The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-30 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, April 30.—Wind and weather this day at
noon, N. ; fresh breeze, and cloudy.
PORTSMOUTH, April 29.— Wind, N.E. Sailed—Ashbur
ton for New York.
SOUTHAMPTON, April 29.—Wind N.E. by E. Arrived
—Pearl, from Newcastle for Carthagena, leaky. Sailed—
Madanaska, for Sydney, N.S.W. ; H.M.Str. Hecate, for
Africa; William M‘Gowan, for Jamaica.

QUEENSTOWN, April 28.—Wind Variable. Arrived—
Mona, from Mauritius; Eleanor, Rio Grande ; Agnes,
New York ; Zebra, Kingston, and sailed for Constanti-
nople. Sailed—Hurkaru, for the Cape of Good Hope.
WATERFORD.—SaiIed —Lavinia, for Quebec.

LONDONDERRY, April 28.—The Arbutus (s.s.) from
Bristol, got on shore yesterday at high water, during a
fog, about a mile below the town; cargo discharged to be
got off.
FALMOUTH, April 29.—Wind, N.E. to E., fresh. Ar-
rived—Daphne, from Bahia for Stockholm, short of pro-
visions ; Familie, Jacrael.

ELSINORE, April 26.---The schooner Duke of Buccleuch
of Aberdeen, from Grangemouth to Stettin, has been
towed in leaky, and must discharge to repair. H.M.Str.
Magicienne, and H.M.St. gun-boats Snap, Lark, and
Snapper, have arrived, and H.M.St. gun-boat Cuckoo for
the Baltic.

COPENHAGEN, April 25.—The schooner Sophia, of Feh-
mern, from Stralsund for England, has put in leaky, and
will discharge and repair; she had been on the middle
grounds.

(By SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Monday, 9.50 A.M.
Wind, N. ; tide, 3 hours' flood ; cloudy.
Arrived, April 29.—Slater Rebow, from St. Michael's ;
Kragera Maria, Konigsberg; Elizabeths, Constantinople;
Thealtriel, Guernsey • Crescent, Guernsey.
Sailed—Fair Kathleen, for Constantinople ; Amaranth,
Stettin.

DEAL, Monday, 9,18 a.m.

Wind, E.N.E. ; fresh.
Passed—Surprise, from London, for Swansea Citizen,
screw steamer, London, Bordeaux ; St. James, London,
Kurrachee ; Reliance, Shields, Constantinople.
Put back—Golden Fleece, for Bremen.

GENERAL POST-OFFICE, APRIL.—On the Ist of May
minor money-order offices will be opened at Aberdovey,
Merionethshire ; Marden, Kent ; Winslow, Cheshire ;
Dunning, Perthshire; and Leslie, Fifeshire. On the Ist
of May the major money-order office at Currie (county
Edinburgh) will be reduced to a minor office.
The Marchioness of Tweeddale, after a brief sojourn
in town, has left for Yester House, Haddingtonshire.
Her ladyship, while in town, received letters from the
seat of war, which announced the wound of her son, Lord
John Hay, not to be serious, and that there was every
prospect of the gallant young nobleman soon resuming
his duties.

Ina pamphlet published at Berlin, and pretending to
official origin, it is said that after the battle of the Alma,
and the march of Prince Menscbikoff to Bakshi-Serai,
the whole garrison of Sebastopol consisted of just four
battalions and the body of seamen ; at that 'time also
none of the present outworks existed, with the exception
of the wall of the town.
KNIGHTHOOD OF THE SHERIFFS.--It is understood
that at the next levee her Majesty the Queen will confer
the knighthood on Alderman and Sheriff Muggeridge
and Charles Crosley, Esq., the sheriffs for London and
Middlesex, in commemoration of the visit of the Em-
peror and Empress of the French to the City of London
on Thursday, the 19th of April.
EXECUTION OT BURANNALLI.—The execution of Bu-
rannalli for the murder of Mr. Lambert took place this
morning in the Old Bailey, the memorial signed by
several eminent professional men, urging the Govern-
inentnot to carry out the sentence upon the ground of
insanity, having failed to produce its intended effect.
Notwithstanding the extreme coldness of the morning,
vast numbers of people were assembled to witness the
revolting spectacle:

