The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-18 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH lB, 1852.

THE MANCHESTER EDUCATION.
Manchester, which to the world at large is the repre-
sentative of one simple idea, has at least its share of in-
ternal dissensions. Indeed, that activity and vigour
which have recently given it so prominent a place in the
politics of this country and the intercourse of nations
seem to hale a like efl'ect in organizing its various
schools of opinion, and arranging them against one
another with an energy and on a scale nowhere else to
be found. Though the existing means of education in the
group of communities popularly comprehended in the
name of Manchester produced no less than 80,000 school
children to welcome her Majesty on her return from the
north, yet the ambitious philanthropists of that city are
as little satisfied with the amount us they are with the
quality of the education there provided. Accordingly,
two rival parties are there asking the assistance of Par-
liament for their respective schemes, equally intended
to provide at the public expense the opportunity at
least of good education for all classes. One of
these schemes is that which we have several times
discussed under the title
of the National Public
School Association, and which proposes to found
or assist schools for purely " secular " education,
leaving religious instruction to the ministers of the se-
veral religious communities. The principle, if such it
may be called, of education unaccompanied with dog-
matic or even scriptural instruction, is exemplified in the
whole class of day schools designed for the middle ranks
of life. But that example, large as it is, will not be re-
lied on as a model for the education of those who, if they
are not taught religion at school, are not likely to learn
it elsewhere. The second scheme of Manchester origin
is that which came before the House of Commons yes-
terday morning, and which led to an important discus-
sion. Nothing can be simpler than this scheme, which
is merely the proposition of a rate to be divided among
existing schools and new schools, when necessary, in
proportion to the number of their scholars, with enough
superintendence to secure a tolerable degree of efficiency,
and with the condition that the Scriptures shall be read.
To these two great schemes must be added another not
of so definite a character, or so local an application,
being the voluntary principle applied to education,
and differing in no considerable degree from the system
now conducted by means of a Parliamentary grant
by the Education Committee of the Privy Council.
The second of these schemes is evidently the
favourite at Manchester, if we are to judge from the
suffrages of those who would be charged with its sup-
port. As Mr. Brotherton observed—..“ The petition
presented in its favour was signed by -°lOOO persons, a
large majority of the ratepayers in the two boroughs,
viz, by upwards of 31,000 in Manchester, and in Sal-
ford by about 8,500." From other sourcesA we learn
that there never was so general a concurrence of mi-
nisters of different communions in favour of any public
measure. Indeed, it is quite an agreeable surprise to
find so much unity in so benevolent a
purpose, and for
so respectable and costly a scheme. For our own part,
we feel the greatest reluctance to say a word ainst it.
But, unfortunately, the popularity of the plan isg easily
great end. It
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all the difficulties of getting sites,' all the canvass-
ing for subscriptions, all the debts and arrears, the
ill-paying subscribers, the non-paying scholars,
and the poorly-paid teachers. •It would diminish
that burden which now crushes the more generous mem-
bers of society, by throwing it rateably over all rate-
payers, and by making property observe its " duties',
as well as its "rights." These considerations too
easily explain the acceptance of this measure by large
ratepayers, as well as by small ones.
The Home Secretary pointed out with great clearness
several new and important principles involved in this
measure, all of them demanding the serious attention of
Parliament before it could be permitted to pass into law.
A public rate for education, though it might be justified
by a general unanimity in its favour, and to some extent
by the present system of grants from the Exchequer, is
at least a novelty, and a novelty on a very large scale,
when applied to a population of nearly half a million,
The principle of offering that education entirely
free is a not less serious matter, as, besides its
natural effect in cheapening what ought to be highly
appreciated, it would hardly fail to destroy many
the scheme, without being
schools and ruin many teachers not embraced in
always certain to supply
better teachers or schools. At all events, itis a point that
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demands consideration. Several provisions of the Bill
are at least sinular, and likely to prove very difficult to
work, particular] that for giving
each ratepayer a right
to demand a special appropriation of his particular rate,
at least till the purpose of the appropriation should be
answered. But the most questionable feature of the
Bill, and that which has caused its rejection by the town
council of Manchester, since it first came under our no-
tice, is its singular combination of the voluntary and the
compulsory principle in the matter of religion. It pro-
vides that any parent or guardian may object to any
distinctive religious creed, catechism, or formu-
lary, but absolutely . insists on the reading
of the Scriptures in the authorised version
This rule would admit any fanatic—even a Mormonite,
as some one observed yesterday—but would exclude
Roman Catholics, at least all under the influence of their
clergy. As it happens, the poor Roman Catholics of
Manchester and Salford are the very class most in want
of education, and, though they may pay but a small
share of the rates, yet, as they contribute more than
their share to the ignorance, the misery, the crime, and
perhaps, we should add, to the honest industry of Man-
chester, they cannot be put aside in a schebie of educa-
tion. As far as we understand, the café for this Bill is
the failure of the voluntary principle; and the proof
of that failure is the immense number of
children running about the streets and courts
of Manchester without any one to take them by the
hand. But a very large part of these children are Ro-
man Catholics, if they are anything, and would therefore
be excluded from the benefits of this measure. This at
least requires the gravest consideration, for of all things
nothing is to be more avoided than an injustice or an
insult under the disguise of philanthropy. The House
of Commons, on the motion of Mr. Milner Gibson, and
with the acquiescence of Government, very wisely re-
ferred the question to a Select Committee. The truth
is, there is no such hurry as some
good people imagine.
The Education Committee is ready to offer very large
assistance, on the most liberal conditions, towards the
foundation, the maintenance, and the management of
schools, and, if it does not effect more, it is simply be-
cause there are not more applicants.— Times.

