion was reported to be in sight, and she soon entered the harbour, where she was boarded by Mr. Wanhill and Mr. Rogers, who, accompanied by Lord G. Lennox, M.P., welcomed, on behalf of the corporation, the visitors to the port of Poole. When the vessel came along side the quay, a detachment of the Poole volunteer rifles, who attended as a guard of honour, received the French gentleman with a fee de joie, the report of which was al most drowned in the vociferous and enthusiastic cheering of the crowds on the quays and in the vessels in port. The Mayor of Poole and the other members of the corporation then went onboard, and the process of introduction having been gone through, the guests were conveyed to the lodg ings which had been provided for them. At half-past 6 the company, numbering upwards of 100, assembled at the Guildhall. The Mayor of Poole (Mr. F. Styring) presided, and the Mayor of Cherbourg was accom panied by about 30 members of the municipality and of the Chamber of Commerce of that town. Mr. H. D. Seymour, M.P., Mr. Floyer, M.P., and Sir E. Baker, and several of the directors of the Somerset and Dorset Railway, and the Mayors of Dorchester and Blandford were also present. Upon the removal of the cloth, The Mayor of POOLE prefaced the first toast by alluding to the warm reception which he and Lis colleagues had met with in Cherbourg, and, in the name of hie fellow townsmen, expressed their gratification at this friendly visit from those who had so hospitably entertained their representatives. This year, the jubilee of peace, was 9. fitting time for an interchange of such visits, and while he rejoiced to see the war navies of the two countries exchanging welcomes and courtesies, he thought that those who were engaged in the peaceful pursuits of commerce ought not to be behind hand in offering sincere and hearty good wishes to their French neighbours. (Cheers.) Long might the present friend ship continue. The Mayor then gave " The Health of the Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial." The toast was drunk with loud cheers. The Mayor of CHERBOURG, in response, tendered the thanks of the municipality and of his fellow-townsmen for the magnificent reception which had been accorded to them by the people of Poole. He proposed "The Health of her Majesty." This toast was received with marked enthusiasm by the French guests, who joined in "three times three" with great heartiness and success. Sir E. BAKER proposed "The United Armies and Navies of France and England." M. DE GASTE, Conseiller-General, briefly expressed a hope that the present union between the two nations and their respective military and naval services might long endure. M. LE BOURGEOIS, chef d'escradon, expressed a similar hope, believing that the present amicable relations between England and France were for the benefit of civilisation, and promoted the freedom of all peoples. Mr M. Guest and Capt. Burgess spoke on behalf of the English service. Mr. WAINTHILL proposed "The Mayor and Municipality of Cherbourg," whose magnificent reception of the corpo ration of Poole would never be forgotten in that town. The toast was very cordially received. Mr. H. SEYMOUR, M.P., proposed " The President and Chamber of Commerce of Cherbourg." That was a toast, he said, which all could join in, because all were impressed with the value of commerce, which shed its benefits on all alike, rich and poor. He regretted that the President of the Chamber of Commerce was not present to receive this ac knowledgment of the magnificent hospitality of Cherbourg. He had read with the utmost pleasure the accounts of the magnificent displays which had recently taken place at Cherbourg, Brest, and Portsmouth, because he fully believed that every visit of that kind tended to promote the peace of the world. (Cheers.) But the visit of their Cherbourg friends on the present occasion he noted an event of still greater importance, because no political authority had any thing to do with it, but it was the unprompted expression of the respect entertained towards each other by the com mercial classes on either side of the Channel. (Cheers.) A few years ago the sagacity of statesmen in each country pointed out to them that the trade relations between Eng land and France were not such as they should be between two such great nations, and the treaty of 1860 told plainly that such places as Cherbourg and Poole should shake hands. M. ANJEAU responded, and proposed " Prosperity to the Town of Poole." Mr. FLOYER, M.P., in responding