The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-10 00:00:00

' 4 l O try 2tlittto THE FUNDS--(CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bask Stock ....... ..... ........ ; Indian Stock 289 3 per Cent. Red ....... ....... 'Ditto Bonds .3 per Cent. Cons 33i per Cent. Red Ditto New Annuities ... New SS per Cent lO3 'Ex. Bills 1,0004 134c1 ... 77 Inn New 5 per Cent...—. ...... ,Long Annuities t o exp i ry Ditto Small 75 par. lan 15.60 Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859 — :Consols for Act...„..... 100% Jan. 1860. ..... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ......... Portuguese, 5 per Cent . Belgian, 5 Der Cent —.....— Ditto, New Ditt0......... Braziian Bonds ..... ....... 86 Prussian, 5 per Cent .... Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Russian, 5 per Cent Chllian, 6 per Cent .......... Ditto, Metallic ..... Colombian, 6 per Cent ...... §panish, 5 per Cent Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent Cuba Bonds, 6 per Ccnt 96 Ditto, Deferred ...... ............ Danish, 3 per Cent ... ..... Greek, IH:S, 5 per Cent — Exchange ..... ....... .... —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent ..... Ditto, 6 per Cent., 137 — Dutch, 2% per Cent.-- Peruvian, 18:2.i, 6 per Cent 25% Ditto, 5 per Cent ......... 98U SHARES. Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) Dublin and Belfast Junction, 23,4 paid 4% Eastern Counties ('3 paid) .... ..... Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid Great North of England, 100 paid Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Fifths, 12 paid Harwich, I paid l% Kendal and Windermere, I% paid Lancaster and Carlisle 5 paid... 9 London and Blackwall(161. 13s. 4d.) . 6 % London and South Western (415 6s. 10d. paid) 72 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip (25 paid) 35 Ditto Quarter Shares ([2 1 ,4 paid) Norwich and Brandon, 6 paid . ....... South Devon, 5 paid Central of France, 2 paid Binilogne and Amiens, 2 ',lid .... ~, (Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 paid Paris and Rouen. 20 paid .. 38'78 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. STANDARD.—THE REVENUE.—We are most happy in being able to state that the public revenue for the quarter ending to-day will show a very con siderable increase on the corresponding quarter of last year. The accounts, h swever, not having been all received, the exact amount of increase cannot, at the time of our going to press, be ascertained. In the Customs it is most gratifying to announce that there is an increase of between 400,0001. and 500,0001. on the account to be made up this evening, as com pared with the corresponding quarter of last year. In the important department of Excise the accounts, as far as they have been received, appear about the same as in the corresponding quarter of last year. In the Post-office there is an increase, probably about 20,0001., on the quarter. In the revenue derived • from Stamps and Miscellaneou, Taxes there is little variation. The Property-tax, we understand, has realised about the same amount as on former quarters, but there will appear a small de crease in consequence of the re -payment of moneys t , parties who had been improperly assessed. On the whole the revenue for the quarter will exhibit a con siderable increase—a certain index that the trade and commerce of the country are improving. GLOBE.—The immense pile of buildings long known as the Fleet Prison, is offered for sale In public competition. The site occupied by them will, of course, be appropriated to what are usually termed "metropolitan improvements." The nature of these "improvements" will lie the subject of grave delibe ration. Whether the space thus obtained will be covered with spacious streets, formed of splendi( shops, whose windows, bedizened with bur. ni,herl brass, and at night illuminated by gas. will be the admired of all beholders ; or whetlise the favourable opportunity will be seized upon fom providing some much-required means for improvin, the house-accommodation of the labouring classes it that vicinity, form the topic of daily gossip or iv go Ave diseu,sion in many circles. To us the presen seerne to offer a favourable opportunity fur improv• i„ g . sh e physical condition of the labouring pool o f that densely-crowded neighbourhood, who hav( long made the lines of wretched lanes and alleys between Ilolborn and Cierkenwell their resort Previously to the demolition of the many dilapidate( dwellings whose removal was required for the new • street in a line with Farringdon-street, the nuinber, of squalid beings which were crowded into thes, houses•--two, and in some three, families being th, occupants of a single room—generated fever, an( other diseases which are produced and fos tered by filth and imperfect ventilation. Th( forced removal of the former denizens of th, destroyed houses has driven them into others which vet remain. Such is now the crowded condition of these filthy receptacles of the lower classes, that the parochial officers, and others whose attention has been drawn to the subject, enter tain serious apprehensions for the public health : and unless some means of providing suitable dwel lings for the surplus population be devised their fears are likely to be realised. The evidence giver, before toe Health of Towns Committee, among ()the! important facts, proved that disease and death hay( recently increased in the localities where the lowest class of the labouring poor chiefly dwell. The reason assigned by the medical men who were exa mined on this point is worthy of attention. The' agreed in opir.ion, that the improvements that have been made in different crowded districts of the metro pone had compelled the poor people, who chiefly inha bited the houses which had been pulled down to makc way fur these improvements, to seek admission to simi lar dwellings in the adjacent parts. The addition of 3, many new inmates to houses which were already mor than filled with occupants, generated miasma. Thus in. creased disease and death were introduced; and thes, effects will continue to re-ult, in an increased ratio, i the cause be not arrested by those who are, or ough to h s invested with power to watch over and pro vide for the public safety. Death, to use an Irisl phrase, stalks through many of our streets. Th, wonder is, not that his victims are so many ; but tha —with the aids afforded to his ministers by th( neglect of the means by which they may be kept at bay—the death-stricken are so few. It is in vain to leave the question to the constant and exchie sive care of Parliament. The Legislature will not act a patriotic or enlightened part, if it do not invest the people with the power of helping themselves in this, and such like matters. If part of the mone3 expended in making, and the care bestowed on im proving, great thorougfares, were extended to provid ieg means for preserving the health of the poor ant partially destitute, by improving the dwellings they in habit, and in providing others, the occasion for hospi tals, supported by public charity, and union houses, maintained by compulsory rates, would be greatly les served. Were Governments wise, they would dirni nish their labours. If they were actuated by the purest and most benevolent intentions in all matters they undertake to manage, the limit which time sets to all human exertions would thwart the honest pur pose. There never existed, from the creation of the world till now, a Government of experience so ex tensive and various, or of mind so active and inde ratigal le, as to be able t o conce i ve an d grapple wiles the manifold wants of the community. Yet this is the impossible undertaking the respon sibility of which successive administrations have been ambitious to assume ! There seems to be no reason, beyond the reluctance of the rulers of the land, why the inhabitants of every locality should not have the power conceded to them of dealing with mat ters that relate to the improvement of the respective districts. The Parliament is barely competent to the functions of supreme government (if judgment may be formed by the snail-like pace of its proceedings) where the general interest of the nation is involved. Can it stop in its course of national legislation to deli berate with advantage upon the peculiar condition of districts ? Such a system resembles the half-fertile, half-desert Egypt. Its great river inundates and fer tilises the country through which it passes; but im mense tracts beyond are unrefreshed by its bounties. A country which should everywhere have competent local authorities to watch the rising of its wants in every .quarter, and to supply them, would be as one watered throughout, and at all times, by springs, streams, and rivers tributary to each other, and by their all:ed r