EXPERIMENTS WITH RIFLE CANNON.
THE ARMY-
WOOLWICH, MARCH 17.—Colonel H. w. Gordon,
Colonel Dundas, C. 8., Colonel J. A. Chalmer, Colonel
Brereton, C .8., I.H. , Colonel Blanchard, C. 8., Royal
Engineers; Lieutenant-Colonel Bell, Royal
Horse Ar-
tillery; Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson, Royal Artillery;
Brigade Major Walpole, Royal Engineers; and Captain
Riddell, deputy-assistant quarter-master general of Ar-
tillery, with a number of officers of the Royal. Artillery
and Royal Engineers, assembled in the marshes yester-
day to witness experiments with a 9-pounder field bat-
tery gun, rifled with four grooves, for firing conical shot
or shells of galvanized iron. The 9-pounder was sta-
tioned at 1,000 yards from the target, and the shot, al-
though nearly twice the weight, owing to its elongated
shape, of the common 9-pounder shot,
was placed to the
gun, previously supplied with only two pounds of
powder, the previously reduced service charge of guns
of that calibre being two pounds eight ouuces.
After waiting a considerable time to obtain a
clear range, there being a great number of
vessels passing, an opportunity of firing was obtained,
and the conical shot entered the butt a little on the east
side of the target, having been carried the entire dis-
tance with the small charge of
powder, and an elevation
of the gun of one and three-fourth degrees. The gun
was again loaded with a similar charge of powder and
shot, but it was nearly an hour before it could be fired,
as so many vessels continued passing up and down the
river. The 9-pounder having been elevated to two de-
grees, on being fired, the shot was carried over the butt,
and the long distance between it and the river, and over
the river into the Essex marshes. The range continuing
to be interrupted by the vessels passing on the river, the
9-pounder was turned round, and the third round with
which it had been loaded fired into the bank of one or
the ditches in the marshes, from which it was extracted
this morning, having entered fourteen feet into the solid
earth, and to a depth of nine feet from the surface. The
gun did not appear to be in the least injured by the
firing, and consequently further experiments will be
made with the plan of making rifle cannon and shot and
shells to fit, by Colonel Dundas, Inspector of Artillery.
A number of gentlemen connected with metropolitan
rifle clubs attended in the Marshes to-day, to try several
descriptions of rifles, previous to deciding on the descrip-
tion of arm they will adopt in their corps.

