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he proposed, itherefore, to alter the law in this
respect to the extent he ha d stated.—(Hear, hear.)
He believed Ile had now g no through the main
features of the Bill which he 1 iroposed to lay before the
House. It appeared to him to be one that was consistent
with that whit h he bad frequently said they ought to
endeavour to fr time, namely, a supplemental measure to
the Reform Bill , and not a substitute for it.—(Hear.) He
bad devoted g teat atttention to this subject, it was
considerably E lore than thirty years ago since
he first tool it tIP, and it was nearly
30 years since ► he proposed the large measure
of reform wb ich 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, in
carrying a still larger measure of reform; and he was
happy to say, t' hat so far from fulfilling the warnings and
forebodings of its opponents.:the measure had tended to
promote the 1 sappiness of the people, and to increase
the liberty ant I dignity of the 'country, while it had in
no respect end angered the throne or any of the institu-
tions attache d to it.—(Cheers.) And he trusted
that by pro( teeding farther in the same direction,
and taking care well to measure their steps
in the advent n-ment they made, they would contri-
bute still further towards extending the happiness of the
the general prosperity of the
country, wdbiliei letrheeay sicg
would, tr the same time, be doing
the best tbit ig that could possibly be cL,s ired for
firmly upholding and maintaining the principles of the
Constitution.- —(Cheers.) He had little to say with
regard to tin two other Bills which wonid be intro-
duced
(corollary to the Bill which he now
proposed
in.—(Hear, hear.) One would
og
relate to Sc otland
as
ato br i
I and would make some provi-
sions for the I suppression of fictitious votes, while it would
likewise redone the qualification of the voter from 10/. to
51.—(Hear, h ear.) With regard to Ireland, this very
subject had so recently engaged the attention of Parlia-
ment in regard to that part of the kingdom, that it was
not necessary to detain the House upon that part of the
13111.—(Hear.) lie did not propose, however, to make
any alteration with regard to counties, but with
respect to ci ties and boroughs, he proposed to reduce
the qualificat ion of the voter irons at. Co 51, as there
was no doubt the present restriction had greatly and
seriously redeictd the number of electors.—(Hear, bear.)
He trusted w hen 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 Ithe education of the people. To his mind
this question of the franchise was not less important than
that other of extending the education of the people.—
(Hear, -earh a., He was convinced that after a measure
of this kind was carried, it would be the duty 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 one of the greatest
blessings that could possibly be conceived.—(Cheers.)
He believed the people were almost prepared for this,
and after due discussion he hoped some such measure
would be carried with general assent.—(Hear, hear.)
He did not propose now to enter further into this sub-
ject; he had stated the general views of the Govern-
ment upon the Bill which he proposed to bring in at a
time of tranquillity and peace; and he hoped it would
receive the saection of the Legislature, and promote the
happiness of the country.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. HUME considered that the present proposal
contained many be-re fiend points, but he was sorry the
Noble Lord had not the courage to do away with many
injurious restrictions which still remained. The
question of the ballot and triennial parliaments. As
a reformer he must express his desire to agree to
all the propositions which the Noble Lord had brought
forward, but he must still continue to ask for many
things which he had not done.
Sir J. WALSH could not but contrast the different
manner in which the present Bill had been received by
by the House with the excitement which bad drevailed
at the first Reform Bill, and he must draw the inference
that there was but little desire in the country for
an extension of the suffrage. He thought that the
Noble Lord in all his political career, had never incurred
such a deep responsibility as on the present occasion.
The Noble Lord had for some time supported the idea
that the measure of 1831 was to be a final one, and had
incurred much odium in doing so. Why then had he
incurred the danger of opening a question of such im-
portance. It was as the Noble Lord himself said, be-
cause no one asked for it. One result flowed from this
breach of finality that the ground from which he started
to propose the present Bill might be denied by those
who had formerly acquiesced. It was curious that since
the time of the Reform Bill the party of the Noble Lord
had never taken the reins of a strong Government, and
he could not sea that that was any advantage to a
country.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

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LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
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12 to 1 agNt Victress
14 to 1 agst Cogia
15 to 1 agst Hardwicke
16 to 1 agst Chieftain
PYLDE STEEPLECHA.SE.