DREADFUL SUFFERINGS ON THE ICE.—The following
interesting particulars of a voyage from Cape Tomentine
to Prince Edward's Island, is given by one of the suf-
ferers (Mr. Joseph Were), who is well known to many
of our readers, and who resided several years at Bed-
minster, carrying on the business of a tanner. The letter
was addressed to a gentleman at Boston, and sent to a
friend of Mr. Were in this city, who kindly favoured us
with the particulars :—" I suppose long ere this you have
heard of our catastrophe. I will give you the precise
particulars, which I will do to the uttermost in my
power. wing to a letter received from my lawyer, of
Prince Edward's Island, I thought it advisable to start
immediately, consequently your letter did not reach
Bangor until after my departure. My route was from
New Brunswick, a place called Cape Tomentine, across
the ice to Cape Traverse. After waiting several days for
fair weather, Saturday morning hailed us with every
prospect of a pleasant day. There were two other pas-
sengers besides myself, young men from Prince Edward's
'slant who had been to Boston receiving medical in-
struction, oae named Johnston, the other named Hazard ;
besides them four boatmen, making our complement.
After partaking of a hasty breakfast, we sallied forth on
our journey. For several hours the weather was propitious,
' then it changed to a heavy snowstorm, which drenched
us to the skin ; we still made our way on, fully expect.
ing to reach the island the same evening. When we came
within a mile aud a half of our destination, the snow
was so densely thick we could not make our way through
it ; the night coming on we thought it advisable to en-
camp on a sheet of ice, having no covering whatever to
shelter us from the weather. The next morning we
found we had drifted at least five miles off from the
island. We immediately mustered all hands, using every
exertion imaginable to reach the land. There was, a
mile and a-half of water to cross before we came to the
island, and the waves were running so high the boat-
men said it would be impossible to cross ; we then put
back again, until we came to a sheet of ice, in despair.
It was very cold, and in order to keep ourselves warm,
we took our clothes from our trunks, and nailed them
before the mouth of the boat. By break of day we
held a consultation on the best course to steer ; my ad-
vice was to make for the nearest land on the Nova
Scotia side ; we toiled on the whole day, and towards
evening came in sight of the land, when we again en-
camped on a sheet of ice. Next morning we found our-
selves in a deplorable state of hunger and deprivation,
not having partaken of any nourishment since we
left. The men declared they would not go any fur-
ther without some nutriment. Then was depicted
the passion of man—selfishness alone prevailed, and
man became a brute. Fortunately, I had a little spaniel
dog, which they seized upon with the greatest avidity,
and after draining every drop of its blood, they ate
the flesh raw, the young doctor partaking with them ;
that renewed their srength ; and we again set forward
for the land. About 11 o'clock, Dr. Hazard was taken
delirious, and I saw his time was come to leave this
world. I then threw my greatcoat over him, and after
an hour's moaning he passed into eternity without
death-struggle. I told them it would not do to a
sleep
out again, or we should all be dead, and after c
toil and exertion we reached the land about six o'clock
state of
the next morning, in a deplorable conditioni,nbaeing
frost-bitten. I sank down in the boatoai badly
We were
stupor, while the men went in searchtwo
hf
fortunately found in the course
situations, the neighbours
which they
f
fortunate in getting good si
relieve our distress, and prto-
ourds.
exerting every influence tooff
was
particularly fortuna e,
mote our comfort. 178 family, who treated me as a
being in Mr. Macfarlanams
I the worst frost-bitten of any
child of their own
of them, and my loss of fingers and toes the doctor can-
not yet estimate.
We were obliged to leave our trunks
w'theverything remaining in them, to faci.
on the •"3' Mirror.
woe purpoolige!--

1 iONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.

