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106,. 611 57,8 and •very regularly. Except algild :, i'aesstiipit• heeg Tll7 wage' bur he was Awa.l B was ver y regular,- 1 30 ' 4,1 stran ge , w , y. hieh attrtwtcci iha atte , atton of e ..r) `"e CURT—Iie used t 3 read buoka. He read the l tov e - 71r 1 sYmeg ihrouo. He read 11,:garth's . .voiks• go tete ",aew itai read - a religious bo3k nue did ho ever uurt;h, ho used to go in the cab y ou a Sunday the as any other day. Fie,l4l was proceeding when our repot t left. (Btr o .IVE W COURT. ..._ re t he w. RECORDER and Alderman W. IfuNT . ..;n d. ) , rant — e i,„ 44 °lnPson, a sailor, pleaded Guilty to ar la ic.- eleib — rg , ng him with stealing a quantity of sailor's e Ire lla vessel called the Eagle, while lying in tr. ve t rpL att a Th_'n es. orsi !Prisoner having been previously twice convicted Ty offences, was sentenced by 'e nEcoupEa to ten years' transportation. ALA I , —ktl..l3Ro'-ST REET. —(THIS DAY., I/ bis o h tirn AN.--Joseph Whe e l er was placed be-fore Mr. IT art charged with crue ll y ill- treat i ng a do n key. 844 d t r. it. Fitchew, s il versm ith, 400, Oxford-street, st4nd th at about n i ne o ' c l oc k t hi s morn ing, he was etanig, at his first floor window, when his attention riding Led to th e prisoner and two other men, who were Lot Lti a truck d rawn b y a misera b le l i ttle d on k ey, th e taech larger th an a Newfoun d land d og. B esi d es 114 d In th° " the tr uck contained three large bags of oysters, jag it Poor animal had the greatest difficulty in draw -110114: boor animal Witness, observing the state of the Vh e , e Jl Went out and remonstrated with the m e an, 1 4 g4 u Pon the prisoner abused him with the foulest dese, which he followed up by belabouring the spareY store unmercifully with the butt end of the whip th e g a pe h. " cad . Witness then collared the prisoner and ettel, ItQin charge to a constable who at that moment his "' 1143 4, after severely lecturing the prisoner 'sits f e i t . u _ e lsY, fined him 10s., and in default commute s et eays. LPARLIAMENT• (THIS DAY.) Th e R ROUSE OF COMMONS. ~,° '°loe lt . "? " liEß took the Chair shortly after Twelve '4ORD, WEXFORD, WICKLOW, AND 1 31 DUBLIN RAILWAY BILL. the ord "OIuERToN moved, pursuant to notice, that Wm, "M . the 13th day of February last, for the d 1) 1161' tf the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, fit Avith(l4 Railway 13111, be discharged; that tle Bill he Ar ta wn, but without prejudice to the motion of Sir 4_reerner for a Committe of Investigation. ed ko, Ths . par sed: Aul„ lowingTHIRD Bills were read READINGS a third time and Tver e e Con servancy and Improvement. et4r Healteth Fleetwood's Estate. T MERCANTILE MARINE BILL. 'ntosa..."4II4DUCHERE moved the postponement of the °wit tittee on this Bill to Monday next, at twelve o'clock, Stt eo g d ." (3 the i mpossibility of some Honourable Members the to•day who felt an interest in the measur L e. L. Oo tr,•EttRAMPTON IMPROVEMENT BI that 14,e mo tion of Mr. THORNELY it was ordered thNit an instruction to the Committee of selection, n e de appoint, if they think fit, the Committee Jillo toe u'verhatopton Improvement Act Amendment s yet forthwith. tteleo:al petitions were presented for and against the arrangements. Sir G mi4 CON VICT PRISONS BILL. l'riB atigi"LY moved the thi r d rea di ng o f th e Convict te41%111. ea r to,; 411 0;i said that no opposition had hi a th s er in to . Ned t) this Bill, and he beheved none IN 1 , 1 .° 11 t he could not allow the Bill to pass its last , I4 Dis o , l theut ex. ressing the happiness he telt that the nit -8 he had alway s held with respect to the responded to, of convicts had been : =0 1 111,1 5 nat an authority as the present Earl Grey. He 'gat however but express his regret at the course ttooraer ri l s y been pursued by that Noble Earl with . portaiion • he alluded to the forcing ipt 4l optin tB uPon reluctant c ' elonies. The Noble Lord to kkop—ogr,..tti..at course had damaged greatly the system of .410/1. (LEFT SITTING. -- , lI A , MALTA. b tgi tlicat ll4l Jul y 2 . —There is no news worth corn .: -opi o , in g• The Antelope has gone to Constanti the At:d ° rel ieve the Tartarus, or the Porcupine, and teed 4,,,t, with the crew of the Medusa, is to pro lireting the week to Athens. kti 44'444 just received a letter from h Candia, giving - Al Xialt tit of the visit of his Majesty t . e . Sultan, .tlno:u.kedjid, to that place, where he arrived on the '44 tif,, n t, t 2 °ad On leaving proceeded to Rhodes, where 141 de tr es s Abbas Pecha went to meet him, and ' 4l. th.. i n a Manificent present,—no less than that 4etti'l?haritie steam -frigate , which our readers may ' , lv il ' e ttl r e 4er , Put into Milta en route from England to ' le ts 0 1 8L° had been fitted with steam-engines) 2C -4Ptit12,41-r'a. The Sharkie was rendered as nned, Pro t i s . e as she could be, by being fully \i 'ith 1°441 1 and furnished. She was also ma load_ed te ade etltt°ll and coffee. B.:sides the ship the Pacha ar n the 81. oin,,• S tan a handsome present in money li e eg to 50,000/. ttteetiort describes the vessel as being most elegantly 414 Of t the chairs, for instance, in the chief cabin 'e(l'stian,eVoy, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, each one gr,2,.e Maker two years' labour. 414,474 Preparations had been made for some days kri,,,ails at Candia, in anticipation of the 1 N titsh ed The tow n he- was cleaned, the houses S w a gh,,+,,and the doors hung round with evergreens. Itspia3'4ofilfilutnination took place at night, and a fine 4,410 reworks. le acehtikg Other great wants at Candia there seems . Nfo veel l 110 landing -place, at least none conveni- IN l' So distinguished a personage as the Sultan, I) %ta e i n r AI G s r j a estY's ship Volage being fortuna . tely there, i as e e eo _, ves volunteered to make a pier, which as of three days and a half, under the super ' ola --ee the first lieutenant, by the crew of the I.l,lfSec. Its length was 300 feet. )441 t esta, 'ver3" rough weather caused the Sultan . to d Ithein.Rt,if, a nd he amused himself by walking an Iliad bLI i .`" his son, a fine boy of nine years of age. 4 weilawestYreceived the various consuls in audience, seat of es Captain Graves, to whom he made a pre -14 I),4tea nnagnificent snuff-box, set with his cipher , Irillia.n.tis of considerable value. Nil o highness Abbas Pacha had returned to _A . le . x . - s fleet,' where he held a levee, and the Sultan wit e h i h n l . .%14Ei r gas sntering the Gulf of Smyrna, as the P n letvinrnici Oriental Company's steamer Sultan was 4 811 0 1 teat port for Malta. Captain Brooks saw five ill hen tu-l ille, and burned every blue light he had i ki cur of the visit. .%Ittirtlense Preparations had been made to give the 14 th e ll a cordial welcome. All business was suspended , t o PireParations, and even the Custom-house was . It hieh e P ii ed during the period of the imperial visit, Xis 4 Was 1, 4 duration expe c t e d would extend to a week or 10 t oiti e t tt er , subsequently received announce the d . i.c . ap-_ th e Snare felt at Smyrna at the very hurried visit of A ~i,iTtan• lle arrived on the 9 2d in that city, paid Aalf;,,,'' hour, the Paper manufactory, where he stayed 'dill ° our. At noon he paid a visit to the pretty Alie ll 'l of Bounabat, and stayed 10 minute 9, and l ac letUrhed to the steamer, where he gave an audi t° the for...2Lleign Consuls a d Turkish officials. Tg- e t , 413 C ourr.—F or some few evenings past the ti, lit discovered by Dr. Petersen, at Altona, on the Ist of 4 .10' has been visible to . the naked eye in the constellation , 1 or es With an ordinary night- glass the tail may be I wh i e,4 to a distance of about two degrees from the head, 'of tt e l 4 is bright, and, without the telescope, resembles a star , 4„._s fifth 'magnitude. On the sth July it will be situate .0 1 j five degrees west and a little north of the star Gamma 4,14-,44. On the 6th it will be two degrees west of 16 Bootis ; 41,f t ge 7th a little above a line joining the star Rho in the 1 4 14 1 with the well-known star Cur k'aroli, and about one k,,t`z of the distance between those stars from Rho. Next l'rk a ," 4l ,g a line from Rho Bootis to 41 Coma Berenicis will $t close elose into th e come t, which will be nearer to the., former Itso,t' he 9th it will be two degrees east and a little It Ivi :,or the star numbered 9 in Bootes, and in a line joining nation ; on the 1 lth, bout Nit Rho, of the same n o - t.Tgtee north of 10 Bo c o o tis, t b e elow a line from Arcturus to t 1 1: k;itroli, five degrees from the former star. Next evening bool e .i o s ta et will be on the parallel oafteArbcettuwruese,n near Eta and 'Ds . l6' Uel on the 13th will be situ on the 14th it It'ill 1 : 11, a little east of a line joining them; line with Upsilon tit he to the earth, and in a teir k ` e is and Tau in Virgo, a degree or e n oft thethe more , so p u re tl v i tc'ket r b. t ar. After this time moonlight may it 14, eing Seen with the n Aced eye, but wit t w h i e l l t p e as e ssc thec 0 ,. 