The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-25 00:00:00

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meld get a boom at Pre it rased, sass orstisse
leag as Uwe WAWA the asseet system I 1
Mr. Aricrox apps heeded that the arguatelt of the noble '
lord oily &Herded a 'airiest ranee fat mktg. a eases is 1
the cam:dam of the peas, ha that it gave so reuse for
peals( the hill. This was • bill effeedsg the ways and
means a the year ;it wee s bid loathing_ the retain _ !
bspred ear upon action' peas la Liverpool of Mr. ;
isotted,of 34 or 41.. lied he appealed to the Speakor whaler
sash a mendre wield be brought is is a priests his
no SPEAKER —ls answer to the appeal which has
been made to me upos the point of form, I have to say that
this bill was brought is is the ordinary maser spa peti-
tion for the beraidt of a oommuurt7, sad it is the sue
tiling whether a measure is brought is fas the beset% of
community or individuals. I mutt, of muse, draw a die.
dation between the form of the bill sad Its abject matte% I
It dotes sot appear to me that there is earythlng °astray to
tars is the manor is which this bit lies bets introduced.
The question whether the subject matter is proper for s
prime bill is now under the coosideration of the hosts,
sad it Is for dm house, and not for myself, to give an answer
spas that point. (Neer, hear.)
Mr. PACER, without giving as *Reiss ape the merits
of the hill, objected to its being brought forward se a private
ilr. WALPOLE regarded the qualm at bete asse a
great adobe polity,
_Walvis'. impertesi financial °adders-
does, oostaded that if tbs bill were referred to a
committee of four pedants sitting spans the house
would he sandal* some of its 1111011 i important duties.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ceseurred is
the views exproned by Lard Staley,
_mid observed that
upon the whole the balance of jwatioal cousideradose was
strongly Is favor of sending the bill to sommittes.
31r. G. HARDY remarked that the goversniat were not
free from blame fee not fulfilling their repeated promise to
bring is a greets' imam relating to the liesseing mast.
He oondemarl the bill se an extoptiosal piece of legit-
Lance.
A division wu subiegessily called, what
The SPEAKER desisted that the " moss had it."
Mr. HORAFALL the endeavoured le withdraw the bill,
but, the horse objecting, the amendment ins carried with-
out a division.
The bill was ooesequestly lost.
lONIAN ISLANDS.
Mr. B. COCHRANE postponed the notice which stood in
his same with respect to the loaias Lam* to that day
mouth.