esources, cover i ng the face of: the land with fertility and gladness. HAS WELL co LIER y RELIEF FUND MEETING. (From the Tyne Mercury of Wednesday, Oct. 9.) Last night, a meeting was held at the Lecture room, Nelson-street, to devise means for alleviating the distress of those families whom the recent awful occurrence at Haswell had left destitute. Mr. Charles Parkinson, a miner, was called to the chair, and the principal speakers were Messrs. William Mitchell, Mark Dent, T. Clough (of Haswell), Francis Smith, John Hunter, Septimus Davies, and Joseph Fawcett. Forcible appeals were made on behalf of those who had been plunged into want by this fear ful catastrophe; and. the speakers contended that it was imperatiue that means be taken to prevent the recurrence of such lamentable des truction. A better state of ventilation was neces sary, and they trusted that this dread visitation woull urge on huinane and scientific men to devise something for the preservation and safety of life in mines. It was represented that the viewers, both in Durham and Northumberland, acted quite in re verse of the suggestions of scientific men, and the Davy lamp was used in m i nes where the rapid cur rent of air was incompatible with its safe employ ment. In nine cases out of ten, the casualties in mines were the result, n o t o f accident, but of wil ful neglect. There were minss in the two counties where it was as easy to introduce air as into that room, in which the labourers were dyi ng b y inches from ir.haling carbonic acid gag. Carbonic acid gas had slain more men than had ever perished from explosion. Other evils were add uce d , and it was forcibly urged that legislative interference wa s neCecsary to carry out in the coal-pits the plans of branches Of the Corporation might jointly exPr ess f their fe e li ngs upon the subject, but if the C o urt° Aldermen brok e u p without giving utterance to 143 , he was sure they felt, they might be fairly reproacheu with indifference. Sir P. LAURIE seconded Alderman H um P he t. l ut motion. He did not mean to say anything shout peace or war, but he knew that the two nations re, presented by the Queen of England and the King °f the French were the most powerful nations upon the face of the earth, and he rejoiced at such sYnIP! ° t v of harmony and good-will as the visit of his Its.l es e l, indicated.—(Hear, hear.) He had the highest ! we spect for the King of the French. It was ialio s di l • that he c ou ld enterta i n any other feeling tows'. of Monarch who, upon being asked by the Mar t to Portsmouth for a co of the reply of his MaJejtY the address presented to him by the Corporation of that town, said, " I have no co it is vrr itte t py— in my h ear t."—(H ear, hear.) He believed that If it were not for th e Ki ng of the French, the French people w ou ld not b e so happy or so tranqu il S 3 t° e r were, and he most cordially seconded the motion. ld Alderman WILSON intimated that the Court o ' 4 most cordially unite with the Court of Cono%. Council in an address to the King of the Fren c h ' The adoption of an address by the one Court eou not lead to any difference of opinion with the othe_rL A Alderman HUGHES HUGHES also warmly supl?"7:a the motion, and regretted that he h a d b e en andel?' in seconding it by'Sir Peter Laurie. Alderman F AREBROTHER—In all pro b a bility d shall have the Kings of other countries here by. en o , bye, and the n we can a ll take our turns in ad d re sll , —(Laughter.) Alth oug h I h ave b een a l ong times Alderman, God h e l p me, I have not had my turn rid Alderman WooD said that, although no :nay l u so admire or resp ec t th e Ki ng of the French more t he did for the spontaneous opinion expressed by Majesty with regard to peace, and although it b ar been agreed upon between him and Alderman uhery that he should second the motion, he rea yielded to the claim of Sir Peter Laurie as 3e° Alderman.—(Hear, hear.) 0 1 The motion w as th en unan i mously agree d to, 0 the Court having been cleared, the address was dr e up and adopted. i d be Alderman HUMPHERT moved that a place 8110 , 11 ; t he assigned at the banquet of the 9th of Novembert• o a Commissioner of the City Police. A long discu ss' took place upon the question, in which AldetTon, Lucas and Hughes Hughes supported the rof i it, and Aldermen Copeland and Farebrother oPP °e , Sit The motion was ended by the announcement (4 Peter Laurie that there was no Court. tea The LORD M AYOR h av i ng counted the Cour t, es that it was adjourned till Tuesday next. BANKING IN SCOTLAND. At a meeting of the Edinb urg h Ch am b er of c tio merce, the Secretary said th a t, i n t h e absence °f 130 Chairman, Mr. Cadell, from indisposition, vv ll , ° d io bestowed much attention on this subject, and ";'," be the course of preparing a memorial regarding:;: s to could not report any particulars, but he might that Mr. Macaulay's visit to Edinburgh had en an opportunity of bringing the subject unae` t o notice, and the Chairman, accompanied by the bet Deputy-Chairman, Treasurer, and himself, 1110 , 11 t he interview regarding it, and had set before JO t he vast importance of maintaining, in its integrity i 0 present syst em , w hi c h h ad been product i ve ° the much benefit to the country, without caueirlgoe slightest injury in any quarter whatsoever. o f master and office-bearers of the Merchant ConW il tho had also had an interview with Mr. Macaulay same subject, and he (the Secretary) was sat e 0 e that Mr. Macaulay was now convinced of the impolicy of interfering with what had worked Or o , A short conversation ensued in which Mr. Nigh Mr. Law, Mr. Ritchie, and others of the Dir„`" of took part, Mr. Wigham stating the neceesl o r making it apparent, that, although the system a o f changes might not be managed in the same 11 ,1• 7 1 3 1 with the same good effect in England as in SC°" that, yet with us, it was completely effectual, a l s o that th e sys t em was not only most beneficial Wep, absolut e l y sa f e. All the Directors concurred i n demning any interference w ith th e presen t 53'5 1t0e thi most injurious to th e country, and instructs tided Committee accor di ngly, and at the same tim e it" Mr. Law and Mr. H. D. Dickie. THE POST-OFFICE PACKETS• .df We gave, last wee k , an extract from the Fg nonsi lsi „ on the comparati ve mer i ts of Boulogne ani o d fret° the points of embarkatio n f or the ma il s to return tg England and France. We are induced .t ° oce d by a" the subject, fro m th e i nconvenience exper ig in gi freul in this town, last Wednesday, wh en the an d seven' England did no t arr i ve t i ll between six , from t he Why so late ? B ecause the wind blew flesh leng north, and it cou ld not b e landed at Calais t i ll after the prop er ti me . H a d the packet sailed f o r t , port it could h ave entere d i t, as other steamers alai one o'clock ; b u t, b ecause Calais is in favour 11101 high officials, commerce is to be inconvenienced t.he matters of the highest importance set at nou ght. Id letters that arrived from England that night 07 ,1 , not, by any possibility, be anwered till the nex i t t he however urgent the necessity, for many, indeed tai greater part, were not delivered till the o ffices ad closed. Of this we have had many coinplaint s ' A i a lf do think that both Governments should begin to w o o that the general welfare of two commercial coup do is of far more importance than the supporting_ g il town which is hastening fast to decay. If the on , boats were or d ere d to run from Folkstone to It logne immense advantages would be the result. us trace them : ht Pe"' 1. The lett e r s wou ld l eave London at eight ol g d reach Folkst one at e l even, when the packets c: to • be ready to st ar t an d arrive at Boulogne from °to two o'clock, thirteen hours before their present of arrival. 