The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-28 00:00:00

• for Prote.taraiarre en:!, avour to frighten you with vain terrors. Protestantism is in no danger.—(Loud cheer- Mingled with hisses.) But when we are told of Pro testantism Ist Us not altogether overlook or neglect Christianity. —(Cheers.) With all respect to that body of Prot estant Dissenters who are opposing me on this Occasion, I must say th a t I thi n k it h as a ltogether arisen ~.„f r° 2 3l my efforts to promote the great cause of education. at the great body of Prelates or the Dissen'ers come to The and complain of any grievance or any under which they unjustly suffer, I will usli , by t to reliev e them from it—(Lou -1 if come to me and ask me to abstain from promoting Ca: , progress of education, I shall say to them that I canhoi abstain, because I think the education of the people is connected with the civil and religious liberties of the people—(Loud cheers)—and by that cause I will live but to adhere—(Long continued cheering.) I %ill conclude what I have to say to you, by declaring that, as a Minister of the Crown, I am not ashamed of facing a great body of my fellow-subjects, and that I shall continue to esteem it one of the highest honours, if, by your suffrages, I am again elected as your re p r e s entative to Parliament. —(The Noble Lord retired amidst most vociferous cheering.) Mr. MASTERMAN next presented himself, which was the signal for the commencement of a tremendous storm of hisses, hootings, and other indescribable noises, which continued for some time, all attempts to address the Meeting being impracticable. Mr. PATTISoN next presented himself, and was re ceived with great cheering. lie stated that be could refer with pri d e to his past services and votes ; that he bad voted for the repeal of the corn-laws when his Political adversaries supported the principle of protec li°u•—(Loufficheers.) If he was again elected as the it r epresentative he should continue to stick to his princi ples, and would never flinch from them. He had voted tor triennial Parliaments, an increase of the suffrage, and he should continue to do so.—(" Then we will return Yea, old boy.") Mr. FIIESEIFIELD next came forward, and, in the midst of tremendous confusion, proceeded to address the M eeting for a considerable time. From what we were able to collect, we understood him to say that he had a always taken large share in carrying out such mea sureser, as he considered conducive to the public interests. he meeting had been told by a most influential and Well-know n friend who had proposed his (Mr. Fresh• field's) nomination, that he was a fitting person to be elected as their representative, and he felt, therefore, justified in coming forward on the present occasion as a candidate for that honour. He should look with confidence to tho result of the poll of to-morrow. He hnli opp e o s s , ed to any f urther concession to the Roman at to the p resent income-tax, to the poor-law as was thonPgrh"tethatatdhmeienuirerteenreedi q to uesti on w w , m a dow- tax, and be , perativ e ly ca l led for revisor). and alter s ati o o n n e .— w ( h C ic h h ee i r m s.; One of the objections urged against him had been commerce, but he bad on the ground of his not yetbeitnog connected earn w ha t with qualification itdis largest constituencies nected, as h e was, with Was for a candidate to be con the English bar. Some of the of the country were represented by lawyers , and it was the custom, for upwards of two by the Reco;d' to hundred ye . have the city of London represented Sir G. LA el% RPENT next presented himself, and was loudly cheered. Ile said that his great object would be vitoapsr_o_mote the commercial interests of the country. He ..s identified in her interests with the commerce of this great country. The parties with whom he had the to r our to be associated on the occasion had done more ,gP th c ,' E nute the civil and religious liberty of the people the result country than any other party, and he hoped that ,a o sult of the poll would show that the citizens of u u,a, s a appreciated the full value of those services. _ t4kettinFrinan JouNsoN next vainly endeavoured to obtain e_upretiling his object, g, and was at length !•in compelled to retire without in consequence of the tremendous r and confusion existing . fretl3:r .11 ROTHSCRILD alluded to his long and intimate r.:rned, to iOn with the city of London, and pledged himself, applause. civil do his utmost to promote the cause of and religious liberty. He was received with the greatest hiss t ', E vAii, the eighth candidate, came forward, but candicrapts, like those of the whole of the Conservative hea r i no .Les, were useless, in endeavouring to a Mr. po ie d 4. vmE was understood to say that he was op ,ee b Lo all religious endowments, and that he wished to itat ior i b rn hle an t : h p , o ,a o r r . -la w . Anything further it was quite b • old eriff CRALLis then came forward and requested 0 were in favour of the several candidates to up their hads. After h announeetd-T names of the v ar i ous can did a t es h a d been The eIeSi.IERIFF again came forward, and declared that Russell ctl ea, by show of hands, had fallen upon Lord , IYIr. Pattison Sir G. Larpent, and Baron nel d e R othschild, poll was then d eman d e d on b e h a lf o f th e ot h er candidates. Lord J. bonded RUSSELL proposed, and Mr. Ma.sTEnmArt se _vote of thanks to the Sheriffs, for their able reenilucta.during the meeting, which was carried by Mr. Sheriff lanlation li Th ZNNARD returned thanks. the e f our Lib era l candidates then came forward, an d me eting broke up, T he 01l P was then announced to commence at eight eex to-naorrovv morning. WESTMINSTER. The lon g l ooked-for contest commenced to-day in r e st- The pr ocee di ngs were announced by the High ailiff to commence at eleven o'clock, and before that hour the space in f ron t o f t h e port i co o f S t . P au l' s IC.lihrritirbeehr, Covent-gard en , was fill e d w i t h an i mmense of perso ns, t h e majority of whom were respecta -619 dres se d , and well-behaved. A number of persons of the very lowest order, however, took up their position d rae diately i n f ront of the hustings, and by their con well s usta i ned the character earned in yore by insensate Until mobs. Nothing was done, however, near twelve. In the interim the mob amused themselves, as is wont on such occasions, with senseless 1113r( lary elev a ti ng, for instance, a drunken cobbler a !'" their h ea d s, and calling upon him with their Most s weet voices "t o h arangue t h em. H e was e l e• dated a place on the supports of the platform, and pro- Vd d as tar as " Brother Electors," when the beer and .% tobacco proved too much for him, and he fell to _ lB " Mother earth." In the meantime, and, no doubt, 4 0, Order to divert the mob, Mr. Charles Cochrane left 1.no!?: esotmramndit,tee-room, at the " Crown and Anchor," in in " awful state." There were flags and sosetted individuals in shoals. On the flags there were therne curious inscriptions, for instance—" The Queen and Ladies," "Cochrane for Westminster," " Cochrane and Sanitary Reform lean; beets are good," " Coch 12,11ne—Westminster's Ancient Pride and Glory—and In li;±pendenee,e "The Queen, the Ladies, and Cochrane for ,Yestminster," &c., &c. Union-jacks and tawdry pie ;tires of the national flag there were in dozens. round the seated in a carriage and four, paraded opposite Evans's, the market twice or thrice, each time stopping ladi es , balcon y of which was the for the purpose of greeting them, which he did With simperin en both sides was quite refreshin g. At twelve o'clock the crowd was immense—not less that 6,000 or 8 , 0 00 were pr esen t. Sir De Lacy Evans and Mr. Charles Lushington first appbared on the hustings, and were greeted with the most enthusiastic cheering. Mr. Charles Cochrane's appearance, who followed teem, was the signal for loud cheers, and, if possible, louder groans and hisses, which Was kept up for a considerable time. There was Tto mistaking the cheers and the " Bravo, Cochrane." His patrons in the crowd, were certainly the most disrepu table and most blackguard portion of it ; but even some of them groaned and hissed him. The hired mob threw op their greasy night-caps and roared lustily. Lord Mandeville, who with his friends took his place to the right of theplatform, is a young man, about five and twenty. He was unknown by the mob, and pro bably forgotten by them, for neither cheer nor hiss an nounced his advent on the hustings, so far as the mob was concerned, although his friends brought him up with a warm salute enough. On the hustings we no ticed a number of distinguished Liberals. Mr. SMEDLEY, the High Bailiff, having opened the proceedings amidst the greatest uproar, Mr. BAINBRIDGE proceeded to propose General Sir De Lacy Evans amidst noise and uproar. He said the Reform Association had selected and supported the Gallant General because he had fulfilled the trust the electors had reposed in him faithfully; he bad been tried, and not found wanting, and therefore he considered that they ought to re-elect him. His whole political career had been one of the utmost consistency. ide had invariably opposed all unwise laws, and had 'upheld the sacred liberties of the peoplc—(Cheers)-rand lie, therefore, begged to propose him as a fit and proper person to represent the ancient city of Westminster in Parl iament. —(Cheers.) Mr. alas seconded the proposition. He said they had met to discharge a sacred trust, and trusted that they would return the Hon. Baronet who had supported, and would continue to support, those great Liberal prin ciples which had of rate made so much progress. (Cheers.) H e h a d ten years ' character, dur i ng w hi c h he had ably supported the liberties of the people, and he called upon them not to be led away by the mere pre tensions set up by others. He had never betrayed the liberties of the people, and never would betray them.