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P.OOlll C.

ELAC/talynN,
WESTERN JUNCTION.
CLITEEROE, AND NORTE
FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST
RIDING.
Their Lordships met again at eleven o'clock this morning,
Lord Devon in the chair.
The case of the Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western
Junction was proceeded with.

of Ilome, Great. Windmill-street,
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Haymarket, takes his
We perceive that Mr. Adams, Treasurer to the Ball
benefit to-morrow (Thursday). Several novelties will be
produced, if we may judge by the programme, which is a
very strong one. The much-admired new Female Model will
make her third appearance, and the unrivalled Venus will,
with the valuable aid of several H. A. models, be exhibited.
We anticipate a rich treat from these very talented artistes.
This exhibition is deserving of public patronage, and we
heartily wish him a bumper.
SIIIPWRECK.—A bottle was found on the coast of
Flamanville, west of Cherbourg, on the Ist instant, with the
following written in pencil l—" Schooner, Flower of Yar-
row, R.Y.S., wrecked off the Caskets, 2 A.M., Captain Cost.
George Mills, Davy Miles master ; and the shoals are
swarming around us.—June, 13, 1846."

CITY OF LONDON
ELECTION.

RETURN OF LORD J. RUSELL
(THIS DAY)

The defeat of the late Government on the Irish Coercion
Bill, and their consequent resignation, having led to the
formation of a new Ministry by Lord John Russell, this day
was fixed for the nomination, and, in the absence of all op-
position, re-election of the Noble Lord, on his accepting
office as First Lord of the Treasury. The Liverymen of
London were astir at an early hour, and the neighbourhood
of the Guildhall presented, therefore, an appearance at once
interesting and impressive—interesting from the number of
persons assembled, and most impressive, because of the great
moral purpose which had called them together. The dis-
tinctive features of the day were widely different from any
previous election that we can remember: then men looked
grave, as if they had to struggle for a great right ; now they
seemed as if they congratulated each other that that right
had been obtained. There were not the usual number of
placards to be seen, nor was the Hall adorned with the diver..
-,ity of colours that had been exhibited heretofore ; Lord
John Russell was the " burden "of all the bills, with one
solitary exception, one proposing a penny national testimo-
nial to Sir Robert Peel, to which were attached the n Imes of
Colonel Thompson and Captain Polhill, M.P.
At a quarter past eleven Lord John Russell arrived in the
Hall, accompanied by the members of his committee, and
was enthusiastically greeted by the Liverymen assembled.
There were upwards of three thousand persons present
in Guildhall when business commenced. The side gallerie-
were filled with ladies. Among the persons on the platform
we observed :—J. A. Smith, Esq., M.P., A. W. Roberts, Esq.,
D. Salomons, Esq., S. J. Loyd, Esq., James Morrison, Esq.,
M.P., Prevost, Esq., Sir R. B. Phillips, William Hawes,
Esq., J. J. Travers, Esq., H. L. Keeling, Esq., B. Colvin,
Esq., S. S. Whitbread, Esq., Sir G. Larpent, Sir E. N. Bux-
ton, Bart., Alderman Sir J. Duke, Baron L. Rothschild,
Alderman Humphery, M.P., Foster, Esq., M.P., J. A.
Hankey, Esq., T. A. Hankey, Esq., G. F. Prescott, Esq., J.
Pattison, Esq., M.P., Alderman Thomas Wood, and William
Wilkinson, Esq.
At twelve o'clock precisely the Sheriffs, the Under-Sheriffs,
and several of the Aldermen, entered the Hall.
The proclamation, the writ, and the oaths of bribery and
corruption having been read in the usual form,
Mr. Sheriff CHAPLIN came forward and said—Gentlemen
and brother electors, public notice having been given of a
writ being issued for a representative for the City of London,
in consequence of Lord John Russell's having accepted the
office of Prime Minister of the empire, I now call on you to
fulfil your duties as electors in that gentlemanly and proper
manner which has always distinguished the citizens 01
London.