to the toast of the county members, said he hoped that all future meetings of the English and French navies, magnificent engines of de struction as they were, would be in the same spirit in which they had recently united, and that the only use to be made of them would be in works of friendship, goodwill, and hos pitality. (Cheers.) It was gratifying to hear expressions of goodwill and friendship, not only from a few distinguished men in either country, but from those who assisted in the Government, and by those gallant men who led with the same vigour and the same valour the navies of the two nations. (Cheers.) It was above all gratifying to know that these expressions of goodwill and friendship echoed the wishes of every man in England, and he hoped that of every man in France. (Cheers. " Gni.") He believed that the aspirations of all were that the peace which, by the blessings of Providence, had now lasted nearly through two generations might be perpetual. (Cheers.) Several other toasts were drunk, and the company dis persed about 11 o'clock. The dinner and wines, supplied by Messrs. Ring and Brymer, of Cornhill, were most sumptuous, quite emulating the banquets of the metropo litan corporation. The occasion was celebrated also by a public dinner at the Antelope Hotel, where, and at the other principal hotels, handsome gas illuminations were displayed. Yesterday the French visitors proceeded by special train to Blandford, where they met the corporation of that town, and received an address of congratulation. The party next proceeded to Bryanstone-square, near Blandford, and paid a brief visit to Lord Portman ; after which they went on to Ranstone House, the seat of Sir E.- Baker, who had provided a handsome de:icemen Upon their return to Poole the party were invited to a grand ball at the Guildhall, and they were to leave for Cherbourg early this morning. Naval and Military Intelligence. The screw gun-vessel Plover, 5, 80-horse power, built for the Admiralty by private contract, and only once commissioned, was sold out of the navy at Chatham yesterday by private tender, the price obtained for her being rather more than £5 per ton, or somewhere about an eighth of her original cost, including certain parts of her fittings. The importance attached to the destruction of vessels by torpedoes during the recent American war, when so many ships on both sides fell victims to that agency, altogether new in naval tactics, has induced our Admiralty to direct their attention to the subject of destroying ships by means of suba queous explosions. Orders have accordingly been received at Chatham dockyard directing the sailing frigate Terpsichore, 18, one of the numerous vessels rotting out their existence in the harbour, and en cumbering the navigation of the river, to be dis mantled of all her stores, and prepared for removal to the entrance of the harbour, near Gillingham creek, where preparations are in progress by the Royal Engineers for destroying her by means of sunken torpedoes. The Dauntless, 31, Capt. J. N. Strange, having , been under repair at Sheerness, is now ready to re sume her duties as the Costguard ship at the mouth of the Humber. The Government barge Henry has proceeded to Tilbury Fort for the ship's powder, which has been stored at Tilbury- during the time the Dauntless has been under repair. The two iron mortar boats Nos. 104 and 110, built by contract during the Russian war, are ordered by the Admiralty to be removed from Chat ham to Deptford, to be employed as lighters for the conveyance of Government stores and provisions for her Majesty's ships fitting out for sea. The Imperial Russian screw frigate Peresuett, 51 guns, Capt. Kopitoff, sailed from the Motherbank, off Ryde, Isle of Wight, yesterday, under steam for the Mediterranean. Mirza Syed Hassan Ali, Mirza Syed Hoosan Ali, and Mirza Syed Mahommed Ali, sons of his High ness the Nawab Nazim of Bengal, attended by Lieut.