The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-09 00:00:00

" STIRRING TIMES."

rr HE Cattle Show is attracting thousands from
AA the Country, hut none should leave the City without inspect-
ing E. MosEs and SoN's gigantic DRESS EMPORIUMS, in New
Oxford-street, and Aldgate; and atinories, where every fashionable
order of ATTIRE for LADIES and GENTLEMEN may be pur-
chased at considerably. lower prices than are charged elsewhere.
The Coolness of Russia and the enthusiasm of Turkey will yet give
rise to " stirring times," on which we have no wish to calculate fur.
ther than, if money is scarce and provision dear, none will be the
loser if they purchase all their ATTIRE at E. MosEs and Sox's.
The corporation reform may create a " stir" rather hostile to the
future prospects of " Gog and Magog," but advantageous to the pub-
lic, who have long felt the benefit of reform in the style and price of
DRESS, by patronising the establishment of E. MosEs and SON.
Stirring Times" in Australia. The colonists are determined to
rai,e one hundred thousand pounds to resist emigration, and if the
mother country does not take care of her chickens they are for taking
care of themselves, which is best done by purchasing OUTFITS and
CLOTHING of the most suitable and saleable kind at E. Mom and
SON'S.
" Stirrin; Times" are most felt and best managed by E. MosEs
and Sos, from the vast accommodation of their establishments, from
the employment of the greatest number of the most distinguished
artists, and from a system of experience, punctuality, and economy
applied to every department—Clothing, llats, Caps, Furs, LADIES'
and CHILDREN'S DRESSES, hosiery, Boots and Shoes, &c., &c.
The JUVKNILE ATTIRE prepared fcr the ensuing vacations by
E. MOSES and SoN, is more than ever distinguished for variety,
comfort, durability and cheapness.
The Wholesale Department offers greater advantages than are
found at any other establishment.
Emigrants are furnished with full lists of OUTFITS for LADIES
aid GENTLEMEN, also with ship-sailing information, post free.
CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the
public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like
tal;ehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's
the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for
obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have
No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON,
except their own Establishments, as follows :
London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 83,
R 4,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2
and 3, Hart-street, alt communicating.
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street.
Sheffield Branch, 36;. Fargate.
Colonial Branch, Meiboulne, Australia.
Merchant Tailor Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and
Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be
exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned
without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest
price, from which no abatement can be made.
The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on
Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock.
A new Book, " The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain-
ing full lists of prices, our system of self•measurement, &C., &c.,
may be had on application, or post-free.
Ici I'on parle Francais. Qui si parla Italian.
Hier spricht luau Deutsch. ACIA.I se liable Espano

REPRESENTATION OF CLONMEL.—The election for the
borough of Clonmel is expected to take place on Tuesday
or Wednesday next, but as yet the exact day is not
known. There are two candidates in the field, Mr. John
O'Connell and Mr. Christopher Hamilton, of Castle Jor-
dan, Edenderry. The Tipperary Free Press says :
" We think we may with safety assert that the return of
Mr. O'Connell is certain."
SHARPERS IN RAILWAY TRAINS, &C.—We are informed
that no fewer than six " schools" or gangs of London
sharpers have been making the tour of Scotland this au-
tumn, and playing at thimbles, cards, and other fraudu-
lent games, to entrap the unwary, both in railway trains
and at fairs, markets, and other places of public resort.
Their tricks are supported by great skill and address, and
there is reason to believe that their visit has proved a
I very lucrative one.—Scotsman.

Grand Sub-
- Courts. Commit- Commit- Views. Total.
tees. tees.
Common Council 30 30
Irish Society.. l2 15 10 37
City Lands — 13 9 5 27
Bridge-house es-
tates — 11 14 4 32
Gresham — 14 13 27
Sewers 3B 66 14 118
Navigation & Port — 34 31 20 85
Coal and Corn and
Finance — 19 22 20 61
Corn Meters in
Trust — 12 1 13
General Purposes — 20 29 1 50
Markets — 15 9 1 25
Library — 13 9 22
Police — 12 20 32
Secondaries & City
Courts. — 23 5 28
Parliamentary — 8 8
City of London
School — 13 15 28
Officers and Clerks 24 7 31
Freedom — 14 1 15
Law bills. — 8 8
Improvement - 40 13 53
Consolidated — 16 15 31
Markets Improve-
ment. — i 26 6 32
Orphan School — 18 8 26
Wellington. — 19 15 34
Prisons — 3 3
Fleet Valley Im-
provement ... 4 4
Reform — 10 4 14
80 1 473 256 65 874

REPORT OF THE THAMES NAVIGATION AND PORT OF
LONDON COMMITTEE.

