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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1853

Selveral admirable results have already sprung
from the nomination of Lord PALMERSTON as
Home Secretary. It would appear, indeed, that
the Noble Viscount resumed his labours as an
administrator in an entirely new capacity, with
the motive of proving to the country his aptitude
to conduct other toils no less energetically than
he bad so long and so frequently conducted those
of the Foreign Department. Of this the com-
munity might have felt assured from the com-
mencement. PALMERSTON'S reputation as a
statesman is not of yesterday. It extends over
the principal portion of the first half of the nine-
teenth century. It is associated with the suc-
cesses of more than one memorable Government.
It has been celebrated already by more than
one eminent historian. It is conspicuous among
the political recollections of the present generation.
But, hitherto, the ministerial abilities of the
Noble Lord have been almost entirely restricted
to the guidance of the intricate mechanism of
diplomacy. It was reserved for the Earl of ABER-
DEEN to afford his illustrious rival another oppor-
tunity of revealing his wisdom as one of the ad-
visers of his august SOVEREIGN. That opportunity
seems not likely to be thrown aside or neglected.
As Home Secretary, Viscount PALMERSTON pro-
mises—so far as we may calculate upon his avowed
intentions—very considerably to enhance the po-
pularity he had long since acquired in his repeat-
edly renewed position as Foreign Secretary. This
is well. It is peculiarly so, when it is remembered
that in the existing situation of affairs, the skilful
direction of the duties of that particular depart-
ment is, perhaps of all, at this moment the most
prominent necessity—visible even to the least
reflective member of the population. If no-
thing else could incite the people to look
with anything at all like complacency Upon
the future destinies of the Coalition, this
infusion of energy into the operations of the dif-
ferent officials acting under the Home Secretary
might most unquestionably. It were scarcely
possible, indeed, to regard this movement with
apathy or indifference. For that matter we are
altogether too deeply interested in its immediate
consequences. We have ,too much depend-
ence upon the development of the policy in-
augurated by Lord PALMERSTON not to watch
the various indications of its progress with
a most eager and vigilant solicitude. It in-
volves, among other things, the better organisa-
tion of the national defences, and the onward or
retrograde course of the sanitary movement—for
the quieta non movere principle cannot, here, be
viewed as in any way applicable. Those two
great questions—questions of such especial ur-
gency and importance—would be sufficient of
themselves to induce the more negligent
observers in the three kingdoms to consider atten-
tively the results of the remarkable enterprise
already evinced by her MAJESTY'S principal Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department.
Bearing in mind the circumstance that another of
the most eminent administrators of our time has been
appointed by the Leader of the Coalition Ministry
to preside over the Board of our maritime Lords
Com raimioners, and remembering the comprehen

sive improvements, in reference at once to the
manning of our fleets, and the management of our
dockyards, recently announced by the Hon. and
Gallant Gentleman, the representative of the county
of Middlesex, we may, with some show of reason,
acknowledge ourselves to have become somewhat
more sanguine as to the probability of seeing
these islands more effectually guarded, before very

long, from the perils of invasion, even though,that
invasion were suddenly conducted by the moss

lawless depredator in Christendom. It is hardly
extravagant to think thus hopefully when we
have the Admiralty under Sir JAmEs
and the Home Office under Viscount PALMERSTON.
Naturally, of course, we should have witnessed
with more complacency the selection of some dis_
tinguished Sea Captain as the chief administrator
of the affairs of our marine and peculiarly na-
tional profession. Under ordinary contingencies,
however, that choice seems to be scarcely capable
of attainment. England appears to • be doomed
to find her gallant sailors commanded by
some black-coated civilian instead of by some
flag-officer wearing the blue cloth and the
epaulettes associated with, so many glo-
rious achievements. Red-coated officials are
deemed indispensable enough at the Horse
Guards, the military service very reasonably re-
quiring for its Commander-in-Chief some one who

