The Sun. — London, England, 1848-08-24 00:00:00

HE CATHEDRAL FESTIVAL AT COLOGNE. COLOGNE, AUGUST 14.—Six hundred years have elapsed to-day since the foundation stone of the cathe dral of Cologne was laid in the presence of emperors, electors, dukes, bishops, princes, and barons. The wealth of the empire of Charlemagne was almost at the command of its founders ; the genius of the architect and the skill of the workmen have never been excelled, rarely equalled ; the heart and faith of half Europe were in the task ; and yet on this 14th of August, 1848, the cathedral stands half finished, the ancient part of the edifice crumbling in decay visible to the most careless eye, beside the additions finished within the last few hours, presenting a most melancholy contrast, one of the sternest proofs of the impotence of human purpose ever given to the world. The history of the building is involved with that of the whole German empire from the 13th century down wards, for the works were first arrested by the quar rels of electors with emperors, and the prince bishops with both, and the conflicts of the unruly burghers with all three. The funds that should have raised the temple of peace were seized by the strongest to defray the expense of wars ; the Refor mation came and dried up many of the sources whence the revenues were derived, and from that period its history is nearly a blank ; in 1620 Cologne did not pos sess even mechanical skill enough to repair one of the chapels—the old traditions of the craft bad perished. From the beginning of the 18th century nothing was at tempted but the patching of rotten roofs and, decaying walls, with great difficulty even keeping it water tight, till within the last seven years, when a movement, partly religious, partly political, commenced, which re sulted in the present attempt to complete the gigantic design, and atone for the poverty and indifference of ages. _ _ The only parts of the cathedral finished when the works were arrested were the eastern end and choir, with the side chapels, and half of one of the western towers. As thousands of tourists, must remember, these colossal fragments were connected by a mass of sordid, ignoble buildings, that might have been bar , racks or stables for any character or dignity they pos sessed; the companion tower was also commenced, but had been raised but little above the foundation. The impression made by the aspect of the whole istructure was' that of magnificence, incompleteness, and decay combined. It is to the now triumphant idea of German unity that most of the success of the present effort to realise the gorgeous conception of the founders in all its splen dour is to be ascribed. That idea was proscribed, and accordingly it adopted any method by which it nould be, though but indirectly, expressed, without the possibility of the rulers opposing it. The completion of a work of which all Germany might be proud was a purpose that gave an opportunity of united effort when , all was division. Religious zeal had much influence doubtless; but the cathedral literature of the past ten years (for it has a press of its own) proves plainly that German nationality was the most active power. The piety, faith, and earnestness of the old founders of churches and temples cannot be so plainly traced in all that has been said and written by the advocates of the movement as that political " unity" of the empire which the completed cathedral was to embody ±and ex press. To carry out the work practically, the people formed committees, unions, and societies all over Ger many, with banners, badges, and insignia, and threw into the task much of that spirit which with us' creates such bodies as the Odd Fellows, Ancient Druids, and Foresters. They had cathedral bands of, music, cathedral singing societies, and unions of tht trades employed, all at a time when every kind of association was an object of suspicion to the Government. It would be unjust to assert that the bodies thus organized were turned to a political purpose ; but they fostered and kept alive an idea that could find no other mode of ex• pression so open ; there was a worldly object combined , with the religious one. The great impulse was given to the movement by the present King of Prussia, who on Easter-day, 1842, laid the first stone of the new works, and " endowed" the undertaking with 50,000 thalers a year. Since that time the works have been carried on as rapidly as the limited funds permitted; and it is understood that they have now almost failed. Without some general contri bution from the people of Germany, prompted by na: tional enthusiasm, as their forefathers were animated by religious zeal, the cathedral will never be completed; the exchequers of the Sovereigns at the present period have nothing to spare. The portion of the edifice added since 1842 is soon described. The choir and the tower have been united on the south, by carrying up the stone work to the point where the light shafts are to spring from the plain square buttresses ; the three portals on this side are nearly completes! ; and the nave is so far finished, that with a temporary roof it can be used for Divine worship. It is in this south side that the stained-glass windows, presented by the King of Bavaria, are placed. On the north side nearly the same amount of plain work has been finished; but on both all the most expensive labour has yet to be bestowed, in the elaborate carvings and tracery of the pinnacles and shafts, in which the modern workmen are to imitate and reproduce the triumphs of their ancestors. The old stone-work, dark and worn to roughness by time, contrasts strongly with the smooth white masonry of yesterday; in form, of course, the ancient plan has been rigidly ad hered to; time will harmonise the colour, but at present the effect is harsh. The carved work on the front of the south tower is so decayed that large patches of grass are actually growing in the roses and fretted ornaments above the portal; the tracery looks as if it would turn to dust with a touch: when the eye passes from it the fresh solid masonry, the text that condemns " the new piece on the old gar ment" occurs involuntarily to the mind. The portion of the fete celebrated to-day was not so brilliant as anticipated. A grand concert was given at the Casino in the morning by the Gesangnerein, and till late in the afternoon, when a procession was formed and started from the Neumarkte to the cathedral, there was nothing to occupy the citizsns who have made up their minds to a three days' holiday. The streets on the line of route were splendidly decorated ; enormous banners waved from every window, from which also de pended at intervals tapestry of brilliant colours; some decorations made of flowers and evergeens, in the form of Gothic windows, were actually works of art. It was four o'clock before the procession reached the cathedral ; it was composed of the Burgher Guard, the chorus of the boys' schools, the orphan children, the masons and carpenters of the works, with their flags, all the building committees, with their badges, the Archbishop, several Bishops, and the clergy. They wore their full canonicals, and with their attendants formed the only brilliant part of the spectacle. As soon as those who were ad mitted within the cathedral were placed, the choir chanted Lcetatui• sum (the 121st Psalm), on the con clusion of which the master of the works, with a short address, went through the form of delivering the new portion of the edifice to the Archbishop. It will be consecrated to-morrow. The 831 Psalm (Quam delecta tal)ernacula tua) was then chanted, and the Archbishop dismissed the congregation with his blessing. The Kin.. of Prussia arrived by the railway a t th e a Deutz station, between seven and eight in the evening. He was received by the Burgher Guard with hearty cheoring ; he crossed the Rhine in a smell steamer, and proceeded immediately to the apartments prepared for him. He is to he serenaded during the night, and a torchlight procession is to be formed in his honour. The most characteristic event of the day was an acci dental one. Shortly before the arrival of the King a band of peasants going on the annual pilgrimage to the chapel at Cafen entered the city by the bridge of boats. It was composed of very old men and women in their provincial costume, dusty and footsore with their day's march. They walked in two long lines, the women first, with folded hands, chanting the Aee Maria; a priest in full robes followed, breviary in hand and the crucifix borne behind him. Then came the men, aged, bald, and wrin kled, stooping under the weight of years and toil; many of them were the very types of the peasant in the etchings of Holbein's " Dance of Death;" most of thorn repeated aloud a prayer as they walked along. Several covered carts closed the procession, carrying the baggage and a few children, half delighted, half-scared by the great floating banners, and the noise and rush of the great city. They will rest for the night outside the walls, and resume their march to-morrow, having still three days' jour ney before them. It was a fragment of the life of the middle ages brought suddenly on the scene ; and it was almost the only event of the day that left an impression of earnestness or depth of feeling. A WOMAN STONED TO DEATH I—When Smith (the fellow convicted of the outrage upon Mr. Hadow) stated, on his apprehension that he had killed one person already on that day, no one for a moment could suppose that there was any foundation for the assertion. There is now no moral doubt of its correctness. He had literally stoned a poor woman to death ! The woman's name was Ellen Lawrence, residing at Collingbourne, a few miles from the residence of the Rev. Mr. Hadow. She had been taking some dinner to a labourer at work in a field, and was on her return home when she was brutally murdered, in the way stated, in the public road. She was discovered by a gentle man passing the road in a gig, who immediately gave information to some reapers—observing, " There she lies just as I found her, I have not touched her !" and then went on, s a yi ng t h a t h e was go i ng to W ey hill . T he poor W oman was b rea thi ng a t t h e t i me, b ut s h e di e d short l y afterwards,headhs She presented a m os t f r i g htf u l spectac l e. H er be " battered" with large stones, apparently thrown with force enough to kill a horse. An inquest was held o n the body on Monday and adjourned to this day. It is to be hoped, for the ends of justice, that the gentleman whovv discovered her will attend and give he fi th rs e t r evidence. donee to convict Smith ceirfewill be . sufficient legal evi dence there is only his the murder is uncertain. At Gazette.own confussion.