The Sun. — London, England, 1840-06-23 00:00:00

EVENING EDIT] ON. THE NEWSPAPER PRESS BENE•- VOLENT ASSOCIATION. The following is x more detailed report of the proceedings of this interesting society than we had room for yesterday. The third Anniv.erarry dinner of the Newspaper Press Benevo leut Association was held on Saturday, at the London Tavern, Bishopsglte-,tree;, The most Noble the Margnis of Normanby in Ilbe Chair. The Noble Marquis was supported by the following distingui s h e d plaits and munificent patrons of the Society :—Lord Nugent, A. I- Shell, Esq., )1.P., Charles Handley, Iqq., M.P., M. D. Hill, Beg., Q. T. M. Gibson, Esq , Sir J. S. Lillie, Sir J. M. Doyle, the Hon. T. Denman, P. W. Banks, Esq., John Anderson, Esq., (the founder,) B. Bond Cabbeil, Esq., Dr. Sheridan, Henry Col born, Esq., D. W. Wire, Esq , Lieut.-Colonel Yorke, .1. Tyas, Esq., T. Thornton, Esq., H. Lancaster (Governor of the Incorpo. rated Society of Licensed Victuallers,) J. F. Blake, Esq., &c. In the course of the evening, Mr. Knox, the Honorary Secre. Lary, read a great number of letters received from noblemen and gentlemen expressive of their regret at being prevented by previous bogacements and other causes Irons attending the dinner, and in closing eontributious of various amounts:—The Duke of Nor. thunsberland much regretted that the ,tato of his health would nut allow him to attend. The Duke of Buckingham and Chandcs was extremely sorry teat a previous engagement prevented his attend ance. The Earl of Liverpool forwarded his donation with a expression of regret. Lord Strangford's contribu tion was accompanied with his Lordship's best wishes fur the permanence and prosperity of the Association. The Bishop of Exeter expressed himself in equally kind terms. The Bishop of Durham was obliged to attend a public fun) er at Southampton, at the express desire of the Duke of Sussex. Lard Lyndhurst's state of health would not allow him to be present. And letters with liberal subscriptions, were also re- celved trona Mr Frederick Pollock, Sir NI. A. Shee, Sir H. Halford Sir Robert Inglis, Sir Jahn Campbell (Attorney-General), Sir W Follett, Sir Llesketh Fleetwood, Sir John Dodson, Mr. Justice "EYskine, T. N. Talfourd, Esq., M.P., , Nolverley Attwaod, Esq., M.P.. W. Smith O'Brien, Esq., M.P., Henry Keinble, E:sq„ M.P., EL G. ward, Esq., M.P., John Easthope, iiisq., M.P., More O'Farall, Esq. , M.l'., Alderman Harmer, Alderman Thomas Jen.son, John Murray, Esq., Horace Twiss, Esq., &c. &c. Tho general company consisted of upwards of two hundred anJ Fji•irty parsons, including a great number of ladies, whose presence , . at the-t - Fsllive beard gay* a charm and grace to the entertainment, rtoserby and attraction of which was felt and appreciated by the Tab* etkairrnan and the guests by whom he was surrounded. The ihtrnditt•wea of the ladies to the participation of the dinner, in rof retegatfng them to the gallery, is an innovation on Eng oastotas peculiar to this Association, and so completely base the anti pations of those who adventured on the perilous olvearrinent been realised, that we doubt not the precedent fliia foulausly set will, ere long, be universally followed so *mina public, occasions. Why should it not ? The stakiliedlt prejudices must give way to the kindlier influences of our couture, and casters itself cannot retain a permanent sway when it • " • - ' • lr found to be antagonistic to the genial impul6es of the heart. We feel, indeed, as if we were almost guilty of an offence in adopting ahL apAoyetio strain while speaking of that fairer portion of God's warll - wh; ter ever throw a glow of light and loveliness over and around every scene where their presence is. We would fain re- • detvti our past neglect, by at once securing to ourselves a newly. aeldtel pleasure, anal doing to fair woman justice. We can. not sneak too highly of the excellent catering for the grafi - ' • ' tioaties of the palate by the proprietors of this establish- went. There was a profusion of everything served up, both in fuglish and Frigich styles, and the wines were of the most choice and recherche description. But the great treat, without any exe s vtion, of the evening, was the musical entertainment—a fea ture almost peculiar to the anniversary festival of this Association. This SocieCy 13 enabled, by the gratuitous services of the most m i ien t f o reign and native artistes, promptly and spontaneously proffered, to boast of an array of vocal talent at their annual mus. terings surpassing all other periodical celebrations of the like de. scription. This department was under the able and effective direcs. *inn of Mr. T. Cooke, assisted by Mr. Kiallmark, who on sery blunt natice handsowely tendered his services. The exertions of these gentlemen were most zealously aided by the talents of Signora Toil, Sig. Rnbini, Sig. F. Lablache, and Sig. Coletti, of the Italian Opera, whose desire to promota the object of this Institution was stkeerfUlly sessondisi by M. Laporte. rhe valuable assistance of the teitowisig well known names gave additional zest to the evening's entertainment :—Madame Dorus Gras, Mrs. Fiddes (late Miss H. Corse), Miss M. B. Hawso,Miss Rainforth, Misses Williams; m esi , 7 3, Atkins, Chapman, Collyer, Harrison, Hawes, Hawkins, Morgan, and two young Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal. The cloth }axing been removed, " Benetlictus" was chaunted as pace. The NOBLE Cirs.fxYAN then rose and proposed the first toast, which he prefaced thus :---The first toast which I have the honour to propose is one which under ordinary circumstances could require no preface, but I cannot entirCly forget the day on which we are assembled—(Cheers)—and that it is the anniversary of an event which must be a source of joy and gladness to all her Majesty's subjects.--;Cheers.) And while you lift the glasses to your lips in responding to this toast, I feel also sure that you will not forget— without making any very lengthened retrospect—what pecu_ liar sause of thankfulness we have, that this day is indeed one of unexampled rejoicing.—Enthusiastic cheers.) I propose to you " Her Most Gsacious Majesty the Queen." The toast was received ansi drunk with demonstrations of feeling more earnest and intense than a sentiment of the most ardent loyalty alone could prompt. It spoke the warm affection of the heart towards her who, by many circumstances, has been peculiarly endeared to her people. " God save the Queen," first verse, Mrs. Fiddes ; second, Miss N. B. Hawes; third, _Miss Rainforth ; and the following additional verse by Mr. T. Cooke, which was originally written by Sheridan, on the occasion of the providential escape of George the Third from the assassin's fell design : " From ev'ry latont foe— From the assassin's blow— God save the Queen O'er her thine arm extend, From ev'ry ill defend— Our safeguard—Prince and friand, God save the Queen:" The CRAIIIMAN.—i will now propose to )ou the health of an an illustrious Prince, wilich all those who desire the happiness of and wish hoalth to their Sovereign cannot refuse to drink.—(Cheers.) tits Royal Highness, during the short time he has been amongst has won the good opinion of all, and has show► himself to be well wertlay of the high lot which a well.placed affection has as. signed to him.—(Cheers.) "The health of his Royal Highness Place Albert," The toast was drunk most cordially. Socrt , „---** Vive le Prince," Mr. T. Cooke, and chorus. The CitAIRMAN.--I will now propose to you " The health of an Illustrious Lady, who is always found ready to respond to the calls of elrarity, and whe is universally esteemed and respected in this ttm laid of her Majesty's adoption. !give you the health of" The Doom Dowager."—:Cheers.) Gong—" sty Mother bids me bind my Hair," Miss flainsforth. The CMAIIIIIAN.—As far back as the recollection of any one here Kenn, extends, the Royal Family of England have always been foremost in their assistance upon occasions like this, either by their awtual presence or by their ever ready contributions. We canned target that among those now living there is present in this country hie R. H. the Duke of Sussex, who has ever been the patron of lite rature and the friend to the diffusion of knowledge—(Cheers)— and who, therefore, may well be expected to be round the Presi. dent of an institution which is connected with the press. Neither must we forget who it was that presided over this institution when it first assembled around this festive board—(Cheers)—one who is not interior to any in the long line of royalty, and who is ever ready to give his kind and cordial assistance upon occasions like the pre_ seat. I will, therefore, give you what lam sure will be drunk with pleasure, " His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, Presi. dent of the Association, and the rest of the Royal Family." Glee—" Great Apollo, strike the Lyre," by the Misses 'Wit hams, and Messrs. Hawkins, Hawes, Atkins, and two young gentleman. The CnaramaN—l trust that national gratitude can endure fora quarter of a century, and although it is now 25 years since we have had occasion for the services of the army and navy, I am sure on an occasion like this we shall not forget, among other things, the connection which then existed between those two services and the press, and that much of the interest that was afforded by the daily journals of the country was owing to the splendid achievements of the array and navy, which they were able to commemorate. Those rernaiuieg with us, who took part in those glorious achievements, will not forget bow much they on their side owe to the press, not only in the ready record of their own heroic actions, but in the speedy relief thereby conveyed to the anxiety of their attached friends, and of these they left behind thetn.—(Cheers.) " The Navy and Army" was then drunk with cheers. Sir J. M. DovLE returned thanks. It was a curious fact (if he might use the term) that this day was not only the anniversary of the accession of their beloved and gracious Sovereign, but it was also the anniversary of the glorious battle of Vittoria. It was a very curious insistent that this day should be, as it wet e in antici pation, the accession day of the Great Captain of the age—the illus trious chief—the Duke of Vittoria, to the Peerage, and the ac cession-day of Victoria to the throne.—(Cheers.) He regretted that there were net present to.day more members of the two professions, He thought there was a little want of gratitude on the part of both services in not giving their attendance; and he hoped that on the next occasion they would do so. The press had ever assisted them whenever they required its assistance, without distinction of political feelings— (Cheers)—and they ought mutu. ally to assist each other.—(Cheers.) It was a delightful sight to behold men of all shades of political opinions assembled together to promote one common object of benevolence. In any other country men professing such difltrences of opinion could hardly centers to be seated by each other. Nay, in some countries, the Ulan next to him would perhaps rather cut his throat than co ope rate with him —(Laughter.) Put here they they were all met together to promote the cause of chaaity, and he hoped the, would muster still stronger on a future occasion.—(Cheers ) The SECIRETARY now stated that since the first announcement of this festival he hail had the honour to receive upwards of 300 written communications from individuals the most distinguished by high rank and station in this country ; all of whom expressed the most anxious sympathy with the objects of the Association, and a strong desire to promote its interests. We have already noticed several of these communications. The CIIAIRM4N.