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METROPOLITAN AND PROVINCIAL LAW ASSOCIATION. AGGREGATE MEETING IN LEEDS. On Wednesday afternoon last a meeting of delegates cif the profession from all parts of the kingdom, convened by the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Association in ,zon- junction with the Leeds Law Society, was held at. the Philosophical Hall, Leeds. The gentlemen present included, amongst others, the following :—London—Mr. E. S. Bailey, cbairraan of the managing committee of the society ; Mr. E. W. yield, Mr. E. Bereham, Mr. W. Sheen, the secretary ; Leeds — Messrs. J. H. Shaw, R. E. Payne, J. Sa - ngste3r, E. Bond, T. T. Dibb, W. S. Ward, J. Bulmer, T. G. Teale, Daw son, E. Addison, A. Horsfall, J. Dunzing, R. L. Ford, R. Barr, W. Bruce, H. Snowdon, S. L. Booth, F. Ferns, S. Clapham, S. Hick ; Liverpool—Mes,,rs. H. H. Slatham, R. A. Bayne, George Webster, and F. Horner ; Man chester—Messrs. F. F. Beever, G. Thorley, J. Street, J. Jordon W. H. Partington, T. B a k e r, F. Robinson ; York--G. H. Hodgson, J. Richardson, Breary ; lan caster—J. Hall ; Hull—W. H. m o ss, J. Shackles, G. Stamp ; Birminghara—J. W. Allnett, A. Ryland ; Wren ham—J. Lewis; Lincoln—J. Moore ; Sunderland—J. Burn ; Horncastle—J. H. Parkinson ; Holbury—J. Bail don Maidstone—J, Case ; Wakefield—J. Nettleton ; Bradford—J. Taylor. Upon the motion. of J. H. SIIAW, Esq., E. S. BAILEY, Esq., chairman of the committee of manage ment of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Society, took the chair, and, in opening the proceedings, said it mus t b e matter of congratulation to all to see such a numerous assembly, more especially so when they considered that several present were a deputation from, or representatives of, a much larger body, who would have been present had not circumstances under which they were placed prevented thean. (Hear.) Ono additional reason why the attendance had n.ot been more numerous was the fact, that the day of meet 'sag had been fixed without bearing in mind that that was rthe week of the sessions throughout the kingdom—(hear) - and that, which he knew, had had the effect of de -priving them of the presence of many valuable and esti mable members, who would otherwise have been amongst them that day, and who 'deeply regretted their unavoidable absence. Amongst. these gentlemen were the two Messrs. Palmer, of London ; Mr. Haigh, of Selby ; Mr. Striven, of Northampton ; Mr. Yonng, of Size-lane, London ' • Mr. Dodd, of Stockton ; Mr. Lawson, of Carlisle ; Mr. C ron sley; of Man chester ; Mr. Watson, of Liverpool ; Mr. Sharpe, of Lancaster; Mr. Hughes, of Shrewsleury, and other gentlemen, who had sent letters ezpe - essive of their sincere regret that other and imperative engagements precluded their attendance that day. The attendance that d a y of so large a body of gentlemen ren dered it unnecessary to enter rate any lengthened vindication of the objects 9f th e m e t ro ._ olitan and Provincial Law Asso ciation, because their presie nee proved the interest they took in the objects of therassoe • iation. One great object :was tore. store—if he might so te to the stain 3 that, it fr, rm it—their branch of the profession rmerly occupied, and which they felt it ought to occupy • ne..6 only for their own advantage, but also for the advar naTe of the public ; for he was satisfied that it was of more importance to the 'public that their branch of the p . &eSSitpn -should - maintain its dignity, character, position, and resp ~etabntLy than any other branch of the legal proks sion ; 'indeed; of any other profession existing, a ways excer . .cing the clergy. (A. plause.) This would be apparent wiv.m it was considered what high and important duties were ast upon , the selieitor, and which none bat persons of eclue. e tioa, integrity, and high tone of feeling could properly dis charge. Tony ware consulted in the more important matters aTecti:tg rasa and society, and it became therefore the duty, as it was Pie inWostofthe public to uphold them iutheir pro per position_ Andt yet the recent disposal of patronage, and the recent eouraa 9f legislation, had been, he could uotsay to alegrade, bnk certainly to lower their branch of the profession, by depriving them of high and ralnahle oilices whlch they had formerly b cid ~ and to which they were justly entitled. It was. not eout/ailed that as a body, they hail forfeited their claims to these di etinetlens byany change in their character or conduct ; on tile contiaryilt muse he admitted by ail who considered or under stood - the subject, that' their branch of the pipfes. , ion haal. - never lxien ailed by more intelligent, high-minded, or able -non than (he might use the term)then adorned it. Every me an jx , r of theLcgialature had his oWll.pr ofessionil adviser, to wham - with the utmost coufideupe ho entrusted the business relating 'to his property, anti often his eharactor, and his must inti mate relations in life.. Doubtless, it was matter of congra tulation In having secured a person in whom such confidence could be 'placed ; and whilst, therefore, they as a body were individually highly esteemed by their respective clients in their private capacity, yet, in their legislative capacity they had certainly of late done. all in their power to lower the status, mil thereby most effectually impair the efficiency, of their body.. This ought not to be, nor was it just to the public that it should be, and he trusted, therefore, that the professi'en would never cease to agitate until they had sat them&t.lves right in too estimation of the public, and regained the p osition which they were so justly entitled to maintain. ( 111- r.) There, was, however, one reason for this, and, iu w'averting to le, - he desired to be considered as not speaking Anvidiously, for he did not wish to do so, nor would the meeting bear with him if he did not. It, however, happened that since the peace in 1315, the- army and the navy being comparatively closed to the younger sons of the aristocracy and t'e higher .classes of gentry, they had in large numbers become members of the bar. That was proved by the re turns, which showed that in 1317 there were 5,941 attorneys and 891 members of the bar ; whilst, in 1854, there were 3,845 members of the bar, and 11,326 attorneys ; so that iu ISI7 the members of the bar were not one-seventh of the whole, and now they were nearly one-third. (Hear.) The result was, that' the bar mast have some employment over a-ad aboire that which the legal business of the country gave them. Consequently, it an appointment became vacant, au honourable appointment, and one which reflected dignity and; respect upon their branch of the profession, and which for merly had been filled by them, it was taken away from the solicitor or attorney, and colferred on a barrister of a certain standing. These appointments were given to the bar, not only in the ordinary way of patronage, but absolutely by acts of Parliament. (Hear.) lie repeated that these observation:, were not meant invidiously towards the bar, for whom, as a body, he in common with all present must entertain the highest respect and esteem. The bar of England had been the surest safeguard of our constitution, and was justly considered one of the brightest ornaments of the country—he might add, of the world. All ho desired was, that they should keep within their own limits; and whilst they engaged in their own just rights a - ad privileges to the utmost, they should not trench upon those of the other branch of the profession. Any attempts to do so, he was convince 1, would in the end fail, if the attorneys and solici tors were ouly true to themselves (hear, hear)—for if they could be brought together to act as an united body and with a cordial understanding, there was no point of right (and they wanted nothing but that which was right) which they would not be able to carry. (Hear, hear,) There was another point which was of importance to their branch of the profession and the public. There had been a great many changes recently attempted in the Legislature of the country. Commission after commission had been appointed; and who had been placed upon them ? High-minded and honourable men, no doubt, and men of talent ; but in most—indeed, in almost all—eases, they had not had practical men joined with them; and the very want of practical men of their branch of the profession, who would have informed them of the prac tical working of the proposed measures, was the reason why many of these proposed measures had fallen to the ground ; whilst those which had passed into law had proved so crude and ill-digested that it had been found impossible to carry them effectively out, and they had, therefore, become com paratively useless. Whether this had arisen from jealousy, or whether their branch of the profession was not thought worthy to be associated with those persons of whom those commissions were composed, ho could not say, but certain it was they had not been associated with them. The exertions, however, which' had been made since the formation of their association, had in some degree stopped this downward career. It had been seen that they were not disposed to allow them selves to be degraded without a struggle. He would point, as an example, to the case of the registrations of assurances commission, on which two distinguished members of their branch of the profession had been appointed. That was a move in the right direction, and he believed that in cons:.s.; ~luence of that committee would come out. in the the efforts shape of a report better considered and better capable of being carried out than some which had preceded it. They must, therefore, all feel—if lie hid carried them along with him— the necessity of unity amongst themselves. If that were so, how could- that. best .he accomplished ? Their local asso ciatioua were unquestionably productive of good, and in the until of England they might well be proud of them. (Hear, !wale) Local associations, however, would not alone do. It w.es not as several distinct bodies, but as one con centrated., body, that they must move. They must move as one ; e l o ad they could only do this by uniting themselves with the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Association, whose object was to carry out by a concentrated effort what he had attempted to describe ; and he thought that the good that this association