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LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1852.

In the House of Lords last night,
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH, at the request of the
Marquis of LANSDOWNE, postponed his questions on
Indian affairs till Monday next. _ _

The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of
the Common Law Procedure Amendment Bill, and pro-
ceeded to explain, at considerable length, the various
alterations and improvements contemplated by the
measure.
Lord LYNDHURST did not object to the second read-
ing of the Bill, as all the objections to it related to mat-
ters of detail and would be best discussed in Committee.
He could not, however, understand, as the machinery
of the County Courts had worked so well, why
the same machinery should not be applied to the supe-
rior courts in all cases not exceeding two or three hun-
dred pounds.

Lord BROUGHAM thought the best course would be
to read the Bill at once a second time.. He also agreed
in the suggestion of Lord LYNDHURST as to the appli-
cation of the County Court machinery to the superior
courts.

The LoRD CHANCELLOR remarked that, before he
acceded to Lord LYNDHURST'S Bugg( stion, he should
be glad to have his positive assuranci3 that the County
Court machinery was adaped to the superior courts.
The Bill was then read a second time.

Lord STRANGFORD wished to ask lord GRANVILLE
whether an answer had been returned by Lord PAL-
MERSTON to the remonstrances of the. French Ambas-
sador respecting foreign refugees, and, if so, why it had
been omitted from the papers laid belong Parliament?
Earl GRANVILLE replied that no ansover had been re-
turned by Lord PALMERSTON to the remonstrance re-
ferred to, but he had every reason to b it the Noble
Lord had returned an answer, it would not have been
discordant to the answer returned by himself.
After some further conversation the matter dropped.
Lord LYNDHURST then made some observations on
the course of legislation pursued by t be House.
After which their Lordships adjout taed.
In the House of Commons,

Lord J. RUSSELL moved for leave to bring in a Bill
to extend the right of voting for Members of Parlia-
ment, and to amend the laws relating to the representa-
tion of the people. With reference to the satisfactory
state of this country, in its home and foreign relations,
be thought the present was a more p roper time for con-
sidering this subject than when the country was in a
state of agitation and excitement. tefter a brief expo-
sition of the principles upon which such a measure
should be based, and adverting to 'the importance of
the functions performed by that House, Lord
Joint noticed the prominent features of various
schemes of Parliamentary reform which had
been proposed antecedent to tb.e Act of 1832,
and explained the main obj ects contemplated
by that great measure, namel y the disfran-
chisement of nomination borough a, and the enfran-
chisement of large towns then excluded from the
representation. It was not then i intended that there
should be no boroughs with small c onstituencies. He
thought it would be extremely unwie e, and that it would
destroy the balance of the Constitutii an, to say that only
counties and large cities and towns should enjoy the
franchise, excluding small representations. In regard
to disfranchisement, therefore, the present Bill pro-
posed to disfranchise only in cases of proved corrup-
tion, and by another Bill he should 'propose to make a
considerable change in the mode of inquiry into
cases of „corruption, whereby, upon an address of the
House, founded even upon common Clime, it should be
lawful for the Crown to appoint a C 4 =mission clothed
with the same powers of inquiry as those which had been
so effectual in the case of St. Albans. In respect to the
extension of the franchise, the grounds upon which the
present measure proceeded were, firs l, that the Reform
Act, in requiring a 10/. qualification fo r household voting,
had placed the, suffrage rather too high; secondly—
and this consideration had great influi race upon his mind
—the growing intelligence of the people. He proposed,
therefore, to reduce the household qualification to 51.
rated value, which would add a great number of
persons to the constituency, to whom he was
persuaded the franchise might be safely in-
trusted. As regarded the counties, he did not
propose to change that which had been the gene-
ral constitution of that House, which was placed on
a different basis ofn that of the representation of bo-
roughs. The great change which was effected in this
respect at the time of the Refor m Bill was one
introduced by a Noble Lord not then in this
House, the present Duke of Buckingham, which
went upon the principle of tenure. It was now proposed
to give the right of voting to persons paying an
occupying rent of 201, instead of 501., as before.
There were also a number of persons possessed of free-
hold and other property who, at present, did not possess
the right of voting, and it was proposed now to give the
right of voting to all those persons who paid an .as-
sessed-tax of forty„ehillings per annum. With regard
to small boroughs, against which such an outcry had
been raised, he did not propose to destroy any of these,
but, in order to diffuse the influence of property, which it
was objected so greatly affected elections, he proposed
in some instances to join' together certain neighbouring
towns and to unite them in one general representation.
de stated at the time of the Reform Bill that none of
the boroughs would have less than 300 electors; whilst
that was the case generally, there were fourteen small
boroughs with less than that number, there were up-
wards of thirty with less than 400, and several
others with less than 500. He spoke of permanent
electers, 10/. householders, and freemen. He
now proposed to make the limit 500, and to add places
to small boroughs which had less than 560 electors.
There were 67 boroughs to which this arrangement applied.
These small boroughs generally, except some in York-
shire, were in the south and west of England.
They were situated in agricultural and not commercial
parts of the country. Tee towns proposed to be added
were of the same character. Whether this arrange-
ment was right or wrong, politic or impolitic,
the result would be to establish the same balance
2ftherientewroesutidwbheich established by the Reform Bill.
Ifin there small agricultural boroughs were disfranchised,
a the right of voting was given to manufacturing towns,
manufacturinalo
landed interest a total change of that
_b,alahnhce.—tthhe,
would be depressed
ttemen mi h ht
right to raised in its stead. It night be
would be wtheree
pt. such a plan, and many Gen-
[heg t wish it; but he was not prepared on
present Gee
rangement. (i7l" to propose any such ar-
Commons
witnesse dopte d,
of
fierceth e
sHousetrugg
host;
pas* measures which would probably
and it might
he liable to strong opwpeorseition in the other House of
Parliament. There
in a previous session that he ys
Bill which be would shortly
propositions in the
state. He stated
taining the present property auwidiZi reason for re-
hers—that it was easily
'lethalq i':1°11 of
c onMtreamr;
to the general principles of the
heti?reitseurthathwtiouovnzdandit4hoat
would willinglyemneaintained that opinion, and he had in-
troduceda clause repealing all Acts on the sub
beginning with the Act of Anne, •
:h ori-
I' et, si the qualification of
England and
Re
ginally enact&
the Members for En and Ire-
landthe same position
as those for
not required to have
proposed
ab
te
Scotland, who were a pro-
There was another proposi-
party qualification.
ptlaeced in
tion he intended to introduce into the Bill,
but ho could not do at' until the subject wet
of the House. It appeared
considered b a Committee
to him that the e state of the oaths taken by Members was
not consistent with religious liberty or justice.
In the first place Members were required to take
an oath renouncing all right of succession to the
throne in the Stuart family, which was not necessary now.
Where was also an invidious distinction made in
the oaths between Protestants and Roman Catho-
lics. There ought to be an 'oath which they could
both alike take. The oati, of supremacy was
altogether useless, because if a Roman Catholic
came into the House with feelings of repug,nance to the
Established Church, and a desire to iejare it, the
oath would not prevent him exercising his feel-
iaga. It would not surprise the House to
learn that the new form of oath was, generally
speaking, that taken by Roman Catholics with the
omission of certain words. The words `° on the
true faith of a Christian" would not be intro-
duced. It was abundantly clear that they were not
inserted in the oath for the purpose of
Persons other than those professing to be preventiCh venting
ristians
from entering the House. He would make a
aim-
ple oath of allegiance to the Throne and fidelity to the
succession, which all Members could take. There was
also another proposition in the Bill; when a Member

