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A Londoner's Walk to the Land's End : and a
Trip to the Scilly Isles. By Walter White.
Chapman and Hall.
This unpretending volume is the description of
a pedestrian excursion through the three south-
west counties of England—Dorset, Devon, and
Cornwall. Being released from the pressure of
business engagements, and having a month's leisure
to dispose of, the author determined to set out on
this somewhat formidable expedition on foot. The
satisfaction he derived from his journey, and the
agreeable narrative ho has given us of it, may per-
haps induce some adventurers to follow his ex-
ample. One advantage derived from this mode of
travellinc, is the acquaintance with local peculiari•
ties and ° character, and with the comparatively
unknown spots which are out of the line of rail-
ways and steam-boats. Leaving Southampton,
the traveller journeyed alone. the coast until he
reached St. Austell. His 'descriptions of the
Cornish and of the Scilly Isles form the
most novel and striking feature in the volume. In
Cornwall a strong feeling of distinct nationality is
still maintained. A few years ago a lecturer argued
that the county should be treated as an island.
" One and all" is their motto, and this clannish
feeling was strongly exhibited in the days of James
the Second, on the imprisonment of Bishop Tre-
lawney, who belonged to one of their most ancient
families. The famous song which they sung on
that occasion is still sung in Cornwall, beginning—
" A good sword and a trusty hand,
A merry heart and true,
King James's men shall understand
What Cornish lads can do."
And ending with the chorus in allusion to their
family names—
"And shall they scorn Tr , Pol, and Pent
And shall Trelawney die/
Here's twenty thousand Cornishmen
Will know the reason why."
Kelynack, whose walk to
The writer supposes them to be of Celtic origin.
Teihieerygyc,erftoarinlymaanpypear to possess the northern
London to see the Exhibition excited so much
astonishment, was a Cornishwoman. One of the
inns near the Land's-nd bears on one side of
its signboard, " The first inn in England," and
on the other, " The last inn in England." Sad to
relate, another has been built still nearer the point,
so the ingenious inscription is incorrect. There is
a tradition, which has excited some speculation
among; antiquarians and geologists, that a fer-
tile district, well populated, and known as
Loth° wstow, or Lyonness, once connected the coast
of Cornwall and the Scilly Islands. It is said to
have sunk into the sea, leaving only the Seven
Stones, which are still called " The City," and
among which fishermen are said to have found
some pieces of casements and stone moulding.
The Trevillian family have a white horse as a crest,
to commemorate the escape of an ancestor by swim-
mingmight be imagined. The waters
over what has been dry
to the mainland on horseback. Yet, extra-
vagantof man ; and in a great storm,
as this tradition may appear, it has a better
entertained that the sea would
St. Ives Bay, and leave the
of
fuisandoautnieena
Bthaaynnow
flow
l
et:lb:send; and at Par blocks of granite
ibLanr
Land's
Inda
sdkra7t
Eit
frineeodauur
agai memory ai
laid for a bridge were found at a depth of twenty
feet. So many instances of the changes of nature
. naturally tend to increase the belief in the old
story. Tennyson places the scene of King Arthur's
last battle in this vanished region.
" So all day long the noise of battle rolled
Among the mountains by the winter sea,
Until King Arthur's table, one by one,
Sad fallen in Lyonness about their lord."
The largest of the Stilly isles, St. Mary's, is only
two miles broad, and three long. There are alto-
gether three hundred isles and islets, but only five
are inhabited, the total population being about
2,700. Many of the inhabitants have never
as they call England,
btlemenughto stolle near main,"
Their chief trade is
in potatoes. Fifteen thousand baskets had
been se.