Deputy PEACOCK, in the absence of Mr. William
Simpson, the chairman of the Thames Navigation and
Port of London Committee, then brought up the fol-
lowing important report, which was read, and agreed to
be referred back, to be carried into execution :
" To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
and Commons of the city of London, in Common Coun-

cil assembled.
" We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, of your
Thames Navigation and Port of London Committee, to
whom it has been referred to carry into execution the
Thames Navigation Act of Parli ment, do certify that we
have had under our consideration the nature and extent of
the works at Teddington and Sunbury Locks, rendered
necessary by the abstraction of water from the river by
the several water companies, pursuant to the Acts of Par-
liament passed in 1852.
"The committee desire to remind this honourable Court
of the terms of the agreement between the companies and
the Corporation, sealed in the month of June, 1852,
whereby the companies undertake to pay annual sums of
money towards the expenses of the works above re-
ferred to.

"In pursuance of their duty, under the arrangements
agreed upon, the Committee directed Mr. Stephen William
Leach, the engineer, to prepare a report upon the subject,
to show the extent of the works required, with an estimate
of the expense.
" Your Committee have received and considered Mr.
Leach's report, and concurring therewith, have annexed
the same for the information of the Court, with their re-
commendation that the works should be carried into execu-
tion, as being positively required for the purposes of navi-
gation, and in accordance with agreements with the water
companies, and the advice of Sir William Cubitt, and Jas.
Walker, Esq., the eminent engineers, who were consulted
upon the subject when the companies' bills were before Par-
liament.

" All which we submit to this honourable Court. Dated
this 24th day of November, 1853.
(Signed) "W. A. PEACOCK. WM. CROUCHER.
GEO. MEADWAY. GEO. OLIVER.
JOSEPH TURNLEY. R. JOHNSTON.
R. M. PHILLIPPS. JAMES P. SNELL.
H. H. MORTIMER. JEREMIAH EVANS."
JAMES HOPPE."
The following is the report of Mr. Leach, to whieh
reference is previously made :
"To the Worshipful-Committee of Thames Navigation.
"Gentlemen,—Agreeably to your directions, I have to
report on the proceedings which swear n to be
taken to carry into execution those works in t e river
which you have approved, to counteract the effects of the
abstraction of water by the four grew companies who are
about to draw their supply from Hunpton and Thames
Ditton. The works in question, and their estimated ex-
pense are as follows :
" Building a new lock at Sunbury ~ £B,OOO 0 0
Dredging the river below it. . 4,125 0 0
Building a new lock at Teddingtoa 12,000 0 0
Dredging the river below it 5,544 0 0

229,669 0 0
"The means at your disposal to enable you to execute
these works, are the annual payments to be received from
the companies, which, with that from the Lambeth com-
pany, which is now accruing, together amount to 1,4001.
per annum. As to the mode of executing the works I
have enumerated, I would recommend that the two locks
should be built by contract during the enusuing year. The
dredging, I think, would be most adiattageonsly executed
by a dredging machine and lighters, provided purposely
and belonging to the service, because they would be avail-
able hereafter for the large amount of this kind of work,
which must sooner or later be done, to improve the upper
parts of the tideway. You have already a steam-engine
and boiler applicable to such a dredgingmachine, the addi-
tional expense of constructing which would not exceed
2,2001. I consider ten lighters, capable of carrying 50
cubic yards each, would be required—their cost would not
exceed 2001. each.

" The dredging machine and lighters should be put in
hand forthwith, so as to be ready for work at the time of
the completion of the new locks. If you decide on build-
ing these on your own premises, which I beg to submit
would be desirable, you would require the undermentioned
plant and tools :
A plate-bending machine, and fixing it ... £l5O 0 0
A drilling-machine, and fixing BO 0 0
A steam-engine and boiler, to drive the above,
and the lathe and punching-machine you
already have
Enlargement of workshops to contain the
above.....

240 0 0

140 0 0

£620 0 0

" The whole of these would, of course, be available
hereafter for the necessary repairs, not only to the dredg-
ing machines and lighters referred-to in this report, but to
those about to be provided for the harbour service. The
total amount, therefore, required for building the dredging
machine and lighters will be—
The dredging machine .. .... 22,200
Lighters 2,000
• Plant and tools 620

00
00
00

£4,820 0 0
" STEPHEN WM. LEACH."

The following reports were then received :
" Improvement Committee.—Mr. T. H. Hall, for the
discharge of a further part of the loan : London-bridge
approaches.
" Police Committee.—Deputy Peacock (in the absence
of Alderman Lawrence), for passing the necessary orders
for making a rate for the quarter from Christmas to Lady-
day next, and for appointing the number of constables for
the year ensuing."
FREEDOM OF THE CITY.
Mr. BLAKE brought up the following report, and
moved that the' Court azree with the committee, and
that it be referred back for execution :
" To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and
Commons of the city of London, in Common Council