accepted office under the Crown, he vacated
his seat and went beck to his constituents,
I which was no doubt a wise arrangement.
But there was another provision which appeared to him
to be totally unnecessary, and that was that when a
Member changed his office, when having been
Solicitor-General he became Attorney-General, he
then had to vacate his beat, and go agaia
to an election. Now, it appeared to him that
the electors having once decided that they. did
not object to their Member holding office, it
was unnecessary that he should be re-elected
when he changed the office he filled, and
he proposed, therefore, to alter the law in this
respect to the extent he had stated. He be-
lieved ha had now gone through the main
features of the Bill which he proposed to lay before the
House. It appeared to him to be one that was consistent
with that which he had frequently said they ought to
endeavour to frame, namely, a supplemental measure to
the Reform Bill, and not a substitute for it. He
had devoted great atttention to this subject, it was
considerably more than thirty years ago since
he first took it up, and it was nearly
30 years since he proposed the large measure
of reform which existed, the eloquence and the
opposition of some of the greatest statesmen of
their day, but subsequently to that time he was
successful, under the auspices of Lord Grey, is
carrying a still larger measure of reform; and he was
happy to ay, that so far from fulfilling the warnings and
forebodings of its opponents, the measure bad tended to
promote the happiness of the people, and to increase
the liberty and dignity of the country, while it had in
that by proceeding further in the same direction,
no respect endangered the Throne or any of the
institutions attached to it. And he trusted
and taking care well to measure their steps
in the advancement they made, they would contri-
bute still further towards extending the happiness of the
people and increasing the general prosperity of the
country, while they would, at the same time, be doing
the best thing that could possibly be desired for
firmly upholding and maintaining the principles of
the Constitution. He had little to say with re-
gard to the two other Bills which would be intro-
duced as a corollary to the Bill which he now pro-
posed to bring in. One would relate to Scotland, and
would make some provisions for the suppression of ficti-
tious votes, while it would likewise:reduce the qualification
of the voter from 101. to 51. With regard to Ireland, this
very subject had so recently engaged the. attention of
Parliament in regard to that part of the kingdom, that it
was not necessary to detain the House upon that part
of the Bill. He did not propose, however, to make
any alteration with regard to counties, but with
respect to cities and boroughs, he proposed to reduce
the qualification of the voter from 8/. to 51., as there
was no doubt the present restriction had greatly
and seriously reduced the number of electors. He
trusted when this enlarged franchise was given, that
the next step the House would see the Government of
the country taking, would be to consider the great
question of the educatioa of the people. To his mind
this question of the franchise was not lessimpor-
tant than that other of extending the education of the
people. He was convinced that after a measure
of this kind was carried, it would be the deity of the
House to consider the means of adopting a
really national system of education, and in
doing so, he was sure they would confer upon
the country and its people ono of the greatest
blessings that could possibly be conceived. He be-
lieved that the people were almost prepared for this,
and after due discussion he hoped some such measure
would be carried with general assent. He did not
propose now to eater further into this subject; he bad
stated the general views of the Government upon the
Bill which he proposed to bring in at a time of tran-
quillity and peace; and he hoped it would receive the
sanction of the Legislature, and promote the happiness
of the country.
Mr. HustE complained of the omissions in the Bill,
and especially that the subjects of the ballot and of tri-
ennial Parliaments were evaded.
Sir J. Weiss reproached Lord J. RUSSELL with
again tampering with the institutions of the country,
after having carried a comprehensive measure which was
to obviate the necessity of further changes. These in-
roads upon the Constitution, he believed, would either
reduce this country to a democratic republic, er disable
that House from fulfilling its proper functions.
Mr. H. BERKELEY thought the Noble Lord's Bill,
though it would not be altogether approved, would be
generally agreeable to the country. He ought, however,
to have given voters a protection at the polling places by
adopting the ballot.
Mr. P. HOWARD spoke generally in favour of the
measure.

