The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-17 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISI°'

HOUSE OF COMMONS.---11/ti l:0 01'
Motion
COUNTY ELECTIONS POLLS ths,e,t,
on made, and Question proposed-7,..,'":K0l t 1":
be now read the third time
to leave out the word now,
an a
n 01/ ODA
Question to add the words, " dort....,;jr•
months :"—Question put—,, That the ' 411'
stand part of the question :"—The boll°
Ayes, 129, Noes 28. Allidenurth- elluf

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A'Court,Fitzgerald, J. D. Olive"e, WI '
Alcock, Thomas Fitzgerald, Si J. r. coore A, .I.;,,sft
Anderson, Sir James Fitzroy, Henry otwait tior
Armstrong, R. h. Forster, C. Foll'r4r. I'J. A'
Baring, Sir F. T. French, Fitzstephen Trice' ~, 'l'. ,
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Barnes, Thomas Geacb, Charles golni t • a.
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Barrovv, Win. H. Goderlch, ViscountNu v. %, '
Beaumont, W. 11. Good. W. Swale, t,
Bell, James Greene, John schol7 eiglorj
Berkeley, Granville Gregson, Samuel
F. Sc°"oie'r' iji. P'
Blackett, J. F. Grevale, Colonel
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Booker, T. W. Grey, Sir G.
Bouverie, B. P. Hadfield George g;ilool'illisio,1 yr.
Boyle, Colonel Hayter, 'W. (1. sheo, " -if 'oriii'
LI/ otherton, Joseph Headlam, T. B.„ sliel„':',lo' qv. .
Brown, W. Heatheote, Sir G. 'if Sulb"' itt,„ 0.
Gilbert K. oialt"' 0, k:.l O.
Burke, Sir T. Heathcote. r , .hgrO i x.'4,
Butler, Charles S. Henchy, D. o'.-'°---_,.° So'" y, '. '
Byng,Charles Hervey, Lord Alfrm• tloile OP 4,,
Carter, Samuel °►lei, J. P
Chambers, Thomas }Lindley, charism • staple' lit. 'l.a ,
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Hutt, William go'', si,, 0,
Cheetham, John Ingham, IL Swift,
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Clay, James
Clay, Sir William Kershaw, Jame, lunicon• °•.,104f'
Clifford, Henry 111. King, P. J. L.., Vert' r,
Kennedy, Ti !strain Toll 11. $ ,i.•
Cobden, Richard Kinnalrd, A.. • Wer° . if. g,
Cowper, W. F. Kirk, William weis,rod,i,
Craufurd, E. Langton, H. Go lirliit."„goow, ,
Crook, Joseph Layard, A. 11. Wiii° ois, or
Cros.ley, F. Legh, 0. C. willg°l pis ,
301 1' $7.
Cubitt. Alderman' Lewis, Sir T. F. '‘Vit
Currie, Raikes Liddell, IL 0.
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Duke, Sir James
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Duncan, George Ill'Gregor, John
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Eccles, W. Meagher, Thonsas
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Ferguson,
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Ferguson, Sir Robert Mills, T.
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Feeder, 'VV. Mille, A. , 0
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Hawkins, W. W. Snnijth, Sir W.
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THE CHARTERED AUSTRALIAN LAND, MIN-
ING, IMPORTING,. AND REFINING COM-
PANY.