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METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
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PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS•

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons• )
NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.

SATURDAY, FIRS 7.
The undernamed Bills are appointed to be read a second
time on Wednesday, Feb. 11 :
Barnsley Improvement, Police, Markets, &c.
Chester and Holyhead Railway.
Cheltenham Improvement and Health.
Glasgow Union Arcade.
Haw Bridge and Roads.
Liverpool Museum and Library.
Liverpool Corporation W.terworks.
Lockwood and Meltham Road.
Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly Drainage.
Macclesfield and Buxton Road.
Midland Great Western of Ireland Railway.
Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation Improvement.
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (No. 1).
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway (No. 2).
Portsea Gas.
Porthdinllaen and Nanthwynant Roads.
Romsey, Broughton, Stockbridge, and Wallop Roads.
Runcorn Improvement.
Shillingford, Wallingford, and Reading Road, and Shilling-
ford Bridge.
Southampton Corporation.
South Essex Estuary and Reclamation.
Tyne Improvement.

Con:easor
g
aesl Backbiter
CHESTER CUP.
2017 ttoo Etagg4stt Nancy
Merry Bird
5400
ttoo
50 to 1 agst C out of Duc-an-Dhurras'a darn
1,000 to 15 agst Truth
1,000 to 15 agst Unity

DERBY.
7i to 1 agst Robbie Noble
12 to agara s
agst
otour
14 to g
14 to 1 apt Clavcirhonse
18 to 1 agst Lapidist
20 to 1 apt Alfred the Great
23 to 1 agst Kingston
25 to 1 spit Honsebrewed

SEABORNE MAILS,
EN lignites that the mails are sent from the General pose
by the night—stud M by the morning—dispatch.]

(N alSnlaes that the malls are sent trout the General Post-oruce „,_ . r,, --- -
jur, EARGUS O'CONNOR AT THE LYCEUM
ay the night—end Mby the morning—dispatch.) TREATRZ.—On Saturday night an incident, which created
When made up in' From what
lion Mr. O'Connor, who has obtained some notoriety from
VS-
When some excitement in this fashionable place of amusement,
PLAC GeneralPest-ofilce port dill- due. ,
took place during the performance of The Game of Specula-
_._.
.......______m
London. patched.
______ ..
I his vagaries during the last week, was in one of the boxes
America (by Brit. pktON Feb. i 8
..
.. Liverpool - Arrived in the dress circle, and when the orchestra commenced on a
B.S. pkt.) N Feb. 10 .. .. Liverpool Feb. 19 portion of music incidental to the piece, he began hallooing,
pkt.) al Feb. is .. .. tiouthampt 'Feb. 14
Africa (West coast)• • _
Arnm,aeoriricca. (by U. 4.
N 14tH
of the month Plymouth 'Marco
. 3 and mimicking the music in so ludicrous a way, that the
aadience
Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover • • Feb. 18 were completely Plec tri fied, but the continued in-
Belgium - •• " N Daily .. .. . Dover .. Pail) terruption of the performance produced loud cries of •‘ Order"
Brazil .. • •• M 9th of the month Southampt.lFeb. 16 and "Turn him out." Sergeant Morton, 11 A, the officer on
Ruenos Ayres ••.. hi 9th of the month Southampt. 'Feb. 16 duty in the theatre, entered the box and requested him to
caufornia(viacharree)M 2d &I7th of month southampt. Feb. 6 desist, otherwise he should be obliged to remove him. Mr.