had already accomplished was a proof that if properly supported it was capable of accomplishing all they could deatre. (Hear, hear.) He was sorry to say that, though : the number of their profession reached 11,326, the number'of the members of their association scarcely amounted to 1,000. (Hear.) It was deeply to be regretted that at the present moment they had hardly one eleventh of th e i r b o d y enrolled as members, but he hoped this would bealtered ; and it was a matter of congratulation that though the number was comparatively small, it contained some of the best names in the profession. (Hear, hear.) The meeting at Derby had been productive of great good, and he trusted that the pre sent meeting would be productive of even greater good. (Hear.) If they felt the importance of this association, and the great good effected by its means—if they exerted them selves, every one individually, to obtain additional members and the co-operation of the great body of the profession, and by these means nave the association greater efficiency, th e y would be successful in placing the society upon such a basis as to carry out the objects for which it was established. (Ap plause.) He would make one observation to prove the neces sity for increased exertions and increased funds; and in alluding to the funds, he must say they could not be more economically managed, and they were onl y expended in what hi the strictest sense were proper objects. Beyond the pay ment of their house rent, the salary of their worthy secretary, and. printingand publishing of their reeve , and papers, there was not another item of expenditure. But what was the instance to which he had alluded ? Two bills were intro duced into Parliainent last session, as important, perhaps, as any that had been introduced for a very many years. One was the bill of the South Sea Company, and the other Regis tration of Ass e e e ,, ecesg Anythin m vicious in p r inciple or more destructive of the interests than these bills he could not con ce i ve. , A pplause e of the public 1 How such measures ever assumed a definit e eo rre h e not understand; and still more unaccountable was the fact, th a t sanction of one who, had been these measures received the one of the b r i g ht es t orna ments of the bench, and some of the merchants and bankers of the Dui were brought into Parliament their association opposed them ; b form of private bills, and as the h as they had assumed the effective must necessarily be enpe °Z . :shim to the bills to ho conduct the opposition prevented thee, as th s e want of funds to effec tually opposing the bills. Fortunately, notwithstanding from heavy drains on their fiends, the Incorpor a t e d thstanding the stepped forward in this hour of need. Their Lah c l Society he hoped he might be excused naming him, for pre had done sident, ent, and excellent service to the profession and the public, devoted his valuable time and talents to the opposition, in which he w, most ably supported by another member of that body, Mr. Gregory, jun. ; and by their united efforts these bills were thrown out. That opposition, however, although the ex pense was confined to actual money payments, cost a very large sum. It was manifest therefore they could not expect great results from the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Asso ciation, unless funds were furnished for carrying out and sup. porting the objects for which that society was formed. (Hear, heal. • ) Ho trusted therefore that on every ground, as ancting themselves and the public, this association would m,N3 witht every possible support ,. an d that none of them would ce ase their efforts until they had rea l ly placed it on that footing which w o would make it truly valuable as an insti t ition. hear.) E. W. FIELD, Esq. , proposed the first resolution, which was as follows :—" That for the p ur p ose of carefully con • sidering every projected alteration in the law, as well as e to maintain the rights and increase the efulness of the profession, it is important that the attorneys and solicitors body." Having : th e ki ng d om should form an united Having armed tliat laws were worthless unless there were perions possessing' legal 'information to carry them into THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENINeI, OCTOBER 30, 1644. effect, he proceeded to observe that both in ancient and modern days the profession of the law in every civilised state had been of the very highest importance—s3cond per haps to none. The necessity of introducing judicious ame liorations of the law was admitted by all ; but if they looked at the statutes passed by the British Legislature with'n the last 10 or 15 years, how many would they find that had become dead letters / How many had been framed in utter ignorance of what was absolutely necessary to bring them to bear upon. society? The most cursory glance at many of their acts would show how ignorant were those who framed them of the requisites for carrying their own laws into practical operation. (Hear, hear.) A great deal of this was owing to the distinctions existing in this country between the bar and the solicitors, who were—if they went really to the bottom of the thing—the mere servants of the bar. The judges were of the bar, and acted and made rules for the professioi with bar prepossessions, with views drawn from bar practice, and with an earnest desire to uphold at the expense of one branch of the profes sion, though they may not know or intend it, and of the pub lic at large, the interest so called, of the bar. (Hear, hear.) Why was there this arbitrary distinction between the bar and solicitors in this country ? Ho regarded this as an interesting question of economical science, and well wor thy the attention of political economists. If they went to America, they would find there a body of lawyers than whom none could be found nom distinguished. Who sent to England their best text-books, their Storeys, their -Kents, _ and such works as Sedgwick, on the measure of damages a matter never touched by any English writer 3 They come from America. They naturally asked, what were the arrangements of the legal profession in a country where they found lawyers becoming presidents of the republic, as was the case with General Pierce, who was a successful lawyer before he became a soldier. They found that, practically, each took the department he thought best suited to himself ; some acting very much as an attorney does in England, and others spending the greater portion of their time in the courts as advocates ; but there was no distinction in legal status between the two. (Hear.) Were they wise to allow in England the continuance of the present wide gulf between the two branches of the pro Cession? that was a question which lay at the bottom of Cie efficiency or non-efficiency of the administration of the law, (Applause.) The speaker then turned to the abortive statutes which had been passed by the Legislature within the last few years, especially mentioning the .tia leering in the bankruptcy laws, which he said had been altered Ind re-altered, modelled and re-modelled, extensive provisions introduced, and enormous expenses incurred, which never would, have been heard of if practical lawyers had been consulted, and if practical knowledge, instead of theories 'destitute of any pervading principle, had been allowed to _have weight in the framing of those-laws. (Hear, hear.) Adverting to the different systems of England and AmeriCas he said that he asked the opinion of Mr. Dudley . Field, one of the most able lawyers of New York, as to the emeriean system, and he received for answer, " Do you think that Storey or Greenleaf, or other such text-writers. would have been able to write the books they have, if they had not begun by practisiug as solicitors, and been in the habit of' confidential personal intercourse with all classes: of the People with whom they had to deal ?" (Applause.) The question was - by some regarded as theoretical ; but he concurred with a learned judge, who said the other day that it woul in a short -time become one of the must preseing practical subjects bearing upon the welfare of tee lege , professidn and Vee - administiettion of the law. (Applause ) He then! referred to the reeistratien seheme of the session be fore last, which he eharacteriszyl as . the most ignorant and raisehimus project ever propounded, and one which might well be laughed at and ridieulod by any man who had spent a fortniiht with his eyes open in a solicitor's office. It would have entailed enormous expenses upon the owners of pro perty ; it would have gone - far to render every title in the country bad, and it would have made the transfer of land - next to impossible. (Hear, hear.) Referring to the . regula. 'lons of 'professional remuneration by Act of Parliament, he said the Jaws of bygone ages regulated the charges of dealers in most'of the necessaries of life, but this ignorant legislation had ions ago given place before the rational princip'e of leav iag prices to be regulated by supply and demand, to all classes pf the community except solicitors. In their case only thd antiquated absurdity was still retained. He illus trated its absurdity by several instances. One was that they were paid at the rate of ls. per folio, so that if they had a draft oil a hundred folios, and simply wrote it out, they were entitled' to 51. It was often much less laborious to frame a long draft than a short one, and if they spent half a day or a day iu shortening the draft, so as to make it not more than tiny folios, but probabry more valuable for their client, on ac count of the mental labour, then they would have their bill re. dineed to 21. 