I Or a Saturday a special general meeting of the proprie-
/ tore of the London and South-Western Railway was
at the 'Waterloo-bridge Station, for the purpose of
c ,on.•sidering and determining upon the course to be pur-
r Reed by the company withreference to the bill now
1 aefore Parliament for amending the company's acts, and
with regard to the pledge that was given on behalf of
t the company, before the Devon and Dorset Railway
( :lommittee, in the session of 1853. There was a nume-
rous attendance.
Mr. W. J. CHAPLIN, M.P., the chairman, eaid the
o ecasion of this meeting was a difference between Par-
ii ament and the company about that pledge, which bad
n ever been fulfilled. He knew there were differences
opinion among the proprietors as to the authority on
w .Bich that pledge was given, and to whether the
Corn mittee of the House of Commons; a
' weres justified in
.accei sting it,; but it was no ,v too late to discuss those
cities twos, and all they had to do was to find the best
mode: of extricating themselves from the dilemma.
Wlae II he, on the Bth February last, introduced the bill
no w pending cn behalf of the company, a marked hos-
tin ty was shown by some members of the House of Core-
an ins. He defended the conduct of the company as well
as he could, but with very little effect. A wish was indi-
ca,t ed that he should take the opinion of the proprietor=
as what could be done; and on the 15th Feb. the coin-
pan.), bad a meeting, but there was very little inclination
then to advance in fulfilment of this pledge. On the Bth
March the debate on the second reading of the bill was
resumed; and he (the Chairman), not having anything to
propose on behalf of the company, yet ventured to vindi-
cate its cause. He told the House of Commons that
among the shareholders ageneral feeling of regret existed
at this pledge having been given, which they were un-
able to fulfil. When the pledge was given the company's
stock stood at 90, in May, 1853 ; but in Nov., 1853, it
had sunk to 74 ; and it would be exceedingly difficult,
therefore, to raise money upon it ; the directors could
not, therefore, lay before the company any plan of raising
the capital of 750,0001. which would have been required
to perform the stipulated work. Notwithstanding this,
the directors would have been willing to sobscribe the
deed, and become personally responsible to Parliament,
and would have trusted to Providence for the means of
raising the money at some future period: but the majority
of the shareholders was against them. The directors had
done all they could to perform the pledge, but it was impos-
sible; and as there were 4,000 shareholders, with 64,000
votes, the fate of any proposition made by them to the
company must be uncertain. After describing the fluc-
tuations of the company's stock, he (the chairman) told
the House of Commons that the shareholders, having
taken the matter into their own bands, had altered their
opinion as to the policy of any extension line ; and he
then implored, as it were upon his knees, pardon for
their having broken the pledge. He submitted also that
the district to be traversed by that line was much altered
in its character ; for, as to the portion between Dor-
chester and Exeter, there was already a bill before the
house for a line to Bridport ; and an act had been ob-
tained for the tributary branch between Exeter and Ex-
mouth. The central line, which he (Mr. Chaplin) had
been most desirous to carry out, had been occupied,
from Salisbury to Yeovil, by another company, but the
South-Western Company had entered into an amicable
arrangement to support it, with which view their Basing-
stoke and Andover line had been carried on, for thirty
miles, to Salisbury. The South-Western Company had
thus endeavoured to do justice to the Government and
the public. Such were the representations he (the
chairman) made to the House of Commons. But when
the bill went into committee on the 24th April, find-
ing in it no proposal to redeem the pledge, the com-
mittee cleared the room, and quickly came to a resolu-
tion which showed the animus that prevailed : " That,
in the absence of any satisfactory proposal being made
upon this point, the committee will, in the event of the
preamble of the bill being proved, insert a clause binding
the South-Western Company to 'carry out fully the terms
of that pledge, on pain of the company's dividends being
stopped ; and that, if the bill should be abandoned, they
will bring the subject before the House of Commons, to
be dealt with as the circumstances may require." The
directors were also pretty well informed of the inten-
tions of the other House of Parliament, which would
support the same view. Next Thursday was named for
the next meeting of the committee; and they were open
to receive proposals from this company fur a modification
of the pledge it had given. Now he (the chairman)
thought, knowing the sentiments of the committee, it
was becoming that the company should make some ar-
rangement. There had been a great deal of money spent
on the west of England, and it would be inconsistent for
the company now, w hen it wasalinost forced to go on with
it, and when every difficulty would be removed and all
the expenses of getting a bill would he reduced, to refuse
completing this work, by which the honour and charac-
ter of the company might be saved. In 1852 be brought
a measure before the House of Commons to complete
the line from Salisbury to the west of England, when 8
of the 13 directors were in favour of the measure, which
they considered to be sound and salutary. He thought
so still, but the shareholders having thought otherwise
the measure was defeated, and he (Mr. Chaplin) there-
upon retired from the chair. Afterwards the Hon. Mr.
Scott, who succeeded him in the chair, seeing the coun-
try about to be occupied by another company, proposed
an alternative scheme along the coast ; but that was also
defeated, and Mr. Scott, with the same feeling as had
actuated himself, retired, and he (:\ Ir. Chaplin) resumed
the chair. He felt strongly, however, that the wishes
of the shareholders were against any policy of exten-
sion ; and he, with his colleagues, liEd carefully ab-
stained from it ever since. But the company was now
in such a position that the question must be encoun-
tered. The committee had kindly left a door open to
the company, and would not inflict upon it a precise
compliance with the pledge, involving a very heavy ex-
pense. The course which the directors now recom-
mended was, "that the bill now pending be not, in its
present stage withdrawn, but that the company should
obtain from the committee the option of redeeming the
engagement by bringing in a bill for authorising the
construction, in as long a period as Parliament would
sanction, of a railway in extension of the narrow gauge
line, from Yeovil or from Dorchester, at the option of
the company, to Exeter ; and either on their own ac-
count solely, or in conjunction with any other company
or party," The directors asked for power to meet the
committee, and make the best arrangethent they could.
They would be careful to avoid any unnecessary outlay,
and hoped to obtain, in consideration of the unfortunate
circumstances of the times, an enlarged time. The war
would not, he trusted, last for ever ; and it might be
advantageous to the company if times improved to have
undertaken this matter with such facilities for its execu-
tion. The directors meant to avoid, if they could, any
issue of preference shares ; they would ask for power to
treat with other parties to make a part or the whole
of this line ; and their friend, Mr. Uzielli, had thrown
out an idea of some loan from the Government,
which was the more reasonable in such a case, where
the work was really forced upon the company. He (the
chairman) talked seriously about it with Mr. Disraeli,
when Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and although he
could not flatter himself that the company would get it
now, the times being more difficult, yet they might at
least ask for it. The finances of the company were in a
regular and advantageous state ; they had kept within
compass, and not run riot in borrowing, like other rail-
ways. He did not see, therefore, why the standing orders
should not be relaxed in their case, and the company en-
abled to borrow the money upon debenture, as it might
be required. At this moment they were offered money at
4 per cent., and had refused it at 4i only yesterday. If,
therefore, money could be gradually obtained at a cheap
rate, he hoped the difficulty might be got over, without
calling on the shareholders to make any sacrifices, and in
a manner satisfactory to all. It was the duty of the di-
rectors, however painful, honestly to declare their feeling
upon this subject, in which they were, with one excep-
tion (Mr. Serjt. Gaselee),lquite unanimous. They proposed
what was, in their opinion, the right thing to do. But
if the shareholders should determine to do nothing, upon
them, and not upon the directors, must the respons
bility lie.

