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TRUSTEES..
4ent Honourable theesty Lord Vises ant Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C.,
oT.P troller of her Maj's Bouseh old.
r• a:eneral Sir W. Clayton, Bart., 79, Gloucester-place, Port-
z. 04 square.
_ries Price, Bart., Banker, London.
The
It7ral Ayscough, Prospect Hoe se, Southampton.
CHAIRMAN..
ght Ron. the Lord Viscount Dr umlanrig, M.P., P.C., Comp-

• troller of her Majesty' s Household.
DEPUTY-CHAIR MAN.
George Coode, Esq., Victori.s- street, Belgravia.
CONSULTING ACIVARY.
Francis G. P. Nelson, F.L.S.
• C STANDING COM MEL.
44,,,r0Wder, Esq., Q.C., M.P., Rem der of Bristol, Counsel to the
km-,l2tltY. and Judge Advocate of the Fleet.
eg.ris. Esq., Q.C..,M.P., Lincoln's-inn.
to`ef Office, No, 18, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London.
tls 4t114,,,448 granted at 5 per cent. on real or personal security.
.ities on most favourable terms. Diseased lives and lives de-
" Fe 42. bY other offices accepted at equitable rates.
Prospectuses and further informu.tion apply to the agents in
-4lutry, or to C. W. Bevan, 11,sident Secretary.
N$ Agents wanted in all parts of the United Kingdom.
Life Assurances effected on the ordinary plan.

" STIRRING TIMES."
4 1 1 i E Cattle Show is attracting thousands from
`eg thet Country, but none should leitzse,ithEeisCiritwituthsr4t, iinespseectw-
vki, • Item and Sox's gigantic
.DRi .
%p-street and Aldgate, and Mtnorci;s: where every fashionable
eitmef ATTIRE for LADIES and ,ENTLEMI..N may be pur-
re charged elsewhere.
117 at considerably lower prices the
Ilss,, te,,?colness of Russia and the enthusiasmia
no
fwTiusbrkteey
her f',. ' stirring times," on which we he.,ve willcalculate3et gfuhie.
~,,et if th money
401 'gall, if is scarce and provision dear, none_willbe the
a_ The eY Purchase all their AI TIRE at E Mons and Sox's.
'del "rPoration reform may create
,a " stir" rather hostile to the
t advantageous to the pub-
t. Who
of" Gog and Mazogi
f ebfovirm in the style and price of
I!tg have long felt the
1... 41• Y POtronis.ng thebrltetaafibtlioshment of E. MOSES and Sox.
te
The colonists are determined 1
lsm ,::"fig Times" in Austra .
llsothefo hundred thousand pounds to -ssist emigration, and if t ie
',,tke mft. celintry does not take care of her cheicrkebenassitehgeyczarieFfolrTtsakaiendg
Im...4,oTilt,rhetnselves, which is best done by P
-.Wm.-4-'IG of the most suitable and saleable kind at E. Mom and
sikkl.tgottr.thlt Times" are most felt and bestmaneaagteadblihabymEee.
'tit .2'. from the vast accommodation of their establishments, from
Nmt-'l3loYfrient of the greatest number of the
4 and
t to negeui itselmi ervi
end from a system of experienceiptaun et
u aml lotsyt,
.tbd tioLevery department Clothlng, I , Caps, Furs, L ADIES'
y, Baoots and Shoes, &c., &c.
Rr
Jae tbyy
than ever distinguished for
ttate,;I„..s4a'II.biINLs'ESONIA)RTIaET!4mI.ReFE-;:ep' prepared ft r the ensuing vacatvioa
Th_tt, diirability and cheapne.s.
47;7 Wholesale De
Eilii4t.erlY other establishment.
Department offers greater advantages than are
lata %rants are furnished with full lists of OUTFITS for LADIES
uard the
..._eAI4I,TI,LMEN, also with ship-sailing information, post free.
4'4'111 ".°N—E. it OSES and SON revet having tod gsreln.:ike
4.l4v?,,nainst impoion having learned that the untra e
the saw of ~ Being connected with heir Establishment," or. " It's
%and for
%NZ, concern," has been resorted to in many instances,
No ea.leaselas, they beg to state that they have
-,,f4extox WITII ANT °Taft ROUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON,
I.L_Pb., do,,,et
,ePt their own Establishments, as follows
',,%5,,b.,,, nf,.EY Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, aTinories, 83,
(.ohd--:-Lo, Aldgate opposite the Church, all communicating. _
AN?" west-end 11'ranch, 506,507, 541 a, New Oxford-street, 1, 2
kadro3,4l-lart-street, all communicating.
them ~, !Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street
olc,,,Z`;` zranch. 36 Farwate.
,„ J11er,,,,.' Rranch, Ni•lhou ne, Australia.
..Ilp, ,aant rano.
Clothiers, Hatters, flosiurs, Furriers, Boot and
/Ira kers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
',..lkelilt,TAlTT.—Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be
Zditot4. if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned
l'ilee, , e4ltation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest
The which no abatement can he made.
tatur e'stabli I,
daym w,s ments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on
LII A new ,4 nen businessis resumed till 12 o'clock-
Tan liZeeks Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain-
--"qtabserhoic:afriePriFereasn,ealouur.-system off self.measurcment, &c., &c.,
10 p en aPplication, or post-free.
Qui at parla Itallano.
matt Deutsch. Aqua se liable Espano

