The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-30 00:00:00

APRIL 30, 1846.

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SOCIETY' 'FOR THE PROPM3k.
TPLN OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS.
A meet big ia furtherance of the objects of this Society was
held on Tuesday'itt the Hanover-square Rooms, his Grace the
Duke of Buccleuch in the chair. Amongst others on the
platforin we ob.serVed the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop
tor St. David's, 'the Bishop of Jamaica. Lord Glenelg, Lord
Santioh, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Dean of Wed-
min-tee, Archdeacon Manning, and the Rector of St. Gearge's,
Ilaistver—quare. Tits room was crowded in every part.
The Noble CHAIRMAN opened-the proceedings by reading-
letters of apology for non-attentlaeca from the Bishop of
. London, the Bishop of Oxfird, the Speaker of the House of
Commons, Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Mr. E..Denison, and
others: He then "prisceedett Wiedy to state the objects of the
_Society, and in el ..ing so observed, that in the last year alone
no leis than 63,000 individuals emigrated-from-this country
to foreign parts; arid lie Called_ upon all true Christians to
assist in t'-ffording the benefits cf the Gospel to the millions
in the ColonieS, who were so destituto of tho e hle.sings. The
Society was fninde;d in 'l7Ol, and it' it was then found: neces-
sary to contribute to its success, how much more incumbent
was it upon us to do so now ? Multitudes of our own coun-
tryinen were daily going down to the grave without the con-
s, lation 'afforded by a mieister of th&Gospel. He•coneluded
by making an earnest apseal .on, behalf of the Society, and
expressing the joy he felt at the increased means of spiritual
comfort which was nowafforded.to the:convicts in the penal
Colonies.-lApplattse). ' • -
The Bishop of WINeHESTER moved the first resolution,
and in doing so expressed his confidence that when the emi-
grants and colonists, in behalf of whom they had inet,leaid
that the meeting bad been presided over by his Grace, their
joy would almost be unboataided.l4Applauee.) The reso-
lution which be had to move was to the.follownig effect :
" That the emigrants from this country_ to the
British colonies; amounting to forty 'thousand tinnually,
and the colonists already settled. there, require a ,
much more ample provision for their spiritual wants than
they are at present able, with all the efforts they are making,
to provide for themselves." Those emigrants arrived in the
colonies very generally in a most destitute condition, and the
clergymen were called upon to afford them temporal as well
as spiritual comforts. His Lordship then read a long
-extract fi'am sa letter nf- th.e Bish9s--4 sc-ste-istMi4O, Wow'
the destitute state of the colonists in a apjeittliFsenst.
The resolution which ha had read referrect.to-the etiOrt is of the
colonists themselves. Ile rejoiced to say that those efforts
had been great and very successful.' In Calcutta, for in-
st -11 Ce, the ;Legislature there had voted during the last•year
3,9041. for the support of the Church, and 300/. f, r the in •
struction of' the young. The local dependencies were also
enabled to supply the ministry in ii.great -tneasure from the
natives, who, under God, would be the means of spreading
ihs Gospel far and wide. But after all, in the wordsuf the
resolution, " a much more ample provision was required."
-(Applause.) He had that morning received a letter from
a merchant, who was a member of a large emigration com-
any who had instructed him to say that 'they were willing
ito give every asssistance n their power to the agents and,
. friends of this Society iii cat ry tug hut their noble objects.—'
Applause.) His Lordship theh referred to the recent gice..;
rious victories iq India,-aud remarked that a
.wide and-ekten- '
-sive field had been opened amongst
,the heathens for .the
;furtherance-of the Gospel.—(Applause.)
Lord GLENAG Most eloquently seconded the're'
Ns. Bantu; iuppOrted the resolutirm. lie felt convinced
that the late wars in India, although they, had not added. to
the possessions of the British Sovereign, they would add to
,the possessions of the Great SOi'ereign of all, by the 'con:
region of the heathen to his causess-(Applau.se.) Ile con
eluded by handing in, amidst loud applause, a cheque for
100/. as his mite to the funds of the Society.
Lord R.'GuosvEstent also spoke in support of the resolution,
and said that it was a crying sharne't(othis wealthy country