Cape of Good llope N 14th of month Plymouth • . March 3 ,-„- ,
kJ uonnor s reply was a blow on the officer's face, who im-
Constantinople* ••• • N 7th 17th 27th ef mo Dover „Feb. 10
U.S.
Central America •• H2d & 17th of men. Southampt. 'Feb. 5 mediately took him into custody, and conveyed him to the
Channel Isles • • - N Mon.. Wed., &Fri. anotkampt. Ta. Tb. Sat Bow-street station-house. The charge of assault was
Chth .. .. .. . M 17th of the month Southampt. Feb, 20 formally made, and Mr. O'Connor having pledged himself to
France • • •• M 41,N Twice daily .. .. Dover appear before the magistrates onMonday, was allowed to go
Greece* •• •••• N 7th 17th27th of mo Dover •• Fob. 10 away On being liberated he
made a second attempt to
Hamburgh •• •• N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tees. Sat.
Holland .. •• •• Al Wednes. & Satar. Louden .. mem.Thur enter the theatre, but was refused admission, and his money
Honduras •• •• • N 17th of the mouth Southampt. Feb. 20 returned to him.
Ireland •• -M $ s Twice daily .. Holyhead - Twicedaily
India (*llotaraeillee) N Sth& 24th efmonth Dover .. Twicedaily
India(*lsSeuthamP.) II 20th of the month Southarapt. Feb, 23 CARPETS FOR THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.
The firm of James Humphries and Sons, of Kidderminster,
Mediterranean (via , who supplied the carpets for the House of Lords some time
Southsur eton) .. .. Feb. 20
M2Oth of the monthlr3outhampt. Feb. 23
M editor' anean (via engaged for the
ago, have been very busily
Npaappalletates-* ....
Marseilles) ..
.. in making the carpets for the House of Commons. Forty
Mexico
••
'••hi2d of the month.. Southampt. Feb. b looms have been at work day and night since the commence-
Madeira -•••• it 9th of the month Southampt. Feb. 16 ment of December last. The carpets (Brussels) are of the
Malta* .. l' 17th 17th latti 27th
• • • 1 Dover Feb. 10 best description, not only with respect to the quality
they
ma-
*e it 30th of month
Nfith&24th of month Dover .. Feb. 20
terials employed, bat the superior manner in which ar
got up. About 7,000 yards have already been dispatched to
• • N sth 15th 25th m 1
f o Dover .. Feb. 12 and green being
reninsuiar.,
51,7 th 17th 27th of moSouthampt. Feb. 15 London, consisting of several patterns, red .
in
simple
Peru
."
•• •" •• Mil7th of the month southampt. Feb 2a by far the principal. Though they are exceedingly .
_-
Tuscany* ..
..
•• Nlsth 15th 25th of me Dover .. Feb. 12
N sth lath aath °free Dover • • Feb. 12 his set-
a/est Indies
..
SI 17th of the month Southampt. Feb. 20 bidden) ,there is a taste and beauty displayed which
west Indies (neept
dom found even where a greater varie _
• ty of more gorgeous
Havanna & Nassau) Oci of the month .. Smiths-RIK. Feb. 5 bey are morl-
* The man • colours are used. In addition to the above t
rinci
----, .0 those c ountries thus marked (5) are conveyed by design, and quiet in their colour (bright colours
.being for
wrench packet sa,, 34 eilie,a "V.R. " in the centre
The direct Havre mail from London via Southampton during this pally the library, bearing the initials of coloure,which
month will he made u,. three times a week only, instead of daily. of the pat. ern, surrounded by a combination
for which they
CilavolNTA.-51ailsto and from California, via the United States for beauty and design are worthy of the placee been already
are now dof 3,000 yards have
sexes established at
Watched and due by every American packa• • faarcetuinritnegndeth; buesptwvaerldvset pile for the Peers' rooms, P
—Yesterday morn-
made.— Worcester Chronicle.
