The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MA Y 1848.

THE -SOCIETY FOR IMPROVING
THE CONDITION OF THE LABOURING
C LASSES.
The annual meeting of this society was held
yesterday in the large hell of the Freemasons'
Tavern. Long before the hour for which the meeting was
called (12 o'clock), the ball was crowded by a large
number of beautiful and elegantly dressed ladies, among
whom we noticed the Duchess of Sutherland and many
other ladies of high rank.
On the platform were Lord John Russell, the Duke
of Argyle, Eari Fortescue, the Marquis of Westminster,
Lord Ashley, Lord Ebrington, the Bishops of London,
pArLopfe„sslorc.W4e. S
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Oxford, Salisbury, and St. David's; Dr. M‘Neile, of
been offered by the Bishop of London,
Fe Liverpool;rayer
having
FAeltbltEocqc'upied the chair.
Prince ALBERT rose, and was received with loud
cheers. When they had subsided, he said—Ladies and
gentlemen, when four years since this Society for the
Improvement of the Condition of the Labouring
Classes was first established on its present
tooting I accepted, with pleasure, the offer made
me of becoming its president.—(Loud cheers.) I
saw in this offer a proof of the appreciation the society
entertained of my feelings, my sympathy, and my in-
terest for that class of our community which has
most of the toil and least of the enjoyments
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advantage.—(Loud cheers.) This society has always
held this object before its eyes, and has ever
been labouring in that direction. You are all aware
that it was established to erect model lodging-houses,
loan funds, and the allotment of land in different parts
of the country; but it has been careful only to establish
examples and models, mindful that any real improvement
which was to take place must be the result of the exer-
tions of the working people themselves —(Cheers.) I
have just come from the model lodging-house, the open •
ing of which we celebrate this day—(Cheers)—and I
feel convinced that its existence will, by degrees, lead
to the erection of others, and that it will lead to a
complete change in the domestic comforts of the work-
ing classes—(Cheers)—as it will exhibit to them, that
with real economy can be combined advantages and
comforts to which they have hitherto been strangers,
whilst it will, at the same time, show those who
possess capital, which they are desirous to in
vest, that they may do so in connexion with
this institution with great advantage and profit to
themselves, dispensing, at the same time, those comforts
which I have enumerated to their poorer brethren.—
(Cheers.) Depend upon it, it is to the interest of those
classes who are so often contrasted, but whose interests
are identical, to unite, and it is only ignorance which
thatpreventsth ignorance,_emunitingd t
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and
other's
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how ge. To
dispel
how man can help man, notwithstanding the compli-
cated state of civillres4Tsociety, ought to be the aim of
every philanthropic .person.---7(Hear.) But it is most
peculiarly the duty of those who, under the blessing
of Divine Providence, enjoy station, wealth, and
education.—(Cheers.) Let them be careful how
to avoid any dictatorial interference with labour
and employment, which frightens away capital, destroys
that freedom of thought and independence of action
which must remain ,to every one if he is to
work out his own happiness—(Loud cheers)—
and to repose that confidence in each other, on which
alone the enjoyment and mutual benefit of mankind
rests. God has created man imperfect, and left him
with many wants, as it were to stimulate each indi-
vidual to exertion, and to make them all feel that
it is only by united exertions and combined
action that those imperfections can be supplied, and
these wants satisfied—(Hear, hear)—self-reliance and
confidence in each other. It is to show the way how
these individual exertions can be directed to the greatest
benefit, and to foster that confidence upon which the
readiness to assist each other depends, that this society
considers as its most sacred aim.—(Hear.) There has been
no ostentatious display of charity or of its manifesta-
tions, not a protestation to become the arbiter of the
fate of thousands, but to aid the working out of prac •
tical schemes of public improvement that this
society, as I said before, has keen estab-
lished, but it has only as yet established
examples for the country at large to follow. The report'
of the society, descriptive of its proceedings during the
past year, will be laid before you.—(Cheers.) I must
say, I hope I may say, that this society has proceeded
satisfactorily towards the accomplishment of its objects,
owing to the particularly kind feeling and great
endeavours, and the indefatigable seal of Lord Ashley.
—(Loud cheers.) The next stage that we contem-
plate is the erection of a model lodging-house for
temalcs,—(Cheers.) I hope this meeting will enable
us to carry out that step, and all will engage to do the
utmost in their power to call the particular attention
of the public to the object which we have in view.
The Prince resumed his seat amid loud cheers.
Lord ASHLEY, who was received with loud cheers,
proceeded to address the meeting. They had reason, he
said, to thank God for the success the society had ob-
tained : it was founded in 1844, for the purpose of
ameliorating the condition of the poor,—not to
give food, clothes, or any mere eleemosynary
aid, but to assist them in their efforts to
obtain an independent position by labour.—(Hear.) It
had three fundamental principles—the building of model
lodging-houses, the allotment of plots of land, and a
loan-fund. Although they had not been enabled to
effect much in respect to the loan fund, they
expected by the next meeting to accomplish much,
for they had gleaned a great deal of more practical in-
formation on the subject—(Hear, hear)—but they had
allotted 117 acres of land, in eleven different parishes,
to 653 tenants. Already, by the aid of this and an-
other society—the Labourers' Friend Society, which
deceded this—allotments had been made in 2,000 pa-
rishes, and no tenant was in arrear of his rent even to the
extent of one farthing.—(Cheers.) With respect to the
erection of lodging-houses, they had a better story to
tell, for several had been erected and were fully and
constantly tenanted. It was almost unnessary for him
to tell them of the lamentable condition of the
dwellings of the poor of this great metropolis.
They were loathsome in the highest degree, and
nine-tenths of the crimes perpetrated were devised
in these wretched haunts, and many of them perpetrated
within them. The Noble Lord then proceeded
to read a passage from the annual report, and
to comment upon it 23 small houses, the rent
of which varied from 3s. 6d. to 6s. a week had been
erected in Bagni_ege,Wells for the better class of mecha-
nics, at the same rent paid for miserable single tene-
ments; also accommodation for poor widows from ls. to
Is. 6d. .a week. A house had been taken for the lodging
of unmarried females in King-street, Drury-lane,
another in Charles-street, at a cost of 1,2001.,
for the acconamodafion of eighty persons; and the
lodging-house in St. Giles's, visited by Prince Albert
to-day, which had been erected at a cost of 5,5001., was
capable of accommodating 104 persons, and there was
scarcely a night that the entire beds were not wholly
occupied.—(Hear, hear.) Out of 13,000/. or 14,0001. laid
out by the society it was deriving a revenue of 1,500/.
a year, without unduly taxing those for whom such ex-
cellent accommodation was provided ; showing that
decent house accommodation could be given at the cost
now paid by many poor persons for the rent of a single
room, and that profit could be combined with
humanity. The next step they intended to take
was the erection of a lodging-house for
females. He besought those who felt an interest in the
welfare of the poorer classes to visit any of the society's
establishments, and they would find how grateful the
inmates were for the comforts they enjoyed. The peo-
ple of this country were not a people who desired
any change of the institutions under which they
had been reared, and when they know that those who
had been blessed by God with wealth felt an interest
in their welfare, they would rest content: if this was
so, they need not fear commotion.
The Duke of ARGYLE proposed the first resolution,
and, in alluding to the recent events on the continent,
said it was a matter of sincere pleasure to know that
the efforts which they had heard of to-day were begun
before those events occurred.—(Cheers.) He begged to
move the adoption of the report, and to call upon the
committee to proceed with their benevolent work.
Dr. M'NEILL, of Liverpool, seconded the motion, and
supported it by an elaborate address.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
The Bishop of OXFORD proposed the second resolu-
tion, to the street that the clergy be invited cordially to
co-operate to give efficiency to the various plans by which
the improved condition oft ;working classes may be
t ffectually promoted, which' Wile supported by Sir THOS.
ACLAND, M.P., and adopted. <
A subscription of 100/. from Mr. S. M. Peto, M.P., was
here announced by Lord Ashley. The announcement
was received with loud cheers.
A resolution calling upon the wealthy to aid the
society was proposed by the Bishop of ST. DAVID'S, and
seconded by Mr. COLQULTOUN, and was carried.
A committee, headed by Lord Ashley, was then ap-
pointed for the ensuing year.
On the motion of Earl FORTESCUE, seconded by J.
LABOUCHERE, Esq., a votd•:Of grateful and respectful
thanks of the meeting was passed to the Prince for his
condescension in taking the chair.
Prince ALBERT briefly returned thanks, and the meet-
ingA senpfuoaTrrated, chanting the national anthem.
number fbtyheth the
sinmatesocietyo. of the model lodging and
dwelling-houses then partook of a generous repast pro-
vided

