The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-04 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 3. POOR REMOVAL BILL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The remaining clauses of this Bill were agreed to with some verbal amendments, and the report was orderal to be received to-morrow (this day). SMALL DEBTS BILL. Mr. B. COCHRANE moved the second reading of the Small Debts Bill, the object of which was to amend the defects at present existing in the law with respect to the recovery of small debts, the provisions of which were of a most tyrannical description. In the law, as it formerly existed, parties were Only sent for 'debt to the debtors' side of the prison, hilt, under the existing law, the judges of the County Courts could send debtors guilty of contempt to the felons' side of a prison for forty days. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL could not con sent to the second reading of the Bill. The matter complained of in the present Bill was not of modern date, and it would be better to repeal the law as it at present stood with respect to the recovery of small debts altogether, than adopt the sug gestions contained in the Bill of the Honourable Member opposite. He had been informed by the judges of the County Courts, that if the punishment for fraudulent debtors sought to be re moved by the Bill was abolished, the whole virtue of the present law would be taken away, and the measure rendered useless. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman concluded by moving as an amendment that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. H. BERKELEY thought that the present law for the recovery of small debts was most excel lent and effectual, and trusted that the Hon. Member for Bridport would abandon the Bill which he now sought to have read a second time. Mr. CHRISTOPHER would not oppose the second reading of the Bill, in order that it might go into Committee, and its details be fully discussed. In the county he had the honour to represent the greatest inconvenience was occasioned by sending debtors to the felons' side of the prison. Mr. HENLEY thought that it was a very doubt ful proceeding to subject a man to prison discipline because the judge thought, from the evidence brought before him, that he was able to pay such instalments of the debt as he thought proper. Mr. Csakt.DWELL thought that the power to punish fraud, when proved to the satisfaction of the judge, ought to be retained. It was his opinion that the Attorney-General had acted in a psrfectly proper manner in opposing any alteration of the law in this respect. Mr. NEWDEGATE felt convinced that the effect of the existing law was to treat poverty as a crime ; he would give his support to the second reading of the Bill. Sir G. GREY said that the operation of the Act would only be felt in cases where person s were guilty of the fraud of refusing to pay when they had the means to do so, and he thought that it was most pro per that the power to punish such frauds should re main in the hands of the judge for the protection of the interests of the creditor. Mr. B. COCHR.ANE said that he still felt that it was a most monstrous power to confer upon an indivi. dual, to allow the poorer classes of this country to be treated as felons; and so long as it remained on the statute-book the opinion would still prevail that there was one law for the rich and another for the poor. He should not, however, after having heard the opinion of the House upon the subject, put Hon. Members to the trouble of dividing. The motion for the second reading was therefore decided in the negative. GREAT YAIDIOUTH FREEMEN DISERAN CHISEMEN T BILL. On the order of the thy for going into Committee on this Bill, Sir G. GREY suggested that it should be post poned until after the measure which now stood upon the paper—the Borough Elections Bill, which in- eluded, among others, the borough of Great Yar mouth—should be disposed of, as upon the result of that Bill might depend the course which many Hon. Members might take with respect to the Bill now before the House. Mr. SEYMER said, that if it was the general wish of the House, he would consent to post pone the measure. In bringing forward the Bill he was acting only as the organ of the Committee, who came to the unanimous decision that the freemen of the borough of Great Yarmouth ought to be dis franchised. Mr. STAFFORD said that he disapproved of the Bill for disfranchising the freemen of Great Yarmouth. The effect of that Bill would be to punish the innocent with the guilty, and also to let off those who were more guilty in their conduct than the poor freemen who had been found guilty. If the Bill were pro ceeded with, he must certainly move that the House should go into Committee on the Bill this day six months. Lord MAHON expressed himself favourable to the postponement of the Bill. Mr. BRIGHT said that the Committee, having evidence of the best nature brought before it, had unanimously decided that the freemen ought to be disfranchised. If that recommendation were car ried out he believed that the infliction of that sum mary justice would have a most salutary warning upon the freemen of other boroughs. Such being his opinion, he should most certainly support the motion for proceeding with the Bill. Mr. S EIJART thought that as a clear case had been made out against the freemen of Yarmouth, the case ought to be proceeded with immediately. Sir G. GREY said that he had suggested the postponement of the Bill not with a view to oppose its progress. He was decidedly in favour of the Bill, and if the Hon. Member should persist in dividing the House, he should most certainly vote with him. Mr. R. YORKE and Mr. MILES were opposed to the postponement of the Bill. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. No division however took place, and the House went into Committee on the Bill. After a few words from Mr. STAFFORD and Mr. HUME, Sir J. HANMER said that in bringing forward the Borough Elections Bill he was actuated with the most sincere feelings. A somewhat desultory discussion then took place, which ended in Mr. STAFFORD moving that the Chairman do now report progress. The House divided, when there appeared— For the motion l6 Against it Majority against it Upon our return to the gallery we found Sir J. WILLOUGHBY stating that he would oppose the Bill. He did not believe that the freemen of Great Yarmouth ought to be disfranchised. Mr. A. STAFFORD maintained that no sufficient grounds had been made out fur disfranchi s i ng the borough. There was no evid ence to prove that there had been any extensive or systematic bribers' adopted; it had been proved in evidence before Committee that the total number bribed had the not exceeded fourteen or fifteen. Th e most just course, therefore, to adopt would be to disfranchise those who were bribed, and not punish the innocent with the guilty. Besides, this Bill only proposed to punish those who were bribed, but the person who tempted these poor persons by holding out th e bribes to them, came off clear of all punishment. The Honourable Member then proceeded to read various extracts at great length from the evidence given before the Committee, showing that a Mr. Coble and two other gentlemen had been most actively engaged in bribing the people, and giving the money to the voters. The Hon. Member then proceeded to state that t o select a particular class in a particular borough, and visit them with political extinction, because, being poor, they had yielded to crime, was most unjust, and the more so, because the instrument for punishing those parties did not in the least deg ree reach those who had brought about this bribery by their temptation. The Bill proposed to disfran chise the poor people only ; but why was it, in common fairness, that they left the agents of these nefarious proceedings at large, un touched and unpunished , ? The way to deal with the, subject cf b r ib e ry was not in this piece meal. manner, but to make it not only a penalty to receive a bribe, but also to fix a penalty upon al persons who offered bribes making such parties liable any common infornertoi be informed against by and giving such informer halt a the amount o f the pen'i be adopted, the House might If such a course were to lg t ht depend up o n it that h they would hea r very al l : o such person s a s th ose of whom they had heard in this C omm i t t ee The poor people of this countrys would never have any confidence in that Hou se o long as those wh o b r ibed were allowed unpunished,toremthalonseviooo w hil e t h e not td with oppressed eole punishment fell upon P overty, received the bribe. He didn , to divide the House on the subjecwt,bouilletLomwfauistashteeahfigatorhwien; ev er, enter his protest against the •B going too far in disfranchising the men of the borough, or not going far enough, ineaes much as it did not punish the principal acttr s in the. affair. Mr. SEYMER said that be had no sympathy with the bribers ; he should be most happy to see those persons punished, and he believed that there was already a law applicable to such persons. But he contended that, so long as there were treernen willing and ready to he bribed, there would a l ways he found persons ready to bribe theta. Tre H on. Member then proceeded to read a number of extracts from the evidence given before the Committee, with a view of allowing that the freemen' of this borough were most. clamoious- in their demands for the money which was given to them for voting. Mr. PLOWDEN said the most extensive and systematic bribery prevailed in the borough, that the freemen were in the habit of looking upon the re ceipt of money for their votes as their dearest and most ancient custom, and he should therefore give his utmost support to the Bill. Mr. HUME wished to know whether in the event of the freemen of the borough being disfranchised it was the intention of the Government to extend the franchise so as to make up for the reduction which would thereby be caused in the number of electors of the borough by allowing shareholders paying Si. a year rent the right to vote. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he was not at present prepared to answer that question. Mr. F. O'CONNOR. wished to know whether the Si. franchise, mentioned by the Hon. Member for Montrose, would form the basis of the new scheme that he was about to bring before the House. Mr. HUME said the plan he was about to submit would be upon a much larger scale than he had re ferred to. When that plan was before the House the Hon. Member would have an opportunity of judging of it. The Bill then went through Committee without amendments, and was ordered to be reported on Friday. The House resumed. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES BILL. On the question being put for going into Commit tee on this Bill, Mr. HEADLAM hoped the Committee would be postponed. Mr. CARDWELL resisted the proposal for post ponement. This Bill was of great i m portance to the commercial world. It had been two years before Parliament, and it ought to be delayed nu longer. Lord J. RUSSELL also urged the necessity of at once proceeding with the Bill. The House then went into Committee. Mr. HEADLAM moved as an amendment to clause 2 that the word "commissioner" shall mean any country commissioner of the Court of Bank• ruptcy having jurisdiction an in is situate. town where the principal office of the company The SOLICITOR-GEN ERA L resisted the amendment, believing that it would have the effect of increasing the appeals to the Court of Chancery, without conferring any advantages upon the parties whom this Bill proposed to relieve. • Mr. HUDSON said the argument of the Learned Solicitor-Greneral went for nothing, for whether the Committee agreed to the amendment or not, there underwould thisstil be i Bi many ll. ap p e Law ewal oughts t o the to o be Court nar of r ied Chanc eryhome t 0 e very man's door. It rendered it cheaperafd far more convenient to thosewhhoe had d r on t e h shinouilsd fcoerrttuani certainly supportengagee t i 'r n it,and amendment, believing as he did that the law to be established by this Bill would be mu c h b e tt er administered in the country than in Lobdon. Mr. MILNER GIBSON said, if the amendment were agreed to tt would very much detract from the efficacy of the Bill, and he should strenuously re sizt it. The SOLICITOR. GENERAL explained that the appeals from the Masters in London would be trifling compared with those that would come from the counties if the amendment were passed. Instead of there being one general tribunal, acting upon one settled principle, if the amendment were agreed to the Bill would establish a separate court in every part of the country, and the confusion such a system would give rise to would be interminable.—(Hear.) Mr. AGLIONBY was inclined to support the amendment, but he trusted it would not be hastily agree .l to. lie would suggest that the question should be postponed, in order that time might be afforded to Government to take it into their serious consideration. After a few words from Mr. STUART, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL consented to the postponement, and the Chairman was instructed to report progress and ask leave to sit again. The House having resumed, the Chairman reported accordingly. The remaining orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Six o'clock. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. AFTERNOON SITTING. The discussion upon the means of carrying on the Chartist movement, and the policy of issuing an address, to the people, was resumed yesterday afternoon. Mr. E. JONES moved that the Assembly should issue an address to the country to convince the people that they were determined to go on with their movement. Mr. WEST proposed an amendment, to the effect that before they issued an address, the Assembly should determine upon their future policy with regard to the Charter. Mr. CHURCIIILL supported Mr. Jones's motion. The newspapers, which were the organs of the middle classes, spoke in triumphant terms that Chartism was defunit, and as many people in the country might be misled by such false statements, the address was to show that Chartism was still alive and kicking, and did not depend upon the will of Mr. 0 Connor. The address was also to counteract the injurious effect which Mr. O'Connor's letters had produced upon the movement. When poison was once instilled into the body the sooner an antid,te was administered the better. Ultimately the amendment was withdrawn, and the motion of Mr. Jones carried unanimous;y. A com• mittee was then appointed to draw up the address. FUTURE CHARTIST POLICY. Mr. CLARE then proposed a motion to the effect that they should resort to moral force agitation in forwarding the Chartist movement, by the estalishment of reading rooms, the employment of lecturers, the issuing of tracts, by fraternizing with all bodies of reformers, and with the electoral bodies of the country. _ A DELEGATE said physical force was'all nonsense, and the only way to accomplish their object was by energetic moral ugitatioß. Mr. HENRY deprecated discussing the question of moral and physical force. Mr. CHURCHILL proposed an amendment, that phy sical and moral foice should not be discussed, and that the matter should be left to the committee appointed to draw up the address. Mr. KIDD proposed another amendment, that the principles of the Charter should be disseminated by means of lectures, tracts, public meetings, discussion societies, the registration of the working classes, and by other legitimate means in their power. Mr. E JONES said they were all moral force men— (Laughter and cheers)—but the time might come when the people would only be satisfied with physical force. Dr. M•DotrALL said the people were not now prepared for any outbreak, for, if they had, the awful distress which existed in the country would not have been allowed to exist. _ _ Mr. JOHN SHAW, (Towel: aamle:s), said Mr. O'Connor had done a great deal of injury to the cause There were a body of staunch reformers who were determined to take advantage of the position of Mr. O'Connor, and start a newspaper in opposition to the Northern Star. They had now got Mr. O'Connor by the hip, and they would hurl him to death, so that he should never be able to show his face among the people again. Mr. 1 - 1 lIRLY said the Northern Star was the only paper which had declared the Assembly illegal, and it supported it in the first instance. He, therefore, wished, for one, to be relieved from the support of such a man. The Assembly then adjourned the consideration of the subject until this day, and separated. WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICK- LOW, AND DUBLIN RAILWAY. A meeting of certain shareholders in this company was held yesterday, at twelve o'clock, at Fendall's a llotel, to consider the petition to Parliament against the pend ing Bill of the Waterford Company, and tbr the appoint ment of a committee of investigation, and to receive the report of the Irish agent ; Mr. Nash in the chair. The CHAIRMAN read a report of the complaints which the shareholders whom he represented had to make against the directors. Resolutions were proposed expressive of dissatisfac tion with the conduct of the directors generally; that as the first project of a line to Waterford had failed, it was but just to the original shareholders that either their deposits should be returned, or the compa ny should be wou n d up ; that the exp enses of the company had been excessive, especially the votes to the directors and the secretary ; that an arrange ment ge ment which had b een entered into withilie tto the ii nwthe B South Wales Company, by whi c h t h e latter, on the sub an presented sc riptioa of an eighth of a m illi on, should have the power to nominate one-halt of th e di rectors of the Waterfordlinet,hwat a petition asinjuaic bed injurious iousagainst company, and pending in Parliaraet for the att a i nment of that n übj ect. The resolutions having been unanimously passed, th e meeting was dissolved. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday afternoon at the station, Pad dington, for the purpose of taking into consideration the drafts of certain Bills applied fur in the present session of Parlament. CHARLES RUSSELL, Esq., Chairman, presided, an d stated that the mooting had been called, in order to comply with the standing orders uf the House of L rds. In bringing forward the Bills which would be submitted to the meeting, the directors had strictly adhered to their resolution, not to be induced, on any consideration whatever, to embark in any nesv undertaking under the existing state of affairs. The following draft Bills were then read to the meet ing, and, after much discussion and opposition, ulti tnixttely agr e ed t o , an d t h e directors requeste d to p roceed vvi :, 11 4 them in P ar li ament: — Bill for erlabl'n , the South Wales Rai lwa y Com pany to hold shares in ares in the undertaking of the Vale of Neath Railway Company , and for ot her p ur p oses. " A Bill to Wexford. w.,f!rnend the Acts relating to the Waterford, I. kiow, and Dublin Railway, and for other A vote of th an k s directors, and then passed to the Chairman and the I :, e a t S • pin ing separated. DESTRUCTIV7 ------- - ( R l ,iy E morning a fire tro ß t, AT POPLAR.