to 'suffer. the colonies to remain in their present destitution
with regard to spiritual instruction.
The resolution was then pat and passed..
The-Bishop of St. DaVlD's 'noted the next .resolution-
" That tfusconriexion into which this. country. has been brought
for its commercial arid political relations with vast numbers
of the heathens impOses upOn it , the duty of imparting to
them the blessings of the Gospel." If. it was neeeasary to
adopt the first resolution, which relaled to .emigratits- front
this country, who had in their infancy imbibed the principles,
surely this Which rsfeired to tare case of the poor benighted
heathen, en whom the light of the Gospel had not yet shone,
ought more eepecially.. to be adopted' dint earnestly carried
out.—(Applause.) • There was sot impremiun abroad that the
gigantic work which this Sociey had undertaken could not
be accomplished by it. That impressioh, In his opinion, was
not fbunded on fa"ct. No doubt if.the Government had as-
sisted thein the work would have been easier7-(Applause)--
but if ti:e work were rigoroa-ly carried on the difficulties
which were,'by some; represented -toll° greater than they
actually, were; would vanish.. The .00lonitts themselves
contributed ;largely, perhaps more largely, in proportion to
their wealth and numbers, than the people of this country,
to thefunds of fhe Society.—(Applause.)There were some wilo
questioned the•propriety of regarding Alie zondition of the
heathen whilst rye negkeqed the igeeraitc#ed depraved con-
dition of our own people atbome.—(:applatise.) It true
that there *se heatlienisni obe Converted-atshuin:(;; but lie
maintained that the causes of converting thesfortign -as
well as. the nativeJie,athen, could nut be separ*ts4.—
(Applause.) .'!'here was this connexion between those two
.objects-s-by everything that xs'e did to enlighten; the mass of
heatherfigueirance and depravity at home We were lightening
the work that remainedlor us to do abroad.—(Hear, hear.).
The. conversion of the heathen abroad would no.diiiiittish
„ohs tfforts in the cause of Christianity at home, bet rather
bring down blessings upon all oursundertakings.(Ap-
&use.) •The:ie wens our palmy days of commerce and cone
nexlon with the he and if' ,se failed to take advantage
of the opportunities that were now held out to us of propa-
gating the cause of the Saviour, we might hereafter have
most bitterly to regret our apathy and neglect:—(Hear.)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER seconded the resolu-
tion. He said that they must all be aware that nations like
individuals had their responsibilities, and that as to indi-
viduals so to nations talents were committed, for the use or
abuse of which they would be severely called ultimately to
account.—(Hear, hear.) If we reviewed our station among
the scale of nations, to us had been extended,
an empire great amongst the other nations of the
earth, and if to us above all other nations of
the earth had been committed the charge of an
extensive empire, comprising many millions of heathen in•
habitants, upon us rested above all the duty of providing
those millions with the knowledge of that Christian truth
and the enjoyment of those religious privileges which were
our pride as well as our consolation.—( Applause.) He did
not mean to claim for the Legislature of this country an ex-
emption from the responsibility of providing such instructions
for the heathens—(Hear, hear)—but he contended that
eaeh and every one of us were individually responsible to
perform those duties.—(Applause.) He had been assured
by letters from parties that had been engaged in the recent
battles in India that the victory was to be attributed to the
interposition of a providential hand, and did it become us
not to feel thankful for such divine blessing? Those conquests
had added another million of heathens to the many millions
already- under the sway of the British sceptre, and were we
not now more forcibly called upon to contribute to the fund
of such societies as these, for the purpose of extending our
common faith to the benighted Pagan ?—(Applause.) If
they could look forward to the melancholy period when the
greatness of this nation would have to decay, they would
leave behind them not the relics of civil or ecclesiastieal
edifices, but the nations that we had blessed by conveying to
them the blessings cf the truths of' the everlasting Gospel.—
(Applause.) The historian that would have to record the
fate of this empire would no doubt say " this was a wise and
