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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT• ROUSE OF COMMONS, June 7. GAME CERTIFICATES FOR KILLING HARES BILL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. ELLIOT moved that after the word " certificate," in the third clause, the following words be added: " ex cepting the proprietors of the said greyhounds, beagles, or other hounds," which amendment would have the effect of compelling persons who kept hounds of their own, for a day's sport occasionally, to pay the tax. After a short discussion, the HON. MEMBER consented to withdraw his amendment. Sir W. JOLTAFFE moved that after the word "de scription," in clause 4, the words " by night " be added, and also at the end of clause 6 that the following words be added : " and the word night' shall be considered and is hereby declared to commence at the expiration of the first hour after suns:f i t, and to conclude at the beginning of the last hour Wore sunrise." He said the object of his amendment was to prevent the use of fire arms at night, which had been attended with the most serious consequences. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority —6o The other clauses were then agreed to. On the motion that the Bill be engrossed, Mr. H. DRUMMOND said he believed he was at li berty to move that the Bill be engrossed that day six months.—(Laughter.) He had great objections to the measure, and he thought it was to Le regretted that so much of the time of the House had been wasted upon a matter of so little import. Colonel SIBTHORP said he should oppose the Bill altogether on the third reading. After a desultory discussion upon the general merits of the Bill, the House divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it Majority The Bill was then ordered to be engrossed. The House resumed and agai❑ resolved itself into Committee upon the GAME CERTIFICATES (SCOTLAND) BILL. -79 Mr. G. BERKELEY moved the insertion of a clause, for the purpose of enabling the police to take into custody suspicious persons, who had game in their possession. The clause was rejected without a division. The HON. MEMBER. then moved the insertion of a clause, specifying the periods when it was legal, and when illegal, to sell game. This clause was also rejected by the House without a division. The preamble of the Bill was then agreed to, and the report ordered to be brought up to-morrow. SCHOOLMASTERS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Mr. B. COCEIRANE said, as he understood a num ber of Scotch Members were opposed to this Bill, he would consent to withdraw it. The Bill wai accordingly withdrawn. PLACES 02 WORSHIP SITES (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion being put for going into Committee on this Bill Mr. COC,IIRA.TE' moved an amendment that the Bill be read that day six months. He said there were no real substantial grounds for the measure, because it was a positive fact that the number of sit es which had been refused for churches belonging to the Free Church was only twenty-nine, while as many as 600 sites had b een granted. The Free Church distinctly avowed that its intention was to overthrow the Esta4lished Church of Scotland, arid it now allzed the H ouse to compel parties who conscientiuusly differed from its tenets to give land for churches, a proceeding which would have the effect of creating dissension and misery in the different parishes. He wished to show no dis respect to the Presbyterians of Scotland, but he repro bated the conduct of the Free Church adherents, who on every public occasion endeavoured to excite dis sension among the people, and he concluded by ex pressing his sincere wish that the House would throw out the measure. Mr. F. MALLE, in reference to an article which the Hon. Memher had read in the course of his speech from the Witness newspaper, distinctly denied that that paper was the organ of the Free Church, although it was edited by a member of that body. He said the llon. Gentleman, was entirely ignorant of the real grounds which existed in Scotland for the measure, and he could assure the House that no body of persons were more attentive to the law, and more anxious to dissemi nate religious knowledge, and to establish the prin ciple of good order, than were the members of the Free Church. If they w« nt into a discussion of the question he hoped they would not be led to do so in any tone of irritation, but discuss it in the same rational and tem perate manner which attended the consideration of the matter upon a previous occasion. 4 ,110u1d the House pass the measure, they would confer upon the country a great benefit ; but, if they rejected it, a number of grievances affecting that large body would be suffered to remain. Lord DRUMI a teNRIG said he was prepared to give his support to this Bill. Mr. al. MILNES said the Bill would have the effect of introducing a principle of a perfectly novel character into their legislation. Looking at the immense amount of influence which Dissenters in this country possessed, i he dM not consider the House was justified in giving such a right to one religious body in Scotland without conferring the same rigbt upon the different religious bodies in England. The Wesleyans were at one time as much, if not more persecuted than the Free Church, but they eventually overcame all difficulties, and now maintained a position which they still continued to hold. Mr. OSWALD objected to the measure, which he said had the effect of applying a national remedy to evils of a local and temporary nature. Sir JAMES GRAHAM regretted to be again called upon to enter into a discussion upon this important subject, but he could not express his views upon the meaits of this Bill without expressing much sorrow that his lion. Friend the Member for Bridport should have felt himself at liberty to mix up the character of eminent Scottish divines with this distressing question. For his own part, he knew from exiperience that two of these distinguished divines were as remarkable for their Christian feelings land forbear ance as for their piety and learning, and he therefore regretted that his Hon. Friend should have felt it ne cessary to impugn the motives which had induced them to take the part of the Free Church. Leaving that part of the subject, he was anxious to enter upon the discussion of the general question in a con ciliatory spirit, and without reference to the feelings whits had actuated the proceedings of one party or the other. Now he doubted very much whether the adverse spirit towards the Free Church was so very general in Scotland as some Hon. Members seemed to imagine. Indeed landholders generally, both in Scot land and Ireland, were anxious that places of worship should be established on their estates. In Ireland there certainly was no difficulty in obtaining sites for that pur pose, and he much doubted whether obstacles in Scotland were so great as had been represented, for, if he were not mistaken, within the last five years 725 churches had been built for this very Free Church.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. the Secretary at War had di rected the attention of the House to the fact, that the Duke of Buccleuch had refused to grant sites upon his property. Now, he had long been on terms of private friendship with that nobleman, while he had more than once been politically associated with him, and he coald assure the House that a better or more worthy man did not exist. Anything he could say upon that point would fall far short of the benevolent cha racter which the meanest peasant on his estate would give him ; but man was but man after all, and an isolated act of one individual could not be a sufficient justification for the passing of a measure like this. But be denied that the Duke of Buccleuch had been guilty of the oppression that had been laid to his charge; and he denied most positively that a case had been made out for resorting to legislation upon this sub ject. He would not, however, pretend to deny that it might be far different in individual instances of oppression, but then he maintained that such cases ought to be brought separately before the Legislature, and if it were only upon that ground alone he must object to the passing of this general measure, resting as it did upon a general princi ple and applicable to all parts of the United Kingdom.