—EarIy on Tues ,,ace, out en the premiAes of Mr. A. arton, grocer yard, East India-road, ,„„ n h nt' e MOnger, 54, Robin Hood spite of the efforts of an unusually larae nu v,' i n destroyed. The adjoinin,-;"„Of firemen, were entirely F ortunately and their contents injured.° were also much were iusured. orttiaatel all . y tae parties 4 1 _ THE TSITN, LONDON, THURSDAY First Prize—F. F. Andrews, Lynn. Second Prize—E. J. Blyth, Richmond. Hou. Certificate—J. Wills, Axminster. CHEMISTRY.-01r. Griffiths.) First Prize—F. F. Andrews, Lynn. Second Prize—W. Dingley, Sherborne. Hon. Certificate—lL W. Sharpin, Bedford. Hon. Certificate—Francis Cupisst_Diss. BOTANY.—(Dr . F. J. Farre.) Prize—G. H. Griffiths, Cheltenham. lion. Certificate—Frederic Pratt, London. Hon. Certificate —Henry Shepard, London. MIDWIFERY.—(D. r. Rigby.) ledge.—(Repeated cheoripg.) In fact, he had dis charged the task in a way which would do credit to those double his years.--(.Applause.) He then intro duced Mr. Dobell to the Lard,Mnyor, from whose hands he received the prize amidst loud cheers. He then bowed to his Lordship and the company and retired. The next prize (clinical surgery) was awarded to Mr. James Hinton, London, and an honorary certificate to Mr. Felix Pelligrin, of the Mauritius. The LORD MAYOR said, in addressing Mr. Pelligrin, that though they felt as Englishmen, they felt the utmost satisfaction in recognising and rewarding merit from far distant climes.—(Loud cheers.) The Hospitaller (the Rev. Mr. Wix) then came for ward, and congratulated the Lord Mayor, on the part of the hospital, in having taken the chair. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented the prize which was awarded to:Mr. Griffith H. Griffiths, of Cheltenham, who, owing to illnes s, appeared by proxy. In doing so, h have been occupied by Sir Robert Peel. The Rev. Mr. Nix s tated that the prize essay for next room,essaid hehe occupied dd the would place which, u n til h e entere d th e year would be " The connexion between Religion and Medical Science ;" that of the present year was " On the connexion between the study of Ancient and Modern Literature and the studies of Medical Science." Tho following prizes and honorary distinctions were then presented: — SCHOLARSHIP IN MEDICINE, SURGERY, AND MIDWIFERY. W. IL Slade, Frame. SCHOLARSHIP IN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. Harvey Ludlow, Hertford. SURGERY.—(Mr. Lawrence.) Prize— R. C. Hurst, Bedford. MEDICINE.—(Dr. Burrows.) First Prize —C. C. Piper, Guildford. Second Prize—William Helps. Gloucester. Hon. Certificate — H. R. Hoskins, London. Hon. Certificate —Robert 0. Clarke, Farnham. CLINICAL MEDICINE, AWARDED BY THE PHYSICIANS OF THE HOSPITAL. Prize—C. C. Piper, Guildford. .ANATOMY — (Mr. Skey.) SENIOR CLASS. First Prize —Harvey Ludlow, Hertford. Second Prize —Joseph German, Derby. Hon. Certificate —J. B. Gilbertson, Preston. Hon. Certificate —W. M. Clarke, Bodmin. Hun. Certificate —Henry Shellard, London. Hon. Certificate — R. Wilson, London. JUNIOR CLASS. Prize—Charles H. Roper. Exeter. Hon. Certificate —Henry W. Sharpin, Bedford. Hon. Certificate —Charles Brettinghani, London. Hon. certificate—Hast well Thornton, Bradford. P H YSIOLOGY.—(Mr. Paget.) SENIoR CLASS. First Prize—Harvey Ludlow, Hertford. Second Prize—Edward G. Pitt, London. JUNIOR CLASS. Prize—Henry Wilson Sharpin, Bedford. Hon. Certificate—Charles Brettingha,m, L on j on . Hon. Certificate—W. G J. Ayre, Plymouth. Hon. Certificate—Hast well Thornton, Bradford MATERIA. MEDICA.—(Dr. Roupell.) Prize—Henry Rogers, London. Hon. Certificate—A. R. Hoskins, London. Hon. Certificate—Henry Cbolmeley, Wainfleet, Lin coinshire. PRACTICAL M I DWIFERY.--(Dr. Rigby.) Prize—Samuel %V. Aldred, Yarmouth. Hon. Certificate—Charles Drage, Ipswich. Hon. Certificate—Harry P. Leech, Bury St. Edmund:. Hon. Certificate—Richard Harvey, Jamaica. MEDICAL JUItISPBUDENC . E. - 7(Dr. Baly.) Prize—Horace B. Dobell, Che lt enham. Second Prize—H. R. Hoskins, London. Hon. Certificate—Henry Cholmeley, Wainfleet, Lin colushire. College Prize, given by the Treasurer of the Hospita, to the Resident Student of the Collegiate Establishment who obtains the highest honours in the Examinations— Harvey Ludlow, Hertford. These interesting proceedings did not terminate unti past four o'clock. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY. The Sharpshooter steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com manding J. C. Bailey, was docked this morning, to be repaired, without having been out of the harbour. F W L i y n 3 el i , o s u o i n u th , ;31 n ry de f. a — te H b e r r eez m es s , jaesntdy,itfineslwooev w ather a . ter witch, from Portsmouth, came in yesterday morning, bound to the coast of Africa. Lieutenant Cotton, R.N., and Captain Hunter, landed yesterday afternoon from the ship Southampton, Captain W. A. Bowen, from Calcutta, and proceeded with dis patches to London. This morning the Southampton put in, being short of Prov i s i o ns, and having experienced strong contrary winds off the Start. She left Calcutta on the 6th of January, and St. Helena the 17th of March, and has a mail-bag from her Majesty's steam gun-vessel Wasp, and several other packages from the coast of Africa, for the Admiralty. At St. Helena, her Majesty's sloop Wanderer, 12, Commander Frederick B. Montresor; Bittern, 12, Commander Thomas Hope; and Contest, 12, Commander Archibald M`Murdo. Her Majesty's sloop Cygnet, 8, Commander George Kenyon, had just sailed for the coast of Africa. WOOLWICH, MAY 2.—The Mary lighter arrived to• day from Deptford with a cargo of provisions for the Enterprise, Captain Sir J. Clarke Ross, and the articles were taken on board that vessel, consisting of a number of cases of prepared potatoes, boiled mutton, pork, beef, peas, and other preserved victuals, with a large supply of flour, oatmeal, and biscuits. The quar.tities of provisions taken on board the Enterprise and Investigator will not only be amply sufficient for the officers and crews of these vessels, but they will also have plenty to spare for the officers and crews of the Erebus and Terror, should they be so fortunate as to meet with any of the parties who proceeded to the Arctic regions in those discovery vessels. Captain Sir J. Clarke Ross is indefatigable in insuring that every preparation is made for the comfort of his officers and crew, who are a fine body of hardy men. The vessel has been greatly strengthened by projecting timbers of considerable thickness, gradually rising from below her water line, and the interior has been fitted with pipes to circulate hot water through all parts of the vessel. A roof similar to the roof of a dwelling house is constructing at Black wall for each of the vessels, to be put up on deck betwixt the masts in the event of having to winter in the Arctic regions; and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have afforded every facility fur the comfort of every person to be engaged in the expedition in search of Cap tain Sir John Franklin and the officers and crews of the Erebus and Terror. The saw mills in Woolwich. dockyard are now in full operation, and several of the former sawyers are now employed at the mills, and sixteen employed as labourers in the yard. Eight of the men longest in the service have been superanuated on pensions according to length of service. An experiment was tried last week to ascertain the difference of time in which two bevelled pieces of timber of the hardest kind fur shipbuilding purposes could be converted into their proper shapes; the one by Mr. Cochraoe's machine, and the other by the sawyers in the usual manner. The result showed that Mr. Cochrane's machine accomplished the task in a very perfect manner in 27 minutes, and the sawyers accom plished theirs in one hour and 10 minuted, and made very good work in so short a time as their task occupied. The work in this department is greatly accelerated by a number of convicts being employed to bring in and re move the timber. APPOINTMENTS. ADMIRALTY, MAY 2.