2. By e ffi c i en t sorters they could be prepa r ed r ive half an h our f or t h e malle poste, which could tel in Paris by four P.M., and b e d e li vere d from tvi to fourteen hours sooner than at present. oec i 8. Let the r a il way f rom Paris to Amiens me,.W hi opened, and th en th e l etters will arrive in rarrA i twelve o'clock — an d sooner still, even now, if a ! kal i ° "ei coach were su b st i tuted for the present IV' mails, and no passengers taken. IThese are publi c a d vantages that every mina appreciate; w e k now many difficulties No ll " t he started as to th e P ost. office being opened during to t night to receive the mail and sort the letters; op s such objections should not be allowed to vveig h w ere instant against the public interest ; if extra pal A the given, th ousan d s would be glad of the office, an r e little ext ra pay t hi s would require should not Witted garded on e moment, w h en the large revenue detrbeio from the po s t age o f l etters is considered; Jet cis' also rem em b er t h at F rance is becoming a comait've country, and that a w i se Government will ret l ti lt. every obstacl e th a t can impede so desirable a reswill Let us th en h ope t h at those having the influence t 0 turn their attention to the accomplishment of vi bs of desired by so many, and will be useful to Boulogne Gazette. BIRTHS. it e d ' On the 3d i ns t ., at St. John's-wood, the lady o f B . g head, Esq., of a still-born daughter. On the sth i ns t ., M rs. J. C. Hunter, of Wilton-pi", grave-square, of a daughter. f at' On the sth i ns t., at the Vicarago, East Brent, Sol t . : , shire, the Hon. M rs . Wil liam Towry Law, of a daughl o 1 On the sth in s t., M rs. Henry Bedford, Calthorpe-stree a son. f t be On the 6th ins t . , t h e l ady of G. W. Hearn, Esq Royal Milit ar y C o ll ege, Sandhurst, a Professor of 'l4 matics in that institution, of a son. a Op'On the Bth i ns t., at Herne-hill, Mrs. Bicknell, of which only survived a short time. 0 , On the Bth i ns t.; M rs. Charles Rivington, Queen-sclu sre ' a daughter. On the Bth i ns t., i n G rosvenor-square, Lady Win n 1 O —0 of a daughter, W . ev, C. R On the Bth inst., at St. George's MARRIED Camberwell, the AO W. Saxto n , of hixall, Salop, toMary, youngest deo , ' of the late James Meek. Esq., of Hackney -road. i rl i f :i On the Bth inst., at St. Jantes's, Bermondsey, Jame s tree ford, Esq., of Essex-street, to Emma, oNly daugther ofsu' Dubin, Eeq., of East Hall, Bermondsey. illy On the Bth i nst. , at St. James's, Piccadilly, Herbert ?f 00 ton, Esq., of Hartshill, Staffordshire, to Mary, widow ° late Rev. Tho mas B rowne, of Christ ' s Hospital. G a b riel' • ,011 On the Bth i ns t., a t Cl apham Church, Thomas jun., Es q ., o f Cl ap h am. common, to Mary Dutton, 021? of Charles Pearson, Esq., the City Solicitor. $1 o On the Bth i ns t., at Arundel, Henry Edmund Marsh' f ' of Parliame n t- s t reet, to Sophia Jane, eldest (laughor Smith, Esq., of Church-hill Haslemere, Surrey. _----" ______L___ ____ THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 10, 1844. humane and scientific men, so that the colliers might pursue their occupation in erfect safety. Resolutions were carried to the effect that a relief fund be started for the widows and orphans of Has well colliery; that the fund be entrusted to the ma nagement of a Committee of five persons, such Committee to consist of Mr. T. Horn, Marke-street ; Mr. John Strachan, Barran-bridge; Mr. William Cook, Gateshead ; Mr. Robson, Pilgrim-street ; and Mr. Martin Jude ; and that the Tyne Mercury, New castle Courant, and other Newcastle and Gateshead newspapers, and the various banks of Newcastle, South Shields, Sunderland, and Durham, be re quested to receive subscriptions on behalf of the fund, contributions to which might also be forwarded to the several residences of the Committee. ADJOURNED INQUEST. HASWELL, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 118% The adjourned inquest on the bodies of those who fell victims to the late explosion was resumed to-day; and after a very long and minute examination of wit nesses, the inquiry was once more adjourned to Friday next- Professors Faraday and Lyall have been sent down by the Government to assist in the inquiry. Both these scientific gentlemen have arranged to go down the Haswell pit to-morrow, to inspect the workings. LIBERATION OF A CHARTIST PRISONER.—Joseph Cappur, the well-known Chartist blacksmith of Tunstall, convicted of sedition at the special commission in 1842, was released from the county gaol on Monday last, after undergoing his term of two years' imprisonment.—Stuf ford Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE MARYLEBONE. Yesterday, after the disposal of the night charges, a tall, athletic Frenchman entered the outer office, and, having accosted Jones, the usher, to whom he stated that he wished to make an application of much importance, he was introduced to the sitting Magis trate, Mr. Rawlinson, who inquired the nature of his business. Applicant (who carried in his hand a great number of papers, some of which were printed) --I have to take the liberty, Sir, of requesting that you, as a Ma gistrate, will use your best endeavours to get one of my papers presented to her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, in order that it may be hrought un der the notice of King Louis Philippe, now in this country and a guest at Windsor Castle. It will be remembered that, about a fortnight ago, the applicant attended at one of the City police-courts, for the purpose of obtaining a warrant for the deten tion of the King immediately upon his setting foot in England, and it need scarcely be added, that the wished-for warrant was not granted. Mr. RAWLINSON (to the applicant)—What do you think I can do for you ? Applicant—l think you can assist me, your Worship. Mr. RAWLINSON—I can't do anything of the sort ; if you wish to forward anything to her Majesty you should do so, I apprehend, through one of the Lords in Waiting. Applicant—l thank you, Sir. Will you be good enough to accept of this (handing in a printed paper), and do what you can for me ? Mr. RAwLiNsoN--I'll look over it at my leisure. The Frenchman, who seemed highly elated at the Magistrate condescending to peruse his appeal to her Majesty in his behalf, bowed respectfully, and then quitted the Court. The paper, which he placed in the hands of the Magistrate, contained a voluminous statement, printed in English and French, in which the writer sets forth , _:ertain pecuniary claims on his Majesty the King of -he French, for services rendered by him (the appli cant), in maintaining and supporting a large number of the mcst active partisans of the revolution of July, 1830. The applicant, in very energetic language, mixed with no slight share of bombast, entreats her Ma jesty to use her influence with her royal guest to in duce him to recognise his claim. The document is signed " Buchoz Hilton," and is dated 41, Prince's-street, Leicester-square, October 1, 1844. From the whole tone and tenour of this docu ment we should not be surprised to learn that Mr. iluchoz Hilton's affairs were placed in the hands of the police. Our reporter recognised the applicant as the same person who, between nine and ten years ago, was brought before the then sitting Magi,strates, Messrs. Shutt and Hoskins, charged with having caused a mob to assemble in the vicinity of the residence of the french Ambassador, Manchester square. Upon that )ccasion the applicant, who was then a vendor of blacking, was mounted upon a donkey, caparisoned in I most grotesque manner, and had a quantity of blacking for sale, which, according to bills put forth by him, was manufactured from the bones and blood )f the satellites of the hypocrite King Louis Philippe, who had been killed fighting against the Republicans if Lyons. He was then discharged by the Magis trate, upon his promising not to cause an o b s t ruc ti on , n the streets again. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday Mr. BOND gave judgment in the case of Charles Lowing, of Hatton, near Hounslow, who was charged at this court, about a week ago, with hawk. inF hay without a license. The question was one of considerable importance to shopkeepers in the corn and hay trade, who were said -o have sustained great injury by the practice of hawking hay about the streets. 'The case was clearly proved by Skinner, an officer of Stamps and Taxes, who had seen the defendant offer the hay for sale to several persons at Chelsea, but as Mr Bond expressed some doubt as to whether it was an offence within the meaning of the Act, he took time to give the matter ,onsideration. On the case being called on, Mr. Childe, of the firm of Wire and Childe, who represented the body of corn-chandlers and hay sales men, said that they were determined to prosecute all persons offending against the statute, and was about to make some further observations, when Mr. BOND said, that as this was the first case of the sort that had come under his notice, he had adjourned it in order to make himself better acquainted with the law on the subject. He was now perfectly satisfied rhat it was an offence within the meaning of the Act. tad he must therefore convict the defendant in the penalty of 101., or in default commit him for three months. A gentleman here stepped forward and made some observations in favour of the defendant, in the course ,f which he said he had erred from ignorance of the law, and expressed his opinion that the fine was very heavy. Mr. BOND observed that he had no power to miti gate it; there was an appeal to the quarter sessions, and the Court had the power under this Act of Par liament of stating the facts for the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench. Mr. Childe said, that great pains had been taken by the body he represented to caution persons against the commission of this offence. Ho had not the slightest objection to try the matter, if the defendant or his friends were dissatisfied with the decision and wished to appeal. The gentleman who had spoken in defendant's be half expressed his willingness to appeal at his own cost, if the expenses were not very heavy ; but, on being informed what they might be if the ease were taken into the Court of Queen's Bench, he abandoned the idea. After some further conversation, in which Mr. Childe repeated that it was the intention of the trade to prosecute the hawkers, The defendant was removed in custody; but in less than half an hour the fine was paid. Mr. Burrell made a similar decision under this Act of Parliament about three months ago. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday a remarkably pretty young woman, about 19 years of age, named Ellen Elliott, and stated to be a sempstress, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Broughton, charged with attempting to destroy herself. John Harbour, a master bricklayer at Hackney, stated that, as he was crossing the bridge over the Regent's Canal at the bottom of Great Cambridge street, Hackney-road, on the preceding afternoon, be tween three and four o'clock, he saw the prisoner, who had an air of great despondency, pacing up and (town the towing-path on the side of the canal, and anxiously looking at the water. Suspecting she con templated self-destruction, he thought it his duty to watch her; and after waiting some time he saw her take a hasty glance round, to see if she was observed, and then, without taking off her bonnet, shawl, or any of her attire, make a sudden rush towards the water and plunge into it. Witness called to two gentlemen for assistance, and one of them, who had a walking-stick, ran down the bank, and when the pri soner rose to the surface, succeeded in catching hold of her clothes with the hook of his stick, and support ing her until, by their joint exertions, they could ex tricate her. She was then conveyed in a state of total insensibility to an adjoining public-house, where, after more than an hour had been spent in unre mitting exertions, she was at length restored to animation. (Sergeant Godfrey, having received information of the occurrence at the station, went to the public house, and found the prisoner in bed in such a dread ful state of exhaustion as to be incapable of uttering a word ; and though he had questioned her several times subsequently, she persisted in maintaining an obstinate silence, and had not uttered a word since she had been taken out of the water. The prisoner had shown three distinct intentions to commit the act before she had succeeded, but was prevented each time by the pas sage o f b arges t h roug h the br i dge. The prisoner's sister, a young married womnn, was in court, and could perhaps explain the cause of the prisoner's conduct. The sister, a respect a bl e -l ooking woman, stood for ward, and said that the prisoner had been for some time past in a very desponding state in consequence of being most heartlessly treated by printer at Hoxton, who had seduced her under a positive pro mise of marriage, and then abandoned her. Mr. BROUGHTON put several questions to the pri soner, who appeared completely overwhelmed with grief and shame, and in a very faint and almost in articulate tone of voice she said, that, having met ker seducer yesterday morning in the street, she ear nestly entreated him to fulfil his promises to her, but that he had treated her with the greatest coldness, and, making her a careless answer, turned away ; which ingratitude stung her so keenly that she re solved upon self-destruction. The Magistrate was about to put another question to her, when the unfortunate creature, whose feelings appeared completely crushed, and who had been swaying about in the bar, suddenly fainted and dropped in the dock, but was saved from hurting her self by Grove, the gaoler, who carried her out into the air. On being restored to consciousness, she was again brought in, and Mr. BROUGHTON, after feelingly admonishing her upon the heinousness of the offence she had committed, said that it was quite manifest that in the prisoner's then state of mind it would be highly improper to set her at liberty, as there was every probability she would repeat the attempt; he should therefore direct her to be placed in the infirmary of the New Prison, where every kindness and attention would be shown her, and she might, perhaps, in the course of a week be restored to a proper sense of her situation. The prisoner's sister, however, earnestly besought the Magistrate not to send her sister to prison, and begged of him to allow her to take the prisoner home with her, promising, if he would, to treat her with the utmost gentleness. Mr. BROUGIITON ultimately acceded to this request, and the prisoner, who still appeared very wretched, was delivered up to, and left the court, with her sister. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday Wm. Duval, an American sailor on board the Prince Oscar, an English vessel at present lying in the London Docks, was charged with the ferocious act of "gouging," or forcing one of the eyes of his captain (Lawson) from its socket, and inflicting other injuries upon him. It was proved in evidence that on the preceding afternoon the prisoner was directed to superintend the topsail sheets of the vessel, and, in doing so, some words took place between him and the chief mate. The prisoner then went towards the captain, who was on deck, and demanded his wages for some days which were due to him. The captain told him that if he did not conduct himself in a proper manner, he must either go below or on shore. The prisoner be came more impudent, upon which Captain Lawson laid hold of him to put him out of the vessel, and a struggle ensued, during which the prisoner made use of the most violent ekclamations, and, amongst other things, said, " Only let me get once clear, and I'll do for you." The prisoner, who is a powerful fellow, managed to overpower the captain, and get on the top of him, when, forcing th e en d o f hi s th um b un d er th e eye, he forced it from the socket. Captain Lawson instantly shrieked, and exclaimed, " Oh, he's got my eye out !" and two of the men on board, who had seen their captain's eye resting upon his cheek, became so sick that some moments elapsed before they could go to his assistance, and secure the prisoner. Captain Lawson, with great presence of mind, replaced his eye in:the socket, but, in addition to this injury, it was found he had sprained his ancle. He was removed to the London Hospital, where every attention was paid to him. A certificate from that institution was put in, stating that Captain Lawson was not in a fit state to attend to give his evidence, or leave the hospital at present, and it was stated that there were but faint hopes entertained of restoring the sight of his eye. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, carelessly replied that he was in such a state of mind at the time as to be unable to control his passion, and un conscious of what he did. He was remanded to a future day, when Captain Lawson will be able to attend and prosecute him. UNION-HALL. Yesterday, one of the guardians of Newington, accompanied by Mr. Cox, the master of the parish workhouse, attended for the purpose of giving an explanation relative to a statement made on the pre ceding day by one of the paupers, and which was calculated to reflect on the conduct of the Board of Guardians, in their mode of sending able-bodied young men to New South Wales. The young man who had made the complaint the preceding day, in which he stated that he and five other paupers had been induced to consent to go out to New South Wales on the promise that they would be furnished with food and shelter on their landing, having repeated the statement, Mr. COTTINGHAM now requested to be informed b?! ' the parish officers pre sen t w h e th er th e young man s account was correct. Mr. Cox said that, about six months ago, a char tered vessel was going out to New South Wales, and that he was informed a passage would be found for some strong young men who wished to emigrate and obtain work in that colony; that he brought the sub ject before the Board of Guardians, and an outfit of was offered to those in the house who wished to avail themselves, and a free passage out; that the man who had complained at once acceded to the offer, and, in fact, memorialised the Board on the subject, and was accordingly supplied with clothes for the voyage, and, with five other men, embarked on board the vessel which was to have conveyed them to Hobart-town. The man alluded to, whose name is Cox, however, was persuaded by his sisters