The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-20 00:00:00

N0.17,363.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING SUN,
MAY 20, 1848.

[PRICE SD.

ADDRESS OF CONGRATULATION
TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR CHARLES
NAPIER, G.C.B.
A requisition having been presented to the
mayor,
Thomas Ellis Owen, Esq., to call a meeting of the in-
habitants, in order to prepare a congratulatory address
to the above distinguished soldier upon his return to
England, after a very glorious career in India, the
mayor appointed Saturday morning last, at the Guild-
hall, Portsmouth, for the purpose.
The Mayor having taken the chair,
WILLIAM GRANT, Esq., proposed, and Trtomas
RoLPH, Esq., seconded, that a congratulatory address
be presented to Sir Charles Napier on his return.
Mr. H. DEACON proposed and Mr. DuDLXY seconded,
that the following gentlemen forty a committee to carry
out the object of the meeting, and prepare the address:—
Thomas Ellis Owen, Esq., the Rev. J. P. McGhie,
William Grant, Esq., Thomas Rolph, Esq., Major
Travers, and Dr. Stewart.
A vote of thanks having been passed upon the
Mayor for his conduct in the chair, the meeeting se-
parated.
Tuesday morning, at eleven o'clock was the time de-
cided on by Sir Charles to receive the address, he
having landed at four o'clock that morning at the
Watch-house, near the Quebec Hotel from
the Express
steamer, having left Havre on Monday evening. He
breakfasted at the Lieutenant-Governor's, and was ac-
companied by Lady Napier. At a quarter to twelve o'clock
he entered the Guildhall, accompanied by Lord Frede-
rick Fitzclarence, and a brilliant and numerous staffi He
was received with much enthusiasm and loud and long-
continued cheering, the very excellent band of the 17th
Regiment, playing Handers " See the Conquering Hero
comes."
The MAYOR having been previously called •to the
chair, the cheering having subsided, he rose and said—
Sir, I have the high honour of welcoming you to Ports-
mouth, and there cannot be a more fitting port at which
a warrior can touch on his return to England, after a
series of splendid services than this. I feel it a very
pleasing task, and I know it to be particularly pleasing
to the inhabitants generally, thus to offer their tribute of
admiration for your character as a warrior and a man. I
feel, indeed, that I am quite incompetent to do justice to
the gallant deeds of Sir Charles Napier, and shall there-
fore merely read the address unanimously agreed to at a
meeting of the inhabitants on Saturday last. Mr. Owen
then read the following excellent address with great
feeling and effect:—
"TO SIR CHARLES NAPIER, G.C.B.
"The inhabitants are delighted to have this first op-
portunity afforded them of offering their warmest congra-
tulations to you on your arrival is this country, after a
career of military glory and civil fame which has equally
redounded to your honour as it has advanced the in-
terest and reputation of the empire. Selected by your
Sovereign for a most arduons duty at a most eventful
time, you have fully justified the wisdom of the choice,
and by a combination of humanity, courage, justice, and
skill in the important services intrusted to your care,
sustained the character of the country, and won the ad-
miration of your countrymen.
"From the period, when associated with that glorious
soldier whose brilliant exploits at the victory of Corunna
will ever awaken in the minds of Englishmen feelings of
the deepest emotion, love, and wonder, to the splendid
achievement at Meanee, you have displayed a military
prowess, and exercised a civil polity that has added to
the renown of that army whose matchless valour is re-
corded in every page of British history.
