The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-05 00:00:00

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THE PROTECTIoNISTS.

TO THE EDITOR op
Sut,—My attention has been called SUN.
p:, the " declaration,.
agreed upon at a meeting of " the I,lt.2tional Association for
Protection," held in London on the
and recommended by them for the 9:l of December last,
consideration of the va-
rious Protectionist Associations throu eut
the country.
Now, Sir, will you allow me to trespj
tuipon your valuable
space, to offer a few observations to
others" to whom the above-mentioned " Farmers and
submitted for adoption ? There is not declaration" declaration" is
minded, nor a more honest set oft a more single-
English farmers; and no land, or people,i, than the
is this conviction that
more high-minded and honourable i2an produce
than our
landed proprietors; it
—that induces
me to address them to point out how
terested agitators for a return to Protectiogrossly the in-
them into a violation.of honesty and honour nWould betray
are for the most part irresponsible and svej These agitators
who by ingratiating themselves into are!), antish iobbers,
people," by their pretended patriotism,enabled of t)euntry
the imbecile of their families upon local sinenabled to pawn
out expense travel about the country in e
the tires' and with-
racter of delegates. But to the "declaration" ormpous dm-
full quotation)—the first clauses an assertion that
too long for
classes in the country are " in a state of deep and
almost all
depression ;'' this is a simple statement,
anad
d. dangerous
untrue, and therefore deserves no further co as simply
second is to the effect that the "disastrous comment. The
condition .t•
great interests is mainly attributable to free
trade,n o Ahesel
totally deny that free trade exists, or has
existed in twif
country, therefore no evils that are felt can be
attributable
s
to that system.
With the third clause I most heartily concur, viz ~ we
maintain the inalienable right of highlythe
.taxe"
d and
restricted British producer to just protection,,, &c. sfce
Mark the adjective just, but beware of seeking .
un-
just protection. It is true that the agricultural
producers are " highly.-taxed and restri
formed'" this de-
mands redress and adjustment, but
no ground
for desiring an unjust protection—the
d impost OR foreign
production sought to be re-establ.ishe is ;
pilandestly unjust—
as the price for which a production can be brought into a
market, is its true value, irrespective of who produces it.
Now, supposing the home prcdnce of an article cannot bring
it into the market at this rate, to have a profit; what is the
character of that Legislature which shall say to the consumer,
we know that the worth of this commodity is only 3
~,J _S.
per
quarter, but you must have it
_from our. home producers,
and because they cannot furnish fromith it at that rate,
for every quarter you purchas.e them, you shall
give them over and above its value 253 ? yet
this is exactly the etlect of protective imposts,
they do not make the foreign producer pay one shilling, but
compel the home consumer to give the home producer a sum
of money over and above the worth of the article of com-
merce. If you oblige me to buy. from one person an article
for 600., which another can furnish of equal quality at 855.,