—John G. Williams, Surgeon- Superintendent, to the Kinnear convict ship. Edward S. Burnley, John Bonney, Frederick J. New ton, Richard Samson, and G. W. Putt, Acting-Assistant Engineers, Ist class, to the Blenheim. George Crichton and George Griffiths, Acting-As sistant Engineers, 2d class, to the Enterprize. Francis T. Hamilton, mate, to the Waterwitch. PROM ,, TION. Alexander G. West, to be commander. THE STEAM-PACKET BANSHEE. We stated that the new Holyhead steam-packet Banshee bad been attending on Admiral Dundas and Mr. and during their official visit. This splendid steam veesel conveyed them, on Monday, the 24th ult., from Liverpool to Kingstown in about eight hours. The Gallant Admiral and Mr. Ward proceeded to Dublin the same day, and remained there transacting official busi ness with the Lord-Lieutenant until the 27th, early in the morning of which day they re-embarked at Kings town in the Banshee, and proceeded to Waterford. Here they inspected the arrangements for the packet service, and then continued en route to Cork, and arrived at Cove on• the 28th, where they were received by the Rear-Admiral Commanding in-Chief the Honourable H. D. Mackay, and Rear- Admiral Sir C. Napier, K.C.8., commanding the Channel squadron. At Cove they visited the Crocodile, 22, flag-ship of the port-admiral, Lieut. Commander Protheroe, on board of which vessel nearly 200 fine lads are in course of training for the service. The boys were exercised aloft as well as on deck, and displayed a great deal of smartness in all their movements. They also visited the Canopus, 84, Capt. Moresby, C.B. ; the Prince Regent, 90, Captain W. F. Martin ; and the St. Vincent, 120, flag•ship of Sir C. Napier, and in the afternoon of Saturday, after dining on board the St. Vincent with the gallant Admiral, who invited Admiral Mackay and the Captains of the squadron to meet them, they took their departure in the Banshee, for Holyhead, where they arrived on Sunday last, after a very rapid passage. They inspected the harbour and Admiralty establishment at Holyhead, and returned thence to town by railway on Monday. Both Admiral Dundas and. Mr. Ward have expressed themselves most highly satis fied with the performances of the Banshee. Nothing could exceed the celerity, steadiness, and regularity with which she made the passage from place to place, sur passing everything on the waters she traversed in easi• ness as well as swiftness of motion. _ _ The Admiralty are now, we are pleased to find, in possession of the facts with respect to this vessel's cap& bilities, and can duly estimate the value of the imputa tions which the envious rivals of the designer and builder of the Banshee have incessantly cast upon her. If, however, any member of the Board of Admiralty should entertain the slightest doubt with reference to the com prative abilities of the ex-Surveyor and his professional adviser, Mr. Edye, as against those men whom they have fur years traduced and kept down, let their Lord ships sake a trip in the " Caradoc," Holyhead packet, as soon as she is ready. It is, indeed, most inexplicable, that, although in every case in which other builders have been allowed to try under the most adverse circumstances against the Navy Office, they have thoroughly beaten Somerset House, yet the men and their system have up to a very late period been most pertinacidlisly continued. —Herald. The Myrtle, steam-gun vessel, at Woolwich, has been reported ready for trial in the engineer department, and a report has been called for as to the time of her com pletion. The Jackal, iron-steamer, one of the " half-dozen," has been found on examination at Portsmouth to be defec tive in the rivets of her bottom. The corrosion has almost eaten the rivets away—a large number will have to be removed and replaced by new ones. These defects, it should be understood, has not arisen from bad work manship, but from the deterioration of the iron, which Mr. Hay's composition now su successfully prevents. There was no chance for this vessel. She was built for a packet; but it was soon found that, although she had 150 .horse power to 350 tons, she was useless for that purpose. She was then called a " gun vessel"—arma ment one gun, and was stationed in the Mediterranean to protect British interests. Thus, from her inactivity, such a mass of weeds, &c., accumulated on her bottom, that when she was ordered away it was with great difficulty that she was enabled to move. But, at the best, her speed was insufficient to keep the mud off her bottom. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. The distribution of scholarship prizes and honorary distinctions took place yesterday, at two o'clock, in the hall of the hospital. A considerable number of beautiful and elegantly attired ladies took their seats some time before the commencement of the interest. ing proceedings. Altogether, including the students, who were stationed on a raised platform along the side of the hall, nearly 500 persons were present. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the President, entered the hall shortly before two, accom panied by Mrs. Lawrence, the lady of the senior physician, and followed by Sir R. E. Inglis, and the officers of the hospital. The Lady Mayoress occu pied the seat to the right of the Lord Mayor. Mr. Sheriff Hill and the Misses Hooper were present. Mr. Bentley sat on the left of the Lord Mayor. Mr. LAWRENCE then delivered the address usually presented on similar occasions. Having alluded in suitable terms to the character of the late President, Mr. Alderman Lucas, he proceeded to say that the session of the Medical School of the Hospital for the last six months having been brought to a close, the students were invited to compete for the prizes awarded by the officers of the institution. They had so competed, and it was his pleasing duty this day to announce the names of the successful competitors. To them it must be gratifying. to behold so numerous and se highly an influential assembly, and ho trusted they would continue in the career they had commenced so suspiciously.—(Cheers.) Hospitals were originally established to alleviate the sufferings of the poor, but they had at all times been resorted to for instruction by those about to follow the medical profession, on account of the excellence and practical usefulness of the informa tion to be obtained within their walls. To day the most successful of the students were to receive the hall they crowning glory o f t h e i r stud i es—rewards for all the medical i eal brought prhf e s t s o i obear which had exp en d e d an d for the i ntell i gence they ion t t h h e e y were various taking branches of instruction.the Both the students and the hospital were much indented to ' Mr. Bentley for the great services he had rendered.— . (Cheers.) It was gratifying to him to be enabled to state that the conduct of the students during the past year had been very praiseworthy ; they had evinced a great desire for knowledge, shown great respect and gra titude to their teachers, and in all respects had acted as gentlemen, and as perfectly convinced of the great ira portance and dignity of their profession. He trusted the Lord Mayor would long be spared to preside over their meetings.—(Loud cheers) In conclusion, he exhorted the students to lead a moral course of life, and to uphold with t he same lo y alt y as he retofore the ins:ituttons • Of their native land, which, since the recent events on the Continent , had acquired claim upon their loyalty and attachment. a stronger It was his pleasing duty to intro _.(Loud cheers.) duce to his I,ordshiP Mr. Horace B. Dobell, of Chel tenham, who had recce s -tally competed for the Bentley for the best report of the Treasurer , Prize, given by attention of c ases which had come under the but ° r Not only had he ea • the hospital during the past y certain number of these furnished excellent reports of a d. rams (Cheers.) them by !agr • cases, but had illustrated be was old in know- He was young in years, but LONDON HOSPITAL. The distribution of prizes for the past session took place on Tuesday, May 2, in the presence of a nume rous assembly of the governors and friends of the hos. pita!, Sir E. N. Buxton, M.P., in the chair. The followint4 were the prizes awarded:— The Hospital Gold Medals, presented by the Govei nors for zeal and humanity in attendance oz, the patients to John Page Cooper, Bow, and John Weir Draper Brown, Deptford. MEDICINE. Gold Medal—Alfred Ball, Bishopsgate. First Honorary Certificate—William Talbot King, Hackney. Silver Medal Charles Harper, Plymouth . Honorary Certificates—George Cochrane Millar, Fins- bury ; Philip William Govett, Plymouth. SURGERY. Gold Medal—John Wyatt, Bognor. First Honorary Certificate—Thomas Nadauld Brush field, Spitalfields. Silver Medal—Henry Erasmus Fox, Godmanchester, Second Honorary Certificate—William Prater, Exeter. ANATOMY. Gold Aledal—Jelin Wyatt, 13,,gn0r. Honorary Certificates—John Weir Draper Brown, Deptford; John 13. 'Afountford, Exeter. Dressership—Major Charles Dukes, Kingsland. PHYSIOLOGY. Gold Medal —George Cochrane Millar, Finsbury. Honorary Certificate—Major Charles Dukes, Kings land. MATERIA MEDICA. Gold Medal—John Page Cooper, Bow. First Honorary Certificate—Charles Harper, Ply mouth. Second Honorary Certificate—Edward O'Callagh Foutt, Cork. CREMISTRY. Gold Medal—Alonzo Henry Stocker, Sheerness. Silver Medal—Leonard George Boor, Warminster. Honorary Certificate—Henry Erasmus Fox, Godman Chester. MIDWIFERY. Gold Medal—John Page Cooper, Bow. Honorary Certificate—J, W. D. Brown, Deptford. FORENSIC MEDICINE. Silver Medal—Frederick Wm. Pearce Jago, Bothnia. Honorary Certificate—J. W. D. Brown, Deptford. BOTANY. Silver Medal—F. W. P. Jago, Bodmin. Honorary Certificate—J. W. D. Brown, Deptford. ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL. SESSION, 1847-8. The distribution of Prizes took place on Monday, Sir B. Brodie presiding. The successful candidates were as follows: ANATOMY. - -SENIOR CLASS. Prize—Mr. Howse; Certificate—Mr. Rouse. JUNIOR CLASS. Prize—Mr. Hornidge; Certificate—Mr. Ker. BOTANY. prize-Mr. Hastings; Certificates—Mr. Rusher, and Mr. Amesbury. __ CHEMISTRY. Prize—Mr. flornicige. .... ____ MATERIA MEDICA. Prize—Mr. ffornidge. MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE. Prize—Mr. Howse; Certificate—Mr. Hastings. MIDWIFERY. Prize ICAL REPORTS. Dixon, and Mr. F. Goodchild. Certificates—Mr. Henry M r 3. 