COURT OF QUIVZHIS BIEHOH.—IrEn. 24.
After tens Ind Prim Sittlap at Guildhall.—(Before Leal
Chief Junkie Cesitbass sad • Bpsoiel Jury.)
*Mar e. miaow Ann Ardina.—urtar..
This was an sotto* for libel, published is the Journa of
Gtislighginy, qiipply, and Llsoirso7 ,Improvemints.
The iisiudoste pleaded not guilty.
Kr. 0.21•8ey, 4_o , and Mr.
_Oar* were Nadel for the
plaiatfff ; Mr. Bad', Q. 0., ad Mr. Hence Lloyd were
edged for the &tided'.
The case levelled a question of the greatest haportsare
is ormaexion with the law of libel, earl more particularly
with referee** to newspaper coasineete oe public mused.
isgs. The plaintiff is a civil eaginser in the Poultry. mid
the defeedaste are the proprietors and publishers of the
Journal of OsoligAting, Miter Btipply, and Sanitary ht.
proormelita, and the libel. sompleined oil were editorial oars-
rotate on the reports of the *videos. takes Wore the am-
:antes, of the Masse of Lords *ad Comeau lut semi= ea
the Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas Bill, which evidesim
was pablished in the emu paper that eaatained the objec-
tionable comments. The -alleged libels appeared oa the
3rd of May and the 12th of July lark and the loused
counsel for the plaintiff proposed to put to the papers coo-
tabling the articles, for the purpose of having them reed
Jr. Bovill claimed to have IM whole of the newspaper,
and not merely the portion saluted by the plaintiff, put is.
The *Kb& complained of woe only a portion of an oaths
book, sad the plaintiff was bound to pat in the whole, sad
sot • park
The Lord Chief Justice said the straggle ins to compel
the plaintiff to put in the whole of the newspaper, which
would relieve the defendants from pmt ''sag fa the other part.
as their evidence, and thereby give the Meadaaai counsel
the lest speech. Ile wished to blow if there wee any re
ceded for the present application. In the action spinet
the publisher of "Lord Byroo's Poem" the counsel for the
defendant had the whole poem read in court, as necessary to
the objectieuable poems.
Mr. Bovill said a similar ooures was panned in "Had
Tookirs " eds. He had so with to trouble the court or to
imports upon the officer of the court the teak of reeding the
sewspaper from beginning toed All he wanted wee that the
whole of the publication should be put la so that he might
have en opportunity of oohing attestau to ►the evidence
published with hie article, sad apes which it wee hued.
The articles made referees» to the evideace given before the
datadtten.
Mr. O'Malley urged that It was sot secemary the whole
of the paper should be put in. All that he was aired to
do wee to put in the article ad leave his lammed to
ad what evidence he liked, sod rebut it or explain it.
The Lord Chief Justice (bevies' consulted Mr. Justice
Blackburn) said that issued judge eincurred with him is
opinion that the artioles is uustiou referred sufficiently to
the proosedioga before the committeesto make the whole
of the publication the plaintiffs widows,.
The wides of the papas wen thee pat in in their
entirety.
The plaintiff was then celled. In hie 'akimbo, he stated
that be was celled in by the °pomade of the Birmingham
and Staffordshire Gas Bill, to assist them in having clamors
introduosd into the boll to allow gas to be tested when and
where the load authorities pleased. He coosidered it ab-
surd that six hours' noires should be given to the
pa companies before testing the quality of the gas. It
was unfair to the consumer, and they might as well give
tad hid six hears' notice that the SICISOMIII waling
to taut hie popper and tee. As be bad distinctly stated
before onoimittess of the Lards sad Commons, say gag
company could, I. an incredibly abort period, change
the quality of the gas to whatever they pleased. In
the case of the Woe gas-works, which he wait to
test 1. 1858 he found a different quality of gas provided for
him at the ps.works to that which was supplied to the
tow.. A two or three hours' notice to the gar company
was so security to the consumer. When he went to Luton
he found the gas in the streets very dull, but the next
alit it war very brilliant.
Lord Chid Justice said be wished the wanes could
effect that change in some of the struts is the metropolis.
By a jarymaa—Gas companies were bound to provide
photometers for test* the pa, sod he, on his professional
virile, was bound to use them at the gas works. At other
places he need his owe photometer.
The plaintiff tad the defendant (Mr. Barlow) appeared to
take opposite views upon the question, sad the plaintiff
iseroplained that the defendant had east nejuat imputations
upon bin conduct, and that he had imatiousd hie attacks
up= him. Only a few days dace the defendant had &air
rated him in their pitilioatioe sa "Betsy Prigg."
The plaintiff's awaosel offered to accept an apology with
saffideat damages to carry costs, but the defendants pre-
ferred going to the jury.
Mr. Bovill having addressed tbs jury for the defendants,
The Lord Chief Justice, in summing up, said the libels
complained of had arisen out of a contest that had existed
for some time between certain engineers conversant with
the supply of gas ; soma asserting, and among others the
plaintiff, that the present mode of testing gas was insuffi-
cient, while others said that to istrodaoe the cooditioos
which the plaintiff proposed, that no notice should be gives
to the companies, would be unjust and unfair to them. The
subject matter of the articles complained of WPI one of
public interest, and legitimate for a journalist to criticise,
Met it was for them to say whether they bad tranagrealed
the bounds of fair criticism.
The jury returned a verdict for the pleb:tiff—damages,

