The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-08 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

No, 15, I 32.

LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 6, lba.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COM-
PANY.
Tho DIRECTORS of the WESTERN AUSTRALIAN
COMPANY hereby give Notice that they are READY TO
DISPOSE OF LAND, consisting both of Town and Rural
Sections, in the New Settlement of Australind. Terms and
conditions may be lunl, on application to the Secretary of the
Company either personally or by letter.
By ordtr of the Boird,
C. 11. SMITH, Secretary.
Western Australian Company's Office,
33, Old Broad-street, 27th February, 1841.

Mr. HARDWICK—Prisoner, what have you to say?
Prisoner—l am innocent of all, but I say nothing.
I have frequently beaten the child, but not to leave
marks on it. That is all I have to say,
Mr. HARDWICK—You stand committed for trial for
cutting and maiming, with intent to do a grievous
bodily harm, to the next Old Bailey Sessions.
The prisoner was removed from the bar with her in-
fant, and the two other children were sent to the work-
house,

MANSION-.HOUSE.
In the course of the week there have been several
cases involving accusations of receiving money under
false pretences. Al, hough they have not, perhaps,
come strictly under the jurisdiction of a Magistrate, Sir
Peter Laurie has net hesitated to examine into the par-
ticulars
and to adjudicate. The following, which ex-
cite 1 considerable interest, came amongst the rest :
Mr. R. A. Ewing, Manager of the London Agency
Office, No. 147, Fenchurch-street, for the negotiation
of partnerships, apprenticeships, and the engagement of
assistants, was summoned by Mr.J. Ross, to account for
having obtained from him the sum of one guinea upon
pretence of obtaining for him a situation.
William Manthorp, who stated himself to be clerk
to the establishment, attended for Mr. Ewing, who, he
said, had gone to Liverpool upon business.
Sir PETER LAURIE determined to go on with the
case, and Mr. Ross stated that having seen the flaming
advertisement of Mr. Ewing in the papers, and being
convinced that good fortune was at his command, he
went to Fenchurch-street and saw the principal, who as-
sured him that he should be soon accommodated. This
was in September, 1839, and witness paid a guinea, and
was inserted in the books as J. Ross, No. 2,298. Up
to the present time, however, he never was afforded the
slightest opportunity of getting a place through means
of the Fenchurch-street Establishment, although he had
been put to the greatest difficulty to make up the sum
required.
Sir PETER LAURIE (to the Clerk)—I see that you
have given the complainant an acknowledgment, stating
that be is entitled to the benefits of your establishment ;
pray what are its benefits ? Clerk—The office is in the
habit of getting situations for its subscribers.
Sir PETER LAURIE—And have you ever got any ?
Clerk—Aye, scores of places, so Lam told, but I know
nothing of the establishment.
Sir PETER LAURIE—Why you have between 2,000
and 3,000 on your books ? Clerk—There's a great
many, and many arc perfectly satisfied with what has
been done for them.

TO COFFEE-HOUSE KEEPERS AND READING
ROOMS.
MT,ANTED, a SNUG BUSINESS. Any
Party answering this must state Full Particulars as to
the Amount Required, Fixtures, and Situation. Also, the
Weekly Returns.
Address to S. 13., 9, Lower-street, Islington, post paid.

Page, alias Morley, alias Parker, was charged with
having imposed on the good nature of several Noble
Lords and Ladies, by pretending to be deaf and dumb.
The Hon. Mrs. Stanhope, 10s. ; Lady Brougham and
Vaux, 10s. ; Lady Antrobus, 7s. 6d. ; Mrs. Clark, 53. ;
Baroness Rothschild, whose butler had relieved him for
fourteen years ; Sir George Graham, Lady Hare, and
Lord Chancellor Cottenham were among the number.
The prisoner spoke quite good English, but, as was
stated in evidence, had for sixteen years trained a liveli•
hood in this manner. Horsford had before had him
convicted, and committed for twelve months, and he was
now remanded until next Friday for further examination.