—I have often felt it a pleasing, though some times an unnecessary task, on these occasions, to direct the atten tion of the company to the more immediate object of their meeting together. Upon this occasion I feel it peculiarly unneces sary to say much, for matey reasons. Among others that • you have just had the good fortune to hear front the Secre- Wy a list of eornmunieations which he has, within the tau few days, receivedi all indicative of a feeling on the part of persons of the highest distinction, and of every shade of political leveed, of deep interest for the prosperity of this Institution. There * another ci cumstance which makes it the less necessary for me to treuttle you at any length ; I allude to the attention which was digested to the objects of this Association by those who assisted of its last anniversary. Upon that occasion t hose objects were de. A *l,l, an d th e i nterests of the Institution enf orced, nforced from the stores . o fixperience, and from the f unds of el nce. authority of those who were pr esent onolo th at e by t he weig ht and efficiently assistedd day. Lord Lord dd Brougham,Lyndhurst • n presided, and was most and what these two distinguished Pomona the n stated having swat bemn put in a more substantial and durable form than is customary, it is unnecessary for tee now, with that fresh In your recollection, to say much in furtherance of the objects of this As sociation. At the same time I should not do justice to my own feelings, and to the interest I most sincerely feel for the welfare of this Association, if I were to permit myself to propose without re. anark the toast I am about to give.—(Cheers.) It has been my fortune to pass a great part of my latter years out of t h is Country, engaged in the service of my Sovereign ; I am, therefore, not so mueh accustomed to meetings of this kind as men who have at other times filled the seat I have now the honour to se copy. But upon those occasions which f have attended, I have always felt it a peculiar satisfaction to dwell upon any details connected with that branch of the profes sion In which the genius of its members may have been variously exercised, the promotion of whose interests may have been the im. 'mediate object of the meeting. I have, upon this occasion, to call your attention to those who exert their genius in a way which I %conceive inferior to none who have a claim upon the charity of the British public—to men who lead, perhaps, the ntost unostentatious Mad private life, and whose writings, unlike many others of their litscary brethren, are condemned to the ephemeral fame of the actor. Though their talents may be exercised whilst their streagth remains, yet, daring the whole of their earner, to many instances, their names may net be known to those who are delighted by their labours. For them to kindred sympathies can be awakened, no ready response be given on the p art of that portion of the public who have been benefited by thOir geuius.--(Choers.) I really do not know, if I were called u p u to state at his moment what I thought was one of the prow deet proofs of the wont of the civilization of this age, that ooulhl afar* anything with more perfect confidence than that it vivid be hund in the miraculous composition of one of the daily journals of this metropolis. Is it poss ibl e to forget— "— only many respects the ill requ i ted, b ut i n all the fruits of solo toil and labour, in many distant lands, amid 424 ,6 4 jOUlllells and danatr 3 , which are all combined and aggregated in that mass of information which is hid daily as a matter of course before the expectant eyes of the British public—ls it not astonishing to think that not only all that has been said the night before by all the great men of the age, but all that they would have said—(Laughter)—has been most skilfully col lected and culled, and put into type, and that much that they would have omitted they have the greatest happiness of discovering is not recorded where they expected and dreaded to find it would be?— (Laughter.) For there was no person who has taken part in public affairs from whom, in the hurry and haste of debate, and in the eagerness of conflict, words have not escaped which he would have been glad never to have uttered. Is it possi ble, therefore, to overrate the talent Which has exerted Itself in so satisfactory a manner to persons whO are most sensitive upon such subjects ? It would be attempting to make a demonstration of that which is in itself a demonstration to say, that the periodical press of this country is the daily bread of the mind.—(Cheers.) 'When we reflect upon the age in which we live, and upon all its varied improvements, let us not cease even to bear in mind that it is not merely the quick transporting of mere substantial mate rials, but that it is the rapid conveyance of ideas that constitutes one of the most prominent of those improve ments. In short, I may say, if another illustration is re. quired, that the daily press of this country is, as it were, the rail. road of the human intellect.—(Cheers.) There are other works of higher pretensions and greater duration; but where in any other country and period in the history of the world should we ever find such a mass of information collected together, and rapidly conveyed to where it is most welcome and most wanted. I will add one more word while I speak from personal experience. I think no one can be thoroughly sensible of the real advantages of the condensation of that mass of information which is now conveyed to every part of the world by the daily press of this empire, who has not lived at a very great distance from it, and been engaged in the service of his country. There are many things which friends forget to write of, that are speedily brought back to one's recol. lection on the perusal of the newspapers. The matters there re. corded revive associations which time and distance had almost ob literated. It is this which makes the periodical visitation of the public journals one of the most welcome kind to all the best sym pathies of the human heart.—(Cheers.) I censmenced by saying that I would leave the toast to speak for itself. lam sensible how very imperfectly I have conveyed what I myself feel on the subject ; but I trust you will do me the justice to believe that I have pleaded the cause of this Association most sincerely% and I hope you will not yourselves cease to remember that there may be con nected with those who diffuse so much knowledge and convey so much pleasure, some who, suffering from the uncertainties of human life, may by your charitable exertions he rescued from the privations to which their lot would otherwise smpose them.—(Cheers.) With this concluding remark, I give you " Prosperity to the Press Be nevolent Association."—(Drunk with reiterated cheers.) Duet—" Torquato," by Signora Tosi and Signor Collett). Mr. THORNTON, the Chairman oft he Directors, in the name of the Association, offered their grateful and respectful acknowledg ments for the kind wish expressed in the toast, and for the honour which the company, by their presence, had conferred upon this institution—an institution formed for the benefit of the less fortunate members of a body of persons who, according to no mean authority, " supplied the entire mental aliment of the larger half of the community." To borrow a bolder and happier figure of their Noble Chairman, they might be called the machinery which put into motion the railroad of intellect. If this were a true description of the body of literary contributors to the newspaper press of this country, it could not be presumptuous to say that they pos sessed some title to public consideration. Upon a moderate cal. collation, there were above two hundred individuals employed by the metropolitan daily press alone in preparing this mental aliment, most of whom had no immediate resources but the stipends which that employment afforded them. It had been said that in a neigh. bouring country (in by-gone times, it was true) all who were con. sleeted with the public journals (to use the words of the writer) "gorged upon the good things ;" that in six months they grew "literally and physically" fat. These happy, halcyon days, are yet to visit us.—(Hear, hear.) He could undertake to say for several of his colleagues, certainly for himself, that they had been battening upon this regimen for many years, and had not reached the point of obesity yet.—(Hear, hear.) In England it was not present reward so much as future prizes—in professional advancement or literary eminence—to which many of these persons aspired ; and they all knew how rare these prizes were.—(Hear, hear, bear.) It was not every gem, however pure its ray, whose fate it was to sparkle in the diadem ; it was not every genius that " broke out into sudden blaze," like the modern Fielding, the inimitable Boz, who, he was proud to say, belonged to them before he was given to the world. True it was, that the labours of the mind in this country were not, generally speaking, underpaid, and by severe economy, and rigid precautions against the misapplication of candle-ends, a literary contributor to the newspaper press might, perhaps, make a provision for the future. But these economical virtues did not belong to the literary character. Who could con vince the man of genius, full of aspiring hopes and eager ambition, —who felt springs of invention and of fancy, which he deemed Inexhaustible, gushing up within him,—that he should ever be come the victim of penury ? In forming, therefore, an institution for the benefit of men who, whilst especially assailable by the ills of life, acted at least as if they were beyond their reach, it was necessary to disguise self.providence with the attributes of benevolence, and to deceive those who, generous and bountiful to their needy brethren, too often forgot the frail tenure of their own hopes, into a belief that they were only giving to others, whilst in fact they were also laying up a store for themselves.—(Cheers.) This was a difficult undertaking ; it had been often projected and as often abandoned as impracticable, and it had been only accom plished by the perseverance and zeal of Mr. Anderson and those gentlemen from the whole metropolitan press who had laboured with him in this disinterested work—(Cheers)—and a fund was now accumulating, from whence any subscriber might in the hour of adversity claim the succour which he needed. (Long continued cheering.) It had been objected that they ought to have refused contributions from any but their owe body; but this objection appeared to savour more of pride and exclusiveness than of delicacy. This did not profess to be a provident institution ; it was a benevolent fund ; and what right had they to monopolise to themselves the grateful rewards which spring from the offices of benevolence, by churlishly and scornfully repelling the spontaneous co-operation of others? It had been customary on former anniversaries, for the Directors to submit a Report of their proceedings during the past year ; but upon the present oc casion, they had judged it better to relieve the company from the irksome task of listening to a Report, and had left it to him to state the results in a few words, and he should do it in a single sentence.—(Hear, hear.) The institution was pros pering as much as, in its peculiar circumstances, and under the difficulties attending so novel an experiment, could reasonably be expected ; in proof of which he need only mention that the per manent fund, after providing for all incumbrances in this, its third year, was upwards of 1,000/.