has had a good sword (and no mere court-foil)
clanking at his thigh, if he has never on the
" foughten field" led on the charge and snuffed
the " sulphury siroch" of gunpowder. Not so
with the Royal" Navy of Great Britain. It is
considered fortunate in the acquisition of some
merely political skipper as First Lord of the
Admiralty--some one so entire] y innocent ofnautical
information as to resemble that excellent old lady
mentioned in COOPER'S romance, who expatiated
on the delight of sailing over the blue-green of
the deep when " the ship was cutting the waves
with her taffrail." Happily, such being the des-
tiny of the maritime profession, it has at any
rate secured, for this while at least, the great
administrative powers of a no less eminent states-
man than the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for
Carlisle. Under his auspices, let us hope that
the defences of the country may at length
be more judiciously organised, more confi-
dently, seeing that Sir JAMES GRAHAM will in
this matter have to co-operate with Viscount
PALMERSTON as Home Secretary.
Uncertainty, it must be admitted, still continues
nevertheless to darken our prospect of efficient
defence for England in the shape of apparently
warlike but really (in their ulterior purpose)
pacific preparations. It is otherwise, we rejoice
to think, in regard to the probable advance of the
sanitary movement. There it is, more obviously
than in reference to any other question, that we
recognise the happy fruits of Lord PALMERSTON'S
nomination to the Home Department. Since
the names of himself and his colleagues
were first published in the columns of the
Gazette, as another Cabinet of All-the-Talents,
that energetic Statesman has given repeated evi-
dence of his determination not to allow the sani-
tary question to stagnate in the deplorable man-
ner tolerated by all his predecessors. As conclusive
testimony of this, his conduct in relation to the
London graveyards is more particularly en titled
to popular consideration. In the House of Com-
mons, as recently as the sitting of the Bth inst.,
the Noble Lord took occasion to announce that
he had instructed competent medical officers to
make an inspection of all the graveyards in ti
metropolis. " These inspections," said the Hoa..
SECRETARY, " are going on as fast as circum
stances will admit of, and I believe the resul s,
will be as in other cases, where I have had to
apply for an Order in Council to shut up grave-
yards. I think the probability is that the same
course will be followed with regard to nearly all the
graveyards in the metropolis." Nearly all ! Why
not all without exception ? Ultimately we shall
arrive at the recognition of the entire principle.
Here, at least, are the preparatory pleasures lead-
ing, we doubt not, inevitably to that grand and
comprehensive improvement. Hitherto we have
been subjected upon this matter to disappoint-
ment after disappointment, simply because we
have relied exclusively upon vamped-up Bills
hurried in a slovenly way through the Imperial
Legislature. It is barely rational to rely upon
sources of help of that description in cases, like
this, of real emergency. Nil pictis timidus navita
puppibus fidit. Viscount PALMERSTON is evidently
conscious of the truth, otherwise we should never
have seen him resorting to Orders in Council for
aid in a difficulty which had baffled so often the
devices of Parliament. From energetic proceed-
ings such as these we feel disposed, therefore, to
augur well for the future progress of the sanitary
movement. An augury for which the country
has reason to be thankful to the wise resolution
of the noble Lord, now fortunately Chief Secretary
for the Home Department.

