The Sun. — London, England, 1850-07-11 00:00:00

•••••••.. n....,...•••.••••••%•••••••••••••••.0 T ESTIMONIAL TO MR. GEORGE ALFRED WALKER. „Yesterd a y lif emoon a puble meeting was held at 4 ?-erbert' s stmiester, to con sider th e propriety e.f present i ne a suitable < to George. Alfred Walker, in recognition of the services rendered by that gentleman in the ceie_.'e sanitary rerorm, in connexion with the abolition of intramural interments. Among those who.assembled to s hoe their admiration of the energetic and suc cessful laboure of Mr. Walker we ob.;erved. Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P., Mr. (kCharles Lushington, M.P., Mr. John Williams, M.P., ir. George Th ompson , M.P., Dr. W. lee 'le, Dr. Johnson, Sir R. Brown, Mr. Wilson, Sir C. Aldis, Mr. H. R. Abraham, Dr. Evans, Dr. Ben nett, D r, Drury, Dr. Parker, Mr. Mecainnon, Mr. I hj eke, Mr. Felice, G. Godwin, E q., F.R.S., Mr. J. • Smith, Mr. Shand, Dr. James C 'plata!, Lord Dudley Stuart was unaniineusly elected to take th e c h a i r. - 1 . Gl:oa Gg T itOMPSiN asked perm'ssion of his ' °r( iship to state the circumstances under which the Meeting had been convened. Many gentlemen re s ~i din g in Lon ion, being sensible of the services ren "rei to the cause of sanitary reform, in connexion w ith the abolition of the practice of intramural sepul ture, by Mr. George Alfred Wiklker, and watching as the y have done with interest the progress of the Me tropolitan Interments Bill in Parliament, and having th e conviction that but for his long and continued le boars through consecutive years the public attention would never have been aroused in a sufficient degree ! 0 draw at last the notice of the Legislature to the sub ject, felt th a t M r. W a lk er was en ti t l e d t o so me recog rcian of th ose exertions, and that h i s friends, who knew 'w' disinterested and unostentatious his labours were, °ll ght to originate some suitable testimonial which s hould b e offered to his acceptance. O n compar i ng o Piai ° oB with a Lumber of gentlemen, we resolved to nest and talk the matter over. We did so meet a fe w a ' days ago in my chambers in Waterloo-place, and the gentlemen who were there assembled agreed to tPbfollowing resolution, which was moved by Sir B. I la, 13 at., and seconded by Dr. Drury : , ht it s the opinion o te gentlemn now pe- It th l at a the i laborious i f and dis h interested e labJurs r of 4„T e rge Alf e d W,Alker, Esq , during the last fif.cen (j ers, to impress the public mind with the importance wh t t he abolition of intramural interments—labours t il le o . have recently resulted in the introduction of a into Parli amen t f o r the accomplishment of that ° o r et—call f or some genera l an d em phatic recognition t eir value and •succes,, and that steps therefore be w a 4 to afford to the friends of Mr. Walker an oppor 'Y payin him a suitable tribute of respect and grattude. g .` 2 . Th a t w i t h t h e v i ew o f g i v i ng effect t o th e fore l'e°tlng resolution, the g e ntlemen present form themselves ° a committee to carry out the object proposed. I I 3 . Th a t M r. T hompson b e rtqueste d to ac t as °notary Secretary. 4 . That a r reet i e ef the friends of Mr. Walker be g a /ened at Herbert's Hotel, Palace•yard, on Wednes ', the 10 t h , at two o ' clock, and that L or d D . C . Stuart`il,i. be re s p ect f u ll y requeste d t o pres id e ." lsis Lordship consented to that request, saying he lv:is fully conversant with the valuable services ren _4l red by Air. Walker to the public, and therefore I p 7 t as able instantly to announce his Lordship as the toreceived, my Lord, a number of letters in reply to e circular, which was addressed by the committee promfferent gentlemen, both in the metropolis and the vi nees and I will take the liberty of reading one or tw o tle Of them as indicative of the feeling which gen -41.41en entertai n o f th e mer it s o f Mr. Walker. The irt is from a gentleman residing at Horton, Mr. W. u ghes, who says— " Str Dr€ ,—I regret exceelingly that I am unavoidably more ' fr om atten di ng t h e meet i ng. I regret t hi s t h e e , bec ause I have sincerely and efficiently co-ope rated 3 ahla this great reformation, and have during many r latently watched the movement, and anxiously keg pr o - uccee mg "'eh 8 d' stop of its slow but triumphant gress. 40 bly d My most earnest wishes are, that services so Cou nt n gratuitously rendered by Mr. Walker to his l ltcen, sh a ll b e su i ta bly ac kno w ledged, in words tin e °f if not in d ee ds. Mr. Walker's services have tio lo or a ki n d to challenge the most grate f u l recogni coilau, though, such services coull not be purchased or re thati",,d- The Interments Bill is not the measure dust should have resulted from Mr. Walker's labours, Itu ow 4 ", ° _,ugh a great number of his coadjutors, to my let ledge, object most strongly to many of its details, and evker 3 pers on w h o v i ews t h e ma tter rightly, may, ri a k 9 su ould, whilst honouring the man, who has, at many en ee ' a nd much personal sacrifice, demonstrated the th e mous moral and physical mischiefs revulting from ci,z(?rs?tice against which he, Mr. Walker, single-handed e tone, has done successful battle—every person, I )4 3 ati should disconnect the man,. who has proved the rqg from those who have Itunished the remedy.' tro t'. Tho mpson then real other letters ef apology eleT t -1 -'r. Thom as E vans, o f R umse y H ouse , near C a i ne , it t sl Dr. Henry Bennett, of Cambridge square ; of a l u,', 11 Crisp, of Norwood ; the R-v. Dr. Knapp, Ch r e `-apel R o y a l ; t h e p ro p r i e t ors o f t h e L e i ces t er °nide p r ,, sed and other gentlemen, all of w horn ex their anxiety to co-operate with the tneeting h ia a r e e e senti ng Mr. Walker with a suitable testimonial. that -ow (conti nue d t h e H on . G en tl e m a n) t o s t a te j og, t .h f is meeting is called for the purpose of confirm werel it shall se em t o you fit the resolutions which cha t or s `'ed by the gentlemen assembled at my f ueol rs; and if they should be confirmed, then to powei s s Uch a committee out of this meeting, with the object dd to their number, as shall carry out m ore which we have iu view. I have only ore Rent, remark to make, and that is, • that I hope no Waii: nan here, or elsewhere, will attribute to Mr. abolitYr anY the defects in ;he present Bill for the l.s.r. person who An- I " of intramural interments.—(Hear, heer.) „I mew. has taken the trouble to read Mr. Tor Pamphlet, entitled " Practical Suggestions the will E stablishment of National Cemeteries," belieperceive that those which are considered, and I noak e g e nerally with great justice, the most oli -601,° Parts of the Bill, formed no portion of the of the Le by Mr. Walker fur the adoption L erc la7k4islature.— (Cheers.) ph i ; .3 DuDm.Ey STUART—Mr. Thompson having ex . neti to . • assembled, it the object for which this meeting has • sae ? it will he unnecessary for me to am an n z Y i thing o A that subject. At the n same time I in s at i s p °ll3 to addres s t o y ou a few observations, 3,0 u f action o f my own feel i ngs, i n or d er to assure li on w desir ous I am t h at t h e o bj- ct w hi c h my into Friend h as shadowed out should be carried van: leent i"n•—(liear, hear.) I have had the ad and honour of acting ingin concert with Mr. c e esee. , both i n public and private, for some time. My y es t i vrd and admi ra ti on f or him does not d ate from gre at a e y. I have seen, w i t h great sat i s f act i on, w i t h su e d delight, the course which he has pur been " say d I must now that a Bill has -,, eraetke carried th rough P arliament to prohibit the tr opoi of buryi ng d ea d b o di es i n t hi s me roeini s•— ascribing, as I d o, t h at c i rcumstance th e Y to the disinterested and untiring exertions gentlernan th a t Perseverance of Mr. Walker. I consider that benefactor.— deserves public to be looked upon as a (Cheer. ) tt eed 'ate , the (Cheers.) We have . had a Bill intro through House of Commons and carried myself th o y no meanssatisfied Parliament with the provisions of which I am at the dissatisf ear —an (H ) d I believe som etimes hay action which I have experienced, and th a t measure have endeavoured to express in regard to eu i h era of is shared by a great number of the arg er p heart ne 'louse of Commons, and by a much (Rear, \ of ~,,the inhabitants of this metropolis.— h ave taken i d We think that the Government veiled in --that this a vanta ge of that feeling which pre- Wise metropolis and throughont this land Chiefl y ori g i n g a n , d , wholesome feeling—which was alloWed to - ' eu, or organized, if I may be representationusse of Mr expression, by the repeated vantage of that of Mr. Walker—they have taken ad oufeeling to introduce, not such a rnFa -Btllire as they amount t o o f have tr done, but one giving pr l ?ni it vast amou g g n e, oom in tu te u rf r e ii r t ing with of the f 0. the utmost v P aLe o t n o n —those tra,f e ' s ` self government, and those of freedom Y of li fc i o - and also interfering in some degree with re vek_Us liberty.—(llear.) I lam en t that the Go eave (I:an:lent should have a cted i n the wa thi o r e I felt it my d u ty, howev er , to vote fi y r h the of stdreading o f the Bill, after h a v ing done what I d' but unsuccessfully, to strike out those portions which I cons id ered most o bj ect i ona bl e, because I ittolc.l with the broad principle involved in it, vi z ., th e l of t h is la a of interments in the very heart and centre Metropolis. Will —(Hear, hear.) I believe all men af?ree with me that it was Mr. Walker who al4i e rY suggested and. brought about the Act fur of b u s'. t!ig the odious, revolting, and immoral practice tnicist(Yenig people in crowded churchyards in the bow ev ° a Populous city.