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An interesting entertainment was given 1-st night at
the
_Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street, by the above
company: The directors dined with their official staff,
who are about to proceed to Australia ; and, certainly,
after the proceedings of last night, no body of men could
Possibly leave the country under more bright or cheer-
ing prospects. The majority of the staff is composed of
flue Young men, many of them being under 30 years of
age ; and the staff itself includes chemists, engineers,
mechanics, labourers, and watchmen. The whole will
be under the direction of Captain Baker, R.N., Alr.
Charles Watt, the assayest, and two engineers ; and the
staff sails from Plymouth next week, in a vessel which
has been expressly chartered for the purpose, and which
will carry out a cargo of implements, tools, and all the
Machinery necessary for carrying on mining operations.
At the dinner last night the chair was occupied by
Sir John Villiers Shelley, Bart., M.P., supported on
the right by Lord Muskerry and Mr. A. J. Baring, and
on the left by Mr. H. Brown, M.P., and Mr. Walter,
While Mr. Mullins, the solicitor to the company, ably filled
-the vice-chair supported by Mr. Sharland and Mr. Chand-
ler, surrounded by a numerous body of fine young fellows
who are about to seek their own fortunes, and their em-
.Pl°yers dividends, in the modern El _Dorado. Ample
Justice was done to an excellent dinner, remarkable as
Much for substantiality as elegance, and then the cloth,
as well as the cork, having been drawn, the company at
nrice proceeded to the formal business of the occasion.
The usual royal toasts were fervently drank, though
they Were
rapidly disposed of, and than the toast par
acellence was given.
The CHAIRMAN proposed it in a very appropriate
,manner. It was "Prosperity to the Company, and
''access, to the Adventurers." The land of the company,
he said, had been purchased and paid for, a good title
secured,
indeed, one that could not possibly be dis-
puted, and
with the assistance of the numerous and
efficient staff which he saw around him, he had little
doubt whatever that the hopes of the shareholders would
ultimately be realised. The estate of the company was
situated in the very centre of a district where gold de-
Pnsits were known largely to prevail, and when he
remembered what had been well observed by the Mel-
6011rne Herald, the Argus and other well-informed j ournals,
Published at the antipodes, that immense wealth had
been accumulated in the -gold fields of Australia by
unskilled hands, he could fix no bounds to the
operations which could be carried on by the scientific
ulna- Hitherto the gold seekers had confined them-
to collecting material which carries upon its own
face its palpable quality and Value ; but the staff of the
company would be content almost to extract the pre-
cious metal from the discarded soil of the uninitiated
gold hunter. It was calculated, and upon the soundest
~,basis, too, that this source would give a sufficient return
"" pay a handsome dividend to the shareholders ; and he
lePeated his conviction that the undertaking could hardly
if the colonial staff energetically fulfilled its mission,
Which he was equally confident it would do, since it had
Idireet interest in the concern to the extent of one-sixth.
„ show in what estimation the company was held by
"40 public, he mentioned that 77,000 out of 100,000
!hares had been already disposed of, while there were
4ourly applications for those that were on hand. With
regard to the charter, he need hardly point out that it
Would be for the interest of the Government to grant it
"ithout hesitation, for it was their duty, as it would be
for the advantage of the Crown, that law and order
should be maintained in the colony and the staff of this
company would be of great assistance to them in se-
curing both.
The toast was drunk with honours ; as were several
!others, including the healths of the Chairman, Captain
Ilk") Mr. Watt, the
.. engineers and other officers of the
ny, and at the close thej home establishment
ged the colonial staff in bumpers. Many of the
mechanics engaged on the staff are capital amateur
calists, and the hearty style in which they gave some
of the " emigrant" songs of the day, added quite a charm
to the festivities, which were kept up with great spirit
until a late hour. It would be a safe prediction to de-
clare that the hardy fustian of the " staff " will often
recal the events of this evening to mind while floating
over the sea, or toiling beneath the sun of the antipodes.

GRZAT NONCONFORMIST GATHERING.-THE

MILTON DINNER.