Mr. TITE, after referring to the contests between this
company and the Great Western Company for the west-
ern country, warned the shareholders not to be persuaded
to adopt the line from Dorchester to Exeter ; it would
be a much better thing to take the line from Yeovil to
Exeter. He should be infinitely better pleased if they
could take neither; but there was a contract solemnly
made, which the company could not repudiate. They had
put their hand to the bill, and must not let it be dis-
honoured ; for what principle, except that of keeping
faith with our engagements, made England so great
amongst the nations of the world ? It might be suggested
to evade the present difficulty by withdrawing the bill now
before the House of Commons ; but would that restore
their lost character ? And they would have to go to
Parliament again, he believed soon, to sanction one of
the largest and most advantageous alliances that could
be conceived. (Cries of no, no.) He declared it, 4i Yes,
yes ;" the gentleman who clamoured knew nothing about
it ; he asked them would not an alliance between the
South-Western Company, the South Eastern, and the
Brighton Railway Company, with a common interest
and common objects, common rates and a common ter-
minus, be an object worth thinking about ? and that
was what they would have to go to Parliament far, and
perhaps very soon. If so, what was the use of w}
to
drawing the bill Dalt when they would have to goi
Parliament again, and would be met with, thee same
I same
de-
mand for the fulfilment of their pledge .
the expenditure of 750,0001.,.
and others, and with the . De 1, appled,
honest aid of those
n the district,
without any plundering exactions if
madepro byr the land-
owners
who required railway accommodation
rectors should not have their hands tied,
go be made to pay extreme_ly.
could, and ex
culty ; for it was
tricate the
foolish and unavailing
an from , this diffi-
to raise a
" when Government and the
go to the committee and make the best bargain they
ilwde,ll.butThshedol dlid-
cry of " no surrender
lie proposed a resolution,
country were against them.
"That having considered thef
the resolutions
company, of
and th e com-
mittee
having
confidence that the
irectoors will subject the company
they find to be absolutely
and
to no greater .
necessary, this meeting delegates to the directors 'full
to act in this matter on the company's behalf aS
power obligations circumstancesd
than
they may consider necessary and expedient." ,
The CHAIRMAN e x pnpr
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ts
secondeds
to
od imitate his
th
tehe
resolution,
lution, and accepted it.
ridiculous visMedr.therAscoGmLEpiejanyi.
perti-
nacity of Mr. Pickwick, who, after
protested that he would neverpay having solemnly
damages in the suit against him, one farthing of :the
to wink at their payinent by found himself obliged
law being too strong for his friends, the court of
given for value received, th him.
The pledge hal been
. pyroutled thereby to e committee in 1853 being
throw out the Great Wealeru
oftle
reso.