Sir R. Nous protested against the meditated altera-
tion of the oath of abjuration—a matter utterly uncon-
nected with the subject of Parliamentary reform, and
he trusted that the House would not sanction this part
of the Bill.

Mr. BRIGHT said, although he disapproved some por-
tions of the measure, which fell short of what the coun-
try expected, still there were other portions which would
give some degree of satisfaction to large classes. He
regretted that Lord JOHN had not, by the ballot, taken
out of the hands of employers the power of influencing
the employed. He thought the county franchise, re-
duced to 201, still too high, and urged that the principle
of disfranchisement should have been carried further;
that larger constituencies should have additional repre-
sentatives, or that new constituencies should be created.

Mr. BAILLIE pointed out what he considered the de-
fects and deficiencies of the Bill, which would prevent,
he thought, its becoming a permanent measure, or se-
curing the confidence of the great body of sincere Re-
formers. The present Ministers must bear all the respon-
sibility of this attempt to renew and promote agitation,
made by them in order to retain office.
Mr. ROCHE examined the measure on the supposition
that it was to be applied in its integrity to Ireland.
Mr. NEWDEGATE, deterring his remarks upon the Bill
until a future stage of it, remarked that one incongruous
provision showed that the Noble Lord had determined
that the House should not have the sanction of Chris-
tianity to their deliberations.
Sir J. WALMSLEY believed that the measure would
not meet with the approbation of the country, which
would regard it as unworthy of the Noble Lord and his
colleagues.

After a few observations from Lord H. VANE,
Mr. AMITY approved of the scheme as an instalment
of a future larger measure and a further extension of the
franchise.

Sir J. TYRELL recommended that this milk-and-water
measure should be entitled " A Bill to retain Ministers
in Office."

Colonel SrantonP having spoken unfavourably, and
Mr. 0. STANLEY favourably, of the measure,
Mr. DISRAELI observed that it was impossible to give
proper consideration to such important propositions until
the Bill was in the hands of Members. He saw nothing
in the scheme calculated to disturb—he could not call it
the balance between the two interests, but the adjust-
ment established by the Reform Act. As to the pre-
ponderance of political influence, which might govern
his vote upon the Bill, which was one of very question-
able propriety, he should reserve his observations until
he saw the details, upon which the merits of such a
measure mainly depended. He doubted whether it was
comprehensive enough to deal with so great a question.
Sir G. GREY briffly replied to some suggestions of
Mr. DISRAELI, and invited Members who were adverse
Lo the principle of the Bill to avow their hostility on
the second reading, and not concentrate it upon the
details.

Sir B. HALL and Lord D. STUART gave a qualified
support to the measure, but only as an instalment, the
bitter considering that it would not satisfy the desires of
the people as an efficient reform.
After some remarks from Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL
and Captain HARRIS, leave was given to bring in the
Bill, and soon after the House adjourned.

Parturiunt monks, nascitur, &e. The quotation
is hackneyed, but it so clearly expresses the value of
the long-looked for measure of Reform, that we can-
not refrain front once more pressing it into our ser-
vice. Yes, the country has at length before it the
strange conception which for thirty years had occu-
pied the teeming brain of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. It is
now to be decided. whether the present milk-and-water
proposition is worthy of the author of the Reform Bill
—a fitting extension of the glorious principles then
recognised by the Crown and the people of the United
Kingdom. We cannot hesitate as to the verdict.
There are, unquestionably, some good features about
the Bill. The franchise will be in some degree ex-
tended. The household qualification in boroughs is
to be reduced from 101. to 51., and in counties persons
with a qualification of 201. rated value will become
entitled to the suffrage. The qualification derived
from copyhold an d long leases is also to be reduced
from 10/. to Si, and persons paying 40s. a year as-
dtaxes, if living outside the limits of boroughs,
are
entitled to the franchise for the
s e s s e
to
beco m e
counties.