It is time that " the Dead-man's Question"
should be finally disposed of—that further agita-
tion on this interesting, and important subject
should be for ever set at rest. That agitation can
never cease while intramural interments are
tolerated within the limits of the metropolis, or a
single corpse can be added to the festering
remains that have so long polluted the atmo-
sphere of the modern Babylon, endangering, and
seriously deteriorating the health of its inhabi-
tants. Thanks to the exertions of Mr. G. A.
WALKER and other sanitary reformers, the
atrocious system-of burying the dead at the very
thresholds of their surviving friends and relatives
was clearly and unequivocally exposed in all its
enormity. It is unnecessary to enter at any
length into the revolting details. Suffice it to
say, that a full knowledge of the subject produced
an unparalleled concurrence, and brought the
voice of public opinion so strongly to bear on the
subject, that further neglect or apathy was no
longer practicable—the Ministerial attention being
imperatively drawn to the subject.
Unfortunately, however, the matter was not
dealt with in an enlarged and comprehensive
spirit. The Board of Health interfered, and a
course of jobbery was attempted highly prejudicial
to the felicitous solution of the interesting pro-
blem. Much of this, we regret to say, was ascrib-
able to clerical influence, exerted to insure a tax on
the body of every person dying within the limits of
the metropolis, although removed for interment to
a considerable distance beyond its limits. " Let us
retain our graveyards !" "Let us oppose, with all
our energies, every plan for the establishment of
Extra-mural Cemeteries unless we are authorised
to levy toll, ay, and good heavy toll, too, on
every burial. We want a permanent tax of 6s. 2d.
on each body. The bereaved relatives will not
at such moments think of complaining of a little
pecuniary extortion. Many will not have energy
sufficient to contest our demands, which will
be paid, and that is all we require. The disgust
and indignation that may be excited when
the matter is considered at greater leisure is of
comparatively trivial importance. "Non olet
numus." The money will be as useful as
if it had been obtained in the most legitimate and
praiseworthy manner." Other parties, too, were
anxious to obtain their share of the spoil, like
human vultures, to prey upon the dead for their
subsistence. In place of one general and well-
devised scheme, calculated to meet the wants of
the entire metropolitan districts—the organisation
of the burial arrangements were left to the dis-
cretion and judgment of the different parish
boards the BUMBLES, and other " porochal"
authorities, wishing to be permitted,to intermed-
die in every subject in any way connected with
their respective districts, no matter how totally dis-
qualified they might be for the duties they desired
to have confided to their hands. We had thus
no fewer than .176 different bodies all desirous of
carrying out their own private views, no matter
at what degree of inconvenience and expense to
the community, and each having existing preju-
dices and powerful influences in full operation to
control their decisions.

What was however left undone by the Govern-
ment and the Legislature was in a great degree
supplied by private enterprise. A. large extent
Woking-common,
cahs as ed
Lord
pa
At
LMERSTON last week
ojamlapnlyd
s uwffiacsi e npt ,u r"
justly remarked in the House of Commons, "to
meet all demands of the t
]ne ropolis for a good
time to come." A very good time, indeed, inas-
much as it appears from the
excellent letter of
Sir RICHARD BROVVN hi. —w oh will be found in
another part of this
day's impression, and
which is well worthy of perusal—that there
is an " existing virgin grave accommodation
in our eight cemeteries and one necropolis, for
upwards of six millions and a-half of bodies—a

space which it would take upwards of 100 years
to cover with one layer of corpses at seven feet
deep, burying yearly from 60,000 to 70,000 ;
200 years to cover with a second layer at six feet

•
deep ; and 300 years to cover with a third layer

at fi v e'feet deep."
When we consider the spaces that have hitherto
been available for these purposes, we must be

satisfied that there can be no necessity for addi-

tional cemeteries for several centuries, and that,
therefore, the parochial interference is worse than
useless, whether we regard the matter in a sani-
tary point of view or as connected with the re-

spectful interment of the dead, or merely as a
matter of s. d., the existing accommodation, as
set forth in the very able and conclusive document

to which w•e have referred, abundantly fulfils the

public requirements in every particular. Any
trifling departures from the original scheme will,
we have no doubt, be_ repaired,..so as to' establish

tho project in all its integrity, and give-tir f°l
advantages originally contemplated to the COr
munity. Let us hope, then, that some'
thing will be done, and that speedily, to
have the matter placed upon a satisfactory basil'
We believe that Lord PALMERSTON is fully aware
of its importance, and that his views a% perfectly
correct. We would only urge expediti°7l,
The great evil to be averted is " procrastination.
What is to be done should be done quickly.

TEE COURT.

HEALTH OF HER MAJESTY.

The following Bulletin of -her Majesty's health
issued this morning : •
"Buckingham Palace, April 13, 1853'
" Nine o'clock, a.m.
"The Queen is convalescent.
" The infant Prince continues well.
".JAMES CLARK, M.D.
" CHARLES LOCOCK, M.P'
" ROBT. FERGUSON, M.D•
" Her Majesty's recovery is so far advanced that na
further bulletins will be issued."