if you are not actually a robber, are you not the eider and
abettor? This is the position in which the advocates of
protective imposts would place the Legislature, and it is the
more illustrious character of the robber himself into which
they would betray the agriculturist and farmer. Let honest
men ponder this well ere they give in their allegiance to a
system of protective imposts. The fourth clause, " affirms
that in the re-establishment of protection, no class of the
community is so deeply interested as British labourers," &c.
&c. Now, supposing it were the case, that the money price
of labour would be equally reduced, by a reduction of the
market value of commodities, as this clause would represent,
still I deny that the labourer's " social position would be ab-
solutely degraded :" would he not be able to obtain all the
comforts he had before, even though persons with " fixed in-
comes" should be placed in more easy circumstances?
But, under a just system of direct taxation, the labourer
would only have to pay about one per cent. for taxes, instead
of sixty per cent., which is taken from him by protective
icmompliosts
e7wan4dinidlairveectt, tapxayes
s; one wltilot
per cweintth., "infismtedeadinof
an infinitesimal fraction, as (in some cases) by indirect taxa-
tion ; consequently, under a free trade and direct taxation
system, the labourer's position, relatively, would be more
elevated than that of other classes of society. The fifth
clause is a complete misrepresentation, its purport being
"to affirm " that free trade tends to diminish the demand
for British labour—and gives as proofs, " the alarming ex.
tent of the desertion of their country by the industrious and
able-bodied , labourers," and " the deplorable condition of
Ireland," &c. There is no ground, however, for this affirma-
tion, even under the present unadjusted state of taxation;
there is as much labour employed in this country as at any
former period, nor is it true that there is any " alarming ex-
tent of the desertion of their country by the industrious,"
&c., as the census of 1851 proves, by showing about the
same increase of population as former periods. The condi-
tion of Ireland, arid the desertion of her "industrious ! ! and
able-bodied labourers," are all-sufficiently accounted for by
the dreadful failure in the potato crop, from which
that country suffered for a succession of years; and can
in no way be shown to proceed from free trade measures. The
sixth clause, being a kind of summary of the foregoing, re-
quires no further comment than to point cut the incompre-
hensible deduction, that by becoming dependent to a large
extent on foreign countries for food, " this country may ue
exposed, through a deficiency of home produce, to the evils of
scarcity, or even to all the horrors of famine," &c.,
&c.
There is nothing more in this " declaration" requiring no-
tice; 1 shall, therefore, not trespass further, than once more
to exhort the agriculturist and farmer to look at the ques-
tion before they commit themselves by action, lest they be
led to follow the well-known advice," Get money, honestly if
you can, but get it."—l am, Sir, &c.,
Feb. 2, 1852. AELLO.

BANKING INSTITUTE.
GOLD DISCOVERIES.
The third monthly meeting of the members of this society
was held on Tuesday evening, at the rooms in Threadneedle-
street; Sir Moses Montefiore in the chair.
Mr. DALTON, the hon. secretary, read a paper on the
probable effects of the recent discoveries of gold in California
and Australia. Mr. Dalton stated he was about to con-
sider the probable effects of the gold discoveries as regarded
the currency, the price of commodities, the rate of interest,
and fixed income. Some years ago there were very impor-
tant gold discoveries in Wicklow, and the peasants gathered
several thousand pounds' worth in a few months. The gold
discovered up to that time was worth about 10,0001., when
the Government took the matter in hand, and gathered 945
ounces, worth 2,567/. The cost of producing this gold, how-
ever, was 91. per oz., whilst it fetched on 31. 17s, 10d., so
the mines had to be abandoned. There could be no doubt,