1 E D M , e c r A r L i ra c a L n l , N . Prize—Mr. Ogle. MEDICAL ESSAY. Prize —Mr. Ogle. SURGICAL CLINICAL REPORTS. Prize—Mr. Howse. • SURGERY. Prize—Mr. Parnell. SCHOLARSHIP. Mr. Hornidge. _ BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.—The 44th anniversary meeting of this society was held yesterday, at Exeter-hall, and was, as regards numbers, rank, and talent, the greatest religious re-union of the season. Lord Bexley, the venerable president of the society, took the chair, in which he was supported by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of Norwich, St. Asaph, and Winchester, the Marquis of Cholmondeley, the Earls of Chichester and Ha r r Viscount Mor r,eth, and seve ral other clergymen and gentlemen. Dr. Brandt.= having, in consequence of the Noble President's advanced age, read his Lordship's opening address, then read an abstract of the report, which described the society's operations in various parts of the world :_The entire receipts for the year ending March, 184 8, a mount to 90,146/.Bs. 4d. The total sum applicable to t he g eneral pur p oses of the society is 4d. free contrib ut i ons fr o m auxiliary societie , ; showing 43,956/. 16s. 11d., including 31,3031. 4s. an increase in this item of 451/. 125. sd. The receipts for Bibles and Testaments a mount to 46,1891. 1 la. sd. The issues of the society during the year amount to 1,124,067, viz., from the depository at home, 837,361; from the depots abroad, 256 ,706. The total issues of the society have been 20,865,8 37 vo lumes. The expen diture during th e p as t y ear has been 105,042/. 19s . ld. , engagementsbeing 14,8961 . las. 9 d . b e y on d the receipts. Th e society is under engagements to t h e extent of 41 , 800 /. The Archbishop of moved the adoption. of the report, and Lord Morpeth seconded the motion. The meeting, report having been adopted, Lord Bexley retired, and the Marquis of Cholmondeley presided during the re mainder of the proceedings. Resolutions in furtherance separated. of st the society's objects were supported by the Bishop of Asaph and several clergymen and gentlemen, and the Maurice GRAY'S INN, MAY 3.—The undern.amed gentle viz., Henry Ni.inaaewn, b w y er t e he th l i i s o d n a . y so c e s : l e le ty d otfouthre3yd,seglrez of barrister-at county Lid.ainsaaprkp,rohveoldoof cholas Carr, Es '' 11 to 5, to r, ..,sq., John Stratford Collins, Esq., and w to a t s h r e es ß ol i v n ed n , o b w y , Charles Met ttins Swabey, Esq. -CUE LAw OF ENTAIL.—At a meeting of the before F. l c u ament on the law of entail. n t the Monday , preaea preamble `fE VEN FNG, MAY 4, 1848. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, May 3. The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court to-day, at half past ten o'clock. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. THE CORPORATION OF LUDLOW.-THE LUDLOW CHARITIES. This case came before Lord Chancellor yesterday upon four petitions presented by different parties com plaining of the report of the Master approving of a scheme for the application of a sum of 1,5001. agreed to be paid by the corporation. The first petition was on the part of the Earl of Powis and the other relaters to the original information, and it complained of the decision of the Master in favour of the appointment of the gover nors of the school to be selected partly out of the trustees of the charity, an innovation not warranted by the ne cessities of the case, and not sanctioned by any of the provisions of the original charter. The second petition was from the trustees, who also complained of the ap pointment of governors, and of the course adopted by the Rev. Mr. Willis, the master of the school, in casting aspersions on their personal character, which were not countenanced on the inquiry, and for which he ought to be compelled to pay the costs. The third petition came on behalf of the corpora tion, and it also asked th.t the Rev. Mr. Willis might be ordered to pay the costs on a very improper inquiry set on foot with respect to the trustees, which had been productive of considerable expense, and which had ut terly failed. The costs of the proceedings, from first to last, were above 16,0001., and the corporation of Lud low were bound by the terms of their compromise to pay the whole amount. They, therefore, were justified in complaining of any wanton addition to such an en enormous sacrifice. They also asked that some altera tion might be made in the scheme so as to give to the assistant preacher, who, in point of fact did all the duty, some more adequate remuneration. The Rev. Mr. Willis, as a preacher, and master of the school, was to have 3001. a year, with the privilege of taking boarders. The assistant preacher, who, in this as in all other cases, performed all the work, was to have only 1001., but the petitioners thought 'he ought to have 2001. a year; and, in the same manner, in order to raise the character of the school, by pro viding a competent usher, they thought that gentleman ought to have 1501. instead of 100/. In order to accom plish this, they wished to set aside two out of the pro. posed four exhibitions, and by th a t means th ere would still be a margin of 1401. a year tor repairs and con tingencies. The fourth petition was from the Rev. Mr. Willis, and he , asked for a reference back to the Master to review!,, the scheme as tar as it related to the persons from whom the governors were to be taken, denying at the sad time that he had inflicted any cost on the chanty that'veks not perfectly justifiable, under the circumstances, and fully warranted under the order of reference. A fifth petition was from the Attorney- General, and it pointed out the impropriety of nomi nating the Bishop of Hereford as visitor of the college, because it in some measure trenched on the authority of the jurisdiction exercised by the Crowe, and was, at any ate, quite unnecessary. At the conclusion of the arguments yesterday, tLe Lord Chancellor declined sending the matter back to the Master, and stated that he would give judgment on the whole case this mornin The LORD CH AN'EL:,OR, on taking his seat this morn ing, proceeded to give his judgment in part upon the case. With regard to the question of trust, it was clear that neither the Master nor himself had any autho rity to do what the Master proposed, and therefore that part' could not stand. As to the question whether. under the Municipal Corporation Act, the trus teeship of the patronage as well as the property was given to the new trustees, he had not sufficiently studied tho Act and the autho rities upon the subject to decide, and therefore that point must be reserved for further consideration. There could, however, be no doubt that under the Municipal Act the Corporation of Lodi°s were divested of all power. With regard to the exhibitions, it was certainly important that there should be one each year, but as it was desirable that the expense should be reduced, his Lerdshi : , thought it would be best to have three in stead of four. As to the subject of head money, his Lordship did not at all approve of the way in which that matter stood at present. He thought the amount in that respect ought to bo reduced from 41 to 3/. Then, with respect to the emolument of the officers. The usher and assistant as they at present stood had 1001. each; his Lordship would be glad to see both their salaries increased, but he was afraid that such an increase would be too much for the funds of the charity. He thought 2001. too much for the assistants, and he should, if the funds would allow, make them 150/. each. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, that if one exhibitioner was struck off, and the usher and assistant were put down at 1501. each, that would leave a surplus of 1491. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that if that was the case, he would make the order that the salaries of both those officers should be 1501., and that, he believed, would dispose of all the points raised by the Attorney-General and the Corporation. His Lordship, after giving some further directions with respect to the costs of the petition of the master, and as to the boarders being eligible to the exhi bitions, directed the matter to stand over for a week. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. William Harris, the driver of one of James Ingram's Pimlico omnibuses, was summoned before Alderman Finnis for having committed the following violent as sault : _ _ Mr. Dickson How, of Southampton street, Camber well, ironiuong,:?r, stated that on Saturday afternoon, about four o'clock, he was proceeding down Fleet-street. driving a pony and small chaise-curt. He was in a rank of about 20, when the defendant pulled out from behind. and on arriving on a level with witness (ncleavoured t cut him out. Mr. How succeeded in keeping his place, upon which Harris dropped behind and attempted to send the pole of the omnibus through the back panel o his cart. This attempt was also resisted, and on arriv ing at the bottom of the hill he turned into Bridge street for the purpose of proceeding along the Black triars-road home, when the defend,nt followed and gave. him a severe cut across the face with his whip, leaving large mark extending some inches. Mr. How wanted 1, policeman to take him into custody, but the officer re fused. The damage done to the cart through the de fendant's misconduct was 10s. ; the wheels being vex.) much grazed. The charge was substantiated, and Alderman FINN'S fined the defendant 20s. or 14 days' imprisonment, and or&ared the conviction to be endoried on his license. With respect to the damage, as it had not been mentioned in the summons, the complainant could take out another for Saturday next to appear at the Guildhall. BOTV-STREET John Hurrows Bastard, described on the sheet as a clergyman, living at the'llotel de Provence, in Leicester square, was placed before Mr. Jardine, charged pith indececently assaulting a young man named Thomas Green, in the pit of the Acklphi Theatre. The complainant, who was the son of a gunmaker, of No. 4, Leicester-square, stated that the prisoner accosted him in a state of intoxication, and committed the inde cency- described, upon which he went out and vaned a policeman, to whom he mentioned the circumstance and gave him in charge, at the same time saying that if the prisoner confessed his offence, he would not prosecute him. The prisoner refused to do this, and was after wards taken into custody. No defence was now offered by the prisoner, who was committed for trial at the sessions, it being intimated that bail would be taken if submitted and approved. LAMBETH. _ Mr. Robinson, the superintendent of the P, or Cam berwell, division of police, waited on Mr. Elliott to take his Worship's advice upon the best means of bringing to justice some person or persons at present, and for some time past, carrying on a successful and wholesale system of swindling by means of lending in some instances, and promising to lend in others, bills of exchange of various amounts. Mr. Robinson stated, that for some weeks past various complaints had reached him from persons who had been defrauded by a set of bill-swindlers residing in Villa street, Albany-road, in his district, and its immediate neighbourhood, and who appeared to carry on a suc cessful, as well as an extensive, system of fraud. The first application made to him was by a most respectable tradesman in Greenock, who had unfortunately been drawn into a correspondence and transaction with the swindlers, and who had been duped to an al most incredible extent. It seemed that this trades man was in want of 200/.. and the sharpers, under the assumed name of " J. 11. Taylor and C 0.," having first received Post-office orders for 10/. commission, sent two bills of exchange, the one for 121/. 155., and the other for 831. 45.. to him. Both bills purported to be drawn by J. 11. Keith, Brighton, and accepted by Tho mas Butcher, commission-agent, Camberwell New-road, and made payable at the Commercial Bank of London. These bills the tradesman at Greenock got discounted by the Western Banking Company ; and some days before they became due he received a letter from Messrs. J. and H. Taylor, intimating that if he forwarded then the 205/. in cash they should punctually attend to and take up the bills when due ; and he. conceiving that he was dealing with men of honour, had the folly to forwa d to the firm four notes for 501. each, and one for 5/. for that purpose. By due course a receipt for the mom.) came to hand, but a post or two after brought another letter from Messrs. J. and U. Taylor, stating that they were sorry, deeply sorry, that owing to a grcss mietake made by one of their clerks, his money had been taken for another person's bill, but declaring that as soon as they were in funds they should release his bills, which at that time remained protested in the hands of the banker. The Western Banking Company became urgent for the payment of the bills, which had been returned to them, and the Greenock tradesman was actually compelled to settle with the firm. This, however, was not all; he came to London, and, anxious to obtain some redress, or punish the swindlers for the shameful manner in which they had treated him, employed a Chancery-lane solicitor to see him righted. This person, though he had done very little more than make a few inquiries, and tell him he had no legal redress, had the assurance to make out a bill for 20/., and compel him to pay it. So that, with the second imposition, and his Coming to London twice, his connexion with the swindlers cost him 300/., besides the extreme mortifi cation of being so grossly duped. The next com munication which he (Mr. Robinson) would mention was one from a tradesman in Newry, in the north of Ireland, with whem the same swindler, but under a different name, of A. and C. Hill, were in correspon-. donee. This Newry tradesman, with becoming prudence and precaution, hadi written to him (Mr. Rubinson), stating that he had received a circular from Messrs. A. and C. Hill, Albany-road, London, and requesting to know if the firm was respectable, and such as, in his (Mr. Robinson's) opinion, he would be s a f e in doing business with. His reply was to the effect that he did not think it advisable for him to have any dealings with the parties referred to, and he at the same time re quested that he might be furnished with such facts as might enable him (Mr. Robinson) to adopt measures to prevent such characters from defrauding the unwary. In reply to this communication he received a letter thanking him for his kindness, and enclosing a litho graphic circular, of which the following is a copy:— " Sir,—As a general reply to your favour, we beg leave to inform you we are willing to remit to you the amount you request in bills of exchange. Our commis sion of 5 per cent., which includes all expenses, is upon the amount wanted, and not after the rate of so much per cent. per annum (say 51. for every 1000; but the dates and amounts of course to your own convenience. Should you require the bills to he renewed, when due, for three, six, or nine months longer, our commission then would be only 2i per cent. (say 21. 10s. for every 1000, that is when ti.e bills are in amount from 50/. and upwards (for smaller sums we charge the full commis sion of 5 per cent.), and the same charge every time you require the renewal; therefore this assistance may be continued for any length of time you choose to go to the expense, or as long as it suits your purpose. " We wish to be as explicit as possible in the first in stance, that no mistake may occur afterwards. The commission must, in all cases, be remitted before we can attend to our friends, the profit upon bill business being so smal: that frequently the transactions are not worth attending to. As we never take any credit ourselves for expenses, stamp, &c., we trust our correspondents will not require it of us. We-entirely confine ourselves (for the present at least) to procuring bills of exchange for respect able parties, in amounts and dates as may be requested. It would take up so much of our time to attend to dis counting, from the number of bills that go through our hands daily, that we invariably decline it even for bankers' acceptances. In sending the commission on the amount you require please to forward us a copy of the undertaking, signed by yourself. At the same time, whenever our best services aro useful, we shall at all' times be happy to render them, and we trust to your strict punctuality on all occasions in providing payments in due time fur any bills we remit. In a business we transact together it will be our study to give every sa tisfaction. • We shall be happy of your correspondence, hick will at all times meet immiediate and must con fidential attention by, , • " Sir, 'yoursn'ioa're'Spectfully, "A. and C. HILL." " Albany-road, Londem, March 31. " A satistactory,retereno.will .be expected, and a friend of ours will make inquiry in the most delicate and sate manlier, without the object transpiring. " P.S. We always advise our correspondents to keep their transactions confidential, and pvy away the bills if they had received them in the usual way of business, or from an agent, or ai assistance by Iriends. Bills to the amount of 5001. and upwards, wiien required, will have a drawer, and be endorsed by one or two ot,er re spectabk: factors, brokers or tradezinen, in the usuai , nere.lecil,3 ruevod, as It they had been already negotiated by one party to another before you hatr them; and we can also change them in peat varlet . ) from time to time as circumstances may arise to requ'ile it. Saleable goods at a fair market price will be taken for our commission, when bills to the amount of 500 i. are requested. We have by us at this moment several most respectable bills, in amounts from 501. to 5501. at z,hree, four, and six months' date, accepted by merchants, and endorsed by several parties as above stated. The 'carriage must be paid upon all goods and parcels, anti the same at all times advised per letter just before sending. Yj - u can have bills to the amount of 2001. in various dates and amounts. Our commission will be 101., or a larger sum it you wish it on the same terms. " Yours truly, " A. and C. H." Mr. Robinson further proceeded to say, that in conse quence of the above and other communications which nad reached him on the same subject, he had caused a diligent inquiry into the matter, and had found out a house in Villa-street, Albany-road, Camberwell, to whie'l a number of letters were directed through the Post-office to Taylor and Co., Anderson and Co., Hill and Co., Mackey and Co., and D. D. and Co., and were taken in there. The door was always answered by a woman, who, when asked for either of the above names, replied that they resided there, but were from home at the time; and to a person calling 50 times a-day she gave the same answer, so that he could not get at the tact whether there was a man resident in