4 4 '? . be traced a week or ten days loiger. and midnight 11 411 4 4 ": on the 1 9th, two degrees east of Zeta V d ir t is, lti juir,,rity," its 'east distance from . the . sun about o antl .uthl a '',e, 43 d, in Right Ascension 1.3 h. z e marked 10 deg. !,00e -,ecimation. The stars to which reference is made ' , Pop, altlre visible without the telescope, ar..cl ar 4 globes and charts in general use. kYr% 'tat • Iq COM AUSTRALIA.—A ), etin, MUNICATION WITH ' arli ai ° of several influential Members of both Houses of f 111'44611.'2N. in k to o place on Monday to devise the best course too L'r,l(Di)roxiLlg, rder to induce her Majesty's Government i;eat-yriattLtho Australian coloniei by means of of steam to .;orl kont;aill: Amongsto those present . I%e a r ,,, arlN elan', M.P., Hen. V trt e e ott . k .I,“e,sir ',.,,iNi?r.odehloluise, Lord ortii i\jsui., ir William 4 ' IP 14 ' 1 ' Sir R Co r. l e a l l oot ( la, e l a l i l v .P., Ar. Adderley, M.P., 2411. 'vett, i‘l p • 11. ' Seh o l 6 • ~ Mr. Simeon, M.P., Mr. MacGregor t M.P , ., Oteku, e.,,,,,,,,1, M.P., Mr. S. Dickson, M.P., Mr. C. t 7,, r ts of t i i 'l.-0. After a full discussion of the various fea- Nolveksed 4 question its Present position and the obstacles m t ' l „ the carr .' • ? k 0 ,41, .... ,„at actives ng out of the object, it was unanimously , the vs. steps should be immediately t ken to s et ,seis of pail,' subject under the special attention a of r both . etis4.lneat. arnent. with a view to its speedy and final D r Z s z: rnea,„?`l2 a :preliminary course it arranged, shouldamobse D ra ,?!ed in the that an address to her Majesty __, hiet n l i „g for the i 'louse of Commons by Lord _Naas, MA ~ tli n ' ll Will, t, nlinethate establishment of steam commu 14ni Jetitiona t4e Australian colonies. It was also announced a llie of 81 4 atitut Legislature on behalf of the object were th o _ and Ai r e r e. The meeting was attended by Mr. ~s rornotion of Steam one art of tho Association for nOY Communication tkp re AL ivzi.,. to b o tp l eci an o p i n Z °P AUSTRALIA.—The Master has kot stable,des, ~ _ n, after hearing the evidence and counsel 114ttle on nt h transferers of shares in this company are tht , s its6,,itrelitn round that by a clause in the deed the glite c" - C l ' Uat tajahr °tile r are absolved from liability after TES isIIVIONIXL TO MR. GEORGE ALFRED WALKE/I. Yesterday of ern3on a public vleeting was helci at Flerberi's Hotel, Palsce-yard, Westmi:lster, to con siler the propriety of presenlinr, sui:abb , tcstimonii.' to George Alfred Walker, Esq., in recognition of the .:iervices rendered by that gentleman in the cause cf sanitary reform, in connexion with the abolition of intramuril interments. Among those who asserebk=d to show their admiration of the energetic and sue cessful labours of Ir. Walkur we observed, Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., Mr. B. B. Cabbeil, M.P., Mr. Charles Lushington, M.P., Mr. John William 3, Mr. George Thompson, M.P., Dr. Reid, Mr. W. Geesin, Dr. Johnson, Sir R. Brown, Mr. Wilson, Sir C. Aldis, Mr. 11. R. Abraham, Dr. Evans, Dr. Ben nett, Dr. Drury, Dr. Parker, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Thicke, Mr. Felice, G. Godwin, E,q., F.R.S., Mr. J. A. Smith, Mr. Shand, Dr. James Copland, F.R.S. Lord Dudley Stuart was unanimously elected to take the chair. Mr. GEoau 2 THOMPSON asked permission of his Lordship to state the circumstances under which the meeting had been convened> Many gentlemen re siding in London, being sensible of the services ren derel to the cause of sanitary reform, in connexicn with the abolition of the practice of intramural sepul ture, by Mr. George Alfred Walker, and watching a; they have done with interest the progress of the Me tropolitan Interments Bill in Parliament, and having the conviction that but for his long and continued la- bours through consecutive years the public attention would never have been aroused in a sufficient degree to draw at last the notice of the Legislature to the sub ject, felt that Mr. Walker was entitled to some recog nition of those exertions, and that his friends, who knew how disinterested and unostentatious his labours were, ought to originate some suitable testimonial which should be offered to his acceptance. Oa comparing opinions with a number of gentlemen, we resolved to meet and talk the matter over. We did so meet a few days ago in my chambers in Waterloo-place, and the gentlemen who were there assembled agreed to the following resolution, which was moved by Sir R. Braun, Rat., and seconded by Dr. Drury:-- 1. That it is the opinion of the gentle Men now pre sent, that the laborious and disinterested labours of George Alf, ed Walker, Esq., during the last fifteen years, to impress the public mind with the importance of the abolition of intramural interments—labours which have recently resulted in the introduction of a Bill into Parliament for the accomplishment of that object—call for some general and emphatic recognition of their value and success, and that steps therefore be taken to afford to the friends of Mr. Walker an oppor tunity of paying him a suitable tribute of respect and gratitude. " 2. That with the view of giving effect to the fore going resolution, the gentlemen present form themselves into a committee to carry out the object proposed. "3. That Mr. Thompson be requested to act as Honorary Secretary. "4. That a meeting cf the friends of Mr. Walker be convened at Herbert's Hotel, Palace % ) ard, on Wednes day, the 10th, at two o'clock, and that Lord D. C. Stuart be respectfully requested to preside." His Lordship consented to that request, saying he was fully conversant with the valuable services ren dered by Mr. Walker to the public, and therefore I was able instantly to announce his Lordship as the presiding officer at this meeting.— (Cheers.) I have received, my Lord, a number of letters in reply to the circular, which was addressed by the committee to different gentlemen, both in the metropolis and the provinces, and I will take the liberty of reading one or two of them as indicative of the feeling which gen tlemen entertain of the merits of Mr. Walker. The first is from a gentleman residing at Horton, Mr. W. Hughes, who says— " Sir,—l regret cxceeiingly that lam unavoidably prevented from attending the meeting. I regret this the more, because I have sincerely and efficiently co-ope rated in this great reformation, and have during many years intently watched the movement, and anxiously marked each succeeding step of its sluw but triumphant progress. My most earnest wishes are, that services so nobly and gratuitously rendered by Mr. Walker to his countr) men, shall be suitably acknowledged, in words at least, if not in deeds. Mr. Walker's services have been of a kind to challenge the most grateful recogni tion, though, such services could not be purchased or re compensed. The Interments Bill is not the measure that should have resulted from Mr. Walker's labours, and though a great number of his coadjutors, to my knowledge, object most strongly to many of its details, yet every person who views the matter rightly, may, and should, whilst honouring the man, who has, at many risks, and much personal sacrifice, demonstrated the enormous moral and physical mischiefs resulting from the practice against which he, Mr. Walker, single-handed and alone, has done successful battle—every person, I repeat, should disconnect the man who has proved the wrong from those who have furnished the remedy." - - Mr. Thompson then read other letters cf apology from Dr. Thomas Evans, of Rumsey House, near Calne, Wilts; Dr. Henry Bennett, of earnbridp square; Mr. John Crisp, of Norwood ; the Rev. Dr. Knapp, of the Chapel Royal; the proprietors of the Leicester Chronicle, and other gentlemen, all of whom ex pressed their anxiety to co-operate with the meeting in presenting Mr. Walker with a suitable testimonial. I have now (continued the Hon. Gentleman) to state that this meeting is called for the purpose of confirm ing, if it shall seem to you fit, the resolutions which were passed by the gentlemen assembled at my chambers; and if they should be confirmed, then to form such a committee out of this meeting, with power to add to their number, as shall carry out the object which we have in view. I have only one more remark to make, and that is, that I hope no gentleman here, or elsewhere, will attribute to Mr. Walker any of the defects in the present Bill for the abolition of intramural interments.