Mr. BENTINCIL remarked that the Item hat boa
is thin debate, for the first Me, the mbilladem HMS dm
great ems al U. *vile of Wald was win wit *Me
free lade. lie Loaded among the Woolens painalahl
saes the Ink a.wta whet was termed
width. if mot a di.a nab; he odd. he
sad be timesoad am unjust me ferevoisse&i:
which 'raised had teem rabbeted for the ]ad
40 or 00 years. _Tat mem embodied fa the asolatios,
L his :raise, woad moll madam to the welfare of the
or be jest to thane of Emend.
Par 1101126. defended the neolution, which roast
so mesa, be said, this to mined an available remedy ter
in Moulted state of Map OM wee lommemishie- Enda
the meseuree Isdlosted is the resolution, be euggeeted Mere
that would, is his opiates, dp s vast amount d benefit to
Ireland to the development al its remons as well as eat-
oypl's' the pessistioa, sad alder* their motel oft&
If the ter orenneest would only with dot
W me effort would be attn with results
of the grated imsorienee.
Ole R. MILL soatemded that the real date of Inlaid
did mot Setif} the represestalcoe whisk bad bees
darag the dekko ; the number of cattle aad
Mess bad very makes* buena Amiss the peat
=sad am lb estiftatica there bad Mee am sotoal
L tie number Si perm, who had aft Inlaad is
1864. The produce of potatoes bad been usually laz
W growth Si Sax had greatly beamed, sad the whist
crop bad bean adman& -The only crops that had bees is
any way diatspoietiag were bay and eats. The toads is
W aeries banks
bad lameame& ead works of improvement
way is program, though he admitted them were disable
is the santry whin had so dm is the guard pm
patty lie no Meld that the home would not dear
to the. goverment the credit of an hosed endeavour to
brier shout a state of Iblap favourable to the material
downy of Ireland.
Lid R. CECIL, treating mob of the sciamwte sad
illastratkam of Sir R. Peel In a tome of rdiesb, pooossdsd
to damn the (Fedi= of tenant right, sod aped this
whilamery steadies should be gives to de rights of
leadlorde, due °maidenlike should be awarded to that is-
*Um to temente whisk bed arisen out eintio=legie-
Islas whin had at ow Me prevailed is to baba&
Idacostroverted the mode Lwhich gr. laid
dews the adapts of refuelsit say aid by plate of softie
sway he Lsasd. Mandering it am too admire mod
sweeping. Awing by illustratios that the absence of
ly Is Ireland woe eat owls, to the *Alamos of the
tOrrace, or to Eames eathiem he attributed it
insisly to the system of forenamed that country by
IlertitEGOßY, fully agreed( is the existence of dig.
teem la lads& sad resedisMag say goaard &abeam to the
principle of direct material aid from genenceent,
that the out Mace obi* lash members of tbreagrho,r'al
party bad of bang wedded at the mut elmotion was by
diedowief allegiamee to her Majesty's ministers, and pro-
ceeded to Mama that sae of the gnat preventive rams-
dies for the present date of dap might have been fond
is the melodrama of the Galway pssh.t coarse&
Mr. MAGUIRE thought that a good Mint law would in
great part meet the evils nadir whiehlreand grossed. tee
had bees losing four minima • year deco the wawa by
absenteeism, sot one farthing of which hod ever retuned
to the country. He warmed da goversmeat how they ma
tined to govern Ireland la a &pint hostile to the wants and
sympathies of the pm*
The O'CONOR DON moved the adjournment of Hoe
dean
Ms. HENNESSY ummaked it was understood that s
=Lamest night would be gives for the restuadios of the
Tap SPEAKER—It mud follow the committee of supply.
Mr. HENNESSY—But the Mk lord con se his
easturamoe that be will gin us a foreramet sight to bring
It es win.
Lon PALMERSTON—Tbie is an sameadmest to rag
into committee el supply, sal when supply soma es apis
I understand the debate will be remated. Is that owe it
will be Money.
The debate was edjoures&
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY (IRELAND)

CHINA.
Colonel SYKES pee notice that on Friday, the 3rd of
March, he would call the attantios of the hones to the
elleged inability of the primal government to enforce orders
is conned and ordisimose relation to trade is Chins, and be
would ask the Under-Secretary for Facto' Affairs whether
snob inability was consistent with the proceedings with the
capsular courts in China.

CHELSEA BRIDGE.
Sir J. SHELLEY pee notice that on ae early day be
woad move for leave to brim toe bill to tree Cbebtea•bridge
from tolb, so far u related to foot pameopre.