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NIANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLN-
• SHIRE.
The Committee were occupied all day with the pp°-
sition of the tovvn.council and corporation of-
contend that the ferries at Hull and New HollandHull,who
would destroy the navigation ofthe
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The Committee passed the above company's Bill for
deviating their line, and enabling the Shrewsbury and
another company to subscribe to their
capital.
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DON AND BRIGHTON EXTENSION,
The Bill of these companies, for amending their
original' Acts - Masking extensions and deviations, And
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into operation. In the neighbourhood of the college in
Westminster fever had broken out, which was stated to
have arisen from the application of the deodorising prin-
ciple at the instance of the Dean.
Lord J. RUSSELL recommended :he House to go
into Committee at once, as the amendments r -com-
mended could be better discussed whist the B 11 wais in
that stage.
Mr. MACKINNON was in favour of going into
Committee.
Mr. DIVETT protested against any discussion being
raised upon the part Mr. Chadwick had taken in re-
ference to the Bill, but as the Hon. Gentleman opposite
had thought proper to attack the statement he made the
other night relative to that gentleman, what he stated
was, that great exaggeration had been indulged in
throughout the country in relation to the merits of this
Bill, while it had been kept out of view in
London, where it was so much required.
No one could doubt the truth of this latter
statement, for, even under their very noses, there existed
an abomination. He alluded to St. Margaret's church-
yard, and had Mr. Chadwick been in the House on Mon-
day night, he would have felt somewhat annoyed at the
stench that prevailed, arising from the cause he had just
stated. The was, Mr. Chadwick and the Noble Lord,
the Member for Plymouth, had been making propagan-
dist expeditions throughout the country in favour of the
Bill, and in their seal they had got up cases against towns
and cities which could not be sustained.
Mr. URQUHART gave it as his opinion that
Government were wasting their time in attempting to
proceed with this Bill while it retained the objectionable
clauses which embedied the centralisation principle.
The Hun. Gentleman gave a number of particulars to
show that many of the necessary and salutary provisions
of the Municipal Corporation Act were omitted from
this Bill. The real objection, however, to the Bill was
the principle of centralization which it contained, and
on that ground he would oppose going into Committee,
and would recommend his Hon. Friend (Colonel Sib.
tborp) to withdraw his amendment that the Bill should
be committed this day six months, and snake it one
month, so that the Government might have an opportu-
nity of rescinding the Bill, and bringing in one which was
snore likely to receive the entire support of tire House.
As the Noble Lord had expressed his desire to see the
large towns of this country well drained, and amply
supplied with water, he-advised him to introduce a
simple facile Bill, capable of general adaptation,
and which would grant those powers to the
different corporations which the Hon. Member for
Shrewsbury said they required, subjecting them to penal-
ties if they did not properly carry out the powers to be
vested in them. A Bill of this kind only could prove
acceptable, for he assured the Government that the present
Bill would not reach a third reading. What be wished
was a Bill that every person who could read could un-
derstand, but the Government intended to persevere
with a Bill which did not partake of that character,
on the principle, that having had to encounter
an irritating opposition, they were justified in
obstinately proceeding with that which was objection-
able. The Noble Lord had received a deputation from
Stafford, and petitions had been presented from the
town in favour of the Bill, but not the name of a rate•
payer or medical man was attached to them.—(Hear.)
An apothecary, the house surgeon to an hospital, but
neither a rate-payer nor a resident of the town (who
exp-cted a situation under the Bib), had originated a
petition ; but it surely could not be contended that
such a petition expressed the wishes of the town.—
(Hear, hear.) He opposed the Bill on this ground,
if on no other, that it was an insult to the cor-
porations of -England—(Hear, hear)—for it went upon
the assumption that there neither was virtue nor justice
in the land. He entreated the Noble Lord to be as
merciful as he was powerful, and allow local bodies to
assess and collect their own taxes, to manage their own
affairs.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the
House divided, when there appeared—
For going into Committee
Against it - 1
. Majority for going into Committee 218
The result was received with loud cheers, and the
House then resolved itself into Committee on the Bill.
On clause 1 being proposed,
Mr. CARDWELL asked whether he was right in
thinking that the powers of this Bill could not be put
into operation in any town till an inquiry had been made
into the sanitary state of the place.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL said the Hon. Gen-
tleman was correct in his interpretation of the Bill.
London, however, was of so complicated a character
that the Bill could not embrace it.
Mr. CARDWELL said it was his opinion that every
place ought to be subjected to inquiry, and ho could see
no reason for exempting London from the provisions of
the Bill.
After a few observations from Mr. HENLEY and Lord
Colonel SIBTHORP repeated his objections against
the Bill, and told the Honourable Members who
had voted for going into Committee, that as it
was too. late to shut the stable door when the steed was
stolen, so it was too late -for them to regret the
course they had taken, and that their constituents
would visit them with all the pains and penalties which
they deserved. It was no use for his Honourable
Friend (Mr. Cardwell) to attempt to extract any-
thing from the Noble Lord (Lord Morpeth),
for though he had the highest respect for the
Noble Lord, he could not help saying that he would
not budge a single- inch from the instructions of his
tutor on his left (Lord-John-Russell).
The clause was then agreed to; also clause 2 (inter-
pretation clause).
On clause 3 being proposed for the constitution of a
General Board of Health,
Lord LINCOLN said he should postpone his motion
until the bringing up of the report. Did the Noble
Lord wish the clause to stand in its present shape?
for there required some alteration with respect to the
number of paid and unpaid commissioners.
Lord J. RUSSELL replied that the Government
had thought that the public interests would be better
served by placing the Chief Commissioner of Woods and
Forests at the head of the body, and making him respon-
sible for the proper carrying out of the provisions of the
measure, instead of the Lord President of the Council.
On the whole, they had thought that the clause would
work well as it stood.
Sir W. CLAY thought that it would be well that
there should be some responsible officer who would be
prepared to answer such questions any Hon Member
may think proper to put, and he therefore considered
that the officers should be paid.
Mr. HUME said that his experience of unpaid Com-
naissiotaers induced, to suggest that there ought to be
a paid Commissioners witlitequal powers on the board,
and who might have a seat in that House to answer any
questions put to him onhttiehmsweumhejrbeecetraoloofnftehesnuoAfficicet
made inquiry, and found that the First Commissioner of
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Mr. MILES concurred in the propriety of having a
paid Commissioner ; unpaid Commissioners were too
apt to become negligent with the lapse of time.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed that if the
Committee should think a paid Commissioner necessary,
the sixth and not the present clause was the fitting time
for discussing the question.
After a conversation,' in which Mr. T. Egerton, Mr.
Hudson, and others recommended,
Ini
Mr. QUEIART moved, the postponement of the
clause. :sesn
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hGer e resisted
exceedingly
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subsequent
would
' clauses, until they knew how the central board was to
' be constituted.—( Hear, hear.)
Sir W. JOLLIFFE was opposed to a central board.
He did not see why inspectors appointed by the Go-
vernment would not answer the purpose.
After a short desultory conversation the Committee
divided, when there appeared—
For the postponement of the clause.., 45
Against it "2 • • 145
Majority
Captain HARRIS moved the insertion of words in
the clause to the eff ct that the First Commissioner of
Woods and Forests should superintend the execution of
the Act.
Lord MORPETH said that looking at the onerous
duties of the office he had the honour to hold, duties in-
volved in the execution of no less than eighteen different
Commissions, he did not feel himself in a condition to
assent a
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must,
therefore,
negative
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amend-
ment.
Mr. NEWDEGATE again urged upon the Govern-
ment to leave to local management the administration of
local affairs. Let them consider what had been the
results of centralization in a neighbouring country,
where for years they had centralised everything, and
had ended in centralizing discontent.
Mr. P. HOWARD thought that if the Bill was
limited to five years no suchirtneh
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Hon. Member (Mr. Newdegate) seemed to contemplate.
Mr. HENLEY said' that when he remembered the
various and onerous duties which already devolved upon
the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, he did
not think it would be possible for that Minister satis-
factorily to discharge the functions which this Act
would cast upon him. Ile therefore could not assent to
the amendment, and should vote against it if pressed to
a division.
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After a few words from Mr. ITUDSON,
Mr. MUNTZ expressed a hope that the amendment
would be withdrawn, fur opposed as he (Mr. Muntz) was
to the Bill, yet he was satisfied that, if passed, there
ought to be an efficient authority to carry its provisions
into effect. It was admitted that the office of Chief
Commissioner of Woods and Forests was not a sinecure,
and he therefore thought there ought to be a distinct and
Paid Commissioner who should be responsible for the
working of the Act.
Sir W. JOLLIFFE said he was prepared to support
the amendment, but be thought it would nut be wise to
press it.