scheme ; and it was no Jess than fraudulent and dish°
nest for the company to turn round and rep •Idiate it
now. He had blushed to hear the language Oat Mr.
Labouchere applied to this company ; and every honest
man would feel the same. He believed that, with the
co-operation of Parliamento they had an opportunity
now of carrying out this plan so as to redound to the
pecuniary advantage, as well as to the honour and credit
of this company.
Mr. GASHELL moved as fan amendment—" That the
bill be not in its present stage withdrawn ; but that the
directors be instructed to inform the committee that the
present shareholders are not willing to extend their line
from Dorchester to Exeter, under existing circum-
stances ; and that the directors be requested to call a
general meeting as soon as the committee have disposed
of the bill, for the purpose of taking the matter into
further consideration." He denied that the pledge
was one belonging to the company. He (Mr. Gaskell)
was unable, from family reasons, to be present himself
at the meeting in May, 1853, when Mr. Scott was au-
thorised to give it ; and although, at the subsequent meet-
ing in August, he did give his vote for the introduction
of a bill to carry it out, he did so not because he
considered himself bound by any pledge, but because he
thought the work would be for the company's interest,
but now circumstances were altered. He did not be-
lieve, the committee would commit the gross injustice of
coercing the company as had been threatened.
Mr. WOOD likewise contended that the chairman (Mr.
F. Scott) never had any right to give such a pledge ; and
urged that the threat of stopping the company's divi-
dends might be safely despised. Ho proposed another
amendment (there being no secovder for Mr. Gaskell's
amendment), and it was this :—" :That any bill making
provision for the construction by the company of a rail-
way to Exeter would be detrimental to the company's
interest, especially in time of war; and that the bill
which has been, without consulting the shareholders,
promoted this session by the directors, shall be with-
drawn."
Mr. PUNCHER seconded the amendment, declaring
that the House of Commons were behaving most dis-
fit
ot
dh the privatewh at t,he propertyo.u,led otfo thisgetcompany.he
dis-
gracefully, and that the committee had no right to inter-
K
of this scrape. The feeling
hleolMderr.is En.
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very strong in the House of Coaamgrnameinssotnltyscompany out
yhs.heivavraeadeg-
the committee would recommend, thead;
av:cdeo advised
etphabene
withdrawn, that parliamentommend, if the bill were now
should take it up as a ques-
tion of public morality ; and company would be pot
in a most distressing position. The comm ittee had taken
e
now an unparalleled course, because, ep
the former oc-
casion, they had placed such
greatconfidence
company, and shown them such extr
aord favour,
our,
in this
in consenting to throw out the Great Western bill
upon
the faith of the pledge which this company then
to provide railway accommodation for the district. gave,
Mr. Serjeant GASELEER expressed his indignation at
the unconstitutional conduct of the committee of the
House of Commons, as if the members of that house
never broke their own political pledges. If the share-
holders of this company were repudiators, there were
members of that house, and of the other house—peers,
judges, and bishops of the land—amongst them. If the
House of Commons wished to deal fairly with the case,
they might have referred it to a select committee, to
examine witnesses, and hear counsel upon the circum-
stances in which the pledge was given. He did not
admit that the body of proprietors were pledged ; let
them be firm, and the House of Commons would not
persist against them.