LAIrtkriLLIGENCIt

COUNTY FRANCHISE.
Mr. HUNT pen sake that es Wednesday nest he
would ask for leave to introduce a bill to mused the law re.
lacing to the registratios of county soiree.
REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY.
Mr. MAGUIRE asked the Ueda, Secretary for Foreign
Affairs whether be had received any information as to the
government of the mobilo of Ungssy haring sent oom-
reissioners to Paris to solicit the proteettioe of the Emperor
of the French against the Brazilian troops now besieging
Monte Video; whether any similar aid had hese asked from
her Majesty's government ; sad whether her Mojeety's
government bad received any information by the French
picket as to the condition of attain in the River Plate,
especially in reference to the threatened blockade of Monte
Video, and the active, if any.. taken by the aorpo diple-
matique at limits Video respecting ouch mimes.
Mr. LAYABD said the government had received informa-
-1 Son that the government of the Emperor of the French
bed bees requested to mediate between the gewromeet of
Moats Video and Basil. With regard to the mood part
of the question, no such request bad been made to her Ea.
jeety's government. With regard to tie third part of the
question, he might state that the goverament had been in-
formed that the besieged city had after a oiliest resistance
fallen into the heads of the silted armies. sad that, &word-
ing to the custom of the osestry, Gemmel Gomez and his
°Moon had been shot down in oold blood.

ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
This bill pared through sonerastee, and was ordered far
third reading oa Moods,.
FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR EVIDENCE AND
PRACTICE BILL.
This bill, with some verbal amandmente, also west
Waugh oommitten
Mr. EtRUCE obtainad leave to bring in a bill to awed
time law relating to game in Iroland.
LANDS AND HERITAGES IN SCOTLAND.
On the 'natio° of Mr. Lutti.or, a Wen sommittes wu
apintted os this bill.
Sir F. BEYOATE obtained leave to introduce a bill for
the further protection of sheep and other property from
dap ia belated.
On the tootle* of Xi. Conran, a masa committee was
nominated on the Omuta of Justice Concentration Sits Bill.
The house adjourned at 20 minutes peat 12 o'clock.

LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY,

The twenty-fourth half-yearly general meeting of
this mummy was held, yesterday altoreare, at the Gros-
venor Hotel, Victoria Station ; Lord flomita in the chair.
The Stourraar, Mr. W. F.:. Johnson, having read the
advertisement convening the meeting, the report and state-
meat of sosousta were taken se read.
The Cgatimazi, in moving the adoplias of the report, '
congratulated the meeting °Olio jemmying prospects of the
aritmany. He thought that the report would be considered
satisfactory. Daring the past throe years their re-
ceipts bad been progressive. Taking the returns of the
receipts for the past throe years they would find that thine
from passengers alone ware io the half-year ending Doom-
, her. 1862, 78,724/. ; inithe corresponding period of 1863,
106,7701. ; and in the hilt-year ending list December,
142,763/, showing an Memos over those of the half-
year ending in 1863 of 36,992/. ; the total in-
crease of receipts, taking the goods traffic Into consideration,
being 43,6971. On the other hand, while there had been
this large increase of receipts, the working expenses had re-
mained about the same, or that them was every mom to
believe that the nearer they approached the completion of
their vast undertaking the larger would be the proportion
el the receipts to the expenditure, which must be considered
satisfactory. By the opening of the Ludgate station one
very important part of their line had been completed, and
be was 'retitled to be able to state that the rest of the
work wee rapidly approaching completion, and that before
the end of the year a junction would be made with the Ye-
tropoldan, and also with the Great Northern and Midland
systems. The shareholden would be glad to hear that the
company bad no bills to promote io parliament during the
present session, and any business they bad there would be
ociefloed to watching the proinedins of other cowponies,
is order to see whether, and if so in what manner, their into
would be affected. He begged to move the adoption
of the report.
Lord ii• 311111 seconded the motion, alluding to the fact
that, notwithstanding the groat increase of the receipts,
they might, is consequence of not yet being able to carry
the goods traffic to Blackfriate station, reasonably
expect a very conslderabls addition from that source
when the asceesary facilities were afforded. There wee no
reason whatever to soprano that the increase of their goods
traffic would not before long fully equal their anticipation&
The ()hernia-crow Railway having boon completed and in
working for six months, they had now had wen experime
of what would be the effect of that competition, and he wee
happy to soy that it would do very little if any
damage
to this company. As soon as the junction wasa=
with the different systems which would shortly be brought
late ocionexion with theirs, be had not the slightest doubt
that it would vastly improve their position. He concluded
by amazing the shareholders of the 'Wismar of the board
to give information to them upon any points which might
be required.
The report, after • lengthened discussion, was want-
, movaly adopted, and the retiring directors and auditor else-
I fed, amidst the acclamation of the meeting.
The customary vote of thanks to the chairman and
directors concluded the proceedings.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
Fix. 24.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
GILSON r. CILOON.—PART RILED.
This cues was resumed today and concluded.
The jury found a verdict for the defendant, thus esta•
blishing the will.
lin lordship condemned the plaintiff in costa.

