The Sun. — London, England, 1865-06-10 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The house resumed at six o'clock. GREENWICH HOSPITAL BILL. Sir J. PAKINGTON gave notice that he would, on the bringing up of the report on this bill, move the omission of clause 14. Sir J. HAY gave notice that he would, on the same occasion. move the omission from the 11th clause of the words, " and of the governor." CASE OF WALTER CRAYTHORNE. Mr. COX asked the Secretary of State for the Home De partment if his attention had been called to the sentence passed by the Rev. W. Wales, at Uppingham, on a lad named Walter Craythorne, of 21 days' imprisonment, with hard labour, for absenting himself for a short time from the service of his master, Mr. Needham, notwithstanding Mr. Needham entreated that a week's imprisonment only should be given the lad. Sir G. GREY said he knew nothing whatever of the case. Should it be brought to his notice, he would in form the hon. gentleman of the fact. CASE OF SIR RICHARD BROMLEY. Sir J. PAKINGTON complained that the papers in re ference to the case of Sir Richard Bromley moved for some time ago by the hon. baronet the member for Stamford were not yet in the hands of members. Mr. CHILDERS said they had been laid upon tho table tho previous evening, and were now in the hands of the printer. COLONEL DAWKINS. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether it was the intention of the military autho rities to take any official notice of the letter published by Lieut.-Colonel Dawkins on the Ist of June, contradicting the statements respecting his case which had been put for ward by those authorities. The Marquis of HARTINGTON said he had no oppor tunity of consulting with either the Commander-in-Chief or the Secretary at War on the subject. It would, however, be a most inconvenient thing to take official notice of any letter which was addressed to a public journal. He was alone responsible for the statement he had made, which was substantially correct ; but he certainly was not going to enter into a correspondence with Colonel Dawkins on the subject. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked if the house was to understand that for the future they were to take the noble lord's state ments as made on his own responsibility, and not as in any way pledging the Commander-in-Chief or the Secretary for War. The Marquis of HARTINGTON said he was personally responsible for any statements he might make. SOUTH KENSINGTON ROADS BILL. Lord GALWAY complained that the hon. gentleman the member for Poole, having given notice of his intention to move the recommital of this bill, which had been already thrown out by a select committee, had not attended to make his motion, and had thereby caused great inconvenience to those who attended to oppose the motion. .Mr. H. DANBY SEYMOUR regretted the occasion of the inconvenience complained of. The simple explanation was that he had not attended the morning sitting under the im pression that it would be competent for him to bring for ward his motion at the evening sitting. He would renew his motion on Thursday next. SCOTCH REGISTRATION BILL. On the motion of the LORD AD VOCATE, the order of the day for the second reading of this bill was discharged. LOCKING UP RAILWAY CARRIAGES. Sir W. GALWEY inquired if the President of the Board of Trado possessed any power which he could exercise to prevent the locking up of passengers in railway trains. Mr. M. GIBSON replied in the negative. LAW OF EVIDENCE BILL. Sir G. GREY, in reply to Sir Fitroy Kelly, stated that it was not likely Government would be able to proceed with this bill on Manday next. FIRE BRIGADE BILL. Mr. T. G. BARING, in reply to Mr. llankey, said the Government would probably proceod with this bill on Thursday next. IRISH CONSTABULARY. Mr. BLAKE called attention to what he termed the general practice on the part of the Irish constabulary of handcuffing prisoners on their way to and from the place of detention. Mr. WHITESIDE complained of the custom of the Dublin police in stripping females and boys in their cus tody for the purpose of searching them. Sir H. CAIRNS directed attention to an arbitrary and violent exercise of power on a recent occasion by some of the constabulary in Belfast. Sir R. PEEL promised that the subjects referred to by Mr Whiteside and Sir H. Cairns should receive conside ration, and that he would communicate with the local authorities respecting them. With regard to the alleged practice, so justly reprobated by Mr. Blake, whilst ad mitting that there might be cases of harshness, ho denied that the practice could be truly described as general. The code of regulations enjoined upon the constabulary that they should show the utmost leniency towards prisoners. He would take care, however, to institute an inquiry into the matter. ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS. Sir L. PALK draw attention to a late fatal accident on the Great Western Railway, and animadverted on the fact that in that case the injury done was rendered much more wirions in consequence of the passengers being locked in the carriages. The committee which sat in 1858 recom mended that it should he imperative upon every railway company to establish means of communication between guards and engine-drivers, the erection of telegraphic com munication along the line; and the telegraphing of all express and special trains. The hon. baronet made some very severe remarks upon the mismanagement of the Great Western Company, and declared his belief that if the above recommendations had been carried out the recent accident would have been prevented. Mr. GIBSON stated that an inspector had been sent down to inquire• into this particular case; he did not see, however, in what way legislation could have prevented the accident. Looking at the vast number of persons who travelled by railway, and the circumstance that human tehinery had so much to be depended upon, the only wonder was that a still larger number of accidents did not take place. The most effective mode of insuring safety was to make the railway companies responsible for the acts of their servants, and this was at present done by the law. He agreed that there ought to be a system of communica tion established between guards and drivers, and that there were no mechanical difficulties in the way of its establish ment. Ho should, therefore, impress these points upon the inspectors, in order that they might urge them upon the attention of the railway companies. As to the telegraph, it was already in operation or in course of construction upon all the lines. It was not expedient, therefore, to bring in a bill for these purposes. CLOSING THE ROYAL P.ARBS Sir W. FRASER asked the Home Secretary whether, on occasion of the Park of St. James or other Royal parks being shut to vehicles, he would cause a printed notice to be posted at all hackney carriage stands, and would order police constables to be placed at a convenient distance from tho park gates, to inform the public of the closing of the park. In addition to the posting of the notices, he sug gested that placing a few policemen at Park-lane and the corner of Bond-street, and other similar positions, would be the means of preventing the inconvenience resulting to those who desired to drive across St. James's Park when they had barely time to catch a train at Victoria station. Sir G. GREY said that the present practice was to post all over London notices of the intended closing of the parks during levees, or on other special occasions ; and this was done on levee days before the closing took place. All the drivers of cabs had no excuse for not being informed of tho temporary and necessary closing of the route. He would consult with the Chief Commissioner as to the suggested placing of policemen at special points to announce that the park was closed. SUPPLY-THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Tho house then wont into committee of supply. On the voto of £63,164 to complete the charge of £100,164 for the British Museum, Mr. WALPOLE said it had been usual for one of the trustees of the British Museum to make a short statement of the important particulars in this estimate. There was an increase on the estimated vote for 1865-6 over the preceding year of £1,037, and that increase arose on the salaries of officers and house expenses, special purchases, and the pre- paration of the catalogues, while the other items of expen l i - diture either remained the same, or in some cases showed a decrease. Last year £2,200 was asked for special pur chases, and of that sum £5OO was for the excavations at B abylonia under the superint en d ence o f Colonel Kemball, and £ 7 OO was given for the anti que b ronze l am p, called The Julian," f oun d i n P ar i s: B u t t hi s year t