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ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF Mr. CITA REES PETTIT T ALLEN, Treasurer of the Comity of Middlesex, from 4th July to 3d October, 1863, in clusive, As TO THE ORDINARY COUNTY RATE. RECEIPT. Balance In the Bank of England on 4th July, 1E63 £8,510 2 2 BATES. It.rreirs on that day of the Rate made on 16th April, 1863 .. £691 15 9 Rate made on 16th July, 1863 .. 19,083 7 6 10,775 3 3 361 13 2 Arrears on 3d October, 1563 .. Amount of Rates received .. 19,410 10 1 CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS AND CONVEYANCE OF PRI. SONERS FOIL PeNAL SERVITUDE. From the Lords of the Treasurer on ac,,ount of Criminal Prosecu tions from the Ist July to the 31st December, 1862 .. £4,954 611 Ditto the Amount paid for the Conveyance of Convicts sen tenced to Penal Servitude mir ing the same period .. • . 37 _5 7 4,991 12 6 HOUSE OF CORRECTION AT COLDBATU FIELDS. For Materials worked up and La bour done by Prisoners 292 7 0 rorliread, Officers' Uniforms, and _Prisoners' Boots made for, and Cocoa supplied to the House of Correction at 'Westminster • • 459 12 8 Ditto ditto for and to the House 117 3 1 of Detention For Bread and Officers' Uniforms made for, and Flour and Cocoa supplied to the County Indus trial :School at Feltham • • For Maintenance of Military Pri soners • • • • • • •• 48 2 0 Sums taken from Vagrants to be appliod towards their Main tenance • • • • • • For Maintenanceof Customs'Pri- 42: 7 1 0 19 1 • • Boners Ditto of the Tower Liberty Prt- 3 17 6 52 8 0 83 4 10 soners By Sale of Old stores compensation tor Uniform re tained by Officers on their leav ing the Service of the Prison .. 2 17 3 For Boots made for and supplied to the County Lunatic Asylum at Ifanwell •• •• •• Ditto ditto for at the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch .. • • 157 1 3 A Copy of Commitment .. 0 1 1 The expense (repaid) of conveying 2 Boys to Blythe House Refor matory at Hammersmith 76 4 9 0 8 0 For Materials worked up and La bour done by Prisoners - • Bones and Far sold Sums taken from Vagrants to be applied towards their Mainte nance •• •• •• •• For permission to deposit Soil on the Land adjoining the Prison 100 0 0 The Grazing of Cattle on ditto .. 1 5 0 Repaid, by a Contractor for Works clone at the Prison, a portion of the Clerk of the Works' Wages 21 0 0 HOUSE OF DETENTION. For Maintenance of Deserters .. 30 8 0 By Sale of Waso .. .. .. 018 0 For a Copy of a Commitment .. 0 1 4 GUILDHALL, WESTMINSTER. Rent of Vaults INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AT FELTHAM. By Sale of Farm Produce.. .. 50 6 0 Towards the Maintenance ofjuve nile Offenders in the ,School .. 120 17 6 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Fees received by Inspectors .. 68 4 6 £1,716 13 10 HOUSE OP CORRECTION AT WESTMINSTER, 262 19 3 31 7 4 .. 48 2 8 171 2 6 Fines and Penalties .. 43 15 0 Alciety of Produce of forfeited Weights and Measures.. .. 6 16 10 118 16 4 SUNDRIES. Expenses of inquiring into the Settlement of a Lunatic and removing him to the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch 2 13 11 Total Receipts ~, £35,294 0 6 EXPENDITURE. House of Correction at Cold Bath Fields— General Expenses £10,043 9 4 Tontine Annuities .. 807 13 6 Interest or moneys borrowed.. 419 2 6 Principal repaid •• •• 166 13 4 11,438_18 8 House of Detention at Clerkenwell— General Expenses .. .. 1,453 19 0 Interest of moneys borrowed .. 120 10 9 Principal repaid 166 13 4 1,716 3 1 lloue of Correction at Westminster — General Expenses .. 3,564 19 10 Interest of moneys borrowed 405 13 10 Principal repaid .. 2,825 0 0 7,09513 8 County Industrial School for Boys— General Expenses .. 3,634 11 1 Interest of moneys borrowed .. 656 3 7 Principal repaid .. 433 6 8 Payments for Boys on their discharge .. .. .. 80 10 0 4,854 11 4 Conveyanee of a male juvenile Offender to the Industrial School at Feltham ~ • • Reformatory School for Girls 0 6 2 —Maintenance .. .. 106 8 2 County Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell— Interest of money borrowed .. 53 12 9 Principal repaid .. .. 200 0 0 253 12 9 Militia Storehouses — Rent, Taxes, Insurance, Fuel, &C. 158 13 7 Interest of moneys borrowed .. 331 1 t 11 Principal repaid .. • • • • 620 13 4 1,117 1 10 Prosecutors and Witnesses — Central Criminal Court 1,060 18 9 Middlesex sessions _ 1400 18 7 Criminal Justice Act .. 41 3 6 -- 2,503 010 Coroners' Expenses Total. Salaries. paid. Middlesex— s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. West. 145 0 0 .. 340 9 0.. 485 9 0 Central 305 0 0.. 547 10 6.. 852 10 6 East 375 0 0..54312 6.. 918 12 6 Westminster 110 0 0.. 195 1 6.. 305 1 6 Duchy of Lancaster. 11 1 9.. 23 4 6.. 34 6 3 2,595 19 9 43 10 0 401 9 3 41 17 7 75 0 0 86 13 9 112 10 0 193 5 8 Total 916 1 9 ..1619 18 0 Bridges .. • • • • •• Sessions House, Clerkenwell Guildhall, Westminster Assistant Judge's additional Salary .. Clerk of the Peace .. Weights and Measures Treasurer of the County •• • •• Conveyance to I 'epot of Offenders sentenced to penal Servitude .. .. • • Removal of Scotch and Irish Paupers .. • • General Printing and Stationery .. • • A dvertisements Miscellaneous Charges • • • Total Expenditure .. .. £33,145 5 1 Balance in the Bank of England on 3d Oct. 1863 2,118 15 4 37 19 1 62 16 6 112 12 9 50 9 2 217 5 1 £35,294 0 5 As TO TILE RATE MADE UNDER "Tin LUNATIC ASYLUMS ACT, 1853." RECEIPT. Balance in the Bank of England on 4th July, 1863 10,788 1 11 Rate made on 16th July, 1863 .. £),581 13 9 Arrears on 3d Oct., 1803 .. 182 6 7 Amount of Rate received .. 9,359 7 2 Pensions payable to and money received for maintenance of. Lunatics at Hanwell and Colney Hatch Asylums at the charge of the County .. • •• ~ ~ •• 10 4 0 Total Receipt .. .. .. £20,157 13 1 EXPENDITURE. Lunatic Asylum at 'Taxmen— Ordinary repairs .. Interest paid .. Principal repaid Annuities to retired Officers .. .. £B5B 19 8 968 6 6 700 0 0 34 11 4 2,581 17 6 Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch Ordinary repairs .. 1,080 2 1 Improvements .. •• • • 98 16 3 Interest paid .. .. 3,221 8 0 Principal repaid .. .. 5,150 0 0 Annuities to retired officers 47 10 0 ------ Main t e nance of county lunatics .. .. • .. 9,606 16 4 2,835 9 10 Total e xenditare Balance in the Bank of England on 3d October £15,004 3 8 1863 5,153 9 5 £20,157 13 1 AS TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR THE ENLARGEMENT OE THE COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM AT RANWELL. De. Amount in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry Pownall, Esq., Henry Morris Eemshead, Esq., and the County Treasurer, ' on 4th July, 1863 .. .. • • .. .. £1,137 5 6 CR. Amount in the Bank of England in the above mentioned names on 3d October, 1863 xt , 13 7 5 6 AS TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR PROVIDING COUNTY IN DUSTRIAL SCHOOLS IN MIDDLESEX. DR. Amount in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry Pownall, Esq., Henry Morris Remehead, Esq., and the County Treasurer, on 4th July, 1863 .. • • £73 5 9 Received of George Crawshay, Esq., the sum authorised by the Court to be borrowed (on Bond No. 10) on mortgage of the County R ates .. 