The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-14 00:00:00

TSB, HUME MTIMONIAL.

Yesterday a public meeting, the first of a series of
meetings to be held in the metropolis and throughout
the country, was convened at the Court House, Mary-
febone, for the purpose of raising a fund as a tribute of
public respect to the late Mr. Joseph Hume. Sir Bea
jimin Hall, Bart., M.P., took the chair.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the mee
ing, said the last time he had the honour of presiding in
that room was for a similar object to that which was
the purpose of the present meeting—paying a compli-
ment to the memory of a man who had faithfully repre-
sented the borough for upwards of given years. (Hear,
hear.) They were met at present for the purpose of con-
sidering the best means of erecting a testimonial to the
memory of Mr. Joseph Hume, who had so well earned
the esteem and the gratitude of the people of this
country. (Hear, hear.) The present meeting, he
might remark, was the first of a series of meet
ings, intended to he held throughout the country
for carrying out the praiseworthy object he had stated.
The right hon. baronet then proceeded to give.a sketch
of the political career of Mr. Hume-, pointing out to the
attention of the meeting the more prominent of those
acts in which he had been so actively engaged. The
right hon. gentleman, in conclusion, said it was wel
worthy of remark that this movement had originated
with the working classes. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. STRATTON moved the filet resolution, which was
to the effect that a testimonial should be dedicated to
the memory of the late Mr. Hume, in order to evince
the nation's gia'itude for the services he had rendered
to the country during a long life spent in her service.
Mr. R. OSBORNE, M.P., said, in seconding the reso-
lution, he begged to state that he had attended that day
to show his regard to the memory of Mr. Hume, whose
loss was so deeply felt by the country. (Hear, hear.)
In every public movement Mr. Hume was the active
originator of every valuable reform, and was foremost
in promoting the principles of toleration, and of securing
to the country, as far as he could possibly accomplish it,
economy and retrenchment in every department of the
State. (Hear.) The loss of such a man could not be
t o much deplored. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. ROEBUCK, M.P., said he felt very deeply in th 4
matter ; but it was not from personal motives that he
came forward to advocate the erection of a testimonial
to thy memory of that great man whose loss tiny all
deplored. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Hume was a reformer,
when reform wag not fashionable. He preached re-
trenchment, and with success, in an unreformed House
of Commons. (Hear, hear.) He persevered in contend-
ing for economy and reform in the face of enormous ditfis
celtiee, and he obtained power in the House of Com-
mons without practising any of the arts of the House
of Commons, and he (Mr. Roebuck) knew that House
well. (Hear, and laughter.) Mr. Hume, by courage
and determination, obtained power in the House of Com-
mons through the support he received from the people. IS
was now fashionable to speak considerately of the people,
but Mr. Hume was their friend when it was not the
fashion to be so. (Hear. hear.) Yet he failed not to
oppose the working men when he felt they were in the
wrong ; and he equally supported masters and men as
he believed them to be in the right. The hon. gentle-
man concluded by saying he gave his cordial support to
the resolution. (Hear, hear.)

Mr. W. WILLIAMS, M.P., bore testimony, as his
honourable friends had done, to the great services Mr.
Hume had rendered to the country.
The resolution was then agreed to.
Mr. SANGER moved the second resolution, for setting
on foot a subscription for carrying out the bject of the
meeting, and briefly eulogised the public conduct of Mr.
Hume.

Mr. BARNETT seconded the resolution, which was
carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN announced a number of subscriptions
which amounted to 1401., and the proceedings termi•
nated.

RAJAH BROOKE.

The following letter may be considered as the
result of the investigation held at Singapore into '
the conduct of Rajah Brooke in his proceedings
against the native tribes of the Indian Archi-
pelago

"Foreign-office, August 6.
" Sir,—Her Majesty's Government have had under
their consideration the reports made by the Commis-
sioners appointed by the Government of India to inquire
into certain matters connected with the position of Sir
James Brooke, her Majesty's Consul-General and Como
missioner in Borneo, which were transmitted to this
office in. Mr. Seymour's letter of April 10 ; and I hays
to request the Court of Directors may be moved to in-
struct the Governor-General of India to acquaint the
Commis, loners that her Majesty's Government approve
their proceedings, and to convey to them the thanks of
her Majesty's Government for the manner in which they
have conducted this inquiry.
"Her Majesty's Government learn with mach Natio+
faction from these reports that, as there can be no doubt
of the piratical habits of the Serebas and Sakarrart
tribes, the charge which has been made against Sir
James Brooke, of baying wantonly and without cause
attacked these tribes, has fallen completely to the ground.
They also learn with satisfaction that the Commissioners
were of opinion that Sir James Brooke had not traded
in the produce of the territory under his control igi any
manner incompatible with his duty as Consul-General
and Commissioner.

