The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-29 00:00:00

4., ---, OF B PIRIT OF TSB PUBLIC Jotrinins.i, The Tiros draws attention to the discussion which-arose incidentally on the Reform Bill, on the principle of the representation of minorities, adopted last year. The,clis cussion arose on a proposal by Mr. Graham to divide Glasgow into three wards, each returning one member. Mr. Gladstone said of this scheme that it met the views of those who advocated the minority clause without running cottlter to the opinions of those who opposed it. This is a com plete mistake, and it is strange any one could haveper sno.ded himself that two opposite principles could be satisfied by one machinery. Mr. Gladstone has been misled by Nlr. Cobden's letter, written in 1865, to which Mr, T. B. Potter referred later last night. Those who quote that !otter do the most cruel injustice to Mr. Cobden's memory. They repeat the common but miserable expe rience of disciples who catch up chance words of their master while disregarding his spirit. This truth is, that when Mr. Cobden was in his last illness, and but a day or two before his death, he was asked what he thought of the representation of minorities. He answered that it deserved eNamination if it were only out of respect to those who recommended it, but his prepossession—due, it may be remarked, to his acquaintance with the American plan of " districting "—was in favour of the subdivision cf large constituencies. Mr. Cobden never &livered a deliberate opinion on the subject, and had his candid intelligence been directed to it, he would have abandoned the first impression which his un thinking friends would stereotype. It is impossible to secure a varied representation by " districting" a homo geneous constituency. Mr. Bright himself has pointed out that the process of subdivision is unavailing to secure the ends sought by the advocates of what is called the representation of minorities. If you went through Bir mingham, he said, from end to end, you would find in each part of it the same opinions predominant, and this is true of Glasgow as of Birmingham. Those who desire to secure the representation in their degree of all opinions —those who cling to what Mr. Mill described last night as " not only the most democratic of all principles, but the only true democratic principle of representation, the prin cipal apart from which a true system of representation is impossible," must reject altogether the proposal of sub division, as it was rejected by the House of Commons last night, - - - The Post says that if Mr. Graham's proposal had been accepted, a precedent would have been created for the division of boroughs returning more than one member to Parliament into two or more constituencies ; and, if the principle was applied in one case, there would be no reason rhy it should not be applied at all. It is certainly true Shat the main object of the member for Glasgow was to prevent the application in that city of the novel prin ,cip.le of giving to aminority the power of returning a repro se utative. Although averse from the innovation effected by thoJaglish Reform Act, we confess that we think the committee acted judiciously last evening in adhering to the voi'e of last session. Whether it be advisable or not that yni;mrities should be represented is one question, and whether it is right that the system of parliamentary repre sentation in the three kingdoms should be uniform, is Another.. Having decided that in England and Wales minoriti es in what are termed three-cornered constituen cies shou2d have exceptional privileges, no course was open to the Ho ul:e of Commons but to 4pply the same principle in the kingdom of Scotland. The Standard says that the House of Commons arrived, by a very la,!•s• - e majority, at a decision more wise, more just, more fraught with hope for the future, with benefit to the country, with advantage to the Constitution, than any that it has given this session. The majority of fifty nine against Mr.. Graham's amendment may be set against the majority of sixty on Mr. Gladstone's anti-Church reso lutions, as evidence that some degree of true constitutional feeling, some courage to make head against democratic passion and prejudice, some loyalty to principle and public duty, may still be found among the Opposition. The Star expresses its opinion that everything which could influence common sense or appeal to the higher political wisdom was in favour of the amendment moved by Mr. Graham last night. Glasgow is undoubtedly entitled to have three representatives. The question is : are they to be given in such a way as to allow her really the benefit of incrersed representation, or by the three cornered process which virtually cuts her down to one representative. Mr. Graham therefore moved as an amendment to the clause of the Scotch Reform Bill, that Glasgow, instead of being made three-cornered, should be divided into three districts, each of which should return one member. Now, on the very face of the thing and apart altogether from the comparative merit of the two systems, this amendment offers direct and clear advantages. Everyone admits that some plan must be adopted to get over the expense, the difficulty, the labour, the waste involved in the election of representatives for such large constituencies as that of Glasgow will presently be. The plan Mr. Graham advocates ha 3 long been considered as practicable and desi rable by some of our most enlightened statesmen. It was warmly advocated by Mr. Cobden. Mst people think it will have to be adopted before long in all great cities. It is, therefore, at least worth a trial ; and here was an ex cellent opportunity. The trial which was not accorded to it in connection with the English Reform Bill might be conveniently given to it in Scotland. The Telegraph is anxious to know when Parliament is going to be dissolved. The Solicitor-General has com puted that the register might be easily completed by the 20th of October, and that the new constituencies might exercise their rights immediately after that date. Sir Robert Collier and Mr. Bouverie think the appeal could not take place before November, and that the new Par liament could not be sworn in and fairly got to work much before the middle of December. There is a wide difference between this computation and that made by the law officers of the Crown. If the two Opposition members are correct, the pledge of an autumnal session cannot be kept. There is, however, a serious error in their calculation ; for they assume that the writs for a new Parliament could not issue until after the register is complete, and consequently that in accord. ance with the present law thirty-five days must elapse between the completion of the electoral lists and the actual votings. But, as the Solicitor-General pointed out, there is no reason why these thirty-five days should not be en tirely saved ; there is no reason why the royal proclama tion for a dissolution should not be issued in anticipation of the period when the register will have been finished. The computation that a new Parliament can be convoked before the end of October has undergone considerable dis cussion, and has not been seriously assailed. Time can be saved at several steps of the elaborate and intricate process of making up the electoral roll of the United Kingdom. Particularly the period allowed to the revising barristers for their work, and to the town clerks in boroughs and clerks of the peace in counties for arranging and printing the lists, may be materially abridged. THE GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH BILL.