103. ; thus losing half their fee, besides all their time and trouble. These arbitrary and- v i c i ous regulations—to which, by the way, the bar was not subjected—made it the immediate and apparent, though not the ultimate or real, interest: of lawyers to object to improvements ; but if these restrictions were removed, and they could charge fairly and equitably, then they would be free from all temptation, or the appearance of temptation, unfavourable to legal returns. Nuothet• of the crying evils which the public sustained, by these restrictions upon attorneys, was the high premiLmi they of ired for employing the bar where no real necessity existed. He gave a strong instance of this in Chancery prac tice. Their interlocutory questions, which used to be dis cussed in court, and by the employment of barristers, might now be disposed of at the judges' chambers, through the agency of the so'icitor ; and he had not suafrequently spent a considerable part of the night in preparing for an argument on such points in chambers the following day, and sense hours during the following day in the judges' chambers. For these exertions he might claim 13s. 40. ; or it the officer were in, a generous mood, get If. ls. But if instead of taking this trouble ho went to chambers with a mere glance at the papers, and stated that there was any difficulty in the ease, and that it had better be taken into court, it was readily ordered, and he would get his 13s. 4d. for attending the court, or sending a clerk to attend it, besides his six or Berea guineas for preparing the brief for counsel. So that here again the regulations were made to work advan tageously for the barrister, by inducing attorneys to place briefs in their hands ; and disadvantageously for attorneys and their clients, whose interest it was to have the work done well at a reasonable cost. (Hear, hear.) The arid trary rules of pay imposed on their branch of the proteesion presented to the judgment of the political economist many other contradictions to those rules which nature itself under the free-trade principles of supply and dery end displayed, not only in many other occupations, but even in that branch of the legal profession which was the lawgiver on this subject to attorneys and solicitors. By nature, skilled and experienced labour obtained higher wages ; by the legal tariff imposed on attorneys the work of the attorney who at tained the age of 21, and was admitted last term, was assessed at the same rate as the work of the most able veteran of the profession ; while by the rules of the bar a higher fee must always be paid to the veterans than to the juniors Another point of similar interest was the special rule to exclude attor neys from becoming barristers. Any utterly unlegal man, a re tired tailor or scavenger, for instance, might be called to the bar in three years, while, for purgatorial reasons, he supposed, the attorney, who knew necessarily something of the subject beforehand, was required to wait five years. These were im portant questions, affecting the interests of the public even more than the attorney ; and it was an undeniable truth that there was no real difference between the interest of the public and the interest of a great body like their profession. (Cheers ) R. E. PAYNE, Esq. (Leeds), seconded the resolution, in which he expressed his most hearty concurrence. The resolution, as well as all those subsequently proposed, was carried unanimously. R. A. Payers, Esq. (Liverpool), proposed the next resolu tion, which was—" That although these objects have to some degree been obtained by means of the various local law as sociations throughout the country, yet it is only by such an organisation as that of the Metropolitan and Pro vincial Law Association that they can be effectually secured." He said he thought their associations in the various localities had been of much service in keeping up good rules and pre serving the etiquette of the profession, as well as in discour aging those who might otherwise have a.cted with impropriety. (Hear.) He was afraid, however, that the measure of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, passed 18 months ago, was calculated to accelerate the introduction of unworthy persons into the profession. He spoke iu terms of praise of the con duct of the gentlemen in London who hail taken an active part in the management of this association, and especially eulogised the conduct of the worthy secretary, Mr. Sheen, to whom ho wished to- pay a tribute of thanks, in the name of ibliels:sbroeftthhreenmgeetnroepraollliyta.n (pplause.) He said that the aura mem- Provincial Law Association had received more than the value of their stibs.riptions this year, by the admirable way in which the directors had brought into one focus, and pl ace d b efore the members the whole of the statutes of last ses s i on . (Applause.) , W. H. Moss, Esq. (Hull), seconded the resolution. He said it wanted no meeting like that to satisfy the gentle men present of the importance Of that association ; but he thought it would not be time wasted if what was said there that day reached the public• ear, for with the public the members of their profession ought to be set right. The public had been much misled by writers who had found it to their interest to misrepresent and vilify the profession. (Hear, hear.) It was but right, therefore, the public should know that the most able and successful reformers of their own profession were the lawyers. (Applause.) They had never studied personal advantage or personal gain in any way ; but wherever they had seen an evil or an error that could be corrected, they had boldly come forward and assisted in the alteration and reform without regard to personal feel ing or pecuniary considerations. (Applause.) So much did this feeling pervade the profession, that it would be found DAM investigation that many measures, for which the Go vernment or some eminent judge or barrister had received the warmest praises throughout the country, had really originated with; or been suggested by, some metropolitan or provincial attorney. (Hear, hear.) Their chairman had alluded to the anomaly of the legislation against attorneys by those who held attorneys in so much personal esteem; and it certainly did seem to him a strange inconsistency. friend,songht t t Le ir so a li d e v i i to se r r , in an ma d t r e ad rs eofhilifme and do e confidant, their t ary erusoncternhisa,parnodpeirntyd,ohniisestirecpafllutatt:nons, h . is pa hez e ita , te ia d th to e hands of his attorney ; and yet the attorney was, by the very r men who placed implicit reliancenpon hishonour and 'ty, declared unworthy of trust when his own. peen • interests were concerned. They declared the attorney to be competent to do anything and everything but charge - 6s. Bd. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) The speaker next adverted to the attacks made upon the profession by a portion of the re and said he looked forward to the time when theppressa; would see it to be its duty to defend the profession from the unjust aspersions cast upon it. (Applause). After pointing out the beneficial operation of the local law societies, and the far greater benefits conferred by the Metropolitan and Provincial domesticdi rMe aeetnohnn, o f all ranks Law Society, Mr. Moss concluded by urging all the gentlemen present to become missionaries is their several localities, and spread the knowledge of the association and increase the num ber of its members. (Applause). T. HODSON, Esq. (York), proposed the third resolution, as follows : " That this meeting, therefore, pledges itself to sup port the MetropolitananfdarPrthoevipnucripaloseLaafwplacAsinsogeiiattoinonsubehy every means in its power, n from Mr. Field, his concurrence a footing as shall en e a u b c l e e to act h w a it d h fa e ll ffi e ciency." He ex presseddwi s a t s i a n c o t isatuas o between the two branches of the legal pro f e ssion which h ad andt u t e S i a n d t t i i h s a c t o s un t f i a • y r a wary h h i i c s h k r o e w a l t e e d d g t e h w e e a n r t bi t t it y r e been assumed and acted upon by the bar, who had been allowed, by the sanction of the judges, to form themselves into a sort of club, claiming the exclusive right of advocacy i n every court in the country. The bar had, of course, a right to frame their own rules, so ion as they did not interfere with the rights of the public ; but seeing that the interests of the public were seriously interfered with by those rules, it was the duty of the public to interfere ' and stop the monopoly. (Hear.) He believed that in the popular mind the position of the profession was improving. (Hear, hear.) And he was quite satisfied that the odium into which the profession fell years ago, arose in a e e q v u e enn if y he s e. 'r f e t a h l te me asure, from bad l eg i s l a ti on, an d th e sa d s t a t e to advise a his law, which compelled pe r e r v e e c ry tly h g o o n o e d st c a a t s tzn a e a y t ha ato venture to go to law. (Hear, hear.) But now that there were so many improvements in the law, and people began to see that justice would be done them,th • taken feeling against attorneys was rapidly Wearinoff e m ot th that it ht ever to have existed, the fault havinggbeea—nought with the l aw , an not with the lawyers. (Hear, hear, and applause.) ARTHUR RYLAND, Esq. (Birmingham), seconded the resolu tion, and referring to an observation made by Mr. Mom, said that if reports were made, showing the suggestions of law re form made by attorneys, which had not been adopted, as well as those which had been passed into law, and if similar re turns were made with regard to the reforms which had bean suggested by barristers, it would be found that the prepon derance of real, practical, valuable reforms, lay with the attor neys to an overwhelming extent. (Hear, hear.) As a means of aiding this association, he suggested that they should hold annual meetings, at which papers should be read and discus sions taken upon legal subjects, treated in a scientific as well as a practical way, after the manner of the British Associa tion for the Advancement of Science. (Hear, hear.) With _ respect to Birmingham, the members of the association resi dent there called a meeting recently, at which their respected 'friend M'r. Unott presided, and whero they passed a resolu . tion, a copy of which was sent to every solicitor in the town, and which would be followed up by an active canvass. (Ap plause.) The resolution they had thus passed and circulated was as follows . " That this meeting is of opinion that the importance of the objects of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Association — the uniformly-zealous and well-directed efforts of the commit tee to maintain the character and interests of our branch of the profession—and the unremitting and successful attention which the committee has devoted to the various bills of Par liament and rules of court which have from time to time been introduced for the amendment of the law—entitle the associa tion to a more general support of the solicitors of