—(Cheers.) So much for their pro ceedings. But there had been two incidents during the past year, to which he must allude, because they most forcibly illustrated, in their simple garb of facts, the utility, the necessity, of such all institution as this. Two gentlemen, connected with the London daily press, had been suddenly cut off in th e very prime of youth and the bloom of life. One of them was a Member and a Director of this Association. Ile (Mr. Thornton) well remembered the emphatic words in which that gentleman de clared to him that, in joining it he had not the remotest view to his own interest, but subscribed from benevolent motives alone. A few weeks only elapsed alter that declaration was made before the person who made it was stretched upon the bed of sickness and death, and he had left a widow and a young family entirely un. provided for, who bad asked and accepted the small sum, which under the circumstances, they were entitled to. In the other instance the individual was not a member of this Institution. He had concurred heartily in its objects, and had promised it his support, but he failed to send his subscription. He was young, unmarried, and he had not only a lucrative literary employment, but private funds of his own. Un happily those funds were embarked in a speculation, which not only absorbed them, but drew into its fatal vortex the fortune of a sister, who was thus cast upon him for support. Anxiety ag gravated disease, and he died without the consolation which he might have had, if, knowing that he had bequeathed that sister— who was now thrown upon the cold reluctant charity of relations— to the protection of this institution. He made no comment upon these instances (which might be multiplied.) He left them to produce their own effect, to instil their own lessons, and he would trespass upon their time no longer than to repeat his cor dial and respectful thanks. Lord NuGear proposed the health of the Noble Chairman. It was his fortune to see the beginning and outset of this Institution; lie watched it and ti islicd well to it in its cradle, and he now hailed t in its vigorous and hopeful growth.—;Cheers.) His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex having condescended to becsme its President at the first dinner, the Chair was taken by his Royal Bro ther, the Duke of Cambridge, who felt it no degradation to royal blood, hut, on the contrary, a distinction to one of a royal house ruling over a free nation, to preside at the celebration of an institution which was to forward one of the great distinctive marks of a free people.—(Cheers.) Last year they had as their president one of the most distinguished orators and states. mess of the age, and on the present occasion they had in the chair one who had been consdered worthy in two eminent stations to represent the person of his sovereign, and who now filled one of the hignest situatious in the country.—(Cheers.) He might well say that it was their lot upon this their third meeting, the chair having been tilted by royalty th e first time. by a statesman the second, 1 - ao aeulso non deficit alter."-a(Cheers.) In a place of this sort, for advancing a public charity, and celebrating a work of public usefulness, they found persons of ;Al shades of difference on political opinions cheerfully meeting together— It was common-place to call it a truce of public differences, a sacred truce ; but on this occasion it was much more than a sacred truce, it was an earnest and active league.—(Hear.) Persons of every shade of opinion united to pay homage to an institution which men of all parties felt an equal interest in supporting. It was sad by Lord Clarendon of Lord Falkland, that his Secretaryship did not take from him the privilege of his age. His Noble Friend (Lord Normanby), he was sure, felt that his office did not take from him the privilege or the duties of the age in which he lived. — (Cheers.) Ore duty and one privilege of a statesman holding the highest office in the age in which he lived was to advance by every means in his power that great influence by which in a free country public opinion gained its spring, and found its spread throughout the land, and by which the people of a free nation gained the means of forming their judgment and expressing their will.— (Cheers 1 But it was not fur political objects only that the news paper was most advantageous in a free country. It was to encourage and to generalise education. It was to teach men a taste for Mere tare—and the usefulness of literature. It was to teach them to as pire to think, to aspireto judge, to aspire to fill stations which were open in a free country to all meta—Timers.) Without detaining them farther, he begged they would till a bumper and drink the health of their Chairman, the Most Noble the Marquis cf Nor manby.—(Loud cheering.) The Noble LORD assured the company that he did not know how sufficiently to thank them for tie manner in which they had re ceived his name. He was perfectly aware that there were upon this occasion assembled persons of various political creeds ; it was, therefore, peculiarly satisfactory to a person who occupied his po. sition, and who was not entirely concealed from the public, to have been received in so flattering a manner—(Cheers. ) He fully esti mated that kindness, and responded to it.—(Cheers.) " Fra nembo crudeli," by Rubini, who was enthusiastically encored. Mr. 'l'. M. GISSON rose to propose the health of the Vice. Presidents and Donors of the Association. He regretted that so many of the distinguished personages who formed the list of Vice-Presidents had been prevented attending on this occasion ; nevertheless he considered that the circum stance of so many eminent men of every party coming for. ward to support this institution, must have the tendency of raising the newspaper press in the public estimation and re gard, and that it would operate as a great encouragement to in. duce men of character and ability to pursue the public press as au honourable and respected profession.—(Cheers.) This Association would take away the truth from the expresspon of Sir Walter Scott, when he said "that though literature to a man of the highest talent may be a go o d s t a ff , i t was a b a d cru t c h." It wou ld supply to ag e, infirmity, o h : t _o i s , ntinnity, and mi s f or t une th a t su pp or t w hi c h the members of the press , I v t ed w d a. u d ri r i n ig nk the . d it a h y e s h w e l e ie r n s. they were in health and vigour. mtl i, e er G se e l n f i n u n s t o h f e tl p me ian S , p d r o i r n t g e ,." by Miss M. B. Hawes, who accompanied r e e Mr. SHEH. then rose, and was received with shouts of applause. very yiesamid distinction, with have the b e d e u n ty e r o t t f r nu, i a n n g d t I ti c i o n n k s s_ i d e t r h l e t r e a cannot be a more pleasurable behalf of the Vice- Presidents an d Donors of this Instituti on. To do justice to that theme, if I may follow up the idea suggested by ray friend Mr. Gibson, I should possess accents in appealing to the mind analogous to those deep and thrilling intonations which have been just uttered by that charming songstress—(Cheers)—who refutes what Milton , says, that a ec p t pe r a i r g e h d t— in " Eloquence the soul, song transports the sense ,'• who, when tier throne was for she proves that by song both soul and sen i se bel m ie ai e b l e a era n l o ly t ps l f at:p l eu.r. r at e hbe iLo tt l i t, inaccurate,r transported.—`Chee rs.) n s po r t e England issued in surrounded by peril, and the liberties of her people were in hazard, the reign o ' f : /h ''C a lli t 7se g tr lo ts; r e i v' o ' u ' when Spain put forth all its might, and the sails of the Armada were swelling to invade our sacred shores, to the hearts of her peo ple addressed through the press her soul.stirring invocation —from that moment to the present the press of England had been true to its TILE l SUN, LONDON, TtTESDA JUNE 23, 1840. quiry—where inquiry, kimivl2.l 4 3e—where librrty—ami thus there was a reciprocal action of one upon the other dike ficial to this country and to mankind. The City of London bad ever been foremost in all great enterprises and all benevolent under takings. It was the cradle of liberty—the home of commerce—the centre of intelligence—and from its mighty heart it sent forth its floods of vitality to warm and strengthen and make instinct with life the remotest dependencies of this great empire. (Cheers ) The throbbings of its pulse were felt in the remotest corners of the earth, and it exerted either for good or evil an influence unseen but unalienahle.—(Hear.) It was true it might not vie in magnifi cence of adornment with the cities of old, It had no Acropolis crowned with temples, where genius had inshrined its imperishable glories which no nation had surpassed and few had equalled.— (Hear, hear.) Its halls of legislation and its palaces might not vie in extent. or outward splendour with the structures of ancient Itome---but it had in it the charities of life—(Hear, hear)--Lthe warm and gushing heart, the ready hand to relieve, and the open asylum to succour and shelter the poor, the dis eased, the repentant criminal, and the houseless stranger. —(Hear, hear.) Such works and such institutions formed a crown sf moral glory, and contributed to widen the in fluence of a nation amongst the families of the earth. Nor should it be forgotten that it was within the walls of this city the idea of this Society originated. It was Ibunded by the Editor of . 1 / 4 rni,v .-liiceitiser — a daily paper published in the city—and therefore it has a civic origin, and a citizen founder.—',l fear, hear.) That gentleman Las many claims In public admiration and gratitude for his vi er powerful advocacy of every good inst itution, and he has won to himself, f can his brethren of the press, more grateful memorials of their esteem than monuments can supply.— (Hear.) In their heart of hearts he lives, and many a son of genius, and widow of literary men, will record, with thaniaultiess, his services and his worth. He (Mr. Wire) felt sure the company would pardon him for this digression from the subject, and aro,- him to say, that to no class of men was a newspaper so important as the " merchant princes" of our land.—(Hear. hear.) It afforded to them and to all engaged in business, ready information, and so enabled them to ascerta n the state of markets at home and abroad as to carry on their vast affairs with prudence, and as it opened up new channels of commercial enterprise, it assisted our manufactures at home, and added to the wealth and power of the nation at large, (Hear.) Commercial men felt this, and they would not be slow in acknowledging the benefits conferred upon them—upon all, by the intelligence, knowledge, and principles whirl] were daily diffused by the newspaper press.—(Cheers.) The Marquis of Normanby then retired amidst the moat hearty cheers of the company. The Chair having been taken by Mr. Shell, Mr. DoWLING rose and said, that the musical treat the company had received on this occasion was incalculably superior to any that had ever before been afforded at the public dinner of any other association whatsoever.—(Cheers.) He was deeply sensible of the great benefit that would result to the Institution from the kind and spontaneous assistance rendered by the eminent members of the vocal profession who had delighted the company by their surpassing talent. For their generous cervices the company could do no less than drink the healths of Mr. T. Cooke and the Ladies and Gen tlemen who had so ably assisted him on this occasion. The toast was drunk with great applause. Mr. T. Cooke, on presenting himself to return thanks, was most cordially received by repeated cheers. He declared that he would at any time much rather sing a song than make a speech— (Cheers and laughter)—and he wished that a speech had been made for him and set to music.—(Laughter.) He should have been very happy to have sung it.—(Cheers) He would now let the company into a professional secret—it was this :—Many per sons, when a singer was encored, cries out " No, no," consider- ing that the exertions of the vocalist would be much too largely drawn upon, and from a sincere unwillingness to inflict fatigue upon the party ; now he could assure the company that this was altogether a mistake.—(Laughter.) The fart was, that a singer was much disappointed when he was not encored ; while, on the other hand, his pleasure was redoubled when he was encored twice instead of once.