CAUTION.
WE the undersigned, SOLICITORS for
CHARLES DICKENS, of No. 1, Devonshire-
terrace, York-gate, Regent's-Park, in the county of Middle-
sex, Esquire, do hereby give notice, That certain Persons,
bearing, or purportin!, to bear, the Surname of our said Client,
have put into circula•ion, with the view of the more readily
obtaining Credit thereon, CERTAIN ACCEPTANCES,
made payable at his Private Residence. or at the Offices of his
Business Agents. That no Person whatever, has any Bight,
Title, or Authority to make Promissory Notes, Acceptances,
or other Pecuniary Securities, payable either at the Private
Residence of the said Charles Dickens, or at his Publishers or
Bankers, and that such Pills, made payable as aforesaid, WILL
NOT BE PAID : And we do further give notice, that from
and after the date hereof, the said Charles Dickens will not
discharge or liquidate any Debt or Debts, save those of his
Own or of his Wife's contracting, and that any application
made to him on account of the Debts of any other person
whomsoever will be made in vain.
SMITHSON and MITTON,
23, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane.
Dated this Eighth day of March, 1841.

Sir PETER LAURIE—I remember I broke up a situa-
tion establishment in the Old Bailey, some years ago,
that was cheating poor simple people who first came up
to town. Now Mr. Ewing must pay back the guinea
to this poor lad. Ho pawned his clothes to raise it for
the swallow of your establishment. Let him have it again.
The Clerk said that he should, as soon as possible,
communicate with Mr. Ewing on the subject, and had
no doubt that the money would be immediately returned.

Sir P. LAURlE—Butwhy, now,asyou show such a ra-
tional disposition to pay back the guinea, did you give
the poor fellow the trouble of applying to me ? The
complainant assured Sir Peter that the trouble he had
had about it was quite indescribable. He had never
seen any one get a situation from the establishment.
The Clerk said that he had been only six months
employed by Mr. Ewing.
Sir P. LAURIE—Pray, who is Mr. Ewing? The
Clerk—That I can't tell. I know he is the proprietor.

_ . .
Sir P. LAURIE—Does he keep any other establish-
ment of the kind? The Clerk—Not now. He did
keep one of the same sort at the west end of the town.
Sir P. LAURIE—And that didn't do ? The Clerk—
No ; I don't think it did.--(Laughter.)
Sir P. LAURIE—They were not such gulls there as
we are in the City. Eh !—(Laughter.) The Clerk—
No ; the City's the best place for business.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Hobler said that the owners of agency offices
merely looked into the newspapers, and sent their sub-
scribers to the addresses mentioned.
Sir PETER LAURIE—I see by this card that the
establishment is " established as a direct medium of
communication between persons wanting assistants and
those seeking employment, and comprehends every
description of occupation, domestic service only ex-
cepted." Now, be so good as to give my compliments
to Mr. Ewing, and just tell him he had better give
back this guinea without farther trouble.
The Clerk—The gentleman had better come with
me at once, and I'll see what is to be done.
Sir PETER LAURIE—Sir, you are a very prudent
and candid individual ; and Mr. Ross shall go with you
immediately. Go down with the gentleman, Mr. Ross,
and receive your money, and never act so foolishly
again.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Ross followed the clerk ; and, although Mr.
Ewing had gone to Liverpool that morning, that iden-
tical gentleman was sitting at ease at his desk. When
Mr. Ross entered, Mr. Ewing called for the receipt of
the registration, and the moment it was produced paid
back the guinea like a real gentleman, without uttering
a word, good, bad, or indifferent.

MARYLEB ONE.
Anne Moore, an ill-looking, vindictive Scotch woman,
of about five-and-forty years, who appeared at the bar
with an infant of six weeks, was charged by cot stable
Simonds, 147 D, with having grossly ill-treated her
child, Alary Moore. The facts of the case, which
lasted several hours, excited great interest, Mr.Messer,
the relieving officer of Marylebone, and several of the
Board of Guardians, attending to watch the interests
of the child. The brother of the child was in Court very

severely bruised and covered with blood the other
unfortunate sufferer was in such a state, that it was not
considered proper to bring it from the workhouse, where

it had been since the evening before.
William Addis deposed that the prisoner was his
mistress, and that the woman was in the constant habit
of ill-usieg and ill-treating the child. The night before
last he went into the landlady's room to speak to her,
and heard the woman beating it. Ho returned and res-
cued the eizild. The woman had always behaved thus,
and he had been obliged to thrash her to keep her

quiet. Three days after her confinement, her bed
being near to the fire, she had leaned out and seized
the child with one hand, and beat it on the head with
the other, in which she held the kettle.
Mr. HAnnwietc, having conferred with the parish
officers, ordered the child to be sent for, and in the
meantime examined the little boy of four years old,
who stated that on Friday evening-, after leaving the
police-office, its mother beat him with a boot in the
face, and threw him .on the floor ; the policeman stated
that the woman did not drink.