—(Hear, hear.) Any person who has taken the trouble to read Mr. Walker's pamphlet, entitled " Practical Suggestions for the Establishment of National Cemeteries," will perceive that those which are considered, and I believe generally with great justice, the most ob noxious parts of the Bill, formed no portion of the scheme recommended by Mr. Walker for the adoption of the Legislature.—(Cheers.) Lord DUDLEY STUART—Mr. Thompson having ex plained to you the object for which this meeting has assembled, it will be unnecessary for me to say anything on that subject. At the same time I am anxious to address to you a few observations, in satisfaction duly own feelings, in order to assure you how desirous I am that the object which my lion. Friend has shadowed out should be carried into execution.—(Hear, hear.) I have had the ad vantage and honour of acting in concert with Mr. Walker, both in public and private, for some time. My respect and admiration fur him does not date from yesterday. I have seen, with great satisfaction, with great delight, the course which he has pur sued, and I must say, now that a Bill has been carried through Parliament to prohibit the practice of burying dead bodies in this me tropolis—ascribing, as I do, that circumstance mainly to the disinterested and untiring exertions the perseverance of Mr. Walker. I consider that that gentleman deserves to be looked upon as a public benefactor.—(Cheers.) We have had a BM intro duced into the House of Commons and carried through Parliament, with the provisions of which I am myself by no means satisfied— (Hear)—and I believe that the dissatisfaction which I have experienced, and sometimes have endeavoured to express in regard to that measure, is shared by a great number of the Members of the House of Commons, and by a much lai ger poi tion of the inhabitants of this metropolis.— (Hear, hear.) We think that the Government have taken advantage of that feeling which pre tailed in this metropolis and throughout this land —that wise and wholesome feeling—which was: chiefly originated, or organized, if I may be; allowed to use the expression, by the repeated representations of Mr. Walker—they have taken ad vantage of that feeling to introduce, not such a mea sure as they ought to have done, but one giving them a vast amount of patronage, interfering with principles of the utmost value to a community—those of local se lf- government, and those of freedom of trade —a n d also interfering in some degree with re ligious liberty.—(llear.) I lament that the Go vernmentd_ one. I felt.h o ld ra have u actedt3,ii however, v the er : t to rote ay vo they te r could, but of it which third reading have of the Bill, after having done what I agreed with the Unsuccessfully, to strike out those portions consideredh most objectionable, because I abolition of road principle involved in it, viz., the of this metropolis. interments in the very heart and centre vvill agree with me that hear.) I believe all men t ,d nat it w as M r. W alker who originally suggested a crowdedtbrought about the Act f or abolishing the odious , revolting , and church ards and immoral practice mentioned,ar, hear.) y of burying people i n midst of a populous city.— (li e That Act, however, as I have alre a d y o ught to have been. I should have eii is n o t w h a t i t a measure that was not found e d on thecprinciplesed to h ave seen ceatralization, which I consider most obnoxious, of more calculated to subvert the constitutional and Engl'shmen than anything else with Which li ghts of am ac quainted.—(Cheers.) I should have h a d great satis faction in supporting a Bill which left to the people their own rights, and alto wed the different parishes of the metropolis to carry out the object of preventing in tramural bus ials, and which placed over the different parishes a board of supervision, which board should not be composed, as it now is, of men who have done nothieg with regard to this movement, but who have rather set their faces fur a long time against it, and en deavoured to oppose it by the use of ridicule and other such means, and who now, at the eleventh hour, come forward and, I regret to say, are to reap the reward which is clue to those who have borne the labour and heat of the day.—(Hear, hear.) I should have liked to have seen a Bill of this kind, with a board of supervision, at the head of which should have been a man like Mr. George Alfred Walker.—(Cheers.) If that had been done I thiil it would have given satisfaction to the whole metropolis and THE SUN, LONDON, to the whole country.—(Hear.) I ghe the G.::vere ment no credit then for the I3ii—the credit is due to those who i:ave egiteted the public mind with re gard to it, and the Governmeet have doire nething hut yield to the public eLreour at last ; hut even that they have done ungrecieusly, and they have b: sides clogged the Bill with thcee objectionable eel uncon stitutional glances of which we have beer(' so much just complaint. Therefore, I can give them no credit at ell, though I rejoice that the measure which we pressed upon them so far as regards the suppression of intramural interments has been carried.—(Hear.) I3ut, 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 citizen, Mr. Walker. — (Loud cheers.) He brought forward this question when there was no man to back him, when he had everybody to oppose him, and he kept it constantly before the public, notwithstanding the frowns and sneers of those in power; supported and sus tained during the struggle by that honest enthusiasm which belongs to him, he has persevered, till at last he has foued the whole public rally round him, and thus show how impossible it was for those who were inclined to oppose the movement to do so any longer. I admire the enthusiasm of the man. It may be sail that Mr. Walker is an enthusiast.—(hear, hear.) I know he is an enthusiast, but without enthusiasm no good or great achievement can be performed. He may be an enthusiast, but his enthusiasm is tempered by judgment and directed by practical good sense. — (Hear, 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 Mr. Walker are so well known, as are also.his perseverance, his talents, hi 3 disinterest edness, and the sums of money which he has spent in this cause—(Hear, hear)--Le cause I am sorry to - know, and yet I am glad to know, that he has made great sacrifices in this cause. lam sorry he should be put to any loss, but I may congratulate him that he is, in soma measure, compensated for that loss by having earned the admiration of his fellow-citizens.--(Cheers.) Par 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 valde to right-thinking men than any sum that can be named. I think you will agree with me, that it is right, fit ting, and proper, that if the Government have not been so impressed as they ought to have been with the merits cf Mr. Walker, if they have been disposed to overlook and 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 11Ir. Walker our respect and admira tion for him.—(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. THOMPSON, 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, for 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 grt ater pleit Ille than to have been pre. eat on the occasion, as I cordially con cur in the propriety of the object you are pronio4ng, believing that the present state of enlightened oiAnion in this country on the subject of town burials has been mainly created by Mr. Walker's long, disinterested, and successful labours in the cause of sanitary reform.' " If Mr. Rowland Hill deserved a nation's gra . 