h e spec i a l purchase ed recommended and sanctioned by the Treasury of some very valuable additions to the mineral collection. Pirst it had been determined to continue the excavations und erthesuperintendence of Mr. Vice-Consul Billiotti, and t o that gentlema n t o find the purchasefive houses, which would enable remainder of the tomb of Mau sulus. In the course of the year the trustees had-acquired for £6OO the Kekschanowc s ollectio n of minerals at St. al Petersburg, rnd th ey had i e l,g.t pt a Purchased a portion of the Pourtales collection, includi Ang e l o w hi c h the head of Apollo. . The collecti on at co ntemplation to purchas e , had teen gelo, ;which it was i n bought iu by the Neapolitan Government, or ruttie r the Government of Naples, and consequently the £ 2 , oo ovoted for that pur- po, would not be required, so that A , the vote of £lOO,OOO o would be reduced by that amount. The catalogues - brew books had be en ver y much im p r oved at an e.xpf if nfici turo of £lOO, and there hailhail bbeen au expendit i • - lie of too in forming th: , ea t;llogry , of drawings and engraving s from coins and medals. With regard to the additions to the sculpture department, he might mention that, besides the head of Apollo, they bad purchased the figure of Mercury and several beautiful antique statues. In the numismatic department some valuable acquisitions had also been made. Mr. Willich had presented his valuable collection, consist ing of 220 coins, passing over all periods, from the first Caesar to the last, and some of which - were never before in the British Museum. Defects in the natural history department of the Museum had to a considerable extent been supplied, • _:~._ . and in particular a collection of fishes, birds, and animals had been brought from the Holy Land. He believed the house would not object to the proposed vote, tho ugh perhaps it might be said that in the absence of increas,il:; ccommo dation, tho 'trustees ought not to have made a' y addition to the collection. Had they acted upon that 1 rinciple, they wouldhave been guilty of neglect of duty in failing to secure valuable specimens when the opportunity offered. The trus tees were at the present time considering the plans of the Government for affording increased accommodation, and he hoped that next session a satisfactory proposition on the sub ject would be made to Parliament. Mr. AYRTON was satisfied with the care and discrimi nation exercised by the trustees in expending the public money in the purchase of additions to the collections; but he urged upon them the expediencyof opening the Museum during those hours of the day when the working classes of London were most at leisure. He also wished to know whether any steps had been taken to acquire the ground sur rounding the institution with a view of extending the ac commodation on the present site. Mr. GREGORY inquired if it was intended by the Go vernment to adopt any measures for transferring the natu ral history collection from Bloomsbury to some other place. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted that a great portion of the working classes were practically excluded from the Museum in consequence of the hours at which it was opened ; but he objected to throwing so much responsibility upon the trustees as would be involved by opening the building at night. As to purchase of the pro perty abutting on the Museum, independently of the cost, £50,000 an acre, which that would entail, he doubted whe ther the retention of the several collections on one site was best as a matter of convenience to the inhabitants of the metropolis. On the contrary, he thought the principle of diffusion, reasonably applied within certain and well-con sidered limits, would be preferable to an indefinite exten sion of the institution upon one spot from generation to generation. He could hold out no expectation that the Government would be able to introduce any proposal for enlarging the accommodation during the present year. Mr. WALPOLE suggested that, with a view to meeting the convenience of the working classes, special provision might be made for their admission on Saturday afternoons and Mondays. The vote was then agreed to, as were also the remaining votes for the Customs, Inland Revenue, and Post-office departments, and the non-effective civil service. Whilst discussing the grant for the Post-office packet service, the house was counted out at a quarter to 9 o'clock. Mr. Roebuck at Sheffield. Mr. J. A. Roebuck, M.P., and Mr. G. Hadfield, M.P., addressed an open-air meeting of their con stituents yesterday in Paradise-square. The capa cious square was crowded, there being upwards of 10,000 persons present. The Mayor (Mr. Jessop) presided. At present there are no opposition can didates in the field. Mr. John Brown, the cele brated armour-plate manufacturer, received a numer ously signed requisition to become a candidate, but has declined on the ground of the unsatisfactory state of his health. Mr. Roebuck has, however, given offence to small sections of his constituents by his opposition to the Permissive Bill, by refrain ing from opposition to the bill of the Sheffield Water Company applying for power to increase their charges by 25 per cent. in consequence of the inundation, &c. Mr. ROEBUCK, on coming forward, was received with great and protracted cheering. He said, — Gentlemen, very lately I wrote to a friend of mine in this town that I knew how to deal with my fel low -countrymen in public meeting assembled. I will tell you my secret, as I am going to employ the means to-day. (Hear, hear.) The first thing is to tell what you believe to be the truth—(hear,hear)— to be bold, fearless, true. (Renewed cheers.) That is my secret ; that is my way of dealing with my fellow-countrymen in public meeting assembled. (Cheers, cries of " No, no," and counter cries of " Yes, yes," followed by more cheering.) I insist upon order—(hear, hear, and cheers)—and if any body does not keep it I will have him turned out. (Renewed cheers, and a voice, " Can't you stand a fresh shot ?" addressed to the opposition party, with another voice, " It's only a bellows mender," and laughter.) Never mind, he will burst himself then. (Renewed laughter.) Now, gentlemen, I have no thing to retract. (Cries of " Shame," and " More shame for you.") Never mind, wait and hear me. (Hear, hear.) I have much to explain. Now, in the complex system under which we live, the time comes for the people to exercise their functions in the business of government. In a country like England it would be totally impossible to place the government of the country in any but a very small number of hands, but modern ingenuity has discovered a means of exercising power over those who hold the power of government, and that is by returning men to repre sent them, to watch over their interests. I have now for 33 years been a representative of the people of England ; for 15 of those I have served you. (A Voice—" Sixteen.") Fifteen at least. For fifteen years I have served you. It is now your turn to tell me whether I have forfeited your confidence. (" Yes, yes," followed by counter-cries of " No, no," and cheers.) Wait until I have done, and then you will be called upon by your vote to say whether I have forfeited your confidence. The mere talk of a handful of men is not an answer to me. (Loud cheers.) Now, gentlemen,when I began life I deter mined early, if I could, to be a representative of the people, and as I had no means' of wealth at my com mand, as I was not related to noble families, I had to depend only on myself, and in that dependence I rested. On this condition, then, I prepared myself for the great duties that my ambition taught me to seek. I studied carefully ; I learned to think, to speak, to act, and having so learnt, by the favour and affection, I may say, of an old friend of mine, and a friend of the people of England too—l mean Joseph Hume—l was introduced at Bath at the early age (for a statesman) of 30. The people of Bath carried me. (Hear, hear, and a voice, " They turned you out, though.") They did, I know, and they suffered for it. (That's the past.) Wait a moment ; I'll come to that directly. I went into Parliament with the Reformed Parliament, and in every step of that Reformed Parliament taken in favour of the people I have been one of the foremost. (No, no.) You cannot put your finger on a single act of mine which has not been in the advance of that great Parliament. (Somewater was here offered to Mr. Roebuck. He caused some laughter by re marking, " I can't drink water, I'm not a teetotal ler.") He resumed—Now what'have I done—be cause I ask you to listen to me. You are about to judge of me in my capacity as public servant, and I ask you to judge me not by one single 'act, but by my general