— (Cheers.) He begged to second the nomination with great pleasure.—(Cheers.) Mr. PATRICK MURROUGII then, amidst cheers and hisses, r ose to propose Mr. Charles Cochrane as a fit and Proper person to represent the city in Parliament. He • Said Mr. Cochrane was a persecuted man.—(Cheers and hisses.) His private and public character had been as sailed—(" Oh, oh!")—and lie had, therefore, a tenfold claim on every Englishman. For years lie had laboured in their cause in Westminster. He had originated and carried on at his expense the Poor Man's Guardian So -,. ci tnY, and had supp or t e d th e B a k ers ' O perat i ve Soc i ety. lie was a worthy gentleman, and well qualified to Support, and carry out the principles of Fox.--(Cheers and laughter.) He besought them to come early to the poll, and concluded with the motion with which he set cuts—(Cries of "No, no," and " Sutton.") Mr. HALLETT seconded the motion, amidst great up roar. Mr. U. G. ROBINSON then proposed Mr. Charles Lushington. He said it was most important that they should be represented by a gentleman of character and reputation. He had been tried, and had been found the earnest supporter of Liberal principles, and if elected, ,s he confidently trusted be would be, he would continue to supp,rt the great principles which he had undeviat ntlY Supported d u ri ng th e w hole course of his political , 1 —free-trade, the ballot, and all the other great ques "4B of Reform. He trusted they would return Sir De 111 E SUN, Lacy Evans and Mr. Lushineten at the top of the poll. eltel ehse r„,.) r. t;er. !!:e levee of the Reform, vs of ibe city had been disturbed b, mere intinitesiimal section of the Reform interest, , but he was just find in saying that Mr. Cochrane was a Tory— a Radical Tory in disguise.— (Hear, hear.) He found that the numbers who would vote for Cochrane also would vote for Lord Mandeville—(llcer, hear.) —show ing that he was correct in this statement. lie trusted that to morrow, at four o'clock, Sir De Lecy Evans and Mr. Luehingt se would be at. the top of the poll. Mr. PaeuT s,-corded the motion. He said Mr. Lush ington was in every way aualifi, d to be their represen tative. The person who called himself Charles Cochrane claimed to be the founder of the Alarylebone Anti-Corn law Association, but as it speared that Mr. Dane-1 ens the founder of it, and that Mr. Cochrane was not known before 1845—(Hear, hear) —he had therefere said the thing that was not. He had bribed the electors, as he had cast money into the streets. Yesterday in Poland street money was thrown from his committee-room window, and a boy picked up half--a-crown.—(Hear, hear.) He was a Tory in disguise. He also claimed to have raised a regiment to aid Don Pedro, but the truth was, that Don Pedro had issued a decree dismissing Mr. Cochrane and his followers from his service. Mr. ELLIOTT then proposed Lord Mandeville on high Conservative and Protectionist principles, and called upon the Conservatives of Westminster to rally round the son of the Duke of Manchester, and to return him to Parliament. He said his principles were not extreme. Lord SANDON seconded the noruinotion. He would not blindly follow one Minister or another, but support those great principles of Conservatism, on which the safety of this country was based. He would be zealous and active in their service. General Sir DE LACY EvAers then presented himself, and was received with cheers and hisses—the hisses coming from a small portion of - the crowd in the front of the hustings. He said, when they last elected him, he stated that he should support the great principles of re form.—(Cheers.) He had discharged his duties faithfully and zealously, and had contributed to the repeal of the corn laws by his vote.—(Cheers and uproar.) He had invariably supported that party who promoted and protected the liberties of the people. It was a difficult thing now to determine what a Conservative was.— (Hear, hear.) He had great respect for the Noble Lord (Lord Mandeville), but he was at a loss to understand what his principles were.—(Hear.) He had supported the grant for education, but at the same time he did not think the Government were free from blame with respect to that measure ; but if they returned supporters of the popular cause—reform—they would enable the Govern ment to extend the means of education at the hands of the State to all classes of her Majesty's subjects,. because he considered that a system of education could be carried out which would prevent domination on the part of the state, as it would enlighten and elevate the people.— (Cheers.) He thought religious animosities and dif ferences should be reconciled as much as possible, and he should support any step in that direction. If they sent him again to Parliament he should continue to sup port additional reform. He should support a Health of Towns Bill, and the repeal of the obnoxious, because un - just, probate duty. He should vote in favour of the re visal of the present system of taxation, with the view of relieving the people from the unfair share of taxation imposed upon them.—(Loud cheers.) During the last few years many great measures of reform had been passed, and he had supported them all. There was Catholic Emancipation, Parliamentary Reform, the removal of the Test and Corporation Acts, which pressed so heavily en their Dissenting brethren, the abo lition of slavery in the colonies, Church reform, and a small measure of Church reform was passed in the last session. He had hoped that the 300,0001. from Church property would have been properly used, instead of en dowing another see—(Hear, hear)—hut at least another bishop would not be sent to the House of Lords. — (Cheers). The bishops who were there received 6,0001. a-year for wasting their time in political discussions.— (Cheers). What he said was, " Send them back to their dioceses." —(Laughter). But he had the satisfaction of knowing that he had aided in preventing the ap pointment of ten additional bishops. He denied the assertion recently made in the House of Lords that "nothing has been done for the people ;" for during the last twenty years many great reforms had been achieved.—(Cheers.) After assuring the electors that he should continue in the course he had traversed, the Hon. Baronet resumed his seat amidst loud cheers. Mr. COCHRANE then proceeded to address the assem blage, and was well received by the crowd and by the ladies in the balcony, to whom he repeatedly kissed his hand. He complained that his opponents had not met him face to face, but made the charges against him in print. The name he bore was the one he claimed—the name of his father—Cochrane. His fdther was the brother of the Earl of Dundonald, and the Earl was his uncle.—(Cheers.) Let them ask the Earl of Dundonald it this was not so.—(Cheers and hisses, and " Don't make a fool of yourself.") It was not until the Reform Association found that he would not succumb to them, that they commenced traducing him—(You are a Tory in disguise, Don Juan)—but they knew, in spite of all they could do, that he would be returned.—(Cheers and laughter.) Why did not his opponents come to his meetings and oppose him? When he found the dis tress of the people increasing he advocated the opening of the ports, and he did so at his own expense—(Cheers and hisses)—and the ports were ultimately opened, on the recommendation, and on the very plan proposed by him.—(Cheers and laughter.) The Reform Association said he was not a Lord, and that therefore he had no chance, but they had a Lord before them, and would they elect him. He denied in the strongest terms that he was a Tory. His opponents no doubt intended to serve their purpose by classing him with the Noble Lord, but he was an uncompromising and independent Liberal—he stood upon his own ground—(Cheers)—he belonged to no faction.—(Cheers.) He would support all liberal measures, whether brought in by Sir Robert Peel or anv one else. If a Tory slipped in the Reform Associ ation would be to blame, as they had started Mr. Lush ington three months after he was in the field. From the reception he had received it appeared that he was not unpopular on that occasion.