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

4gin g s and my wages very regularly. Except the ec t e st rieities he was very regular, but he was alwa3s bei y g . tid s trange, which attracted the attention of every zni3r! tie COURT-- He used t.) read books. He read the neve r "Y rhYtnes through. He read llogarth's works. I got oe k i l l le tv 11 )1a read - a religious bo.)k, nor did he ever la tte urch, he used to go in the cab on a Sunday the as any other day. 'Lae trial was proceeding when our report left. (nef NEW COURT. ore th e t) If in 7, 1 JAECORDER and Alderman W. HUNTER) e t? etitt eila-rigrogPs"' a sailor, pleaded Guilty to aq iod ict him with stealing a quintity of sailor's the 11 9 14 : 8 ,„frons a vessel called the Eagle, while lying in 411 atte 'the atles. of ai prisoner having been previously twice conNicted tallar offences, was sentenced by TheRECORDER to ten years' transportation. AI a 4RLB RO'-ST REET.—(T HIS DAY.) tio g h. P HA -N.—Jos e ph Wh ee l er was p l ace d before Mr. k r " lll „,oharged w i th cruelly ill-treating a donkey. tts tcc i Fitchew, silve rsm ith, 400, Oxford-street, ~tandthat about nine o'clock this morning, he was v im I n,g at his first floor window, when his attention tidn i c kled to the prisoner and two other men, who were tot ! c c,' a truck drawn by a miserable little donkey, the sT: e c larger than a Newfoundland dog. Besides oysters, !Ind the t llo truck contained three large hags of 6 i ts i. Poor animal h a d th e greatest difficulty in dr B.lV.• 4 1 1 4 .urden. Witness, observing the state of the Wh et 3, went out and remonstrated with the men, lso„ n eu Poo the prisoner abused him with the foulest donkey e, ..which h e f o l lowed up b y belabour i ng the ' 3 veTt h raq o unmercifully w i t h t h e b u tt en d o f t h e whip g a pe hi e head . Witn ess t h en co ll are d t h e prisoner an d came 11-4 3 4 charge to a cons t a bl e w h o a t th a t m o men t Rr; • , °ll hi s ~:1 19 /I A X, after severely lecturing the prisoner ti ts "icettY fined hi 10s and in default committed ior ten days. m tI~T PLRIAL PARLIAMENT • lod, (THIS DAY.) H OUSE OOMMONS. °II c10:1 F C . —RI 'EAxER took the Chair shortly after Twelve Wo p , -4 011,13, WEXFORD. WICKLOW, AND 1)IJBLIN RAILWAY BILL. that theord "0-MERTON moved, pursuant to notice, Dad " ° the 13th day of February last, for the sc blibiirealling of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and tithcirlaZailway Bill, be discharged; that tbe Bill Sir A l e; .111 but Without prejudice to the motion of _ er Agreed tc : °r a Ccmmitte of Investigation. passers,. following Th . . THIRD READINGS. . . Ri te Lc ij Bills were read a third time and Sir Pete r ea Conservancy and Improvement. llesketh Fleetwood's Estate. ~, k r T AMERCANTILE MARINE BILL. ' 'area;•'llOl.lCRERE moved the postponement of the itt ee 0 ° Nib, b this Bill to Monday next, at twelve o' m cloc r k e , Stt eo 7 l .‘o the i mpossibility of some Honourable Me re be Wo ll ev.t? - daY who felt an interest in the rn , easti • ~Oti th 'RRAMPTON IMPROVEM . EN r BILL. , Qat i t L e motion of Mr. TIIORNELY it was ordered %at t h. 7 an instruction to the Committee of se . lection til e VI Y d o appoint, if they think fi t, the Committee or; to._ oiver .isee,eet, fiorthhawraitpht.on Improvement Act Amendment Bill Ptege n : a l Petitions were presented for and against the 'Postal arrangements. Sip t., CONVICT PRISONS BILL. l't iso? l ',, G . REY moved the third reading of the Convict t orti 13t11. b eet 44 RON said that no opposition had hitherto tellde,t;lsde to this Bill, and he believed none was l i e n s; Ilts g ,";:but he coal,' not allow the Bill to pass iti 1 1)Pi aion! th11 t ex , ressing the happiness he felt that the i t si k -- aa had always held with respect to the by ki est of convicts had been responded to, ie , t t osli ~g 4, at sn authority as the present Earl Grey. I 'ast 1,-(3,11 however but exp ress his regret at the course ,oterlZtale Ito: trap rn e formerly 'been sued by that Noble Earl with portatio p n; he alluded to the forcing 9f 44 °Pti 8 UP°ll reluctant colonies. The Noble Lord to Itskspllgrtath,,at course had damaged greatly the system of %toe. (LEFT SITTING. MALTA. ts lt g a l it r ,l alive 2 . —There is no news worth corn as Pie Te' n g• The Antelope has gone to Co.nstanti tile 4" relieve the Tartarus, or the Porcupine, and L ds ,nti with the crew of the Medusa, is to p W e i l r 'ng the week to Athens. Candia, giving s t lit ave just received a letter from : , 4 , 1 44.j v a1 1t of the visit of his Majesty the Sultan, i'`. l inst " d jids to that place , where he arrived on the qls e t n L t, end on leaving proceeded to Rhodes, w NA, Ilnleas Abbas Pacha went to meet him, and that ! the -- e l a Magnificent present,—no less than may "reekbehstkie s team -frigate, which our readers P,het e I Put into Malta en route from . England 'eleta-us had been fitted with steam-en s tpt4hi Lel a . . The Sharkie was rendered as steam-engines) prof i,, e ,, ...! she could be, by manned, being fully /tith'eeTsut and furnished. She was also loaded t asd e ""t° l l and coffee. B?sides the ship the Pacha ne 4... the S uit' t i n more y tin an a handsome resent he I ng to 50,0001. tts ( 1 1)(411 describes the vessel as being most elegantly to e oflIP--tlee chairs, for instance, in the chief each one tinp, e , b , °l3 Y, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, e 's the maker two years' labour. kevioist Preparations had been made for some days' Isi;;halt at Candies, in anticipation of the Sul h ta te_ The town was cleaned, the A N , ', and the doors hung round with evergreens._ e houses w i a nd iiiumin t. l at n i g h t, and a fin p oi , ~ a ion took p ace 44! 