2 000 0 0 •• •• .• •• •• , £2,073 5 9 Cn. Amount in the Bank o f England in the above mentione I named on 3d October, 1863.. ~ £2,073 6 9 AS TO MONEYS BORROWED UNDER THE MILITIA LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1854. A.rnou i DR. b „, In n the Bank of England in the joint s lej'eS of llenry Pownall, Esq., Henry Morris en Esq., and the County Treasurer, £3B 13 2 '‘ a J uly, 1863 .. • • Amount i CR. menu: the Bank of England in the above "ed names on 3d Oct., 1863 • • 13 2 AS TO 110 2ctv. ~,V'DRROWED FOR ENLARGING THE HOUSE OF --.REcTION AT COLD BATH FIELDS. Ba n l a a m nee es i :f L e n. l3 ank of 114 ga E n i cf 1 1; 7 1 the joint Kemshead, 4 l 'ulynall, Esq , Henry M orris on 4th July, 1 8 6 3 ' and the Co un t y T reasurer, .. £13,533 12 6 - • • VcrriTilcleement } - x . • • I • Messrs. Chlnnock, lor:tiel,:r4lT in the New Buildi n Mr. George Nelson } aden • • • • .. 739 11 10 ventilating the new pavans for warmi ng aiad.•_for supplying Ap buildings (on aczount) Messrs. Chinnock, Newaccount of •their c •• for erecting the Buildin gs. —eir contract The Architect. for commission . .. The Clerk of the Works, for 12 weeks' wages.. ' 750 0 0 2,003 0 0 174 9 6 37 10 0 - - Total Exr enditure Balance in the Bank or Enzlandlii. the • £3,701 17 t named names on 3 rd October, 1663 4,,UVe... • 9,836 15 2 £13,63812 6 The accounts, of which the above la an abstraci;, wer e „ re mated to the Quarter Ses sions of the P ea' le for 31 ex iddle October 5, 1863, on the oath of Mr. Charlet Pettitt Allen, the Treasurer of the said county, and were al adited AM the same day by the following justices of the peace for the, said county, viz.: —Henry Morris liemshead (Chairman), Fra: ucis Brock man Morley, William Peter Bodkin, and( ;harles Woodward, Esquires, and were audited and allowed 1 ly the sa. me Quarter 4040190 on the 16th October, 1863. CRADLES P. ALLEN, Treafial !gr Of lii cicilcM4 129 19 0 10 13 7 0 1 8 - No. 22,251, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1863. 110 SE, Mayor. Tuesday, the 20th day of October, 1863, and in the 27th year of the reign of victoria, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, &c. Resolved unanimously, —That this Court receive with very great regret the intelligence of the death of their much respected brother, John Humphery, Esq. ; and, remembering the long period during which he devoted his valuable services for the benefit of his fellow-citizens, and the exemplary man ner in which he fulfilled the duties of the high and important public offices conne. - ;te 1 with the City, have a melancholy sat s' action in placing on record this testimony to his worth, and in expressinti their sincere condolence in the painful be reavement which has been sustained by his family and friends WO 0 DT II 0 R P.E. Now ready at the Libraries, in 3 vols., FLOItIA.N'S HUSBAND. "A brilliant work, beautifti ly written, and filled with very happily discriminated portraits."—Sun. "This powerful tale will excite avast amount of interest." 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Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. allowed to go farther the law and Constitution would be openly and flagrantly violated. Now he would read to them an unconscious corroboration of what he had been stating from a speech made in Georgia by Mr. Stephens, the present vice-president of the Confederate States, addressed to his constituents. And with regard ti this gentleman he was bound to say that until his State went over no man was more opposed to secession and more anxious for the Union. He pointed out clearly and distinctly the dangers and disas ters of a secession, and he was right :—" He was bound to say that the Northern States had always acted most liberally towards them. When they demanded that slaves should be brought from Africa to cultivate cotton, it was granted ; and Louisiana, Florida, and Texas—out of which eight States could be made —were permitted to have slaves. In point of fact, they in the South had always the control of the general government of the country, and the majority of the Presidents were chosen from among them. Out of 60, the North had only 24; of the judges, IS were from the South and 11 from the North ; Speakers in the House of Representatives, 23 from the South and 12 from the North; of the Attorney-Generals, 14 from the South and 5 from the North; foreign ministers, 86 to 54 ; and at least three fourths of the diplomatic agents abroad, and the principal embassies, so as to secure the markets of the world for their cotton and other produce." Was there ever such an indict ment unconsciously made by a speaker against any people ? Mr. Stephens, speaking to the people of Georgia, not know ing that he would be reported, and that his speech would come North, that it would come to him (Mr. Beecher), and be read by him to an English audience in Exeter-hall, carved at once into the very heart of the policy of the South, and told what were the plans and what the part the South had played for the last 50 years. (Hear, hear.) The real consistent policy of the South during all that time was, in addition to the control of the territories, to control the Go vernment, and to use both for the establishment of slave influence throughout North America. Now take notice that the North, hating slavery as slavery, and longing for its extinction, was unable till this war to touch slavery di rectly. They could only touch the slave policy —not slavery independently—because slavery was established by a State l a w, and subject only to State jurisdiction. Any direct at tempt on the part of the North to attack slavery would have been revolutionary and unconstitutional, (Hear, hear.) It would have destroyed the Constitution, because it would have been a violation of the principle of state independence. That Constitution, in fact, only took an English idea on a larger scale. We borrowed it from you. Many might not understand how there could be a State independence under a national Government. He was not very well posted in English affairs, but he understood that there be longed to the city of London certain private rights that the Parliament could not meddle with—(cheers)—and that there were other elements