assembled.
free-
dom committee, to whom
lastit was referred to consider the communication then
" We, whose names areheenreuthntoe
2s4utbhscdaribedy
nfofNyeovuermber
made by Mr. Chamberlain as to proceedings before him
relative
• ation and also the statement of the investiga-
tion Chm
case referred
by
him,
and ativg ettako
etnheienniteplocyenmseidnetraoftnwon n-freemen, do certify that,
an
communication,
ic ,
such
and having also consulted
with Mr. Solicitor thereon, and
Chamberlain a i
having
uponvng beenthe
having referred to the bill introduced by your honourable
Court into the House of Commons last year, ' For h beforeeem m
uMnir. aticoan,
regu-
lating elections in the city of London, and conferring
rights and privileges upon persons occupying and rated to
premises therein,' and particularly to the preamble of such
bill, and also having considered all the circumstances be-
fore us, and the fact of legal proceedings having been insti-
tuted against freemen carrying on business in the city of
London for employing non-freemen, we beg to recommend
the immediate repeal of the second section of the act of
Common Council, made and passed on the 4th day of July,
1712, which prohibits the employment of such non-free-
men, and that the law officers should be directed to pre-
pare a bill to that effect.
" Your committee have also taken into consideration the
provisions of the act of Common Council made and passed
on the 15th day of April, 1606, recited in the bill of last
year, which prohibit non-freemen from carrying on trade
in the city of London ; and also other provisions of the act
of the 4th day of July, 1712, relating thereto, as well as
the act of Common Council of the 22d of November, 1750,
for amending the said acts. And we, your committee, beg
further to submit our opinion that it is expedient that those
acts of Common Council should be altogether repealed, the
same being inapplicable to the present times and circum-
stances, injurious to the occupiers within this City, and in
restraint of trade.
" All which we submit to the judgment of this honour-
able Court. Dated this Bth day of December, 1853.
" HENRY BLAKE. D. Ditwen.
W. StEVENS. G. CUTHBERT.
C. E. BUTLER. H. E. MURRELL.
JOHN H;ELLIOTT.'' T. BARKLEY.
JAMES WATERLOW. B. BOWER."
CHARLES SULLY.
Mr. BLAKE said that the report related to a mosl
im-
portant matter, and he was quite sure that the
huo
Court
A at a
would give it the attention which it deserved.

t
nw et
hl vee me
mo
pn
lt
ohy ago,men t a m
oanmoa
sf
ttehr e namebutcher oifn
hood of Whitechapel, was complained
ojtfhoesbenypehiganhiboetoehuresrr'.
party as being a non-freeman employed by a freeman,
and the master, a Mr. Woodley, was threatened with
proceedings in the Mayor's Court if he continued that
person in his employment. Mr. Woodley, anxious
to avoid a prosecution of this nature, came to the
chamberlain's office and took up his workman's
freedom. He was told in the chamberlain's office
that that would not save him from the conse-
quences of the penalty he had already incurred, and
he accordingly went to an attorney of the Mayor's
Court, and, with the consent of the informer, paid a sum
of three guineas to stop further proceedings. With the
consent of the workman, the master retained a por-
tion of his wages to repay himself. A short time after-
wards the man demanded an increase of wages, and re-
ceived it. In July an altercation took place in the
family of Mr. Woodley, which resulted in the dismissal
of the man Meers, who left his place in August, and who
two days afterwards gave his late master notice of action
for retaining another non-freeman in his employment.
Mr. Woodley then came down to the chamberlain's
office and took up the second person's freedom, agreeing,
as in the last case, to retain a portion of his wages to
repay himself. A short time afterwards a third informa-
tion was laid against Mr. Woodley, who was again
obliged to take up another man's freedom. Within a
few weeks of the present time, the man Meers, having
been thrown out of work, came and threatened Mr.
Woodley for refusing to employ him, he (Mr. Woodley)
at the time having non-freemen in his employment.
Upon this Mr. Woodley came to the chamberlain to re-
present the hardship of the case, when that officer, in
the exercise of his authority, went so far as to refuse
the employment of his name in the action, upon the
ground that it was not brought with the bona fide view of
enforcing the act of the Common Council, but for the
purpose of gratifying malice and extorting money. It
could hardly have been supposed that there was still in
the statute-book an obsolete law, which had been sud-
denly revived for the oppression of the citizens. (Hear,
hear.) The great majority if not all employers in the
City must be in precisely the same condition as Mr.
Woodley with respect to employing non-freemen, think-
ing, of course, they were doing no harm when they pre-
ferred the services of non-freemen to those of freemen.
The present flagrant instance of abuse showed the neces-
sity for immediately repealing so obnoxious an enact-
ment —an enactment totally unsuited to the present
times and circumstances. (Hear, hear.) •It might be
said that the committee had framed their report in con-
sequence of the appointment of the commission to in-
quire into matters connected with the corporation, and
it might also be said that the Court had neglected or
slept over its duties ; but the case now brought forward
was the first instance of a complaint ever having been
made, within memory of the members of the Court, of
such an act of extortion. (Hear.)
Deputy HOLT said he must necessarily object to one
portion of the report, and could not help thinking that
the freedoms committee had meddled with a matter that
was not referred to them. (Hear, hear.) He thought
the first paragraph was good, and agreed with it ; but
when the corporation had, at an outlay of 15,0001.,
built an orphan school, and had come to the resolution
that the funds arising from the taking up of freedoms
were to be devoted to the support of that in which every
freeman might some day become interested, it was too
much to ask the Court to agree to such a wholesale de-
struction of the interests of the corporation. (Hear,
hear.) The second portion of the report, if adopted,
would also lead to the idea that the corporation were in-
fluenced by the fear that the Royal Commissioners had
now got their eyes upon them, and that they were be-
coming patch-work reformers. (Hear, hear.) He moved,
as an amendment, that only the first paragraph of the
report ho agreed to.

