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London, England, 1855-05-10 00:00:00

THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION 6.1? THE
METROPOLIS;

The following letter on this subject was lately addressee
by Lord Ebrington to a gentleman of influential positio:
amongst his constituents :

Bruton-street, April 16, 1855.
Sir, I proceed, in compliance with my promise, to ex-
plain to you the provisions in Sir B. Hall's bill for the
local management of the metropolis, to which I entertain
the greatest objections. As I object to them for reasons
which I stated at almost every public meeting I addressed
in the course of my election, no elector has any right to" be,
surprised at the course I feel it my duty to take with re-
gard to this important measure.
I said on the introduction of the bill that, far from deny-'
ing the existence of the evils its author so graphically de-
scribed, I entirely agreed with him both as to their extent
and their indefensible character. Indeed it was not likely
I slisuld do otherwise, _after strenuously labouring for more
than ten years, both in and out of Parliament, to direct
public attention to these evils, with a view to getting them
remedied.

At the same time the reverse of wrong is not necessarily
right • and I think I shall be able to show, that, while the
remedy proposed affords little if any prospect of improve-
ment as regards many of the evils complairied of ; it will
not only, if left as it stands, tend seriously to aggravate
others, but also to introduce several new and grave ones
for, the first time.

The bill proposes to establish, including the City, 36
districts, each consisting of a parish, or union of parishes.
flobhouseN Act is to be applied to all the parishes,
whether, single or in union. In, the 21 single parishes the
vestry are to bo the district board. In the 14 unions con-
sisting of 56 parishes, the several district boards, com-
prising in all 653 members, will be chosen in certain speci-
fied proportions by the vestries so elected by the single
votei of the ratepayers.
The several district boards are to send one member each
(except eight sending two members each) to the metropo-
litan board, which board will therefore, with the addition'
of two members from the City, consist of 41 members.
And this metropolitan board is to select three persons, of
whom the Secretary of State is to appoint one to the office
of chairman, at a salary of not less than 1,5001., or more
than 2,0001. a-year.
The metropolitan'board is to take charge of the main
sewers, and is also to be invested with very large powers
for the improvement of the thoroughfares of the metro-
polis. All the other sewers are vested in the 36 district
boards, as is also the paving, lighting, &c., within the
several districts.

I will not call in question the limits proposed for the

metropolis, which aresidentical with those adopted by the
Registrar-General; and I heartily approve, on principle,
of the union, under the same authority, of the subterranean
road surface management, i. e., of the sewerage and of the
paving, lighting, road-watering, &o. But I object to the
bill in its present shape. Ist, on account of the number of
districts into which the metropolis is to be divided for these

purposes; 2d, on account of the nature of these divisions;
34, on account of the large number of the governing body
to be established in each division ; 4th, on account of the
composition of the constituency to elect each of these bo-
dies; sth, on account of the mode in which the vote of
these constituencies are to bo taken ; 6th, on account of
the large numbers of members of the metropolitan board
of works, and of their representing only one class, viz.,
the ratepayers. Lastly, I object to the enormous powers
of this over-numerous board, and its probably unsatisfac-
tory dealing with the local interests of the metropolis ; and
I dread its almost inevitably undue influence upon the Go-
vernment and the Legislature.
Ist. With regard to the establishment of the 36 divisions.
This is a retrograde movement. The old separate and in-
dependent Commissions of Sewers were seven in number,
and as such too numerous for economy. There was consi-
derable waste in having so many separate staffs of officers,
quite apart from the inconvenience of their totally inde-
pendent action ; and a large saving resulted from the con-
solidation of the seven staffs, especially in the engineering
and financial department. The general average cost of
management to the ratepayers was, during 1817, more
than 7s. per cent, per annum on the rateable annual value
of the seven districts ; while (notwithstanding the disad-
vantage of having to procure information whic ought to
have been provided by our predecessors) the charge for
management under the new consolidated commission, to
which I belonged, was actually below ss. per cent, per
annum on the rateable annual value of the district under
our active jurisdiction. When the expebses of manage-
ment in 1851 are stated at 23 per cent. of the expenditure
in works, it should be remembered that this was in
consequence of money being refused us for the execution of
works to the extent of hundreds of thousands of pounds,
the plans, drawings, and specifications of which bad been
prepared at a heavy expense by the staff. The staff ex-
penses in 1846, under seven commissions, were more than
20 per cent, on the works executed. The staff expenses in
1854, under the consolidated commission, were only 11 per
cent., and that included systematic mapping and under-
ground surveying, items quite unknown in the olden times.
This economy resulted from placing seven engineers in
charge of a district each, at a moderate salary, under a
more highly-paid chief to superintend the whole, with
two or three assistants devoted to specialties. The same
obvious course was taken with regard to the financial and
other departments.
A reversal of this system, and the multiplication of sub-
divisions for drainage purposes to a five times greater
extent than prevailed under the Unconsolidated Sewers
Management, must inevitably lead to the officers in each
district being either underskilled or over-paid, probably,
to their being both—underskilled for the work they
have to do, and overpaid for the work they do : in other
words, to a great additional expense, either in the shape
of extra salaries, or of inferior work, and, probably, of
both. Add this objection is not met by clause 110, giving
to the Metropolitan Board compulsory powers of uniting
districts for the election of joint-officers. For the district
boards retaining each their separate control of the sewers
in their districts, the officer would be placed in a position
of almost hopeless difficulty between his several masters,
in spite of any directions the Metropolitan Board might
issue about him. I therefore look upon the clause only as
a confession of the consciously imperfect arrangements
made by the author of the bill. When deprecating, how-
ever, the multiplication of drainage divisions, I do not say
that for the far simpler work of superintending the pav-
ing, lighting, &c., smaller "sub-districts" than our former
sewers " levels," or even, in some cases, than the parochial
divisions proposed by the bill, might not work pretty
well. Bnt the surface management should, in my opinion,
be subordinate and subsidiary to the far more difficult
and important work of underground management. And
it is for this reason that I object,
2dly. To the proposed 36 divisions for drainage pur-
poses. I object not so much to their unfairness, though it
is difficult to understand on what principle some parishes
have been dealt with in the bill. Why, Paddington for
instance, with a larger and more rapidly increasing popu-
lation than St. Meatin's in-the-Fields or St. James's,
should be united to Hampstead, with which it is not par-
ticularly connected, while these two parishes (St. James's,
occupying an area of only 165 acres) enjoy the same privi-
leges (except as to the sending one instead of two represen-
tatives to the Metropolitan Board) that are enjoyed respec-
tively by the parishes of Marylebone, which is 16 times, of
St. Mary, Islington, which is 19 times, of Lambeth, which
is 22 times, and of Camberwell, which is 28 times larger.
But I object especially to the parochial character of these
divisions, because the parochial boundaries clash, in almost
every conceivable way, with the natural watershed boun-
daries of the eight valleys running down from the north
into the Thames, and of a ninth from the west into the
Lea. The consequence will be that the branch drains (or
submains, as they are sometimes called), if constructed
along the best and cheapest lines, will cross a number of
separate jurisdictions, with the certainty of delay, and the
probability of differences arising between the several autho-
rities. If the branch drains are taken with reference to
the limits of jurisdictions, rather than of watershed, they
will be constructed at greatly increased expense, and must
act with diminished efficiency. The parish of Marylebone,
for example, drains in its different parts, along not one
but three separate valley lines, down to the Thames.
0 xford- street, from Ed geware-road toottenham-court-road
traverses four separate districts ; and moreover has its own
sewer, running sometimes on ono side of the street and
sometimes on the other, in different parishes, besides being
crossed by numerous other sewers going down towards the
Thames. It is true that, by claw(' iii, the Metropolitan
I Board may place part of a parish or parishes under the
management of the vestry of another parish, but this will
involve such complicated accounts and such nice questions
of jurisdiction ; and, above all, the multitude of such cases
as those described is so great, that this provision again must
be considered rather as a confession of the hopeless inap-
Plicability of the scheme than as a practical remedy for its
aimitted defects.

3. I object to the large number of members composing
the district boards under the bill-120 being, under Hob-
house's Act, the number of vestrymen in all p:Tulous
parishes without local acts, and therefore the number in
most of the single parishes under this bill ; and up-
wards of 45 being the average number in each of the 14
,listrict boards formed by the union of parishes under the
bill. The vestry of St. George's as a body, and many
vestrymen individually, have declared their inability to
transact the laborious and difficult business arising under
this bill; and, indeed, such large bodies are found
in practice to deal far less efficiently and satisfac-
torily with detailed business than smaller ones, es-
pecially when that business is of a kind requiring
a constant reference, not only to general principles,
but also to the local specialties incident to former defec-
tive arrangements. Having worked hard myself for seve-
ral years, in company with some of the most eminent men
in England, upon these matters, I can answer for it that
they are not to be dealt with so easily as some speakers at
public meetings imagine.
Notwithstanding the praises lavished by Sir B. Hall at
different times upon the manner in which parish affairs
have been managed by the large vestries of Marylebone
and St. Pancras, I must be allowed to express my doubts
whether, even in the far simpler matters of administra-
tion the working of those vestries has been so uniformly
conspicuous for eficiency, economy, and discretion, as to
lead to the conclusion that similar large bodies would deal
satisfactorily with the far more complicated task of man-
aging the great public works below and above ground in
their several districts. But decidedly as I object to the
largeness of these boards, I object,
lthly, much more to the composition of the constituency
by whom they are to be elected.
This constituency is to consist wholly of ratepayers
voting by single votes. No owner or lease-holder, what-
ever the amount of his property or the duration of this
interest in that property, having any vote as such in
the choice of the bodies to be entrusted with such large
powers of taxing and dealing with property.
We shall be told that this is the case under the Munici-
pal Reform Act. I know that it is so ; and as regards
the Management of Works I deplore it ; because I
know that the public works in towns managed by munici-
pal bodies are, with some striking exceptions, in a far from
satisfactory state. But even were the Municipal Reform
Act working well with regard to sanitary
mates
of the metropolis is not parallel to the cases of those towns., the case
The tax in them is general, and levied in the shape of a
borough rate upon th ratepayers at large. In th
polis, on the contrary, the sowers rate b ls , n law, and has
e metro-
been for centuries, not an occupier's, utanownefrr'osmrabtebi,
which the tenant is entitled by law to deduct
landlord's rent.
easily
which the tenant spe
cially
takes shall be told that,
by
the majority of cases, there
are clauses in the leases
chargesy which the law hactl,
but
takes upon himself those
al ease This is true to some exteennumu_
posed upon his
extensivelylan--o' so, as is allegeduy th
by no means so I
bill.
tors of the am told, by good auth
utpletahsaets—extc.
change of residence, and, consequently,of ces-
sation and
occupier to defray the
interest by the tenant—there are large districts
sationg?f
the tenants
where it is not the.tpiir thes:iiedettartintbesu
cases
sewers rate. Buttb
it
sewers rates in their rents, and that,
praltieally pay
therefore, the proposed arrangement is not an unfair one.
If that be so, however, then the lodgers, an important
portion of the population of the motropolik, have4ve

equally a right with the ratepayers to
.share in the.repre-
sentation: —lf -the single voting per capita is with re-
gard to the management of works, which are in law a
charge upon the owners, I keow not on what ground the
lodgers are to be wholly excluded from voting ; and I for
one should regret their being so, unless the owners are to
be admitted. The principle of single voting in regard to
the government of persons has always been recogniselby
the Constitution, as is seen in the Parliamentary franchise.
am not, therefore, adverse in the case of populous town
parishes to the maintenance of this leading feature of
liolehouse'a Act as regards the management of relief to the
poor, a matter evidently relating to the government of
persons, and involving charges almost entirely of a tempo-
rary, though to a certain extent a constautly-recurring,
character. But the application of this principle to the
management of works involving heavy and lasting burdens
upon property, and affecting for better or worse its perma-
nent value--in other words, giving to a fluctuating body
elected by men who have confessedly no permanent interest
in that property, such an absolute control over it—seems
to use an anomaly no; less mischievous than unjust.
If the ratepayers, as some say, in general pay the sewers
rate, legally due from their landlords, then we have every
probability of the sanitary evils continuing for the most
part unr9inedied, as they have b9en, and I fear too long
will be, in many of our corporate towns. For the apparent,
I do not say the real, interest of the temporary
ratepayer
as distinguished from that of the landlord above, and of
the lodger below, him in the social scale, is to put
Off doing
anything to the last moment, and then to do it as
cheaply
as possible ; the efficiency of the works being of secondary
importance to him, and their permanency utterly indif-
ferent. The interests of the landlord and of the lodger,
on the contrary, are to a great extent identical ; since effi-
ciency, which is generally found in connection with dura-
bility and real economy, is to these parties far more im-
portant than mere cheapness at the moment. If, on the
cther hand, as others say, the sewers rates are in reality a
landlord's tax, we have the anomaly of the landlords being
excluded from all voice in the laying otit of their own
money on their own property—that is, representation
would be, in fact, as it• inevitably is in law, dissevered
from taxation by this professedly liberal measure. My
opinion, published last spring by Mr. Ridgway, and
expressed viva voce over and over again during the last
winter to large and apparently approving audiences, has
always been, that both the class of owners and of long lease-
holders on the one hand, and the classes of ratepayers on
the other, ought in fair proportions to be represented in
the several bodies for the management of public works.
But, sthly, I object still more to the kind of suffrage
proposed, and to the mode of taking the suffrages, than I
do even to the single qualification or the single voting
It is proposed that every elector in every part of the
parish shall be entitled to vote for the whole number of
vestrymen, and shall in person take up to his polling place
a voting paper containing the names of the whole or. any
less than that number. The parish of St. Pancras contains
about 20,000 ratepayers. Each elector would therefore
be entitled to vote at each annual election for 40, and
in the course of three years for 120, vestrymen. In that
parish, therefore, alone, supposing the ratepayers really
polled out, the number of names would bo 800,000, spread
over 20,000 Hug, all requiring to bo scrutinised and ar-
ranged. But, further, St. Pancras ii 25 miles in circum-
ference, and extends overpart of Hampstead and Highgate.
It comprehends, therefore, not only crowded streets, but
also a rural district. What is a Highgate elector to do
when he has exhausted the limited number of those among
his neighbours willing, and, in his opinion, fit to servo in
the office of vestryman with its double duties of relieving
paupers and managing public works ? Either he must
vote one-sidedly for a mere Highgate list, or he must take
on trust some pink or blue parochial list full of names
quite strange to him from the other side of the parish, in
consideration of the insertion upon the list of some High-
gate man on whom he and his neighbours have confidence.
Could any better specific be devised for insuring the maxi-
mum of electioneering agency with all its attendant jobbery
and demoralising organisation ?—for excluding from the re-
presentation all members of the minority, indeed all but
the most deeply-pledged thick-and-thin partisans ?—for al-
ways securing, for the time being, an overwhelming influ-
ence in the assembly to one or other of the alternately suc-
cessful parties, each in turn obtaining its triumph through
the fairest promises of efficiency and economy—each in
turn, after' a short trial in office, being summarily ejected
for failing to realise the expectations it had raised? Could
a more ingenious scheme be devised for insuring the mini-
mum of consistency and continuity' of action, the maxi-
mum of oscillation and reversal of policy in an adminis-
trative body; together with the greatest amount of change
and the strongest sense of insecurity in its paid, I dare not
say, its permanent, officials ? Such, experience has shown,
to be the natural result of voting " by the ticket," as it is
called ; in other words, of the system of, giving to a large
body of electors a proportionate number of votes each for
a proportionately large number of representatives. The,
adoption of this course is the more indefensible when the
course of dividing a large constituency into divisions or
wards, each returning some one, two, or three members, is
recommended by such numerous precedents, and has for
centuries worked so well.

