The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-16 00:00:00

THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.

The RIGHT REY. PRELATIC gave notice that on Thurs-
day next he should move the appointment of a Select
Committee to consider the best means which Groat Bri-
tain could devise for the final extinction of the African
Slave Trade.

THE CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION BILL,
AND THE BANKRUPT LAWS CONSOLIDA-
TION BILL.
Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of
these Bills. The Bills proposed to alter to a certain ex-
tent the law of arrest, and in order to effect that object
it would be necessary to repeal six sections of the Act.
Ilia desired that the refusal to pay the amount of a
bond in judgment should constitute an act of bank-
ruptcy. if there was any compulsion in the
matter, it was already an set of bankruptcy.
but if there was no compulsion, the refusal was no act of
bankruptcy, and this anomaly he proposed to do away
with. In the next place, the power of assignees was
extended under the new Act. lie further proposed thut
power should be given to executors or other persons—
say creditors—to administer the estates of deceased par-
ties .uuder the bankrupt-law. He felt the greater
confidence in making this alteration, inasmuch
as during the years in which the law
had been administered by the present Commissioners—
at least between the years 1842 and 1848, while there had
been as many as 1,800 decisions, there had not been
more than five appeals that had been sustained.

Th?se Bills were then read a second time and ordered
to be committed.
LARCENY ACTS AMENDMENT BILL.

Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of this
Bill.