Lord DUNCAN was. of opinion that the execution
of the Act ought to devolve upon one paid Commissioner,
and not upon the Chief Commissioner of Woods and
F rests, who was already charged with sufficiently re-
spiltsible duties.
Dr. BO WRING also supported the opinion that even
besides the Chief Commissioner of Woods and For, st.
there ought to be one paid Commissioner appointed under
this Bill. . .. •
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Member for Bolton (Dr. Bowring) supported paid Com-
missioners, fcr the lien. 31, mber had himself received
some 13,0ii0/. or 14,0i)0/. of the public money in a roving
commission which had led to nu public benefit beyond
the printing or a mass of vi brutes or rouse. Aotmt-
titig that the labourer was worthy of his hire, he thought
no one would execute the duties of his itiga otheo better
than the Nobie Let d (Alurpeth).
Colonel THOMPSON said be believed his constitu-
ents would sooner pay a Commissioner twice over tia n
have one who was unpaid.—(Hear, hear.)
Captain HARRIS consented to withdraw his amend-
ment.
Lord DUDLEY STUART said that no answer
had been given to the question he had asked, whether
the proposed board was to have jurisdiction over the
metropolis at large ?
Viscount MORPETH said he could only give the
answer he Lad before given, that the Bill contained no-
thing to authorise the board to act.
Atter a conversation,
Sir B. HALL said the Metropolitan Members ought
not to be kept in the dark as to what was hanging over
the metropolis.
Mr. BUCK dwelt on the impolicy of excluding from
the Bill the whole of Ireland and Scotland, the metro-
polis, and the two universities.
Lord DUNCAN gave notice that, on the bringing up
of the report, he should take the sense of the House in
favour of having one paid Commissioner, unless the Bill
were so modified in the interval.
Mr. J. STEWART considered that a great principle
was involved in the question of having paid or unpaid
Commissioners. If the latter had a paid secretary he
would be the real Commissioner, the unpaid officers
being mere puppets.—(Hear, hear.) This was a very
objectionable state of things. It would be much better
to assimilate the board to that appoiuted under the In-
closure Act.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL complained of the
time wasted in repeated discussions of the same point.
Captain PECHELL wished for more precise infor-
mation as to the powers and extent of jurisdiction of
the proposed Commissioners. He hoped that local au-
thority would be allowed to operate with as little inter-
ference as possible from the Central Board.
Mr. T. EGERTON said the general feeling appeared
to be in favour of one paid Commissioner; and if this
was agreed to, on bringing up the report the clause
which had now undergone so long a-discussion would
have to. be struck out, and thus all their labour would
be lost.—(Hear, hear.) It would be better to postpone
the clause.
Mr. H. BERKELEY wished to call the attention of
the Committee to the tact that it was now halt-past eight
o'clock, and nothing whatever had been done.—(Loud
laughter.) He believed nothing would rouse the House
from its torpor until, some but day, they discovered that
the cholera had broken out.—(Hear, hear.)
After a few words from Lord Duncan, Mr. Rice, and
Mr. T. Egerton,
Viscount MORPETH said the Government was really
anxious to collect the feeling of the House, and act on
it, as far as was consistent with their duty.—(Hear,
hear.) A good deal of feeling had been expressed in
favour of a paid Commissioner; but as the Noble Lord
the Member for Bath (Lord Duncan) proposed to open
the whole question on bringing up the report, after it
had been determined what the powers of the Commis-
sion should be, he hoped the Committee would now con-
sent to pass these clauses. Every Hon. Member would
have an equal right of bringing forward any amendment
as to the constitution of the Central Board.
Mr. HENLEY complained of the want of information
as to the extent of the powers of the Central Board.
Mr. URQUHART expressed his disappointment that
the Noble Lord (Lord Duncan) had not pressed his
amendment now in favour of one paid Commissioner.
Mr. HUME thought it would be impossible to carry
out the Bill without a paid Commissioner, but believed
that one would be enough. As to the metropolis, the
Government must bring in a Bill for it ; they could nut
do otherwise.—(Hear.) Objecting to any central
interference with local authority, he was in favour of a
'check being applied to abuse.
Lord DUNCAN moved an amendment in favour of
one paid Commissioner, reserving the amount of his
salary for future consideration.
Mr. HUDSON was understood to second the amend - ment.
Lord J. RUSSELL expressed an opinion in favour of
two Commissioners.
Lord 'DUNCAN had no objection to the Noble Lord
at the head of the Woods and Forests being the mouth-
piece of the Commission in this House; and, if neces-
sary, they might have one in the other House ; but he
was most anxious that there should be one paid and
responsible Commissioner.
Mr. W. MILES advocated .the appointment of a com-
mission on the basis of. the.lnclusure Commission.
Lord DUNCAN proposed to alter his amendment so
as to authorise the appointment of one paid Commissioner
with two unpaid Commissioners, one is this House, the
other in the Lords.
Lord J. RUSSELL thought it appeared reasonable,
after what had been stated, that there should be one paid
Commissioner. The other Commissioners, of whom his
Noble. Friend near him (Lord Morpeth) .might be one,
would of course be conversant with the business trans-
acted at the board. If the Noble Lord the Member for
Bath (Lord 'Duncan) would withdraw his amendment,
the sixth clause might be so modified as to authorise the
appointment of a paid Commissioner, with the other two
Commissioners.
Lord DUNCAN agreed to withdraw his amendment.
Colonel SIBTHORp opposed the withdrawal of the
amendment, and said he should move that the Chairman
do report progress, as the hour had arrived (nine o'clock)
at which it was arranged the House should proceed to
other business.
Viscount MORPETH hoped the Hon. and Gallant
Member would allow this one clause to be agreed to, and
he would then report progress.—(Hear.)
After a conversation (Colonel SIBTHORP insisting
on the fulfilment of the pledge given by the Noble
Lord at the head of the Government, that the House
should resume at nine o'clock ; and Lord J. RUSSELL
admitting that he was bound by that pledge if any Hon Member claimed its fulfilment), the motion for
reporting progress was agreed to, and the House re-
rumed.
BOROUGH ELECTIONS (No. 2) BILL.
Sir J. HANMER moved the second reading of this
Bill. He entreated the attention of the House on ac-
count of the great importance of the measure. On va-
rious occasions, when new writs had been moved in lieu
of Members who had been unseated, he had thought it
right to oppose their issuing ; and he had now
deemed it necessary to submit a general mea-
sure applicable to such vases, having failed to induce
any member of the Government to do so. He did not
assume the responsibility of presenting a new and un-
heard of measure to Parliament. He had consulted
precedents, and had taken the opinion of various Hon.
' 4embcrs; and he believed his measure would be found
perfectly constitutional.—(Hear, and laughter.) Taking
the case of - Sudbury as a precedent—a case which was
carefully considered at the time—he proposed this Bill,
which was strictly one for inquiry. By passing it Par-
liament would abandon none of its discretion, but might
still institute a special inquiry where circumstances called
fur it. This was a measure merely authorising inquiry
where seats were declared void through corruption; he
had not thought it' necessary to carry it further. He
contemplated only such cases as eame before Parliament
in the regular way by petition, without iuterfering with
any other places, whatever might be their character.
Tke Honourable Member then referred to what had
been done in the Sudbury case, This Bill followed the
precedent in that case. The measure was a measure
of: inquiry, which pledged the House to no particular
course hereafter. It was• most desirable indeed that
they should have full and perfect information before
them before they proceeded to any act of legislation on
the subject. He proposed that in future, whenever a
Parliamentary Committee reported that corruption had
prevailed at any election, then that the House should
have the power to cause inquiries to be instituted on
the spot by parties specially appoiuted by the Speaker
to examine into the facts. The Bill rested entirely on
precedent, and he wished the House earnestly to affirm
its principle.
The question having been put,
Colonel SIBTHORP said the lion. Member who
brought forward this Bill, now Member for the Flint
boroughs, was formerly Member for Hull. He did not
know why the Hon. Member had deserted that pure
cmistituency.—(A laugh.) Would the circumstances
bear investigation? He feared not. " Conscience made
cowards of us all." The Hon. Member also sat for
Shrewsbury.. He did not know why he left that
almost equally pure borough. He was not there to tell
why.

Sir J. HANNIHR—I will.—(A cry of " Questi.")
Colonel SIBTHORP—Oh, the Hon.
Memberon who
called " Question" was probably in a similar position.
" Let the galled jade wind,"—(Laughter.) lie was
too old a soldier to be caught asleep on his post. He
had never represented but one city—the city of his dis-
interested choice—the purest city in the country. But
he passed to the Bill. This Bill was just as objection
able as the last. There were to be Commissioners, most
extravagantly paid. Commissioners to go down to
places like Lincoln to inquire what had been going on.
Why, where could any one be safe? He did not fear
the Bill, not he. Oh, no ! Let the Hon. Member's
Commissioner come down to that highly honourable
professional man who was his agent in Lincoln—(Loud
laughter)—or let him come down to his ownhouse at
Washingborough, and he (Colonel Sibthorp)
would
do what he hoped any British gentleman
!—(Great
nwould
do on a similar occasion—kick him out
Oh,
(G
let the
laughter, and 'cries of " Oh, oh I")
Hon. Member remember the passage of Scripture
—the beam and the mote.—(Oh.) He hoped he had
paid legal expenses at Hull, and no nare
member of the Conservative Club went
o. When a
over and sat on

the other side he must forgive him for saying he sus-
pected his public conduct.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," and
`• Question ") He moved that the Bill be read a second

time that d Ly six months.
Mr. HILDYARD supported the amendment, consi-
dering that Committees of that House were already in-
vested with sufficient powers to enable them to deal with
corrupt constituencies. Ile could not help thinking that
there was somf.thing of a desire to get rid of the small
boroughs, mixed up very intimately with the sympathy
manifested in particular quarters for this Bill; that
Gentlemen, doubtful, after the Noble Premier's finality
declaration, how far they could succeed in any direct
proposition for abolishing the small boroughs, were wil-
ling to ay.il themselves of the indirect means afforded to
this end by the present Bill.
Mr. BAGS lAW gave notice that be should in C
mittee move that the b 'rough of llarwich be excluded
the operation of the Bul.--aughter.)
Mr. HUDSON opposed the measure, as one which, while it would throw a firebrand into every constituent
place throughout the country, would effect r', practical'_
good. At all events let the House .wait. and see what
phut the Hon. Member for Moutrose would propose.