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 enfranchisement of commerce from the shackles imposed upon it by vicious legislation —it teems to me Mr. Walker is not less entitled 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, land have terminated in results most beneficial to the physi cal and moral welfare of the people. " I venture to think that the friends of Mr. Walker will feel themselves bound to assert his claimi to public reward at this juncture more zealously and resolutely than they might have done under ordinary circumstances, since the principal sanitary authorities of the country appear disposed to ignore, or to pass over with an ac knowledgment so slighting, as to be more disparaging than total silence, his demands upon the national Go vernment for a rip( et and adequate recognition of his ser vices. If Mr. Walker's friends and admirers among Members of the Legislature and the representatives of the press, suffer this denial of justice quietly to pass over unexposed, they will be dead to the appeals of their own feelings as gentlemen and Englishmen, and stand abased before their own consciences. " I have only to add, Sir, that I shall contribute to the proposed testimonial fund, and be happy to be the recipient of subscriptions in this town and neighbour hood.—l remain, Sir, yours obediently, " JAMES TIIOUPSON." " Bedford, July 9, 1850. _ _ "Dear Sir,—l have only just received your circular, convening the me2ting, at Herbert's Hotel ; ad this short notice prevents my making. any arrangements which would enable me to be with you, and aid you,in originating a suitalsle 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 to-Morrow. " I am, dear Sir, very faithfully yours, • " JAMES WYATT. " George Thompson, Esq." Mr. CHARLES LUSRING TON, M.P., in proposing the first resolution, said his lion. Friend, the honorary secretary of that meeting, bad requested him to per form the gratifying duty of proposing the first reso. lution to their adoption ; and be (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 bad 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 be ever had any knowledge of the intent ious 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 Walker brought forward his proposition for re moving interments from the metreaaolis, some gentle [men assembled together for the p arpose cf establish eing a suburban cemetery. He (Mr. Lushington) was among those who concurred in the plan ; he was also one of the first avho supported it, ,and from the beginning he, bad been a director. The site chosen for that cemetery was Kensal-green, and at the time wham 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 the nuisance cf burials from towns. When they fixed on the site there, Kensal green was two miles and a half from Oxfordastreet, and was quite detached from any buildings or cla ell logs whatever ; but in the course of fourteen or fifteen years, so great had been the desim of people to live near a burial-ground—(Laughter) - --that a town bad sprung around Kensal-green, sad they had got a church and a school there, and, venat was more, the Cemetery Company had been solicited, over and over again, to subscribe in support of the church and the schools. The very object of the company had, therefore, to a certain extent, been frus trated, and it only showed what people would do for the sake cf gein_ People had long complained in the metropolis of intramural inter ments, and yet, for the sake of selling a few others had laboured for tomb stones, some would foregofessed rirci ples, and join hear.) at last in 4-ir pro r l e 4 sis e t r in l g s e ye ery evil e e x v g w u h i i s c h h . those Perhapsob'servatai i o ld ns h — (Llear, ere r the a ther meetingbeyond t o h t l i e l d think before them; of th e ought to ree,lll their attention to Mr. Walker—(fleare the recognitio n groat and p ro minent Eel vices of ton) regretted exceedingly brought forward that Bill, thly —and he (Mr. Lushing ton) - neither those who entitled o d " nor t the Sanitary Associa tion had done that justice 'Walker lt to was which he his meritorious exertions business of the meeting to something to supply that omission,omission,rind he trust e d, iv,, aen ,he read the reso- THURSDAY • littion, it Ivo..21(1 I e unnniznensiv adopted, and thit they shAf, , :l ba enahlod to Frociaini to i.he proi:le, by the enthulasin with which it was [ - )ssed, that the tesltinic: , ,ial, whatever it inight hAd ben deservcd.--(Cties cf " H r, he;-! , ,r," r,n(l loud eiiel . s.) The Mn. G-aim-ran then c,- Th elu , l v d by ra:pvizz, the first resolution, which watil— ' Trait V:is intetin27, rece4nising tho nieritorifins, and disiotere,,ted exerti,ins tf George All ad EA., to eifcct the t.lbolition of tli.e an:l delcoralisiiig, system of iwramor.l buihd, consider him eminently entitled to the gratitude and thanks of the friends of sanitary teforrn and moral 1111.• proyement, end would express their readiness and desire to co-opera© in a gcneral effort to ren;l , ,r that gentle man sorre suiteUlo rooluotial of his useful a.id suceessfal labours." Sir CIIA3. ALDIS, 'M.D., seconded the resolution. Ike was happy, he said, to have the opportunity of sa3 ing a few words in praise of Mr. Walker. Ho had known hi:n many years, and had met him professionally under many circumstances. He knew that he had been always arduous and indefatigable in his efforts to prevent those evils, which to prevent were far better and easier than to cure. In many _cases he had laboured, as he (Sir C. Aldis) knew, to the detriment of his own health. He had met him in many of the moat noxious and unhealthy localities of the town, always labouring in the ()Teat cause of sanitary reform in those localities which it was a shame and disgrace to the metropolis ' not to have removed long befdre 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 that without it no great object could be got which was worth the keeping. Scarcely anything had been known to be done before Mr. Walker set forward in the great undertaking. He (ir6. — Aldis) trusted that something would now be done 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 he presented to him ex pressive of the feelings of all friends of sanitary re form. OF what kind that should ba 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 rowdy to do anything to forward the design of the present meeting. . The 'OI.IAIRMAN, 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 belongedr--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 fall 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 observe that it bad naturally occurred to the gentlemen who had originated the present meeting to consider th e na t ure 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 be out of town. To get up such a meeting, too, would iinpcse a considerable amount of arduous la bour upon the gentlemen connected with it, and al s o ' 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 manner. 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 'rim. He rather shunned than courted public observation ; and he had said often that the most difficult task which he had had to perform had been to .acknowledge the expression of thanks offered him for any services which he bad rendered to the cause of sanieary reform. He was assured that if their testimonial should take that shape they would be doing a violence to the known feelings of a number of gentlemen who, though they might give one guinea for their dinner-ticket, might not feel them. s Ayes 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. Walker, they would not be limited to any particular time or day on which to close their efforts. They would also afford an opportunity to his friends 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—(Hear, hear)—where a man might labour for many years 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 which precluded their assistance.—(Cheers.) The opinions of the first originators of this meeting pointed them rather to some substantial piece of plate, which Mr. Walker might leave behind him to his descene dents, as a testimony of the admiration and respect in which he was held by the warmest friends of sani tary reform in the present day.