Deputy BowEa thought the report ought to be received
in its entire state.

Deputy HALE said that, in his opinion, the committee
had taken the Court by surprise, and had acted most
injudiciously by reporting upon a matter not referred to
them.

Mr. YOUNG, in seconding the amendment, said ho
was of the same opinion as Deputy Holt, and was the
only member of the committee who had refused to sign
the report—a committee consisting of a number of gen-
tlemen congregated together to destroy the rights and
privileges of the city of London. (No, no, and hear,
hear.) The committee had exceeded ie limits of the
question which had been referred to them to report
upon. _ _

Deputy BEDFORD thought that as soon as freemen,
who had originally created the Court, got into it, they
turned round and tried to do all they could to destroy
its rights and privileges. It would be a disgrace to the
corporation if the report were adopted.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR—Whenever we wish to draw the
attention of the Court to anything like an amendment to
what a committee recommend, it is as well to put it be-
fore the Court in such a way as to prevent the possibility
of misunderstanding. It is quite true that the chairman of
the committee is pursuing a consistent course (and I will
not go into a history of what his notions were $Oll2O time
age), and of late he has done his utmost—as I should
have done, if I had entertained similar opinions—to in-
duce the court to take a certain step. The court, in its
judgment, and, as I think, in its wisdom, declined to
adopt the course recommended by my friend, and thought
proper to take an opposite course ; and although I have
been charged with accelerating that opposite course, I
say it has been the most judicious one which could pos-
sibly have been suggested, and the results show it. The
investigation now going on—and would that the evidence
given before that commission were based upon truth—
(hear, hear)—if there were not some gross misrepresen-
tations—grosser than can by possibility be imagined by
any one who has ears for truth—l would not mind what
the result would be. There is quite room enough to find
fault, quite room enough to amend, quite sufficient to
show that there might be a very considerable improve.
ment upon the present system of the corporation, without
descending to the most gross and palpable, and deliberate
falsehoods that ever could have entered the mind of
man. (Cheers.)

Mr. ELLiorr—l wish to know whether my friend
means that I gave utterance to them ?
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR—I am quite sure it will be patent
to every member of the court that my friend Elliott is
not the only individual who has given evidence before the
commission.

Mr. ELLIOTT—That does not answer my question.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR—When I made use of the expres-
sions that fell from me, I did not know that my friend
was present, and I had him not.in my thoughts. lam
endeavouring to justify a course which the majority of
this court have taken in reference to a question which is
now in a very extraordinary manner introduced to our

notice again. It is the practice and feeling generally,
when a man is beaten, that he hesitates before he rises

again—and when totally beaten more than once or twicehe must be a bold, not a very timid, individual who would
attempt to introduce by a side wind a project in which
he has already been openly defeated. If the freedoms
committee had done their duty, and no more than was
required of them, they would have reported upon the
reference made to them, and they would have carried
their report with honour ; but they must now either
take it back in disgrace, or have it denuded of that
which is not acceptable to the wishes and feelings of
the court. (Hear, hear.) If you agree with the report,
you stultify yourselves in regard to that which you have
over and over again determined upon. lam sure the
court will not adopt the motion to agree with the com-
mittee in their report; but take away from it that which
is objectionable, and then let it be passed. I have put
upon paper that which I believe represents the views of
Deputy Holt—namely, "To agree with the committee
in so much of their report as recommended the repeal of
such acts of Common Council imposing a penalty on
persons employing non-freemen in the city of London."
If I had not the greatest respect for the chairman of
that committee I would 'move the suspension of the
standing order and the dissolution of the freedoms com-
mittee, as that is a censure which they deserve. It is
however, perhaps as well that we should take the
tnilder'
course. (Hear, hear.)