After a few words from the Marquis of SALISBURY
and the Duke of liseumoso,
Lord BROUGHAM agreed with the principle of the
Bill, which he considered was a most important one.
Lord STANLEY thought that a measure like the
present ought to have had more attention given to it
than appeared to have been awarded to it by the
Noble and Learned Lord who had introduced it.
Ho thought the Government ought, before the intro-
duction of this Bill, to have enunciated the principles
on which they intended to act with respect to transpor-
tation generally. He did not forget the argument
which was used a few years ago by the Noble Earl,
that they were about to try a new series of '
punishments. He did not forget either that that was
an experiment, and ought not to be judged of until
it had been fairly tried ; but after eighteen
months' experience he did think that some statement
should be made as to its success. He therefore asked
the Noble Earl whether he intended to lay upon the
table of the House any measure for the settlement of the
matter. He thought Parliament ought also to be in-
formed of the course of proceeding intended to be pur-
sued with regard to female convicts. The accumulation
of male convicts in the penal colonies had led to the se-
rious evil of a disproportion between the two sexes, and
consequently the influx of female convicts into those co-
lonies, so far from being considered an inconvenience,
would tend to remedy that evil. He wished, therefore,
to know how the Government intended to act on this
point. Did they mean to submit female convicts to any
probationary discipline in this country previous to trans-
portation, and to carry out to a greater extent, with re-
spect to them than with respect to the male convicts,
the sentence of transportation? When he had held the
situation of Colonial Secretary the position of female
convicts, both here and iu Van Diemen's Land pressed
very closely upan his attention, and it was attempted to
carry out a reformatory system by the establishment of a
penitentiary in Vau Diemen's Land, in which every fe-
male convict in the-first instance should be placed. An
old 74 gun ship, the Anson, was sent out and fitted up
as a floating penitentiary, but the period of reformation
was of necessity too short, as the accommodation af-
forded was only sufficient for half the number of female
convicts sent out in the course of the year. Conse-
quently, the period of probation was necessarily limited
to six months, but, tried so imperfectly us the system
was, there were found, if he were not misinformed,
striking advantages from the establishment of that pe-
nitentiary, and a great portion of the convicts were
turned out un society greatly improved. Ha was now
informed, though not by dir ct or official authority,
that it was the intention of the Government
to abandon that system altogether and to send
out female convicts, it they were sent out at all, subject
to no reformatory discipline. He hoped he was misin-
formed, for the matter deserved the serious considera-
tion of the Government. He spoke from the informa-
tion of one of the most valuable persons in her line—the
superintendent of this female penitentiary, for several
years one of the principal matrons of the Hanwell Lu-
natic Asylum—Mrs. Chisholm, who was distinguished
for the solicitude and skill with which she managed those
placed under her superintendence. He was told that
person was at the present moment under the apprehen
sion that her services would no longer be required; and,
if the establishment at Van Diemen's Land should be
broken up, ho thought, in justice, some provision should
be made for her. It was matter of importance, however,
that the system itself should not be abandoned; for, as
the female convicts were naturally more susceptible than
the male, a great work of humanity might be combined
with a great political advantage.—(Hear, hear.)
Earl GREY said, that it was his intention to lay some
papers with respect to transportation on the tabie of the
House to-morrow, but, as he had not those papers now by
him to refer to,and as he could speak merely from memory
on the subject, he might possibly fall into some mistakes
in addressing their Lordships on the present occasion. With