"To our freedom from those struggles and convul-
sions which are now agitating and afflicting ether
countries, we are mainly indebted to the discipline and
patriotism of our soldiers, sustained by the loyalty and
gratitude of the people ; enabling us to contemplate
with satisfaction the commanding attitude of this king-
dom, its solid opulence, its strengthening institutions, its
increasing liberality, its accessions of knowledge, its un-
altered thoughtfulness of character, its unabated love of
freedom,—and gazing upon this beautiful tahric, with its
little blemishes and thousand excellences, and to pro-
claim to other countries that its army, its navy, and its
people prize these blessings, and are determined with
God's help to preserve them inviolate and unimpaired.
" We fervently hope, that either in continued service,
or in honourable retirement, you may long enjoy health,
prosperity, and happiness."
Sir CHARLES said he had the honour of receiving the
address privately, and upon reading it thought it would
be more respectful to write than to speak in the present
state of his feelings. He read the following :
REPLY TO THE ADDRESS:—
" Worshipful Sir,—lt is difficult for me, in this hur-
ried moment, at once to express the feelings of gratitude
to which your address to me, on landing, has given rise;
heightened as those feelings are by your beautiful alit'.
sion to the death of the ever-glorious Moore ! Excuse,
therefore, a brevity which arises, not from indifference,
but from a redundancy of feeling, at the unexpected
honour which this celebrated town has vouchsafed to an
humble soldier, whose greatest merit has been a zealous
endeavour to perform his duty; and who owes his success
mainly to the courage and discipline of the Queen's and
Company's troops. To those troops, gentlemen, I attri-
bute my present happiness in the honourable and flatter-
ing reception which Portsmouth has given to me. To
those troops let it be my pride now, and at all times, to
ascribe the glory which their courage won. Wherever
the British soldier serves, whether abroad or at home, his
pride is to maintain that glorious Constitution, which in
times of danger, rallies all good subjects around the
virtuous Sovereign of England, and makes her throne a
marvel among the nations of the world."
After reading the above, he added, " These few words
are very far from expressing all that I feel at being so
warmly received in this glorious town. I feel particu-
larly attached to Portsmouth; it was fortified by an uncle
of my own. I feel intensely, but cannot express those
feelings, but allow me to wish you all success, prosperity,
and happiness."
Was. GRANT, Esq., offered a few words in praise of
Sir Charles, and bore eloquent testimony to the gal-
lantry of our navy and army, and the blessings of liberty
and independence which their bravery had been the
means of perpetuating.
Major Travers very neatly proposed three British
cheers for Lady Napier, which were very heartily ac-
corded; after which Sir Charles briefly acknowledged
the honour conferred upon Lady Napier, and loft the
hall amidst the acclamations of all present, the band
again playing, " See the conquering hero comes." The
room was well filled; among the company present we
noticed Lady Fitzclarence, Lady Napier, and about forty
other ladies, Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, Major
Harvey, and a host of field and other officers, Thomas
Ellis Owen, Esq., (Mayor), G. Gillman, Esq., W. Grant,
Esq., Major Travers, Dr. Rolph, the Vicar, Rev.
Houseman, Hon. Capt. Byng, Dr. Stewart, Major Robb,
E. hasher, Esq., C. Jac. There was a vast assemblage
outside. Sir Charles looked it very good health, and
appeared highly gratified with the heartiness of his
reception.