. .
Mr. JONES was in favour of the amendment.
Mr. ELLlOTT—Language was indulged in just now by
a gentleman opposite (Mr. H. Taylor) of which, I think,
I have a right to demand an explanation. No proper.'
and consistent explanation has yet been given. I will
not say so ungentlemanly, but so unusual an attack was
made upon the sworn statement of myself, sitting di-
rectly opposite my friend, who used the words " wilful
and deliberate falsehood," that I had a right to ask him
whether he alluded to me. lie avoided the answer. I
dare say he thought he to acted very triumphantly, but
as a proper explanation , was not given I have only
to say that a gentleman who will stand up before his
fellow-citizens and make such an accusation as that, and
then escape from giving an answer, is a gentleman, in
my opinion, beneath contempt. (Cries of " order," and
confusion.)
Mr. H. L. TA.YLOR—I thought I exculpated you alto-
gether. If you can satisfy your own mind that my
ob-
servations should be applied to you I can't help it.:swer,
Mr. Erziorr—That is an old-fashioned way °ft'7„swer
answer-
in a question of this nature ; you could get that town.
at any pothouse in the City, or in any coun
(Much confusion.)
tisfied with
Mr. DR JERSEY—Mr. Elliott oht to
not imPute
the explanation of Mr. Taylor, who Vnotin his mind
anything to a gentleman whom he had
at the time. (Hear, hear.)
The LORD MAYOR—I beg tlo
present suchhaa
have called
had imputed to any gentleman t
my
say that if Mr. Toabyselorr.
duty to
his
vation, I should have deem„ i
Mr. Taylor to order, but
a n
in t hno uegrl! t litleaerxiiliaeianie.d)
words in a very satisfactory.nexplanation is perfectly satis-
Mr. ELLIOTT—Sue,' an
factory to ine.vsecirsrs'id he thought it exceedingly in
Deputy BE---._, committee should have imported into
report matterthe
not legitimately referredd to them.
judicious that n
their reP°- 3 therefore support the amen went. In the
He world f an answer (continued Deputy Bennoch), made
C rt there was certain unquali-
course 0 this 011 ,
ntlezna
by a ge rre used—applied to certain parties—who they
fled langua
not, 'but if false reports or false evidence
were I know'.
anywhere, there is a proper place for
Nava those, who have gro.unda of
gioinvetno be made by
the °rebbeietant
complaint. They have the opportunity of going and
Ishowing that this report or that evidence is unfounded,

untrue, or exaggerated. As one who has been there
and listening to an answer made to a very proper ques-
tion put by Mr. Elliott--" Do you mean me ?" the reply,
was, " I did not know you were in the Court," and " I
honestly
so appre-
hendnlesat myhad not you in my thoughts." But inasmuch as the
gentleman who made the accusation had 'his eye fixed
upen me—(laughter)--or, at all events, directed towards
e I
sufficient, f
have was
i e ngj tot,
gone
stet sitting,
anfngad;
given evidence upon oath, I think it right, when they are
present, and unqualified language is used, to ask of the
concerned. that
when
Cshwoeune rr
gentlemen
gentleman who makes use of it, "Do you include me in
Mr. R. L. TAYLOR—AIII can say is that whatever I
iswnother
have stated here I can prove. I am not going to charge
that accusationhAey?'ao'ra.)_(lncreased laughter and confusion.)
su3y one individual with anything. I have stated again
LOILearM,
tarnuTpdthheep.augtayin
BthicalitmawavisTt
hnuatmibsernooft persons have hwaevre given
evidence before the eonimi fon that is not founded upon
rqiguhesttitoon.
for saying that I think'
ask whether he was alluded to—but of tclumrsye
I in
consider
hr
et
I can only rule in the wayph:sonep v
veu tthhiece
Bennoch has a perfect
the proceedings of the Court ar
the Court
would wish its proceedings to be governed. Mr. Taylor
has stated, certainly, that in which I o
agree with him, because I know there haveon do not dis-
statements made ; but I think it also right th: false
ir
Taylor should state in the Court whether he doest i •
iollwpnalk•deeonpimnge.
elude Deputy Bennoch in his accusation. (eria„,,--of-74
Deputy BENNOCH—I demand an answer to a simple
question. I ask for your lordship's protection, and the
protection of this Court. I ask the gentleman to answer
the question. I ask him as a man of honour. (Cries of
don't answer it.)
Deputy HOLT—I move that Mr. Taylor do not answer
such a question. (Great confusion.)
The LORD MAYOR—I must say that it is for Mr.
Taylor himself either to give an answer, or to withhold
it. These are dangerous imputations to make, and I
should, as an individual, feel aggrieved when charged
without an explanation.
Deputy BENNOCH rose several times amidst consider-
able confusion, and appealed to Mr. Taylor to answer
the question that he had already put to him, and failing
in getting a reply,
The LoRD MAYOR took the sense of the Court upon
the question whether Deputy Harrison, who was on his
legs, or Deputy Bennoch was in possession of the chair.
Almost every hand was immediately held up in favour of
the former gentleman ; upon which the latter exclaimed
(alluding, we believe, to Deputy Harrison), "Then I
shall know what course to take with regard to that
gentleman."
Deputy HARRISON then said he should support the
amendment.
Alderman SALOMONS censured the language which
had been used in the course of the debate as likely to
lead to a breach of the peace, unless the Court inter-
posed its authority to prevent it.
Mr. BLAKE having replied,
The amendment of Deputy Holt was carried by a
large majority, there being but four hands held up for
the original motion.