— On Thurs• day a conference sought for by Mr. Graves, M.P., took place at the rooms of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, on the subject of the bill introduced by the Government for the purchase of the telegraph lines. Mr. Scudamore, of the Post Office, was present, and was able satisfactorily to answer several questions as to the working of the pro posed arrangements in detail. An inquest has been held in Bethnal Green, respecting the death of Anne Arnold, aged 48 years. The case excited great interest, in consequence of its having been rumoured that the unfortunate woman had been left to die of starvation after a dreadful injury had been inflicted. Deceased was discovered in a sad condition of filth, and prostrated from want of proper food and care. Sores and wounds on her head led to the suspicion that her death was not the result of natural causes. The coroner adjourned the inquest, and told the police to discover the whereabouts of the husband. INFANTICIDE.. Mr. Carter, the Surrey coroner, has received information that the bodies of three newly horn infants had been found in different parts of a field at Peckham. There were no marks of violence upon the bodies, but they bore evidence of sin attempt to destroy them by the application of quick-lime. During the last, three months no fewer than eleven corpses of newly-born infants have been discovered in this neighbourhood in close proximity to the Queen's-road and Itye-lane railway stations. A letter from A.guila says : " A new kind of bri• gandage has lately made its appearance in this province. The forests are deprived of their oldest and finest trees, which are put on board ships and sent off to Trieste. The cases. we speak of are not by any means isolated. One of finest woods of Cantalupo was lately invaded by the whol,) population, who carried off everything worth taking. The authorities were obliged to display an enor mous amount of force, not to prevent the expropriation, b!it to save the remnants of this magnificent domain from illaE, , e." ALBERT GOLD MEDAL OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS. —The council of this society have this year awarded this medal to Mr. Joseph Whitworth " for the invention and manufacture of instruments of measurement and uniform Ptr.ndards, by which the production of machinery has been l - might to a degree of perfection hitherto unapproached, t the advancement of arts, manufactures, and commerce." Th e medal was instituted to reward "distinguished merit iu promoting arts, manufactures, or commerce," and Among the r ec ipi ents i n f ormer years have b een Sir Row- Pr iggoo o / 401aY) and N_cs_girg! 99.* PA 9315, A WORD FOR JACK KETCH. " Themis " thus writes to the Telegraph:—" Much hr A been said to prejudice the public mind against poor C: al craft, whose only crime is that he is the minister of j us tice and the dread executor of the rigour of the law., I happen to know the man, as the minister of the church I' which he worships, and a more worthy creature does nc exist. To stigmatise him as ahardhearted, cruel, low-live I, crawling, crouching, fawning wretch, which some of t he papers, in connection with his duty as public execution er, have done, is utterly wide of the fact. He is a good z tnd tender-hearted man, an habitual frequenter of a Church of England place of worship, where his white head and venerable appearance is pleasingly conspicuous, though his identity is not generally known among the congrega tion. The execution of his duty is no pleasing topic of conversation with him ; he takes no delight in gratifying curiosity by enlarging on the dismal scenes in which he takes so necessary a part ; he is modest and unassuming. He is by trade a shoemaker, and you might deal with him all your life and have no more idea that he was the common hangman than that he was the Grand Llama of Thibet. He is a very devout attendant upcm public worship, and a man of 'very simple and straightforward mind, fulfilling all the relations of domestic and social life in a kindly and affectionate manner. Calcraft is no monster, and no one, lam persuaded, will be better pleased than he that he has no longer to perform his unenviable duty in the face of an excited and oftentimes exasperated mob." Upon this the Telegraph founds a leader, remarking: " If such is the truth, as our correspondent leads us to believe, we can only say, the simple fact sharpens the argument against having a public executioner at all. Why should there be a single human creature —especially one described as so amiable and worthy—who becomes by his vocation utterly outcast and detested, and who, being a citizen and a public official, dares not bear his own name before his fellow-citizens, nor avow himself in any assembly 1' It is something gained that the last of these dreadful exhibitions has been witnessed.on the outside of gaols. The hangman certainly benefits by the change ; and it is a step towards that total abolition of the Mosaic law of blood for blood which, at no distant date, may be imperatively demanded by the growing spirit of the age. It is probable that intramural strangulations will not very long survive the ghastly practice outside. But while it is still thought logical to teach respect for human life by taking it away officially, why should this hateful appointment of State butcher be continued? It is not right—it is wholly and shamefully wrong to call upon any man, or to allow any man, to put himself outside the pale of humanity by taking a duty which, with all the apologetic details of the letter of "fhemis,' remains, as Marina phrases it, one for which 'a baboon, could he but think, would own a name too dear.' If Calcraft is as "fhcmis' paints him, a very excellent person, it only shows what a bitter injustice is done when society visits the ignominy and horrible repulsiveness of its own enactments upon an agent who meritoriously fulfils them." LAW AND POLICE. THE OUTLAWRY OF THE HON. RICHARD BETHELL.—At the Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion-square, the Hon. Richard Bethell attended in an outlawry proclamation to surrender. When the action was called Mr. Bethel! answered and claimed protection on the production of an official document from the Court of Bankruptcy, under an arrangement deed. Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell asked whether the defendant surrendered. Mr. Bethel! said he did surrender. The Under- Sheriff said, as the defendant surrendered, the officer would have to take him to Whitecross-street Prison. Mr. Bethell said the officer would do so at his peril. Mr. Slowman, the sheriff's officer, told Mr. Bethel! he was in his custody. The Under-Sheriff explained to Mr. Bethell that he could apply to a judge at chambers to be dis charged on the protection he had produced from the Court of Bankruptcy. Mr. Bethell left the court in custody. Subsequently the parties attended before Mr. Justice Byles at chambers, who took the case without the usual practice of a day's delay and the service of a summons. Mr. Under-Sheriff Hall attended for the sheriff. The facts were mentioned to the learned judge, and the case of Ames and Colquahi (in which Ames was released) was cited, in which the Court of Common Pleas had recently decided that a protection under a deed in an outlawry matter was valid. His lordship, on the autho rity of the case quoted, ordered Mr. Bethell to be dis charged, and he was accordingly liberated without going to prison. On the application of Mr. Under-Sheriff Hall it was ordered that no action should be brought against the sheriff for the arrest by his officer. MISCONDUCT OF AN ATTORNEY.