character. (Cheers.) I know that a long life of virtue may be at once dispelled by one great act of iniquity. A man may murder another; he may commit a theft ; and no matter how virtuous his former life may have been he ceases to be a vir tuous man. But in the ordinary run of things the way you have to judge of a man is by his general character and by his general acts. I am going to unroll my life, but rapidly, before you. My life is in reality the life of the Reformed Parliament. (Hear, hear.) I aided in the better goverment of Ireland ; I aided in the better government of our colonies ; I aided in giving municipal co r p ora ti ons to towns like this ; I aided in obtaining free trade ; I aided in taking away the corn law. (Cheers.) Now then, such having been my life, what are the charges brought against me ? (Hear, hear.) I told you I would shirk nothing. The charges which I shall specially deal with are these :—The first one relating to the local interests of this town ; the next, to the government of our country ; the third, to the government of our colonies; and fourth, to our foreign policy. Now, the first is that relating to the town, in which it is said I have ,done so much wrong. A great calamity happened. Dale Dyke burst, 200 lives were lost, an immense quantity of property was destroyed. What was Itodo ? The first thing was to relieve the sufferers, the next to provide a tribunal by which claims upon the com pany could be established, and the third was to pro vide for the due supply of the town with water. Now, first I used my very humble endeavours, and I got a number of great people to subscribe to your fund. I went—or, at least, I respectfully wrote — to her Majesty's secretary, I think I ought to call him, and I got from her an immediate answer and and immediate subscription for the town. (Hear, hear.) I went myself to the Prince of Wales, and he gave me an immediate. answer and subscription. (Hear, hear.) I called on Lord Palmerston, and he did the same ; on the Earl de Grey and Ripon, and he did the same. (Hear, hear.) That was the way I acted as regards the relief of the suf ferers. But what did I next do ? I put my name on the back of a bill—(a voice---- , ‘ Yes, that's it")-- i • Ti T_HE SETIV, LOIN yes, I know it is—that provided a tribunal to deter mine the claims that might be brought against the company, and also provided the means of re-estab lishing that company. What was done with that bill? Regularly it was read in that house, and then, as all such bills are, delegated to a select committee, chosen by a committee appointed for the purpose of choos ing. They heard the evidence ; these people (with a gesture towards his opponents) came against them —against the bill; everyman was heard; the greatest impartiality was shown to everybody ; the commit tee passed that bill unanimously. (Hear, hear.) It went back to the house ; and now comes the one great misdeed of mine—l did not oppose the third reading of that bill. Certainly not, and for this reason, that a bill like that sent to a committee is invariably passed by the house unless some glaring defect of justice has been manifested by the commit tee, and I should have made myself a fool if I had followed the advice of some very wise gentlemen— (cheers and laughter)—and opposed the bill. (Re newed cheers.) But there the matter did not end. That bill went to the House of Lords, perfect power of opposition was given ; that bill was unanimously carried by the committee of the House of Lords, and by the House of Lords themselves. Now, what have I done wrong in the matter? (" A good deal," " Nothing," " Twenty-five per cent," and other cries.) What could I have done? Some may say the Town Council might have been the water sup pliers. The corporation went before the committee, and the committee decided that the company was the better of the two, and nobody ought to be more grateful to me than the Council themselves. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) They had no money ; they must borrow money; borrowing money, they must pay in terest; paying interest, they must put on a rate; put ting on rates, they would have become unpopular. (Cheers.) Now the unpopularity is on the head of the Water Company; therefore, I say the Council owe me a debt of gratitude rather than otherwise. (Cheers.) Now I have done with the local ques tion, and I will answer any question on it that any gentleman wishes to put to me. (Cheers.) Now I am come to the great count in the indictment against me—l opposed the Permissive Bill. (Cheers.) I did oppose it, and if you return me to-morrow I will oppose it again. (Renewed cheering.) Now my rea son for opposing it was this—first, that bill attempted to deal with a matter that does not belong to legis lation. (No, no, and Question.) I am talking to the question—rather too much I fancy. (Laughter.) Again, it was an unequal bill. The rich man can have his cellar stored with wine. He can get it a hundred miles off. [A Voice—" Give him water."] I can't drink water. (Loud laughter and cheering.) I say it was an unequal bill. But, more than all, it was a bill calculated to sow dissension and disquiet and misery throughout the land. (Cheers.) It was a bill asking the House of Commons to shirk respon sibility. If the law were good the house ought to have passed it. They ought not to have said to every parish, " Choose for yourself." What would have been the consequence ? In every parish there would have been a fight between these teetotal gentlemen and the rest of the parish. They might have been defeated ; they would have been. [Mr. Clegg— " Sometimes."] Always. [Mr. Clegg—" Some times."] You cannot try it. (Cheers.) I say it would have sown turmoil broadcast throughout the country. One body of men would have been against the other, and we should have had trouble enough —more than the troubles that are cast upon you from the elections to municipal offices and to Par liament. There would have been a constant fight going on in. every part of England ; kindness and goodwill would have been put an end to. (Cheers.) That is the reason I opposed that bill, and not be .cause I have not the same horror of drunkenness that the greatest teetotaller has. (" Hear, hear," " Oh, oh," from one of the Permissive Bill party.) That teetotaller is a man of this sort—l will give you a description of him. He believes himself to be so good that he is almost a sacred character (laughter and one hiss)—andto oppose anything he says is a high offence. (Cheers) I have been brought up in a different school. I have learnt to bear with my opponents, and do not cover them with every abusive epithet the English language contains, and I don't do it behind their backs. (Loud cheers.) There are cowards who stab in the dark. (Cheers.) Yes, the pen is as dangerous a weapon as the dagger, only with this difference--that the dagger is used only by those who havethe courage to risk their own lives, and as Mr. Canning said of a libeller, "If he had the courage he would be an assassin." (Loud cheers and laughter, and a, voice, "That's a hot'un, Clegg.") I venture to say this : Turn me out, get in whom you will, the Permissive Bill will never pass. (Cheers, and no no.) There may be turbulent, talkative people. [lnterruption from teetotalers. Mr. Roebuck, turning to Mryillarrop, who was conspi cuous among them, said, " I wish you would be quiet," and several voices in the crowd shouted, 64 Turn him out."] Now, I have done with the Per missive Bill, and I come to the third count of the indictment. That is the opinions I have expressed upon certain portions of our colonial policy. I have said—and I believe it to be perfectly true—that where the white man colonizes the brown man dis appears. (Hear, hear, and shame.) It is all very well to cry " shame," but it is a fact. (Cheers.) I don't make the brown man disappear, but he does disappear. (A working man in the crowd shouted something which we did not catch.) Now, my dear friend, dou'tbawl. (Laughter.) Look at his history. Those whom sentimental historians call the " Pil grim Fathers " went out to America about 1620 or 1630. There were some people who went before. They went to Virginia. The moment they went there they dispossessed the savage. They fought him back across one river, across another ; at last they drove him beyond the Mississippi, and then the Rocky Mountains stood in the way. And now you may travel through Canada and the greater part of the United States and not see a brown man. The same thing has occurred in Australia —the brown men disappeared. The same thing will happen, is hourly happening, in New Zea land. The same thing will happen, is hourly happening, in Southern Africa. I said, can any one deny it? (Yes.) A man who cares neither for his tory nor for truth can, but I who read history, and