—(Cheers.) He there fore called upon them to come early to the poll, and to give him their suppsrt. He did not care a rush either for the Reform Club or the Reform Association, as he sought the suffrages of the honest, the independent elec tors—the tradespeople. He was asked why he did not parade the list of his committees. There were upwards of 600 names upon it, but if they were published, his opponents would no doubt intimidate them. Even a tradesman who had signed a letter on his behalf lied lost several hundreds of pounds. He concluded amidst loud cheers. _ CHARLES LIISHINGTON, Esq., next addressed the meeting, but at so late a period of the day, that we re serve a full report of his address until our next edition. Lord MANDEVILLE next addressed the assemblage. He should, if he was elected, promote the interests of the city to the utmost of his power • He came forward in order that the Conservative interest might not be swamped in the city. The Mon BAILIFF then put the motions seriatim to the meeting. _ _ _ A vast number of hands were held up for General Evans, but the majority were held up for Mr. Cochrane. The thou BAILIFF then declared that the show of hands was in favour of Mr. Coehraue and General Evans. A poll having been demanded on behalf of the other candidates, and a vote of thanks passed to the High Bailiff, the vast and noisy assemblage slowly separated. FIN SBTJRY. NOMINATION OF THE CANDIDATES-RE TURN OF MESSRS..DUNCOMBE AND WAR:- LEY, THE TWO FIRST MEMBERS OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT OF 1847. T. 11. Boykett, Esq., the returning officer for the borough of Finsbury, having appointed this morning, at nine o'clock, for the nomination of the candidates to represent the borough in the ensuing Parliament, long before that hour the neighbourhood of Islington-green was the scene of no small bustle and excitement, al though it was well known, in consequence of the retire ment of Mr. Warren, that Messrs. Duncombe and Wak ley would walk over the course. placeanrorPvreepdecrines ss e teh lt r a bt t luiy n ns i t n ibe e cegof o'clock osn.rseme the Returning Officer took his grtubeWanteaek time.le o y f and am. shre.ivspefrrueine Duncombe b e having w as bronchitis. The usual routine business having ack bee o n f gone through, Mr. BOYRETT, the returning-officer, called upon the electors to nominate their candidates. BALLANTYNE KNIGHT, Esq., one of the magistrates of the county, then came forward to nominate Mr. T. Dun combe. Although he stood there only to nominate one he should be wanting in his duty if he did not bear his t fu o r w t h be om fir i m he at e a l u ec d to tb rs ey ot ba F d in m sb a u d r e y f w eretrbeeg testimony to th e va l ua bl e services of both the candidates, people. H e conc l uded by proposing T hir n o e mtaet r ale y s s stin sh :d o ne f g b st t bh e yde Duncombe, Esq., as a fit Member for Finsbury in the ensuing H Au Parliam ent. CHAßLES C STURGEON, Esq., seconded the nomination _ica ( l c s, be w e h r o so we l r et of Mr. Duncombe. Mr. Duncombe belonged to the old parties.—(Cheers. ) honoured members E re spectedng lish by party all was such as Mr. Duncombe and Mr. Wakley that had secured the repeal of the corn-laws. JAMES TITMARSH, Esq., then come forward to nomi nate the old and tried friend of the electors of Finsbury, Mr. Wakley, as a fit member to again represent Finsbury in Parliament.—(Great cheering.) There was a time when Mr. Wakley was little known to the electors of Finsbury, but he believed all would agree with him, that the more they knew of him the better they would like him. His firm and staunch conduct as coroner had secured him the good opinion of all parties, and his consistent conduct as a Member of Parliament, and his continued advocacy of the cause of the people, had endeared him to all good men and true patriots. He was sorry they had not had a contest, in orderthat country might, by the votes of the electors of Finsbury, the know the high estimation in which they held their late Members, ad how determined they were to have them again. They had been threatened with an oppo sition from a gentleman named Warren ; but according to that gentleman's own statement, he had given up all thought of representing Finsbury, because the friends who had promised to sup port him had left him iu the lurch, and gone out of town.—(Cheers.) Although placards had gone abroad, purporting to come from the joint committees of Messrs. Duncombe and Wakley, he begged to state that, in all instances, Mr. Wakley's committee had acted for that gentleman, and that gentleman alone ; although, had there been a contest, they would have cheerfully done all they could to insure the return of Mr. Duncombe with him. Mr. Titmarsh concluded by proposing Thomas Wakley, Esq., as a fit and proper person to re present the borough of Finsbury in the next Yarlia nient,—(Greitt cheering.) LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1847. Mr. JonN MACLAREN seconded the nomination of Mr. Waltley, and, in sn, ot,s,rvrsti that that: r•nntlamgn and Mr. Dune).i,b: 'would nA t..nly be the two first but the two best Members returned to the'new Parliaui nt. The RETURNING OFFICER then put the names of both the candidates to the electors, and declared them both to be duly elected Members to serve ia Parliament for the borough of Finsbury, amidst the most tremendous cheering. Mr. WAnLEY then came forward to return thanks to the electors for the honour they had done him and his Hon. Co!league in again elec:ing them as their represen tatives in Parliament. The Hon. Member was received on presenting himself with the most vociferous cheering, which lasted for several minutes. After silence had been in some measure secured, Mr. Wakley said that he stood before the electors of Finsbury again to discharge a pleasing duty, that of returning thanks for the honour they hal done him. He was sorry, however, that that pleasure was accompanied with great pain, in consequence of the ab sence of his worthy colleague, who was labouring under so severe an attack of indisposition that it might cost him his life if he attempted to appear on the hust ings. Mr. Duncombe, he was sorry to say, in conse quence of his great exertions in the House of Commons, had been for some time suffering most severely from in disposition. Why, he would ask, had his health suffered so severely? The question was easily answered—it was because he had displayed the most unwearied zeal in the cause of the people and the electors of Finsbury.— (Cheers.) Tom Duncombe was one of the most gallant fellows that ever entered the House of Commons— (Cheers)—and he (Mr. Wakley) esteemed him far more than he could mention.—(Cheers.) He trusted that as long as he had the honour of representing Finsbury in Parliament he should have the pleasure of having Mr. Duncombe as a colleague. He was a man that would never flinch in any public cause, and if he would only pay that attention to his health which his condition required, he (Mr. Wakley) was in hopes that he would soon be able to return to the scene of action in the House of Commons, and would be ready as a fresh giant to fight over and over again the battle of the people in that arena. Of this he was sure, that such was Mr. Duncombe's constitution, that no enemy could make him quail, or prevent his advocating the interests of the people.—(Cheers.) He firmly believed that no man in the House of Commons was so true a friend of the people as Tommy Duncombe.— (Cheers and laughter.) The proceedings of that day at Finsbury were, it was true, rather flat; they had no enemy to cope with.— (Laughter.) If they had, he was bound to say it would make the proceedings a little more pleasant.—(A laugh.) The truth, however, was, that Sam Warren, who had sought to be their opponent, had given up the thought of representing them.—(Laughter.) Now, he would tell that gentleman that he would be called a coward if he did not come forward on another occasion and try his luck in Finsbury.—(Great laughter.) Mr. Warren had stated that his reason for not coming forward was, that his friends had gone out of town—(Laughter)—but where was Mr. Warren himself ?—(Laughter.) Surely he could not complain of his friends running away, when he had decamped himself.—(Roars of laughter.) Mr. Warren had told them, in his parting address, that he was on the Northern Circuit. If he was, he (Mr. Wak ley) thought he bad better stop there.—(Laughter.) He understood that Mr. Warren was a lawyer—(Laughter) —but he was also a writer ; he had written a parcel of trash called " The Diary of a Pysician," although he (Mr. Wakley) believed that, if he was asked the question, that he would not know a dose of salts from a dose of rhubarb.—(Great laughter.) But why, he would ask, had Mr. Warren come forward at all? He might be wrong; but he strongly suspected that he had come forward from feelings of personal re sentment to him (Mr. Wakley). All present must re collect that at Hounsluw, last year, a poor wretch died from having his flesh torn from his back by being flogged, and he thought they must all equally know that the surgeon that stood by and saw all that done without attempt.ng to interfere was a person of the name of Warren.—(Cheers.) On that occasion his duty as col oner compelled him to hear that case. The course that he pursued on that occasion had been unpalatable to some persons; but he trusted that every right-minded man was of opinion that he had discharged his duty to his Queen, the people, and to humanity. If on that occasion he had leant to the side of humanity, he was sure he would have had the support of every humane and thinking man—(Cheers)—but he had done no such thing, he had not leant to the right or the left, and for having done that he had been most atrociously libelled. He did not complain much of that—(Great laughter)— because misrepresentations, and lies, and calumnies made people inquire, and if a public men could not stand all that he was totally unfit for the position which he held. —(Great cheering.) But when men descended to false hood and malignant lies against public officers, it then became the duty of public men to appeal to the country for protection from such attacks.—(Cheers.) Now he (Mr. Wakley) had applied to the Court of Queen's Bench for that protection, not so much for himself, but for the protection of the office which he held.