—(Cheers.) lle hoped that if this plan were adopted some 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 had 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 ell 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 b e h a d not foun d hi m en gagedhadoftionntlhieeephrosstercuuatciowniothf t t i b l e is l t ih r e e r a a t lit w y o : k it , h a w nd hie h h e m he eh h t ad of ap th pr e o h pr ob ia l td e e e h w end he o h n a te a n i t h i to view.t h e advance- atnhcee s 0 were the least of his sacrifices. The time which he different circumstances, had had given to this great ohject would, with his o fo h r e himself other o h character thanstieo of his. . pro fessional talents and abilities, have leced . h'n • r he p There o a o l u so r m l h a e y for a reformer was others.dOi formers who were not gifted in an ifaot e tnli n te; i l speaking for himself; he could sasynereetot greatest nleaerhend t ‘ Nt tae(pre requisitesihsreeegua gehe - with that quality, yet he could say that Mr. Walker had throughout his whole career displayed that qua • lay. Though he had had meny difficulties to contend with, though Lis statements had been contradicted and submitted to the most searching ordeal, yet his whole conduct in every circumstance had been found to be marked with the utmost teinparance and moderation. He knew no man who more freely exercised his tit lentst without money and without price to all who came within the mach of his benevolent sympathies. When they took into consideration his private virtues, and the many claims which he had established by his public lebours on their gratitude and respect, he felt assured that every gentleman present, would enter most warmly into the object they hal in vie w. As far as he himself was concerned, he should feel very happy, as a hewer of wood and drawar of water, to manifest his admitation and profound respect fix such a reformer as Mr. Walker had been. That gentle man had had to encounter a stubborn opposition ; his motives were questioned, his facts were ditputed, he had strong and powerful com binations against him, but, nevertheless, from accomplishment of 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 thatto ehj devote ee his Thet. beat bare Welker • but the o in the case of _ t i t , gratitudeenergies to of the clm e e c r c h o m m e t was ex emplified those who had borne the burden and heat of the day might be disregarded in high places, lat them show that the public were not unmindful of those to whom 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 cf an after -dinner assembl y . Dr. Rem then proposed th e second resolution, which was that a subscription b e o p ened for the pur pose of presenting a suitable a nd substantial testi monial to George Alfred Wa lker, Es q ., recordin g and perpetuating the sense en t e rtained by the sub scribers of leis private virtues and his exertions as a public benefactor. He never attended a meeting with a more heartfelt conviction ef t he j ustice of the cause which had called them toget her, as he considered it h e should testify i an act of public duty thatto Mr. I Walker the manner in wh ich they ap p reciated hi s (Hear.) er rto to c onsider o I services, hi e rto rpus which, a in disinterested his had been of th e mos t kind._ Itilr. B. n ß o . ttie CABBELL,i M.P., seconded the resolution. time This was Mr. Walker had or had not been nedecide w h e th er glected by th e Government and the Board o f -alth • All he could say on that subject VS3s, that the general rule at pre sent man who di . dhis seemed to be, that eve r y •duty in a straightforwarded manner was ut neglected b y th e powers that be.— (H ear , hear.) b, although Mr. Walker had been so, he was sure the country would , I at once recognise his claim, and award him the merit E VENIN&, Lis des.rve( l .-- (11-ar, hedr.) He hog ho bad p rrorvied a really gig work in st,ctec'i inrr ini T)lltti , l , stop to the pnctiee of ititntr.l!tal iLterm;.'nt.F, whioh was Fe revolting thA it 6t'45 m.-.V7 rof p.-,tc , i , ;nalent to every iodivi.loal hat the :'.ad be- n 31lowod to continue so long. 111 1 M. J. IVILLrAm. , , 2d.P., moved that a committee be v.pnointed ;." , j tae such st-ps as might be necessary t() rive eff.yJt. Ow ferogoiog resclution , . tha and 1; inn llli addrces which deli; ?red he would not tree oil their time by entering into the merits of Mr. Walker. He was so well known that. the less he sail in moving the next msclution the bettcr.. Nothing should be wanting '.on his part to convince Mr. Walker that he entirely participated in his laudable exrtions, and was ready and willing to P.-rye him in every possible manner, Mr. GzEstN, in seconding the resolution, said he thought they should be able to raise a much batter memorial to Mr. Walker than any that could be raised by tha Gornment---(1 - .1esr, bean)—and in stead of talking about a purse of gold, he (Mr. Geesin) for himself should like to see M. Walker placed in a freehold house. with all the necessary appendages. The resolution was then put and carried unani mously. Mr. B. B. CABBELL, AI.P. , nnv A that Mr. George Thompson, be requested to act as honorary secretary until the committee appointed a paid secre tory, 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 hands of a b.inlier.—(ifear, hear.) He would therefore move— " That an account be opened at Coutts's bank under the head of the Walker Testimonial, and that no moneys be withdrawn without the sanc:iou of t be managing com mittee and the signature of the treasurer." GEESIN seconded the resolution, which was carried. Mr. B. B. CABBELL, M.P., moved that the Chair. man, Lord Dudley Stuart, be requested to aecepl the office of treasurer. Mr. J. A. SMITH seconLd the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said, out of deference to the wishes of the meeting, he would agree to accept the dace cf treasurer. Mr. C. LUSIIINGTON then, in a complimentary speech, proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairmar, which was seconded by Mr. B. B. Cabbell. 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 meeting then separated The following subscriptions were announced at the close of the meeting : Lard D. Stuart ... ... ... B. B. Cabbell, Esq., M.P. W. A. Mackinnon Esq. rieT.P. ... £lO 10 0 ... 10 10 0 10 10 0 •5 5 0 ... 5 5 0 ... 5 5 0 ... 5 5 0 ... 3 3 0 ... 3 3 0 ▪2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 ... 2 2 0 ... 2 2 0 ... 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 C. Lushington, Etq., Ai P. Dr. E. Johnsen Dr. Parker Dr. A. L. Fisher ~ Dr. Churchill Watson George Thompson, M.P. 13._Abrabam, Esq. Mr. Parker I)uckwnrtb Nelson, Esq. Dr. J. C. Atkinson ... John Windu, Esq. Sir C. Aldis J. A. Smith, Esq., surgeon R. Johnson, Esq. Dillon, Esq. Samuel Wa)d, Esq., F.R.C.S. W. Gee Ein, Esq. ... 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 ESTABLISHMENT FOR GENTLE- WOMEN DURING ILLNES. A most respcctablo meeting of the subscribers to this very intereiting association was yesterday held at the Queen's C-Jl,ge, Harley-street, fur the purpose of har ing submitted to it a report of the progress hitherto made by the managers of the association. The Earl of C,..rlisle presided on the eeession. The Tier. W. SPRING RICE, the hoe, secretary, read the report of the managers, front which it appeared that the liberal assiqance which I ad been afforded to the en de:taking had been such as to induce, the ccmmittee to take premises suitable, upon a small scale, for the purpose of the institution, for a period of three and a half years, at No. 8, Chandoa- street, Cavendish-square. The total amount of subscriptions already received exceeded 2,0001, the balance in the hands of the bankers amounting to 4034 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 meat efficient medical staff had been obtained, the phyti cians being Dr. Watson, Dr. Ferguson, Dr. 11. B. Jones, and Dr. Weber; surgeons B. Travers, Esq, C. Hawkins, Esq., and W. Bowman, Ref.; Mr. Hawksley, of Mar garet-street, having been appointed the general practi tioner. The Rev. C. Baring, cf All Saints, had also consented to act as honorary chaplain to the institution. The success of the institution had been fully equal to the moat sanguine expectations of its fmnders, and the committee statedthat their further inquiries had confirmed 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 'lumber of which was attributable not to the fault or improvi dence, but rather to the circumstances and sex of the sufferers; and they most earnestly entreated the gene rous sympathy and additional cooperation no less from the powerful and affluent than from the middle classes throughout - the country. The report baying been read, The Noble CHAIRMAN rose and said—l believe I take the chair upon this occasion by right, 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 you have been pleased to as sign me as one of great honour—and for this reason, heause 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.—(Heir, hear.) There are no topics which appear more obvious, I had almost said more common-place, than those con meted with the precarious and transitory nature of human existence, and it seems to ma that, in tte circum stances which are immediately around us, there arc events which enforce those lessons and warnings in connexion with thwe topics with peculiar force'and solemnity. Fcr upon whom have 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 oue full of nigh capabilities and patriotic aspira tions, so long conspicuous in the public arena, the object of a nveion's homage and' a nation's sorrow; and even now it has fallen upon that open-hearted and gkntle Prince who has so awn appealed on behalf of charities like this.