—In the Court of Queen's Bench the case of the Incorporated Law Society v. Robert R. Hill, an attorney, was heard. The defendant had been clerk with an attorney, and had received on his behalf the sum of £B5 in the year 1865, and this money he had retained. The matter was discovered three years after wards, and the defendant returned the money. The excuse urged was that he did not mean to retain the money. The Lord Chief Justice said that if the matter had been dis covered before the person had been admitted an attorney, the court would not have had him placed on the rolls until satisfactory proof was adduced that he had departed from his evil ways. As the defendant had a wife and family relying on his exertions, the decision of the Court was that he be suspended for the term of twelve months. THE ELECTION OF GUARDIANS FOR STocKPORT.—The election of guardians for Stockport has been the cause of proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench. An applica tion was made with a view to question the election of a person as guardian, and the point in dispute was whether the fact that the voter's name appeared on the last register of votes was conclusive as to the right to vote, or whether:a subsequent default in non-payment of rates would disqualify. The voters whose votes were disputed had not paid the last rate made in September, and were registered in March, less than six months after the rate, and had voted in April, more than six months after it ; and the statute excludes from voting those who have not paid all the rates for a year, except those which had been made and become due within six months of the time of voting. The votes were excluded, and turned the election. The court, however, held that as the terms of the statute were explicit that the rates must be paid for a year, except the rates made within the six months previous to voting, the register, therefore, could not affect it.— Rule refused. THE LAND CLAUSES ACT.—In the Court of Common Pleas the case of Morgan v. the Metropolitan Railway Company was heard. The railway company had given the usual six months' notice that they should require the plaintiff's premises, and he sent in his claim for com pensation, which amounted to £ll,OOO, and he asked the defendants to cause a jury to be summoned to assess the damages. They had never done so, and the plaintiff had been aggrieved by having to provide other premises. This action was brought for a mandamus to compel the company to issue their warrant to the sheriff to summon a jury to assess the damage. The court was of opinion that the mandamus ought to be issued, as the notice sent by the company was binding on both parties. SHOOTING BY A JEALOUS HUSBAND.— Andrew Simmons. a grocer, was committed to the Chester Assizes, by the Birkenhead stipendiary magistrate, for firing at John Boddon, at Birkenhead, with a revolver, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The prisoner was persuaded by his wife to go to Australia in July last, leaving his property in her. charge. On his return to England, in April last, ho found the prosecutor living with his wife, and, as he asserts, in possession of his property. Prisoner at that time demanded access to his wife, which was refused, and, in consequence, he broke into Boddon's house, for which offence he was tried and acquitted. On Wednesday morn ing he walked up to prosecutor as he was opening his shop, and fired three shots at him with a six-chambered revolver. They all passed close to him, and lodged in the wood-work of the shop. For the defence, it was urged that the shots were fired for the purpose of frightening Boddon. The magistrate took another view of the case, and refused to allow the prisoner out on bail. ACTION FOR THE BITE OF A DOG.—At the Birming ham County Court an action was brought by Esther Stanley, a girl twelve years old, to recover damages for injuries sustained by the bite of a dog belonging to Mr. Molyneux. The dog was chained to defendant's cart. It had been a vicious dog, and had bitten many people before. Mr. John Vinrace, surgeon, said he had attended the plaintiff. The wound had been a severe one, and the child had been injured for life. His Honour gave a verdict for the plaintiff for £25. ACTION AGAINST THE RIGHT HON. ROBERT LOWE.— At the Reigate County Court, an action was brought by a person named Russell against the Right Hon. Robert Lowe for £5 wages. The plaintiff was engaged as gardener, at 20s. per week. He asked 235., but was refused, Mrs. Lowe saving that if he stopped twelve months, which lie did, a present of £5 would be given him. When he applied for the £5 he was refused, on the ground that he had broken several things. For the defence it was argued that an agreement not to be performed in twelve months must be in writing. His Honour said that it was a very unusual defence, but the plaintiff must be non suited. The University at Naples has been closed for a week by order of the authorities, in consequence of a manifestation of the medical students against Professor Deluca. The Sultan, in receiving a deputation from the Christian communities, declared that he wished that every one in his dominions might be able to rise even to the rank of Ctralld YkAer without distinction of creed, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1868. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. A Court of Common Council was held yesterday at Guildhall, at which the Lord Mayor (Alderman Allen) presided. THE CORPORATION AND THE PROPOSED FOREIGN CATTLE MARKET. Mr. J. F. BONTEMS inquired of the chairman of the Markets Committee whether a statement made in a morning newspaper to the effect that the Cor poration had declined to be parties to, or to inter fere in any manner with, a bill before Parliament for establishing a new market for the sale of foreign cattle was correct ? Mr. ItUDKLN, the chairman of the committee re ferred to, said that the statement was substantially correct. The Corporation had retained counsel on their behalf to watch the proceedings before the committee, and the Government had consented in the first instance to introduce certain clauses which the Corporation considered necessary for their in terests. The Government had, however, entirely broken faith with the Corporation in reference to these clauses, and had actually oppose] them ; and this being the case, the counsel for the Corpora tion had been instructed to withdraw from the matter. In answer to a question put by Mr. DE JERSEY, Mr. RUDKIN stated that the Corporation had not yet formed a decision as to what course they should take in the event of the bill becoming law. By a great deal of exertion they had succeeded in pre venting the Metropolitan Board of Works from being constituted the " local authority" for carry ing out the measure, and that privilege was vested in the Corporation of London. If that body did not choose to undertake the duty, there would be five commissioners appointed for the purpose. Mr. Rudkin added that he believed, from information that had come to his knowledge—and he might add that he was very glad of it—that the bill was not likely to be passed in the present session. the resignation of Mr. J. Temple, who has held the appointment for a great many years. The report recommended that the salary should in future be £3OO per