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited he
Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on h 581:
back yesterday, attended by Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Sep
moor.
The Viscountess Canning has succeeded the Count
of Gamsborough in her duties as the Lady in Waitw',,
to the Queen.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited t, .-erBt
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday
Gloucester House, Piccadilly.
A deputation from the Epidemiological Society, 013,1
the subject of of the Vaccination Extension Bill, WY:lr
interview with Earl Granville yesterday at the
Council-office. The deputation consisted of Dr. Bab''
ton, Mr. Grainger, Dr. Waller Lewis, and Dr. Seatqe'll
A deputation from Ryde, consisting of Dr. J. 'a,
Salter and Mr. B. Barrow, had an interview Yes"
day with the General Board of Health at their ofg
Whitehall.
A deputation from the Directors of the Eastern Stelj
Navigation Company had an interview with Mr. V",
at the Treasury, yesterday. The deputation cons° J,
of Mr. H. T. Hope (Chairman), Mr. E. L. Betts, 311.'g,
George Burke, Mr. Robert M`Calmort, Mr. R. "'
Campbell, Mr. P. W. S. Miles, Mr. J. K. Brunel,
Mr. Yates (Secretary).
Mr. J. Caird had an interview with the Duke ofNei'
castle yesterday at the Colonial-office.
e I A deputation from the Ratepayers of the Borough
e l Plymouth had an interview yesterday with the Gen
Board Board of Health at their office. Whitehall. The al
tation consisted of Messrs. Gill, Stephens, Mortimer)
Elworthy.

A.Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternooo
the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Minister°
sent were—the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Ron,
Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marque
Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Cl'
don, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the
chequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, .
Right Honourable Sidney Herbert, and Sir
Molesworth. The Council sat two hours and tw-
quarters.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.--(THM DAY)

LEICESTER.

At the sitting of the committee this mormngety
cross-examination of John Holyoake was contioll
Knew Mr. Norman Norman had told him that till/
election was a pure one. Had replied, that Wong/
seen before the committee. Had said that he 1014
several cases of bribery. Had mentioned a reP°
Sir Joshua Walmsley giving one man a new 17011„
another six months' work ; also of his having left 03-
on the table after a supper at a house in Mount f
This witness was still under examination when 0
port left.

TAUNTON. ,cjo4'
The committee resumed this morning at 11 0 ittY
The room was immediately cleared for the could.
to deliberate upon the future conduct of the pro00:100
Upon the readmission of the parties, the ehaltilif
announced that the committee had resolved that
counsel for the sitting members should be at lib,..ie'bed
call witnesses to rebut the charges of distinct P'cols'
which had been made, and it was the wish of the a
mittee that Robert Farmer and John Such show
called with that view.

t
Robert Farmer voted for Mills and Colebrook° °A po'
last election. Knew the Arcade in Taunton. 331-I(i°,
know John Such. Was not under the Arcade
John Such the night before the nomination. 163 d
,
been promised 10E. for a vote. Had not been pr°,,-'"
money by any one to vote for Mills. Had nelTo‘,
ceived any money for his vote. Did not even jot)
John Such by sight. This witness was cross-e%O tlt
at considerable length by Mr. Sergeant Kinginice'
without materially shaking his evidence. 00}
John Such—Did not know Robert Farmer. W°ooei
under the Arcade with Farmer. Did not offer 09
to any one in that place to vote for Mr. Mil
rls' 310'
never offered Robert Farmer money to vote fb
This witness entirely corroborated Farmer's state.nl
The cross-examination of Mr. Sergeant Fang
elicited no discrepancy.

TYNEMOUTH.
ve
The committee for investigating into the petition hfc
Rented against the return of Mr, Taylor sat this ate
ing at 11 o'clock ; Sir B. Hall in the chair.
Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, Mr, E. Jamesnd
Power appeared for the petitioners ; and Mnr. Slade
Mr. Hardy for the sitting member. Pei
le
Mr. Sergeant Kinglake opened the case for the obi
tioners. The allegations against the sitting Otorl
were that his return had been secured by open brdil,,,o
and extensive treating. Extensive orders had been I*-pfitb
to all the public-house keepers to supply refreshe;,"illi
and tickets had been issued indiscriminately to al' 01
sitting member's voters. There was also a char'
0!
by colourable employment of voters, and ?0
them for labour which they never performed.
learned counsel was proceeding when our report ie,

COCKERMOUTH.
At the reassembling of the committee this 1120-/
the witness Crone was brought from the custody ° 111
Sergeant-at-Arms, somewhat more sober than Wile,"
appeared yesterday. He was examined as to the
action relating to the purchase of his bedstead bY.fiDi
Beason, who was alleged to have bribed him by gl
a higher price for it than it was worth.