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE

DEATH OP CAPTAIN SIR SAMUEL BROWN, K.H.—
The death of this gallant and scientific officer has been
reported, at the age of 76 years. Ho entered the navy in
1795, and during his career, as noticed in " O'By ree's
Biography," served afloat fourteen yeara during the war.
His first ship was the Assistance, 50, Captains Henry
Mowat, Johu Okes Hardy, Robert Hall, and Richard
Lee, in which ship be continued to serve as midshipman,
master's mate, and acting lieutenant on the Newfound-
land and North Sea stations until 1801. During that
period he witnessed the surrender, August 28, 1796, of
the French 36-gun frigate Elizabeth to the Topaze, 36.
He was confirmed into the Irresistible, 74, Nov.
6, 1801. On Jan. 30, 1805, joined, as first lieutenant,
the Phoenix, of 42 guns and 245 men, Captain Thomas
Baker. On August 10 following, Mr. Brown was
present in the brilliant action which rendered
the French frigate La Didon, of 46 guns and
330 men, a prize to the Phenix, after a fu-
rious action of three hours and a half, which cost
occasion
of
such entitled.
the former a loss of 27 killed and 14 wounded, and the
latter of 12 killed and 28 wounded; yet were six years
suffered
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After sharing on November 4, in the same year, in Sir
Richard John Strachan's capture of the four French line-
of•hattle ships that had escaped from Trafalgar, he was
transferred, with Captain Baker, to the Didon, which
ship had been added to the British navy. He was sub-
sequently appointed to the Imperieuse, 38 ; Flore, 36 ;
and Ulysses, 44; and was ultimately advanced to the
rank of commander August 11; on May 18, 1842, un-
able to procure further promotion, he accepted the rank
of retired captain. He was nominated a K.H. Jan., 13,
1835. Sir Samuel Brown obtained considerable cele-
brity by his introduction, besides many other nseful in-
ventions, of chain-cables, and suspension bridges and
piers. Of the latter it may be sufficient to indicate, as
standing monuments of his genius, the bridge across the
river Tweed, which was commenced in 1819 and finished
in 1820, and the Pier at Brighton. He married August
14, 1822, Mary, daughter of John Home, Esq., writer to
the Signet, Edinburgh.
The Commander-in Chief of the East Indies (Rear-
Admiral Austen, C. 8.) remained at Hong-Kong on
Jan. 30; his flag-ship Hastings, 72, Captain Austin,
with the Royalist, 6, Commander Bate, arrived from the
Straits. It will be recollected that one of Mr. Cobden's
bold assertions was to the effect that there were no pi-
rates in the Straits. To the many contradictions that
have been given to Mr. Cobden's statement we may add
that Commander Bate, when surveying near the Phil-
lipine Islands, bad a very narrow escape of being cat off,
with his boat's erew, by eight large piratical prahus,
which chased him for five miles. Contest, 12, Com-
mander Hon. W. S. Spencer, and Sphynx steam-sloop,
Commander Shadwell, were at Ningpo; Salamander, 6,
steam-sloop, Commander Ellman, was at Whampoa;
Lily, 12, Commander Birch (acting), at Amoy. The
Sphnx arrived at Shanghai Jan. 15.
An expedition, consisting of her Majesty's steamer
Cleopatra and the Hon. Company's steamers Semiramis
and Pluto, had gone to the north-east coast of Borneo to
beat up the quarters of pirates. The Straits Times
states that it was understood that Commodore Lambert
had forwarded very urgent dispatches to the Admiral by
the Lady Wood with reference to the state of affairs in
Burmab.
Commodore-Superintendent M. Seymour has left De-
vonport on leave, in consequence of the death of his
mother, Lady Seymour, widow of the late Admiral Sir
M. Seymour.
Masters—lttihad C. Allen (1841), of the Magician
steam guard-ship at Devonport, has been appointed to
the Odin advanced steam-frigate at Portsmouth; John
Pyper (1846), to the Buzzard advanced steam-sloop, at
Devonport.
Assistant-Surgeons—James Wallace (acting), to the
Victory, flag-ship, Portsmouth; Patrick W. Dillon (act-
ing), to the Impregnable, flag-ship, Devonport.
Camel lighter, Faben, master, left Devonport on Tues-
day afternoon for Queenstown, with stores for Commo-
dore Martin's squadron.
St. George, 120, ordinary guard-ship, at Devonport,
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Captain
Niass, C B has,before inspection, been found
to be so defective from rottenness in her bow timbers,
that the crew are ordered to be turned over to the Agin-
court, pro tern. ; and the St. George will be taken along-
side the dockyard for further inspection and repairs.
The St. George has never been to sea.
Vesuvius, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Barnard, left
Devonport on Tuesday afternoon for the Chops of the
Channel, to relieve the wind-bound merchantmen.
Vivid, Dover steam-packet, Master-Commander
Smithett,. has arrived at Woolwich to receive new
boilers.