MEDICAL ADVICE O
YOUTH AND N THE M
SEATURITCRET INFIRMITIE% OF
Y.
DR. SAMUEL LA'AtERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of
Edinburgh, Honorary Member of thc London Hospital Medical
Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &e., &e.
MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on
the various disorders of the nervous and generative system,
resulting from juvenile Irregularities and excesses, which have pro-
laced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema-
ture decay at all staces of life, than perhaps any other class of dis-
eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience
in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist-
ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in
existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous
Debility, various torms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitflad Marri-
ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their
endless modifications owo their almost entire origin.
It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are
principles of personal management which cannot be violated without
incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed
the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties
may be mitigated, how the Mint of their bitterness may be removed,
and how the evil and its consequent es may be avoided, and above all,
that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional
derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure.
DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged
In an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com-
plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless
of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had
the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct
attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is
free. In selecting thi, department of practice, he has been amply
rem arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the
treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the
care of unqualified and ignorant empirles, who, with their pirated
publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues
of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who
have been induced to place faith in their pretensions.
At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from
-it; till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 11., and advice and
medicines can he forwarded to any initials or address.
It is desirable thrt patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT
should first obtain a copy of his work on
SELF .PRESERVATION.
A Medical Treatise or, the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and
Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des-
cribing in detail the various disorders resulting Irons secret habits and
excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in theE correct
description of their CA,,,S, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in nglish,
French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper
Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street;
Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titehhorne-street, Haymarket; or free
by post for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Authors reg.
dente, 37, BEDFORD•SQUARE LONDON.

TRADE OF NOTTINGHAM.-A good stroke of business
has been doing since our last in all branches of the lace
trade, with the exception of the black silk department.
The Americans are leaving this country, having made
extensive purchases, or rather leaving large orders for
goods which are not yet made, so that there is every
probability of the hands being tolerably well employed
for some time to come. There have been several German
buyers also in the town who have bought pretty freely.
The shipping houses are also doing more business than usual
at this period of the year; and are looking forward to the
conclusion of the year in the full anticipation of better
prospects opening up when the manufacturers have
ascertained the position in which they stand. They are
already beginning to take stock, and this proceeding
will occupy this week and next. The workpeople en-
gaged in the warehouses are in the meantime more fully
employed than they have been for some considerable
time past. The hosiery trade has experienced quite as
great an improvement as the lace department--orders
have been coming in freely—especially for the better
classes of goods. The common goods, particularly
roundabouts, are not so much inquired after ; and it is
thought by the manufacturers that the demand in this
branch wiil not in future be so extensive as it has been,
or as originally anticipated.—Nottinghamshire Guardian.