Mr. BIBCHAM, the solicitor, denied the assertion of
the learned serjeant, that he (the solicitor) had used his
vote or influence to obtain the resolution in May, 1853,
instructing the chairman to give this pledge ; he did
vote afterwards, in August, for authorising the bill to
fulfil it ; and he should have been ashamed to repudiate
that pledge.

HERAPATH would not, as an honest man, go
against the pledge, although he resented the tyranny of
the committee.

Mr. SNELL read seven heads of justification, which,
in his judgment, warranted the company in refusing to
construct this line ; and did not see the absolute neces-
sity for proceeding with the present bill, which was.to
consolidate the preference shares.
Mr. F. SCOTT, M.P., briefly narrated the history of
this affair. The committee of the House of Commons, in
July, 1853, showed the company extreme and unusual
favour, and trusted to its honourable intentions. They
went farther, and asked him (the chairman) whether he
was prepared to agree to certain conditions to bind the
company, one of which was that of a double line. He
replied that, in the capacity of chairman, he could not
agree to it ; but that he fully believed the shareholderswould authorise it, because they bad, by a majority of
six to one, with only eight dissentient votes, instructed
him to use what measures be thought proper to carry
out the object then in view. In August the resolution
of the company was absolutely unanimous, without One
dissentient voice, or word, or whisper ; and how could
any gentleman say now that it was not binding upon
him ? Some gentleman talked of appealing to public
opinion. Thank God, public opinion was still in this
country allied with public morality. (Cheers.) When
persons tried t o evade their engagements, if one ran
away, he was said to be " sharp ;" if be remained at
home, and denied his promise, he was called " sharper ;"
let not such an epithet be applied to this company.
(Cheers.) In the critical position they were placed in,
the best course was to adopt Mr. Tite's resolution.
Mr. HELPS declaimed against the unjust interference
of the committee, and said the resolution in May was a
farce, and that passed in August was without proper
notice.

Mr. W. C. Rowr, on the other hand, contended that
the company were bound, in law and honour, to fulfil
their pledge, although he was a shareholder in the Bris-
tol and Exeter Railway, which would suffer by the pro-
posed line.
After some further discussion, the amendment of Mr.
Wood was put to the vote, when the chairman counted
36 hands in favour of it, and 57 against it. The original
resolution of Mr. Tite was then put amid some con-
fusion, and there were 65 in its favour, 30 against it. A.
poll was demanded, and, after some remonstrance, was -
agreed to by the chairman ; it was to close at six
o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and the result was to be
declared on this day (Monday). There could be no
doubt, however, of Mr. Tite's resolution being carried
by a very large majority.

At the adjourned meeting held this day the scruti-
neers gave in the following report :
For Mr. Tite's For. Mr. Wood's
Motion. Amendment.
No. of voters 7O
Nu. of votes 2,340 .
Capital £705,082
Majority for Mr. Tite's motion.
No. of Voters.
No. of votes

1,666
£592,448

THE ATTACK ON MR. LAYARD.

( Front th,e Morning Advertiser of this day.)