—(Cheers.) Well, he got what was called a rule nisi, and there the matter stopped for some time.— (Cheers). It was curious, but yet not more curious than true, that, in some instances, the law was uncommonly tardy, but confoundedly quick when a man was in debt. —(Great laughter). Well before the proceedings came on in the Court of Queen's Bench a charge was brought against him in the House of Commons, and if he mistook not, the part) bringing forward that charge was utterly ashamed of himself, for he got a little flogging there as well as poor White at Hounslow. The Hon. Member then proceeded at some length to detail the proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench, which are so well known to our readers as not to require repitition. After paying a high compliment to the electors of Finsbury, whom the Hon. Member denominated as the most independent consti tuency in the empire, he said he would not detain them much longer, because they had other duties to perform elsewhere.—(Cheers.) The electors of Finsbury had done their duty nobly—(Great cheering)—but there were other places in which they must perform their duty as nobly.—(Cheers.) In the City there were four men as candidates whom he hoped, in the course of a few days, to see the Members for that great constituency. —(Cheers.) In the choice of representatives it was the duty of the electors not to cavil at a few omissions on the part of any particular candidate, but to select such as were best calculated to produce the most public good.—(Cheers.) Now, among the can didates for the City, the first name that caught his eye was that of Russell.—(Cheers and hisses.) That was a name that was not only great in former, but in the present days. It should be recollected that Lord John Russell was a Reformer when it was a crime to be so. —(Cheers.) The electors ought not to be forgetful of the past services of any one; let them recollect that Lord J. Russell was the first who ventured to move the repeal of the Test and Corporatian Acts and when they saw him united with such men as Pattison, a thorough goingsome good ßadical ststuff ffßei Reformer, r h m i m. e r eh e they mighte s.) m there e himw was another trial, and if they found that he did not do his duty, then let them call upon him to resign.—(Cheers.) Would it not, he would ask, be much better to select those men as Members who were for some reform than those who were for no reform at all ?—(Cheers.) It was almost needless for him again to repeat his opinions with respect to taxation.—(Cheers, and cries of " No.") He was and ever had been of opinion that the income-tax ought to be abolished—(Cheers) — that a property-tax ought to be put on and continued to the end of time.—(Great cheering.) All taxes on the necessaries of life, in his opinion, ought to be taken off, especially the malt-tax, the tax on sugar, and the window-tax—(Cheers)—and the burden of taxation ought to be placed on the property of the kingdom.— (Great cheering.) They were now about to have a new Parliament, and he was glad to see that they had mad a radical beginning.—(Great cheers.) The last Parliament had done much good, but he hoped the new or e would do much more.—(Cheers.) He and his col leagues were the first Members who had had the honour of being returned to the Parliament of 1847, and he trusted the electors would ever find them grateful for it. —(Cheers.) He was sorry to see the apathy of the electors in many parts of the country, because he felt convinced that if that apathy were removed, many mea sures that had been introduced in the last Parliament would not have met the fate they did.—(Cheers.) Among many of the proposals to be introduced in the next Parliament would doubtless be one for the endowment of the Catholic priesthood of Ireland.—(Cries of " Shame.") He (Mr. (Wakley) was no bigot. He would as soon endow the Catholic as any body, but he was against all endowments, and he would caution any Minister against adopting any such course.— (Cheers.) He hoped the public opinion would be strongly pronounced during the present elections on the subject of endowments.—(Cheers.) The Honourable Member concluded a long and most excellent speech by thanking the electors for the honour they had done him, and assuring them that they would ever find him the same faithful servant to their cause and that of the people that he had been for so many years. The Hon. Gentleman retired amid loud and protracted cheering. Mr. ARMSTRONG, the chairman of Mr. Duncombe's committee, addressed the electors on behalf of that gentleman, regretting his absence and the cause of it. A vote of thanks, on the motion of Mr. WAKLEY, was unanimously agreed to to the returning officer, and the meeting then broke up. The result of this election is, that Mr. Duncombe and Mr. Wakley have the honour of being the first two Members in the new House of Commons of 1847. INSOLVENT COURT--(THIS DAY.) IN RE ROBERT BEAN THE YOUNGER. This insolvent whose case was noticed in The Evening Sun on the 7th instant, again appeared. He had been a stock and sharebroker at Hull, and was opposed on the part of Messrs. Al'sop and Son, and Mr. Cornish, share brokers in the same place. Two points of opposition — fraudulently contracting a debt and vexatiously defend ing an action--were urged against the insolvent, and eventually his case was adjourned for him to describe himself as a jobber in the funds. This morning on the insolvent appearing for judg ment, it was stated that the opposing creditors did not pray the judgment of the Court. Mr. Commissioner Pnitaapps told the insolvent that it was exceedingly well for him that no judgment was prayed. The case had occupied him a considerable time, and now that the opposition had been withdrawn, there was an end of it. " I will only tell you," added the Learned Commissioner, " and it may be a warning to you, that I had marked you for eight months imprisonment." The Attorney for the insolvent (Mr. Lewis) said the Court bad held that the opposition for fraudulently con tracting a debt could not be sustained because there had been no continuous dealings between the pa, ties. The insolvent was ordered to be discharged. The Hon. William Ashley left town yesterday for Bushy House, Bushy Park, the residence of her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) James V' Mahan ,vns Oared at the bar before Mr. Jardine, - charged with attempting to stab-several per sons in the strcets, and violently assaulting two police men. Policeman E 28, said that he saw the prisoner last night in Holborn, drunk, and brandishing a knife, mak ing several attempts to stab the passers by. Witness took him into custody. The prisoner resisted violently, and struck and kicked him several times. Policeman E 109 came to his assistance, and they at length suc ceeded in taking him to the station. Mr. JARDIN2 sentenced him to three weeks' inprison• meet. CHARGE OF FORGERY BY A CLERK IN SOMERSET- HousE.—Mr. William Gates, One of the clerks in the Property •tax department, Somerset-house, was charged with forging a receipt to an official document, passing in due course through his bands. The prisoner is a man of gentlemanly appearance and address, and is said to have filled his present office for some years. Mr. Hoggins appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantyne for the defence. Mr. Hoggins stated the case. The document which he held in his hand was, as ho would show in evidence, a warrant for the return of the sum of 1371. to Mr. Lawford, on behalf of the Drapers' Company, that sum having been paid by wa y o f income-tax, and they being by law exempt from that tax. At the end of the docu ment was a receipt for that sum, purporting to be signed by Mr. Lawford, on behalf of the company, which re ceipt would be proved to be a forgery. The document passed in due course through the prisoner's hand, and it was his .duty to pay th e mone y to Mr. Lawford. It would be proved that he had received the money for that purpose, and had not paid it. He was not prepared to complete the case to-day, and would therefore apply for a remand. Mr. Ballantine said that a remand would evidently be necessary, and as the prisoner had not had an oppor tunity of consulting his solicitor, it would, perhaps, be as well to remand the prisoner at once, without entering into the case, and hear the evidence complete at the next examination. DINE also agreed to it, b u t ta ki ng d own , Mr. Hoggins - Zsented to this course, and Mr. JAR form, the evidence of' one of the clerks in the same de partment with the priso ner , t h at h e had paid the money, as a matter of on the warrant and receipt produced, and that of Mr. Lawford, that the document purported to be an order for the repayment to him of the sum of 1371., " being the amount deducted from certain dividends described in a claim made by him (Mr. Lawford) on the 4th of January, 1847, as the property of the Drapers' Com pany, and as being exempt by the Property-tax Act from the property and income-tax." Mr. Lawford further stated that the receipt at the bottom of the document, purporting to be in his hand, was not so, and that he had not received the money. The prisoner was remanded by agreement to this day week. MARLBRU-STREET—(THIS DAY.) James Lunter, a well-known thief, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing from the Pantheon Bazaar, a gold pencilcase, value 125. 