The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-17 00:00:00

frbtea Writtion THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bask 5t0ck.."......ei dm 206 Indian 5t0ck............... 3 per Cent. Red ....... 99% Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons ..... 100% Ditto Old Annuities 3% per Cent. Red ..... ;Ditto New Annuities ... New Slit per Cent.•......•...• 102% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 134 d •.• 73 pm. New 5 er Ditto 5001. 73 Pm• Long Annuities to expire Ditto '73 Po. Jan. 12% Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859............... 12 Consols for Act.......... 100% 1860......... India Stock for Acct.... -- FOREIGN -FUNDS. Austriae, 5 per Cent ......... Portuguese, 5 per Cent B4 Belgian, 5 per Ditte, New Brasilian Bonds Prussian, 5 per Cent ..... Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Russian 5 per Cent — Chllian 6 per Cent ..... -- Ditto, Metathc Colombian, 6 per Cent ...... §panish, 5 per Ditto, 1824 Ditto, 3 per Cent 35% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent . Ditto, Deferred.................. Danish, 3 per Cent ..... French, 5 per Cent. —t. - c. Greek, 1825, 5 per Cent — Exchange .... ..... —f. —c. Mexican, S per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1831.-- Dutch, 2% per Cent...... Peruvian, 1625, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent ......... 98% SHARES Bristol and Exeter (70 paid)— .. Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) Dublin and Belfast Junction, 2% paid 5 Eastern Counties (23 paid) .....«..........,..«.« 13% Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Fifths, 12 paid Lancaster and Carlisle;lo paid London and Brighton (50 paid) London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) 75 London and York, 234 paid 3 % Lynn and Ely, Ili paid Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Midland Counties (100 paid)...... ..... .... ........ « Birrsingham and Derby, £lOO paid Bt)% Northern and Eastern (45 paid) South Devon, 5 paid South Eastern and Dover (33 25 4d paid) .....« — Ditto New Shares, 4 paid York And North Midland (50 paid)......... ......... Boulogne and Amiens, 2 paid ... . ..... ........... Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 paid ........« 3% Paris and Lyons, 2 paid 3% saris and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Rouen, 20 paid ..... ............. .......... ..... 40 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Civil disabilities—as penalties for hold ing doctrines and observing ceremonies which differ from those of the Established Church—are not yet extinct. Roman Catholics have obtained emancipa tion, and Dissenters relief, from the invidious and im politic restrictions which the legislation of the darker ages had imposed, and the intolerance of more enlight ened times had long refused to remove. The Jews, however, still remain under the curse. The Corporation of London, in its highest Court, clings to the prejudices against Jews for which the Corporation was pre-eminent in those days gone by when such prejudices prevailed more generally than, happily, they now do. The Court of Aldermen torture their little wits to twist and distort a statute couched in plainest phraseology, into a meaning foreign to its spirit and design, to afford a pretext for their pre-determined decision. The Ward of Portsoken had elected for its Alderman Mr. David Salomons—a gentleman whose intellectual superiority, great wealth, high position in com mercial society, unimpeachable honour, and ex tensive benevolence, unrestrained by sectarian dis tinctions, all men agree to admit and commend. Mr. Salomons has served the office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex with a fidelity, zeal, and hospitality seldom equalled, never excelled. He has also served the same high office in Kent, a county in which one of his estates is situate ; and is a magis trate for at least two counties. Yet, on presenting himself for the purpose of being admitted to the office to which he had been elected, a form of de claration was placed before him, which he was re quired to subscribe ; but to which, as a Jew, he had conscientious and insuperable objections. Mr. Sa lomons applied for a short adjournment, in order that the question might be argued by counsel, whether the required form of declaration is applicable to his case ; and if so, whether the obnoxious form is imperative on the Court, and com pulsory on the individual, or whether the former has not a discretion vested in it by law, and the party held responsible for exercising the functions of Al • dermanic office, not having qualified in the terms of the statute. This reasonable application was refused. The election was declared void ; and a precept for a new election at once ordered to issue from the Court. Mr. Salomons has declared his intention of bringing the question, as to the validity of the proceedings of the Court, before a higher tribunal. When Mr. Sa!o mons was elected Alderman of another ward (that of Aldgate), and was ousted by the Court of Aldermen on similar grounds to those now taken, he was barred from obtaining redress from the superior courts by one of those technical objections by means of which legal ingenuity frequently defeats the claims of justice. He will, of course, take care, in the present case, to avoid such an occasion of defeat. The whole ques tion will, we hope, be placed fairly before the Judges, to be decided on the fair construction of the terms of the statute, and in conformity with the principles of law. The objection urged by the Aldermen who con tended against Mr. Salomons' admission as a member of their Court, would equally apply to the admission of a Jew to the Court of Common Coancil—it would, doubtless, be taken if a Jew were to be returned as one of that body by any one of the City wards. The corporations of Birmingham, Southampton, Ports mouth, and other towns—to whom the Act pressed by the Aldermen of London against Mr. Salomons is equally binding as on the Corporation of London— admit gentlemen of the Jewish persuasion to office. The declaration required to be made is in lieu of the sacramental test ; which was enforced or not, at the pleasure of the corporations : some requiring a rigid observance of .the statute by which the tokens of atoning grace were prostituted to the purposes of party, and the most solemn rite of the Christian faith was received as the passport to secular place. The annual Act of Indemnity, passed every session of Parliament, relieved persons who had omitted to observe this required religious proof of peculiar fitness ; and thus Dissenters, by a side-wind, were admitted to corporate offices. The Corporation of London was, however, among the most earnest sticklers for the law of exclusion—ex cept, indeed, when the coffers of its Chamberlain were exhausted, and the• fines imposed by their charter upon persons who refused to take upon them selves offices to which they had been elected, afforded the Corporation an opportunity of re plenishing their empty exchequer from the pockets of wealthy Dissenters. Then, indeed, they were liberal with a vengeance. Under such circum stances, the Corporation was in the habit of select ing the richest and most consistent Dissenters for Sheriffs. These, of course, objected to take the sacra mental test ; and, to avoid the annoyances and more substantial evils of resistance, generally paid the fines. The records of the Corporation, still in existence, show the use to which this monstrous perversion of a perse cuting statute was put in those days by the Corpora tion of London. An observation, which had passed into a proverb from a conviction of its truth, is not yet for gotten, that the building of the Mansion-house was paid for by fines imposed upon Dissenters. At length the question as to the legality of these fines was brought to an issue by a Dissenter named Evans, who had the courage to contest the power of the Cor poration to fine him for not taking upon himself an office for which he was disqualified by law. The case was carried by appeal to the House of Lords ' • and Lord Mansfield's judgment, in pronouncing the deci sion of the House, is among the most luminous of that Noble and Learned Judge's very able judgments. STANDARD.