not to quit England, pro mising that they would contribute to his support, and he adopted their advice, left the ship, and although he had put the parish to a good deal of trouble and expense, he now complained that he was refused ad mission into the workhouse. Mr. Cox here produced his entry of the circumstance made at the time, con taining the promise of the young man's sister to maintain him if he stayed at home. The master added, that four of the men went out to New South Wales, and that there was every expectation enter tained of their doing very well in that country. Mr. COTTINGII.kM—The young man stated to me the reason he did not go on the voyage was in conse quence of the captain of the vessel informing him that lie would be cast adrift on landing, after having been promised by the board of guardians that he would be furnished with food and shelter until he got into work. Mr. Cox said that he was convinced no promise of the kind was made by the board of guardians, and that, in addition to the outfit, the captain had V. given to him to divide between the six men when they went ashore. Mr. COTTINGHAIL—But what prospect had the poor wretches when they landed from the ship in a strange country ? Men in their deplorable condition work ing in the stone-yard of a parish workhouse would, no doubt, avail themselves of such an offer as to go abroad, under the supposition of bettering their con dition, but what provision had the guardians made for the men in case they could not procure employ ment on their arrival ? The guardian of the parish explained, that when the subject of sending some of the able-bodied paupers abroad was first brought before the board considerable discussion ensued on the point, and that they were at first opposed to it, but at length con sented to give them an outfit each, under the impres sion, that being hearty and hale young men, their condition would be improved on their emigrating to one of the colonies; this alone was the object of the guardians, and was not carried into effect merely with the view to get rid of the men out of the work. house. Mr. COTTINGIIAM-But what were they to do in a strange land if they could not get work ? Have the guardians any agent or institution ready to receive such persons as they send out to New South Wales ? —Mr. Cox admitted that the guardians had no agent or institution at Hobart-town, but he (the master) had been given to understand that Government pro vided a receptacle for such persons, and that they were employed at road-making in the colony until they got regular work from the settlers. Mr. COTTINGHAM asked him from what source he had his information ?—Mr. Cox said, that he heard it on board the very ship the paupers went out in, and that stout men were gladly caught up and em ployed on landing. He added, that the man who made the complaint must have uttered a falsehood in asserting that the captain informed him and the other paupers they would be sent adrift in the colony, and that he had also asserted a falsehood in stating that the guardians had promised him food and shelter until he got work. Mr. COTTINGHAM questioned Cox on the subject, and he varied in some degree from his furmer state ment, by saying that a man named Sanderson had communicated to him the words which he (Cox) had attributed to the captain of the vessel. He also said that his sister's entreaties for him to remain at home had great weight with him, but he still declared that when he was before the board the chairman informed him that he would have food and shelter until he ob tained employment. Mr. Cox said that the board of guardians had be haved very liberally on the Occasion, and that the men voluntarily offered to go out of the country. Mr. COTTINGHAM said, if the guardians had satis factorily ascertained that an establishment was open for the reception of those poor creatures who were sent out under such circumstances as those above de scribed, then there would be no harm in shipping them off if they consented to go ; but, on the con trary, if there were no such receptacle, then it would be exposing destitute persons to hardships of a most severe kind, and in a country, too, where none of tham had families or friends to fall back upon. The fact of Government having such a place at Hobart town for the purpose should be most satisfactorily ascertained before persons like the distressed man making the complaint were shipped off to such a dis tant country. Mr. Cox mentioned an instance where two persons who went out to the above colony, known to him, were in a very thriving condition there. same r In reply to Mr. COTTISGIIAM, the master of the workhouse said that but few were sent out to the colony from the parish, and those who did go went out voluntarily. Mr. COTTINGIIAM said that the manner in which the business of emigration was managed was calcu lated to excite a rather unfavourable impression ; that he had expressed his strong disapprobation on being first apprised of the circumstances under which men were transported to a distant colony ; but on hearing that a receptacle was prepared f or th e i r arr i va l, it altered very materially his opinion on the subject, if such were the case. He, however, thought that the young man refusing to leave E ng l an d oug ht no t t o have induced the guardians of the parish to refuse him re-admission into the workhouse, as it appeared his objection was owing to that which he heard on going on board of the vessel. After some further conversation on the matter, it was arranged the young man should be taken into the workhouse, on producing a certificate of his ill state of health.—The parties then withdrew. THE ASSASSINATION OF DR. THOttN RTIIER PARTICULARS. CALAIS, OCT. 7.—The accused party is a M. Sa lier, Commissary of Police in Calais. It appears that on Saturday last, M. Salier had dined at Meurice's Hotel, had afterwards visited a masonic lodge, and finally adjourned to Dower's Hotel, where he joined a party who were constantly in the habit of spending their evenings there, among whom was Dr. Thorn. The evening passed off with hilarity and good humour. After one o'clock, M. Sailer, who had drunk very freely, and Dr. Thorn, who had drunk also, but not to the same degree, de parted; they went to M. Sali er ' s office, which is on the ground floor of the Town-hall, and were seen through the window, some say dancing, others say struggling, but not so as to attract particular notice. Thus matters passed till about two o'clock, when Dr. Thorn was fund dead, with a wound in his side, only a few yards from M. Salier's office, at the en trance of the Town-hall. On inquiry being made, it was ascertained that M. Salier had been with deceased but a short time previously, and on searching M. Salier's office a dagger was found thrown carelessly among papers, but bearing marks of being used; some affirm that there was also found a cloth, others a piece of paper, bloody. On this discovery, two gendarmes were sent to M. Salier's lodgings, and he was placed under arrest. An express was sent to Boulogne to require the immediate attendance of the Procureur du Roi, who arrived here about three o'clock yesterday. M. Salier was then brought to the Town-hall, and an investigation took place (the body of the deceased being in the apartment, according to the law in this country), before the Procureur, the Mayor of this town, and the second Commissary of Police. It was, of course, a painful and delicate situation for those officers to be obliged to examine witnesses and receive proof against M. Sailer, who, to that hour, had long acted with them, and had enjoyed their utmost confidence in the discharge of his various duties. This investigation was strictly private, and lasted till half-past ten o'clock last night, when it would appear there was thought to be sufficient circumstantial evidence against M. Salier, as he was sent off under a guard to the prison of Bou logne, and from thence he will be transferred to St. Omer, and tried in the course of next month. M. Salier has not admitted his guilt, but during the investigation constantly alleged that he had no recollection of any of the acts imputed to him. It is allowed om all hands that he was very much intoxi cated, and it is said that Thorn, when they left the hotel, carried Salier's coat for him, and otherwise as sisted him. There are reports that some differences had arisen between them on a play debt of about sixty francs, due by Salier; but the general belief is, parti cularly from their conduct to each other during the evening, that they were on very friendly terms. This morning they body of Dr. Thorn was removed to, and examined at, the hospital. The wound was extremely small, very little blood issuing from it; but the dagger had struck more than an inch into the heart. Dr. Thorn has left