annum, with a residence in Guildhall, coals, gas, &c., and that the holder of the office should, be permitted to receive the fees and per quisites that were enjoyed by his predecessor, but with the understanding that these additional sources of income were not to be taken into consi deration when an application was made for a retir ing pension. This report gave rise to a very warm and some what personal discussion, which occupied a consi derable time. It appeared that the nominal income paid to the holder of the office of hall-keeper was nearly doubled by other allowances, and that a con siderable sum was received in the shape of interest for money belonging to the Corporation which was placed in the h inds of the hall-keeper for certain purposes. Another rather curious fact elicited in the course of the inquiry was that according to an ancient custom the Corporation were in the habit of presenting annually to the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, the Chief Justice of the Coinnion Pleas, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Baron, the Lord Cham berlain of the Household, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer, the Comptroller, Lord High Steward, the Home Secretary, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-Gene ral, the Recorder, and the Common Sergeant " four yards and a half of fine black cloth." It was the duty of the hall-keeper to convey this cloth to the high functionaries entitled to it, and it appeared that from each he received a small fee, the total amount being about £l4. Deputy DE JERSEY spoke in very strong terms against the expediency of continuing such a paltry system ; and he complained of the committee hav ing by their report lent their sanction to it. He argued that it was a monstrous thing for one of their officers, who was paid a large salary for the performance of his duties, to be allowed to make a large profit off money which belonged to the Cor poration, in the shape of interest, and said the fact of a fee bring taken for carrying a gift of cloth to the high personages referred to was degrading to the dignity of the Corporation. An amendment was subsequently moved that the report should be referred back to the committee for further consideration, which was agreed to upon a division by a majority of seven, the numbers being —For the amendment, 49 ; against it, 42. Mc. DE JERSEY then proposed that certain in structions should be given to the committee when they came to reconsider the matter, and this led to a further warm discussion. At length, upon the motion of Deputy Burnell, the debate upon this subject was adjourned. THE IMPROVEMENTS IN GUILDHALL. Mr. KELDAY, the chairman of the Guildhall Im provements Committee, mentioned that the window in the Guildhall to be presented by the Lancashire Committee would be completed by the 13th June, and that arrangements had been made with the Earl of Derby to come and present the window in a formal way to the Corporation. His lordship had expressed his willingness to attend, and there would be with him Colonel Wilson-Patten, Chan cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; Lord Egerton of Tatton ; Lord Edward Howard, the Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire ; and other gentlemen. A discussion then took place with closed doors as to the arrangements which should be made for the occasion, and the Court thereafter adjourned. MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISYRAYES. A meeting of the magistrates of the county of Middlesex was held yesterday at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, for the transaction of the usual county business. Mr. H. Pownall presided, and there was a full attendance of magistrates. THE LATE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY, LORD LIEU TENANT OF THE COUNTY. The an eloquent and feeling speech, drew the attention of the Court to the great loss which the county had sustained by the demise of the Marquis of Salisbury, the late Lord-Lieutenant of the county ; and moved the adoption of the fol lowing testimony to the memory of the deceased nobleman : " The magistrates of this county in quarter ses sions assembled, desire to record their sense of the great benefits which the long-continued services of their late Lord-Lieutenant the Marquis of Salis bury conferred both upon them and the county of Middlesex. For nearly thirty years his lordship presided over the lieutenancy and magistrates of the county, during the whole of which period he took a warm and constant interest in all the important operations relating to the concerns of the county, whether affecting the lunatic asylums, the prisons, or the industrial and reformatory schools ; his lord ship was at all times accessible and gave the most courteous and ready attention to every subject ap pertaining to magisterial duties, with all of which he was intimately acquainted. " The remembrance of his. lordship's valuable services, his ever courteous and kind attention to the bench, his ready, able, an,' valuable advice, will long be cherished by them. " That this resolution be conveyed to the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury and the Marquis of Salis bury, with the expression of the deep sympathy of the magistrates in the affliction which this melan choly event has occasioned." Mr. KEMSHEAD seconded the motion, and deposed to the blameless life of the late marquis. Lord Ent Y supported the resolution, and spoke of the regret with which he had heard of the death of the late nobleman. The CHAIRMAN put the motion, which was agreed to unanimously. THE LATE EXPLOSUI AT THE HOUSE OF DETENTION. A special report/tom the visiting Justices of the House of Detention was brought up, recommending the payment of 50 guineas to Mr. Pownall, the surveyor, for services rendered in consequence of the late explosion in Clerkenwell. Mr. H. WHITE, in moving the adoption of the report, asked the justices to suspend the standing order which required a notice of motion for the pay ment of the money. The Court refused to suspend the standing order. Mr. H. WHITE said , there was a further recom mendation of the camittee, that in consequence of the extraordinary exertions made by the governor of the House of Detention (Captain Coddj at the time of the explosion, he be awarded the sum of 50 guineas. In moving the adoption of the recom mendation, he said he was at the prison during the whole of the late trying and most disastrous time ; and he had therefore the opportunity of observing with what zeal and energy the governor exerted himself, and he hoped the Court would be as unani mous in their adoption of this recommendation as the committee were. _ _ Mr. KEMSHEAD saw no particular foresight on the part of the governor, and thought they ought not to pay a man for simply doing his duty. Major LYON thought the Court was proceeding in an irregular manner. What was there special in this case which called for a departure from the usage laid down in the standing orders of the Court? Let there be notice of motion for reward ing the governor of the House of Detention, just as it was required that notice should be given for the expenditure of money for any purpose whatever. The CHAIRMAN said that as he understood the hon. magistrate, he meant that the report should be printed and taken into consideration at the next meeting of the Court. _ . _ Mr. WHITE said he was not aware of the inten tion of Major Lyon, but as he was entitled to call upon the Court to consider the propriety of expend ing