Mr. HUME ,said that the House anreettilrV€l'
that bridere and undue influence le dedtio-fis iie 01:
fractions of its privileges, and the question now ea 7,
merely whether they would pass a Bill confirmatory of
their own resolutions. The oily object of the Bill wel
to institute an inquiry into the practices which had beent
i.
already partially developed before Parliamentery Co., _
mittees, arid on this ground he trusted it wouldmeet
with the approval of the HOW. tOO IC
The gallery was cleared for a division, .but none •
place. -On our return we found - -
Mr. J. STUART attempted to address the goose,
the impatience ,for a division prevented-his-OW° -
ing a hearing. The Hon. Member moved the adjeurh'
ment of the House.
After a few words from Sir J. HANMER,
Mr. DISRAELI said that the House had a Ti
expect some explanation from the Government as t° '3 a
withdrawal of the Horsham Bill before it came tOsle
division on the present measure. It was rather e It.
practice for Government to introduce a measure
17.
tended to legislate for the House itself, and than's, of
deely to withdraw it in deference to the propositiotter
one who was pleased to call himself a private Meow
of Parliament.
inn 5e.... to
Lord J RUSSELL—It was very difficult for 's,
say what were the circumstances which the Honours -a
Member wished to have explained. He (Lord .171,
Russell) bad thought that when the Horsham 1:1111.00.
before the House sufficient explanation bad beeel_oti oil
again question was extremely simple, but husw"fus. oil
again in a Jew words what was the position of that of
and of the present measure. When the case of 1:1 r, 17at
was before the House, and when the House decided:erg
the writ should be suspended, he was asked by sessied
persons, both those who agreed to and those whoop,
the suspension of the writ, to introduce a Rill °Voted
subject. He was not very willing, but Ohs, fte
•in obedience to the generally expressed wish. .°:,joie
wards, however, there occurred other cases,'esPeudej,
that of Derby, in which the writs were also slisP7-ares
and the names of more were mentionediotOth 1 1100.
likely that special reports would .be ititide.-Jsusertok
Bart. (the Member for' the Flint' boroughs) tinueroole
to bring in a Bill which should include all. andlP were"
for inquiry by means of a commission. On e°"! ogle
tion, it appeared to him (Lord J. Russell) that to loop
all in one Bill would be the better mode of Pr°Caeettee of
lie had had, twenty-five years since, some eXeer.' 04
inquiries into the corrupt practices of borougus*aeee
knew very well that after a Committee and the s the
had been satisfied _ of_ the prevalence of briheWaes-
House of Lords called for further "evidence, Ith" ewe,
rally threw out the Bill. It was evident, thekeeeri
that the mode of redress formerly practised Weso.' are,
likely to fail, and that' that proposed by the Hon. .oaf
which was similar to what had been done in the core
Sudbury, was the only one calculated to trPrasee
evidence which should be satisfactory to both
.ne's),N ee
If the House should see fit to reject this hisPl 00
(Lord J. Russell) could then proceed with eottle
Bill, which, although not so good, might still aff°l.lo test
means of useful inquiry. He thought it deeirtlbtrooi
the House should come to a decision, there being e Dig,
three writs suspended. If the House accepted °wee'
there would be good reason for continuing the 5. mg
sion; while, if' they rejected it, there would he.,.e(103.4
strong and constitutional reasons for causing 4'9 '•
issue.—(Hear, hear.) vs-se. 0
Mr. HENLEY was not surprised that the.'nrsettr
Learned Member for Newark had moved the 04'00
ment of the House, seeing the clamour that had el
raised against him by, the immediate suPPL,.ri Of
Government. If the Hon. and Learned-Men',„olo
to a division he (Mr. Henley) should support thg.'"..7. • ,
The House divided, when there appeared-- -' ''''
For the adjournMent
$l5 g
Against. t
_........1(''.'s
Majority ..— ...
• Woe'
The House then divided on the second reading,
there appeared—
AAyes 198. ~
yes ~. ., ' . ...
.
Noes
sse-'ll3a;i)
•- . , Majority . '
The Bill was accordingly read. a second' life':' 1
Ordered to be committed. -). 11111i;esi
ENCUMBERED ETATES- (IRELAND) ' e
s ssi
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved the -,,,itte;
reading of.this Bill, in order that it might be eoo!fna-, Lek:
pro forma, with the view of' introducing 5010 /
,
meats.
-Afters conversation as to the preiriety—of that-'
Mr. BRIGHT expressed a hope that the deetptgetage
tention would be given to this measure, for be C°'
tot!:
on legal authority entitled to the highest resPecti'd . pro'
Measures that could be devised for Ireland woo: ett
useful unless facility were given for the 0001° of
'a
:
cumbered property.-.:-(Hear, hear.)
Mr. STAFFORD concurred' fully in that oelhorai°ll'elttfl.
li
assured the House that no measure was etitle ei d;Ali
desired by those whose wishes ought to. be conshithe P'''
Lord LINCOLN likewise agreed in thinking red le:
one of paramount importance; but before they iiifebo Ifos.
its second reading on the terms proposed, he. -that:sl
have an assurance . from the . Governenetw-•alie' '
amendments proposed to be introduced were •
~al
prepared. `ere
IW'
Lord J. RUSSELL said that the amenchneh„; toed"s
course of- preparation, and would be sublniti`- • :1 i.-
House on the. Bill being committed. .s' ettOP' :
• After some further conversation the Bill WIZ Sjef.,.,
second time, and ordered to.be committed 00 ''''-13 ;ea, 0' '
AofVMIrG.
lAATBIOONu-cLHAEWRSE,. -.
tiop' ..
, ,
~_
On the motionN the IV. lo°
debate on the resolutions respecting the noir' • " '
was postponed until Monday, the 29th instant.. • •fi ,
On
theSnLrAdeVrEnfTthßeAdDayEfnCrOreMantliTngTE 'bees! °.';'.
the de seleo!
the nomination of Mr. Cardwell to serve ont" , „ ',l
Committee on the slave-trade being read, s sete°4ll--so'
Lord PALMERSTON said, that as he onuses," eitihe,"l
was the opinioa of several Members that th'h;altillial.
of the Committee should be increased, he,. s'ewollll.eile'
press the suggestion he made on Thursday, but 1 00" ..
Monday submit a distinct motion, that Adm.- kV.
..;
be added to the Committee.
Mr. CARDWELL understood the IsT°hlli'lj°) 11.:
withdraw the objection to his (Mr. Cardwie-t; Ito .
being added to the Committee. 'He hoPef! "ead.,Stett4
Lord would also withdraw the imputation ueisterSed •
on the merchants of Liverpool, that they sore OW-
in the iniquitous slave-trade. He (Mr. Card°/e-tbe,o3 i
to states-that,--sa-farfrnnithit being the cas.:6 safe /
r
chants of Liverpool were most interested in "-afro? - is
sion of the traffficin slaves, because they_ftSet? d"00 leg
perience that where the slave-trade .was earilll; ' ta'
timate commerce,languished. s,eielPil be
Lord PALMERSTON said he Isad"tneue ;:sSei4t° al
tion; he had Merely stated facts which he heltc,gitiosool
true; and, therefore,:, he was not now goil.g. isefeco,Pai
his former statement, that there weseent:tf°.thet ifes,
a vast quantity of' commodities which founds fi'-- 00
to the coast of. Africa and- were exchanged t -;diseroite
If the Hooourable. Member was preeere,d,,il;bei- 0'
that fact, then he (Lord Palmerstoo), su°7,et i""1
ready to withdraW his statement, which el. J, - . ',r.' the
contradicted. • .e. ie roe ...qlooe
Mr. CARDWELL . did not deny
,t.,..- . zitutantli
.exports.of Liverpool "did find their WAY VY}; fuertio'ed
nrou y to the cow of' Africa; , but to this._!;lty °44fo
that any
Liverpool wore no parties: lie emplumes. :gee es
any person in
.Liverpool was interested 1,11. „ . 40-.0,
trade.
Lord ALMERSTON had no objection';
l' .
la p
Member being on the Committee,but he shell-
to the' oil
on Monday to add Admiral BoWles. _a gr. 11,1;
After a few words-from- Me." BnKLY 'it° hatievet!ote
The Earl of LINCOLN said that he reesetl,l 001
Noble Lord opposite had.been an unsueceseilue:coete Das
for Liverpool, and -had he • been otherWlSe, oaettf fleol
have represented the" foreign affairs of tthe-113. Diverr. OP
cause, on his owniiriciCiple, if the Member- °e treclottbe
was unfit to sit-on a -Committeeson 'the o°o,l'oll
was assuredly unfit- so 'catty 'Out .the.lewe °ester.) stl;
suppression of thet:itidel-Gear, and laug
Lord PALMERSTON- said -he bud never' been efits erbl;
didate for Liverpool.• • Ills "came bed certtein.liaraedto
up there by the elentnri,:bnt "if he had. been ' high f't, for
should have declined to sit for that boroughtmeesnA . s
that honour, but should 'have remained.:the '
to the
the borough he now "tepreserited. . , daea op
The motion that Mr. CardweW he o
s name to esott
Committee was then-putsand•agreed•to. - s foe
that Sir E. Buxton be"added;: . . .: •• -- ,-. 6 1113,1e,:e11
Mr. JACKSON,.adverting.to the pre/Tti„oiel'ia°:(ol
tion, remarked that the merchents•of".Liverk's szattsos4.
received orders from the Brazils for. BritislisZseet•
tares, which they forWeided. They were I.lo..misoe.to
nected with the slave trade than were the tne"eiojeet 0 :.
of the goods so ordered. -.The law made iteud,,io: tP J,:.,
deal in slaves, and if anybody was °Wig ~.. .I,e.
traffic the law ought to be put in force. ssfacteetesse
Captain. PECHELL . expressed the set"'tto ' C 7,
felt that Admiral Bowles would be addetheletli,:tcrov,-
i.',4/4:;`,e
mittee. ' Noble .114.,' 1
Mr. GLADSTONE .said that as
(Palmerston) had shown so much good huatw",„ ela ' ;be "
he hoped" the Noble Lord would not besiteete__„'"t to :at, ~
if not withdraw, what he had said with resP7,o,ibt!:4,, -
merchants of Liverpool. There could be, n° usbe Wily
goods shipped by them found their way' int°eeted friler '
market;- but to charge them with being ohntbat chebee.,. a
the slave trade was as unjust as to Inahesesslevei' s ti 7"/
against the proprietors of the 'Manchester es-- wee ~ ,
elentlfeC----
cause they • sn _ se
st eta . ,