SAMUEL JONES LOYD, Esq., came forward to propose the
re-election of Lord John Russell, and was received with loud
and general cheering. He said he felt great satisfaction in
coming before them on the present occasion, when
they had been called together for the purpose of
discharging a great and important duty.—(Hear, hear.)
He felt that a solemn duty devolved on them as the
citizens of a free country, but at the same time he felt the
utmost confidence that that duty would be performed in a
satisfactory and dignified manner. He should not detain
them at any great length, as it would be more appropriate
Ind satisfactory that they should hear from the Noble Lord.
whom he had the honour to propose, an explanation of
the circumstances that hail led him to accept of
office, and the views that he entertained on the
measures which he thought would prove advantageous to
the country. But there was one questien to which he would
shortly call their attention—a topic of great and paramount
importance, with the triumph of which the Noble Lord was
intimately identified. He alluded to the question of free
trade. When they last met in that Hall that great principle
was in a different position. They then met under very dif-
ferent feelings and circumstances. The country had then made
up its mind upon the question, and was preparing to put
orth its utmost strength for the mortal struggle. But the
battle had been fought and won—all they then sought had
been achieved, and the triumph was complete.— (Cheers.) The
question of free trade had passed through the ordeal of public
discussion, and the measure had become the law of the land.
Where, he would ask, had ever such a momentous and important
question received such support from the public opinion, the
intelligence, the virtue, and integrity of 'the country ?
( Hear, hear.) Had that measure not been successful he
considered a severe and discouraging blow would have been
truck at the trade and commerce of the country, though
then he had such faith in the energy of Englishmen that he
, would not have despaired, as he believed they would have
righted themselves. But it had been otherwise,—
success had attended their efforts.—(Loud cheers.)
rhe system of protection had been tried and
found to be a great legislative error—(Hear, hear)—an
,e-ror the cause of incalculable mischief. Who now did not
see that and feel that protection had been injurious?—ex-
'erience had fairly shown that in every respect it had proved
injurious to the glorious industry of England.—(Cheers.)
The truth of this was now generally admitted, but the
battle had been bravely and resolutely fought, and
the banner of free trade now floated over both Houses of the
Legislature; it had been sanctioned by their most gracious
sovereign, and it only remained to them to extend its bene.
:iris! influence everywhere.— (Hear.) To them remained
,he solemn duty to carry out fairly and to the fullest
extent this great and salutary measure of free trade. The
triumph had been completed, but the fruits remained to be
4athered, and it was for them to do justice to the
intelligence and energy of those who had been instrumental
in settling the question.—(Hear, hear.) High honour
was due to those men who had bestowed their time, their
skill, and their great industry to work out this
result.—(Hear, hear.) They owed much to the firm.
ness and determination of the different classes of society, who
had co-operated to realise the triumph of the principle of
free trade, which he was certain would be followed by great
reciprocal benefits, by the union of all classes of the com-
munity in the bond of friendship, and by the sacred sympathy
if Christian charity and love.—(Cheers.) Honour, he again
,aid, to the great principle which had just triumphed, and
to those great moral qualities by which that triumph had
been brought about—honour to those who, to establish the
principle, had made great personal sacrifices and given unre-
mitting labour, and especially should they give honour to
the Noble Lord, who, during the struggle, had shown all
those great and transcendent qualities for which he had
been ever distinguished. They were under deep obligations
to him for the able and indefatigable manner in which
he had discharged the trust reposed in him.—(Cheers.)
Were this the proper occasion, and did he feel that he could
trespass so long on their attention, he would be disposed to
refer to the exertions of the numerous category of distin-
e,uished men who had contributed to these results; but, on
the present occasion, there was one among them who was
peculiarly entitled to their consideration—he meant the
noble Lord who came again before the constituency of Lon-
lon to solicit its confidence.—(Loud cheers.) When he last

►ppeared on these boards, he had the pleasure of proposing
the Noble Lord as a Member for the City of London ; and
►hen he did so, it gave him great satisfaction to say that he
proposed him as a minister of free trade.—(Cheers.) He
.vould now ask, did the Noble Lord redeem that character?