- Col. C. Herbert, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday afternoon from London, on a visit of several days, to enable them to see the dockyard and other pub lic establishments, the ships afloat, constructing, and under repair, with the fortifications and other objects of interest. Yesterday the Prince, after calling upon Rear-Admiral Superintendent George Wellesley, C. 8., embarked at the King's Stairs of the dockyard, and proceeded on board the Royal yachts Victoria and Albert and the Osborne, the Admiralty yacht Enchantress, and the training three-decker Duke of Wellington, Capt. John Sec combe. On again landing at the dockyard, the iron-cased frigate Royal Alfred, in No. 3 dock, was visited, as was afterwards the saw-mills, the beauti ful block-making machinery of Brunel, the steam factory, smithery, &c., all of which was evidently viewed with great interest by the distinguished visitors. The Whole of the recruiting parties in the United Kingdom not recruiting for their own corps, and the recruiting staff and pensioners employed on the re cruiting service, have been ordered to raise men for the 2d battalion, 4th King's Own, whose numbers have been considerably reduced in the service com panies by the late attack of cholera at Malta. On Wednesday a detachment of Royal Engi neers left headquarters, Chatham, and embarked at St. Helena, for the purpose of augmenting the com pany of Royal Engineers now employed in the repair of the defences and the construction of addi tional fortifications at that island. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander C. G. Jones, Com mander Henry N. Knox, and Commander Robert Sterne, to be Inspecting Commanders in the Coast guard ; and John Cox, Acting Second-class Engi neer, to the Dromedary. In the naval appointments published in The Sun of yesterday, the name " Henry S. Mills," naval cadet, should have have been " Henry Smiles." LIBERTY OF THE PRESS IN PRUSSIA..—The _Demo crate Socialiste of Berlin announces that its printing office has received a visit from the police to ascertain the names of the persons to whom the journal was sent. All packets or portfolios in the possession of the workmen or appren tices were also searched. The printer has given notice of an appeal to the authorities against this interference with his business. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills.—Bilious affec tions and stomach complaints, induced by atmospheric heat or too liberal diet, if not early checked, are often at tended with serious consequences. When any one finds his ideas less clear than usual, his eyesight dimmed and his head dizzy, while he is indisposed for all exertion, physical or mental, he may be quite sure that he is in immediate need of some cooling and purifying medicine. Let him send at once for a box )f Holloway's pills, after a few doses of which his head will be clear again, his spirits be ele vated, and all his energies be restored. Printed directions for the guidance of patients in the use of this admirable medicine are gazed to every box. SPIRIT OF THE YOBLlCioiriNeLs. TIMES.—The story of Miss Crosse, who ran away with her father's groom, has been terminated dra matically by the marriage of the parties with Mr. Crosse's consent. This event, which has excited the greatest interest and sensation among the good people of Wandsworth, seems to have taken every one by surprise. After the first inquiry before Mr. Ingham the young lady had returned to her father's house, and was said to have bidde n a n e t erna l fare well to her lover. The romance was thought to be at an end, especially when the father withdrew from the prosecution, and George Smith, the object of Miss Crosse's misplaced affection, was discharged from custody amid the cheers of a sympathising crowd. The finale, however, was yet to come. Find ing his daughter really attached to Smith, and de termined to marry him as soon as she might come of age, Mr. Crosse wisely relented, the marriage ceremony was performed yesterday, and the scene ended by Mr. Smith addressing his admiring friends from a first-floor window. The charge of abduction having thus fallen to the ground, we are at liberty to consider the circumstances under which it was preferred and entertained, without any fear of pre judicing the case. The heroine, Miss Crosse, is between 20 and 21 years of age, and her father is the rector of Ockham, in Surrey. The you ng man , George Smith, of whose wicked arts she is alleged to be the victim, is 18 years of age, and had lived nearly two :years with Mr. Crosse as groom and general servant. About Christmas last an intimacy sprang up between him and his young mistress, with whom he used to ride—a fact which will probably tend to revive the panic that spread through Bel gravia two or three seasons ago. That he did not make the first advances may be inferred with tolerable certainty from the young lady's reply to a question from the magistrate —." I think we were about equal," That he was not the first to propose an elopement we know on the posi tive testimony of the same witness. Her visits to the stable had