Soment since the commencement of the
season of these are the early potatoes
that bring half-a-crown a pound in Covent-garden
market. In 1853 the people of St. Martin's got
2,000/. for their crop. They are of a very early
kind, and originally came from some given to a
pilot by a Spanish captain. Though they are de-
, scribed as " a close-fisted set," they subscribed
2501. to the Patriotic Fund. The author returned
by Davenport, Exeter, and Taunton to the metro-
polis again, highly satisfied with his month's
ramble. His impressions of it are best conveyed
in his own concluding words :
And so ended a tour in the course of which I had
walked four hundred and twenty-five miles, with none
but happy results. It is no small privilege to be able
thus to employ a holiday ; to come home with recollec-
tions of majestic headlands and foam-fringed bays : of
breezy moorlands ; of heath clad hills and shelteesd
valleys ;of pleasant field-paths and of lonely lanes, whe
streamers of hay filched from passing wales hang on the
hedgerows and overhanging trees ; and, not least, of
kindness among strangers. To shake off the social
hamper once a year and ramble at pleasure enables a
man to keep account with himself—to remember much
that he forgets amid sedentary occupations and mono-
tonous routine. Courage comes back as well as vigour;
and the morbid fte'ing with which we are apt to regard,
life and its duties, yields to the health-fraught influences
of air and exercise. But only be who trusts to his own
legs, ready to rough it, changing his horizon day by
day, can fully appreciate the charm of herne•travel. I
never feel so content with my lot as when returning from
a holiday ramble. Who would be querulous that, with
ten pounds in his pocket, and knapsack on shoulder
can go forth, wander lovingly over his birthland, and
live for a month amid sunshine and beauty ?

This bill passed, through committee.
DWELLING-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The Marquis of BREADALBANE, in moving the
second reading of this bill, said it was one that would
greatly benefit the labouring and operative classes in
Scotland by providing them with dwellings of an im-
proved description to those which at present existed.
Lord PA.NNIURE and the Duke of ARGYLL cor-
dially supported the bill.
Atter a few words from Lord REDESDALE the bill Wa3
read a second time.
ENDOWED SCHOOLS (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion of Earl GRANVILLE, this bill was
read a second time.
EDINBURGH LANDS BILL.
This bill, on the motion of Lord REDESDALE,
passed through committee.
The Victoria Government Bill passed through com-
mittee. _
The Waste Lands (Australian) Acts Repeal Bill passed
through committee.
The New South Wales Government Bill also passed
through committee.
The Places of Religious Worship Registration 8.11
passed through committee.
YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS BILL.
This bill, after a few verbal amendments, passed
through committee.
HAILEYBURY COLLEGE BILL.
On the motion that this bill be'read 'a third time,
Lord BROUGHAM hoped that compensation would
be given to those persons who would be deprived of
office by this bill.
Earl GRANVILLE said the noble and learned lord's
vishes had been anticipated.
The bill was then read a third time and passed.
ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) ACT
CONTINUANCE BILL.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said this bill was
merely to contain the powers of the act already in force
for another year.
After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM,
The bill was read a second time.
Their lordships then adjourned.

ROUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAL)
The SPEAUR took the chair at 12 o'clock.
The Lords' amendments to the following bills were
considered and agreed to :—Bolton and Nightingale's
Road ; Gun-barrel Proof-houses (Birmingham and Lon-
don) ; Stockton and Darlington Railway ; West Somer-
set Mineral Railway ; and Wolverhampton New Water.
Petitions were presented by Colonel LINDSAY, from
Fife, against the Lord Advocate's Education Bill ; also
a petition, by Mr. DoNcsN, from Dundee, to the same
effect.
NUISANCES REMOVAL AMENDMENT BILL.
On the order of the day for the house going into com-
mittee on this bill the further consideration of the bill
was resumed from July 10, at clause 28, in which Mr.
Dillwyn bad moved to insert a proviso to exempt smelt-
ing works from the operation of the clause.
The committee divided on this proviso, when the num-
bers w ere—
For the proviso 25
Against it 27
Majority against the proviso —2
Mr. KNIGHT then moved to add at the end of the
same clause these words, " Provided always that the
provisions hereintofore contained shall not extend or be
applicable to any place without the limits of any city,
town, or borough." The hon. member contended that
if there were not some such proviso introduced into the
bill it would have the effect of driving out of the country
soap making and other important manufactures.
Sir F. THESIGER fully concurred in the object of
the amendment, but wished to add to it the words
" populous districts."