however, that in California there was a regular gold district,
and its value was proved by the large amount already im-
ported from that place; and from the fecent advices from
Australia there could be little doubt that an equally valuable
district had been discovered in that country. There could
be no doubt that when the mines came to be worked by the
new companies with efficient machinery, the amount of gold
procured and exported would be much more than hitherto, I
and must have a material effect on the value of money. The
first question which arose was, whether the present supply of
gold would be continued—whether it would diminish or in-
crease ? And from all the information he could obtain from the
agents of the banks, and other parties connected with Austra-
lia, he had no doubt that the supply would be increased. The
first discovery of gold in Australia which excited any particu-
lar attention was in July last, and by the 3d of September more
than 100,0001. worth had been brought into Sydney. The
quantity of gold obtained from California last year had
amounted to about 20,000.000 dollars. The effects of the
receipt of large quantities of gold would, in the first in-
stance be, in his opinion, the increase of gold in the hands
of the Bank of England and the bankers, and the conse-
quent reduction of interest, which had already begun to take
place; in the next place, there would be an increase in
the price of commodities and the rates of labour; and in
the third place, reduction in the value of money and of
fixed incomes arising from the funds or other securities
bearing interest. The result of these effects would pro-
bably be the alteration of the standard of value to silver or
platinum—most likely the latter, as it was very scarce
—the greater portion at present coming from
Russia, though some of it had recently been found
in Australia. He thought it probable that the value
of a 51. Bank of :England note might, some
years hence become worth more than five pounds
in gold, and that the bankers would rather pay in that com-
modity than in their own notes. He believed that the price
of the funds and paid incomes must be decreased in value,
but the depreciation would be very gradual, and all that was
lost by the fundholder would be gained by the tax-payer,
and the burdens of the country press less heavily on the
people than they now did.
The paper was illustrated by the exhibition of various
specimens of the quartz, and lumps of almost pure gold,
valued at from 1/. to 130/. each, as discovered in California
and Australia, amongst which were portions of the pocket
or mass of gold, discovered near Bathurst, by Dr. Kerr,
valued at 4,000/., and consigned to Messrs. Matthiesne,
large portions of which consisted of nearly virgin gold.
At the conclusion of the reading of the paper, Mr.
TENNANT and other gentlemen spoke as to the value of the
specimens of gold produced, and the extent of the diggings.
Mr. TENNANT produced specimens of gold from Brazil in
1824, which gave rise to a mania in those days, and ex-
pressed his opinion that many of the gold companies now
forming would hereafter have cause to regret their specula-
tions. In Hungary and Russia the working of gold hardly
paid expenses. And during tire last four years, the gold
from Siberia had fallen off—the cost of obtaining it bear°.
about 225. for a pound's worth. From 3,010/. to 4,0001.
worth of gold was still annually collected by the peasants in
the Wicklew mountains, but the Government took no notice
of it, knowing that if they were to attempt to work the
quartz by machinery it would cost more than the value
of the gold. He believed from what he had heard,
and the specimens he had seen that
more valuable
that in Australia
they were daily throwing away articles
than the gold—some of the specimens having diamonds
mixed in with the gold. In 1824 the Brazilian gold mine
shares rose in two months in value from 501. to 1101., whilst
now they might be obtained for a few shillings. In Russia
platinum had been used as money from 1835 to 1844, but they
were forced to abandon its use in consequence of its scarcity.
e so f t
hEen gvlsalnude
worth3e2g'°oUlryeti.praodYuecaerdt morefrom
Indeed, there was no metal so scarce and valuable. The
mineralthaath reweeatlitmh
California; but the study of mineralogy was too much neg-
lected in this country. He thought it a disgrace to England
that she had possessed Australia so long without having
sooner discovered the extent of her mineral wealth.
Mr. CATHERWOOD, who is connected with the Mariposa
mines, said that the majority of the veins of gold he had
seen were only two or three inches in thickness, though
some of them were two or three feet wide. A great deal of
gold dust was found in the alluvial soil, beneath which was
a decomposed granite, very rich in gold. They were work-
ing the quartz with Cornish miners, whose earnings averaged
about 30s. per day ;:but there were from 18),000 to 200,080
persons engaged in the gold mining districts in California,
and he believed that their average returns were not more
than 7s. or Bs. a day.
Mr. 19 EWMARCH expressed his opinion that the quantity
of gold to be produced in consequence of the expense of
working would not be so great as to have any very material
influence on the currency for some years to come— only about
26,000,000/. sterling having come from California in four or
five years, of which something like 17,000,000/. had been
absorbed in the United States. .

Mr. GILBART agreed with the last speaker, that the
effect of the importation of the gold would not have
a very material effect on the currency, nor did he
think it would follow as a consequence that with
the increase of money the price of commodities
would rise much beyond their present value, with-
out the supply exceeded the demand, which he did not think
very likely to take place. As regarded the rate of interest,
he believed that the increase of money would affect it, as it
would also the price of share 3 and other money securities.
He thought the supply of gold might give rise to new chan-
nels of demand for it, which would prevent its affecting, to
any great extent, the currency.
After some further conversation, in which the general opi-
nion appeared to be in accordance with that of the previous
speakers, votes of thanks were: given to Mr. Dalton and the
chairman, after which the meeting separated.