in which Parliament was as supreme in the city of London as in any other city within the realm. Now, if they understood that principle here they would un derstand the principle of the American Government, by which certain matters belonged to local jurisdiction and certain other matters belonged to the general Government. I n this country every man's house was his castle, and once inside it the householder, so long as he conformed to the l a w, could regulate his domestic concerns uncontrolled and without molestation. In like manner the American States were domestic households, and so long as the Constitution wa s kept up, in other respects no other State had a right to interfere with their domestic institutions. But in addition to these internal and domestic questions, the United States na me together for common purposes and created a general Government, to 'which they gave supreme authority on all questions affecting war and peace, the negotiation of treaties a nd all similar questions of general policy. The power to meddle with or interfere with the domestic economy of the separate States never was given to the general Government, a nd it could not be given. They would ask him, then, I, How is it you are doing so now ?" He had shown that it was only with the national policy as it went out of the States with which the national Government could deal ; that they were bound by the Constitution to abstain from i n t e rnal interference, and in honour, loyalty, good faith, and patriotism, they did abstain from such interference. It was only when the question was raised whether the na tional policy should be a slave or a free-soil policy whether their national policy should be free or slave, that the na tional Government was entitled and bound to in- He called the m all to witness to the forbearance and ter fe honesty with which th e North bad acted in the matter. Forbearanceiree was not a showy quality, honesty was not a shin i ng quality, but they were fundamental virtues, and for 80 years the North had stood faithful to her word, and re spected the local rights of States, even when those local rights were opposed to moral ri ghts — (hear)—and he thought that honest adherence to State rights and forbearance on the part of the North was one of those things of which they might be justly proud. (Oh, laughter, and cheers.) It was a pro dubot t Principle, a proof o f lib erty, an inspiration of that iChristian faith which is th e mot h er both of principle and y and he was proud to s a y th at there had been a re cognition of that fidelity and forb earance on the part of the North, whY ev en in respect to her worst enemies. That was the reason liberty; ih!North h d e id not iu the fi rst i nstance go to war fur er emanc ipation. went to wa r t o save the national in stitutions, to save the territorie s , t o save those laws which, if allowed operate througho u t a series of years, would first circumscr ibe, then suffocat e , and finally destroy slavery. (Lou d cheers.) That was the r eason why that most true, s i t s a , She honest, jet, and conscienti ous magistrate, Mr. Lincoln (Here the audience, both on the platform and in the hall, rose t o their feet and gave r e p eated cheers, amidst the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, which lasted some time.) How was it that the conflict changed its character from a war upon policy to a direct attack upon slavery itself ? It was because the South was so ill-advised as to beleaguer the national Government with slavery, and thus obliged the President of the national Government to decide between the sa f e ty of the nation a l institutions and th e s l avery b y w hi c h they were beleaguered. (Cheers) A man attacked on the highway by a robber obeyed the first law of nature in knock i ng his assailant down, and so when a nation was as sailed in its most vital interests by a local interest inimical to its welfare, it was the right of that nation t o d es t ro y it s n my, wh i c h, if not destrosed, would dest ro y i t . S o l ong easethe South allowed the issue to be one of policy, the attempt to shift t h e ground ; but when slavery ery shall b e t h e issue, the North could other but accept the c h a ll enge. As the police h right to enter your hou se so long as you obey the ldNtalloa:eed North no hbos n ad t iaid had n a right to do so when the law was broken, so, when a State defied a national Government, and violated the Constitution, the national Government bad a right to enter and protect the national rights. Bat it was said the Presi dent i ssu ed his proclamation for th e sa k e of political effect, andnot for humanity. (Cheers, and Oh, oh.) Why, the right of issuing the proclamation was politiCal, but the dis position to do so was not. Mr. Lincoln, as an officer in the Presidential chair, had no more right to consult his private feelingsa judge on the be nc h ; b ut when a judge saw that t rigid execution of th e l aw primitive justice went h right, judge was all th e more pleased. So, in the wi i n ri the case of slavery in the United States. In the time of peace slavery was a local institution which they could not touch. Now they did so because, since the war, slavery had been shoved out of its place as a local institution, had become a national and must be d ea lt w i th as such. (Hear.) He make that clear. H a d he done so ? (Loud p r enemy, iaedto cheers.) But it was said, " Why not let the South go, since they want to be at peace at ith you ?" (Hear, hear.) Because they would not; because they would be less peaceable sepa rate than together. Oh I if the South would go I But they were determined to stay. The North would gladly furnish a free passage for every mother's son of them if they would only go. (Loud cheers and laughter.) He wanted, how ever, to ask that meeting to stand in the place of Americans, and to test this question thoroughly. The war was com menced by the South under circumstances that compelled the North to join issue, and as the South meant to stay. the North said, " The territories are ours, we will not give them up." The South wished to cut the flag in two wh ich had covered both sections of the Union with glory a protection. The South had the key of the country in their its arsenals, and stores— they had possession o f possession, They robbed the country of its treasures,tbebest t • ipated officers in the army and navy —they had long anticipated and flee North prepared for the conflict, and when it commencedrs.fter North knew not whom to trust. (Hear, and chee n, marked what occurred, and when the gage was thrown, North to lie down as a spaniel would have Then aga i n , all eternity as cravens and cowards. (Cheers.)and of free