RAILWAY AND PUBLIC' COMPANIES IN
PARLIAMENT.
Yesterday, is the two following cases, the stand-
iorders were deigned not to lame bees complied with.
sms Ram Joionits RAILWAT.-.-Fer railways from
Lynn Regis, Donee, to Chard, is Sememetehire. Capital,
MOON. ; lean, 40,0004
13ftsorso, NEWPORT, AND YARMOUTH ItAILWAY.—Fee •
Ilse between these plasm.
Other as were partly heard, and
IMAM Cow OM art= ON STARD r:Dtli".
t.—Yeeteeday,
I at the Intim ed this committee, Colossi W. Patten is the
chair, It wee &aided that the steedieg codas might be die-
Mswith is famed the followiss bills reported spinet
hed *samisen, aid that the promoters be permitted to
proesed with them :—Losdoe, Chatham, and Dover Rail-
way (No. 1), Bensiagdale sad Oa:abridge Railway, East
U.k Railway and Maks, Brame sad LlandoTere Railway,
Middens Industrial Schools, Garth Quarry Raßusg; 1,14
Brynmawr, Blaeoefon' end Pontypool Railway.
The erimmittee also decided that in the awes of the Fast
Somerset &nouns Railways, and the Lyme Regis sad
Chard-road Jusetion Railway, the standing orders could not
W *implied with, and the bills an eamegaseitly Wt.
FORTH= RULES POR TEI Santa ore 70 PRACTICE
AID Paocsouas ON RAILWAT DEUX —Yesteeday Ms.
J. Q. Dodeon, the newly appointed °Minima of ways and
MOM, used the following new regulatiose :—" Notice of
, el:denies to locus Mardi of petitioners, bow to be given.
I The premolars of private bills, against which any petition
hee hem preeseted, who intend to object to the right of the
Mrto be lou ea d petitios, shall, not leash *m
ds:esire days before the minims of the emialittee is
whisk *shill has bees Maned, give intim in wriMsgd
snob invest e., sad of the grenade of their objection to the
Wens" bat it shall bs cenipeteet to the refines to allow
ngitegres to ha given seder special etrearostuiew,
the time stove limited may have *spired. The
niftier of objecUon to locus standi may be withdraws, and
the settee of hearingis to be gives thrice; the Private
ambers.,"

LONMOM GAMMA'. OMNIBUS COMPANY. -The
411 i for the half-year mil* Vet Deventer, ,te
be fieed at the geseratmeethm ofthie touipasiy, es Vat
Kaiak will be 3a per ahem equal to 74 per met, hot of
home tas

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1865.