—We have sincere pleasure in di recting attention to the proceedings of the meeting held yesterday in the Egyptian Hall, Mansion house, for the purpose of adopting measures for the establishment of baths and washhouses for the accommodation of the working classes of the metropolis. The proposed plan has been already tried in Liverpool, where public baths and washhouses for the poor have been es tablished upwards of two years, and we cannot doubt therefore that such an arrangement would tend most materially to the improvement of the health [and comfort of the working classes of this great metropolis. IVe could have wished that this excellent design could have been associated with some comprehensive plan for improving the dwellings of the poor, and providing them with accommodation not only of a superior order, but at a much cheaper rate than is accessible to them at the present moment ; but we must not reject an acknowledged good because benefits of even greater importance re main yet to be supplied. The distinguished aus pices under which the meeting of yesterday took place encourage the hope that the two objects may eventually be combined. Meanwhile, the associa tion which is about to be formed cannot fail of doing unmixed good. It is the melancholy con dition of the poor, that there is scarcely a necessary of life for which they do not pay considerably more, by comparison, than the rich. But there is, perhaps, nothing for which the operative in a large town is more extravagantly taxed than forrent. Pub lic attention has been prominently directed to this fact by the'report f the Sanatory Committee of the House of Commons. Miserable dwellings, in confined and unwholesome situations, underlet in single rooms to the poorest class of tenants, have been known to yield three and even four times the expenses of the entire tenement. Thus the metropolitan artisan will often be called u pon weekly wages for t h e sheltermereto pay affordedafourth of his self and his family by a single t o him- sleep In tins . cons fined domicile must th e y cr iminately mingled), and the o whole s o e f xe t s he ln do mestic affairs, including washing and cooking, be performed. Yet, for a less rent, two comfortable and well-ventilated rooms , with access t o a wash house, might be afforded by the construction of barracks, capable of accommodating a eon _ aiderable number of families under the same roof ; each edifice, if desirable, being provided with \ the baths and other conveniences contemplated at the meeting of yesterday. In order, however, to effect this object, the matter should not be left to were trading speculators. A guarantee fund should be provided, and a system organised, by which numbers might be lodged in the same building; and the experiment might be tried for a sum comparatively unimportant when the vast benefits it would confer are taken into consideration. Associations for the purpose of retailing to the poor cheap provisions, and even cheap coals, are far from uncommon ; but we have never yet heard of any attempt to carry out the principle to cheap lodgings. In the present condition of the poor the parlour of the labouring man, the place in which most of his leisure hours are passed, is the tap-room of a public-house—for want of that decent accommodation which his home cannot afford him ; and which is eventually, by his desertion of it for such a substitute, rendered infinitely more miserable than it need to be. Any scheme which would avert such consequences would effect a purification at once moral and physical; and would do more to benefit the working classes than anything that has hitherto been devised for their benefit. CLERICAL INTOLERANCE.—A few weeks since the following circumstances, disgraceful in their effect, and ridiculous as proceeding from an individual appointed to teach good will and charity with all mankind, took place at the village of H , a few miles from Ipswich. It appears that in this village stands a chapel attended by a body of Christian Dissenters, in connexion with Stoke Chapel, Ipswich. No regular minister being appointed, the service is served by an occasional lay preacher, a highly respected inhabitant of this town, who journeys over for the occasion every Sunday. On the Saturday previous to the day on which the circumstances we wish to relate took place, a person living near the chapel was surprised by the clergyman of the parish calling upon her, and asking in a loud tone, " what time the abominable practices would commence on Sunday." Not under standing him, she asked for an explanation, when it ap peared he referred to the performance of divine service. She replied, that two services were performed in the day —in the morning at ten, and in the afternoon at two. The clergyman left. On the Sunday afternoon, while the person who officiated as minister was seated in the vestry previously to the service, he was surprised by a loud knocking at the - door, and opening it, to his sur prise, he found the clergyman in full canonicals, book in hand, and followed by a string of boys and girls. "I am come to denounce your proceedings," quoth the Rev. Gentleman, and began an excited oration. As soon as the minister recovered his surprise at the novel scene, he gave the clerical disturber to understand that such proceedings would not be allowed, and if persisted in a policeman would be called, and a charge exhibited against him. This appeared, if not to produce a calm, at least to prevent further annoyance, for gathering up his robe, he retired, saying, " I can only do what I am bound to do by the Scriptures—shake off the dust of my feet as a witness against you." The zealot then per formed the action bodily !and quitted the spot, not how ever before a Church-taught labourer, thinking he might save the parson some unnecessary labour, cried out to him, " Well, you won't have much trouble to do that, for we've had a heavy rain t' morn."—Suffellt Chronicle. LYNN.—DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT COFFINS.—As some labourers, lately, were employed in digging on the site of Blackborough Priory, near Middleton, they dis covered three stone coffins in a good state of preserva tion, one of which contained a complete skeleton. We understand that the proprietor of the land has presented them to the Lynn Museum.—Bury Farmers' Journal. i The weather at Killarney during the last week has been very bad. On Wednesday a dreadful storm sprung up on the lakes, and a large party had to take shelter for the night, at Glens Cottage, as the passage across the lower lake was extremely perilous. The mail-car to Kenmare was thrown over the cliffs on the same even ing—the driver sustained serious injuries, and the horse was killed on the spot.—Cork Examiner. Such has been the effect of the mildness of the pre sent season, that in the orchard of Lieutenant John M. ..Liles, near Castleisland, an apple tree is to be seen, part in blossom, part knitting into fruit, and part bearing the full-grown ripe apple.—Tralee Chronicle. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1844 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 16. (Before Commissioner Sir C. F. Wu.LlAms.) IN RE F. W. N. BAYLBY. The insolvent is the well-known author of several popular songs, and as being a general contributor of the lighter species of literary articles to the different pe riodicals as well as certain of the newspapers of the day. He this day came up for his interim order, having pre viously petitioned the Court, and consequently been dis charged from custody. He was described as an author, and residing at Nelson-square. His debts and lia bilities were stated to be 4,323 L, and his assets 3841., but he observed that his real debts were only 7501. After some preliminary conversation, Mr. Bayley said, as he had no Counsel "'present, he trusted that he might be allowed to make a proposition to the Court, and perhaps the Learned Commissioner might have heard of his name before. Mr. Lewis (a solicitor)—The insolvent was in this Court before, and made a proposition to pay 50/ a year, but from that day to this his creditors have never received a farthing. Sir C. F. Wn.thms—Then I shall take care not to be deluded. Mr. Bayley—My former proposition was that of the Learned Commissioner (Evans), and I acquiesced in it, but that depended upon the contingency of my engage ment at the Illustrated London News. I wish, Sir Charles, to pay all my just debts, and I therefore pro pose to pay five guineas a-week up to the Ist of Juno next, and from that period ten guineas a-week until my debts are entirely liquidated ; and from recent circum stances, I have every reason to hope that I shallibe able to fulfil my promise. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—Are there any other creditors of the insolvent here, who wish to oppose his application? Two solicitors here started up for their respective clients, and both of whom said, almost in the same breath, that they opposed for clients, to each of whom the sum of 251. or 261. was due. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—And I now hold in my hands an agreement for allowing him time to pay creditors to the amount of hundreds. Mr. Bayley—lf your Honour will only afford me a little delay, I have very sanguine hopes that I shall have no necessity to trouble the Court again. Sir C. F. WILLIA.ms—I can see no objection to so rea sonable a proposition, particularly as its tendency is likely to be for the benefit of the creditors. One of the solicitors referred to, sharply said that the Court had no power to grant any delay. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—At present I do not dismiss the petition, neither do I grant the insolvent's application; my anxiety is invariably for the benefit of the creditors, while, at the same time, I shall never press with unne cessary severity upon an insolvent ; but I shall never permit myself to be told (and that, too, all but rudely) in this Court that I have no power to grant " delay," if I should think the circumstances of the case are such as to justify it. Mr. Lewis (for a creditor) had no objection to the de lay prayed for, if the insolvent were remitted back to custody, for even at the end of a week or a fortnight he might, like a great many others, be non est inventus. Sir C. F. WILLIAms—But here are creditors to a large amount agreeing to his discharge, and your two paltry 251. debts shall not prevent_this man from having the benefit of a short delay. Mr. Lewis—But, Sir, the debt of 6001. is disputed by the insolvent in his schedule, and we have no proof that such a debt ever really existed. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—Then you can call the party. Mr. Bayley—l came here, Sir Charles, to face my cre ditors, and with a determination to pay them as soon as I possibly can ; and the great majority of my detaining creditors have all agreed to my discharge. Besides, I respectfully , submit that now being out of custody, you cannot send me back to prison. A Creditor (Mr. Reynolds)—l am a detaining creditor for 1861., and I have signed his discharge. Sir C. F. WILLIA3IB—My first objeet — is the protection of the creditors, and when I do my duty to them, I shall always listen with indulgence, and at the same time with firmness, to the application of an unfortunate insolvent. Opposition may sometimes be very proper, but at other times very injudicious ; and in this case I shall pro nounce no opinion. It has been objected to the insol vent that he did not pay over the 501. a year which upon a former occasion be had consented to do ; but the in solvent's answer to that was, that the offer was made when he was editor of the Illustrated London News, but after a short time that was, to use his own peculiar ex pression, carried away from him. Thus, being stripped of his situation, he had not the means of fulfilling his promise, and common sense, common law, and common equity released him from its fulfilment, and I shall exert the powers which are conferred upon me by the statute. Mr. Lewis—But, Sir, he was in custody, and the sta tute, I contend, gives you the power of remanding him. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—He is now here, and how came he here ? Mr. Bayley—l obtained the protection of the Court, and my detaining credidors agreed to my discharge. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—Then I shall not remand him. Another creditor here said he wished to be heard in opposition to the insolvent, to whom he had lent 30/., upon the faith of his, giving up a portion of his salary upon the Illustrated London News, and that, too, at the very period wh en h e had not been connected with it for a month. I used to cash Cheques for him at five guineas a week, some of which were paid • but when I latterly applied at the office, the cashi er (Mr. Little) could not even tell me of his " whereabouts," and even the pro prietor himself repudiated all knowledge of him. Mr. Bayley—My editorship, Sir, ceased in January, it is true ; but still I was to be paid for such contribu tions as might be used. It is a common practice at newspapers to draw cheques for salaries, and hand them over to other parties. Addressing himself to the last opposing creditor; the insolvent asked him if he did not know that he had been in Dublin during the trial of Mr. O'Connell ? TheCreditor- - I know nothing at all about it except what you now say. It was ultimutely Jrdered that the petition should not be dismissed, but that no day should be fixed for the " final" order, which would secure the insolvent's cre ditors. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) CLERKEA WELL. Yesterday an elderly gentleman, of gigantic frame and stature, named Joshua Wilson, who described himself as a captain in the Royal Navy, was charged with assaulting and threatening to murder Mr. Richard White, a pianoforte-manufacturer, residing in Woburn-buildings, Woburn-square. The complainant deposed that the defendant had been lodging in his house for some years, but latterly becoming very turbulent, and getting into arrears of rent, Mrs. White did not send him up the kettle of boiling water for breakfast on Sunday morning. When witness returned home from church, hearing this had not been done, he at once sent the servant up stairs with it ; but the captain, after abusing the ser vant in unmeasured language, ordered her to take it down stairs instantly. Witness then went up and said, " Well, Captain, what a strange sort of man you are ; out of compassion, I sent up the kettle to you." The captain immediately started up, and rub bing his forehead very hard with his hand, exclaimed, " You will make me do something very terrible." Witness replied that he ought not to be going on so; upon which the prisoner seized him in a violent manner by , the shoulders. Witness ran between his legs. The cap tain's spectacles dropped off, whereupon he commanded witnessto take them up ; being a good deal alarmed, he did so, and placedithem on the drawers. Some other scuffles ensued between the parties, and the captain finally expelled the pianoforte-maker. After some conversation between the magistrate and the captain, he was ordered to pay 10s. The captain—l have not got a farthing in my pocket. Mr. COMBE again asked him if he would leave the premises on that day, but still persisting in refusal, the magistrate said ho must commit him for a week. Captain Wilson, on his way to the cell, exclaimed, " And is this the way a veteran officer, who has served his country for sixty years, is to be treated ?" He was, however, liberated in a few hours after, the fine and costs having been paid by one of his friends. UNION-HALL. HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAR THE VICTORIA THEATRE.—Two powerful-looking young fellows, named Charles Byford and George Williams, alias Luxton, w're brought before Mr. Traill, charged with 'robbing Mr. Charles Powerie, a grocer and cheese monger, of Camberwell, of a knife and comb. Prosecutor stated that about 11 o'clock last night he was passing the Victoria Theatre, in the Water loo-road, and when near the Victoria Tavern he was accosted by Byford, who asked him whether his name was Jones. He replied in the affirmative, thinking that it was merely a lark, when, to his surprise, Byford seized his hands, while Wil liams put his hand in his left-hand pocket, which fortunately contained only his comb and knife. They then wanted him to enter the public house and partake of a pot of beer, which he declined. They then attempted to have a dip in his other pockets, when he broke away from them and went in search of a policeman. He met 140 L in IVebber• street, to whom he related the circum stances ; they then returned to the public-house, when he gave the prisoners into custody. He in formed the magistrates that if they had succeeded in emptying his right hand pocket, they would have had a good haul, as he had twenty sovereigns depo sited there. By ford denied ever seeing the prosecutor before. Williams said that he was in the public-house, wait ing for a gentleman, when the policeman entered and took him into custody. Mr. Powerie said that the latter prisoner was the man that put his hand in his pocket, and Byford held his hands. He was quite certain they were the men. Mr. TRAIL asked whether the prisoners were known'? —Coombs, 94 L, said that Byford was convicted at this court on the 21st of August last, for picking pockets at Camberwell fair. 'Williams, whose real name was Boatwright, he knew to be an associate with thieves of the worst description. Mr. TRAILL inquired whether there was any per son who saw the prisoners surround the prosecutor ? Mr. Powerie said that two lads witnessed the whole of the transaction. They promised to attend the court this morning.' Mr. TRAILL said that he believed Williams had been convicted before for a similar affair. He re quested the officer to institute inquiries respecting him. For that purpose, and the production of wit nesses, he should remand the prisoners until to morrow (this day).—They were accordingly remanded. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday, Mr. Sharpe, proprietor of the North Briton public-house, Stepney, appeared to answer the charge of permitting riotous and disorderly conduct in his house. A woman of the town, whose name our reporter did not catch, deposed that she was in the house when a scuffle took place. A man named Miles insulted another named Andrews very much, and then a scuffle ensued in front of the bar. There were four rounds, after which some per son asked was not that enough ? to which Miles answered, " No." They then set to again, when Miles fell and cut his head. The landlord was inside the bar. Some persons, and among others the witness, tried to go inside the bar, but the landlord pushed them out. He objected to their fighting, and said, " We'll have no more of this." He did not come between them, having enough to do to keep the people from the bar. . . Mi.. Pelham, for 'the defence, said the North Briton was what is commonly called a night-house, and was open to an early hour in the morning for the purpose of affording refreshments to persons frequenting the Pavi lion Theatre, the principal plat:- of amusement to those residing at the eastern end of the metropolis. It could not be expected that persons frequenting the bar of such an establishment should be the most respectable, but for a house of the kind the landlord had, for a considerable time, conducted it in a highly creditable manner. The parlour was frequented by gentlemen and tradesmen for the purpose of social entertainment. (Some of whom he called to speak to the transaction, and to show that the defendant did all he could to check the disturbance.) After hearing them, Mr. BALLANTINE said, that though well