—(Cheers and laughter.) So it waa with himself and his professional brethren on this occasion. He could assure the company and the members of this Associa tion that there was nothing they more earnestly and sincerely de sired than that there should he an encore of the services which it was so agreeable to them to afford upon occasions like the present ; and he could, without hesitation, undertake in the name of his professional brethren, to prefer their zealous exertions for many future anniversaries in aid of an institution founded to promote the interests of a body of men to whose talents they are them selves oftimes indebted.—(Cheers.) Here the business and the pleasure of this anniversary dinner terminated ; and the company retired to partake of coffee prepa. ratory to their returning to their several homes. We cannot conclude our report without expressing our sense of the excellent attention afforded by Mr. Bathe, the senior partner of the London Tavern, to the whole of the gue-ts. Every effort was made by hies to give satisfaction, and it is with sincere pleasure we state that his exertions were eminently suc. cessful. origin, as demonstrated by the very great and useful purposes to I which it has been magnificently and consistently contributory-- -)Cheers.) England is great, noble, and glorious, but without the press England could not be great, noble, and glorious as she has been, as she is, and, I trust in God, as she will never cease to be. Those who concur in that sentiment—and where is the man that can dissent from it ?—will feel a deep interest in the sus tainment of this admirable institution. The labourers in that less conspicuous, but surpassingly useful department of political literature confer upon the country obligations incalculably large.— (Loud cheers.) But many, too many of them meet with a fate very different from their deserts. It is often the fortune, of men of high attainments and of cultivated minds, struck down and paralyzed by sudden malady, their mental faculties benumbed by the touch of age, to be reduced to privations to which misfortune has exposed them. Men of high intellect, it is true, have the. highest zest for enjoyment, but they are the noon who have also the deepest pains.—(Hear, hear.) I was struck with an expression— a phrase taken from Otway—uttered by Mr. Thornton in the course of his statement with respect to the financial condition of men of talent. He used the phrase " aspiring thoughts." It was taken from Otway : Tell me why, good Heaven, Thou mad'st me what I am, with all the spirit, Aspiring thoughts, and elegant desires, That till the happiest man ? Ali! rather why, Base-minded, dull, and Gt to carry burdens, Didst thou not form me sordid as my fate? Why have I sense to know the curse that's on me Is this just dealing, nature?" —;Cheers.) These words were written by one who drew from his heart. It is fur the purpose of saving men like Otway from the miseries he sustained that this institution has been established ; and that it may succeed, to the God of genius. of literature, and bene volence, I offer my devoutest a4pirations.—(Enthusiastic and pro tracted cheering.) " The Tarantula," by Signor F. Lablache. . . Mr. Donn, the Treasurer, then read the donation and subscrip tion lists received at this anniversary festival, which amounted to many hundred pounds. Amongst the names we caught were the Marquis of Normanby, 10/. ; the Earl of Lonsdale, 101. ; Simon Grey, Esq., 5/. ; a friend and ed,tor, 20/. ; Wynn Ellis, Esq., 51. ; H. T. Hope, Esq., 101. ; Mr. Justice Erskine, 101. ; Mr. W. Attwood, 5/. ; J. Whiting, Esq., 5 guineas ; the Attor ney-General, 10 guineas; the Earl of Liverpool, 51.; G. L. Blunt, Esq., 51. ; Alderman Harmer, 10 guineas; S. Bellamy, Esq., Si. ; Sir M. A. Shee, 3 guineas ; Lord Sando,i, 5 guineas ; Henry Kemble, Esq., 10 guineas; Sir Moses Montefiore, 5 guineas ; Vis count Strangford, 5 guineas ; T. B. Estcourt, Esq., 10 guineas; It. Gordon, Esq., 5 guineas ; T. N. Talfourd, Esq., 5 guineas ; Sir William Follett, 51.; G. H. Ward, Esq., 51.; Gordon, Esq., 3/. ; More O'Ferrall, Esq., 51. ; nichd. Thornton, Esq., 5/. ; Al derman Thomas Johnson, 3/. ; J. Murray, Esq., 10 guineas ; B. Bond Cabbell, Esq., 10 guineas ; It. L. Shell, Esq., 51. ; Percival W. Banks, Esq., 5/. ; Colonel Yorke, 5 guineas ; William Wire, FAq., 10 guineas; Dr. Rolfe, '2 guineas ; the Hon. T. Den. man, 61. 10s., M. D. Hill, Esq., 5 guineas ; T. M. Gibson, Esq., 5/.; Charles Hindley, Esq., 201.; James Coppock, Esq., 51. ; Dr. Croly, 1 guinea; Lord F. Egerton, 2 guineas; Mrs. Waylett, an nually, 1 guinea; Henry Colburn, Esq., 10 guineas ; Charles Williams, Esq., '2 guineas annually; Mrs. Anderson and Children, 5 guineas; Miss Lewis, 1 guinea; Mrs. Henderson, 1 guinea; Mr. Blount, Governer of the Chelsea Water Works, in addition to 201., 5/. ; Dr. Rolph, from Canada, 2 guineas ; Mr. Smalley, of the Morning Advertiser office, 5 guineas ; J. Marrett, Esq., 2 guineas, &c., &c. ; many of the above formed the second and third subscrip. tions of the parties. Mr. PcisclYAL BANKS—My Lord and Gentlemen, one more toast remains to be given —one snore bumper—the sweetest, if not the last, remains to be quaffed. To me the honourable duty of proposing that toast has been entrusted. For tunately, it requires neither the abilitity to recommend nor the eloquence to adorn which has been displayed by the preceding speakers. Its own merits are so bright and so pe culiar that your hearts will have leaped to reoognise it ere my lips can pronounce " the Ladies."—(Cheers.) But perhaps upon a solemn occasion like the present, when we are assembled in the name of charity, I may be permitted to add a very few words. I will not detain you by any panegyric upon the graces and perfec tions of womankind; not that I admit the theme is exhausted, even for me—not that you would entertain it coldly ; but because I think their best celebration, and that which their hearts would most desire, is in that silence which is born of admiration! Nor will I dwell upon that devotedness of affection evinced by woman In the several relations of life, which leaves us her debtor from the cradle to the grave—a devotedness of affection which, in its purity and intensity, draws nearest the Divine love ; for it clings to its object not alone during the ordinary calamities of our career—not alone after we have been abandoned by all the world beside, but in the spirit of heavenly mercy it winds itself around the sinner, even after he has fallen from himself, and can assume a voice in the language of the poet, saying— " I know not, I care not if guilt's in thy heart, But I know that I love thee whatever thou art." I propose not, then, gentlemen, to delay you upon subjects like these, which are rather matters of feeling than of speech—they lie too deep for words ! But here are we now elated with the enjoy. ment of all those things which lend enchantment to the blithest hours of our existence—the refreshment that strengthens—the wine that maketh glad—the breath of oratory—the voice of song—the Influence of beauty; but so far from wrapping up ourselves in measureless content—so far from sharing the churlish philosophy of that heathen upon which Lucretius has wasted such a noble genius —so far from gaining a zest to our own secure pleasures by the spectacle of the dangers, the struggles, the sufferings of others, I do well believe that, on the contrary, our feelings and impulses bid us only turn the more warmly and the more earnestly to the consideration of the less happy lot of fel. low mortals, and of the means whereby some portion of the bless. ings granted to ourselves, may be imparted in the shape of necessa ries, and if possible, of comforts, to those who need them.—(Cheers.} Can I then--can I, gentlemen, speaking in your name, re. (rain from pouring forth our most fervent acknowledgments to the ladies who have shed the light of their countenances upon this day, and by their presence afforded us the most fa vourable omen—the most gracious guarantee of the success—the enduring and increasing success—of those efforts in which we are engaged ? If, speaking of the human form, Lord Bacon was right in declaring it the noblest temple to the Divinity, with equal justice might it be, perhaps, observed that woman is the chosen embodiment and representative of charity arid loving. kindness upon earth ; and that these are found always and every where in her heart. The shrine may vary in its outward form and colour; it may be decked, as it were, with exquisite loveliness, or it may be pitiably rude, but within it is still the same—the same whether it be reared in the snows of Lapland or the Ara bian desert—the wigwam of the Indian, or the palace of an Eu ropean king: Neither poverty nor barbarism can block up its approaches—nor can wealth nor ►uxury—nor the excess of civi. lization—desecrate its ever.living purity. The unanimous testi. mony of travellers declares that in regions the most inhospitable and savage—where in the men there was no mercy, and scarcely a feeling to distinguish them from the beasts of prey—yet amongst the women they found-- "Pity, and tears, and tenderness." We have ourselves seen that those virtues which make loveliness most lovely may be exhibited in lofty places as purees in the humblest station, and with this difference, that those good dispositions, which otherwise are no better than good dreams, can be put into act and operation. Well, then, may this charitable :institution augur pros perity from the countenance and patronage of the ladies : But there is one lady to whom I would more perticularly advert. Our Noble Chairman must be content, in his own person, to undergo the fate of all engaged its political strife. He must be reconciled to being known here and remembered in Ireland under two characters—that con ferred upon him by his adherents—than ascribed to him by his op. ponents. But of her who shared his dignity, and lent it gracious. ness, there is but one opinion —there cats remain but one character, and that prevails amongst all classes of the population, and every where throughout the land Amidst the thousand charges preferred against unhappy Ireland, ingratitude has never found a place, and ample is the harvest of love which has sprung up, and will be re. newed from year to :Tar, from the seed that was sown by the gentle. ness, the courtesy, the generosity of Lady Normanby, in the; hearts of the poor and persecuted peasantry of Ireland. Ass Irishman mv self, I seize the opportunity of uniting her beloved and honoured name with the toast I have to propose, and I now give you, gen. tlernen, " The Marchioness of Normanby and the ladies." The Noble Cliainstas returned thanks for the honour done to Lady Normanby, and expressed his high approbation of the pre sence of the ladies—a circumstance which he considered must most beneficially tend to promote the kindly sympathies tow aids those who were the immediate objects of this Association. He en treated the ladies slot, in consequence of the toast, to take their un timely departure. He promised them that they should not hear any more lengthened speeches; but should be invited to linen to what would give them much greater delight.—(Cheers.) " Pour le cheval bronze," by Madame Donis Gras. Mr. M. I). Hite said he had been entrusted with a toast which required no introduction; it was "'I he Fine Arts." The ex quisite specimens of one of the Fine Arts--that most social and most exhilarating one, which had gratified their feelings this even ing was the best and most appropriate introduction to the toast. Aria, by Signor Coletti. The Noble CHAIRMAN said he had a toast to propose which he was sure would be received with pleasure. tie was happy to know that " the Bar" might now be regarded as the patron rather than the prosecutors of the press.—(Cheers ) Long might t hey remain so—at least so long as the press was conducted in a way that was neither inimical to good morals or public order.