the house or not. He (Ms. Robinson) had also ascertained that lat terly the letters addressed to this house were taken to 3, Wilmot-place, Old Kent-road. Mr. ELLIOTT—Have inquiries been made about Keith, the drawer, and Butcher, the acceptor of the two bills that had been forwarded to Greenock? Mr. Robinson—Yes, your Worship ; the former could not be found in Brighton, nor was there such a person as the latter in the whole of the Camberwell New-road. Mr. ELLIOTT—Then your impression is,. that those names are merely fictitious, and that the bills without the endorsement of the person at Greenock were not worth a farthing Mr. Robinssirt—Decidedly, sir, that is my opinion. The names are merely given, and no particular address is attached to them beyond Brighton and the Camber well New-road. This system of fraud has been carried to a considerable extent, and I felt it to be my duty to take your Worship's . advice as to the:best means of check ing and preventing it. Mr. ELLIOTT —No doubt the parties, if you could find out who they are, might be indicted for a conspiracy, and in the Greenock case they would be liable for a prosecution for obtaining money under false pretences. I think, with the assistance of the Post-office authorities, who must, from delivering their letters and cashing their Post-office orders, know a great deal about them, you may be enabled to find out who are the real agents to this system of fraud. Mr: Robinson—Unfortunately, the Post office ordt:rs, were cashed,long before the police heard anything of the ease, and therefore we have no oppoi tunity to get at the parties in the way your Worship suggest 3. If, however, dl persons attempted to be imposed on actei with the ,awe prudence as the Newry tradesman, the extensive rands at present pram's, d would be soon put a stop to. Mr. ELLIOTT—WeII, I must say, Mr. Robinson, tha: your countryman at Gre,nock did nut act with the usual caution of a Scotchman; and I cannot help saying also, that it looks very like, a change in the usual orde, of things to find an Irishman acting with becoming :)rudence and foresight, and a Scotchatan with a thorough -cent of discretion and caution .—(Laughter.) I hope you will not lose sight of the matter, but toil ,w up your inquiries; and I have no doubt that the putl:cily which she disclosures you have made must obtain, will have the good effect of placing the public upon their guard, and induce those individuals who may be drawn into a correspondence with such a class as bill-lenders, bill. discounters, and professed money lenders, to adopt the proper caution of the Newry tradesman. Mr. Robinson assured his Worship he would not lose sight of the parties, but, on the contrary, should, b) himself and his officers, use every exertion to bring them to justice. Here the matter dropped. EXTENSION OF THE FRANCHISE TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. much has been said of late respecting the extension of the franchise in this country, and as this question is at the bottom of the whole Chartist agitation, I beg to suggest the following mode of meeting the difli culty, and of tilling up the gap which undoubtedly exists in our representative system. It has been stated in Parliament and elsewhere that the present number of persons entrusted with the franchise in England and Scotland is about 1,000,000, and that there are about 5,000,000 adult inalf.q who are not possessed of votes. Without examining the accuracy of this calculation, we will assume it to be correct. They question, then, for us to consider is, how are these 5,000,000 men to be represented in Parliament? Some persons are of opinion that the present qualification should be considerably lowered; others that household suffrage should be the order of the day; and others, again, that we should have universal suffrage. Without adopting any of these plans (for I am one of those who think that if property is to be a qualification at all, it cannot well be lower than at present), I would suggest the following expedient:—That the whole of the adult males in this country not having votes, be annually divided into hundreds, and that each hundred men elect one man from their number, who shall be placed on the register for the year, and considered as much entitled to a vote as those who are already placed there for property qualifications. Votes of this description would, of course, be subject to annual revision the same as the rest. Should this plan be adopted it would introduce a new element into the Constitution, which, without over whelming those already possessed of property qualifica tions, would do away with the anomaly at present ex isting in our representative system. Supposing the adult male population (not possessed of votes) to be 5,000,000, we should then have 50,000 new votes, or an addition of one-twenti et h to every constituency, whether of counties or boroughs. Sir, I will not go into minutite on this occasion, but I earnestly request the attention of her Majesty's Govern• ment, and of your very extensive circle of readers, to this proposition. I am an ardent admirer of our constitution, and a friend to good order and progressive reform, and should rejoice that the Noble Lord at the head of the Govern ment and his able colleagues should have the honour of doing away with the reproach which is at present cast on our representative system, for were the plan which I have suggested (which is capable of any amount of ex• tension) ever to become the law of the land, no man, however humble, coula rise up and say, " I am not represented in the Commons House of Parliament." I remain, Sir, yours, A YORKSHIRE WHIG. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—WOOLWICEI, MAY 3. —The Enterprise, Captain Sir James Clarke Ross, was removed from under the sheers at the basin at Woolwich Dockyard to-day, to moorings alongside the Hebe re ceiving-ship, in the middle of the River, where :;ha will take in the remainder of her stores, and remain there until ready to proceed on the Arctic searching expedi tion. A number of friends of Captain Sir James Ross visited Woolwich Dock-yard to-day, for the purpose of going on board the Enterprise, to witness the prepara tions of the vessels fitting out under the superintendence of the Gallant Officer. Two steam launches have been built by Mr. Thompson, of Rotherhithe, the builder of the Banshee, Holyhead mail steam-packet, and they have been fitted with screw propellers and engines, by Mr. Beale, engineer, East G reenwich. The Lords of the Admiralty have ordered a trial of the launches to take place to-morrow (Thursday), opposite Somerset House, and the launches will leave Mr. Beak's at half past eleven o'clock for that Purpose. Th e Ch aron steatn•vessel left Woolwich today with the riggers lent to this yard from Chatham, to expedite the finishing of the rigging of the vessels for the Arctic expedition, and the advanced steamers fitted at this port. The Speed well left this afternoon for Rye. IRELAND. THE LIMERICK CATASTROPHE. DUBLIN, MAY 2. lt would now appear that th e _ O'Brien, Meagher, and Mitchell cata stro p he was pro moted by a -ev. Old Irelander. The Tipperary Vin dicator, which contains a lengthened rep ort of the p!o --ceedings at the soiree on Saturday, gives the following key to the mystery of its origin:— " It may be necessary to observe that this extreme opposition, animosity, and violence on the part of t he Limerick mob towards the demagoguesl began only to show itself within the last few days. The Roy. 9r. O'Brien, one of the most active and energetic leaders' , 01. the Repealers here, objected to the introduction of ;AG Mitchell's name on the list of toasts, in consequence °f a. libellous attack on the memory of the of O'Connell which appeared n the United Irish man letter of th e i a previous Saturday. Dr. OBrien not only wr ote, in one of the l o c a l newspapers in reference to t b e libel , but be circulat e d the letter in thousand s of ban dbills h e throughout the city. A letter in reply , written by t secretaries of the Sarstield Club, app eared in ithe Re porter." It is not unlikely that in addition to venerati on or " the memory of the illustrious O'Connell," two eth e ,, and stronger motives influenced this worthy divit le to his rev. colleagues, viz., the tact of two o t the dell?a; gogues being P ro t es tants, and the damage wbicef the Old Ireland leaders (especially th , N ie he ir the clerical order) rightly foresee to t ~,, lucrative trade of chronic agitation from th e m ore active, and apparently more sincere, movement of . L„ Young Irelanders. The speeches made On St Ftori.:f t evening before the dispersion appear to have Ix te0 . 1 7 0 , in treason, as the report in the Tipperary Vi• fdi c " 1 ., is in several places interrupted by asterisks, ob yious., indicating the omission ofassages of extramelioril virulence. From the speech of Mr. Mitchell, stA Pi:," o lished in that journal, we have, however, collects d 1 ' g followin grepudia gleaeius : " Can I te the last speech. of Mr. O'Brt tares a , I res , the British Parliament,—one of thi. 'noblest, c. les; statements of Ireland's case—the Veryhonghtiest,grr ever Vii defiance flung in the face of Irelan' d's' enemies ilia ; 0. . (Or " yet fell from the lips of man ?—(Loud cheers.) h c .i Vib e I condemn the alternative put by Mr. Meag — ' 13 ado, says, when the last constitutional appea l *hall be' .111",,,,, and shaft fail, ' then up with the barricades and„ the Gud of Battles ?'