1 nreworks. tiltivt)s,e other great wants at Candia there seems ellt f„ . : 'een no la nding -place, at least none conveni slid lc' So distinguished a personage as the Sultan, t s , s , !r Majest' ship m u , 0 Volagbeing fortunately there, 74 eft Graves volunteered to make a pier, which of three days and a half, under the super Valseee.rieeethe first lieutenant, by the crew of the ve its length was 300 feet. Ilit h t vier length rough weather caused the Sultan to . Njteent°l big he amused himself by walking and liis 4 with SON, a fine boy of _nine years of age. ba w e l l JestY received the various consuls in audience ! s at et. as Captain Graves, to whom he made a re- ' 41 brinia tagnifiCent snuff-box, set with his cipher p liiB h i t s of considerable value. i lltlii, Ighnel,s Abbas Pacha had returned to Alex- Sfleet ,2 Where he held a levee, and the Sultan with . hi . s r"ss entering the Gulf of Smyrna, as the Penin 'Ni t 5" Oriental Company's steamer Sultan was seii 3 that port for Malta. Captain Brooks aaw _ five_ it ho`u•the-line, and burned every blue light he had / 41 4 °ur of the visit. attarsSi4Be preparations had been made to the give la h a cordial welcome. All business was suspended to he PireParations, and even the Custom-house was hieheinsed` during the period of the imperial visit, days, diutrvvataisone.xpectedwould extend to a week or 10 tett Net era subsequently received announce theisap o s_ th e Qtn tan felt at Smyrna at the very hurried visit . f lt :• ) !li . Visit these arrived on the 22d in that city, paid hair to paper m anu f actory, where he stayed vill a all boor, At noon h e pa i d a visit to the pretty thee r e o f --. 14 ourna bat, and sta where 10 mi and et,e t° et the ur ned to the steamer, where he gave an nutes, audi foreign Consuls and Turkish officials. Tit few evenings past , co il , !I COMET,_Por some It na on the Ist . of k a Qt discovered by Dr. Peterzen, at A. 9 the ° the constellation 114 , has been visible to the naked eye tf ae el. With an ordinary night g u r s ees from the head, ith.e k kt to a distance of about two deg 1 in the tail may be f 'L e g is be ithout the telescope? resembles will be situate 15 41, t0 e At mean On the sth July it rees n u de iwe;t a star 8 - o ° ,: i t !' fir t e ll deg and a little north of the star Gamm a Bootis; Op I t On the 6th it will be two degrees west of 16 . 8. `ge'Ztli a little above a line 1' ')• 'the star Rho in the Hu ' . about one- t, With well-known star r ug o k. aroh, and N__. third the between those stars from Rho. . Nett -"In ev,,,,.°f the distance Rho Bootis to 41 Ca Berenicis win - " l n' a line from 114 ts l b comet, d little lt,_ eOSe to the be two degrees east a 9 4 . t. . 11,7', On the 9th it win • 9 in Bootes, and in a line joining irto of the Star numbered „ tellation ; on the ilth, about Nlith Itho, of the same con. below a line from Arcturus to one d e 0 Bootis, ~ C a north of I star. Neat evening f hem the former Arcturus, near Eta th e e`aroll, fiv degrees r arallel of 110,,,tnet Will be on t . p It be situate . between Eta and 13„"%isi and on the 13th will joining them . , on the 14th it with Upsilon psnon, a little east of a line Nvill l) and in a line h of the earth,lt„ ..e nearest to the more south degree or prevent the to;eos and Tau in Virgo, a may the te!escope %Jotter star. After this time moonlight eve, but with will pass the ii et being seen with the naked . longer. It _.r , and t c , il r be traced a week or ten dayss 0, t Zeta vi g t midnight vik a tor on the 19th two degrees e e the sun abou nd 10 deg. on J„ [A f t ive at l ea s t distance .r . om _ ,th. 27m., a is made o lm ,"'Y the zad, in Right Ascension I which reference marked '. deer • stars to 4 1)., 'nation. The sta and are 41,0 are visible without the telescope, 0 Oi l globes and charts in general use. A 511,.. ITH AUSTRALIA.— ~ Neeti 4 4AI and w- -- both Houses ° I . of Pa r i i g of several influential Members devise the best courset to keettl,_snt took place on Monday to t 's Government 411 'rp e '.' n fl, in order to induce her . Majes to means of steam q„'e'attlinate the Australian colonies , by Nelson, b were Earl Lord Jlritain. Amongst those present Naas, N.p.,icn. P. s 'lmooteagle, Lord Wodehouse, Lord M P Sir William V tr °-'i M ., Sir William Molesworth, • • ' l rley, M. P., kr:ll\4i 41. P.: Sir R .Gore Booth, 61. P., Mr. Adt , e ~ r __._., Al, `'tvolt, ALP Simeon 61. P. 61r. MacGregor, rc. Kr't Seholeflelic ALP, Mr. S. Dickson, M.P.' fen- Inr esc4, NI -P. Alter a full discussion of the various ~ es ot the • • position, and the obstacles li/np,e,l . question, its present 't was unanimous y 4 401 v : cl l.() the carrying out of the objec . t, i rii,`, t , that active steps should be unmet la . r tely taken to of both Ilt,ize`‘io whole subject under the special attention and final setilinl °f Parliament with a view to its speedy amongst olliir o r l t• As a preliminary course it arrange , should be p easures, that an address to her Majesty .„.„., pith_rod in th 11 of Commons by Lord Naas, DILI. rayi ti , o. ouse ticati4,o! the immediate establishment of steam contniinced that DetiNtillth tile n., Australian colonies. It was also aim I`, -.. Col l et l°--"3 the Legislature on behalf of the object were_ .0 s 1. . -- %gnat - ' attended by Mr. ,e ails aud AL. 'lre. The meeting was he Prornotion of for Logan on the part of the Associationstralia. o , rAt ii teatil Communication with Au tXpressed Alll 5 011 AUSTIALIA.—The _as itt- ter has counsel on ht), 8111 opinion, after hearing the evidence and not liabl 1 es, that transferers of shares in this company are A eiboelit the ground that by a clause in • the deed the Ulili'643 beta nand each o ther b 1 d from liability after "41 / 9f tilt traw ir are Ago ye THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY TESTIMONIAL TO MR. GEORGE ALFRED WALKER. Yesterday af'ernoon a public meeting was held at Herbert's Hetel, Palace-yard, Westminster, to con sider the propriety of presenting a suitable testimonial to George Alfred Walker, Esq., in recognition of the services rendered by that gentleman in the cause of sanitary reform, in connexion with the abolition of intramural interments. Among those who assembled to show their admiration of the energetic and suc cessful labours of Mr. Walker we observed, Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P., Mr. Charles Lushington, M.P., Mr. John Williams, .P., Mr. George Thompson, M.P., Dr. Reid, r. W. Geesin, Dr. Johnson, Sir R. Brown, Mr. Wilson, Sir C. Aldis, Mr. H. R. Abraham, Dr. Evans, Dr. Ben nett, Dr. Drury, Dr. Parker, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Thicke, Mr. Feltee, 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. GEORGE 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 dered 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 as 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. On 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. Broun, B at., and seconded by Dr. Drury :- 1. That it is the opinion of the gentlemen now pre sent, that the laborious and disinterested labours of George Alfred Walker, Ebq , 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 a a Bill into Parliament fur 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 geatlemen 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 of the friends of Mr. Walker be convened at Herbert's Hotel, Palace lard, 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 exceedingly that I am 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 slow but triumphant progress. My most earnest wishes are, that services so nobly and gratuitously rendered by Mr. Walker to his country 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 result , o 1 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 of apology from Dr. Thomas Evans, of Rumsey House, near Caine, Wilts; Dr. Henry Bennett, of Cambridge 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 he 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 of my own feelings, in order to assure you how desirous I am that the object which my Hon. 