Never did the country witness so striking a display
of the oligarchical and " family" spirit, in the House of
Commons. The speech of Mr. Layard at Liverpool, was
the occasion of this extraordinary explosion. The hon.
gentleman, in that bold and brilliant speech, entered
into some details illustrative of the injurious effects to
the public service, as well as to individuals, of that pre-
posterous system of routine, in conjunction with the pre-
valence of "family" influence in the various departments
of the State, which the entire nation, as with one voice,
condemns in the strongest terms. Not content with im-
pugning the accuracy of some of Mr. Layard's statements
—which may, as all public men are liable to be misinformed,
have been incorrect in some of the details, though substan-
tially in accordance with fact—the "family" influence,
and those who abet, because they profitby, routine, com-
bined to make a furious onslaught on the hon. gentleman.
The howl which his assailants got up was joined in by all
the lesser fry of the " family" interest, who, though un-
able to open their mouths in the shape of two or three
consecutive sentences, could acquit themselves to admi-
ration in the form of groans, growls, and other zoologi-
cal utterances. Never did the country witness so de-
cided a determination to hunt down a public man, and
never was there so signal a failure in the attempt. Mr.
Layard is not a man to be so easily crushed. He still
survives, and what is more, he will survive. The coun-
try is determined that he shall not be sacrificed to a
haughty oligarchy. It will throw its shield around him
—it will prevent his being even harmed.
which There
m canr.
Layardbe no h doubta d
gi v
ee thata
athe 0 notice
ur or, t
w_odforomittfioi
nor
one
had much to do in rendering the " family'
interests so very infuriated on thheeococasionriiiseanaThrdoyna:tdt.,.t
mo-
tion lays the axe at the root of the li
grieldsar,nuudlpeo,tnhaantehdeemteof.
They see in it a sentence of d
wpublic service, to merit and
of the .
oligarchical cupidity, 0
all the other branchesreference to rank in life or family eon-
capacity, Without
selves.th row op:1111**th; Layard,doors of
proposing to put an end to
which there will 1?4, a
otion
nexion
contemplates precisely
a promptrlD g ao
Dui e 's
g. andp passed
t requires and, wareh t '
acclamation.
belonging
ands a is more,
those which the country
de. Everywhere 'the
stirnusckma chegrdeanind
eethewredniaaeltlirooelinnaplanboses.ommt
announcement
elfo
which it deman
gip': spirit, t',
butY
into which we havethe
onlyhiscl
as sine
aso:t ialuoiegnphxhahchittsea s.rimrpi:otnab:ehte
en
tplih_raeiivlhei
privileged
. withdm
ability
b i r
reformss con-
nexions—has s
which
tegrity, his
"old a man of member
e
ttohaeneymoetrhgee:cpyublic man, the people
moral courage, they rTecoisheilmy,thmeo
p
tnh at for
hlboii talents,ekn .
brought.
ro
confidence.
ahri
es independence,
unfortunately
~ Family" interest,
too \rare to admit of being sacrificede p
toos e t
h theat mostpowerful
plicit
ey r
oligarchical interest which he so boldly confronts, and
w so gallantly challenges
arena of the to conflict in the
House of
a d Commons. The oligarchy will,
doubtless, make
with esperate struggle. They will fight
deadly determination ; but they will do battle in
n
vai • Mr. Layard has right and justice on his aide;
and these are of themselves a tower of strength. But
he has more : he has the country. The nation will be
with him to a. man ; and it certainly will be passing
strange if the hon. gentleman and the country not only
do not prove more than a match for the "family" fac-
tion, but do not put an extinguisher upon it. It is high
time this were done, and Mr. Layard, backed by the
people, is just the man to do it.

Shaipturday after.DEPARTURE OF THE AMEIZICAH MAILS.—The British
aEn.dGN. oLr toht t
,Asma
ielreidcafrno
mR oy
thes,l , Mam ';rsl setyeaom;s
noon, for Boston and Halifax, with the usual weekly
mails for the United States and British North American
provinces, 162 paw.engers, and a full cargo of valuable
xaerchancime on Lola"- -