—(Cheers.) Did he discharge the trust then reposed in him?
Were the results which lie (Mr. Loyd) then predicted
would ensue if they would elect the Noble Lord, realised? Let
them look at the career of the Noble Lord. In his address
to the electors of London he told his tale in all simplicity,
arid in few words. He told them that the principles then
triumphant would be by him fully developed He told them
that though the results of the last general election had dis-
appointed him, and had not fully carried out the principles
which had been asserted at the last election of London, still
that perseverance and energy displayed in the advocacy of
principles had produced a reaction which now ended in their
triumph. The Noble Lord, however, had too much modesty
to tell the part he took in these struggles for free trade,
and though he fell in the struggle, he placed the question in
such a position as to secure their ultimate triumph, and to
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make it impossible for any mat to govern this country in
any other capacity than as an advocate in some measure or
other of these principles.—(Cheers.) The conduct of the

Noble Lord put him in mind of a classical story
which he read in his younger days, where Ulysses,
in order to discover the real character of Achilles, who ap-
peared before him in female attire, threw down before him a
helmet and sword, and at once discovered his disguise. "The
hero then went forth and performed those deeds of valour
which displayed his prowess and his magnanimity.
The sword and the helmet were the great budgets
of the Noble Lord. The Noble Lord threw them
down before a Tory Minister, and every hour that
has elapsed since they were taken up has been marked
with an increasing devotion on the part of the Tory Minister
to the principles of free trade. Let him now turn to the
Noble Lord. How did he act when the measures he proposed
had not met with the encouragement and countenance which

they had of late received? He gave them a support truly
English. (Cheers.) A support as generous as
it was noble because given under the suppres-
sion of many of those feelings which were
common to human nature.—(Cheers.) They were now
arrived at those circumstances which he would not further
refer to, when they found the Noble Lord placed at the head
of the councils of his Sovereign, and called upon to develop
the great principles which had recently obtained the highest
sanction. Let them mark with what clearness ,
and distinctness the Noble Lord referred in his
address to the principles of free trade.--(Hear.)
It was the application of that great but simple principle to
all its just and legitimate consequences which constituted
his noble mission. One point to which he called the atten-
tion of the electors was the question connected with the go-
vernment of Ireland. It was not for him to dilate upon the?.
subject. But is there any man who has the heart of a Chris-
tian, or the patriotic feelings of an Englishman, who does
not feel that that is a topic painful and distressing in the lust
degree, and the statesman who proposes to Oali attention to
that subject for the purpose of xßisiati Oa Moral condition of
the people of that eonntrb and to bring it into closer ana-
logy, physically and mor;ily, with that part of the
United Kingdom with which it was constitutionally
bound, undertook a task of the greatest difficulty,
but a task in which he vrilll4§vc fl a cordial splatilie* of