"Her Majesty's Government consider that the Com*
mi-,sioners acted rightly in declining to go into the
charge brought by Mr. Woods and Mr. Napier against
Sir James Brooke ; and, with respect to the charge
brought against Sir James Brooke by the Eastern Archi-
pelago Company, in their endeavours to procure a re-
duction of the dollar a-ton duty levied upon British vee•
sell by the Sultan of Borneo, as Sir James Brooke hirn•
self informed the Commissioners that he had given ad'
vice to the Sultan not to accede to the wishes of the COte'
pany without a full settlement of the matters remaining
unsettled between the Sultan and the company, her
Majesty's Government concur in the opinion expressed
by Mr. Devereux, that the fact alleged being thee
acknowledged there did not appear to be prima /acid
any matter to inquire into ; and under all the circum-
stances of the case they are not disposed to question the
decision come to by the Commissioners.
"Her Majesty's Government agree with Mr. Doe'
reux that, without an exact knowledge of the terms
which have been finally agreed upon between the Sultae
of B ,rneo and Sir James Brooke, the actual position of
Sir James Brooke at Sarawak cannot be determined.
" The inquiry, which has ended in the complete ex-
culpation of Sir James Brooke from the charges made
against him, has, at the same time, brought to light
abundant evidence of the benefic'al results of his ad-
ministration in the affairs of Sarawak, which are er
hibited by the establishment of confidence and the
increase of trade, and are such as to deserve the apprir
bation of her Majesty's Government.
"As it may be pre•itned that the fact of the long
pending inquiry which has taken place can hardly have
failed to produce among native communities an impree-
fl ion unfavourable to Sir James Brooke, it is desirable
that, in order to remove such impression, all fit means
should be taken to cause the result of the inquiry to be
fully and extensively known.—l have the honour to
be, &c., "CLARENDON.
"The Right Hon. A. Vernon Smith, &c."

THE GUARDS' MEMORIAL.--" Fair Play," writing to
a co❑temporary, says :—" With reference to the asset•
tion in Colonel Wood's letter, published in to-day's
Times, that the Memorial of the Guards has been lying
for some time on the tables of most of the club-houses in
London, I beg to state that I have made inquiries at ell
tie military clubs (except the Guards) in London, and
fix l that none of them have received a copy of the me"
rnorial in question."
The King of Sardinia has sent to Messrs. Staple,
of the Albion, through the Marquis D'Azeglio, a letter
expressing his Majesty's satisfaction of the arrange'
ments connected with their department on the occasion
of his Majesty's visit to the city of London, on the
6th instant, accompanied by a valuable gold watch and
chain, which the King presents to them as a memorial
of that event. The committee of the Corporation for
emducting the entertainment have passed a unanimoni
vote of thanks to Messrs. Staples, for the very satisfac-
tory manner in which they furnished the entertainment
at Guildhall on the 6th inst., and expressing the entire
approval of the Corporation for their services.
SAVAGE BRETALITY.—At the petty sessions held at
Lutterworth yesterday, the Rev. Edward Elmhirst pre-
siding, Thomas White, a butcher, of Lutterworth, was
charged, at the instance of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with having wan-
tonly ill-treated and tortured a ram. From the
evidence of several witnesses it appeared that, on
the 6th instant, the defendant, having purchase]
the animal in question, brought it home in a cart and
deposited it in a hovel adjoining his slaughter-house.
He then fetched a large butcher's knife used in the ordi-
nary process of killing, and, having first firmly secured
the ram's head, he inserted the knife beneath each Of
the animal's eyes as far as the bone would allow. The
blood spirted out from both wounds, and defendant then
stabbed the knife into the creature's nostrils in three dig-

net places, producing jagged wounds of a frightful cha•
racter, from which the blood flowed freely. 'Some by.
standers having remonstrated with the defendant he
burst out into a loud laugh, and adding some coarse ob-
servation left the animal in the state described.
Shortly afterwards the ram was observed by Mr. Fox,
a solicitor, of Lutterwortb, with its head against a wall,
in an almost torpid state, licking into its mouth the
blood which poure3 down its cheeks and nostrils. Mr.
Fos called the attention of a police-constable to the suf.,
tohfetahneimdeafienadnand the officer at once ,
t, who was found at
afpe'rproiucnbegleidec -eohdnodui drinkinginstiesoenaro cfh
with a number of his companions.
On being desired to kill the ram at once by the constable,
defendant refused to do so, remarking that he should do
it when he liked and how he liked, and asking derisive!):
whether he could "not do as he liked with his own I'
The officer appealed to his superintendent, who, upon
the circumstances becoming known to him at once ap-
prehended the defendant on the charge of cruelly ill-using
the ram, which was at length killed, after suffering ex"
treme agony for more than three hours. These facts
having been proved, Mr. Nash, solicitor for the defence,
admitted them, but relied on showing that the barbarous
practice complained of was commonly adopted by butchers
in Leicestershire and the adjoining counties in order to
make the carcases of animals dress better. For this
purpose he called three butchers, who in some measure
corroborated his statement ; but all admitted that,
although they might have bled the animal before killing
it, they should not have mangled it in the manner de•
fendant had done with five wounds. The magistrates
ordered the defendant to pay a penalty of Si., together
with Si. 2s. 6d. costs, or suffer one ropiidei
imprison!
:neat in the Rouse of Correction.