an understanding people ; this was a people that had the
Lord for their guide."—(Applause.)
The Noble CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was
unanimously passed.
The Bishop of JAMAICA then moved—" That the two-
fold object of providing means of spiritual improvement for
our emigrants and colonists, and making known the Gospel
to the heathen dependencies, has, under the Divine blessing,
beer. so long successfully pursued by the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel, that it is entitled to the sympathy
and support of the present meeting." His Lordship, amidst
repeated applause, gave a cheering account of the progress of
the Gospel in foreign parts, which had been effected for the
most part by the efforts of this Society. He contended for
the responsibility of providing the people both at home and
abroad with spiritual instruction. Ought not our "kings
to be nursing fathers and our Queens to be nursing mothers
to the Church?"—(Applause.)
Lord Joins Maxxxas seconded the resolution, and in the
course of his speech regretted that, in this, the nineteenth
century, it should be found necessary to call such
meetings as these, and he feared that if something
more were not done by the State for the spread of
the Gospel, our foreign possessions might at no distant day
be plucked from the diadem of the British Crown.—(llear,
hear.) lie was sure that when this great meeting sepa-
rated they would not cast away the responsibility that
devolved upon them. It was well that the princes and
nobles residing in the ancient city of Westminster should
aid the noble objects of the Society for the Propagation of
the Gospel abroad. He had no doubt that ere long the
churches abroad would be supported by the colonists them-
selves—they were, in fact, in some places doing that already.
—(Applause.) But we must not forget that we were respon-
sible for the spiritual instruction of the hundreds of our
fellow-countrymen that yearly left our ports, and the best
way in which we could discharge our duty in that respect
would be by contributing to the funds of this Society, the
great supporter of the Church.—(Applause.)
The resolution was then passed.
Lord SANDON moved the next resolution, which called
upon the public for increased contributions to the thuds of
this Society.
Archdeacon 111ANxiNG seconded the resolution, and said
that the amount which had already been raised for
the purposes of this society was most paltry, when
compared with the magnitude of the work which
they had undertaken. Shame should burn on our
cheeks and our faces be covered with tears of repentance
when we reflected on the manner in which we had
discharged our duties with respect to the evangelisation of
the heathen.—(Applause.) It appeared that 50,0001. only
was the sum which had been contributed for the purposes
of this Society during the last year. What an insignificant
sum was that to be raised for so sacred a purpose, in so
wealthy and Christianised a country as England.—(Cheers.)
The duty of evangelising our fellow-men was coeval with our
baptism; we were clearly "our brother's keeper" in this
respect.—(Applause). He himself represented multitudes of
poor labouring men, and he rejoiced to have to say that never
was there.a gathering at his church that every one, the very
poorest of then), di 1 not contribute to the purpose of evan-
gelising the earth.—(Applause). Let Westminster and the
rest of England do the same.---(Applause). He hoped that
all the pastors of the Church would repeatedly and earnestly
inculcate on their hearers the duty of contributing to this
Society. England owed a vast debt to this institution • let
them set about discharging that debt without delay.—(Ap-
plause). The Church of England at the present` moment
owed a very deep obligation to these missionary societies,
and they appeared to be the surest means of restoring to her
amity and strergth.—(Applause). The vital principles of
the Church demanded an extension, not diminution.—(Ap-
plause). The Church was a moral' police for a turbulent
papulation, and it bad no doubt been greatly extended at
hi me during the last fifteen years; a thousand churches, as
many pastors,' and incalculable schools having been added to
her, but it was impossible that the heart could be secure
whilst the extremities were allowed to fester.—(Applause).crate
The resolution was then put and passed, after
of thanks was passed to the Noble Chairman,m•vhicih having
been responded to, the meeting separated.