But, 6thly, the inherent evils of the " ticket " system of
voting may be aggravated by the mode of taking the votes.
And of all the known modes of taking such multitudinous
votes, that adopted in the bill seems :lout the most incon-
venient, except that originally established by Hobhouse's
Act—an act passed, however, before, not after, the success-
ful trial for 20 years of the improved system introduced
under the poor-law. How has the system embodied
in this bill worked hitherto in the metropolitan pa-
rishes? I will take those of Marylebone and St.
Pancras. Out of the 16,000 ratepayers in Marylebone
at no one of the elections for the last three years have, I
believe, as many as 5,500 voted ; though some of the con-
tests were fierce, and many conveyances wero provided
for the voters. ut of the 20,00 ratepayers in St. Pancras,
I learn from the vestry clerk, scarcely more than 2,700
voted at the election under Hobhouse's Act in 1853 ;
though great excitement is said to have prevailed, and
long processions of cabs with banners flying and colours
displayed are said to have been seen on the occasion.
But at St. Pancras we have some instructive returns
about an election in 1.815, conducted on the vote-collecting
system. The number of ratepayers then was only 13,030,
to whom must be added those entitled to vote as owners
under the New Poor Law ; but the number of voters that
voted—l say nothinc, of the number of votes given —was
more than 7,603. I add that, at St. Martin's-in-the-
fields, with some 1,500 entitled to a vote, on no occasion
before 1835 had more than 750, or half, been brought up
to the poll. Under the first trial of the vote-collecting
system upwards of 1,50 J voters, or near jths, voted out of
the then constituency, which had only been slightly in-
creased by the addition of owners.
But we shall be told that this has resulted partly from
the want of additional polling places ; and partly from the
absence of that greatly-increased interest sure to be felt
by all classes in the election of persons to a trust of such
large power and heavy responsibility. What do we find,
however, at elections where there are plenty of polling-
places, and still more stirring interest ? What do we see
at Parliamentary elections ? What was the case even at
mine, when a far large number voted for me than ever had
voted before in Marylebone? a great number of mysupporters
having recorded for the first time votes to which they had been
long entitled. What happened where no expense was
spared either by my manager or by my opponent's ?
Scarcely more than half the constituency voted. And is
this a singular case? Far from it. The Edinburgh Review
gave a list of a dozen largo constituencies, with an ag-
gregate of some i 30,000 on the register. Of these
not more than 55 per cent. (about 72,009 electors) voted at
the contested elections at the last dissolution. Nor is this
indisposition in the very large constituencies to poll at all
surprising, when we remember, that the cost of voting in
the shape of time lost, trouble incurred or business
neglected, is aconstant quantity; while the value or propor-
tionate influence of a vote varies inversely with, magnitude
of the constituency to which the voter belongs. The re-
fusal of the franchise, and the imposition of a prohibitory
duty of time and trouble (i.e., money's worth) upon its
exercise, come practically to much the same thing.
The grievance seems certainly more crying in the former
case; but is it practically much, if at all, more injurious?
You know whom you exclude by the refusal of the fran-
chise. But do you know whom you will exclude by your
discouraging and prohibitory duty upon its exercise—by
sending the unpaid many and the paid few, the electors to
the poll-clerks • instead of sending the low sound to the,
many, the paid vote-collectors to the unpaid voters' resi-
dences ? Ask any election agent—he will tell you of whole
streets in the metropolis full of educated, respectable, and
wealthy inhabitants, who have scarcely ever contributed a
vote to the decision of any parochialcontast, and contribute
very few indeed' even to that of a Parliamentary contest.
Even at my election I hear that three-fourths of the elec-
tors in some of the wealthiest streets and squares never
voted at all ; while in Cromer-street I am told that the
proportion polling was just about three-fourths. And yet
if one or the other class, which I deprecate, is to be with-
held, which can be best spared from voting on a question
relating to the management of works and the taxation of
property ?
It has been shrewdly observed, as I have elsewhere said,
that, especially in the middle and lower ranks, those who
occupy themselves most about elections are either the best
or the worst citizens. The best take part in public
affairs from a sense of duty, religions or patriotic.
The worst busy themselves in party contests either
from a love of the excitement and conviviality
attending elections, or else from the hope of
gaining something in the way of patronage. There is,
however, a large intermediate class of men of average in-
dustry and character, who care much for their own interests
and their families, and comparatively little for public
measures or public men. And these can with difficulty be
persuaded, however clear their preference, to support
either one side or the other, at the expense of any of that
time and trouble, which they value so highly and know so
well how to turn to account. And this class is probably
nowhere in England more numerous than in the metropolis.
I therefore think that it is partidularly essential in this
bill to adopt some such plan for encouraging the quiet and
the infirm, the thoughtful and the impartial, the busy and
the lazy, the fastidious and the timid—all to take their
share in the public duty of electing local functionaries.
' I have dwelt thus at length upon • the system of voting
by votepapers at home, instead of at a poll, because it
seems to me one of the most important questions connected
with the franchise. With this system I should dread this
bill comparatively little, whatever objections I felt to the
composition of the constituency; without it I dread any
measure such as this bill, because I judge from experience
governing assemblies will be returned in the ew.
by what class of the inhabitants almost. ehxcluniseivtreolypotlib.z
I cow come to the Metropolitan Board _ e:k_B;_arilyy
objections 'to that are very similar to tlio_searlds.have
be sa:asfieol
ject to their composition, I cannot,.
urged at too great lengtk' to the districtof
3torse,
largo number of mans-
is to elected. I object also to thed.
And I think this
bars of whom it is to be comp
oseonly from its practical
As '
with the constituencies by which this metropolitan board
large number objectionable, notd
y all
lies
app
its business (a reason
whichnumbers in the proposed Parochial
egiclilemntorterasntsraocnttgolyil to
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er withaverage
and District Boards)
n;rtioenrrs body would
dh e
soafeffaonr d
hardlyopportu-
nitiestalkingpoli-
tics,
but I object to this large number
incompatibility
those
though a smaller body, better
orbie-
steeeac
tics, con
something of an audience. In this assem-
lso,
ng
bly of between 40 and 50, however, I think in times of ex-
citement we might have an agitation, possibly almost of
popular boidy
a formidable kind. For this wonly
anxiety
toaratheolleo-fpiutoailtines Parliament, under the name
othose
representing
esta-
blishments
who
idnodgofof atnWh3oertoelrmtokroeos kt,prgl representing, or professing to repre.
sent, a population of more than two
131 illionnscarenadsian 50,000 a year.
The ghaalt
the f
(i.e., more than that of all Switzerland), and i
inister, I know, has announced that he does
mte
Prime of fully
m
not share these apprehension
he had no fear but that the S. I remember, however, that
Baltic fleet last year would do
wonders in the north, and the Allied armies take Sebas-
topol in the
south.
But the absence of al He had no fear that our soldiers
would die by thousands of cold, neglect, and privation.
but,
on the
ecatarynaisfitvhinegooonerrhviseepaortt did nodowt pre-
vent,

ter& And, with the sincerest respect for his experienc
sagacity, and statesmanship, I mast be allowed to remark
that on complicated domestic questions like de present
which,-till quite recently, he never professed having
attended to, 'I have less confidence in his judgment than I
have for it on military or foreign affairs, to which he has
long devoted h,iinself with such signal mummer.
In conclusion, I will only add that though I do not
think there is any chance of any serious.opposition being
made to the bill on the second reading today, I hope
and believe that many useful alterations may be made
in it in its passage through the house. Indeed, without
many such I think it neither could, nor ought to pass into
a law. Requesting you will be se good as to show this
letter to the other members of the deputation, I remain,
sir, your obedient faithful servant,

EBRINGTON.

METROPOLITAN COUNTIES AND GENE-
RAL ASSURANCE SoCIETY.

Yesterday (Wednesday) the seventh annual general
meeting of this society was held at the society's office,
Regent-street ; Mr. H. P. Fuller in the chair.
The notice convening the meeting having been read,
Mr. F. F. CLMROUX, the manager, then read the fol-
lowing report of the directors, with the financial state-
ment and report of Mr. Woolhouse, the actuary :

"The directors of the Metropolitan Counties and Gene-
ral Life Assurance Society hare the gratification of report-
ing to the members of the society a steady progress during
th last year. Notwithstanding the unusual obstacles
which -the state of commercial aff sirs has offered during a
great part of that time to the growth of the business of an
assurance office, the directors have issued ,in this year a
larger number cf policies assuring a larger sum than the
year last preceding :—the number of policies issued being
302, assuring 109,110'., and producing an annual income
of 3,603.0 a. sd. The arrangements which they have com-
pleted for local agencies in several important districts lead
them to anticipate that during the present year the busi-
ness will increase in a still more rapid ratic. The forma-
tion of a board of reference for the midland district com-
prising the names of many gentlemen of the first respecta-
bilitY, is also a circumstance to which the board refers
with much satisfaction, as a testimony to the high cha-
racter which the society has attained. The claims paid
during the year have amounted to
2,6517. 18s. Od. ; being
1,038. lls. 6d. less than during the last year. The income
of the society
; afterdeducting
lapsed policies. The directors have to submit to you on
is now 17,0371. is. Bcl. all
the present occasion, in addition to the usual annual
statement of account, a report from Mr. Woolhouse, your
actuary, upon the results of the business done by the
society during the first seven year
of its xistence from
which it appears that the society
to declare to its shareholder years
n low ein a pOsition
a a bonus of 7a per cent.
d
r.
profits,
thts saenp_ oli
averageoy h o 1 dbeurnsuws who
sere° nentitledint id-up
p a r tiecaippiatteel'iana
33 per cent. upon the premiums paid, Mr. Woolhouse
has assured the board that in making the calculations up on
which this report is founded, he has allowed ample pro-
vision for every claim to which the society can be
subject,
and. that the result is the legitimate conclusion
from the figures representing the present state of
its assets and liabilities, without any attempt on
his part to produce an issue in its favour. The
directors have therefore no hesitation in recomend-
ing the declaration of a bonus to the extent mentioned by
Mr. Woolhouse. In the case of the shares, this bonus will
be added to the amount paid up, and will bear interest ac-
cordingly. In the case of the policy-holders, the bonus
may at their option be applied in reduction of premiums,
instead of being taken as an addition to the sum receivable
on death. To illustrate-the operation of this bonus, the
following cases have been selected from policies now in
force suppressing the names :

4 Option of
..Y. Amount
5 Annual of .0.
it; s: 2
4.3 Age 4 Pre- Prep 4 ca Eft' :A
B mium. mtums 12 `l4
;•-•
paid. 0
•.)44.?0. c3-C
'a tr. 0 'A A
- -
£ e. d. £ 8. d. £s. d. £ a. d. £ B. d.
1848 38 1001 10 19 2 216 14 2 5 8 4 58 3 0 1.058 3 0
1849 26 1000 22 010 132 5 3 6 1 44 16 6 1044 16 6
1850 30 1000 25 6 8 126 13 4 3 3 4 40 14 11 1040 14 11
185' 25 1000 it 15 0 87 0 C 2 3 6 31 2 0 1031 2 0
1852 32 1000 26 8 4 79 5 ( 1 19 8 25 910 1025 9 10

"Tile directors trust that the shareholders will agree
with them, in thinking that these figures frilly justify the
anticipations held out in their previous reports, as to the
result of the society's operations. The following directors,
Samuel Driver, Esq.. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq., Edward
Vansittart Neale, Esq , and Sir Thomas Newby Reeve,
retire by rotation ; but being eligible for re-election, offer
themselves accordingly. Henry Peach Buckler, Esq., and
John Soper Streeter, Esq., the auditors of the society also
retire from office, but being eligible for re-election offer
themselves accordingly. By order of the board of direc-
tors. F. Ferguson Camroux, Manager."
The CHAIR3fAN, in moving the reception and adop-
tion of the report, said he could not avoid stating the
pleasure it gave him in doing so, recollecting, as he
did that, at their first annual meeting he ventured to
express in strong terms his decided opinion
that the society must be successful, in conse-
quence of the directors having formed the deter-
mination of making it of a highly honourable charac-
ter. Whether their business should be little or great,
the directors made up their mind that this society should
be one bearing the highest character an assurance society
could bear, and he felt confident at the time that in a
country like this where straightforward conduct, if not
at first, was at last sure to be appreciated, that
such a society ought and would succeed. (Hear,
hear.) It therefore gave him great pleasure to
ask them to adopt the report, which showed they
had succeeded by his being able to ask them to
declare a bonus of considerable extent on all the busi-
ness done in the office. (Hear.) The society's arrange-
ments were such that he had no hesitation in stating
that he looked forward to their business increasing, and
their being able to declare much larger bonuses than
they bad yet done. Their arrangements with regard to

the country business had been miieh enlarged, and were
capable of greater extension; but whilst the directors did
all they could to improve and increase the business, it
was the duty of every shareholder to assist them, which
they could now do with confidence, in recommending
the society to their friends as one which was sound in
every respect. (Cheers.) He had little to say to
them on that occasion, his being a simple
tale, and socn told. e had no apologies to
make for any wrong-doings, but bad only to point out in
a straightforward and honest way the good and favour-
able condition the society was in to ask them to receive
and adopt the n-port.
- - - - - -

Mr. J. S. STRiETER seconded the motion, believing
most firmly that the society was deserving the confidence
not only of every shareholder and policyholder, but the
public generally.

The motion was carried unanimously.
The retiring directors, Samuel Driver, Esq., Henry
Peter Fuller, Esq., Edward Vansittart Neale, Esq., and
Sir Thomas Newby Reeve were unanimously re-elected,
the Chairman announcing that Mr. John Fisher, of the
firm of Messrs. Fisher and. Robinson, of Watling-street,
London, had been elected a new director.

The retiring auditors, Henry Peach Buckler, Esq.,
and John Soper Streeter, Esq., were also unanimously
re-elected.

On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, secondpd by Sir T.
N. REEVE, the usual sum of 20 guineas was voted to
the auditors as remuneration for their trouble in audit-
ing the accounts.
Mr. STREETER acknowledged the compliment of his
own and his colleague's re-election, and bore testimony to
the accurate manner in which the accounts of the so-
ciety were kept.
On the motion of Mr. CORING, seconded by Mr.
SMITH, the unanimous thanks of the meeting were voted
to the directors.