--
11 ALL WAY SHARE MARKETS. in all the Roman Catholic places of
BRISTOL, FEL 7. ing pastorals were read .
tropol is and environs, and collections made
STOCK. Exctraleoe. —The share market was firm to- day. worship in the m
and it concluded
The transactions were as follow: Bristol and Easters, 86% for the support
"a d North Hyde. These documents emanated
Norwood .
—Great Western 88—Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, 92% al Wiseman and Dr. Grant. This being the first
—Midland Stock,' 57', • , from Cardin
Prelate had addressed the faithful f h 0 1 e
1 time the latter
ROMAN CA:MeoOrpanal:fooltr
of Southwark, some little excitement prevailed as
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 7
" diocese
STOCK EXCHANGE. There was an improved feeling ex- AbLoSth.
whether Dr. Grant would take the forhiddee title. The
hibited in the share m irket to-day, and a good business
has been done at advanced prices. The transactions were as with the words, " Given at Southwark, on the Feast of the
follow :—Eastern Counties, 7 7-16—Great Western, 87— Blessed Virgin, 1852. Thomas, Bishop of Southwark." The
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 63'?;4- Ditto, Fifths, 7 7-16 die.— astoral of Cardinal Wiseman recited his full titles at the
London and North-W, 117,. —Ditto New Quarters,
stern, ,a 'Outset. These facts will show that Lord ' Grey was in error
314 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 234 p.—London and South-Western, when he stated in the house of Lords lastweek
that the Ec-
-87 IA —Manchester Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 3044—Mid- to
oublect of the pastoral was purely pastoral,
clesiastical Titles Bill had had the
land, 573 i.
- • /4—South: Dover, 2U—York andtiorth
Eastern andßoman Catholic Prelates
Midland, 21:_14• the prohibited titles
ILLNESS OF M
BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 7. in- Scr,pe the R. POULETT SCROPE.—Mr. Poulett
STOCK Ex , 'of thshares of the pr a. , Hon. Member for the borough of Stroud, has
tltaarGE. Ile prices e h
the within the
cipal railways continue to be well supported, althougk
has last few days become so seriously indispesed at his
amount of business transacted throughout the wee
South residence, 13, Belgrave-square, as to create serious appre-
been very limited. Shrewsbury and Birmingliem and hensions amongst his friends. Ho has been for some time
and the
Staffordshire shares continue to be most in request,the a past an invalid, but continued to take out-doer exercise until
latter are consequentl becoming more scarce in, the market.the beginning of last week, when it was found necessary to
There was no hiainessynf any' importance done c ,
.'Change “'"'ltirille it, and he is at present c.onfined to his room. it
joap of the market wer. i- ,
t" (-11 V, end the quo -re at the c :Se r^ ° • ---:Ver hoped that when the weather becomes Ino7
otio aced in L',:zid,,;i' ~ '
~-,.•,, .—., Glint) as the morning Pricec nn--- ''` ' ' - -.---sy be cnenled. to ret23-;! hit c:f.rriv ti tings 4
--,....------—F----- .-,:'Mich 1:.,a7e hitb.f!et, -re,cinead r., a--,1 1. ,ndlei'':
. . - , '• of •
.d. It'giley ot Liao luil;•dia.4 g tah.,t.. , 1,. . e 4.1,e cuec,. sue Hon. k.te.g.,,••• .o. ciao, sq-ceented alit: ..o,eug.-
Joseph Roberts, ESC', has been left to the Royal Dispensary i Stroi,d since 1833, having been elected on the resignation of i
for Disease; of the tar, Doan- A-0.4 3°l2"cluare* i Ur. Ricardo, without opposition.—Advertiser.

PARLIAMENT AND THE PRESS. 1 THE CATASTROPHE AT HOLM
(From the Examiner.) FIR FH.