believe it to be the truth, say that wherever the white man colonises he dispossesses the brown man. You cannot help it. -It is a decree of Providence, and you cannot put it down. ( 46 Shame,'•' and cheers.) " Shame !" Now I cannot understand the wisdom— the sanity of " shame," and you may as well call it a shame a man's hand is burnt when he put it into the fire. (No.) It is an inevitable law. But if Ibe wrong in that, is that a reason for you to turn round and say " You who have studied these things, whose wholelife has been passed in the consideration of them, hav ing views so different from ours"—these learned pUndits—(laughter)—say, "We will turn you out?" (A Voice—" Very proper, too.") Ah ! but you won't do it. (Laughter.) You won't do it. (Cheers, and renewed laughter.) Now that is my defence. (Interruption from the opposition party, and a voice from the crowd, " Show your face, you wi't straw hat on," addressed to Mr. W. L. Humphrey, and laughter.) Mr. Roebuck continued. Never mind, never mind, let him bark, he can't bite, he can't bite. (Renewed laughter.) And now—(dis order arising from the crowd's disapproval of Mr. Humphrey's conduct.) The MAYOR, addressing Mr. Humphrey, said you had better stand with your back to the audience. Mr. ROEBUCK—Stand with his back to them ? The MAYOR—YeS, he is making faces at the people. Mr. ROEBUCK resumed--Now I come to the last grand count in the indictment, and that is my opi nions about America. (" Yes, that's it.") The last time I expressed my opinion in this town about Ame rica was in this very square. (" It was," and hear, hear.) And the people of Sheffield upheld my opinions. (Hear, hear, and no, no.) I say they did. They out-voted you—(t•urning to the malcontents, who retorted by again crying "No, no") —they out voted you. (" No.") Can you have the face to look me in the face and deny it (The Mayor asked for order.) There was a meeting like this, the opinions of that meeting were taken, and the gentle man who opposed me said, " You have fairly won the fight." (Hear, hear, cheers, and "So he did.") But what then ? 'Was I wrong ? (" Yes," " No, and Mr. Clegg, " Certainly.") I say lam as op posed to slavery as you—(hear, hear)—but there are many ways of getting rid of slavery. One is to - S DON, SATORL)AY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1865. get rid of the slave. That is being done at the pre sent moment. They are dying by hundreds of thou sands. (" Where?" and ".No.") 1 - then said, and I say now, that the best way of emancipating the slaves was to do it gradually and carefully; to fit them for freedom, and by that means not to incur the horrible guilt of killing many millions of your fellow men. (Laughter.) That is all I need say about America. (" How about recognising the South.") I am quite sure that if the South had been recognised great good would have been done. (Cheers.) In the first place, the arrogant, the overbearing, and great republic of America would have been split in two—(cheers and a hiss)—and for the safety of Europe that is required. (No.) You have not played out the play yet, my good fellow. (Laugh ter.) By and by you will see what will be the re sult, and I say that my policy was a wise policy. It was not accepted by the great council of the nation, and what did Ido ? When I found that the House of Commons was resolved not to acknowledge the South, I held my tongue about the matter. (Cheers, and a cry of " Good.") I have never mixed in a debate about America since. I felt that in that great assembly every word peals throughout the world, and that every word I utter, insignificant as I may be, sounds as a trumpet to all mankind. I did not speak ; I accepted the decision of the House of Commons ; I thought—l think it wrong, and I hope my coun try may not find that I was right. (Cheers.) There is one thing I want to mention. I have been told great exception has been taken to me be cause it has been asserted that I said I spat upon the petitions of the people. I never said anything of the kind. I said "I spit upon your bill." Some crotchety man brought in abill—not the Permissive Bill—on Sunday closing, and I said to him—and the house cheered me—" This is not legislatiOn ; it is paltry meddling in a matter with which we have no concern. (Cheers.) I spit upon the bill." (Renewed cheers.) And so I do. (Continued cheering.) And if I should be in Parliament, bring n that bill again, and I will use every faculty I pos sess, every power I possess, to turn that bill out. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, it is rather hard work at this time of day, and on such a day as this, to speak to such a meeting. I have gone rapidly through my past life, and through (pausing and indicating the opposition party amid great laughter) I was going to say the shallow and fruitless things they have brought against me. (Cheers, and a re mark from his :opponents, to which the hon. mem ber responded :—You will find them shallow, and that lam too deep for you. (Renewed laughter.) Turning to the meeting, Mr. Roebuck concluded : I leave my fate in your hands—that is to say, my political fate. I am not afraid of the result. (Hear, hear.) I believe that I have done my duty honestly. (Hear.) I know I have done it fearlessly. (Cheers.) I don't fear you. (Cheers.) I don't fear anybody. (Renewed cheering and laughter.) What I think right I say ; what I think right I do ; and that is the only promise I make you. For the present mo ment lam silent. If there be any gentleman who wishes to question me let him do it ; I am ready to answer. (Hear.) There is no anonymous newspaper now. We will know the man ; we will know his objections, and you will hear my answer. That is fair. (Hear, hear, and " That's English.") Listen quietly to him, listen quietly to me. In a time you will have to decide the matter. I have no fear of the result. Now, gentlemen (turning sharply to the opposition party) what have you got to say ? (Loud laughter, and long protracted cheering.) Mr. M. BEAL came forward to question Mr. Roe buck, and intimated that at a later period he should submit a resolution which it would be for the meet ing calmly to consider. He had no personal feeling against Mr. Roebuck ; on the contrary, he had a very great respect for him, and only regretted that -he should have deserted the cause of the people as he had done. His first question had reference to the last election. Sir John Ramsden and Sir F. Cross ley were candidates for the * representation of the West Riding, and opposed to them was Mr. Stuart Wortley. Mr. Roebuck spoke very bitterly against Mr. Wortley because he was a supporter of the Derby Government, which was then in power. Mr. Roebuck was elected for Sheffield, and the very first thing he did after getting back to Parliament was to vote in favour of Lord Derby's Government. He wished to know-upon what grounds Mr. Roe buck voted for Lord Derby's Government after de nouncing it on the hustings. Mr. ROEBUCK-4 will tell you why. The sup porters of Lord Derby then sat on the Govern ment side of the House of Commons, and the Liberal party were in opposition. I turned round to the Opposition and said, " You (the Liberal party) cannot carry a Reform Bill ; they (the sup porters of Lord Derby) can. They offer us some thing ; it will be wise to take it." The ifouse of Commons did not take it, and what happened ? The Opposition got into power, and they have not car ried a Reform Bill yet. (" No, nor you won't.") I don't think I shall. I say they have not carried a Reform Bill ; but they have come round to Lord Derby's Bill. (Never.) They have. Did you hear what Mr. Lowe said the other day ? Did you hear what Mr. Osborne said ? Did you hear what , gir George Grey said ? They all say they wish the constituency to be extended, but not lowered. What does that mean? It means that they do not intend to lower the franchise, but that they are ready to take the fancy franchises Mr. Disraeli offered. On that ground I voted for keeping Lord Derby in power, because he would have given us a Reform Bill which would have admitted lodgers and a number of other persons to the use of the franchise, which can never be done by the present administration. (Cheers.) Mr. BEAL—Mr. Roebuck's explanation proves to me that he belongs to the Conservative ranks, and is not a suppor ter of Lord Palmerston. I now wish to ask whether the Galway contract was not agreed upon the night before that vote was given. (Cries of " Shame, shame !") Mr. ROEBUCK—The Galway contract was a contract for the purpose of making a communication between Ireland and America. I did not see any harm in that. I never gained one penny by it. (Cheers.) I want to know why I should not support the Galway contract. Does anybody tell me it was unwise? I thought it was a wise one. I