Mr. ROEBUCK opposed the additional words pro-
posed to be added by Sir F. Thesiger, considering they
had no legal definition, and would lead to much litiga-

tion.
Si: 13. HALL said be had no objection to the words
" populous districts" being added, and in that case he
should not oppose the insertion of the proviso of the lion.
member for North -Worcestershire (Mr. Knight).
After some further conversation the committee divided,
when the numbers were—
For the insertion of the words " popu-
lous districts " . 57
Against 4l
Majority —.l6
The words were therefore ordered to be added to the
clause.
On the question that clause 28, as amended, stand
part of the bill,
Mr. KENDALL moved, as an amendment, that the
clause be omitted. He represented a most extensive
district, and he felt convinced that if the clause was
passed it would affect the wages of every Cornish miner.
He thought the less evil of the two would be to with-
draw the clause altogether.
Mr. CHILDS seconded the amendment for the omis-
sion of the clause.
Mr. ADD ERLEY opposed the amendment. He
thought hon. members on considering this important
question ought to look at it in a general and in a pri-
vate point of view.
Mr. BARROW supported the amendment, believing
that the only object of the clause would be to harass
parties, and that through the medium of the officers of
the Government with a heavy purse. As to the rich,
there was no necessity for him to advocate their cause,
as doubtless they would never be visited by the Govern-
ment officials, but the poor and ready manufacturer
would be eternally annoyed by them. If they 133:
this clause, they would raise an amount of fire•da p
that would explode ultimately upon themselvher,.
Mr. L. HEYWORTII
ment. also supported t o amend-
Mr. HENLEY supported the clause, which he looked
upon as only remedial in its nature.
Mr. LLOYD DAVIS supported the clause, believing

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After some observatione from Mr. H. IfiviAll and bracing the metropolitan police courts and a Caciltla (21
Mr. WILLIAMSON, 16 miles from Charing-cross, omitting the city of Len-
Lord SEYMOUR said he doubted very much whe.. don, and containing a population of two millions and a
ther this clause ought to be continued part of the: helf or more. The nuaiber in 1854 was 13,814, and in
bill. He warned them to look well after manufacturers, 1855 to 12,333 ;in the hands of the police on the Moe-
and not slightly interfere with their interests, dayrnorninga, • for 1854 the number was 3,224, and ia
because there were at the present moment the greatest 1855dt seae '2,076 ;on the Tuesday mornings in
m 1854
inducements for them to take their catpitaleahreat. He there were 2,542, and in 1335, 2,441. The numbers
asked his right honourable friend the President a ditfeeed in some divisions very materially. In the Covent-
the Board of Health whether he really thought - garden-district, extending from Temple-bar to Charing-
it was necessary to retain this clause in the bill ? crose,- and - Holborn and
the the river, and taking
was in thin
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Sir B. HALL thought it necessary that the present Strand and „St. Giles'e, aggregate number
clause should remain in the bill, because the effect of 1854, 1,922 ; and in 1355, 1,370. One of his superb,
witherewing it would be left to their remedy by indict- tendents considered this diminution arises from the ope.