been discovered by her parents, " there had been a great row," she became very un happy, and made up her mind to leave the house, and protests that she would have done so even " if George had died." At all events she " arranged" the whole plan, and on her lover being dismissed at a moment's notice, told him to come the next night, August 25, to herbedroom window. She made the usual signal by lighting paper, and he appeared ; Miss Crosse let herself down with some little assist ance from him, and begged him to accompany her to Weybridge station. Hitherto it does not appear that such an idea had occurred to his mind, and he actually asked her then and there whether she had not better stay. Miss Crosse, however, was re solved, and they went up to London by a night train, Smith paying the fare out of their common purse, and proceeded straight to Doctor's-commons. Smith applied for a marriage licence, but learnt that it could not be granted to a lady under age without her father's consent, whereupon, at Miss Crosse's suggestion, they took lodgings together at Wands worth. There they were found by Mr. Crosse and an Inspector of Police on the sth of September ; but it is right to state that, although they had occupied the same room, proof has since been given that they had never cohabited as man and wife. Anything less like abduction, according to the popular notion of that crime, it w o u ld no t b easy to imagine. The prisoner was a mere boy, and two years younger than the lady ; he was not shown to have plotted or even to have contemplated the elopement, but rather endeavoured to dissuade her from it at first; he had carried off none of his master's property, and upon Miss Constance proposing that they should buy a business with the money to which she was entitled on coming of age, he urged that it should be left untouched ; he did not even propose the going up to London, or take the initiative in engaging the lodgings, or avail himself dishonourably of her confidence in any way whatever. Still there are strange things in English law, and it is just possible that an act that wears no very serious aspect may amount to a legal felony. In this case, however, there is no colour for any such paradox. Our criminal law, with its wonted excess of particu larity and neglect of symmetry, defines four offences in the nature of abduction, and provides for their punishment in three distinct sections. The first of these makes it felony to take away or detain any woman, of any age, who may have any interest in property, against her will, with intent to marry or seduce her. It also makes it felony " fraudulently to allure, take away, or detain such woman, being under the age of 21 years, . . . . against the will of her father." Now, there was not the shadow of a pretence for saying that Miss Crosse was taken away against her own will. Still less could the young lady's evidence be reconciled with the theory of any fraudulent allurement or detention. The next section is directed exclusively against the abduction or detention of women by force, a supposition which was not even suggested. The last is confined to the case of girls under 16 years. With the words of the act before us, therefore, we are somewhat at a loss to understand upon what precise charge Smith was remanded, and upon what point the magistrate desired to have further evidence. " The question," said Mr. Ingham, " was whether she had been fraudulently taken away," and he threw out a doubt whether it might not be fraudulent to take away a young woman without her father's knowledge. If so, every runaway match would render one of the ,parties liable to 14 years' penal servitude ; but we may safely say that few runaway matches take place with so little solicitation on the part of the bride groom. If young men could be subjects of abduction, it would have been at least as reasonable to accuse Miss Crosse of " taking away" the groom, as the groom of " taking away" Miss Crosse, for it is quite evident throughout the whole affair that she played the part of a principal, and he of a timid accessory. Mr. Crosse himself at last saw the matter in this light, though he pleaded in his own defence that he was led, " by his servants and other persons," to believe that his daughter had been duped by the prisoner. What opened his eyes was her own story as told in Court, and the wonder is that it did not open the eyes of the magistrate too. It may be an indelicate question to raise, but one cannot help asking oneself what was really the head and