a widow :and three children, objects of great commiseration, and highly worthy of the sympathy of the benevolent ; he is very gene rally regretted, and was about fifty-six years of age. A very nemerous assemblage will attend his funeral on Thursday. M. Sailer, in the discharge of his public duty, attended to the passport and permit department, and as he spoke English pretty well, was very attentive and useful to the English residents of this town, and to travellers generally. No precise motive can be assigned, unless the excitement of drink, which is said in the account to have been apparent during the whole of yesterday. In the early part of the morning he was doggedly stupid. The dagger used to lie about M. Salier's office. It is said he took it from a Spanish lady, who was men tally afflictel. THE POLITICAL MARTYRS MONUMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE GLASGOW SATURDAY POST. Sir,—l lately observed that an excellent article of yours, regarding the Scots Political Martyrs, was transferred to the columns of the Scotsman of the 31st ultimo, the editor of which hi g hly respec t e d paper has undertaken — in afoot note t o th e ar ti c l e referred to—to set right a mistake which he says you have fallen into, by stating that th e " aut h or i t i es here declined to grant a suitable site" f or th e purpose of erecting a monument in illustrioushonour of th e exa l te d v i rtue have, in fact, co Committee—if no mis take —if I am not displayed by these patriots. youu hep egregiously misinformed — sent for three stout T or y N o w at , all,S Sir, l or y limners, and desired them to select, on the Calton hill, such a situation as they would cons id er su i ted to the purpose, and they, like all steady adhe ren t s t o t h e cause of despotism — the ruling passion of their great Maca3nos, George lll.—recommended an abominable hole near the bottom of the hill, and which the Pro vost's Committee approved of and readily granted ! I therefore take leave to repeat that you c er t a i n l y have been guilty of no mistake whatever, for the authorities you alluded to had abundanc e o f su i ta bl e sites on the hill in their gift, without resorting to their Tory limners to counsel them, but th ey rat h er chose to act on their suggestions, and gave the Committee for erecting the monument a vile hole to place it in, while they had plenty of most excellent situations in their power. Was this not tantamount to " declining to grant a suitable site ?" Where, then, in reality, is the mis take that you have fallen into ? But this sharp-sighted editor, who sees mistakes that do not exist, feels no hesitation whatever in making palpable misstatements himself, when he says " that the Town Council granted the site which was asked for by the Committee, viz., in front of the Regent-terrace. I can, however, set this editor to rights, for I be lieve that I hare attended all the committee meetings which have been held for nearly these twelve months past, except one, to which the treasurer did not invite me, either through neglect or design, and I can affirm that the hole given by the authorities below the un seemly pile set up by way of d o i ng h onour to t h e me mory of the illustrious Burns, was never once thought of or asked for by the Committee, unless it may have happened on the occasion when I was excluded, for if such a proposal had been made in my presence, I would have instantly opposed it, though at the risk of being outvoted by the treasurer end the section of the Committee who generally adhere to his views. But after all, it must be confessed that the hole given by the authorities was quite good enough for the hideous structure that was intended to have been erected upon it, for our secretary had appointed a Tory architect to the Committee, who gave us a very abomination of a d es i gn a s an appropriate mark of gratitude towards those illustrious men to whom every individual in the country, save the Conser vatives of corruption, owe the warmest tribute of affection and esteem. So much for the Provost' s Committee hunting after Tory limners to select a site for a monu men t t o commem orate principles which they abhorred ; but which will become dearer and dearer to the people o f S co tl an d in proportion as their intellectual powers are enlarged through the benignant influence of education, and that their love of liberty is increased by a calm and deliberate comparison of Governments springing from the arbitrary. will of despots and those that are founded on . the just and immutable rights of man.. These el i te of the civic authorities could not b u t know that their Tory em ployes would naturally irritate and disgust the tru e friends of liberty, by th e ir endeavouring to get pla ce d in an obscure and unsuitable situation a monumen which will hand down in fond remembrance to the . _ latest posterity, the worth and valour of men who hesitated not to sacrifice themselves for the liberty and welfare of their country, while at the __.me it will remain a galling eyesore o all who participate in the odious principles of despotism by which the country was then governed, and may soon be so again under the present Tory Government, if we look to Ireland for a test of their inclination. As to our treasurer select ing the Tory architect who gave us the hideous de sign, I hope it may be attributable to a more laudable motive than that of getting a building erected w hi c h w ould have excited the ironical scoff of the Conserva tive of corruption every time it met his eye. But thanks to Messrs. —, the Tory interdictors and suspenders, who came boldly forward as partisans of i t h he e i f h r olaec intoion, whichan kin it dl u would o r u e l s d c e d the most likely monument o totherwise from e rwse have been betrayed.—l am, A MEMBER OF COMMITTEE. Edinburgh, Sept., 1844. Dispatches were sent off y es t er d ay f rom the Colo nial-office to the Governors of Heligoland, St. Helena, and her Majesty's settlements on the Gold Coast. THE LATE HOUR SYSTEM IN THE METROPOLIS. A public: meetin, called by the Committee of the Metropolitan Drapers' Association, was held yesterday evening in Exeter-hall, for the purpose of extending the knowledge of the evils of the late hour system of business, and the best remedies for them. Long be fore eight o'clock, the hour appointed for commencing business, the large room was crowded in every part, and upon the platform we observed Mr. Sheriff Sidney, Mr. Ambrose Moore, of Milk-street; Mr. George Thomson, the Anti-Corn-law League advo cate ; Mr. D. W. Wire, the Rev. Henry Hughes, Mr. Ir. D. Owen, of Great Coram-street • Mr. Joseph Payne, Barrister, and Deputy C oroner for the City of London; Dr. J. Copeland, F.R.S., &c., &c. There were upwards of 500 master linendrapers on the platform. Mr. A. Mooau was sorry that a letter had been received from the Lord Mayor, stating his inability to attend that evening.—(Hisses.) He was sure that if the meeting knew the sentiments of his Lordship upon this subject as well as he did, they would feel that it was something of very great importance indeed which had kept him from them. He had, however, done the second best thing, for he had deputed one of the Sheriffs of Middlesex to take the chair in his stead. —(Loud and continued cheering.) Without further preface, he would move that Mr. Sheriff Sidney be called to the chair.—(Cheers.) Mr. D. W. Witte seconded the motion. Mr. Sheriff SIDNEY then took the chair, and ex pressed his regret that his Lordship was not present at that meeting; and he begged, for himself, to return his best thanks for the high honour they had just conferred upon him.—(llear, hear.) He was sure that the attainment of the objects for which they had met would meet with general approbation. He would at once call upon the Secretary to read the report. The Secretary then read the report, which stated that the objects of the Association were not so much to move the drapers to shut up their shops at an earlier hour, but to act upon public opinion, so that evening trading should be discouraged. Many of the largest provincial towns had already taken a step in advance, and among them might be cited Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, and Glasgow. The report concluded by expressing a hope that that m ee ti ng would give an i ncrease impulse to the machinery now so happily organised and put in motion. Mr. Sheriff SIDNEY, in a few words, moved that the report be received. Mr. D. W. WIRE, in rising to move the first re solution—" That this meeting, being of opinion that the present protracted hours of business, in shops and other public establishments, are devoid of advantage to employers, and unnecessary for the convenience of the public ; and further, being highly impressed with the conviction that the health, morals, and spiritual interests of the assistants, are thereby.sacrificed, does, therefore, now express its decided opinion that an im mediate change in such a pernicious custom is loudly and imperatively called for"—said, that he had heard of protracted labour under an eastern clime, but now slavery, by an Act of the Legislature, was abolished, and the people of those countries were free.