—(Hear.) These reiterated blows suggest to us the thought, and even the very trot - di, of that truth breuthinv and immortal stareza— "The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth 'ere gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave." I have touchcd for a moment upon these topics. I have done so to put it to those among you who may not recently have had to shudder at the call of death within your own homes—who may Mill be able to share in the opulence and luxury of this great metropolis—who are still in the health, vigour, and glow cf your bodily frame—or, what is better still, in the enjoyment of the affections and gladness whi c h c l uster roun d _ the domestic hearth ; and I put it to you, and whattl want you to put to your own minds, is, whether you can more decently or more appropriately show your sense of the benefits and blessings which you still enjoy, and your recogni.ion of the hand from which they flaw, than by comf prang and relieving your more ex posed and unfriended sisters in the dark and untrod paths of our common life.—(Hear, hear.) Now, what is the institution with which we are now c , ncerned? It is termed an " Establishment for Gentlewomen during ill ness." I can easily imagine that, at' the first bearing of that title, it may be thought that there is something in it which sounds a little I:ke fastidiousness enl finicking. I do not, however, think that your benevolent efforts are open to any such assertion as that. I think you have estimated most correctly that a previous ac quaintance with brighter hopes and sofier 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 more benumbing, than they would have been without such antecedents. I remember that it is very truly and touchingly said, by perhaps the most pathetic of our tragic writers, when he wishes to add the last 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 far than L" 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 rem], with the simple statement of the cases of distress that have been alleviated, is, however, far more persuasive and concen trating than even the tuneful 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 carrying hope and comfort acros s the threshhold of the humblest cottage near their country homes, or have even shed their light and radiatice 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 concentrated upon any one mode of action. If charity does not shrink from pouring balm into the Wounds of tha low liest sons and daughters of misery, those who are furthe:t removed from our owls scale in society, so it ought not to neglect those who have been plaeed in a position next to, or even in your own, but who are now in a condition to which sudden reverse of fortune may reduce even yourselves.-(Hear.) I cannot forbear from congratulating the society upon the composition both of its committee and of its staff—that you have succeeded in obtaining the services and experience of those medi cal officers for which the richest capital in the world is contending without your walls and of a clergyman who brings the resources of a highly -cultivated mind ai,d re fined intellect to the discharge of his ministerial duties. —(Hear.) With - such officers and such assistance, I feel a confident reliance that you will not suffer this society to fail or to languish, but that under your continued and increasing encouragement it will be able to extend its status and enlarge its borders..--(Hear.) The Bishop of OXFOIID moved the adoption of the report. W. BOIS - 3IAX, Ev:q., surgeon in ordinary to the in- JULY 11, 1850. ktituCon, EccoLded the motion, which was unanimously agrocci to. Lord MONTEACLE then rn , ived the second resolurinn, to the eflltt that the cxp?c:,-ric-7) derived from the work ing of the institution cluArg the plied ‘d.,ich it 114:1 bccn opened bal confirme l tile meeting in the belie" thzt the institut nu possessed v.rorz ciLims upin she pub'ic for continued and increased suFpott. The Rev. 0. BARING ii4COrld , 2 , l ao reso!uticn, which wns also unanimously sgrced to. On the tnot!on of Earl NEL33N, 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 Eishrp of MANCHESTER moved, and W. BOOTH, Eq., econdcd, a vote of thank; to tie Noble Chairman for his able and courteous conduct, ant the meeting broke up. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. The Croxteth Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 30 added, for three yrs old, tist 81b; four, Bst 21b; file, Bst 101 b; six aad aged, 91t; mares, &c., allowed 31b. One end a quarter. (8 Subs.) Captain Harvey's Strongbow, 4 yrs (Flat man) 1 Mr. Shepherd's Alp, 4 yrs (Cartwright) 2 Mr. Rolt na Portia, 4 yrs Mr. Jamieson's Recluse, 3 yrs (Wells) 4 6t04 on Strongbow, who won by six lingths. Run in 2 min. 20 secs. The Mersey Stakes of 25 sous. each, an 1 50 added, for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, B.tt 41b; second to receive 501. out if the talt , ie. T.Y.C. (16 Subs.) Sir J. Hawley's Venus f (Marlow) 1 Mr. W. Stebbing's Knook Knoll (Bitter) 2 Lord Eglinton':Curcus (Templeman) 3 The following also startod, but were not placed:— Captain Harcourt's Brother to Ellerdale (J. Marson); Lord Glasgow's ro f, by Lanercost or Retriever, out of Physalis (Flatman); and Mr. J. Wilson's Queen Bee (Whitehouse). 2to 1 on Venus filly. Won easily by a length. Run in 55 secs. The Post Produce Sweepstakes (first year) of 200 SOTS. each, h ft. T.Y.C. (6 Subs.) Lord 11. Lennox's Herandez, Bst 7119 Lori Clifden's Harpsichord, Bst 41b (J. Manion) 2 LorY;Glasgow's fby Lanercoat, Bst (31b over) (Butler) 3 5 to 4 on Hernandez. Won cleverly by a length, Run in 55 aces. The &lion Stakes of 30 soya. each, h ft ; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b each. One mile and a half. (6 Subs.) Lord 11. Lennox's Officious walked over The Post Produce Sweepstakes (second year) ot 200 soya. each, h fC ; for colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b. Stable Turn in. (9 Subs.) Sir J. Hawley's Cranberry (31b) (larson) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Italian (Templeman) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Italian. Won by a short head. Run in 2 min. 43 secs. The Biekerstaffe Stakes of 100 sovs. Each, &c. One Mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. Watts's Jester Mr. B. Green's Wilel:erafc 2 5 to 2 on Witchcraft. Won very easy by three lengths. Match-200 Jo ft. T.Y.C.—Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt received forfeit from Lord Stanley's Statesman. Sweepstakes of 10 sews. each, and 50 added, for two yrs old. T.Y.C. (20 Subs.) Lord Clifden's Harpsichord Lord Stanley's Pirouette 2 Mr. Henry's Knight of the Garter 6 to 4 on Knight of the Garter, 5 to 2 agst Pirouette, and 3to 1 agst 'Harpsichord. A close race from the :.tand, won by halt a length, the favourite losing second place by a neck. Plate of 501.; three yrs,old, Tat; four, 8A s!b; five and up, aids, Bst 121 b; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Two miles. Mr. StAbing's li,nnington, 4 yrs (Marlov;) I Mr.Cotgreav&s 21.bhc , ss of Jerveaux, 3 yrt(Charlton) 2 Mr. Jefferson's b f by Cardinal Pull' and d by Wbi,ltee, 4 yrs (Turner) 3 Mr. Meesun's Castle 33 rs (Knott) 4 Won ele,erly by a length. BETTING ON THE COURSE LIVE/2POOL CUP. 2to 1 agst Vv'indiscbgnstz sto 1 agst Maid of Team 5 to 1 agst Cockermouth Vailey 5 to 1 ag , it Vampyre 12 to 1 apt Backbiter GOODWOOD STAK k. S. 6 to 1 agst Windisehgratz. LIVERPOOL, Tit tIRSDAY MORNING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Crochet receives in his match wit's the Simoon colt; Mildew in the Rai Stakes; and Uriel in the Grosvenor. Backbiter arrived this morning. LATEST CUP BETTING. 7 to 4 agst Windischgratz. 9 to 2 agst Maid of Team Valley. 5 to 1 agst Vampyre. 5 to 1 agst Cockermouth. 10 to 1 agst Juggler. 12 to 1 agst any other. About eight or nice expected to start. CRICKET. KENT v. ENGLAND. Yesterday morning, this match having been resumed, was brought to a conclusion in the afternoon, before the usual hour for dinner adjournment, three o'clock, had arrived. It will be found that Kent was beaten by six wickets. The days were when. the Kentish Eleven were almost, if not quite, in vincible, but in the present season the ordinary success has not awaited their efforts; for instead of being the victors, they stand in the position of the vanquished. There was a large amount of play of the highest order, and a numerous assemblage 'of the patrons of cricket. This morning the Eleven of Kent g 6 over to the Oval to commence their match with the Eleven of Sur: ey—a match which will be one of the finest of the season. At the conclusion of the match the score stood thus : KENT-FIRST INNINGS. T. Adams, c Chatterton, b Day W. Pilch, c Chatterton, b i)ay E. Martin, b Wisden .... F Pilch, b Wisden W. Martingell, b Wisden 4 A. Mvnn, Esq., b Bathurst OOO •••.