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 Bill 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 larger portion of the inhabitants of this metropolis. — (Hear, hear.) We think that the Government have taken advantage of that feeling which pre vailed in this metropolis and throughont 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 , an d t h ose o f f ree d om o f trade —a n d also interfering in some degree with re ligious liberty.—(hear.) I lament that the Go vdeornnem. e n l t f s e h lt ou i l t d m have actedduty, bow in e vo t r h , the t o w d av o yo n t theydone t. have orthe third re a di ng of the y ßill, after having could, but unsuccessfully, what I cc of it which I c u o essfully, to strike out those portions agreed with the broad most o bj ect i ona bl e, b ecause I abolitio n o f principl e i nvo l ve d i n i t, v i z., t h e inte r of thi s metrorn. ents in th e very h eart an d centre will agree wpousith me that bear.). I b e li eve a ll men originally suggested n it was Mr. Walker who abolishing the odious,a re d v ibrought about the Act for of burying people in crowded ting, and immoral practice midst of a populous city „ air churchyards in the however, as I have already( m :ar, hear.) That Act, ought to have been. I should rationed, is not what it a measure that was not founded have liked h to have seen centralization, which I consider mos: obnoxious, principles of more calculated to subvert the constitutionalnoxious, and Engl shmen than anyt h i n g else with which rights of am ac quainted.—(Cheers.) —(Cheers.) I should have -rte quai • had great satis faction in supporting a Bill which left to the p eop l e their own rights, and allo wed the different parish es o f the metropolis to carry out the object of preventing in traniural burials, 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 for 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 s are to reap the reward which is due 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 think it would have given satisfaction to the whole metropolis and to the whole country.—(Hear.) I give the Govern ' ment no credit then for the Bill—the credit is due to ' those who have agitated the public mind with re gard to it, and the Government have done nothi❑g but yield to the public clamour at last ; but even that they have done ungraciously, and they have besides clogged the Bill with those objectionable and uncon stitutional clauses of which we have heard so much just complaint. Therefore, I can give them no credit at all, though I rejoice that the measure which we pressed upon them so far as regards the suppression of intramural interments has been carried.—(Hear.) But, gentlemen, whatever be the merits or defects of the Bill, whatever be the faults or errors of the Government, I think there can be but one opinion with regard to the merit of that distinguished and patriotic 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 found 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 said that Mr. 'Weler 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, his disinterest edness, and the sums of money which he has spent in this cause—(Hear, hear)—be cause I am sorry to know, and yet I am glad to know, that: he has made great sacrifices in this cause. lam sorry he should be put to any loss, but I may congratulate him that he is, in some measure, compensated for that loss by having earned the admiration of his fellow-citizens.—(Cheers.) 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 value 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 overnment have not been so impressed as they ought to have been with the merits of Mr. Walker, if they have been disposed to overlook 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 Mr. 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 bis 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 greater pleasure than to have been present on the occasion, as I cordially con cur in the propriety of the object you are promoting, believing that the present state of enlightened opinion 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 gratitude 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 seems 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, and 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 claims 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 pa's over with an ac knowledgment so slighting, as to be more disparaging than total silence, his demands upon the national Go vernment for a meet and adequate recognition of his ser vices. If Mr. Walker's friends and admirers among Members of the Legislature and the repro sentatives of the press, suffer this denial of jus.Ace quietly to pass over unexportei, they will be dead to the appeals cf 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 THOMPSON." " Bedford, July 9, 1850. _ "Dear Sir,—l have only just received your circular, convening the meeting, at Herbert's Hotel ; and this short notice prevents my making any arrangements which would enable me to be with you, and aid you in originating a suitable testimonial to Mr. G. A. Walker. I shall be happy, however, to join in any plan you may suggest, having for its purpose the acknowledgment of the indefatigable exertions, the disinterested services to the public, which Mr. Walker has rendered for many years past. " I will endeavour to attend your next meeting, and regret very much that I cannot be with you to-morrow. " I am, dear Sir, very faithfully yours, " JAMES WYATT. "George Thompson, Esq." Mr. CHARLES LUSHINGTON, M.P , in proposing the first resolution, said his Hon. Friend, the honorary secretary of that meeting, had requested him to per form the gratifying duty of proposing the first reso• lotion to their adoption ; and he (Mr. Lushington) assured them he did so with the greatest gratification and satisfaction, although in the eyes of the public he might not have appeared a very prominent pro moter of extramural interments. When he said in the eyes of the public, he meant that he had not been enabled to attend many of the numerous public meet ings which had been held on the subject in this metropolis • an unfortunate concurrence of circum stances had, time after time, and day after day, pre vented him from attending ; but he assured the meeting the,t his heart and judgment were with this movement, and from the first time he ever had any knowledge of the intentions and designs of Mr. Walker, he cordially concurred, and deeply approved of them.