— (Cheers.) If the sympathies of this country could so far travel across the ocean, surely they might ex pect, and expect with justice, that some of it might be expended at home.—(Cheers.) They were told that there were 20,000 drapers'-assistants in this metroplis, whose average labours extended to some fifteen hours. Had those persons leisure to inform their minds ? Had they leisure to attend to their spiritual necessi ties ?—(Great cheering.) And yet they were told that this was a Christian country—a pre-eminently Christian country.—(Cheers.) Should it be said that, because there was a superabundance of labour, the masters should recruit their forces, as the slave. holders were wont to recruit theirs ? Forbid it, justice— forbid it, religion—forbid it, humanity—forbid it, that meeting!—(Continued cheering.) It did not benefit the masters to continue such late hours of business. Did it benefit the public ? No. By evening shop ping they were infli c ti ng i n j ur i es w hi c h, if t h ey were awae to this question, would be at once done away with by transacting their business through the day. —(Cheers.) Could they think that the human frame was like some machine, which would, or could, go on for ever without stop or hindrance ? 'Why was it that the tables of mortality showed that life was so much more extended in the country than in the towns ? And if hurtful to health, were not these hours, he asked, equally hurtful to morals ? He had seen much of prisons, and he found that vice was in a great mea sure induced by those extended hours of incessant labour.—(Great cheering.) What conversation could a man enjoy after fifteen hours' of labour? What books could he read ? But the resolution said that their spiritual interests were sacrificed. Had they not a high and moral destiny before them ? Did not na ture and revelation tell them that they had souls fitted for a far higher state of being than that they were then undergoing? And had they leisure to attend to those important duties? No. The Learned Gentleman concluded a lengthened, admir able, and eloquent speech, by again reading the resolu tion, and imploring them all to second the purposes for which the meeting was called. Dr. JAMES COPELAND, F.R.S., in seconding the resolution, said that the eloquent speech of the mover left him but little to add. As a surgeon, he could safely give his assent to the proposition laid down by Mr. Wire, that the extended hours of labour were a fruitful cause of disease in that metropolis. Some of them might remember the saying of the immortal Bacon, that the day ought to be divided into three parts—eight hours for sleep, eight hours for business, and eight hours for study and relaxation. The speaker then enumerated the diseases which were in duced by the system of long hours at present in existence, and concluded by givin; his hearty assent to the resolution. The Rev. HENRY HUGHES, A.M., supported the resolution, in a speech of the most effective character. He remarked upon the inconsistence of providing parks and other places of recreation and amusement. without giving the labouring classes of the country time to enjoy them. The Prime Minister of this country had in a truly liberal spirit sent one thousand pounds to Manchester to assist in the formation of a new park there. He thus paid a noble tribute to the sacred course of humanity.—(Great cheering.) But again, he (Mr. Hughes) said, what were green fields or fresh flowers, or the pure breezes of heaven, if the labourer were not permitted to enjoy them.—(Loud and continued cheering.) What were they to those unhappy persons, pent up in a close and noisome factory, or the equally hopeless assistant in the ware house ?—(Cheers.) Was it not to them a miserable inconsistency to acknowledge the necessity for relax ation, and yet (true, it was attributed to the force of circumstances) deny it in practice by the continuance of this vile system ?—(Great cheering.) It was the god of mammon that kept up this system here, while so much humanity was expended abroad. He did not say that many, a very great many, of the master drapers, were not distinguished by the exercise of the noblest virtues • but he said, and he said b o ldly, th at they were the slaves of a system. In conclusion, he Would call upon the assistants themselves to pursue still, calmly and legitimately, the course they were then pursuing ; and he called upon the public, as pre ceding speakers had done, not to make their purchases in the evening shops. The speaker concluded amid the most tumultuous applause. Mr. W. D. OWEN said that he would only say a few words, and he hop Id they would be the more likely to be to the purpose. He would first read them a letter from that warm friend to their cause, Mr. George Hitchcock, of St. Paul's Churchyard. The letter inclosed a cheque for 201. Mr. Bardwell, of Holborn, had sent Si. ; and their kind Chairman had commissioned him to put down his name for five guineas. If there was any power in truth, and in reason, he was sure that their cause would triumph that night, and great thanks were due to the com mittee who, after a hard day's work, were up for hours in their chambers, bringing that meeting to maturity. The resolution was then put from the tchair, and carried unanimously. Mr. THOMAS HALL proposed the second resolution : —" That this meeting cordially approves of the mea sures adopted by the Metropolitan Drapers' Associa tion to obtain the necessary abridgment of the hours of business, and now pledges itself to further that ob ject, by discountenancing, in every way, the practice of evening shopping, and calls upon the public, and also upon employers to afford every f ac ility f or ef fecting a change which will be of the highest advan tage to the assistants, and will beneficially affect so ciety at large." To reason upon such a resolution would be perfectly unnecessary, and he would, with out any preface, hand it to the Chairman. Mr. GEORGE THOMSON said he should be obliged to any lady or gentleman who would kindly state what was left for him to do.—(Laughter.) The predicament he was in reminded him of an anecdote of a lady who wanted a servant. Three applied, and when the first was asked what she could do, she said "Anything." —(Laughter.) The next could do everything—(Loud laughter)—and the third said, very humbly and very properly, that, corning after the others, she could do nothing.—(Cheers.) Mr. Wire had been before them, and every person, east or west of Temple-bar, knew that lie could do anything —(Loud and long-continued laughter.) He meant anything that was noble and philanthropic, and good and just.—(Cheers.) Then they had the Rev. Gen tleman near him, who had proved that evening that he could do everything—(Cheers) —or, if he had left anything undone, Mr. Owen had supplied, leaving, however, a something to be done by the meeting at the door.—(Cheers and laughter.) He had but one thing to say, and that was, that lie asked emancipation to these 20,000 assistants, as they were men. He dill not ask it as a matter of compassion, but as an inalienable right—the right of fellow-men.—(Cheers.) Had they the ladies of London, nothing could be more easy than to close the shops at six or seven o'clock. He would not say with Mr. Wi re that they " prowled" about, but he supposed that many of them ► were of procrastinating habits. Purchases in linen drapery, they were aware, were not things of the moment. There I. as generally a committee of ways and means—(Laughter) —and frequently a vote of the whole house was taken on the subject.—(Loud laughter.) Why, then, should not the domestic par liament also fix the hours at which the purchases should be made ?—(Hear, hear.) He called upon the ladies to make that choice that evening. In no part of the world that he had seen, and he had recently travelled over Egypt, Arabia, and the greater pa r t o f India, had he o b serve d so much concentrated and intense labour as in this country.—(Tremendous cheering.) Let them continue their agitation—let them influence public opinion, and they would soon attain their ob jects.