respect to the main principles of the policy which the Go-
vernment had announced their intention to adopt in respect
to transportation his opinion had not altered, but as to a
very important part of it, he admitted that the result of
the inquiry which took place two years ago had been
very considerably to modify his opinion. So far as re.
garded what he might term the strictly penal part of the
sentence of transportation, he believed that that could
be carried out more advantageously in this country than
in the colonies, but that the subsequent part of the
punishment, after the execution of the more severe por-
tion, could be more advantageouly put into effect in the
colonies.—(Hear, hear.) his original idea had been,
that the removal of convicts to the colonies should take
place after their punishment had been completed, and
that they should go under no restraint but as exiles.
The important inquiry conducted by their Lordships
and information since received from the colonies had,
however, led him to conclude that the convicts should
not be sent into the colonies in a state of entire
freedom, but as convicts enjoying what was techni-
cally termed tickets of leave.—(Hear, hear.) Under
such a system there would exist a power to
' remove the transported convicts from towns, where they
might be exposed to the temptation of bad company or of
easy access to public-houses, and to compel them to reside
in remote districts, where the population was scattered,
where they would not be exposed to the contamination
of bad company, and where their labour would be most
useful. There would also exist the power of mustering
them on occasions when necessary. In the very great
majority of cases he believed that if the convicts were
subject in this country to a reformatory system of dis-
cipline, they would, on their arrival in the colonies, be-
come useful members of society. With these views the
plan under which the Government was prepared to
carry into effect the sentence of transportation was, that
every convict (he was now speaking of male convicts)
sentenced to transportation, whether for seven years or
for a longer period, whose health fitted hies to be sent to
the colonies, should ultimately complete his punishment
by going out. InAthe first instance he would be sent to
such places of refo&iatory discipline as that at Wake-
field, or at Pentonville, where he would pass a longer or
shorter period of separate confinement. It bad been
found, in reference to the establishments at Gibraltar
and Bermuda, that those convicts who had been subject
to preliminary discipline when they were afterwards
placed in different circumstances had not forgotten the
salutary impression it had made on them. It was pro-
posed that the convicts, after having gone through a pe-
riod of separate imprisonment, in no case exceeding
eighteen months, and very rarely exceeding twelve
months.—(Hear, hear)—for all evidence showed that
this was a punishment which, if prolonged beyond a cers
tain time, was injurious—should bo sent to some esta-
blishment where they could labour in association—for
instance, at Bermuda or Gibraltar, where the labour of
convicts was valuable. He spoke from memory, but ho
believed that the value of the labour performed by a can
38'
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viet on the fortifications there was on the average
a-year, and that the expense of his mainte.
ani.ence,
ata.nede and
clothing, not including lodging or superintendence,
amounted only to half the value of his rioU'irilr. To some
establishments of this kind it was intendeda that the con-
victs sI soul(' go after the period of theirduit separate impri-
sonment; that a record of their conduct should be kept;
and thAt the term for which they would be compelled
to labour at this establishment would very much_ depend
upon their conduct. At the conclusion of their term
they would have the advantage of being sent out with
tickets of leave to the colonies, where they might die
perse, the object bring to scatter them us widely as
possible,
a convict thus sent out might very
so that
rarely happen to see any one who might have known
him when, engaged formerly Ql3 a career of crime. Wale