—(Hear, hear.) Indeed, though he (Mr. Lushington) had not appeared at those public meetings above once or twice, yet, certainly in his place in Parliament he had sup ported all the unexceptionable parts of the Metropo litan Interments Bill, and he had done his best to ex clude some of the exceptionable parts, some of those which disgraced the persons who brought them in, and which were intended to mortify a certain portion of the community by raising, perpetuating, and exalt ing the emoluments of another portion.—(Cheers.) But on many essential occasions he (Mr. Lushington) had supported extramural interments. Shortly after Mr. Walker brought forward his proposition for re moving interments from the metropolis, some gentle men assembled together for the purpose of establish ing a suburban cemetery. He (Mr. Lushington) was among those who concurred in the plan ; he was also one of the first who supported it, and from the beginning he had been a director. The site chosen for that cemetery was Mensal-green, and at the time when they took it they did so, not with any view to emolument, though it had been rather a remunerative concern, but entirely upon the public principles of expediency, and of the propriety of removing the nuisance cf burials from towns. When they fixed on the site there, Mensal green was two miles and a half from Oxford-street, and was quite detached from any buildings or dwell ings whatever ; but in the course of fourteen or fifteen years, so great bad been the desire of people to live near a burial-ground—(Laughter) — that a town had sprung around Mensal green, and they had got a church and a school there, and, what 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 of gain. People had long complained in the m e tropolis of intramural inter ments, and y e t, f or th e sa k e o f se lli ng a few tomb stones, some would forego all their professed princi ples, and join at last in resisting the very evil which others had laboured for 14 or 15 years to extinguish. those observations a ot h ear . ) h r genm : Perhaps the meeting would think b ions were rather beyond the object —(Hear, the e f(ore r l - on an o d f he ought to recall their attention to Mr. Walker— Heex t ac h e e ,edh g .e r a e r a ) t and prominent services of ton) regretted( brought forward that Bill,ingly—and be (Mr. Lushing , tion had done that justice to Mr. n l e v it a h lk er er th t o o se wh w i li ch o en n f o i r tle th d e .h S im an . ita l ry t Awsassoctihae his meritorious exertions business of the meeting to do s ome thi ng t o su pply that Quainion, etnd he trusted, wh en h e rea d t h e retie. EVENING, JULY 11, 1850. lution, it would be unanimously adopted, and that they sh9uld bt. enabled to proclaim to the people, by the enthusiasm with which it was passed, that the testimonial, whatever it might be, had been justly deserved.—(Cries of " Hear, hear," and loud cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman then concluded by moving the first resolution, which was— " That this meeting, recognising the long-continued, meritorious, and disinterested exertions of George Alfred Walker, Esq., to effect the abolition of the per nicious and demoralising system of intramural burial, consider him eminently entitled to the gratitude and thanks of the friends of sanitary reform and moral im provement, and would express their readiness and desire to co-operate in a general effort to render that gentle man some suitable memorial of his useful and successful lab,-mrs." Sir CHAS. ALDIS, M.D., seconded the resolution. lle was happy, he said, to have the opportunity of saying a few words in praise of Mr. Walker. He had known him many years, and had met him professionally under many circumstances. He krew that he had been alwayi 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. lie had net him in many of the most noxious and unhealthy localities of the town, always labouring in the great cause of sanitary reform in those localities which it was a shame and disgrace to the metropolis not to have removed long before this. But a stir was now making in the matter, which he considered never would have been done but for the resolution and enthusiasm of Mr. Walker—that enthusiasm of which the Noble Chairman had so justly sail 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 (Sir C. 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 be presented to him ex pressive of the feelings of all friends of sanitary re form. Of what kind that should be would pro bably be settled hereafter. He could only express his warm feelings of cordial co-operation in this object, and knowing the real extent of the labours of Mr. Walker in this matter, he was perfectly ready to do anything to forward the design of the present meeting. The CHAIRMAN, in putting the resolution, said that he was glad to see in the room so large a number of gentlemen of eminence belonging to that 'profession to which Mr. Walker belonged—the medical pro fession. He trusted that before the meeting was over they would be favoured with the opinions of the gentlemen of that profession in the room, as what ever fell from them upon that subject would have great weight, and must have a great effect wherever they were heard.