The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-27 00:00:00

SKY PARLOUR.

MR. SMITH O'BRIEN'S DEFAULT.
The Committee of Selection have pre.f,ented a special re-
port to the House, printed with Saturday's votes, in which
they inform the House, that " having, on the 27th of March
last found it expedient, in tae performance of their duty, to
take the usual preliminary measures for the formation of
the oftw theirelft h aopfptohinetresmeonit, utiaonnsd
several Committees on railway Bills, and having given to the
thrlaenms übi ei
rt
st
re
d selectedtoeach 'a copy o
d ue
oe notice
agreed to by the House on the 12th of
I
February, with
blank form of the declaration therein required, and ' a
that ho would return it with his Si a request
to report that they have glia e attached,' have
not received from
Mr. Smith
O'Brien,, Member of this House, appointed on th
occasion to serve on the Committee to which Group Jibove
was then referred, the aforesaid declaration • No. 11
nor have they
received from that Honourable Member any ' excuse which
they can deem sufficient;' and that, therefore, in conformity
with the sixteenth of the said resolutions it becomes their
duty ' to report to the House the name of Mr. William
Smith O'Brien as,' in respect of such omissions,'
adefaulting
Member.'
" But as the circumstances attendant upon the default of
Mr. Smith O'Brien are of a peculiar character, the committee
of Selection consider it incumbent upon them to report spe-
cially to the House a detail of the facts which have occurred.
[Here the correspondence already given in The Sun follows.]
The Committee conclude by stating, "having received from
Mr. Smith O'Brien no excuse that they could 'deem suffi-
cient,' nor any intimation of a wish that an arrangement
should be made by which his attendance should be post-
poned to a later period, but, on the contrary, having had im-
parted to them, in the letter of the 7th inst., above alluded
to, Mr. Smith O'Brien's desire that his former' communica-
tions should be considered as announcing his final determina-
tion not to serve on English and Scotch Private Bills Com-
mittees,' and, consequently, to decline serving upon the
Committee on Group No. 11, which is wholly composed of
Scotch Railway Bills; conceive that they have no alterna-
tive but to report to the House the non-compliance of Mr.
Smith O'Brien with the orders and rules adopted by the
House, in conformity with the resolutions agreed to on the
12th of February, 146."

of the ° annual general meeting
THE SEEPWENCRED FillHEitll
BENEVOLENT BOCIZTY.—The
place on Saturday. at the
London
Ship-
wrecked Fishormens' Society took
the president, Admiral Sir George
proceedings In a brief
Tavern, Bishopgate
Cockburn, M.I ..
. kaymg op:ned the
From Its contents it appeared
AN D MARINERS'
speech, the Secretary read
of persons relieved by the society up to the
that the total number
o of which number there were—widows, 703 ;
present date were 12,91 ,
aged parents, 398 ;
00d1i.sbaunrsden:piwitsardfosr,
shipwrecked persons, 9,091 ;
orphans, 2050 i
of families left destitute from sterms, 568. During
fishermen, heads
expensesby 8001, of management have been very consider-.
-street,
report.
the past year
ably lessened, pennantnt resources of the society had been increased by an
and the ling
(beeehneer"s.
a!'"'unt 'cc'
to 5,5301. It
ill:ellie,roohoal.d—
-the year amounted further appeared that the Great
Western, the London and Bngham, the South-Western, anti
several other railway companies had handsomely granted to the
50c:Cty a free transit over their railways to the objects of the so-
ei.ty's bounty. The report concluded by stron 1 recommending
that a charter of incorporation should be g y
procured. After a few
words from Captain Lamont, R.N , the deputy-chairman. and Mr.
Millard, whe stated that the whole stock of the society now
amounted to about 10,0001., the report was adopted. Some routine
business having been transacted, a vote of thanks was passed to the
president, and the meetingbroke up.
WINDSOR, SUNDAY EvENINo.—The birthdays of her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, who completed her 70th
born Year, and of her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, rn_e palls* in 1843,
Windsor.
were celebrated yesterday, at
church were rung at intervals throughout the day. A royal salute.
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was also fired at twelve o'clock from the corporation ordinance ni
the Bachelor's-acre, under the superintendence of Mr. Bond, the,
town-gunner.
PARDON OF A CONVICT.—At the Worcester City
Assizes, held in the spring of the year 1844, an aged woman, named.
Sarah Rice, was convicted
of uttering counterfeit coin, and was sen-
tenced to seven years' transportation. She was accordingly sent to
the hulks, but on account of her age (upwards of 60), and her bad
state of health, the authorities there refused to receive her, and she
was returned to the Worcester city gaol, where she has remained
ever since. Her cenduct has been good during her incarceration,
and as she continues in a weak state of health the maristrates of this