—Devizes go i be so farthe works of the It is fully anticipated that Level BridHigh trains will be the present month that completed by the end of enabled to cross and re-cresol ": nction of the most perfect regularity and „,: t . I Ya r a with the ever the Manors, leading from - stre j e 3 t the ). - t he arches North Shields Railway to Pilgrim the pre3ent week, been tested by se; have, during and carriages having passed along that porti on e engines ' The whole of the work s are of that (grew, aod f the line substan tial character which is calculated to ensure the safety of the public, and to reflect the highest credit on the el t ra ctor. 3, and it may be stated that the bridge and via.i - duets will be completed in all their parts in about twelv e mouths from this time.—Newcastle Journal. . PRICES OF SHARES IN :BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 22. 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Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 (23.104 MISCETAMA.NEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ••••••1•11101016 ....''. X. B. d. X. s. d. Australian Agrieulturl - 100 0 0 30 0 0 - Anglo-Mexican Mint.. IL 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 16 Ditto. Ralf Shares.. - 2 10 0 .... Canada ... • • .... -.. Gt. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per . cent. - - - City 80nd5........ i. 3341. pr cent. - - 82 Comp.Cppr MirsEng. 51. percent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c./la bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Equitable Reversionry br. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 91% Gen.SteamNavigation •11.8 s. 13 0 0 14 0 0 183( London Institution .•• - - - 10 Peninslr& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 523 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0. 0 Royal Mail Steam- - 331. pr cent. 100 0 0 60 0 0 44 South Australian"... 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 .0 0 16 1 Van Diemen's Land., - 100 0 0 23 0 0 Universal Salvage.... - 25 0 0 5 0 0 .... _ , 1 3N COMMITTEES. 'YESTERDAY.) DUBLIN. - ELECTI At the sitting of the Conimittee yesterday morning, Mr. JAMEX announced that it was not the intention of the parties to proceed with the petition presented against the return of Mr. Grogan, and he was therefore happy , td con gratulate the Committee upon the . termination of their labours. The room was then cleared, and the Committee, after a short consultation, agreed to the following string of resolu- tion " That John Reynolds, Esq., was duly elected at the last election to serve as a burgess in the present Parliament for the city and borough of Dublin. " That Edward Grogan, Esq., was duly elected at the last election to serve in the present Parliament for the city and borough of Dublin. " That the Committee have amended the poll by striking off the names of 200 electors who were not entitled to vote at such election." The Committee further came to the following special report : "The Committee find that the former Dublin Election. Co mmittee, which sat in 1835-6, made a special report, to the effect -.0 That the state of the municipal law of Dublin is so defec tive and unjust, that it precluded many electors from exer cising the franchise; and the Committee, therefore, recom mended the House to take this defect into its consideration, with the view to its amendment.' " This Committee entirely concur in that opinion ; and they cannot refrain from expressing their regret that the House has allowed that report to remain unnoticed, since the result has been th a t on t h e present occas i on several parties in terested in the representation of the city and borough of Dublin have been put to most serious expense in prosecuting tile inquiry which the defective state of the law has rendered necessary; and th e C omm i ttee b eg to press upon the House the e,ueceitY that e x i s t s f or t h e i r ta ki ng this subject into serious consideration at the earliest possible period, in , order to prevent a recurrence of these complaints and annoy ances." The Committee then broke up after a sitting of no less than 73 days. CHELTENHAM. The rebutting evidence on behalf of the sitting Member having closed, Mr. JAMES summed up, after which Mr. GURNEY replied on the whole case. The room was then cleared, and the Committee, after a short consultation, came to the following resolutions:— "That Craven Eitzhardinge Berkeley, Esq., was not duly elected at the last election to serve as a burgess in the pre sent Parliament for the borough of Cheltenham. "That the said Craven Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Esq., being a candidate for the said seat at the election held on the 30th of July, 1847, was, through his age n t s , gu ilt y o f treat i ng; and the said Craven Fitzhardinge Berkeley was, in conse quence thereof, disqualified from offering himself as a candi date at the election held in June, 1848." The CHAIRMAN wished to know what course the parties intended to pursue now? Mr. GURNEY said the petitioners claimed the seat for Mr. Gardner; and he proposed now to put in evidence to prove that notice of Mr. B er k e l ey ' s di squalification was given to 11 the electors previous to the last election, which, he con tended, would be sufficient to justify the Committee in seat ing Mr. Gardner. Mr. JAMES said he was not prepared to meet that question then, and he had therefore to pray for an adjournment, as the matter involved a point not only of local, but constitutional interest. The Committee acceded to this request, and adjourned till to-morrow, at eleven o'clock. HORSHA 51. The Committee was occupied the whole day with the evi dence of Mr. Padwick, the alleged agent of the sitting Mem ber, who was called to prove that he did not act as Mr. Fitz gerald's agent, but only as his friend. All he did at the elec tion was in his capacity of a partizan and not as an agent; but he positively denied having bribed, or attempted to bribe, any of the electors. No doubt treating was resorted to, but it was not, he contended, to influence the votes of the elee - tors; but the refreshments were given to them by himself and others as friends, and without the knowledge or consent of Mr. Fitzgerald, the sitting Member. Price FRANCE. Le Siecle states that Colonel ',EFL° had arrived at St. Petersburgh as Envoy Extraordinary of the French Re public, and that the E m p eror N ICHOLAS h a d recogn i zed % the new Government of France, and was about to appoint a Minister to represent him in Paris. By order of ' General CAVAIGNAC, DZ. DIIBODAN, Representative of the People, General CHARON, Director of the Algerian Department in the Ministry of War, and M. FELLMAN, Under Director in the same Ministry, have been ap pointed members of the Committee charged with divining the means of transportation of the insurgents of June. A Communist procession took place at Avignon on the 14th inst. The Communists were loud in their threats against the rich, and several citizens who were in the streets at the time the procession passed were in sulted and beaten. es. M. Tomessco a r r i ve d i n P ar i s on Monday on a special mission from the Republic of Venice to the French Re public. 1 - M. LUCIEN Militia has returned from Italy. SAVOY. The military commander of the Syndics of Savoy has issued the following circular:— " Chaber, August 15. " His Exc e ll ency t h e Governor announced to me that, if the intervention of France ever became necessary, it would be only on a formal request of our Government, and after the expiration of the armistice of six weeks, concluded on the 9th instant, between Italy and Austria, to negotiate the conditions of peace. Now that period must be employed in re-organizing the army by every means already ordered and in progress of execution, for r ea the purpose of making sure of an advantageous peace, and it is with that view that the Extraordinary Commissary of the Government has, by his proclamation, called all . the Savoisians under arms, and decreed the mobilization of the district militia; because a people, who wishes to obtain peace on honourable conditions, must above all be .