INDUSTRIAL RELIEF OF HIGHLAND DESTITUTION.
—Yesterday a meeting of the Highland Industrial Relief
Committee was held at 18, Parliament-street, to receive the
report of the commissioner sent by them to investigate the
condition of the Highland peasantry, and to advise regarding
the appropriation of the funds that are or may be placed at
its disposal. Cluny Macpherson was called to the chair.
The meeting was also attended by Sir James Clark, M.D. ;
Colonel Sir Duncan Macdougall; Mr. Charles Forbes, of
Astown • Captain A. Macdonald, Mr. George Bain, Mr.
Charles 'Bond, &c. The commissioner having been gratui-
tously occupied since the 26th of December in examining
the condition and prospects of the destitute people in exten-
sive districts in the West Highlands and islands produced a
luminous report. Its principal features refer to the exist-
ence of severe distress among the Highland peasantry,
many of whom are living upon the charity of their poor
neighbours, to the inexpediency of eleemosynary aid, and
the inefficiency as regards permanent ameliorations of de-
sultory alms. The opportunity possessed by the Royal
Patriotic and Industrial Society of obtaining fair terms and
tenures for such crofters as they may be able to assist; and
the anxiety of poor women to stave off famine from their
doors by knitting, weaving, &c., were forcibly dwelt upon,
and a willing testimony was born ito their exempltheof
ence, and to their -general '
industry. The propos e
committee to forward money to responsible persons in h
destitute districts, and to give immediate relief in fair wages
for knitting, &c., had everywhere been hailed with grati-
tude and joy. Knowing that all the funds would be requirted
o sn
en]
st
43;hn
e rye-,
in setting e
.the plan of industrial relief in opehraou
one districts, ha abstained from raising P _
until the committee had more extensive means. in accord-
ance with the above suggestion, the treasurer was autho-
rised to exhaust the balance at the banker's by se
ed inding to
the destitute districts upwards of 2001., to be applin im-
mediate relief; and arrangetoents were made for opening a
depot in London for the Babe of goods received in return.
Pasteboard r manufacturer,
fl flames
e.s
Bankers, Messrs. Smith,
Puma YEsTERDAy.--Yestarday morning, Et a few
Payne, and Smith.
minutes after two o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises
belonging to
aMcr:itJyapmoelisceE.ne
at No. 23, Budge-row, Cannon-street, City. The discovery
was made by gf.onlisstba'blpeawsthebo
in the second floor warehouse. The constable raised an im-
mediate alarm and sent for :proper assistance. The flames
continued to spread until the roof fell in, and the main body
of flame continued to extend until the several floors were
either burned out or most severely damaged. As to the cause
of the fire nothing is known. A short time previous to '
end Old-t•awn. Considerable
_ damageo
was
above odtbreak a very sei ions fire took place on the premises the
ds was insitred in the
belonng to Mr. G. A. Richards, cabinet maker, N.
done. Welts
the premises in the London fire-office. Royal Liverpool, and
thireert.e
jolhilse-r
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.--The - ILWAY.—The stand-
ing orders were complied with in this case
pany further powers to adj Ist share .to grant the com-
debt. The financial declar at- • c.apital and mortgage
ion in evidence set forth that
the company have a free mar l
and that the work, at pas revenue fund of 43,0874,
new
o it, cost of 5,000/., will be defrayed
there Out.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings .of the Rouse of Commons.)
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4;
PUBLIC BUSINESS.

Resolved—That in the present session of Parliament all
orders of the day, set down in the order-book for Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays, shall be disposed of before the
House will proceed upon any motions of which notices shall
have been given.
Resolved—That at the time fixed for the commencement
of public business, on days on which orders have precedence
of notices of motions, and after the notices of motions have
been disposed of on all other days, Mr. Speaker do direct the
clerk at the table to read the orders of the day without any
question being put.
Resolved—That the orders of the day be disposed of in the
order in which they stand upon the paper; the right being
reserved to her Majesty's Ministers of placing Government
orders at the head of the list, in the rotation in which they
are to be taken on the days on which Government Bills have
precedence.
Resolved—That no notice shall be given beyond the
period which shall include the four days next following on
which notices are entitled to precedence; due allowance
being made for any intervening adjournment of the House,
and the period being in that case so far extended as to in-
clude four notice days falling during the sitting of the
House. _ .