Mr. NEALE returned thanks, cz-m.gratulating the) meet-
ing on the prosperous condition of the society as exhi-
bited by the accounts that day presented which indicated
that the society must have been fairly launched; and
he hoped it had a long and 'uninterrupted career
of prosperity before it. (Cheers.) The commencement
of institutions of this kind was the mosti trying time,
both from the largeness of the expenditure and the com-
paratively speaking small returns; but having succeas-
fully passed over that period, and established themselves,
they might fairly anticipate their expenses would be
small in proportion as the business extended, and their
profits considerably increased. (Hear.) The society
was in a thoroughly sound condition, ana would bear
the most strict inspection from any person competent to
judge of it. (Hear.) .
The CHAIRMAN proposed a vote of thanks to the
officers of the institution, who, he was happy
to say,
worked cordially together for the benefit of the society.
fir owed them their thanks r the trouble they tookas
in conducting the business in such u solid marl!
r
must result in the permanent benefit of the, insure
was
Mr. GRIFFIN seconded the resolution, which
n'Outsihnaecvs:lin:f.
where
more than two or hree
carried unanimously.
thanks, said it afforded him much p
Mr. F. F. CAMEROUX, the manager, returning
Mr.
=Promote
cordially
the whole of the officers of the soei
the pros-
together, and endeavouremduch ,
the society was confined
as they could. The
do; get extended their operations
parity of the society
foreign parts. The directors
to
to Ireland, Scotland,
°fru li n the selection f lives,
twohEolnegolafntdl37
oand
were exceedingly re_
they rarely took
da
d d to the risk • and b
years had to be a e , . e mentioned
'because, had they done otherwise, a -
this much larger
t of business might have been
axiom]transacted, It had
always been the custom of that society to state its
ac-
tual income, and it now amounted, aft
lapsed policies, to 17,037/. is. Bd. P after' deducting all
Oa the motion of Mr. /limn
SMITH, a vote of thanks' was ac $ seconded by Mr.
corded to the chairman,
which, having been
acknowledged by
him, the meeting
separated.

LYCEUM Ta:
com-
mences a farewell engagement
ndammee
orAownona
BA.C7 ------laitr•—inallia.
hweirliarmpieraerrs will have an opportunity
seeing this charming
next Monday, when she
Thillon
ofDiahmonearit,
six nights, and theraedcaamneand
actress and songstress in one of her
best characters.
beT h inl 100 nd' so
uebntg abguetmtehnet iis
theatre
will be nightly filled to overflowing. •Mr: Alcroft, with
his good judgment, has made the price ofadmission very
k moderate, so that all classes may have ad opportunity of
seeing this delightful actress previous to her final retire-
ment from public life.
Advices from St Petersburg to the Ist inst. state that
there had been an increased inquiry for hemp, owing to
several vessels under the American flag being expected
at Cronstadt. It was hoped they would obtain permis-
sion to discharge and load there, and hemp, hemp yarn,
and iron were being sent down for shipment. Never.
theless, there were doubts of the suCcess'of the attempt,
as the blockade of all the Baltic ports had been already
announced. The weather continued fine, but the com-
munication with Cronstadt was still inte4mpted by the
ice. From Riga the dates are to the 3d inst. Two ves-
sels had put to sea the day previously,. and there had
also been one arrival. The bay remained full of ice, and
the weather, from a continuance of northerly winds, was
ray cold.