Shortly afterwards the child was brought into the
office from the infirmary, in a most deplorable state—its
body bruised from head to foot, its head cut severely,
and its arms exhibited many deep gashes. The eyes
were in stich a state as almost to deprive the poor child
of sight, and entirely so in one eye. After a very
humane and feeling series of questions from Mr. Hard-
wick as to its competency to take an oath, the child,
who, though only eight years of age, and very fright-
ened, was of very superior intelligence, was put upon
her oath.

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Mary Moore (the child) being sworn, underwent an
examination of above fifty minutes, in which she answer-
ed with singular readiness. She stated that she lived
with her mother at No. 8, Molyncux-street, Edgeware-
road, and had no father, whom she knew as such ; that
her mother often beat her cruelly, and particularly on
'Tuesday last, when she severely kicked her in her
back and in her face. Tim pain continued still. She
kicked her in both her eyes, out of one of which she
could not see. Had not been a naughty girl to cause
it, and her mother did not say why she did it. She
afterwards beat her with her hand. Her mother always
gave her enough to eat, and, as to the quality, gave her
whatever she had. Her mother hiti.er with the tongs, and
" done her head" before Monday last ; and after she
had hit her and cut her, put salt upon her head to stop
the bleeding, which was very great. She was quite as
angry after she had cut her head as before. She (wit-
ness) was standing in the room, and her mother went to
the fire-place, without any provocation, and, taking the
fire tongs, hit her on the head. The deep cuts on her
arms were from a knife, which her mother reached off
the mantle-piece, and cut her with it. Of this she
knew not the reason.
The Clerk—The ease is assuming a more serious
character. The case amounts to a felony.
Witness—Her mother cut her very sorely. All the
marks and bruises on her were from her. She was in
the habit of sleeping at the end of her mother's bed,
under the bedclothes ; but she also slept on the mangle,
and also on the floor. She s!ept undressed, wrapped
in a blanket. On Monday night she had sat up all
night, as her mother would not let her come to bed,
and she had concealed herself under the mangle to
:,void a beating, but her mother soon pulled her out
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Eden Jones, the landlady, said the prisoner had been
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Newcastle, answered she might do as she liked with her
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, that
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time past had made it work like a slave, carrying loads
far above its strength. She hated this child, and made
a favourite of the boy.

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IRISH REGISTRATION BILLS.

Reform Club, Fcb. 26, 184.7.
SlR,—Neiwly a week has been spent in the Commons
in the endeavour to prove that two and two make for-;
and happily the affirmative has been at last established b,
the silendid majority of five, in a House containing. 600
Members I
In reference to the respective Bills of Lords Morpeth
and Stanley, the merits of the two measur,s may be cha-
rActerized in very few words.
Lord Stanley wa3 from 1830 to 1834, one of the Minis-
ters of a Cabinet which introduced the Reform Bill, the
first draught of which, as we were assured by Lord Altho:
comprised the Ballot, the disfranchisement cf that foul and
most corrupt portion of the old electors, the ancient free-
men, and said not a word of the other servile class, the 501
tenants at will.

In its progress through the house, or before, the F. ).
tection by Ballot to the free use of the franchise by the
people on whom it was conferred, was struck out to con
ciliate the Tories, and to leave the electors in bondage;
the right of the ancient freemen was confirmed for the
same purpose ; and to clench the whole, by extending the
class of helots, the franchise was conferred on the 50/.
tenants at will in counties. -
The result has been that Tory domination is supreme in
the county elections ; while in the boroughs, the poor and
ancient freemen, mostly paupers receiving parish relief,
ant all ready to sell their votes to the highest bidde-,
have rendered the Bill even worse than the old system, so
ably and truly denounced by that fine old English gentle-
man and ex-patriot, Sir Francis Burdett. The want of
precision in defining the franchise, and providing for the
correction of the registration, through some scores of re•
vi,ing barristers, no two of whom hardl; agree in their
view of what the franchise really is, leaves the xhol, empire
pre) to endless litigation, expense, and all the heats and
animosities of faction, centest, ignorance, and bad legis-
lation.