—(Great c heering.) Can 1 rlf. diate, this, who hold that constitutional a pp eals Vitt, : since closed aAaiust us, and that we ha ve even 11C I jolt resource, except when we have the means and dm P a w. to do it—the barricades and the God of Battles?--( shopis and loud cheers.) No : all the seditious and ye ii , s for ot these gentlemen I adopt and accept, and I a - sa id more. —(tlear, hear) Whatever has been done or the by the must disaffected persons in all Ireland vg air4 00 1 existence of the party which calls itselt the Gyve II ..bile —nothing can go too for for me. W hatever P too treasons there are in this land I have a stomach for ; c o b /, all.—(Cheering.) I um here, not as a Jacobin (v lleyeit am 1,o1.), not as a C,lninutlist (which I am not) , I)° , C Wit as a Republican (which I am)—(Loud eneers'/7icile' simply and merely because I am a bitter and irrecc4 ) able enemy to the British Government.--(tieliesn) presume to address the women of Lia.erick•—l , e of It is the first time I have ever been in the pr,see-C each the daughters of those heroines who held the b g d A O against King William; and they will understand " 0 when I say no Irishwoman ought so much as to ape , 7 00 4 a man who has not provided himself with arms. ( iii A l cheering.) No lady is too delicate fbr the en od is o to p o er: . t h i t o t t o t o to f cmasatkinegubpuollaerttsr.t—dx(eLs.a_ug(Lhtaeor.g)hteNr3 b.,,3*,,,ndriio citizensho p t e, eae i tymd f ho i enot t thri.oge b et e hhs ate:needfulLimerick, to men cm Le to d the women,last iresort,will not t d, h i r g rit es their paternal and maternal ancestors.—(Cheers . ti ler Unfortunately for the easement of the i'-‘,1 ) 9 • • 00 General in his present difficulties, it is not probs e y es of he will be able to avail himself of these sto e P o re', he open vio lAe a in i 0 1 c d evo t Ef cl mt v h i E se: nzlio s i, peakinif," us the Governine.,o3 o porter was forced to fly irona ' nis post in conseque' ti o : g ge u o e t o s o l w y A demonstrationof sympathy e . s l y N in THE p : t hy Pwßt with Vr e C p l . , : 0 0 t g 1 t h e th: r bei n g in i a dt n h t e attending r:ncrpliment. Mr. Smith O'Brienwas jr. hisor enwe m e ao a obu d lf ne e dt h i so n ec ac C puna o dpr r at k tybi r :i un e ni S s a : O P:d o npasuydnz,idztligilon:7::: s,,:tei i i . A bodyvo rder,en i n o g f a 2a b o o u d e t ep, 600 tarney- General. The Cork Constitution 5 0 9 in reVala r - tue o4 cal the 5 , 17:el• rfi rt s ea u rro n d i a d t and a y r) , ' rr singingh asnr procession, e itethshse t irm h oen e uh, 6 with'a vlrish flambeau b a de r ea S tn g 1 s a n i s d e . torn , 1 e 5 : character. The Newry m Y ar o e u h n e g d 1701 fg d h e r 5 ' ons tratior o ; h 01 111 ° °13 an oppos ite that— i etle den TekgroP too"kAn influential meeting of noblemen and lg e- „,b in 15 place on Friday, at Hillsborough Castl e, - lie declarationof lion to maintain the legislative union, was agre e Aeo nt . ,r e forwarded for signature to the lieutenant, ". l ii ibr lieutenants, magistrates, clergy, and other loyal r i p 00 tan is of the county ; and the Marquis of Down',lD.r-otbet equested to correspond with the lieutenants of l"" - counties of Ulster on the subject." . obin tr p , ie b r al a l, t grenades, m onkaton, an y d e a t e :The Cork Constitution also bas the following r - r. „wort wit i l "MUNITIONS OF WAIL-Six hundred stand of . ti ded at Ar gu 'r np " t t i t o s nate quantity of ammunit y io , n . destination being Fermo warded to Clontnel. 500 stand o I arms, with a Pr ° ,s ° l rn m and e . nt , p th u e rp i o n s t e e o n i t . i a o r n mi o n f g t G h o e ve ammunition to the barracks through the country, for t.bo loyal inhabitants." to will we b feo e r wu l or n a d a t landed radedyrwe understand i t tr r t oe om h dilli;e :Ifilortti RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS, LIVERPOOL, MAY 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The sales are—Birkenhead, 1,11 ,,1; ' shire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Sh a res, ' (late C. and B.), 12 1 4 ; —Great Northern, 93 i i did —L 1 0 shire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 3 4 dis.—t'itto (B. and dis.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union). 3'S '" — a nti Liverpool, Cro,by, and Southpart, 1. dis.— Lond un n ittot North. Western, 131—Ditto, New Quarters, 2 5 /ii Fifths, 6p. Manchester, sheffield. and Lincolusn;res,,,,,,s ierence, lA A p.— Midland Stock, 102 0 c.—Ditto, di North Staffirdshire, 2 , 4 dis.— North Union (. 11 " South-Eastern and Dover, 2 1 1 4—Ditto, No. 2, 9 d A ig. ls e rti riej‘ o. 4, Thirds, dis.—York, Newcastle , 5°,,.“--„, 1,2 P• (Original N. and 13.). 29 4—Ditto, Extensions base , E pare 31 —Ditto (N. and B.) No. 2, 1 p.—Ditto, G. 1 p --York and North Midland (East and West I' l —Dutch Rhenish, 6 1 4 dis MANCHESTER, MAY 3. d L 9, 763. STOCK F.XCIIANOE.—The sales are—Birke e-e3 a s * e a -11 ' shire, and Cheshire Junction, 6% die.— East Lances -1r 'OW 7 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, I;'4 di6 ;l•ior,!: (West Riding Union), 3 13-16 n. Western, 131—Ditto (Man. and Birm.) ~ Quarters sod P.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sh4e'soiltir Lincolnshire), 7 3 / 4 dis.—North Staffordshire, 2 ) a d i .„ 3 ",, v cast i6 Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 2 15-16 dis.—York, r' and Berwick, Preference, p. ,3Vs HULL, May 3. Nort hern' ; —North EXCHANGE —lle sales are Great 228. 6d. Ditto, —North British, Halves, 10—Ditto, Thirds, Cftg: THE FATA L A CCIDENT TO L IED TENA'" e OP' VILLE.—An Inqu es t was h e ld en Tuesday h ef , °r %, )30' Bedford, Coron ur f or W estm i nster, a t the Cala,' Li e den s ' racks, Knight s b r id ge, on v i ew o f t h e b o dy of D e " dos' W. H. Grevill e , o f th e 93 Life Guards , whose it or, took place under th e following circumstances' bother' peared f rom t h e evidence of several witnesses'o ill*' officers of the deceased, that on Thursday, th e 0 0 WTI the deceased was r idi ng a l ong Pi cca dilly, wh i ce A ' and ting near the Gre en P ar k, the horse with him, his right leg being underneath th e being released, his leg was found to have lustto P;. compound fracture. He was immediately taken eon 3 p l ao f the George's Hospital, as the nearest possible tended by Mr. ItPCulloch, the assistant - su r g Dees. regiment, who happened to be passing along B one, when the accident happened. That gentleman el !d e rab el the injury, and reduced the fracture, with const.ed difficult), from its compound nature. The dece6;,wards subsequently seen by Mr. Cutler, and shortly n fie be ra, removed to his apartments in the barracks, f l I ,,ton't addition to the attendance of the regimental sujatle' he was attended by Sir B. Brodie and g r • r j e From the effects of the injury, however, he Verdilv' covered, and died on Monday morning. IO the " Accidental death." ,4 [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A Desperate Woun— Thigh Cured by Holloway's Ointment anecl„;ler, 31r siding Extract of a letter from Mr. J. S. MundaY, t.„ f " -- ,ab siding at Kennington, near Oxford, dated Al e "„ifeiV" 184S:—To Professor Holloway: Sir, having ree'at to 6 wonderful cure by the application of your Ointn' e d loa d dreadful wound in my thigh, and from which I h e sp aet suffered, I feel it my duty to acknowledge th e ittah' and extraordinary effects produced by You r " 0 05/1 Ointment and Pills in my own case, having P re l 13 0 re used several other remedies without success• beieW also had various opportunities of witnessing the b u teri" cial results attending their u se a mong mys fie' Sold by all Druggists, and a t P ro f ess or Hollovaq • tablisliment, 244, Strand, London. So. BIRTITS. On the Ist of May, Mrs. Thomas Earwaker, o f We :bourne Park-road, Bayswater, of a son. 1 „ 8 . 94. On the 27th ult., the lady of Arthur Walrais'-'' of a eon. On the 26th ult., at the C as tl e , Parsonstown, Ireland' Countess of Rosse, of a son. On the 28th ult., the lady of James Bourne, Es -0 °f field, of a daughter. Vos lll4 On the 28th ult., at Brighton, Mrs. w. Percev-- E. of a sen. On the 29th ult., at Lonsdale-square, Islington' 11 :; t 0, Byrne, of a son. jeo O rel i ni i lti t ah h iel e 2C 2 9a 9 trh t theurui of ,t., aat i Albionn dNaeulgyah rtke road, Wandswortll4°3`4r. ,do c of* Turner, of a son. On the 29th ult., at Dalston th r e ise la , d lt y lr o s f . C J a o p s eta p i:l3al " daughter, still• born. of On the 29th ult., at StanEdew of a dauick Court, S ....omerset• 11° 1106 ,;.4)oi I hu F. Wilk Inson, s, hter. the 30th ult., a t llytiie, the wife of the Jae - * Thrupp, of a sou . id O r MARRIED. Oa the 27th ult., Westonbirt. Major H a le , late Lev. T. G. Clare, Rector of St. Andrew's, King's Ots:n) , Light Dragoons, to Jane, eldest daufbaorp. DIED. On the 21st nit., at Margate, Thomas Crompton, E aili‘j e. On the 29th ult., in Broinpton-square, Mr . Jam ' fs ir son, aged 89. hter ° On the 29th ult., Emily Elizabeth, the only datig - f ieto• 6 Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart., of K n ehrforth-Pgr k ' On the 30th ult., at Knightsbridge - ba rrackg A Hamilton, the only son of the lion. rs Mr. and M. u r On the 30th ult., at HastingY, Elkin 4 Guildford, aged 82. London : Printed and Published by IkIURD Ile. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Offit'e , m otlf Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in t he - Middlesex, Thursday, May 4, 1848. 11