• holding this ticket of leave in the colony the convict
should not rise to the superior advantage of enjoying a
conditional pardon until he repaid a certain
portion of the expense of his conveyance to the oniony,
say 15/. Of course, the Crown would have the
power of remitting that condition, but he was now
stating what would be the general rule under the system.
One great advantage of this rule would be to induce the
convicts to save, in the first instance, a certain portion
of their ear nings for the purpose of obtaining their con-
ditional pardon, and thus they would avoid the tempta-
tions which persons naturally fell into who had been ter
some time deprived of money, and who on their arrival
in the colonies found themselves suddenly in the posses-
sion of funds, in consequence of their labour being
extremely valuable. It was also thought, that it would
tend greatly to diminish the objection on the part of the
colonists to receiving convicts if the money so paid by
the convicts were paid into the emigration funds of the
colonies, instead of into the Exchequer of this country,
thus assisting in promoting the tide of free emigration,
which would neutralize any moral disadvantage which
might be apprehended from the influx of convicts. He
considered it an object of extreme importance that the con-
victs should be scattered as widely as possible; for he be-
lieved that when those who had been seduced into crime
were separated from each other, and placed in association
with persons who had not fallen into crime, they were the
more likely to become reformed characters. With this
view it had been the object of the Government to ender'
your, as far as possible, to extend the field applicable to
the purpose of receiving convicts, and a correspondence
had taken place with the Governors of different colonies
on the subject. The Governor of New South Wales had
transmitted to him a resolution of the Legislative Coun-
cil, under which he had thought himself justified in ad-
vising that convicts with tickets of leave should again,
for the present, be sent to that colony. The Cape of
Good Hope, also, from the dispersion of the population
over an immense district of territory, afforded
peculiar facilities for the disposal of convicts ;
and, as the demand for labour in that colony
was very great, he bad little doubt that convict,
might be sent there with advantage. He had lately
received from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
an intimation that the announcement that the Govern-
ment intended to send convicts t r that place had ex
cited very general dissatisfaction among the colonists.
But it appeared to him (Earl Grey) that this was a
service which the colonies could render to the mother
country without any real injury to themselves, and
which, considering what this country had done for them,
she was entitled to require. The colonists must bear in
mind that during the last session upwards of 1,000,000/.
was voted by the British Parliament as an extraordinary
grant for the expenses of the Kutir war, in addition to
the regular charges of that war; and he thought, after
making such sacrifices, that this country was entitled to
require from the colony a service which might he ren-
dered without injury to its interests. As there had been
great difficulty in finding means for disposing of the
large number of persons sentenced to transportation,
orders had been given for sending to the Cape of Good
Hope from Bermuda 250 convicts, who had undergone a
preliminary punishment, and who were recommended for
removal in consequence of their good conduct. Ho
begged to remind their Lordships that under this system
the very same punishment would be inflicted which Par-
liament originally contemplated by transportation. It
was provided, by repeated Acts of Parliament, that
convicts might be sent to the colonies at any period
whatever Of their sentence, and that they might be kept
in establishments in this country, ashore or afloat, to
hard labour for any period of the term of punishment
the Government might think proper. Indeed, until late
years, persons sentenced to seven years' transportation
were never sent out of the country, but were kept at
labour in the hulks. The difference between the present
and the former system would be this—that whereas,
formerly, the period of coerced labour convicts were re-
quired to undergo before they obtained tickets of leave
was passed in the colonies, it would in future be spent
either in this country or at Gibraltar or Bermuda. 'With
respect to female convicts, ho agreed with the Noble
Lord that there was much less objection to sending
them in large numbers to Van Diemen's Land than
there was with regard to male convicts ; but, at the
same time, it was much more difficult to carry into
effect preliminary punishment in the case of female
than in the case of male prisoners. Any system
of discipline which had hitherto been tried for
female prisoners, associated together in considerable
numbers, had failed to give satisfaction. Ho had re-
ceived reports from two gentlemen connected with the
convict establishment in New South Wales, stating that
the establishment on board the Anson had proved a com-
plete failure, and recommending that women should at
once be sent out with tickets of leave on their arrival in
the colony. He believed that the Anson establishment
must be broken up. He did not underrate the import-
ance of previous reformatory discipline, but he believed
that, if any establishment of that kind was to be main-
tained, it must be on shore. He considered that the
failure on board the Anson was partly attributable'to the
great disadvantages which invariably attended confine-
ment on board hulks. Experience has proved that a
floating prison was the very worst that could be adopted,
both with regard to economy and discipline. Tta, ex-
pense of filing up such prisons, and keeping them in repair,
was very great, the space was necessarily very confined,
the means of ventilation were imperfect, and it was
utterly impossible to maintain in them a perfect state of
discipline. The object of the Government would therefore
be to transfer such establishments to buildings on shore, as
they were doing at Portland and Bermuda. lie thought
that if women were sent to estaldtehint nts of this kind at
all, it ought to be at home, in order that the system
might be closely watched, and that any defects might be
promptly and speedily remedied. He considered that
the punishment of transportation Was much more se-
verely felt by women than by men. It was a far greater
punishment to a woman to be placed in the disgraceful
position of a convict,and to be sent away from her friends
and relatives, than it was to a man; anti he therefore
thought that even if female convicts were allowed to re-
ceive tickets of leave very soon after their arrival in the
colonies, there was no danger that transportation would
not still be regarded by them as a very severe punish-
ment. If, however, the male convicts were allowed to
receive tickets of leave on their arrival, a very large num-
ber of them would not consider transportation a punish-
ment at all. The case of female convicts was one of
great difficulty, and with regard to which no final deter-
mination couid yet become to. It was a question for
consideration whether Parliament should be asked to
extend the means of subjecting them to proper prison
discipline in this country; but, in the absence of proper
prisons for female convicts in this country, all that could
be done was to carry out their punishment as efficiently
as possible. He might add, with regard to Mrs. Chis-
holm, to whom the Noble Lord had alluded, that ho was
fully aware of her claims upon the Government, and that
should the establishment on board the Anson bo broken
up, some provision would undoubtedly be made for her.
Lord CAMPBELL, in replying, said he could assure
their Lordships that this Bill had been prepared after
long and mature deliberation, and that he believed it was
very carefully and skilfully drawn.
After a few words from the Earl of MOUNTCASHELL
and the Duke of Rica:MOND,
The Bill was read a second time.
On the motion of the Earl of MOUNTCASIIELL,
return was ordered of the amount of county-rates levied
in Ireland from 1785 to 1845.