VICTORIA THEATRE.

We understand that the friends of the late Mr.
Bradbury, the professor of calligraphy and short-hand,
have taken this theatre, for Friday the 19th inst., for
the benefit of his widow and children. It is known
that Mr. Bradbury was the principal author of that
graceful character of manuscript, combining the perfect
formation of the upright Roman style, with the
facility of the sloped Italian, to which the
great improvement of the current commercial hand
in this country, within the last half century, it al.
together owing. He not only designed this novel and
elegant character, but he contrived a new system, by
which the ability to write it was expeditiously acquirod.
He invented also the angular style of, writing, which,
being easy of attainment, enabled persons whose edu.
cation had been neglected to write a neat and
legible hand in a very few days. It soon became
extensively popular, and was disseminated by
hundreds of teachers throughout all parts of the empire.
For thirty years Mr. Bradbury had a most extensive
and lucrative practice, and he introduced a somewhat
more perfect style than that of his angular system amongst
the upper class, and numbered some hundreds of ladies
and gentlemen of high rank amongst his pupils. That
style is now the prevailing one amongst educated fe-
males in this country, and is known both here and
abroad as the " English ladies'" handwriting. For the
last few years of Mr. Bradbury's life he was disabled
from attending to his business by a painful illness, which
exhausted the savings of his industrious life, and he
died lately in great distress, leaving bis family abso-
lutely destitute. Two or three gentlemen who knew
his worth and bis misfortunes have taken the theatre
for the 19th instant, in the confident hope that their
efforts to relieve the widow and children will be suc-
cessful.

CHANDELIERS FOR THE KING
OF OUDE.

On Friday a magnificent suite of ruby-coloured chan-
deliers, candelabra, and wall-brackets, which has
been some considerable time in preparation for the
palace of the King of Oude, was exhibited to a
great number of the Nobility at the estaLlish-
ment of Copeland and Garrett, Portugal House,
Lincoln's-inn The beholders were struck at
once with the prismatic brilliancy of the glass, which so
closely resembled the real ruby gem, and appeared to
be so congenial to the idea generally formed of oriental
grandeur. The spacious state apartment in the palace
for which these gorgeous ornaments are intended, is,
we understand, completely surrounded with mirrors,
from top to bottom, so that when it is lighted up every
object will be tinged with their brilliant hue. Tirecandelabra,
candelabra, of which there are two, one of which will
stand upon a pedestal on each side of the thfone, cost
3,000 guineas, and will exhibit 106 lights, in shades
engra, ed with extraordinary skill and care. The foar
chandeliers, containing 24 lights each, will be sus-
pended from the roof of the state chamber, at equal
distances, and two girandoles, or brackets, con-
taining nine lights each, will be affixed to
the wall at each side. The burners are adapted
either to oil or wax. The number of lights which the
great state apartment will therefore burn, at the plea-
sure of his Majesty, from these massive lustres, will
be 238. The glass used on the suite of chandeliers
weighed two tons in its unwrought state, and the num-
ber of wire and cushion drops into which those two
tons have been cut is seventy-two thousand.
There was but one of each of the classes of chande-
liers exhibited in the great room of Copeland and Gar.
rett's establishment, for it was impossible to give more
than a sample within such a space, although the greater
part of the theatre to which Garrick removed from
Goodman's-fields forms but a portion of the place of
exhibition.
The suite is to be removed in a few days 'to the
vessel in which it is to be conveyed to Calcutta, from
which it is to be drawn nearly two thousand miles into
the interior of Indio. It is to be accompanied by so
clear a list of directions, that every person in the King
of Oude's dominions may, without difficulty, fit each
drop to its proper place.
From the r üby-coloured chandeliers the eye turned
to several magnificent specimens of porcelain, consist-
ing of tablets, slabs, pannelg brackets, finger-plates,
and other articles of a similar description, manufac-
tured for the embellishment of cabinet furniture, grates,
and the general decoration of the residences of the no-
bility and gentry, and which were in exquisite taste,
and of the most elaborate workmanship. A set of
grate-slabs, executed for the mansion of the Duke of
Sutherland, attracted great admiration ; and amongst.
the various designs were several splendid specimens of
vases and other ornaments in iruitatitne of the Hercu-
laneum and Pompeii relics.
The King of Oude's suite will cost ten thousand
guineas.