% prepared for war." LATEST MANCHESTER BETTING. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The subscribers being about to leave for York by the afternoon trains, mustered in strong numbers at the room, but there was very little business going forward on future events. In fact, Dough and Re membrance were the only horses in request. for the Ebor Handicap ; and the only offers on the St. Leger were to back Springy Jack at 3 to 1, and either Justice to Ireland or Flat catcher at 4to 1 each. A few bets were made on the Great Yorkshire Handicap at our quotations. The latest prices are se follow : EMU HANDICAP. 5 to 2 agst Mr. J. Murphy's Dough—take 3 to 1 5 to 1 agst Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale —take 6 to 1 7 to 1 agst Mr. Shelley's Remembrance—take 8 to 1 8 to 1 agst Mr. S. L. Fox's Meaux—takea 10 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Sir Martin 12 to 1 agst Mr. Drinkald's Pillage. GEIEAT YO&KSIIIIIIC STAKES. sto 4 on Springy Jack—offered ; 4 to 1 agst Springy Jack winning this and Doncaster St. Leger—offered. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Cawroush—take 8 to 1 10 to 1 agat Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair—t. 12 to 11 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Vampyre-12 to 1 t. 100 to 8 agst Mr. F. Clarke's Reminiscence—taken 100 to 6 agst Mr. Disney's Keleshea—taken 100 to 6 agst Mr. Holmes's Vesta—taken. THE ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 agst Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack—offered 7to 2 agst Dk of Bedford's Justice to Ireland—t. 4to 4 to 1 agst Mr. Green's Flatcatcher—offers to take 11 to 2 agst Mr. Clifden's Surplice—offered 20 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Canezou—taken, aft. off. DERBY, 1849. 1,000 to 15 agst King of Kildare—taken. STATE OF TRADE. - - MANCIIESTER, TUESDAT.—The frightful state of the weather, and the consequent apprehensions for the safety of the harvest, coupled with the unfavourable nature of the accounts from the East Indies and China, have had a depressing effect upon our market to-day. It is un derstood that orders to some considerable amount are in the hands of the buying agents; but they show very little inclination to give them out until the tate of the grain crops is better ascertained. The business done to-day has, consequently, been on a very limited scale; but prices, on the whole, have been well m a int a i ne d, an d th e mar k et , altogether, exhibits, under the depressing influences which now prevail, a degree of stability which promises well for the future, provided the apprehensions for the safety of the harvest should be removed by the return of seasonable weather. ROCHDALE, MoNDAr.—The annual wakes, which take a p n l accee athisthe w m e e a k, rk e h t a t v o e . d somewhat t h i e n r t e e h r f a e s r e b d e e w n i t a h fa t h i r e d a e t m t e a n r d i d for flannels, at the r a t es o f' last week. In the wool market there has been no change. HUDDERSFIELD, Tulisnay.—The attendance of buyers to day has been good, but we cannot report a brisk market. The untoward state of the weather, and the uncertainty re specting the harvest, cast a gloom on all, which it is hoped a succession of fine days will dispel. HALIFAX, SATUM.DAY. The trade in our Piece Hall is as inanimate as ever, and the amount of business doing in the warehouses is far from extensive, but somewhat more than it was a few weeks ago, and chiefly in fancy goods. Yarn remains pretty much as noticed in our last. Wool is firm, and the spinners purchase rather more freely. There is more inquiry fur some description of short wool, and*a trifling ad vance is asked, but does not appear to be generally obtained. Limns,. TUESDAY. —We have had but a quiet cloth mar ket to-day, and very few goods changed, which may be attributed to the unsettled state of the weather, as well as to the unfavourable accounts from the country respecting the potato disease. Our manufacturers continue to be pretty well employed.—Manchester Guardian. N _ . _ ...... Oct ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. Od NORTHERN Cl RCUlT:—Liverpool, Aug. 21. ariannedeGr iz tV so o n r , ra w ll ;re Jo in hn die S te t rdee f t c , ,r l a saa b c ur J gl a a c r h y son in , and Cat/lerjne Gilison, were indicted fur a burglary in the (Before Mr. J ust i ce CnEsswEt.t..) of Joseph Cr oss l ey, at Salford. zd. h C o a A u t s h ie e e t 6d Mr. Pollock and Mr. Wheeler conducted the prosecu ' tion; the prisoner Street was defended by Mr. Monk, 7s rsekmyleigrehdt: atTerlheaehlaiergf eniqtnueasnetietgyaionfstptrhoe and Jackson by Mr. Mew. Worrell pleaded guilty. od. p en er te t It appeared that the shop of the prosecutor had been 1 0 , 1 prisoners was a person of the name of Bacon, who al • e s leged that he hid been in the company of the prisoners ilit at a public-house in the neighbourhood the night of the old ro bbery, ro and that he was solicited by them to join in it. They had several times asked him before, but he had always declined. He said, however, that he had gone :e. to the house with the others; that it was pointed out to com mitted, as no one slept in the house, and that he was y red had by be t e h n e him as a place where robbery could conveniently be wandering about the neighbourhood while the robbery I was committed. There was no other direct evidence against the prisoners, except some casual observations which were sworn to have passed in the dock while be fore the magistrates between Jackson and Street, 'fin.. • plying their presence at the robbery. il The jury found Street and Jackson G u ilty. A His Loupsitir sentenced Street to be tr ansported for 1 fifteen years, and Jackson and Worrell for ten. 16 Michael Hogan was indicted for cutting and wounding John Williamson, a constable, in the execution of his duty, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. Cobbett conducted the prosecution; Mr. Poll oc k the defence. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor that he was on duty at Manchester, late at night, when he found a number of women of loose character making a noise in the street. He told them to move on; while he was doing so, the prisoner came up, and asked if he had , seen the woman whom he (the prisoner) was looking for, using at the same time some very coarse expressions. The officer took him by the shoulder and told him to go home, on which the prisoner drew from under his coat a bar of iron about two feet and a half long, having a han dle formed by twine lapped round it, and struck him a blow on the temple, inflicting a severe wound. The pri soner then ran away, but was pursued by the prosecutor and another officer. He ran into a court, but found there was no exit at the other end. In returning he met the prosecutor, and again struck him, but was fi nally secured. The weapon he used, and which was now produced, was a moat murderous one, having a sharp point at one end, and bang formed like a chisel at the other. Witnesses were called for the defence, to show that the prosecutor had behaved improperly to one of the women in the street, who appeared to be the prisoner's wife, and afterwards assailed the prisoner when he in terfered in her defence, but this was not made out. Verdict, Guilty:--Sentence deferred. CROWN - COURT.—Liverpool, Aug. 22. (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) John IVhittani was indicted for having, on the 3d of April last, committed a violent assault on Richard Blee, a collector of accounts, residing in Acton-street, in Manchester, with intent to do him some grievous bodily injury. Mr. POLLOCK stated the case. It appeared that in the month of January last the pro secutor called upon the prisoner, who owed an account to Mr. Whitehead, surgeon, of Oxford-street. It was arranged at the prisoner's request that the account should bo paid by instalments of one shilling per week. On the 3d of April the prisoner went to the prosecutor's house, and, being drunk, threw down a shilling upon the table, and said to the prosecutor, with an oath, " Tell me whether you will take it or not." Seeing that the pri soner was drunk, and his wife indisposed, the prosecutor asked the prisoner to leave the house, and come again when he was sob er . R e d ec li ne d to do so, and became very abusive. The prosecutor then turned towards the fire, and took up the poker to stir up the fire. The pro secutor's wife then said to the prisoner, " Do, for God's sake, my good man, go home, and come again when you are sober," when the prisoner struck her a violent blow on the mouth, which knocked her down, and rendered her insensible. The prosecutor, on hearing the screams of his wife, hastily turned from the fire with the poker in his hand, when the prisoner wrested it from him, and struck him with it on the head. The blow cut the prosecutor's head nearly to the bone, and a niece of the prosecutor's then gave an alarm to the neighbours, which caused some of them to run into the house, where they found the prosecutor bleeding from the head, and his wife fainting. The prisoner had the poker in his hand, and threatened to kill any one who came near him. The poker was ultimately taken from him, and he was appre hended. Several witnesses having proved these facts, Mr. Golland, surgeon to the Manchester police force, stated that he attended the prosecutor and found a seri ous wound on the head, which, for some time, he thought was dangerous. The jury, after some deliberation, found the prisoner Guilty of an assault.