front of poor Smith's offending, upon the worst supposition, and in what respect its enormity was greater than enormities which are daily condoned. Possibly a chivalrous groom, conscious of his own unworthiness to be hus band of a young lady, would have held back when she flung herself into his arms, firmly refused to aid her in an vynterprise which might bring her into dis grace, and torn himself away to save her from her own infatuation. Chivalry, however, is rare now a-days, and we are not at all sure that an average young gentleman in Smith's position would have behaved with greater propriety. But let us take the converse case, and suppose the young gentleman to have fallen in love with a housemaid, a contin gency for which precedents are to be found,—on what principle should greater allowances be made for him than for this youth ? The difference is really altogether in favour of the latter, for here the courting began on the wrong side, and the groom seems to have known his place until the young lady paying her addresses to him. Of course i t wasbegan all very wrong, little less than domestic treason, and Mr. Crosse, on discovering it naturally expe rienced the same feeling as Brabantio when he first learnt that Desdemona was enamoured of the Moor. He, like Mr. Crosse, horrified by his daughter's taste, jumped to the conclusion that some illicit means must have been employed to win her heart ; but he was soon convinced out of her own mouth, that she was " half the wooer." It was surely a.great pity that Mr. Crosse, instead of proceedin g hastily against the culprit, did not make such inquiries as would have satisfied him of the true state of the matter. He would thus have saved himself and his family the pain of a public scandal, which has greatly shocked well-regulated minds in the genteel classes of society, but which, after this brilliant sequel, will doubtless be the theme of admiring and envious comment in many a Servants' Hall. HERALD.—We have already commented on some of the opinions expressed by Professor Rogers, when discussing the expediency of patents before the members of the British Association. We were in duced to take so much notice of what Mr. Rogers had said, rather by the importance of the subject than by the novelty of the sentiments advanced or the ability with which they were brought forward. There was nothing in the views the professor enun ciated which had not been said by Sir Win. Arm strong at an earlier date, and in a more effective manner, when the great gunsmith was first ad vocating a limited adoption of communistic theories by a population not generally favourable to their reception. But the proposal certainly looks better in the hands of the Northern baronet than in those of the Oxonian professor. On the question of public morality there is not much difference between them, but as a matter of taste we prefer the master of the school of spoliation to his lastest follower and imi tator. When Sir William has anything to say he says it in language which a plain man can easily understand, and to which a critic cannot seriously object. The views may be unsound, but the words are not inelegant ; the policy suggested may be unjust, but the sentences indicating it are not ungrammatical. Far different is our fate when doomed to hear or to read the vapourings of Professor Rogers on the same subject. Quite apart from deficient logic do we complain of faulty composition. We do not ask a patent law abolitionist to reason conclusively, but we do expect him to write and speak grammatically. It would be too much to require him to be so skilful in wordy warfare as to conceal the injus tice his theory involves, but he ought to have sufficient knowledge of English to save him from flagrant offences against Lindley Murray. We can conceive of persons not unwilling to be satis fied with Mr. Rogers' reasoning, but we cannot imagine on e w h o wou ld b e pleased with his diction. His theories about inventors' interests may or may not have been drawn from the fount of wisdom unpolluted, but his manner of expressing them never came from the well of English undefiled. The professor's errors have not even the redeeming qualities of Irish bulls, Scottish singularities, or Yankee vulgarisms. They are not racy of the soil, nor of anything else, except perhaps of their author. They neither show Yankee smartness, Irish geniality, nor Scotch wit. Mr. Rogers may take as much pride in his parts of speech as Mrs. Malaprop, but he has no more reason for pride than the