—(Hear, hear.) That Act, 04 , 4 , as I have already mentioned, is not what it r klea to have been. I should have liked to have seen k ee o n s t l ra s ll l eat i re that wes not founded on the principles of which I consider most obnoxious, and r _calculated to t' subvert the constitutional rights of tinaititee, _nen anything else with which I am ac lactien ,_(Cheers.) I should have had great satis their 0 4r! supporting a Bill which left to the people metreprghts,and.allowed the different parishes of the tra m , to carry out the object of preventing oralin- Parish,s and which placed over the different not h e board of supervision, which board should orbposed, as it now is, of men who have done r an. '9? vvith regard to this movement, but who have ,sav'er set their our aces for a long time against it, an d fen eeeed to _ o u r n tile __ oppose it by th e use of ridicule and other ward , and who now, at the eleventh hour, come arl d, I regret t h_ is tie to say, are to reap the reward eat of a to those who have borne the labour nod lils e d the d a su ed to h t , vn Y. — (Hear, hear.) I should have 'ltuPervi'ictil:t;teen a Bill of thi s ki n d , w i th a hoard of .„.,,Man like e ..t r he head of which should h ave b een li lispb. George Alfred Walker.—(Cheers.).) at o e thgiven satisfteZn done I think it w ou ld to the whole metropolis and to the who'e country.—(llesr.) I give the GeVern ment no c:edit then for the he credit is due to those who have agitated the public mind with re gard to it, and the Government have done nothing but yield to the public clemeur at last ; but even that they have done ungreci u,ly, and they have besides c!osheed the Bill with those objectionable and uncon stitutiocal chiusee of which we have heard so much just compleint. Therefore, I can give them no credit at all, though I rejoice that the measure which we pressed upon them so far as regards the suppression of intramural interments has been carrisd.—(Hear.) But, gentlemen, whatever be the merits or defects of the Bill, whatever be the faults or errors of the Government, I think there can be but one opinion with regard to the merit of that distinguished and patriotic citizsn, Mr. Welker.— (Loud cheers ) Ile brought forward this Tseetion when tht re was no man to back him, when be had everybody to oppose him, and he kept it constantly berore the public, nie withstanding the frowns and ,neers of these in power ; supported and sus taieetl during the struggle by that honey enthusiasm which belenes to Litre 17e has persevered, till at last he has found the whole public rally round him, an i thus show how impossible it was for those who were inclined to oppose the movement to do so any longer. I admire the enthuilastn of the man. It may be s.itt that Mr. Walker is an colbusias`.—(Hear, hear.) I know he is an enthusiast, but without enthusiasm no good or great achievement can ba performed. He may be an enthusiast, but his enthusiasm is tempered by judgment and directed by practical good sense. — (ilea'', hear.) I only wish that some of those who opposed him, and who pretended to adopt his views, had been tinctured with some of those noble feelings which belong to him, - and with less of regard for their own interests or that of the party who supports them in power.—(Hear. hear.) I rejoice to think that the merits of Air. Walker are se well known, as are also his perseverance, his talents, his disinterest ednes., and the sums of money which he has spent in this cruse—(Hear, hear)—be cause I am sorry to know, and yet I am glad to know, that he has made great sacrifices in this cause. I am sorry he should be put to any loss, but I may congratulate him that he is, in some measure, compensated for that loss by having earned the admiration of his fellow-citizens.—(Cheers.) Far better that men should suffer pecuniary loss than that they should lose the respect and admiration of their fellow-citizens, which are of far more value to right-thinking men than any sum that can be named. I think you win agree with me, that it is right, fit ting, and proper, that if the overnment have not been so impressed as they ought to have been with the merits of Mr. Walker, if they have been disposed to overlook end leave him on one side, and to reward those who did not deserve it half so well as himself, we, at least, should do what we can to testify the feelings with which we regard him. The best reward of any man who acts with a view to the public good is the public expression of the re spect and attachment of his fellow-citizens. I trust you will concur in some arrangement by which we may testify to Mr. Walker cur respect and admira tion for hitn.—(Cheers.) I won't presume to enter into details, or point out how that is best to be done ; but probably some means may be adopted which may place on record our feelings and opinions with regard to that eminent and distinguished individual, and I imagine that nothing would be more acceptable to him than something which would be lasting—(Hear, hear)—and which he would be able to transmit to his family,.and which they and his descendants would always look upon with a just and honest pride. Mr. TuoatrsoN, M.P., then read the following letters which had been addressed to him by Mr. James Thompson, the editor of the Leicester Chro nicle, and Mr. James Wyatt, of the Bedford Times:— " Chronicle Office, Leicester, July 9, 1850. " Sir,—l regret that I shall be unable to attend the meeting to be held to-morrow, fir the purpose of origi nating some suitable testimonial to Mr. G. A. Walker, for his labours in the cause of sanitary reform. Nothing would have given me greater pleasure than to have been pret,eut on the occasion, as I cordially con cur in the propriety of the otject you are promoting, believing that the present stite of enlightened opinion In this country on the subject of town burials has been mainly crewed by Mr. Walker's long, disinterested, and successful labours in the cause of sanitary reform.' " If Mr. Rowland Hill deserved a nation's grst.tude for his efforts to carry out a system of penny postage — if Mr. Cobden merited a general testimonial for his ex ertions to promote the entranchisemeat cf commerce from the shackles imposed upon it by vici,tus legislation —it seems to me Mr. Walker is not less entitle] than they to a mark of public favour as signal and as me morable, His exertions have, indeed, been carried on through a longer series of years, with an equal, or pro portionate, sacrifice of time and money, in the face of prejudices the most bitter, sinister, and deep-rooted, and have terminated in results most Lenefic:al to the physi cal and rueral welfare of the people. " I vcriture to thit)k that the . friends of Mr. Walker will feel themselves bound to assert his claims to public reward at this juncture more zealously and resolutely than they might have done under or.linary circumstances, since the princip4l ssnitsry authorities of the country appear dispo,ed to ignore, or to pats over with an a(.- kuowledgment so slighting, as to be more disparaging than total eilence, his demands upon the national Go vernment for a meet and ath Trate recognition of his ser vices. If Mr. Walk: is friends and admirers among Members of the Legislature :::nd the reps , smiatives of the press, suffir this denial of justice quietly to pass over un,xpo-el, they will be dead to the appeals of heir own fr-,Thugs as gent!, men and Engli,hmen, and stand abased before their own c :nsci. nccs. _ _ " I have only to add, Sir, that I shall contribute to the proposed testimonial fund, and to happy to be the recipi,nt i f sub:cripiions in this town and neighbour hood.—l remain, Sir, yours obediently, " JAMES THOMPSON." " &..dtord, July 9, 1850. "Dear Sir,—l have only just received your circular, convening the me , ting, iat Hilbert's Hotel ; and this short notice previ nts my making any arrangements which would enable me t.) be with you, and aid you in originating a suitable testimonial to Mr. G. A. Walker. I shall be happy, however, to join in any plan you may suggest, having for its purpose the acknowledgment of the indefatigable exertions, the disinterested services to the public, which Mr. Walker has rendered for many years past. " I will endeavour to attend your next meeting, and regret very much that I cannot be with you 0-morruw. " I am, dear Sir, very faithfully yours, " JAMES WYATT. "George Thompson, Esq." Mr. CHARLES LUSHINGTON, M.P., in proposing the first resolution, said his Hon. Friend, the honorary secretary of that meeting, had requested him to per form the gratifying duty of proposing the first reso, lution to their adoption ; and he (Mr. Lushington) assured them he did so with the greatest gratification and satisfaction, although in the eyes of the public he might not have appeared a very prominent pro moter of extramural interments. When he said in the eyes of the public, he meant that he had not been enabled to attend many of the numerous public meet ings which had been held on the subject in this metropolis • an unfortunate concurrence of circum stances had, time after time, and day after day, pre vented him from attending ; but he assured the meeting that his heart and judgment were with this movement, and from the first time he ever had any knowledge of the intentions and designs of Mr. Walker, he cordially concurred, and deeply approved of them.