—Sentence deferred. Wm. Willan pleaded guilty to having, in Salford, in June last, forged the endorsement to a bill of exchange, with intent to defraud Wm. Charles Brown.—Sentence deferred. Samuel tI orthington, 27, was charged with having, at Pendleton, on the 27th ult., stolen a variety of articles from the house of William Ilesketh, and having afterwards burglariously broken out of the said dwell ing-house. It appeared that on the night of the day in question, and for two or three previous evenings, the prisoner had slept at the house of the prosecutor, his brother-in-law, at Pendleton ; that during the night of the 27th ult. he left the house of his brother-in-law, and that, after he had gone, a clock, some candlesticks, and a quantity of wearing apparel, were missed. The prisoner on the following morning went to the detective office, at the Town-hall, Manchester, and gave himself up for the robbery. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner, who was convicted of felony at the spring assizes for 1847, and was sentenced to imprison ment for fifteen months, was now transported for seven years. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yester lay.) In the case of Robert Wynn, a clerk in the Post-office, who was charged with stealing and secreting two letters, The jury, after an absence of nearly three hours, returned into court with a special verdict, to the effect that they be lieved that the prisoner secreted the letters but did not steal them, and that he secreted them from the fear that if they were found upon his person he would be subjected to Punishment. Mr. baron PLATT considered that the verdict would, in fact, amount to vne of acquittal. Mr. CLARKSON, for the prosecution, did not take the same view of the case. In the indictment the prisoner was charged with secreting as . well as stealing, and the former act as much as the latter was subject to punishment under the statute. Ultimately, by the consent of the Learned Judge and the Counsel on both sides, it was arranged that the nature of the verdict should be brought under the consideration of the Judges. George Thomas Witchell, 25, postman, was indicted for stealing a post letter, containing two sixpences and a pawnbroker's duplicate. The same counsel were engaged for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine was engaged for the defence. This charge was clearly established against the pri soner. He was engaged in sorting letters, and was ob served by one of the inspectors at the General Post office to act in such a manner with regard to one of the letters as excited his suspicion. The letter in question was found shortly afterwards in one of the water-closets torn in half, and its contents abstracted. The duplicate was found in the closet, and on the prisoner being ques tioned he admitted his guilt. He had, it appeared, been married shortly before the offence was committed. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. William Harvey, a post- office letter-carrier, was in dicted for secreting and stealing a newspaper, value 5d., the property.of the Postmaster-General. Mr. CLARKSON said that the offence with which the prisoner was charged was not felony, but misdemeanour, created by a recent statute, which enacted that if any person employed in the Post office embezzled or stole any printed paper open at the sides and sent through the Post-office, whether a Parliamentary paper, news paper, or any other document of a similar character, he should be deemed guilty of the offence of misdemeanour. The Learned Counsel said, that in consequence of the numerous complaints of irregularity in the delivery of marked papers passing through the post, this enact ment had become necessary; and, although the property stolen was not of any very considerable value, yet it was perfectly clear that the offence was one of a very mischievous character, and which required to be re pressed. He then stated the facts, from which it ap peared that on the 13th of July the Times newspaper was posted addressed to a lady named Robinson, in the New-road, Croydon, and this paper never came to hand. A few days afterwards a search was made in the house of the'prisoner, who is a postman at Croydon, and the fragments of a newspaper, which, from certain marks upori it, there was very little doubt was the one sent to Mrs. Robinson, were found in it; and on his being ques tioned he at first refused to give any explanation, but at length said that he could not account for the possession of the paper. These facts were proved by the witnesses, but Mrs. Robinson, in answer to a question put to her by Mr. Ballantine, said that she had known the prisoner as a letter-carrier for a considerable period, and he had always delivered her letters and papers correctly, and she thought he must have forgotten the paper in question. Mr. BALLANTINE adopted this line of defencs, and urged that it was not probable a man who bore a good character, and who had for a long period conducted himself with propriety, should sacrifice his position for the sake of an article of such trifling value ; and that it was far more likely he had taken the paper home by forgetfulness, and while lying about it had been torn up either by his wife or some other person. Several highly respectable witnesses, who had known the prisoner a great number of years, gave him an ex cellent character for honesty. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The Learned BARON remarked that although they had come to this conclusion, it was clearly a case in which it was the duty of the Postmaster-General to in stitute an inquiry. Where suspicion was directed to a public officer there was no alternative but to send the case before a jury, in order that it might be properly in quired into. The jury said they quite concurred in the observations of his Lordship. They thought it was a very proper case . Mr. BAL LANTINE r said, on th e part o f t h e pr i soner, ho d fo id ri n nqu not offer any complaint of the proceeding. Indeed, the experience he had had of the manner in which the solicitor for the Post -office performed his duty satisfied him that no case would be sent for trial which did not demand an inquiry to be made for the interest of the public. John Prenderville, 39, letter-carrier, was indicted for feloniously stealing a letter containing a cheque for 29/. 7s. Id., the property of the Postmaster-General; and on a second count he was charged, in conformity with the statute, which has only become law within the last few days, with feloniously receiving the cheque, knowing it to have been stolen. The same counsel were engaged for the prosecution. Mr. Prendergast defended the prisoner. Th e evidence adduced in support of the indictment was of the most conclusive character. It appeared that on the Ist of July a gentleman named Grainger, who carries on business in the City, enclosed a cheque for 291. 7s. Id. in a letter addressed to Mr. Ponsford, South Wharf-road, Paddington. The letter was never received, and on the 4th of July, three days afterwards, the prisoners went to the establishment of Messrs. Moses, in the Minories, accompanied by another man, and represented his name to be Marshall, and required clothes to be made for himself and companion, the price of which amounted to 7L 12s. On his being asked for a deposit he tendered the cheque in question, and Messrs. Mosekhaving sent a messenger to Messrs. Stone, Martin, and Stone's, where it was made payable, and ascertained that it was a genuine cheque, they gave the difference, and it was arranged that the clothes should be ready and be sent for on the following Thursday. The cheque, it appeared was marked "and C 0.," so that in the ordinary course it would only be payable through a banker, and Messrs. Moses having endorsed it " Bank," they keeping a banking account at the Bank of Eng land, it was paid in due course. On the 10th of July the prisoner sent a boy with a letter to Messrs. Moses, requiring them to deliver up the clothes, but in conse quence of a communication they had had with the Post-, office authorities the boy was questioned by the police, and. from his statement suspicion was immediately directed to the prisoner, who, directly afterwards ab sconded. In addition to these facts it was shown that the prisoner was employed on the Ist of July as a su pernumerary letter carrier in the North Paddington district, and it w as suggested that by some mistake in the sorting, the letter in question, which belonged to the South Paddington district, had come into his possession. The prisoner was followed to Liver pool, where he was taken into custody by Peake the officer, and he then made a statement to him that he had meta person, with whom he had some slight acquahlinoth ! ance, who t o ld hi m t h at h e h a d f oun d a c heque h co im uld to only t o b a o s s e h s e t t' athroughget it a b o a h n a k o o g r e ' s d , , an a n d d h . e haedwvoi con e n d . wrong about the cheque, but he admitted subsequently suspect it had been improperly d obtained, bein t g ha a t n h y o th d in .d g forfear of the he had taken in consequences to himself for the share the transaction. the case for the and he was, therefore, induced to a t b h s e c r o e n Mr. Baron PLATT, at the close of C stranger o was which only pro secution, remarked that Messrs. Moses appeared to have acted very incautiously in taking a . cheque k from a besee, passed by b e t i h n r g o through a e d b banker, and giving validity to it by sending it through their own banker; and he said they ought to have detained the cheque, and not have assisted in passing it. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of feloniously re ey ceiving the cheque, and he was sentenced to be transported intended thcould to for ten years. --- Sir Rupert George and Sir James Cochrane had int erv i ews yesterday with Earl Grey, at the Colonial-office. AUGUST 24, iti Mr. COTTINGIIAM said, he considered that frauds of the above description, perpetrated under the guise of re iigion, by a person of the prisoner's sacred calling, were of the most aggravated description, and richly deserved punishment. In order, therefore, to give the police an opportunity of apprehending the other person engaged in the offence, he should remand the prisoner until that day week, when he would be brought up for further ex amination. The.prisoner was then sent to the county gaol. LAMBETH. Joseph May, who had been remanded from the pre ceding day on a charge of grossly ill-using his son, a boy of ten years of age, was again placed at the bar, before Mr. Norton, on a further charge of grossly ne glecting and cruelly ill-using his second child, Maria, aged eight years. A spectacle more wretched than that which the poor child presented it is impossible to conceive. The coun tenance appeared unearthly, with the right eye and cheek much discoloured from recent violence; the hair matted together, and neglected; the body so attenuated as to be merely skin and bone; and the few filthy rags which partially covered it a mass of vermin. The wretched child, upo❑ being questioned by the Magistrate as to how she received the injury on the right eye and cheek, said it had been caused by her going in the dark to the water-closet. English, one of the summoning officers, however, in formed the Magistrate that on going to the prisoner's house, the child, in answer to a question put by him, said it had been caused by a blow given to her by her father. The step-mother of the child endeavoured to extenuate the charge against her husband, by saying that it was poverty alone that had brought the children to their then conditiun. The landlord of the house, however, and several of the neighbours, spoke of the negligence and cruelty with which the prisoner and his second wife treated his children; and Mr. NORTON remanded the case, to give Mr. Aldrich, the relieving-officer of Camberwell, an opportunity of taking the opinion of the guardians as to whether they would prosecute the prisoner ; he (Mr. Norton) ex pressing it as his opinion that they should do so. Henry Schneider, the young German who has been in custody for somo days past on various charges of fraud, was brought up for final examination. The prisoner was fully committed to take his trial at the present sessions at the Central Criminal Court on all the four charges. _ THAMES. Margaret Alsturn, who has been in custody a week, was brought before Mr. Yardley, on remand from the Infirmary of the Clerkenwell House of Detention, charged with attempting to mur d er her infant child by cutting its throat with a knife, and afterwards attempt ing to destroy herself. The prisoner, who appeared overwhelmed with grief and in an exceedingly weak state, made no defence. It was explained to her by Mr. Yardley on a former occa sion that he could not decide the case, and that not withstanding she was in a state of delirium from typhus fever when she committed the act he must send her bo tore a jury. The depositions, which are exceedingly voluminous, having been read over, Mr. YARDLEY committed the prisoner to Newgate for trial, and bound over the witnesses to prosecute. His duty would not permit him to discharge the unfor tunate woman, but she would be properly taken care of. George Holden, a man about forty years of age, who has been in prison on various remands for the long pe riod of three months, was brought before Mr. Yard . ly for final examination, c h ar ged with feloniously cutting and wounding William Payne, a lad aged 16 years, with intent to murder him. Mr. YARDLEY committed the prisoner for trial fur feloniously wounding with intent to murder. THE PEMBROKE COLLECTION Or COINS. --The sale of this extraordinary and important collection of coins, after lasting twelve days, was brought to a close on Satur day, by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, the auctioneers, of Wellington street, Strand. Among the coins sold on the last day those which fetched the highest prices were some curious gold coins of Cyrene, of great rarity, which sold for 571.; two little silver coins of Nubia, very rare, sold for 4 a curious " contomiate," or ti c k et o f admission to the i public games and spectacles of Constantine the Great, stated in the catalogue to be unique, sold for 2/. 15s. The most remarkable coins in the day's sale were the Roman Im perial coins and the coins of the Byzantine Emperors, most laf which were purchased for the British Museum. The fol lowing were worthy of notice :—Romulus Augustus, struck A.D. 475-476, and of extreme rarity on account of the Ro man empire in the west ending with this emperor, sold for 9 gu i neas ; J 6, h lII._ avi annd Theodora, hi s mother, struck A.D. 842-8 g on the reverse the bust of our Saviour, in the act of blessing it, sold for 4 gu i neas ; a coin of great rarity of Theodore, A.D. 1054-1056, having on the obverse the bust of the Empress, and the reverse a bust of Our Saviour, sold for 41. 7s. Among the miscellaneous objects, three cur i ous antique Roman bronze weights were bought for the British Museum for 1/. 35.; a beautiful medallic carving in wood, 1 inches in diameter, representing two royal personages habited in the costume of Germany, of the early part of the 16th century, stated to be " cut on wood by Albert Durer," and mentioned in a book giving a full description of the works of that artist, under the title of " Das Leben and die Werke Albrecht Purer," published by Heller, at Bamberg, in 1827, sold for 3/. 14s. The sale was wound up by the disposal of the cabi nets which had contained this rich collection, and, although they were dropping to pieces from age, they fetched remark ably high sums. The collection produced in the aggregate 5,905/. 14s. It will be gratifying to know that the most valuable of the coins still remain in the country, our own national collection, the collection of Major-General Fox, that of Dr. James Bird, recently Physician-General at Bombay, at., having been greatly enriched by it. For the continen tal museums Mr. Curt purchased largely. MONEY MARR.ET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 11 per ruffle, which, at the English Mint price of 3Z 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.42; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.34, it follows that gold is 0.38 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advises from Hamburgh the price of gold is 433 k per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. loid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.91 and the exchange at Harnburgh on London at short being 13.9, it follows that gold is 0.12 per cent. dearer in Ham burgh than in London. The course of exchange at New Yorkon Londo n i s quoted by the last arr i vals at 109 i per cent., and th e par o f exc h ange b etween E ng l an d an d America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that th e exchange is 0.33 pe r cen t. against England; . but the quoted exch ange at N ew Y or k b e ing for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENW WELL. George Coleshrook, a journeyman baker, was placed at the bar before Mr. Combo, charged with having assaulted several officers of the G division. The prisoner exhibited a severe wound on his head, and was otherwise most dreadfully injured. Mr. Robinson attended to conduct the defence. It appeared from the evidence of police constable 52 G, that on Sunday morning the 13th inst., at about half-- past twelve o'clock, there was a disturbance on Saffron hill, where the prisoner and other persons had assembled together. He ordered the prisoner to muve on, which he did. Subsequently he was found further from the spot sitting on the step of a door. He refused to leave when requested to do so, and became violent, kicked wit ness several times on the legs, and once on the mouth. Assistance arrived, when the prisoner resisted and called for a knife, threatening to kill them. Mr. Robinson inquired whether the prisoner was not seized and dragged by them, and called out for a knife in order to cut his neckcloth to prevent them from strangling him ? Witness—No, he called for it to kill us. By Mr. Robinson—l struck him once on the arm with my staff. The people called out "Shame!" from the windows. The prisoner bled profusely. The officers were also bleeding through the prisoner's violence. They were followed and pelted by the crowd. He was kept in the police-yard five hours after the charge was taken, when he was bailed and sent home in a cabriolet. Taylor, 130 G, corroborated this evidence. Witness struck him over the arms with his staff. The prisoner was violent in his resistance, and kicked the police. Mr. Robinson—Pray, was he not covered with blood in consequence of your violence? Witness—No; not through mine. Constable 85 G, was in Turnmill-street when he re ceived information that two officers were nearly mur dered on Saffron-hill, and he proceeded thither, and found policemen 52 and 130 G with the prisoner on the ground. The prisoner kicked witness on the nose. Saw tha officers strike the prisoner with their staves. 