—(Hear, hear.) The resolution was then put and carried unani mously. Mr. GEORGE Teromesoze, 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 the nature of the testimonial that should be offered to the accept ance of Mr. Walker. In the first instance a public dinner suggested itself, but upon consideration and after-thought it appeared hazardous to make that the form in which the respect and admiration of his friends should be exhibited to Mr. Walker. If such a meeting should be held it would be necessary to fix a certain time for it, and some early day, in order to secure the attendance of gentlemen who would other wise be out of town. To get up such a meeting, too, would impose a considerable amount of arduous la bour upon the gentlemen connected with it, and also considerable expense, while it was thought that many gentlemen who would come to the dinner would pre fer their money being spent in a different 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 him. 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 had rendered to the cause of sanitary 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 selves warranted in giving a second guinea for any further object. If they should agree to open a subscription list to receive sub scriptions from the friends and :admirers of Mr. 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—(Eiear, hear)—where a man might labour for many years unknown and unnoticed. They would al?o secure the services of those who wero 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 be 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 descen dants, 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.) He 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 bad been per mitted to enjoy the friendship of that gentleman for some considerable time, and he bad always placed him first amongst those gentlemen who had devoted themselves to the production, and the work ing out of some great and beneficent object. The Noble Chairman had justly referred to the great sacri fices made by that gentleman in the cause to which he had devoted himself, but it was necessary to understand properly the circumstances in which he had been placed to estimate fully those sacrifices. They all knew that he had sacrificed fifteen years of labour to this object; and he (Mr. G. Thompson) could safely say, that he had never once visited him r e in his whole life when he had not f o und him en gaged in the prosecution of this ad l great had often been struck with the lib era lity w ith which v a ie w work, and he s e But he he had appropriated his own m eans t o th e advance ment of the noble end he h w ere the least of his sacrifi ces . The time which he t had given to this great object would, with his pro fessional talents and abilities, have placed him in very different circumstances, had he chosen to labour for himself rather than for th o ers. There was also one other characteristic of hit. One of the greatest pre requisites for a reformer was discretion; and, though speaking for himself, he could say that there were re formers who were not gifted in an eniment degree with that quality, yet he could say that Mr. Walker had throughout his whole career displayed that qua • ty. Though he had had many difficulties to contend with, though his 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 temperance and moderation. He knew no man who more freely exercised his ta lents: without money and without price to all who came within the reach of his benevolent sympathies. When they took into consideration his private virtues, and the many claims which he had established by his public labours on their gratitude and respect, he felt assured that every gentleman present, would enter most warmly into the object they bad in view. As far as he himself was concerned, he should feel very happy, as a hewer of wood and drawer of water, to manifest his admiration and profound respect for such a reformer as Mr. Walker had been. That gentle man Lad had to encounter a stubborn opposition ; his motives were questioned, his facts were disputed, he had strong and powerful com binations against him, but, nevertheless, from morning till night, sustained and supported by a knowledge of the purity of his motives and the importance of the object he had in view, he continued to devote his best energies to the accomplishment of that object. The gratitude of Government was ex emplified in the case of Mr. Walker ; but though those who had borne the burden and heat of the day might be disregarded in high places, let 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 of an after-dinner assembly. Dr. REID then proposed the second resolution, which was that a subscription be opened for the pur pose of presenting a suitable and substantial testi nionial to George Alfred Walker, _ Esq., recording end perpetuating the sense entertained by the sub scribers of his private virtues and his exertions as a public benefactor. He never a tt e nded a meeting with a more heartfelt conviction c f the justice of the cause which had called them together, as he considered it an act of public duty that he s hould testify to Mr. \\Talker the manner in which they appreciated his 'llion had been of the most services, which, in his , meritorious and disinterested kind.—(ilear.) m.p., seconded the resolution. Mr. B. B. CADDELL, This was not the time to consider or to decide w h e th er Mr. Walker had or had not been neglected by the Government and the Board of Health. All he could say on that subject was, that the general rule at pre sentman who did seemed to be, that ever y dut y in a straightforwarded manner was neglected by the powers that be.—(Hear , hear.) But, although Mr. Walker had been to, he was sure the country would at once recognise his claim, and award bin the merit his exertions deserved.— (Hear, hear.) He thought he had performed a really gigantic work in succeed ing in putting a stop to the practice of intramural interments, which was so revolting that it was a matter of astonishment to every individual that the system had been allowed to continue so long. Mr. J. WILLIAM, M.P., moved that a committee be appointed to take such steps as might be necessary to give effect to the foregoing resolutions. After the eloquent and business-like addresses which had been delivered he would not trespass on their time by entering into the merits of Mr. Walker. He was so well known that the less he said in moving the next resolution the better. Nothing should be wanting on his part to convince Mr. Walker that he entirely participated in his laudable exertions, and was ready and willing to serve him in every possible manner. Mr. GEESIN, in seconding the resolution, said he thought they should be able to raise a much better memorial to Mr. Walker than any that could be raised by the Government—(Hear, hear)—and in stead of talking about a purse of gold, he (Mr. Geesin) fur himself should like to see Mr. Walker placed in a freehold house with all the necessary appendages. Tim resolution was then put and carried unani mously. Mr . . 