GREAT CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS' COMPANY.
Messrs. Begby and Chatteris were re-appointed to
examine and audit the accounts of the company for the
ensuing twelve months, under the provisions of the 14th
and 15th Vic., cap. 69, and the resolution of the Court
of the 18th December, 1851.
STEAM•BOAT LANDINGS AT THE SURREY SIDE OF LONDON-

adulterated beer, more likely to give Scrubb, the poor
charwoman, a bad shilling out of the half-crown she
changes for her half-a-pint of "four halland-half " than
she is likely to give him a bad half-crown ? Yet she,
poor thing does not find it out until the next day, per.
haps, when she goes for a loaf. Were they her' last
words, she could swear where she took that bad shilling,
I goes back. Juniper points to the notice, which,
perhaps, she is unable to read, orders her to be off; or,
threatens to give her in charge. The poor woman loses
her money and her time, and is glad to get off without
being locked up. Or it may be that the baker gives
her in charge, and the poor creature is driven at once to
defend herself at a cost she cannot afford. Hundreds
of such cases occur in the course of a year, which the
public never hear of, and there are thousands of poor
people who cannot tell good coin from bad, unless it is
very bad indeed, but who take it in faith of the respec-
tability of the parties with whom they deal. Generally,
there are no witnesses, and, as before observed, a ser-
vant will do the best to clear her or himself, and try to
make out that the change was given elsewhere. This
is a simple, fair, and impartial statement of a great griev-
ance that lies at one's door individually, though collec-
tively it concerns all, and to the poor is of vital inte-
rest. Now, to "give and take" has ever been consi-
dered English—it is synonymous with our national and
expressive phrase of " fair play," and among English.
men is so understood. But these bar and counter
placards of " no money changed" are not fair towards
those who cannot tell good money from bad, or who
cannot read, or who may be hurried for time, and for
many other reasons. If they insist upon enforcing these .
measures, this "taking without giving, the public
ought to have some guarantee that they never give bad
money—some certain proof, in short, that such parties
never take it. Were this done, it would be the heaviest
and surest blow ever struck at the "smashers," and
such a check on the circulation of spurious coin as that
" money market" never received. Let the Mint issue
small placards, free, to be had on application, and every
tradesman be compelled to apply for them, and to affix
such in their shops, and to keep on their counters such
tests as the Mint may suggest, and enforce, for the de-
tection of bad money. Let the public have access to
these tests fairly and openly, and free of charge. Lot
them be. such as a child cannot mistake. Faraday would"-
suggest fifty such in as few seconds—clear, simple, and
convincing—so as not to leave even a ledge for doubt to
cling to. Such a plan would check crime, be a saving
of untold thousands a year to the country, remove one
great incentive to evil which often leads to greater
crimes, and be a protection and a benefit to the poor
and ignorant, for even children—as our columns have
shown, over and over again—have been made scape-
goats of by these coiners, and their tender years have
disarmed the power of the law. This would require no
bill—the Legislature need not be troubled with it. Like
Mrs. Glasse'share, it need only begin with "first catch
your shilling," and there would be no fear but what
hundreds of thousands would follow the re ciDe It is
this difficulty of telling bad money from
good that is thee
coiner's chief market—that encourages him
" perfection. Tie works for the ignorant---heoisimtoltatlte the
poor money market what the Jew pedlar is to the coun-
try bumpkin, who hangs copper rings on Betty's ears,
and affixes brass seals to Johnny's watch-chain, and
which, "so help him Mo', are shterling gold." Let
the Mint, instead of prosecating, take to printing
instead of telling you how well this florin is imitated,
and how perfectly that spurious half-crown is milled--
issue plain and simple directions how to tell gold and
silver from all other metals, whether electrotyped or
washed over, iron-brass-copper, or any other mixture.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

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APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenant—Louis R. Reynolds (1346), at present
serving in the Blenheim, 60, screw steam guard-ship,
to the Banshee paddle-wheel steam-vessel, of 350-horse
power, formerly employed as a mail packet on the
Holyhead, and subsequently on the Mediterranean
station. Lieutenant Reynolds brought home the Me-
dina steam-packet, of 312-horso power, from the Me-
diterranean station, to be paid off at Wo3lwich in the ,
early part of the present year, and he is to have the ,
command of the Banshee for service as a mail packet
on that station. Commodore Henry Elen went on
board the Banshee yesterday in the basin at Wool-
wich fin• the purpose of inspecting her previous to
being put in commission. •

Clerk in Charge—John Sweatman (1345), from the
Neptune, 120. guard ship of ordinary at Portsmouth,
to the Rhadainanthus paddle-wheel steam troop and
store vessel at Woolwich, fitting for the Mediterranean
station.

Clerk—George W. Anderson (1846), recently serving
in the Archer steam-sloop, paid off at Woolwich last
month, to the Neptune, vice Sweatman,
Acting Assistant-Surgeon Archibald Stevenson
(1852) is confirmed as assistant-surgeon to the Rodney,
90, on the Mediterranean station.
Clerks' Assistants—W. S. Mould, to the Boscawen,
73, at Chatham, fitting as flag-ship for the North Ame-
rican and West India station ; Byron Stratford to the
Neptune, guard•ship of ordinary, at Portsmouth.