This is very good so far as it goes. It is a step in
the right direction, an instalment, although a very
small instalment of justice. Were it introduced
without any great flourish of trumpets, or being
spoken of as a "New Reform Bill" which is to satisfy
the reasonable expectations of the people, and to pro-
vide
the iron crw on which the PREMIER can establish
his favourite principle of finality, we should be dis-
posed to regard it favourably and to receive the con-
cession gratefully. But under the circumstances
of the case, looktng
given
by ee
rjyu dg ed, differentnot a smpeer cetl,y
ba
yn dwLh
what
tr dh
eJho
ansrld
oßnue:
and the hopes excited, the matter assumes a
to the pledges that have been
SS EbLuLt i S
stillto
more so, by what he has left undone; not by the,
trifle that be best
which he withholds. A -
a
would either loucil beggar in the street wwould
receive a few pencowith
to Che donor of
oi'vis, but by the far greater boons
profusion of thanks, while
a person having strong
and well-founded claims,
y express his disap-
pointmentas many :poundsr
or retire in silence from his
presence.
So it is in the pr esent instance. Much was antici-
pated ; and, in pl ace of beitng grateful for the trifle
granted, and that with not the best grace, we feel
naturally indigna at at the stinginess and pad-, Ji

TUESDAY EVENING, 'FEBRUARY 10, 1852.

mony with which the benefits are doled out, and ex-
press our feelings in the most unequivocal terms.
We shall now briefly allude to the other positive
enactments which are contemplated. In addition to
the alterations in the qualification, to which we have
already alluded, two other Bills are to be introduced
for Scotland and Ireland. There is to be no change
in the franchise for Irish counties, but in cities and
boroughs it is to be reduced from 8/. to Si. It would
scarcely do to require a higher pecuniary qualification
in the country which has suffered so deeply, than that
which will be necessary in this more favoured land.
In Scotland the contemplated Bill relates to the
restriction rather than the extension of the
franchise. It is directed against " the fic-
titious votes "—to which the President of the
Board of Control, referred so feelingly in his speech
to the electors of Perth, requiring that in every in-
stance the title shall be completed by a regular " in-
feoftment." We have thus before us all the changes
that are to be made with respect to the extension
of the suffrage, and although it does something, we
fear it will not be considered a sufficient payment
on account. Those who compare it with the plan of
the National Parliamentary Reform Association can-
not have much doubt as to which is best suited
to the and calculated to satisfy the de-
mands who have hitherto been regarded as
political cyphers.
The property
of emergency,those
qualification for Members is to be
pboerrteion
Pealed. This is as it should be. It is
Queen ANNE to the present
totallythat
rt
passed
osyscaesabde
nod
gratification.
iirsnbaheteti
dhfie:E:igenryosftatute relating thereto from
e
tdayhe onlyis t
of the Bill which we can regard with
cation. We can scarcely conceive that
y difference of opinion on that,
especially when we consider that it was of no prac-
ticalcould at any moment be purchased in the market.
inasmuch as the required qualification
Th The
tariff
utility
y
was perfectly ascertained, varying from
50/. to 1001.
according to the nature of the
case, and whether the party elected was to represent
a borough or a county.
The Jew Bill, too, is brought forward under
another form. The oaths are to be changed,
the distinction between those taken by Catholics
and Protestants are to be very properly re-
moved, and in the modifications the words "on the
true faith of a Christian" are to be omitted. This is
very
right ; but we believe that it will be
unnecessary, that it will be established on
judicial authority, that the substance, and not the
form, of the obligation is to be looked to ; and that
there is at this moment no practical difficulty but
that which the doubts of a small majority created, and
which must be speedily removed. If, then, the decision
of the Court in "MILLER. v. SALOMONs" be such as
we anticipate,
the change will be unnecessary so far
as the Jews are concerned; if otherwise, it would be
more becoming to bring the matter directly forward
than to tack it as a rider on a Bill for "the extension
of the franchise and improving the representation of
the people."
We are also to have the addition of neighbouring
towns to those boroughs where there are not
already 500 voters, a provision that will come
into operation in no less than 67 cases.
So much for what is to be legislated for.
The s=ties of omissions would, however, require
greater space than we could this day spare. Suffice
it to say, that there is no allusion to the ballot, or to
the duration of Parliament ; no substitution of im-
portant towns for the nomination boroughs, or those
which are notoriously subjected to corrupt in-
fluences. A " Reform Bill !" in which these matters
are disregarded appears something like a performance
of Hamlet, the part of the young Prince being
omitted. It is not by such a diluted measure that
Lord JOHN RussELL is to retrieve his lost popularity,
and to obtain a new lease of office.