153 G was called to assist. The prisoner resisted. Witness struck him on the arm, and once or twice over the legs with his staff. George Henry Adams, undertaker, of Easton-street, Clerkenwell, a special constable, deposed to having seen the prisoner kick 52 G. Mr. Robinson suggested the necessity of allowing some one to examine the prisoner's legs. Be had re cently broken his leg by accident, and it was now in a most shocking state through being beaten with the officers' staves. He (Mr. Rubinson) never saw so bad a leg, and it would be a considerable time before he would be able to obtain a livelihood. The prisoner here burst into tears. Mr. COMBE—The qutstion is, whether ho did not bring it upon himself ? Mr. Robinson called Mrs. Elizabeth Slade, wife of Mr. William Slade, master hatter, of 16, Hatton-wall, Hatton-garden, who said she was awoke out of her sleep by a noise in the street. She opened the window, and saw the police men dragging the prisoner, who was exclaiming, " My dear sirs, it you will let me alone I will go quietly with you." The police had tightly hold of his neckcloth, and nearly strangled the man. He called out, " Give me a knife for God's sake, to cut my handker chief, or I shall be choked." She knew the prisoner to be a hard-working, quiet, sober man. The people called out " Shame 1" Another witness spoke as to the prisoner's sobriety. Mr. Robinson addressed the Bench, and censured the violence offered by so many officers with their staves, and begged that his client's present injured state might operate in mitigation of any punishment that might be inflicted, if it was the intention of the Bench to convict. His client was a little man, and it would be absurd to think that it required four officers to use their stares for the purpose of securing him. Mr. COMDE said, that there was no doubt the prisoner resisted and assaulted the police whilst in the execution of their duty, and that it required violence on the part of the police to take him to the station-house. He should fine him 205., and were it not for the injuries he had re ceived, he would have punished him more severely. The prisoner paid the fine and was liberated. SO U T HIJ'A RK. John Harris, a I3aptist minister, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with obtaining money by means of a fictitious petition for subscriptions in aid of the repairs of a chapel anti a school room attached, in Wales. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. August 23. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) THE GRANT TO THE DISTRESSED POLES. On the question that 10,7001. to defray the expenses of the allowance to the Polish refugees, Mr. OSBORNE said it was high time this vote was put a stop to. At first the grant was only conceded for one year, but although there were thousands of their own fellow-ci,un trymen absolutely starving, it was still proposed to put the country to an expense of 10,0001., to support parties who were strangers to the land, and many of whom were, by their own industry, placed beyond the want of such assistance. He found by the last report of the Society of the Friends of Poland, that several of the parties who were participators in the proceeds of this vote were actually engaged in thriving trades; for instance, there was one refugee in re ceipt of a pension of 45/. per annum who filled the office of teacher to the French Schools; another, with an unpro nounceable name, who carried on the business of a fencing and dancing master at 101, Sloane-street ; and a third named Albert, who kept one of the finest tobacconist's shops in London. In fact, there appeared to be a list of about twenty of them, who were all in receipt of pensions, and who were all earning good livings in business. They must be just before they were liberal, and while their own countrymen were suffering so many privations, it was high time that they had abolished this grant of 10,0001. a year, and he should therefore take the liberty of dividing the Committee upon the vote. But, independently of the vote itself, there was an expensive staff kept up to superintend the dis tribution of the fund. The secretary received 2751. a year, his clerk received 601., and these two sums, together with the Polish officers, made up an additional expense of 700/. a year; and as it was high time a stop was put to this spe cies ofextravagance, he should certainly give the vote his most decided opposition. Lord DUDLEY STUART—Mr. Bernal, I am very sorry to hear the observations which have just fallen from my Hon. Friend with respect to this vote. I be lieve when the whole subject comes to be fully and pro perly considered that both my Hon. Friend and the House will entertain a different opinion with respect to the grants, and that he and they would admit that it is based upon the broadest grounds of justice, and ought to be continued by this country. I know very well that nothing gains more popularity than an Hon. Member advocating a reduction of the public expenditure either of large or small amount, and who points, as the ground for doing so, to the distress of our own people.-7-(llear... hear.) Those who come forward and adopt this line of policy are sure to meet with a cheer—not in this House alone, which cheered the Hon. Member when he ex pressed a desire that the grant should he abrogated alto gether, but in all assemblies in which, my Honourable Friend, or any one else, may enunciate such sentiments. —(Hear, hear.) I think, however, I shall be able satis factorily to show the House that it would not be justi fied in doing that which has never yet been dote--I mean, stopping those charitable grants which it has ever been ready to vote to persons in distress.— (Cheers.) I think, if the House were to stop this grant to the Polish refu gees i n t hi s country, that it would commit one of the most ungrateful acts erer done by the British Parliament, and besides, acting accord ing to the Hon. Gentleman's advice, would confer no ad vantage whatever on ourselves.—(Hear, hear.) My Hon. Friend has made several statements which I think evince that he is not well informed of the whole circum stances of the case; and whilst the Hon. Gentleman complimented me upon my kindness to the Poles, he said the expenditure of the whale of the grants was con fided entirely to rue. Mr. OSBORNE—I said great trust was very properly reposed in you on the matter, and that your advice was invariably sought with respect to the eligibility of the parties seeking aid to rent ive it. Lord D. STUART—I cannot but feel grateful for the sentiments which my Hon. Friend entertains with re spect to me, and for his explanation that I had not the complete control of the fund, It happens that I have no control over the expenditure of the grunt. Mr. OSBORNE said, nevertheless, a statement to the effect that the Noble Lord had the entire control of the grant was in the evidence of a man named Jehh. Lord I). STUART—I call upon the Noble Lord on the Treasury benches (Lord John Russell) to confirm the statement I have made, that I possess no control over the expenditure of the grant.—(hear, hear.) I have no control over it at all. There was a time when I had.—l mean when the grant was first made. The dis cretion of deciding who were fit recipients of the grant was in the first instance confided to me. This was done by me for four years, atter which time the 'Treasury took the expenditure of the grant into its own hands. My Hon. Friend complains that an expensive staff is kept up for the management of the office entrusted with the expenditure of the money. —(" Hear, hear," from Mr. Osborne). Now, during the time that I had the management to the grants, there was no charge whatever.—(Cheers.) I repeat at that time no charge was made connected with the ex penditure of this charity.—(Renewed cheering.) Then my Hon. Friend says, that persons are on the list who are carrying on very good and profitable occupations. Now, I should he very glad indeed it my Hon. Friend could prove that the persons he names aro carrying on the lucrative occupations he mentions, tecause, if they are in such circumstances they should not receive any aid out of the fund ; what they improperly receive should be handed to the really indigent. Ido not deny that many are in busi ness, but I would ask the commercial men of this House, if it be not possible to carry on a large and ap parently thriving business without, in point of fact, realising any profit whatever.