Their Lordships adjourned at a Quarter. past Senn.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 15.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.

After the lapse of about ten minutes, during which no
business was done, with the exception of some private
petitions being presented, an lion. Member moved that
the House be counted, and there being only twenty-four
Members present, the House immediately adjourned.

THE COUNT OUT.
The following is a list of Members present when the
House of Commons was " counted out" last night:—
Mr. W. Patteu Mr. Munts
Mr. Thomas Greene Mr. Willyams
Mr. Elliott Mr. Williams
Mr. llayter Mr. Brotherton
Mr. T. Maitland Mr. Hodges
Mr. H. Drummond Mr. Raphael
Mr. Thornely Mr. B. Osborne
Mr. Wawn Mr. Cayley
Mr. H. Berkeley Mr. Baillie
Mr. Duncan Mr. Anderson
Mr. Christy Sir J. Walmaley
Mr. Kershaw Lord M. Hill.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House oj Commons.)
THURSDAY, FIB. 15.
The undernamed Railway Bill was read a first, and
ordered to be read a second time :
Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North-
Western Railway Companies (Transfer of Interest in the
Preston and Wvre Railway, Harbour, and Dock, and regu-
lating the Management of the Undertaking).

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
The following Railway Bills are ordered to be read a
second time on Monday, Feb. 19 :
Great Indian Peninsula Railway
fo Compamny.
East Indian Railway Company (rmaking one or more
Railways in the East Indies) Incorporation.
Stockton and Darlington (Alteration of Line in Eggles-
cliffe and Stockton-on-Tees).
Stockton and Darlington (Lease of Linetothe York,
of
orka,tNew-
castle, and Berwick Railway Company, and Amalgamation
the two Undertakings).
Stockton and Darlington (Consolidation of Acts, Increase
of Capital, and purchase of the Middlesborough Dock).
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Acts Amendment, Branches,
and Deviations.

—York and North Midland (Deviation and Abandonment of
Part of the authorised Lines of Railway between ..iarket
\Veighton and Beverley, and Copmanthorpe and Tadcaster).
Cocker mouth and Workington (Branch to Bridgefoot,
Amendment of Act, and Power to lease to Whitehaven
Junction Railway Company).
Shrewsbury and Chester (for Branches to the river Dee ;
Agreement for Joint Station at Shrewsbury; Power to sub-
scriba towards the Shrewsbury and Hereford).
East Lothian Central (Abandonment of the Railrray and
Dissolution of the Company).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Consolidation and
Amendment of Acts).
Edinburgh and Northern (Formation of Slip Quay. and
(Aber Worlia at Cirautou; Extewicti a Station at Lthn-

forTeh2NrvailmlPbr;
The Arrogant, 46, will be commissioned at the end
of the present month, at Portsmouth. She will not be.
completely fitted for the pendant until the 28th inst.
The Collingwood, 80, in dock at Portsmouth, bas beeir
::,13t;etnirree.cotmhrleissmioonn.ths' repair be.
thoroughly repaired, and will be complete for a re-cons-
mission by the 30th proximo. She will be ready to go'
out of dock about the 20th inst.
The Vindictive, 50, lately the returned flag-ship on
the West India station, a razeed 74, is undergoing
thorough repair at Portsmouth, which will be'complet
abTouhtetphreinlc2ethssoefhMararo.ite.
104,
is undergoing a completi
refit in dock at Portsmouth, and will not be ready to go'
out fit for re-commission before the 30th of Jane, unless
expedited. It was supposed she was intended to succeed
the Hibernia as flag-ship in the Mediterranean, but •
two-decker is now talked of on the plea of economy
REVISION OF THE ADMEASUREMENT OP TONNAGE.
—A board is in course of sitting to amend the present
mode of the:admeasurement of ships. Captain Lord J.
Hay, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, is thechair-
man, and among the members are Mr. Rithenden, sur-
veyor to the Hon. East India Company's marine service (a
member of the School of Naval Architecture); Mr. Wil-
liam Parsons, projector of the plan (also a member of
the School of Naval Architecture); Mr. Creuze, surveyor
to Lloyd's (a member of the School of Naval Architec•
ture); Mr. Cradock, foreman of shipwrights afloat of
Portsmouth Dockyard (a member of the said school); •
member of the Trinity Board; and a director of the
East India Company. Mr. Wigram and Mr. Green, the
eminent shipbuilders of Blackwall, are also likely to be
members of the board. With such a committee, com-
posed of the most talented and experienced men of the
age in their respectiVe departments, the most beneficial
results must accrue to the object under determination.
SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S SQUADRON.
We have intelligence from Rear-Admiral Sir Charles
Napier's squadron, dated Gibraltar, Feb. 6.
The Rodney, 92, Captain Collier, C. 8., and the Van-
guard, 80, Captain Rick, had arrived from Malta on the
4th, after a passage of 18 and 20 days.
The Sharpshooter screw gun-vessel, Lieut.-Com-
mander Bailey, arrived at Gibraltar with dispatches
from England on the 6th.