In Ireland the case is even worse. The ancient fran
chile of the forty-shilling freeholders was abolished in
1829 to please the Tories and confirm their power, though
I believe Mr. O'Connell was a party to that disgraceful
transaction, for it is self-evident that even a 40s, free-
holder must be a more independent elector than a 501.
tenant-at-will. In the Reform Bill the Irish were left
with a 10/. franchise, as i England, though the wealth
and relative circumstances of the two countries are so es-
sentlally different that a 10!. franchise in Ireland would
be about equal to a 201. franchise in England ; or in other
words, a 101. franchise in England would, in strict justice
or equity, be in exact proportion to a 5/. franchise in Ireland.
The fact is proved by the gradual constant diminution of
the elective body in Ireland—for though the great county
of Cork, with 750,000 inhabitants, had not half so many
electors as several small boroughs in England with less
than a tenth of its population, the work of di-franchise-
ment is proceeding rapidly to reduce even that small
allowance to one-half or one-third by the joint effect of
an over-high franchise, of deaths, of litigation, expense,
and the conflicting judgments of revising barristers and
partisan judges.
Such was the moment chosen by Lord Stanley for his
grand attack on the few remaining electors of Ireland.
With all the new-born zeal of a convert from the great
and glorious cause of Reform, and with all the acrimony
of a renegade, he last Session produced his Bill for the
ostensible correction of the registration, with a speech and
an intent which might be thus freely translated :—" The
electoral body in all Ireland, Mr. Speaker, is hardly equal
to that of three English counties, York, Lancaster, and
Middlesex ; and even that portion is rapidly diminishing
under the united effects of an elevated and ill-defined fran-
chise, of litigation, of expense in defending or exercising
the right to vote, of the benign influence of the rights of
property, as evinced in the summary process of clearing
estates in Ireland of all recalcitrant voters who dare to keep
a conscience. Aid me, I pray you, to perfect this good
and glorious work, so as to leave Ireland without a single
elector but such as will be perfectly docile to the voice of
the charmer, and follow without a murmur their natural
leaders, the Rodens, Beresfords, Charlevilles, and the
three Colonels. Tbis Bill is so happily devised that the
rest will find it their interest never to claim the franchise
at all; and thus the Orangemen, Shaw and 1, will have
the game in our own hands I"
When reproached that while he multiplied the checks
and difficulties and expenses of any registration at all, he
left the franchise itself which was to form the basis of is,
utterly undefined or explained, though that was clearly
the indispensable preliminary, ho coolly replied—" Tbat
was not his duty. Let Ministers define the franchise or
right." His only object (forsooth !) was to prescribe the
obstructions, the snares, pitfalls, and other modes of sick-
ening the electors from ever claiming or exercising that
right at all,—unless under the protection of the Orange
party.
Lord Morpeth's Bill brought his sincerity as well as his
consistency to the test. That Bill defined a franchise,
clear, intelligible, practical, and indisputable even to the
cunning Isaacs of the Tory party. Considering the re-
lative wealth of the two countries, a 51. franchise ie Ire-
land, as I have already shown, is hardly low enough in
proportion to a 10/. franchise in England; or you must
at once profess the wish to disfranchise Ireland alto-
gethe,. But the test of having been rated to the
poor was clearing the whole difficulty, and saving
at least nine-tenths of the work contemplated for
Lord Stanley's revising officers, with their triply and
quadruple devices or obstructions. His Lordship opposed
the second reading io a speech so full of hypocrisy, incor:-
si.tene and perverted views, that Mr. Shell's splen-
did reply may safely be left unaided, though Lord
John Russell-has heaped more coa's on his head in a man-
ner never to be forgotten by the captious and fretful Lord.
His advent to power— Heaven forfeud it I—would indeed
be the signal for disaster, if net revolution in Ireland—
and the Tori:a know it.
Although there is little hope of Lord Morpeth's Bill
paining the Peers, owing to the state of parties there, and
the timid, trimming policy of the Cabinet, yet the result
gives us a hope that Lord Stanley's cannot pass. Impress
on all your readers the imminent danger of allowing it,
even in any modified shape, to pass without a clear defini-
tion of the franchise, as in Lord Morpeth's, for the Peers
who would readily pass the one, would as surely reject the