The four ruffians why ~.rpetrated a diabolical outrage
on tworespectable young women named Dover, uettr 4eudal, last
Mel have been arrested and IWed ia peso. _

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Proceedings nf the Heise of Cmnnione.)
TUESDAY, APRIL 28.
The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the MS
oniered to be brought in by the undermined Hon. Members:—

Birkenhead and Llangollen—Mr. Brotkerton, Mr. 411,1 e. Burn-
pliery, and Mr. Dodd.

Ipswich, _Norwich, , and Yarniquth—Lord Rendlesham, Lord A,
' Heuer Mr: Gooch, and Mr. Gibson.. . .

Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Can.Al Navigation and Ila Iway Ex.
tensions-31r. Ellice, jun., and 31r. ltrotherton.
Alorayshtre _- Mr. Ricardo and Mr. Duff.

Lancashire and Preston 4unetion—Mr. Patten, Mr. Greene, and Mr.
Clifton.

Birmingham and Oxford Junction —Viscount Villiers and Mr. Muntz.
Birmingham and Oxford Junction (11inningham Extensions)—Vis-
count Villiers and Mt Muntz.
Thetford, Itury St.-Edmund's; and Newmarket—Earl liirmyn, Lord
C. Fitzroy, and Lord A. Hervey.
Newcastle-u: .on-Tyne, Edinburgh, and Direct Glasgow Junction—
' Mr. Hindu and Mr. Ord. • •
Loudon and Birmingham (Coventry to Nuneaton)—Colonel Anson
and Mr. Mangles.

1
STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE.
The following resolutions were reported frOin this Committee:—
L That, in the case of tide St. Alban's, Hatfield, and hertford
Junction Railway petition, 'the standing orders ought to be dispensed
with :—ThAt the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, olt
correcting the errors on the .p1:41), deposited in the Private hill-ottice.
2. That, in the • cist 'of the 'Lancaster and Preston Junction Rail-
way petition, the :standing: ordors.ought to be dispensed with :—That
the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on proving before
the Committee Oil the Bill the insertion of the notices in the county
newspaper and the .. London gazette" for three'suecessive weeks.
3. 'i hat, hi tile case of the Bristol and
Birmingham Railway (Ash-
church, Tewkesbury, and 3falvern line) petition, the standing orders
ought to be dispenspd with :—That the parties be permitted to pro-
ceed with heir Bid on correcting the section so as to exhibit thereon
the height:lnd slimier the arch or arches of the bridge of, bridges
over each of the rivers Avon.
That the Committees on this, and the two preceding Bill, do
examine, in the first place, how far such orders have been comr,/ied
With, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill.
sw
ci t
i) ; g lilt I it T 1
be
e-
toll. ZnlttiatA, isll.l2:r2sel',tiiutf t)h.pee Inroei;
aispeused with:—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their
I,ctliaentlill7:l47ll.'rd'aeiri
Bill.

5. That, in the- case of the Northampton, Banbury, and ;Chelten-
haml-Catlir ay petition, the btanding orders ought not to be dispensed
witk.

6. That, ht the case of the Birmingham and Oxford ilunctiOn
-Itissitsra7-4 Hirai :wham ExtciaM-u1) I.:talon? the stanirarg ctedisisnught
tothe dispense,' with:—That the parties be permitted to proceed
with their 1.1411, ,•. •• '
7. 'that, in the case of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction
Railway petition, the standing orders' (light to be dispensed with:—
That the parties he permitted to proceed with their Bill.
8. That, iit the ca,e of the Thetford, 'Bury St. Edmund's, and
Newmarket Railway petition, the st riding orders ought to be dis-
pensed with:—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their
Bill. '
First, second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh, and eighth resolutions
agreed to.--lteport to lie on the table.