TIE Ti

THE GREAT BURGLARIES IN THE CITY AND THE
STRAND.—Yesierday afternoon a clever capture was effected
of six persons who, there can be no doubt, are the thieves
who have recently committed the extensive burglaries that
have created so great a sensation in commercial and other
circles. From information received by polioo-constable
George Ranger, 199 G division, Inspector Potter, also of
the G division, Inspector Brennan, of the F division, and
John Moss, detective-sergeant of the City force, proceeded
to the east end of the town and took the following parsons
into custody —William Hoary Jeffrey, Martha Jeffrey,
Thomas Carly, Ann Carly, Thomas Britton, and Louisa
Bruton. The arrest was made between three and four
o'clock, but was not completed without very considerable
difficulty—one of the prisoners, Thomas Brutoo, known as
the '° Velvet Lad," offering • desperate resistance. The
discovery of the property leaves no doubt that the persons
captured were engaged in the " Walker" and " Abraham"
burglaries.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT IN THE WESTMINSTER-ROAD.
—Menem Alderson and Co., linendrapers of 83, 85, and
87, in the Westminster-react, have for some time past
been enlarging their premises, end another house recently
purchased of • pastry-cook, adjoining. Heavy scaffolding
Lad been erected in front of the four stories of the build-
ings, and the men were ragged in rousing out the cornice
work at the top of the building. At 12 o'clock yesterday •
strange noise was heard within the shop of themiddle house,
whoa one of the superintendents Helps thadanger warned the
assistants to make for the other side of the shop. They bad
no sooner done so than the front of the wall between the two
booms fell, carrying with it the whole of the scaffolding.
Fortunately DO one was injured, though considerable
damage was caused to the stock in trade of „Mmes.
Alderson.
howI:MON or CONYENTS.—Last night a meeting
convened under the auspices of the Protestant Alliance
was held in St. James's-ball, Piccadilly, to urge upon the
public the necessity for a governmental inspection of con-
vents. The meeting, which was by no means overcrowded,
was presidedover by Mr. J. C. Colqub omit who in open iog the
proceedings said they were not met to domes the doctrines
or erten of the church of Rome, but simply to petition the
legislatures on the subject of a grievance tench demanded
redress at its hands. Under the English law monastic in-
stitutions were illegal. and though he did not ask that con-
vents should be placed on the same footing, he did insist
that the law ought to take care that they were not, as he
was afraid they were, used for illegal purposes. To ensure
that it was contended that they should be subjected to a
periodkal inspection ; and be justified such an interference by
referring to the meiotic* of France, Prams, Italy, and
Austria. The Rev. Mr. freed moved the first resolution,
as follows :—" That there has been • large Lad rapid increase
in the number of conventual eetabliehments in Britain, and
at the pelmet time there are 201 of these institutions in
England and Scotland, for females, containing, it is believed,
some thousand inmates, most of whom are under an amount
of constraint iooonsistent with personal liberty, while
others are unlawfully carried abroad, out of reach of
English law. That it is therefore eminently desirable that
parliament should i meth,* inquiry uponthissubject, end that
• petition be accordingly adopted to both houses of malig-
ned/I." The Rev. IL Seymour of Bath, wooded the resolu-
tion, and dealt with the objeclion that the movement had
sprung from • spirit of persecution, and reminded the meet-
ing that within the last 75 years the three greatest Roman
cathorsc countries in Romps, via., France, Spain, and Italy,
had followed the example of Ragland by abolishing monas-
teries. These institutions, be insisted, were alike epposed
to the law of nature and the law of God, and he meld not
resist the conviction that they were too frequently sop.
potted because they afforded facilities for the accrompthh-
meet of improper, not immoral ends. The resolution was
carried by exclamation, after which ,beaks wire voted to
the press for the assistance it bad give. to the mm
e by its
exposure?! the relied' cases, and to the chairman for his
courtesy in the chair.
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moropoLr.
At the Lambeth police-court yesterday Mr.
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lamas.
Xr. Norton mid—l must say that nothing enaldhs men
nor ad so one could ben shown pater anxiety than
Mr. Mona to make a vented with all the mysteries
of Hodge Pod's. I at Otatertmerhall lent Satur-
day, and I ortehtly was ezeadvely dangler; ad moat
emoted. When the ONO was brought beton me a fortnight
ago, I thought it one of sash importance, 1106 for the
intersat of the public and the lessees ofd the peat theatre&
that it was right sad proper I amid take
due time for its soneideratioa. I will not
my that at the time I greeted the summons I had °not
formed sea anion, sad a pretty nurse, as to what the
result of that gammas mast be, opinion nee end
was not altered by the evident. brought before me, and I
must my it has only been strengthened by the seasidors-
tioe I have bees enabled to give to it sizes. MAI I had
witnessed Hodge Podge I was sot gaits aware what
the nature of the performance AL As It was