—(Hear, hear.) Indeed, though he (Mr. Lushington) had not appeared at those public meetings above once or twice, yet, certainly in his place in Parliament he had sup ported all the unexceptionable parts of the Metropo litan Interments Bill, and he had done his best to ex clude some of the exceptionable parts, some of those which disgraced the persons who brought them in, and which were intended to mortify a certain portion of the community by raising, perpetuating, and exalt ing the emoluments of another portion.— (Cheers.) But on many essential occasions he (Mr. Lushington) had supported extramural interments. Shortly after M-. Walker brought forward his proposition for re moving interments from the metropolis, some gentle men assembled together for the purpose ( f establish ing a suburban cemetery. He (Mr. Lushington) was amoeg those who concurred in the plan ; he was alai one of the first who supported it, and from the beginning he had been a director. The site chosen fur that cemetery was Kensal-green, and at the time when they took it they _did so, not with any view to emolument, though it had been rather a remunerative concern, but entirely upon the public principles of expediency, and of the propriety of removing t h e nu i sance o f b ur i a l s f rom towns. Wh en th ey fi xe d on the s i te t h ere, Kensal green was two miles and a half from Oxford. street, and was q u i te detached from any buildings or dwell ings wh atever ; b ut in the courseof fourteen or fifteen years, so g rea t h ad been the desire of people to live near a burial- groun d u rang iter)—that a town had sprung around Kensat gre church and a school thereaend an d i they had got a t what was more, the Cemetery Company had been so , eed again, to subscribe in supp or t of th'e te overchurch and over and the schools. The very obj ect of h had, therefore, to a certain exte n t, be c e o n inin y frus trated, and it Only showed what p ie wo uld do for the stake cf gai n . People had e'l) loL complained in the metropolis of intramural interg ments, and yet, for the sake of selling a few tomb stones, some would forego all their professed princi ples, • erd join at last in resisting the very evil which others bad laboured for 14 or 15 years to extinguish. —(hear, hear.) Perhaps the meeting would think those observations were' rather beyond the object before them ; and ho i.ught to recall their attention to the reeegnition of the great and prominent services of Mr. Walker— (blear, hear)—and he (Mr. Lui,hing toil) regretted exceedingly that neither those who brought forward that Bill, nor the Sanitary Associa tion had done that ju-tice to Mr. Waker to which his meritorious exertions entitled him. It was the business of the meting to do some thing to supply that omission, and he trusted, when he read the resoe lution, it would be unanimously adopted, and that they should enabled to proclaim to the people, by the enthusiasm with which it was pAssed, that the testimonial, whatever it might be, had been justly deserved.—(Cries of " ILar, hear," and loud cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman then concluded by moving the first resolution, which was— ' That this meeting, recognising the long-continued, meritorious, and disinterested exertinns 0f George Alfred Walker, Esq., to effect the abolition of the per nicious and demoralising system of intramural burial, consUer him eminently entitled to the gratitude and thanks of the friends of sanitary reform and moral im provement, and would express their readiness and desire to cc-operate in a general effort to rend, r that gentle man some suitable memorial of his useful and successful labours." Sir CHAS. ALMS, M.D., seconded the resolution. lla was happy, he said, to have the opportunity of taying a few word in praise of Mr. Walker. He had known him many years, and had met him professionally under many circunb.tanccs. He krew tnat he had been alvv.:3 - i arduous and indefatigable in his efforts to prevent those evils, which to prevent were far b,tter and easier than to cure. In many cases he had laboured, as he (Sir C. Aldi,) knew, to the detriment of his own health. He had met tiim in many of the most noxious and unhealthy localities of the town, always labouring in the great cause of sanitary reform in those localities which it was a shame and disgrace to the metropolis riot to have removed long before this. But a stir was now making in the matter, which he considered never would have been done but for the resolution and enthusiasm of Mr. Walker—that enthusiasm of which the Noble Chairman had so justly said that without it no great object could be got which was worth the keeping: . Scarcely anything had been known to be done before Mc. Walker set forward in the great undertaking. He (Sir C. Aldis) trusted thin something would now be dune which would prevent Mr. Walker, who, to his knowledge, had spent his money and injured his health in the prosecution of his labours in this cause—he cordially hoped that something would be done to reward him, that some memorial would be presented to him ex pressive of the feelings of all friends of sanitary re form. Of what kind that should be would pro bably be settled hereafter. He could only express his warm feelings of cordial co-operation in this object, and knowing the real extent of the labours of Mr. Walker in this matter, he was perfectly ready to do any thing to forward the design of the present meeting. The CHAIRMAN, in putting the resolution, said that he was glad to see in the room so large a number of gentlemen of eminence belonging to that profession to which Mr. Walker belonged—the medical pro fession. He trusted that before the meeting was over they would be favoured with the opinions of the gentlemen of that profession in the room, as what ever fell from them upon that subject would have great weight, and must have a great effect wherever they were heard.—(Hear, hear.) The resolution was then put and carried unani mously. Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON, M.P., said that before the second resolution was put he might observd that it had naturally occurred to the gentlemen who had originated the present meeting to consider the nature of the testimonial that should be offered to the accept ance of Mr. Walker. In the first instance a public dinner suggested itself, but upon consideration and after-thought it appeared hazardous to make that the form in which the respect and admiration of his friends should be exhibited to Mr. Walker. If such a meeting should be held it would be necessary to fix a certain time for it, and some early day, in order to secure the attendance of gentlemen who would other wise he out of town. To get up such a meeting, too, would impose a considerable amount of arduous la bour upon the gentlemen connected with it, and also considerable expense, while it was thought that many gentlemen who would come to the dinner would pre fer their money being spent in a different mariner. In addition, he believed that he knew enough of Mr. Walker to be able to say, that that would not be the most acceptable tribute of respect that could be paid to him. He rather shunned than courted public observation ; and he had said often that the most difficult task which be had had to perform had been to acknowledge the expression of thanks offered him for any services which he had rendered to the cause of sanitary reform. He was assured that if their testimonial should take that shape they would he doing a violence to the known feelings of a number of gentlemen who, though they might give one guinea fur their dinner-ticket, might not feel them selves warranted in giving a second guinea for any further object. If they should agree to open a subscription list to receive sub scriptions from the friends and"admirers of Mr. Walksr, they would not be limited to any particular time or day on whit's to close their efforts. They would also afford an opportunity to his frieeds in the provinces to testify their respect, which a public dinner would not give them, and he might observe here that Mr. Walker was far better known and ap preciated in many of the provincial towns than in this great Leviathan city—(tstear, hear)—whare a man might labour for many 3 ears unknown and unnoticed. They would also secure the services of those who were able to enlighten and_ sway public opinion in the provinces. He was sure they might reckon on very great support in the provincial towns—(Hear, hear)—and no plan he thought would be advisable hich precluded their assistance.—(Cheer.) The pinions of the first originato-s of this meeting pointed them rather to some substantial piece of plate, which Walker might leave behind him to his descen dants, as a testimony of the admiration and respect in which he was held by the warmsst friends of sani tary reform in the present day.