acted for some time with the Galway Company. I loft it, and I never had a shilling from it. Mr. BEAL—I leave to the meeting to judge how far the explanation is satisfactory. I now wish to ask Mr. Roebuck why he described the working classes of the North of Eng land, and more especially the working classes of his consti tuency, as drunkards, wife boaters, and dog fanciers ? Mr. RoEnucx—All these things aro brought in as props to support Mr. Bears ideas about the Water Bill. (Laugh ter.) Now hear my answer. (Interruption.) I was de scribing what I believed would be the advantages of educa tion. .1 was lecturing in a cathedral town; I had the bishop before me, and I dared to say things in his presence which I take it he never heard before from a layman. I said so great is the value I attach to education that I believe it will create different men altogether. There are among my constituents drunken working men, men who beat their wives and caress their dogs. I did not say that was the character of the working man—(Mr. Beal —" You did.") I say I did not. How do you know; you were not there? (" The Morning Post.") I said then, and I say now, that if we could elevate the working classes above these vices we should be doing a great good to our fellow countrymen. That is the reason I gave that description. It is a descrip tion that does apply to certain men among the working classes, but not to the whole class. Nor did I say it applied to the whole class, for I have always been their friend and acted for them. They never found me wanting; when Mr. Beal has been asleep I have worked for them. (Cheers.) Mr. BEAL—The explanation Mr. Roebuck has given is not in accordance with the reports in the newspapers. (Hooting, and cries of "Shame.") The next question is why, when the Water Company presented their bill to him to be introduced into Parliament, ho did not consult his constituents upon the subject ? • Mr. ROEBUCK—Aye, that is it. I did consult them. I came down here, and in the Council-hall I did consult them. I found the two parties so diametrically opposed—the Town Council and the Water Company—that I could do nothing between them ; that I should only be like the man who in terfered between husband and wife—got kicks from both, (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. BEAI,—I will read Mr. Roebuck's words at the Coun cil-hall. (Cries of "What paper aro you reading from ?") From the Sheffield Independent. (Voices, " Hear, hear," " That will do ; we won't have it from Vother.") When Mr. Roebuck met the Town Council he said, "The kind ness of the town of Sheffield has given me a great deal of power as your representative. That power may be used mischievously or beneficially. Very much will depend upon the advice and information I receive now while I am in Sheffield, in regard to the effect I may produce upon the legislation that will take place. I may state that I have not a farthing of interest in the matter." Mr. Roebuck after wards said, "I wish to hear whether I, as your representa tive, ought to aid in carrying this bill through Parliament or not. My name is at the back of the bill. I want your advice upon these matters. First, whether the Council believes there ought to be power to borrow £400,000. Secondly, whether there ought'to bo power given to the Water Company to raise the price of water—power, if they see it necessary to use it, of increasing the price of water 45 per cont." Now, Mr. Roebuck, as he says, con sulted the Council. They told him as plainly as men could speak that they were opposed to the 25 per cent. Mr. Roebuck told them in conclusion that he only wanted to know their opinions, and he would be glad to follow them out. "If," he said, "he knew the wish of the Council, he thought he knew the wishes of the people of Sheffield, and the wishes of the people of Sheffield would be his com mands." I beg to ask you, were the wishes of the Town Council and the people of Sheffield M.r.Roebuck's commands ? (No, no.) Did he do anything to.prevent that unjust im post being imposed upon us ? (No.) I say we are indebted to Mr. Roebuck for that tax being levied upon us. (Cries of "Shame," " Nonsense," &c.) If Mr. Roebuck had said to the Water Company, " Gentlemen, I cannot endorse your bill ; I cannot bring it into the House of Commons until you make proper arrangements with my constituents. [Mr. Roebuck—" Somebody else would have brought it If you agree with them as to the tenor of the bill, I will bring it into the House of Commons, and assist you in getting it carried." If, I say, he had done this, the bill would never have passed in its present shape. But Mr. Roebuck took the Water Company's side, and left the town to fight for themselves, never assisting us an atom in the matter. Mr. ROEBUCK-4 have nothing more to say to you. (Cheers and laughter, and cries of "Oh, Michael," &c.) Mr. BEAT.—I ask, why did you make these promises and then go away and look at the matter afterwards? Mr. ROEBUCK—I beg your pardon. If I never looked at the matter afterwards I could not have passed the bill. I want to know how you get over that. Mr. ArrcHisoN, veterinary surgeon, came forward, amid much hooting and clamour, and called upon the meeting not to be hoodwinked by equivocation. He said if equivo cation were truth and sophistry were logical arguments we had had plenty of them. (Hooting.) I tell Mr. Roebuck I am ready to meet him on the question of acknowledging the South. I ask him, as a statesman, what good it could have done to the South, or what benefit it could have brought to this country ? I tell him, before he answers me—(The speaker was stopped by a burst of laughter and jeers.) He also asked whether the mere acknowledgment of the South would have been any benefit to them or to us ? Mr. ROEBUCK—Ho has accused me of equivocation, that is a very hard word, but neverthleess I will pass it by. The reason I advocated the acknowledgment of the South was this—l believed that if England and Fiance unitedly had acknowledged the South, the North would have ceased to attack the South. I was quite certain of that. As a statesman I answer, it is a matter which I have long con sidered, in which I had no personal interest, but in which England had groat interest. I will tell you what England's interest is. (A voice—" Not to acknowledge the slave power.") We have acknowledged the slave power ever since the United States were guilty. We have acknowledged it in every quarter of the globe. (" The more the shame.") It is all very well to say the more the shame, but we have done it. My reason for desiring the acknowledgment of the South was this—l wanted the great republic of America to be split into two. I honestly and openly confess it ; and if it had been so it would have been better for us. Now, another thing; where we have sent £2,000,000 or £3,000,000 of property to America during this war, if peace had come with a separation of the States we should have sent £30,000,000 or £40,000,000. Merely looking at the matter in pounds, shillings, and pence view, I say I was wise. Looking at it in a humane view, I say that the slave now is a miserable creature because of his emancipation. They are starving by thousands, and you are obliged to come to England and beg support for them. (" Slavery for over!" and cheers.) Mr. ArrcHisoN—Mr. Roebuck says ho is a statesman, and lam one he sets down as an ignoramus. (Cheers and hooting.) Mr. ROEBUCK—I did not use that word. Mr. ArrcuisoN —He says if England and France had acknowledged the South that would have been the means of breaking up the Union. From my reading of international law (" oh, oh !")—and I am as great a defender of the South as Mr. Roebuck (" oh, oh !" and laughter)—l say from my reading of international law, a mere acknowledgment would have been au injury ; it would have done nothing for the benefit of the South, and would have injured us. The MAYOR here interfered, and said Mr. Aitchison should confine himself to asking questions. The present was not the proper time for him to make a speech. Mr. ArrciiisoN said the Water Company and the Town Council, as the representatives of the town, were in open antagonism on the water question. He accused Mr. Roe buck of turning his back on his constituents to back up a private company, and trying to gull the meeting into be lieving that he did that which he conscientiously believed was right. (General cries of "question," mingled with which were a few faint cries of "Go on.") He wished to know what Mr. Roebuck's motives in the matter were. Mr. ROEBUCK—What were my motives ?