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COURT OF ALDERMEN.—Yesterday a court wa-
which was numerously attended. A number of e
men were admitted as brokers. Mr. Thomas PillOitol
Mr. John Du.din were elected members-of the C°ticodr
Assistants of the Watermen's and Lightermen's 01'
pany, instead of Mr. James Lyon and Mr. Thomas
14,00
resigned. A discussion of some length took place
of
the report " for the appointment of governor and ci t
lain of the prison at B.olloway," and it was sent
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for further consideration, upon the motion of Alderos
Wilson. Upon the motion of Alderman Wire, it g;
ordered that the names and addresses of all person°o
plying to the court to be admitted as brokers efoil,F
Gabe City be put up in some conspicuous place in the ",
hall, one week prior to the date of the holding e',,(10.
court at which such application is intended to be' Os*
TINCROFT MINING COMPANY.—At the meeting o.poll
Tincroft Mining Company, held yesterday, the re
and accounts were received as satisfactory. The ret'
from sales of tin and copper amounted to 46,8491., "
the expenditure had been 40,8171., leaving, after
payment of dividends at the rate of 15 per cent., °'
lance in hand of 1,475/.
SCREW STEAM-SHIP ARGO.—The directors of the G
ral Screw Steam Company have determined to test:if
l
efficiency of their new vessel the Argo, by a run
the Channel on the 20th inst., previously to her star"
on her voyage to Australia on the 4th of May. ,fti
THE COUNTRY BANKS.—The Bankers Magazine floe
the following summary of the average circulation of
country banks in England for the month ending the l'fot
March. Average weekly circulation of these hank°
the month ending March 19 :
Private Banks....
Joint-stock banks

............. £3,671,785
.............. 2,993,611

Average weekly circulation of pri-
vate and joint-stock banks end-
ing as above ......................... .Z 6,665,396,,
PRICE or GOLD. —The quotation of gold at PO3-110
about par (according to the last tariff), which, Oaf
English Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for 0.-0,
dard gold, gives an exchange of 25.17 ; and, the of
change at Paris on London at short being 25.05, it JO
lows that gold is about 0.48 per cent. dearero
Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgly
price of gold is 429 per mark, which, at the E9g
Mint price of 31. 17s. 10.4 per ounce for standard
gives an exchange of 13.7 ; •and, the exchange at 000
burgh on London at short being 13.6, it follows i
joir
gold is 0.47 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh than in NO
don. The course of exchange at New York on Leerei
for bills at 60 days' sight is 1091 per cent., and, the
1,09
of exchange between England and America being
23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is norehl'Al'
0.33 per cent, against England ; but, after ma,kiligjoeo
lowance for charges of transport, the present rate
eels
not admit of the transmission of gold either way beo(
the two countries. -
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THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY..---. 0'
Minutes of Evidence laid on the table of the Ifoneleis,
Monday contain additional evidence from Mr. Salin'l
Mr. Seymour Clarke, and Mr. Stephenson, as we',gPi
the examinations of the following gentlemen
Russell, chairman of the Great Western ; Mr. 31e',re.
director of the-Grand Junction Canal 7 Mr. 15eje-
Loch, for the Bridgwater Canal ; Mr. Barley, chea:,oof,
of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce; Mr. Deuljeft
chairman of .the Great Northern Railway; Mr. Breelw.
secretary to the Audit Board, Somerset-house
Anderson, Deputy Paymaster-General ; Mr. d3,4ti ,ti
Booth, senior secretary to the Board of Trade ; A
enptain Simmons, railway secretary to the Boav
Trade.
01,11 STEAM ENGINES, &C.—The declared value of. - ‘lpt
engines and other machinery exported in theo
ended the sth ult. was 99,932/.
Ponrsmopq
,RAILWAY 141,.--A bill for Inaldtivf
railway from Havant, in the county of SouthaniPte,,rel
Godahning, in the county of Surrey, to be called
,;
Portsmouth Railway," and for other purposes, Wall
a first tiino iii too House-orCommoul last night,

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