the people of this country.—(Cheers.) Next to that, his
Noble Friend called attention to a question still more impor-
tant—the serious question of national education.—(Cheers.)
National education was to the mind what the cultivation of
:he soil was to their physical wants, the necessity of apply-
ing to the state of agriculture all the energies and the skill,
ell the impulse of competition, and the desire of gain. If the
people would but apply all their energies and principles to
the great question of national education, much would be
done. At present they had done nothing; no person could
say, that as citizens and members of a free state they had
done that duty which they owed to each other, until they had
—in spite of every religious obstacle and every political
prejudice—insisted upon it that every human being born
ender the auspices of Great Britain should be an educated
being.—(Cheers.) Again, subordinate to that question, his
Noble Friend had called the attention of the electors to the
sanatory condition of the people.—(Cheers.) The sanatory
condition of the people of England, they all knew, was defec-
tive; there were difficulties belonging to the subject they all
knew, but his Noble Friend, Lord J. Russell, declared that it
should have the serious attention of the Government of which
be was the head.—(Cheers.) He would not detain them with
tay further remarks upon the subject. He had already
trespassed too long upon their attention. He appeared before
them as an Englishman, with the feelings of an
Englishmen ; and when the just, the true, interests
)f the country, were the subjects of discussion,
'se felt his heart warmed, and they must, therefore, excuse
the length of his remarks.—(Cheers.) He must be permitted,
however, to draw their attention to the subject directly be-
Pre them. The Noble Lord had, as he before said, under circuits-
,tances of great and momentous, but at the same time
ender circumstances truly promising and elevating, been
called by the voice of Parliament, and with the con-
currence of our gracious Sovereign, to the highest station
which a subject of this empire ever held. By that act he
had ceased to be a Member for the City of London, and the
City of London had lost one of its Members. They were
then assembled to consider to whom they should confide
that trust. He needed not to call upon them by any argu
relents or by appeals to their moral feelings. But he pro-
posed to them cordially, unanimously, and triumphantly, to
replace in the hands of the Noble Lord that solemn
crust, which he had administered with so nauch ability, and
which he will again administer with as much true good faith
to them as he had previously done, with such consistent and
beneficial results to the interests of all classes of this great
country. With those feelings, and with the most perfect,
2onfidence that he could not address to the constituency
of the city of London more arguments upon the subject,
he would propose that they should re-elect at once Lord
fohn Russell as the Member for the City of London.
S. GURNEY, Esq., in rising, said that he felt great satis-
faction in seconding the nomination of his Noble Friend
Lord John Russell, and also hoped that they would re-elect
with entire unanimity his Honoured Friend to represent
he City of London in the present Parliament.
After the eloquent address which they had heard, there was
riot much room for him to add anything upon the subjects
which had been alluded to. There were, however, one or two
points on which he wished to say a few words--subjects
which were of great interest to his mind, and which had
always been supported with great talent, energy, and honesty
by his Noble Friend ; and he would state this as an
additional reason why that Noble Lord should
be returned as Member for the City of London. The great
cause of education had been admirably alluded to by his
'riend Mr. S. J. Loyd. When he had stood, year by
year, with his Noble Friend, to advocate the claims of
the British and Foreign School Society, he could but
-ejoice that he had such a Nobleman to represent the
city of London. He had supported that cause when
it wanted popularity. Other causes he bad also supported
when they wanted popularity with equal energy and power.
tie would also allude to one other point, and he knew his
feelings would be responded to by gentlemen present. He
alluded to the abolition of slavery in the British colonies.
Deere was no individual but rejoiced in the results of his
4reat support in that noble cause. He admitted
that his support in that great cause alone gave
him great claims on the electors of the City of London
Ind upon all communities of this great country, but espe-
cially on this great mercantile community. The question of
free trade had been spoken to with great effect. He consis
tiered that every step which had been taken in that great
measure had been attended with great advantages to the
country. He perfectly agreed with the principle,
whether viewed upon the highest consideration, of
a beneficent Providence governing the world, or
upon political or financial considerations.—(Cheers.) He
did not wish to see the measure divested of this higher prin-
ciple—he wished it to be always tempered with that feeling
of moral rectitude. This feeling should be especially pre-
served on a question to which he would briefly refer—the
sugar question. He desired that all his fellow-citizens should
have all things good and sweet, cheap and abundant.
But if that goodness and sweetness were to be produced by
the lives of the poor, the oppressed and the wretched, it was
his opinion that the people of England would be willing to
forego them.—(Cheers) Upon that principle alone he de-
sired free trade to be carried out to its fullest extent. But
let the poor and the oppressed be protected from
hardship, from misery, and destitution.—(Loud clmrs.)
Upon this point there might be some differentia between him