RAILWAKS.
Select Cotnmittee on Grdup No. 40.
Mr. Sheridan discharged ; Captain' the Lion. J. C. Vivian
selected, and added to the Committee.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

(From the Votes and Proceedifigs of the House-oftobanons.)
TUESDAY; APRIL 28. •
RAILWAY BILLS _(GRUP. I 1 ).. Mr.. Ilenley reported from the Select Committee Group 11 of
Railway Bills, That the Committee met this day at ond'o'slock; -
swim to the adjournment of yesterday, and that. William Smith
O'Brien, Esq., ono of the :Members of Ow Committee, did not attend
that Committee this day within one hour of the time appointed for
the meeting of the Committee.
Order [27th April] thr attendance of Mr. William SM,lth O'Brien
on the Committee this day, read :
And Mr. Smith O'Brien being in his ph, and haying. been called
upon by Mr. Speaker, stated that he had no further explanation to
otter to the House, and that he ]tell to his determination 11g expressed
in his correspondence with the Chairman of the Committee of
Selec-
don, and then he withdrew.
- lotion made and Question. propoied,-,".That William Smith
O'Brien, Esq., havii.g disobeyed the Order of this House by refusing
to attend the Committee to which the Railway Group No. 11, had
been referred, has been guilty I;.t‘ a con:einpt. of this House :"-
-Amendment proposed to leave out from the word "Esq." to the end
of the Question, iii order to add the words " and any othOr Members
of this House who, in the course of the present ses‘ion, may think
proper to signify to the e.'oininittee Of Selection that they claim, on
special grounds, to be exempted from serving on Select (7mninittees
on Railway .11ills; shaft-lie exempted accordingly; and that it be an
instruction to the I *,rninittee ot Selection to report to tine House the
panics of all such Members as may. sol claim to. be specially exempted,
and the groan. :a assigned for such. exemption :",---.- Question put,
" That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question."
The House divided:— . •

MAJORITY--AYES, 139.
Adana, Sir T. Duncan, George Mangles, R. D.
Aglimiby, 11. A. Dthicombe, A. •- - -Marshall, William
Aldam, William Duncombe, 0. Marsh:tad, Henry
Ali trobus, E. Dundas, Daylil , Molesworth, Sr. W.
A rtitithmott,-Hugh ' Easthope, 'Sir Jinhn Morpeth, Viscount
Armstrong, Sirlt. _ -1 Eaatnor. Viscount . Neville, Ralph
Arund,l. Earl of Escott~lllckliain
Balky, Joseph,jun. . Esteourt, 't. G. • - Packe, C. W..
Itailliq, Cul. . - Eyarts, William - Pell,:Sir R.
Itaillie, li. J. Ewart, William - Philips, Mark
Baines Walter, • *- -relltlen, William Plumptre, J. P.
Baldviin, C. B. , Ferguson, Colonel Plumridge, Captain
I:awn/plan, A *Fltzr;Y, Ilenry ' Polhill, Frederick
Barchry, David Flower, Sir J.: , Powell, Colonel
Baring, F. T. Forman, T..S. , , Rawdon, Colonel
Baring, W. P 1 oNte,, Mathew ' Round; John
Barnard, E.U.. - Gistiorne, Thomat Sandon, Viscount
Beckett, William Godson, Richard Scott, Fut :els
Blackhurne, J. I: - Gore, Montague Seymour, Sir H. B
Blake; M. J. (loulburn, limy Sheridan, It. 11.
Bortlqvick, P. Graham, sir James sitt the, George
Bowl: s. Admiral Granger; T. C. Somerset, Lord G.
80., ring, Dr. Graene, Thomas.; Sotheron; T. 11. S.
Brooke, Lord . (trey, Sir G. • Spooner, Richard
Browie W. Grimsditch, T. - ,Stannton, Sir G.
, Bruce; Lord E. Hamilton, W.. J. Stuart, Lord J.
Brug,ts,lV. IL.L. ~..... Hamilton„Lo
G-rd_ C. Strull,-Edward
Buckley, Edmund Harcourt, G. G. Sutton, 11. M.
Buller, Charles Hawes, Ilea j. Tancred, 114 W.
Buller, Edward Hay, Sir A. L. Thesiger, Fir P.
Cardwell, E. Henley, J. W. Thornely, Thomas
Carew, W. P. Herbert, Sidney Trelawny, J. S.
Carnegie, Captain Hervey, Lord A. Trench, sir F.
Christie, W. D. Hodgson, Richard Trotter. John
Clerk Sir George Hope, Sir J. Troubridge, Sir E.
Colebrooke, Sir T. . ),,,pe, .0. W. Vyse. R. 11. R. 11.
Collett, W. R. I tham, Lord Walker, Richard
Compton, 11. C. ill ward, C. W. Ward, H. G.
Connolly, Col. Itudson, G. Wellesley, Lord C.
Corry, 11. Hume, Joseph Wilde, Sir Thomas
Cowper, W. F. Inglis, Sir R. Williams, T. P.
Craig, W. G. Jones, Captain Winnlngton, Sir T
Crippa, William Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Wood, Colonel T.
Davies, 1). A. S. Lockhart, W.
Denison, J. E. Mackenzie, T.
Douglas, Sir 11. Maclean, D.
Douglas, Sir C. B. 11`licill, Duncan
Duckworth, Sir J. Mahon, Viscount