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7.4 HE SUN, LONDON, TnURSDAY EVENING MAY 10, 1E165,
5
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- -116,... SAO .1............•••••••,
R ETS•
DREADFUL SHIPWRECK OF T. H E JOHN COUNTRY 41-A R-
PARLIAMEN I' and common sense. (Hear.) This state of the law as a; ay difficultywithregard to the transiri. •
- -sion of the Elizabeth ditto, 16 ; Jane Mullett, 37 ; James ditto, 1 ; After a long pause, the witness., in a low tone said said,
...---40--7----
IMPERIAL • it at present stood ought to be altered, and that was ! tores, but with that the Secretary at War had nothing ,
-FRIG lITFUL Lf,SS OF LIFE. John Burnett, 21, labourer ; William Brooke, 22, ditto ; " Yes, I can swear it between God and man." .s.
the object of the present bill. '' to do. , Joseph Bowden, 23, ditto • John A. Bone, 34, smith; Ann As Mr. Bellentioe continued to press his question to
By the Chairman-In the oeinion of witness it -would , -______.______.
32, wife •
The followin • detailed• • ditto, , Jane A. • ditto 10 ; Amelia ditto, 7, Anne a more definitive answer the witness seemed te war ergas oat
to-day 1O s
HOUSE OF COMMONS,YESTERDAY. sanctioned b it were
Y be advisable that the purveyor and medical officer should gis a more account of this dread rt,t( 2 • Richard dieto 4 • There were in the market , ~...
that the marriages professed to be
Mr. GLADSTONE opposed the bill, being convinced
ful and fatal w:-•eck than has yet been published :- - ei e ,
~. L, , 0, Jas. Clampett 32, labourer ;
weiehing 2ao --lies impena ,
S. T.".
The SrEaluat took -the chair at 12 o'clock. Before Word of God. The law as
totally at variance with the
faith, and honour, and then his firm belief, that •.•••••••............ .. . , ~5
STRAP M A.D'
- , busidess was proceeded with, the right hon, gentlemanrepresented the opinion of mankind, One of the must distress.' 2 and rue'aticholy cases of Caroline ditto, 44 ; Mary A. ditto, 21 ; Caroline do 'l7 'it at present stood, - hesitate more. First he said he would pledge his
H' - ;
ion,i,
ditto,
d his grateful acknowledgments for the kind and to attempt to alter it would be absurd. They had. and ladies.to what was not the MAY 8.
prejudice his own soul in swearing
of all descriPt
- - expresse
. on Thursday night last, on the M'enac'es Rock, off Ellen ditto, 7; Robert ditto, 4; Silas Creper, 25, shoe-
indulgence which the house had extended to him on heard that day that in every State of Europe except in. By the Chairmen-He found that the purveyer bad ' Place• There was a large supply of straw
q follow of ;stoner
stelae,
1.- e . on the coast of Ccrows 1 Toe
!, .unfortunate
' maker ; Mark Chariot, 19, labourer • W. E. Churchward, fact.
were a- , ef J. • nil
Monday and Tuesday evenings, and expressed a hope a few cantons in Switzerland they were recognised andl been making stoppages from the pay of the men mistak- libt. ter rt,ini.;
er kerePee n-e to 8"-.
that the impossibility of making a house on Tuesday tolerated. Now what was the case ? Why, that all in his instructions, and made those stoppaees as if the argue, John, of PI ' ymout 1, Captain R iwle, left
JI., plumber ; Samuel Diamond, '3O, labourer ;W. H. In further crots.examination, and as Mr. Ballantine's the market. The prices to-day() ,
Down, 25, stonemason ; John ditto, 30. smith ; Wilmot questions assumed a tone of deeper solemnity, the wit- Oat straw, from 7s 6,1 to lie
Plymouth Sou d o'n the
•., evening, which he believed was entirely attributable to such marriages as were contemplated by the bill, if arm 7 were in a state of peace instead of war, and as hn.
0,
on
board 149
On of Thurs,,ay, bound
ditto, 28, wife ; Samuel Drewe,
ditto,
. .ED,I,NBUR.GH ll.E..LhiliiAooßl.ciKitT4--:•t1 f,l; j, each
himself, had not been the cause of inconvenience to any sanctioned, were done so under the most solemn of pro- : sooei as witness beard of it, and sliertly before he left for Quebec,
andavren _
la rd 149 adult as 98
carpenter ; Susannah Doidge, 51 ; Jane oidge, 25 ; answers. He said he first mentioned the fact of seeing
t tester (Hear, bear.) He considered the present bill aa . offi.ce, he wrote out requesting the payumeter to return 1 children, ft s, together with a crew, in a.,1, Y are
-. hon. members. (Hear, hear.)
of 19 ; making the tetal nuinher of 8 kills on board 252. Frances Doidge, 6 ; Jane Doidge, 2 ; Eliza ditto, 21,
servant ; Robert Daw, 30, labourer ; Johanna ditto,KET---3“
20; William Dawson, 22, ness became more and more confused, and slow in his trod
Hay; wheatffrom
1 .d2od., t
07s164....dim;on9esIOve ; Lb' aprloedy til:•octsp;.2,:tour•ife.
DALKEITH- MEAL MAR second. 1, a, 0.1
The following bills were read a third time and passe' ' a measure which, under the disguise of religious liberty,. th e drawback.
The passengers were principelly from the north of 37, de • James Eastcott, 59 labo 1 • Jane ditto 57t.
- Oatmeal, per- sack of 2801bs Firs , A 3 6(1 1i- 7:4 IS
-Birmingham Canal Navigations, Glasgow Water, sought to raise anarchy in the Church of England. Thi s By the Chairman-He was in London during the •
. , t rer , „ the, prisoner oino from the battery to Mr. Hepworth,
456 9,`; 7_, Ocl i - es 0,1
Devon, the great source of American emigration in wife • Jane ditto, 12 ; Elizabeth ditto 10 • Mary ditto, 2; as imperial -
measure had been brought forward not in deference tee swhole of the recess, with the exception of two' ' • t •
t h -•
liardo iron
ns hamigusti builderao
ra at i
gltill
tr:
coloured Russell s,
dress.and described
When
a slhrie.
de .
Barleyweal, per ditto ......... -5 v' _ 8 eld Ocl
Kelso Bridge, Kingston-upon-Thames Improvement,
the scruples of the whole community, but a few of its :September, and sometimes on a Sunday. Ther:Zia'.: .rlitol numbere hem other parts ts Sarah ditto, .3 ; , . ~ 1, .0„ Mary J. ditto, 6 ;Eliza-
the est of England ; - ' " 0 W H l'tf 7 •
___e (141 Oti - ea
and Plymouth Great Western Docks,
carpenter ; Mary ditto, 47, wife; Mary A. It was on Saturday last he told a constable of his
gha,v,- Pe,asemeal, per ditto .........
ordered
to be members, {Hear, hear.) of that county ; and the remainder from the counties both ditto, 5; Ann ditto, 3 ; John ditto, 1; Samuel Fee,-____s Oa ---s od 4
The following bills were considered and - •communication but what was c+, y.
to his col- f Cornwallo, orse ,an Somerset-in .act, she ieg worked with the prisoner at the building of tee rssio Flour, per ditto posed the present bill propose to stop with it, or w• cold lea rues who were all within a few hours distance. D t d S • c Od - °
read a third time :-Abingdon Railway ; Banff, Mac-
was considered what is termed a west-country ship 'since his re- Pot-harley, per ditto
•........ -8
ditto, 21, servant ; Betsy ditto, 23, ditto; Jane ditto, 19 ; He never bad applied to the -prisoner . .
_.
therston, 47,
•
he bring forward
another measure next year. (Hear, General Peel-What authority had you over the mill- Harriett, ditto, 17, ditto ; John ditto, 13 ; George ditto, turn in March last from Sydney and Callao to get bin, sea
road ,
d • Lime-
duff, and Turriff Railway ;Commercial-road e Cork and
Numbers of the friends of the unfortunate asseneer's
Yonghal Railway ; Leominster and Ledbury hear.) The house ought to know something upon the -tie ?-I had the same authority over the militia that I solid 11 • Lucy, ditto, 8; Sarah, ditto, 4; Philip Gibbings, 35, into a trades' union, nor had he quarrelled with him DUBLIN-MAT 8' f wisest' ~..
aceorepthem
to Plymouth to bid fP 11 and a far , ,supply 0 re, it b-E
Swansea subject, because the measure proposed sought to alter , had over the army-namely, a financial authority.lab'ourer ; Mary ditto,•27, wife ; Thomas ditto, 7 ; Samuel for refusing to do so. He could not have had any con- There was •a considerable increased .The rap' rlie6"
rick and Castleconnell Railway ; Manchester Improve-se
, as the melancholy sequel proved, a la-t adieu to many
a., the social arrangements of society, and to take away ' Had you aey power to embody regiments or to select ditto, 5; George ditto, 2; John Garland, 31, labourer • • ,f b trig. Best' ecl
' versation with the prisoner on the subject three or four oats, but only a very small one c •
of those whom they loved and respected.last. . diiee
ment ; Renfrew Police and. Improvement ; ii is
that equality which at present existed with man and , :regiments for embodiment?-No ; that was a matter • The departure of the ship was witnessed and cheered Mary ditto, 42; wife; John ditto 6 • William ditto, 4 ; Friday but n'ici 41-
Docks ; Rhymney Railway.
Yrealised • of that day, d low ti>rh
PETITIONS. t woman, and to give to man all the benefits, taking away .entiewly in the hands of the Secretary of State, He Ann ditto 1 • Hocken, 19, iloemaker • Thomas
that he was discharged from his vessel. barely the currencies eats 6
b Mr. H. Brown from thosewhich possessed. (Hear, hear.) mere I recommend d '
woman at present po . , . y . e regimeiite for embodiment to Lord b 'assembled ' • ' ' Henry- l• td3 • ' •' '
y numerous croons on the Hoe. She left Hill, 28, shoemaker •; •Fenny ,ito, e , wife; Betsy ditto, months ago, for it v: as only on the 23d of March last Derail was much quieter than on
ken by
Petitions were presented
Y b Mr. Hadfield withthe Sound at four p.m., on the top of ebb tide, with a 3 ; Eana, ditto, 1 ; John Houghton, 35, miller; Robert f the bill. To go Palr ierston Towards the l• s'ley maim its price, being me
Liverpool, against church rates ; y .
t. . To ask which was the object o. present. . . . . • , .. meinhing of November he Heiner, 38 ; Ellen ditto, 36, wife • William ditto, 12 ; that date. 46' s
re( , oa; Ina,. el
favourable wind off the land ; and all bid fair for a rapid 40st° 134°.e1'
H• Berkeley, various lee aeons back ftoh•t• it to conscience in his opinion, ot agood deal of intern i
,o C ris tan y was, g together ret on as to the best The witty ss here put in his discharge, which 171: lienitiwi,ruis.acteoprilleisntevteraes6l:lw. to lal_se.hbea, pectrt,fit's7l‘a
1 ditto, eee ,
• the same prayer ; by Mr. H.
and prosperous voyage down Channel. How these hones Dinah ditto, 10; Harriett. ditto, '8
; Anna ditto, 6-e- -- -- In-answer to Mr, •Hobler- witness-- said he- saw t
n- absurd in the extreme. • mode of recruiting the army, and he caine to the conclu- • • • • • pb• t ptt 4. Jo ditto, 1; -Robert Honey, 36, prisoner most distinctly, and had no doubt in his mind 17s l4s 6d totos • i).- AA
0, 2 v-
o er ci o„ James
barley, Od to 19s Gil ; oats, 18s 5 1
for the '
from Bristol against church rates ; also from the coin
Mr. SPOONER claimed for himself and. every Chris- siert i tha,t he should act with greater probability cf sac were blighted it appears Impossible to say so veered are '
baker ; Mary ditto, 31, wife ; Samuel ditto, 10 ; Susan that he was the man who gm a,vvay over the lime-kiln
27s tal to 28s 6.1 per brl; oatmeal, 163 Od 4et od to
Mr. Horsfall, from Livereoel •
positors of the Morning Post, praying.repeal of
the accounts furnished by those who ha:se been s d pare . ,
ditto, b ; Lucy ditto, 6 ; Joh n ditto. 5 ; Emma ditto, and across the shed. He dal not follovv him, as he cowl, eh
the Sunday Beer Bill ;by • , tran freedom of conscience, in deciding this Question cese throueh th
- ' °h the medium et the militia than hY •anY other to tell of the catastrophe ;
• .
before the h '
against the Marriage Bill now house ;bY without being bound by the canons of the church. He means. He circ elated a memorandum among the wool-all seem however, to unite
' . ' . 4 ; Mark ditto, 1 ; James Hocken, 24, carpenter ; Ann knew there was no mode of eeress but by eropping into per 480Ibe.
o mismanagement against the captain,
in a complaintf
5 etitions from Gloucester, awrinst ha, ter of Leviticus and consulted bers of the Government more directly interested• Harris, 41 ; Wilhelm ditto, 10 ; Mary J., ditto, 3 ; Ann Mr. G. Berkeley, P had read the 13th c p . a
and
he . y in thean adjoining earden, which abutted en the Ferry-road. - - - • t_______
Shee, a number of • •and so embittered were the survivors to‘fards him that Hod .11 4') NT•• - ditto, I.' jase .1.1 ditto, 13 ; Geonse - church rates ;by Sergeant - so ,e ; deney ,t , 1., At this state of the proceedings Mr. Hobler said that Ireland, praying the house to pass
of opinion that marriage with a deceased wife's sister vornureent when Lord Palmerston went to Paris for two it is stated the coal were obli ,ed to afford hi •ditto, him ditto, la • Rosina ditto, 10 • Sarah ditto, 8 ; Emma . tio:•l,l4swetcl:ot'' 42733'6°(aipze°r4ewt°;aiall
from various parts of
B? 11. by protection from their fury. But whether this anger 5 ; Sophia' ditto, 3 • Eliza' ditto, 1; Edwin Heyne, 21 ; ne trusted he had shown, on the part of the prosecution,
of the merge
the Tenants Compensation
.i , Sir G. Grey, &ern was not only not prohibited, hut permitted by the law of days in November, he asked him to authorise the Home- i• o 3 1 . ,In that there were sufficient grounds for a remand.
Prices of Coal per ton at tho close 1
n, ~,, • d,
the h Shields against
Wesleyans of South , , the sale (if in- God. The law as it now stood, he considered produc- of Rea to call out any regiments he might specify. H arose from a belief that the accident was the result of HenryJ ff •41' b •
e ery, 2 , a ourer ; Maria c deo, e. ,wl e , e n y
-e inattention on his part-or that thecaptain and crew A. ditto, 4 ; William H. ditto, 1 ; Wm. Kelly, 18, la-
Mr. Ballantine would not deny that ; but the ques- 8. d. wee sea, ' •, 6
. ,11 6
toxicating drinks on Sundays ;by Mr. H. W. Wick- five of great moral evil, and he therefore felt bound. to u. led. that authority by codling out and embodying certainbonier• H. 'ett Martin,ee • Richardditto, 11 • Tames tion was one of vast importance, for it could scarcely be l.B 0
saved themselves, as stated, to the s - , , ern_
~ 1
il
haree2 petitions from Yorkshire to the same effect ; support the present bill. r egenoents.
H. ditto, 9; Maria ditto, ditto 3; Georgina, ditto, 2; supposed than at the,present juncture any Englishman Jonassohu's Hartley l6 0 Framwe 0
................
.!, i 3
congers-or, in fact, what gave rise to this angry feeling
by Mr. Pellatt, a number of petitions from various. me- Mr. COBDEN referred to the manner in which pub- -By Mr. Layerd-Ile had nothing to do with the Joe. Lander, 24, tailor; Ann ditto,' 22, wife ; H Lacy, could be found who, fora trifling difference about wages, Davison's West Hartley 17 6 Heaton ..................
..1': 9
in all, it would be wrong to seuntilevidence shall
tropolitan parishes, in favour of the bill for legalising lic opinion sanctioned the evasion of the law. Allusion raising of the foreigno legion. He appointed Messrs. taken it be -I •'- - A e
as may ease y imagine, teat parents made ee •
, 19, labourer; John Moreombe, 25. labourer ; Jane ditto, could do his country so serious a mischief. It was not Howard's West Hartley Haswell ......
8•.
jaw
..... . . ;
tton Lyon ''
...... 0
marriage with a deceased wife's sister ;by Mr. Bass., had been made to the number of cases of bigamy Heater and Howell, they were packers for the :,husbands widow - • ' l , --, wife ; George ditto, 4 ; John ditto, 2 ; Ellen ditto, 1 ; for him (Mr. 13allantine) to say that the last witness was Netherton l7 6 fle
er ••• ......... e'• a 0
from Derby, complaining of the mismanagement of the committed in 3 given district, but it did not follow , colonels. The firm of Hayter and Howell had b childless,ers, and children parent ets-
een men who had left home full of hopes for the future end Dinah Mortimore, 25, servant ; Eliza, ditto, 20, ditto ;
i Hearin ...... 1 a
war. that the inhabitants of the district generally ap- , army clothiers for nearly one hundred years. This firm t, if Richard Mead 19 • H North,3l • M A ditto 28
~ ,H. , ary A. entirely mistaken as to the identity of the prisoner, or Longridge's •Wet, CHO:Ire
• •tley 17 1 Bused. s
" urged to accuee him from improper motives. He could North Percy Hat
art's • ............ 6
EDUCATION BILL. proved of bigamy, and he asked why a bill was not transmitted the whole of the free gifts transmitted to most of whom, even free from the sad embitterment wife ; Henry P. ditto, 5; Eliza, ditto, 3 ; George ditto, 1 ;
tas the evidence stood -I his worshi to discharee Taulield Moor
, a-, c p - • , 16 eletew
...... " . .18 0
• of loss of wife, husband, or child, had lost all the wealth Ellen Paul, 21, servant ; Simon Patfeinne, 19, labourer ; no ' '
" - T 'll M Butts 16 0 Caradoc •. ...........•,
autie c • oor
........ •-e 0
Mr. WALPOLE gave notice on the part of Sir J. brought in to make it felony in those persons who went the Crimea-809 to Scutari and 403 to the Crimea. •soner but lie was re ared to produce evi-
the prisoner, . , p p
.p .
Probably they were possessed of in the world would John Phare 29 shoemaker • Eliza ditto 26 wife ; Eliza,
Walker Primrose . l5 ;Hartlepool
...... .. ie _
Paking•ton, that that right hon. gentleman would to- to Germany to evade the English law with reference to By the Chairman-He appointed these crentlemen on I• •' • ' ''• ' • •' ' C dence, if its production would induce his worship to wall. ...... ..''' 0
15 :,' Beaten -
............ .16.' 6
give vent to comp :unitize against one to whose cha ere ditto, 6 ; John (tato, 4 ; Elizabeth ditto, 2 ; Mary r. `,_lam morrow move that the second reading of his bill should marriage with a deceased •wife's sister. He ridiculed public grounds, and not because one of the gentlemen 43, miller ; Sarah ditto, 44, accept bail, which would clearly show that it was Kelloe ................. %lc, •
d both l• * ditto 1 • Thomas Pincombe,
they had entrusted life and propert .
be postponed till the sth of June. the idea that the bill would produce anarchy in the was brother to the secretary of the Treasury. At the The Y • ditto,l9 • Elizabeth ditto 11 •• Bets h 1 -icelly impossible his client could have committed'
wife , . Jane 0 ,„y ditto, p rye . Wellsend., Sze. "South Kelloe ........
~.54.
THE SUNDAY BEER BlLL.member for Oxford, or time of scene when the vessel struck, as may be antici-
church, as assumed by the hon. e the appointment he did not know of the relit- p . • 9 • Richard ditto, 6 ; William ditto, 4 ; Mary
pated, teas most c oeressing ; the utmost ceilusion pre- ' ditto, the incendiary act attributed to him, inasmuch Acorn Close
17 C fees .................. 9,1, G
st the measure tic cash: The 6 stem i Mr. EL BERKELEY gave notice that he intended that the women of Er land were again . .la y n the War-office was extremely 1 ; James Pine, 18, tilernaker ; Sarah A. ditto, 25, as his whereabouts on the Thursday night could be ac Wharnelifie l6 9 Birchgrove.
...........,....1
veiled, and most of those on board h I
laws it would have been of ficie nt and worked well, Allgave t ens, ,e yes up „
to move far a committee to inquire into the working of Before they referred to Jewish , . .
f. , promotions were made t • le- th• • 1 P
servant ,_ a ,ne yne, 05, tilemaker ; Mary ditto, your for, with the exception of brief lapses of from Bell 17 ti Cart's Mertlffehhyr,„.. 7d
in despair. The account rend d f
ere by one o the pas- .
17 C Skiborwen in se'
further regulat'on of better had they inquired what the Jess ish practices were :ow, merit.s9, wife ; Elizabeth ditto, 33 servant, • Rosina Viney, 47, ,
an act passed last session for theit I t2O
11c1 all lour o minutes. Belmont
son era is most bean-rending, though of the claktac• ditto; Elizabeth fear e, Mary A. Penman, 19,
the sale of beer on the Lord's-day.had beengiven in evidence before lir La yard-In what
He proposed to in this respect. It . . . . . y relation did your department ter of all similar disasters, except that limner, ditto • George '•
. ' 35, ditto; . •, e Mr. Ingham said that when reasonable cases cf this
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Pedrick, labourer ; Samuel Quintet, ze,
bring forward his motion on St. Boniface's day. ( ttea that so far froru the Jews considering It F tend with respect to the Horse Guards ?
'Tear.) the committee, , . . . , . ,
._
My depart- sympathy was in this case the more excited frein the stone. • • hT• 1 It 1"' I I- • 1.1 1 R "
MASOLI , Ile is. cc,. , .),-, a labourer , ar r ogee., nature were mecle out, through they were not exactly
wrong they considered it meritorious, and where tee law went was purely a financial one. WAILS. we
such as ought to be sent to a jury, he did not think them SEABORNE 1
CIVIL SERVICE. number of children on board, and from the calmer- 48, labourer Ann ditto, 40, wife • Samuel ditto, 15 ; i rot 4
-th of of the land did not interfere with the marriage of a de- Do you know that Lord Hardin e was consult d b • susceptible of bail, and there would be, therefore, very --.40,------,
oil. -
Mr. MACARTNEY gave notice that, on the -_,..
g - e Y &nary efforts ef their parents to save them from the Mark dieto, 4; Mary A. ditto, 3 ; Rovers ditto, 1 ; Solo-
the °ell e'''
Jewish 1 • d'.
ceased wife's sister, thelaws permitted it to take the Cabinet as to what took place in the East 2.-C - rale use in calline• the evidence which the learned gen- •• • • r. from ~
June, he should, in the absence of the bill, salon;; pro_ ce
er death impending. One of the passengers, William *l• won Solomon, 17 ; Wilmon P. S-cyle, 43, plasterer, ;-1 .- . e, (A signifies that tbe mails.areho,,o-
~2patcll.) it, for leave intr duce plane at an earlier period than that wit ano ier Party. -ire y, h titte• -I ''• •
Fiances ditto, 41, wife; Frances E. ditto, 19 • Amos San- tleman said he could adduce. ey the eight-and Mby the inorron,-- yi 0 t
raised by the Government, move to • Walter], a man of apparently sickly and delicate con-
Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE addressed the house, an i Mr.. Did the Cabinet act upon the report of Lord Har- - - 1i . 1 ,i • ee- 43 • Michael Stueden, 35, shoemaker ; F:lizebeth, his Mr. Beliantine-I merely throw out the suggestion, teljit d a !
iiiij .
a bill to alter the law affecting the civil service.
t, t. succeeeee, as the vesse, setteeo ut the water, he' '
~ter f no•• '
MIR,RIAGES (SCOTLAND) BILL. HEYWOOD replied, amidst cries of " Divide." dingo ?-Lard Hardinge drew up schemes for the orge- i • • ' •' • •
in taking. his wife and six earldren into the rienin , one • -'
' wife, 37 • Christopher, Robert, Jane, Susan, and Austin, thinking it ley duty to see that nay ciient was not borne . Day 1v*1.,,n u% a•- • •, port go, ~.....
>I.?: t",o*-- 10,1'1 se
The house then divided, when there appeared- nisation of the army, which were acted upon. ee h their children aged respectively 12 yeare 8, 64, and 1; 1 by the weight of public opirdon, which mint press COITNT.afI;•S3, in Gem . , Dis,„tc ...•••••• 0
Mr. HEADLA.: , on rising II to move the second read -
by eue-teeyoungsst unforturately fell from the motlieds Wince, Landon. , w.--- so
...........-•
Robert Searfo' 23, labourer • Themes Shore.' 'lB, J h ' ("vn
- ' - -
For the second reading 165 Not for operations in the Sold ? -Not ia any respect. . •
• " " upon him whilst he la.beurs under this serious charge, ------- o,ooi •- : ,
inn of the above bill, presented several petition • fromarms ;ciao the son • the father, though urr 1)1- to ••wiln 1- • •
!r•• 'II k.Joseph'° ' ewe ,t.eg
Against it
1 t 1• ' th• th • • .1,1 d d t - • - ' ------
t)w Every Friday •• -• a, eis cape e an, rca y e answer it. emericatowenteete .. a
Scotland and the North of En; and, in favour et' the the at plungef after •it, bet faded in his noble effort to save his don;22 stonemason ; Farm S filler • 'l7 servant : John an( '' s )() A 001'"'
Majority - 3 Scutari b • erne; such as you have described, did it occur to , . , . . 7 pi 1, ~ 5..,
a At the instance, of Mr. Hobler, Mr. Ingham remanded emetic? toy united ea. verP c
re
same. The hon. gentleman said, in proposing this !nee-child, and with dale:very reearried •the shi ' •
time and ordeeed to y•.iv, to inform Lord Herding,. V 4'
The bill was then read a second t , , . ~ , teas somebody bad not p. Anether filman, 31 ; Charley, his wife 27; Henry A, 4 ; George . ,
the case fora week, at which time Mr. Superinterment , ,:tract) .... ••• • • •Is to;,
sure, he was not seeking
to make any trifling or mere William Clemw ee, v. ho had a wife and ten chil,lren on J., 2; W. Charees, 1-children ; itlward Tongue, 25 :America (by U. ewees teen* ! i
...• a d .• S" eler
mitred. be cote . crone his duty ?-I think Lord Ha •• e
. rdinee perfeetly mereed Howie said he should most probably be prepared with I,,,cket) ........N
theoretic improvement of the law, but was endeay. tiring
b ,aol, aeterupterf to raise 'he 6 yeueme. w 1 h J Tinkhane 20, labourer; Edward and Harriet
, , „ teem info t , J. , ,
in the most earnest manner in • his power to repress an n dis osed of with me that seamier(' was to •
The other orders of the day were the p , , < y blame, but the difficulty rieeine by the aid of a "she-t," with which he bad tied '
20 ; William Turpin, 20, labourer; Mary P. Tom, 21, further evidence. ‘ustralia (rid South-
~ sauthm-r.„!
and the house adiourned at six o'clock. t was to lay our hands on the right man. ee
3.alpt(al) • • •• •• •• •• M! .. never•
servant;
William Tom 1 1 • • '• in Treleaven. ,7, la,miner , Willie , ___ VA(
• -evil the magnitude of which he could scarcely d, scribe _
them tegether. Urdertunately Ile litiled in his eflerto . . '
, la- wee al atseillea) •N •• ••• • • • •
F Delyou s ert ' ~•
' : • . • •-1 ..•
without what would seem to be exaggeration, which was - - nee-- , a c am, .a. communication Kith Leal Hale end the ~ e i • were ermeried. et 1 p
, .1, e six , , , _ eernue eogsrs, aSPORTING INTELLIGENCE. eittooia eape ot twat
Grace Vivian, 23 ; George Wilco ; Alfred ditto;
_
dinge, who that somebody was ?-Even to this moment E.' ward Westaeott, 40, shoemaker; Ellen ditto. 33, ge-,,5) .....• •••• • • NI '••• • .. -..!flyrentb ....
lowering the character, destroying the moralite, and
ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM- I hesitate to fix the Maine upon eery one individual. bey, aged 10, (me of the 4,t.ier 1.,,,,enger., P.11V,:!, has lost •
wife • Jemima Wilee, 19 ; Rachael ditto, 16 ; Jas. Wood- ----..__-- w 'lid of the month ••! _
._ „
Africa (West Coast). •-1- ,„ „,,, ~,, 7() of lover,
~•,,t„e
depraving the manners of the people in the nordhe-n
his father, mether, two broth, re, a si-ter, and a cousin 'l , • man labourer • Ann Wilcock. 35. Edward ditto 12; NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING l'esandria..........N .41 ~, '''. ".. , ICOltth4.'rtoil
ix r
MITTE E. The Chairman-Dothinkh •
. you there are more than
- • e• 4tri Rr ',nth et nio .1„ !
.1_,„,, _
Is
parts of this island. The hon. gentleman after ce! eing
Henry North, saved, lost his wife arid tliree, children. we ' 50,
• '' ' . '
• rah A. ditto 11 • Mary W 40 • Samuel ditto 13 ; WEDNESDAY. AicXaadria.............. .. •
'' I7"h of the niontilt•ts,tir7..„ ;or
16
0 one I-The public have the ant ression al it the system
r,,thannts ............., •
some statistics showing the great number of elegal
.
we far as we can glean facts from parties on boa d, it Fie cleric (into,'' halo,
'. • '
I lO ; John (:itto, 8 ; Elizabc th ditte. 1 ; Sweepstakes •of 50 sows each, for 4-yr-olde, colts Bst The • N i'wly •••••• •• "9°leTir'Olai 4ilj
was very much to blame and that the alterat on , f the • .ginin .. ** '''' '...' - rp-011th.. S'i 1110'''' Uln*.
marriages now contracted in Scotland, and the evil The committee reassembled yesterday morning at the . , I . ' e appear, that all went prospereindy tll abut half-past Elizabeth Rodd, :30 ; William Walters, 40, miner • Mary
syetern would remove the evil. do red believe, boa -1011-). flues Bst 51b. Certain pena'ties and allowances. Brazil •• •• •• •••••• • • at 9th of Ilie
ran..is„ottl,
I;oris effects they produced on the moral character of the
usual hour. nine, when thet' - F-1 et' •• I'• 'ditto 40 -1 • 1-•• ' 11. 14 • B t A' l't
ey mule le .eIWO,. .1 nem, tee captein „a 1 e, ocular, , itto„ miner ; esyA. c. I to, Buenos Ayres ........ al jf.ll or die env vsetta
people, concluded by moving the second reading of the
Mr. Sidney Herbert was examined by the Chairman. ever, that the difference between one sy-tern and another h- l'• • ' • of. 13 • •% " ' '
arwe , pointing it out to one
Cape of Good liope ..N ton
bill. is nearly so great a . between id-1c man and
another, .A. .Tuet at this time the eecond awe was trvieg to tight Lord Derby's Acrobat, Bst 10lb
Mary ditto, 6 ; Robert Williams 33 labourer ; Maria . , . (Bartholomew) 1 Ca pt. of Goo!..1 Ilope .N" thOWP
'.
f the month Sou . fe,
ell the office of Secretary-at-War at bad
The LORD -ADVOCATE, though he could not pre- He stated that he h .
.system will %teak well with 1% geol man, but a good tee Li- d- 1 t 1 I I leme o' the - -
Liz lig i , and he as to, .•• .4. le pas-engere it . , .
, ditto, 32, wife; Rachel ditto, 10 ; Susan oitto, 6; John Mr. Greville s Kaffir, Bst 10lb (Flatinan) '2 Cape de Vents .....,N 9th o
Ceylon (see India) toolo.lll'
mice to support the bill in all its details, yet considering the breaking out of the war, and his being a Cabin et system will not work well with al inferior man. lar, they could not see the refiect-on of the light in the sky ;du to, d ; Eliza A. ditto, 2; Robert ditto •; Jane Wood, Sir R. W. . y Bulke'e 's Huregutfin, Bet 10Ib el- Menn 3•-
- h - •• J. c ' eevi0n.......... • ....1.;1 OOP .1. .1. A
Fry, so,l ,o, 1 ...,
it was a praiseworthy attempt to grapple with ase aject Minister in no way interfered with the duties of his situ- consequence of the long peace no one has seen any min- they replied they could not, when the car:a:tin said he p ; Samuel ditto, 6 ; John ditte, 5 ; James ditto, 3; Wi
... g 4
1- Bettin -6 to 4on Acrobat 6to 4 agst Kaffir. At e - , T la-, '''Al'on wade& ) erarlh• 10
ebanne. _s • 5......... , • ~ . ent, •sou
the evils of which he fully admitted, should not oppose anon. The duty of the Secretary-at-War was that of a tary operations on a. large. scale, and the varieue officiale could not either, but they would see it fast enolieh when 413, in ditto., 1 ; :Tames H•oney, 45, labourer ; k b l'i Betsy ditto, first, ato was ta en a out t e fatter, Won very ele- owe_ .............. 94 h.,- 1701 of m. •
H 'Once. a month .• • • g ~,... • f
rehe second reading of the bill. were frightened at the respon•-ibllity and expense they they ' Imate's e • wife Marie ci •rie . •
„ , itto, el, servant ; Tamson ditto, 19, veil hy three quarters. of a length, the second beating din -• , „ e ,38,28„„ e, navbropto
check on expenditure only. lie had nothing to do with e. • got there. It wee tee sec watch, and servant ; Francis lB • Elize ditto 16 ser-
, ~ , , , the third by a head. , Constantinople .... ~..,,0,104,7,• • . gent ~ jilt
A or mon. ,_ r
....
Mr. ELLIOTT opposed the second reading, hoping . inlet-A incur. It has been said by Dr. A. Smith, and the.captain short, af er went below. Abeut tee I k
Y 0.C.1)C-- want ; Jane ditto 13 ditto,;Thomas.labourer•
,
' eenstawenopie ..... „.41.1, &...otf
.. Dove , ...vv.-
Or disci line otherwise than his consent being Om remark will alv to oft -r • that the Lord-Advocate would himself introduce a. nee- promotion P g pp._ A. persons, that he was the mate came on the poop and asked the passeneers if 3; W. Henry Yelland, • Walters Stewart Handicap
ea, sawyer •,, T.Y.C. Cont. of Europe M &s N !Twice daily .• •• • . ! ,
er •• •' • I
sure that would really grapple with the evils of the required in the event of such promotion involving in- twontes before he coeld bong himself to beliete that heEgypt (see India)
,!
~ !,
_a.,_.... „ Dov,.„notel • .
. they had seen the captain, and on being asked what he 43, musician ; Louisa, 43, wife ; Amelia, ditto, 18 ; Hen-
... M & .t., Iv, c a ny 1 AP
question, which this bill would not do. He movet that creased expense. The expenditure of the army was so could speed as much money as I,e pleased. .
wanted the captain for, he said he (the mate) thought rietta, ditto, 11 ; Charles ditto, 7; Adolphus ditto, 6 ; c td , a
Duke of Bedford's Faros, 3 yrs, 6st 91b J. Steggles) 1 France ..... 1 • „ 27„cm. seou'' ,3 f
Gibraltar ... ...... .M. 4,7,17, -0,
,amp tool i
the bill e read a second time that day 6 months. complicated that it was necessary the office should be , Durant,, 40 years peace hue the. system improved e - Wlli T 1 1 6 • ' 3('•
nr they were a deal too Mesh land. . h ray after this the •am earn ty 0 , servant tlartll ditto ), wife , Lord le en s Cheddar, 5 yrs, Bst (Flatinan) 2 Greet:o(Boe India) 1 i. eat' u ....te/
Lord LOVAINE considered the present hill wee cal- gore down 2-. it is bttter fur sw -
ine purposes and worse Mary Escott, 21 servant •• Thomas E tt .13 •1. b s • Mr. Payne'e Spinaway, 4 yrs, 7st 7lb (Quinton) 3 Greytown ..........M 2t441 & 17th of I,fl,°L Donde •„toe,,, 01y.,
captain came on deck, and what the mate lead statee,sc.) „ a ourer ,
kept up. When it was decided on commencing hostili- for (-there. Will' - ' '
lane hallett 28 farmer ; Eliza ditto 23 wife •; Mr.Formby s weinutive, J yrs, ost 'D. • r r 131 b (E. Price '
et 4 flerribmbh ..........., ~
N Tuesday Fs frieee ,o.,tharnY FY I.
DI 4
minted to mitigate at least a portion of the exadieg
" that they were getting too close on land," was re- Joseph "' ' ' •* - 9 T I ' ' Havannah ......•• •• m !lint of the mono. •-i^)o ~0„„ropiso
evils, and therefore he thought it would be uhf dr to ties instructions were given -: to Lord RA lan- for the de. Wi • Velii,
Raglan awe del the Duke of N . egton acquire his cane- portedt him the captain• the
oim ; :-Saul! Phmdra
Morrell, 00 ; Maria ditto, e 2 ;N. Longsford, 49, The following also ran :--,-, • „ Inez, Mr Holland ............
11
i)a11Y........ Seevilisiat-)i.,1,
2 Had he hot inee diffictilreina,son
wait till the Scotch members should agree among them. fence of the Balkan, it being understood that sehaste?oi rier,c„ . y,, I.S to contend with ? Soon afterwards some one forward snug t " k ''
-149 adults 98 children, 16 infants, equal to 193 Barne's bf by John o'Gaunt Julia. Honduras .......... le 17th of the month.,!,c.,. /,,,,o,
....I
la
selves to a revision of the whole of the marriage 1 i.•-vs of would be attacked, that being the object for which the -Originally, I should think he had. net on roc s, statute adults.
and almost immediately the vessel struck with vio- Of the the Betting-6 to 4 asst Spinaway 4to 1 agst Parcae 6 feera(viasouthamptem lerh & mei et % weer :
... °
in Ha (via Marseilies)4ll,9thSt2sthot taw
op ineer.,, e
His experience was gained in India ? y e above 9 following. are tha parties need :- to 1 each a.gst Cheddar ,rand Inez. Paros led throuohout ` 17 17 &27 of ,11 Igor; to- toe
Scotland. British army was despatched to the East. The p ceps. '• ' - • - . .- ea lence, PO much so that she humped over the rock, and Brought here by Avon-J. Short, of Callington ;G. t 1 th S • ' e'' lonian Isles (see India), ~. ,
~,,p 4
& , Twice daily •• •• • 1,-,..0th.- toe! al
Mr. NAPIER considered the difficulty of dealing
rations made for the army were not with a belief that;D ,you think that the battles in which he was enanged teen struck with still greater force upon rocks fu, tiler Pederiek, Kiugsbridge; W• 11% 1.1 1 I fW.I t •
1 iam ... orey, and won by wo lengths s ; Cheddar heating . pinaway idr [retard ........M .,! ,k, 27•of•iimm.
nth
Isle - •• •• •• •• •• ••1117, 9' 17' " ,ontb!S°" 00l •"I
with this question was, that the people of Scotland didn in • the captain was then distinctly heard to John Bone Davenport; William Brock, Dawlish ; • • '-- - Madeira ..lkij9th of the a• hewer!)
'winter in the Crimea, but theplace be e
army would - .••••-•• - e-
e.'2941 ot month •• • 1
~.... not regard any religious ceremony requisite for marriage.run aground." no.
on, an. essy 1 , dabgi er ; Lisieira e
main. Admiral Boxer was sent to opinion.in• Pliredr sixthand Sambo seventh Imm di t 1 - ' " "•• •• ""•• I
a . t .. e ae y after Iwover
He also objected to the facility of minors to contract by a coup de out .
had all sail on her with great way, as she was when the Walters, Beeralston; Mary, Richard, James, John, Betsy,Malta (see India) 1
,8 18 &29 of fr°ll' i
I should like to have your opinion The ob. t I I.lar ditto • William el IWilliam starting Inez jumped round, and was 1, ft behind. Malta ....;.........N • • SPI
marriage in Scotland, the mere fact of people of tender superintend the harbour arrangements, and Dr. Andrew . . . . • object of tre accident happened going eight or nine knots, and though s
reY , S c on, Dehonport ; Samuel
eaneteo
committee is, if possible, to lay the blame upon one Vepritius (see Imlia)
D e - - - i 4th of the month sest..-- .t
_.41,
years declaring they took each other for man and wife Smith the medical department. He had no authority man ran aground the sea washed her off again, and she ran Tett% 'Ca Exeter;
• • ''
, Mauritius .......... I
'be!. • e mew,. ! vo „.•• •
orthink a fewmonths' , rnelford ; William P. Stoyles,
_,„sto-.oClP-
men.-I experience would do down the coast fur some distance Mexico .e..........
being at present sufficient to bind them irrevocably for
over the medical department other than with referewee . An attempt was
.N sthlsth2stholo.':4othAwrit, u life. He thought this bill would not have the effect of moregood teen any mere change in .
, - then made to bring h bI tt hanchor,
er up y e ing go er when Elizabeth, child of ditto • Samuel Rogers, Jersey; Plymouth;William
, . Mr. Conebe's Bluebeard, 4 yrs (Bartholomew) 1 Naples_ ....... , emeriti tester
to finance, and Dr. A. Smith acted direct fron nce,
time . . 1 the moots, H. Down, Dartmoor; Mark Chant, West Chinnielc; Simon Mr. Stevenson's Commodore Charley, 4 yrs New Granada ......1%4 2d & 17th o .ya .
..
remedying the evils now complained of, and therefore he she grounded heavily broadside on. Attention was then P tt ... By private 81.1iP0._..nover 1.-.•
000
a more Meriot near Cjewkerne ; William Thornhy, New Zealand should feel bound to support the amendment. Ch '
Horse Guards. The first he interfered with the The airman-You say it is better to have a bad directed to the boats-of which had she four on board, Jersey; Susan Thornby, ditto• Edward Westacott, Dorset; es. Sten, les\ o
, eg , e Papal Btates .........N ,
'anisth2sthofrn n Motown
tLoPi; ,
hen°ll. S tinnVP 110
Lord DUNCAN also supported the amendment. He medical department was in the difference that exietedsystem with agood roan than to have
sy's bad ' B a oo
gci system three on deck, and one over the side-the captain, four James Clainpitt, Newton Abbot ; John Mot-comb, Litton ; Lord Clifden's Poodle, 6 yrs . (Flatman) 3 Peninsula ..........144 Ithl7tll27t ,
_sr,. sou
, m 441 & 27tli of !,'"". cseloils r..
..
found that this bill, while intended to legislate chiefly for between Dr. Smith and Dr. Guthrie, respecting the ap- with aman. But what would yen do supposing," you seamen, a boY, and one Passe"geriumPed into the latter John Tinkhani Totnes William •Dawson, Lustleigh, Betting-6 to 4on Bluebeard, sto 2 agst Poodle. P,rrat N.5.t..a.1..1 ............ ...N By private ship.;l
.eee,...,...
sii
ad a b d
- 25 beano , tor,
.. n _
Bluebeard made all the running, and came in alone, the ine w three t Dove' to 1'
the two border counties of Northumberland and Cum- a system and bad men too ?-In that case you boat and called out to lower, but hodit Newton About; William T ' d F L
urpin, ditto • fenry Lac Bluebeard ig no one answered
- --- ' ~- 25thOffil"'...natilaWP
io ment of regimental surgeons instead of staff cur must tr and
oi t reform our
berlancl, would introduce the greatest Possible confiesion • 11 it y ysystem, and experience will the call, the captain returned to the deck of the vtssel Meriot, near Crewkerne • Samuel Dymond, Kingsbridge; others pulling up when about halfway in the cords. Tu5cany,,,,,;,...„1.; sthl,th • , no ...- ,
eons. As circumstances turned out would have been soon show you who are the good men, William E. Churchward, Storaehouse; 'William Yelland, Poodle broke down. Venezuela -- a „,,,,1q ed & 17th otPuy
tonlave
nto the whole law of marriage in Scotland. He was far gwhen the boat was lowered. On her touchine the water
Van Diemen'eLand (see
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Mr. NAPIER considered the difficulty of dealing
with this question was, that the people of Scotland did
not regard any religious ceremony requisite for marriage.
He also objected to the facility of minors to cobtract
marriage in Scotland, the mere fact of people of tender
years declaring they took each other for man and wife
being at present sufficient to bind them irrevocably for
life. He thought this biil would not have the effeA of
remedying the evils now complained of, awl therefore he
should feel bound to support the amendment.
Lord DUNCAN also supported the amendment. He
found that this bill, while intended to legislate chiefly for
the two border counties of Northumberland and Cum-
berland, would introduce the greatest possible confugion
nto the whole law of marriage in Scotland. He was far
from saying that some measure was not required to
amend the existing law of Scotland, but it should be
done in a comprehensive manner, and therefor he
trusted the English members would assist him in eject-
ing the bill now before the house.
Mr. DUNLOP supported the bill, on the ground that
it would be at least a modification of the existing evils.
Mr. WALPOLE considered the bill would fail in
remedying the evils of the present law. The penalty
proposed by the bill for contracting an illegal marriage
was 101. for the first offence, and 501. for a second of-
fence ; he was sure that penalty would be willingly paid
in most cases, and therefore, on the plea of putting down
immorality, it would not at all grapple with it. He ad•
mitted that the anomalies of the marriage law in Scotland
were very great, and he trusted that the Lord-Advocate
and the Government would take upon themselves to in-
troduce a bill that would assimilate the laws of marriage
in Scotland with those of England. For those reasons
he should be obliged to support the amendment.
Mr. HEADLAM replied, contending that no ade-
quate argument had been brought forward by hon. mem-
bers who opposed the bill to show that it would not have
the effect of at least mitigating the evils of the present
system, and he should press the question to a division.
Sir G. GREY said that with respect to the appeal
made to the Government to bring in a bill to grapple
with the whole subject of the marriage law of Scot land,
he feared, judging from past experience of similar
attempts, it would not be prudent for the Government to
make any such pledge. A bill for that purpose had been
brought in by a former government; but it was
unanimously opposed by the whole of the Scotch mem-
bers and it was unsuccessful. But he regarded
the present bill would affect merely the bumble
classes, and would not touch those in a 11 izb er
position who contracted the same sort of irregular mar-
riages. (Hear, hear.) He therefore put it to the hon.
and learned member (Mr. Headlam) whether it was
worth while to press the question to a division ?
After a few remarks from Mr. INGRA.3I and Mr. J. G.
PniLLIMORE,
The house divided, when the numbers were—
For the second reading 4O
Fur the amendment, 143
Majority —lo
So the bill was lost.
ECCLESIASTICAL PROPERTY (IRELAND)