—(Hear, hear.) If per sons, I repeat, are on the list who ought not to be there, and this is proved on inquiry, I shall for my part feel no objection to their being removed; but I think you would carry the severity of security far beyond its limits—you would be guilty of an unusual degree of carefulness in the expenditure of the public money— if you were at once to stop this vote. There would be something harsh in the adoption of such a course in ap plication to the case of the Poles of such a public proceed ing, if you would so proceed—something so unusual in such a course—for it has never yet been adopted—that I cannot think this British House of Commons will con sent to it.—(Hear, hear.) There would be something harsh in that course of proceeding. Whilst I had any control over that grant, and when I have had occasion to recommend to the Government persons fit to receive aid, I have invariably been at great pains to ascertain that they were either young persons without the means of support, or persons of more mature years in a state of destitution. I think, if my Hon. Friend will inquire into the way in which the grant is administered, he will find that the whole of the control which I have over it consists in recommending deserving persons. One person has been placed on the list in consequence of a vacancy, and three have been removed in consequence of not being fit recipients of aid. The Committee of Miscellaneous Estimates recommended that the substitution of others for the three struckioff should net take place. .Sir, when I recollect the feeling that was displayed by the House at the time the grant was first voted—when I recollect that at that time the House and the country considered that the persons whom it was proposed to reliev e out of it were persons who had fallenin their advocecy of nationality and liberty, and that the House was pleased unanimously to grant them aid, I am surprised at the state of feeling on the part of some Hon. Members now. When I say I recollect that these refugees have been brought into their present state of destitution hi consequence of their attachment to the cause of liberty, and the indepen dence of their country—that they were influenced in an eminent degree by these sentiments of liberty and attachment to country, which have ever distinguished this country, and been so highly appreciated by its people, when evinced by others —that the vote was ori ginally passed without a dissentient voice —(Hear, hear) —and though often objected to, and its policy discussed in this House, yet never abrogated, I confess I cannot think that this British House of Commons will revoke all that it has done —that it will stop in its career of benevolence to unfortunate, brave, and deserving per- Ms. — (lear, hear.) Not only was no objection made to the grant, but in 1838 a proposal was made to in crease it ; and, although the then Chancellor of the Exchequer was averse to it, so strong was the feeling on both sides of this House. and out of it, that it was raised from 10,000/, to 15 , 0 001.—(Hear, bear.) I do not deny that it was voted for only one year.—(" Hear, hear," from Mr. Osborne.) There can be 110 doubt about that, but the feeling in favour of it was so strong, that it was continued.—(Hear, hear.) It was voted for the first time in the year 1834, and the next year in reply to a question, the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that he should feel great pleasure in continuing the grant if it was the wish of the House that he should do so, and the announcement was re ceived with loud cheers by the House.—(Hear, hear.) It was then increased to 15,000/., and as the claims fell in it was reduced to its present amount, 10,700/. Mr. OSI3ORNE—The whole charges upon the grant are not included in that. Lord D. STUART—Yes; that sum includes the en tire charges upon the grant and the cost of its adminis tration. If my Honourable Friend will turn thethe evidence collected upon the matter, he will find that Chancellor of the Exchequer had stated that in the course of a few years 'the grant would be totally abo lished.—(l.lear, hear.) Do Hon. Members suppose that this grant is the only one made on behalf of those who have been driven from their native land to seek a shelter in this hospitable country—that it is an exception made in favour of these brave and gallant people—that it is something unheard of—thatit is an entirely new principle in the policy of this country to aid persons like the unfortunate Poles? Why, Sir, we have only done that for the Poles which we have unhesitatingly done for the refugees of almost all the nations of the earth.—(Loud cheers.) The only difference between the grant to the Poles and to the unfortunate persons who have come to our shores from other lands in a forlorn state is this, that less has been granted to the Pules than almost to an y other distressed people.--(Cheers.) It , S i r read , we loo what w k into the records of P arl i ament, and Was done, in this respect, in former times, we shall find that refuges from all parts of the world have received aid from this country— not to the amount which the unfortunate Poles have received, but an immensely increased amount. In 1800, the grants made by I'arliainent for the relief of refugees from all parts of the world amounted to no less a sum than 250,000/. for one year; and if you look at the amounts of the different grants, you will find that they vary from 15 0,000/. and 160.0001. to 167,0001. These immense Slims were voted once for French and Dutch refugees, and in fact for the relief of per ons from all countries ; and in later times large sums were granted to the Spanish refugees. I think, therefore, that the Polish refugees may be allowed to enjoy this very small sum, the more especially as the elai i ins o . o it are very large and aro increasing. But ti d o s eS Hon. Gentlemen .Suppose that this country sta ll Li e l in its generosity to the Poles. It spiv!' tr t ' said that England is the richest, and „ I , o li' same time the most generous nation in the ^ tit ., (Hear, hear)—but I may be permitted to say that 1;y case of the Poles it has not shown much hbera since this grant amounted originally to 10 00° A e to 150001., and now it is gradually diminishing t' pared with what other countries have done tows cooo f, support of th ese unfortunate persons. N° which enjoys a free constitution has omitted t large sums o f money for the r e lief of the dt stio di ee Poles. S w it zer land —poor Switzerland—has aid e b obli One of her cantons has given halt the sum voted i country, and Belgium has also g iven them theftl the bou n ty of France has been gre a ter than the r e ' d s f e i hold in m y h an d a paper, which I have proeu r France, which contains a statement of the sum' - 0, aid of the Poles during the time we have also s 0 if . rously extend e d a id to t h em. From this paperl; ? pears that fr om t h e t i me we began to assist thr a French Chamb ers h ave not voted but 10,00 01 • , e have done, butlloo,ooo/. or 2,500,000 francs.--4d e Last year it amounted to 50,000/.—(Hear) — s e year a sum of nearly like amount has been ot ie Mind, I am not a t a ll saying that we should ovre,e, this grant b ecause F rance has given so intinifi because I do not deny that the Pules have a % ti claim upon th e generos i ty of France than uPeo country ; I mer e ly ment i on t h e fact to Oi l ' fj , what we hav e d one i s not so extraordinary a' t Gentleman wo u ld w i s h to l ea d the House to suPP`', l - ,. that we du not stand alone in our benevolence. blame the Hon. Gentleman for advocatme eeonh i ° Tl' am as anxious f or economy as any man, whie'i, deuced by my vo t es; b ut if you carry out t h e P re ' ci of economy, let it be real in its nature, and not e tr) to such a mi sera bl e sum as this; do not takeeeo from these unf or t unate persons the miserawhe Lance they aro now receiving, and thereby' l i s t them to th e most a bj ect state of do t ' ol To show th a t I a d vocate economy in the pu blio e e d diture. I may stat e th a t I voted with the Hon. nf man the Member f or M ontrose for the reduction loos army and navy. A re d uct i on i n that expen ditufebettl confer a real good u p on t h e country; it would be but if you red uce thi s m i sera bl e dole, it will g° the world that England, notwithstanding all he r i fr :• ness and her w ea lth, was carry i ng the princ i p le nomy to an extr aor di nary extent. Its abolition °t,'''` confer no good up on t h e country at all; it would neo;, one man half a glass of beer more, or one ' v ett an additional teaspoonful of tea.—(Hear a nd Wig" It will, however, do this. If you withhold theg he S will place an additi ona l b ur d en upon the partljtr which the Poles r es id e , an d t h e rates will have.l °e 0 V creased in conseq uence; f or when you take alff;ilSl little aid you no w g i ve t h em t h ey cannot bo to die of starvation. The grant will therefore ih" te be paid in some other and less palatable Wl' 0' 0 could not apply to th em th e Al i en Bill which 00 happily passed th roug h t hi s H ouse. If you were ini'd enough to desire to apply it to them you vl e o f til unable to do so, for you could not send them out o r country by force after the length of time they be o' sided here. Th e A ct was not passed for any stleoprO pose, and such a construct i on of it would not be 1 . re ' tor a moment.