The royal Commissioners apps to inquire into the
state of the City corporation re:ailiembled again at the
official residence of the Premier Yesterday, and resumed
their investigations, Commistiloners; present :—Right
Hon. II Labouchere (the chaff n)
Sir John Pat-
teson, and Mr. Cornewall Lewis. e first witness ex-
amined at this sitting was
Mr. Joseph Lawrence, who statett--I am a stock-
broker in the city of London, iii4arry on business
under a license from the corporationi • The business of
the stockbrokers in the City is regulated by a committee
of the Stock Exchange. The regulations are very strin-
gent. Every member must find heavy securities, not
only to provide against cases of default, but as to his
general character. Every sworn,,broker has to take up
his freedom and pay a certain fine to the City ; and he
has on admission to execute a hiondr binding himself
only to carry on his business during the pleasure of the
Court of Aldermen, and likewisq. to keep his books in
a form which that Court prescribes. The restrictions
imposed by the corporation are vaxatious, inconsistent
with the spirit of the age, and iigmical to the freedom
of trade. The City's regulations ftre, however, almost
completely in abeyance. The annual ,pyment exacted '
by the corporation from each broker is-51; but, by the
City having also the power of admitting worn brokers,
they oblige the brokers in the firtit instance to take up
their freedom, which entails upon thein considerable
additional expenses. Until lately tke brokers could
not obtain their freedom except; thigh connection
with one of the trading companies City. One of
my own partners, on taking his freedon4 had to pay in
fees to the town clerk, 18/. ; chamberlaqs fee, 81. 14s.
6d. ; and in addition to this a further sumpf 31/. 12s. 6d.,
and,.all this as expenses for taking up his freedom
through the Wheelwrights' Comp` (which he selected
as being the cheapest). Thus her could not act as a
stockbroker until he had paid 581. 75., as preliminary ex-
penses, to make himself a freeman df the Wheelwrights'
Company, his admission to which also involves a liability
to all the services connected with the City companies.
Another of my partners had to pay a still heavier sum
for admission to the Worshipful Company of Painters ;
and one result of the necessity of his joining that com-
pany was that he was compelled to act as master of the
Painters' Company at the very time when he was fulfil-
ling the duties of the office of chairman of the Stock Ex-
change. There are more than 400 sworn brokers on the
City's list, paying St. a year each, and yielding alto-
gether 1,0001. a year, over which the Court of Aldermen
have entire control. The City requires a broker to enter
into a security in his own name of 1,0001., besides find-
ing two other sureties of 2501. each ; but the characters
of these sureties are not examined or inquired into by
the City, and the regulation, therefore, affords no secu-
rity whatever to the public. The real security is
afforded through the stringent regulations of the com-
mittee of the Stock Exchange itself, to which I
have referred. This committee requires the mem-
bers of the profession to find substantial and bona
fide securities, who are generally other members of the
Stock Exchange themselves, and there is never a case
of default occurring which is not strictly inquired into
by the committee. I hold that the City's claim to the
yearly fine paid by the stockbrokers is illegal, inasmuch
as the only act under which it is pressed to be levied,
viz., the 6th of QueeneAnne, does not include stockbrokers
under the definition of " brokers," who are described in
the act as persons dealing in "goods, wares, and mer-
chandise." Government annuities are a kind of property
which was not in existence at the passing of the act of
Queen Anne, in 1707 ; and I believe the rule of law is
to construe a penal act, such as this is, strictly. It may
be thought presumptuous in me to challenge the legality
of the City's exaction, because the Court of Queen's
Bench has decided in favour of the, right of the City in
the case of Clarke v. Powell. What, however, I con-
tend is, that the claim is at least one of doubtful legality.
The statute of the 6th of Anne was passed simply for
the purpose of providing compensa.tion for an abolished
office with a salary of 3001. a-year attached to it ; and,
looking at the fees which have been exacted from the
brokers since the passing of that statute, it is manifest
that all claims for compensation must have been satisfied
a century ago. Calculating the amount exacted from
each broker at the low average of 301., this gives a total
of 12,0001. levied in fees from the whole 400. To this
day it is still necessary for a stockbroker to take up the
freedom of the City, and my own freedoni cost me 12
guineas. The bond which the City require swore brokers
to enter into is considered degrading by men occupying
the position of broker to the Bank of England, or to
Coutt's or Drummonds's. They have to engage not
to carry on their business except during the pleasure
of the Court of Aldermen, and to vfitar a badge with
their name and number upon it, like ktoniron cabman.
They are liable to a fine of 1,0001. if they -do not com-
ply. These regulations, however, are not eliforeed ; but
it is humiliating to have to enter into a hem), to be sub-
ject to such degrading conditions. Mr. Lawrence con-
cluded by stating that he attended before the commis-
sioners in accordance with the wishese9/ certain influen-
tial members of the &oar/In:hang°. f
The next • witnessexamtned was.