6d., the property of Mrs. Sophia Garnett. The complainant, who keeps a stall in the bazaar, stated that on the previous afternoon, about half-past five o'clock, the prisoner came to her stall and asked to look at some gold and silver pencilcases. She placed a large case full before itim, and turned away to attend to another customer. Whilst she was so engaged, she heard the prisoner rattling the pencilcases about, and on her looking round, saw him with a lot in his hand, which be was attempting to put in his pocket. She seized hold of his hand, and taxed him with attempting to rob her. He denied the assertion, and was about leaving the stall, when she detained him, and sent for the door-keeper, and gave him into custody. James Brown, doorkeeper at the Bazaar, proved re ceiving charge of the prisoner, and conveying him to the manager's-room, where he was searched, and the gold pencil case now-produced found in his pocket. The prisoner denied the robbery, and said he pur chased the pencil case at the Bazaar, but could not tell at which stall. Mr. HARDWICK committed him for trial. A batch of vagrants, men and women, were brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with being found sleep ing in Hyde-park. It appeared that in consequence of the numerous de predations that have lately taken place in the parks, the Commissioners of Woods and Forests issued in• structions to the park-keepers to take into custody all persons found in the parks before the usual hours of ad- Culwick, the o'clock,morning,cnas t ta f b o l u e r s,foun the prisoners sleeping min istptaecnte ad mittance. in oT t f h h e tihs plantations, park k and accordingly took them into custody : Being their first offence Mr. HARDWICI discharged them with a caution. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.--The proprietor of this very attractive place of public resort and amuse ment, Mr. Tyler, has this week increased the attractions by exhibiting, in an appropriate partof his grounds, a per fectfac simile representation of the house of Shakspeare at Stratford-upon-Avon. Those who have visited the native town of the bard will at once recognise the extreme fidelity with which the original has been copied, or rather repeated; and those who have had no oppor tunity of seeing the house itself may rest satisfied that ..... _ the copy is a true one, and affords a perfect notion of the original. It is not a scenic representation of Shaks- peare's house, nor a mere box of boards run up for the pur pose of a show, but an actual house built by measurement on theplan and of the dimensions of the house of the poet. The erection of this copy of a home so celebrated and so venerated, in a locality where all can see and examine it, deserves the public patronage for its spirit and its patriotism, and will no doubt be duly appreciated by the public. The minor details of this very interesting object are all preserved with accuracy, from sketches by Mr. Forrester, well known as Alfred Crowquill, who has performed his task con amore, and with something like sympathy with the recollections of genius. The proprietor of the gardens has offered the use of this house, in connexion with a fancy fair to be held for ob taining a sum of money for the purchase of the real house at Stratford-upon-Avon. The suggestion is a good one, and if carried into effect, will enable many persons to contribute to the fund proposed. FALL OF A BRIDGE.—On the evening of Thursday last the bridge in course of erection over the Tweed at Ashysteel fell with a tremendous crash into the water. The ruins of it now lie like a vast dam across the Tweed, with only a narrow outlet in the middle through which the water passes. The whole wooden framework supporting the arch was literally smashed to pieces. No individual saw the bridge fall, the workmen having al left it a short time before. Mr. John Smith, one of the architects, had just ex am i ne d it, and seen nothing wrong. The cause of the acc id ent i s no t properly ascertained. The arch, which w as 135 f ee t span, and constructed entirely of whinstone, was a double one; both arches were finished, and they were putting on the balancing. Some attributed the accident to the haunches or outer ends being overloaded, but this is mere conjecture. We understand Messrs. Smith have commenced active opera tions to have it rebuilt this season on the same gigantic scale as at first.—Border Watch. THE ROYAL VISIT TO SCOTLAND. —The following are the steam vessels which have been ordered to ren dezvous in Cowes Road s , f or the purpose of convo y in g the royal yacht, Victoria a nd Albert, on her voyage to Scotland with the Queen and Prince Albert on board:— The Black Eagle, the Garland, the Fairy, and the Un dine. No others have been named at present. MONEY MARKET.—The preniium on gold at Paris is 12 per milk , which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an that gold is 0.39 exchange of 25.45 ; and the exchange at Paris on Lou don at short being 25.35, it follows per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advises from Hamburgh the price of gold is 431 per mark, exchange of 13.8; which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per n t e t e o v e k e nefirn the doors , ounce for standard gold, gives an and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 81, it follows that gold is 0.15 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. DEATH FROM FALLING INTO A COAT P IT .— OR the body of John Badger, Rig , at the Infirmary, morning from having Higginbottom, aged twenty- . ~ On Monday an inquest watisvetaykeenarsb, eotofreGiTeandoimesass. S h e anday vious Wednesday prenight. appeared that, on Wednesday fallenFrem common, i t o h e o w a e h v c o i o d a d e l t a . - e p e d i e t o o i n t n night, the deceased, William Nutton, Samuel Ellis, and James Howson, were working at one of Mr. Rhodes's g d . rew At a aboutcorf out eleven o f theo'cl o'clock, pit, k, pits, at Woodthorpe colliery. The deceased was banks went to his work at half-past o N ae u e t , to a n e d saw w while e thi t n i f ere more, he ca whilem came. e He e ce k as n e e d lt man for the night, and t s N e u ve tt n on ec t l h oc e k en i g n i pit, Ellis, which wha i was a e eighty h b t e i- a yards r d i s f and landed it at the top 0 but went to pit, and • • the missing the de ceased,answeraskedheard it out u noise called _the .in il c tg, h , ali butor .. h _ the deceased had fallen pit. At the pe riod of the accident, Ellis was at the bottom of the near the fall, and he was just going to pull the pit, very out of the chair at the bottom of the pit, empty corf .at the shaft, when he heard a noise down a t the Sampson of and he tried to run out of the waY• The corf_ e came down first, and knocked his light out. James 11, called out with him at the bot tom of the pit, and so he out for him to come with his light. W h en Howson came, c, they saw the deceased lying at the bott om o f the ic, die almost unable to speak, and they expected he wo u ld immediately . It was sup posedthe deceased, after having that taken away the the empty full corf, b a d taken and - corf from th e sou th in stead of the north side, that in d o i ng t hi s he h a d fallen clown. The gearing was all go o d, an d t h ere was a good light burning in the fire-pan at the top of the pit. The deceased was an unmarried man, an d was perfectly so ber at the tim e. The deceased rea ched the infirmary at two o'clock on Thursday morning, but every attention was paid to him, he died at midnight on Sun- All y the witnesses w er e of opinion that hi s d ea th had . been purely accidental, and the jury tre urned a verdict of accidental death from falling into a coal-pit.— Sheffield Times. A splendid swimming race came off othis morning a t half-past ten, at the National Baths, Westminster bridge-road, for an elegant silver pencil-case, by Mor clan. The competitors were Master Thompson, J. K. Stevens, and Henderson, when, after a sharp contest, Stevens came in first. They were started by Captain Stevens. The late Samuel Housley, Es q ., of Gloucester terrace, Regent's Park, died possessed of personalty within the province of Canterbury, amounting to 70,0001., which, together with all his freehold and copy hold estates, and all other property, he leaves to his wife, providing an annuity fur his brother Francis, also a pecuniary legacy to his brother Thomas, and fifty pounds to each of his executors. He executed his will in 1841 with three codicils, and died on the 9th of June last. GOODWOOD RACES. TUESDAY. The Craven Stakes of 10, sovs. ,•=ll, with 50 L(13(11; • three-yrs old, 7st ; four, 84 41b ; five, Bst 10lb ; six and aged, Bst 121 b. One mile and three quarters. (3 Subs.) .• Mostyn's Wilderness, 4 yrs (Nat) 1 Duke of Richmond's Outpost, 3 :;rs 2 Mr. Frost's Ziska, 3 yrs Betting-6 to 4on Wilderness, and 7to 4 agst Ziska. After running about 200 yards Zska took the lead, which he maintained at a wretched pace to the turn, when he bolted. The race between the two Goodwood -nags was a holl - ow thing, the mare,.winning easily by half a length - . Run in 2 min.-37 sec: The Gratwicke Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for three years old; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 51b. Th e se ___ Cond to receive 200 sovs. out of the stakes, and the third to save his stake. Mile and a half. (50 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Red Hart: (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Payne's Clementina 2 Sir R. bulkeley's Montpensier Duke of Richmond's Halo .