as ay difficulty with regard to the transrniesion of the
1 tores, but with that the Secretary at War had nothing
' to do.
By the Chairman—ln the opinion of witness it -would
be advisable that the purveyor and medical officer should
be made supreme over the whole departmeet. At
Scutari there is about an equal proportion of paid nurses
and ladies.
By the Chairmen- -He found that the purveyor had
been making stoppages from the pay of the men mistak-
ing his instructions, and made those stoppages as if the
armor were in a state of peace instead of war, and as
soota as witness heard of it, and shortly before he left
offi.ce, he wrote out requesting the paytnaeter to return
th e drawback.
By the Chairman—He was in London during the
'whole of the recess, with the exception of two weeks in
September, aid sometimes on a Sunday. There was no
:communication but what was cemmueicated to his col-
leaaues who were all within a few hours distance.
General Peel—What authority had you over the mili-
tie 1-1 had the same authority over the militia that I
bad over the army—namely, a financial authority.
Had you aey power to embody regiments or to select
.regiments for embodiment?—No ; that was a matter
•entioely in the hands of the Secretary of State. He
mere ly recommended regirneete for embodiment to Lord
Palr ierston. Towards the heginiang of November he
got together a good deal of Information as to the best
mode of recruiting the army, and he Caine to the conclu-
situ i that he should act with greater probability cf suc-
cess through the medium ot the militia than by any other
means. He circulated a memorandum among the mem-
bers of the Government more directly interested in the
subject, and my views having been adopted by the Go-
vornueent, when Lord Palmerston went to Paris for two
days in November, he asked him to authorise the Home-
of rice to call out any regiments he might specify. He
u. red that authority by calling out and embodying certain
r egionents.
By Mr. Layard—He had nothing to do with the
raising of the foreign legion. He appointed Messrs.
Hayter and Howell, because they were packers for the
colonels. The firm of Hayter and Howell had been
army clothiers for nearly one hundred years. This firm
transmitted the whole of the free gifts transmitted to
the Crimea-809 to Scutari and 403 to the Crimea.
By the Chairman—He appointed these gentlemen on
public grounds, and not because one of the gentlemen
was brother to the secretary of the Treasury. At the
time of the appointment he did not know of the rela-
ti( msfelp. The system in the 'War-office was extremely
of ficie nt and worked well. All promotions were made
fr. orr. merit'.
i'lr. Lsyard—ln what relation did your department
etand with respect to the Horse Guards ?—My depart-
' went was purely a financial one.
Do you know that Lord Hardinge was consulted by
the Cabinet an to what took place in the East I—Cer-
r tainly.
Did the Cabinet act upon the report of Lord Har-
dingy I—Lord Hardinge drew up schemes for the orga-
nisation of the army, which were acted upon.
Not for operations in the field ? —Not Li any respect.
The, state of things with respect to the hospitals at
Scutari being such as you have described, did it timer to
per, to inform Lord Hardinge that somebody had not
t'oerie his duty I—l think Lord Hardinge perfectly agreed
with me that somebody was to blame, but the difficulty
was to lay our hands on the right men.
Did you ascertain, In communication with Lard Her-
dinge, who that somebody was ?—Even to this moment
I hesitate to fix the blame upon any ono individual.
The Chairman—Do you think there are more than
one 3—The public have the inn r-seion ter it the system
was very much to blame, and that the alteratun of the
system would remove the evil. Ido not believe, hoe -
ever, that the difference) between one sy-tein and another
is nearly so great a , between ono man and another. A
bad system will wink well with a weed man, hut a good
system will not work well with al inferior man. Tni
consequence of the long peace no one has seen any mili-
tary operations on a large scale, and the various. officials
,were frightened at the responsithlity and expense they
might incur. It has been said by Dr. A. Smith, and
tle n remark
la
bie•kft,r will
ie applycoufl
brim!t() (:th
himselfe rpers,tausb, e thatiie
te thati h
lwase
e
could spend as much money as lie pleased.
i 0
Diming 40 years' peaca Lae the system improved cr
' gore down ?—lt is better fur some purposes and worse
3,i l
for (there.
Where did the Duke of Wellington acquire his exne-
i Hence ? Had be not meey difficulties to contend with ?
—Originally, I should think he had.
' Hie experience was gained in India ?—Yes.
' D , you think that the battles in which he was engaged
in India were greater than the battles that have taken
place during the last 20 years I—That is a matter of
opinion.
I should like to have your opinion. The object of the
committee is, if possible, to lay the blame upon one man
or men.—l think a few months' experience would do
more good teas any mere change in the form of depart-
ments.
The Chairman—You say it is better to have a bad
system with a good roan than to have a good system
with a bad man. But what would you do supposing you
had a bad system and bad men too I—ln that case you
must try and reform your system, and experience will
soon show you who are the good men.
Lord Seymour—The Duke of Newcastle expressed his
approval of the manner in which his subordinates had
discharged their duties. Were you satisfied with the
- manner in which the various duties connected with your
' department were discharged 1-1 am bound, in grati-
• tude to the gentlemen employed in the War.office, to
, say that I believe it is the best constituted office under
, the Crown. My subordinates worked with great zeal.
I made great demands upon their time; their office
hours were lengthened, but I never heard a murtnur.
Never was a man better served by his subordinates than
I was. The promotions in, that office go by merit, and
not by seniority, though occasionally that rule has been
departed from. But the result of the system' was not
good. There was a constant strain upon every person
employed, and whenever promotions were made I was
met by reproaches and remonstrances from persons who
considered themselves to have been passed over. Lat-
terly clerks have been iptroduced at the bottom of the
list by means of examination. • Did you find, practically, that the separation of the
Secretaryship of the Colonies from the office of Secre-
tary for War was a great advantage ?—Very great,
indeed. In fact, it would have been impossible to carry
on the war without separating the two offices.
Did you make any proposal to Government for any
further change f —ln the first place, I proposed to the
Duke of Newcastle, with a view to correct certain evils,
that there should be periodical meetings of the War De-
partment, the head of the military departments and my-
self, so that whatever orders were given should
,be given
to each in the presence of all.
The Chairman—Was that proposal adopted I—lt
was ; but, subsequently, the Government cane to the
conclusion that is would be well to give.these ineetings
a more formal character. An order in Council was
therefore obtained fixing the meetings, and puttting cer-
tain necessary limitations upon the powers of a military
board.
Lord Seymour—Are the committee to understand
that, in consequence of the organisation of the various
departments hit being satisfactory, you recommended
these periodical meetings I—l was desirous that the
whole financial bu,iness of the Ordnance should be con-
sidered at a hoard such as I proposed, and that the
powers of the Board of Ordnance should be confined to
the mate,--:e1, of the army. The plan was agreed to. I
drew up a letter fr r the Duke of Newcastle to the Pre-
sideet of the Council, applying for an order in, council,
but in the meantime a motion was male in the House of
Commons, which terminated in the disruption of the
Goyertiment. It was not intended that the board should
have any executive functions as a hoard, but the whole
power ated authority were to remain in the hagids of the
Secretary ot State. The eierebers of the board were to
advise with him, and to receive his orders in his presence.
Such a system as that might have been adopted in
August or September last ?—No, I think not ; because
it is very important in matters of this kind not 'to make
too sudden a disturbance of the existing state of things.
A very small disturbance deranges the mettle(' of de-
partmeets, and it would not have been prudent to re-
model the whole without some experience as to what
ought to be done. The change I proposed was this :
That the Board should con -ist of the Secretary of State,
who should be assisted and advised by the Commander-
in-Chief, the Master-General of the Ordnance, if there
was one, a Commissary-General, and the Secretary at
War. The Secretary at War would have exercised a
wholesome check over the expenditure of the army, and
would have moved the estimates, not only for the army,
but for the Ordnance and Commissariat, and the House
of Commons would have been enabled to obtain at one
view the gross expenses of the army, with the exception
of the materiel, the Ordnance remaining purely a manu-
facturing establishment.
Would that have brought the War Department into
something resembling the organisation of the Admiralty ?
—Yea ; only I think the authority of the Secretary of
State would have been more defined than in the Admiralty.
Mr. Ellice— But you would not necessarily have made
the Secretary of State a member of the Board ?—I think
that where there is a Board the President of the Beard
should always be there. I would not have had the busi-
nese of the War Department conducted by a Board, but
all I proposed was, that the Secretary of State should
summon the heads of various departments to give him
their advice and receive his orders. The board would
have consisted of the Commander-in-Chief to govern the
army, the Master-General of the Ordnance to arm and
equip the army, the Secretary-at-War to control the
finance of the army, and a Commissary-General to feed
the army. •
Mr. Ellice—Entertaining these opinions, do yOuthink
it was prudent just at the time the war broke out to
render the machinery of the different departments less
efficient than it had been during a time of peace—in
point
of fact, to attempt to carry on the administration
of the army without the Master-General of the Ordnance
or a
Surveyor of the Board of Ordnance I—The case of
the Maeter•General was a peculiar one. It was thought
that Lord Raglan was peculiarly qualified for the ser-
vicehe bad in hand, buyif he had been retained hero as
Master-General the country would have been deprived
of his services ; and, on the other hand,i there was re
officer of great experience who could be paced
Sir at
Hewt,
head of the personnel/ of the Ordnance—namely,
Ross.
of the
Sir Hew Ross has stated that the authority.
H
but that he (Sir Ross)
Master-General is paramount,
1
.
could not supersede the authority
of the Board
t
Thomas Hastings states that according patent the Sir
0 his
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance had all the autho-
rity of the illaeter-General.
But Sir Hew Roe. his statorth :t be bad not that
authority ?—I should imagine that the Lieutenant-Ge-
neral, in' the absence of the had supreme
authority.
no committee rose M 1Q minute, to four o'clock,