now they passed at a speed greater than that of the
fleetest racer, and were able to command the lightning
to transmit their thoughts. The Hon. Gentleman again
returned thanks, and resumed his seat amidst loud ap-
plause.
A number of complimentary and local toasts were then
given, and duly responded to, after which the meeting
broke up.

WESTM INS
Yesterday evening,TEatßse seven SIR DE LACY EVANS AND THE
'o9cßlotik,SaOsCpelEciTalY.
of the Westminster Reform
Society was held at the York
Hotel, Wellington-street, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the following
letter addressed by Sir D. L.
Evans to Mr. Huggit, the meeting
secretary of the society :
" TO THE FOURTEENTH PART OF TEM WESTMINSTER
RE7ORM SOCIETE.
" Gentlemen,—l avail
Parliamen tar day f myself of this, the first non-
y o the week, to rep ly munication. Tke above fractional' to your corn-
denomination is, I
believe, about the numerical proportion you bear to the
society whose name you assume, And I have thus ad-
dressed you, lest your indiscreet proceedings should
prejudice the estimation of the great majority of that
hitherto judicious and public spirited
whom I have had the plasure offintdedin association with
ably in accordance, since the institution
g mo,self invari-
the society
some fifteen years ago, to the present time,
You have
managed, by concealing your object from
me and. from
in
my friends, to scrape together a small meeting which
to pass a resolution of censure on my
pastcondu
in
Parliament, and of direction as to what it shouldbnet
future. You are pleased to say that 'my recent
course'ln
in the House of Commons is deeply to be regretted.
Permit me to ask you, gentlemen, how am I to mend ma
ways, and so relieve you from this deep concern, unless
.
you will designate a little more distinctly the conduct
you object to? I have not been left in ignorance, how-
ever, on this point. I have been informed by several
who attended the meeting and who voted against you,
that the recent course' thus evasively alluded to meant,
in fact, some remarks lately made by me in the House
of Commons, in answer to an Hon. Member who had
preceded me in the debate. Seeing, then, that the cause
of your anger and disapprobation bas been so ridiculous
and misplaced, I shall not take the trouble of any further
reference to it.
" But when you order me, in the name of the West-
minster Reform Society, to place myself under the
political guidance of Messrs. Hume and Cobden,' you
must forgive me for saying that you not only compro-
mise the character of that society, but exhibit in a very
conspicuous degree your own folly, or that of those who
have set you on. Why, it was but the other day, pre-
vious to the threatened Chartist procession, that I found
myself at issue with the opinions of the Hon. Member
for Montrose. I considered it my duty to exhort the
Government to prevent that procession from passing
through the streets of the city I represent, boasting of
violent intentions, as the leaders of the Chartists did,
and escorted, as it was expected it would be, by all the
thieves of the metropolis, thus exposing the industrious
inhabitants of Westminster in particular to every species
of outrage, tumult, plunder, and even loss of life. In
opposition to which the Honourable Member for Mon-
trose saw no inconvenience to be apprehended from
a million of persons moving in procession through
our crowded streets, and ridiculed, as I understood
him, the preparations of Government, &c. And
with regard to the latter Honourable Gentleman
whom you name in your resolution to be one of
my chiefs, I feel still more astonished at your proposi-
tion. He it is who has deemed it his duty publicly to
asperse, to use no stronger term, the officers and men,
without exception, from the highest to the lowest, of the
army and navy; giving to the illustrious chief of one of
these professions a peculiar and revolting measure of
disparagement, in which strain he has been followed in
various speeches, as in duty bound, by numerous parti-
sans. This may be all just—it may be quite right to
warn the country against the interested motives and evil
intentions of those persons who have shed their blood in
their country's service, and who are now systematically
held up to odium at public meetings. But as I happen
to be an humble member of one of these horrid trades,'
as the phrase now is, it is rather too much to direct me
to take as my leader the Hon. Member who has pursued
this course, and thus reduce myself to silence under any
amount of contumely. As to the reforms required by the
condition of the country, I considerit a gratuitous affront
to be admonished on the subject, as I have always sup-
ported such measures, and always will do so, be they
proposed by whoa they may.
" With a population of nearly a 'quarter of a million,
superior in other respects to every city of the empire, I
have felt it of course a high honour to represent for so
many years so pre-eminent a constituency as that of
Westminster. But I should feel none were Ito submit
to be thus dictated to, silenced or restricted in the free-
dom of discussion and action, even by the whole body
of the constituency, still less by a dosen or two of misled
gentlemen, as in this instance, however respectable they
may be individually. In that case, I should fall at once
into the degraded position of a mere delegate, instead of
remaining the independent and unfettered representative
of the Liberal interest and welfare of the city and the
country generally, which it has been my uniform endea-
vour to be. Gentlemen, recommending you, when you
next assume the authority of selecting Parliamentary
leaders for your representatives, to reflect a little as to
your right to do so, and as to the qualities requisite for
useful Parliamentary leadership,
" I remain your obedient servant,
" DE LACY EVANS.
" Bryanston-square, Saturday?'
The letter, as will be seen, related to a resolution
passed by the society at a meeting held on the 4th of
May, and at which the numbers for the motion were 35,
and against it 18. The terms of the resolution, which
was proposed by Mr. Healey, were—
" That the course pursued by Sir. De L. Evans is not
of a character to promote the principles of the society
and on which he was returned to Parliament, and this