purchased, the two thousand acres having been
bought for 57,0001. Au additional rum of
93,0001. is estimated as all that is required to render
the site suitable for interments. So that a total of
150,0001. will cover all expenses, instead of a gross
aggi gate of 656 0001., us projoc,..ca to be pad by the
Board Yqu,, Iwypt,
collection, moreover, that in consequence of the
economy of these arrangements on the part of the
London Necropolis, it will be enabled to reduce very
considerably the cost of each individual interment.
Indeed it engages to diminish the average charges of
sepulture by at least 25 per cent.—ealculating merely
15s. as sufficient to cover the exp..nse of each pauper
funeral, and 255. that of every funeral for the
clsss immediately above destitution. Added
to which the insatiable maw of the Church has,
by the company in question, been duly taken into con-
sideration—the usual fees of the clergy being provided
for by a fund set aside for that purpose exclusively.
Everything, in fine, appears to have been pre-
arranged : the funds are ready : the regulations are
organized : the site is purchased—economy is ensured
—nothing, in short, is now required for the immediate
carrying out of the enterprise but the recog-
nition of its claims by the Legislature, and
the final approval of its plan by the Government.
With this record in its regard, we would here close
our observations on the National Mausoleum—
to demonstrate that it alone would be
adequate to encounter the difficulties of the
emergency, it is only needful to remark that, esti
mating the average amount of interments within the
metropolis at 50,000, there would be required for the
filling up of the projected cemetery at Woking, with
only one layer of bodies, no less a number of years
than—four hundred!

A rop7,

i.Zti,ttinght
jr.

t;ouniy :roan'
firming., Wolveritamp.,

and giiiar Valley
Birkenh., Lan., & Cheas
Juno., late 331. 6s. 84..
Do. Chest. & Blrkenhd.,
601. &251. Consolidated
Do., do., 201. • .• .
Bristol and Exeter.• •
Caledonian • • • • • •
Chester and Holyhead ..
iublin and Belfast Juncl.
Dublin and Kingstown..l
Dundalk and Enniskillen
r andee, Perth, and Aber-

teen Junction ..
Do., New .. ..

East Anglian (251 L,
E. and L. & D.) ..
Do. (lai. E. & H.) • •
Eastern Counties
Eastern class A,
late E. 11. shares • •
Do. do. do. ..
Do. do., B & C shares
East Lancashire • •
D. New quarters •• I
East & West Ind ia Docks
and Birm. June. ..
East & West York. June.
Edinburgh and Glasgew
Edin., Perth, and Dundee
Glasgow and South-West.
De. do. G.D. & C.steek
Great Northern ..

Do. halves, A, deferred,

. ,
Do. halves, B, 6 per ct.
Great 3onthern and
Western, Ireland
Great Western
Lancaster and Carlisle ..

Do. thirds ..
Lancaster and Preston ..
Lancashire and) orkshire
Do. quarter stares
Do. fifths . .

Do. West Riding Union
Leeds Northern ..
Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport
London and Blacksvall

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)

Do., Tilbury .Ezt. Scrip
London, Brighton, and

South Coast .. ..
t.ondoht and N.-Western
Do. do. quarters

QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF THE MARQUIS OF BRISTOL

V. Till TITHE COMMISSIONERS.
Lord CAMPBELL intimated that the Court would relieve
counsel for the Commissioners from arguing this case. The
judgment of the Court would be given hereafter.

De. ilfthi

CAMROUX v. SMITH.
Lord CAMPBELL said the Court had great difficulty in
treating the question involved in this case as a pure matter
of law. They would, therefore, direct a new trial, in order
that the jury might determine whether the bankrupt was
di,qualified for carrying on his trade.—Rule absolute for a
new trial.

Do. 101. sh., M. &I% (c:
London and S.-Westers

QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF THE GREAT WESTERN

RAILWAY V. TILLIIURST.
Lord CA3IPBYLL sali this case was argued in June last, and
soon afterwards the Court stated the extreme difficulty
which they felt in satisfactorily applying the provisions of
the Parochial Assessment Act to the solution of the question
presented for their decision, and expressed their conviction
that the point in dispute required the interposition of the
Legislature rather than the judgment of a Court at West-
minster. Parliament, however, had not thought right at
present to deal with the question, and it became the duty of
the Court, therefore, no longer to delay in giving their
judgment, which the parties had a right to demand. The
question had reference to the rating of 2 miles of the Berks
and Rants Railway, which passed through the respondent's
parish. This railway was at one time an independent line
of 25 miles in length, but had since become a branch of the
Great Western Railway. In order to arrive at the rateable
value of these 2% miles so as to make a proper assessment
the respondents treated the branch as an independent whole,
unconnected with the main line, taking the average annual
receipts upon it, and then deducting the expenses. The
separation of the branch from the trunk line made
a substantial difference to the company, because in one case
the assessment would amount to 251., and in the other 301.
per mile. Now the Court thought the fusion of the two
lines was complete, the branch being abiorbed into the trunk,
and if the respondents had taken the gross receipts
per mile upon the whole, deducting the expenses, they would
have acted upon the true principle. The Court could, therefore,
not adopt he proposition of the respondents. The conse-
quence would be that the award must be referred back to
the arbitrators, to whom the parties were much indebted for
the labour and ability they had bestowed upon the case.
The Court trusted that the principles they had laid down
would enable the parties to agree satisfactorily, and prevent
further litigation on the subject.