end his Noble Friend, but he was quite willing to leave the
'natter (knowing that it would receive his most serious
attention) in the judicious hands of his Noble Friend.
Ile had very little more to say touching his Noble Friend,
except on one or two points. He would ask had the great
measures undertaken by the late Administration, and which
would have results most beneficial to the country--had they
been met with a narrow and paltry opposition?—(Cheers.)
lie did not know a man more likely to carry out the great
measures of commercial reform than his Hon. Friend Lord
John Russell, and he considered that it would be a great
loss to the people of England if he did not receive their una-
nimous support. He had, therefore, great satisfaction
of seconding his nomination, and when the day of election
should come again, he felt sure they would receive the Noble
Lord with equal satisfaction as they had done upon that
day.—(Cheers.)
Mr. CHAPLIN then demanded if there was another candi-
date.—(Loud cries of" No, no.") No other candidate having
been named, a show of hands was taken, and the Sheriff
then declared that Lord John Russell had been duly elected
to represent the City of London.
The announcement was received with loud and long-con
tinned cheering, which was again and again repeated when
the Noble Lord made his appearance upon the platform.
Lord Joni; RUSSELL, when silence was in some degree
restored, said,—Gentlemen—On Monday last her Majesty
was graciously pleased to desire that I should kiss her hand
as First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury ; to-clay you
have done me the distinguished honour of electing me as the
representative of this great city, the metropolis of the com-
merce of Europe and the world. Gentlemen, such
honours, while they fill me with gratitude, at the
same time inspire me with awo.—(Hear, hear.) I
cannot venture to say that I can adequately discharge the
duties imposed upon me ; but, at all events, I am deter-
mined to exert myself to the utmost of my ability. In
looking back to the measures which I have proposed, to the
principles which I have asserted, to the votes which I have
given, I can say that I stand here to carry into effect those
measures, to give life to those principles which I have ever ad-
vocated. Gentlemen, when you did me the honour to invite
me to become a candidate for this city, I stated at the first
meeting of the electors, that I conceived the principle of
levying duties for protection was injudicious and unwise ;
and I stated to you that having a great debt, of which we,
had honestly to discharge the interest, and having great
establishments of navies and armies, which it was necessary
for this country to maintain, it was right and lawful to
impose taxes to discharge those exigencies. But that
taxes which were imposed upon the produce of the land,
and of which the income was to go, not into the Ex-
chequer, but into the pockets of individuals—(Cheers)--
I then said that these taxes were totally un-
just, and that they should be put an end te.
Such, gentlemen, were the principles which I came forward
to support, and which I am happy to congratulate you are
now triumphant.—(Hear, bear.) Now, gentlemen, I have
never attempted, nor will I attempt now, to assume to
myself, or to assume to those who have acted
with me, all or any of the honour of carrying out
these great principles—l will notbe backward in according it
freely to those men who, headed by Mr. Charles Villiers, ad-
vocated them in the House of Commons—(Hear, hear)
—who brought them under the consideration, and urged
them upon the attention of Parliament, in a manner the
most unanswerable. I will not either refuse that honour which
is most justly due to those who, headed by Mr. Cobden, and
inspired by the soundest philosophy, exhausted their strength
of body and the energies of their mind in instructing the
people of this country in the great traths which they had
made it their business to elueidate.—(Cheers.) Nor, gentle-
men, will I be Churlish in refusing any particle of that ho-
nour which is due to Sir Robert Peel for bringing
forward his great commercial measure, and for the
untiring energy and ability with which he and
his colleagues persevered in carrying it through Par-
liament.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I will not say what is due
to those who in 1839 and 1840, and, lastly, in the budget of
1841, endeavoured to embody these principles in an Act of
Parliament. I will leave it for others to recount their
exertions, and to say what proportion of the honour
is due to them, but there Is one thing which I cannot omit
to say, and that is, that no efforts of statesmen
in Parliament, no efforts of orators at meetings of the people,
no exertions made in the Houses of Parliament, Would have
been successful, had it not been that the intelligence of th,,
great body of the people of this country had finally I:ecided
the conflict.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, when I
was passing six months and a
ago, the great
'recollect what
:year'
meetings that were held, the
f'ervid speeches that were made,
the excitement that. preva„
Ilea the invectives that were
used—whet
renlember, too, how quietly that great measure
e repeal of the corn-laws has been discussed in the House
Of Commons and the House of Lords, and by a majority of
these two bodies has been carried into a law—l cannot but
admire that which bits been supposed by some to be rather
a superstition than an ascertained truth, namely, the simplicity
and admirable working of the English Constitution.—
(Cheers.) And, gentlemen, when I observe all that fervour,
It seems to me to resemble that which any one may see in the
great iron-works of this country, where you see large
cauldrons full of melted iron, apparently enough to destroy--
to set on fire the whole building; but yet, by the _