„ . Betting-2 to lon Red Hart, and sto 1 agst Clemen tina. Red Hart made all the running, and won in a canter by two lengths. Run in 2 min. 47 sec. The Lavant Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 30 ft, for two years old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; the winner of the Chesterfield Stakes or July Stakes, or any two year old stake at Ascot, to carry slb extra. The second to save his stake. Half a mile. (14 Subs ) Duke of Richmond's Nectar, Bst 31b (F. Butler) 1 Lord Eglinton's De Witt, Bst 71b Lord kieter's Tippet, Bst 3lb The following. also started, but were not placed:— Mr. Mostyn's The Lady Augusta 0 Mr. H. T. Worley's Caversham 0 Betting-2 to lon the Lady Augusta, with whom the stable declared to win. Caversham and Lady Augusta went off in company, and jointly cut out the work, until within half a distance of home; De Witt and Nectar then showed in advance, the horse leading, and to all appearance winning; he cut it, however, a few yards from home, and was beaten by a neck. Tippet a bad third. Run in 53 sec. Sweepstakes of 300 Sovs. each, h ft; for 4 yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b; the second to save his stake. Queen's Plate Course, about three miles five furlongs. (17 Subs.) Mr. Mostyn's Ennui (Nat) 1 Mr. Bowers's Mowerina Lord Exeter's St. Demetri The following also started, but were not placed:— Col. Anson's Martext Mr. A. Johnstone's Fair Helen Betting-6 to 4 agst Mowerina, 3to 1 agst Fair Helen (taken freely), 7 to 2 agst St. Demetri, 4 to 1 agst Ennui. Fair Helen cantered in advance for about half a-mile, and was then passed by Mowerina, who went on with the running at bad pace to the Craven starting post, where she mended the speed, and came round the hill with a lead of nearly four lengths; Fair Helen and Martext were beaten before they reached the turn home, and St. Demetri took the second place, which he held to the distance; he was then passed by Ennui, who imme diately after took the lead from Mowerina, kept it, and won easily by three lengths. Run in 7 min. 45 sec. The Ham Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for two-year old colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b. The second to receive 200 sovs. out of the stakes. T.Y.C. (43 Subs.) Mr. Mostyn's Surplice (Nat) 1 Mr. Dawson's Liston Mr. John Day's Anglia Lord Chesterfield's b f by Don John Colonel Anson's Contessa Lord Eglinton's Astrma Betting-7 to 4on Surplice, 7to 2 agst Liston, and 9 to 2 agst Anglia. The race was never in doubt, Sur plice taking the lead, making strong running from end to end, and winning in a canter by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 20 sec. 20 to 1 was taken about Surplice for the Derby before the race, and only 10 to 1 offered af terwards. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added. One mile. (15 Subs.) Mr. W. Russell's Campanile, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (S. Mann) 1 Mr. Irwin's Patriot, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b Mr. Gully's Clarendon, 3 yrs. 6st 91b The following also started, but were not placed:— Mr. Gratwicke's The Flitch, 4 yrs, 7st 71b Mr. Rolt's Bravissimo, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b Mr. J. King's Ridiculus Mus, 5 yrs, Est 9lb 0 Duke of Richmond's Pell-mell, 3 yrs 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Patriot, 3to 1 agst Pell-mell, 5 to 1 agst Campanile, 5 to 1 agst Brlvissimo, and 5 to 1 agst Ridiculus Mus. The Flitch jumped off with the lead, but was deprived of it in a few strides by Campa nile, who made the running to the end, and won by half a length, Clarendon a bad third. Run in 1 min. 53 sec. The Drawing-Room Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with a bonus by a subscription of 10 soya. each; for three-yrs-old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b. The second to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 25 soya. to the judge. D.R.S.C. (29 Subs. to the stakes, and 18 to the bonus.) Mr. Gully's Mathematician.-- (A. Day) 1 Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Montpensier 2 Mr. Mostyn's Archness . Duke of Richmond's Pell-mell Betting-6 to 4 agst Mathematician, 7to 4 agst Mont pensier, and sto 2 agst Archness. Archness, who was very restive at the post, jumped of with the lead, but was immediately passed by Mathematician, who made the running to the end, and won very easy by four lengths. Run in 2 pin. 3 see_ The GoodwoOd Club Stakes of 10 sovs. each, to be ridden by members of the Goodwood Club. Craven Stakes Course. (10 Subs.) Mr. Mostyn's Camera Obscura, 4 yrs...(Capt. Pettit) 1 Count Batthyany's Master Stepney, 5 yrs (Owner) 2 Mr. Gratwicke's Lady Cecilia, 4 yrs (Capt. Williams) 3 Lord Stradbrnke's Crown Prince, 4 yrs (Owner) 4 Mr. Osbaldeston's Cerberus, 4 yrs (Owner) 5 Betting—Even on Camera Obscura, who made all the running, and won easy by two lengths. Run in 2 min. 23 sec. The Innkeepers' Plate of 50 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each; two-year-olds, sst 71b; three, 7st 91b; four, Bst 41b; five, Bst 111 b; six and aged 9st. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. (13 Subs) Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland, 5 yrs (Sly) 1 Mr C. Rayner's b f by the Nob 3 yrs Mr Osbaldeston's f by Lanercost, 2 yrs The following also started :—Mr. Dinkald's Lebanon, 4 yrs (Ford); Mr. Gratwicke's b f The Queen, 3 yrs (Nat); Mr. Mostyn's Daughter of Toscar, 2 yrs (Treen jun.); Mr. O'Brien's George Barnwell, 3 yrs (Duncan); Sir J. B. Mills's Black Doe, 2 yrs (Donaldson); Captain Delme's Silver Eel, 3 yrs (S. Mann); Mr. Ellice's Draco, 4 yrs (W. Abdale); Mr. G. Hobson's Binnacle, 4 yrs (Crouch). Won by half a length; Mr. Osbaldeston's colt a bad third. Run in 1 min 21 sec. For the reasons given in our last, we are under the necessity of making but a brief return of the first day's racing. As we anticipated, although the weather was favourable in the extreme, the company was not by any means numerous, the fields were small, and the betting on a very limited scale. The sport was ample; but owing to the great superiority of the Goodwood horses, which carried off no less than five races in succession, including, with one exception, every stake worth win ning, tailed to produce any contest of ordinary severity. The betting on the great event for the second day con tinues extremely flat, and there is every probability of the field being small, fifteen or sixteen at, the outside. The following were the average prices when we left the course : GOODWOOD 4 to 1 agst Lothario 80 to 1 agst Plover 8 to 1 agst Miss Elis 10 to 1 agst Hydrangea STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Milliner 20 to 1 agst Punch 25 to 1 agst Resolution GOODWO 2 to 1 agst The H, )D CUP. To (taken freely). AQUATICS. ETON AND WESTMINSTER BOAT RACE. ____ _ This ver)interesti7gi;eni,wlah creates much inte rest in the aquatic circles, will take place on Thursday next. The crews are as follow : ETON. 'WESTMINSTER. W. L. BagBhawe, stroke W. R. Barker, stroke 7. A. R. Thompson 7. C. W. Seward 6. H. T. Miller 6. H. V. Williams 5. L de Rutzen 5. I'. M. Robertson 4. C. H. Miller 4. W. M. Parratt 3. 11. H. Tremayne 3. N. R. Smart 2. G. 11. Holsden 2. J. Goodrich 1. A. Baillie 1. J. H. Armistead J. Greenwood. steerer. R. Burton, steerer The course selected is from Barker's rails, Mortlake, down to Putney-bridge, and the race will take place about six in the evening. The Etonians have nearly the advantage of a stone or more in weight over their opponents. Both crews have been in very active train ing for some time past, and appear in first-rate condition, and a first-rate contest is expected. DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE. The following young watermen will contend, on Mon day, the 2d of August, for Doggett's Coat and Badge, and the second and third prizes of 41. 7s. 6d., and 2/.125. 6d., the interest on 2001. South Sea Stock, the gift of the late Sir W. Jolliffe: John Henry Knox Old Barge House. Richard James Mee Greenwich. John Robert Devoy William Henry Ellis Westminster. Thomas John Williamson Tower Quay. William Perry The start will take place at half-past five in the evening. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—CoIoneI F. Campbell, who commanded the Royal Artillery during the la st . nine years in Canada, and recently ret urned to Wool wich , has been appointed Director of th e Ro y al Military Repository at Woolwich, and Inspector of Drills in that department vice Colonel Rudyerd, deceased. FATAL ACCIDENT. Yesterday morning, about eleven o'clock, a youth n amed John _Harvey, residing in Smith's•court, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket, was passing through the narrow part of Little Pulteney street, Golden-square, when be was seized with a it of e i t l s e an ns. epilepsy, to which he was sub j ect, and fell under a h eavi ly laden waggon, the broad wheel of which p assed ,an awaits over the lower part of his face and neck, which it com pletely flattened, forc in g the e y es from their sockets. The poor fellow, wh ose death must have been instants neo us, was conveyed b y the p olice on a shutter to th e woArkhcouosseminy P s o b lan li d ut - s s tr z e . e_t, O w n her T e h th u e rsd b a o y dy , inquest,. burgh gentleman , yielding to the heat of the weather, sat down on the green, and quietly re signed • himself to sleep. How long he enjoyed his nap we know not ; but this much i s certain, that when he awoke he found him self minus one of his coat pockets , whi ch car ried off, along with the contents, .had been notes.