— (Hear, hear.) On the whole he thought it much better to leave this matter to be settled amongst the parties themselves than by resorting , to legislation, and he must be allowed to tender that opinion as his excuse for op posing the further progress of the Bill. Mr. SCOTT said he was opposed to the principle of the Bill, but if the House determined on carrying it into Committee, he should support the amendment of the Hon. blember for Rexhurghshire. The lion. Member then proceeded at some length to defend the conduct of the Duke of Buceleuch, and contended that in the two cases where his Grace had refused to grant sites he was per fectly justified in doing so. He was, however, in a position to state, that had this Bill never been brought forward, not only in those two cases, but in every case where a refusal had been met with, Pie sites would long ago have been granted, and the animosities which had so long divided the two parties would have been very greatly reduced. The Hon. Member, then proceeded to defend the Duke of Buccleuch against the charges that had been made against him of turning off his estates several tenants be cause they belonged to the Free Church, and concluded by stating his intention to oppose the further proceeding frith the Bill. Mr. HUME supported the Bill, because he thought it would be productive of peace and good will in Scotland. He was as adverse as any one to the interference with private property, but he thought it necessary to legislate upon the subject. Mr. R. SPOONER objected to the further progress of the Bill, although he had voted for its second reading. °After some observations from Mr. MACKENZIE, Mr. CHRISTOPHER thought they ought not to go to a division upon this Bill without hearing what course the Government intended to pursue with respect to the 811. - . . - Sir G. GREY said he should vote against the amend ment of the Hon. Member for Bridp ort and for the mo tion of the Hon. Member for Roxburghshire, for reasons which he should state when the House went into Com mittee on the Bill. The House then divided, when there app eare d_ For going into Committee B4 Against it 59 Majority for going into Committee —25 The House then went into Committee pro forraz on the Bill. The CHAIRMAN reported progress, sncl obtained leave to sit again. The House then resumed. BOROUGH ELECTIONS BILL. On the question that the Committee on the Borough Elections Bill be postponed, after some short discussion; Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice that when the Bill was again brought forward he should move that the City of London should be included in its provisions. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Six o'clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) GROUP No. I.—YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK —Preamble proved, clauses agreed to, and Bill orderod to be reported. WHITEHA VEN AND FURNESS JUNCTION. —Preambl e proved, clauses agreed to, and Bill reported. WHITEHAVEN JuNcTloN.—Preamble proved, clauses agreed to, and Bill reported. NORTHERN COUNTlES.—Evidence taken in favour of this company's amendment and deviation Bill. GROUP No. 3.— MANCHESTER, BUZ TON, AND MAT - LOCK. —The opposition of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company against the above company's de viation Bill was heard. GROUP No. S.—NEWPORT AND PONTYPOOL.—Case and opposition to this company's Bill for purchasing the Monmouthshire canals closed. Decision postponed. GROUP No. 7.—GREAT WESTERN OF BENGAL. — Bill withdrawn. ROYSTON AND HlTCHlN.—Opposition of the Eastern Counties Company to the Hitchin and Cambridge Ex tension Bill heard. GROUP No. S.—EXETER AND COWLEY BRIDGE JUNCTlON.—Evidence taken in favour of this Bill. LONDON AND SOUTH • WESTERN (TAW VALE PUR CHASE BlLL).—Opposition of the Bristol and Exeter Company heard. GROUP No. 10.— SCOTTISH CENTRAL.—Evidence taken in favour of the leasing of this line to the Cale donian, Lancaster, and Carlisle, and London and North Western Companies. GROUP No. 11.— EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW, AND GLASGOW, AIRDRIE, AND MONRLANDS JUNCTION.— Clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported. EDINBURGH AND BATHGATE.--The object of the Bill is to enable the above company to extend their Whitburn Branch to the Benhar colleries, and m a k e a deviation of the Uphall and Bannie Branch. Case opened and evidence taken in its favour. GROUP No. 3.--WISRAW AND Corrivzss.--Clauses agreed to, and Bdl reported. CALEDONIAN.—PreambIe proved, clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported. ELECTION COMMITTEE. DUBLIN. Tho Committee were engaged the whol e o f yester d ay w ith the scrutiny into the validity of Mr. R e y no ld s ' re turn; but although objections were taken to three votes, none of them were sustained, and the votes were decided to be good. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, June 7. The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court at Westminster to-day, and heard appeals, none of which possessed any points of interest. ROLLS' COUR I; June 7. The further arguments in the part-heard case of "Knight and Majoribanks" occupied his Lordship the Master of the Rolls the whole morning. VICE CHANCERY, June 7. (Before the VICE. CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) ' - THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. WILSON-LADY lIEWLEY'S CHARITY. Mr. BETHELL replied to-Jay in this case at con• siderable length. The arguments have occupied nine or ten days, and the Learned Counsel's reply lasted to-day from ten till nearly three o'clock. The VICE-CHANCELLOR, at the conclusion of the Learned Couusel's reply, gave judgment ; and after going at some length into the facts of the case, and stating with what anxiety he had considered the subject, pronounced the following decree :—That the words, "godly preachers for the time being of Christ's holy gospel," in the deed, of 1704 and 1707, describe in general those who at the time of Lady Hewley's death, or those who thereafter should be ortho dox English Dissenting ministers of Dissenting churches, or congregations essentially and substantially in doctrine and discipline of the same sort as the orthodox Dissent ing churches or congregations which existed in England in the years 1704 and 1707, and therefore that ortho dox English Dissenting ministers of the Baptist Church, of the Congregational and Independeat Church, and of the Presbyterian Church in England, who are not united to or under the jurisdiction of the Kirk of Scot land and the Secession Church, are alone en titled to take the benefits provided by the deeds of 1704 and 1707 for godly preachers of Christ's holy gospel ; that the words in the same deed, " godly widows, " describe the widows of these orthodox English Dissenting ministers ; that the words in the deed, " preaching of Christ's holy gospel, " described the preaching of such orthodox English Dissenting ministers; that the words in the deed, " ministry of Christ's holy gospel," described the ministry exercised by such orthodox English Dissenting ministers, and that the words " godly persons," described the individual members of such Baptist congregations, or Inde pendent or Presbyterian churches in England, and that the poor people to be placed in the hospital must be the poor members of such churches. Such were the declarations which his Honour felt himself called upon, after the most anxious attention to the case, to make. The Court then referred it to the Master to carry on the scheme directed by the original decree, and to appoint new trustees or managers in the place of the defendants, the Scotch Presbyterian trustees, which, by the decree, his Honour removed. All parties to have their costs between solicitor and client. The result of this judgment is to decide against the claims of the Scotch Presbyterians to participate in the benefit of Lady Hewley's charity, to remove all mem bers of that body from any control over the funds, and to refer it to the Master to appoint new trustees, out of the body of the English Dissenters of the denominations of Baptists, Independents, Congregationalists, and Presbyterians. Nothing of any interest occurred in the Courts of the Vice-Chancellors Knight Bruce and Wigram. - SE C ONDA k..S' COURT, June 7. (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) ORLANDER V. ALEXANDER. This was an action of trover to recover the value of certain apparatus invented by the plaintiff for the pur pose of rectifying spirits. An order had been made by one of the Learned Judges directing the property to be produced in court, and if delivered up, that the jury should estimate the difference in value of the ar ticle at the time it was improperly taken by de fendant and at the present time, and if not delivered up, then for the full value ; the plaintiff, at all events, to be entitled to a verdict for nominal damages. The case was uninteresting, the question being ono en tirely of value, defendant, who is a licensed victualler, having admitted that he had illegally detained the pro. perty, under the erroneous impression that it passed to him under an inventory on taking possession of some premises. Plaintiff claimed 301., but offered to accept 251. The Learned SECONDARY summed up the evidence, whieh he said was very inconclusive, the value of the goods in 1844 being no criterion of the value in 1846, when defendant converted them to his own use. Part of the property only was produced, and that was now valued at 21. The jury gave a verdict for five shillings. Mr. PARRY, for plaintiff, claimed to have a verdict for forty shillings, the object of the judge's order being to carry costs. The Learned SECONDARY—He was bound to take the verdict what •ver the effect might be, but Mr. Parry could apply to the Court above. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO US E. Edwin Benjamin Vidler was brought before the Lord Mayor upon a charge of forgery, and also upon a charge of embezzlement. Mr. Mullens, of the firm of Bush and Muliens, the solicitors to the Committee of Bankers for Protection against Forgeries and Frauds, and Mr. Travers, of the firm of Amory and Co., solicitors to the Commercial Bank, attended for the prosecution; Mr. Hobler appeared for the prisoner. A clerk in the Commercial Bank, Lothbury, stated, that Messrs. Hall, Brothers, of Riches-court, Lime street, kept an account at that house. The cheque pro duced, purporting to be that of Messrs. Hall, for the sum of 360/., payable as "seamen's wages, Forfarshire, 4th voyage," was presented at the counter on the 20th of April, and paid by him in a 101. note, a 501. note, a 100/. note, and 2001. in sovereigns. To the best of his belief the Timer was the person who presented the cheque. Mr. T. Agar, clerk in the issue department of the Bank of England, produced two bank -notes which were brought to him on the 20th of April, and for which he paid 150/. in sovereigns. These notes proved to be those which had been given in payment of the cheque at the Commercial Bank. ness found a carpet-bag in the cupboard, and in it three small bags. The first contained 764 in gold; the second 1201.; and the third 271. in gold. The whole amount found in possession of the prisoner was 4041. 10s. Messrs. Hall then charged the prisoner with having embezzled the sum of 45/. 18s. ld., which he had re ceived at the Custom-house for his employers. The 401. note received by the prisoner in payment of the cheque was traced through a watchmaker from whom he had purchased a watch, and chain, and key. The watch had been pledged for 61. Mr. Mullens said there were several other charges against the prisoner. Committed for trial. A poor industrious fellow was charged with having attempted to drown himself in a fit of melancholy. The defendant had been on board one of the Water men steamboats, and Captain Fowles, the commander, at a little after twelve o'clock on Tuesday, having heard that a man had gone overboard, reversed the engine, and the man was taken up. He was taken to a public-house and rubbed, and after some time recovered. The defendant said he was sorry for having made the attempt, and could not attribute it to anythin.; but a dis ease of the heart by which he was afflicted, and which sometimes made his life burdensome. Mr. Henry John Hall said the signature to the cheque was neither his nor his brother's. It purp orte d to be an imitation of his signature. Neither he nor his br o th er had ever authorised any one to sign cheques. The pri soner had.been in the service of the firm for seven years. The filling up of the cheque was in the prisoner's hand writing, and the cheque had been taken fcom their cheque-book. "A. Morison, 51, Lime -street, Leaden hall-street," was written upon each of the bank-notes, and in the prisoner's handwriting. Cross-examined by Mr. Hobler—Witness was not in the habit of drawing cheques by procuration, and never left a cheque with the amount in blank. He had received letters from the prisoner since the prisoner had left him. One of them was directed " Birmingham Railway," and another was directed " Great Britain, and elsewhere." Mr. Hobler—Does he not say that the money lie got by these means was no more than he was entitled to? Witnes;—Decidedly not. _ . Mr. Hobler—ltry Lord, my client has been labouring under a delusion of mind which persuades him that he is entitled to this money. His intention was certainly not felonious. The LORD MAYOR—It is my duty to see whether the evidence is not such as would justify me in committing him for trial. I have nothing at all to do with his intention. Mr. IL L. Hall, brother to Mr. H. J. Hall, confirmed the evidence of the last witness. E. Spearing, A 113, said ho took the prisoner into custody on Sunday last at Wright's Coffee-house, Char ing-cross, and found at his lodgings two bags, contain ing gold and ether property. Witness took him into custody, and told him it was for forgery, and the pri soner said nothing. Inspector Russell said he took the charge against the prisoner, who said he resided in Nelson-street, City-road. The prisoner told him where to find the property. Wit - The defendant's wife and employer declared that a more sober, industrious man could not be found, but he had been exceedingly depressed. The LORD MAYOR said he lamented the attempt and pitied the defendant, but could not think of discharging him without requiring bail. BOW-STREET. T HeJnors)e. ,phe hlavrigi withed CHART iiums a i u k ss npTgi placed es S ee (Si taiot utsh ela LEADERS. nbgaura gbeefore Mr. . Horace Hardy, police -sergeant G 15, saidlthat on the 25th May last he attended a meeting on Clerkenwell green, from seven o'clock in the evening to half-past nine. There were about 1,200 persons present. A person named Menders May was voted into the chair. He had seen May at similar meetings taking an active part. May made some observations which the prisoner must have heard, as he was in the van. He made notes of the proceedings at the time, which he afterwards de stroyed, but he had taken a copy of those notes immediately after the conclusion of the meeting, and he now produced the copy and read it to the magistrate. The speech of May announced the object of the meeting, which he said was to unite the Irish Confederates with the English Chartists on the subject of the Irish trials. It was the duty of all Englishmen to join the Irish patriots in resisting the Government and obtaining the repeal of the Union. In the course of a few days they would have a proces sion to the Queen, in which he would walk under a black banner, with a death's head and cross bones inscribed on it, signifying death or liberty. Williams applauded this speech with the mob. Williams then moved the first resolution, censuring the Government for prosecuting Mitchel, and pledging the meeting to use all possible exertions to assist the Irish Confederates in obtaining the liberty of Ireland. He said the meeting was called by his desire, in consequence of a paragraph which he had seen in an American paper to the effect that the Canadians were ready to revolt if Mitchel was convicted. He was certain if a few men would now make a stand they would be victorious. The Irish were determined not to allow Mitchel to be con victed, and if they arose the soldiers would join them and free him from prison if the verdict of the jury did not. He did not wish blood to he shed, but if they would not fight for a man like Mitchel they ought to be d—d. He was cheered by the mob, and the reso lution was passed. Richard Moss, G 195, arrested the prisoner on a war rant, at twenty minutes before five this morning, at his lodging in Bishopsgate-street, where he was in bed. He said he expected something. Mr. Hexer thought this a fit case to send before a jury. He would commit the prisoner, but would admit him to bail. Thb same prisoner was then charged jointly, with a prisoner named Alexander Sharpe, with using seditious language at a meeting on the 26th of May, at the same place. The sergeant (Hardy) said, that on the 26th May he attended a meeting, commencing at eight and ending at half-past nine o'clock in the evening. There were about the same number of persons present as at the former meeting, and it was of a simi lar character. The two prisoners were in the van which formed the platform. A person, whose name was announced as Rose, was in the chair. He took cotes, as before, and, immediately after the conclusion of the pro ceedings, he took a clear copy, which he examined, with a man named Cross. The copy he produced was a ver batim copy. The chairman said the object of the meet ing