•• • N. Felix, - Esq., c 136 x, b Day ... W. C•. Baker, Esq., b Wisden... o 2O E. Clifford, b Clarke 2 W. Hillyer, b Clarke E. Hinkley, not out ... .. 2 Byes I, leg balls 4, wide 1, no ball 1 Total 129 ENGLAND -FIRST INNINGS. G. Chatterton, st Clifford, b Hillyer J. M. Lee, Esq., c Martingell, b Hinkley ...... .........• 2 W. Nicholson, Esq., c Adams, b Hillyer T. Box. b Hinkley G. Parr, not out J. Guy, b Martingell J. Wisden, b Martingell .... 8 John Lillywhite, run out. Clarke, c and b Martingell ... Day, b 'i t .dartingell... ... Sir F. Bathurst, c W. Plieh,b Ilillyer .. ... . Byes 1, leg byes 6 Total KENT-SECOND INNINGS. Adams, b Day ... W. Pilch, c Bathurst, b Day Martin, st Box, b Clarke Pilch, b Wisden Martingell, c and b Wisden A. Mynn, Esq., b Wi5den........ N. Felix, Esq., c Bathurst, b Day ... W. C. Baker, Eq., c Box, b Clarke Clifford, b Clarke Hillyer, b Wisden Hinkly, not out 1 •• ••• . ..... •••• ...... Byes 3, leg byes 4, no ball'l 20 Total ENGLAND-SECOND INNINGS . 78 __ Chatterton, c Adams, b Hillier J. M. Lee, Esq., b Martingell W. Nicholson, Esq, st Clifford, b Hillyer Box, b Mynn..... .. .. . Parr, not out . .... 14 Guy, not 0ut.... ..... ... .. 6 Byes 4, leg byes 3...... Total ...., ......... 81 ANOTIIEE. LETTER FROM TME DUKE.—The Liver pool Journal says : —Mrs. Davies, well known in Liverpool as the accomplished lady who at one period was directress of the Blackburne-house - scLool, made an application some time since to the Luke of Wellington, preferring her claim as the daughter of an officer who hal served with his Grace througlithe Peninsulur war, and requesting his " patronage" for a volume she was about to bring out. The - answer has been handed to us, in order to show, in contrast with other late replies from the same quarter, that the Duke can couch a refusal in courteous terms. The letter, elated " Strathfieldsaye," is as follows: " The Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mrs. Davies. He by no means doubts that any publication from her would deserve any patronage. More than twenty=six years have elapsed since others suffered from the Duke having incautiously what is called given his patronage to a work of which the title and prospectus indi cated nothing but what was proper. The Duke had but a choice of one of two things - either to examine every work before he should what is called patronise it, or decline to give what is called his patronage to any work whatever from that time forwards. The Duke's various avo cations, professional and .other, induced him to adopt the latter course, as he really had not bear time for the efficient execution of that first mentioned. In the course of the period which has elapsed since that time thaa Duke has had hundreds, nay thousands of applications from persons of all classes and degrees; but he has not in any-one instance de parted from the course which he has laid down for the guide of his own conduct. Those whom he had heretofore refused would have reason to complain of the Duke, if, in confidence in Mrs. Davies, he was to depart from the course which he has adopted, and in adhering to which he has invariablyper severed.— Mrs. Davies, &c.' THE BEAR AND THE ACTRESS.—.—A .M. Bonnet, of Montpellier, having a bear of the Pyienees, to which he had succeeded in imparting a remarkable degree of instruc• t ion, entered some time ago into a contract with M. Fournier, director of the Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, to exhibit the animal on the stage for 40f. a day, for two months from the 13th May last. A play called the Bear of the Pyrenees was written, and the animal learned its part admirably. But an actress, who was to be saved from death by the beast, refused, as required by the authors of the piece, to throw herself into its arms, as an expression of her gratitude. This led to difficulties between her and the director, and, the authorities having intervened, they gave positive orders that the bear should not be allowed to appear in public unless muz zled. This rendered the performance impossible. Bonnet ac cordingly brought an action against Fournier for 1,875 f., the amount due to him on their contract, and the authors of the piece brought an action against the director for I,OOOE, for the loss sustained by the non-performance of the piece. M. Fournier, on his part, having given up the management of the theatre to M. Colin, demanded that that gentleman should be declared responsible in his place. The Tribunal of Commerce, after hearing the arguments of all the parties, relieved M. Fournier from all liability, and condemned Colin, as his successor, to pay Bonnet I,ooof, and the authors 500 f. S U N y 1 J ri,INNN , LIND I' LIVER This emllll=lt vocal .it has cime to ter ri I armor* .Seciety, the e egagemen t h - • maiely bought' alemt, ae wo understand, t. 012 7 4 . ii i tr—r , -"fe e trurneetality of Mr. Sedlow, the secretor - Philharmonic Society appears to be eomitee *Met c z public w euusull c!dine for sup:- ort this s azen. It was • but last it e:11 !hat the engagement of Maelaene Soetag was announc:d in this paper, and new a second and more acceptable engagement is to be added—that of Jenny Lin:l. She is to ,sing in a miscellaneous concert, and also, it is expected, in the Messiah. Her appearances aro to be on Friday, the 160, and Monday, the 19th of August; and on the following Wednesday she is to leave this town by the steam-ship Atlantic, to delight American audiences. The appearance ef this lady in Liverpool may be called a marked event. Many places would have been glad to have secured her services. The fashionable world of London would have been delighted with her presence. Birmingham and Manchester wooed bcr to appear, and other great leaities sought her ser vices, but in every case the offer has failed, and to Liver pool alone will the nightingale be visible and heard. It is a matter of much importance that she be well received. We cannot but admire the talent cf Jenny Lied, but our esteem for her must be grounded on higher consider ations than talent. Her memorial amongst us is her mo g f o e od tahte n tesos Southern a herself u ; th nd er !i wen Hospital,ihnth weconsider e w heartshe where efshe t h her eh servicesapsoo poor erected an do sufferingua mo n behalf u- by her liberality, we cannot help feeling that the town of Liverpool should show its sense of her consideration to its charities by filling the Philharmonic Hall to its fullest extent, and by giving her a reception such as her virtues deserve. No vocalist ever took so high a place in the sympathies of the people of this town as this lady has done, nor did any one over so deserve it. When she first appeared under a management which excluded the majority of the people from hearing her, a tribute was paid by the public which is not common in this town, by the thousands of persons assembling in Williamson-square and the locality, to catch, if it were possible, but a glimpse of the songstress. Since then she has commended herself to us by those graceful and profitable services to which allusion has been made; sni now that she is to be heard at a reasonable charge for admission, and has a pecuniary interest in the affair, it is to be hoped that in this locality a feeling of respect will find its manifestation in the fullest attendance and the warmest greetings the Philharmonic Hall has ever experienced. It is said she is to receive 1,0001. for her services.—Liverpool Courier. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The announcement by telegraph this morn ing of the vote of the House of Commons, affirming by a considerable majority Mr. Roebuck's resolution in support of the principles on which the foreign policy of the country has been conducted by Lord Palmerston, has produced a wide spread and cordial feeling of satisfaction and joy throughout this great community. 