We have read the lessons taught to the press the other I HoLDIFIRTH, R W -ATURDAY.—e paid a second visit to
night in Parliament upon the subject of prudence, and I the scene of this appalling disaster yesterday. In the
are anxious to make an effort to redeem the character of morning the streets were in many parts impassable,
our misguided paper. We have been very rude indeed owing to heaps of wreck. The weever was compare-
towards M. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, against whom tivaly fine, and a genial sunshine lent, at intervals, its
we have pleaded the cause of abstract justice in a very aid to mark more distinctly the fearful desolation around.
unparliamentary manner. We ought to have seen humbly Thousands of visitors arrived durinc the day per ran-
that he is now a formidable potentate; and if he ever way to explore the valley, and learn for themselves the
was a criminal, which he may or may not have been, melancholy character of this sad disaster; and the whole
and which he may be or which be may not be, we ought route from Holmfirth to the reservoir, a distance of three
to know in humility what Boileau said in scorn, "Le miles, was thronged with pedestrians and parties in ve-
crime laureux Jut juste et ceases d'etre crime." The end, hicles. Never on any occasion was the romantic valley
personal aggraudiaemeht—justified the means, perjury, of the Holme trod be so many visitors, and although
murder, and pillage. We use these words, be it under- some of the groups might by their merriment appear to '
stood, in a sense strictly courteous and Parliamentary; be unmindful of the sorrowing thousands in that once
and with extreme respect for the exalted criminal, who happy and peaceful valley, yet from the countenances of
by such means may have only meant to appeal to the af- people generally it was easy to perceive that a deep
fections of a sympathising people. sympathy for the sufferers pervaded their minds; and
We are the more penitent when we look up from the that reduced as the wreck bad been since the previous
depths of our personality to the lofty position held by day, enough remained to fill the beholders with as-
papers sacred from all official or personal interferences, tonishment and awe.
and which have obtained an enviable eminence by their The day being flue, afforded a favourable opportunity
highminded kindness towards the eminent and dis- for a more minute examination of the Bilberry reser-
tinguished culprit whose respectability we have been voir than could previously be made. In addition to the
hitherto reluctant to acknowledge. We wish to assimi- description before given of this reservoir, it may be re-
late in character to the Morning Pest, which by its own cessary to give some little further explanation of its
testimony is shown to have " tullowed a plain and steady form and structure. It is a natural valley, formed by
course, with the conviction throughout that truth and three high mountain bluffs, in a forked shape; the two
justice must ultimately prevail in the public mind over streams which supply the reservoir unite at the short
falsehood and fury." The truth and justice constitute point in the centre, and then form one stream down to
the cause of M. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. The false- Holme-bridge. The reservoir is formed by damming up
hood and fury are the coarser attributes of the Times, the stream by an immense embankment, %laic!' crosses it
the Quarterly Review, the Examiner (we grieve to say lower down. It is this embankment which has given
it), and the whole press of England with some three or way, and, with the exception of a little on each side, it
four exceptions. But how bright, how dazzling is swept away almost to the base. The base corers a
these exceptions ! We look up, with an eager- large space, and if well wade with proper material,
ness yet hopelessness of emulation we can no would appear likely to sustain an immense pressure;
longer affect to conceal, to the pure and exalted regions but, to our unprofessional eye, the bulk of the material
or that upper air from which the Morning Post shines looked more like sand and rubbish than anything else
down upon the President benignly, into which the This embankment sloped from the centre elevation,
Economist pours forth its bold and inspiriting sentiments, which is sixty feet, down to the bed of the stream, on
where the Observer indulges an unfettered originality of each side, and its surface appeared to have been paved
opinion, where the Globe gives evening lessons in the with stones like a street.