was to state the progress of the trial of J. Mitche 1, and called on Mr. Williams to address the meeting. Williams read an extract from an American paper, which stated that the Canadians were ready to revolt if Mitchel was convicted. The 72d Regiment were to be removed from Montreal because they shouted for repeal. The Irish of New York had had a meeting, at which it was resolved, if the international law would allow them, to raise a brigade and send it to Ireland ; and if not now allowed, they would at the coming election for President, only vote for one who would allow them. They -you'd at all events send arms, and had raised 100 dollars for that purpose. He then went on to say that it was the duty of every Englishman to assist the Irish Confederates, by every means in their power, to obtain the release of Mitchel, and proceeded to call on them to organize by joining the society. They were able by means of organization to held more than 3,000 meetings, that evening, and if they had more members they could hold more still. He then read a " vote of censure" on the "damnable, bloody, and tyrannical Government," for prosecuting John Mitchel, and a pledge on the part of the meeting to assist the Confederates, which were carried as a resolution. Sharpe, who seconded the resolution, said he had been censured for using such strong language as he did the evening be fore, but he would repeat what he then said, by calling the Whigs a base, bloody, and brutal Govern ment. One hundred and fifty thousand Irish Confede rates had marched into Dublin the evening before, and no doubt by that time John Mitchel was free. This meeting caused alarm in the neighbourhood he believed. The prisoners remained till the meeting broke up. Cross-examined—lie attended the meeting for the purpose of observing the nature of the meeting, Ind the language used, by the direction of the superintendent. By Mr. HENRY—Without looking at the notes at all, he remembered what occurred at the meetings. A policeman of the G division (in private clothes) proved that he arrested the prisoner Sharpe this morn ing in St. George's-road, St. Luke's, near his own lodging. The prisoner Williams said that a great part of the evidence was false. Sharps said it was exaggerated. Mr. HENRY committed them both for trial on this charge, but said he would admit them to bail in two sureties, each of 100 L, and their own recognizances of 2001. Williams, it may be well to observe, is a baker, and Sharpe a copperplate-printer, but unemployed. They were defended by Mr. Davis, a solicitor. The case excited great interest, and the court was much crowded. Joseph Fussell was then placed in the dock charged with attending an unlawful meeting. Mr. Frederick Town Fowler, a reporter, attended a meeting held about seven o'clock on the 29th of May last, at Clerkeuwell green. Should think there were about 3,000 persons present. Williams addressed the meeting first. The prisoner was there, and he made a speech. Witness took some notes of his speech. He said " I will tell Lord John Rus sell that I have no sympathy Ns ith his damnable Government. John Mitchel had asked whether the Queea had not forgotten her duty to her country? I now ask the same question. If the Queen refuses to re cognize the people, then the people must cease to recog nize the Queen." The witness then proceeded to read from other extracts—" That the Government was too contemptible to be recognized, and they therefore must overthrow it. There was one safe way to get rid of those rulers who disobeyed the people—he meant assassination. He had five sons, and he would disown either of them who would refuse to assassinate any one who was instrumental iu banishing him from his country, for such an offence as that of John Mitchel." Atter that Williams desired them to follow him in marching order, and they then moved off in pro cession. Finding that Mr. Williams was implicated in this matter also, Mr. Henry ordered him to be placed at the bar with the prisoner Fussell. The witness then proceeded to say that the procession moved off and went through several streets to Old-street, where Williams again addressed them. The witness went on to describe the course of the procession over a great part of the town during that e►ening, of which a long account was at the time published in our columns. Cross-examined—Was sent for on Monday last by Mr. Maule, the solicitor to the Treasury, with whom he had some conversation on this subject. At his sugges tion, Mr. Potter, the gentleman who furnished the report to the Morning Chronicle, was also sent for by Mr. Maule. They had been together during the whole of the day in question, but did not compare their notes. Witness attended for the Times, in which paper his report appeared the next day. Policeman G 192 arrested Fussell at his house in the Corporation -road this morning, on a warrant, charging him with attending an unlawful meeting. Mr. HENRY in committing the prisoners for trial i s lo e alci r v ectgah e sai d isl m t en h a.e a s eel t ci h ena e gsr muh n o ds e wg t uai vss r ei e na q bg, a ui slT r e e idni et chargedti x ow u t o r s a slua b rwn a e g i it l tiuhe a f s g r oa o ef m t, t isoon W nodLa i i al each, third ah a ci m arhda s , offence andst his ownwasa vary recognizance seriousof 0ne,230 on this case also. The that of heading a pro cession at night. As for Fussell he must find bail in two sur A e i t r i . es p o a f vi l s s , o o l a . each, and ofh i N s v o i w lli n ana re s c . o o g b n s i e z r a v n e c d e t o h f a 3 t o l o o l o . a a n rt d 1. was an immense sum for a poor man! Mr. HENRY—I have taken into account both the pri soner's station in lire and the importance of the charge. If you consider the bail excessive, you can apply to a judge to take less. I cannot do so. Mr. Maule, the Solicitor for the Treasury, who prose cuted in each case, observed that there was another charge to be brought before the Court, but the witnesses were not at present in attendance. As soon as they could be brought forward the prisoner would be brought before his Worship. After some delay, Ernest Charles Jones was then placed at the bar. He I said he was a barrister-at-law, of the Middle Temple, and member of the Chartist Executive, and lately lived at 14, George-street, Portman-square. James White, of 97, York-road, said—l am a short hand-writer. On Sunday evening, the 4th of June, I attended a meeting in Bishop Bow,er's Fields, between six and seven o'clock. It was an open-air meeting. I am not a judge of numbers, but I should think there were fifteen thousand persons there assembled. The speakers addressed the meeting from a raised ground or ground heap. There was no chairman. The prisoner THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1848. Jones was one of the speakers. The prisoner said— " Mr. Chairman and men of the Tower Hamlets—ln the I first place, I have to apologise to you for not having been here sooner; but a man cannot be at two places at the same time. There was a meeting announced for Irongate Wharf, Paddington, and the police—l under stand, mounted—forbid that meeting taking place. I was invited to attend it, and, therefore, did attend it. There were a good many police there, but they did not venture to interfere with the meeting. And I can tell you this hold your meetings ; for, although the Government certainly are mad, they are not mad enough to put down public meetings; and, if they were mad enough to do it, I, for one, hurl defiance in their teeth, and dare them to disperse this legal and peaceable assembly. I must ask the favour of your in dulgence to-day, inasmuch as I start by mail-train to night for Lancashire and Yorkshire; and as those places are both in a very excited state, I shall have to use my lungs there a good deal; and as London is not so excited as those parts of the country are, excuse me from ad dressing you at any length to-day. All I say is this, Stand fast by your colours. Do not shrink from the Charter, and the whole Charter. Do not listen to the nonsense of the half-and-halt men. Only organize (con cluded the speaker) and you will yet see the green flag floating over Downing -street. Let that be accom plished, and John Mitchel shall be brought back again to his own country, and Sir George Grey and Lord J. Russell shall be sent out to exchange places with them." Nearly the whole of the speech was of the same species of oratory. Mr. HENRY—You have heard this speech read. Do you wish to ask the witness any question? The pri soner--I have only to compliment the reporter on his very accurate report of my speech. I still entertain every sentiment there expressed. I