—(Cheers.) He was speaking in the presence of the son of a Noble Friend of his, who held o ne of the most important stations in this country, To say anything is commendation of that individual was needless; but he should not be doing justice to his own feelings if he refrained from declaring that having known his Noble Friend during the whole period of his political life, it was impossible not to feel that the highest respect was due to the calm dignity and worth of that individual's character. Ile would now propose the health of Lord Denman and the Bar—(Cheers.' The Hon. THOMAS DENMAN expressed his sincere thanks for the kind manlier in which his Lordship had introduced his father's name in the toast proposed.—(Cheers.; So far as he had the op. pertunity of observing the press in the Court where he had the ho. noun, as an humble member of the bar, to sit in silence, he consi dered it to be most extremely well conducted. In the department to which the gentlemen connected with the press have devoted their talents, the casualities to which they were exposed were snotty. A slight weakness of the hand, of a small defect of hearing, would at once incapacitate them for the discharge of their duties. The public therefore became so much the snore indebted to them for their services ; and they ought therefore to contribute their mite to affosst a retreat to those who happen to be unsuccess. ful.-- , ,Cheers.) Ile hoped that those who would need that re source would b' small ; for the smaller the number was the greater would be the funds for those who should require its aid.—(Cheers.) Song—" 'fae Thorn,'' by Mr. Harrison. Mr. Hisntev, M.P., proposed " Prosperity to the City of Lon don." He begged to express the gratification he felt at the de monstration he had witnessed that night. This was the first in. stance in which he found the ladies introduced at a public dinner. He rejoiced at the presence of that sex which civilized his own.— (Cheers.) Ile rejoiced at the presence of those without whom life had no charms, nor the hour of sorrow no consolation.—(Cheers.) Ile did hope that the example thus set would be repeated on all future occasions. —(Cheers.) He had been requested to propose " Prosperity to the City of London." Ile wished its pros. parity, Ile admired the City of London —he admired its palaces and its buildings. Although it might its that respect be inferior to cities of ancient times, of this he was certain, that there was no city either in ancient or modern days that could for a moment be compared, for its munificence, Jibe. relay, generosity, and charity, with the City of London.— (Cheers.) It gave him great delight that they were now assembled together to celebrate the anniversary of a Society of this character. Allusion had been made to the situation of gen tlemen of literary attainments. He would not dwell upon that subject now; but this he fel., that if there were an institution which had claims upon the public support, it was that Institution of which they were th en met to celebrate rejoiced that their Noble Chairman had succeeded Lordc ianniversary pres iding ever this meeting, that N o bl e L otd the(r Lyndhurst iner i n having succeeded the Du ke of Cambridge in the same honour able situation. It was moat gr atif y in g to see the united exertio ns of men eminent for their station and their talents, devoted to the pro. respect motion of so good a cause, with out petty and party poetioz men, and ma d e them seem as if their feelings were so opp osed to one anot her, that nothing could possibly reconcile them, or taring them in unison for the establishment of a common object. It was most pleasing to see those angrier feelings fade away, w hen they met in a pl ace like this, as men and brethren, to aid the cause of benevolence and chat ity.—(Cheers.) The toast was drunk wills great applause. Aria, by Signora Tosi. Mr. D. W. Wine said that having been called upon as a citizen of London to respond to the toast which had be en 50 eloq uently pro posed by his Hon. Friend, he could not resist saying a few words in reply.—(Hear, hear.) lie thOught there was a beautiful Propriety in their meeting within the walls of this ancient city, for there was an intimate, nay, necessary connexion between commerce and lino. nature—(Hear, hear)—and when one was pursued with success, the other was sure to be found imparting dignity to commercial prospe rity—diffusing information, and refining it from the snore vulgar love of gain.—(Cheers.) Where there was commerce there was in- CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and Mr. Baron PARKE.) OLD CO UR T. TRIAL OF GOULD. (Continued from our Paper of yesterday.) Mary Ann Allen, the wife of the last witness, corro borated his testimony, and stated in addition, that she saw prisoner on the morning of 1 ith March, in the wash house, doing something to his trowsers; that about ten minutes afterwards he came out and asked witness fur a towel ; that on the afternoon of the day before the murder she had observed a pair of stockings belonging to the prisoner en a box by the side of his bed, folded up and rolled, the outside one of which exactly resembled the stocking produced ; that about November last a pair of stockings belonging to the prisoner be came mismatched, and had continued so while the prisoner resided at her house ; that one of the stockings produced had been shown to witness by a policeman on March IS, with money iu it, but the policeman had shown her where he had found it, and she had never placed any money or stocking in that place ; that she recollected the lans thorn, and that when it was used a rushlight was: never burnt in it, nor did even the prisoner burn a light. Cross-examined by the Prisoner--I never went to sleep from the time you came on Monday night until I got up. I should imagine you might have got out of the bed room window after my husband fastened chi d. if you - it. I have not washed for you since six weeks before Christmas. There is no particular mark upon the stock ing except the mark round the top, but I know it is the name stocking I saw id the box the day before the murder. Prisoner—Was it not my regular custom to go round every Sunday morning to collect the money due to lue for beer by instalments? Witness—Not since you left the Barnsbury Castle, that I know of. Prisoner—Have you ever footed any stockings for me, Mrs. Allen? Witness—l have; but I have no recol lection of mending those produced. You had two pair of cotton stockings when 1 washed for you. Prisoner—And do you think it possible I could have worn two pair of stockings all that time, and that they should have been no more worn than those are ? Witness —I cannot tell ; you have purchased shoes of my husband, but they have not been paid for. William Rea, a policeman, was on duty in Pooock's Fields, on 17th March, went to Mr. Templeman's cottage at 11 o'clock, found the door closed and sitting room window open ; the two drawers of a chest of drawers, in the sitting-room, had been broken open, as if by a chisel. In the bedroom he found Mr. Templeman lying on the floor dead. There was a small mahogany box inside the top drawer in the sitting-room, the box was open and empty, there was a mark of a chisel close to the lock of the top drawer. Cross-examined by the Prisoner.—.l did not see any broken glass about ; one strong person might have com mitted the robbery and murder without assistance. John Collins, a police sergeant, went to Templeman's cottage immediately after last witness, and corroborated his testimony. Ile found in the drawer the same notes of the Bank of Elegance which were produced ; the drawer had been forced by a small crow-bar or a chisel. Ou the 1 9 11 May witness searched a pond in Pocock's-fields, about thirty yards front Templensan's house. lie f..und there the 'althorn produced (identified by Allen), with a piece of rushlight in it. Inspector Miller directed the search to be made. Cross-examined by the Prisoner—l never said anything to you on I Rh May about a search on the previous Sun day ; nor do I know of such a search. There were rails nearly all the way along by that pond. I never said any thing to you about your statement. You and Bradshaw were talking together, but I could not hear what passed between you. James Miller, an inspector of police, was stationed at Islington on March inste) t ip i e,l:4, then went produced rehosede r : t c bbetween tnt & bihe i ecees.s,nbntirii took osrbskk t t I s i oeo e affi s r tn a t 1 Witnessmial 1 ieeete prisonerhd e n o7} 4 1(it a i,kdsi t tl i o,r i paaa i a e roctwor r .cui as the last ness twelverbai ci Knows e l 1 appearances ''d corresponded oner Ipresented't n 1 aPt le brnyday.a u the3N' exactly Nl i 1 °:house, with le:ese s : i Ad: r ste . loealteddl sanyoT:isiadhictilenonaftoctbttaul:oig:::sdectee.vi,:n.ioeliaolnivardiecii appeared l a iipo, el kp,i c no l..eigl ja:o t ire c utek\ l sd i ‘u, oi i iitt) i ror..l i i it, and there was a mark corresponding with the notch in be Witness asleep. a his pocket. Prisoner told witness he had nice shillings while he was searching him. Witness likewise found on him seven lucifer matches and a pawnbroker's duplicate. Prisoner asked witness for kis warrant. Witness said lie did not want a warrant. Prisoner asked what he wanted him fur, and witness said ho supposed he had hoard of the murder, and it was f.ir that he was wanted. Prisoner said if he was as innocent of every thing as he wan of that, he should not have much to fear. Witness then took him to the station-house, when the witness took from his feet a new pair of shoes which were produced. Prisoner said he had purchased them at Kent-street in tile Borough, and had thrown his old ones away. Witness produced a stocking which he found in the prisoner's bedroom, there was no other stocking of the prisoner's there. Witneas produced another stocking which he had received from King. In consequence of Sergeant Otway having said in Gould's presence that the prisoner had s t a t e d that he threw b t u h t e Ia did nt th.onrsbb),,, vt‘uyeciso,ifhsneuuhNeo%.tsao,ey‘sdrhy.acae.ihilildntie,Po dhl ny o 3de. o l oir.d,t zue ... l in Pocock's fields, the pond was ordered communication wasl saw Otway on the night of Saturday, 9th rmoassd.eexhaysnoiatewdaybayttßbauwp.raistroeneetr; o—nTmheenday,Ntilath May.ie said you had made a statement ; He only said you implicated Jarvis and his are five or six ponds in Pocock's fields. stockingso swh f eorueldu i,vl oe tn sian o yt n oa w i n,A h .yo e r n ndu I s: first apprehended t theit. ae:e end ti you. ill e , n sayo t Prisoner—Do iannt ye nt ~.111 i tnog say that you ahn ayd recollect thi n thing passed s imOpt againstl betweenay m s a en y a i , n g to v te m nne a o s , s o'clock l a_ _. need i pa d i o r not recollect any such thing• showed tia l h a i s r you asked me about the shoes ? Witness—There were. Prison e r_Were there nootthoetrhperrisporniesorsnetroso,praessetnot where enough to supp ose / she Prisoner—And u and du the e re I bought tht•m ? prisoner and Sergeant t. e nn dwent et the et t b % p v y a r it y sh — een " en iV ra e me n sic t 10) t r( o , 2r ( d r aa Melly.v e ships e N ‘ n r d i buol o el n isns 7 d t 0 Sydney, the minute of a reward that was about to be offered. wi t _ ness afterwards took him into custody upon the present charge. Inconsequence of a communication from the prisoner search was directed to be made in a pond in Pocock's.. fields, He told witness he had thrown a dark lantern into a pond in Pocock's. fields. He said nothing ab.mt a chisel. I was Cross-examined by the Prisoner —I had not known you an hour had left the Compter more than three or four hours before and show after, ftr t w ee . serns.nei night. 