in the honour and safety of the Government and be taken. The th fe e r m th to e tutions demanded that such a step the Constitution, and laid down the principle course pursued by the South was a sh fl o a ppermitted to say, " If minority was beaten they should be go to war." (Cheers.) you don't let us have our way(wceries rifCtipioleusthvaito,lwathioenn ofa of No, no.) Then he perpetrated 3,000 miles wWaosu gladld ta Englandaay that t m the it i ? in( tiribeeair7 hear.) Besides, if this away made no difference. dh n , a e , d . i a d not see why it should stop as applicable to countries also. right for e a million of men in a State to principle(regardedi(Bear.) r.) States, it t e e vis a:l e o n ws ere dthey it p w l e a a s s frome e d qual y therightefoonrtrol half, of the a quarter general an d when, as he said, it wa s h e ld lawful for a eSt: a million;ateitmust be held equally so for a c ountry, and even for government,ssecede when then acity, (Hearhenr The fact wa s th at slavery was at the bottom of it all, and as they had always been fighting with that devil, they knew the system better than the people of this country. (Hear.) The question of this sovereignty of independent States was discussed at the first convocation of delegates held in 1787, and a discusbion arose as to whether the separated colonies should be called a Confederacy, or a nation composed of several independent States. A resolu tion was proposed to form a confederacy, instead of a na tion. but when the draught was sent to the committee of revision, with the words " We, the people of the United States," for the purpose of forming a nation, the words were frar4e4 11 , Q to hays t, QOPSOOrtieh aAd thus tho o°44ti* NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established MI Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Immediately, in 4t0., with mavlifieent emblematic cover, price 215., or iu morocco, 31s. 6d., IjIHE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS. An Illustrated Edi•ion, from no less than GO Original Drawings by George Cruikshank, Leech, and Tenniel. 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The Committee rtst their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was hie horde, the ton he Wed, and where he lived and Oa The Itev o Henry Ward Beecher on England and America, One of the most imposing demonstrations that have oc curred for many years at Exeter Hall took place last night, to hear the lecture of the Rev. H. W. Beecher on the pre sent unhappy condition of America. Before the doors were opened at half-past 6, the entrances in the Strand and Exeter-street were crowded by thousands, and when the doors were open a fearful rush took place, happily without any accident to life or limb. The large room was crowded to overflowing in a few minutes, so that the vast multitude outside who were toiling and surging here and there to ob tain an entrance were obliged to go away disappointed. Curious enough the leading members of the committee, and even Mr. Beecher himself, had great difficulty in forcing their way through the anxious crowds that blocked up the doors. Some disturbance of the proceedings was expected, in consequence of it being well known that a number of persons having what are called " Southern proclivities" were in the room, but happily everything passed off quietly, and the rev. gentleman was permitted with scarcely any in terruption to continue his eloquent address, which lasted nearly two hours. At 7 o'clock the chair was taken by Ben jamin Scott, Esq., City Chamberlain, who was supported by the following gentlemen :—G. Thompson, Esq., Dr. Haley, Dr. Holland, Rev. H. Allen, D.D., John Kaye, Esq., Revs. J. Hinton, W. Tyler, J. C. Galloway, J. H. Byrnes, W. Dunkerley, Dr. Bunting, Dr. Jobson, A. Ray• leigh, J. Spark, Selim Martin, J. Spong, W. Cuthbert, J. B. French, Dr. Campbell, G. Wilkins, W. Brock, H. 3. Bebies, Dr. Hales, Professor Newman, Messrs. Newth, J. Cassell, Washington Wilks, Edmond Beales, Wm. Spicer, 3. W. Willans, J. Richardson, C.C., Rev. Newman Hall, Sir Charles Fox, James Beale, &c. As there were loud cries of "Time, time," and some im patience otherwise manifested as Mr. Beecher did not make his appearance, The CHAIRMAN rose, and begged they would allow him to inform them that the crowds outside the building were so dense that Mr. Beecher had not as yet been able to force his way through, and they were thus prevented from being as punctual as they should otherwise have been. It had been with the greatest difficulty that himself and some members of the committee forced their way into the building, and he hoped therefore they would make allowance if they were a few minutes behind time. He deeply regretted that Mr. Bright was not present, to fill the chair—(hear)--and for his own part he felt it his duty to state that it was not their object that evening to discuss the great American struggle now going on. (Hear.) There were many opportunities for discussing that momentous question, and their object then was to afford an opportunity to a distinguished stranger to address them on an absorbing topic. (Cheers.) He was, besides, a gentleman who, whatever opinions he may hold, was entitled to their profound respect as the son of Dr. Beecher and the brother of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. (Cheers.) As a stranger visiting their shores vi ho had par taken of their salt, as a man whether regarded as a minister of religion, a gentleman, or the uncompromising advocate of human rights, he was eminently entitled to their respect, and deserved their courteous attention, (Cheers.) He was quite sure therefore that this assembly of English men and women would support him in obtaining for him that re spectful hearing which was so eminently his due. (Hear.) That was the more necessary as his feelings and opinions were often misunderstood in this country, and perhaps mis represented, and as he was a stranger about to depart from their shores in a few days, he asked fur the opportunity of putting himself eight with the London public. (Hear.) They would then give him, he hoped, a patient hearing ; and as for himself (the chairman), he abstained advisedly from entering into a discussion of the question. The Rev. Mr. Beecher, however, had been its unpromising advocate for more than 25 years. Here the rev. gentleman entered the hall, and was re ceived with loud and long continued cheers. When silence was obtained, The CHAIRMAN proceeded—He had been, as he said, its uncomprising advocate for 25 years, in times of peace and before the present war —for the emancipation of the op pressed—broke out, and at a time when only a few thinking men on I he other side of the