any sum not exceeding £lOO without a notice of motion, be should ask the Court to grant the gratuity proposed to Captain Codd, believing as he did that the majority of the Court would be in fa vour of the motion. He would at any rate run the risk then. Mr. WYATT said he was sorry to see such a mo tion made. It was unjust and improper to pay a man for doing his duty, and for the sake of Cap tain Codd he hoped the motion would be with drawn. The CHAIRMAN—I feel that it is now my duty to say a few words in reference to this matter. I went to the House of Detention on the Thursday, the day prior to the explosion, and having received cer tain information I thought it was necessary that there should be some additional power in the building. I therefore arranged with the gover nor of the House of Correction, in Coldbath-fields, to have six warders, properly armed, sent down to the House of Detention, and so far from there having been any special arrangements made on the Thursday evening, 1 found that many of the warders had gone home, and that really no thing at all was being done in order to meet an emergency I had already foreshadowed. Captain Codd, when I told him that I had arranged for six men to come from the House of Correction, in formed me that he did not require such aid, and that if the men came he should send them back. The six armed men did come from the House of Correction, and Captain Codd, in accordance with his word, sent them back five minutes after I left. That was on the Thursday. I felt it to be a duty to myself to make these remarks, since 1 have been complimented in high quarters for the steps that I took on that occasion. I may say that bad it not been for the arrangement which I, as chairman of the court, caused to be made, the prisoners would have been exercised in the area behind the wall which was blown down on the Friday, and the loss of life would hare been frightful. I. directed the governor to change the hour and place for exercis ing the prisoners, and that being done, not only was the escape of the political offenders who were confined prevented, but a terrible loss of life was also prevented. Therefore it is that I cannot per mit the words of the report of the visiting commit tee to stand as though they were strictly true, and as though the governor of the House of Detention had exerted himself in such a manner as called for some special recognition. Mr. WHITE, in deference to a generally expressed feeling of the Court, withdrew his motion, and that part of the report having reference to the re warding of Captain Codd was expunged. THE MAIN DRAINAGE WORKS. Mr. LAWLEY called the attention of the Court to a statement that had appeared in one of the morn ing newspapers relative to the mischief and danger that were likely to result from the quantity of sewage matter that was deposited in the river at the outfall. He read the statement he referred to, which represented that a large mass of putrescent matter had been deposited in the river, in some places being twenty feet in thickness, which had had the effect of almost stopping the navigation, and which only needed the heat of the sun to spread sickness and death in all directions. He said he believed that the Metropolitan Board of Works had been appealed to upon the subject, and that they bad expressed an opinion that it was the duty of the Board of Conservancy of the Thames to abate the nuisance. The matter was one, as it appeared to him, of very grave importance to the public, and he wished to know whether any member of the Metro politan Board, or of the Thames Conservancy, who was present could give any information to the Court upon the subject. Deputy CHARLES HEED, one of the members of the Thames Conservancy Board, said, in reply, that there was undoubtedly a large deposit of sewage matter on the banks of the river at the outfall below bridge, but at present no danger whatever was apprehended from it to the public health, and he was in a position at the same time to inform the Court that the river Thames had never been in a better condition than it was at present. (Hear, hear.) There was undoubtedly a very large deposit of sewage, and it would be necessary to have it re moved ; and the only question was, whether the Metropolitan Board or the Conservators of the Thames were the parties who ought to pay the ex pense.' Communications were going on between the two bodies upon the subject, and in the mean time the public health would not in any way be endangered by the accumulation of sewage matter. Mr. J. E. SAUNDERS, one of the representatives of the city of London at the Metropolitan Board of Works, corroborated the statement made by Deputy Reed, that no mischief was to be apprehended from the present condition of the sewage deposit, and he said that the Metropolitan Board had directed their attention to the subject. He observed at the same time, that the Court woultl remember that the e g e r matter u c t o i n , a v r e l y i a e n t n o t w a furthert dsanction Metropolitan Board were anxious originally to have down these w t the proposal, and they were therefore compelled to have the outfall at the present spot. Negotiations were, however, going on, the effect of which would be that the deposit of sewage matter would be re moved before it could be productive of any mischief, and he believed that the only question was, who were the parties legally liable for the expense of this removal. The matter then dropped. THE JUDGE OF THE SHERIFFS' COURT. The CHAMBERLAIN (Mr. Benjamin Scott) in formed the Court that he had received a letter from the solicitor of Mr. Kerr, the judge of the Sheriffs' Court, making a claim for fees to which he consi dered he was entitled under the new County Courts Act. He had declined to comply with the demand, and he had since been served with a copy of a writ of mandamus from the Court of Queen's Bench, and he wished the Court to direct what course should be taken. THE CORPORATION AND THE SEWERS COMMISSION. Mr. DE, JERSEY, the Chairman of the Commis sioners of Sewers of the City of London, called the attention of the Court to the fact that the commis sioners had recently paid a sum of £44,000 for cer tain improvements in the city of London, with the sanction of the Corporation, who had agreed to contribute £30,000 of this sum. The commissioners had paid the entire sum, but when they applied to the Coal and Corn and Finance Committee for the amount agreed to be paid by the Corporation they were told that they could not be paid until an ar rangement was carried out with a railway company. The Commissioners of Sewers had been put to very considerable inconvenience by the deLiy, and he inquired of the Chamberlain whether he could not provide the amount due from the Corporation from some other source. The CHAMBERLAIN, in reply, said all he could state was that an arbitration was going on at that moment between the Corporation and the railway company interested (the Metropolitan Extension Railway), and the moment the award was given the amount guaranteed by the Corporation would be handed over to the Commissioners of Sewers. He added that there were no other funds belonging to the corporation from which the amount could be paid. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Mr. DE JERSEY—Then the corporation has no funds. (Renewed laughter.) PROPOSED REMOVAL OF TEMPLE-BAR. Mr. FRICKER then brought forward the motion, " That in the opinion of this Court the removal of Temple-bar would greatly facilitate the enormous traffic continually passing into and from the City ; that it be referred to the City Lands Committee to cause the same to be removed forthwith, and to pro vide in lieu thereof 'a metal barrier, to be used on the occasion of State ceremonials, and to mark the site of the ancient bar and the limit of the City's jurisdiction. A short discussion took place upon this motion, in the course of which it was suggested by several hon. members that, having regard to the proposed erection of the new courts of justice in the imme diate neighbourhood, and other circumstances, the present was an inopportune time to bring forward such a motion. The hon. member, in the result, agreed to withdraw it, observing at the same time that he was aware it was only a question of time, and that eventually the antiquated and ugly nuis ance of Temple-bar must be removed. LORD BROUGHAM. Upon the motion of Mr. J. TURNER, seconded by Mr. J. S. GowEtt, it was unanimously agreed that it should be referred to the City Lanis Committee to consider what mark of respect should be paid by the Corporation of London to the memory of the late Lord Brougham and Vaux, and to report there on to the Court. THE OFFICE OF HALL KEEPER. Mr. C. ROBINSON, the chairman of the Officers' and Clerks' Committee, brought up a report from that committee, having reference to the office of keeper of the Guildhall, which is now vacant by TIIE LATE ATTACK ON THE'DUKE OF EDINBURGH. The CHAIRMAN brought under the notice of the Court the late atrocious attempt upon the life of the Duke of Edidburgh, and an address was agreed ACCOUNTS AND GENERAL PURPOSES. On the presentation of the report of the commit tee for Accounts and General Purposes, Mr. KEMSHEAD took occasion to refer to a case which occurred in Dr. Lankester's (the coroner) division, in which seven inquests were held at the same house, the same day, and before the same jury, where the summoning officer charged the ex penses seven times over, just as if there had been seven juries impannelled—a system which required the attention of the magistrates, as an enormous ag gravation of the county expenditure. The report was received and adopted. ROMAN CATHOLIC WORSHIP IN PRISONS. Mr. E. W. Cox moved, "That the visiting jus tices be empowered to make all necessary arrange ments for the proper performance of Divine service according to the rites of the Roman Catholic reli gion within the prison." He at some length sup ported this motion. Captain MORLEY moved as an amendment, " That the arrangement for the performance of Ro man Catholic worship at the House of Correction, Westminster, be left to the discretion of the visiting justices of that prison." After a long discussion the motion was with drawn. Some other business was disposed of and the Court adjourned. NEW ZEALAND. WELLINGTON, April 8. The intelligence which reached us on the 6th inst. that the Duke of Edinburgh did not intend to pay his promised visit to New Zealand has caused the greatest disappointment, although we cannot but admit that the return of the Duke to England direct from Sydney is the only course open to Commodore Lambert, under whose orders it is understood his Royal Highness is acting. Throughout the whole of this colony the most active preparation has been for some time going on to receive the Duke in a manner which, while it could not pretend to vie with the magnificence which the Australian colonies have displayed, would at least be expressive of the hearty desire that is felt to act loyally to the Throne. The two months dur ing which the visit was to last would have been spent pleasantly—all the more so because of the marked contrast which the freshness and verdure of this country presents to the aridity of an Aus tralian summer. Sir George Bowen was within an hour of sailing to meet the Duke at Auckland, when a roundabout telegram was received that his Royal Highness had been shot. It was not credited. It was regarded as one of those startling canards which the telegram occasionally floats ; yet, as a steamer was overdue from Melbourne, Sir George postponed his departure for a day. On Sunday, the 22d ult., the Governor started, the belief being strongly against the correctness of the report. Next day, however, the news was confirmed, the welcome announcement being added that the wound was not only not fatal, but that great hopes were enter tained of a speedy recovery. To say that the attempted assassination caused the utmost horror and indignation is to use words which totally fail to express the popular feeling. Indig nation meetings, attended by crowds such as have never before assembled, were held in the pro vinces, Wellington, as the capital of the colony, setting the example by its people so overflowing the buililing that a second meeting had to be held to accommodate them. The feeling of indignation h av i n g in some measure found vent, that of joy at the recovery which was going on so rapidly induced special thanksgiving services at all the places of worship, and is to take the additional shape of a general holyday, when the aid of the illuminations which were to celebrate his Royal Highness's arrival will, no doubt, be called into requisition. From the first hearing of the attempted assas sination it was feared that the Duke's route would be altered and that he would give New Zealand the go-by ; yet letters written by Lord Belmore and Commodore Lambert led us to hope that, owing to the unexpected quick recovery, there would only be a brief delay in and not a total renunciation of the long -expected visit. So far as we know (the Governor being still awaiting his Royal Highness's arrival at Auckland) no positive information has been received, but private letters received from Sydney the day before yesterday lead to the conviction that by this date the Duke is at sea, homeward-bound. That this intelligence caused us for the moment much vexation may readily be imagined, but as it exhibits no want of pluck in the young Duke himself, but is only a prudentprecautiou on the part of the Commodore, we are bringing ourselves to admit that the arrangement is:a wise one. The confession of O'Farrell that he is only only one of ten sworn to assassination is not uni versally credited ; but looking at the Fenian dis play at Hokitika, so much more open than any in Australia, the question must naturally arise in the mind of a responsible officer like the Commodore, " Where are the rive ?" And the answer to this question in some measure receives a solution in the fact that from information which the Sydney Go vernment has received the advertisement offering a reward for the capture of O'Farrell's associates is directed to be published in the New Zealand papers. We are as loyal as Australia ; but Australia could not prevent the attempt at assassination, nor can we guard any bettor against such a fiendish inten tion. The stigma of O'Farrell's act will unfortu nately give a more or less unfavourable impression of New South Wales in the mind of the home public. For the Duke's sake, and for the sake of our reputation, we are, therefore, prepared to forego the pleasure which his Royal Highness's visit would other wise have afforded us. My last two letters have contained details of the sympathy which has been manifested for the Man chester murderers at Hokitika, the capital of West land, on the west coast of the Middle Island. The authorities there had no power, even if they had had the will, to oppose the mock funeral procession of last month ; but when the news of the attempted assassination of the Duke reached that