Liverpoo,
Lord PA_ ibserve( tat all jaeallbaeed ° tee"
on the former evening had just in substancniacione)d
peated by the Right Hon. Gentleman (lir' exert

of

_ .
y conveyed the_goods whe;
for shipment.
A.LMERSTON observed tilt

patronage of_
.r,thaer_isatee the- office, with a view to the regulation of LICENSED VICTUALLERS'
before the oecupation of the new Houses of ASYLUM.. r I an:lent, and who were empowered to report from
tithe to time to the flou.:e,' as they may deem expedient:, On Wednesday evening the twenty-first anniversary
of this society was celebrated by the annual festival of a
Agreed to.
dinner, at the White Conduit House. There is nothing
souselll3l-41 the question of bringing up some papers, the in the social condition of this country which so pre-euni-
was cuunted out at lwo o'clock, nently distinguishes it as the character and number of
the philanthropic institutions which have emanated from
the spontaneous efforts of private persons, to provide for
the necessities of those who, .having occupied indepen
dent and respectable positions in society, have been
forced, by untoward events, and the vicissitudes of
human lite, into adverse circumstances. The ancient
corporate guilds of the various corporations, in the
olden time, it is but reasonable to believe, had the
means of alleviating those accidents of life ;
but in modern times other means were required
to alleviate the sufferings and privations of unsuccess-
ful industry in honest and honourable exertions. It
was to meet the exigency of modern necessities
that this society was instituted, by which so many
respectable families are not - only relieved from the
degradation and hardships of the workhouse, but the
public exonerated from the charge of supporting them
from cutnpulsory rates. There were not less than five
hundred connected with the trade assembled on this
occasion to forward the charitable objects contemplated
by this praiseworthy institution. The room in which the
festival was celebrated was fitted up in a manner to cor-
respond with the design. There were two transparencies,
in which the virtues of charity and benevolence were
delineated with considerable skill. On the one hand
the philan; hropist was seen performing the part of the
good Samaritan, relieving the wants of our afflicted
fellow-creatures ; .and, on the other, the widow, fostered
by charitable benevolence, bestowing her blessing on her
orphan child ; .an apt illustration of the noble efforts of
the trade, which provides an asylum for the old and
destitute, and an educational establishment for orphans.
The chandeliers were decorated with flags and penons,
on which were emblazoned the royal arms, the crown,
the anchor, and the union, which, by their combined
effects very much enlivened the picturesque appearance
of the scene.
William Wigram, Esq., presided. On either side of
the chairman we noticed William Reid, Esq.; Edward
Wigram, Esq.; Octavius Wigram, Esq ; Money
Wigram, jun., Esq.; F. W. Flavell, Esq.; and Charles
Bleaden, Esq.; Mr. Raven, chairman of the Asylum;
past chairmen, Messrs. Vousley, Float, Wallis, Stennett,
Hodges, Findley, Button, and Mr. Jones, the secretary.
Of the Incorporated Society, Mr. Jones, the governor;
past governors, Messrs. Ireland and F. Ward; Mr.
Smalley, secretary; ~and J. Scott, 'Esq , editor of the
Morning Advertiser. Of the Protection Society, Mr.
Bennett, chairnian; Messrs. Hughes and Hook, past
chairmen, and Mr. Smith, secretary. Of the Trustees
and Committee of the Incorporated Society, we noticed
Messrs. Bishop, Kirkpatrick, Phillips, Finney, and Hill.
Of the Protection Society, Messrs. Hair, Shepherd,
Rountree, Green, and several others.
The cloth being removed,
The CHAIRMAN called upon •the vocalists, Messrs. G.
F. Taylor, C. Kenny, Smirke, Morley, Shoubridge, and
Jones, to give the musical grace, Non nobis Domine,
which was sung with great taste and effect.
The CHAIRMAN said the first toast ho had to propose
was one in which he felt convinced all would agree and
drink with enthusiasm. It was that of " Her Most
Gracious Majesty the Queen," and God bless her.
Drunk•with three times three, the company standing.
The vocalists gave the National Anthem, " God save the
Queen," i❑ which the whole company joined chorus.
The CHAIRMAN then gave the " Queen Dowager."
Drunk with three times three.
Song—" Sleep, gentle Lady, sleep."
The CHAIRMAN said he had next the honour of pro-
posing "The health of her Majesty's Consort, Prince
Albert, Albert Prince of \Vales, and the rest of the Royal
Family." Drunk with all the honours.
Glee—" The Prince and the Queen." •
The CHAIRMAN, then gave " The Army and
_Navy,"
which was drunk-by-the-compauy standing, with three
imes three.

PAR

LIAMi;NTARY DIVISIONS.

(Prom the Potts and Proceedings of t/ House of Commons.)
THURSDAY, ItAY 18.
PUBLIC HEALTH BILL.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.)
Cl
a
use three--(And he it Enacted, That the First Com-
11.11asioner for the time being of her Majesty's Woods and
forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, together
uw.nitltierBthell two other persons as her Majesty, by warrant
royal sign manual, may he pleased to appoint,
shtillehtetlti7aed constitute a Board for superintending the execu-
tion Act, and shall be called " The General Board o
, Health," and shall have and execute all the powers and
tilti.ties.v'tsted in or imposed on such Board by this Act; and
tszeitditittieo,aerdt
h;
e said First Commissioner shall be the President of the
earnd it shall be lawful for her Majesty, from time
pleasure, to remove all or any of the persons i
!D aPpointed by her, and to appoint others in their stead ;
Act the p
Uhowers and duties vested in the said Board by this
; InlY he exercised and executed by the said First Corn- siioner, or by the two other members thereof
..) —Motion
Polled.
Illacie' and Question put, " That the said Clause be post-
The" Committee divided ;
dust MINORITY—AYES, 45.
A:, k gYs t c.
Lakiovreiks,hitt,,Q"eorge Buncombe, 0.
Egerton, W. T. Mastorman, John
Neck', Joseph
Banker" Ge• ...• Fitzroy, Henry Newdegate, N.
Itentinck art*" Forbes, W. . Pearson, Charles
teorweestroor,d'hWilli. 411 Galway, Vise"nt
Fuller, A. E.: Pechell, Captain
Brooke, Lord G.
Hallord, Sir 11. Pilkington, James
Powlett, Lord W.
Buck, L. 1,,,A - Han, str .B. Sibthorp, Colonel
eardWell - Ea. Parris, Captain Smyth, John G.
Christy 's, 'ward Henley, J. W.
Lordßichard
p.
Clive, 11. ilraudi • Hiltlyard; T. B. T. SSptuoaornte,r
Bisraell 11.. c.
,
Comt4n li Johnstone, Sir J. Sutton, H. M.
Jolliffe, Sir W. H. Terser, G. J.
. Lincoln, Earl of
~,ancalt Iris o TELLERS.
"44Cconabe, 1:412; • Lindsay, Colonel ' Urquhart, David
1
Lowther, Henry Hudson, George