13. B. CABBELL, M.P., moved that Mr. George Thompson, M.P., be requested to act as honorary secretary until the committee appointed a paid secre tary, and that they should be empowered to do so. With respect to the subscriptions, he would recom mend that they should be all paid into the bands of a broker. —(Hear, 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 sanction of the managing com mittee and the signature of the treasurer." Mr. GEESIN seconded the resolution, which was carried. _ _ _ Mr. B. B. CABBELL, M.P., moved that the Chair man, Lord Dudley Stuart, be requested to accept the office of treasurer. Mr. J. A. SMITH seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said, out of deference to the wishes of the meeting, he would agree to accept the office of treasurer. lir. C. LUSHINGTON then, in a complimentary speech, proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, 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 : Lord D. Stuart B. B. Cabbell, Esq., M.P. ... W. A. Mackinnon, Esq., M.P. C. Lushington, Esq., M.P. ... Dr. E. JOhnson Dr. Parker Dr. A. L. Fisher Dr. Churchill Watson ... ...£lO 10 0 ... ... 10.10 0 ... ... 10 10 0 ... ... 5 5 0 ... ... 5 5 0 George Thompson, M.P. H. R. Abraham, Esq. Mr. Parker Duckworth Nelson, Esq. ••• ..• ... 5 5 0 ••• ••• ••• 5 5 0 ••• ... 3 3 0 1111. 1111. ••• 3 3 0 ••• ••• ... 2 2 0 ••• ••• ... 2 2 0 ••• ••• ... 2 2 0 .•• ••• ... 2 2 0 ••• 11111 ••• 2 2 0 ••• ••• ... 1 1 0 Dr. J. C. Atkinson ..: John Windu, Esq. Sir C. Aldis ... J. A. Smith, Esq., surgeon R. Johnson, Esq. ... ... Dillon, Esq. ... ... Samuel Ward, Esq., F.R.C.S. W. Geesin, Esq. ... ... 11•41 ••• 1 1 0 ••• ••• 1 1 0 4110 •• • 1 1 0 ••• 1 1 0 ••• ••• 1 1 0 ESTABLISHMENT FOR GENTLE WOMEN DURING ILLNESS. A moat respectable meeting of the subscribers to this very interesting association was yesterday held at the Queen's College, Harley-street, for the purpose of hav ing submitted to it a report of the progress hitherto made by the managers of the association. The Earl of Carlisle presided on the occasion. The Hon. W. Erma° RICE, the hon. secretary, read the report of the managers, from which it appeared that the liberal assistance which had been afforded to the un dertaking had bean such as to induce the committee 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, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square. The total amount of subscriptions already received exceeded 2,000/, the balance in the hands of the bankers amounting to 4031. The number of patients admitted since the opening of the institution had been thirteen, of whom six were at present inmates of the establishment, The services of a most efficient medical staff had been obtained, the physi cians being Dr. Watson, Dr. Ferguson, Dr. 11. B. Jones, and Dr. Weber; surgeons B. Travers, Esq, C. Hawkins, Esq., and W. Bowman, Esq.; Mr. Hawksley, of Mar garet-street, having been appointed the general practi tioner. The Rev. C. Baring, of All Saints, bad also consented to act as honorary chaplain to the institution. The success of the institution had been fully equal to this most sanguine expectations of its f minders, and the committee stated that 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 number of which was attributable not to the fault or irnprovi donna, but rather to the circumstances and sex of the sufferers; and they most earnestly entreated the gene rous sympathy and additional co-operation no le.,s from the powerful and effluent than from the middle classes throughout the country. The report having been read, The Noble CHArrottat 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 yon have been pleased to as sign me as one o' great honour—and for this reason, because I am willing to believe that the committee which made that selection have been pleased to attri bute to me sentiments congenial with their own.—(Hear, hear.) There are no topics which appear more obvious, I had almost said more common-place, than those con netted with the precarious and transitory nature of human existence, and it seems to ma that, in the circum stances which are immediately around us, there are events which enforce those lessons and warnings in connexion with those topics with peculiar force and solemnity. For upon whom 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 one full of high capabilities and patriotic aspira tions, so long conspicuous in the public arena, the object of a nation's homage and a nation's sorrow; and even now it has fallen upon that open-hearted and gentle rrince who has so often appealed on behalf of charities like this.—(Hear.) These reiterated blows suggest to us the thought, and even the very words, of that truth breathing and immortal stanza— " 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 touched far 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 ca'l of death within your own homes—who may still be able to share in the opulence and luxury of this great metropolis—who ere still in the health, vigour, and glow cf your bodily frame—or, what is better still, in the enjoyment of the affections and gladness which cluster round the domestic hearth ; and I put it to you, and what I 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 recognition of the hand from which they flow, than by comforting 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 concerned? It is termed an "Establishment for Gentlewomen during ill ness." I can easily imagine that, at the first hearing of that title, it may be thought that there is something in it which sounds a little like fastidiousness and 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 softer hours, with sympathies and friends who have vanished and gone, only tends to make privation more bitter, pain more irritating, isolation more depressing, and despondency score benumbing, than they would have been without such antecedents. I remember that it is very truly and touchingly said, ley 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 I." And he gives you the reason : " For I have known the luscious sweets of plenty, Every night have slept with soft content about my head, And never woke but to a joyous morning." , That report, however, which has been read, with the