disposed to make every allowance for that kind of house, it was clear that a serious disturbance had taken place. There were prostitutes and other disorderly persons at the bar, in addition to which a man had been seriously wounded, and none of the respectable tradesmen and gentlemen looked after him, a poor wretched prostitute being the only person who looked after him, by going for a cab and taking him under her care to the hospital. He would mark his sense of the proceeding by inflicting the highest penalty, namely 5L The defendant, through Mr. Pelham, gave notice of appeal. Mr. John William Gray, plumber in the Commercial road, was charged with assaulting a lad named Christo pher James Lewis, who had been bound to him from the parish of Limehouse. Lewis stated, that on Monday last his master charged him with idleness, and took up a rope, with which he beat him in a most cruel manner. His back was sore ever since. Douglas, the warrant officer, examined the boy's back, which was nearly black all over. His arms were also black, and he seemed to have been punished cruelly. Daniel Murphy, in the employment of the defendant, said the boy was idle and negligent. He was sent with a mesiage on the previous Tuesday, and stayed away so long that he was fined 25., being at the rate of 3d. an hour. The lad said he was ill and obliged to go home. He had already suffered for his illness by the fine. Murphy added, that besides being idle and negligent, he was also very insolent. Mr. BALLANTINE said that did not warrant such ex treme ill-usage. It was evident that the boy had been very cruelly beaten, and the defendant must pay a fine of 40s. The money was instantly paid. SURREY QUARTER SESSIONS. KINGSTON, Oct. 16. (Before E. PENHRYN, Esq., Chairman ; J. TROTTER, Esq., M.P., B. HAWES, Esq., M.P., Colonel CHAL LONER, T. PUCKLE, Esq., &c.) The Court this day proceeded to hear applications for licenses for music and dancing. Mr. WALLINGER made an application on behalf of Mr. Joseph Key, of the Southampton Railway Ta vern, at the Kingston station, for a license to have music and dancing at that establishment. The ap plication was signed by the churchwardens and parish officers, and there was no opposition to it by any party. The license was accordingly granted. Mr. LOCKE applied for a renewal of the license for Vauxhall Gardens in the name of William Fowler.— Granted. The licenses for the Bower Saloon, the St. Helena Gardens, Rotherhithe, and the Castle Hotel, Rich mond, were also renewed without any observation. An application was then made by Mr. Richard Preece, of the Grapes, Great Suffolk-street, for a license to have music and dancing. Mr. Knapp and Mr. Corner supported the applica tion, and it was opposed by Mr. Scriven. Mr. KNAPP, in support of the application, put in a memorial, signed by the churchwardens, overseers, and guardians of the poor of Southwark, testifying to the respectability of the applicant, and the excellent manner in which his house had been conducted. There were also the signatures of 286 persons of respectability residing in the immediate neighbour hood, all of whom expressed their opinion that if the license was granted, it would be the means of afford ing innocent recreation to the poorer inhabitants of the neighbourhood. The Learned Counsel, in the course of his address, said that the application had been made last year, and was refused, but he trusted that on the present occasion it would be more suc cessful. Mr. Knight was then called to prove the signatures to the petition. lie said that he was himself formerly a member of the Board of Guardians, and that during the time he had known Mr. Preece the house had always been very respectably conducted. Cross-examined—Witness had been to the per formances at the applicant's house three times. The words " Grand Harmonic Hall" were written over the door. He was not aware that the condition upon which Mr. Preece received his spirit license on the last occasion was, that he should take down a stage that was erected, and discontinue the perform ances in his house. He believed that money was taken at the doors. There was a stage at present in the room, and persons danced and sang upon it. Threepence was the sum charged for admission, and the performers were dressed in the same way as they were at the theatres. Re-examined—He never saw any indecent con duct, and the style of dancing was not a hit morn in- , decent than might be seen at the Opera.—(A iaugh.) Mr. Yates, an inspector of the metropolitan police, deposed that the house in question had been conducted in a very proper and respectable manner since Mr. Preece kept it. He had witnessed the performances, and never saw anything improper. Cross-examined—There was dancing and music going on when he went to the house. The dancing was upon a stage, which, upon examination, he found to be a sort of large table, about four feet high. There were some young women performing dressed in boys' clothes, and boys dressed as girls. There was no band, and the only music was a pianoforte. Witness went to the house by order of the Commis sioners of Police, in consequence of some complaints that had been formerly made, but there had been no complaints within the last twelve months. Witness was present when Mr. Preece applied for his spirit license, and he heard Mr. Puckle, one of the magis trates, recommend that the stage and the performances should be done away with. Mr. SCRIVEN—And after this, the stage was taken away, and the " table," as you call it, was put in its place ? Witness—Yes. Cross-examination continued—Did not think the performers dressed themselves under the table.— (Laughter.) The ladies dressed on one side, and the gentlemen on the other. He had never seen any im proper characters present at the performances. Wit ness was aware that Mr. Preece only had a spirit license, but it was not the duty of, the police to inter fere with the performances in the house unless they had orders to do so. Mr. CORNER, at the conclusion of the evidence, ad dressed the Court in support of the application, and said that there was no intention to deny that there had been music and dancing carried on in the house, but he submitted that this ought not in any way to affect the application, and that as it was proved the house had been conducted in a creditable and re spectable manner, the license prayed for ought to be grante 1. Mr. SCRIVEN then addressed the Court in opposi tion to the application, and said that the bench had refused the license last year, and the only new fact now brought forward was, that since that period the applicant had, in defiance of the magistrates, persisted in carrying on the performances. It did not appear that the applicant wanted any license, for he had been doing all that the license would have empowered him to do, and the only object of the present proceeding appeared to be to get a bill of indemnity from the magistrates for having infringed the law. The Learned Counsel then proceeded at some length to comment upon the facts that had been adduced in support of the application, and concluded by express ing his opinion that the magistrates would not, under such circumstances, think of granting a license to the applicant. Colonel CIIALLONER said, he thought the fact of the license having been refused last year ought not to weigh at all with the Court, but they should merely be guided by the merits of the case as it appeared be fore them. He was extremely favourable to the granting of licenses of this description, because he felt convinced that amusements of this description tended to increase morality among the lower orders, and induced habits of sobriety. He thought they were bound to pay attention to a petition signed by 286 respectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood, who might very reasonably be supposed to be better ac quainted with its wants than they were ; and when they recollected that the petition was also signed by a great number of guardians of the poor, and that an officer of police had borne testimony to the fact of the house being conducted in a respectable manner, he considered they were bound to grant the licnese, and he begged to propose, therefore, that it should be granted. Mr. HAwEs, in seconding the motion, said it would not be denied that Mr. Preece had acted wrongly in continuing the performances in his house without a license after the caution he had received, but still he did not think this:ought to influence the Court in their decision. They should only look to the public in terest; and when they saw so many respectable persons sign the application fur the license, he thought they were bound to grant it. There was, he believed, a very great improvement in the moral condition of the labouring classes, and also a strong movement in favour of temperance among them ; and it was their duty to provide the poorer classes with recreation and amusement, to enable them to occupy their minds innocently, in lieu of going to p u blic-houses, and in juring their health and character by drinking to excess. Mr. PUCKLE opposed the grant of the license for music and dancing, on ,the ground that, if it were legally sanctioned in such a neighbourhood, it would be productive of great mischief. It had been said that there was nothing more improper done at this house than at the Opera. He (Mr. Puckle) did not know much