avec here, I might almost my pithead, by
the lamed counsel, he rather ga the mo-
rality of the plot, and he also' goatees& the misty
of the public in the place where Hodge Page was per-
formed. 1 can quite understand that the learned asset
for the prosecution felt perhaps that be stood is
rather so invidiouspolitico in moving in this
proacatioe, because certainly the law he. given the lord
Chaniberlain the power to watch the proprieties a the
step. It would appear from what Kr. Morton has said
tat this very perfonemes, and performances of share
description, have been carried as at the Oriterbetryhall far
now nearly two years. las quite eadiestend that the
leaned counsel fat in the arra cares al thing the
proper way would have been far the proserstiss to have
been mord by the Lord Ohemberiain. He, the Mena
coma, therefore labentia wtq =eh is a dined* M
alleging that the lasses of the peat the 011110 forward
to proem* that they bed the masa of the peaks, and
the public morale, and the safety alas public eatirail
ha m
t, and that they did not a forws4 se was
by man persons, ea sessopalas. To prat this be ear-
went through the pisy of Hodge Padre, cad tailed
my attrition to two Or three doable ealieden in it;
but we mast not forget that Shawnee:* bas said,
" All the world le a se," and I hepa to fear lest this
court shoal& come wtthia the serweillesse d the lard
Chamberlain ; but that is only • little by ; we an an
the subject of than& However, the alarm of the
learned counsel was entirely upset by his ea whams,
because they one and all said that it was not only a pato-
mime, bat an exceedingly good • and as to the doable
outstares, there wee oothharbreedir is them SUS West was
to be observed at theatres. Then as to the safety of Mater.
bury-hall from fine, Mr. Marta eve Midway evident*
that the narks from the fireworks fell upon lead, water
belag in the midst of it ; sad if say ateldestel fin should
aria then
audienceoor be
from the loose, and the mast
crowded could be cleared cer la three adonis&
Therefore I mast my the lamed counsel did sot iroceed la
proving at all to my abduction that the lame a the great
is mangle this tastier were eataly Montanan&
Mr. Norton went on to say, that having considered all the
points of the as, he °snarly could come to so other soa-
alarm that that Hodge Podge is. • pantomime and a stage
play. He added—l may say, too,sot only do I weeder it
• peatoonme, bet one of • very superior The illumi-
nation that is given to the figures, the forms at the scan
and area& and the eaters d the calla, sad alto-
gether the William that is imparted to it, is beyond say-
this.; I ever Massed, sad I as exceedingly paged.
I also saw something there which reminded me
much of Gerniany. I saw people sitting at tables
smoking. with their female compasions, either tap*
their coffee, or drinkiag their beer. Smoking to-
bacco rottenly did sot destroy nty Maim al OW
many. It seemed a social sad wenamaccied gab-
lishmeet, bat I had not to go there to lean that
fact, for sitting in this pros I can tray my Mall for may
years we have not bed • angle complaint against the Oa-
terbory Music Hall. I a extremely awry to Harm. V
only for a short time, the light ol Hodge Pod's. lam very
sorry to do it, but I must Irma my hope tbat, as the for-
bearance of the authority of the LordChansberiain has been
exercised for eo long • time, the Cantarbarrhall and
all places so admirably module& as that, and lark ear
duos so much to the sociality sod rellosant of Foglia-
nien, I would hope that the forbearance should be .deeded
to the protection of a license ; and if Mr. Marta wishes
me to postpone my giving my final adjudication in the mat-
ter until be has an opportunity of applying for such liar
I will do to.
Mr. Morton—lf that, sir, is your kid opinion, I should
certainly with to have the opportunity of akin my appli-
cation.
Mr. Norton—l will my this much more, that Ido sot
consider from what I saw of Canterbury-hall that it
wee at all astrueted for the purposed carrying on the
regular drama, bat for such exhibitions end npr.aatatious
as I saw itl is perfectly complete. In giving, however, this
opportunity to Mr. Morton, I must beg to guard myself
spurt expressing any opinion that such license should be
given generally. Although I as. bound by the act of pubs-
meet, I am bound also to look at consequences that might
aria. U this was not to be considered a stage play. there
would be nothing to prevent persons in the New Cut,
which is in proximity with Canterbury-hall, from
opening a similar place in that locality, and saying it on
to the great injury of public morals.
After • short disarm between Mr. Prentice tad Mr.
Roberts. as to the adjournment,
Mr. Norton said he hoped if Mr. Morton wee successful
in his application to the Chamberlain for a license, he would
only have the sort of exbibitioa be himself Massed the
other night As tor the deem, that was altogether out of
the question, the building not having appliances for its
For such an interesting exhibition as he had seen, and en-
tertainments of that class, a licence should be panted.
The public taste was running on burlesque, which so doubt
would have a tendency to check the prevailing and say
(*shim' of sweeping the streets with bag end expeasin
dream. (Laughter.)
The final jagart was then postponed to a future day.
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