other. It needs not the gift of prophecy to say that Stanley's
Bill alone would confirm the moral power of O'Connell
and the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland, and might, in
fact, solve the apparent enigma now presented by the
French Government—
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike;"
in other words, entirely prepared for war, and only app.-
rently waiting till Lord Stanley and Co. chose to present
them with a vital part for the infliction of the blow.
I am, Mr. Editor, an Englishman and a Protestant ; but
I cannot help feeling that the whole course of English
(Tory) policy towards Ireland has been one continued
scene of fraud, violence, and an utter perversion of that
eqoal justice which kingdoms owning the same Sove-
reign have a right to expect. Lord Stanley's Bill is a
gross fraud, in furtherance of the old Tory scheme of party
domination ; and were it passed as it stands, without Lord
Morpeth's, I should, were I an Irishman, begin to think
that more justice might be hoped for from France than
from England. I have some experience of the Irish
people, and apprehend they will generally 'come to the
same conclusion, and in reply to Lord Stanley's proffered
boon of an improved system of registration, reply with the
Latin poet :
" Timeo Danaos, ei done fcrentes."
But will they be content with this protest, and bow their
necks to the yoke ? Ido not think they will, or that they
ought.
Beore I dismiss this important topic I will advert very
briefly to one closely connected with it, the English Re-
fo:m Bill. I observe, by Lord Fitzwilliam's letters in
reply to Mr. Marshall's, of Lcedg, that be considers the
English (and Irish) Reform Bills, as having effected a re-
volution, and he triumphantly asks Mr. Marshall, if lie
wishes to effect a revolution every year ? Now, Sir, lam
wholly unacquainted with either Lord F. or Mr. M., but I
must say, I think such language not only highly unbecom-
ins,' the Noble Peer's character for Liberal consistency,
but wholly at variance with the facts cf the case. The
change effected by the Reform Bill, owing to the ill-de-
fined franchise, the defective and contradictory sta'e of the
Registration, and its revision by a mob of briefless
barristers, without any tribunal or common standard to
appeal to, has beetfrom bad to worse 1 The country is more
completely enthralled, and at the feet of the Tories,than ever
it was, even under Sir Francis Burdett's " Accursed Bo-
roughmonger System." The people dare not act or vote
contrary to the mandates of the clergy and aristocracy.
Look at the scenes presented by Leicester, Liverpool,
Stafford, &c., among the boroughs, and East Devon, with
its 600 parson-power, as exercised against Lord John
Russell, for a specimen of the utter degradation of the
people under the Reform Bill. Lord John to be sure,
with a meekness worthy of a primitive Christian, looks at
all this with great composure, and soya in reply
to all who would urge the correction of such corrupt
influences on either side, " They will mend, Sir, they v7lll
mend," to which I would humbly reply with Andrew Fair-
service, in Rob Roy, " Like sour beer in summer, myz
Lord." The thing is impossible, as the law stands. 40
far as to fact.
In regard to theory, I may ask in what rinesepnewcthwo
Reform B;ll a Revolution? The was
snttriete-
duced and supported it by their cloerrinnecnet in either House
said directly the reverse, and dechlaetr'eeedoni
that they merely wished to place.etd mouse
before the abuses bad
that position which it once occupr
crept in which disfigured and corrupted it. They appealed
to the Constitution itself, and to the ancient practice and law
measure of justice, which Lord Fitz-
in support of that srnall
willism re s inconsistently terms a revolutioe. His Lord-
ship is an able man, but before he ventures to repeat this
strange dictum. may I venture to suggest that he will (or
Mr. Ma-shall for him) compare the ancient law and prac-
arliamtnt and the franchises of the pee; le w.th
tthicoe of Parliament
senopresclibed and practised under the Reform Act.
That he will compare the speeches of Lords Grey, Holland,
Brougham, Althorp, John. Russell, and of Stanley himself
and Graham, while supporting the. Bill, all repudiatiag the
absurd idea of Reform being Revolution, and Urging the
adoption of the Bill, as a return merely to the Constitu-
tion, to the Saxon law, with only such modifications as
time, " the greatest innovator of all," according to Bacon,
rendered imperatively necessary, in the spirit of the Con"
stitutionitself. The Bill has obviously only ccnilrm ed the
ancient abuses, or aggravated them, in which sense, per-
haps, Lord F. may be tight : but I trust Mr. Marshall
will improve thiS subject.