—(Cheers.) They were modest in their de mands—they asked but to be saved from destructive toil, and, as men, they had a right to a compliance with those demands. —(Cheers.) The Society had all argument and all fact upon its side, and it showed them behind the spirit of the age that a trade like theirs should require fifteen hours a day to transact its business —(Cheers.) Let them one and all seek by their exertions—by their exhortations and their contributions—to do away with this monstrous evil, and show their country an example to the world. Mr. SHOOLBRED briefly seconded the resolution. The shortening of the hours of labour would be not only an advantage to the employers, but also to the public.—(Cheers.) He particularly referred to Sa turday evening, and he was confident that the amount received after nine o'clock on that evening, was never worth the master's consideration; and he, for one, would be favourable to closing upon a Saturday even earlier than upon any other evening.. The resolution was then put and carried, amid acclamation. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated at eleven o'clock. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court was held for the purpose of re ceiving the returns of the Wardmote Clerk relative to the late elections for the offices of Alderman of the Ward of Portsoken, and Alderman of the Ward of Billingsgate. In consequence of the very great inte rest caused by the election of the Ward of Portsoken, for which Mr. David Salomons was declared to be the successful] candidate in the contest with Mr. Moon, the Court and the avenues to it were densely crowded by the respective friends and supporters of the two competitors. DISCONTINUANCE OF EVENING SITTINGS AT THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. Alderman T. Woon gave notice of a motion for the next Court day, that the evening sittings at the Cen tral Criminal Court be discontinued, and that another Court be formed to facilitate the public business. SWEARING IN OF MR. SIDNEY AS ALDERMAN OF lIIL- LINSGATE WARD. Mr. Sheriff SIDNEY appeared at the bar of the Court, accompanied by a number of the most influen tial inhabitants of Billingsgate Ward, to be intro. duced as the Alderman of that ward. When Mr. Sidney went to the table, some of the members desired that the newly-elected Alderman should make and subscribe the declaration. The TOWN CLERK then placed the declaration (the refusal to subscribe which rendered the election of Mr. Salomons, as Alderman of Aldgate Ward, void nine years ago) before Mr. Sidney, who read it over distinctly, and subscribed it. The swearing in was then proceeded with, and the other formalities having been concluded, Alderman Sidney took his seat with his brethren. MR. DAVID SALOMONS. Mr. CARTER, the clerk of the wardmote, having been asked whether he had any return to make from the Ward of Portsoken, stated that he had a return from that ward also. Sir P. LAURIE desired to be informed whether the gentleman who had been elected Alderman of the Ward of Portsoken was present? Intimation having been made to the Court that Mr. Salomons was not present, The RECORDER said he apprehended the course the Court were bound to pursue was to call for the return of the officer, and then to decide whether there was reasonable cause for the absence of the gentleman upon whom the election had fallen. Mr. CARTER then read his return of the proceedings of the Portsoken election, which terminated in favour of Mr. Salomons, who was accordingly declared by the Lord Mayor, who presided, to be duly elected. Alderman HUMFIIERY wished to know whether Mr. Salomons had received notice to be in attendance? Alderman FAREBROTHER said the Act of Common Council required that any person elected Alderman should attend at the next Court, in order to be sworn in. Alderman Humexertr. —Mr. Salomons may not know anything at all about it. The RECORDER read a clause of the Act, which stated that if the individual elected (due notice of the election having been given) did not appear at the next Court held after the election, and was not able to give a reasonable excuse for his absence, he should forfeit the sum of 5001., unless discharged from the obliga tion to perform the duties of the office. Alderman HUMPHERY submitted that the Court did not know that the Act just quoted had been delivered to Mr. Salmons. Everybody was not obliged to know all about the Acts of Common Council. Alderman FAREBROTHER— Was Mr. Salmons summoned ? The Common Crier stated that he had given Mr. Salomons a written notice, at his office in Shorter's court, to attend th e C our t of Aldermen. The LORD MAYOR stated that as the Court of Aldermen had been appointed for that day (Wednes day), instead of Tuesday, on which day the Court was appointed according to the calendar to take place, and as Mr. Salomons, who would have attended on the Tuesday, found it inconvenient in consequence cf engagements of importance elsewhere, to he present at the time subsequently specified, it was but fair that indulgence should be granted to him.—(Hear, hear.) He (the Lord Mayor) had, on account of such representation, agreed to postpone the question of Mr. Salmons' appearing to take upon himself the office, and it was his intention to appoint Tuesday next for that ceremony.—(Hear, hear.) It was also the wish of some members of the Court that another day should be appointed. Alderman H. HUGHES said it appeared to him to be necessary to place upon record words expressive of the satisfaction of this Court with the reasons given by the Lord Mayor for the absence of Mr. Salomons. Alderman FAREBROTHER stated that he should vote for giving Mr. Salomons time, but he thought it in dispensable that the notice should be proved to have been served upon him. The service of the notice having been formally proved, and Mr. Salomons having been called three times in the Hall, and no answer having been re turned, Alderman H. HUGHES moved that the, Lord Mayor's explanation relative to that gentleman's ab sence be considered sufficient. It was finally, after some further conversation, de termined that the absence of Mr. Salomons be excused, and that his attendance be respited till Tuesday next, the next Court day. ADDRESS OF WELCOME AND CONGRATULATION TO THE RING OF THE FRENCH. Alderman HUMPHERY ' M.P., rose to m ove th a t an address of welcome and congratulation be presented to Louis Philippe, the King of the French, upon his visit to her Majesty Queen Victoria.--(Cheers.) He was convinced that nothing could he more gratifying to the members of that Court, and to the people of this country, as well as to the subjects of the King of the French, than the reception with which his Ma jesty had met upon his arrival in England. MI, in fact, were delighted with the circumstances of the visit which that most able and excellent Monarch, who united such extraordinary genius with so much moral worth, condescended (he might say) to pay to England. The presence of the King of the French indicated in a way not to be mistaken the firm disposition to preserve the peace of the world.— (Hear.) All who valued the blessings of peace would hail his Majesty's appearance in Great Britain as intended and calculated to give assurance that there should be no violation of it.--(hear, hear.) He was happy that the opportunity of expressing the feelings and sympathies of the Court presented itself so soon after the arrival of his Ma jesty, who was as much beloved by the brave people whom he governed, as Queen Victoria was beloved by her subjects, who were constantly giving evidence of their affection.--(Hear, hear.) lie was convinced that the people of England felt as the King of the French felt, that peace ought to be established upon the most secure basis, and no stronger security could exist than the cordial co-operation of the two greatest Powers in the world for the establishment of that Freat principle.—(Hear, hear.) Th e Ki ng of the rench knew well the calamities of war, by an expe rience of the severest kind down to the year 1814, when tranquillity was restored, attended by happiness undisturbed, and by a perfect understanding between the two nations. Never did any Monarch deserve better the love and applause of his country and of the worli, than one who, with immense power, and with the most distinguished abilities, exerted himself for the service, not of his country alone, but of all mankind. (Cheers.) It was with great pride he (Alderman Humphery) rose to move that an address be presented to so great and so amiable a King, and he made the proposition in the firm belief that it would be unani mously supported by the Court.—(Hear.) The LORD MAYOR said he considered it necessary to state that addresses of that description usually emanated from the Court of Common Council. Whether on such an occasion the Court of Aldermen chose to deviate from the general practice was for them to determine, but a Court of Common Council would be held next day, and all the members of the Corporation could then join in an address to his Majesty. Alderman Ilumrusar admitted that the twn D. 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