The Rev. Mr. Dalton, rector of Lambeth, who stated
that great injury was caused to the poor whose dwell-
ings abut upon the river between the Archbishop's
Palace and Vauxhall-bridge, in consequence of the
periodical overflowing of the Thames. The city of
London, as the conservators of the Thames, had not, to
his knowledge, done anything to rake the banks of the
river in consequence of these floodngs. The misery
caused to the poor, and the injury sustained by pro-
perty in Lambeth by the high tides were unknown be-
fore the building of the new Londor-bridge, and it is
therefore argued by some that when the City rebuilt
the bridge they ought to have guarda against the con-
sequential damage. The old bridge used to act as a
dam, and prevent the river from overflowing at Lambeth.
In a case of extraordinarily high tide, about two years
ago, the water had to be pumped out of the dwellings
of the poor. He believed the banks d the river did not
belong to the City as eonservators of the Thames. but to
the lords of the manor and the owners of the water-
side property.

Mr. Beck, bargeowner, of Islewortlcattended to make
some additions and corrections to his previous evi-
dence. He had been in error when he stated that ho
could not navigate a barge from the Medway up to
Isleworth by his own men. He then handed in a
scheme for improving the regulations connected with
the Thames, the chief recommendations of which were,
that the exclusive privileges of the Watermen's Company
should be abolished, and the trade on the river thrown
open. He would also have all barges registered, and
the conservancy of the river, he thought, should be
placed in the hands of a board appoinVed by the Govern-
ment, and consisting of men acquainted with the subject,
without any intervention whatever from the corporation
of the City. If the river were properly managed, he
believed that barges of 200 tons burden might go up as
far as Kingston, but at present barges of only 90 tons
could do so. The existing system operated very oppres-
sivqly upon honest and industrious men, who, not having
beep apprenticed in their youth, cannot be admitted as
freethen of the Watermen's Company.
Mr. G. C. Ashby, Roman cement manufacturer, of
Isleworth, corroborated Mr. Beck's evidence, and gave
several instances in his own trade in which he: had wit-
nessed the inefficiency of the privileged bargemen of the
Watermen's Company.

Mr. Billett, one of the churchwardens of St. Pancras,
appeared, by direction of the vestry of that parish, to
present to the commissioners a cony of certain resolutions
come to by that body on the subject of the extension of
municipal institutions through the metropolis. The
parish was not insensible to the advantages it at present
enjoyed, but it was desirous of being invested with a
distinct corporation of its own. Under such a system,
they calculated with regard to the police that they would
have the services of 50 per cent. more men at 25 per
cent. less than the present cost. The management of the
sewers in St. Pancras was also very defective at present,
and although 18,0001. a-year was raised by a 6d. sewer's
rate, not one-sixth of that amount was laid out in the
parish. The contribution of St. Pancras to the county
rate amounted to 8,0001. a year ; and yet the parish
was badly served with magistrates. On these and
other points, therefore, the feeling in the parish was
that improvement and economy would be effected by
the extension of municipal functions to St. Pancras.
. A deputation from the borough of Southwark also
attended.
Mr. Pritchard, high bailiff of Southwark, spoke first.
He said he appeared there officially to represent to the
commissioners the result of the meeting recently held
in Southwark on the subject of corporate reform. He
read the requisition in compliance with which the meet-
ing was called, and also the resolutions which were there
agreed to. [These resolutions have already appeared
in The Sun, their purport being that the borough of
Southwark demanded incorporation with the city of
London, and a full participation in the City's rights
and privileges.] Mr. Pritchard further stated that there
were about 200 persons at the meeting which was held
in the Town-hall. He himself as high bailiff, occupied
the chair ex officio, and he considered that the meeting
contained a fair average representation of the ratepayers
of Southwark. Mr. Pritchard next entered into his-
torical details to show the ancient position of the Bo-
rough in its relation to the city of London. In reply
to a question from the Chairman with regard to his own
office, he said—The average amount of my emoluments
as high bailiff of Southwark, including salary, fees, &c.,
is between 5001. and 6001. a year. I make a return of
their amount annually, and they appear regularly in the
accounts of the corporation. I believe the feeling of the
borough of Southwark is in favour of incorporation
with the City ; but rather than remain as it is at pre-
sent, the Borough would prefer a separate incorpora-
tion for the whole eight parishes of which it now con-
sists. Southwark would require to be exempted from the
jurisdiction of the county of Surrey, if it were to be fully
incorporated with the City. It would not consent to
be part and parcel of the City and to bear the burdens
of the county at the same time.
Mr. T. Pocock, another member of the deputation
from Southwark, said that he had resided in the Borough
for the last 50 years. The inhabitants had been strug-
gling for years, by petition to the City corporation and
otherwise, to be reinstated in their ancient and rightful
position as a part of the City, possessing the right of
I sending representatives to the municipal council. There