about the Opera, but this he must say, that if a little public-house in St. George's-fields was permitted to imitate the Opera, he did not think it likely to advance the cause of morality. Mr. Puckle then remarked upon the fact of the applicant having continued his performances far the last twelve months in defiance of the magistrates, and he said he thought this was an additional reason why the license should be refused. If he discontinued those performances at once, and his house was conducted in a proper manner, and next year he applied for a music license only, it was probable that he (Mr. Puckle) should not oppose the application. After a few words from Mr. Best and the Chair man, the question was put, when the Court, by a majority of two, refused the license. AFFECTING STORY. - - At the Maidstone Petty Sessions, Sarah Greengrove, a girl about fifteen years of age, was charged with steal ing ten turnips, value 4d., the property of Mr. Charles Frederick Baxter. James Smith, a man in the employ of Mr. Baxter, stated, that on going into the field yesterday (Tuesday) morning, about six o'clock, he observed the prisoner pulling turnips ; he went up to her, when she dropped them and walked away, but was apprehended in the course of the morning. The girl denied taking ten, but stated that sh e h a d come from Marden that morning, where she had been hopping, and being very hungry and thirsty, went into the field and drew four turnips. Mr. Elias said, there was no direct evidence of her having taken ten turnips, but from her own admission she had taken four under the circumstances stated. It did not appear that she was one of those that had com mitted depredations there before, and he should leave it for Mr. Baxter to use his own discretion in going any further with the case. Mr. Baxter said he wished to press the case, as he had lost a great many turnips, and he had been subject to several severe depredations lately on his farm. Mr. aids thought this a very different case to that of an old offender. Mr. Baxter said they had a great difficulty in catching them. and he was determined to make an example of the first one. Mr. ELLis regretted very much that his appeal to Mr. Baxter had no effect, for he felt extremely sorry to be obliged to send her to prison ; but as Mr. Baxter seemed determined to press the charge they had no alternative but to do that. She was then sentenced to pay 4d., the value of the turnips, 3s. 6d. costs, and 6d. pen a l ty . Prisoner said she had no money, and was ordered to sit down. _ _ Shortly after a boy entered the Court, crying bitterly, and on going towards the bench said that he had taken his shoes from off his feet and pawned them to pay for his sister. He then gave the money to the magistrates' clerk, Mr. Case, and the girl was discharged. We understand that the money Was refunded to the boy, and he immediately went to redeem his shoes. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Symmetry, Mack wood:ftOmCeylon, in the Downs, sailed July 6, St. Helena Aug. 30 • Hindoo, Granberg, from China, in the Downs, sailed June 7. Batavia July 20, bound to Amsterdam ; Achilles, Nicholas. from Ichaboe, at Plymouth ; Curlew, M•Lean, from Algoa Bay, off Penzance, sailed July 16, St. Helena August 9 ; Kent, from the South Seas, in the Downs ; Pera, from Ichaboe, at Liverpool, sailed Aug. 17 ; Harriet, from Ichaboe, at Cork ; Cecilia, Burrell, from Port Philip, in the River, sailed June 4 ; Jane Geary, Birnie, from Mauritius, in the Downs, sailed June 26, St. Helena Aug. 9 ; Frances Anne, Wardle, from Singapore, off Margate, sailed June 2, St. Helena Aug. 24 ; Monarch, Booth, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed May 29, St. Helena Aug. 16. Arrivals at St. Helena—H a lif a x, Aug. 26, from Ichaboe, and sailed 27th ; her Majesty's ship Hyacinth, 27th, from the coast of Africa ; Letitia, 28th, from Cal cutta ; Barossa, from Batavia • Buenos Ayrian , fro m Calcutta ; John Calvin, 28th, from Bombay, and sailed 20th to London ; Berkshire, 29th, from Bombay ; Sphynx, 30th, from Ichaboe. Departures from St. Helena—Her Majesty's steamer Hydra, Aug. 26, to Ascension ; Bangalore, 26th, to London ; Virginia, to Gottenburg ; Charles, 28th, to Plymouth ; Unity, to Departure from Batavia—Royal Tar, July 18, to Cowes. Arrival at Madeira—Tasmania, Black, Sept. 24, from Woolwich, and sailed oa the 27th to Hobart Town. Arrival at Melbourne, Port Philip—Ellen, Wilson, May 27th, from Hobart Town.—The Isabella, Hardie, for London and Leith, to sail June 10 ; Sea Queen, for Liverpool, June 30. AFFI DAVIT ---- E LDLEARDTEISBEEMFORRNET. 3T—HE E XTRAORDINARY ORALN D SURP R ISING CURE EFFECTED BY HOLLOWAY ' S OINT MENTIAYOR CONCERNING AND PILLS !—James Stanley, living at Long- Ditton, made an affidavit before the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, on the 14th instant, t o the purport that he had been upon crutches, and bad for two years, with 26 holes in one leg and 14 in the other ; that he had been into two hospitals and got no relief ; and that, after every other means had failed, he had bean radically cured by " Holloway's Ointment and Pills." Sold at the Establishment of Professor Hollow a 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. SUNDAY TRAVELLING. — That it should be a day of greater leisure than other days, and of the suspension, so far as it may be, of the common business of life, quite allow ; but then I believe that ',should have much ors £:te rdul en. e for recreation on -1 Sund , iy an y ou might have ; and, if the railway enables th© people in the great town to get out into the country on the Sun day, I should think it a very great good.--,Dr. Arnold. RAILWA Y INTELLIGENCE. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY.---A very full meeting of the Provisional Committee of the Fife Railway Company was held in the Company's chambers, Queen-street, Edinburgh, on Wednesday last, the Right Hon. the Earl of Leven and Melville in the chair. The statements submitted were of the most encouraging character, and everything seems now in a satisfactory train for obtaining the Par liamentary sanction to the undertaking at an early period of the ensuing session, the preparations for which are now actively going forward. Applica tions for shares upon the remodelled prospectus have been received to such an extent as fully to warrant the Committee in the decided and active course they are now pursuing. Though the whole amount of shares have not yet been allocated, the list of subscriptions is such as to assure, after an elabo rate scrutiny of the lists, that none of the stock will remain undisposed of, and the Company will thus be in the favourable position of proceeding to Parlia ment with the usual deposits paid up upon the full extent of its capital. We observe the shares already quoted in the brokers' lists of Liverpool and Edin burgh are at a premium of five shillings per share. On the motion of the Earl of Leven, the name of the Earl of Glasgow was added to the Provisional Com mittee. The meeting to be held in Cupar, we un derstand, was postponed till the 7th of November.— Fife Herald. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—The negotiations between the Caledonian Railway Company and the Monkland and Kirkintilloch, and Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coat bridge Railway Companies, were brought last week to a successful and satisfactory conclusion, and the formal deeds of agreement among the contracting parties were executed and delivered. Similar ar rangements were completed some time ago with the Wishaw and Coltness Company. According to these agreements, the three existing Companies have be come bound to widen the guages of their respective lines, so as to correspond with the guage of the Cale donian Railway, and in all other respects to improve their works to the satisfaction of the engineer of the Caledonian Company. The Caledonian Company have made advantageous terms with the promoters of the Clydesdale Junction Railway, for the use of their line and stations for the traffic of the Caledonian. This completes the connexion with the south side of the city, and with the harbour of Glasgow and the Paisley and Greenock Railways. —Glasgow National. RAILWAY FROM INVERNESS TO PERTH.—WO are glad to understand that satisfactory progress is making with the preliminaries of this most important undertaking. The requisite means are taken in getting the necessary funds subscribed for defraying the outlay attendant on the survey and other inves tigations ; and, meantime, in reliance on the public spirit, and public apprehension, on the part of our northern community, of the vast advantages of such a great work, responding duly to the call upon them, Mr. Mitchell, the engineer, in order not to lose the season, has two parties actively employed in the survey, and the results hitherto are most encourag ing. The cutting, as far as the survey has ad vanced, will be comparatively inconsiderable, and that through grounds of a loose gravelly forma tion, and easily removable. Mr. Mitchell finds that, from the Findhorn, where the line will cross the Farness, the preferable route is to the east of Lochin dorbh, fronting Dave, and passing through the open ing between the loch and Grantown, which village it will approach within three miles, thus connecting Strathspey as far down as the Avon at least, and the upper districts of Banffshire, both with the south and north. By this circuit, too, a gain of about two hundred and sixty feet of lower elevation than the Pass of Slochmuicht will be achieved, which is, in deed, a mighty object. As far as we understand at present, we believe the line will skirt Craig-Ellachie Rock, behind and above Aviemore, and sweeping along the base of the terraced banks of Loch Insh, and be yond, and just high enough to be out of reach of floods, will pass in front of the manse and village of Kingussie.