—(Hear, hear.) Then, again, th t 'd does nut aggravat e th e di stress of the country, s'er people know this full well. It' you doubt it, I ask' r o are the petitions a ga i nst t h e continuauce of t h e r The feeling of the country is not aga ir ef, Is the table, I as k , covered with P e' ? seeking its abr oga ti on ? —( Hear, hear.) IV, e be pt I present myself a t a pu bli c assembly I flan flattered instead of condemned for my exertions i r e o s half of the Pules.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) ',tilt"' very well for my Hon. Friend t o ridicule or)l, saying, but I m ere l y proc l a i m a fact—(Hear, Prof and it he had been present he w ou ld h ave fan what I stat e i s correct. Why not cut down, oth e r penses, not one o f w hi c h was more necessary tbs,rigit grant to th e P o l es ? Why, if we are to carry out' system of economy do we buy picture s for our public galleries, or Elgin marbles 00 our mussums? — (Hear, hear.) Why if t bt principle is to guide us, do we maintain 2 eig splendour and di gn i ty o f the Court, and which 415 4 0' right of the Sovereign to keep up? I say that th is 7 e et to these unfortunate, brave, and virtuous m en dee 2 oc ef to uphold the dignity of the Sovereign and the e lli lele 4 of this cenntry than all the proud array of the ti ed and the Court. I b e li eve that the people of this et).* it would rather assi s t strugg li ng men in distress 01 1 '10 for all this uselessness. How does it happen ,ben tbt grant is objected to that the House acceded 1 ;0 0 last sum specified i n t h e miscellaneous estloy for the entertainm en t o f f ore i gn princes—(Hear,h "feerele, for the entertain men t o f f ore i gn sovereigns , e e t princes, and foreign grandeer, whom the people stny o ja —( Laughter.) They would feel less pleasure in .sip el , so if they knew that th e p r i nces sent h ere are enter`joi when here, out of th e p oc k e t s o f t h e peop l e. In I°,oo over the votes for thi s p urpose d ur i ng t h e l ast few ) .l io Ifind that almost ev er y sovere i gn an d f ore i gner that e s has has been here. I fi n d i n t h e l ist t h e E m p ero r of e p sia and the King of Holland—(Cries of " Qu e l s 0 question.") I am speaking to the question. ,idr l showing that th ere are ot h er t hi ngs to cut d own he i . i et this small grant t o th e P o l es. —(H ear, h ear .) 1 e showing that we have had nearly every sovereign I 'o , world here, and that we h ave entertained them Mag, cently out of the po c k e t s o f t h e people of Englanu,d, whom Hon. Members profess to have so much regs l d Read the mi sce ll aneous est i mates, and you will f, whole pages of the expen s e o f b r i ng i ng them ofeci entertaining them here, and taking them back. —ORO They would find that a vast expense had been incur in carrying the King of Greece to Bavaria from Gree t ; and taking him somewhere else; they would find all o r d (,f thing s o f thi s ki n d . F or i nstance, an enormous sum ba t been expended in entertaining Ibrahim Pecha.—( B lo of laughter.) You h a d, f or i nstance, to pay the exPette of bringing him f rom Al exan d r i a to India, and also 0 expense of bringin g over th ree E gypt i an young gentleo to England—(Lau g ht er )— an d f rom 2,000 / . to 3,000. i eel 40 expended in entertaining them. Ido not say that r J el f ought to cut these d own , b ut if you w i s h to d u Borg! the you have an ample field without trenching ur' o eu seipend to the Poles. I am not one of those , h e wish to do away with all the splendour it attach to a Court and Government, b tl ie ff seriously think that some reduction might with proll ic o be made.—(Hear, hear.) I do not wish for rePu b v el simplicity, but I say if you wish to reduce the ni" l ,, expenditure, I do not think it would be well for n i - 01 take away that assistance you have now, for s°, - e oe years, so generously given.—(Hear, hear.) Isis" E l be! if the Poles stood in need of this aid years ago d o " not in a much more d egree stand in need of it i'S°Llct tb o l i l el f r e h t r h i a ei e t ao e d vlyi"s'House Pules t m w ti a i hi n y le ge o e f tnoe t r h o( the ures c ii)l o d, n a t i continent—and n oI t condemn u n ne d o ; Iv I s t e tbpahecreottpahsffeeoraivturiismenws entertained of the c o r e tio4 tan Poles e a . sb abolishing htliinagt a t c h e c ou g n ra t, n a t. nl Ito mustmak make say y eir t hconduct of this country to the Poles has been most co l:13 , 1) A o, In former days the Polish Diet acted in a way, n percP, like the English Parliament. As it was not inow - re of to English distress or English exiles, a large 29- . for money was voted for a c nisiderable number of seine,, the Poles, durin g t h e time of Charles the S e , e , °- 100 14 (, hear.) If Honour a bl e Members would t is into the Bl ue -b oo k they a ouid find 016 00 consequence of d eat h s and departures the graf!t, o rs' r reduced to it s present amount; and it is in rapid gress, acc or di ng to t h e report of the committee, to"iseS final extinctio n , th e num b er on the list having, in'no been 680, an d b e i ng now reduced to 365. It:102 , o 1 ; 0 e be allowed, and th at too appeared from the e v/ f . taken befo re th e C omm i ttee, that the conduct ° es' Poles in this country was, with few exceptions, e a s' plary. They h a d been brought into their present I happy condition by their patriotism and their vir tu e e 't be must protest against being supposed indifferent .t 4 ' distress of our own countrymen, but this grant d" a not ggravate that distress; the refusal of it would gree alleviate it. I hope therefore my Hon. Friend not press his opposition to it.---(Hear, hear. eye d , Mr. HENLEY sa i d the Noble Lord had made out or a ileo a case as h e cou ld in support of the grant, but he hade-ter° to show th a t d ur i ng all the 3 - ears these P o l es h a d been to they had been unable to make a subsistence, and, nea t j e r.) find their way b ac k to their own country.—(Hear, " ee ' pis It was not r i g ht t h ey should continue a burden on the P,ees; of this count r y, many of whom, owing to their distrceols would be glad of pensions. He did not think this grant s n iess continue for ever. Ho should vote against the grant, n e e' the Government told the House that it would not be tinued.—( Hear.) ; r' Mr. BRIGHT sa id it was surprising that the Poles . 11 lis teen years had not been able to provide for thernseive74 could not but think th a t t h e N oble Lord was gratieY' tess favourite notio n a t th e exnense of the people of this rogPose and at the sacrifice of his duty to his coastitnents• was much worse than had been stated. Oat of the ivb e l ye eo 2 the money had been p a id b ut one Pole had been magnall' el sd e enough to resign. H e d eprecated John Bull being Greet a rnilch cow by the inhabitants of other couries. -- v; t 0 laughter.) In 1834 the House acceded to the gran t fel distinct understanding that it would be but tenwo r— :;s' (Hear, hear.) He trusted this would be the l a st vet e e i - e les, east the last but one, and that the Government welo`,V 4 of a pledge to that effect.—( Hear, hear.) It was the 14v small sums that made a large general sa • g. bon l Mr. HUME said he was one of the Committee to d the allotment of aid out of the vote to the d istre cr - r e r 2 Poles was granted. The sums, he admitted, Th at very small, but they were given merely as aid, and in Vio t to support them until they could support themselves. 410 principle had bee n a lt ogether contravened. If the Chainn'oer of the E xc h equer would give a pledge that this an d i t est grants would b e reviewed and not pressed again if fen ° ejon they could be di spense d with, he should advise his eeerl Friend no t to press his amendment. The Pole an d other foreigner could now return to his own country. , the Mr. OSBORNE i nt i mated that he could not consen t to suggestion. ths The CHANCELLOR o f th e EXCHEQUER revicw Tee circumstances under which the money was granted• tro t vote was one which could not be eonsidered a P e o riu . te7inir charge upon the country.—(Hear, hear.) He did fe t s ., o la the House would be disposed to take away this aid ortf: oe ld "their persons who had been long in the receipt of it—that be an act of cruelty; but young persons able to He aessanred the own living could not be allowed to receive it. House that the list should be togcarefuly reviewed. , iii eis Sir J. TYRELL did not wish act cruelly, ht u ee e at a ld d ° s o t i r d o n n io g n ca te for iChancellort scontinuance. theof E xc i lle e q t u h e o r u l g ia n d t tnoti3e37. weless l to allow 4,0001. this and discontinue it next 3e'L ore be the Noble Lord the Member for Marylebone (vie' foe its much complimented) could show a very urgent case continuance to certain parties. Lord R. GROSVENOR accounted for the Hon. Genfle in3 g ll (Mr. Bright) calling John Bull a milch cow by his h3v ,,, il j 3 t sat seventy three days on an Irish Committee. He t l - 100 the plan of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was the best. frel Mr. 11. BERKELEY said, when they had a heart t o heir for the woes of foreigners, he trusted that some share of w ine . humanity would be given for the distressed people L 1 " ( I (.1 Constituents generally remarked that the House affor e d liberal aid to foreigners whilst they neglected the distir,.' e e r condition of the people at home. He considered that either condition tho army or navy could now be reduced 1603 Lie should support the amendment. e •i