merit under the common law. The clause, however, tion of the present act. There were a variety of causes
gave to all parties at once the opportunity of mitigating to which an increase or diminution of drunkenness might
the nuisance or going before the justices, and if the nun- be attributed. He was not aware that the weather hail
sauce was not abated then resorting to the common law. any effect on intemperance. He did not think drink
After some further discussion the committee divided was sold in greater quantities at coffee-houses now than
when there appeared— formerly. The police had no authority to enter coffee-
For retaining the clause
Against it 39 more inconvenienced by the operation of this act than
Majority in favour of the clause —46 the country districts. The poor, no doubt, felt greater
The clause was then added to the big'_. inconvenience fron, the operation of this act than the
Clause 29, on the motion of Sir B. HALLe was omitted rich, who have their clubs or hotels to resort to, and
from the bill upon the understanding that another that must always be the case in legislation. He had
clause in lieu of it should be added in a future stage. had reports made him of the numeral} of scootexcursion
On clause 30 being put, giving power to the local of London, and he found that geny the averag
authorities to institute proceedings and to pay for them a Sunday was, that at the South-Western railway station
out of the rates, some discussion took place, in the course ' alone there were 3,000 persons inconvenienced on a
cf which, _ Sunday night in not being able to procure refreshment
Mr. BARROW complained that power was given to after 10 o'clock. So far as he had an opportunity of
local authorities to spend money without being-re- forming an opinion from information derived front
sonsible. -•- -`. • others, he thought inconvenience was found in rural
p
The clause was then agreed to. . districts from the public-houses being closed from
Clauses 31 and 32 were struck out. 2 o'clock to 6 o'clock, and in towns from the closing
Clauses 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, and 41 were at 10 o'clock ;he considered it was a hardship on this
agreed to, with a few verbal amendments. people public houses being closed as now. It was highly
On clause 42 being put, which provides an appeal to desirable the claims relative to a traveller should be
quarter sessions, altered. When the act first came into operation several
Mr. BAItROW complained that the time allowed for publicans came to him and asked him for his opinion on
appeal was insufficient. what was a traveller, but he was unable to give a satis-
Sir B. HALL observed that the clause had been in factory definition of the word, and he declined giving
operation for some time, and he had never heard any the information required ; they could only be guided by
complaint against it. , the decisions of the magistrates of the district. In the
,
Mr. PELLATT considered the time too short, and different districts the police take a different course with
stated, in support of that assertion, that he had received respect to it in consequences. When the houses were
communications from several manufacturers to that closed tttl one o'clock on Sunday morning, it produced
effect. good results. The question of traveller arose under the
After some further discussion, 14 days were inserted former act, but not so much as now. There are further
in the clause instead of 7, and the clause as amended restraints put upon the trade. In many districts a rail-
was ordered to stand part of the bill. way ticket was shown to the landlord, which he contd.
Clauses 43 and 44 were agreed to. dered sufficient proof the person so presenting it was a
On clause 45 being put, which gave power to con- traveller. Unquestionably there had been a great in,-
stables to aid in the removal of nuisances. provement in the observance of the Sabbath, especially
Mr. HENLEY considered it as unnecessary, and in the evening during the past year. He greatly oh.
trusted that it would be struck out. jected to the police being permitted to visit coffee-houses
Sir B. HALL said that in Dublin, during one year, as private individuals to detect the selling of spirits
the police were the cause of removing no less than there. It was impossible for him to say what bad caused
28,562 nuisances, and if they were equally energetic in the improvement above stated in the observance of the
this country he thought the clause would be a very use- Sabbath. He believed the beer bill of last session had
ful one. created dissatisfaction, amongst the frequenters of public
After some further discussion the clause was agreed houses especially, and increased the excitement
to be struck out by consent. that had occurred two Sundays since with reference
Clauses 46 and 47 were agreed to without opposition. to the Sunday Trading Bill. He thought that
On clause 48, subjecting certain offensive trades to the dissatisfaction did not rest only with the lower classes.
operation of the bill, and giving the Secretary of State His impression was that there was more inconvenience
the power of interposing, in case the local authorities arising from the closing public-houses from two o'clock
did not interfere with that spirit and vigour which were to six o'clock than advantage gained, and pressed on
necessary, those above the lower classes who went out for recreae
A brief discussion took place, in which Mr. WIL- tion and would not abuse any privilege granted theme
LIAMS complained that the metropolis alone was in- The advantage shown by the returns might be wholly
tended to be subjected to this interference of the Secre- or partially otained by a modification of the present
tary of State, and not the country at large. act. He thought public-houses might safely be open
Mr. A. Pellatt, Mr. Adderley, Mr. Wilkinson, and from one o'clock to eleven o'clock at night. He cou'd
the Attorney-General having also spoken, see no great tendency to disturbance on the part of the
Lord R. GROSVENOR suggested that some modifi- people who attended places of recreation. At these
cation of the clauses should take place, or that the right places the public were well conducted, and if the Creed 1
hon. baronet should give it some further consideration. Palace was opened on a Sunday he had no fear for the
Sir B. HALL (after consulting with Sir G. Grey) result. The conduct of the people at these places was
said that he had agreed with his right hon. exemplary, and recreation conducive to their information
friend to withdraw the clause for the present, should be permitted. His experience for 26 years as
and in the meanwhile to submit it to Some further eons'. Chief Commissioner of Police was that upon the whole
deration, with a view to adopting such other proposals there bad been an improvement in the morals and cone
as might be deemed advisable when it was reported. duct of the people. But one policeman was employed,
The clause was accordingly agreed to be struck out. on a Sunday at Cremorne Gardens, and rarely offences
The remaining clauses of the bill were afterwards were committed there.