believe nothing is there that may not have been said by Elihu Barrett himself. I can hardly believe that I have been brought fr, m Manchester for anything in that speech. Mr. HENRY considered it had a tendency to excite his hearers to disturb the peace. John Haines, police-sergeant--I apprehended the pri soner this morning at the Moseley Arms Inn, Manchester. I read the warrant to him. He said, "I deny it, of course." I then brought him to London. Mr. HENRY —I shall commit you for trial for sedition; and as you arc apparently a person superior in intellect and station to the other prisoners I shall require two sureties in 2501. each, and yourself in 5001.; and in the meantime you will be committed to Newgate. The prisoners ware then removed. A large mob of persons had assembled to witness the removal of the prisoners from the.court ; but they were cleared by the police without any resistance being offered and before the arrival of the van. Another of the Chartist leaders, named Vernon, was taken into custody, shortly after twelve o'clock last night. WORSHIP -STREET A middle aged man named Isaac Mallandyne, appa rently a wood-turner, and whose head was covered with bandages, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hammill for final examination, charged with having made two desperate attempts to stab Police-constable Harrington, of the N division, with a clasp-knife, during the Chartist disturbances in Birdcage-walk, Bethnal-green, on Sun day last. The evidence now given differed in no material re spects from that detailed in our paper of Monday, from which day the accused was remanded, and the deposi tions of the witnesses against him _having been tnken and read over by Mr. Vine, the chief clerk, the prisoner who complained of the ill-usage he had received from the police, and denied having used the knife at all, was fully committed to Newgate for trial upon the charge of aggravated assault with intent to inflict bodily in ury J A. A young man named Josiah Blonchfield, stated to be the son of a respectable tradesman, was charged with violent conduct and threatening the police. Barnes and Fletcher, of the H division, saw the pri soner with some missile in his hand, which, upon their endeavouring to seize him, he dropped, and they there fore let him go, but as soon as they had done so the pri soner assailed them with horrible epithets, expressed his regret that he had not a knife to use upon them, and said • that ,if all the Chartists were of his mind they would not ;be driven about by the officers. The mob thereupon hissed and howled at them, and uttered such menaces of violence that they found it necessary to se cure the prisoner, who threw himself upon his back on the pavement, and tried to pitch the constables over him, and then resisted with such determination, that it was only with the greatest difficulty he was got to the station. Staines, a silk-weaver, and the prisoner's ;father gave a flat denial to all that had been stated by the police, whom they accused of using an unnecessary degree of violence without provocation ; but one of the inspectors of the division entirely confirmed the constables' testi mony, and Mr. HAMMILL, in consideration of no violence having been actually inflicted by him upon the officers, sentenced the prisoner to pay the full penalty of 51., or in default to undergo two months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, and in addition ordered him to put in two substantial sureties in 201. each for his good behaviour for the succeeding three months, and to give twenty four hours' notice, that their solvency might be inquired into. PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON. TUESDAY, JUNE 6. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend I Amount of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. A s. d. 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He has, therefore, purchased her Majesty's late revenue cutter Bee, of the burden of 70 tons, and a schooner named the Seaflower, of the burden of 190 tons, and having thoroughly fitted, equipped, and stored them for the business, they left this port, the Seaflower about 10 days ago, and the Bee on Tuesday last, for the before-mentioned fishing ground. The crew of the former consists of 16 hands, of whom Cap tain Smith is the commander, while Captain Weldon has charge of the Bee, whose crew numbers nine persons. Each ship's company includes a proper pro. portion of Orkneymen, trained to the fishing business, by whom it is intended that the fish, as caught, shall be headed, gutted, backboned, salted, and packed. On arrival here the cargoes will be landed at the proprietor's establishment at Stoney ferry, on the river hull, where the process of cleansing and cur ing will be completed, and the article will be ready for use or exportation. We believe that there exists in the trade of this port, with several parts of the world, a fair outlet far the commodity, which, in addition to home consumption, will, we hope, not only render Mr. Bowlby's present speculation a profitable one, but cause others to imitate his example.— Hull Advertiser. CONVOCATION OF TILE CLERGY.—We are informed that her Majesty has appointed Saturday, the 17th inst., et three o'clock, to receive the address of the convoca tion of the bishops and clergy of the province of of 'Can terbury, at Buckingham _Palace. The members of the convocation will assemble at Jerusalem-chambers, West minster, at a quarter before two, THE REFORM MOVEMENT. MARYLEBONE. _ A public meeting of the parishioners of Marylebone was held yesterday in the Workhouse-yard, New-road, for the purpose of taking into consideration the ine quality of the taxation of the country, and the imperfect state of the representation of the people in the House of Commons. The attendance, which comprised a large sprinkling of Chartists, was numerous, and at one period of the proceedings there could not have been less than fifteen hundred persons present. Shortly after one o'clock the chair was taken by Mr. J. Williams, M.P. The CHAIRMAN having read the requisition convening the meeting, and expressed his thanks to the Vestry and Guardians of the poor, for permitting the ratepayers to assemble in so convenient a locality, proceeded to observe, that there never was a time when dm people of the country should be more united for gaining the great object they had in view than the present moment, and there never, in his opinion, was a period when the resolutions intended to be submitted for their adoption should be drawn up with extreme caution and courtesy of language. It was their duty to avoid the use of all sentiments calculated to create excitement.— (No, no, and confusion, amid which repeated cheers were given for the Charter.) He was convinced the. working-classes of the metropolis would support him—(Hear)—and he assured them he should never shrink from raising his voice on their behalf and backing them up, so long as they conducted themselves peaceably and constitution -ally; but while ho made that admission, he wished it to be distinctly understood that he would not hesitate to uplitt bis arm, if necessary, against those who were desirous of creating tumult and confusion. He would not prevent the free expressio❑ of opinion on the part of any man who desired to address the meeting— (Hear, hear)—but he trusted those opinions would be in accordance with the wants and requirements of the times. l e re' often been subjected. If that were done, and if l , "s solution which spoke out the sentiments of the classes were adopted, he considered much we ld be effected towards preserving peace and harmony. Mr. J. Hume, M.P., censured the conduct purst ed 19 1, Messrs. Hill and Savage, in precipitately forcing 01 the meeting a resolution of the nature just propos ed ed, )1. any way attempting 'to create disunion, et 'el m s rkivg until the resolutions which the Committee had Cal e nu , trouble of preparing were formally gon e through s lispa ring a period of thirty-five years he had led r ► Pau l ; life, and he defied any man to show i n what re: Pee t if had deserted his principles or neglected his d h i m se lf ;spe nt, gel' there were present any other individ ual than m ore anxious to promote the happines s and pr. iiiin of his fellow-men, he would very m uch like to 0, pointed out. Mr. Savage's services on a former o. IS_ S . OI i n connexion with the opening to the p ublic of a /7, the r etofore held with closed doors, we re valuable, s 11`100 (Mr. Hume) was anxious that his e xertions in cowl 914,, with the movement of reform shou ld be found el flatly serviceable by those with whom he (Mr. Hume) CC' „jig rated. But he