art of polish and politeness, and through which The San In a conversation with a workman employed at Bil-
diffuses cheering rays of manly independence. Return- bery Mill. he stated that on the Wednesday he became
lug conscience-stricken to our coarser sphere, we cannot alarmed about the embankment, for besides being leaky
but feel humiliated and envious. Our censor the Post in places, the heavy rains had so filled the reservoir that
sets up a glass wherein we see ourselves. In the corn- the water overflowed the topmast part of the embank-
pass of one virtuous and indignant article we read of men'. If this be so, it is probable that the upper part
" unmeasured abuse and reckless slander," of " a fierce of the embankment being less firmly puddles' than the
and foul torrent of evil speaking," of offences against base, it has first given way, and then the remainder of
truth and decency, and 01 weakness, virulence, folly, , the embankment has been borne down by the gathering
vice, error, miserable fallacy, ineenniarisce, libel, im- fore, of the water behind. This is a matter which calls
pudeece, guilt, credulity, and falsehood, We plead f9r inquiry, as the water should not on any account have
guilty, and desire to amend. been allowed to gather to such a dangerous height.
Emulous ate we of the example of our friend the The Town-gat., iu flinetifiri his still partially blocked
Globe. The Globe admires the "measured and tempo- up with wreck, but considerable progress has been ma/i-
-rate tone of discussion which did so much honour to yes- d clearing the principal thoroughrarce, which are much
terday's debates." Our friend the Globe shrugs at the more passable than yeah rday. An engine-boiler still
misguided press, and says that they will never get up blocks up one of the arches of the bridge, and looms,
to the Parliament-cry style of discussion in newspapers cards re, timber, trees, and furniture, are still heaped up
till the public asks them for " such writings as men of together.
honour could sign." The writer in the Globe would fne lbw' `:all is used fur the reception of property
doubtless have been eager as a man of honour to recovered from various parts of the locality. The low
sign his name to that attack upon a profession which rooms are quite filled with bales of wool, pieces of cloth,
he dues his best to make us thoroughly ashamed to machinery. and other articles, from which men are en-
own. gaged in clearing the mud. The resident magistrates,
Now, if we could but write of the Prince President Jos. Charleswortb, Esq., Woe. Lee Brook, Esq., any
with the smoothness of a Globe, or the tranquillity of a Joshua Muorhouse, Esq., have been sitting all day at the
Post, we might get praised in Parliament. It is an ob- Town-hall, to take charge of any valuables that may
ject for ambition. Why should we disguise the fact that turn up, and render every assistance in their power.
we are envious? The Post and Globe took a magnani- These gentlemen within an hour after the sad camas-
mous pride, the day after the debate, in being excep- trophe met together in a dwelling-house, and at five
tions to the character of the press generally. We are o'clock adjourned to the Town-hall. Today they have
seizsd with a lunging to march through Coventry with been joined by Mr. George Armitage and Mr. Jos.
the Post and the Globe. Resolved to make at least one Armituge, from Huddersfield. They have sworn in a
start towards the more genteel society of our successful number of special constables, and taken other necessary
friends, our difficulty is how to begin. measures for protecting any property which may be re-
Would any member of the Government bestow upon covered on the line of wreck, and for rendering such
us and our effendiug brethren at the rate of six les- assistance to the sufferers as they are able. Yesterday
sons for a guinea some instruction in the art of writing afternoon Thomas Mallinson. Esq„ the constable of
prudent articles ? Mr. Hume has expressed the hope Huddersfield, accompanied by Messrs. William Winans,
that M. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, out of his great Isaac Hobson, and Charles Hirst, brought in a large
mercy, "- would look upon the press as a body of men quantity of wearing apparel, which they left with the
having a particular trade to carry on," and would under- magistrates for the use of those who are left entirely
stand, therefore, that that " they did not represent destitute of clothing. There are a great many persons
popular opinion." We should have thought that the ' in this predicament, and we are requested to say that
press, conducted as a trade, would trade by supplying parties from a distance who can spare articles of cloth-
articles of the kind most satisfactory to its customers. ing will render a real service to the distressed by for-
But it is clear that we are very stupid. or we should warding it to the magistrates.