town the community felt the time had gone by for tolerance, because Fenian sympathy was not the harmless exhibition it had been taken for. When the news reached Hokitika that O'Farrell's purpose was pro videntially frustrated; and that the Duke was yet alive, the gladness of the loyal population of Hokitika knew no bounds. Meetings, bon fires, processions, blue ribands, anthems—the people went mad with joy. But there was method in their madness. The Celtic cross still stood in the Roman Catholic cemetery in de fiance of authority. The Town Council debated, but had the courage to do what was right by order ing its removal. The agent of the General Govern ment was appealed to by the Fenians to interfere and prevent it, as otherwise there would be a bloody riot. He refused, and the cross was removed. The riot was still threatening, and, backed by the fear of it, Fatter Larkins applied to the Government agent for permission to reinstate the cross. Per mission was refused. The determination to deal firmly had its effect. The local authorities wer3 supported by the swearing in of no less than 1,200 special constables during that and the two follow days, and the ringleaders of the Fenians were arrested. On the 27th Father Larkins was the first whom the police troubled. This notorious priest is part owner and part editor of the Hokitika Celt, the seditious inclinations of which have caused much of - the present rdschief. His co partner and editor, Manning, was also arrested. He appears to be an old offender, having 15 years ago been the writer of sundry inflammatory articles in the Ballarat 7 Imes, materially helping to bring about the Ballarat (Victoria) riots, and was at that time tried for high treasDn, but was unfortunately acquitted. Several others were arrested in the course of the day, and have since been com mitted for trial, the town during the examination being guarded night and day by the specials. The Government and the Roruish bishop at Wellington were not inactive. The latter recalled Father M'llonogh, denounced Father Larkins, and poured what' oil he could on the waters which those reve rend gentlemen had with so much painstaking been the means of troubling. The former sent for the whole of the armed constabulary (sixty) in the Patea district, and shipped them off to Hokitika, and one of the Ministers went post-haste to Auckland to advise the Governor to send down troops to their assistance. In consequence of that recommendation her Majesty's ship Falcon, with a company of the 18th R. 1., called in here on Sunday night last ; but as, in the meanwhile, the inhabitants of Hoki tika have so well shown that they know how to take care of themselves, it has been thought desir able to laud the troops here and send the Falcon thither without them—more as a moral demonstra tion than anything else. Several of the newspapers have received threatening letters, and one of the seven prisoners just committed is a publican, at whose house was planned an attempt to burn down the office of the principal Hokitika journal, the West Coast 7 lines. The spirit of loyalty which has been aroused throughout the colony, and the satisfaction which the decided steps taken to put a stop to the flaunt ing Fenianism on the West Coast have occasioned, have together had a very decided effect in creating the feeling that law and order will continue to be everywhere maintained without resorting to any extreme measures. 711 E 1110.1\17 ("EMS RAIL WAY. (From the Times' Correspondent.) TURIN, May 25. Although I yesterday wrote to you pretty fully from St. Michel my observations and impressions of the Mout Cenis Railway, a few things struck me on the return journey which I will write down before going back to Florence. The Italian side of the mountain is the more difficult of the two to as cend and descend, but in going down, as in coming up, the Fell system fully justified the reputation to which it aspires, and which has been conferred upon it by Captain Tyler and other competent judges. It showed itself perfectly safe and easily manage able. Nothing can be better calculated to inspire travellers with confidence than the facility with which speed is slackened or the train altogether stopped. One soon comes to appreciate the im mense power given by the breaks and the central rail. Now and then, on some steep incline, with a gulf below, and curves so rapid that it seems like running round a circle, a traveller may fancy that the speed is unusual, exceeding the 12 or 13 miles au hour fixed as a maximum. In some places yes terday the driver unquestionably got a little beyond that rate. But scarcely had one begun to note it when a still more perceptible slackening of speed occurred, showing how perfectly the man had his train in hand. There are some bits of the road down this side the mountain which elderly ladies and nervous persons generally will do well not to look out upon—at any rate, until they have used the line enough to acquire that perfect confidence in its safety which I think all those persons who went over on Saturday and returned yesterday to Susa must now feel. We had a number of women and children in the train yesterday, and they evi dently were no more alarmed than if they had been travelling on the level ; iu fact, if one does not look out of the window there is nothing to inspire alarm even in the most habitually timid. For those who feel confidence it is most interesting to observe the steep incline passed, the treble line of rails (the centre one higher than the others and of peculiar construc tion), winding up and down the mountain, and to gaze down the precipices, in some few places sud denly sinking, within half a yard of the carriage wheels, to the depth of a thousand feet or more. Gliding along the winding riband of the rail, a beautiful panorama unrolls itself before the travel ler, whose enjoyment will be unalloyed when once ' he has attained the desirable and well-founded con viction that it is impossible for the train to get off the line. The rails, repeatedly inspected not only by the able engineers of the company, but by the Italian and French commissioners, are as firm as possible, secured with the utmost care, and by un usual means, and in every respect as good as the day they were laid down. It is proper that one who has acquired by personal observation and by careful inquiry of disinterested persons a strong faith in the security and great value of the Fell system should express that belief in order, in some degree, to counterbalance the unfavour able reports continually spread concerning the line by malice or ignorance. On arriving here late last night, for we had to wait at Susa the departure of the mail train at half-past 11, I was informed, on the authority of travellers who crossed the mountain by dilgence towards the end of the week that Thursday's storm had done great damage to the rails and that Fell's line must be in a very dangerous state. To one who had just personal experience of its excellent condition this story could only be matter for laughter ; but it shows there are persons who busy themselves with the fabrication and circulation of false reports. Of course, the coaching interest, which had reckoned upon hold ing its own until the completion of the great tunnel and its contiguous bits of rail—that is to say, pro bably for another hall dozen years at least—feels exceedingly sore at the intrusion of the Summit Railway, and would mos t exceedingly have en joyed seeing last Saturday's train, with all the ma nagers, and engineers, di