Ably, BIAJORITY—NOES, 145.
T. IC•
A lantl,.Slr T D Gardner, Richard Parker, John
Adair, It. Shaft() D.
Glyn, G. C. Pigott, Francis
Agllonby, FL A. Grace, 0. D. Pinney, William
Alison, Colonel Graham, Sir J. Power, Dr.
ArraStrong
trillelye,l.Lt'ar'lro'ft. Granger, T. C. Power, Nicholall
Greene, John Price, Sir R.
Grenfell, C. Pascoe Pugh. David
Altines AL. T. Grenfell, Charles W. l'usey, P.
,Ilarnard, f... G. Grey, Sir G. Reynolds, John
.arringt„,•Lord *Grey, R. W. Rice, E. it.
Renew It. M. Grosvenor; Lord R. Rich; Henry
.1/erkeleY II F . Guest, Sir John Robartes, T. J.
Illeckall,'s.....* Hawes liezlj. Romilly, John
Bo .1 ,
Russell, Lord John
,) e. Colenei • ' 'lay, Lord J. trarnston, T. ~.. Hayter, W. G.
Burke W. . ' Heald, James Russell,
Rutherford,k F. C
A. I. I .
urlte, sir T'• ' • Meneage, Gi H. Salwey, Colonel
liusfeild, W. j.
ileneage, E. Sanders, George
I3utler, f' S
Seholefield, William
Iliary, Alexander
Carter, Xolin.•r, Cavudiith -0-.7, Tioitt.i:u.s..Y.sir--3. N: . leiYamtloe,r'ltl.lDen.7lier
C4vendisn: W. C' IlotthatiA; .3.41. Shell, K. L.
Clay 4 '' .G. i...• - 1 Shelburne, Earl of
Co am"
, ~..etiges,
,T. L.
,Itty, Sri iv, •
IlovvardAY. W. ' -
Cobden it. Howard, E 0 Slaney, Robert A.
Smith, J. A.
Cockkn' 'chard — • - s
Co rn, Alex Howard, P. IL °lldliglia ' _ Hume Jonah . • sminoltihie,tf„.Aß.enjamin
Comun na, Lora A. - jaeroo'n. William Somerville, Sir W.
Yi 1,4-1 A
Coa, ----N ' Jervis, Sir John Stanton, W.•.li.
Cowan',„,.. Charles
,-, -Per, A... P. - . lieppel, George T. Start, H. G.
~'rate. W, G •••
Kershaw, James
'rawford, l',,i; . Lemou. Sir Charles
,Talt tourd, Serg, ant
T.jiiCrnue'ssEe., K.
A.
Diy.,3o, t 4, S. Lewis, G. C.
Dodd, G. "Ira' Loch, James
I)runil Thom son,
--Luslaington Charles
Do 1.1" d, Hem, Mackinnon, ' ,TC,hool.ona3el
-4Ctift j , ,
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Danilas.'l,,_oonTowneley, Charles
• . I,itullagh, W. T. 1 ownley, Rs.,G..
144 bas 171ri- L' ' • M'aitland, Thomas W'air!j'aleY'Coirloanel
Dn..-_ '... r bavid 3iangies, R. D. W atk:nsj T
taszzrr:rancis P. Marshall, J. G. Was! n' T.
tiliet John^4o4. Martin C. W. Williams, John
•,„ , t , _
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Williamson, Sir 11.
-,,yans, J„,
,• alatule, Fox
rer -"11• -11141itchell, A. T.
i.,,, gllB, John W. ood, Sir Charles
..,ey, J. II Morpeth,Viscount Wood, W• P-
Mulgrave, Earl
',,QrrscitYeere;s',l2 n • Wyld, James
Munta, G. 1r;•-•
pox. il,_‘..attlieve • l'i ugent...llolsl.' . ,11•QX, I.Y.cn_rard M. . . gle, S. C.
4.relach, F. .. •, Owety,dillir John
Palmer Robert

TELLERS.

Tufnell, IL
11111, Lord Marcus

0 BOROUGH ELECTIONS (No. 2) BILL.
tio I'd°
for Second liZeiding4endl Motion made, and Ques;
„ril Proposed, "
That the bill be now
d at
read a second time : '
the :11„!irldtnent proposed, to leave out the word " nov, an .
zn:4-t"h" 0f the Question to ndffthe words" upon this day six
word
Of --Question put, "That the ' now' stand part
the
Question." " H divided :
I he House
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A
.abilY, Thomas •
Fr. Ferguson, Sir R. - - ..t..p' after, John
Adair? and, Sir T. Fitzpatrick, J. W. A Pearson,'Charles
Pechell, Captain
Adare,
it. shafto •- Fordyce, A. 11.
Peel, Sir Robert
, 44re, viscount - .... Fox, Richard M. --nem) • 1 '-F.W. J. , Perfect, Robert
Alooek ~ I. • 4, - •ch 7. - - Pigott, Francis
Ails . rh°rnaa Gibson,rren' Thomas M. -Pilkington, James
2131C°1°11e1 ;XI Nit E. Pinney, W.
strong, sir A. Gladstone,
wrge W. _
Plowden, W. H.
strong, R. B. .
ii.'4 Ui do, Ear, 0, ,
.i.,CciYatger. T. C. .. Dr.
"Power, s !chola,
bagshaw John - in- Greene, Jo a
, Price, Sir R.
aielii,„ „'. , ~ i Gro,Efir G.
itarkry:-11e',...1;, • ;.d. i Grey, Ralph W. , Pugh,, Da id
Ilellew, Rm. . . Grosvenor, Lord R. - •Rua,sve),,,n,
I.srkele'y, •H. . Gaest. Sir J. d Colonel
iti'erlial, Ralpl! s . Hall, Sir Benjamin Reynolds, Jouh
HaweS;Benjamin Ricardo, Osman
Rice, E. R.
tt:ltrvir-et°ien, ei'..WP.. * ' _ u5y,...L9 rd John
b° Ivring Dr. Hayter, W. G. Rich, Henry
>le, Colonel.E -- - Headlam, T. H. Robartes, T. J.
brand, Thonial Heald, James Romilly, John
'Tight J hi. Renew's. G. 11. W. Russell, Lord J.
),roiltertonj- • Heneage, Edward Rutherfurd, A.
It-4,ael"hail lE* D Henry, Alexander Salwey, Colonel
-- Nit* E.
• Herbert, Henry A. Sanders, George
Browne '
gi,i,... IL D. Herbert, Sydney
~ Seynser, H. K.
b,ley. Sir R. B. Heywood, James Seymour, Lord
~sotler, l'• S• Hill, Lord Ai. Shell, It.
,t4lXton, Sir E. medley Charles Shelburne, Earl of
"a4rciwell, E. Hodges, T. L. Simeon, John
Clarre,w, W. 11. Pole Ilollond, Robert Smith, John B.
Caves'
j. 13„
Howard, CW. G. Smythe, G. 1 i
cA:encusb. C• C. Howard, E. G. Somerville, Sir W. .
coendisla, G. H. Howard, P.R. Sotheron, T. H. S. i
, ,ehclish, W. G. Howard, Sir R. Stanton, W. 11.
c Titer, Edward S. . Hutt, William Strickland, Sir-G. Qt,3",..' JaM
titr, es'
Jackson, William Sullivan, Mic Michael
cii...rd G.
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Johnstone, Sir J. Talbot, C. It. I ;.:n, n. u.
Keppel,Talfourd, sergeant
cotZetl, Richard Ker, Richard Tattered, 11. W.
~,,),,.?arooke, Kershaw, James Tenison, E. K. !
•eitri.' ghEltn, Lord A. King, P. J. Thicknesse, It. A.
*tirlt.,' 4' - • .Labouchere, Henry Thompson, Colonel
Co, „,-44Y. Viscount Lemon, Sir C. Thoniely, T.
Cr au, charles Leonard, T. B. Towneley, Charles
Craig, IV G.
erwford, IN.. s Lewis, George C. Townley, R.:G.
Lincoln, Earl of Townshend. Captala
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Lindsay, Colonel - TrelawlTY. J. S.
ti,,,i-rnPle -4.
1, e R '.„..-„aPtitin 31acnaiara, Major Tuthell, lienry !
--,ed,' -ir 41'' •., ; 31`Cullagh, W. T. Vane, Lord H. i
lje',ers' IV* :
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Ward, H. G. I
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Marshall, W. West, F. IL ii!
Westhead, J. P. '
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Wilcox, Brodie ~t
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Williams, Jolla,
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Williamson, ;Sir H.l
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,ot . Lord
I,t,ter ',.,j'"E. - Mitchell; T, I. ' Wood„tiir Charles
Wood, W. P.
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SriS Willlarr, -Norreys, Lord Wy v.ll, Marmaduke
.. Willi -..
lconeys, Sir D. Young, Sir John 1
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s, L. Paget, Lord A. Hanmer, Sir J.
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rtmkiwright, 0 MINORITY—NOES, 85.
Isti:Y, Joseph , ' Godson, Richard Newry, Viscount
.
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li 4b°"' .1 • I.
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°,let ' 6114 Granby, Marquis of • Packe, C. W.
• Grogan, Edward Palmer Robert
Re, n01t,L„,.., , Hale, R. II Petulant, Colonel
ii esibra N'''.. • ' Rent J: • ' Prime, Rleliard
trhar .Willie eY 'W. 14,,, (1, vise, al 'ferries, John C. Repton, 0: W.
11144°, re, unfit 'ferries,
C.
Scott, F.
tioi, ,or.i. star
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Ito '''). 11 q 4144' Hill, LordlE-.- - u : SOuterset, Captain
11 "1" Act'. ,' '
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tt=,4l,-"6.141)te 8i a 1
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~'lit'st-ster. Lo''''',. 'LL • liope s .I.'t • C I . Stanley, E.
,-.111.te1, S. 14;1 'T. Inga, Sir R. H. ' Stuart, Henry
:',Ziltti:tetanry, rt. J..ollitre, Sir;W G. Stuart, J.
Qwe, 11.'4.: Sir yr. Jones, Sir W. Start, Henry G.
.!!„''s, ii. zo o.errisrm, Sir
.E. • Thoinpson. Ald.
Lascelles, R. Trollope, Sir J.
~,'4,.Dtoii., ,
bil 0n,4`.1.C, loWther, lion. CoI. Venter, Sir W.
t,.',leti, ~ U. • , ~°wther. Henry 'Villiers, F. W.
eLtkitis. ,'• .-31 Con, Gen. Vivian, J. E.
t,t, sit...tory, Mandeville, Vivian,
t Vyvyan, Sir R. It.
Itwitrel,, J.,* h. • Illtilliora. Lord G. -1 .1 Waddington, H. S.
,t°r•Yer, J:llenry
_. asterman,Vorcester, Marquis
Per Wra4
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.Wortley, J. S.
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spo.it-......:.
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A tr,,:tleturtik 9c,, INTELLIGENCE.
Plirpu,,,--...nntob-",, aoALL'S:—YEttEnnAr.
Pik4 a e-o, tottpittr. °I the aubscribers attended for the
tfibereror °34leruble.44; books (a proceeding which occu-
,„4r, 4nde'„,".141 tiet ,P„°11 iOll of the afternoon); the betting,
"as
fortbarst:',ltho )„,-'ruttlence until late, was extremely
4,.. Nii vesper a :fl__,eh effect on the market. Surplice
t'lendowe Perand,7,_vuu deal of money at 2 to 1 and 7 to
Ilie oth., r at 5 to "' at 5 to 1, 11 to 2, and 6 to 1, and
luro, her ban I; no others were in force, but, on
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1 , and ,we
faro Eteve 1 maY select Besborough, Eagle's
Arises •sev r h
layer,
from Sever marel as having been particularly out of
oul thes Were backed for•the Oaks, the
VekEtltiolv:re dioBetaArcitY oi`bOOks,being just what the
, l'it,ii,..-e... to grant: Do-it-again, Cymba,
r"une, and A .7 to spasm, were must in request.
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Mr. Sinirke sang "Poor Jeanette," which was received
with great applause,- particularly the couplet,
"Let those who make the quarrel
Be the only men to fight."
The SECRETARY then read the report, and subse-
quently the first list of subscriptions, which amounted to
upwards of 1,2001., atuong which appeared'Messrs. Reid
and Co., 100 guineas, and 30 guineas' annual subscrip-
tion ; William Wigram, Esq.. 10 guineas ; W. Reid,
Esq., 10 guineas ; Edward Wigram Esq., 10 guineas ;
Octavius Wigram, Esq., 10 guineas ; Money Wigram,
Esq., jun., 10 guineas—making a total from the firm of
170 guineas, which, added to the subscriptions of the so-
licitor to the firm, and other parties connected with it,
amounted to a total of 2151. 18s.
The CHAIRMAN proposed `• Prosperity to the Licensed
Victuallers' As)luaii and success to the Endowment
Fund."
The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The health of the
brewers, distillers, wine-merchants, and other supporters
of the institution."
"John Scott, Esq., Editor of the Morning Advertiser,
and the Press of England."
" The Ladies who were the supporters of the Institu-
tion—with a hope that those who were not would soon
follow their example."
" The Chairman of the Asylum, the Trustees and
Committee, and the Out-door Committee of that Insti.
tutio❑ ;" and
" The Governor of the Incorporated Society of
Licensed Victuallers, the Trustees, and Committee of
that body."
The CHAIRMAN then rose, and, accompanied by seve-
ral of his private friends, retired amidst the cheers of
the company.
Mr. Raven, the Chairman of the Asylum, was then
called to the chair, and the festivities of the evening
were kept up for some time longer, after which the
company generally retired, highly gratified with the pro-
ceedings of the evening.
We must observe, before concluding, that the dinner
was of that choice and abundant character for which the
White Conduit House, under the management of Mr.
Rouse, has been long renowned, and that throughout the
whole of the entertainment Mr. Riggs proved himself to
be a most efficient toastmaster.