Mr. J. C. W. Bennett—l am a solicitor practising in
the city of London, and have had considerable experience
in election proceedings. Previous to the late contest
for the office of chamberlain, application was made to
Mr. Potter, the City secondary, by Mr. Brown and
himself, as the agents for Mr. Scott, and by Mr. Ledger
as the agent for Sir J. Key, with the view of inducing
the adoption of a different arrangement for taking the
votes of the livery from what had hitherto prevailed.
They recommended that, as there was no proper regis-
tration of the livery, polling booths ought to be opened
and arranged in the alphabetical order of the livery
companies, in the same manner as was done at the elec-
tion for members of Parliament ; but Mr. Potter stated
that he could not accede to the request, as the election
was held under the specific provisions of the 11th of
George I. chap. 18. Now he (Mr. Bennett) said that
there was nothing iu that act to prevent the adoption of
any such suggestion. At present the elections at com-
mon hall were liable to great abuse. In all contests for
the office of chamberlain the poll remained open seven
days, exclusive of Sunday ; while in the case of a parlia-
mentary election in the City, the poll only lasted one
day. The total number of liverymen was 10,000, and
3,000 of them did not appear on the parliamentary regis-
ter, because they did not live within the seven miles'
limit. Barriers are thrown up at the Guildhall ostensibly,
to exclude lion-voters, but the beadles only attend to
keep away the crowd during the first day, and hence
anybody can obtain Admission to the hall, and check is
consequently removed. The evils of the present system
are the want of a complete register of the livery for the
guidance of the poll-clerks, and the absence of all pro-
tection against double voting, fictitious votes, perjury,
subornation of perjury, personation of voters, and bri-
bery. The opinion among the livery (inasmuch as the
act regulating these elections is silent on the subject of
bribery) is, that it is not even morally wrong to take
money for their votes. The elections of members of Par-
liament for the city of London are all tainted with the
" long-shore interest ;" but they are kill pure and im-
maculate, as compared with the contests for municipal
offices. I know nothing except from report of the ex-
penses incurred on both sides in the late contest for the
chamberlainship. It is said they amounted to little short
of 10,0001. Mr. Scott's expenses exceeded 3,0001., sub-
ject of course to some deduction for the cost of a testi-
monial, which was given to Mr. Scott by his friends. At
these elections there are a class of men who make a mar-
ket by supplying a quota of false votes from day to day,
with the view of pludering the candidates. The object of
these persons is to make the number of votes for each
candidate, at the close of each day, as equal as possible,
in order to prolong the contest, and to enable their own
extortionate demands to pass with as little diminution as
possible. In illustration of this I have prepared a table,
showing what took place at the last election of cham-
berlain. On the first day's poll Sir John Key had a ma-
jority of 16. On the second day Mr. Scott had a majority
of 78. On the third day Mr. Scott had a majority of
59. On the fourth day Mr. Scott had a majority of
25. On the fifth day it was considered time that the
majority should change sides, and accordingly Sir J.
Key was placed in a majority of 15. On the sixth day
Sir J. Key had a majority of 71 ; and on the last day
Sir J. Key's majority was 267. He had collected from
the poll clerk's returns that during the seven days' poll
votes were recorded in favour of Sir J. Key by persons
who were not qualified to vote, and 129 of the same
class of votes for Mr. Scott ; whilst there were also 25
double votes recorded for Sir J. Key, and 7 for Mr.
Scott : making the total of false and fictitious votes re-
corded 362, against which, under the present system, it
is impossible to guard.
Mr. C. Lewis—You say that the majority was made
to change sides—how was that managed ?
Mr. Bennett—By bribery and corruption, by alder-
manic influence, and various other disgraceful modes
which are resorted to. Mr. Scott was the popular candi-
date. Five persons were given into custody for falsely
pretending to be voters. However pure a candidate's
motives may be it is impossible for him to escape en-
tirely from the contaminating influence of the men who
make a traffic in suborning persons to personate voters,
living as well as dead. Supposing these elections to be
continued in the hands of the livery, he would make one
or two suggestions for correcting existing abuses. First,
he would limit the poll-taking to one clear day, and
next he would limit the constituency to those of the
livery who reside within the Parliamentary range of
seven miles ; and he would disfranchise all liverymen
receiving alms. He would also compel the officers of
the livery companies to revise the lists every year,
and lie would have Guildhall divided into five poll-
ing booths, arranged in the alphabetical order of the
companies ; or, in default of that, he would require each
company to take the votes of its members at its own
hall. He would also compel the masters and beadels of
the companies to be present during the entire poll. At
present a scrutiny of the votes taken would be impossible
within the time allowed for the purpose.
The witness then withdrew.