—that I have stated to you already. I wanted a tribunal to be established for the settlement of all claims. If such a tribunal had not been established litigation would be continued longer than the life of any man in Sheffield. With the tribunal the whole matter is already settled. Again, I wanted the town to be well supplied with water. I believe now, and I t e ll Mfr. Aitchison fearlessly, I believe the town will be better supplied with water by a - company than by the Town Coun cil. (A Voice—" Twenty-five per cent.") Mr. AITCHISON—I ask whether Mr. Roebuck ought to be the best judge of the people's interests, or the people themselves? Mr. ROEBUCK—I was not the judge; the House of Com mons was thejudge ; Parliament was the judge. The coun cil was heard fully before the committee of the House of Commons, and the committee declared unanimously in favour of the Water Company. So did the committee of the House of Lords, and so did Parliament. I did nothing. I could do nothing. Mr. Arremsox—l ask Mr. Roebuck whether it is not high time that the constituency should be represented by something better than a nonentity. (Laughter and hooting.) Mr. ROEBUCK—I believe lam pretty much of an entity as the honourable gentleman evidently thinks himself at the present moment. (Laughter.) The question will be put to you directly, and you will decide. I am not afraid of the re sult. I have represented Sheffield to the best of my ability. It has been to mo a barien honour. If I lose your confidence I lose everything that to me, as a Parliamentary man, is of any concern whatever. (Cheers.) Mr. AITCHISON intimated that he had no more questions to ask, and withdrew from the front of the platform amid general hooting. Mr. W. C. LExa—Men of Sheffield, Mr. Roebuck has told you he is not afraid of any man. Neither am I. ("You're a non-elector.") (Laughter.) I have one question to ask about extermination. Mr. Roebuck put it to you that he had merely laid it down as a principle that there was an inevitable law by which the brown man must always dis appear before the white. So far, so good. Mr. Roebuck did not tell you what further he said. As I read it in the Lon don newspapers, he found fault with the policy of the Go vernment for not having actually and deliberately hastened and facilitated extermination. (No, no.) Mr. ROEBUCK—What is your question ? Mr. W. C. LENG—I ask whether those remarks were not made, and whether they did not call forth a most fiery and indignant reply from the late Mr. Cobden, who asked Mr. Roebuck if he would have poisoned them with strychnia ? Mr. ROEBUCK—What I did say was this. There is an in evitable law by which the brown man will disappear ; but you, the Government, ought to bo kind to the brown man. I said this in so many words. I said, do no injustice to them. One great injustice you must do—you must take the land. (Shame.) Shame, say you; you cannot help it. That is colonisation. You talk about the great colonies of Europe; the moment the white man goes he takes the land and cul tivates it, and introduces into the country the laws and customs of civilised life. The brown man disappears. In his disappearance and decline, I said, in all things be just and kind to the brown man, though you cannot prevent his extermination. (C he ers.) Mr. M. BEAL then came to the front of the opposition side, and said he wished to submit a resolution. (" No, no," and " Hear Mr. Dunn.") Mr. Dr:ism—Will Mr. Beal see my resolution ? (Hear, hear.) Mr. BEAL—I gave notice of my intention to move a re solution, and you did not, and I shall persist. The Mayor introduced Mr. Dunn to the meeting, who received him with great applause. Mr. Beal refused to give way, and great disorder ensued, Mr. Dunn and Mr. Beal standing at their respective places each waiting for the noise to subside. At last, The Maxon said—Gentlemen, it appears that there has been a mistake. Mr. Dunn has a resolution to propose, and Mr. Beal says that he has one which ought to have priority, and in order to accommodate Mr. Beal he shall move his first. (Applause.) Mr. BEAL anticipated the supporters of Mr. Roebuck by moving the following resolution : " That in the opinion of this meeting John Arthur Roe buck, Esq., M.P., has not faithfully represented this con stituency—(hooting and cheers)—and that steps be imme diately taken to secure a candidate whose principles shall be more satisfactory." (Renewed cheers and hisses.) The motion was seconded by the Rev. J. GUTTIUDGE (Wesleyan Free Church), who complained of Mr. Roebuck's views on the American question. Mr. T. DUNN moved as an amendment a resolution of confidence in Mr. Roebuck, and that he be re-elected. Alderman FISHER seconded the amendment, which was carried by at least ten to one. Mr. HADFIELD afterwards briefly addressed the meeting on local topics, and a resolution of confidence in him was carried unanimously. Tho proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the Mayor. LADVERTISEMENT.I-HOUOI T 2y'S Pills.—Premonition.— The opinion gains ground that disease is a diminution of vitality, and there is little doubt that the powers of life are principally depressed by impurities in the system. This depravity can be corrected by taking a course or an occa sional dose of Holloway's famous purifying pills, which expel all morbid matters from the circulation, and thorougly cleanse and invigorate the glands, viscera, and brain. Through this wholesome influence Holloway's medicine casts out the seeds of all fevers, which in sultry weather prove so formidable to health, and in a vast majority of cases destroy life itself. Forewarned should bo forearmed —a position easily obtained by taking these excellent pills when lassitude, headache, or dejection distresses us. The Fatal Accident on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. ANOTHER DEATH. WEST FELTON, Friday. We regret to state that another of the sufferers by this fearful calamity has been added to the list, making 11, and that two others are not expected to survive the day. This morning George Kent, of Greenwich, died in the Shrews bury Hospital. Captain Rich came down to Rednal this afternoon to inspect thelocality of the accident preparatory to an official visit by the Government inspector. The inquest commenced yesterday at Rednal on the bodies of such of the deceased persons killed by the accident to the Whitsuntide excursion train near this place on Wed nesday as had been identified, was resumed to-day, before the coroner, Mr. Blackburne, at West Felton, about a mile and a half from Rednal, there being no convenient room for the inquiry at the latter place. Mr. Jones, solicitor, of Oswestry, attended on behalf of the Great Western Company, and there were also present Mr. Grierson, traffic manager, and other officers of the com pany. Mr. Chandler, of Shrewsbury, Mr. Jobson, and Mr. Corbet Davies, of Shrewsbury, attended to watch the pro ceedings on behalf of the injured passengers. It should be stated that after our parcel was despatched last night another witness was examined in addition to those called to identify the bodies, and the surgeon to prove that death had been caused by violence. This witness was Mr. P. W. Leather, surgeon, of Liverpool, who was a pas senger in the train to which the accident happened. He de posed that he came from Birkenhead in the train ; that as it approached Rednal there was some oscillation in the car riage and then a noise. He looked out of the window of his carriage, and then saw one of the engines of the train on its side. He got out and found what had happened, and saw some of the passengers lying dead. He assisted to remove the injured, and attended to them. Was occupied about two hours in this duty, when a train came up from Shrews bury. He ordered the severely injured to be laid in the van upon cushions, and the less seriously to be placed in the carriages. He accompanied the injured to Shrewsbury in the train, and saw them lodged in the Infirmary and at the Raven Hotel. He remained in attendance on the latter during the night. The train was 20 minutes late when it left Birkenhead. He could not tell how much it was be hind at Chester. He thought they were late all through the journey, and could not tell whether they had gained time coming from Birkenhead. He thought the train was tra velling faster just before the accident than it had done on the rest of the journey. They were going very fast, and, feeling a little timid, he looked out of the train to see what was the matter. Did not see any red flag held out. On the jury reassembling this morning it was stated that no other bodies had been identified, and the coroner said it appeared that the first derangement of the train was at the place where the repairs of the line began, and they would proceed first to take evidence as to the cause of the engine leaving the line at that place. The first witness called was David Evans; f Birkenhead, who was driving the second engine of the excursion train from Birkenhead to which the accident happened on June 7. He left Birkenhead