1 t il o t i. ntoldpGravesend. i represented po ruea Ie nwt clothes.ela ds c a ldn m ell ey e s fai tr t e l ey i df e o r u e at a fi ion r first rbet a oo t um Y o teffiNecrul 11 ' t e n r aelrf. You a copy of a letter of the Secretary of State, that was all I lyaid before I showed you the letter. You read it twice, and said, No. You had made up your mind to have nothing to do with it. You did no; say you knew about it. It was an off,:r of 2001. for the discovery of the murder of the late I\lr. Templernan. You asked me to show you the letter again. You said, I will have nothing to do with it ; but I will tell you what I will do ; if they will give roe 1001., I will tell who the parties were. I asked you if you would tell who the actual party was who committed the murder. You said, I shall be requited to remain in England. I told you ycu would so. You said I will tell who the parties were it you will pay me 1001. down, and pay me my passage money. This was after I had been there from a quarter of an hour to twenty minutes. Prisoner—Did not you persuade me, now I had seen so much trouble through this affair, to make something of it now I had an opportunity ? Witneas—Certainly not. I did not persuade you to come to town. I said that you would most likely see me again in the Downs, and that most likely some gentlemen would be with me, because I expected some of my superior officers would be with me. I did not ask you to have anything to drink. You asked me if you could be tried again for the murder, and I said no, but you could fur the robbery. That was on haard the steamer. I never told you you could he punished if you did not disclose the whole you knew. I never told you at the station-house, you need not say anything of what had passed between us, as I did not intend to say anything against you. The conversation you allude to p a ssed i n the cab, in the presence of Inspector hiller. I saw you at Bow,street, but not alone. You sent for me twice to the prisms at Coldbath-fields. You said you had made up your mind to tell all you knew, arid, to the best of my recollection, all I said waF, that I was glad of it. Prisoner.—You can recollect what I said, but not what you said yourself. Witnesa.—l never told you that you would be entitled to the whole of the reward. I cline to see you again on the Sunday by your own direction. Prisoner.—Do you always attend to the directions of prisoners in this way ?—(A laugh.) Richard Hobbs King, a Policeman, described the search at Allen's on the morning of the 17th of March, and the finding of the money in the stocking among the rafters of the wash-house. On 14th May witness, under the direction of Inspector Miller, assisted in searching a pond in Pocock's. fields, and in the mud found the chisel produced (fitttng the marks in the dr..wer as proved by ) Mr. Under- Sheriff France received the money pro duced at the conclusion of the trial of the prisoner for murder. It is in the same state as it was then, except that one shilling dropped down when it was examined. Mr. Baron ALDERSON-Which has never been found. A witness named Hawkins proved the offer of Mr. Tern pleman of 14. for a cottage, and the possession of mo ney by him at that sime. John West, shoemaker, Lambeth-walk, proved that he sold the prisoner a new pair of shoes on the morning of Tuesday, 17th of March. Believes the shoes produced to be the shoes in question. Prisoner paid 7s. 6d. for them. Believes he paid for them in silver, but cannot say exactly. He put on the new boots. The old ones were laced boots. He was accompanied by a woman and a child. Cross.examined by Prisoner—The boots you left off ap peared to be very serviceable boAs. Mrs. F. Simmons lives in Oakley-street, New-cut, and deals in second-hand clothes. About 11 o'olock on the 17th of March, a woman came to her shop, and sold her a pair of old laced boots heavily nailed. I gave 2d. for them. John Jarvis—l live in a cottage next door to Mr. Tern pleman's. I know the prisoner. Know he supplied Mr. Templeman with beer about a fortnight before Christ mas. Have seen him cross Mr. Templeman's ground about that time. He was potman at the Barnsbury Castle. This closed the case for the prosecution. The prisoner, in his defence, said he must certainly beg kis Lordship's indulgence as he was undefended. There were some portions of the evidence he should wish to make some remarks upon, although he was not aware that he was compelled to explain every littlo circumstance that transpired. Among the vast mass of evidence produced there was very littl that affected him. First, as to his being in the skittle ground. It was not likely that he, when he could get as much beer as he liked by saying he had no money, would spend his earnings in purchasing it. With regard to the rushlight he had sent for it openly, which he would not have done, had he wanted it for an unlawful purpose. How was it possible Allen could say what o'clock he came home. The night was a moonlight one, and they could not say what time it was. He owed Allen money, and therefore, of course, he would tell him he had no money, as Allen would naturally have expected him to pay it. Wright could recollect everything that bad passed be tween them while alone, but nothing that passed in the presence of Squires. Wright knew the loca lities as well as he did. He would ask the Jury if they could believe such men as Jobson and Rogers. He wished to draw their attention to the unfair means by which he had been entrapped in his present con dition. Otway did not come while be was at the Comp ter, but went down to him the first day be was out of pri son, when he thought he might have been drinking, to take advantage of his condition. He represented himself as a gentleman sent down to offer him 2001, and reasoned with him on the subject. He would confess that he was overcome by his reasoning, and made up his mind to tell I a lie for the sake of a reward—if Otway asked if he would tell who the parties were if he were to place 1001. on the table ; and asked for what he would consent to lose his passage, to which he (the prisoner) replied, ‘• For the passage money," and Otway came next day, and instead of 100/. brought a warrant. Otway then said that lie could I be tried for the robbery, ant having acknovvledeed that he knew the parties, he could be punished if he did not dis close all he knew. Otway came to him to the station house, and told him if he would make a statement he should not only be pardoned but receive the whole reward, and be taken great care of. Find ing he was in a scrape, he determined to make a statement, and pretended that he knew something about the concern, whilst in reality he knew nothing, and also to implicate innocent parties. The principal turnkey was not examined today, for why he knew not, as he was a very principal witness. Sergeant Otway gave him money, and told him he might hLve whatever he liked. With regard to the lantern, it must be evident that he know nothing about it. Why he had spoken about a lantern was, that one had been mentioned on a previous occasion. Had he known there had been a lantern in Allen's house, would he have gone about asking for one? The lantern had not been seen for two years, and what evidence was its being found in a pond against him? Allen's children might have taken it out and thrown it away. He would not detain them any longer, as he was sure his Lordship would explain the circum stances better to them than he could. Mr. Baron PARKE then proceeded to sum up the evidence, and said that they were to try the indictment, without any prejudice against the prisoner, in consequence of what they had heard, and also without taking his former ac quittal, when indicted for the murder, into their considera tion. In order to c mstitute the crime of burglary, it was necessary that one of the outer fences of the house should be broken, and larceny committed thereon between the hours of nine at night and sOt in the morning. This latter point was necessary to he attended to, becaue, if the breaking tool: place at any other boors, it would be house breaking, and not burglary. Mr. Templeman living alone without a servant, they could have no direct evidence as to the state of the fastenings of the house on the night in-ques tion, although Mrs. Thornton's evidence went to that point. The Learned Judge then went through the whole of the evidence, commenting on it as he went along, and at a Quarter before Six o'clock the Jury retired to consider of their verdict. The Jury returned after an absence of a quarter of an hour, and brought in a verdict of—Guilty of the whole charge. The prisoner appeared greatly agitated on coming up to hear the verdict. Mr. Baron PARKE said the charge had been made out to the entire satisfaction of the Jury, and cf himself, and of the Lord Chief Justice ; and he was afraid very little doubt could be entertained of his having been the murderer ; and looking at his general conduct, and the confession which he himself had made of his willingness to sacri fice an innocent life for the sake of two hundred pounds, he should be wanting in his duty to the country if he did not pass npan him the severest sentence the law admitted of—transportatio❑ for life; and he should feel it his duty to recommend that he shoulki be sent to the penal "settlements, where he would have to work in chains for the rest of his natural life. The prisoner, who had recovered his firmness during the time sentence was passing. turned from the bar, and skinned lightly down the stairs with wonderful alacrity. There was a slight attempt at applause i❑ the Court, which was, however, instantly suppressed by the officers. KNARESBOROUGII.—ATTEMPT TO POISON. —On Tuesday afternoon, Charles Wright. a carpenter, in the employ of Lord Stourton, Allerton-park, near Knaresborough, was suddenly seized with a violent sickness, as if from taking poison, and on examining a bottle in which he had some ale to his dinner, it was ascertained that a quantity of sugar of lead had been put in, as a small portion was found scattered on a bench near the place whero the bottle -was placed. - It is sup posed the sugar of lead was put in during the (honer hour, and after Wright had finished his meal, for when he was about to recommenze work, he took a hearty drink of his ale, and then remarked to a fellow.workman, named Boldison, that some one had been mixing something with it, and gave Boldison the bottle to taste, and it made hint unwell also. A surgeon was immediately seat for, and strong emetics being given to Wright, he is now considered out of danger. An apprentice, named Barlow, working at Allerton• park, has been taken up on -suspicion of putting the poison into the bottle, and was on Wednesday remanded for further examination until the injured wan is sufficiently recovered to give evidence.—LeedsMercurg THE CROPS.—The hay harvest Is becoming general in forward situations, though some persons maintain that the mowing is too soon, as the grass still grows fast. We hear, on very good authority, that the swathe is much lighter than was expected, and very much lighter titan it was last year. The wheat wears various appearances; almost every where it is thinner than usual, nevertheless should the remain ing period of Its growth be fine maturing weather, and the har vest he also favourable, the yield may exceed the present anti cipations. The hop bines are remarkably foul everywhere; but no one less knowing than a conjuror, can foretell this year's fate of our hop-yards. There may be a erop,ploairltt.hzde may aytribtee none,." is the country adage respecting this one it is. All danger to the apple and pear trees having OGw passed, we may congratulate this co unty on the prospect a a large gathering.—Herejbrd Times. THE SCIIOOLNIASTER ABROAD.- At a neigh bouring tor n not many miles from our city, the following 'was lately called through tne market, the orthography of which is rather peculiar Straid or Stolen o i t r rode away froin(r) hip with (big—Mare ass, wite coulard—with the h e of he with the stifle—Paster joint cut with thehoPPle—ne ar th e s id e lug has a lump beeing boord —Whoever return the same to James Orbton Rig,g will be paid."—Country Paper. Ho It RIBLE I)EprtAvvry-- Ih e execrat i ons of the populace were vented loudly this morning, about twelve o'clo c k, against a brutal mother, whose child was found by Captain Carroll in some part of the parish of Lyncombe, im mersed in a tub of cold water, without a morsel to eat, where it had been left by its mother, while she went to drink in a public-house. The emaciated little creature, about two years and a half old, was taken to Mrs. Eveleigh's, dairy- woman, in Bath street, where it was fed with whey a nd b read, in quantiti es re gulated so as to assuage its hunger, without overloading its fa mished stomach.