TELLER!.
Young, John
Baring, Maury

MINORITY-NOES, 15.
Bridgeman, Hewitt M'Carthy, Alex. Powell, Caleb
Browne, Ti. D. O'Brien, J. Roche, B. B.
Collett, .John O'Brien, Timothy Somers, J. P.
Fitzgerald, R. A. O'Connell, Daniel TELLERS.
Grattan, Henry O'Connell, Maurice Warburton, Henry
Kelly, James O'Connell, John Brotherton, Jeseph

Main Question put. The House divided:—
MAJORITY—AYES, 133.
Acland, Sir T. Douglas, Sir C. Mangles. R. D.
Aglionby, li. A. Duckworth, Sir J. Marshall, W.
Aldam, William Duncan, George Marsland, Henry
Antrobus, Edmund Dundas, David Molesworth, Sir W.
Arbhthnott, H. Easthope, Sir J. Morpet h. Viscount
Armstrong, Sir A. Escott, Ilickham Ord, William
Arundel, Earl of Estcourt, T. G. Pack% C. W.
Bailey, J., jun. Ilvaiis, William l'eel, Sir Robert
Baillle, Colonel Ewart, William Philips, Mark
Bairns, H. J. Fielden, William Plumptre, J. P.
Balm, Walter Ferguson, Col. Pluturidge, Captain
Baldwin, Barry Fitzroy, Henry Polhill, F.
Bannerman, A. Flower, Sir James Powell, Col.
Barclay, David Forman, T. S. Rawdon, Colonel
Baring, F. T. Forster, Matthew Round, John
Baring, W. B. Gisbonte, Thomas Sandon, Viscount
Barnard, Edward G. Godson, R. Scrope, G. P.
Beckett, W. Gore, Montague Smythe, George
Blackhurne, J. I. • Oculbunt, Henry Seymour, Sir 11.
Blake, M. J. Graham, Sir J. Somerset, Lord G.
Itorthwick, Peter Granger, T. C. Sotheron, T. H. S.
Bowles, Admiral Greene, Thomas Spooner, Richard
Bowring, Dr. Grimsditch, Thomas Staunton, Sir G.
ltrstherton, J. Hamilton, W. J. Stuart, Lord J.
Browne, W. Hamilton, Lord C. Strutt, Edward
Bruce, Lord E. Harcourt, G. Sutton, Henry
Bruges, W. H. Hawes, B. Tattered, H. W.
Buckley, Edmund Hay, Sir A. Thesiger, Sir F.
Buller, Charles Henley, J. W. Thornely, T.
Buller, Edward. . Herbert, Sydney Trelawiiy, J. S.
Cardwell, Edward Ilervey, Lord A. Trench, Sir F. W.
Carew, W. H. Pole Hodgson, R. Trotter, John
Carnegie, Captain Hope. Sir J. Troubridge, Sir It.
Christie, W. D. Slope, G. W. Vysc, It.
Clerk Sir G. Ilotham, Lord Warburton, 11.
Colebrook.), Sir T Howard, C. W. Ward, 11. G.
Collett, W. It. Hudson, George Wellesley, Lord C.
Compton, H. C. Hume, Joseph Wilde, S. T.
Connolly, Colonel Inglis, Sir It. Wlltfains, W.
Corry, Henry ' Jones, Captain Wand/loon, Sir T.
Cowper, W. F. Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Wood, Colonel T.
Craig, W. G. Lockhart, W.
Cripps, W. Mackenzie, T. TELLERS.
Davies, D. A. Maclean, Donald Toung, John
Denison, E. D. M.Neill, Duncan Baring, Henry
Douglas, Sir IL Mahon; Lord

Bridgeman, H.