Mr. T. H. Saunders, paper-maker, of Dartford, stated
that the coals supplied to the town in which he resided
were subject to the coal tax levied by the City, as it
came within the twenty miles limit. There was a con-
siderable trade carried on at Dartford, and it was re-
garded as a great hardship that the coal consumed there
should be burdened with a tax in the expenditure of
which the town had no interest or participation what-
ever. His own consumption of coal in the manufacture
of paper amounted to 100 tons per week, the tax upon
which was a heavy impost reckoning the whole years'
consumption.
Mr. John Thomas Norris examined—l am a member
of the Court of Common Council, and have been so for
the last seventeen years. lam also a member of the'
consolidated committee of the corporation. In the year
1549 complaints were made that the reports of the pro-
ceedings of the corporation were not given with suffi-
cient fulness by the newspapers, and some members of
the consolidated committee expressed a desire to have
the reports given more in. extenso. The consolidated
committee accordingly originated a report to the Court
of Common Council, asking to be permitted to take
means to promote the circulation of more lengthened re-
ports. The committee's report was agreed to by the
court, and the committee had leave granted to it to ex-
pend a sum not exceeding 1,0001. in the publication of
reports by the purchase of a newspaper, or by such other
modes as they might think desirable.

The Chairman—Was there a discretionary power
vested in the committee to expend this money on the
press in any manner which they thought desirable ?
Mr. Norris— I think the committee must have con-
sidered themselves empowered to expend the money in
any manner which in their discretion they deemed fit.
The Chairman—ln what manner was it actually ex-
pended?
Mr. Norris—l am imperfectly informed on the sub-
ject, because I believe there was a sub or select commit.
tee of some five members, of whom 1 was not one ; and
I think the other members of the consolidated commit.
tee, unless they were more active than myself, would
nut know the exact mode in which money was expended
any more than I did.
The Chairman—Do you recollect any project being
started for establishing a newspaper connected with the
corporation ?
Mr. Norris—There were two or three projects afloat
respecting an organ for the corporation, but in a multi-
tudinous body like the consolidated committee, having,
I believe, as many as 45 or 46 members, great difficul-
ties accompanied the atainment of such an object. It
was indeed temporarily and very imperfectly attained by
the Citizen, but the difficulties of conducting the
esse,C_rhe!
negotiations incidental to such a project as the
views
lishment of a newspaper, and the very differenttong
so
with regard to it which would be entertained at
numerous a body, rendered the accomplishinea
a design almost impossible. it right, as
The Chairman—Would you have thought
such a man-
money In
a committeeman, to spend any
riety of
ner ?
rop
tive
at the
of such
Mr. Norris—l speak irrespec
nuerriau. looked
that
such a proceeding but if any g
terms of the resolution of thhe
orised to employ the vo f
articles in favour o the committee was fully arumt or of he would find
noney was spent
the corporation.
in the publication of rePo
Do you think any /
or to support the
The Chairman— a newspaper,
in the attempt to gat
up
have adverted ?
court
wit believe
newspaper t7sw
Mr. Neff
- t be able to speak definitely on
me _o
• t enough for
the chamberlain's chief clerk,
distinc I believe it was, but my memory. is not
~,r,.. seat,
that point. .111.
be able to give you information on that
will, however,
Norris then proceeded to give. evidence
subject.
as regard?" the system
he spoke to the same effect as
of making dinner allowances to
the committees, on which