Atlantic were found advocating that cause. (Cheers.) He would in conclusion introduce to them the rev. gentleman. The Rev. H. W. BEECHER then came forward in front Of the platform and was received in the most enthusiastic man ner. When silence was somewhat restored, he thanked the chairman (he said) for the very kind introduction he received at his hands, and which required a single word from him. He should have been glad if he thought he deserved all the credit so generously ascribed to him by their worthy chair man; but he was not old enough to be the pioneer in a cause in which such men as Wild and Stewart, and Perrin and Smith, Lovett, and Wm. Lloyd Garrison, and that most accomplished speaker in the world,Mr.Wend ell Phillips,took an active share. When he thought of the exertions made by the benevolent class of Christians called " Friends ;" when he thought of the number of men, obscure in station and without name or position, who laboured from their earliest days in the same good work—and he semembored that he came in after all this had been done—he felt that honours were given to him which ho did not deserve, and were not, therefore, warranted, because wrested from others who deserved them better. (Cheers.) All he could say was, that he fell into the ranks under the able captains who directed the movement—that he fought as well as he could, or as he knew how. Now, having said so much on that point, and as that would be his last popular address in Eng. land, he was anxious to give a short glance at his preceding movements since his arrival. At Manchester he attempted to give a glance at what had been going on between North and South for the last 50 years, and to show that the present American war was only an overt act of what had thus oc curred during the last half century. He also endeavoured to show that the condition of the working or free labouring population throughout the world must be deteriorated and brought to a position of contempt and injury by the conti nuancei of slave labour, and th a t consequen tl y i t i ntereste d every free man on the face of the globe to have it finally and for ever extinguished, (Hear.) Ile contended that the South was the natural enemy to free labour all over the worl.l. (Cheers, and No, no.) In Edinburgh he endeavoured to prove that after the separation of the colonies from the mother country there was created out of the separate colo nies and States thus growing up a nation of United States totally distinct from each other as a general government,hav ing control over the finances and general resources of the entire, which the North now endeavoured to uphold and the South abandoned, because that Government was wielded and influenced by men who gave its influence and autho rity to the cause of freedom. In Liverpool he laboured—(a laugh)—to show that slavery in the long run must be the ruin of commerce and manufacture all the world over, be cause every one must be aware that a slave nation must be a poor customer, and consequently goods sold there must be at the very lowest profit. He also endeavoured to prove that it was for the interests of commerce and manufacture to pro mote in those countries the freedom of the human race, and not to allow some of the fairest portions of the earth to be treated in a manner which made them too poor to buy anything, He had thus endeavoured to rouse the atten tion of the British people to a just sense of their own in terests. He was aware that there were many circumstances which now made it difficult for him to make what he would term a balanced statement, so that no doubt should remain that slavery was the cause—the only c ause , an d th e so l e cause—of the gigantic and cruel war now going forward. (Cheers.) He asked them to look at the question from an to take their s t an di ng - po i nt an d American point of view; judge of their character and motives not from the enemy, but what they said themselves. There had, he knew, been some disagreement in feeling between Great Britain and America, but he did not want to argue that question now, only that the people of this country should consider each other's position. He did not want them to come to any de cided opinion upon the point, but merely to ask them to look at the state of things in the same point o f v i ew th a t th e y did, and let them form their judgments as th e y pl eas ed. the North was th e i r m i s f or t u ne, Their present position in not their fault. It had been said over and over again that by meddling wiih slavery they would make things worse ; but he never held that opinion, and never advocated the patting on the back those who were its upholders and pro.. moters. (Hear, hear.) Then came the question between the North and South of bringing in a slave State for every free one admitted into the Union, and for that purpose, having possession of the Government, they practised the most extensive bribery- It was bribery, bribery, bribery, in every department in the State. 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Ile shou in ld like order to justify that proceeding. like to know what the feelings of an Englishman would be, if he saw in the newspapers one fine morning th at the country from which his (Mr. Beecher'a) ancestors came from had proclaimed itself an. independent State—( a laugh) —and was followed by other countries on the southern coast proclaiming themselves an independent kingdom. (Laughter.) They might probably say that circumstances altered cases ; but he would ask, WAS it not as necessary to maintain national territory and national laws in America as it was in this country ? (Hear, hear.) But then it was said a great concession had been made because the Southern States offered the Northerns the free use of the Mississippi. What condescension I Why, it might as well be said, that if a parcel of gipsies took possession of their houses it would be an act of grace to allow them to enter them. (A laugh ) It was impossible that the two States could live on one con tinent as independent nations, and therefore a truce with them would be merely a cloud to produce a thunderstorm at any moment, whenever the Southerners found the means and the opportunity to take possession of the entire conti nent in the name of the devil and of slavery. (Cheers.) But it was said, why not let this contest end and allow the South to go ? Because the Americans did not wish to be come a military people. (Cheers.) A great many people said that America was becoming too strong—that she was dangerous to the peace of the world; but he would say that if this division was permitted the South would become a military nation,and the North would be compelled to become military also. With 