Birming ham than it has hitherto received." (Applause.) Mr. FIELD, in answer to a question, said that in America they adopt the ancient practice of England—the bar and the solicitors being the same. The English inns of court were formerly universities; and the bar of America had now to pass an examination. Judge Storey, whilst judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal, was held in much more honour as having the head professorship of the great school of law in America. He spent one-half of the year in teaching school, and the other half in presiding as one of the supreme judges of the country. (Hear.) But the great difference between the bar and the at torneys in this country was intimately connected with the rules of right and wrong. If an attorney received 1001. to do something which he did not do, he would, as a matter of course, return the money. (Hear, hear.) But the bar holds it to be unprofessional to return a fee, even if the barrister never attended the court where the case was heard. He said that the practice of the bar at the present time was—far more than at any previous time—to t ike the brief and the fee, and not to attend the court. (Applause.) These were the gentlemen who talked of the rights and wrongs of the people ; and yet many of the judges themselves had in this way very fre quently sinned against what he (Mr. F.) called one of the plainest laws of right and 'honour. (Loud applause.) In America in such.a case the barrister, however high his posi tion, would return his fee as a matter of course. (Applause.) Mr. SHAW, on rising to propose the next resolution, said the part allotted to him was fortunately so limited in extent that he, should not have to trespass long upon the time of the meeting. The subject of his resolution was one he had often dwelt upon on former occasions, and he could only now re peat a more than twice-to'd tale ; but he could accompany the reiteration of it by saying that another year's experience had greatly strengthened his conviction. (Hear.) They had received from Mr. Field and other speakers much valuable information upon the general state and future prospects of the legal profession, and upon the endeavours—and he hoped le might say, to some extent, the success—of the Metropoli . ten and Provincial. Law Association,ln.arresting the progress of the dowirseerd course of which they had so much reason to eemplaie. They had heard also from other gentlemen, and ,specially from Mr. Moss, that justice was not done to the as sociation by the public, nor, indeed, he (Mr. Shaw) thought, by even their own b:anch of the profession, for the services it lied rendered Now that injustice was simply because those ser vices were not sufficiently made known, and he was therefore exceedingly desirous (indeed he thought it of the highest import ance) that generally increase(' publicity should be given to the labours of the committee of the association, so that members of the profession and the public might be much better informed than they were of the amount of good which had been done, and (whet he thouget quite as important) the enormous amount cf the evil which had been prevented. That could only be lone through the medium of that powerful organ, the influence et which on the public opinion of this country was almost irre i!stilde—he meant the press. One of their main objects, therefore, ought to be, through the press, to make generally known the claims of the profession, and the direct interest which the public had in supporting those claims, because ho maintained it to be a clearly demonstrable truth, that the in terests of the profess on and those of the , public were strictly identical. This was necessary as a matter of justice to them eelves, but he urged it for the still more important purpose of increasing the efficiency of their institution, and its power of renderilig that service to others, as well as themselves, which they 'wished to render. His allotted province, however, was even more limited than this. The point to which he had narticularly to call their atttention, was that this medium of communication with the public was, in part, under the control and guidance of hands decidedly hostile to them. (Hear, hear.) Ho was quite aware that there were gentlemen who thought it hazardous to deal freely with this topic for fear of rousing into increased activity the hostility of which they complained, but for him self, he would say explicitly, and he hoped he spoke the feel ing- of the meeting, that, whilst he acknowledged the power with which they had to grapple, he was not disposed to quail before it. (Applause.) He believed that in public as well as in private life, the temperate and judicious, but manly teed uuffinching, assertion of right, was not only the truest honour, but the soundest policy, and he believed also that truth to be especially applicable to the relation of their branch of the pro fession to the press. A portioa of that mighty engine habi tually aspersed their profession, and their silent acquiescence in these aspersions had given to them someteiug like the authority of admitted facts, and enabled those who made them to assume an appearance and semblance of impartial observers and critics, when they were in reality nothing bet ter than prejudiced and often interested partisans. (Hear, hear.) Ho believed they should, to no inconsiderable extent, disarm those writers of their power of mischief by the very act of placing them in their true position ; not that of impar tial judges, to which character they had no claim whatever, but of advocates, and generally very uncandid advocates, of the opposite side. (Applause.) For these reasons he had lalway s urged upon the committee of this association a vigi teat, active, and systematic operation through the medium of the press, which, if it afforded the bane, would equally afford the antidote, for it was as open to their body as it was to their assailants. Ho laid particular stress upon the ope ration being systematic. He was quite aware that there every now and then appeered articles of very great ability, which, on particular questions, to those who went to the consideration of them with minds not already imbued witb prejudice, might often carry conviction; but these occasional and spasmodic efforts in isolated cases would have little effect upon persons whose minds were pre-occupied with prejudices iustilled into them by the systematic misrepresentations of months and years. If they wished to exercise any beneficial influence upon the press it must be by making the defence of the profession as systematic as the attacks upon it ; and how could that be better done than through the influence of an association like this ? And what was necessary for doing it but that the association should receive from the profession a more general and efficient support ? What they required was the steady, unremitting devotion of time and talent in the im portant task of correcting and refuting mis-statements and doing themselves justice ; but they could not command, nor could they with honour to themselves accept, that steady, un-' remitting devotion of time and talent, unless they had the means of fairly remunerating those whom they engaged. One requisite, therefore, for that purpose was what a gentleman who had already addressed them had emphatically called " the sinews of war." But there was another equally essen tial. Any member of their profession who paid attention to the attacks made upon them through the press must be well aware how easy it would bo in many cases not merely to refute them, but expose their outrageous absurdities. They often consisted of misrepresentations so enormous, and blunders so ludicrous, as to excite only a smile from the professional reader, but still they would mislead even acute minds .not familiar with the profession, and on that account unprepared to detect falsehoods quite palpable to those who were. They wanted, there fore, not only increased pecuniary moans, but that the mem bers of the profession individually, as far as possible, should furnis=h accurate statements of fact within their own observa tion or knowledge, which would furnish by far the most powerful weapons for the defence of the profession. Let it be once brought to be a contest between the weapons of misre presentation or ignorance on one -side, and the weapons of facts and arguments judiciously wielded on the other, and he well knew what would be the result of still a contest iu this country. (Hear.) It was with especial reference to this sub ject that he had been requested to address them ; and with the strong sense he had of its importance—with his convic tion, indeed, that it was absolutely essential to the attain ment of the object they had in view—the maintenance of the honour and interests of their profession—he hoped that those present would carry back to their several neighbourhoods a determination strenuously to support the society, to endeavour to increase its numbers, and by every available means strengthen the hands of the committee in all its efforts, and more particularly enable it greatly to extend its efforts lu the very important sphere to which it had been his special pro vince to call their attention. (Hear, hear.) He begged to move :—" That attorneys and solicitors having been made the subject of systematic attack by a portion of the press, it is important that the public mind should be disabused through the same channel ; and that for this purpose this society call upon the profession to afford them increased sup port." Mr. J. CASE (of Maidstone) seconded the resolution. He briefly expressed his approval of the society, and said he believed its effect upon legislation of past years had been ex ceedingly important. The resolution was carried. Mr. BEEVER (of Manchester) moved:—" That this meeting is glad to recognise the efforts which have been made by the Incorporated Law Society to improve the educational teat of attorneys and solicitors; (rut they earnestly trust that further steps may be speedily taken to secure for the profession a higher standard of general education." The subject of an educational test of Lanese to be articled had frequently en gaged the earnest and zealous attention of the committee, and during the past year various suggestions had been submitted to the Incorporated Law Society, it being considered that that body was peculiarly qualified to