The Polyphemus, 4, steam. sloop, Commander R. B.
Crawford, proceeded to Tangier at mid-day on the 6th.
The Sidon, 12, steam-frigate, Captain W. H. Header.
son, C. 8., was expected to return from Tangier on the
7th, with Mr. Drummond Hay's answer to the demands
of the British Government from the Emperor of
Morocco. The Belgian consuls have been lalso com-
plaining of the piratical acts of the Moors.
The naval force under the command of Sir C. Napier,
at Gibraltar, was most imposing. It was composed of
the St. Vincent, 120, Captain S. C. Dacres, flag of the
commander-in-chief; Rodney, 92, Captain Collier, C. 8.:.
Prince Regent, 90, Captain W. F. Martin ; Powerful,
84, Captain Hon. R. J. Dundas, C. 8.; Vanguard, 80,
Captain Rich; Orestes, 14, Commander Hawker; Har-
lequin, 12, Commander Seymour ; and steam-vessels
Sidon, 12, iffigate, Captain Henderson • Stromboli, 6,
Commander Lord A. Beauclerk; Polyphemus, 4, Com-
mander R. H. Crawford ; Reynard, 12, screw, Com-
mander Cracroft; Plumper, 12, screw, Commander Nol-
loth ; Rifleman, 8, screw gun-vessel, Lieut. Commander
Crofton; Sharpshooter, 8, screw gun-vessel, Lieut.
Commander Bailey.
The distribution of this powerful squadron depended
on the Emperor's explanations and promises. Should
everything be satisfactory it is likely the Stromboli
may come home immediately with dispatches. The
Rodney will come home to Portsmouth, and the Van-
guard to Plymouth, to be paid off immediately; and the
Prince Regent was to be sent right on to Malta. The
ing then to Spithead,
sbutlng likely
ouetnlkt s, Mopping Powerful was to be retained with the squadron. It
was believed that the dispatches by the Sharpshooter
would limit the extent of Sir C. /qapier's cruise, and
that he would not go any farther than Madeira, return.
on the wa home.
T
leftanP ageaome h
Gibraltar,obinone
The Orestes to go on to the Cape, and the Sharpshooter
to Naples.
Theh ePolyphemus Riflemanw
sto ow calling,
her
will
be tmost
until relieved by the Janus.

APPOINTMENTS.
Mates—The following officers have passed their ex-
amination in gunnery at the Naval College, Ports-
mouthe—John Hanmer, who passed in seamanship Feb.
2, 1847, but was acting lieutenant of the Vernon, 50,
from April 8, 1848; Frederick Jones Protheroe, passed
in seamanship January, 1848, and late of the Daedalus,
20 ; Thomas Drinkwater Williams, passed in
seamanship Nov. 27, 1848 ; William Henry Whyte,
passed in seamanship April 22, 1848, late of the Hiber-
nia, 104, flagship in the Mediterranean; John George
Boileau, passed in seamanship Aug. 23, 1848; Henry
Maynard Bingham, passed in seamanship Nov. 3, 1848;
Beville Granvill Wyndham Nicolas, passed in seaman-
ship Dec. 6, 1848, late of the Calliope, 26, from New
Zealand, son of Captain-Superintends nt Toup Nicolas,
C.B. ; Thomas James Young, passed in seamanship Dec.
7, 1848; Hon. H. A. Moreton, E. H. L. Ray, and M. S.
Piele, recently passed for seamanship.
Engineers—lt. E. Horne, Ist ; James Johnson, 2d ;
and John Syder, 3d, to the Janus steam-vessel, at,
W oolwieh.

Carpenter—Joseph B. Foreman, acting to the South.
ampton, 50, frigate, at the Cape.
OBITUARY.—Retired Commander Robert Yule died
at his residence at Southsea, on the 10th instant. H•
was a lieutenant of 1802, and retired commander of
1840. By this officer's death a vacancy for a lieutenant
in the out-pension list of Greenwich Hospital is made.
Commander Yule was in transport service at the capture
of Martinique and Guadaloupe ; mate of Brilliant in
action with V, rtu and Regeneree; and of Penelope at
capture of Guillaume Tell, and surrender of Malta ;
Lieutenant of Egyptienne in Calder's action, and of Il-
lustrious, commanding a gun-boat at Walcheren. Pre-
salt at the capture of the Isles of France and Java, 1811.
A survey of seamen and marines in the Royal Naval
Hospital, Stonehouse, was held yesterday, at which the
captains and surgeons of all the ships in commission
assisted.
The San Josef, 110, late flag-ship at Devonport, will
not be sold out of the service. It is deemed more eco-
nomical and advantageous to break her up in the Royal
establishment, by job and task work, and then to dis-
pose of as much of the old timber and stores as is not
convertible for further service.

The Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, in dock at Ports-
mouth, has had a gang of riggers at work on board.
Her topmasts are lidded, and the rigging is being rattled
down. Captain Fitzroy is frequently on board overlook-
ing her fittings.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY, FIVE P.M.—For the last
three days we have had light N.N.W. winds, with very
fine weather.

A Russian Finland barque, the Astrea, Captain Erne-
leus, arrived yesterday at Portsmouth from Newcastle,
bound to Genoa, having cholera on board. Three of her
crew were lying dead on board, and four more were dan-
gerously ill, and not expected to recover. She wee
ordered down to the quarantine ground at the Mother-
bank, and has been visited by a medical gentlemaa.

EXTENSIVE FIRE IN THE BOROUGH.—This morn-
ing, about half-past twelve o'clock, a fearful fire broke
out in the premises belonging to Mr. Gregory, a whole...
' sale and export pickle merchant, situate in White-street,
rear SL George's Church, Southwark. The premP::
which were of considerable extent, were surroundeod.c.
every side by private dwelling-houses. Tile. P. 11,._
constable on the beat had his attention directed to 1..:
but before he coital
spot by smelling fire very strongly, ~ fia,eB is a
find outi where the disaster bad occurred,
and forth-
huge body poured forth from the low:talons,
tion was immediately sent to the fire stations,
the West of
with numerous engines belongindgtoInforms-
the spot, when the
Eng-
land and London Brigade started
through the roof so
firemen found the
destruction. The high into the air
contiguous houses with
et and the several courts were
afisam.tohes threaten the whole of the
inha-
bitants of lient-srtrued
.og
about the street in their
at the same time
ectii:
every moment that their own
: • wouldfallalarming element.
of the Royal Society for the Protection
ell' a prey to the
was remarkably arllayddinerariraivitnrogu,tanodf of Life from I ire
Thniabgeohittfiardterro:onsio:,o
placing the shoret
se enabled the firemen the ',archon to ascend and &seer.,
~e spot where the fire raged most furiously. The
tain the
hose having been attached to the several engines, the
the conductor by
firemen took the branches into the blazing building, but,
unfortunately, they were unable, for 20 minutes, to
render the least assistance, owing to the want of water.
The flames being unrestrained, they continued their
ravages to the increased alarm of the neighbours. At
length an abundance of water flowed from the mains,
but the flames were not extinguished until past two
u'eleck. As no one lived in the warehouse, it was im-
possible to learn anything respecting the origin of the
fire. A strong muster of police rendered essential aid
by keeping the many thousand spectators out of the way
of the firemen.

WESTIIIMTER LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND Mi•
MANI& INsriTrrzoN.—Last evening Mr. George
t3uckland gave the concluding lecture of a min of three
on Vocal Music, Classical and Popular. The lecturer
took up the position that, however the public tasto may
be deluded for a season, it is always in the long rue
just, and that, making every allowance for the quicker
perception of beauty and defect acquired by cultivation,
still the public at large have shown the capacity to AP.;
preciate and admire the finest compositions of
the best
masters. lie instanced how Handel, producieg
his
s-seated
works in an age peculiarly deficient of the
love of the beautiful and the impassioned,
olueraporaries.
winning the earnest admiration of hi!-ern 0
melodyot.
the or-
chestra. deep-seated
in
ra, very
\lr. Buckland also, in speaking of m d
judiciously commented
and o n
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nbsEer 'dm. 7i
bcre.
powerßlofude k
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a.
nv
"Widow
iwtha:
noise, from the
It' Marna is BO
In the course of the
obuurffouossonag
rapturously encored in Pahruym's
very particular," Lover's
11,ckiee," and a clever extravaganza arranged by Mr.
roQra 'WIZ crowded
penßudckthlaQuda,pip‘ilat:lszenhoetaarltlycosrurdecit.re'qqTchuet.