WOOLWICH, DEC. 8.
The Prometheus, 5, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, of2oo-
- power, in charge of John London (acting), chief
engineer, is being rigged in the basin at this port, and is
expected to be commissioned immediately, for the pur-
pose of being employed in protecting the fisheries on
the north coast of Scotland, in the roam of the Archer
screw steam-sloop, withdrawn from that service.
The Rosamond steam-sloop, when last fitted at Wool-
wich, was supplied with an excellent bath, in front of
the engine-room, on the lower deck. The bath has
ample room for that great luxury, and has pipes con-
nected with it for cold, hot, or vapour baths, and will
be available, under certain regulations, for the officers,
engineers, and crew of the vessel. The importance of
adding baths, where such facilities are afforded, on board
steam-vessels, is incalculable, as it has been observed
that those who daily laved their bodies in water in
hot climates almost invariably escaped the yellow fever
of the West Indies, or experienced it so slightly that it
seldom proved fatal in their cases ; and the stokers who
were employed when the steam was up in‘ hot climates,
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bodies when relieved from their turn of duty, to get rid
fsroroefomniltiaharlet)khlieeemdidpniabshyl;atthbecselleimates. Captain Lord Clarence Paget
has applied for and baths are to be fitted on board the
Princess Royal, 90, at Portsmouth, and as all vessels
built in future for the royal navy are to be screw pro-
ships-of--warships-of--warwaamr
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Tuesday. If her services are not required in the Tagus,
she will cruise for a mouth in the Atlantic. She used
her canvas only in coming down Channel, and will not
use her steam power if it can be avoided.
The paddle-wheel steam
-vessel Magicienne, 16, Cap-
tain T. Fisher, left the Sound this afternoon for Pem-
broke, to tow to this port the screw steam-vessel Pique.

LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1853.

Aberdeenism has at last brought matters to a
pass so deplorable in reference to the considera-
tion hitherto exercised by our Government, that
the question now asked at Vienna in regard to the
Russo-Turkish difficulty- is—not What will Eng-
land do ? but What will France do ? What win
the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. do under the circum-
stances ? That is literally the inquiry put for-
ward in the Austrian Lloyd—" What will NAPO.
LEON 111. do ? That is the Question." Yes, the
Austrian Lloyd is right—" that is the question."
And we fear it must continue to be the question so
long as the Earl of ABERDEEN continues at the
head of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. It
was not thus with England when Mr. CANNING
was the Leader of the Administration. It was not
thus when Lord PALMERSTON' was the Chief of the
Foreign Department.. The decadence, indeed, of
the moral influence of England at this juncture
reminds one painfully of that critical moment in
the reign of CHARLES 11., when panic filled
the streets of London, and there was a ru-
mour of the enemy coming fast up the
Thames with fire and slaughter, and people
were sighing for the days of the brave old NoLL,
for the stalwart front of the Lord Protector, for
the rule of one who had at least had the glory
ch.f being, with pith and reason, a brave, true-
hearted Englishman. And so nowadays—although
without rumours of a foreign fleet off Sheerness,
or dread of a sudden bombardment at Westmin-
ster—we
are still doomed to lament the fading
away of (Air
authority among the nations of
Christendom !
We still find bitter cause to re-
gret the supremacy of Lord ABERDEEN at
the Council-Board,
gh for the retun,
and have ample reasonto si
to a vigorous policy in the
Foreign Office, like that -Pursued by the patriotic
Lord PAL M" ERSTON. Meanwhile the Coalition drags
on—and fresh uegotiation3 are
talked of—and
there are heard vague allusions to
a
(I.'ol.de-fence. And to crown all, the Lloyd of
Vienna asks, " What will NAPOLEON Ur.
do V
not " What will lie done 'by England ?" The
Austrian journals goes yet further—observes with
considerable truth, "the Cabinet of St. Peters-
burgh has brought matters to such a point
that. at the present moment the Cabinet of
the Tuileries exercises a greater influence
than it has exercised since the fall of the first
NAPOLEON." And not s word say the foreign
lookers-on about England in the midst of the
discussion ! Alas ! happily for our internal in-
terests, but most unhappily for our external in-
terests, Lord PALMERSTON is shelved in the Home
Department, while the " dear," and " excellent,"
and complaisant Under-Secretary of M. GIIIZOT