resterday an unusually large and influential assemblage
of Nonconformists dined at the London Tavern, Bishops-
gate-street, for the double purpose of inaugurating the
Milt°ll.Club, and of bringing together the Nonconformist
n2erabers of the present Parliament. The following were
Lae
11,1, , present :—Sir J. Anderson, M.P. (Stirling),
, Thomas Barnes, M.P. (Bolton), J. Bell,
``Z-nildfOrd), John Cheetham, M.P. (South Lanca-
Si.f". Crossley M.P. (Leeds), Sir G. Goodman,
(Leeds), G. liadfield, M.P. (Sheffield), E. Hindley,
(4811t4u) J. Kershaw M.P. (Stockport), E..Mia.l,
Pellatts(lt'ehda'le), R. Milligan, M.P. (Bradford), A.
J. Pilleno4-IVI.P. (Southwark), S. Peto, M.P. (Norwich),
eonf 1 :"•••t. M. P. (Blackburn). A large number of Non-
Reverend irergY were also present, among whom were the
P. A -188r8. Aldis, Allon, Angus, J., D.D. J.
Be D.D.
• T. -Lveuxig, Baynes, Bean, Bennett, Bergue, Archer,
?TY, Bowan, Broad, Brock, Bromfield, Burder, Bur-
"eLt, Campbell, D.D. , D D Cox J • Curwen,
• -ox., . •_; --, J.
,n• ; Curwen S. ; Daviss, E. T. (St. Asaph) ; Davies,
• (York-road) ; Dukes, Davis, W. (Hastings) ; Fletcher,
Galloway, Gamble, Godwin, Goode, Gould, Goultry,
Griffin, Groser, Gunn, Grant, Hamilton, D.D. • Hay-
den, Hill, Hill, T. (Cheshunt) • Hillier, Hinton, 'Hoby,
Roureson, James, Jennings, Judson.. Kent, Landoll,.
Lynch, Manning, Massie, J., D.D. ,
Lewis, Lorimer,_
Massie, R. (Atherstone) • Miall, H., Newman, Hon. and
'Rev. B. W. Noel, Reed, Robinson, Russell, Sherman J.,
Simmons, Smith, G., Smith P., Smith, R. H. E., Stearne,
I).D. ; Stewart, Stoughton, Stovel, D r. Stowell, J.
Stratten, Thomson, Tidman, Tyler Unwin, R. Vaughan,
E.D. ; Waddington,
Wallace,lay Warlters, White, and
Wilkins,men, among whom were
upwards and three hundred
of seventy from diferent large towns and
boroughs, representing the dissenting interest.
Samuel Morley, Esq.; occupied the chair.
After the usual loyal toasts,
The CHAIRMAN proposed • " Our Representatives in
Parliament," that is, the Nonconformist members, which
WaS received with great applause. He said that they
rn
et as Evangelical Nonconformists, by w 1
stood that they meant those who professed the
he under
theprinciples
of Evangelical Nonconformity, not as mere politicalieere.s
°Pinions, but as a deep religious conviction. p
tie was anxious this should be understood, their dissent
Was a deep religious conviction; it was based on what
theY believed to be the dictates of God's word. (Cheers„)
They had met in no spirit of antagonism to other reli-
gious Parties. (Loud cheers.) They differed "wide as
the poles asunder" from the advocates of a State
.Church,
but theiropposition was not to men, but to principles,
°Pinions, and systems. (Hear,) Just in so far as they be-
lieved the system from winch they dissented to be opposedtruttruth,
to civil and religious liberty, and to the progress of
hear.)
so far they took their stand against it. (Hear,
lie expressed his thankfulness that he had been per-
mitted to see so many of his Nonconformist brethren
returned to the greatest assembly in the world. He
trusted that the ultimate triumph of their
Would be identified with that of true liberty. It had
be principles
„ °II said that Dissenters should not be political, but
that was a great fallacy. (Cheers.) If he had read his
Bible to any purpose he had found that he had a citizen-
Bh ip to maintain which would prevent him
mfrom holding
aloof from any movement promising the public good.
r(Cheers.) The only guarantee he required was the in-
erity of those who were connected with the movement.
e looked upon those principles, as Nonconformists, as
deserving a more hearty and earnest co-operation than
ttllBY had hitherto ,-received—(hear, hear)—and he
rusted that the movement thus originated would
g them together, and enable them to strengthen
e hands of their friends in the House of Com-
t°°e• (Cheers.) He hoped, 'from the developements
de saw around him, to live to see the fulfilment
of great
urposes, which but a short time ago seemed far in the
as istance. He thought that 'occasional gatherings such
these would very materially contribute to their snc-
cesii, and he hoped, therefore, that the successful experi-
ment of that night would be repeated. (Cheers.) He
then referred with great gratification to the history
which they had as Nonconformists, and to the sufferings
waieh their ancestors had undergone in defence of those
Pinciples He rejoiced in beholding before him so very
Ilfluential an assemblage—one of the most influential,
Veed, that he had ever had the pleasure of meeting.
.e would venture to say, that if they, as Nonconfor-
"!'s
.tle fable
were united for the promulgation of their prin-
ee
to
the population of London, they would
able to produce results on the future of England
ch would cause those who followed them to thank
"d for what they had done. (Cheers). He found that
theY had 656 -members of Parliament, 1,000,000
elGGeet°rs, and a population of 20,000,000.. Abo.ut..
c,; , members held evangelical Nonconformist prin
,Ptes, and represented a population of 3,921,078. This
was about one-eighth of the house, and about one.sixth of
the electors. There were 240 members in the House of
Pre nons who represented a population of 1,827,480,
80,eti
Is an average of 7,600 rsons each. (H
Noear,
cont--Z-1" NOW Mark ! The 36 members who held n-
-3,906u5t Principles represented a population of
7,600,000, which, instead of the general average 'of
(ehe gave an average of no fewer than 108,000.
ea
ell.) The 15 members then present represented a
eaePhollatize of. 2,052,000, giving an average of 136,000
the 13 tid cheers.) They were about one-tenth of
"°Ugh Inembers of the house, and they represented
litheiaert one-third of the entire borough constituency of
untrY. (Loud cheers.) These were great and
Portant facts, and indications the vast moral and
uuraerical
urged. the strength which they ssed. (Cheers.) He
was the o back ' those members, and to do what
furru'au._r Power to strengthen their hands in the per-
of
!their dut (Hear, hear.) The strength of
-rigoou iinaeti7 waryry great. It only required
great result; :Ito bring it to bear, and he hoped for
eve_. g 0 from the movement they were met that
t inaugurate. (Cheers.)
the The health of the Nonconformist representatives was
drunk amidst great applause The names of J.
Cheeth
ton .P. for South Lancashire ; S. Mor-
-E4uward
eacil.:P. for the City of Norwich ; and
M.P. for the Rorough of Rochdale,
We,re coupled with the toast.
v CHRETRAII E M
alln te,iathough they' seqr P
Nonconformists,replreplied.
they H e r
ecporneteeennte contended
the hot!' °..f their constituents, and in their places in
hear,_e,me th were not to be Dissenters merely—(hear,
which Lum(ll,t the.o friends and supporters of every movement
goof. hail its object the promotion of the public
Were Dissenters)`2 . They were not elected because they
but because, being Dissenters, their