bring the question to a practical solution. Since the stamp duty and the duty of articles of clerkship had been reduced, by which means the facilities for entering the profession had been increased, this question had become of still greater importance. No doubt the poor candidate should not be excluded, simply because he was poor, but they must not allow their sympathy for worth by poverty distressed to make them forget that poverty was not a proof of worth. Let their candidates, whether rich or poor, be examined before persons specially appointed, and stand upon their merits. They might leave to the exa miners to decide whether the examination should be on an cient classics aid mathematics, or on a curriculum of a more general and practical character; but he thought the exami nation should precede clerkship, and should be made a test of fitness for articles. With such an examination they woul have some guarantee as to the future success of the candidate (Hear, hear.) Mr. LEWIS (Wrexham) said the subject had been before the members for the last eight or ten years, and the Legislature had in a great degree conceded the necessity of it, by afford ing advantages to gentlemen who had taken a degree at the I university. Whilst a classical education was necessary, it was athttoeynwdeedreaaortlioteed owfolueoldtoprersodouncealcl not enough, and h e h ope d t h at ere long, gentlemen bore certificates the varioustha b t ra t n h o e h y o: a o c f l physical science, (Hear.) After illustrating the great im portance of such knowledge, Mr. Lewis said he thought it must be obvious to every one that a mere pecuniary test was not at all satisfactory. Any man who could raise his 801. could, if it were necessary, raise a larger sum, and therefore a pecuniary test could not be any evidence of respectability. He could recollect the time when the idea of solicitors under going any examination as to their legal fitness was laughed at, and in some instances it was said by members of the bar that attorneys did not require a knowledge of law. They knew the reason for that. If an attorney did not know law, oust take a groat many more counsel's opinions. Gent:emen of the bar stood in an invidious position —a man who could not write his own name might be called to the bar if he would pay his 1001., and eat the requisi ,e number of dinners ; and then he might claim the exclusive privilege, which was not found in America, and which prevented solicitors from conducting their cases from the commence ment to the termination. It was often annoying to hear barristers not only tinker, but actually maul, your case, and. to feel that you had no altos-native but to remain quiet, and afterwards take the blame,from your client. (Hear.) He thought it was essentially necessary than• canal didates for their profession should receive something more than a merely legal education ; and he therefore felt that it devolved upon them to exert themselves to endeavour to bring the Legislature into the same way of thinking. He hoped that before long, with the assistance of the Incorporated Law So ciety, they might have formed a code of rules which would secure those advantages. He begged to second the resolution, which was carried after some remarks by The CHAIRMAN, who stated that the attention of the Incor porated Law Society had been anxiously devoted to the sub ject. Mr. Field having taken the chair, Mr. BARR, of Leeds, moved, in a very complimentary man ner, and Mr. BURN, Sunderland, seconded;—" That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to the chairman for his excel lent services in the chair this day, and for his constant devo tion and zeal to the interests and honour of the profession generally." After the meeting, above 40 members dined together at five o'clock, at the White Horse Hotel ; J. H. Shaw, Esq., in the chair. A good deal of interesting conversation took place upon the proposed educational test, and on the suggestion which had been made by Mr. Ryland, that at these meetings previously-prepared papers should be read and discussed. This suggestion met with general approval, and a warm invita tion was given by Mr. Unett, of Birmingham, to make that town the place of meeting next year. The party broke up soon after ten o'clock. OPENING OF THE ROYAL DANISH RAILWAY BY THE KING OF DENMARK. LOWESTOFT, Sunday Evening.—Last night, the Cyg nus, commanded by Captain Andrews, manager of the North of Europe Steam Navigation Company, returned to this port, whence she eailed the previous Saturday, with a party of English gentlemen interested in the Royal Danish Railway just opened with great ceremo nial by the King of Denmark, his Majesty being subse quently entertained on ship board by Mr. Pete, M.P., contractor of the line. Among others who accompanied Mr. Peto, were Mr. G. P. Bidder, engineer of the Norwegian Grand Trunk Railway Mr. J. Anderson, deputy-chairman of the Royal Danish Company ; Mr. F. H. Geach, secretary, and Mr. J. V. Gooch, superintendent of the Eastern Counties Railway. The Cygnus arrived at Twining at one o'clock on Sunday morning, but the unfavourable state of the weather detained the company on board until mid-day on Monday, when they proceeded to Flensburg, a distance of about 40 miles. By the new line Tonning, situated in the extreme west of Denmark, on the Eider, is brought in connexion with Flensburg, via Husum, containing about 5,000 inhabitants, princi pally occupied in cattle feeding. From Husum a branch extends to Rendsburg, formerly a border fortress between Holstein and Sleswig. and forms a junction with the Kiel and Altona line, thus becoming the direct routeto Ham burg. Rendsburg is favourably situated for commerce, being the point at which the junction of the Sleswig Holstein Canal with the Eider is effected, and hence one main element in the importance of the route now open ; for the most cursory glance at the map will show that, at least on geographical grounds, Tonning and Lowe stoft are the natural termini of any chain of con nexion between the Danish and British metro polis, and on commercial grounds the advantages are not lees manifest. Until lately Denmark and Northern Europe could only be reached from London by the long and tedious rail and sea route via Hamburg, or the still mere wearying one via Hull to Copenhagen, a distance of 735 miles, the voyage alone oceupying 31 days at least ; while to reach Hamburg, the traveller being then distant from Copenhagen nearly 300 English miles, usually takes about 55 hours. On the other hand, from Louder) to Tonning can be accom plished within 30 hours ; from thence to Hamburg in six hours ; while to Copenhagen is not more than 10 miles, thus shortening the route from London to Hamburg nearly 19 hours, and to Copenhagen several hundred miles. But rapid passenger transmission forms only a very slight item in the facilities afforded by this line in conjunction with c ijin o e n t l io p n any.c thoenNziertrahtioofnsEeuornonpeeetSetdealmvithNaevaittale tibreeding in the plains of Jutland, and the fattening of those cattle on the pastures of Norfolk, and their trans port thence in an undeteriorated state, invest the new enterprise with many features of importance on which it is superfluous to dwell. Tonning, which is 30 miles from Sleswig, and 11 from the mouth of the Eider, inhabitants,t egh no w a m s u m s a a s n d t h i e r r terganffil a c r e v f i age, of i o n f e o d u e s v e e 1 3 r: p o e o s o , become the most important port in Western Denmark, possessing,milesthan n d depth H a Hamburg, b o u f r o, water, w h and o being av a fl e o . ear nearer the it dsoeT tages of Flensburg as an entrepot on the shores of the Baltic cannot be over-rated. The traveller from Tonning to Husurn is struck with the fertility of the plains on either side the line, and the immense number of cattle grazing on them. The town of Husum (the principal intermediate station) is of considerable importance, and contains a population of about 5,000, who gain a toler able subsistence as cattle .feeders. The line between Husum mild Flensburg is little worthy of note, the coun try being remarkably flat and uncultivated, dreary, marshy, and wet, from being undrained, and with but occasional plots of tillage. Denmark, though essenti ally an agricultural corn producing country has large tracts of excellent laud that now lie bare and waste, which require but little capital and labour to reclaim ; and of the value of this truism the intercourse with other districts will soon apprise the agriculturists dwelling on either side the Royal Danish Railway. On arriving at Flensburg, one of the most interesting and beautifully-situated towns the territory of Denmark zdfords, the traveller is amaly repaid for any lack of scenic effect experienced on his route from Tonning. It stands on the bight of a deep gulf; running twenty miles island, and is completely landlocked, so that ships of the greatest draught may lie in safety, there being no rise and fall of tide, and therefore no locks required for loading or unloading, thus rendering Flensburg alto gether unsurpassed for commercial purposes. It becoming known some days previous that, notwith standing the political embroilment la Danish councils jest now, the King would accept the proffered hospitality irf Mr. Peto, and inaugurate the opening of the line, the Flensburgers made timely and earnest preparations for commemorative the double event in a manner worthy of its novelty and importance. Processions in the streets and exaltations on the housetops, evergreens and flowers, flags and music, everywhere greeted the ear and caught the eye ; while outside the town the inhabitants clustered in knotted groups, and, with their long Dutch pipes hanging from their mouths, manifested their approval of their more systematically busy neighbours in low gut tural sounds and commendatory shrugs and nods. His Majesty was expected about 3 o'clock on Tuesday the 24th, but for hours previously the quay was crowded with holiday people, anxiously gazing towards Corset; a distance of about 70' miles, whence the king would arrive per steamer, and shortly after the ap poisted time, the fine vessel, the - Sles w i g , bearing his Majesty and suite, hove in sight—the recognition of the royal standard at the mast head being announced by the firing of guns and the enthusiastic cheering of the populace. At the landing-place the king was re