skill of those who have charge of it, carried into
determined channels, moved into its destined receptacle
then carriedabout from place to place, moving rapidly al
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and yet injuring nothing—and, finally, its object is acc°,„
plished, and itis converted into wheels in a fact.ry or picot;
:hares in a field.—(Cheers.) Thus all the fusion, all
heat, all that was apparently dangerous, passes into the mkt
facturing districts, and becomes finally the means of usrr;..„!
facture and agriculture, for spreading comfort and
throughout the length and breadth of the
(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Gentlemen, .1
ells
trust that this principle will be still carried on in the ese°oo,
over which I shall bave the honour to preside, and call° I
safely and beneficially for the community.—(Hear, hear)*
will not touch upon that subject upon which my friend,
Gurney, is supposed to have addressed you. Upon flat s:5,
ject I may have shortly to address the House of Consul° I/
but Ido say as a principle—a general principle—that svbi, ls
may be necessary to keep up certain duties for 'of
purposes of revenue, which indirectly have the dets
protection, that we ought to do away with that duty
solely and entirely include protection.—(Hear, hear.) Ility
is, we ought to impose our taxes for the benefit of al
community, and not for the advantage of one class.—(l
hear.) Gentlemen, I do trust that the principle gill
long be adopted by other nations of the world. 11k
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are two especially, with whom we have the gres',
relations, which I will now mention, and one is our 4111114! 1,
neighbour. The kingdom of France ruled over by a Frig`
the most enlightened, who has contributed by his sagaeit;:i
preserve the peace of Europe.—(Hear.) I trust be
find that his Chamber will concur with him in
nouncing the errors of the commercial 831:1.)
which now prevails in that country.—(Hear,
The other country to which I shall allude is the ife.
States of America, from which we have received such.
tifying intelligence.—(Hear, hear.) And I do rejoice
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while such angry feelings were at one time expressed liro
country, that the wisdom of the Senate of theYniteil
has'overruled all those angry sentiments, and has desldruse
favour of peace between them and us, which I trust
endure for ages.—(Cheers.) And I do trust that the
ciples of commercial freedom will soon prevail, and that ,'g'
intercourse with them may tend to the happiness of bsitli o
those nations.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have spoken lety•
address which I had the honour of directing to -fousof oj
tasks which yet remain—of our tasks which vs am sure
be rendered at least more easy to undertS:ge when we bats
given up this unprofitable task of attesapting to direct'
industry of the country, better than the industry efs)
country can direct itself—(Bear, hear)—for this, in fs°"o
all the princip!e of free trade. It is not, as some chsei°°.
represent it, a strange and dangerous theory; it is 0'1m;
else than a true system of legislation, by which we sr° di
abled to direct the industry of the country, to direct"
markets of the country, 'and to enable the poor VII
of this country to be employed in honest labour. IVl,i
they should buy, and at what time they shout?, sells's'',s is a subject upon which legislation can do notbisgti
(Hear, hear.) The wisest House of Lords and
most virtuous House of Commons that ever ;