—Bath Herald. IMPERIAL PA LIMEN T. ~R+rv-.- HOUSE OF LORDS, Juvi: 22. Their Lordships met at F ve The Earl of IiATHERTON presented two petitions from places in Stafford against Sumlay trading in canals and railways. Lord StRAN I 3FORD presented a petition 71. , ;:linit any further grant to the Collei.te of Miytmoth. PATRONAGE IN THE COLONIES. The Duke of WELLINGTON wished to ask the Noble Viscount opposite if her Majesty's Government had any objection to lay before the House a copy of any corre spondence between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governors of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Prince Ed ward's Island, and Newfoundland, on the subject of a de spatch from Lord J. Russell relative to the administration of patronage in those coloniqs. Lord MELBOURNE said he would inquire if -his Noble Friend (Lord J. Russell) would have any objection to lay these papers before the House. The Duke of WELLINGTON—Then I shall move for them to-morrow. The Earl of RIPON wished to know if her Majesty's Government had any intention of laying before the House any papers on the subject of the connection subs'sting be twee❑ the Governor of Jamaica and the Legislature of that colony Lord MELBOURNE said that the Government had no intention of laying such papers before the House. The Earl of RIPON would in that case take an early opportunity of moving for them. CASE OF MR. F. O'CONNOR. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Mr. O'Connor praying that their Lordships would take his case into consideration. The Noble and Learned Lord then read the substance of the petition, which contained a contradiction of various statements of Mr. Hague, the Chairman of the visiting Magistrates, which had been read on a former occasion to their Lordships. The petitioner said that he had been himself at first obliged to perform certain menial functions, though he had afterwards been assisted by a fellow-prisoner in doing so ; that he had had no other seat than a stone bench ; that for days he had had no meat for dinner, and that be had been subjected to other indignities, and especially that he had not been allowed to see his attorney or any friends who might visit him. The Marquis of NOR NI ANBY said, that without wish. ing to cast any imputation upon the character of Mr. O'Connor, he should, if there were anyivariance between his statements and those of the Magistrates, prefer re lying on the declarations of the latter. He had ascer tained that the Magistrates had not violated the rules of the gaol in tho case of the prisoner. Mr. O'Connor had had the assistance of a prisoner in the gaol in performing for him all the duties of a servant by order of the Magis tracy. The prisoner had volunteered on one occasion to remove water himself, but he was not called, nor did he continue to do so. An order had been given that he should be visited by his legal adviser, or any parties who had business to transact with him. The Noble Marquis concluded by stating, that Mr. O'Connor had received all the indulgence which his position would admit of, and he hoped he would now show himself more tractable than he had hitherto been. Lord BROUGHAM had always observed that there was some exaggeration in the statements of parties placed in the unhappy position of Mr. O'Connor, but he had in variably found that the contradiction of their stateocnts were equally exaggerated. EMIGRATION. The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition from a place in Cornwall, praying for the extension of the Church to the Colonies. The Right Reverend Prelate then pro ceeded to say that the principle for which he was about to contend was one which had been sanctioned by various Administrations. That principle was, that the sale of Crown lands in Australia should be devoted to emigration to that colony. That principle had been re cognised by the Earl of Ripon, when Secretary for the Colonies, and by Lord Glenelg when he filled the same office, It was the promise which had been made by Go vernment on the subject, which induced parties to embark their capital in emigrating to Australia, hoping that if the engagement were fulfilled, the Colony would be supplied with a free and virtuous population. The promise, however, had not been kept, and the results were felt in a lament able manner. There was the greatest scarcity of labourers in the colony, and he was persuaded that if the 400,0001. which was the value of the Crown lands in question, were appropriated to emigration, such a step would produce a more beneficial effect than any other which might be taken either by the Government or by private individuals. lie had been informed that during the last year not a single ship had been sent out with emigrants to Australia, and he considered that as a violation of the pledges of Government. The Right Reverend Prelate then complained of the injustice of taxing the clergy for the expense of its gaols and police, with which it was burdened mainly in consequence of the convicts sent there from England ; and having adverted to the growing importance of New South Wales, he con chided by moving that an humble address should be pre sented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty might order that there should be laid before the House a return of the sale and revenue of lands in Australia, and of the appropriation thereof in each veer. The Marquis of L AND Siio WNE said. that he fully felt the necessity of encouraging emigration in any coun try, and especially in a country situated as England was. The Right Rev. Prelate had supposed that the Govern ment had violated its pledges in its appropriation of the revenues of New South Wales. The Right Rev. Prelate had, however, argued the case on an erroneous assump tion. It was true that his Noble Friend (Lord Glenelg) had pledged himself to devote the sums derived from Crown Lands in New South Wales, When he was in office to the purpose of emigration. But those sums amounted at the time to no more than 10,0001. annually. They had since, however, increased to 120,000/. or 130,0001. a year. The pledges of the Government did not, however, extend beyond the sum de rived from the source in question at the time at which those pledges were made. The inhabitants of the colony could not expect, under these circumstances, that the Go vernment should be bound by a declaration which it never intended to make. The Noble Marquis proceeded to say that the Government had extended every just and reason able protection to the colonists of New South Wales ; and that they were fully convinced of the importance of the colony to this country. He had not the slightest ob . jection to the production of all the papers fur which the Right Hon. Prelate had moved. The Earl of RIPON was of opinion that the produc tion of the papers would lead to very eesirable results. He wished to say a few words on the subject of the pledge which he was stated to have made on the subject of the appropriation of the revenues derived from the sale of lands in New South Wales. He had certainly intended, when he was Secretary for the Colonies, that the revenues:referred to should be applied to the purpose of emigration, but he had not then foreseen the immense increase which had since taken place in those revenues, and he had not cer tainly intended to hind himself and his successors to a specific pledge on the subject, unier any circumstances which might arise. Such a course would lead to incaleu lable inconvenience in the management of great affairs. lie thought, hc,wever, that the Government shoulrl not lose sight of the encouragement of einigra'ion in the ap propriation of these revenues. The Bishop of EXETER repeated, that there h•id been a distinct pledge given by Lord Glenetg, that the funds alluded to should continue to ha devoted to the purpose of emigration; and till sonic explanation of that pledge were given he thought its violation would reflect discredit on the character of the country. THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN SCOTLAND BILL. On the motion of the Archbishrp of CANTERBURY, this Bin was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted on Thursday. Their Lorchhips then adjourned till to-morrow. 110 USE OF COMMONS, JUNE " , The SPEAKER t )ok the Cuair at the usual hour. Sir E. KNATCHBULL brought up the Report of the Committee on the London and Greenwich Railway. Mr. POWER presented a petition fr‘,ln Dungan.ion against Lord Stanley's Registration of Voters (Ireland) Bill. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from a pl; ce In Devonshire, against ilny further grant to the College of Maynooth ; also petitions from Devonport and other places, in favour of Church Extension ; also a petition against the Ecclesiastical Duties Bill. Mr. G. BERKELEY presented a petition from two individuals of the name of Jenner, atatia? that they were nephews of the late Dr. Jenner, and in distressed ei:-cum stances, and praying the house to take their ease into on sideration. The petition was ordered to be printed with the Votes. Mr. M. PHILLIPS presented a petition from certain grocers in Manchester, praying that free-labour sugar might be admitted on the payment of a reasonable duty. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Bristol with a similar prayer. Sir W. SOMERVILLE presented a petition fr,,ni Drogheda. praying that certain proceedings of the Apo thecaries' Hall in Dublin might be stayed. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the Democratic Association of Dundee, praying for Universal Suffrage and Vote by Ballot ; also a petition from a place in Lancashire, praying for a mitigation of the punishment of Mr. F. O'Connor and other political offenders. Colonel CH [CHESTER presented three petitions from places in Devon, against any unit for the purpose of Church Extension. Lord SANDON presented a petition from the Dublin Steam-packet Company, against lighthouse dues and pilotage ; also a petition from a place in Lanarkshire, against the war with China. - Sir R. PEEL presented petitions from parishes in Somerset against the violation of the Lord's day. A'so a petition from Fazeley against Sunday trading. The Right Hon. Baronet also presented a petition front seven ministers of the Church of Scotland, and members of the Presbytery of Strathbogie, complaining of being Etta. [tended in the exercise of their functions by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for having obeyed a decision of the Court of Session, which was ultimately affirmed by the [louse of Lords, and admitting a clergy man to one of the parishes in that Presbytery. One of the petitioners had been in his parochial chsrge for fourteen years, another for fifteen, a third for seventeen, a fourth for twelve years, a fifth for seventeen years, and another for forty years. The petitioners stated that they were ministers of the Established Church of Scotland and members of the Presbytery of Strathbogie, that on lh,ing appointed they had taken the oath oc allegiance to their Sovereign, and were faithful subjects of the Queen, and as such were subject to the laws of the land, and bound to obey them, and that for doing so they had been suspended by the General Assembly from the discharge of their duties. The petitioners then appealed to the Commission of the General Assembly, hut their appeal was dismissed, on the ground of contumacy to the Church. On the Ist of June the General Assembly suspended the seven ministers from all their parochial functions, and appointed other persons to perform the parochial duties of these parishes. Thes e were the facts of the case ; and the petitioners, in that dis tressing situation, asked to be protected in obeying the law of the land and constituted au thorities.