ceived' by Herr Von Rosen, President of Flensburg ; his Excellency Herr Von Below, Governor-General of Sleswig ; his Royal Highness the Duke of Glucksburg, Prince William of Glucksburg, and a host of military and municipal functionaries in full uniform. The King, who wore his military uniform, with the star of the order Of St. Vladimir, was accompanied by his consort, the Cduntess Danner, and chief Ministers of his Court. The royal cortege and suite were driven to their hotel, and at night a general illumination of the town took pla,ce. - Early on Wednesday morning Mr. Peto, Mr. Bidder, and the other gentlemen connected with the railway, were formally presented to his Majesty, surrounded by his staff. The King took the opportunity of stating, what he repeated more publicly afterwards, his appre ciation of the services Mr. Peto had conferred upon the kingthine, not . only by the construction of a work of such national importance as the Royal Danish, but by completing it with such extraordinary rapidity, and thereby rendering it available so much earlier than he was hound to do, or could have been expected. The ceremony of introduction having been performed. the gentle Men repaired to the station. Here Mr. J. S. Louth, the general manager of the line, had converted the whole structure and its approaches into a triumphal avenue of unique and imposing aspect, Mr. Louth being ' assisted by Messrs. Peyton, Keogh, and Trery, an ac cornpliehed artist. About ten o'clock his Majesty and suite proceeded from the hotel in opencarriages, escorted by several regiments of soldiers through the town amid continuous acclamations, to the platform of the station, where' Mr. Pete, dressed in the uniform of a deputy lieutenant, conducted them to the royal carriage, a most elegant specimen of locomotive ingenuity, designed by Mr. J. V. Gooch, superintendent of the Eastern Coun ties, with which his Majesty expressed his particular pleasure, as indeed he did with all the arrangements that had been executed for the ceremony. The royal car riage was occupied by Mr. King and the Countess Dan ner, Mr. Peto, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Bidder, and nume rous °Moen of the household. Upon the party being seated; the train moved slowly from the station, the hearty' cheering of the vast concourse combining with the - clangor of the military music, and the roar of artil lery, to invest the whole scene with the utmost anima tion and buoyancy, the brilliancy of the weather en hancing its universal enjoyment. On the train arriving at Husum, his Majesty was received by the President of the district, who delivered an address on the platform. At Tonning, to which the party afterwards proceeded, extensive preparations had been made, the decorations of the ships in the harbour forming a most brilliant back ground to the variegated panorama. His Majesty, the Countess Danner, the lady of Her Von Rosen, and two other ladies in waiting on the countess, together with the members of the royal suite, Mr. Pete and his friends, including Messrs. Lawrence and Rich, who had accom panied him from England, in all thirty-six persons, went on board the Cygnus, and were most sumptuously enter tained, the viands, fruits, and wines having been brought front Lowestoft by Mr. Howett, who personally super intended their serving. Upwards of 60 of the other officers of the King, the railway offibials, and civic func tionaries, were also regaled at the Victoria Hotel, while p ani d by y presentation hi the banquet t o hi s M ajesty was proceed i ng. Just pre vious to this l a tt er event, h owever, the King, premier,accom s of Count the lo local authorities to of whom Tonninga cere monious had just been made, descended into the saloon of the Cygnus, and having summoned Mr. Pete, invested that gentleman with the insignia of Knight Commodore of the Dann e b rog , th e h i ghest d i st i nction i n the power o f Danish r o y a lt y to b estow ; one a l so o f t h e 1 7 or d ers of foreign knighthood w or n by the Duke of Welling ton ; and, like our own order of the Bath, is appli cable to either military or civil services. The investi ture was a premeditated act on the part of the King, who brought with him the Chancellor of the Order for the express purpose ; and in handing over the decoration his Majesty requested Mr. Peto's acceptance of it, not merely as a memorial of approval from the sovereign in whose reign a great Danish work was executed by a great British capitalist and contractor, but as a souvenir of the King's personal esteem and regard for an esti mable, liberal-minded, and accomplished English private gentleman. During the course of the banquet, Mr. Peto proposed the health of his Majesty in the following terms :—I have the high honour of his Majesty's gracious permis sion to propose to you a toast, and when I reflect that the railway now opened by his Majesty in person has had his sanction and kind interest from my first proposal of it, and has also, by his Majesty's gracious permission been called after his own name, you will see that I do right in asking you to drink his Majesty Frederick the VII. For myself, and my countrymen here present, and for all, I beg to express to his Majesty our earnest hope that God will bless him, and give him a long life and a happy reign. And I cannot doubt but that a sove reign who has adopted as his motto, " My people's love, my strength," will in that strength reign, and see his country all that he so ardently desires, peaceful, pros perous, and happy.—The toast was received with pro longed applause. ' His Majesty, however, who sat on the right of the chairman, Captain Andrews, and facing Mr. Peto, and having on either side him the Countess Danner and the lady of Herr Von Rosen, did not make any response, it being contrary to Danish eti quette to do so, either on the part of King or subject. Having bowed his acknowledgments', he proposed the health of Queen Victoria, which, it is needless to say, was received by the Danish not less warmly than by the English portion of the guests, and the health of his Ma jesty's consort, the Countess of Danner, was received with great applause, as was likewise that of " Mr.Peto," proposed by the King, who, on rising to depart, said he would fellow the good (Ad Danish custom of thanking his host for the noble hospitality the Danish Court had experienced at the hands of Capt. Andrews ; and again wishing Mr. Peto the fullest prosperity, he went on score, where his appearance was the signal for renewed manifestations of loyalty, which were continued through out the whole return to Flensburg. In the evening his Majesty went to the theatre, where a very lively vaude ville was creditably played, the principal actress being a Madame Brun, to whom the King gave a bracelet in testimony of his satisfaction with her exertions. The performance, which was witnessed by all the members of the Court in attendance on the King, and by the English railway party, whose box adjoined that of his Majesty, lasted about three hours. At its termination his Ma- jesty iatniliarly addressed a few words to the audience, expressive of his pleasure at his reception in Flensburg, and was cheered to the echo ; after which he retired to his hotel. On Thursday his Majesty entertained, in the Town Hall, the principal inhabitants of Flensburg and the dis trict, together with the English railway notabilities. After the dinner, his Majesty returned to his hotel, from tLe windows of which he responded to an address read at the head of a procession of . 500 torch-bearers (a strikingly beautiful spectacle), and again on behalf of his consort, in whose honour, as well as his own, illu minations were got up, the national anthem (the coun terpart of our own air) sung by a chorus of 5,000 voices, and a display of fireworks, brought from England, and let off on the river. On Friday he returned in the even ing, after a ride in the country, and again entertained the Flensburgers at a ball. Mr. Peto, Mr. Bidder, and Captain Andrews returned in the Cygnus, on Fri day mi►orning, and arrived at Lowestoft, yesterday even ing, as already stated, much pleased with their experi ences of the ceremony of opening the Royal Danish Railway. MARYLEBONE TEST.RY. On Saturday a deputation consisting of Dr. Rushford and Mr. Ferara, residents of Norton-street, attended be fore the board to complain of the immoral and disgrace ful condition of not only the street in which they resided, but the whole of the immediate neighbourhood abutting on Fitzroy-square. Mr. FERARA explained, that from time to time he had made complaints of the " dens" in Norton-street, both to the parochial authorities and the police, without pro curing any redress, and the consequence was, that the infamous traffic had now got to such a pitch, that some steps, and those determined ones, should be at once taken to suppress the nuisance. In fact, the affair was becoming daily worse and worse, and the neighbourhood was becoming thinned of the respectable inhabitants, who left their houses, in which they had resided for years, unable to stand it any longer. His street, lie might clearly say, was nothing more than a street of loose women and vagabonds. (Sensation.) The neigh bourhood was always in a continued uproar, and it was a common occurrence to hear cries of " Murder !" and see females rushing about half naked, and witk their heads cut open. He, in fact, could not well describe the scenes that took place, and for the sake of mora lity, decency, and the welfare of the parish, he did hope the authorities would endeavour, to the best of their power, to clear the neighbourhood of the houses which he complained of, and which were becoming more numorou, every day. Mr. Sonobt--How many houses of this sort are there, do you think, in your street ? Mr. FERARA —Fifty or sixty, if 'not more. . . Dr. RUSELFORD said in Norton-street there existed a French and English clique, and there was a regular traffic carried on between the two houses. No respect able person was supposed to live in Norton-street, and therefore any respectable person on a visit to a friend in that street was immediately put down as a bad cha racter if he asked his way to Norton-street. One of his ritients would not allow his wife to meet him (Dr. Rush ford) at his residence a short time ago, as he said she would be put down as a prostitute if she were seen near the street. Mr. FERARA