agreed tai, and, Mr. E. Yardley, of the Thames Police-court, said
Some further clauses relating to proceedings to be that in the case of Messrs. Lovegrove of the Hotel,
taken in the event of any impending epidemic diseases, Blackwall, who kept their tap open on Sunday on the
with a view to their prevention or mitigation in cue ground that excursionists who came by the boats were
of their occurrence, were added to the bill, as were also entitled to refreshments as travellers, he decided against
some others of a different nature, them and fined them, and that was the only case of in:-
The house then resumed, and the Chairman reported portance that had come before him ;he admitted a
progress. .
. drover to be a- traveller, but he did not hold an omnibus
METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT. man to be such. He thought the question of who
The house then went into committee on this bill, and was a traveller was a difficult question, and should be
the house having immediately resumed, the Chairman put at rest ; he thought the less legislation there was on
reported prigress. . the question the better, and was of opinion it was not
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NEW MEMBER. required, There should be some restrictions on public
Mr. HOLLAND took the oaths and his seat for Eve- houses, but the recent legislation had not been produc-
sham. tive of much advantage. He was for opening the
The house then adjourned until 6 o'clock. houses from two o'clock to six o'clock, and closed at
different periods according to the time of the year, so
that excursionists might not be interfered with—drunk-
enness commenced after sunset. He looked upon excure
sionista as respectable people ; he often went to Brighton
en a Sunday, but never considered himself a traveller.
There had been a diminution of drunkenness in his die.
trlct during the past year, and he had prepared a roe
turn, but he looked upon returns as partly conclusive
and partly fallacious. There had been several causes is
his district in addition to the Sunday bill operating OIL
drunkenness, such as the extensive enlistment for the
i army and militia, and the prolonged winter. For ISt
, months ending August, 1854. there were 724 cases of
drunkenness came before him on the Monday, and for
10 months to May 1855, only 375. The whole numb'
of cases for the above period 2,029, and for the latter
1,583, giving an average of 22 cases per month in a po•
pulation of 500,000. The cases brought before him were
principally sailors and women, the latter to a great
number, and many of them married women with fan&
lies. His opinion was that a person who indulged is
drink would have it either in public or: private houses.
The outward attractions of the gin-palace might induce
some persons to enter. Cases had been brought before
him of persons selling spirits without a licence. In
some cases the spirits had been obtained from licensed
houses, and in others the proceeds of illicit distillation.
For 12 months to August, 1854, 80 cases against publi-
cans were brought before him, 39 of which were die.
missed and 41 convicted. For 10 months, to May,
1855, the number of cases were 97, dismissed 59, con-
victed 38. The increase of offences might be accounted
for, from the law fixing so many periods in the day for
shutting and opening these houses. He was of opinion
the informer against a publican should make out his
case that the persons in the house were not travellers.
It being 4 o'clock, the committee adjourned.

The committee re-assembled at the usual hour ; Mr.
H. Berkeley in the chair.
Mr. Trail was the first witness called. He stated he
was unable to state whether drunkenness had increased
or diminished since the passing of this bill. He thought
drunkenness was on the decline. In reply to a question
from the chairman whether that was to be attributed to
the increase of education, be stated that the weather had
more to do with the increase or decrease of drunkenness
than anything else. Ile was of opinion the drunkard
would drink, and in consequence of his being prevented
from obtaining it at licensed houses, it increased
the sale of intoxicating drinks for consumption in
private houses. He thought the latter mode
more objectionable than the permission of drink-
ing in a licensed house, under the responsibility, of
the licensed victualler and the surveillance of the police.
