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in anydegree subtract from the pleasure which the
triumph of that night afforded, if it were not, in-
deed, the thought that they might have done a
little more.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that there
never was an election conducted on purer or higher
principles than the last election for the Tower Ham-
lets. The popular party had recourse to no artifices.
They lavished no funds, for they had none, yet
their majority was the largest ever achieved in the
borough. Their success was to be accounted for by
one word, and that was " union."—(Hear, hear.) He
could not say that he owed his election to ,the Dis-
senters alone, or to the Chartists alone, or to the
Free-traders alone, or still less to the Whigs—if there
were any such in the Tower Hamlets—(Cheers)—
but he was elected because Nonconformists, and
Suffragists, and Chartists, and Free-traders, and
liberal Churchmen, and, he hoped also, a few repentant
Whigs, had all united cordially in the common cause.
Things had been ripening for this for some time past.
The seed had been sown, and there were many active
labourers in the field, and they had already begun to
reap a partial harvest. It was, perhaps, as well that
the labourers had not been all returned to Parliament
at once, as their work out of the House of Commons
was not yet all done.—(Hear, hear.) He regretted,
however, that his friends Mr. Miall and Mr. Vincent
had not been returned.—(Hear, hear.) The elections
throughout the country had, however, shown some
glorious results. The victories obtained by Bright,
and Villiers, and Haywood, and Cobden, and his
friend near him, Mr. Pearson, told him what the state
of public feeling was ; and Lord John Russell must
be blind as any mole if he did not see the signs of the
times—if he did not read the handwriting on the
wall, and spell anything out of it rather than
"finality."—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) If he con-
tinued blind he might rest assured that the sceptre
would soon pass from him. The Hon. Member then
apologised for the absence of Mr. Osborne, M.P., and
alluded to the services of the Patriot and Noncon-
formist in promoting their cause. After alluding to
his determination to advocate perfect freedom in reli-
gion, in politics, and in trade, in his place in Parlia-
ment, he again referred to the manner in which his
election had been carried. The non-electors had been
with them to a man. They did not employ a single
electioneering agent or a single lawyer ; and though
hundreds of those who worked did so for the first

time at an election, he believed they performed their
task more honestly, gratuitously, and efficiently on
that very account. In conclusion, he proposed in
complimentary terms the health of the Chairman.
The CUATEMAN returned thanks ; after which a
long list of subscriptions to defray the expenses of the
contest was read.

Mr. CONDER gave "Edward Miall, Esq., and the
deserving though unsuccessful champions of popular
principles at the late elections."
Mr. MIALL returned thanks. He congratulated
the non-conforming body on the patriotism and self-
denial which they had displayed during the elections,
and on the conquests which they had achieved. Ile
denied that the defeated candidates alluded to in the
toast had been unsuccessful. They had promoted the
great principles for which they contended. They
had made some rather saucy people eat dirt. Wit-
ness the defeat of Mr. Macaulay in Edinburgh. It
was said that "Exeter Hall had had its bray," but it
brayed the Right Hon. Gentleman out of the repre-
sentation of Edinburgh. The Whig Radical press—
(Groans)—the Examiner and the Spectator, and
papers of that class that affected to'represent the real
sentiments of the people, said that. Edinburgh had in-
flicted the deepest disgrace on itself by :rejecting one
of the. most eminent statesmen of the day. He denied
the claim of Mr. Macaulay to be ranked as a states-
man, and said that the Modern Athens had rejected
the brilliant dialectician in order that they might have
an h( nest man as their representative.
Dr.. Errs proposed, in suitable terms,
health. of Mr. Pearson."

" The

Mr. PEARSON, who was received with loud cheers,
returried thanks. llc alluded to his services in the
public cause for the last thirty years, and said that
his principal object in entering Parliament would be
to work out great national and social reforms in
respect to crime and punishment. He intended to
devote himself earnestly to the improvement of the
crimii 3al law and to the treatment of juvenile of-
fenders.— -(Cheers.)
Some .other toasts were proposed, and the company
separated at a late hour.

ROYAL BANK. or AUSTRALIA.—The annual meet-
7ztilte_it ,k held
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chair. rbe secretary read a report, which showed that
the gr•saa profit on the year's transactions amounted to
c3harOeiaa9:lB:774:l'.ls. 7d. ; which, after the expenditure, left a
10,471/.113. Ild. to be added to 18,849/. 135.10 d.,
the balms!' ce of the surplus fund of last year, thereby in-
that fund to the sum of 29,3211. 55. 9d. From
this sv xn would be deducted 1,0001. for preliminary
expen• ses, and the forthcoming dividend, at the rate of 6
per ant. per annum, amounting to about 7,0001. The
long eg: sgitated land tenure question bad tieensettletlby
the C lovernment on a satisfactory basis, in consequence
ofwl aich, tho lessees, in many instances, commenced per-
man ant improvements on their lands. The assets were
516,! 317/. Is. 3d., and the liabilities 485,8831. Is. 6d.,
leay. ing a b dance of 30,983/. 19s. 7d. After scout dis •
cis, ion, the report was adopted, and a vote of tilmnk.
was pass. dto the ilrectors and to bin Wray,
the
ma pager, when the meeting adjourned.
DESTRUCTION OF A PAPER MILL BY l IRE.—Or
th a night of Monday, the 9th instant, as one of the work-
m en in the paper mill of Messrs. Nathaniel Grace and
Co ws at Scotswood, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was
"P ;kiting the gas, the flame communicated with some
re ape, and quickly spread over the whole premises. The
fi ibric of the mill being chiefly wood, and the stock of
r opo and paper highly combustible, the whole was de-
itroved. The loss has beau stated at 10,0001. and is
partially insured in the North British, the Royal Ex
change, and th.• and Y rkshtre tpffit,es.

Lord Campbell returted to Strathoden House,Knights •
bridge, on Tuesday wening, from Osborne:
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