further observed that not only would it be necessary to clear the street of the dens t contained, but the name of the street, in consequence of its noto riety, would have to be changed before a respectable person could be got to live in the houses. With respect to the complaint he had made on various occasions, he should state that the police had positively declined in terfering, as it was not in their power ; and when the parish solicitor, Mr. Randall, sent one of the parish officials to give notice of indictment to the owners of one of the dens in question, the Official went inside himself, remained there two hours, and then came out drunk. (Expressions of surprise and disgust.) With respect to the indecent sights that were frequently seen ho on one occasion observed from 20 to 30 of the female inmates of those houses dancing half-naked in the street to a band of music, and it was a common occurrence for those wretched creatures to appear in a semi-naked condition at the windows. In conclusion Mr. Ferara remarked 'that noblemen and men of rank were constant visitors at the houses. Mr. Ilicutart said that he resided in the neighbour. hood he complained of, and the picture was not at all overdrawn by the deputation. After a short discussion, Mr. SODON moved, and Mr. J. BELL seconded, that the attention of the parish solicitor should be drawn to the brothels, and that steps should be taken for their suppression. The motion was carried unanimously, and Mr.Green well, the vestry clerk, was instructed to inform Mr.Ran doll that he should carry out the wishes of the vestry without delay. The vestry then adjourned. FRENCH TREATMENT OF TEE WOUNDED RUSSIANS. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs has received, from Lord Cowley, the English Ambassador, the follow ing communication : Paris, Oct. 27, 1854. Monsieur le Ministre,—l have the pleasure of transmit ting to your excellency, on behalf of her Majesty's Prin cipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the enclosed copy of a despatch sent to her Majesty's overnment by Brigadier-General Rose, who testifies to the humanity dis played by the French officers and soldiers towards the Russians.—l embrace this opportunity, &c., (Signed) gOWLEY. Head Quarters of the French Army, (Left Bank of the Satcha), Sept. 23, 1854. My Lord,— Your lordship will learn with great satisfac tion, I am sure, that the conduct of the French officers and soldiers towards their wounded enemies at the battle of the Alma has been humane in the highest degree. I saw upon the field of battle itself French soldiers giving food and attending to the wants of the wounded Russians, and saw a Russian by the side of a Frenchman carried off on litters. Obeying the inspirations of a great heart, Marshal St. Arland had given orders that the enemy should receive the same attention as his own soldiers. When the Zouaves had carried the telegraph by storm they uttered enthusiastic cries for the Emperor, and several of them, surrounding me and shaking me by the hand, shouted ac clamations for the Queen, adding that nothing could stand against the wilted French and English. Rosa. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS LIVERPOOL, OCT. 28. STOCK EXCHANGH.—The market presents an improved fooling, and prices of all the leading stocks have advanced per cent. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 221. Shares, 64 dis. Caledonian, 29i ; Lancashire and York shire, 714; ditto, W. R. Union, 1-16 die.; London and N.- Western, 1004; South Eastern, 18i; Midland , 4i per cent. pref., die. MANCHESTER, OCT. 28, SrooK Leeds, ExcHANa 4 . 7 -- ; DToodvaeyrst, 18 06. hepn:lees re mained almost unchanged. BIRMINGHAM, Oar. 28. STOCK EXOHANGE.—Scarcely any sellers in the market. Great Western (Shrewsbury and Birmingham Guaranteed), buyers 72, sellers 72i ; ditto, Stour Valley, buyers 69i, sellers 70i; Midland, buyers 68a, sellers Great Western, buyers 70; South Staffordshire, sellers 1/. 18s. dis. BRISTOL, OCT. 28. STOCK EXCEANGE.—The market was rather steadier. Bristol and Ezeters, 96 ; Midlands sto ck, 681 ; South Dover. Pref., 13. • THE CZAR SELLING OUT.—A. letter from Vienna, 23d, in the Hamburg News, says :—" The fact of Russian bankers having lately made very extensive sales in this market of Au,trian securities has produced considerable sensation. It is said that within the last few days sales also took place at Amsterdam to the amount of several millions, and similar ones were made on our bourse yes terday and the day before. There can be no doubt of this being a political measure, for it is well known that Austrian public securities are in favour in Russia, and that the imperial family have invested a great part of their fortune in the Austrian funds. About a year ago several millions of Five per Cent. Metallics were pur chased fur the acc oun t o f the Grand Dukes Constantine and Michael, and for that of a grand duchess of the itu , perial fekraily.", SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. (FRIDAY CONCLUDED.) THE SUBSCRIPTION ROOM AT NIGHT. LATEST DERBY BETTING-. 11 to 1 agst De Clare. 11 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles. 12 to 1 agst Grzeculus Esuriens. 20 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (taken). 20 to 1 agst Ouleton (taken). 25 to 1 apt Dirk Hattoraick (taken). 30 to 1 agst Flatterer (taken). 40 to 1 agst Frederick (taken freely). 50 to 1 agst Affghan. SATURDAY. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, 10 ft, for 3-yr olds R.M., 1 mile 17 yards-. (4 subs.) Captain Skipworth's Fanny Fern, by Bran, Est 131 b (Bearpark) 1 Mr. Clarkson's Amy, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. Bevill's Georgium Sidus, Bst 71b (J. Mann) 3 SECOND NURSERY STAKES of 20 sovs each, for 2-yr olds ; the winner of the Nursery Stakes 71b extra. R.M., 1 mile 17 yards. Mr. Montague's Bianca, by lago, 7st 21b (Wells) 1 Ur. Ewbank's Jack Sheppard, Bst 71b (Charlton) 2 M.r. Osborne's Lord Alfred, Bst 7lb The followitt, also ran of Cadiz, Berezina, Johnny Taft, Laura Selina, and Lady Aiieia. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each ; for 2-y:-olds ; colts, Bst '716; fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 40 sovs, if demanded, &c. First half of Ab.M., 3 fur longs 215 yards. (5 subs.) Mr. Darling's Usurer, by Flatcatcher, Bst 71b (Whitehouse) 1 Count Batthyauy's Dame Partlett, Bst 4lb (J. Mann) 2 Mr. Megson's Restoration, Bst 71b (Dowling) 3 Mr. W. Day's f by Epirus out of Wapiti, Bst 41b (J. Goater) 4 Mr. S. Scott's ch fby Sir Tatton Sykes, out of Caro line, Bst 4lb (Wells) 5 HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of • 10 sovs each ; for 2-yr olds. T.Y.C., 5 furlongs 140 yards. (3 subs.) Mr. Spencer's Moonshine, by the Libel, Bst 21b (J. Goater) 1 Lord Chesterton's Paltnerston, 7st 91b (Flatman) 2 Mr. , Woffenclen's Cigarette, Bst 71b (Charlton) 3 The HOUGHTON HANDICAP of 15 soya each, and only 5 ft if declared, &c ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C., 5 furlongs 140 yards. (20 subs., 7of whom paid 5 soya ft.) Lord Wilton's Orson, by Orlando, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Fordhain) 0 w.o. Duke of Bedford's Weathercock, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b (Carroll) 0 Mr. Scott's Poacher, 4 yrs, Est 131 b (Wells) 3 The following aho ran :—Little David, The Deformed, Hospodar, Michaelmas Maid, Humboldt, Quince, Ched dar, John Barleycorn, Foam. The Duke of Bedford and Lord Wilton divided the stakes, and Orson walked over. MATCH-50 s ivs. T.Y.C., 5 furlongs 140 yards. Mr. Swan's Guitar, by Dulcimer, 2 yrs, Est 41b (J. Steggles) 1 Mr. G. B. Prices The Dandy, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Watkins) 2 SWEEPSTAKES of 10 cove each ; for 2-yr-olds, Est 71b ; three, Bst 716 ; four, Ost ; five and upwards, Oat 41b. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs, if demanded. T.Y.C., 5 furlongs 140 yards. (7 subs.) Mr. Powell's Redemption, by Orlando, 2 yrs, fist 71b (Ash/pall) 1 Mr. Walker's Merry Nun, 2 yrs, Est 71b (I'. Cliff) 2 Mr. J. M. Stanley's 'Rasaline, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (T. Charlton) 3 The following also ram :—Determination, Cherry Brandy, Moonshine, and Cuikarette. SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs each ; for 2-yr-olds, fist 7lb ; three, Bst 51b ; four, Bst 10lb ; five and upwards, Bst 121 b. The winner to be sold for 25 soya., if de manded, &c. First half of Ab. M., 3 furlongs 215 yards. (12 subs.) Count Batthyany's Dame Partlett, by Chanticleer, 2 yrs, Est 71b (Stamford) 1 Mr. Farrance's Grimalkin, 3 yrs, Bst 51b (H. Goater) 2 Mr. Shaw's Medina, 2 yrs, Est 71b (Snowden) 3 The following also ran :—Strutaway, Albemarle, Doralice, Sweetness, Sir Mark, Mouser, Robert, and Game Chicken. Marren, 100. D.M. (7 furlong 201 yards).--Mr. Clarkson's Amy, 2 yrs, 9st agst Mr. Kenyon's Siding, 2 yrs, 7st 1216—off. MATCH, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. (5 furlongs 140 yards). Mr. Greville's Doralice, 2 yrs, Bst 71b, received forfeit from Lord Glasgow's fby Orlando out of Physalis, 2 yrs, Bst 71b. It will be seen on a review of the last week's sport at Newmarket that the legitimate racing season closed with a strength of patronage and a display of generous rivalry which augur well for the future. Many of the contests were remarkably 'close and severe ; and, in short, the Houghton Meeting, with its peculiar features of attraction, produced by hay and corn considerations, was never more interesting and successful. To Mr. Clark, the judge, Mr. Manning, the clerk of the scales, Mr. Hibburd, the starter, and Mr. Starling, the keeper of the course, all praise is due for the very efficient performance of their respective duties. Messrs: Church and Dawson are also deserving of no small share of commendation—the railway arrange ments under their personal superintendence were carried out in the most satisfactory manner possible. WORCESTER AUTUMN MEETING. TUESDAY. PROGRAMME OF THE SPORT. The WORCESTER AUTUMN HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 10 Hove each, h ft, and 3 only if declared, with 100 added. Certain winners extra. Two wiles. (37 subs, 12 of whom declared.) Age it lb Rataplan Ticton 4 7 5 Elcot Outavia lanthe Mortimer Whalebone Merry Bird Butterfly (Li b) 5 6 Little Davie Sleeping Partner 6 6 6 Cleveland Magnet 4 6 4 A HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sows each, with 40 added, for two•yr•olds ; a winner of 50 sove clear after the weights were published to carry 51b extra ; the second horse to receive 10 soya out of the stakes ; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Rather more than one mile. Age at lb Mrs. Birch 6 6 0 Jack Learning Neville Ceres Omer Pasha Waterfall Kidnapper 3 5 8 General Breezo... 