The store-ship of Sir Edward Belcher'e expedition,
the North Star, Commander Pullen, came up to Dept-
ford yesterday, from Sheerness, to take her stores on
board.

PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDA.Y.---The Areth use, 50,
Captain Symonds, is fast completing her refit. She
hauled off from the jetty this morning. Captain Sym-
monds applied for the advance wages of his ship's nom-
patay to be paid at Devonport, but the Lords of the Ad-
miralty have ordered them to be paid here. A shock-
ing and fatal accident occurred to one of her men about
four o'clock last evening ; his name was Jackson, cap-
tain of the foretop, who was knocked off the main-
cap by the topsailyard. He was taken up insensible
and conveyed to Hasler Hospital, but he died before
reaching there.
The Simoom, new iron steam-troopship, Captain
Kingcome, went out of harbour this morning for a
trial of her steaming powers at the measured mile in
Stoke's Bay. She will start on a cruise in the Channel
to-morrow.

The Avon steam-vessel, Master-Commander Veitch,
arrived to-day from Devonport, and sailed in the after-
noon for Queenstown.
The St. Vincent, 100, sent up her main and mizen-
topmosts today.
The Bulldog steam-sloop has been taken into the
steam-basin to-day to have her machinery overhauled.
The Arrogant, 46, Captain Robinson, has stripped
her forema,t, which is to be taken out to be overhauled.
ROYAL MARINES —The band of the Portsmouth divi-

sion was ordered over to Osborne to-day to serenade her
Royal Highness the Princess Louisa to-morrow morning
on the anniversary of her birthday.
A detachment from the Artillery companies is ordered
to proceed hence to Woolwich, to embark in the steam-
vessel Highflyer. The detachment consists of First-
Lieutenant H. B. Roberts, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and
13 gunners.
WOOLWICH, MARCH 17.—The Polyphemus steam-
sloop, Commander C. G. Phillips, was inspected by
Commodore Henry Eden on Monday afternoon, and left
Woolwich at 7 o'clock on Tuesday morning. She took
her powder on board from Purfleet on the same day, and
her compasses were adjusted to-day at Greenhithe, by
Captain Johnson, and, she left in the afternoon for
Portsmouth and the coast of Africa.
Captain Henry J. Watson arrived at Woolwich to-
! day, and had his pendant hoisted on. the Highflyer.