We must, in good fellowship, warn the Cabinet
Council who are patiently hatching a new Reform
Bill to take care what they are about. The Volun-
taries, who threaten some day to disendow the
Established Church, promise to respect life in-
terests and the rights of property. The Society
for the Liberation of Religion (such is the benig-
nant designation now assumed by what was till
this year the Anti-State Church Association) pro-
mises that advowsons shall be bought up at their
market value. The society is willing to pay the
ransom price of the prisoner. They no doubt
calculate on a handsome surplus to the State after
they have applied one portion of Church property
to the redemption of the rest. But where are the
Political Liberators to find the money to pay
market value for the " influence" boroughs ?
" Market value 1" we hear the First Commis-
sioner of Works indignantly exclaim, " I should
like to know who now dares to talk of buying and
selling English Constituencies ; my present noble
colleague, the Colonial Secretary, only smiles at
the antiquated idea of " doing what he will Cith
his own." It is no mere smiling matter, how-
ever. When CYRUS was a little boy he learned,
according to XENOPHON, and that, too, at the
cost of a birching, that's purchase was one of the
three modes of acquiring just possession. Now, if
Sir WILLIAM and the Duxx will only turn to the
Times of the 3d ult. they will find the following
advertisement :
" PARLIAMENTARY POSITION.—Messrs. BROOKS and
BEAL, 209, Piccadilly, are confidently intrusted with the
disposal of an unusually important and very influential
estate, comprising a first-rate family mansion, with some
of the best dwelling-houses, shops, wharves, business
premises, parcels of building land, all within the limits of
a smali, borough town, and producing an income of about
1,0001. per annum, which will be sold to pay a fair re-
turn for the investment of capital. It should be specially
observed that this property possesses immense political in-
fluence."
Assuredly here is the offer to any purchaser of
a just possession. A splendid offer too. A living
of a thousand a year ; a Parliamentary position ;
immense political influence. What can it be worth?
Set down what we will for the real property,
plainly the immense political property is worth, in
addition, something handsome. The advertisers
invite " special" attention to that. It may be
that the political ledger of the estate can show a
goodly list of salaried secretaryships and offices,
perhaps a berth in a commission, or a board, as
the reward of putting the right man into the
borough ; perhaps the proprietor himself chose
to grace the benches of St. STEPHEN'S. In hard
cash or in honours, doubtless the " confidently
intrusted" agents can show a good creditor side.
There is no waste money, observe. It all goes
towards purchasing "immense political influence,"
as well as a " fair return for investment of capi-
tal," since all the property is " within the limits
of a small borough town." A thousand a year.
Hem—can I for that really be a Parliamentary
Warwick ? " Why, yes—to a certainty: Notice—
the borough is 30 small. If you buy that thousand a
year we'll guarantee your being equal in Parliament
to half the West Riding of Yorkshire at least."
•'liould you still question or hesitate, the adver-
tiser assures you there can be no fear : lam
" confidently entrusted with the disposal" of the
property, immense influence and all. Go home,
sir, and look into your Johnson, and you will
find that that word means " without fear of mis-
carriage." It is agreed on all hands, say all the
papers, and therefore we suppose all the Cabinet,
that go these " small boroughs" subject to " im-
mense influence" must. Let Mr. GLADSTONE
therefore be prepared. A market value, we
should think a stiffish one, is clear. Reform may
cost almost as much as a Kafir war.

To us, in our guileless political virginity in-
deed, such traffic in the free element of our
"matchless constitution" seems quite appalling.
To the advertising of religious advowsons week
after week, with every temptation of little duty
and large income, aged incumbents and young
sportsmen, we have been long accustomed. We
have come to regard the sale of souls as a matter
of course, and the stipend for the cure of them as
a proper subject for the auctioneer's hammer ;
but these political advowsons quite shock us—we
had hardly thought of the sale of voters as pos-
sible. It had not entered into our heads in our
Nev. Reform Bill lucubrations that we should
have to compensate the holders of the " next
presentation " to some sixty or seventy
small boroughs. We knew that frail voters were
bribed to selltheir virtue too frequently, but we did
not know that any keeper of free-and- easy voters
had the face openly to advertise their virtue for
sale. Of course, therefore, it is a vested right.
Well, the right must be got rid of at all costs.
After the late execution of the unfortunate
Moßus in this City, a hardened wretch was com-
mitted by the Lord Mayor for picking pockets at
itbl
. very time
worthy metohreculprit was ascending the scaf-
yMagistrate commented at
length, and with propriety, on the enormity of
an offer
the deed under such circumstances. What, then,
offer to sell " immense influ-
ecnalere,,bein saai,d,smoalfl
while those boroughs,
having been condemned by a jury of the whole
country, are only waiting for the fatal drop to
fall !—of making the political. caorruptiont
hepro;
minen t, the emphatic part of n advertisement
"Which is the borough, and who is the seller, we,
of course, know not, though marks for identifica-
tion are pretty abundantly furnished • we only
know that such advertisements cannot appear
much longer. They will aid in their own extinc-
tion. It may be, however, that it is a hoax.
Be it so. It is but a picture of what is done fre-
quently enough in private, or hardly in private ;
at least, as frequently as such estates are in the
market. Another supposition still is possible—we
hope barely possible—that the seller of the estate
having, of course, already a " Parliamentary posi-
tion," and " immense political influence," may
happen to know " confidently" that the small
boroughs are not doomed, as we all complacently
imagine, and that he can give satisfactory proof
to any intending purchaser that he can really
sell, and the other really buy, a " Parliamentary
position."

" lVolumus leges A itilice Mutari." Such was
the motto adopted byjthe bold barons who at
Runnymede enforced tfie great Charter of British
freedom, from the unwilling hands of JOHN, the
then King of England. " Nolumus leges Anglice
Mutar I." We too, in common with every true-
hearted Briton, are unwilling that the laws of
England should be altered. We, too, declare
that none on earth have power to alter or modify
the constitutional laws of this realm, save only
the three estates of Parliament, the Queen, Lords,
and Commons, acting in accordance with the re-
cognised rights and privileges of their respective
orders ; and the rules and regulations incidental
to legislation ! ft is with no ordinary feelings of
indignation, that we find one of the most cherished
of our popular rights—one of our best-established
laws, set at naught, and the authority of our most
gracious SOVEREIGN slighted and despised. That
ng of which may be claimed ex
process, the iS3III