thought it a most unworthy procet pas on the part of Mr. Savage to state that they Wes on going to take certain steps, and that be bad 0 0 't dence in them before he heard the complete We s . d e. of their plans and the resolution, wh i c h distinetls r tailed the concessions they considered necessarY fe , a nd curing the stability of the institutions of the eins % irl to be thin maintenance of public order. Was it nothing" told by those men that they were not to be trust° , is a o f that they who obtruded themselves on the Mont 10,10. the meeting were alone entitled to credit for the : t oe/ ceptional nature of the plan propounded. Mr. P_'..ofe then, at some length, went into a vindication of the '. l ; ment for household suffrage, triennial Parlismei 11:1 ► tbs equal appointment of Members to population, a ~flop; vote by ballot, in preference to the C harter egit and as a sincere friend to the working-classes. he „„stlis upon Mr. Hill not to press the resolution, which,_ out the sanction of the Committee , he had irrege:i submitted for the adoption of the meeting• Wfb made this request, however, he should say or tha g r s sea se• had not been one word uttered by Mr. Bill vane with regard to the extension of thatoffal: no t the increase of the representative body be a do lb ; prepared to sign and certify, but he could not se. sow course they considered expedient to attain th e or He was prepared to maintain the principle D f. the • i f ter, but in a peaceable, orderly, and constitutionet..t tbe ncr. Certain parties thought they could carry, Se eler, thee e : principle by physical force, but there never we a gh - . OP' delusion. w — in (Cries sel o u f ti t e t n N , o a , nd no h .' a ) vin g g li ttme rious points which it embraced, he conexclPulda amid repeated manifestations of discontent a014.n; endiehdisitdci els! proval from the Chartist portion of the inee'V're °' formally submitting the motion for adoptiony- jot, ' her Majesty's Prime Minister having stated his t r ) P, O l ; that the people require no extensive measure , cal and fiscal reform, it is hereby resolved, a sts bitity opinion of this meeting, in order to sec ure th Tit o t the institutions of the country, and main ° , ill e f e eti f 64 order, it is indispensably necessary .that tu t ' w hoa' I. franchise be extended, to all men of mature or ,„ 0 00 , registered as residents for a period oftw' ve j That the duration of Parliaments should not e (Wee A O tb BI years; that votes should be taken by ballot; a`b o pa' there should be an equal app pulation." most'die' During the reading of this resolution the ine sees; ointment of memb er° cordant yells proceeded from th•„,hody- of the on leo s and each sentence was received with cries of so ., evil ° do," " We must have the Charter." Those, howevastilit considered the resolution went far enough and on Mr. Hume resuming his seat they titte bar 7 o , g drown the hissing and groaning by renewed of acclamation. ep ee Mr. Mr. SODEN seconded the resolution in II 6 boer about five minutes' duration. hie ° ' The clamour prevailing, however, rendered - s s 0 vations purely pantomimic. Mr , 1100 s e cl' The CHAIRMAN put both motions, Its.' n an u p cheeremapi_a the substantive resolution, and Mr. Has as i t s heah, h - ,t ment. The majority of hands appeared to b° bee in favour of the former, but the Chartist s ba the universal suffrage declaration was c erise t ee t ce gib e j b it Chairman did not, at the time, announ ssn te s e considered the resolution or amendment aui s 'r es tios the he was subsequently interrogated by a n 0 1 '0 1 the point, and he then gave it, as his oPie' s l - ; 'erig l fs d majority of those present had voted tor s etes i m l motion. The announcement was the signals°, sed clamour, the Chartist orators contendieg tir pd' defeated Mr. Hume's proposition and carrie d the ment by a majority of two to one. 11 4 p Lord DUDLEY STUART and Sir Bs- - AS , a- tba spoke briefly in support of the new reform Plirldj'sed pounded by Mr. Hume. Both the Noble by eselgao Hen. ;Baronet were frequently interrupted L'Air•t:,o ll , tions from one section of the meeting , to bit — Chan 00 0 amendment put again, but this request tloaai,. refused to comply with, and his refusa l can s tt uproar. t lie The adoption of a petition to ParliameD agreed to. foli e ss elt Mr. EDWARDS moved a resolution to t A --e S. s bss effect:—" That the assertion made b y Deir'essiolitarset in his place in the House of Commons, thisss,; she a i ser, the eole of this country do not desire, eit"" 50 a o f , measure of reform as proposed by Mr. 1 111113 : 3 0 0 0111 ,4 his Members of Parliament, or that other gre s ;d e eee n - f tl O , reform as advocated in the Charter, is e k y ' rn itia, o "" ignorance of the present condition of ti t to w" country, and , a proof that he is u tterly e n , - s o r oc s ' our affairs."—(Loud '—(Loud and protracted Cheerto‘oo4,slo° Mr. WILLIAM NORTH, of St. Johla'S-tolc seconded the resolution, tad in doing a° s , ° ,, dot " to pledge his word as a gentleman,' tr,-001..40' numbr of hands had ben held up 10 Hill's e amendment over that raised for lf b os.0 0 06 motion.—(Cheers from the Chartists.) 0°0°,44 contrary stated in any of the newsPsPe"taii4 reports of their proceedings, ho should O r off' to contradict it.—(Laughter.) red i n Several gentlemen on the platform d e t l „ 6 fote_ler , , n North was quite mistaken respecting ti".o,eutiii4 amendment. It had been rejected by a t h e u rge in ee7i to Mr. PuTTIFORD attempted to address 400 s ee , favour of the resolution; but vioient confnoteasoiA iug prevailed. Having spoken for a for, ln see s The CHAIRMAN put the motion, andcleme-the doh bate A vote of thanks was then propose. d rthapP l.°b° but even this was received with part's' s's" has ieg o sti and most hideous screaming. Mr. SAVAGE, and some other pow's.% ' do l . b O" plained that Mr. Williams discharged 01 o tte' oo or great impartiality, and that his opini on ' b e silDli z t jet mistaken it might have been, regarding - ear_ a he , " non-adoption of the Charter resolution, "-dole' ss„ss bat tiOg every consideration, the uproar soi" - • uncl o the motion was put and carried./ A the meek eita e The proceedings then t e rminated, ye nD- es g, commenced separating, having first r fer " The Charter." Mr. W. WILLIAMS, late Member for Coventry, moved the first resolution, which in effect declared that the pre sent state of the representation of the people in the Commons House of Parliament was partial in its nature and in its practice—tended to class legislation—was no security against unequal and oppressive taxation—and produced no comprehensive measure for the benefit of the people. They had met to support the proposal of that veteran Reformer, Mr. Hume, and the occasion of their assembling was one of great national importance. They had met to complain of and protest against the system of representation being so constituted as to give power to the favoured classes to elect men to make our laws. The result that had proceeded from that misre presentation of the people, was too well known to require scarcely any exposition. In ace irdance with that system of class representation, the laws were made to favour the rich and injure the poor, and the taxation of the country was carried out in a similarly unjust and oppressive spirit towards the industrious section of the community. As one of the immediate results of this misrepresentation he thought it would be found, that with the exception of the aristocratic and rich classes, in whose favour the laws were made, all alike were suffering severe priva tions.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") They had been told tried evils of such a nature were to be removed by the operation of the Reform Bill. That Act, however, had been that in five different Parliaments, and he appealed to the meeting if it had accomplished any of the great objects for which it was stated to have been passed.— (Cries of " No, no.") There were 216 counties and boroughs, with constituencies amounting to 161,485, which returned 329 Members, being a majority of the House of Commons.