at 10 46 ; the proper time for leaving was 10 20. The delay was caused by their having to put on extra coaches. They arrived at Chester at 1134, and left Chester at 12 28. They ought to hav& left at 11 25. They stopped at Gobowen, which was the next station before the accident occurred, and here they were an hour and 20 minutes behind time. The delay arose from their leaving Birkenhead 20 minutes after time, and having to stop at Chester. Between Go bowen and the place where the accident happened there was a caution flag by the side of the line, on a slope about a mile and a quarter from where the accident happened. It might have been placed in a better position to be seen. He was close to it when he saw it. As soon as he saw the flag he shut off steam and touched the whistle for Anderton, the driver of the first engine, to do the same. There was no other signal ; but a man ran out of the gang of platelayers on the line as soon as he saw the flag. From the flag to the place where the men were at work might be- half a mile. By the time they got to the plate layers they had pulled up a little, and were going about 30 miles an hour. His engine now appeared to be going very rough. They had all the brakes on from the time they saw the flag, and when they came to where the men were at work he pulled his breaks out of gear, which would tend to stop the train. Saw some dust arising from the first engine, as if something had got loose rind was dragging the ground ; but he looked out and could see nothing. Newton was his fireman, and when the accident happened he was killed. The Coroner told the witness that, if he liked, he could tell the jury what he thought was the cause of the accident. The witness answered that he could not tell what it was By Mr. Chandler—From the bridge to the place where the accident happened the line was on a gradient down hill. When they came to this they were "on the swing." They were on the swing before they saw the flag. Was not aware that Anderton had made a dying declaration that he saw no flag. When the line was being taken up it was custo mary to send men back with a red flag. A danger flag was red, and a caution flag green. It was a green flag that was put up. Mr. Chandler here called upon tho railway officials to produce the rule regulating the repair of the line. Mr. Grierson produced the rules. No. 2 described the duties of the overlooker of workmen on the line requiring that a signal should be put up at least a mile from the spot where the work was going on. Witness was in charge of the train. The train consisted of 32 carriages and two vans. There were two guards to the train, and four breaks on the tenders and van. Was not aware that when there wore more than 12 carriages to a train rule 56 •of the Great Western Company's General Instructions required that there should be three guards, and when 20 carriages four guards. Could not say whether a certain number of guards was re quired to a certain number of carriages. Did not know the 56th rule. Mr. Grierson said the different servants were supplied only with such rules as applied to their special duties. Rule 56, the substance of which is given above, was then read by. Mr. Chandler, and Mr. Jones pointed out that this rule applied to steep gradients. Witness continued—The first engine left the rails just where the accident happened. It was customary when any alteration of any moment was being made on the line to send a man up the line with a green flag to hold out. Could have seen such a signal better than when a flag was stuck by the side of the line. By Mr. Corbett Davies—Had been in the company's ser vice 18 years, and according to rule there was a certain number of guards to a train, proportioned to the number of carriages. [This, it will be seen, is in contradiction to what the witness stated in reply to Mr. Chandler's cross-ex amination.] 6 By the Coroner—Had nothing to do with the number of breaks or number of guards to a train. Took his instruc tions in the case of excursion trains from the papers issued. It was the stationmaster's duty at Birkenhead to see to the making up of the train. 15 or 18 carriages was the usual number to an excursion train ; 25 were not unusual. By Mr. Jones—Had seen as many as 40 carriages in an excursion train on the London and North-Western line. Tho train went all right and well until they got to the place where the men were repairing the line. The gradient was lin 120, or greater. The rails were not being taken up, but "lifted; / which means raising the sleepers and packing them. By going on the swing he meant travelling about 35 miles an hour. By the Foreman—During the process of packing, should a train come up unexpectedly, might it not happen that one side might be higher than the other ? The witness was understood to say that if the one side was packed higher than the other it would not throw the leading wheels off the line. By Mr. Jones—Was it not the duty of the driver of the first engine to look out and give notice of what was going on to the driver of the second engine ? Witness—Ho had a better chance of seeing. In reply to Mr. Chandler, the witness said that at a speed of 35 miles an hour, a train with two engines, 32 coaches, and two vans could be stopped in two miles. In answer to further questions, the witness said he could not have slackened the speed of the train to less than 20 miles an hour from the bridge to where the men were at work—three-quarters of a mile. The caution flag was a quarter of a mile further on, and he was asked how much he could have slackened the speed from this place to where the men were at work. He did not give a direct answer to the question, but said he thought he had reduced the speed to 15 miles. Emma Owen was next called 'to prove the identity of her brother, and a distressing scene ensued. She stated that her brother, William Owen, was an engineer, of No. 11, North-end, High-street, Southampton ; that he was a pas senger•by the excursion train, and in conseqence of what she had seen in the newspapers she had come down and identified his body among the five unknown corpses lying in the shed at Rednal. He was married, and had loft a wife and five children, the youngest two months old. He bad telegraphed• to his wife to come down. The witness here went into hysterics, after an excited exclamation about "the man that killed her poor brother," and was carried out of the room insensible. After a short adjournment for refreshment tho examina tion of witnesses was resumed. Edward Gregory, guard of the excursion train, said he came with the train from Manchester. Tho first intimation ho had of the accident was a bumping of the van in which ho was. He saw no caution or danger flag. The train stopped soon after the bumping, and the accident had taken place. Did not hear any whistle or signal to stop the train. When the bumping took place ho put on the break. They were then going at the rate of thirty or thirty-five miles an hour. After the accident he sent one of the plate-layers back 'down the lino to stop anything that might follow, and then assisted in getting the wounded from under the wreck. A number of the passengers assisted, and he left them and got a horse from a man in a field to send to Oswestry for medical help. On passing along the lino ho saw that it was crooked and the chains broken. The line was in one place stripped of its ballast. Being asked as to the cause of the bumping, the witness said it was his impression that they had run over something. Witness was the head guard of the train, and his van was within four carriages of the end of the train. . By Mr. Chandler—That was not the usual place for the head guard, but the end of the train. The other guard's van was in the middle of the train. Was not aware of any rule regulating the number of carriages for excursions. In further examination the witness said he had been guard four years. Did not consider 32 carriages an un usually heavy train. He should consider 40 carriages so. Could have stopped the train in many places in half a mile , and in the place where the accident happened could have stopped it in three-quarters of a mile or a mile. He only felt the bumping for a few minutes before the train stopped and the accident happened. They were brought to a stand at five minutes to 2 p.m. Thought the train had been travelling at the rate of from 35 to 40 miles an hour. By Mr. Jones—The cause of the delay at Chester was their waiting for the Birkenhead portion of the train to arrive. They also had to transfer the passengers of three large carriages of the Birkenhead line to five of their own. The witness gave similar replies to the engine-driverEv an° to questions as to the duties of the platelayers when the line was under repair. The stationmaster at the starting-Pla ce (Chester) regulated the number of guards and breaks. William Anderton, the driver, died last night. William Davis, Jonathan How, James Wharton, and Ann Barber are much worse, and lie in a precarious state. The rest, with tbe exception of Mr. Hughes, whose case is hopeless, are pro gressing favourably. The inquest was resumed yesterday on the bodies at Rednal, and evidence was taken from the driver of the first engine at great length, and in a most searching manner, but nothing was elicited from him tend ing to show the real cause of the accident. The evidence of two guards and several platelayers WO also taken. During the day the whole of the remaining bodies vier e , identified, and were described as William Edward Owen, 0' No. 11, High-street, Southampton, an engineer on board s steamboat, who has left a widow and five children ; Aeri e Collinard, of Warrington, a child nine years old ; Charles Allen, his wife and son, of No. 9, Denmark-street, S t ' Giles's, London—they had been on a visit to Mrs. Allens mother. The inquest was adjourned till to-day. COUNTRY MARKETS _ _wt . ,._ __, DERBY—FRIDAY. New white wheat, 44s to 47s ; new red, 40s to 43s per 86 stone. Barley for malting, 32s to 35s per qr. ; grinding' 28s to 30s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 22s to 255; old, 2,5 s to 28s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 42s to 455; new, 38s to 4 15 per qr. ST.A MFORD.—FRIDA.T. • New white wheat, 42s to 465; new red,t39s to 43s per 86 stone. Barley, malting, 32s to 33s ; grinding, 28s to Os per qr. Oats, .new, 22s to 28s ; old, —s to —s per 24 stone' Beans, 36s to 40s per 38 stone. Peas as heretofore. WAKEFIELD.—FRIDAY. The demand for wheat to-day was slow, but prices Wel! much the same as last week. In spring corn there was Dv material ve change. Arages, May 29 :—Wheat, 2,131 qrs, at 44s 744 1 ; b ar ' ley, 70, at 31s Od ; oats, 100, at 238 Od. LINCOLN.—FRIDAY. 3 6 New white wheat, 42s to 45s ; new red, 38s to 41s p er stone. Barley for malting, 32s to 34s per qr ; 0 11 2, 5 1; 27s to 31s per 30 stone. Oats, 22s to 255. Beans, *‘' s 46s per qr. LIVERPOOL.—FRIDAY. rts At to-day's market there was a fair attendance, bu t `,, t inanimate feeling prevailed throughout, and for 11 , 11e t - 0 there was only a limited in qu i r y a t prices barely equ' a this day week. Flour equally neglected, and unchang e r in price. Indian corn firm at Tuesday's advance of 6d P e qr. Oats neglected. Oatmeal unchanged. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. d• s. d. s. 17 6 Tunstall Hartlepool - 6 Wylam l6 6 South Hetton ......... 17 3 W.Wylam l5 6 Kelloe i g 9 Walls End Haswell... 17 6 Braddyell's Hetton i"„ 9 East Hartlepool West Hartley 17 , Carway and Duffryn Caradoc ; 9 Malting 22 0 Wharncliffe ............ 1 7, 6 Walls End Gosforth 15 9 Hetton Lyons ....... 1 ' 3 Heugh Hall Sl6 9 South Hartlepool...... 3 Hetton l7 6 Repier Grange......... iv Ships at market, 91; sold, 76. Foreign Mail Packet List. • :8. . Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Jun - - Ditto, via Marseilles June lg. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British pao.et JalY t June 2 Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St Helena.... Tune 2 ,, 2 " , China. Penang. and Singapore, via Sou hampton...; une la Ditto, via Marseilles .. June 12 " Falkland Islands June it° Gibraltar, via Southampton. lB. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... June . Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bumbay), via Southampton. June l' Ditto, via 'it arseitles ...Juno 19 ' Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil e , ..... ....July 6. Newfoundland June 2t. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon. Un.ted States and British North America, by Bri tish packet .. ...June .ls Ditto, by United States packet, via Bouthamp tun Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Tune 9' West Ctiast of Africa, Madeira, and TLneriffe June 1 0 ' West Indies and Pacific (except Bahaa.as, Cuba and Mexico • • • June 11 ATTEMPTED MURDER.—At the village of Bran ley, which is within the precincts of the borough ° Leeds, on Wednesday last, a young woman named ga l / Batty, a domestic servant, attempted to murder B° 8 , - „ Sharp, a factory overlooker. It seems that the parties II"' been sweethearts for about seven years, and that SJA rPI by promises of marriage, had induced the woman to lee ,1 11° several situations, and she had lately told her preseßt v 7.. ; ter that she should have to leave him soortins Shari ) she were about to get married. Tidings, however, of the'- faithfulness of her lover reached her, and on meeting as he was going to work on Wednesday, she asked him if intended to fulfil the promise he had made to her. Iteee lY :io an angry reply, coupled with a threat of violenc e ° molested him further on the subject, she directed PS, attention to some object on the opposite side of the took an open razor out of her pocket, drew it across the r 4 r p side of his throat, inflicted a severe gash, and ran off. $'.,4 11 was immediately taken to a surgery, and the wound,willoy is from four to five inches long, was attended to. 311 00 it is not likely to prove fatal. Shortly after committing offence the young woman went to the house of S h `,„ye father and gave herself up. She said she intended t° tern Sharp's life, as he was her first lover, and she w asp .a - the mined that he should be her last. She was taken befor e , , Leeds borough magistrates yesterday (Wednesday), as manded for a week. rrh THE BUILDING TRADE AT BRADFORD.---- --° sons' labourers at Bradford have struck work 011. is advance of wages. A reduction has recently been t uti lej, the hours of labour, the number of hours per week 'll4 and the men now seek an advance of Is. per week , nor the wages 20s. per week, instead of 19s. The maste r tiro terers in that town have recently advanced the 0 1 ) ? rt' iv it) plasterers 2s. per week (the second advance since 1863.r010 a reduction of time, also), and the labourers 15. 1 0 Loire The operative joiners have given notice that they' I. "'w an advance of wages, and as the notice is illstf, piring a strike is inevitable, as the princiPa l co are determined to resist the application. An e'u of wages and a reduction of time were conced e d o year. The building trade is very brisk at 13r3 ts r and the labour market has been for some time W i t Ar e ceedingly feverish. The erections most in delne'lliiior public buildings, warehouses, mansions, villas, and d vie g ajog houses of a superior class. There is little, if any, of cottage houses. Some ascribe this latter fact to to .iro ° ration of the corporation's code of building bye-laug .1:0 biting the building of cottages on the back-to-baelc the others ascribe the result to various other causes , 7 ., peri high price of building materials and labour, and t'eojeoV inadequate return heretofore received by the own e i r° oo l tage property, to say nothing of the loss sustaineu pro' annoyance in connexion with the tenants of any' . perty. Births. 0 eli et3 ' BRASSEY.—On the Bth inst., at her father's res ,, i f d Thong Charles-street, Berkeley-square, the wife °' il° Brassey, jun Esq., of a daughter. 0 1 ° Gnai.—On the , sth inst., at Clevedon, Somerset" of Lieut.-Col. W. E. Gibb, of a daughter. ~e 42 I Air. . HIIDSON.—On the 7th inst., at Clapham, the Wil Hudson, Esq., of a son. Marriages. 11P ° 1, 13' BOURNE—PEARSON.—On the Btlr inst., at Newetis ti a"' Tyne, John Bourne, Esq., C.E., to Mari A l3l3° ' f ter of the late John Brooksbank Pearson, Esq" °a° castle-upon-Tyne. most° io CRISP—DASHWOOD.—On the Bth inst. , at ul.,,e„ies, Church, Norfolk, J. Edwin Crisp, Esq., of Letitia Adelaide, youngest daughter of 80bt.113- Esq., of the same place. GoLnsmiTH.—On the Bthp vejaani inst., st ils na . nt iAI , 0 00 ' smith, Esq., R.N., aged 89. . williA l '; FenclUrch O LIGHT Lightly, Esq., - n st t r h e e et. Bth inst., at Cobh am, Surre y, 711i0 of Furni • °f l'" 113 Lightly 7 Esq., of Cornwall-gardens, icensingto 7 f is's bire' MAN. . WELL.—On the Gth inst., at Pollock, Ren-re, Sir John Maxwell, of PolloCk, Bart. -0,1, 00 t°11' RUTHE ,WelelSeol3:-0 : nroun.—On the Bth inst at Snell's Park, J-41 8 3. Elizabeth, wifo of Captain John Rutherford, ag e or Rorrov 0 ... n the 9th inst., William Rotton, Esq., bi ali° at-law, aged 39. Chi lc , til e WOOD.—On the 7th inst., at Morton Hall, near Chl r d late Von. Isaac Wood, A.M., Archdeacon of Chester, an vicar of Midc1km...2c......,.........................-.....!) --- _------, London : Printed and Publiblied by Wit LlAlkt AN 9 / 40 1 at of No. 112, Strand, Painter, at Titz SUN 0 1 fic e !, „of 0 ' Strand, in the Precinct of the Sa;•,y, in the IA" Middlesex. --Saturday, June 10, 1805. I - , ..N 4xir, the Col T' Capii Joi n , n. Willi F red Capt "~'u ~„