society expresses a hope that he will give
those members who, under Messrs. Hume
and
Cobden, are united to promote those measures of
political
and financial reform which are required by the
his aid and
support to ll
present condition of the country."
After the minutes of the last meeting had been read,
an
on
nartmhe
prepdiscussionrie of
froenset
entering
among the
members
' letter on the minutes as a record.
After some opposition from Mr. Geesin and another
gentleman, who thought the terms of the letter too
irregu
presentiirregular
a nd
insulting to he recognized in such a way by the society,
a motion that it should be so entered was agreed to.
Mr. HEALEY then proceeded to open upon its merits
the question which the meeting had been called to
decide, by moving the following resolution :
" That this society is willing to overlook the insulting
tone assumed by Sir De Lacy Evans in his letter to this
society, and the indecorum of publishing it in a morning
journal before its transmission to this society, but feels
bound to declare that, while containing mistakes, on one
utieonneyine,elfveersetnraceiesttoertdheissesrovciniegtyefanthdethsterelinbgeersatl
side, on several matters of fact, it assumes, on the other,
dcaoisnpaspotsiptirobation."
The heading to Sir De Lacy Evans' letter, and the
strongest expressions used in it, were dwelt upon by Mr.
Healey in detail. lie stated that the resolution adopted
by the society on the 4th was passed by a meeting sum-
moned in the usual way, and having more than the
average attendance of members. The terms of it were
not intended to bo personally offensive to Sir De Lacy
Evans, and he denied that the words " under Messrs.
Hume and Cobden" were meant in a dictatorial or im-
proper sense. Mr. Healey garnisbed his speech by fre-
quent references 'to general politics, and by glowing
eulogiums upon Mr. Cobden and the progress party.
Mr. CRIBS and Mr. SHERLOCK followed in support of
the resolution, which was opposed by Mr. POUNCEY in a
very temperate and sensible speech. He accused the
society of having set the example in wrung-doing by the
insulting resolution which they had passed on Sir De
Lacy's parliamentary conduct, le having at the time
violated no principle adopted by the society, and of
having condemned him in his absence without a hearing,
and without even notice given of the attack which was
to be made upon him. He warned the meeting that
their want of moderation, if they adopted Mr. Healey 'a
resolution, would, when it became known, destroy all the
authority and influence which they exercised in the con-
stituency at large.
Mr. COPPOCK followed up the views of the previous
speaker by moving the following amendment:—
" That the indiscreet letter of Sir De Lacy Evans,
caused by, and in answer to, the resolution of this so-
ciety, can only be excused by the consideration of the
great public services of Sir De Lacy Evans, which en-
title him to the continued confidence of this society, and
which plead his apology for the warmth and indiscretion
of this one communication—the only one displeasing to
this society—which had taken place between them."
Tile folly of disunion upon a personal question, involving
matters not of principle, but of pique, was strongly in•
sisted on by Mr. Coppeck. He also pointed out the
offensive character of the resolution adopted by the
society on the 4th of May, and the irritating effect which
such a document must have upon a man of Sir De
Lacy's profession, and his high sense of independence.
Mr. PROM', the founder of the society, and other gen-
tlemen, spoke in support of the amendment, but on
taking the sense of the meeting it was negatived by a
considerable majority. The following amendment was
then proposed by Mr. Prout:—
" That this meeting is of opinion that the resolution
of the society on the 4th, in reference to Sir De Lacy
Evans, was hastily adopted and highly impolitic; for,
however Rauch the society may regret the speech of Sir
De Lacy Evans on the estimates, or the causes which
led to it, it was no part of the province of the society to
animadvert thereon, as it related to opinions on points
,e
of policy, and not to any principles adopted by the
society as to its rules of government.'
This amendment was also rejected, atnd the original
last carried by
resolution, moved by Mr. Healey, was a
a large majority.
The meeting was a very
full one, and the personal
the interest of the
character of the discussion kept alive
Proceedings, which did not terminate till eleven o'clock
at night.