simple statement of the eases 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 across the threshhold of the humblest cottage near their country homes, or have even shed their light and radiance in many of the dim alleys of this hugh metropolis. Charity, to use a common illustration of the time, does not run upon the narrow but upon the broad gauge; it is not monopolized by any ono 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 the low liest sons and daughters of misery, those who are furthest removed from our own scale in society, so it ought not to neglect those who have been p'aeed in a position next t or even in your own, but who are now in a condition to Nvliich 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 and 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 OXFORD moved the adoption of the report. W. BOWMEN, Zsq. o surgeon in ordinary to the in- stitution, seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. Lord MONTEAGLE then moved the second resolution, to the effect that the experience derived from the work ing of the institution during the period which it had been opened had confirme the meeting in the belief that the institution possessed strong claims upon the pubic for continued and increased support. The Rev. C. BARING seconded the resolution, which was also unanimously agreed to. On the motion of Earl NELsorr, seconded by the Hon. T. TALBOT, the thanks of the meeting were unanimously accorded to the Rev. C. Baring, the chaplain, and the various medical officers who had given their assistance and support to the institution. The Bishop of MANCHESTER moved, and W. BOOTH, Esq., seconded, a vote of thanks to the Noble Chairman for his able and courteous conduct, and the meeting broke up. JENNY LIND IN LIVERPOOL. This eminent vocalist has come to terms with the Philharmonic Society, the engagement having b een mainly brought about, as wo understand, through the instrumentality of Mr. Sudlow, the secretary. Th e Philharmonic Society appears to be coming before the public with unusual cla 7 ms for support this season. It was but last week that the engagement of Madame Sontag was announced in this paper, and now a second and more acceptable engagement is to be added—that of Jenny Lind. She is to sing in a miscellaneous concert, and also, it is expected, in the Messiah. Her appearances are to be on Friday, the 16th, 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 of 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 her to appear, and other great localities 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 tench importance that she be well received. We cannot but admire the talent of Jenny Liud, but our esteem for her must be grounded on higher consider ations than talent. Her memorial amongst us is her goodness; and when we consider her services on behalf of the Southern Hospital, where she bas erected a monu ment to herself in the hearts of the poor and suffeting 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 ever 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; end 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. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL JULY DrIEETING.—WEDNESDAY. The Croxteth Stakes of 15 sous. eacb, 10 ft, and 30 added, for three yrs old, 6st 81b; four, Bst 21b; 61e, Bst 101 b; six and aged, 93t; mares, &c., allowed 31b. One mile and a quarter. (8 Subs.) Captain Harvey's Strongbox, 4 yrs (Flatman) 1 Mr. Shepherd's Alp, 4 yrs (Cartwright) 2 Mr. Rolt na Portia, 4 yrs Mr. Jamieson's Reclu,e, 3 yrs (Wells) 4 6t04 on Strongbow, who won by six langths. Run . _ in 2 min. 20 secs. The Mersey Stakes of 25 sous. each, an 1 50 added, for two yrs old; colts, 81t 71b; and fillies, 84 41b; second to receive 501. out of the itakps. T.Y.C. (16 Subs.) Sir J. Hawley's Venus f (Marlow) 1 Mr. W. Stebbing's Knook Knoll (Butler) 2 Lord Eglinton's emus (Templeman) 3 The following also started,- 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 BM. each, h ft. T.Y.C. (6 Subs.) Lord H. Lennox's Herandez, Bst 71b Lord Clirden's Harpsichord, Bst 41b (J. Marson) 2 Lords Glasgow's fby Lanercost, Bst (31b over) (Butler) 3 5 to 4 on Hernandez. Won cleverly by a length, Run in 55 sees. The Sefton Stakes of 30 soya. each, h ft ; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b each. One mile and a half. (6 Subs.) Lord H. Lennox's Officious walked over The Post Produce Sweepstakes (second year) of 200 sovs, each, h ft ; fur colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b. Stable Turn in. (9 Subs.) Sir J. Hawley's Cranberry (31b) (Marson) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Italian (Templeman) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Italian. Won by a short head. Run in 2 min. 43 secs. The Bickerstaffe Stakes of 100 sm. each, &o. One Mile. (4 Subs.) . _ Mr. Watts's Jester Mr. B. Green's Witchcraft 2 5 to 2 on Witchcraft. Won very easy by three lengths. Match-200 h ft. T.Y.C.--Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt received forfeit from Lord Stanley's Statesman. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. 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 agat Pirouette, and 3to 1 agst Harpsichord. A close race from the stand, won by half a length, the favourite losing second place by a neck. _ _ _ Plate of 501.; three yrs old, 7st; four, Bst 51b; five and upwards, Bst 121 b; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Two miles. Mr. Stebbing's Kennington, 4 yrs (Marlow) 1 Mr. Cotgreaves's Abbess of Jerveaux, 3 yrs(Charlton) 2 Mr. Jefferson's b f by Cardinal Puff and d by Whisker, 4 yrs (Turner) 3 Mr. Meeson's Castle, 3 yrs (Knott) 4 Won cleverly by a length. BETTING ON THE COURSE LIVE/SPOOL CUP. 2to 1 agst Windischgratz sto 1 agst Maid of Team 5 to 1 agst Cockermouth Valley 5 to 1 agst Vampyre 12 to 1 agst Backbiter GOODWOOD STAKES. 6 to 1 agst Windischgratz. LIVE[WOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Crotchet receives in his matoh with the Si noon colt; Mildew in the Foal Stakes; and Uriel in the Grosvenor. Backbiter arrived this morning. LATEST CUP BETTING. 