1,500 miles of lines and forts to defend, the North would require a standing army of 250,000 men ; and when a nation had a large standing army she was in great danger. Before this war the legal force of the United States army was 25,000; the actual number was 18,000; and was all they wanted; indeed, the Tribune and other papers had written it down as too large; but let this division take place, and an army of 250,000 men would be required by the North, and one of not less than 150,000 cr 200,000 for the South ; and when America was compelled to have armies like these, like a boy with a knife, the will always be wanting to whittle with them. (Laughter and cheers.) It was the interest, then, of the world that the American nation should be united and under the control of that part of the nation that had always been for peace, and that the government should be wrested from that section of it that had always been for annexations, filibustering, and snub bing nations. (Cheers.) But on religious grounds there was a higher, more solemn, and national trust; and the Americans felt, as he did, that he and those whom he addressed had a solemn moral responsibility for that country and for the other portions of the globe. But how much more was that the case when it applied to their own nation and the Church in America that in their vast territories there was a glorious sphere to build up a Church that would make the hearts of all good men everywhere glad ? (Great applause.) They could not help slavery in the States before the war, but now that it had become a declared public enemy it was their duty as Christians to see that slavery should never again be in a position to blight this fair Western territory. (Cheers.) When he stood and looked out upon that immense territory—(great interruption, and cries of "Put him out")—when he looked at that vast territory he felt bound, as an individual man, as a citizen, as a Christian minister, to ask, Will you permit this terri tory to be darkened by this storm cloud P Will you permit the acres which lie between the Pacific and the Atlantic to groan with unrequitted toil when it is in your power to pre vent it ? (Cheers.) The Americans were sending mission aries to all parts of the world to aid in its civilisation and evangelisation, and yet there were men amongst them who counselled them to give up America to the devil, and not do another thing. (Cheers.) He said, apart from all ques tions of finance or commerce, it was their duty as Christians to save that vast continent from the blast and blight of slavery. And yet how many were those whose voic:s were sounding up and down all over England "Let slavery go ?" A story was told of that great man, Sir Fowell Buxton, that when a large favourite dog of his was seized with hydrophobia, and was dashing hither and thither and up and down the streets to the danger of all passers by, he seized it by the neck, and, notwithstanding its immense strength, he held it until help came to him to enable him to chain it up, What would an Englishman of the type of the Times said had he been there'? "Let him go—let him go." (Cheers.) Was there a man there who did not feel the nobleness of the man who restrained that mad dog from going about biting women and children? and were they to let this hell dog of slavery madly go biting millions in the future? No, we will peril life and limb first. (Loud cheers.) These facts were not magnified but mini mised in his statement of the case. No man could under stand these arguments and feelings unless he had been in the midst of American society and was impressed with the sentiments of the North—deeper than the sea, firmer than the hills, serener than the sky over their heads where God dwells. But it had been said what a ruthless war this war is I and ho had seen it stated that a pestilential reverend fellow had come over from America to preach the Gospel, and it was said he was in favour of the war to extermina tion. (Hear, hear.) Well, if he said so, he'll stick to it. (Hisses, answered by cheers.) Yes, he repeated it. (Hisses and cheers.) But when his words were quoted on that point he asked them to take the explanation, not from his enemies, but from himself. He believed this war was the test of their American institutions, that it wan a life and death struggle between liberty and slavery, and that it was the cause of the common people. He believed that all free people would be stronger if they suppressed this oligarchyof slave holders, and that every oppressed people would be weaker if the North was pushed to the wall. (Hear, hear.) The Americans believing this—that the war was a test of their Constitution, their laws, their liberties, and their future destiny, and standing before the great responsibility thus cast upon them— were prepared to place them all upon the altar, and he said that the North would perish rather than this Western civilisation should be destroyed, (Cheers.) If the people of the North were willing to make these sacrifices in their own homes and families, was it to be expected they should stop the war for the sake of the South ? Should they be expected to do for them what they would not do for them selves ? No—standing by his own hearth—, s tanding onof the altar of the Church—in all places—and in en names and memories of the illustrious deadr—esheedeeelared they would sacrifice in 10 or 20 years , as the . case m a y everything they had in the world bat principle. (Hear, and some hisses.) If the love of public liberty be dead in Great Britain they would not un derstand him; but if it lived as it did in the time of their ancestors, as well as of his, they would guess the firm and invincible determination with at all hazards, and at of the North to fight the war th eome strong marks of dis approbation,)every cost. (Loud cheers, • "v t he regretted to say that some On this Pin, of the public organs in this country had delibe . rately and the truth. (Loud cries of " the knowingly suppresse d . . an d considerable hisses and groans.) It limes, the Times, that the North had no sincerity was said, in conflict,thistherstplace that the blacks were treated in carrying on th a n they eyer had I..een or were now in there much worse Th . at was a monstrous lie. (Loud the Southern Ststes. It wa s said again that . the proclamation for eman cheers.) cipating t h em was a mere political trick, and that the war now raging w as an unprincipled squabble among men who mad with national vanity. Oh I what a pity that bad gon e writers like those should not feel in their apostacy the efforts ma de by them in early day s f or th e lib er t y o f the slave! (Loud cheers.) But even if all these monstrous li e s were true, it