good lady herself had. Mr. Rogers was not very long in giving his audience a taste of his quality. Plunging at once in medias res he began with a violation of the first rule of syntax, by talking about " what is called patent rights." A little later,. and he was speaking of " many cases in which inventions as laborious as any which is devoted to patented pro cesses ;" and again, of " reasoning and method as cautious and precise as any which is exhibited." In equal contempt of temporal concord, he remarks, " the public are certainly anxious to procure the best examples of the works they had ;" and, with a finish as remarkable as the commencement was singular, he ended his sentence by telling his auditors that, " if they put up with a transparent imitation, it means that, except under such circum stances, they would not have bought the work at all." We do not know whether our readers can understand this. We confess we do not, even with the added light afforded by picking out sundry gems of the same order from other parts of the essay. The professor evidently has his own notions about the graces of composition, which make his willing ness to abolish copyright the more praiseworthy. The Rogerian style is probably the correct one, but it is certainly very different from that to which we are accustomed. We say nothing about in volved and clumsily constructed sentences, in which the sense has to be picked out from the midst of half a dozen parenthetical intercalations ; but we should like to know what is meant by " some na tural power or force, the process or possible value of which has not been infringed before." Nor is the professor less incomprehensible when he reproaches patentees with asserting " a title to the qualities of matter," and with " laying out their money indraw ing blanks." Words in common use may be diffe rently understood on the Isis and on the Thames, but for the life of us we cannot conceive how an inventor " wins his labour," though he may certainly win the fruit of it. Nor do we clearly see how a capitalist can " drive hard terms." Bargains may be driven, terms may be exacted, or in a technical sense may be eaten, but never till now did we hear of their being driven by anybody. We admire me taphor, and set a proper value o n p er iph ras i s , but we fail" to understand how " simultaneouA inventions can be mythical personages ;" or how " litigation, laid on a colourable imitation, is law." We have always thought that law is a rule of action, pre scribed by competent authority, and that litigation is the recognised means for enforcing the rule, so that we have yet to discover how the one can be come the other. We have not space to go through the whole of Professor Rogers' offences. He behaves very badly to the prepositions, putting them without stint or scruple into places for which they were never intended. Hence we read of a " hindrance upon the powers of other men's minds," and " remedy to high prices." With equal carelessness he confounds the province of the indicative and subjunctive, speaking in the same breath of a principle, which first " is not incompatible with public policy, and next that it be of certain ob jects." He seems to think well of trade marks, because the public have a right to know that the thing they buy is (not what it professes) but what it proposes to be. An unreliable prophecy with him is not unverified, but unfounded, and the machinery of the law is not put in motion, but is paid by litigating patentees. H e d oes not doubt whether the effect of copyright is beneficial or injurious, btt he does doubt " that a single copy more is sold" through its existence. Mr. Rogers tells us that " to constitute a right it must be cap able of intelligible defence." We hope he has suffi cient fairness to admit, as a corollary to this pro position, that a theory when advanced against a right ought to be capable of intelligible statement. In that case he will agree that the patent law is in no danger from his efforts, for we question whether he could understand or explain his own blunders. We should recommend him to read his paper once more with not less care than an averagely careful schoolmaster would bestow upon his own pupil's exercises. To borrow his own expressions, " be cause in case," he should do so, he will probably feel convinced that not only inventors but professors may be among the " many men who receive more from social order than they render to it ;" who, with no special aptitude for the task come forward to demand that their