CONVOCATION OF THE CLERGY.
Wednesday having been appointed for the convocation
of the clergy of the province of Canterbury, in con-
' formity with the mandate issued by the Most Reverend
the Primate, the Members of the Upper House assem-
bled at the Chapter House of St. Paul's, at eleven o'clock,
and the Members of the Lower House (consisting of the
representatives of the various dioceses, archdeaconries,
and cathedrals), together with the capitular body, met
,at-the same hour in the vestry-room.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, accompanied by-his
chaplains, having arrived at the Chapter House, was
met by the Bishops of Winchester, Hereford, Bangor,
Salisbury, Llandaff, and other Eight Reverend Pre-
lates, and the business of convocation was formally
opened.

The Very Rev. William Rowe Lyall, D.D., who had
been elected Prolocutor, presided at the meeting of the
Lower House, there being present the Very Rev. the
Dean of Norwich, the Very Rev. the Dean of Hereford,
the Venerable Archdeacon Hale, the Venerable Arch-
deacon Sinclair, the Ver.erable Archdeacon Crofts, the
Rev. Dr. Russell, Rector of Bishops ate ; the Rev. Dr.
Spry, Rector of Marylebone ; the Rev. Charles B. Dal-
ton, M.A., hector of Lambeth; the Rev. Dr. Randolph,
Rector of Sau(erstead; the Rev. James Lupton, M.A.,
Rector of Queenhithe; the Hnn. and Rev. H. M. Vil-
liers, M.A., and other clergymen elected as represen-
tatives.

His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, having
taken his seat as President of the Upper House, stated
that they had assembled, in accordance with ancient
usage, for the purpose of adopting au address to her
Majesty. The Convocation had met in November, but,
in consequence of that meeting having been prorogued,
the address had not been presented, and it bad become
necessary for her Majesty to issue to him (the Arch-
bishop) another writ, commanding the re-assembling of
Convocation, a writ which was of a similar nature to that
directed to his late lamented predecessor.
The members of the Lower House having then been
summoned, entered the church in procession. The
Litany Service, in Latin, was then read, and a Latin
prayer for the occasion. Her Majesty's writ of summons
was next read.

The Archbishop then rose and said—l am sorry that
I am not enabled to state to you the precise day on
which the address which was unanimously agreed to be
presented to her Majesty, ca❑ be received. It cannot,
however, be presented before Thursday, the 25th inst.,
the same day on which the address from the University
of Cambridge will be presented, at least that being a
matter of notoriety, 1 think that will be the day fixed.
The Convocation must, therefore, stand prorogued to that
day. His Grace added that although the Convocation
stood adjourned to the 25th inst., it was by no means
certain that the address would be presented on that day.
On receiving a communication from her Majesty, he
would give due notice to the clergy.
The members of the Convocation then separated.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, MAY 16.—Disputations will be holden in the
Divinity School on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday,
May 22, 23, and 24, by the Rev. Thomas Carteret Maule,
M.A.; the Rev. James Bellamy, M.A.; the Rev. James
Gram Brine, Fellows of St. John's College, previous to
their taking the dtcree of Bachelor of Divinity, on the
following subjects:—
"An libri dicti Apocriphi recte a Canone S. Scrip-
ture rejecti fuerint."
" An Cultus Angelorum et Sanctorum Christianis in-
terdietus sit."
" An Sacrificum sit a Deo institutum."
"An Preces Publicx lingua popula intell4a peragi
debean t."

" An in Christo Servatore nostro, dun Naturce, Divina
tic humans, inseparabiliter conjunctw fuerint."
" An Spiritus Sanctus a Petre et Filio procedat."
In the convocation to be holden on Thursday next, at
ten o'clock, it will be proposed to confer the honorary
degree of Doctor in Civil Law on the Right Rev. Alex-
ander Penrose Forbes, M.A., Brasenose College, Bishop
of Brechin in Scotland.
The Regius Professor of Modern History (Dr.
Cramer, Dean of Carlisle) proposes this term to continue
his course on the Diplomatic History of Europe, from
the French Revolution to the Congress of Vienna ; the
lectures to commence on the 23,1 inst., at two o'clock.
Those gentlemen who are desirous of attending are
requested to leave their names with the porter of New-
inn Hall.
CAMBRIDGE, MAY 17.—. TEE BURNEY PRIZE.—ThiS
annual prize, founded by Miss Caroline T. Burney, to
be awarded to the Bachelor of Arts in the first year of
his standing who shall produce the bast EngliSh essay
" on some moral or metaphysical. subject, on the exist-
ence, nature, and attributes of God, or on the truth and
evidence of the Christian religion," has been awarded to
Granville Hamilton Forbes, 8.A., Downing College.
Subject : " The doctrine of a Divine Providence is inse-
parable from belief in the existence of an absolutely
perfect Creator."
The medical examinations by the Regius Professor of
Physic will commence on Monday, the 29th inst., is the
schools under the public library. Candidates are to
send i❑ their names on or before the 22d inst.
The professors of botany and chemistry will examine
candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Physic on the
25th and 26th insts.