3 5 8 Incubus .3 5 8 Red Rose Claret 3 5 2 Shakspeare 3 4 10 at lb st lb The Despised May Boy 8 2 Questionable Grey Chicken Lady Tattoo (inc. 51b extra) Wheat Ear • 7 8 Myrtle Equivoque A SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, 3-yr-olds and upwards. One mile and a quarter. Closes this day (Monday). A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; for horses not thorough bred ; three-yr-olds. Bst 71b ; four, 9st 91b ; five, lOst 41b ; six and aged, lOst 91b ; mares and geldings allowed 21b ; penalties for certain winners. One mile and a quarter. Closes this day (Monday.) THE AUTUMN FLYING STAKES (Handicap) of 5 BOYS each, with 40 sovs added, for all ages. The second horse to save his stake. Rather more than half a mile (29 subs.) gr cby Chanticleer— Ino Forward Banbury by f by Springy Jack —Motley Woodford 7 0 Poor Dick Age st lb Falcon 3 611 Blossom Whitelock Katinka Vivid Miss Sellon 3 6 6 The Cripple 3 6 4 Rose of Ellel 4 6 4 Gossip Cimicina Wheat Ear 2 5 7 Dartmouth Lady Tatton Forward 2 5 0 Age st Rataplan 4 9 6 Titterstone (h b) 6 8 7 The Deformed... 4 8 7 Octavia 5 8 5 Tonic 6 8 5 Nancy 6 8 0 Butterfly (h b) Robert 5 7 8 Kennyside Hero 3 7 4 Cardiff Lass Nightcap 4 7 4 Walton 5 7 4 Horatio Ragbill 3 7 4 Dear-me WEDNESDAY. TEM WORCESTERSHIRE GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLE CHASE, Handicap of 20 soy* each, h ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added ; the owner of the second horse to re ceive back his stake ; five to start, or the public money will not be added ; certain winners extra ; about four miles. 19 subs. 10 of whom have declared. at. lb Thickleby (h b) . . 9 7 Old Misery Cervua 9 4 Frank st lb Need wood 7. 010 Spring Diana lO 2 Maurice Daley Little Charley THE HURDLE RACE, handi, added. A. winner of 50 were published, 51bs ex flights of hurdles.) (15 Er Age at lb Age st lb Gaylad Teddesley Freedom ' 5 10 10 Sailor .. • 5 9 10 Alp a 10 7 Wideawake Bullfinch a 10 2 Black Bess a 9 4 Theodine Jemmy the Black 510 2 -- Sarabßebecca 3 8 7 THE HUNT STEEPLECHASE SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; for horses certified to have been regu larly hunted in any established pack during the season 1853-4 ; 4-yr-olds, list 41b ; five, 12st ; six and aged, 12st 61b; a winner of 100 sovs at any time previous to the race, 91b extra ; maiden horses qualified in the county of Worcester allowed 51b ; gentlemen riders, professional jockeys 71b extra. Three miles. Closes this day (Monday). cap of 5 soya each, with 50 sous clear after the weights ttra. (Two miles, over six ,übs.) ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS IN FRANCE.—We learn from a Boulogne correspondent that the Postmaster there has received orders not to deliver the English newspapers till after twelve o'clock. It is uncertain whether these orders are a mere officious piece of meddling , on the part of the Sous-Prefect, or whether he acts by higher orders. The intente cordiale of the French Government with England certainly does not extend to English news papers. The English residents at Boulogne, not accus tomed to such restrictions on their news-loving proper- Agee, we grumbling pretty loudly, COUNTRY MARKETS. HADDINGTON CORN MARKET—OcT. 27. WIMAT. BARLEY First 93s Od 40s Od Second 77s 8(1 38s Od Third s2s Od 30s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, PP PP barley PP PP PP oats PP ~ PP beans f f OATS. BEAM , . 36s 6d 57s Od 34s 5d Hs 5.1 30s Od 52s Oct 861 qrs., 739 scud 688 qrs., 667 sold 401 qrs., 401 sokl, 44 qrs., 43 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 3/. 17 8 5-12ths I Barley, ...11. 18 0 9-12tha Oats, ... 11. 14 5 4-12ths I Beans, .....21. 14 5 6-12tha DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—OCT. 26. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 535 Wheat 88s 0,1 1197 Oats 36s 0(t oos 0(1 .... ..... 33s 4.1 793 Barley 39s 001 oos Od 2 Peas & beans 53s Od OOB Od. ABERDEEN—OcT. 27. - - The prices of grain to-day are—Oats, ON Od to 003 Od, 40 lbs per bushel; new oats, 26s Od to 27s Od, 401bs pet bushel ; bere, 29s Od to 30s Od, h3lbs per bushel ; barley, 29s 0(1. to 30s Od, b3lbs per bushel ; wheat, red, 58s Od io 60s Od, 6211)3 per bushel ; wheat, white, 68s Od to 75s Od, 621bs per bushel ; oatmeal, 203 Od to 21s Od per boll; fkar, 58s Od to 60s 0(1 per sack. Provisions—Beef, per lb, 6d Od ; mutton, ditto, 5(1 to 8d ; veal, ditto, 6(1 to 9d; pork, per lb, Os Sd to Os 9d ; salumn, per lb, le Od to Os Od ; rabbits, each, Od to 0(1 ; tallow, per stone, 5s 9d to Os 0(1 ; potatoes, per peck, 8d to Os 0(1 • butter, per lb, lid to 12d , eggs, per doz, Os 101 to Os 11(1 ; hens, per pair, 3s 0(1 to 3s 6d; chickens, ditto, 2s 0,1 to 2s tid ; ducks, ditto, 2s Od to 2s 61 ; ducklings, ditto, 2s 6(1 to 4s Od ; turkeys, 3s 6 1 to 4s Od ; geeso, ditto, 2s 6d to 3s Od ' • butter for exportation (pre,ant cure), per cwt, Ks to 008 Ott; ditto (summer cured), 00s to 00s Od • eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, 6d. to 7d ; loaf, 7(1 ; 21b loaf, 3id ; pork, fine small, Os Od to Os Od ; pork, arge, N Od to Os Od ; lamb, per qr., O s t o 0 3 O i; cheese, per imperial stone, 5s 6(.1 to 7e. DUBLIN, Ocr. 27. Our corn market opened with considerable excitement. Much higher prices were demanded for every description of grain, and au advance was realised of Is to 2s on wheat, 6d on oats, and is on barley ; but towards the close there was muck less anxiety to purchase, and several samples of oats and barley remained unsold. Indian and foreign wheat dull, at a small advance. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the malls are sent from the General Post-01.0 by tho night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when ma.", in Fro m wna, When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due is Office, London.• Disoatche.A. England. --7----,--- kmerica(byltrit.pack)N Every Friday •• • • Liverpool Each Mon America (by United packet) Oct. 14. America (by U States , packet) ..........N 'Oct. 11 .. • • ...• • . Southampton i Nov. 1 Australia (via South-' ampton) 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) it Nov. 9 . Dover Ditto (via Cape of Mood; nom 4 ....... ....... Nov. Uncertain Africa (West Coast) ..N Ft:3d of the month.. Plymouth .. Nov. 6 Alexandria 9, 24, & 30 of ni. Dover ...... Alexandria........ 4th & 20th of tno,,. Southampton Bahamas ......... IMll7th of the month Southampton , Nov. 1 Belgium .. , N , 11) ai I .)' •••••• • • • • • . Dover ...... I DaLly Brazil oth of the month.. Southainntoni.Nov. 16 Buenos Ayres .... :9th of the month.. So t o h t m nhm Nov.; 16 Cape of Good Hone —NI ,Various ports Uncertain Cape of Good Hope .. N 1 Cape de Verde 9th of the month Southampton , Nev. 16 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N Ch anne l Mon ~Wed.,&Frid. SouthamptenirmTb.flat & 17th of mei% SeuthamptonNev. 1 China (see India) Constantinople , .....N,8,13,18,23,&28 ofm Dover .. ~..Oct. 30 Constantinople „ 1 ,1 4 th & 20t1t of mon. Southampton cont. of Europe 5i & Twice daily ...... Dover ...... Twicedally Egypt (see India) 1 France ........ M & N Twice daily Dover ...... Tvricedally :libraltar 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of Southampton Nov. 4 Greece (ace India ) Greytown „ wind & 17th of mon. Southampton Hamburgh „ „ N l Tuesday & Friday London ..... ilavannali .......... mi2nd of the month Southampton Nov. 1 Holland ............ MiDaily.... • • .. .... Dover ....... Daily Honduras ..........M , I 7th of the month. Southampton Nov. 16 India (v 1 aSouth ampt.)m 4tll & 20th of mon. Plym , uth • • India (via Marseilles)m 9th& 25th of month Dover ...... Oot. 31 lonian Isles (see Intlia)l7, 17, & 27 of mon Dover.... •• Ireland ~ M & N l Twice daily Holyhead .. Twiceds,tly Lisbon ............„ 9, 17, & 27 ofm. Southampton Nov. 14 Madeira 9th of the month Southampton Nov. 16 Madeira „ N23d of month .... Liverpool ... Nov. Malta (see India) Malta ..............N 8, IS, & 28 of mon. Do-.ter Oot. 20 Mauritius (see 'lndia) Mauritius ..........N 11th of the mouth Mexico and of the month.. Southampton Nov. 1 Naples . „ sthlsth2sthofmor.. D0ver...... Nov. 2 Sew Granada 7 , 412 d & 17th of month Southamptot, Nov. 1 New Zealand , By private ship .. Various port. tineertaln Papal Mates „N 'sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover Nov. 2 Peninsula N 17th 17t1127thofmon. Southarupto. Nov. 26 Peru 31 Iti & 27th or mor. Southamet. Nov. 1 Port Natal ~.. „ ~..N )By private ship... Various portstneertaiu. Sicily ..............NsthltU2sthonnon, Dover Nov. 2 Tuscany „N , sl.lllsth2stholinon. Dover ...... Nov. 2 Venezuela .„ 12d & 27th of month Southampton Nov. 1 Van Diemen's Land (sec Australia) ........ Wiest Indies m2d& 17th 0, monthlSouthampton NCv. I When any of these dates fall o't a Sunday, the malls will be de spatched on the following day with the exception of the Judi. via Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will bo despatched the receding da, . CRYSTAL PALACE, OCT. 28.—For the several Funds far the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of her Majesty's Forces in the East —Half-crown day.—Ad mission at the doors, 36,420 ; by season tickets, 2,771 : total, 39,191. 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On the 25th inst., at 65, Cambridge-street, St. George's. row], the wife of Captain Herbert Rus.ell Manners, Slat King's Own Light Infantry. On the 25th inst., at ulonmel, Tipperary, the wife of T. H. Chads, Esq., sth Fusiliers. On the 27th inst., at 36, Hamilt on -t errace, St . John's wood, the wife of George Leslie, Esq., R.M., h er M a j es t y ' s ship Calliope. Twicedavy ITwicedally {Nov. 4 Nov. 1 Dolly ,Nov. 16 OF A DAUGHTER. On the 26th inst., at 13, Verney-plaee, Exeter, the wife of W. L. Wright, Paymaster. On the 27th inst., at Brook.green, Hammersmith, the wife of the Rev. Dr. Huntingford. MIRRIED. On the 26th inst., at the parish church of Winwick, Lancashire, the Rev. George Croxton Shiffner, rector of Hamsey, Sussex, son of the Rev. 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