—(Cheers.) He hoped that if this plan were adopted seme future op portunity might be afforded of gathering together all the friends of Mr. Walker upon the occasion of pre senting the testimonial to him. He bad been per mitted to enjoy the friendship of that gentleman for some considerable time, and he had always placed him first amongst those gentlemen who had devoted themselves to the production, and the work ing out of some great and beneficent object. The Noble Chairman had justly referred to the great sacri fices made by that gentleman in the cause to which he had devoted himself, but it was necessary to understand properly the circumstances in which he had been placed to estimate fully those sacrifices. They all knew that he had sacrificed fifteen years of labour to this object; and he (Mr. G. Thompson) could safely say, that he had never once visited him in his whole life when he had not found him en gaged in the prosecution of this great work, and he had often been struck with the liberality with which he had appropriated his own means to the advance ment of the noble end he had in view. But these were the least of his sacrifices. The time which he had given to this great object would, with his pro fessional talents and abilities, have placed him in very different circumstances, had he chosen to labour for himself rather than for others. There was also one other characteristic of his. One of the greatest pre requisites for a reformer was discretion; and, though speaking for himself', he could say that there were re formers who were not gifted in an eniment degree with that quality, yet he could say that Mr. Walker had throughout his whole career displayed that qua • lity. Though he had had many difficulties to contend with, though his statements had been contradicted and submitted to the rust searching ordeal, yet his whole couduct in every circumstance had been found to he marked with the utmost temperance and moderation. He knew no man who more freely exercised his ta lents: without money and without price to all who came within the reach of his benevolent sympathies. When they took into consideration his private virtues, and the many claims which he had established by his public labours on their gratitude and respect, he felt assured that every gentleman present, would enter roost warmly into the object they had in view. As far as he himself was concerned, he should feel very happy, as a hewer of wood and drawer of water, to manifest his admiration and profound respect fur such are former as Mr. Walker had been. That gentle man bad had to encounter a stubborn opposition ; his motives were questioned, his facts were disputed, he had strong and powerful com binations against him, but, nevertheless, from morning till night, sustained and supported by a knowledge of the purity of his motives and the importance of the object he had in view, he continued to devote his best energies to the accomplishment of chat object. The gratitude of Government was ex emplified in the case of Mr. Walker; -but though those who had borne the burden and heat of the diy might be disregarded in high places, let them show that the public were not unmindful of those to wh srn honour was due. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by expressing a hope that they would give Mr. Walker something more durable and lasting than the evanescent applause of an after-dinner assembly. Dr. REID then proposed the second resolution, which was that a subscription be opened fur the pur pose of presenting a suitable and substantial testi monial to George Alfred Walker, Esq., recording an 1 perpetuating the sense entertained by the sub scribers of his private virtues and his exertions as a public benefactor. He never attended a meeting with a more heartfelt conviction ( f the justice of the cause which had called them together, as he considered it an act of public duty that he should testify to Mr. eris Ar Walkeriß. ,as the manner in which they appreciated his services, which, in his opinion, hail been of the most naeritori,,us and disinterested kind.— (Hear.) nßo.t the CARRELL, to e,M.P. , consider seconded o r t o decidethe w resolution. hether Mr. Walker had or had not been neglected by the s G a 7szi t tr t it s a u n b j d e t c h t e w ß ag oa t r h d at of th l e ka e l n th er . al t r ‘ u ll le he .at - co p u re ld . sent seemed to be, that every man who did his duty in a straightforwa , z u te l . manner was neglected by the powers that be.— t ‘ l tV Dacea ier recognise had his alai so, ea he r, hear.) But, although Mr. m was an s d ur a e w t a h r e d c h o i u m nt count ry would mer merit THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1850. hi, exertions deserved.— (Hear, hear.) He thought he had ptrformol really gigantic work in succeed irig in putting a stop to the practice of intramural interments, which was so revolting. thst it was a matter of astonishment to every individual that the system had been allowed to continue so long. Mr. J. IVlLniams, M.P., moved that a committee be appointed to take such steps as might be necessary to give effect to the foregoing resolution. Afcer the eloquent and business-like addres , es which bad been delivered he would not trespass on their time by entering into the merits of Mr. Walker. He was so well known that the less he said in moving the next resolution the better. Nothing should be wanting on his part to convince Mr. Walker that he entirely participated in his laudable exertions, and was ready and willing to ssrve him in every possible manner. Mr. GtESIN, in seconding the resolution, said he thought they :.hould be able to raise a much better memorial to Mr. Walker than any that could be ri,iAed by the Gov, rnment—(llear, bear)—and in stead of talking about a purse of gold, he (Mr. Geesin) for himself should like to see Mr. Walker placed in a frt ehold house ith all the necessary appendages. Toe resolution was tht.n put and carried unani mously. 111 , : B. B. CABIIELI„ 111. P., moved that Mr. George Thotnr , or, M.P., be requested to act as honorary secretary until the committee appointed a paid secre tary, and that they should be empowered to do so. With respect to the subscriptions, he would recom mend that they should be all paid into the bands of a banker. —(II?ar, hear.) He would therefore move— " That al account be otened at Coutts's bank under the head of the Walker Testimonial, and that uo moneys be withdrawn without the sanction of the managing com mittee and the signature of the treasurer." Mr. GEESIN seconded the resolution, which was carried. Mr. B. B. CABBELL, M.P., moved that the Chair man, Lord Dudley Stuart, be requested to accept the office of treasurer. Mr. J. A. SMITH seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said, out of deference to the wishes of the meeting, he would agree to accept the office of treasurer. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON then, in a complimentary speech, proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was seconded by Mr. B. B. Csbbell. Lord DUDLEY STUART acknowledged the compli ment, and expressed himself unaffectedly gratified at having been called upon to preside at a meeting to promote such an excellent and praiseworthy object. The meetingthen separated The following subscriptions were announced at the close of the meeting : Lord I). Stuart B. B. Cdbbell, Esq.. M.P. ••• W. A. Mackinnon, EFq., C. Lushington, Esq., M.P. ... Dr. E. Johnson Dr. Parker ... Dr. A. L. Fisher ••• ... LIO 10 0 •.• ... 10 10 0 ... ... 10 10 0 ... ... 5 5 0 •• . ..4 5 5 0 5 5 0 ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 5 5 0 Dr. Churchill Watson Georgo Thompson, M.P. IT. It. Abraham, Esq. Mr. Parker ... ••• ... ••• 3 3 0 ••• ... ... 3 3 0 ••• ••• ... 2 2 0 ••• ••• •• 2 2 0 ••• ... .•• 2 2 0 ••• ••• ••• 2 2 0 ••• ••, .•• 2 2 0 ••• ••• ... 1 1 0 Duckworth Nelson, Esq. Dr. J. C. Atkinson John Windu, Esq. „. Sir C. Aldis J. A. Smith, Eq., surgeon R. Johnson, Esq. ••• 1 1 0 ••• ... 1 1 0 ••• ... 1 1 0 Dillon, E. , q. Samuel Ward, Esq., F.R.C.S. W. Geesio, Esq. ... •.• ~. 1 1 0 1 1 0 ESTABLISHMENT FOR GENTLE- WOMEN DURING ILLNESS. A most respectable meeting of the subscribers to this very intereiting association was yesterday held at the Queen's College, Harley-street, for the purpose of hay jig submitted to it a report of the progress hitherto made by the managers of the association. The Earl of Carlisle presided on the occasion. The Hon. W. SPRING RICE, the hon. secretary, read the report of the managers, from which it appeared that the liberal assistance which had been afforded to the un de: taking had bean such as to induce the committee to take premises suitable, upon a stnall scale, for the purpose cf the institution, for a period of three and a half years, at No. 8, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square. The total amount of subscriptions already received exceeded 2,000/, the balance in the hands of the bankers amounting to 403/. The number of patients admitted since the opening of the institution had been thirteen, of whom six were at present inmates of the establishment, The services of a most efficient medical staff bad been obtained, the physi cians being Dr. Watson, Dr. Ferguson, Dr. H. B. Jones, and Dr. Weber; surgeons B. Travers, Esq, C. Hawkins, Et , q., and W. Bowman, Esq.; Mr. Hawksley, of Mar garet-street, having been appointed the general practi tioner. The Rev. C. Baring, of All Saints, bad also consented to act as honoraty chaplain to the institution. The success of the institution had been fully equal to the most sanguine expectations of its bunders, and the committee stated that their further inquiries had confirme d them in the belief that. the institution would be the means of affording relief hitherto unattainable in many most distressing cases, the helplessness and increasing number of which was attributable not to the fault or improvi dence, but rather to the circumstances and sex of the sufferers; aid they most earnestly entreated tie gene rous sympathy and addition al co operation no leas from the powerful and effluent thin from the middle classes throughout the country. The report having been read, The lgAle CHAIRMAN rose and said—l believe I take the chair upon this occasion by riOit, inasmuch as I have the high honour of being the president of this so ciety; and I can assure you, with perfect truth, that I look upon the post which your have been pleased to as sign me as one of great honour—and for this reason, be wise I am willing to believe that the committee which made that selection have been pleased to attri bute to me sentiments congenial with their own.