- -
DINNER TO ROBERT STEPHEN-

SON, ESQ., M.P.
CONWAY, WEDNESDAY.—This evening the long ex-
expected banquet to Robert Stephenson, Esq., took place
at the Castle Hotel in the ancient town of Conway. It
was intended as a demonstration of public esteem, and a
tribute of gratitude, for Mr. Stephenson's successful
exertions in planning and triumphantly erecting that.
master-piece of engineering skill, the tubular bridge
over the river Conway.
The Hon. E. M. Lloyd Mostyn, M.P., presided. on the
occasion ; and the list of the Vice-Presidents included
the names of many influential gentlemen.
The !pavilion: in which the dinner took place was
erected in the yard of the Castle Hotel, and every ar-
rangement had been made to secure comfort to all.
Six tables were laid, two transversely and four longitu-
dinally ; and at each end devices in laurel were arranged
with a very pleasing effect ; on either...side the Jotters R.
and S. were formed in illuminated coloured lamps.

At five o'clock one hundred and twenty gentlemen sat
down to a sumptuous dinner. The cloth having been
withdrawn, " Non nobis Domino" was snug in ,a very
effective manner by a company of glee singers engaged
for the occasion from Liverpool.
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the toast of the even-
ing, said—He :could not adequately express his feel-
ings of admiration for the skill and talent of their guest.
Through his exertions how different was their position
now from what it was thirty years ago. Then the jour.
ney to London occupied upwards of forty hours, and
was -only performed at an expense of seven guineas.
Now the train passed along at a speed which traversed
the distance in seven hours. The great Telford had
exercised his skill in the construction of the beautiful
suspension bridge which was placed side by side withthe
splendid triumph of their talented and honoured guest.
He would not further expatiate on the subject, but
would simply express their feelings of gratitude, and
wish health, happiness, and long life to their honoured
guest, and may many opportunities occur in which his
unrivalled energies might be employed to ameliorate the
condition of his fellow-men. (The health of the Hon.
Gentleman was then drunk in:a bumper, amid the loudest
demonstration of respect and esteem.)
Glee—" Hail, smiling morn."
Mr. STZPHENSOX then rose to reply. He said, that en-
gineers were generally fully rewarded by the successful
eida es
1. idea
theiof
termination of their labours. This was in itself a
liberal reward - but when the warm sympathies
of the neighbourhood and of those who had
an opportunity of watching day by day the
progress of a great experiment, were enlisted on
his behalf, he then indeed felt rewarded far beyond any
merits of his own, If he failed to return or adequateli:
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rather than a want of gratitude. He should trust to -
simple and Maw° expression of his heartfelt thanks,
and assure them, in unaffected sincerity, that the present'
was one of the proudest moments of his professional
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HER _MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
With Jenny Lind all rights are equal. The long
Thursdays have disappeared—with a host of talent, she
suffices alone, and the least fashionable night boasts of
as great an assemblage of rank as any other of the week.
Thursday night, her Majesty, LICCOM panied by theirlit4yal
Highnesses Prins. Albert, the Duchess of Kent, and the
Prince of Prussia, honoured the performances with
their presence, and Mdlle. Lind exerted herself still
more than her wont, and her success was, if
possible, greater than in general. The scene, when
recalled before the curtain, was in the highest
degree amusing, from the excitement that prevailed
and the variety of manners in which it was matifested
On her second recall the shower of bouquets was over-
whelming, arid, probai4y at a loss how to curry them
otr, er to express her ackrowledgments sufficieutlaa on
the third recall Mdlle. Lied did not return. A curious
Neapolitan eiaracteri, tie dance was athairabiy exec uted
between the acts, and Rosati and Marie "'nglietii ap-
peared after the opera in Fiorito. The choregraphic
troupe is now complete—CArlotta Grisi is arrives. Her
delnit was the subj(cr of much anticipation on Thureday
but still more the debdt of the great soprano, Tadolini who appears for the first time on Saturday with Reeves,
and with Schwartz, Coletti, and Lablache in the same
opera—a most extraordinary cast!
In the suite of her Majesty and the Prince Consort
were the Countess of Charlemont, the Earl of Morley,
Colonel Grey, and Captain Gordon.
The Prince of Prussia was attended by Cnpain Boyen,
and the I)uchess of Kent by Lady Augusta Bruce and
Sir George Couper.
The general company included the Prince Galitzin,
the----Prineees-Balasilosky, his Excellency the Russian,
Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Ex-
cellency the Sardinian Minister, the Baroness de Brun-
now, the Baroness Rehausen, the Marquis of Donegal',
the Marchioness Dowager of Sligo and the Ladies
Browne, the Countess of Sefton, Viscount Enfield,_
Viscount Cantilupe, Lord Ossulaton, Lord Gardner, Sir
I'. and Lady Barrett Lennard, Sir James and Lady
Stirling, Lady Smith, Sir F. Thesiger, Lady Beauclerk,
Lady Vincent, Count Aymer de Courcy, M. C. Kou-
driaffsky, Baron Nicolai, Count de Barke, M. de Berg,
General the lion. H. Cavendish, Admiral Sir Edward
and the Misses Codrington, Lieutenant-Colonel and
Mrs. K. Tynte, Lieutenant Meynell, Mr. and Mrs.
Sandford, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. John Townley,
Mrs. Hodgson, &c.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Literary Association of the Friends of Poland,
Sussex Chambers, Duke street, St. James's,
May 19th, 1848.
Lord Dudley Stuart presents his compliments to the
Editor of The Sun, and would feel obliged by the inser-
tion in that paper of the accompanying letter which has
been addressed to him by Lord Beaumont.
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Dudley, yours faithfully,
" 13EAUMONT.”