MASSACRE OF THE CREWS OF TWO
ENGLISH SHIPS.
Advices were received at Lloyd's yesterday, commu-
nicating the details of two most frightful events at sea—
the massacre of the commanders and portions of the
crews of the British ships Victory, of London, and
Herald, of Leith.
The Victory was the property of Messrs. Cook and
Wilson, shipowners, of Dockhead, Bermondsey. She
was a barque of 579 tons burden, commanded by Mr.
William Lennox Mullens; and, having sailed to some
Chinese port, was chartered to convey Coolies to Callao.
It appears that on the 6th of December she sailed from
Cumsingrooon with upwards of 300 Coolies on board
and a general cargo. On the afternoon of the 10th, be-
tween three and four o'clock, the Coolies made a rush
into the cabin, and with little difficulty possessed them-
selves of the ships' arms. The slaughter then com-
menced. At that moment Mr. Mullens was walking
the poop, and, in order that he should have no opportu-
nity of defeating their object, a party of them was sent
to seize him. Oue of the crew, a brave fellow of the
name of Henry Watt, seeing the defenceless position
of the master, made towards him and endeavoured
to protect him. The effort, however, quickly ended
in his life being taken. Several of the wretches
rushed at him with merciless fury, and having dis-
patched him threw the mutilated body overboard. Mr.
Mullens got up into the wizen rigging. He was
followed by one of them, armed with a cutlass, and
eventually the master slid down one of the topmast
backstays. The moment he had reached the deck, a
number of the infuriated Coolies began cutting at him
With their cutlasses, and beating him with heavy iron
bolts, and, finding that they hrd accomplished his death,
they dropped his remains overboard. Resistance was
useless. Mr. Fagg, the chief mate, had gone aloft on
the foretopsail-yard, looking out for land, bat the second
mate, James Arauso, and the cook, Edward Baily, en-
countered the Coolies somewhere in the forepart of the
ship, and were murdered by them. Believing that they
had overcome • all probable resistance they espied Mr.
Fagg, and beckoned him to come down. Be did so, and
some of the Coolies who had taken an active part in the
measure led him to the wheel, and by signs directed him
to steer for the land, on pain of being put to death if he
disobeyed. The mate shaped a course for Point 'iam-
b*, and on reaching the coast a few of the fellows put
off to the land, but reporting it uninhabited they returned
on board. They then endeavoured to best up the
away
for Pule VA, where the ship
.was ultimately brought to
an anchor. During this cruising they took every pre-
caution of avoiding detection. Obtaining the ship's
papers and the logbook, they tore them up, and finding
a convenient place on the coast where they had brought
up, they went ashore, carrying off with them a consider-
Oslo amount of the cargo. They then deserted the ship,
and, Mr. Fagg, subsequently obtaining some aid, she was
got to Singapore in the latter part of January.
The Herald, under the command of Mr. Lawson, left
Shanghai for Leith in the course of last October, and in
edditiou to the master and his wife, Mrs. Lawson, there
were on board two European mates, a steward, carpen-
ter, a cook, a Portuguese seaman, 12 Maniiiamen, and
a gaol, boy. Some four or five days after the Herald
had left Shanghai the crew were put upon the customary
allowances. This seemed to annoy the Manillara n
They began to be dissatisfied, and before the vessel hade
made Angeer they had gone to the captain some four or
five
times, and demanded more, which was refused.s The
Manillamen then appeared to have planned a scheme for
on
the purpose of destroying the whole of the Europeans
board, and in the hope of enlisting
notin doubt,
g the Portuguese sailor
in their ranks, with a
io of more effec-
tually accomplishing their murderous design, they ac-
quainted him with their project. In order that the
Europeans might adopt means of defence, the Portuguese
endeavoured to persuade them not to resort to such vio-
lent means, and offered, with a view, spparently, of
pacifying them, to carry the Europeans off by mixing
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poison in their food. This was attempted, although n

a small quantity. Some was mixed with the powdered
sugarcane which was used for the coffee, and
of which Mr. Lawson and his wife partook. They
suffered from he effects of the poison, but they quickly
recovered. While this was going on the Portuguese
i
had contrived to ntorm Mr. Lawson of the plot the
Manillamen had arranged. The master then directed
the chief officer to muster them every night, and to take
their knives from them. He also directed the officers to
always keep themselves armed, so as to be ready to act
at the moment of any sudden attack. About the 25th
day of the voyage, during the whole of which time the
European portion of the crew were kept in a state of
painful suspense as to the movement! of the
.Manillamen,
Angeer was sighted, but there being sufficient water
and provisions on board to last them, as it was thought,
until they reached the Cape or St. Helena, the Herald
was not brought to an anchor, but continued the voyage.
This more exasperated the men, and on the morning of
the 26th the Portuguese sailor was alarmed by hearing
his name called in a loud voice. He ran on deck, and,
meeting some of the Manillamen, they told him that they
had plenty of water and provisions at their own pleasure,
as they had sent the captain and his officers to the other
world. The Portuguese was sent to assist in clear-
ing the cabin, when he discovered the bodies of
Mr. Lawson, the carpenter, and officers, who, with the
exception of the chief mate, were quite dead. Mrs. Law-
son, the wife of the captain, was seen near the corpse of
her husband, crying bitterly. The villains then attached
heavy weights to the legs of the bodies, and, taking them
on deck, threw them overboard. The poor mate had not
breathed his last when brought on deck, and he was
heard to say " Good God !" One of the Manillamen, a
gunner, then took the command, and appointed two of
his companions as first and second officers. In the
course of five or six days the wretches recommenced the
slaughter. The steward, the cook, and the Portuguese,
were tied up and told that their last hour had arrived.
The steward, it would seem, made an appeal to them for
mercy, when the fellow who acted as chief mate split
open his head with a hatchet, and, to resider his death
more certain, ran a long knife through his body. The
Portuguese and the cook, who was a native of the
coast, contrived to move the wretches to spare them,
and they were eventually released, but enjoined to keep
the greatest secrecy. On that day it was determined
to leave and scuttle the ship. The boats were got
ready, and Mrs. Lawson, hearing of their contem-
plated abandonment, appealed to the Manillaman who
had the command to take her ashore, and not leave her
behind. The villain unheeded all her entreaties, how-
ever, and stated that his companions would not permit
him to do so. She then implored them to allow her a
spar to cling to, but this was denied. Indeed, so de-
termined were the villains that she should have no
chance of saving herself, that before they deserted the
ship they secured the unfortunate lady in one of the
cabins, where she would have no chance of escaping.
About ten o'clock at night they, with the Portuguese,
cook, and Manilla boy, quitted the vessel in one of the
large boats, and shortly after she was seen to founder.
Early on the following morning the boat reached Java;
the murderers landed at Sjilankang, but, the authori-
ties hearing of the horrible occurrence, no time was
lost in arresting them, and, being secured, they were
sent on to Batavia to await the operation of the law.
The Portuguese seaman, the cook, and boy have also
been secured, in order to give the necessary evidence
against them.
A third vessel was likely to have had a similar
tragedy on board. The Corcyra, Mr. Paterson com-
mander, manned by a Javanese crew, was proceeding
from Macassar to Shanghai, when the men revolted.
The second-mate was murdered, but the other officers
succeeded in overpowering the rascals, and the ship was
got into Hong-Kong.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL

At a meeting of the Conservative Association, held in
the Clarendon looms, Liverpool,iyesterday'(Wednesday),
it was resolved to send requisitions, numerously signed,
to Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, and Mr. Charles Turner, a
Liverpool merchant, requesting that they would allow
themselves to be put in nomination as candidates to re-
present this town in Parliament at the ensuing election.
The Chairman stated that Mr. Horsfall, who had been
asked, but had declined to contest the borough, had
headed the requisition with his name, and stated his in-
tention to use his influence in securing the return of the
Conservative candidates. Mr. F. Mackenzie and Mr.
Turner have signified their willingness to comply with
the desire of the requisitionists, and a public meeting
will shortly be held in the Amphitheatre for the purpose
of placing their respective claims before the electors.
A counter meeting, on the Liberal interest, is also
expected.

PLYMOUTH.
A meeting of the electors of this borough, over which
Dr. Cookworthy presided, assembled last evening at the
Royal Hotel, when Mr. R. P. Collier, a candidate for
the representation on the Liberal side, explained his
principles. Lord Derby, he said, was determined to in-
form them of nothing with respect to free trade, but his
Lordship and Mr. Disraeli had stated their private
opinion to be in favour of a countervailing
duty. The re-adjustment of taxation was a fraud on
free trade. If they submitted to a duty of ss. a
quarter, then they would get one of 75., and so go
backwards. He objected to grants for religious pur-
poses. He also objected to Cardinal Wiseman's pro-
ceedings, and was equally opposed to the Roman Ca-
tholicism which had crept into the Church. The educa-
tional measure of Lord Derby would throw too much
power into the hands of the clergy. Lord J. Russell's
measure of Parliamentary reform was extremely incom-
plete. Five years was long enough for the duration of
Parliaments. Mr. Collier next said, the income-tax as
now levied was most oppressive; why not distinguish
between income derived from permanent and precarious
sources? Dissenters ought not to pay church-rater.
The less we interfered with foreign matters the better,
and our colonies should be provided with free representa-
tive institutions. He preferred volunteer corps to the
system of militia. A great reform was necessary in the
administration of the laws. He considered the present
Ministers incapable of managing the affairs of the
country. Mr. Cobden, Mr. flume, and Lord John
Russell were shaking hands, and he hoped the advent
of a new Liberal Ministry would not prove the restora-
tion of a few noble families. In answer to a question
from Colonel Campbell, Mr. Collier said it was his do-
sire to alter the liturgy of the Church. A show of hands,
which was called for, was decidedly favourable to that
gentleman.