Resolved—That the House do meet every Wednesday at
twelve o'clock at noon, for private business, petitions, orders
of the day, and notices of motions, and do continue to sit
until six o'clock, unles previously adjourned.
Resolved—That when such business has been disposed of,
or at six o'clock precisely, notwithstanding there may be
business under discussion, Mr. Speaker do adjourn the House
without putting any question.
Resolved—That whenever the House shall be in Com-
mittee on Wednesday at six o'clock, the Chairman do im-
mediately report progress, and Mr. Speaker do resume the
Chair, and adjourn the Rouse, without putting any question.
Resolved —That the business under discussion, and any
business not disposed of at the time of such adjournment, do
stand as orders of the day for the next day on which the
House shall sit.
Resolved—That when any Bill shall be presented by a
Member, in pursuance of an order of this House, or shall be
brought from the Lords, the questions " That this Bill be
now read a first time," and " That this Bill be printed,"
shall be decided without amendment or debate.

Resolved—That the Committees of Supply, and Ways and
Means, shall be fixed for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,
and for any other day on which orders of the day shall hav
precedence of notices of motions, of which notice shall haye
been given on the preceding Friday.
Resolved—That when a Bill or other matter (except
Supply or Ways and Means) has been partly considered in
Committee, and the Chairman has been directed to report
progress and ask leave to sit again, and the House shall have
ordered that the Committee shall sit again on a particular
day, the Speaker shall, when the order for the Committee
has been read, forthwith leave the Chair without putting
any question, and the House shall thereupon resolve itself
into such Committee.

Resolved—That at the close of the proceedings of a Com-
mittee of the whole House on a Bill, the Chairman shall re-
port the Bill forthwith to the House, and when amendments
shall have been made thereto, the same shall be received
without debate, and a time appointed for taking the same
into ccnsideration.

NOTICES OF MOTIONS GIVEN ON TUESDAY.
Lord SEYMOUR gave notice that he should on Friday
next bring in a Bill for the better supply of water to the
metropolis.
Mr. WILSON PATTEN gave notice that on Monday
next he should move the appointment of the following Com-
mittee on Standing Orders :—Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Ord,
Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Greene, Sir John Yarde Bailer,
Mr. Aglionby, Captain Jones, Mr. Home:Drummond, Mr.
Wrightson, Mr. Evelyn Denison, and Mr. Henley.
Mr. MILNER GIBSON gave notice that on Tuesday,
Feb. 10, he should introduce a Bill to establish county finan-
cial boards for the assessing of county rates, and for the ad-
ministration of county expenditure in England and Wales.
Mr. MITCHELL gave notice that on Thursday next he
should move the renewal of the Select Committee of last ses-
sion, appeinted to inquire into the constitution and manage-
ment of the Board of Customs.
Mr. AGLIONBY gave notice that on Thursday next he
should bring in a Bill to effect the compulsory enfranchise-
ment of lands of copyhold and customary tenure.
Mr. THORNELY gave notice that on Thursday next he
should move the appointment and nomination of the fol-
lowing Select Committee on Public Petitions :—Mr.
Thornely, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, the Earl of Arundel and
Surrey, Captain Jones, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. BrDtherton,
Lord Alfred Hervey, Mr. Scott, Mr. Carter, Mr. Clements,
Mr. Lushington, Mr. Duncan, Sir Charles Douglas, Mr.
Adderley, and Mr. Owen Stanley.
Admiral BOWLES gave notice that on Thursday next he
should move " That an humble Address be presented to her
Majesty, praying that orders may be given for a return to
this House of the number of days the squadron at Lisbon,
under the command of Commodore Martin, has been at sea
for the purposes of instruction and exercise in naval evolu-
tions, during the years 1850 and 1851, distinguishing the
two years, and the names of the ships so exercised."
Mr. WHITESIDE gave notice that ho should on Thurs-
day next ask the Secretary of State for Ireland whether he
has prepared any measure to reform the system of forming
juries in Ireland.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
Motion made, and Question put, ~ That no new Vote for
Public Money, if opposed, be taken after twelve o'clock at
night." The House divided :--, _
MINORITY—AYES, 64.
Anstey, Thomas C. Fox, W. J. Mowatt, Francis
Bathe, H. J. Gibson, T. M. O'Connor, reargus
Baird James Goold, Wyndham Pilkington, James
Barrow, W. H. Grace, 0. D. J. Power, Dr.
Bass, M. T. Grattan, Henry Power, Nicholas
Bell, Jacob Greene, John Roche, E. B.
Blair, Stephen Gwyn, Bowel Scholefleld, William
Bremridge, Richard Hardcastle, J. A. Scobell, Captain
Bright, John Harris, Richard Scully, Francis
Brotherton, J. Henry, Alexander Sibthorp, Colonel
Clay, James Heyworth, L. Sidney, Alderman
Clifford, H. M. Hindley Charles Smith, John B.
Cobden, Richard Horsman, E. Spooner, It.
Collins, Thomas Jackson, William Sullivan, Michael
Cowan, Charles Keogh, William Thompson, Colonel
Crawford, W. S. Kershaw, James Walmsley, Sir J.
Dawes, Edward Locke, Joseph Williams, John
D'Eyncourt, T. Long, W. Willoughby, Sir li.
Duncan, George Lushington, C.
Evans, Sir De Lacy M'Gregor, John TELLER.
Evans, John Meagher, Thoria3 Hume, Joseph
Ewart, William Marshall, J. G. Williams, W.
Fitzroy, Hon. H. Milligan, Robert