would not alter the fact, that the North in its struggle was only promoting the sacred cause of liberty. (Cheers.) When their army fought at W a t er l oo, the . soldiers engaged in that conflict did not know the tremen dous moral consequences that were to follow and depended o n that battle. It was not what the Briti s h so ldi er felt or thought, but the interests of th e B r i t i sh empire ; and so it wa s at present. The war was no doubt looked upon in this country with horror, and as something very wonderful ; but he would ask them what land or shore the prowess of their own ships had not seen and conquered ? what land wa s there on the habitable globe that their soldiers had not conquered P Why, the great trumpet of the resurrection, when it sounded at the last day, would find, at the great muster to be made, B r i t i sh soldiers from every place under heaven. (Cheers,) Then, as to the allegation that they were fighting against their own blood. Had not England, on a late occ as i on, poured troops into Canada, and made the most formida ble e p n rep w a e r r a e tio ta n k s agai en nst their own h d blood,mer ely because two sn (Cheers, and cri es o f Oh, oh.) Old m En n gland ashamed T ed re o n f t a . war I Why she planted her standards and national ensigns in fields of bl oo d i n all parts of the earth. (Cheers.) The American people imitated their pluck, and they would fight to the last. Next to this came England giving her moral sympathy to the South. (No, no.) Well, he, like most of themselves, did not believe all he read in the limes—(cheers , and three groans for the 2 imes)—but he, also, like them, read the Times, and he generally found that the last argu ment used by those he talked with was the last argumen t of the limes. (Laughter.) It unfortunately happebonwe and those who sympathised with the North shot with e Atlantic ; arrows that could not reach 3,000 miles acrossite envenomed but those who supported the South shot with the which arrows of slander, calumny, and misre- r h e t the Americans thoug ht t g consider a part of reached the whole distance. If they had been tenderly sensitive, they that feeling was caused by the representations which h a d been made of the feelings of this country when they were struggling against slavery for Russians f re edom, (A. Voice—Ho w about the Russians ?) Well, with reference to the in New York, there bad been a little coquetting there, All Imes , / that when a lady thoughtnevib (Laughter.) They aa eedent y attentive, she took a suitor was not aubeau, and flirted with him in the face of her suitor. In like man ner New York was flirting with Russia, but she had her eye upon England all the time. (Laughter.) But it was said that such attentions to Russia while she was oppress , j ag Poland were unworthy of such a country as America. yQice--09 A iii.) nil 110 0 4414 fiQ too-(c110m)- f~4 ARMY CONTRACTS. 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AZwAk,_ — v - Vr - \ 7 tl, and ii6W they Would understand hew the 4- when England flirted with Mr. Mason at t. t' r4 4' banquet. (Cheer, and three groans for th 4. ? ' c)9 4 1i 43e It did the Americans good to be told of etl, : England, and he hoped England would not be . Norseg of being told by th e A mer i cans of hers; but when . !anti I looked for en ally she should look to her own people—to those who spoke her own language, and enjoyed her own religion. He stood there to declare that America was the national ally of England. He stood there to declare that an alliance with a foraign nation against America was mon strous, and that Americans flirting with whiskered and bearded Pandeurs was monstrous also. (Cheats.) But the flag with the cross of St. George, and that with the star s of hope and promise, should go together. When England was misrepresented, then he knew he had denounced Eng - land; but since he had come to England he was prepared to carry back—not from the expressions of feeling at public meetings alone, but from such significant facts HS the de tention of the s , eatn rams in Liverpool—from such weighty words as those, uttered by Earl Russell at Botirgowrie, and I) 3' the Attorney- General at, Richmond—feelings that would Prof essor come ho me to and warns the hearts of the American people. (Loud c h eers.) t this P. W _ . NEWOLtX then moved, and the Rey. 1-I.a.nn seconded, the following re so l u ti on : ' fl eeting presents its cordial thanks to the Rev. Henry Ward Beeche r for the eamirable address which ho has delivered this evening, and expresses its hearty sym pathy with his reprobation of the elaveholder's rebellion, his vindication of the rigb. t 8 of a free government, and his aspirations for peace and friendship between the English people and their American brethren ; and as this meeting f eeognises in Mr. Beccb.er one of the early pioneers of negro em ancipation, its well as cne of the most eloquent and suc cessful of the champions of that great cause, it rejoices in this opportunity of congratulating him on tho triumph with which the labours of himself and his associates have been herioswcnaebdininett:,he anti-slavery policy of Pr es id ent Lincoln and The Rev. Mr. BEECIIER having briefly returned thanks, the proceedings terminated.—Adrertiser. Trial of Armour Plates, Steel Guns, &es, at St. Petersburg. fur. On Wednesday, the 17th of October, INS,, ther trials took place at St. Petersburg with the experimental nine-inch rifled cast steel , gun. This gun is of solid cast steel, made by Krupp, and throws a 3001 b, shell or a 4501 b. solid shot. The results of previous experiments with this gun led the Russian Government so order fifty of them, which are now in course of d e li ver y. The principal objects of the experiments on the 7th inst. were to ascertain the best description of shell, and to test the quality of armour plates supplied by Messrs. John Brown and Co., of Sheffield. First, a series of cast iron shells, 3001 b. each, were fired at different ranges, and then shells made by Krupp were fired at the 41-inch armour plates. .The first shell, of hard cast steel, was 224 inches long (two an d a half diameters), with a flat end four inches in diameter. Fired with 501 b. of powder at 700 ft. distance it passed through the plate, oak and teak backing, and broke into many pieces, although filled with sand only. The second and third shells were also of Krupp's steel, the same length, but Gain. ends. These shells pierced plates, wood, &c., and also went to pieces, although only filled with sand. The fourth shell was made by M. Potoleff, of paddled steel, on Aboukoff's system, the same dimensions as the second and third, and went through iron, teak, &c., but was only bulged up