more clearly understand the meaning of the Honourable The guardians of the poor have also been conferring
Gentleman. At any rate, as we have customers in Par- with some of the principal inhabitants as to the course
Delmont, we think it well, like good tradespeople, to they ought to pursue in this emergency, when so many
supply one article at least in our present number which are left entirely penniless, and who, it is to be feared,
can be highly recommended by Lord Derby, Lord Grey, cannot fur 801110 time again find employment in the mills
Lord Brougham, Lord J. Russell, and other distin- which have been damaged. 'The guardians in such a
guisbed members of the aristocracy. So to begin. case as this should deal liberally with the applicants for
But how to begin ? Still it is our difficulty. We are
relief, amino doubt they will do so.
so new to the vocation. We have been so long scene-
While on this part of the subject, we wish to put the
tomed to call vice vile that we feel a mauvaise honte— public upon their guard against impostors—persons who
not a real shame of course—over our first attempt at are already going about asking relief for sufferers with-
kissing carrion, at flattering filth, at doing it lip-service out any authority for so doing. A public meeting is to
while we loathe it in our hearts. For we do be held this evening for the purpose of raising a public
loathe it. Our eyes have not been favoured with subscription for the sufferers, which we cannot doubt
a drop out of Oberon's magic flower that we will be most generally and liberally responded to by
should be suddenly enamoured of the nearest ugliness. the public. In due course properly appointed persons
However, what we cannot yet do we may set ourselves will be authorised to receive donations; and in the mean
to learn; and the shortest road to a language—Tulle- time any of the magistrates mentioned above will be
mentary or other—is of course the writing of exercises. glad to receive anything which parties may wish to
So for an exercise we will take the language of the Noble contribute.
Lords and Gentlemen who censure us. All the sentences Since the catastrophe a considerable length of wall,
of our article shall be transplanted out of Parliament. supporting an embankment at the railway station, has
There was a time when wo should hardly have thought fallen down, owing to the injury received by the water.
of putting ourselves at the feet of such instructors. On examining some of the houses and buildings par-
There was a time, in our injudicious days when the tially thrown down, we found them to be anything but
suggestion of a journey to Sr. Stephens's for instruc- solid. They are built generally of stone got in the,
Lion might have made us laugh, and answer out of locality, and put together in irregular pieces, the in-
Lucian, "the famine will never be so great in Argos as terstices being filled up with loose pieces of all sizes.
to constrain the inhabitants to go and cultivate the de- These walls may be very firm from their thickness, but
Berta of Arabia." But now all times are changed. Now, judging from their structure, they strike us as being just.
probity is licence, and mystification may be sense. the sort of walling likely to be damaged by a Lod of
Here is our exercise, then, in which we will give water.
credit to each author we have studied for the contradic- Again referring to the destruction of life, we may
Lions due to him ; that is to say, by putting his opinions state that altogether 62 bodies have been recovered.
together, and parting them from those of his neighbours Mr. Beaton, the auperintending constable of the dis-
by a bracket to include his name. It is of course also trict, who has been incessantly at work making inquiries,
a portion of our exercise to translate the form of speech states that, so far as yet can be asceratained, one bun-
into the form of article. And so we begin our prudent dred and two persons altogether are missed, cOnse-
paper on the Prince President. quently forty have not yet been found. It is probable
that a number will be found under the ruins of tho houses
thrown down, so soon as the materials can be removed.
These sixty bodies, which have been viewed by the
coroner's jury, are lying at different public houses, and
some of them have not yet been identified, perhaps
never will, in consequence of the mutilation they have
undergone.
We annex an account of the
DEAD BJDIES FOUND.
At the Crown Inn, flolmti, th, there are seven bodies,
viz. :—Sidney Hartley, Charles Earnshaw, John Ashall,
and Margaret Ashall (husband and wife), Miss Sandford,
a male child (unknown), a young female (unknown).
At the Odd Fellows' Arms, Big Valley—Rose Charles-
worth.