Abdy, Sir T. N.
Adderley, C. B.
Bailey, Joseph
Baines, M. T.
Baring, Sir F. T.
Barrington, Viscount
Berkeley, Admiral
Berkeley, C. L. G.
Birch, Sir Thomas
Booker, T. W.
Bouverie, B. P.
Bowles, Admiral
Boyle, Colonel
Bramston, T. W.
Bruce, Lord E.
Bulkeley,Sir R. B.
Buller, Sir Y.

MAJORITY—NOES, 146.
Freshfleld, J. W. Naas, Lord
French, F. Ogle, S. C.
Fuller, A. E. Ord, W.
Gallwey, Sir W. P. Peelle, C. W.
Galway. Viscount Paget, Lord A.
Gordon, Admiral Palmerston, Vis.
Graham, Sir James Parker. John
Greene, Thomas Peel, Frederick
Grey, Sir G. Pendarves, E. W.
Grey, Ralph w. Pennant:Colonel
Hanmer, Sir Johia Pinney, William
Ilardinge, C. S. Price, Sir R.
Harris, Captain I Prime, Richard
Hastie, Archibald Pugh. David
Ileadlam, T. E. Roebuck, J. A.
Ileneage, G. H. Hominy, Colonel
Henley, J. W. Russell, Lord J.
Herbert, Sydney Seaham, Viscount
Hodges, T. L. Seymour, Lord
Hope, Sir J. Somerville. Sir W.
'Wiliam, Lord Sotheron, T. 11.
Howard, Lord E. Stafferd, Augustin!
Howard, C IV. G. Stansfleld, W. R.
Hudson, G. Staunton, Sir.G.
Hughes, W. B. Strickland, Sir G.
Jermyn, Earl Strutt, E.
Johnstone, Sir J. Sturt, Henry G.
Johnstone, James Thompson, Alderman
Labouchere, Henry Thornely, T.
Langston, J. H. Townshend, Capt.
Lawley, B. R. Trelawny, J. S.
Lennox, Lord H. G. Trollope, Sir J.
Lewis, G. C. Tyler, Sir G.
Lindsay, Colonel Vane, Lord H.
Lowther, Colonel Vivian, J. H.
Mackenzie, W. F. Waddington, 11. S.
Mackie, John Wall, C. B.
Mahon, Lord Walpole, Spencer
March,:Earl of Walsh, Sir J. B.
Matheson, Colonel Willcox, Brodie
Melgund, Viscount Wilson, James
Miles, P. W. S. Wilson, Matthew
Milner, W. M. Wood, Sir Charles
Milnes, R. M.
Wood, Sir W. P.
Wyvill, Marmaduke
Mitchell, T. A.
Molesworth,Sir W. young, Sir John
Moncreiff, James
Turmas.
Mostyn, E. nayter,:W. G.
Mundy, William Bill, Lerd Marcus
Murphy, F. S.