isted cannot legislate so well upon this subjee',
o.
the butcher, the farmer, and the artisan in their own uler''
and their own shops.—(Cheers.) Well, then, gentlelse°::i
we can get rid of this futile attempt, there then TS
the subject of public education, upon which, 1.
it behoves the Government, it behoves the Legisl'
to attempt a more extended system of education`
this country.—(Hear, hear.) Of course, I mention sersssi
I allude to no scheme; but, with regard to edsscationil'i
only say this, that no plan can be good, or worwisi
the adoption of Parliament, which does not sanctiossil
maintain the principle of religious liberty.—(Loud
Religious liberty was the subject of many contests ;
cestors fought for it, and gave their blood to obtain %of
it is not in these days that we ought to cripple or 'RI
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way to restrain it.—(Hear, hear.) It should be
rather to carry that principle to its fullest e*tci4o
—(Hear and cheers)—and to maintain that, whateverro
laws we may enact, man shall worship God . 900
to his own belief—(Cheers)—and not according to the o
of others, but his own conscience.—(Cheers.)Ant gentlemen, having addressed these sentiments to Y?
return for the manner in which I have
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for this great city. I must express great fears that my powers may be insufficient for the
that I have undertaken, but if they could be at all e°,°3l;ertP
surate to my wishes, I should then hope to see pease/11/
and commerce flourish amongst us to all generatjub-
,s
(Loud cheers.)
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The NOBLE LokD, after the cheering had abated, Pisssi
the thanks, of the Court to the Sheriffs for the able wir,
in which they had discharged their duties that day- Al
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S. J. LOYD, Esq.. having seconded the resolution, • •
put and unanimously carried.
Mr. Sheriff Latium, on behalf of himself and his es'',dest
(Mr. Sheriff' Chaplin), in acknowledging. the cosaPhTssel
said that he was delighted to seeso
a meeting, and he, in conjunction with h'
league, felt al highly delighted that the,' e
eturned Lord John Russell, the Prime Minh/tsar:tor
tteir representative in Parliament. And he took tulix
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errae
aftera remedyr,
eha heerm)the P°°'
been tried and re-tried, and convicted and re-00 0
again and again.—(Hear, hear.) lie was
find that his Lordship was likely to take this rid
ject into his merciful consideration—.(Loud the ,rs
and would not refuse to grant an inquiry and provid'arr
medy. He (Mr. Sheriff Laurie) was sure he must c°,ss
tulate his fellow citizens and himself upon the elect' t 1
the Noble' Lord as the representative of the chief Sis
of this country.—(Hear, hear.) considering
tis
noble line of ancestors to which be belonged
considering his abilities and other high qualitiss
l 9
did say that it was a proud day for the City of Losujis,
have elected Lord John Russell as their repreeentatilvt-jr
gaol. after he
(Cheers.) lie could only say, in conclusion, that be leg's)
lighted at the proceedings of that day, and he and his :00'
Colleague felt greatly obliged to the Court for their sPI:6-
Lion of their conduct on this oceaaion.—(Cheers.)
The Court then adjourned.
The Noble Lord on leaving was loudly cheered bits(
persons standing in Guildhall-yard, King-strest, keltioP
did the civic authorities escape a share of the opt
which was so plentifully besprinkled on all the Pr°'--
Liberals that were present on this occasion.