Do. new 501.
Do. new 401.
Manchester,Bnzton, and
Matlock ..
ida.nchestsr, Sheffield, &
Lincolnshire

Do. 'aianchester and

Lincoln Union

Do. NI. shares ..

Do. Binning & Derby
Stidland Gt. West. (Ire.)
sTewcastle and Carliaie•.

Do. quarter shares ..
Newmarket • . .. ..
Newport, Abergavenny,

and liereford • •
Newry and Enniskillen. •
'awry, Warrenpoint, &

Government has somewhat wisely, we conceive,
put a stop to the operations of the Board of Health,
in reference to its scheme of organizing a system of
extramural interment for the metropolis. But for
this, we should very soon have become involved in a
gigantic and most oppressive attempt at centraliza-
tion. Meanwhile the capital of England remains
altogether unprovided for the adequate sepulture of
its population. According to the provisions of the
Interments Act, passed in August, 1850, burial
within the precincts of the metropolis was, as is well
known, prohibited thenceforth—but—no previous, or
even simultaneous, arrangement was made to enable the
citizens to inter their dead in extramural cemeteries
sufficiently remote or sufficiently capacious. Those
already existing are capable of containing only merely
18,000 annually, and the average mortality is some-
where about 58,000 ! With an increasing community,
and the chances of another visitation from pestilence,
the position of London in these respects has from the
first been very manifestly
perilous. When, more-
over, it was found, on investigation, that the Board of
Health, having already 40,0001. advanced, proposed to
apply 137,000/. additional for the purchase of
merely two out of the nine existing cemeteries,
350,0001. more for the remaining seven, with
36,0001. for 800 acres at Erith, and 93,000/. for ren-
dering the ground available—making altogether the
enormous aggregate of 656,0001.—it became manifest
that the prospect was not simply dangerous but ab-
solutely desperate in its character. Finding that the
Cabinet refused to supply them with the requisite
funds through the medium of Exchequer-bills, the
members of the board thereupon proposed to carry
out their enormous project by means of money raised
on the understanding that they should be empowered
to remunerate themselves by a poll tax levied upon
all parties indiscriminately. Than this nothing
could be more unconstitutionally interfering, and con-
sequently, if for that reason alone, we must
necessarily have rejoiced at the tardy but at last
peremptory interposing of the Government. Instead
of the extravagant and centralizing project of the
Board of Health, it was conceived—and surely not
viithout ample justification—that the mortality of the
!metropolis might be provided for in the way of
b urial, more efficiently, more economically, with
g reater promptitude, and with greater regard to the re-
quirements both of decency and religion, by means of
popular associations, instead of by means of monopo-
lizing associations, built up under the centralizing
influence of Government. The PRIME MINISTER
felt convinced of this, the CseerscELLoa of the
EXCHEQUER felt convinced of it, and so also did every
ceie acquainted with the statistics collected together
in the course of recent sanitary investigations.
^-Cherefore we rejoice to think the operations of the
Board of Health were brought abruptly, but by no
means prematurely, to a close—Ministers refusing to
c omply with a scheme calculated to lead to such
normous and almost incalculable expenditure, and
to effect at the same time such a very intolerable
interference in the way of a gigantic monopoly con-
structed according to the principles of centralization.
Edinburgh, without the aid of a board of health,
contrives every year to bury its dead in extramural
places of sepulture—why not also London and West-
minster ? It has been with feelings of no ordinary
satisfaction that we have for some time past watched
the development of a scheme which promises the solu-
tion of existing difficulties. Already we have referred
more than once, and in terms of the warmest com-
mendation, to the plan sketched out by the pro-
moters of the London Necropolis and National
Mausoleum Company. We have commented,
and commented, moreover, at no inconsiderable
length, on the advantages l held out by this humane
and magnificent enterprise. We have remarked
upon the merits of its accessibility—being approach-
able by half-an-hour's ride on the South-Western
Railway. We have pointed out likewise with peculiar
satisfaction the magnitude of the locality selected for
the proposed cemetery—extending over 2,000 acres
of land at Woking-common, Is common, in the county of Surrey,
the soil consisting of a dry yellow sand, the surface
undulating in picturesque and appropriate variety,
affording proper shelter to the bodies interred, and
and nourishing over the remains of mortality a pro-
fusion of the most beautiful kinds of vegetation. We
are induced, more particularly at the present moment,
to revert to this subject by our earnest and reiterated
commendations, from the circumstance that its origi-
nators are about to develops their undertaking to its full
extent during the course of the present session of
Parliament. Let it be remembered that the arrange-
ments of the company have not been made with any
degree of precipitation, having, on the contrary, been,
to all appearance, most carefully and scrupulously
deliberated. The ground bas been already ;

REGINA V. MICHAEL GREEN, AND ANOTHER, V. OVERSEERS

OF GATESHEAD.