Sunbury, E. U.
Burghley, Lord
Campbell, W. F.
Cardwell, Edward
Carew, NV. 11. Pole
Carter, J. B.
Cavendish, G. U.
Cayley, E. S.

Chart eris. Francis
Childers, J. W.

Clerk Sir G.

Clive, 11. B.
Cocks, T. S.

Colebiooke, Sir T.
Compton, 11. C.
Dalrymple, Captain
Denison, J. E.

Divett, Edward
Dod, J. W.

Douglas, Sir C. E.
Drummond, Henry
Duckworth, Sir J.
Duke, Sir James
Dundas, Sir David
Dunne, Colonel
Egerton, W. T.
Ellice, Edward
Elliot, John E.
Estcourt, J. B. B.
Euston, Earl

Fergus, John
Floyer, John
Forster, Matthew

CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held
yesterday at Lansdowne-house, Berkeley-square, the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne being indisposed with an attack
of gout.
The Council was attended by Lord John Russell,the
Lord
Chancellor -
Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of minto
Sir George Grey, Earl Granville, Earl Grey, the
of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, the Right Hon Fox
Maule, the lad of Carlisle, the Right Hon. Henry Labou-
chere, arquis of Clanricarde, and Lord Se
Council h
sat Marquis of Clanricarde, and Lord Sey '° Labou.
Council at two hours. Yal°lll. The

CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER.-ou_ Tuesday evenin
Mr. W. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, and ao jut?, held aninquest, at the Kingston union workhouse, u
living b od
ao
tf Stephen Lawrence, aged 48, a ballast-heavepr, ilate
Thames Ditton, who, it was alleged, had died in that house
of wounds received by being thrown against a 4, settle" in
th
h e taproom of the Crown and Anchor at Long Ditton, by
Tomas Slyfield, a bricklayer, 'who is now in custody. Mr.
Guy, of Hampton-wick, solicitor, attended to watch the case
for Mr. Payne, the landlord.
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returned a verdict of manslaughter aag
CURIOUS CASE OF FORGERY.—A young man
named John Burton was examined at the Liverpool police-
court yesterday upon the charge of forging an acceptance to
a bill of exchange for 1911. The prisoner represented him-
self as having been engaged in the malting business. In
August last he was in Denbigh, North Wales, where he pur-
chased two horses! Ho app
tions with an innkeeper ears to have had some transac-
tions of the town, Mr. Edwin Hughes.
who, on one occasion, he observed to place some money in a
cash-box. In a few minutes after this he proposed to
give Mr. Hughes 101. for the cash-box with its con-
tents, whatever might be the amount. Mr. Hughes as.
seated, and the cash-box was handed over to Burton. There
proved to be within the box between six and seven pounds
in cash and some memorandums, among which was a bill
drawn by Menders and Co., porter brewers, of Dublin,
on Mr. Edwin Hughes, for 191/. The bill was, however, not
accepted. About five o'clock on the afternocn of Saturday
Burton called upon Mr. Ashe, spirit merchant, of South
Castle-street, Liverpool, to whom be presented the bill to be
cashed, but he was told it was not accepted, and therefore
not negotiable. At the same time an accepted bill was shown
to him, as he appeared ignorant of the required form. Two
hours after this Burton presented the same bill, now pur-
porting to be accepted by Jonathan Hughes, of Denbigh,
to Mr. Roberts, tea dealer, Royal Dank-buildings. The ac-
count he then gave of himselt excited Mr. Roberts's suspi-
cion, and he was handed over to the police. Yesterday Mr.
Jonathan Hughes, who is the father of the original possessor
of the cash-box, proved that the acceptance was not exe-
cuted by him, as it appeared to be. Burton was therefore
committed for trial.
A Chamber of Commerce has been established by
the manufacturers in the Potteries. One of its objects will
be to settle disputes between employers and the employed.
The Justice Department of Darmstadt has issued
an order forbidding the advocates to wear the moustache. At
the last sitting of the Court of Assize a counsel appearing
with the prohibited appendage, the judge refused to hear him,
and the case was postponed till another advocate could be
found to conduct it.