—(Shame, shame.) They sent what they called representatives to make laws for disposing of the freedom, property, and lives of twenty. seven mil lions of people. There were nine counties and bo roughs with 169,368 electors, which returned eighteen Members, and there were 87 counties and towns with constituencies of 35,923, returning 135 represen tatives ; while the West Riding of Yorkshire, with a constituency of 36,165, returned only two members, and North and South Lancashire returned only four members, although their constituencies were just as numerous as the 87 counties and boroughs represented' by 135 mem bers. If Lord \John Russell—(Loud groans)—calb•d that representation, he very much deceived himself. Was that system to be endured as a final system of representation. One of the objects of their meeting was to answer the statement—he hardly knew with what epithet to describe it—made by Lord John Russell in the House of Commons, namely, that the people of the United Kingdom neither wanted nor desired the system of reform proposed by Mr. Hume, or that em ttodied in the people's Charter.—(Cries of " He lies— it's false.") That declaration had astonished the country. The people were not able to make up their minds as to the cause that induced Lord John Russell to volun teer an assertion su completely at variance with their opinions. The statement had been well answered in all parts of the country, and tbey were met for the purpose of , practically t es tif y i ng t h e untruth of the assertion. Since the passing of the Reform Bill thirty-five millions were added to the National Debt. They had Gagging Bills, too, and looking at the speeches of those state pensioners, the Duke of Wellington and Lord Brougham delivered a few evenings since in the House of Lords, it was quite evident the Government were not going to stop there, but meditated the suppres sion of some of the people's meetings. Lord Brougham, *with his pension of :5,0001. a year, called upon them to do so. Was Lord Brougham afraid of his pence?— (Hear, hear.) No doubt he was. It was incumbent on the part of the people to unite as one man. —(A voice—" Yes, for the Charter."—Cheers.) They might depend upon it if they agreed in the resolu tion, and showed a bold, united front in carrying out the object of their meeting, they would have that which the Charter desired, namely, cheap and good Government—and they would abolish all such long pen sioners as Lord Brougham, with his 5,0001. a year fur doing nothing. There were at present before the House of Commons two Bills to cure the manifold evils of the Reform Bill. The first was to legalise the appointment of Comrnissioner3 to investigate the extent of bribery and corruption stated to have been practised in some seven or eight boroughs, whose Members had been un seated during the present session, and the second was a measure to abolish the ratepaying clauses of the Reform Act. With respect to the first, he should say that it was about one of the most imprudent steps ever devised, when they saw that bribery and corruption were the moans of placing in the House of Commons the vast ma- jority of those who had seats there, including even the Member for the City of London—(Cheers)--and if Lord John Russell were not aware of the fact in his own par ticular case, he would put him in the way of getting in formation on he subject. The repeal of the ratepaying clauses of the Reform Act would not add to the constitu ency of Great Britain more than 5,956 votes, and it would only principally affect four of the metropolitan boroughs, Marylebone, Westminster, Latiebeth,nnd Finsbury. Look ing at the present condition of the representation, the bribery and corruption practised at the last elections, the intimidation and coercion had recourse to where con tests took place, he could discover no benefit that the Reform Bill afforded. They were not only not better, but positively worse off than in the year 1830, when the Reform Bill was enacted. had not, therefore, the time arrived when they should put a stop to such a system ; and they certainly enjoyed the power of doing so, if the people proved true to themselves, and acted peaceably, constitutionally, and legally. But, on the other hand, if they had recourse to violence, they would retard the ob taining of the reform now sought. Having expressed the necessity of union among all classes of reformers, as a means to the achievement of the common object in view, Mr. Williams concluded amid mingled cheers and cries of " Nothing but the Charter." Mr. JACOB BELL seconded the resolution. It was for the people to inform Lord John Russell that, in the opinions he expressed regarding their views on the sub ject of reform, he had altogether misrepresented them— that they desired, and were determined on having, some material alteration of the existing system, and that the middle and poorer classes should have the consideration of the Government and the Legislature, or they would no longer consent to go on in peace and quietness. In the attainment of such an object as that for which they agitated, constitutional means alone should be adopted, such as open mid-day meetings, like the present, and not riotous assemblages at an unseasonable hour of the night, to the great terror, and, it might be, intimidation of her Majesty's subjects.—(No, no, and cries of " Night meetings are good in their own way.") The CHAIRMAN put the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. HILL said he believed that further reform was (14) re Y gsi e st s .i t a e it r i d arn a e y . King's-road uras , a C almrteord():_______-----•-- reform in/B#l ST. YANG;AS• „f the 04' for the purposet rstriie dering the eknnupiral,oacewerno,uast inthceetninalv ~,:esltr,ov ircooio,it: meta for propriety of adopting a pellti°3 :tot,. bie means o f a anf tu t 0 co, .equitable adjustmenttittl;j of 1 t he Mr. Churchwarden lled t° chair. Healy having been ca ico• MANCHESTER, t'oii he pet.f Mr. BART MuEASDNlCytimEoSitlstt..........-,, ye ti eir• 0' Theresolution having been seconded, vi 000' without a dissentient, itt2( tlicipgs torte „e 4 °N D E LL movedthe presentthe ado p e t :n il nvi 1 cr.. _.O, A 4 1149 meetin , . for the ryas held in the Free Trade kW, ,13'for r:.;501' purpose of forwarding the nevv le ° 8 t ive '- mental. bets ithreeform. A number of the leading scot, eg, late anti-corn-law league were Preetiog, Itidii Several ing the speakers having addressed the le e to s►rp ~ importance of the object, resolutions of it were u of unanimously c ari :2. l: ---- 1. . ti [ADVERTISEMENT.] --- - - IJOVIVeI cll/1 Spirits, Disordered --Nervousness, r i o t e _,„, ssordered Stomachs, and Indigesttnh'ess era pats Holloway'sPills.—The causes from which t t po tl i d arise are too numerous for recital, fe j e lltg lays the foundation or se o w lite wh• _ sooner than a studious - dioro ► ao, , ich disorders th ncl h®r .oov Is e nerves, a ~., Oh, , r isl complaints follow such as deranged stomseP7, _ so c. , t o and lowness of spirits. There is no Ineicia!,, o f A „ as Holloway's Pills in allaying tho irritablevotontrog nervous system, t of th e • O tt its s rengthening the tone o ge 30 creatinc , a • nd to fie e l►► appetite, improvtng digestion, et- .05 t, the con' • r, _ . constitution. Their purifying nature gi h ir us° 0 1 1 afflicted Lmreulation to the blood, so that bY Via bi ,pf, are speedily restored to health.v 1001' Druggists, and at Professor 11 6 Stiill Ho oway 244, Strand, London. inevitable, but he wished to know what the promoters of the present meeting, and those who supported Mr. Hume's movement, proposed. (Hear, hear.) The working classes were beginning to take their proper stand; they had long been trampled upon, and prevented the assertion of that right to which they were entitled ; but those days were fast fading away, and before the lower classes co-operated with the middle classes in any movement like the present, they should know the pre cise remedy proposed. If the middle classes walked in the right path the working-classes would go with them ; but he contended that the resolutions of the new Reform party did not meet all the views of the labouring men of England. Household suffrage and triennial Parliaments would not satisfy the people.—(Loud cheers.) Both were steps in the right direction ; they could not, however, now be ac cepted even as instalments. He wished to ask the opinion of the meeting on the subject, and as the best mode of testing that opinion, he would propose the fol lowing resolution, which he believed reflected their sen timents, at least the sentiments of the vast majority, more faithfully than any of the series proposed by the Committee.—(Cheers.) The motion he proposed sub • mitting was in these words .--"fThat this meeting is of opinion, from the experience of the last 15 years, that partial reforms are inadequate to effect a reduction of the expenditure, or to equatise the taxation which presses so heavily upon the people, and that they consider it ne cessary, for the peace and prosperity of this country, to seek fur radical reform on the principle of universal suffrage of the Commons House of Parlitunent, proposed by the late Major Cartwright, advocated by the most eminent statesmen of England, and embodied in a decu • ment called the People's Charter, approved and signed by Mr. J. Hume, and other friends of good government, in whom the people once reposed confidence."