THE UNITED SERVICE INSTI-

TUTION.

DEFALCATION OF THE COLLECTOR
On Saturday, at two o'clock, the Directors, Mem-
bers, and Council of the United Service Institution
Middle Scotland-yard, assembled at the large room Of
the Thatched House Tavern, St. James': street, for
the purpose of receiving the report of its affairs for the
past year, the tenth from the establishment of the So
ciety. The meeting was very numerously attended,
among the members present being, Lord Colville, Ma-
jor-General Sir Hussey Vivian, Colonel Sykes, Colonel
Wood, Colonel Spbncer Stanhope, Major S. Clarke,
Captain Percy Grace, &c.
Sir H. Vivian having been called to the chair, di-
rected the Secretary to read the proceedings of the last
general meeting.
The Secretary then read the minutes, and subse-
quently the annual report of the Council, in which was
included the general abstract of accounts from the first
of January to the 31st of December, 1840.
The Council, on presenting the Tenth Annual Re-
port, congratulated the members upon the continued
increasing prosperity and usefulness of the Institution.
Daring the last year a considerable increase of members
had taken place, while the balance sheet showed at the pre-
sent rate of expenditure that there was just cause for satis-
faction. The number of members at the last anniver-
sary was 4,233. Since that period the Institution had
received 225 new members, but there had been 70
deaths and 86 withdrawals, which made the present
number of members amount to 4,302, that including
gentlemen connected both with the army and navy.
Of that number 798 base paid life subscriptions, leaving
3,504 annual subscribers ; and the whole amount of
hie subscriptions is fundel. The number of visitors to
the Museum list year was 17,1-20, being 2,000 more
than any preceding year. The estimated income for
1811 is taken at 1,915/. while the probable expendi-
ture will be 1,200/., leaving a balance in favour oldie
Institution of 7151. The Council, however, bed to re.
gret a defalcation on the part of the collector, amount.
ing to 5111. 10s., but which the securities had returned.
Upon the I:brary- the Council have expended the sum
of 446/., while the Natural History Room had been
remodelled, and the Lecture-room had received increased
ventilation.
Tee Council acknowledged their sincere thanks to the
numerous individuals who have contributed to 'the
library and museum, particularising a donation from
Major Sir T. L. Mitchell of a beautiful and valuable
model of the Pyrenean Mountains ; and a donation from
Mr. Stavely, of a model of the entrenched camp of
Linz, on the Danube. The Report then proceeded to
refer to the lectures that had been delivered during the
last year—" On Astronomy," by Mr. Wallis ; " Con-
densation of the Gases," by Addams ;" On the .
Polarisation of Light," by Mr. Pereira; &e---a°l
stated that the lectures would be resumed oa the 23d
of April, and that the first evening
the '22d.
The Report being received and adopted,t
meeting will be oa
fin up eight
The fullovving members were chosen
aptoain J. nerd,
vacancies in the Council—namely,
Captain W. Ramsay, and• Lieut..
R. Fr.e re-elected), Captain
Colonel Sykes, PALS. (who "R.N., Lieut.-Colonel
Sir E. T. Treubridge
BbritlFon , R.N., K.C.H., the
then haanvdi galiepftt a
itnh the c. hGa irra,
Grace
seconded
whiche o
Yorke, Captain Sir W. ()Amnon, R.N.
Earl of Liverpool, and Lieut.
Sir H. Vivian
the meeting to the Gallant Gc•
cordialtheTMhaejov tGe itaihl3:nikinsc :o:f:red upea me, n dsellisttlegroaftifithel
filled by Colonel Wood,
neral.—(APPlaus')
bserved, I feel fully --
having been unanimously adopted,
I. hope that
Sir a "133 °
you that I shall
iabtt°vvnt prosperousre.yeao you
inue
prospering,state
suutrioen.
always do my utmost to promote its meccas, as I view
such esteblishments of infinite value in the promotion
of science.—(Cheers.)
The meetan then broke up.

ANGLO-SAXON.