1 During the weak, as the debate proceeded, an intense anxiety has prevailed as to the result, as no one at all acquainted with public affairs could fail to perceive the important consequences which depended on the issue. To the Commons of England was put the question one of momentous significance —shall Great Britain, the birth-place of freedom, the friend and protector of the down-trodden everywhere, con sent to become the ally of Austria and Russia, in riveting their chains upon the necks of their unhappy subjects ? and nobly have they answered the question. Well done the Commons of England ! Emphatically and truly have you interpreted and expressed the feelings of the great English nation. You have been true to the ancient traditions of our country, and re asserted, with the spirit of former times, your title to the confidence and rewards of your countrymen. From what has this vote happily saved us ? Imme diately and directly from an alliance with the de spotic Governments of Europe, from the deep de gradation, the eternal disgrace of uniting with the leagued oppressors of mankind to repress the rising hopes of the continental nations, and to f xting uhh, especillly in France and Germany, the few advan tages of the revolutions of 1848 that still remained. Thanks again, say we, to the Commons of England. Their triumphant, and all the more se, because un expected, majority has saved the country from an ineradicable stain, and sent consternation and alarm into the Camarilla of unprincipled politicians— " Kings with thrones, and !jogs without thrones — Ministers in place, and Ministers out of place," as Mr. Osborne happily expressed it, who had conspired to ruin an honourable statesman—hateful to them in proportion to his love of freedom, and of well regulated progress, the best and surest safeguard against revolution and anarchy. But the domestic consequences of a vote adverse to Lord Palmerston and the Ministry would have been more serious still. The openly avowed determination of the fiery states man, whose impetuous and unscrupulous ardour brought on the present crisis, by the division on his motion in the House of Lords, is to restore what is called protection to native industry, but which is in reality nothing more nor less than the policy of the highwayman, taking what is not his own by adding to the price of bread. Who could contemplate with out horror the storm of indignation which an attempt to restore the corn-laws would be sure to produce in this country ? Restore the corn-laws ! restore the Star Chamber, and collect ship money from the in dustrious classes of England ! ! And yet Lord Stan ley, by his promises to his followers, would be bound to make, as he would infallibly fail in, the attempt. But the vote of the Commons' House has saved the nation from the folly and fanaticism of the Lords; and may it ever be so while their Lordships conspire with "Kings with thrones, and Kings without thrones—with Ministers in place, and Ministers out of place," against an upright, honourable, high minded British statesman. Lord John Russell's words are emphatically true, that for a Government to re sign upon a vote of the Lords would be productive of injurious consequences, and to none more so than to the Lords themselves. It is right, I think, to make known the state of feeling throughout the country on the present im portant crisis, and you may accept the above as a correct representation of the sentiments of this grtat manufacturing and commercial community. " I am, Sir, yours, &cc., J. R. Glasgow, June 29. WESTMINSTER FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.—The irst annual meeting of the shareholders of this society was held last evening, at the Music Hall, Long-acre ; John Wills, Esq., in the chair. After the nomination of the officers and committee, and the appointment of auditors, the meeting was fuljourned untirthe 7th August, for the purpose of re ceiving the report of the committee. The society was estab lished on the Ist August last, and now consists of 800 mem bers, holding 1,100 shares; and upwards of 2,0001. was in the hands of the society's bankers. A vote of thanks was ,passed to the chairman, and the meeting adjourned. MR. F. WEBSTER'S BENEFIT. the benefit of this excellent man and most worthy freemason, to whose exertions, as stage-manager of the Haymarket, the public are more indebted than the unitiated imagine, takes place this evening at the Haymarket Theatre. The whole strength of the company is engaged, as is a host of extra talent. Tho " craft" will, as usual, rally round " Brother Webster," and there can be no doubt but that his benefit will be a bumper. Sir 'William Clay, Bart., paired in favour of the Marriages Bill with Mr. Eliott Lockhart against. LONDON THIEVES.—It is supposed that the num ber of persons who maks a trade of thieving in Lund n is not more than six thousand ; cf these, nearly two hundred are first-class thieves or swell mobsmen ; six hundred " mace men," and trade swindlers, bill-swindlers, dog-stealers, ; about forty burglars, " dancers," " garreteers," and other adepts with the skeleton-keys. The rest are pickpockets, " gonophs"—mostly young thieves who sneak into areas, and rob tills—and other pilferers.—Diehens's "Household Words." STEAMER BLOWN UP.--PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10. This morning, at a little before seven o'clock, the Queen steamer, of about 70 tons burden, Captain Williams, blew up, when lying off North-corner steps, Hamoaze. The engineer, William Mitchell, who keeps a tavern at Calstock, and is the principal owner, was in charge at the time stand ing on the larboard paddle-box, whence he was blown with part of the ship intu the sea. The steamer was preparing for an excursion up the river Tamar, and the steam was got up about five o'clock. At the time of the accident the only person below was a man named Lane, recently employed in place of his brother, one of the stokers : he was in the engine room, and was carried away with the wreck. The after-end of the boiler is blown completely out, taking . with it the after deck and cabin, companion, seats, and all ; indeed, the stern part is shelled, there being nothing but the ceiling of the hull to be seen. Six persons were on board; Lano is missing, Mitchell, the engineer, serioitsly . scalded; James Smith, stoker, leg broken ; a fourth man injured, and two escaped without hurt. The steamer was taking a turn a head at the time ; the valve was two inches from the extreme. The Queen was engaged for the day by the trustees of the Princes street Independent Chapel, Devonport, and no doubt a very large number of persons would have been on board ; had the accident occurred a few hours later, the loss of life would have been frightful to contemplate. The over-crowding of the steamers on the river Tamar is deserving the attention of Government. ITAEROW SCHOOL.—THE SPEECH DAY. —Yester day having been appointed for the delivery of the speeches at this celebrated academy, a numerous and fashionable assem blage met in the dining hall at one o'clock to witness the proceedings. The following is a list of the prizes awarded : The Peel Medal (for Latin prose), Mr. G. C. D'Arcy; the Gregory Medal (for Latin translation), Mr. H. M. Buller; Latin Alcaics and Latin Alexanders, Mr. C. S. Blaydes; Greek lambics, H. M. Butler; Greek Translation and English Essay, H. M. Butler; English Poem, Mr. Cunning ham. DARING BURGLARY IN TILE CITY.—It WIN yes terday morning discovered that the premises of Messrs. Muggeridge, Sprague , and Co., the extensi ve p a p er mer chants,or g f a Q r o u u e ry entered, and the - st r e et , Che a P.9hle'had during the night several desks forced open, but fortunately, although there was a vast amount of prc beenbi perty in the place, very little was carried off. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.— A convention has been entered into between Belgium and Prussia, for the establish ment of an electric telegraph between the two countries. It will connect Berlin with Aix-la-Chapelle, Antwerp, Brus sels,. Ostend, and the French frontier. SINGULAR MARRIAGE.—A marriage of a some what singular character, from the peculiar circumstances of the parties to it, was solemnised- at the Cathedral on Wed nesday last. The loving swain is well known by many of the inhabitants of Manchester, from his being in the habit of occupying a position in some of our public t h ore ughfares, in order to receive the contributions of the charitable. He ap pears to be about thirty-three years of age, bas been brought up to the sea-service, and had the maurtune, while engaged in a whale-fishing voyage, to lose both his legs by amputa tion, in consequence of disease caused by severe frost. He is very good looking and healthy, but wears a wooden leg, a crutch, and a stick. His wife is, we are told, possessed of sousiderable personal attractions. —Manchester Courier.