—lnverness Courier. HORSHAM RAILWAY MEETING.—One of the largest and most influential meetings ever remembered here was held at the Town-hall on Saturday, to take into consideration the proposed line of railway from Lon don to Portsmouth via Horsham. R. H. Hurst, Esq., M.P., having been called to the chair, a series of re solutions were passed, pledging the persons present to support the proposed line, and calling on the Members for the Western Division of the county, and the Mem bers for the Rape of Bramber and borough of Hor sham to support it in their places in Parliament. A deputation from the Company of another projected line were in attendance, as were also Captain Kelly and Mr. H. Faithful, on behalf of the Directors of the London and Brighton Railway, who pledged themselves to bring a branch from the Brighton line to Horsham ; but the meeting unanimously rejected their overtures, the speakers observing that they had promised the same thing for the last five years, with out any performance, and that the town had no faith in them. A local Committee was appointed to con fer- with the Directors of the line.—Brighton Guardian. The proposed Tavistock Railway has merged into the South Devon line, and will now form a branch of the latter undertaking.—Devonport Independent. SALEOYE XELE. LATE DR. DALTON'S EFFECTS.— The sal: krAttetinn. of the furniture and other effects of the late:E.*ltan took place, at the house in which h e resided for soine yettrit before his death, No. 27, Faulkner street, on Thursday 'and Friday-last. The first day's sale comprised the furniture, and calls for no particular notice. The books generally fetched good prices, and there was considerable competition for some of the more valuable works. The principal purchasers were Mr. Eaton Hodgkinson, F.R.S. (chiefly for the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society) ; Mr. P. Clare, F.R.A.S. and Mr. Valentine Heywood, of Blackley. We understand that the Council of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society had authorised Mr. E. Hodgkinson to purchase books for that society to the extent of 50/. ; but his pur chases did not much exceed 30/. Amongst them were the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of Lon.. o do nnAnrnn, b a fesr n i r c l 17 1h 2 I e nlisol ty d 8 t T o h l o B r o43psoif ,and s Nicholson's Na tural Philopplix, 36 volumes in 18 ; Thompson's n IY3 _for 2 (with volumes 6s. o h u a nimn volumeee s ; r Che mistry, 5 volumes Horseley's Newton, 5 volumes, 4t0.; pa t ; Traite de Chimie, 4 volumes ; Blot's Precis I.lementaire de Physique. 2 volumes;; La Place's System du Monde, 4to. ; and a great number of smaller works, includ ing a collection of pamphlets and brochures on scien tific subjects. The Doctor's herbarium, consisting of twelve parts 4t0., filled with botanical specimens, many of them gathered by himself, was sold to Mr. Valentine Heywood, for Gs. a part. A small piece of wood, part of the keel of a vessel, perforated 'in all directions by some testaceous animal, apparently much larger than the common teredo, fetched the sum of 225. The meteo rological and other philosophical instruments were n o t offered for sale , it being understood that they are all to be presented to Dr. Charles Henry. DISTRESSING AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—OR the farm of Linton Bog, two boys (cousins), while assisting in the harvest operations, came upon a well-loaded c pea-stalk, which had grown a m o n g the standingorn. When the boy wh o m a de the b an d s stooped down to lift the pea - pods , the other in sport gave him a gentle push , from the effects of which he fell a little way for ward. As the scytheman employed had drawn his instrument before he knew what had oc curred, it came round in the direction of the poor boy, and cut him in the lower part of the abdomen, right under the haunch bone. As the effects were most stunning, the unfortunate sufferer was carried into the farm-house, and medical aid instantly sent for from the village of West Linton. The boy's father, a respectable tradesman, was also apprised of what had occurred, and, as may be supposed, proceeded to the spot in breathless haste, but before either he or the doctor had arrived, the sufferer fainted. From this fit he re covered a little, but he gradually became weaker ; a second swoon supervened, which we deeply grieve to add, consigned him to the sleep of death. Next day, when the wound was examined, it was found that the artery leading to the thigh having been cut, a profuse hemor rhage followed, which no external application could calumniatedulta o r i rnCei Establisheder ad t n s de n om S At I M ITATION . —I t trort ar res t .— Scotsman. ,alb:mTel, be uob n. r de dse l euah o tagioi Nrnneyr meeting Glasgowi onh na t nt htdwhi Thens e i i vl the same aa b ht myn e odt el h(dAeGd malair.establishedobserveds—gm otsehwtou), s t o t hs h neh a sloT t . ywhuni accordingetenohlsdgde. Tues day last. The " free " and easy were, it seems, deter • what they were pleased to call a " Free Synod of Glas gowhow fain they are to imitate the sederunts of the old re also appointed n wa s t agreed to an overt ure f or t h e appointment of a day of thanksgiving for th e l a t e a b undant harvest, and the second xed ay t , o of be th s a e n t k a sg pa iv r - t for that purpose. As if t o b e ups id es w i th them i n th i s respect, fixed a d ing for their h arves t. G ood. We notice this to show beginninghow emulous the f ree - an d- easy are beginning to be of the movement s o f th e i r o ld Established frien d s. They lately stigmatised th em as b e i ng everyth i ng that was wicked, aband one d, an d b ad. Now we see them closely imitating their o utwar d examples, and we wish they could enjoy th e i r i nwar d peace.—Scotch Reformers' Gazette. S the u Sund ay Free" ofNovember REMARKABLE SCARCITY OF WATER.—Water was never known to be more scarce in Presteign than at this time, and it has boon so all along the summer. Every well and pump, with a few exceptions, is at this time dry, and the water in most instances is carted from the river Lugg to Broad-street. The Well house took its name from the beautiful and pure spring of water that t:,e spot supplied to all the lower part of the Broad street, Church-street, and all the parts adjacent; whcn a kettle of the purest water was required, the well at the Well-house was sure to furnish the party wanting. No town in the kingdom can boast of purer water than the town of Presteign, but now the well referred to is dry and covered up. The erection of the county shire-hall, and the draining of the founda tions, completely emptied the above old well, and a break out of the spring took place nearly forty yards below, which has in a great measure supplied those most wanting the article. Formerly the water only ran into the gutter, to the great inconvenience of the poor people in this part of the town. That inconvenience, however, his been rernovr(l the last few , veekt , V M r , Robert Lewis, who has, at his own expense, suoi, an efficient well, and put down an excellent pump on the above site.—Hereford Journal. BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES FOR THE LABOURING CLASSES. A numerous and most respectable meeting was held yesterday at the Mansion-house, for the purpose of forming an institution for the establishment of baths and washing-houses for the use of the working classes and the labouring poor. A great number of ladies were present, and on the platform we observ(d the Bishop of London, Archdeacons Wilberforce and Hale, Mr. Byng, M.P. for Middlesex, Lord D. C. Stuart, and several other noblemen, Members of Par liament, and dignitaries of the Church. The chair was taken at two o'clock, by The LORD MAYOR, who said that he had received a requisition calling upon him to sanction a meeting in that hall, for ;the object mentioned in the adver tisement. He would not enlarge upon the advan tages of establishing baths and wash-houses for the poorer classes, as many gentlemen were present who had devoted their attention to the subject, and would, he had no doubt, prove the utility of the proposed in stitution.--(A pplause.) The Bishop of LONDON, amidst much applause, came forwar Ito move the first resolution, which was to the effect that "great advantage would be conferred upon the working-classes and the labouring poor by the establishment of baths and wash-houses, of which they could have the use at a small expense." As the resolution simply stated a matter of fact, it would not be necessary for him to occupy the meeting with many observations. But he would briefly state the reasons which had induced several benevolent individuals to propose raising subscriptions for the object, which had been circulated and made extensively known by advertisements. The object might seem, upon a first view, to be of a trifling kind; but viewing as to its probable—he would say, certain results—he would not hesitate to describe it as one of the very first importance.