He was wholly incapable of forming an opinion of any
inconveniences hiving arisen from this bill from his not
sitting on a Monday. He believed a few such cases had
occurred ; the state of the business on Monday was
pretty much the same now as before the' -passing of this
bill. No restrictions on the trade would, he thought,
prevent drunkenness. He would suggest the power of
the magistrate to be enabled to impose a heavy penalty,
or otherwise, in the magistrate's discretion as a preven-
tive of drunkenness ; if the penalty was not paid, the
alternative should be imprisonment. As now, every
hour a public-house wait closed, it diminished
the opportunity of drinking, and to a certain
extent drunkenness. He thought the old act
a reasonable restriction on the trade, and by
diminishing the opportunity of getting drink had a very
beneficial effect on the conduct of the people. He was of
opinion that the continual opening and shutting of the
houses on Sunday, gave so many more temptations to
commit offences ; the public-houses being opened from
1 o'clock to 11 o'clock at night was better than the pre-
sent regulations ; the exceptions in the act were very
bad ; the present act has not bad the effect of causing
a better observance of the Sabbath, but had been pro-
ductive of much inconvenience. It would have been
very desirable had there been an appeal clause against
the magistrates' decision in all cases as to who was a
" traveller ;" if the exception in the act was struck out,
a publican would be justified in opening his house to a
traveller, but not to keep it open to the public.
Mr. Baynton, of the Hammersmith and Wandsworth
police court, has had a considerable number of cases
under this statute. He had bad more cases before him
as to the definition of a traveller, and his definition was
that a traveller was a person going from place to place
on some duty or service. Many of the houses in the
suburbs of London had been materially affected by this
act, and some shut up. At Putney, one publican opened
his house after the passing of this act, placed on his door
a placard "refreshment for travellers," and had a book
on the counter, in which persons who went there wrote
their names and addresses. The publican was summoned
before him, and he fined him the full penalty of 51. An
appeal was made against his decision, and it was quashed.
It was very desirable that the publio and the publican
should not be placed in such an inconvenient position as
they now were, by the operations of the present act ; it
created an invidious distinction between the rich and the
poor as to their means of obtaining refreshments on
Sunday, such as ought not to exist; he had no doubt there
had been an increase of drinking since the passing of
this act, there had been more drink taken out of the
public-house during the prohibited hours for consump-
tion in private houses than formerly. It took place be-
tween 5 o'clock and 6 o'clock, and was greater than
formerly between 3 o'clock and 4 o'clock. It was more
desirable the people should drink in licensed houses than
in private houses. The police in his district bad
more rigidly enforced the closing of houses
from five o'clock to six o'clock than from
three to five o'clock ;he thought the closing of the
houses so early on Sunday a hardship on those who bad
no homes and no fire-side but at the public-houses.
These people generally spent their Sundaymorning when
the public-houses were closed in lying in bed or walking
about. He thought the keeping open the houses until
11 o'clock on Sunday night would not be so much for
the convenience of the poor as those removed above
them. Most of the poor retired to bed housesl e
shouldo'cl
He would rather, if it could be done, the
be closed at 10 o'clock. He thought people sonreeet
in hotels could not be turned out at 10
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land-
lord, however, ought not to permit thee
11 cthought the de-
spirits in his house after that time.
finition of a traveller by Mr.
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lax. He had never interpre
into the "Cat and
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seen admitted to the
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from nec •
word was a man travelling necessity or business,
not to
far from his house. as
and sobe able to obtain
refreshment. from A man goingShoredith Church to
Hackney on business was a traveller,
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from Sboreditch Churchto idomerton on pleasure was
not. if a wan went there partly on pleasure, he
should allow the latter to prevail in his mind in
interpreting the act. A man having a sick child
at Greenvvich, he should consider his goi •
ng there
to visit it a matter of necessity,
and considered him a
traveller. The appeal he referred to above he believed
was under the Police Act, as the Beer Act gave no ap-
peal. No doubt it was a great hardship for the poor
man, when he returned from an excursion trip, to have
to go supperless to bed, whilst the rich man could gain
admission to his club or hotel.