—Gla•sgow Argus. alnOWltUli; to 151. in CRICKET. MATCH IN HONOUR OF A. MYNN, ESQ. KENT V. ENGLAND. The match was resumed, and terminated yesterday afternoon in favour of Kent by seven wickets. The fol lowing was the score at the close:— ENGLAND. Clarke, run out _....._...._..._. . 32 s Dorrinton, b Hillyer 2 D2ar!, b Mynn 3 b E 9 illyer ...... ........ 13 A. Haygartli, Esq., b Mynn 5 Ibw, b lllflyer A. M. Hoare, Esq., run ou t 13 c Mynn, b biller Guy, b Mynn Box, b Myna ... 6 c Bayley, b Hillyer ...... .. 3 0. C. Pell, Esq., not out... 4 b Martingell B. T. Ring, Eiq , b Mvnn... 0 c Mynn, b Hillyer Day, c Dorrinton, b liillyer 0 b Mynn . . 1 H. Fellows, Esq., b Mynn 3 run out 6 G. Yonge, Esq., b Mynn... 0 not out lO Byes, 10; wide, 1 ......... 11 Byes, 9; wide, 4; no ball, 2 82 94 BENT. Adams, c Bing p Clarke... 19 run out lB W. Pilch, b Clarke ...... ... 0 b Fe110w5....,,,,,,,, Martingell, b Clarke Pilch, b Fellows .N. Felix, Esq., r un out ................ ... 14 Wenman,cHaygarth,bClarke 9 Dorrinton, b Fellows A. Mynn,Esq.,s Box,bClarke 48 not out Martin, b Yonge l2 L. H. Bayley, Esq., run out 0 Hillyer, not out 5 Byes, 8 115 62 The Public Schools matches commence this morning. RETIRING MEMBERS OF PAR- LIAMEN T. The following Members do not present themselves again at the general election:— Mr. Etwall Lord William Paget . 1 Andover Captain Hamilton Mr. F. Hodgson Sir William Fielden Mr. Ainsworth Mr. John Brownrigg Boston Mr. Hardy Lord Charles Russell Bedfordshire Sir J. W. Hogg Sir Cornwall Legh North Cheshire Sir William L. Young Mr. Tower 1 Bucks Lord Charles Fitzroy Bury St. Edmunds Mr. Rashleigh East Cornwall Hon. Henry T. Howard Cricklade Mr. Wm. James East Cumberland Mr. S. Irton West Cumberland Sir John Rae Reid . Dover Hon. Henry T. Liddell Mr. Bowes Mr. George Palmer South Essex Mr. Peter Borthwick Evesham Mr. T. Sheppard Frome Mr. E. Protheroe Halifax Mr. Kedgwin Hoskins 1 Herefordshire Mr. Baskerville Mr. Pulsford .. 1 Hereford City Sir Robert Price........ .... lion. Dudley Ryder Mr. T. P. Halsey 1 Hertfordshire Mr. F. A. M.`Geachy.... . Mr. Hurst Horsham Colonel Peel Mr. Stewart Marjoribanks Hythe Mr. Sackville Lane Fox lpswich Hon. W. A'Court Holmes lsle of Wight Mr. Warburton Mr. W. C. James Mr. Andrew Lawson 1 Knaresborough Mr. Ferrand Mr. George Marton Lancaster Mr. Aldam Mr. Wynn Ellis Mr. C. Tumor South Lincoln Sir Howard Douglas Mr. Lyall City of London Mr. James Ackers Ludlow Mr. Hussey Lyme Regis Mr. A. J. B. Hope Maidstone Mr. Mark Philips Mr. Renn Hampden Sir Charles Napier; Marylebone Mr. Hodgson Hiude Mr. Buckley 1 Newcastle-under.Lyne Mr. Colquhoun Mr. Bodkin Mr. Henry Marsland Mr. Jesse Watts Russell North Staffordshire Mr. Antrobus } East Surrey Mr. Kemble Mr. Trotter West Surrey Captain Edw. H. A'Court Tamworth Mr. Wm. Dowdeswell Mr. Mitcalfe Tynemouth Hon. W. S. Lascelles Wakefield Mr. R. Scott Walsall Mr. J. I. Blackburne Sir Ralph Lopez Westbury Mr. Temple Leader Westminster Mr. Aaron Chapman Mr. Matthias Attwood Mr. Neville .... . Windsor Lord Alfred Churchill Mr. JosEph Bailey 1 Worcester Sir Denis Le Marchant Mr. J. A. Taylor West Worcestershire Mr. F. W. Knight Mr. Rumbold Yarmouth Mr. Lowther Mr. W. J. Hamilton Mr. W. L. W. Chute West Norfolk Mr. Cresswell North Northumberland Mr. Benjamin Smith Norwich General Johnson Oldham Air. Es tcourt Mr. Maclean Hon. H. C. W. Vivian 1 Falmouth. Captain Plumridge Sir Robert Heron Mr. Gill Lord Pollington Pontefract Sir P. H. Fleetwood Lord Eastnor Mr. Harcourt Vernon Hon. J. C. Dundas Richmond Sir George Cockburn Ripon Mr. George Finch Mr. J. H. Campbell ... Salisbury Sir E. T. Trowbridge 1 Sandwich Mr. Hamilton Lindsay Sir Frederick Trench Scarborough Mr. T. Dyke Acland 1 West Somerset Mr. F. H. Dickinson Mr. F. Paget Colonel Thomas Wood Brecknockshire Sir C. Morgan.. Brecon Mr. T. Mainwaring Sir R. Glynne .. Flintshire Sir R. B. Philipps .. Haverfordwest Mr. R. Price Mr. Bannerman Sir H. Campbell Berwickshire Mr. Hope Johnstone Captain Wemyss Fifeshire Mr. James Oswald Glasgow Mr. W. Bair.e Sir Thomas Hepburn Haddingtonshire Mr. Balfour Haddington Mr. James Morrison Mr. William Baillie Mr. Thomas Mackenzie Ross shire Lord Dalmeny Stirling Lord Acheson .Armagh Mr. Ross (Qu.) Mr. Peter Kirk Mr. David Ker Mr. D. O'Connell Mr. Hewitt Bridgman Hon. William Browne Mr. Smithwick Mr. More O'Ferrall Lord Clements Mr. Samuel White 1 Leitrim Mr. James Kelly Captain Meynell Lisburn Mr. Henry White Mr. Evelyn Shirley Sir Charles Coote Hon. Captain Gore New Ross Mr. Chapman .. } Westmeath Mr. H. M. Tuite Captain Hatton Sir T. Esmonde Wexford Borough. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen of Portugal has been graciously pleased to raise Baron de Moncorvo, her Minister at this Court, to the dignity of Viscount of the same title of Torre de Moncorvo. left town ye sterda y, The Hon. William Ashley for Bushy House, Bushy Park, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager• es terday at the Colonial- Dispatches w ere received y office from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. Dispatches were also received from the Governor of Gibraltar yesterday. TffE ROCIIFSTEIt lizitorNE.—We have much pleasure i n s tating that a subscription; has been ope ne d in order to reward the noble act of heroism mentioned last, performed by a young orphan g i r l, named in our rs, in rescuing the infant child of her master, Lieutenant Tucker, from the bottom of a well. In our account of this heroic act we scarcely did justice to it. Th e girl missing the infant, which was only ten months old, ran to the well, and saw it at the bottom, a depth of 63 feet. Without a moment's hesitation she gently let down the bucket, and then descended by the rope, which was very old and only fit to draw up three or four gallons of water, lacerating her hands in a dreadful manner. Having rescued the child from the water, she placed it in the bucket, and some neighbours having arrived they pulled it up, but the girl would not be persuaded to leave the bottom of the well, where she was standing in thr ee __ e feet of wat er , un til assured that the ch ild was a live. Th promptitud e an d p resence o f m i n d s h e d is played, com bined with her ignorance of the depth of water, the in secure state of the rope, and the small circu the well, render this an act of true h er oism. "quite incapable of f T e le e n c fl e e s o h f is literally torn from her hands, doing anything, and doubts are e s on h f t e e t r i h s t e ai oi n . ed tr wh o e d t e h r e r th s e h se e will ever fully recover the use e 0 r eward the poor girl is circumstances, a subscrip tion highly desirable, and a n_e r a a r is n i e n s g t a ap st e m al t i o s b m e a 4 e pl t i o e d th to e benevolent in the hope of her use. Mrs. Tucker s she has been living in her house for six years andsaY.half. She is an orphan, and was brought over from Rio de Janeiro by Mr. and Mrs. 1. Tucker. She was born in London.--Maidstone Gazette. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a court was held for the dispatch of business. TUE PRIVILEGES OF TAE TWO COURTS. Alderman WILSON sold the Court was aware that copies of the report of the committee of the Court of Common Council, and the draft cf a Bill in reference to certain standing orders of the Court of Mayor, Alder men, and Commons in Common Council assembled, had been transmitted to its members. The report stated that it was referred to prepare a Bill to insure the due obser vance of the standing orders with respect to the Court of Aldermen drawing upon the Chamber for the pay ment of pensions and otherwise, and certified that the solicitor had laid before them the* draft of such Bill, which was approved of by the Court of Common Coun cil. The Bill went to prevent the Chamberlain from paying any sum above 1001. drawn by the Court of Alder men without the previous consent of the Court of Com mon Council. Its clauses stated that, after the passing of the Act, it would not be lawful for any court, or any individual, or any committee, to undertake any extra ordinary work which may incur expense, &c., until the expense shall have been first submitted to the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee; that no court, individual, or committee, shall disburse any sum exceeding 1001. out of the Chamber of London until the Court of Common Coun cil shall have been first consulted and their assent given; and that the Chamberlain shall not pay any warrant for any sum exceeding 1001. without such consent. He did not believe that such a Bill would be at all agreed to by the Court of Common Council, for it was illegal, and in direct opposition to a report agreed to some time ago, which certified that the Court of Aldermen had been always in the habit of drawing large sums of money for the disbursement of certain expenses necessarily in curred.—(Hear, hear.) Now, if the Chamberlain re fused to pay the amount of contracts entered into by the Court of Aldermen, the law-suits which must inevitably arise would inflict a most exorbitant expense upon the City. What, too, would be the result of refusing to dis charge the expenses incurred by the trials at the Cen tral Criminal Court —expenses invariably ordered by the Court of Aldermen to be defrayed by the Chamber lain ? The inconvenience and embarrassment which would attend any hesitation upon the subject would be felt grievously by the public.