—(Hear, hear.) The crowds who thronged the streets of this great and rich metropolis, and who were surrounded at every step by the evidences of its wealth and grandeur, were not aware of the wretchedness which was occa sioned by that splendour.—(Hear, hear.) They were little aware of the misery which surrounded those magnificent shops, filled with the riches of the world. The merchant princes of the City were not themselves aware of it. No one was aware of it,- except those who were brought into hourly contact with it, by the duties of their professions—the medical men, and the ministers of religion. A great part of that misery arose from the crowded habitations of the poor, which precluded them from those habits of decency and cleanliness which were necessary to health and mo rality.—(Hear.) Upon that ground it was impos sible not to see the necessity of mitigating, if not of altogether removing, the misery which existed in the metropolis and all large towns.—(Hear.) Indeed, he thought that the mind of the public was now pretty well made up upon the subject. A great deal had been effected by the inquiries instituted by the Government as to the sanatory condition of the great towns, the result of which showed the misery, squalid wretchedness, and compulsory barbarism, in which a large number of our fellow-creatures were placed in the midst of redundant wealth.—(Hear, heal%) Great credit was due to the Government, and. those who assisted them in their painful investigation, as to the extent and causes of the physical and moral degrada tion of so important and deserving a. portion of the people.—(Applause.) It was not necessary for him to trouble the meeting with any observations of his own, but he would read the observations of a benevo lent gentleman who had devoted much. time and professional skill to the investigation'ef the subject—he meant Dr. Southwood Smith.—(Applause.). The Right Rev. Prelate then read an extract from Dr. Smith's work, to the effect, that "a clean and orderly house has a moral effect upon the . inhabitants, and tended to form habits of propriety and order in themselves, and of respect to each' other, which no laws could produce ; whereas, in squalid and filthy houses, the decencies of life could not be ofiserved."— (Hear, hear.) He then read an extract from the report of the Inspectors of Prisons in Edinburgh, which recommended the establishment of baths and wash-houses in all large —towns, _-In two ways sickness and squalidness induced crime —by enfeebling the man, and forcing him- to seek a living by the easiest means, and by cutting short the lives of virtuous parents.—(Hear, hear.) He had seen lately some laudable efforts made to ameliorate the condition of the poor, by improving their habita tions; and, in proportion as that was effected, those who visited them for their moral and religious inte rests found it more easy to impress them with a sense of their duties. He feared, however, that it would be a long time before those efforts could be attended, he would not say with complete success, but with any great extent of success. But were they to be de terred in the meantime from doing something to alle viate the condition of the poor in their present -habita tions ?—(Hear, hear.) Two modes of doing so were proposed by the resolution which be held in his hand —the establishment of public baths and of. public wash-houses. He would not enlarge upon the value of the frequent use of baths. They were found to be of great benefit to the rich—they would be much more so to the poor.—(Hear.) There was no fact in pathology better established, than that nothing was more conducive to health than frequent ablution ; and he need not say that whatever promoted the health and comfort of the labouring classes, increased their usefulness in society.—(Hear.) The Right Rev. Prelate then went into details respecting the public baths and wash-houses at Liverpool, in which it ap peared, that although the baths were on a con tracted scale, 22Q labourers bathed in one day. One man told him, after he had a bath on a Saturday, that he felt himself able to do another week's work.— (Hear, and a laugh.) Surely if he felt so much re• freshed, he would be more able and more disposed to:attend to his soul's health on the Lord's day.—(Hear, hear.) The clergy around him would bear him out, that there was no greater cause of the neglect of Di vine service on that day by the labouring classes, than the compulsory filthiness in which they lived.— (Hear, hear.) It had been objected to the proposed institution that there were already baths in the me tropolis which the poor could use at a small ex pense. But it was not the object of the society to make large public baths, but such as each man could use by himself, and in private, with an unlimited sup ply of hot and cold water—(Hear, hear)—as was the case in Liverpool.—(flear.) This was not to be re garded in the light of a luxury, but of a necessary refreshment, which could not be dispensed with.— (Hear.) The next obje c t was the formation of public wash-houses. In reference to this part of the subject, he would observe that the crowded and unwholesome state of the dwellings of the poor was admitted. Now he would remind those who poss7ssed property in this great City, and who were engaged in the honourable and lucrative pursuit of commerce, that every im provement in the streets increased the wretchedness of the poor.—(Hear, hear.) In St. Giles's many thou sands had been displaced by the recent improveme n t s , and these were driven to increase the overcrowded population of the poorer districts—(Hear, hear) — therefore those who took pride in the improvement of the external appearance of the metropolis, were bound to do something towards alleviating the evils which those improvements brought upon the poor.—(Hear, hear.) A few years ago, a benevolent nobleman, Lord Sandon, employed per sons to visit the wealthy parish of St. George's, Hanover-square, and it was found that there w e r e i n that seat of opulence 929 families living in one room for each family; and he himself knew of 64 indi viduals of 16 families, occupying one house of 16 rooms, in the City.—(Hear.) In Whitechapel and Bethnal-green the case was worse. Not only was it impossible, under such circumstances, that the mother of a family could properly attend to the washing of the clothing, but whatever washing was done in the crowded room must be attended with injury to the health of the poor inmates, by the damp which it occasioned. Besides, he had the testimony of medical gentlemen, that the difficulty of obtaining water was such, that the clothes were washed in filthy water, and with substitutes fur soap which could not be mentioned in that meeting. Would it not be an incal culable benefit to those people to provide them with the means of well washing and drying their clothes at a small expense ?—(Hear.) It was said the women would do mishief to one another when they met at - the public wash-house. But the experience at Liverpool proved that they were too much occu pied to do so; and even if they did talk over their grievances, he, for one, could see no harm in that.— (Cheers and laughter.) After some further observa tions of the same tendency, the Right Rev. Prelate concluded, amidst much applause, by moving the resolution. Mr. BYNG, M.P. for Middlesex, who was greeted with repeated cheers, seconded the resolution. He said, that a few weeks ago, when he was absent from town, he received a letter, signed " W. C.," and from the good sense and good feeling with which the letter appealed to him, he ventured to take upon himself to send the answer to the Governor of the Bank of England, and to tell him how happy he should be to join in the many good works of this noble City— (Cheers)—which he shad always looked upon as the first in the world. Therefore he determined to appear there that day, not thinking that he was to have the happiness of seconding the resolution. This was a blessed City, and it was promoted by the Almighty above all other cities, who favoured men an institu tions according to their good works.—(Hear, hear.) Having, for a greater number of years than any other person, had the honour of representing the county of Middlesex, which included London, he owed a large debt to the City, and he hoped the 4o vernor of the Bank would allow him to subscribe in the amount to which his fifty-four years' Parlia mentary connexion entitled him.—(Cheers.) Mr. GREGG begged leave to stste, before the reso lution passed, that he bad erected hails foe the use of the poor in St. Luke's parish, at an expense of 1,000/.—(Hear, hear.) The resolution was tarried tinanimoutlY. The Rev. Archdeacon WILBERFORCE, in an elo quent speech, which was much applauded, moved the second resolution, the effect of which was, that it was desirable to extend the benefits of the institution to all parts of the metropolis. Lord D. C. STUART, who was also vehemently applauded, seconded the resolution, which was carried as the former. On the motion of the Rev. Archdeacon HALE, seconded by Sir G. LARPENT, a Committee was aP' pointed to carry the previous resolutions into effect. Thanks were then voted to the Lord Mayor, and the meeting separated. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHE- LOR OF ARTS.-1844. FIRST DIVISION. Barker, Thomas Witham, Spring Hill College. Beevor, Thomas, University. Blount, Henry Joseph, St. Gregory's, Downside. Cahill, Patrick, Carlow. Cooke, Charles, St.nyhurst. Creak, Albert, Spring Hill. Dolan, Lawrence John Baptist, St. Edmund's, Ware. Edger, Samuel, Stepney. Field, Leonard, University. Hall, Thomas, University. Hercy, Thomas Joseph, St. Paul's, Prior Park. Hutton, Joseph Henry, University. Jes,el, Edward, University. Kelly, Joseph Augustine, St. Mary's, Oscott. Lockwood, John, Rotherham. Martin, James, Stepney. Reynolds, Henry Robert, University. Rymer, Frederic, St. Edmund's, Ware. Sweeney, James, St. Gregory's, Downside. Wallis, Joseph, Baptist, Bristol. Wright, John, Manchester. SECOND DIVISION. Anderson, John, University. Gifford, Joseph, Baptist, Bristol. Lewis, Walter Clapham, University. Russell, Charles Joseph Stewart, University. Sherlock, Peter, Stonyhurst. Smith, Philip Anstie, Bristol. Spicer, Thomas Trevethan, University. Sutton, Stephen Brain, University. Young, Cuthbert George, Spring Hill. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results of "A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the 12th of October, 1844." The Table is issued from the (AO of the Registrar-General:— Weekly CAUSES OF DEATII. - Total. Average 01 Five Years• Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 259 178 Diseases of variable or uncertain seat 124 111 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses, 162 157 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration 282 286 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 3l 21 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion .. Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 7 5 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 4 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c Old Age, or Natural Decay 57 71 By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance Causes specified lOl7 942 Deaths from all Causes ...... . ... ... .. ... lOlB 946 DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDO' THE ABOVE HEADS. T otal. Weekly Average of five Tears• Consumption... 132 147 Scarlatina lO2 34 Pneumonia . Dropsy ..... .. . looping Cough ... ........ .. 18 ' 33 Typhus 27 31 Small Pox Disease of the Heart Measles 3O 28 Apoplexy .......... ... .... ... 22 18 Diseases of the Brain ...... .... 3' 9 Diarrhoea.. .. l9 ` 12 Sudden Deaths DISTRICTS. West North Central East ... South 144 138 196 171 194 r. 188 241 207 243 242 Total ... .-..1018 946 Baron de Nieunuann, Austrian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the F ore i gn - o ffi ce . MRS.TROLLOFE'S NEW NOVEL, " YOUNG LOVE." ---.. If there is a subject that recommends itself more strongly and more immediately to the feelings than another, it i s that which Mrs. Trollope has made choice of in her forthcoming novel, bearing the attractive title of "Young Love." We learn that in this work she has produced.: story in which she has contrasted, in a manner onli l l e be expected from her intimate knowledge of her sego self-denying and purely ideal affection of a yotogdis'up perfectly unsophisticated girl, who has been bre in the seclusion of a country ho u se, with th e specu lating and heartless passion of a London beauty, w ho has re ceived all the honours, an d en d ure d a ll th e di ss ipations attendant upon a long succession of seasons in tovin• The work is stated to be a truer picture of fashionable life at the present day than has issued from the pre s s for a long time, and to contain some curious revelations re specting ladies of high rank, which have hitherto been carefully kept behind the curtain. ST. ANDREW'S—CHAIR OF HUMANITY.—The sud den death of the late Dr. Gillespie having created $ vacancy in the Chair of Humanity in the University of St. Andrew's, the important duty devolved on the patron, the Duke of Portland, of appointing a sue:. cessor. A number of distinguish e d teachers, men 0 ' acknowledged talents and acquirements, and of profes sional experience, offered themselves as candidates. Fror among these, the patron has selected Wm. Pyper, A- 31 • 9 who, for many years, has been one of the ablest and mos t successful teachers in the High School of Edinburgh. M e ' scholar and an instructor of youth, Mr. Pyper's merits are appreciated and acknowledged as un i versa lly as hi s private character is esteemed. With the various sr" toms of education, whether in this country or on the continent ; and with the best methods of teaching, w i e know him to be inti ma t e ly acqua i nte d. I n a cr i t i ca l and ractical knowled -;e of the Greek and Roman classics he has few equals ; but his knowledge is not confined to law_ guages, it is general, diversified by a wide range et study, combined with a sound judgment, and ma tured the successful labours of a distinguished academical career. Whoever takes the trouble to peruse the testi monials given in his favour, by professors. clergyn 2 c u l schoolmasters, and indeed by the whole body of learns " men in every department of literature in Scotland, ttial satisfy himself that his high claims have not been °I; aggerated, and that the noble patron of the chair could not have made a better selection. His appointment fleets credit not less upon himself than upon the lest!" tution where he has so long laboured, and where his merits as a teacher were fully developed.—Edinburg h Advertiser. It may be in the recollection of our readers that, on the same day, in March last year, on which the Jobl!, and Elizabeth, of this port, was lost at th e en trance 01 the harbour, when all on board perished, the crew of the Norwegian schooner was rescued from the same fate by the life-boat, manned by twelve seamen belonging to thi s place, who received 6Z for their exertions from the Life' boat Association. It gives us now great pleasure to learn that the Swedish and Norwegian Governmen t have instructed Robert Millar, Esq., Consul for this dis trict, to repay the 6/. to the association, and have also most generously awarded o ne h un d re d d o ll ars ( 2 11. 125.1 to be divided equally among the crew of the life-boat• It is gratifying to have to record such liberality on th e part of the Government of King Oscar, whose own Oh" pets expose their lives so fearlessly for the preservatio n of others along the dangerous coast of Norway.—Ahn i. rose Review. BIRTHS. On the 10th inst., at Wellington-terrace, St. John's-woo d, Mrs. Tillstone, of a son. • On the 13th inst., at St. John's Parsonage, Keswick, th e wife of the Rev. Frederi c My ers , o f a son . On the 14th inst., at Hendon, Mrs. John S. Tanqueray, o f e daughter. •On the 14th inst., at the Ci rcus , G reenw i c h, th e wife of C. Templer, Esq., of a daughter. On the 14th inst., the wife of John M ea d ows Whit e , Esq" Lee, Kent, of a daughter. On the 14th inst., in Gordon-place, M rs . S a dl er , o f a still born daughter. On the 15th inst., at Kensington, the wife of Arthur War burton, Esq , of a daughter. On the 15th inst., Mrs. John Vickers, of Stoney-stre et, Southwark, of a son. On the 15th inst, at Lavender-bill, the lady of JoseP li Gurney, Esq., of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Clapham New-park, the lady of G " Laurence, Esq., of a daughter. . MARRIED. On the Bth inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, Charles Claridge, Esq., of her Majesty's Customs, to Julia Sophia Squi res ' niece of P. Squires, Esq., Mulbarton Hall, Norfolk. On the 12th inst., a t St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington , B. Rix, Esq., of Matching, Essex, to Laura Anne, third daughter of the late W. Bond, Esq., of Ashford, Kent. On the 14th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, vv. f Hayman, Esq , to Henrietta Maria, eldest daughter ol Rodwell. of New Bond- street. On the 15th inst., at St. Pancras Church, the Rev...Tel l° May, of Hanw ell, to Ellen, daughter of Isaac Seabrook, EC"' of Regent-square. On the 15th inst., at St. M ary ' s Ch urc h, Fulham, sir William Boothby, Bart., of Ashbourn Hall, Derbyshire , t? Louisa Cranstoun, relict of the late John Alexander Nisbett, Esq., of the Ist Life Guards. DIED. Colol On the 14th i nst., in Chapel- s t ree t, B e l grave - squar e, Sir Samuel Gordon Higgins, K.C.H., Equerry to her BOP Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. On the 21st of September, at Madeira, Lieutenant Jam es Gordon Caulfeild, eldest son of Major-General Caulfeild. On the 11th inst., at Brighton, Miss Dobie, daughter of t' late James Dohie, Esq., solicitor, London. On the 11th inst., at Upper Tulse-hill, William Jong ett, Esq , aged 75. On the 12th inst., at Kingston-upon-Hull, John Afars l3Bll ' Esq., late of Leytonstork!, Essex. On th.. 13th inst., at Hastings, John Freslon, the eldest son of Mr. John Bunton, of High Holborn. Jo be On the 13th i ns t . , at Hi nxworth, HertS, the Rev. J Lafont, Rector of the above. On the 14th inst., Jane Theophila, wife of Roger Stal e / . Nunn, Esq.. surgeon, of Colchester. On the 14th inst., at Walworth, Ann,-relict of the 14 " Mr. Edward Edwarth. of Great St. Helen's,.,aged 86. and Published by MUILDOIOVN , V.,?, No. 112, St r a n d, P r i n t er , a t Th e Sun. 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