Mr. Sidney Herbert was examined by the Chairman.
He stated that he I-1d the office of Secretary-at-War at,
the breaking out of the war, and his being a Cabin et
Minister in no way interfered with the duties of hi situ-
ation. The duty of the Secretary-at-War was that of a
check on expenditure only. Ile had nothing to do with
promotion or discipline otherwise than his consent being
required in the event of such promotion involving in-
creased expense. The expenditure of the army was so
complicated that it was necessary the office should be
kept up. When it was decided on commencing hostili-
ties instructions were given to Lord Raglan for the de,
fence of the Balkan, it being understood that Seba,to'dol
would be attacked, that being the object for which the
British army was despatched to the East. The p cepa.
rations made for the army were not with a belief that the
army would winter in the Crimea, but the place be taken
by a coup de maim. Admiral Boxer was sent out to
superintend the harbour arrangements, and Dr. Andrew-
Smith the medical department. He had no authority
over the medical department, other than with reference
to finance, and Dr. A. Smith acted direct from the
Horse Guards. The first time he interfered with the
medical department was in the difference that existed
between Dr. Smith and Dr. Guthrie, respecting th,', ap-
pointment of regimental surgeons instead of staff sur-
geons. As circumstances turned out it would have been
better to have adopted the latter plan, as suggested by
Dr. A. Smith. After the statements which appeared
in the public press with respect to the state of the hos-
pitals at Scutari, and letters sent home, part of w'aich
would bear contradiction, but sufficient remained u ncan-
tradicted as would condemn the system, Dr. Hall was
sent to inspect them after the battle of Alma, and he
gave the Government a very flourishing account of them.
By Mr. Ellice—lnstead of there being one supreme
head over the hospitals, and all orders and instructions
coming from him, there was a large medical staff giving
instructions to different parties. Would it not liave
been better to have had one person to direct the whole ?
—So there was after, and Lord Wm. Paulett was sent
out.
By Mr. Ellice—lt has been stated by Mr. Stafford,
who visited the hospital at Scutari, that when he saw
the lamentable state of things there he spoke to Major
Sillery, the commandant, and his answer to him was
that he was an officer without fortune, and having a
large ;family he shrunk from the responsibility of giving
any orders that might subject him to pecuniary embar-
rassment. Was that such a state of things as ought to
have existed ?—No, certainly not.
The hon. gentleman then read letters he forwarded to
Major Sellery with reference to the state of things exist-
ing at Scutari, complaining of them, but at the same
time making allowance for his being in a strange coun-
try, and referring him to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe for
money and assistance under the circumstances, and he
hoped his letters would have bad the effect of benefitting
the service. It might, he said, have been more correct for
the Minister of War to have written to Major Sillery, but
then the question of expenditure came under his depart-
ment. With reference to the management of the hos-
pitals in the Peninsula under the late Duke of Wel-
llington, and that of the hopitals at Scutari, the
case was very different. In the former case
the hospitals were under the duke's hand, as it were,
being in the same country ; whereas Lord Raglan was
in one country, and the hospitals in another, anal he
could only act in accordance with the reports made to
him, notwithstanding the period occupied in communi-
cating with the hospital in each instance must have
been about the same. It was extremely difficult to
come to a soundconclusionastothe truth or falsehood of
the reports from the Crimea, and instanced the case of
a letter being inserted in the papers, purporting to come
from Miss Nightingale, complaining of the want of lint
at the time she wrote the Government requesting them
not to forward more, having too much in store. When Lord
Raglan was sent to the East, he had full powers con-
ferred on him in controlling the army and it& depart-
ments. Immediately on Major Sillery's inefficiency being
discovered, the Government proceeded to find a sub-
stitute, and a gentleman was sent out. There was a
larger number of medical men with the army than had
before been sent with a similar number of troops. He
did not think Lord Raglan ought to have been so well
acquainted with the state of the hospital at Sctitari as
he (Mr. S. Herbert) was, becaase he got information
from private as well as official sources.
By Mr. Ellice—Lord William Paulett was! sent to
Scutari after the mischief had been done? After it had
begun. The army being separated in the field it was
necessary to have many persons communicating with
one another.