—(Hear.) In proposing a resolution upon the subject, he did not by any means wish it to be thought that he meant the least slight or disrespect to the other Court. His object was to secure both Courts from the chance of disagreement in conse quence of mistake or misapprehension, such as had occurred upon a former occasion. —(Hear, hear.) Alder man Wilson then moved the following resolution:— " That this Court having considered the draft of the Bill, entitled ' A Bill for giving effect to certain Stand ing Orders of the Court of Mayor, Alderman, and Commons, in Common Council assembled,' accompany ing a report of the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee, presented to the Court of Common Council on the 15th day of July, and ordered to be printed and a copy sent to every member,—resolved, that it does appear to this Court, that the said Bill is an unlawful Bill, and if passed into a law would most injuriously interfere with the rights and privileges of this Court." Alderman H. HUGHES seconded the resolution, as giving an intimation to the other Court that such a course as that recommended was fraught with evil, ille gal, and calculated to produce inconveniences of every kind.—(Hear, hear.) It was monstrous to suppose that magistrates should have no control beyond the extent of 1001. in matters on which they could alone exercise au thority, without the interference of other parties, and it was with regret he saw that any body of his fellow citizens assumed, or pretended to assume, that they could act on occasions of the kind. He was wholly at a loss to suppose how such a thing could have entered into the imagination of anybody. He believed that the step proposed by Alderman Wilson would put an end to such an erroneous estimate of the power of those who had no sort of right to interfere. At all events, the Court of Alderman would show, if the measure were persevered in, that they would not give the slightest degree of sanction to it.—(Hear, hear.) Sir P. LAURIE was of opinion that it would have been much more dignified in those who objected to the report and the Bill to have attended the Court of Common Council, and to have there stated their objections. They had all a right to sit in the Court of Common Council, and if they did not think proper to join in the discussions there, of w hat value or use were their seats?—(Hear.) He sincerely wished that his brethren, instead of uttering their condemnation in their own Court, had taken the trouble to answer the arguments in favour of the report in the Court in which that Bill originated. For his part, he would, on the day appointed for the first reading of the Bill, attend in his place and deliver his opinion with out disguise or circumlocution. Alderman H. HUGHES said, the Court of Aldermen was the proper arena of the Aldermen, who were sworn to the proper performance of their duties; and surely the protection of their privileges was one of those duties. Alderman Wnsow said, he would have gladly attended if he had known the day appointed for the consideration of the report. He should most certainly attend if the Bill should be brought up to be read, and state his objections to it. Alderman CHALLIS approved of the manner in which Alderman Wilson had brought forward the subject, and said that if such a tone wero generally adopted in the allusions to the acts of the other Court there would be but very inconsiderable divisions between the branches of the Corporation. He thought the observations of Sir P. Laurie were out of place. It surely was the duty of the Court to notice within its own precincts the attacks made or meditated against its own privileges.—(Hear.) The RECORDER (having been called upon) said there was no doubt as to the illegality of the clauses to which Alderman Wilson had alluded.—(Hear, hear.) There was a standing order of the Court of Common Council that, in all cases relating to City affairs, where it might be necessary to take the opinion of counsel, the Re corder and Common Sergeant should be advised with. Now, there could be no question as to the necessity of taking the opinion of counsel previously to the adoption of such a Bill, and he and the Common Sergeant would, if they had been consulted, have declared that the words were entirely illegal, and that anybody yielding obe dience to the directions contained in them would be liable to an indictment.—(Hear, hear.) If the Chamber. lain refused to pay an ord er o f th e mag i s t ra t es f or th e various expenses of the Central Criminal Court, that officer would certainly be indictable. The resolution proposed by Alderman Wilson was the most respectful mode of intimating to the other Court the opinion en tertained by the Court of Aldermen of the clauses of the Bill, which every one who knew anything at all of the Corporation of London must know were illegal. Sir P. LAURlE—Suppose the people had greater con fidence in other lawyers than in their own, and, unlike the Medes and Persians, had an idea of the fallibility of their own authorities ; were they obliged to ask advice of which they thought but little ? The RECORDER—It does not appear that any . lawyer has been consulted in this matter at all. There is not a man in Westminster-hall who knows anything at all of the City that would not at once admit the illegality of the clauses. The resolution was then agreed to. NEWGATE MARKET NUISANCE. Mr. MORGAN, the foreman of the inquest of Farring don Within ward, appeared with a presentment of a most intolerable nuisance, arising from the slaughter of cattle in Warwick-lane, Newgate-street. The document argued powerfully in favour of sanitary reform. It was signed by a great number of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, and stated that the jury had been con stautly presenting the abomination since the year 1844; that the animals were frequently . stowed away in a cellar, where 20, 30, and 40 remained together in the most sultry weather; that the blood and filth in the cellar reached the knees of those who visited it, and th a t increase instead of diminution took place daily in it, notwithstanding all that had been said and written upon the subject. The members of the Court were un a nimous in ex pressing the opinion that the nuisance should be in stantly abated, and the matter was referred to the Alderman of the ward to be carried into execution, with the assistance of the City Solicitor.—Adjourned. HER MAJETYS THEATRE.—Th Fortescue and last evening occupied by the Countesse_ Dowag er by Lady party; that of her Majesty the_Qu Quem oy ~ The Queen's box was d Mr. Stewart Wharncliffe, Mr. Erskine, 1 the Duke of Wellington, t Wortley Mackenzie and party-.riiseTehLeroeuiswiveraepporleeosnen, t--his Rose Somerset, Mademoiselle Marquis of Donegal, the Baron Marquis of Huntley, t he Excellency the Duke d e Bo;l:er,.the Duke of Leeds, the Baron Nicolay, the Count Earl of Munster, the Viscountess and Baroness de Ni h e e um Canonut7ddl'elißssaßrkces, and the Hon. Miss Irvine, the Prince Dungannon, Baron de Krudener, the Count de Bevel, Troubetakoi,. Oigar de Lechner, the a Count Demitri Apraxin, M. C. de Roudriaffsky, Lady Georgians Codrington, Lord Ward, Lady Willoughby D'Eresby, Lady Tyrr whit, Lady Lawley, the Count de Berne, M. Cotta, Captain Soloozon, Sir George Womb well, Sir Thomas Gage, the Hon. Mrs. Gage, Major Gage, Mr. Erskine, Mr. Lloyd, General the Hon. A. P Upton, Colonel Nleyrick, and Major Buckley. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.-011 Tuesday evening, among the visitors pr e sent were, the Duke and D uc h ess de Palmella and the Marquis de Souza, Prince and Princess Tchernicheff and the Count Kadrouffsky, Prince Louis Napoleon, Count and Countess de Jarnac, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, the Duchess Dowager of Bedford, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, the Marquis of Westmeath, the Miss Mar quis Glengall, the Young, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Cle n m d entina Villiers, Countess Paulett, the Countess o f e Earl of Car- Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Munster, th Viscountess Viscount Cantalupe, Viscount s and_ Count Ange do Guer digan, the Earl of Lichfield, Earl Bruce, Earl Compton, Castle reagh, Count Louis de Nol onn t ge Dupplill, Viscount Ossul countess Newport, rp Visc o unt Viscount Chelsea and the nezac, Count de Bathe, V illocentess Glentworth, Vis ston, Viscount Temple town, Cadogan, Lord' Id Lady Fitzroy Somerset and Lady Augusta Baring, Lord Vivian, and Lady Sondes, the Misses Somerset, Lord and Lady Carrington, Lord Augusta P It Lady Sffild Lady Blanche Somerset, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lady Lord Forester, Lady ow e t, u e , Bruce,krand;stLord William Graham, Baron do Guer- neser, Hon. V. L. Bathurst, Hon. Miss Foley, Hon. F. Byng, llon. Mr. Upton, Hon. A. Ramsay, Sir John H. Lowther, M.P., General Sir Andrew F. Barnard, Major- General Campbell, Sir William de Bathe, Sir Charles Kent, Sir Alexander and Lady Spearman, Sir Jasper and Lady Atkinson, Sir Charles Marshall, Lady Scott and Mr. Claude E. Scott, Sir Henry Webb, Mr. C. P. Leslie, M.P., Mr. Charles Hindley, M.P., Sir John Strachan, Sir Michael Shaw Stuart, Mr. E. Davis Pro-. theroe, M.P. DEATH OF TUE HON. AND REV. G. SPENCER.--We regret to learn that accounts have been received of Mr. Spencer's death, from fever, caught in the discharge of his duties as a priest. The deceased was brother to the present as well as to the late Earl Spencer and was in his forty•eighth year. ion of el*- the ,bes ter, iOn S bs ll Bol t vets• fore oP er ; Jog" ,s le 50y , joiov v . to . ot io:i a, el bo t le endued„ 00 f ore,. Iti'" i e or