Browne, R. D.
Collett, John

Fitzgerald, R. A.
Grattan, Henry
Kelly, James

MINORITY-NOES, 13.
Miearthy, Alexander Somers, J.P.
O'Brien, Joha
O'Brien, T.
TELLERS.
O'Connell, Maurice O'Connal, Daniel
O'Connell, J. Roche, E. B,
Powell, Caleb

RLVET.—We understand fro high autho-
rityl,llltha: B
invery
that brevet in the army and navy will very shoal:, be an-
uotulced, and at the period at whiehacwe-eaerhe to look for it will be the
circle auspicious 1
n
b
ost Idialtyelyotfoler l:wetllaiest3,s informed. ou
that are enlent. It is stated in a
woulda i
Ordnancehave
given last year, had not the expense of theNvaevty m
Department been so great as to check the beenthat time. announcement of it at
POLICE OFFICER KILLED.—Oft Saturday evening last,
William Sommerville, one of the policemen on the Caledonian Rail-
way, was killed in the most barbarous manner, near
the railway labourers. It Lockerbie, by
appears that the monthly payment of the
men working on that part of the linehaving took place on Satin day evening
last, and a disturbance
occurred amongst the " navvys," de-
ceased and other o
ffi
in cers were'called upon to quell the uproar, who,
andattempting to do so, were kicked and beaten in the most violent
brutal manner, by the mob, who were mostly Irishmen. The
treatment n hich Sommerville received from thr:e of them was most
savage. He was stabbed on his body with
ment, his nose was split in two, and so was one of his cheeks, while
one of his eyes was burst, and rolled out of its socket. Ile expired
soon afterwards. The three murderers effected their escape, bat the
police are in pursuit of them in all directions.
POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—On Tuesday a notice was
posted at the chief office. St. Martin's-le-Grand, announcing that the
next mails for India, China, Egypt, Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, and
the loniau Islands, via Southampton, will be dispatched on the
evening of the 2d of May; and via Marseilles, on the evening of the
7th of May.
SUDDEN DEATHS.—On Tuesday Mr. Baker held two
inquests, one at the Star "and Garter, Arbour-square, Stepney, and
the other at the London Hospital, on the bodies of Henry Ephraim
Hubble, aged thirty-one, and George Marshall, aged fifty. It ap-
peared in the first case that Hubble was landlord of the Star and
Garter. Several years ago, while in Calcutta, he had an attack of
insanity caused by excessive drinking. On Easter Monday the police
cleared his house and turned the gas off. The deceased complained
of it, and appeared to be much excited. On Friday evening he went to
bed as usual, and shortly afterwards got up and run down stairs into the
street with nothing on but his shirt and drawers. Ile was brought..
back, and he died a few hours afterwards. There had been a.es.
i..mk
mons out against him for keeping his house open after twelve .
o thought him-
on Sunday nights. This also excited the deceased, wh
their conduct.
self ill-used by the police, and had often complainecitioof.
of
God."_in i
The jury returned a verdict of "Died by
the
e..tlatarshall, was seen to I
the second case it appeared that the deceased, ling
Suddenly he I
pass down North-sheet, Stepney,
On Sunday e‘had no.t a man cau ht I
staggered, and would have fallen to the ground g
was conveyed to the
him in his arms as he was passing by. IleLondon hospital, but die
iit fre he reached there. Verdict of " Na. i
~ liea
tural death" 11',IS recorded.
HERR PISCIIEK.—A letter has been received from this • .
celebrated singer, announcing hi, immediate departure front Stutt-
gard for London, and accepting an eugageraont for Madame (Aiwa!
Allan'` moat on tin lbth of May.