Sir Richard Mayne, Chief Commissioner of the Metro-
politan Police—He had attended to the wrking of the
act since its passing. He had had a return made of the
number of persons who had been in the bands of the
police for drunkenness from January to June, 1854, and

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAT).

ROLLS COURT.
SMITH V. BASER.-JUDGMENT.

The Master of the Rolls gave judgment this morning
in this case. The question, which arose under the will
of a gentleman named Fenton, who by that will devised
all his leasehold cottages and property to his son,Thomes
Fenton, upon trust to sell it, and out of the proceeds to
reimburse himself 150/., which the testator had borrowed
from him, and also the costs of the funeral and testa-
mentary expenses ; and in case there should be any sur-
plus, the testator's wish was that it should be equally
divided among his nearest relations. Thomas Fenton
the son, entered into possession of the testator's
property upon hie death, but never proved hie,
father's will, considering the property he had left as not_
more than a tithe's fraction of the claim he had upon the
testator. Thomas Fenton, the son, died, leaving a will
by which he gave the estate he possessed to his mother
for her life, and upon her decease, to his lineal descends
ants. He also appointed the defendants as his trustees
and executors. The suit was instituted by the grand.
son of the original testator against the defendants for
the purpose of obtaining account of the rents and
profits of the property—two leasehold cottages, whick
had been received by Thomas Fenton, jun.
The Master of the Roils, after going at some
length into the case, in the course of which he
stated that he could not resist the right which the plain•
tiff claimed, directed the cottage in question in the
cause to be sold, the proceeds to be paid into court, to be
disposed of according to the trust provided for in the
will of the original testator.
His Honour also directed an account of the amount
received by Thomas Fenton, the younger, to be taken.
The Lords Justices of Appeal were occupied the whole
morning with a part-heard case.
of any public interest
The Lord Chancellor sat in the House of Lords, and
nqtclisi.gancellors during the camemorning.
before any of the
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EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL—The total number of
emigrants who have sailed hence for all foreign porta
during the three months ending June 30 was 43,880,
against 84,330 in the corresponding quarter of 1854.
The decrease is not confined to any particular branch of
the emigration trade.—Liverpool Courier.
EVESHAM ELECTION.—The nomination took place yes-
terday at the Town hall ; Mr. Holland was proposed by
Mr. T. N. Foster, and seconded by Mr. J. New, and,
the two other candidates having previously retired, Mr.
Holland was declared duly elected. Mr. Holland, in
returning thanks, said he was for a vigorous prosecution
of the war, and not only of the war, but of everything
right and just, whether at home or abroad. He was not
a member for any particular class of politicians, but fox
every class, for every elector, and every non-elector.
FATAL ACCIDENT WHILE BATHING IN THE RIVER.—
CAUTION TO BOYS.—Yesterday forenoon an inquest was
held at the George and Dragon, High-street, Shadwell,
before Mr. W. Baker, the coroner, on view of the bod)
of Timothy Sullivan, aged 13 years, who died fron
drowning under the following circumstances :—The evi
deuce proved that the deceased and two companions
proceeded on Friday morning last to the stairs adjoining
the Halfpenny Steam-boat Pier, London-bridge, when
they undressed and went into the water to bathe. Tin
deceased could not swim, and walked too far out intr
the stream, when the tide, which was running down vex.:
fast, carried him away. An alarm was raisedd
and boat
were rowed towards him, but he disappeare and wa
drowned. The Thames police and others searched to
the body, which was not found until M
eoonge day
av rnornTh
ini
off Shadwell, by a fisherman Da
jury, after a few remarks, returnedrn a
verdict "is
. Ace
ed Gr D
dentally drowned."