rec t o rs, secretaries, pitched over the side of t he mountain to ever lasting smash a thousand yards below, thus destroy ing at one blow the head and heart, the arm and purse, of the company. Fortunately, that gratifi cation was denied them. We passed a good many vehicles yesterday afternoon, a diligence, vet turino carriages, return mules and horses, and it was amusing to study the countenances of the drivers and conductors as they stood at the heads of their beasts to let the iron steed prance by. The animals generally take the train quietly enough. The greatest alarm manifested yesterday was by a drove of pigs, which respectable animals, although it can hardly be said their interest is greatly affected by the innovation, manifested extreme discomposure and with in ,ny grunts hastened to save their bacon by a forced march across a neighbouring field. Various considerations, and especially the short ness of the time during which the line is likely to be. open (it is bound to close when the tunnel line is completed), rendered it desirable to carry the Summit Railway for nearly the whole of its length over the roads already existing. This rendered a very narrow gauge compulsory, made the line longer, and the gradients in many places worse. liarl Fell's system been tried ten years ago,when the tunnel was only about to commence, the monstrou and most costly labour of boring through the moun tain would probably not have been undertaken, and then it would have been well worth while to expend, if necessary, double the very moderate sum the line has cost, and to make a railroad such as we probably shall soon see over some other of the great Alpine passes, and over other great Euro pean mountain chains. As it is, the. summit line must be looked upon as a pilot balloon. It has been cheaply made, for it is calculated that if it runs only for six or seven years the capitalists who have em - barked in it wi!l get back their money, principal and interest. This is encouraging for future enter prises of the kind. In England and elsewhere numbers of people will be surprise I to hear of the certainty that the Mont Cenis Railway will be opened for public traffic on th Bth of June. The repeated delays had given rise to a widely-spread impression that the line never would open, and was to be looked upon as a failure. Of those delays the last and the most provoking was due to the French patent law and to the inferiority of French engine builders. One is accustomed to hear such very tall talk about the progress of French iron and steel manufactures, the perfection to which their forges and itsines are brought, &c., that one is almost surprised to find such a Protectionist enactment maintained as that which compels the employment of French engines in the case of inventions patented in France. Surely it must have escaped Mr. Cobden's notice when he was negotiating his famous treaty, or he could hardly have failed to urge and obtain its repeal. In the present case it has proved most injurious to the Mont Cenis Company. In November last the line was ready, the covered ways were made, the French engines were put upon the line and broke down without delay. Had they been English, similar to the two experimental engines, the line might then have completed the tests stipu lated by the French and Italian Governments, and the trains might have commenced running for public traffic in December or January, as they now will do in June. It is a manifest loss of at least five months' traffic to the company. There can be no doubt or mistake possible about this. There is the English experimental engine as good as ever, and considerably lighter than the French engines. To the latter weight did not give strength, and the material was clearly either of bad quality or ill distributed. The delay, arising solely from the inferiority of certain parts of the engines, has been so injurious to -a company which has probably but half-a-dozen years wherein to got back its outlay that it would have been worth its while, as I have been assured by some of its mem bers; could the thing have been foreseen, to indem nify Mr. Fell, get him to give up the patent in France, and have the engines made in Eng land. It is only fair here to add that the French engine builders who enjoy the highest reputation for their work were so much occupied as to be unable to execute the orders of the Mount Cenis Company, which was consequently forced to address itself to other houses. As soon as the Mount Cenis Railway shall be open to public traffic—that is to say, upon this day fortnight—the mails between France and Italy should be conveyed by it, which will at once give a gain certainly of at least four hours between the arrival at St. Michel and departure from Susa, and vice versa. Corresponding altera tions should be made in the hours of departure of the mail trains for Florence and Paris. On this side the Alps the summer railway times have n et yet been published. Owing to the fetes in various Italian cities, the change, which was announced for the 15th of May, has been postponed to the first days of June. It is to be hoped that in its regula tion the opening of the Mont Cenis Railway will not have been lost sight of. It is time for Signor Barbavara, our Florence Postmaster-General, to be upon his mettle. He is reputed zealous and active, and now is the ti me for him to justify his repu tation. The mail from Paris reaches St. Michel a little before 2 p.m., leaves Susa at 11 15 p.m., re mains in Turin till 7 45 a.m., reaches Florence at eight and nine in the evening, and the letters are delivered at nine the next morning. Fell's railway, starting at 2 p.m. from St. Michel, will bring 6 5 mails to Susa by 7 30 p.m., they may be in 'I urn' by nine or soon after, start thence immediately for Florence, and the letters may be delivered there be fore noon, instead of at nine on the following morn ing, as is now the case. A clear gain of 21 hours may thus be easily effected. This is what ought to be done, and if Italy were a country where time is as much valued, and where public opinion has a 5 much power as in England, I should not hesitate to add that this is what must and will be done. It remains to be seen what the French Government will do. Will it induce its post-office and railway administrations to rid us of that 12 hours' detention which letters for Italy leaving London at night undergo in Paris ? Or will it incur the stigma Of obstructing progress and impeding communications by still refusing the easy remedy of a morning mail train from Paris to St. Michel? As an example of what may be dune in the way of rapid travelling between England and Italy, Mr. Brassy left Lon don one morning last week at eight o'clock, via Boulogne, and was in Susa at seven o'clock on the following evening. Had a mail train then started immediately from Susa, he might have been 1 . 11 Florence in 48 hours from London ; and this 10 what ought now to be done. 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PLOSZCZYNSKI—On the 26th inst., at 12, Church-roaol. James's, New-cross, Napoleon Ploszczyuski, a ged dJ agi, \VALLES - On the 26th inst., at the Governesses' AsYl lieutish-town, Miss Elconora M. Wailes, aged 88' London : Printed and Published by WiLLIA.g. AND )3I4 1 12. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tan SON Office , N ° , 7 of in the Precinct of the Se roy, i n the CQuj`" Iliattlesex.—Friday, May 29, 180. Ti Priz, AD' holc ahle ror Inir to t Lie s o'd lq Ai Ai ce Di se, an ch It( toi A*; to ] to * 8( a