—(hear, hear.) There are no topics which appear more obvious, I had almost said more common-place, than those con nected with the precarious and transitory nature of human existence, and it seems to m e that, in the circum stances which are immediately around us, there are events which enforce those lessons and warnings in connexion with those topics with peculiar force and solemnity. For upon whom hare we not seen the sudden stroke descend? Within the short space of a fortnight from this hour we have seen it successively fall upon, that form of manli• ness and comeliness —upon one in the brilliant enjoy ment of all that high station can impart to its possessor— upon one full of high capabilities and patriotic aspira tions, so long conspicuous in the public arena, the object of a nation's homage and a nation's sorrow; and even now it has fallen upon that open-hearted and gentle Prince who has so often appealed on behalf of charities like this.—(hear.) eol These reit. rated blows suggest to us the thought, a n d even the very wor t h , o f t h at truth breathing and i mmorta l stanza— "he gloryr al beauty.d lryad , l thatwealth' the bti t p t o o m t p h eg o f power, aarve gave, Await alike th e i nev i ta b le hour: e." I have touched for a moment upon these topics. I y ct ihraoaenumrd more e n sr dihcee:cmhhe hearth r — l have done so to put it to those among you who may not f a re still in the health, ythior h °a betterntny dimi more r a l o e y n sprta,; appropriately and toidnp b tgi e otil aho a ytew b eo l i uey e o j t sayo o hwnyooydu s mhwo h ri ecu t twbnhlhtoeytadshotiteiuloi bodily recently have had to shudder at the call of death within f ut the opulence and luxury of this great metropolis—who tssvea: enjoy,) n s t e y o ff : f i e u e d t t i hy : to o n u s p br u e ritait.entefiosy: ogialardnocw-ssn minds, which is e , lo w s h te e r the r r o: . n o d u and ion o f blessings th o h a n d w f h r i o c m h .flaw, than by con - Icing and relieving your more ex posed and un f r i en d ed sisters in the dark arid untrod pathsnthe ~ title, our com mon life.—(fit ar, hear.) Now, wh a t i s the instit u ti on w i th which we are now c , acerned? It is termed an " E s t a bli s h ment for Gent l ewomen d ur i ng ill ness" to n Easily aybe i tmhaognignhettht that atthetrhee is srst somethinghearing in it which sounds a little like fastidiousness and finicking. I do not, however, think that your benevolent t fforts .tte open to any such assertion as that. I think you have estimated mutt correctly that a previous ac cptaintance with brighter hopes and softer hours, with sympathies and friends who have vanished and gone, only tends to make privation more biter, pain more irritating, isolation more depressing, and despondency wore benumbing, than they would have been without such antecedents. I remember that it is very truly and touchingly said, hy perhaps the most pathetic of our trigic writers, when he wishes to add the lust aggrava tion to the despair of the character which he has pro duced upon the scene-- "'There's not a wretch that lives on common charity, But's happier tar than I." And he gives you the reason:— For I have known the luscious sweets of plenty, Every night have slept with soft content about my head, And never woke but to a joyous morning." That report, however, which has been read, with the simple statement of the cases of distress that have been alleviated, i s, h owe ver, far more perita,ive anti concen trating than even the tun-ful moral of Gray or the tender force of Otway. I doubt not but that many of the gentle forms which I now see before me have been in the habit of earryiug hope and comfort across the threshhold e f the humblest cottage near their country homes, or have even shed their fight and radiance in many of the dim alleys of this hugh metropolis. Charity, to use a common illustration of the time, does not run upon the narrow but upon the broad gauge; it is not monopolized by any one class of recipients ; neither is it coneentratt d upon any one mode of action. If charity does not shrink from pouring balm into the wounds of the low liest sous and daughters of misery, those who are furthe,t removed from our own scale in society, so it ought not to neglect those who have been paced in a position next t or even in your own, but who are now in a condition to eict) sudden reverse of fortune may reduce even yourselves.—(lleac) I aerie' forbear from congratulating the society upon the composition both of its committee and s.f its staff—that you have succeeded in obtaining the services and experience of these medi cal officers for which the richest capital in the world is contending without your wells, and of a clergyman who I:.rings the resources of a highly-cultivated mind and re fined intellect to the discharge of his ministerial duties. —(lean) With such officers and such assistance, I feel a confident reliance that you will not suffer this society to fail or to langui sh, but that under your continued and increasing encouragement, it will b e a bl e to extend its status and enlarge its borders.—(Rear.) The Bishop of OXFORD moved the adoption of the rep wr or . t.l3 ow2w , T, surgeon in ordinary to the in- stitution, seconded the motion, which was unanimously agresd to. Lord MONTEAGLE then moved the srcord resolu:ion, to the Effect that the experisnee derived from the wcri:- ing of the institution durir;g the period schich it had b, en openid Lai confirmed the mcctirg in the belief that the institution possessed strong claims upon the Fubldc for continued and increased stippot t. The Rev. C. BARING sccosded the resolution, which Waft also unanimously agreed to. On the motion of Earl NELSON, seconded by the Hon. T. TALBOT, the thanks of the meeting were unanimously accorded to the Rev. C. Baring, the chaplain, and the various medical officers who had given their assistance and support to the institution. The Bishop of MANCIIESTEIL moved, and W. Bonin, Esq., seconded, a vote of thanks to the Noble Chairman for his able and courteous cznduct, and the meeting broke up. THE NEW MAIL SERVICE TO THE \VEST INDIES. SOUTILIMPTOS, JULY 6.—Od tho 6fh of May we announced that the Lirds of the Admiralty had con cluded tln arrangement for the rc-or;aniz ttion of the contrLct mail service between Erigland and the West Indies and Central America. We have on prtvims occasions fully explained and developed the necessities fur a speedy alteration in the routes of the royal mail steamers—a change impera tive both in the interests of British commerce and for enabling the English steamers to meet their American rivals in the sttam carrying trade of the Great West on more equal terms. Hiving been favoured with an official table of the routes now to be pursued, we subjoin for the infor mation of a numerous class of our readers interested in this question, an mitt statement of the arrange ments which have been ordered to be at once put in force by the Lords of the Admiralty. It is definitively fixed that the new arrangements (so far as concerns the routes) shall come into opera tion on the 2d of August. The steamer leaving Southampton on that day will, therefore, proceed di rect to St. Thomas and the Isthmus of Panama, in stead of taking the course to Bermuda and the Gulf of Mexico, as heretofore. We must, however, premise that the arrangements for traversing these revised routes must merely be considered as preliminary to the more rapid system of steam communication which will be consummated when the new and powerful steam-ships about to be constructed have been placed upon the main line be• tween Southampton and Chagres. The immediate change of routes thus comtemplated, and which are to be performed by the existing steamers, it will be seen, will have the effect of greatly improving the communications to and from the many important parts of the world comprised in this scheme; but it vkill not be till steamers of much greater power and speed have been completed, and have actually performed the through voyages, that the great and ultimate acceleration of communication can be experienced. Some little modifications in the originally pro posed scheme and of minor points of detail, with re ference to stopping places, have been sanctioned by their Lordships. In affording accommodation, we believe, the utmost attention has been paid to the in terests of the various colonits and ports, according to their position and relative political and mercantile importance. From the 2d of August next there will be a semi monthly communication opened with the isthmus of Panama and Spanish Main, _ instead of ,monthly as heretofore, and the packets will leave on the 2d and 17th of every month for Chagres, taking their course to St. Thomas, Santa Martha, Carthagens, Chagres, and Greytown (Mos quito). Homeward the route will be precisely the same, excepting that the call at Santa Martha will be omitted. The time to be occupied on the voyage to Chagres is fixed at 23 