7 to 4 apt 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 nine 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 etlorts ; 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 go over to the Oval to commence their match with the Eleven of Surrey—a match which will be one of the finest of the season. At the conclusion of the match the score stood thus : • KENT—FIRST INNI NC s. T. Adams, c Chatterton, b Day W. Plich, c Chatterton, b Vay E. Martin, b Wisden F filch, b Wisden W. Martingell, b Wisden 4 A. Mvnn, Esq., b Bathurst N. Fclix, Esq., c Box, b Day ... . W. C. Baker, Esq., b Wisden... E. Cliffot d, b Clarke W. Hillyer, b Clarke E. Hinkley, not out ... ..... .. - Byes I, leg balls 4, wide I, 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 ... John Lillywhite, run out. Clarke, c and b Martingell Day, b Martingell.... ...... . .. Sir F. Bathurst, c W. Pilch, b Hillyer ...... 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,......... . •011 5 N. Felix, Esq., c Bathur,t, b Day ... ...... W. C. Baker, Esq., c Box, b Clarke ... l5 Clifford, b Clarke Hillyer, b Wisden Hinkly, not out ............ . ............. .............. Byes 3, leg byes 4, no ball 1 Total ENGLAND-SECOND INNINGS. Chatterton, c Adams, b Hillier J. M. Lee, Esq., b Martingell W. Nicholson, Esq., st Clifford, b Hillyer •• Box, b Mynn... Parr, not out Guy, not out Byes 4, leg byes 3...... Total ••••• •••• -••• P• 11. ..... 8: ANOTIIER LETTER FROM THE DUNE.—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 school, made an application some time since to the Duke of Wellington, preferring her claimas the daughter of an officer who had served with his Grace through the Peninsular war, and requesting his " patronage" fur 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, dated " Stratbfieldsaye," 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. Vlore than twenty-six years have elapsed s i nce ot h ers su ff ere d from the Duke having incautiously what is called given his patronage to a work of which the title and prospectus indi cated nothing but wh a t was proper. The Duke had but a choice of one of two things - either to examine every work before he should wh a t i s ca ll e d p a t ron i se 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 the 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. Tbose who:n he had heretofore refused would have reason to complain of the Duke, if, in confidence in Mrs. Davies, be was to depart from the course which he has adopted, and in adhering to which he has invariably per severed.-- Mrs. Davies, &c." THE BEAR AND THE ACTRESS.—A. M. Bonnet, of Montpellier, having a bear of the Pyrenees, to which he had succeeded in imparting a remarkable degree of instruc tion, 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 401. a day, for two months from the 13th May last. A play called the Bear of the Pyrentes was written, aed 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, a, an expression of her gratitude. This led to difficulties between her and the director, and, the authorities having intervened, they gave positive orders thst the bear should nut be allowed to appear in public unless muz zled. This rendered the performance impossible. Bonnet ac cordingly brought an action against Fournier for 1,8751., the amount due to him on their contract, and the authors of the piece brought an action against the director for 1,0001., 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. —Galignani. 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. During the week, 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 counirymk. 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 extinguish, especially 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 so, because un expected, majority has saved the country from an ineradicable stain, and sent consternation and alarm into the Camarillo of unprincipled politicians— " Kings with thrones, and kings 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 ana'rchy. 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 great manufacturing and commercial community. I am, Sir, yours, &c., J. IL Glasgow, June 29. WESTMINSTER FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.--.The irst annual meeting of the shareholders of this society was held last evening, at the lilusic 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 ajourned until the 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. The " 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. L•INDON THIEVES.—It IS supposed - that the num ber of persons who maka a trade of thieving in Lund n is not. more than six thousand; of these, nearly two hundred are first-class thieves or swell mobsmen ; six hundred " mace men," and trade swindlers, bill-swindlers, dog-stealers, &c.; 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.—Dickens's "Household 7 I 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 W illiams. blew up, when lying of 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 into 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; Lane is missing, Mitchell, the engineer, seriously 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, Los;vonport, 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. HARROW SCHOOL.—THE SPEECH DAT.—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:— Ile 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 11. M. Butler; Greek Translation and English Essay, 11. M. Butler; English Poem, Mr. Cunning ham. DARING BURGLARY IN THE CITY.—It was yes terdry morning discovered that the premises of Messrs. Muggeridge, Sprague, and Co., the extensive paper mer chants, of Queen-street, Cheapside. had .daring the night been burglariously entered, and the several desks forced open, but fortunately, although there was a vast amount of pre perty in the phice, very little was carried off. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPU.—A conventzon has been entered into between Belgiu m and Prussia, for the establish ment of an electric telegraph between the two countries. It wilt connect Berlin with Aix-la-Chapelle, Antwerp, Brus sels, Ostend, and the French frontier. SINGULAR MARRIAGB.—A marriage of a some what singular character, from the peculiar circumstanc es o f 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 h a bit o f occupying a position in some of our public thoroughfares order to receive the contributions of the charitable. He ill ap pears to be about . thirty-three years of age, has been broughtlip to the sea-service, and had the misfortune, while engaged in a whale -fishing voyage, to lose both his legs by amputa tion, t . ion, in consequence of disease caused by severe frost uta is very good . looking and healthy, but wears a wo o o sti den a l2 . n o t: crutch, and a stick. His wife is, we are told caluderable personal attracticousA.Nanchota'ea .°