—(Cheers and cries of " The Charter for ever !") Mr. SAVAGE seconded the resolution amid some con fusion. In the course of his remarks he vigorously att.- vocated annual Parliaments and universal suffrage, and warned the people against being entrapped into the sanc tion of any less beneficial system of reform. The passing a the resolution then proposed would do more towards ( meting the happiness and comfort of the people than whole armies of special constables.—(Groans for the Specials.") Lord John Russell knew that unless divi sion were created in the ranks of the Ralical Reformers, he could not stand against their opposition, therefore union was absolutely necessary for the success of the cause they all, he hoped, had at heart. The working classes only asked that they should be dealt by fairly, and not treated with that contempt to which they had ° _______......., qi pOf '. BIBTIIB — . '0 On the 30th ult., at Lismore C astle, Ireland' E. Currey, Esq., of a daughter. . , !VW' o f On the Ist. mat ,at Stroud, Gloucestershirw ~iii. Wyllie, of a son. On the 2d just at Brent . e ij ' G. AV. Hallam, Esq., of , Pelham Ilall, ...Ai f a daughter. ~ 1 arce.- c On the 4th inst., at the Royal Ilospun'' deg, wife of the Rev. E. Kitson, of a - son. rt C" 6' l On the 4th inst., at Tottenham, ars. Ilehe s o Clanton, of a son. til e I . s hire , On the 4th inst., at D'Arcey Hey, I ork ~ . of J P then . . Esq. of a son 4o' I ) , f 3 ea On sth inst., a ' t Brighton,.Lady Parish, 0 Afiln r „ q J. On the sth inst., at ked Lion-square, ,IL a daughter. Iferto. the 1 0 M, O u n ia, t d h a e ug 2 h d te i r n o s f t., J. b w y o t f o h A d e n ß i ß ß an l F E .. . , l o V i re d irei glefil W. S. Cooper, Esq., of Leighton Buzzard., tlao Vo n ' ati v a. On the 3d inst., at All Saints', Poplar, vf 06 Vaughan, Mr. T. A. H. Dodd, to Fr AnCeS je daughter of W. ➢litcheson , .Esq., of Liniebou3o' tIiV;V:, On the fith inst , at St. George's, Ploontsbarl: B. Wood, 8.D., of St. Sepulchre's, the Bev. ` Y• 11'0'03° of Worcester College, Oxford, to 31ary C Oll3 of the late A. 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DUr6I;I6IIP e. of London: Printed an d Published 13„y ,'o `he No. 112, Strand , Printer, at fig 00 - Strand, in the Precinct of the SavoY, Bliddl eau x, Thursday, June 8, 1848. WESTMINSTER. Pursuant to a notice for the renewal of the warrants of special constables and the appointment of such other of the inhabitants as were desirous of being sworn in, Mr. Broderip was engaged in this duty the greater part of the day. A great number of very respectable persons presented themselves, the greater number of whom had previously hell vi atTants. The appointments are to continue in force for six months on this occasion instead of three, as in the last. The remainder of this and the whole of the following week have been fixed by the Ma. gistrates for swearing in special constables. Amongst those enrolled yesterday were Lord Dillon, Sir William Verner, and Captain Verner, hi s son. W AN DSWolifil. George Phelps, a recently ret a u t r e n r elt n ra a n n s d po s r p t e , c a ia n l d co h n i - s assaulting w the police, and .tbhtrarobetlahete,ern wi Alexander g P ,,d helpz, th a e of a special constable. One of the police-constables, Underhill, 292 V, had been so cruelly used that he was obliged to be brought to the court in a fly, and whilst giving his evidence he was allowed to be seated. He stated, that about twelve o'clock on the previous night he was in Windsor street, Putney, when he saw a gentleman surrounded by several persons. He had a gold watch in his pocket, and being i n toxicated witness ordered police-constable Cunham to see him to his residence at Barnes. The prisoners went up to the gent leman and tried to pull hips away from the constable. Alexander Phelps struck the constable Cun ham. Witness got the prisoners away and told them to go home. He had proceeded with the gentleman and Cunham about 200 yards, and was returning back, when he met Police-constable Nixon with his mouth and nose bleeding. Ascertaining that the Phelpses had committed the assault, he went after them; he took hold of George Phelps, who immediately struck him on the side of the head, and said, " If yon don't let me go ni tear your - eye out," and he instantly forced his thumb under his eye and tried to " gouge" it. Witness extricated himself, and t he y both fell on the ground. The pri soner then got wit ness's hair between his teeth and con tinued pulling it out by the roots. The prisoner also bit his head. Another constable came up and the took him into custody. His brother was in custody at that time. Witness was now unable to do duty, and had been vomiting blood all the , m orning. Police-cons t a ble Nixon, 53 V, proved that Alexander struck Phe h Phelps struck on the uckhimi n shoulder, the mouth,and tried andhisbrtoothreerscGue hiseorge brother. The last witness apprehended the ptisoner George Phelps , who got the officer under him, and treated him so savagely, that, to prevent murder being done, he was obliged to strike him several times to com pel him to quit his hold. Inspector Busain stated that when it was mentioned to him that morning that the constable Underhill was very bad, George Phelps said, "It serves the - right. I wish I had got a knife, to strike into the - guts of some of you. William Robinson, a waterman, and also a special constable, said he assisted the police in apprehending the prisoners, who said " they would - well serve him out when they we re released from prison." Mr. BEADON fined each of the prisoners 51., or, in default, committed em tor a month; at the expiration of which time they w th ould each find two sureties in 201. each, to keep the peace for six months. FIRE AT SANDON ALL. TUESDAY EYENING.—A most destr u ctive fire occurred this day at Sandon Hall, the beautiful mansion of the Earl of Harrowby, by which the centre part of this elegant mansion has been entirely destroyed. Th e fire, we understand, was discovered about half past ten o'clock in the roof of the building, where some plumbers were at work doing repairs. As soon as it was observed messengers were dispatched to Stafford and Stowe for the fire-engines, from both which places engines belonging to the district fire-office great were sent off instantly, drawn by four post-horses. The Stafford town engine soon followed ; and the Brungham engine from Penkridge .arrived in the Staffordshire ga course of the afternoon. An engine also from Ingreste Hall was early brought to the fire. By the time the earliest engines had arrived, how ever, the flames had gained greatly on the building, and it was plain that the whole mausion wakinginreat danger. N i or North n numberila Happily f a " n g a o v o v d i e s supply employ of e d b o a n n t d h s Railway, which passes within a mile of Sandon Hall, were quickly on the spot, and the engines began their opera tions immediately. Previously, however, to the arrival of the engines the greatest exertions were made, and we are happy in being able to say that the whole of the costly furniture, paintings, library, articles of vertu, are saved. For some time afte r the arrival of the engines it was found t hat their power could not be fully brought to bea r on the burning mass owing to the want of a suffi cient supply of water ; consequently, the flames gradually gained on the exertions of the firemen, and b y about tour o'clock, at which time we left, nearly the whole of the centre was gutted, leaving little more than the bare walls. It was confidently hoped, however, that as a large supply of water waa made available from a pon d situate at some distance from the hall the effarts of the firemen would succeed in preventing the fire spreading fu rther, and thus save both the wings. W e understand t hat his Lordship and family are in London. A telegraphic dispatch, however, would convey the sad intelligence to him, and no doubt he would start immediately for Staffordshire. TliE FIELD or CULLODEN.—We understand that at the judicial sale before Lord Robertson on Wednes day week of the Lauds of Lea,nachs and Balvraid, part of Culloden Muir, the scene of the celebrated battle in 1746, between Prince Charles Edwards and the King's troops, the purchaser was Mr. G. Monro. for behoof of Mr. D. Forbes, at Culloden Castle. Tho price was 2,6251.—,R05s- shire Advertiser. ICSII COMPANX: Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. .0 ...........