days and 23 hours, including all stoppages. Homeward a similar period will be occupied. The time allowed at Chagres for preparing return mails, transferring and receiving cargo, inclusive of the time necessary for the packet's trip to Grey Town, will be 14 days 8 hours, making the course of post between Southampton and Chagres 624 days. The voyages to Chagres have hitherto ex tended over a space of 35 to 37 days, and the course of post has been about 80 days, so that at least 10 or 12 days will be the saving in time both on the out and home trip, and the course of post will in conse quence be diminished about 20 days. The tables of routes are calculated upon a sup position of an average speed of nine knots for the main line steamers, and a nearly equal rate of steaming for the branch and intercolonial packets. The stoppages are to be curtailed where practicable, in the event of a necessity arising by reason of decreased speed on the voyages, b..d weather, or other causes. It remains to be seen whether all the vessels of the Royal M.til Company will be enabled to maintain the proposed average speed required to enable them to fulfil the work set down. Tne mails for the Gulf of Mexico are to be dis• patched on the 2d of every month from Southampton, and, after arrival at St. Thomas, will be conveyed, via Jamaica, by a branch steamer, calling at San Juan (Porto Rico), Kingston (Jamaica), Vera Cruz, and Tampico. The same route returning. The time out to Vera Cruz will be 26 days 16 hours • home, 26 days 18 hours; time for- preparing replies, eight days 20 hours—making the-course of post 62i days. In case of late arrivals outward-, or detention at Tampico, the stoppage at Vera Cruz is to be cur tailed, so that the ship may leave precisely at the appointed time. A saving over the old plan of the Mexican mail service is here exhibited of at least ten days both out and home; and the course of post is diminished about 18 or 20 days. On the 17th of each month the mails for Havannah will be dispatched, and are to be conveyed from St. Thomas' by a packet calling at Porto Rico, Jacmel (H.ayti), Jamaica, Havannah, and Honduras. Homeward by the same route. The voyage out to Havannah will occupy 24 days 22 hours ; h ‘me 25 days 16 hours ; and, with 11 days allowed for the return correspondence, during which the packet will proceed to and return from Hon duras, the course of post will be 621 days. In the Havannah route no great saving appears at present to be effected over the old plan. Mails made up on the 2d and 17th of each month for Jamaica will be delivered at that colony respec tively in 201 days. This is a considerable improve• ment on the old scheme, which never used to supply Jamaica with its correspondence under 28 to 30 days. The mails for St. Thomas, Tortola, St. Kites, Montserrat, Nevis, Antigua, Guadalope, Dominique, Martinique, Sr. Lucia, Barbadoes, Demerara, Berbice, French and Dutch Guiana, St. Vincent, Grenada, Curac)a, Trinidad, and Tobago, will be made up and dispatched on the 21 and 17th of every month, and their conveyance from St. Thomas' will be accomplished by intercolonial pickets especially appointed for that service. The time cccupied in reaching Demerara (the extreme point of the route) will be 21 days 21 hours, homeward in 221 days, a little over three days being allowed for replies, thus making the course of post 471 days. Trinidad will be reached in 21 days 17 hours, while the homeward trip will occupy 221 days, three days being allowed for replies, thus making the course of post also 471 days. The saving to the whole of these colonies will be about a we,k each way, as well as shortening the communication with Europe a whole packet. The intermediate colonies between St. Thomas and Guiana will, of course, receive and transmit their mails in proportiunately quicker time according to their respective geographical positions, and will have a greater period allowed for their return correspondence, while the course of post will remain the same; thus Barbadoes will be reached in 20 days, St. Kitt's in 174, Antigua in 181, and so on. For Nassau (Bahamas) a mail is to he made up on the 17th of each month ; the time occupied via St. Thomas being 24 days, and the course of post 621 days. It will be observed by the foregoing that to Vera Cruz, Tampico, Hsvannah, Honduras, Hayti, and Nassau there will be only one mail each month, while to the whole of the remaining ports, including Chegres, Grey Town, Carthagena, and Santa Martha, formerly touched but once a month, a semi-monthly mail will be maintained. The homeward steamers will be due at Southamp ton at midnight on the Ath and 19th of every month. The packets arriving on the 4:h and 19th will bring mails from Chsgres, Grey Town, Carthagena, Santa Martha, Jamaica, Porto Rico, Demerara, and all the Windward and Leeward Islands, while the mails from Vera Cruz and 'fampico will only be received by the packets of the 4th ; and the mails from H ai ti p Honduras, Nassau, and Havannah, will reach Eag land by the packets of the 19th only. It is provided that in the event of either of the sup plementary or intercolonial steamers bringing mails from the Gulf of Mexico, Havannah, Demerara, &c , not reaching S. Thomas at th e est i mated tim, the homeward Atlanic steamer is to await the arrival of the missing vessel seven clear days , if necessary, after the hour a pp o i nte d for her departure for Southampton. By the tables of routes it would appear that Mebile, Bermuda, S. °Lip de Cuba, LaGuayra, Puerto Cabello, Madeira and Fayal, seven ports hitherto touched by the royal mail steamers, have been excluded as places of call under the new ar rangements. There can be no doubt that the advantages thus contemplated of a quickened communication to and from the West ludia and Spanish American ports will prove of vast benefit to the mercan tile community, not only of this country, but of Europe generally. At the expiration of a year, however, a further improvement will be effected, by means of which the voyages to St. Thomas, now to occupy 16 days 18 hours, will be performed in 12 days, and the Isthmus of Panama will be brought within 18 days of Southampton, in ' stead of 24 under the contemplated, and 35 days under the old arrangements. Jamaica will then be reached in 16 or 17 days, Vera Cruz in 20 days, and all the ports erobraeel in the scheme will proportion ately be brought nearer to Europe. The Pacific mails for the ports of New Grenada, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chili, are, we believe, to be made up in Loudon and dispatched by the steamer of the 17th of each month. The Valparaiso mails will be landed at that port in about fifty-eight days, instead of sixty-six days, as at present, and the nulls from the Pacific will be due at Southampton by the packet of the 19th of each month. From seven to eight days are at present al lowed for crossing tha Isthmus, but eventuallya much shorter time will suffice when the Panama Railway has been got into operation, and ultimately, when the larger Atlantic steamers are placed on the station, the voyage from Southampton to Valparaiso will be re duced to under forty-eight days. We regret very much to observe, that to correspond with the bi monthly mail to be de ivere.l at and brought from the Is•limui of Penama, no arrangements have yet been made for an additional cormnunicetion With the South Pacific ports. for which only a monthly mail is to be made up. Unless a more iruquent communication be spsed.ly opened by the Britiei steamers between Valparaiso and Panama a line of American packets will be established, which will absorb a large amount of the traffic and mail service. As many tepre,,unt.a tiens on this subject have been made by the mer chants connected with the ,trade of the west ceast of South America, we trust that•rio very long time will elapse ere a fortnightly mail to and from the Chilian and Peruvian ports will be provided. A semi-monthly communication with California will now be opened, and mails, passengers, and mere chandise can henceforth- be transmitted by the West India steamers on the 2.1 and 17th of every month. For San Francisco letters can be sent in about 55 days via Panama, and a like period will be occupied on the return voyage. Passengers for California will have the option of proceeding by either the Panama or Nicaragua route, as the packets will regularly ply to Chagres as well as to Grey Town, the ci-devant San Juan Nicaragua. MALTA. MALTA, JULY 2.