ENGLISH NS FOR AN
IRISH DICTIONARY.
UNITED Inrsusirrc—Native of Ireland, who are
always quarrelling with each other, and every
CONFEDERATES.—A political party, bent o one else.
n dissolv-
ing all existing ties between Ireland and the rest of the
world.
MoRAL FORCE. Brickbats, fruit in an advanced
stage of decomposition, blazing tar-barrels, and shille-
laghs.
PHYSICAL FORCE.—Threatening to use pikes and
rifles, and running away from them when used by others.
A SAXON.—Every one who receives rent from land,
follows an honest calling, keeps a civil tongue in his
head, a whole coat on his back, and does not subscribe to
Mr. DIITCHEL'S paper.
SAXON OPPRESSION. —Paying Irish debts out of
English pockets, feeding Irish famine with English sub.
scriptions, and supporting Irish labour out of English
wages.

IRELAND'S OPPORTI7NITT.—MateriaIs for a row and
no police " convanient."
ENGLAND'S DANGER.—Not Mr. Mitchel's bluster.
AN IRISH PARLIAMENT SITTING ON COLLEGE.
GREEN.—A convention of Kilkenny cats.
MARTYRDOM.—CircUlating 40,000 of your newspaper
per week, and pocketing the profits.
Lin :am—The absence of locks, gaols, writs, and
policemen.
FRATERNlTY.—Encouraging men to cut each others'
throats.
EQUALITY.—AIIowing nobody to keep anything that
anybody else can take from him.
IRELAND FOR TME Ititsu.—A country of quarrelling
voters, unemployed labourers, and rifle clubs ; or, in
other words, electoral divisions, extension, of suffering,
and vote by bullet.
REPEAL OF T'IE UNION.—A people without occupa-
tion, leaders without honesty, labour without capital,
turbulence without control, rashness without foresight,
and without common sense.—Punch.