The Court discharged the rule which had been obtained
in this cause.

---DISMISSAL OF MR. RAMSHAY.
QUEEN V. POLLOCK (EXPARTE RAMSHAY.)
Lord CAMPBELL said, this was a motion for a mitt to show
cause why an information in the nature of a quo warrantoshould not be filed against Mr. Pollock, calling upon him
to show by what authority he exercised the office of Judge
of the Liverpool County Court. The ground of the applica-
tion was, that when he was appointed to the office it was
not vacant, Mr.:Ramshay, who formerly filled it, nct having
been properly removed. The qoestion for the Court was,
whether, on the affidavits laid before them, Mr. Ramshay
was entitled to question the legality of his removal by means
of a quo warranto against his successor. This depended
upon the true construction of the 9th and 10th Vic., c. 9.5,
a. 19, which enaotod that it should by lawful for the
Lord Chancellor, if in the district of the Duchy of
Lancaster, for the Chancellor of that Duchy, to
remore for inability, or misbehaviour, any judge already
or hereafter to, be appointed. By a formal instru-
ment under the hand of the Earl of Carlisle, who was the
Chancellor of the Duchy, Mr. Ramshay was dismissed from
his office for inability and misbehaviour. The Court thought
this instrument was not ausolutely conclusive, and that the
Chancellor exercised his authority in dismissing a judge, sub-
ject to the control of this Court, as laid down in the case of
the Queen v. Warren, but they could not insist on this docu-
ment setting out all the proceedings which were instituted
previous to removal. The Chancellor duly exercised his ju-
risdiction until the contrary was proved. It was open to Mr.
Ramshay to show that he was removed without receiving.
notice of thecharges against him, or without an opportunity of
being heard in defence, or that he was dismissed on insufficient
evidence; and in such a case the Court was bound to grant
a rule with the view of his being restored to an office from
which he had been illegally and improperly removed. But no
statements of that kind had been made, and the Court must
assume that the Chancellor had not acte on insufficient evi-
dence, or exceeded his authority. The affidavits seemed to lead
to the assumption that the removal was regular and justified,
possess many excellent and amiable
and that Mr. Ramshay had shown misconduct, as well as ina-
bility,portant duties. It was
yethis toirabe proved of misconduct
qpuossaliibtileeisnfyiprthpiinvaatnelt.lofe, dischargea
nodf
and inability in the office of a judge. The Court considered
a rule ought not to be granted.—Application refused.

Rentrevor • • • • • •
Norfolk .. •• • •
00. New 201. shares • •
Northern Counties Union
North British • • .• • •
North Devon • • • • • •
North Staffordshire ..
Earth-Western
'North & Sth.-West. Jane.
Oxford, Worcester and

Wolverhampton.. ..
3cottish central
SoottLsh Midland ..

Do. new ..
ihrows. & Birm., Class

Do. Class 8..
Screws. & Hereford., Old
Do., do.. Now ..
Ahrewsbnry and Chester
(Nor. W. Min.)
Do. Halves

Do. Osvrestry

Do. New.... ••
ihropshire Union • • • •
Do., A, B, C, & D, fhlly
paid up at per cent • •
South Devon • .
ioutl—Eastern .. • •
ioutb Wales.. .. . •
'.outh Yorksh. and River

ohaft., notn., and Goole,

South Division .
•Jtirling and Doffermline
•Atockton and Hartlepool
fall Vale .. • •
Taw Vale 81%231021
Thames Haven Dock and.
Railway •• •
ale of Neath • • •
Waterford and Kilkenny
Waterford and Limerick,
Waterford,Wez., Wick.

and Dublin .• • •
West Cornwall -- • •
Whitehaven and Farness
York, Newc., & Berwick
Oitto and Newcastle
Extension

Dirt;74.N.E. purchase,
gort awl North Midl=ll

Bcdf. & Bletch-1
Icy

Paid.

17%
100

(60
8 6 6

100
all
11 13 4
47%
100

100
4236

BOW-STREET,-!THIS DAY.)
Mr. Charles Nash, solicitor, formerly manager to the soli-
citors of the Great Western Railway Company, was brought
up before Mr. Jardine, on remand, charged with forging the
signature of Mr. Peter Hanystocke, of Wicklow, Ireland,
farmer, to a transfer of 196 shares in the Dublin and Wicklow
Railway Company, and further, with feloniously transferring
ten shares in the same company, the property of Mr. Michael
Kenny,of Dublin, builder. The main evidence for the prosecution
having been already heard, this day there was only the evi-
dence of Hanystocke's father, who proved that he saw his son
on the 18th May last (as deposed) sign a paper connected
with his railway shares, at the request of Mr. Nash, to whom
be handed the paper ,00igned. The witness knew nothing
of the nature of the paper. The shares had been transferred
to his son by Capt. Owen, the agent of Lord Courtown, who:is
this witness's landlord, for a farm of forty-nine acres. There
was nothing whatever paid by his son for the shares. Calls
had been paid on them by Captain Owen, and another call
was now made.