—There is no news worth com municating. The Antelope has gone to Constanti nople to relieve the Tartarus, or the Porcupine, and the Ardent, w ith th e c r ew o f the Medusa, is to pro ceed during the week to Athens. We have just received a letter from Candia, giving an account of the visit of his Majesty the Sultan, Abdul-Medjid, to that place, where he arrived on the 3d instant, and on leaving proceeded to Rhodes, where his Highness Abbas Pacha went to meet him, and made him a magnificent present,—no less than that of the Sharkie steam-frigate, which our readers may remember put into Malta en route from England (where she had been fitted with steam-engines) to Alexandria. The Sharkie was rendered as ac ceptable as she could be, by being fully manned, provisioned, and furnished. She was also loaded with cotton and coffee. Besides the ship the Pacha made the Sultan a handsome present in money amounting to 50,0001. Report describes the vessel as being most elegantly fitted up—the chairs, for instance, in the chief cabin are of ebony, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, each one costing the maker two years' labour. Great preparations had been made for some days previous at Candia, in anticipation of the Sultan's arrival. The town was -cleaned, the houses white washed, and the doors hung round with evergreens. A grand illumination took place at night, and a fine display of fireworks. Among other great wants at Candia there seems to have been no landing-place, at least none conveni ent for so distinguished a personage as the Sultan, and her Majesty's ship Volage being fortunately there, Captain Graves volunteered to make a pier, which was effected in three days and a half, under the super intendence of the first lieutenant, by the crew of the Volage. Its length was 300 feet. The very rough weather caused the Sultan to pitch tents, and he amused himself by walking and racing with his son, a fine boy of nine years of age. His Majesty received the various consuls in audience, as well as Captain Graves, to whom he made a pre- sent of a magnificent snuff-box, set with his cipher in brilliants of considerable value. His Highness Abbas Pacha had returned to Alex andria, where he held a levee, and the Sultan with his fleet was entering the Gulf of Smyrna, as the Pvnin sular and Oriental Company's steamer Sultan was leaving that port for- Malta. Captain Brooks 3aw five sail of-air-line, and burned every blue light he had in honour of the visit. Immerse preparations had been made to give the Sultan a cordial welcome. All business was suspended in the preparations, and even the Custom-house was to be closed during the period of the imperial visit, which it was expected would extend to a week or 10 Lys' duration. Letters subs( quently received announce the disap pointment felt at Smyrna at the very hurried visit of the Sultan. He arrived on the 224 in that city, paid a visit to the paper manufactory, where he stayed half an hour. At noon he paid a visit to the pretty Tillage of Bournabat, and stayed 10 minutes, and then returned to tl:e steamer, where he gave an audi ence to the foreign Consuls and Turki,h officials. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JULY 10. STOCK EXCEIANOLL—The market was firm to-day, but tie only alterations in price we have to notice are—Bristol and Exeter, 64 , t Ditto, New, 12 dis.-Great Western, Quarters, 14 - Pi—Ditto, New 17/. Shares, 7 dis. —Midland Stock, 6 per cent. ( Birmingham and Gloucester), 123 Tali Vale Steck, per cent., 1 3 / 4 p. LIVERPOOL, JULY 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was better tc-day at the quotations. The transactions were as follow :—Lan cashire and Yorkshire, Consol. Fifths, 9 1 / 2 dis.—Ditto 321. Shares, 9 1 4 dis.—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 13-16 p. Midland, 31 1 / Ditto, Halves, 24 7-16 dia.— South-Eastern and Dover, Consolidated Stock (No. 3), 14%. MANCHESTER, JULY 10. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The share market was dull to-day, the amount of business being small, and chiefly confined to local lines, but prices were firm. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Butiness in this share market was very flat to-day. The only transactions reported were— North Staffordshire, 11 dis.—South Staffordshire, 4 , 4 dis. YORK, JULY 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.--fhe transactions to-day were as follow :—Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, 6 per cent, s', dis —York. Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 43q York and North Midland, 15/. 3s. 9d. Tun COMET.—For some few evenings past the comet discovered by Dr. Petersen, at Altona, on the Ist of May, has been visible to the naked eye in the constellation Bootes. With an ordinary night-glass the tail may be traced to a distance of about two degrees from the head, which is bright, and, without the telescope, resembles a star of the fifth magnitude. On the sth July it will be situate about five degrees west and a little north of the star Gamma Bootis. On the 6th it will be two degrees west of 16 Bootis; on the 7th a little above a line joining the star Rho in the Belt, with the well-known star Cor Caroli, and about one third of the distance between those stars from Rho. Next evening a line from Rho Bootis to 41 Coma Berenicis will pass close to the comet, which will be nearer to the former star. On the 9th it will be two degrees east and a little north of the star numbered 9 in Bootes, and in a line joining it with Rho, of the same constellation; on the 11th, about one degree north of 10 Bootis, below a line from Arcturus to Cor Caroli, five degrees from the former star. Next evening the comet will be on the parallel of Arcturus, near Eta Bootis, arid on the 13th will be situate between Eta and Upsilon, a little east of a line joining them ; on the 14th it will be nearest to the earth, and in a line with Upsilon Bootis and Tau in Virgo, a degree or more south of the former star. After this time moonlight may prevent the comet being seen with the naked eye. but with the te:escope it may be traced a week or ten days longer. It will pass the Equator on the 19th, two degrees east of Zeta Virginia, and will arrive at its least distance from the sun about midnight on July the in Right Ascension Lb. 27m., and 10 deg. south declination. The stars to which reference is made above are visible without the telescope, af.d are marked upon all globes and charts in general use. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA.—A meeting of several influential Members of both Houses of Parliament took place on Monday to devise the best course of prOceeding, in or,ier to induce her Majesty's Government to arroximate the Australian colonies by means of steam to Great Britain. Amongst those present were Earl Nelson, Lord Monteagle; Lord Wodehouse, Lord Naas, M.P., H, n. F. Scott, M.P., Sir William Moleswortb, M.P., Sir William Verner, M.P., Sir R. Gore Booth, M.P., 11Ir. Adderley, M.P., Mr. Divett, M.P., Mr. Simeon, M.P., Mr. MacGregor, M.P., Mr. Scholefield, M.P., Mr. S. Dickson, M.P., Mr. C. Fortescue, MP. After a full discussion of the various fea tures of the question, its present position, and the obstacles opposed to the carrying out of the object, it was unanimously resolved that active steps should be immediately taken to bring the whole subject under the special attention of both Houses of Parliament with a view to its speedy and final settlement. As a preliminary course it arranged, amongst other measures, that an address to her Majesty should be proposed in the House of Commons by Lord Naas, M.P., praying for the immediate establishment of steam commu nication with the Australian colonies. It was also announced that petitions to the Legislature on behalf of the object were in course of signature. The meeting was attended by Mr. De Salis and Mr. Logan on the part of the Association for the Promotion of Steam Communication with Australia. ROYAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA.—The Muster has expressed an opinion, after hearing the evidence and counsel on both sides, that transferers of shares in this company are not liable, on the ground that by a clause in the deed the parties as between each other are absolved from liability after the data of the transfer. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The most popular Medicine for the Cure of Indigestion, Stomach and Liver Complaints, are Holloway's Pills.—Captain Smith, residing at Poplar, who had resided the greater part of his life at sea, and a consider • able portion of that time in warm climates, suffered dreadfully from a liver complaint and indigestion, and often to such an extent that he thought it was impossible for him to recover. He followed the advice of medical men both at home and abroad, but without benefit ; he then commenced with H 1- loway's Pills, and soon experienced so ninth relief that he per severed in taking them for a few weeks, when he found his health perfectly restor,d. —Sold by all druggists, and at Pro fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. ST. MONANCE, JULY 9.—The Ant sloop, of Kirkaldy, from Pittenwen, in proceeding to St. Andrew's this day, to complete h,r loading, got in contact with the New Haven steamer, of Aberdeen, recelved considerable damage, and is making much water; the cargo (wheat) is damaged and tr.u4t be landt•d. MILFORD, JULY B.—The Jane, Roberts. from Water ford to Llanelly, has lost author, chains, &c. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 10 —The Vengeance, 84, Cep tan S:r Wackwood, nes paid off alongside the dockyard to-day. The Niger steam-sloop (screw-propelled) is oriered to be commissioned at this port by Commander Heath. The Fairy ro3al yacht, Master-Commander Welch, will go out cf harbour to-morrow to try her engines prior to Leing reported ready for the reception of her Ma jesty. The Elfin Rent out tc-dsy for a similar purpose. Wells' patent screamer fog signal and ventilator was tried in the " present use " storehouse in the dockyard to-day by Mr. Fincharn, Muster-Shipwright, and Mr. Murray, the Superintendent-Engineer, and found to answer all the purposes of an alarm in positions of danger afloat. The contrivance is as simple as can well imagined, and sec= to possess far greater power than the railway steum-whistie. o,e of them is ordered by the Lords cf the Admiralty to be fitted to the steam vessel Flamer, about to be commissioned at this port. The Maidstore Indiaman sailed to-day, calling at the Cape of Good hope. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, JULY 1.0 —Commander Depold G. llelth (1847), to command the Niger. 8, ttesm-sloop of 4(111-horse power, colowibio,ed this day at Purtz-muuth fur - service on the C. ast or A £ glee. Lieutenant Frederick J. Protheroe (1849), to the Niger. Ala,ter Gootg.? 11. Forster (1848), to the Niger. Paymaster and I'urser Wtcson W. P“rwinter (1848), to the Nige-. Clerk Alexander Jetierys (1845), to the Niger. M ister's-Assisf ant T. G. (Mown, t, the Niger. Gunner J. Att wood, to the Niger. Boatswain John Patterson, to the Niger. Carpenter Jtant s Dividson, to the Niger. EXAMINATION FOR THE MERCHANT SERVICE. A list of the Masters and Mates in the Merchant Ser vice who have voluntarily passed an examination and ob tained certificates cf quAttication for the class against e.ch assigned, under the regulation issued by the Board of Trade since the 31st of May last:— MASTERS. FIRST CLASS CERTIFICATES.—George Willis, Francis Meehan, John Guthrie, Philip Clendon. John Win chester, Charles Thomas Searle, James Keay, James Johnson Walmsley, George Cisiock, James Stones Brass, John Kennedy Freyer, James Meikle, Nathaniel Stewart, William Clough, Richard Paige, Charles Steward, Henry Holbiack, jun., Alexander Ritchie, John S. Byrne, Andrew Nicoll, James Nash Marshall. SECOND CLASS.—John Arthur Brett, John Alfred Wade (q 'aiified for steam only), Edward Chridtian, William Henry Moore, William Clough, William O'Neil. Henry John Woolcott, David Napier, George Stang*, Frederick John Wilson, Edward Blackmore, George F.ldo, Robert Clousrow, John Bolton Martin, William B icon Ransom, Alexander M'Neil Boyd, James Johnson, John Brown, Peter Crellie, John Show, George Jones Bradshaw, William Taylor, William Fredric Rogers, Peter Campbell, George Bilton Lee, John Shand, Robert Briggs. THIRD CLASS.—Edward Stamr, Josiah Penning Lam butd, Edmund Winstanley, George Saxon, Thomas Emmett. The certificate granted to Richard Corney on the 23d of April, by the Liverpool Board, has been withdrawn. MATES. FIRST CLASS CEnncATEs.--Alexander Wallace Mon teath, James Hill. _ SECOND CLASS.—Thomas Hybeit. Thomas Cubby Good, David Grant, Richard Thomas Edwards (qualified fur steam only), Walter Bovan Cooper, Frederick Cook Thorndick, John Marshall Girlies, David Weir, Alfred Final, Samuel Bishop Sheard, William Kirton ' Henry Welchman King, John Rubert Snow, W il liam Lawson, Harry Cheesman. _ _ THIRD CLA§s.—William Henry Kemp, James George Lee St(eie, William Howe. DENIS LE MARCHANT. Board of Trade, WhitPhnll, July 6, 1850. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. NEW COURT. (Before the COM MON•SERGRANT.) Henry Page, 36, bricklayer, was indicted for felo niously intermarrying with Emma Clarke, otherwise Smith, his wife being then and now alive. Mr. Chareock defended. Mrs. Martha Page, the prisoner's mother, proved his first marriage on the 6th of April, 1834, at St. John's the Evangelist, Waterloo-road, to one Ellen Ragan, by whom he had two children. He lived with her until about two years ago, when, in consequence of her dread fully dissolute habits, he was compelled to be sepa rated from her, and made her an allowance of 6s. per week. Evidence was then given to prove that on the 10th o f February, 1848, some one of the name of Henry Dick son was married at All Saints, Poplar, to one Emma Smith, but it could not be proved that the prisoner was the man or that Emma Clarke, who was then in die dock behind the prisoner awaiting her trial for haying committed bigamy with him, was the woman referred to in the register. The woman Clarke was then brought out of the dock into the witness-box, and having been sworn, and cau tioned not to say enytbing to criminate herself unless she pleased, said that she knew the prisoner from his coining to her husband's house, and that her husband always yet uraged their acquaintance. The COMMON- SERGEANT—Did anything ever occur between you and the prisoner at church? You need not answer unless you like. Witness—No ; nothing ever did. The COMMON-SERGEANT said there was an end of the case; there was no evidence to prove the prisoner was the man married at Poplar Church. An acquittal was then taken. Emma Clarke, 30, married, was then indicted for bigamy with Henry Page, alias Dickson, her husband being then alive. It was then proved that she was married in February, 1842, to her husband Clarke, who i s now a li ve, but thip Fame d'fliculty arose in proving her to be the party mar* tied at All Saints, Poplar. The police-officer said he saw the prisoner at her hus band's house on the 17th of June. She was recovering from an illness. She told him that she was married in 1848, at All Saints, Poplar, to the prisoner Page, she in the name of Smith and he Dickson; that the only per sons present were the clerk and the pew-opener as wit nesses to the marriage. Mr. CHARNOCK having briefly addressed the jury, dwelt on the fact that the only evidence against her was the statement made by her when on a bed of sickn ass and which she now denied on oath. The COMMON-SERGEANT having summed up, The jury acquitted her. THIRD COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner GURNEY.) James Cole, 24, polisher, was indicted for stealing II watch, salued at 221., from the person of William Perry. Mr. Parry defended. The prosecutor, who is well known to the sportirg world as the Tipton Slasher, the pugilist, said Viet about half-past four o'clock on Monday morning he was at the bar of' the Red Lion, in the Strand, drinking, and several more besides the prisoner were near him. Some one began to spar at him, when a female pressed herself against him, and almost immediately feeling his watch snatched from his pocket, as he thought by the prisoner, he seized him, and immediately his watch and chain fell to the ground at his feet. Mr. GURNEY said it was not sufficiently clear that the prisoner's was the hand that tuuk it, and directed an acquittal. Henry Wright, 20, barman, and Caro!ine Danig, were indicted for stealing several sums of money from John Plowman, the master of Wright. Mr. Robinson prosecuted. It appeared that the prosecutor keeps the Three Compasses in the Wandsworth-road, and the male pri soner had been a short titue in his employment as a barman, during which period great deficiencies hael been found in his takings. Having set the police on the watch they found out that the woman, who either was his wife or lived with him, was in the habit of coining and putting down a small coin in payment fur something, and received from the prisoner more change than she was entitled to; and in the present instance they took her at the bar of the house, having received 2s. lid. in change for Is. The jury, thinking the woman had acted under the guidance of the male prisoner, acquitted her, and he was found Guilty, and sentenced to twelve months' im prisonment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yesterday the young man who described himself on a former examination as a determined Chartist, was again placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Salomons, for further examination on the charge of sedition. Mr. Maule, the solicitor for tee Home•offiee, attended on the part of the Government for the prosecution, and stated that he appeared by the direction of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to request the Al derman to deal with the case summarily, by binding the prisoner over to keep the peace towards her Majesty and all her subjects. After a recapitulation of the facts already published, The ALDERMAN said, it is my intention to bind you over to keep the peace for twelve months, and to order you to find bail for your good behaviour during that lime in two sureties of 1001. each, or one of 100/., and to enter into your own recognisaners of 2001., more to the same effect. Prisoner—l'll consider about giving bail. He was then removed from the dock evidently much disappointed at not being sent for trial. The court was very much crowded, and the result appeared to give general satisfaction to those present during the examination. NARROW ESCAPES FROM DROWNING. — On Tuesday last, about 10 o'clock, a girl of the name of Maria Street, whose lather resides on the Beddow-road, was tending a child near the first lock on the Chelmer amyllackwater Canal, when, in endeavouring to reach a flower in the river, she overbalanced herself and tell from the curb-stone into the water, which, at that place, is about 9 feet de e p. S ome la d s who were at hand, gave the alarm, and, happily, prevented the child from following her nurse. The poor girl had twice risen to the surface, and again sunk, when Lewis Cox. a pproormtlelrptointutdheeolfvahcatrf, to ion,ar v , r i N h .c o d n , l ai ntuch it is due for idllithcarebdoat-hooktoo h' k her e out. She was removed to the house of a rela ti ve, i above the a nature, iust on iron w here Fribarige morning,. in Mr. l r attended by Mr. King, Surgeon, who, a ft er em succeeded in restoring animation. Anot her accident, o time, o th f e a riv e r similar Cann, second child, E mma, four years old, whilst in charge of an eld er b rot h er , s lipped into the water where it is very d eep ; b u t fortunately an intrepid lad, named Raven, app rent i ce t o 111 r. Sullings , was near, and im mediately jumping in, succeeded in re scuin g the child, though t d e . a she w Was t. at the imminent risk of his life. The child had sunk once. and on being brought ashore, was insensible, but speedily recovered consciousness, and is now quite well.--Essex Herald.