4 .')
CRIMINAL COURT_ Is D--
0 l COURT,
sea i
(Before Baron ALDIIRSON, Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, .
LORA MAYOR).
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it
John Bannister Father and Bentham Fabian,.'-hais tnOl'i
who were remanded from last seas:on, were placed this,
t°
ing at the bar, indicted for the forgery of railway s'
ei
large amount.
*PPII
Mr. CILARIESON who appeared for the prosecution,
..,ice
to have the trial postponed, on account of the ah3`-yib°'
Richards, a principal witness for the proseeuti° gifi°
though not examined before the magistrate, had y- y
an undertaking to appear.
Mr. BALLANTINE, as counsel for the prisoners, °Nosed ~
application, unless his cheats were admitted to bail. AO'
The Cot= remitted the case to next sessions, and 004
tad the pris
.1
in 40/. each.
ROBBERIES.. William Lee,
.a letter erii-d
gilers to bail, themselves in 5004 each, andsureties
YOST-OFFICE
•at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, wafiP . 1
at the bar, indicted for stealing a post letter, contaiw
sovereign, addressed to Miss Ebbard, Chelsea Collegel- 01'
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clarkson prosecuted; and AID lantine was retained for the defence.
Elizabeth Ebhard, who resides at Cheltenham, being a'S: 010
said she was staying in June last, at Exmouth, wheme;;; .
sent a letter to her sister inclosmg two small noteli.4o6
sovereign folded in tissue paper. The witness identor,Alo
envelope, the two notes, and the tissue paper produced in ""
as the same which she had folded up.
letter
iii 1
Thirza Law, the servant maid, proved
putting the -e
the post-office.
~id tmlie
Win. Stevenson, a clerk at the General Post-offiee,,--8001,-, prisoner was a letter carrier there. Witness was at P'hieb P,'' on the 26th June, when the Exmouth bag came, nettP;
opened, and deposited the contents on the table. These oto:,
btlhee constables at the r°3t:tchil
after
pnefteeai r sgeni;gtnboosebifientnogg the st a m
one
oi nog
oft a
should have been carried by tshize
pperrisznn
to the letters.
offic*
asTysrrtaetlilo'red at the basement of the office, w'-v/IP-
asatißtdhohebeecrlwtose wired grating over the water-closets, to secotti:,
grating gave him the perfecarl' el
aglolinthgaotn.wasiatrisansacted there. The prisoner 1!11.:
into the water-closet about eight o'o'lo7.
there a short time was observed to drulLpb.,,w
serinanadil
had
..09
him a piece of writing-paper. He again put his hallos OP
coat-pocket, and brought out a small piece of Whita_A 'oo'
paper, rolled up in shape of a coin, which he unfold
,4
or twice, and put something in his pocket. The u°_r,''
signalled to his neighbour, who took his place at th 0V: 4:
and he went down and laid hold of the prisoner, skillooll .I'S
at the same time, what he had put down the water-e, beetf
The prisoner answered, " Nothing, excerA, what be baut using." He was then searched; when besides solo %,
change, a sovereign was found in his waistcoat-pocket, the pocket of his coat a canvas-bag e„;-. 4
log tightly tid up a sovereign and thirteen shillings. A plumber
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who opened the closet, when the piece of 6.9;4e Par— ' -,
found, the two notes, and an envelope.
Wm. Peat, the other constable saw the prisoner .7;101
piece of paper before him from his loft hand, and Ii""
right hand put something in his I.ltt waistcoat-pockeLtide'
The plumber was called, -who corroborated the ev•-•
already given, which cl,;;se,4-1 the case.
Mr. BALLANTIN; addressed the jury in defence. A Olf
Mr. BaronALDEnsox summed up the evidence, ann ssi„,'• 01,6 course r.,"; his remarks to the jury, expressed his surPr-orki
a" person, when they could obtain a Post-olUccab- ye/
-1.
should put people in the way of temptation. Ma
h.' 'er
much of the crime committed in the world, would `—tstioa
vented by exercising ordinary care not to throw teuPoerl
in the way, which all were surely bound to do bY.,„se.,„
Christian consideration of the interests of their felloW'reed P"
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, who was sent!"
ten years' transportation.

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MR. MITCIIELL'S BENEFIT.—That excellent eater
for the public amusement, and most deserving 111,74i9'
Mr. Mitchell, takes his benefit at the St. "6ritti
Theatre this evening. It is solely owing to the perk I'-bte"
exertions of this gentleman that we gi:e ilid(/30:0
for the establishment of the French Theatre ir. 'London' pbet,
celebrated artist has appeared upon the trench stsgehe seit
sol
services have not been immediately secured for
James's. Not a successful vt,•ece has been
oyuced,jo
in Paris but that it has been immediately rePr 00000
Mr. Mitchell for the amusement of his patron& of
such a 3 these deserve a high reward, and the parrfijibel "-
French theatre will we treat provo to-night that
110 ungrateful.

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