from 9in. to 12in., and the end flattened ; not a single crack being visible in the shell. The fifth shell, the same as the fourth, passed through iron, teak, and the second target, and went at least a mile beyond. The sixth and seventh shells were from Krupp, and were charged with powder; they were quite flat-ended, 9in. diameter. One ex ploded in the plate, the other in the wood. The eighth and ninth shells were of cast iron, and al though they passed through the plates were, of course, destroyed. Evening prevented further trials, which will yet be made on the same plate. The results on the plate were highly satisfactory. In a space of 4ft. Gin. by 3ft. Gin, eight holes were made without any crack of the slightest descrip tion ; and the marine officers present were highly satisfied, because they are obtaining 4,000 tons of plates from Messrs. John Brown and Co. for their different ships. The English Government would do well to note the progress the Russians are making in gunnery. Cast steel guns are decidedly before any yet pro duced in England of any other metal. The 9in. 1 gun of Krupp has been fired with 3001b,-shells and 501 b. of powder about 70 times without any flaw, and the Russian Government will shortly be in a position to obtain in St. Petersburg a large supply of cast steel guns, made from Russian iron, by Rus sians, on Aboukoff's system, which is very near the same as Krupp's. _..~.~ rt COURT OF ALDERMEN. A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday in the Alder men's Chamber at Guildhall, the Right Hon, the Lord Mayor in the chair. The LORD MAYOR, at the commencement of the business, said it was his painful duty to inform th e Court officially of a sad circumstance which, since thelast meeting, had be fallen them. and of which they all no doubt were aware from other sources, namely, the death of an old and valuable friend, Mr. Alderman Humphery. He was well known to all the Court, and he was sure he would have the sanction of every member present, that he had done much to preserve the honour and dignity of the Court, and deserved great credit both as a public and a private man, and had the good opinion of all. Mr. Alderman COPELIND said, as the senior alderman of the Court, it devolved upon him to submit a vote of condo lence to the widow of the late G. Humphery, Esq. He had the honour to be Lord Mayor at the time Mr. Alderman Humphety was elected by the ward of Aldgate to fill the office of magistrate for that ward, and he was sure no ono better could have been selected for their confidence. He had known him both as a private friend and as a magistrate, and knew his worth, and esteemed him, as he was sure all did who had had the honour of his acquaintance. He had lived a long life well spent, and he had brought up his children in a way which it would be well for all to emulate, and he only hoped that now his life was taken away, he would go to those happy realms which his conduct on earth merited. The worthy alderman said he had had the misfortune now to see 50 of his brethren pass away, which was a large number of friends to lose from time to time, and there was no knowing whilst deploring those who had gone before, who might be the next to follow, and it behoved them all to do their best for the benefit of society, and to discharge faithfully the duties which d evo l ve d upon t h em. W h il st d eplor i ng the the sad loss w hi c h they had sustained, he must congratulate c ot Court upon h av i ng a gen tl eman c h osen t o fill t h e vacant office who, fr om hi s exper i ence, was i n every w ay qualified to succeed such a worthy predecessor. Mr. Alderman Wiesost said while his friend who had had spok en h a d seen 50 o f th e b ret h ren pass awa_Y,. t u e was seen 40. He felt the loss of his friend very ke d en te lY s ) i a y ' t to his on very intimate terms with him, and co,l in losing him worth both as a friend and public man, and they had lost a most useful member of ' :part of his junior Sir J. DUKE on his own part,and on Lon said of their brethren, concurred in all that had i n of Ur. Alderman lamented friend, and upon the m otio n °f Wilson, a Copeland, which was seconded by loss s ir• `• of their much respected vote of regret was passed for the 1 0 ° , cra. Hum her for the brother, and also of condolence t - ` u was passed unanimously, a n d loss she had sustained, which was j o urnals of the Court, and ordered to be entered upeo o t „ irs. numphary. a copy ordered to be se n L t n t Ett it sl s ELECT. The return of the election J. gmhry, Esq .) d eceased, was had been unanituously elected. THE A of an alde, to ir.nEentsraciots.; u obf c e e ti In t: : candidateA ld given,g a t e announcing, f n o r t h t h e .ee ince, that Andrew c e e d e 'L d u WKIT E .: I d P oing so,said he appeared, with a large num.. al derman, and, inhabitants of the ward of Aldgate, to in - troduce e Nv t nhaeerwd onlyao lf thod3iayes and the members of the Court of Alder an who had been ”entleme recently unanimously elected men)a t that ward in that h' to represent highly privileged Court, in person of s friend and neighbour, Andrew Lusk, Esq. the They to r t f e Lord did not come before the Court so much because they did nct know the gentleman who had been elected, but be cause it was a Crne-hon oured custom, and they,a s English men, wished as Much as possible to retain the character of those ancient customs which had been handed down from time immemorial, They, as members of the ward, were pleased to be able to testify to their satisfaction at having the right and privilege to elect whom they pleased to fill the office of alderman and magistrate of their ward. They had great pleasure in introducing to the Court a gentleman who e "a'. , for a number of years carried on business in the City, and who,as a member of the Court of Common Council and Sheriff, had given the Court some insight as to the mannetrill_, which he fulfilled his duties, and ho was quite sure he w w o h with equal satisfaction, fulfil the duties of the office to i he had been recently elected. He felt, with the other .l,ew. .ch gentle men present, that it was a great and valuable privi of e which the the inhabitants of every ward had in the rightand trusted whom they chose to fill the post of magistrate, he that the gentleman whom they p honour to himself. his duties with credit to the office and took the usual oaths, The newly-elected aldermanwould discharge and was afterwards handed round A ses th eengratubations of each thernes e en C t o e u d rt by Mr. Sewell, the swordbearer, and reeigYow. number present. "TRIFLES MAKE THE SUM OF LlFE."—Charles Dickens. Tel By W. 11. 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