CONSERVATIVE MEETING AT MOTTRAM. -On
Monday last a meeting of the friends of Mr. Cornwall
Legh was held at the Angel Inn, Mottram; W. Side-
bottom, Esq., in the chair. The principal business of
the meeting was the appointment of the canvassers for
the district. In the course of the meeting, a placard,
signed by Mr. Cheetham, was brought forward, which
alluded to the compromise made with Mr. Astley's com-
mittee at the late election. The whole of the gentle-
men repudiated the transaction, declaring that the
parties who made that agreement had no power or autho-
rity to enter into a contract to bind the electors, and
they therefore did not consider themselves in the least
bound by that contract. Another meeting of these gen-
tlemen will be held in the same house on Thursday even-
ing to receive the report of the canvassers.—Manchester
Guardian.

MURDER.—On Friday great excitement was created
in Calton on account of a murder having been committed
in 12, New-street, on Thursday evening, under the fol-
lowing circumstances :—James Gray, a man of about 45
years of age, who has for some time been employed at
Townhead as a stone-breaker, went with his wife on
Thursday afternoon, after his work was done, to a public-
house, where they partook pretty freely of liquor. On
their way home they had a slight quarrel, but of no
consequence, considering that they were intoxicated.
They were both seen to enter their apartment, to get
into which they required to pass through that of a man
and his wife named Steele, who were also understood
to be the worse for liquor ; and about ten minutes
afterwards their only child, a boy of about twelve
years of age, came running out crying that his mother
had been murdered. The poor woman was found lying
on the ground on her face, and as there are discoloured
marks on her neck it is evident she must have met her
death by strangulation. The murderer, who has hitherto
been of rather industrious habits, was taken into cus-
tody by the Calton police ; and next morning, when he
came to his senses, and was made aware of the whole of
the circumstances, he exhibited deep penitence and
cried like a child. The poor boy, who has been in the
habit of working along with his father at stone-
breaking, seemed to be fully aware of the frightful na-
ture of the case, and for fear of being called to bear
witness against his parent ran off, but was taken by the
police yesterday afternoon. The case is now undergoing
investigation by the sheriff.—Glasgow Citizen.
RIGHT OF VOTING ET 'FREEMEN AND LIVERYMEN
OF LoNDOE.—It is important to the right understanding
of this question to observe that very erroneous opinions
are entertained by many as to the effect of the Reform
Act on the ancient rights and privileges of freemen,
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being also liverymen of London. Those
be rightsfore the pass-
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votes for Members of Parliament for the city of London
should be careful to do so before the last day ofJuly,in order
to be placed on the register in July of the succeeding
year, otherwise a further delay of twelve months must
take place before they would be qualified to vote.
HULL, TitußsDA.y.
A preliminary meeting of
liberal electors was held here last night, to promote the
movement in favour of retrenchment and reform. Many
Chartists were there, and several of the most moderate
politicians belonging to the middle classes. Ou the mo-
tion of Mr. J. Foster, Belgian Consul, a resolution was
passed, setting forth the desirability of such a move-
ment as has been set oa foot; and then came another
resolution, approving of household suffrage and the
three other points propounded by the Manchester Com-
mittee. The Chartists entered into the discussion with
much good humour, and seemed to be far from united
on the question. Ultimately, the moderate party pre-
vailed, and the resolution was agreed to. An associa-
tion was then established, to be called the Hull Reform
League, to co-operate with similar bodies in other
towns. The Committee were also requested to consider
the propriety of convening a formal public meeting to
strengthen the hands of Messrs. Cobden, Hume, and
others friendly to electoral reform.
THE SURVEY OP TIIE METROPOLIS.—Yesterday
a corporal and two carpenters belonging to the Sappers
and Miners, assisted by six labourers, were busily en-
gaged in fixing up the first portion of the scaffold on
which is to be built the shed on the cross of St. Paul's
Cathedral, from which the survey of the metropolis and
surrounding country is to be made.