neighbours shall make " a concession to their vanity and selfishness," by listen ing to their windy harangues and empty platitudes. Before the professor ventures again to theorise about law we advise him to master its first principles, and not to pronounce dogmatically against giving an inventor legal rights until he has taken some pains to understand the subject on which he speaks. Finally, let us advise him, when not engaged in teaching the elements of political economy to in genuous youth at the University of Oxford, to em ploy his time in acquiring at least a rudimentary acquaintance with the language of educated Eng lishmen. COUNTRY MARKETS BIRMINGHAM —THURSDAY. At Gloucester and Worcester markets there was a less supply of wheat, but old was is and new 2s or qr. lower. Barley unaltered. O a t s f u ll y as dear. Beans higher. Peas inquired for. The transactions in wheat have been on a limited scale, at declining prices. Barley quite as dear. Oats, beans, and peas firm, but less in request. At Wolverhampton yesterday wheat of all kinds declined 10 per qr. Barley, oats, and peas firm. Beans is per qr. lower. Currencies :—English wheat, white, 45s to 50s ; red, 390 to 48s per 36 ston e . M a lti ng b ar l ey, 30s to 35s ; grinding, 22s to 25s per qr. Oats, 24s to 30s ; Irish, 21s to 24s per 30 stone. Beans, 42s to 45s ; and peas, 40s to 42s per qr. BRISTOL —THURSDAY. On our market to-day there was a moderate show of nevi" wheat, which sold at is to 2s per qr. under last week. Foreign offered is per qr. reduction, without leading to business. A fair consumptive demand for new oats, prices unaltered. Maize and beans firm, and in request. MANCHES TER-THURSDAY. Our market this morning was moderately attended. English wheat slow sale at a reduction of is per qr. on old and is to 2s on new. Foreign in limited request at late rates. Flour declined is per sack. Old oats without ma terial change, but new gave way ld per bushel. Oatmeal fully is per load cheaper. Beans and Indian corn ruled firm. BURY ST. EDMUND'S —WEDNESDAY. There was a large supply of old and new wheat at this market to-day, and both may be quoted is per qr. lower. Several samples of barley offering, the colour very dark. Talavera wheat, 45s to 50s; red ditto, 38s to 425; barley, 30s to 325; secondary ditto, 27s to 29s per qr. Averages :—Wheat, 8291 qrs, 45s 9d ; barley, 11 qrs. , 30s Od ; oats, qrs, —s Od. EDINBURGII—WEDNEspAy. At to-day's market supplies of wheatw w ere fair, O a sold slbwly at about is under last week's prices. Average prices. Wheat, 41s 4d I Oats, 24s 9d Barley, 2Bs 5d i Beans 45s id Wheat on the top, 1s 6d up average, 3s 6d down• Barley on the top, is Od down average, is ld up. Oats on the top, Os 9d down average, Os 8d down• Beans on the top, Os as up average, Os 3d up. Total supply and sales. Wheat 442 qrs sold 260 Barley 1538 qrs sold 1264 Oats 1217 qrs sold 949 Beans 76 qrs sold 7 6 Town-made flour sells as follows :- - White, 39s Od; extl superfine, 37s Od; superfine, 35s Od; fine, 83s Od. GLASGOW-WEDNESDAY. This day's market was thinly attended. Foreign wheal and flour quiet at 6d per boll and barrel reduction. Ne" Scotch wheat in fair inquiry. Barley 3d l ower per 32011;‘ Old oats, beans, and peas steady.. New oats and oatmea l is Gd to 2s per boll and barrel cheaper. Indian corn dull' Births. BRAY.—On the 11th inst., at Folkestone, the wife of 144c r and Lieut.-Col. Edward Br a y, 4th (King's Own) Reg" of a snn, BOND.— On the 12th inst., at 1, Hamilton-place, the 1 ,4 " Selina Bond, of a son. FEILDEN.—On the 12th inst., at Beaconsthorpe ltectort, Norfolk, the Hon. Mrs. J. It. Feilden, of a son. Marriages. ANDERSON—PRENTICE.-011 the 12th inst at ritte acli v e , Major Walte r F ergus Anderson, H.M.'s Bombay f to Isabella, second da ug ht er of George Prentice, Es c l" ° Strathore, Fifeshire. COOKE— GREATOREX. -- On On the 12th i ns t., at Trinity Church, Westb ourne-terrace, William Henry u°ioce, Esq., .„%, Q-C., to Anni e , secon d d aughter of J. Grealoiv Esq., of Cleveland-square. Deaths. BUBC4II.—On the 13th inst., at 3, Eccleston-terrac" s°lltll ' Elizabeth De Burgh, daughter of the late Right B°o Thomas Thomas Burgh, of Bert House, co. Kildare, and sister the late General Lord Downes, aged 90. BAYLY.—On the 11th inst., at Woolwich, Major G o4° Bayly, Staff °Meer of Pesioners. the COLLETT.—On the 11th i ns t ., at Whitb y , suddenla . „ l ,.. Rev. Wm. Coll e tt, c h ap l a i n of H ar d en College, o ' l ' heath, aged 68. 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