SUNDERLAND.
Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, who has twice unsuccessfully
contested this borough, having declined an invitation to
come forward a third time, the friends of Mr. Wilkinson
held a meeting on Monday night at the Athersearo, to
determine the course the Liberal party should pursue on
the retirement of that gentlemen.
It was stated that Mr. Wilkinson's reluctance to ha-
zard a third contest arose from certain false representa-
tions made to his friends in London by a deputation
from the Whig party, which the meeting warmly re-
sented, as they were satisfied that, from the growing
unpopularity of Mr. Hudson, the return of Mr. Wilkin-
son might be considered certain.
It was farther stated that Mr. W. Digby Seymour, a
barrister, was in the town, and intended to come forward
on the principles of free trade and Parliamentary reform
as soon as Mr. Wilkinson's retirement was ascertained.
It was then resolved that a deputation be sent to in-
vite Mr. Seymour to the meeting. On Mr. Seymour's
arrival he announced himself to be an " advocate of free
trade, and that he regarded a bread tax as the worst
development of commercial restriction. He was for an
extension of tho franchise to every householder rated to
the relief of the poor, the ballot, and the abolition of the
property qualification."
After some discussion it was unanimonsly resolved to
support Mr. Seymour's return, and that be and Mr. Fen-
wick be invited to a general meeting of the electors to
be held this evening in the Atheneum.

CHATHAM.—On Tuesday evening Sir Frederick Smith
met a most numerous party of the electors of Chathilm
at the Sun Inn, in order to explain to them his political
sentiments. He avowed himself a supporter of the pre-
sent Administration, but with respect to the re-imposi-
tion of a tax on corn, he should adhere to the policy 01
the late Sir Robert Peel, and if returned to Parliament
would most certainly oppose any attempt that might be
made to re-impose a duty on the food of the poor, whose
comfort he should consider it his bounden duty to pro-
tect, having, in the cottage of the labourer, had ample
opportunity of witnessing its salutary effects.
CHIPPartHISL—Mr. Neeld and Captainßotlhdeerro,e
return
present Members, are sure of re-election.
COUNTY KILDARE.-0n Saturday, after
_e next general pledging
of Mr. Cogan, a meeting was held in that
committee-room; the Right Hon. R. M, O'Ferrall,
M.P., presiding, when, a resolutionO'Ferrall,
wasadopted
the meeting to support Mr. Cogan at the
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election.
statAnSgTthGaLtotreEMSTaErgßuSinsloßfEW. authority for
Sir Williamg
time, again solicit the suffrages
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of the freeholders, in
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conjunction with
FORFARSHIRE.—The Prot
Chronicle.
it in contemplation to tn.
Lyon, brother to Lordg itt° Ili
s.— stated,G khese:ter
Strathmore,
forward the Hon. Claude
as a candidate for
this county, in opposition to Lord J. F. Gordon Hally-
burton•, but it is not
believed
the former will have the
least chance of unseating the present Member.
LIARWICH.—Mr, Bagshaw, issued an ad-
dress, in whi hh . --sh aw'
M.P.,
has
c e states his intention to offer himselt as
a candidate. Mr. Waddington (M.P. for Malden) Las
also issued an address, in which he declares himself a
candidate for the suffrages of the Harwich voters. It is
said that Mr. Attwood also intends to stand.
HULL,--Mr. Baines, one of the present Members, has
positively declared that he will retire, and a declaration
has been put oat by the Tories, setting forth that it
would " conduce to the peace of the town, the interests
of trade," &e., that a contest should be avoided by the
unopposed return of Mr. Moore in conjunction with the
present Whig Member, Mr. Clay. Mr. Clay's seat is
considered quite sate.
PooLx.—Mr. Savage, a member of the bar, who lost
the last election by a majority of twenty, is again be-
fore the constituency on the Protectionist interest. Sir
George Phillips, one of the sitting Members, retire
s,
and re ,
and Mr. Kirkman Hodgson, a director of the Bank
fr of
England, is brought forward as his successor, upon ee-
trade principles.
SALISBURY.--A second Protectionist candidate has
just made his appearance in the field, in the person of
Mr. Pownall, the Middlesex magistrate. The Hon.
John Ashley had been applied to, but declined a con-
test, which his personal knowledge of the borough con-
vinced him was hopeless. Both candidates adopt the
guarded language of the Ministerial chiefs.
SUTHERLANDSHIRE AND ROSS-BRIBE' No contest is
expected for either of these counties, and the re-election
of Sir David Dundas for Sutherland, and of Ilr. James