By Mr. Layard —Was any person recalled or repri-
manded for anything that occurred at Scutari I—Dr.
Menzies was withdrawn.
That was from ill-health t Do you think it was right
when a person was found incompetent to allow him to
be removed on the specious plea of ill-health I—Tbat
depends on circumstances. Dr. Menzies is a veil, clever
man in his profession, but he has not the gift of
organisation.
D►d the Government look out for proper

The following is a more detailed account of this dread
ful and fatal w:eck than has yet been published :
One of the must distressing and rue'ancholy cases of
shipwreck ever remembered on the west, rn shores took
place on Thursday night last, on the Manac'es Rock, off
Keverne, on the coast of Corn wad. Tne unfortunate
barque, the John, ot Plymouth, Captain R iavle, left
Plymouth Sound on the attein ion 01 Thursday, bound
for Quebec, having on board 149 adult passengers. 98
children, and 16 'ultras, together with a crew, in al,
of 19 ; making the total number of s ells on board 232.
The passengers were principally from the north of
Devon, the great source of American emigration in
the west of England; nu fibers from other parts
of that county ; and the remainder from the counties
of Cornwall, Dorset, and Somerset—in fact, she
was considered what is termed a west-country ship,
Numbers of the friends of the unfortunate passengers
accompanied them to Plymouth to bid a farewell, and,
as the melancholy sequel proved, a la-t adieu to many
of those whom they loved and respected.
The departure of the ship was witnessed and cheered
by numerous persons assembled on the Hoc. She left
the Sound at four p.m., on the top of ebb tide, with a
favourable wind off the land ; and all bid fair for a rapid
mad prosperous voyage down Channel. How these hopes
were blighted it appears impossible to say, so varied are
the accounts furnished by those who have been spared
to tell of the catastrophe ; all seem, however, to unite
in a complaint of mismanagement against the captain,
and so embittered were the survivors to‘fards him that
it is stated the coastguard were obliged to afford him
protection from their fury. But whether this anger
arose from a belief that the accident was the result of
inattention on his part—or that the captain and crew
saved themselves, as stated, to the sacrifice of the pas-
sengers—or, in fact, what gave rise to this angry feeling
in all, it would be wrong to say until evidence shall be
taken, as it may be easily imagined that parents made
childless, husbands widowers, and children parentless—
men who had left home full of hopes for the future, and
most of whom, even if free from the sad embitterment
of loss of wife, husband, or child, had lost all the wealth
probably they were possessed of in the world, would
give vent to complainitigs against one to whose charge
they had entrusted both life and property.
The scene when the vessel struck, as may be antici-
pated, was most distressing ; the utmost cai fusion pre-
vailed, and most of those on board gave themselves up
in despair. The account rendered by one of the pas-
sengers is most heart-rending, though of the chsi ac-
ter of all similar disasters, except that flu inai,
sympathy was in this case the more excited from the
number of children on board, and from the extraor-
dinary efforts cf their parents to save them from the
death impending. One of the passengers, William
Walter], a man of apparently sickly and delicate con-
stitetion, succeeded, as the vessel settled the water,
in taking his wife and six children into the rigging one
by eue—tae youngest iinfortueately fell from the mothee's
arms into the sea ; t±-v father, though unabh to nwiin,
pluuget after it, hut failed in his noble effort to save his
child, and with difficelty regained the ship. Another,
William Clermo ee, aho had a wife and ten children on
b 'art, aiterepteri to raise he 6 youio-.,t of them into the
rigging by the aid of a "sheet," with which he bad tied
them tegether. liatertunately he :,;lied in hi, efl,•rt-,,,
arid the whole six were damned. Sernuel Rogers, a
bey, aged 15, (me of the etaier pessengers has lust
his father, mother, two broth, rs, a sister, and a cousin.
Henry North, saved, lost his wife arid three children.
As far as we can glean facts from parties on bolted, it
appears that ail went prospereusly t 11 ale Jut half-past
nine, when they nettle the Faineoutli fight, t'ozi captain
hm el pointing it out to one of the passengers on deck.
Ju4 at this time the second mate aas tryieg to sight
ti's Lizard light, amid he asked seine of the passengers it
they could not see the reflect on of the light in the sky ;
they replied they could not, when the captein said he
could not either, but they would see it fast enough when
they got there. It was the second mate's watch, and
the captain shorty afier went below. Ate ut tee o'eleck
the mate came on the poop and asked the passengers if
they had seen the captain, and tie being asked what he
wanted the captain for, lie said lie (the mate) thought
they were a deal too nigh land. Sh rtly after this the
captain came on deck, and what the mate bad stated,
"that they were getting too elese on land," was re-
ported to him ; the captain pooh-poohed the report.
Soon afterwards some one forward sung out "rocks,"
and almost immediately the vessel struck with vio-
lence, so much so that she bumped over the rock, and
then struck with still greater force upon rocks further
in ; the captain 'was then distinctly heard to
cal out "run her aground." The vessel then
had all sail on her with great way, as she was when the
accident happened going eight or nine knots, and though
ran aground the sea washed her off again, and she ran
down the coast fur some distance. An attempt was
then made to bring her up by letting go her anchor, when
she grounded heavily broadside on. Attention was then
directed to the boats—of which had she four on board,
three on deck, and one over the side—the captain, four
seamen, a boy, and one passenger jumped into the tatter
boat and called out to lower, but boding no one answered
the call, the captain returned to the deck of the vessel,
when the boat was lowered. On her touching the water
it was found there was no plug in her, and she was with-
out thowle pins. While they were waiting to supply
these deficiences her tackle became unhooked, and the
boat drifted off from the vessel without the captain. The
men put their knives in for thowle pins. and the passenger
his German pipe for a like purpose, and they pulled out
to sea to get round a point of rocks over which the
breakers were rolling heavily. When they had wea-
thered this point they pulled for the land, on nearing
which they saw a light. Not being able to find a landing-
place they called aloud for help, when they were heard
by the son of Lieut. M`Lean, of the coast-guard, who
pointed out a place of landing. Immediately the alarm
was spread that a vessel had struck on the Manacles.
An attempt was then made to pull out some of the coast-
guard boats without success, from the dangerous cha-
racter of the coast. The passenger who had got on shore
was taken by the coast-guard people in their attempt to
put out to assist the vessel, in order to direct them where
she lay, those of , the ship's crew who got ashore posi-
tively refusing to lend even this assistance. -Unfortu-
nately the boats could not reach the vessel, and were
compelled to return to the shore. They postponed all
further efforts till the following morning, when,
going further up the coast to a more favourable
place of embarkation, they reached the vessel,
which was then not above 200 yards from the shore.
During the whole of this time, the crew being for the
most part intoxicated, nut a single effort was made
to save the pas-angers by either captain or crew.
Some of the passengers attempted of themselves to
get the oetter out ; in so doing toey stove her bottom
and lust the boat. The tide at the time the vessel struck
was about two-thirds ebb, and when she sunk she filled
with water, but the decks were ery, and if assistance had
been rendered at this time ail might have been safely
landed. Unfortunately, for the want of some directing
mind, this opportunity was lost, and on the returning
tide some portion of those on board got into the rigaing,
the crew getting in the tops, while a large number ot
the passengers took shelter in the long boas—the boat
was floated out of the chocks and beaten across the
deck against the bulwarks until she was knocked to
pieces, and the whole of her living freight either crushed
or drowned. The rising tide soon did its work, %Nash-
ing the unfortunate people off the decks and out of the
lower rigging, most of them having from cold and suffer-
ing lost even the little energy necessary to make a fur-
ther ascent up the rigging. In the morning the sur-
vivors were taken off the wreck by the coast guard and
landed at Coverack, St. Keverne, when they met the
most hospitable reception from the inhabitants.
One of the passengers, Mr. E. C. Hele, of Dawlish,
being provided with a life-belt, swam ashore in the
night, and he declares, that had the boats been lowered
when she struck all might have been saved. Another
of the passengers, Mr. Knuckey, lately returned from
Australia, lost 5001. of his earnings, but succeeded in
taking ashore 700 sovereigns in a belt. Elizabeth
Pearce and Mary Ann Penman, two of the parties
saved, left the service of Mrs. Hector, 2, Albany-place.
Another passenger among the fortunate survivors, who
left the dockyard to emigrate, as if foreseeing the chance
of calamity, asked for a week's leave only, instead of his
discharge from the service. This would have expired to-
morrow ; he now returns in time to retake his employ-
ment. Seventy-six of the bodies of the unfortunate
people were buried in 36 coffins on Sunday, in St. Ke-
Verne churchyard, relations being buried together.
Immediately the melancholy intelligence reached this
place it was telegraphed to the Admiralty and to the
reemgetiedrastiiornvvciolmliammisspioanrkeres; upon w ,
thehich the
fomrer d
commander-in-chief,
toi
despatch the Avon, Second Master Veitch in command,
to the scene of the disaster, and which returned to Fal-
mouth last evening, bringing a number of the passengers
saved. The emigration commissioners also directed
Lieutenant Carew, R.N., agent at Falmouth, to proceed
at once to the wreck, and tnat gentleman left on Satur-
day evening. The Board of Trade also despatched an
officer to institute an inquiry into the circumstances of
the wreck, under the provisions of the new act, which
came into operation on the let instant, Commander Bald-
win Walker, of the Coast Guard, having made the pre-
liminary inquiry as the act directs.
In the interim the coroner of the district has been per-
forming the melancholy duty of holding inquisitions on
the bodies thrown up by the sea. The evidence at the
inquest showed that there was not a single palliating cir-
cumstance in favour of the captain. The vessel struck
at ten p.m., and all were safe until daylight the next
morning ; the captain forbade the passengers from
moving, and in the case of a poor old man who fell over-
board from the rigging he refused to allow a party who
volunteered to go to his assistance. The great loss of
life was occasioned by so teeny of the passengers getting
into the rigging that it broke away, the parties falling
into the sea, those not able to swim, or not strong
enough to regain the vessel, perishing.
The Jury having heard all the evidence, in recording
their verdict, observed that they considered the conduct
of the whole of the crew, with the exception of a sea-
man named Elder, most blameable, arid expressed their
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Custom-house pi ior to tLe sailing of due ship :
Cabin Passengers.a:Mr. C. Hele, 20; Mr. Hornbrook,
45 ; Mr. Knuckey, 35; W. Morey, 33; Mrs. Morey, 35.
Steerage Passengers.—Charlotte Ash, 22; W. H. ditto,
1; -Henry Autridge, 51, labourer ; Honor, ditto, 51, wife ;

Of the above the following are th© parties saved :
Brought here by Avon—J. Short, of Callington ; G.
Pederick, Kiugsbridge; William Morey, Isle of Wight ;
John A. Bone, Devonport; William Brock, Dawlish ;
Thos. Hill, London, and Bessy Hill, his daughter;
Walters, Beeralston; Mary, Richard, James, John, Betsy,
Mary ditto; William Seldon, Devonport; Samuel William
Drewe, Exeter; John Down, Lifton; John Garland, St.
Teath, Carnelford ; William P. Stoyles, Plymouth; Frances
Elizabeth, child of ditto; Samuel Rogers, Jersey; William
H. Down, Dartmoor; Mark Chant, West Chinnick; Simon
Pattemore, Meriot, near Crewkerne ; William Thornhy,
Jersey; Susan Thorn by, ditto; Edward Westaeott, Dorset;
James Clampitt, Newton Abbot; John Morcomb, Lifton;
John Tinkham, Totnes ; William Dawson, Lustleigh,
Newton Abbot; William Turpin, ditto • Henry Lacy,
Meriot, near Crewkerne • Samuel Dymond, Kingsbridge ;
William E. Churchward, Stonehouse ; William Yelland,
Devonport; John Phare, Lifton; John Phare, jun., ditto;
Nicholas Reed, St. Ives; Robert Williams, Wyke Regis;
Robert Hellier, Poltimore, near Exeter ; Joseph Bowden,
Southmoltou ; Silas Creber, Davidstono, near Boscastle ;
Wm. Hallett, Exeter ; Jas. Escott, Tavistock ; Thos. Es-
cott, ditto; Edward Hayne, near Exeter; Edward Tolley,
Chudleigh ; Elizabeth Pearce, Plymouth ; Mary A. Pen-
man, ditto ; Michael Studdon, gone direct home • George,
Allred, and Jernima Wilco, of Hamble, St. Kiew, near
Wadebridge ; Nicholas Langsford, Luxhilyon, St. Austell;
John Hocking, St. Mabyn, Bodmin ; Henry Hocking, do. ;
William Tom, Blidand ; William Clemence, St. Kiew,
near Wadebricige ; Caroline, William Henry, Robert, Ca-
therine, Ellen, ditto ; 'William Treleaven, Wadebridge ;
Edward Tangy°, Redruth; John Skewes, Falmouth;
John Knuckey, Stithians ; E. Carroll Hele, Dawlish ; So-
lomon Solomon, Plymouth; Samuel Quintrel, of Newquay,
St. Colomb, snppo:ied gone home ; Sampson Radmore, at
St. Koverne, in hope of finding wife's body ; Henry North,
Colyton, near Exeter ; Henry Jeffery, Calstock, with had
leg, said to have returned home ; a woolstapler to St. Co-
lomb, and a navvy smith to Truro, names unknown.