At the Golden Fleece, Almondbury—Abel Earnshaw
(son of Enos Earnshaw), Jane Metterick; a boy, sup-
posed to be one of the Mettericks; a girl, about five years
of ago, supposed to be one of the Shackletons. r
At Jacob's Well Inn, Honley—Martha Hartley, C
Thorpe, Betty Ely, a boy about six years of age (un-
known).
At the Travellers' Inn, Honley—Mary Ann Hartley,
James Hartley, a boy about four years of age (unknown),
a gAirtl
tahbeonutoct hkrletle years of age (unknown).
Inn,
Honley—William Metterick, a girl
about six years of age (unkeown).
At the Ruse and Crown Inn, Thongs Bridge—Hannah
Bailey, a child (supposed to be Richard Shackleton), an
infant (born in the water).
At the Roy al Oak, Thongs Bridge—Joshua Earn-
shaw, Farmer Shackleton, a boy about two years old
(unknown), a girl about 2i years old (unknown), a girl
about six years of age, supposed to be the daughter of
Richard Hartley.
At the Waggon and Horses Inn, Holmfirth—A male
child about li- years old (unknown), a female about four
years old (uukuown).
At the George Inn, Holmfirth—Jonathan Crossland,
Joshna Crossland, Mary Helliwell, George Helliwell,
Sarah Helliwell, Elizabeth Helliwell, Ann Ile lwven
John Helliwell, a female (unknown.)
At the King's Head, Hinciecliefe Mill—Abel
shaw (a child).
klolnefirth—Ann
At the Elephant and Castle Inn
arsden,
William
Greenwood, James Lee, Joshua b6l- Earn-
Exley.
nolmfirth—Amelia
At the Shoulder of Mutton Ino
(
(unknown).
Fearne, Joshua Charlesworth, 82 eb
At the White Hart, Holnefirt 11unknown), two boys
Sandford's housekeeper, a woman Aran Crossland, Mr.
(unknown).
Brook, Hannah Brook,
Elizabeth Dodd, Martha Hinchnn
Booth, William Heeley, Betty en
Hinchcliffe Mill—James
At the New Inn,
e.

INQUEST ON THE DEAD.
Mr. Dyson, of Halifax, the district coroner, arrived
yesterday morning, for the purpose of holding an in-
quest on the bodies recovered. At three o'clock in the
was empanelled, and •
d. inspected thesixty
afternoon a jury
bodies lying in the vicinity, the inquiry having
been first formally opened in the Tuowleni-ahlal.
The CORONER (addressing the jury) said he was sorry
to have to moot tht-m on a melancholy occasion like the
present, when so much destruction of life and property
had taken pleee. But, looking at the confined place
where they resided, it was a matter of some suprise that
the destruction of lire
and property was not greater than
yet even it had been; as it was, it was very large, and
He
truly frightful. was sorry that a commuenetcation
of his respecting
the inquest had not !teen un-
derstood, as he had in consequence had to
wait for them since ten o'clock that morning.
He was sorry, not on his own account, but on
theirs, as ho should have to ask them to do some por-
tion of the w-rk they had been doing over again. Be
did not intend to go to into the evidence on that day, es
he did not consider that the public mind was at present
prepared for it, neither was it possible that the evideLce
required in the caao could be brought betore them in so
short a time. What he proposed to do was, to have the
reservoir examined by some competent engineer, with a
view to ascertaining whether there were any defects in
its construction from which this catastrophe might have
arisen, and also whether the rules and instructions given
by the engineer had been attended to. Probably, too,
Government might wish to send down an en-
gineer of their own. At least he should thick
it his duty to communicate a ith the Government to that
effect, in order that the Commissioners, or whoever they
were, who had the management of 'these reservoirs,i,y
might hav,i an opportunity ofgiving etch ex
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cessary for them again to view the reservoir itself, which
would require them to walk over the ground, and be