--Laid on the table. IVIN!NG Sir G. CLERK presented a petition from Glasgow ngpinst ti,c Glasgow Nlanielieil Puller Bill. Mr. O'CONNELL preserved a petition from thirty vestrymen and !ay body of rate-pavers of the parish ° Marvlebone aqaiii , t Lord Stanley's Lis' , Registration Bill. Mr. AC, LIONBY presented a petition from Carlisle complaining of the unjust treatment to which Mr. O'Cen • nor and o thers, imprisoned for political offences, pe re subjected. D. NORREYS presented a peti:ion nga inst the Vaccination 8111. Mr. E. TENNENT cave notice that to-morrow he should move for leave to bring in a Bill for the regu lation of Civil Courts in Ireland. Mr. F. DUNDAS gave notice that to-morrow he should ask a question of the Chanceilor of the Exchequer relative to the sale of Crown land.; in North Amer ica. BREACH OF BRIVILEGE. Sir E. KNATCHBULL complained of a statement which had appeared in the Brighton Guardian newspaP e i r, reflecting upon the conduct of Sir Augustus Data rymple, one of the Members of the London c'l. Greenwich Railway Committee, of which he (° Edward Knatehbull) was Chairman. The Right II"; nourable Baronet having read the paragraph, ob serve" that it was not his intention to found any proceedings thereupon. He would rum ely content himself w ith stati 4 that there was no foundation whatever fur the staterecnt3 contained in the paragraph. Mr. F. SHAW wished to call the attention of the 11°115e to a statement in the Morning Chronicle, that in order w a attend the division on the Irish Rigistration Bill, h e 113 d neglected his public duties as Recorder of Dublin a 0 adjourned the Court. The statement was utterly Wit, " ° ill foundation. He bad not adjourned the Court t the business was thoroughly concluded, and did not lea ve • Dublin till a day or two afterwards.—( Boar, hear.) SLAVERY IN INDIA. Mr. O'CONNELL asked the President of the 1 3)arel „ of Control when the Report of the Commission U Slaver , in British India wou HOUSE said t ld be presented ? Sir HOB HOUSE subject had been referreod to the Law Commission, whose Report had not yet bee received. In answer to Mr. HUME, na per s The RIGHT HON. GENTLENIAN stated that the r- t. , cea rel ding to the deposini , of the Rajah of Sattara had A u be already laid before the e East India Proprietors, "" would not object to produce them to the House. he rs Mr. HUME then said, that he ould move f or t to• morrow. MR. . O'CONNO. e Mr. AGLIONBY asked when the exßamination and sa th l t report cf the treatm nt. of Mr. F. O'Connor in ; - Castle would be laid before the House. Mr. FOX MAULE said that he must first look e ver them to sec if he could agree to their presentation. he Mr. AGLIONBY thereupon repeated the notice bad formerly given of a motion for their prodnction. HORRIBLE PERSECUTION OF ,he Sir R. PEEL then rose to call the attention of the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Foreign Depart m ent te t b te subject of the cruelties recently perpetrated uponupon, ° Jews of Damascus.—( Hear, hear ) He had bee° -',311 treated to do by several eminent individuals of theieviihe persuasion in this country, who did that honour to that they British House of Commons to believe would not hear the statement with incliffereen,ere —(Cries of .‘Hear, hear.") vs The circumstances e,O these :—A Catholic priest, of the name of Thom aso e " d had resided in Damascus since 1807, was suddenly' misses in the February of the present year, under circ usesstan tioa certainly strongly suspicious of rs urder, but an aec usa st was forthwith got up against the Jews of an atrocity arm to o r g incredible, that they had murdered the monk in ord an have his blood at the feast of u.lleavened bread, and a t w as Jew of the age of twenty, at whose house them °"lloe last seen, was apprehended and subjected to the m e t w i t s rible tortures for three days, in the course of ehO u , e itY said to charge seven of the most wealthy Jews of L t.- - w ere with having been concerned in the murder ; tn e i b he seized, and tortures were inflicted upon them , t h t o sias would not shock the House by repeating. The r 4 "too, Authorities, and he was afraid some Christian o nes ow be countenanced these cruelties.—( Hear, hear.) t hey asked the Government to do, what he doubted MI n o, were disposed to do (and what, perhaps, they ba d the se to use the influence of the British name to secure to unfortunate persons the justice of at least a fair rial.bee Lord PALNIERSTON said this subject ha o d ovseter % some time ago brought before the notice of th e ment, and he had lost no time in taking those die which the Right Hon. Baronet hid stated his op were Government had taken. Undoubtedly if the acc ounts an true which had reached this country, it was hoe instance of barbarity and atrocity which could not.nter, been expected in these days in any country hay in g i st on) course with the civilised world. He ( Lord Palm er- a l at Cons had instructed Col. Hodges the Queen's Alexandria, to bring the subject before the en, , _ e att ffect tion of the Pacha of Egypt, to point out to h im t" -ee, such atrocities must produce on the public mind in F diate el,oree and to urge him for his own sake to take imm e lass, to to investigate strictly what had really taken p punish the authors of the atrocities which had a ss committed, and to make such atonement estioe in his power to the unfortunate suffe rers.—(“ _o hear.) Of course such representations coul d not be ;Piet with greater authority to the governme nt of a for IN nation than that which their reputation gave them . to had also sent instructions to the Consul et Damascus to in .. 03 strict inquiry into what had actually taken place, i ` ei , directed him to report to the Government the eirettl;er stances of the case, and the part which he and the 0 ,1 Consuls had taken in respect of them. Sufficient tirn e , oe l not elapsed for him to have received the report of CI if Hodges or the Consul, but when they were reee' Y they were in a s:ate to submit to the House, he 6-he ell have no objection to produce them.—( Hear heat.) re 0' Mr. O'CONNELL wished to k now w h e th er this la table occurrence had riot originated in the vulsar enu, -1) minable prejudices which was rife in England formerl' ao soo still exist relative to the Jews, and whether the b est/fle eter of affording them art opportunity to vindicate their cha r ! c o, would not be to give the Jews, who were English e°to the bette r fullequality with other English subjects? NVould statement of the Right Hon. Bart. have come with e-0,0 effect from a Jewish Member of that House. The re sn eit no doubt that Father Thoniaso, who was a 1,0 respectable Missionary, had been murdered, ico there was no kind of evidence against the t he except what had been wrung front them hi ,11. most violent torture which was worse than none a „eo He wished to know, , (if the question was no t too elt e "b ,i scl for the present occasion) whether the Governmee;deti any intention to introduce a measure to allow eq ual rig to the Jews? to c t r : Lord ASHLEY was bound to bear testim on y zeal and activity manifested by his Noble Friend the S c h ee tary for Foreign Affairs on this subject, and on ll Scherer 011 whenever he eould serve the interests of the j u e i bis people. Ile had received letters from the E ast °- . l e o matter, which informed him this persecution of t he was carried on as a means of extortion. CHINA. r Sir R. PEEL wished to know whether the Or de r to Council authorising the detention of ships belong'°ooo3 the Emperor of China had appeared in the Gaedi e ' t tbo it it had not, why there had b een that departure fron general custom. no t Lord PALMERSTON said that the fact of its appearing in the Gazette was at mere oversight. THE S. Mr. HUME wished to know whether it we; th e inte e li r ; tion of the Noble Lord to bring forward any 111 ' 1'5 towards emancipating Cie Jews? ife tj Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he had alviays got his warmest support as an individual to the meese re i,, s i bl° had been brought forward on this subject by Friend in another place, but th e Governm ent ha" " el° a considered the Jews were not te e tly n° ° ‘ -r e els body to render it imperative upon them to i 0 5 a measure at present. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE• neJe t Lord J. RUSSELL said, before he moved th e of the Day, he wished to state the course he n f e ji ! 3 1 - , pursue with respect to the business of the even l ,* proposed to take first the Colonial Passengers' 13i ''': was one of very great importance. - The „ 11 , c; : t 0, would take would be the Admiralty Courts' 13 " did e ° ,l . then proposed, if the discussion on these measures " I ce oe" occupy a longer period than nine o'clock to take th e 9 d s ts tl , reading of the Irish Registration Bill. But if the „t t e h rs e te l n r d is e h d m ße u g eh ist h r e a y ti o o t t l i d ß ri i i l n l e to o . 'c u l i o g c l k a. then he eleouie I Lord STANLEY said he wished to know, of the Bill not being taken to-night what day the t , Lord proposed to bring it forward ? 0 ese P j LordJOHN RUSSELL could, not fix a dayat r r o iti ° —( Ironical cheers and laughter fruit the P' Benches.) fe l Mr. LABOUCHERE wished to state for the c°ee the that he intended to to ence of the Irish gentlemen, d third reading of the Irish Flour Bill that night. e i co ° ,{ Lord STANLEY said, nothing could be. were Lon venient than the manner in which the Neblege, proposed to conduct the business of the , This Noble Lord had. cilrnittud that tine 4 11-5 0 1 ; was one of paramouet importance,that ells' lio. Irish registration should k e precedence!. of the i re tl‘' registration. He admitte.: that the E I . Reg.3t tb Bill should be brought forward li g .of e before the elm° i d O A Session, End yet, on the 22d of June, bc• e rovi irv' the 1.51, inform the House when he intended to brieg it ' ° eo .ll , ‘,, f Now ho (Lord Stanley) had no other wish than to see, if fairly decided, whether it ea sq° O P' Bill or the Solicitor-'General for Irelem'' 0 01 ; that the House should fi x it s c h o i ce ; b u t he In uc ' , e s tit plain of the system of p utt i ng o ff t h e Bill from day on the ground that be c ou ld not fi x a d a y wheel it , 'l , be convenient to him.—(Opp os i t i on c h e eeriol;• l „ Noble Lord had fixed Th urs d a y next f or the CierVedeP, serves Bill, and if there was anything particular for : r ief; he should not press his mea surr; b u t w hil e h e did no°'","ese r). with the arrangements o f th e N o bl e L or d for tee! r to week, he felt that he would not be doing his (intY he yo o House and the country if he postponed the subjee t h ' e s.) Monday next.—( Cheers from the Opposition biin e "A t iely, Lord J. RUSSELL said the Noble Lord had e° ll ,: - his Bill in a manner so totally different from that °' te ° oll Hon. Members, that he could not expect him to s t t , eP i terii out of his way to promote his views —.( 3 ' v s s ll, cheers. ) The last time the Bill was discuvsed , . J. Russell had proposed Thursday for the next difeu;ser but the Noble Lord had refused that offer.--( gt che L L e i o t ) . r i r i a d ig. JS).TIAz. Ll N S L E Y L d L id il n a ci d t s e ci er u t n ai d o e l rstan a d d,, it . .. liat e r ob y Friday last—( oe f e le oL a toi r dr , d h ,s e ar , hear)—atxl when t notice of t h with the oebls do so with tßlt readingthe Bill. view ot' i h o e ' i fo Irish j e t n r:i y a was the House should have an Opportunity of decidie(s e d Nh i ll th er . climes of both, in order that it might be ascertaittl, P they, preferred the Noble Lord's Bill, or te e e p e es of his ' lonTiahl hight Honourable Friend the Solicitor Mc' for Ireland. poa C irs O de,n, L rg O oefr N ,st l hi, A ,3i L lDl ahya y PASSENGERS'onrgt beenht third irredad , reading I L! ) e f e tbe Cod „pee!: I Lord J. RUSSELL said he wish e d t o m a) .e s ° d p anations as to the general circumstances coy "ectc- 44 , 4.1; q