LATE FIRE AT MR. SCOTT RUSSELL'S,
-SERIOUS CHARGE OF ARSON.-

Layton Edward Hooper, 26, a respectable-looking
young man, lately employed as a shipwright in the ser-
vice of Mr. John Scott Russell, and residing at No. 5,
George-street, Limelsouse-fields, was brought to the
Thames Police court yesterday- by Mr. Superintendent
Howie, of the K division, charged on suspicion of hav-
ing set fire to certain pieces of timber, with intent to
destroy a floating battery on the premises of his late em-
ployer. The disastrous results of the fire and the amount
of property lost having been previously made public, in-
tense interest ..was excited, and the court was densely
crowded.

Bst 71b each. Certain winners extra. Last balf.milit
of New T Y.C. 4 subs.
Mr. Mare's Tyne, Bst 7113 (S. Rogers) walked over.
Duke of Bedford's Eloquence withdrew his stake.

LATEST BETTING.
SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES.
3to 1 agst Typee (taken)
4to 1 agst Hercules (taken)
DERBY.
stolon the field
6to 1 agst De Clare
15 to 1 agst Flatterer (taken).
OAKS.
9to 2 agst Nettle (taken)

Mr. Hobler appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Ballantine, instructed by Mr. Peihana, for the defence.
Mr. Thomas Frazer Campbell, storekeeper at Mr.
Russell's works in the Isle of Dogs, stated that at nine
o'clock on Thursday night last the timekeeper called
his attention to a fire at the floating battery, a vessel
which had just been completed, and was about to have
been launched on the ensuing Saturday. Witness gave the
alarm to Mr, Dixon, the superintending engineer, and
then rushing into the yard perceived a strung illumination.
' As he approached the battery, the fire, which seemed to
come from each side of it, met him with a strong rushing
glow, as if running over some rapidly ignitable substance.
The battery was 180 feet long, and there at first ap-
peared about 10 feet of fire under the bow. The vessel
was plated with iron, and it would be difficult to set it
on fire from the outside. The wood used in the prepara-
tion for the launch appeared to have been the first to
take fire. Witness ran to see if their was any fire astern,
and the flames pursued him rapidly, as if running along
sdlne bituminous and easily ignitable pathway. The
prisoner had been in the employment of Mr. Russell,
and left about three weeks since, in consequence of a
strike. He was highly esteemed as a mechanic, and dis-
charged himself, owing to the stoppage of some wages.
He had worked about fourteen months ago at the Esk,
a vessel built by Mr. Russell. No part of the alma-
merit was on board the battery when it was destroyed.
Mr. J. Dixon, superintending engineer, went through
every corner of the floating battery at 8 o'clock on the
Thursday night, to see if any trifling jobs remained to be
done previous to the launching. He left in 25 minutes,
and there was then not the slightest appearance of fire.
The men knocked off at a quarter to 8 o'clock. There
were men employed to remove the chips and shavings
every night, but some must necessarily remain, not,
however, such a quantity as could cause the fire that had
taken place. There was a solid mass of wood under the
battery, which, though mingled with some damp wood,
could easily be ignited. The fire was obviously from the
outside. The launch-way was greased, but the fire did
not appear to have commenced there. When witness
came up there were about 50 square feet of flame, and it
seemed to run up and down the battery, on the outside,
as if it were making immense hops in intermediate suc-
cession.

In the course -of the dab, in 'the town and on the
Heath, the odds agst Habena ranged from 25 to 1 to 50
to 1. The origin of this movement, which was com-
menced on Friday last, has been canvassed with much
severity ; for, notwithstanding the most determined op-
position which has been arrayed against her, she is re-
ported " well, and doing good work ;" but, be this as
it may, the finishing blow was dealt this afternoon, for
she was scratched at 3.40. _ _

ACCIDENT TO MR. GREVILLE'S PYRRIIIC.—About
noontime to-day, just after leaving the stable to proceed
to the Heath, Pyrrhic fell into a newly-opened drain in
the road, and before she could be got out she sustained a
good deal of injury.

When any of those d,
epatchei on the followi;
Southampton), and the
preceding day.

',telt fall 0,1 a S.
tg day, with tll. 7'
Malta, both of Whir

, the Mans Wi b:I
;eptien of the DIR.,
Will be despatolgo

The Cathedral Commission met at No. 1, New-street,
Spring-gardens, yesterday. The commissioners present
were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of
York, the Bishop of Oxford, the Hon. and Rev. H. M.
Villiers, Sir John Pattesen, ' Sir William Page Wood,
the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, the Rev. Canon Selwyn,
and Mr. H. Kingscote (Secretary):
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39, Albemarle-street,
heret,P Majesty's Piccadilly.
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of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the
army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extra-
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piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring,
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and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all
sizes, with incrrasing p... Avers accordingly ; while their vary-
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above, and the Georgian' with his 6 satellites, &c.—The Royal
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powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which
a person can be seen and known 1i miles distant ; they answer
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country scenery, and ships are clearly seen-at S to 10 miles,
They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to
sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera,
race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful
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to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deaf-

oTiler
1,
, • . Af li. i, rtol
ACCELERATION OF THE LONDON nellt '44ibl J.)) .1
acceleration of the London night mail t4i,-6, pergehtlo'
which we intimated some time ago as be - fr-i' °II,
arrangement,of will, we believe, take , effecvalea, fl'il
June. At present, the mail delta-GO
6.•:rou'
London in the morning reaches OP --,-004,,r°10";
after midnight, and the delivery of the "ii ve: re,
ence commences at 7 a.m. ; the night l'lnt'daeli'Dece
rivesa at the Post-office here at 10.53 a.n3., and the„a it!
tl2 noon. Under the new arraDgenle'n3 , Al,jl*
don night mail will be due here about 8.45,3 c," .013' e
delivery will take place about 10 ; and the o,B,Ctlitl,ol'oo
retarded till half-past four o'clock, there' Will ra 0" ifr
considerable interval gained for a reply by re-1314°113°i°
which is not practicable under the existing 001' oeive iif
A letter posted in London may in fatur° tifiilil°
answer in 36 hours from Edinburgh• v 0
Froulailbro.re; Op
hoar at which the day mail reaches dove bee
Glasgow, the letters must necessarily lie till 1, bes Or'
both places until the Morning, and as 7 dell; tb°lj
found to be as early an hour as' it is posiihle4colti 00
rhieeerns to get their letters taken in, sow, e0,,,,,"-of tb,:e,
found in arranging for the conlime"-0 to ' fr.',
and
livery in sufficient time to enable the 500"
to prepare for the second at 10 a.n3. v!l;o3o6,„itar
and also in consequence of the increased bn. of,"eile
derable additions have been made to the 0%1 init 0
carriersl in both cities. Besides the nu
and br°l*ile
Edinburgh the men will be sent out enrvgerf „ for
on the first and sent out on the second atijai", iP'.
light curricles, of which there are four 1.;eovoill,
the purpose. Another good effect of thie,„,b,i, ut
crease in the number of letter•carriers in Eel's, /or, pre'
b the extension of the fourth delivery to th°oot GeeP
it beyond the " one mile circle" which hale il
sent,tbe benefit of the delivery at .30 p,n'•eB fofites
gow arrangernenti are, we believe, in Prltter".o,
employment of a large number of auxiliary' le to OAP
daily, in order to finish the early deliverl t doetotete
for the commencement of the second.. Tbbroe 0P,110,1°
the acceleration will be generally fell'
land.—Edinbwrgh, Paper.

Lualified

BIRTIIB. or
fife
OF A SON. , the if,
On the Bth inst., at Chiddingfold Recto .., oe 4.
this Rev. ethv.oEst.hßiaonsits.t,eart.
Doiwich.conin3,..., ,
of
of Charles Roberts, Esq. „ SOO." 01'
On the sth inst., at 69, Sloane•street;tllB- Ili°
C.
Reticle, Esq. , 0'
zn Pao"' 10
On the Bth inst., at 8, Hotham Irm-°l4 CV
exand Dla ,
Al er
On the 9thou ingst.s: at 4, St. LeonardO•terilce
College, Mrs. Reading Watts, ,tun- lls'
OP A DAEWOO. ht P /fife Of
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On the 7th inst., at Norbiton, Sarre' Wife °
Kirwan 1, sq. the ba'
On the 9th inst., at 5, Kennington-V/6 rt .10
Wright, EE q. I Itob° the
On the 15th nit., at Madeira, the Wife ° ' .611/
Madeira,_
the
Esq., of Shieldhall. ~ Corri"
On the 6th inst., at Pengre p Cliviclizlik'
wife of John Michael Williams: ES(l' .
1,0 iVe(l'
hi A R B ilicno nold, tk'pob '
On the Bth inst., at Thornes, near WlTeotts t° r
Fitzgerald Wintonr, vicar of Rarepton. if .tbottler
second daughter of J. Milnes Gaskell, E8(1.4 Oretellf,eil•
On the 9th inst., at St. JaMeSS Chilrelfdl3oo`of V.,.
1t terrace, Il
Majesty'se
je,amS leis:ogle/4i
cbhiytit
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youngest daughter
Dragoons. Pic t
tqe.r, of Little
tLhiettileatoWcaoltllgerre-"ock, 2.
cooofi
church, t F(1,100
On the Bth lust at St. James's i cabs ~, on p
Henry Reginald, *eldest son of Rinhsr` , _th, tn f 0
Adderley, Shrop,bi'o, to Anna Mary Elizr.p,, °
daughter of Sir Philip Grey Egerton, fiat '
ton Park, Cheshire.
ofttoe'
DIEA feoU:ri
, d ete! r 0-,i,
On the Bth inst., at Oakham, Ruti'n 'oliettp, iltfr"
Esq., late of Clifford's-inn and Fulhatn, -B,obery ~01,
On the 7th inst., at Stoke Newington', ,6.
e,ehstor..,
Kell, Esq., of the Bank of England, egt .'0 S Poffte'
On the night of the 19th ult., fell' "ei'deot eV. itt,
Captain Audley Lempriere, 770 Regt7shiro '4lvelSiOset
Admiral Lempriere, of Pelham, annl,oriSf"t,.C°'
On the 23th ult., at Malta, Chnries-I": ho
of Lie° Doi'
JP
Lieut. 90th Light Infantry, eldest on 0
Raitt, aged 18. • • gillS°
. _ln frtg on
On the 6th inst., at Paris, Willie 141°r°
Esq. l'irt°' foto
On the 7th inst., at Ashfield, Tauntons
rf „rpocrroof
Esq., formerly of Laugport, aged "'Cork,* the
On the Bth inst., at Sidney-plac' _ Togo of c.
PIP
relict of Denis C. Moylan; Esq., t
Court of Westminster. le of -Wigh P of
On the 7th inst., at Sbanklin, ls M.'
Cameron, Esq., aged 69. 0 Tovrilr
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Fulbourn, in the county of Cambridge, ne , ,th
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Middleies, Thursday, gar 10, be"
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Johu Coale, a shipwright in Mr. Russell's employ,
who was working at the launches, left at a'quarter to
eight on Thursday evening. On going to his bed-room
at nine he saw from the window sparks from the bow of
the battery, such as might come from a blacksmith',
forge when worked by the bellows. He then thought
one of the moveable forges was at work and turned
towards his bed, but on looking round the instant after
he saw a blaze start up as from a powder magazine or
some combustible substance easily ignited and then sub-
side again. He ran round to the yard to save
his tools, awl in his hurry getting under the bow of the
battery struck his head against an iron cramp winch,
which checked his course. As soon as he recovered,
ret;ised his face. having re-
covered
he saw a man coming front the bow of the battery, about
110 yards from him. The man, on perceiving witness,
ran to a kiln where planks are steamed, and mounted it
by some iron bolts shaped like a ladder. When he got
to t'ie f
t opr
m h
he lookedt
eshock,
towards
witness, whgo
immediately
recognised
The man then, who was about 20 or 25 yards dis-
tant when witness saw him turn at the kiln, made over
a slanting shed, and in turning to descend from it again
exhibited his face t') witness. The light was so strong
that witness could not be mistaken in the features, which
he recognised as those of a man who had worked with
him when the Esk was being built.
Mr. Ingham.—Do you see that man in Vie court ?
Witness (pointing to the dock)._Ve.s, Si'. There he
is (sensation).

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persons ?—Yes.
D:d you find any person ?—Yes. But he was no,
sent out, Lord Raglan having sent a person there. The
state of the hospitals were now much better.,nce to
The
hon. gentleman was then examined with refere
the consumption and supply of wine„ ctc for the hos-
pital, in the course of which he said everything had been
done possible to insure a supply, and that the con-
sumption on one occasion was two pipes and a half in
three days. In selecting Smyrna as a place fora tem-
porary hospital, the Government made inquiries of mer-
chants in the city, whose opinions were certainly
clothisnlfcon-
tradictory. The right hon. gentleman was then exa- '
reiti by various members of the committee relative to
clothing
at Smyrna, and also with regard to the
biPaBY she
tity of tihlng furnished to the army. A great quan-
tity
General Pe was also purchased in Austria, prin-
out turned out t: —N°
m coats, and clothing was also pun.
chased in Switzerland.
for the supply of clothih -
doubt some of the boots sent
tary of State, who wouladgisa"t"
no doubt that the authority
By Mr- Ellice o Mall; a
be left with the Secre-
terecfairellaort the supply,
clothingD epartm
thatent, awrnasinruetcieuwirop his orders to the Ordnance
tile Yn ade of the quantity of
inferior officer, and
tutipeonortdbearttroeqtbneisßiticiaonrathoef
War would issue
board was not responsible. The '
By Lord Seymour—He was apt ono
4! that tier was

Mr. Ball,intine.—it was night. How c.)u/d you re-
cogiiise his feaf-,nr:',F4 ?
Witness.—The light was so strong that any one could
recognise them at a distance of from 30 to 40 yards.
Ar. Ballantine (solemnly).—Reraember, you are on
your oath. Is that the man ?