Mr. Peter Kelly admitted the signature shown him, but
said, when he signed, he thought it was a proxy paper.
Mr. Keane, barrister, for the prisoner, insisted that the
witnesses knew what they were signing, and alleged that the
prosecution was got up by the directors, with whom Mr.
Nash, IN ho was a large shareholder, had been long in litiga-
tion. The shares were of no value, and the parties wished to
get rid of them.—Fully committed.

GREEN WIC H ELECTION.
(THIS DAY.)
A little before eight o'clock this morning a vast concourse
of people, chiefly of the lower order, assembled at the hust-
ings at the corner of London-street, in High-street, Green-
wich, to witness the election of a Member of Parliament to
represent that borough. The nomination of two candidates
( Mr. Montagu Chambers, Q.C., and Admiral Houston
Stewart) took place yesterday, and has already been re-
poled. The polling commenced at eight o'clock, and
the hourly number of votes from Woolwich was tele-
graphed to ;the committee, which sat at the White Hart
Tavern, Greenwich. Admiral Stewart was the favourite; his
amount of votes far exceeding that of his opponent, as will
be seen from the following figures:—
The state of the poll at—
irm o'CLocK.
320
Admiral Stewart ..
211
Mr. Montagu Chambers

Majority for Admiral 5tewart......... 109

Tax o'CLocK.
Admiral Stewart 744
Mr. Montagu Chambers 428

Majority for Admiral Stewart 316
ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
Admiral Stewart 1,239
Mr. Montagu Chambers 648

Majority for Admiral Stewart
TwEr.vn o'CLocx.
Admiral Stewart
Mr. Montagu Chambers 7BB

Majority for Admiral Stewart
ONE O'CLOCK.
Admiral Stewart ..
Mr. Montagu Chambers ........... ..... ;

majority for Admiral Stewart ......
Owing to the delay in bringing the number of votes from
Deptford and Woolwich, the states of the poll were not
posted until an hour, or nearly so, after the calculations
were made.

M. JUSTICE PATTESON.-.—MT. Justice Patteson
will take leave of the Court of Queen's Bench this day on his
retirement from the bench, and will be succeeded by Mr.
Crompton, the newly-appointed judge, who will take the
place of Mr. Justice Patteson in the ensuing circuit.
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. VINCENT..--The directors of
the Royal West India Mail Company are about to presen
Mr. Vincent, the midshipman, with a handsome gold watch
DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL HEWES.—Lieut.•
Colonel Hewes, in the retired full pay of the Royal Marines,
died on the 2d inst.

.THE ARCTIC SEARCHING EXPEDITION.—A de"
cisme step towards the renewed search for Sir John Frank-
lin and his companions has at length been taken by the ap-
pointment of Sir Edward Belcher to the command of the
Arctic expedition. It is understood that the nominations
have included Capiain Kellett as the second in command,
and Captain M'Clintock, and Lieutenant Sherard Osborn,
late of the Pioneer, to one of the steam tenders.
Salmon fishing has commenced in the Scotch
rivers, but at present with very indifferent success.

4 2 0
100

Bunting. & Ox-
ford Juncion,
guaranteed • •
Do., without a
guarantee ..
Wolver.,
& Dudley, gua-
ranteed • •
Do., without a
guarantee • .
Ruckinglnunsh.
Clydesdale June
E. Lin., Guar. 6
Der Cent. ..
Gloucester and
Dean Forest
Hartlepl Dock r
and Railway
Hull sad Selby
Do. 54 Shares
Do. Si Shares
Leeds and Brad.
Lon. and Green.
Do., Pref.
Lowestoft, Gd. 4
per Cent.
De.. 6 per cent
Kiddlesbro' and
Redcar, 6 p. ct
N. & East, 6
per Cent. • •
Do., 5 per cent.
Do. New
Preston and S
Wyre •• •• t
Do.;( Shares A
Read., Guild.,
and Reigate ..
Roy. & Hitchin
to. Sbep. Ex • •
Shef., Roth. and
Goole, 5 per ct.
South Staifords.
Wear Val. 6 per
Cent. gua. • •
Do. do. ••
Do. do. • •
Wilts & Somers.

100
47%

Leasing
Companies.

3,4
26
1734
19
334

all
all
au
1
6%

Lon. & N.W.

Gt. Western

De

Do

Do • • •
Lon. & N. W.
Caledonian

IG. Northern

Gt. Western
Irk, New., j
and Bar.
Yk. & N. M.
Do
Do

Micnand
S. Eastern ..
DO

INorteLt • •
De .. ..

IfitocktAs Dui

E. Counties

Do
L. & N.W.I
8iL0../sY.J
Do ..

Paid.

S. Eastern ~
G. Northern

Lana. & York
Mr. M'Clean

Stock.& Dar.
Do .. • •
Do •• • -
Gt. Western

1811 6
9%

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