A permanent curator of the building of the Fitz-
william Museum (in addition to the curator of the coi-
l( ction) is to be appointed with a salary of 1001. per
annum. Such is the recommendation of the museum
synuicate, and there Is no doubt of its adoption by the
senate.

ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE.
Voluntary Classical Examination, May, 1848. First
Class.—Burnett, Curt, Gee, Harrison, Hon. R. C. Her-
bert, Irving, Kemp, Morley, Powell, Wawn. . Second
Class—Aitkens, Anstice, Attenborough, Codd, Cooke,
lladtield, Jonas, Kearney, Lovell, Price, Tatham, Wes-
ton, Woodhouse.

STATE OF TRADE.
MANCHESTER TUESDAY.—The dark and threatening
appearance of political affairs of the continent generally,
and particularly the renewal of disturbances in Paris,
with the increasing prospect of intervention by France
in reference to the affairs of Italy and Poland, have ex-•
ercised an injurious effect upon our market to day. There
has scarcely been a transaction for any part of the con-
tinent of Europe; and, although the home trade conti-
nues good, the absence of demand for markets which,
under ordinary circumstances absorb so large a propor-
tion of the entire production of this district, is neces-
sarily felt in the gradual accumulation of stocks and the
continued decline of prices. The little business done
has been at irregular rates, and, in many cases, at a slight
concession from the prices of last week.
From what we have heard upon the subject, we are
inclined to believe that goods and yarns are scarce, and
decidedly wanted, in some of the continental markets;
but the difficulties of negotiating are so great as to pre-
sent almost insuperable obstacles to mercantile enter-
prise. In most of the commercial cities of Germany,
we believe, it is almost impossjble to make purchases or
to procure foreign credits; excepting by means of specie,
or short dated paper, with good English acceptances.
And such is the want of. confidence in the stability of
governments and institutions on the continent, that it
seems probable that, for some time to come, payments
even between cities comparatively near each other, will
be generally made by bills on England. Before that can
be accomplished, foreign bankers will have to provide
funds here to cover their drafts; and we have reason to
believe that large sums, in specie and in bills drawn
against shipments of produce, have been placed in the
hands of London bankers for that purpose.
We are glad to learn, that although the cotton trade is
suffering. under so severe a depression, the silk trade,
which is carried on to &large extent in this neighbour-
hood, is in a comparatively prosperous condition. The
very low price of the raw material, the former prudence
of the manufacturer in limiting their production to the
wants of the trade, zed the prostrate condition of the silk.
manufacture in France, have concurred in causing a very
active demand both for broad silks and for mixed goods;
and the workpeople engaged in the manufacture are
fully and beneficially employed.- - We-learn too, that the
that the fine weather has been decidedly advantageous
to the muslin printers, and other parties engaged in the
production of articles suited to the finer branches of the
home trade, who are generally well employed. For the
same reason, and also on account of a rather extensive
inquiry for India, the muslin manufacturers at Glasgow
have experienced an improved demand for their fabrics,
and are in a much better condition than they were in a
few weeks ago.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.— There was some alight im-
provement in the demand for flannels to-day, and rather
more pieces sold than last week, but the prices given
were very low. In wool, the demand is fiat, and the sales
limited, without any change in price.
HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—A little more is doing in light
fancy goods for trouserings, but not so much as might
be expected at this season, and in other sorts there is
no improvement. The state of the continent prevents
all exports of yarn, with the exception of the demand
for the Russian market, and the deepest depression in
consequence exists. In wool, scarcely any sales are
effected. The stock in the market continues light, and
little is coming forward. If there be any alteration in
price, it is in favour of the buyer.
severaldoing, eitherr
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HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—There has not been much
Hedaltlo.odr
awyasrmehaorukseets., althoughnhoguogodh
fancy woollens, there is a complaint of great scarcity;
and the uncertainty of the result of the wool sales now
on, has had a tendency to prevent the production of
new stocks.
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LEEDS, TUESDAY.—We have no alteration to report
as usual,
ruled very low, although not lower than goods can be
replaced by the manufacturers at the present depressed
raw material, which may be bought on easier terms than
for many years past.—Manchester Guardian.

FESTIVAL .OF-'THE SONS OF THE
CLERGY...
The anniversary festival of the Sons of the Clergy was
celebrated yesterday in the usual way; first, in St.
Paul's Cathedral in the afternoon by a full choral ser-
viees after which an excellent sermon was preached by
the Rev. Thomas Dale, vicar of St. Pancras, and after-
wards, in the evening, in the Merchant Tailors' Hall,
Threadneedle-street, when upwards of two hundred and
th;rty gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous entertain-
ment, provided by MeSsrs.' Bathe and Breach, the
tasteful and munificent proprietors of the London
Tavern. . .
The chair at the dinner„was occupied by the Lord
Mayor, supported on his right by the Archbishop of
Canterbury, Viscount Camden, Mr. Justice 'Patteson,
the Lord Bishop of Exeter; and on his left by the
Earl of Harrowby, the Lord Bishop of Winchester,
the Lord Bishop of Norwich, the Bishop of Oxford,
&c. At the high table were also most of the Aldermen
in their scarlet robes; amongst whom we observed Sir
Claudius Hunter, . Sir George Carroll, Mri,Alderman
Copeland, Mr. Alderman Challis, Mr. Alderman John-
son, Sir Chapman
,Marshall, ,&c. Near the chair were
also Lord Bolton, Thomas Greene, Esq., NV. Cotton,
Esq., Sir R.-P: Glyn, Sir it H. Inglis, Sheriffs Cubitt
and Hill, Sto, ,;;. .
The vocalists
.engaged for the occasion veers Messrs.
Francis, Barnby, Martin, ;Bailey, Machin, and Shou-
bridge, assisted by the young gentlemen of the Chapel
Royal.
The cloth having been remqved, and the usual loyal
. -
toasts disposed of,
The LORD MAYOR proposed the "Health of his ROyal
Highness Pr,iqua, George of Cambridge, the RoyalStevrard
of the year.'
His Grace tliti Archbishop of CifoErinuar (the Pre-
sident of the festival) apologised for the absence of his
Royal,Higlinessomd proposed the-"'Health of the Lord
Mayor." - I ,2cl
The Loan Mayon returned thanks, and proposed the
" Health of the Archtiishopif Canterbury."
His Gasca returned thanks.- I'3"
The Loan Mayon next proposed the " Health of
Lord Denman, the vice• president. of the day."
Mr. Justice PATTESON apologised for the absence of
the Noble Lord, and made an eloquent and forcible
appeal to the hearts of all present in behalf of the Clergy
Orphan Society, and the Corporation of the Sons of the
Clergy. He described the vast benefits conferred on
society by the indefatigable zeal of the clergy, and the
claims which such services gave the institution on public
support. As a going judge of assize, he had many
opportunities of witnessing the fact, that in those
parishes where clergymen discharged their duties
zealously and diligently crime was least prevalent, and
that it abounded most in crowded towas, where the
number of the clergy) was not adequate to the
wants of the population. , ~,The Learned Judge then
went into a long statistical statement for the
purpose of showing that ct-Tile was the invariable
attendant on imperfect education, and concluded by pay-
ing a compliment to the population of London for the
readiness with which all parties, from the highest to the
lowest, had enrolled themselves as special constables on
the 10th of April last, for the preservation of public
order.—(Cheers.)
A collection was then made in aid of the funds, which,
with the collection in the morning at St. Paul's Cathe-
dral, and the dividends accruing from funded property,
was stated by the treasurer, Mr. Hargreave, to amount to
976/., and elicited cheering.
The LORD Mal OR next proposed " The health of the
Stewards."
The Earl of HARROWBY returned thanks.
" The health of the Bishop of London," of "The Rev.
Thomas Dale, the preacher of the day," of " The Dean
and Chapter of St. Paul's," and various other toasts,.were
given and responded to during the evening. The last
toast DO the list was " Prosperity to the Corporation of
the Sons of the Clergy," which was responded to with
cordial approbation, and the company broke up at half-
past ten o'clock.

-past four
3 ft, f•
OAKS.
7 to 1 aget fir. Dixon's Do..it-
li) to , /41ECIt Alr. Pedley's Cyraba
again—taken
10 I &Rot M. Voljambe's Queen of the May.
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10 to i Est saaron itothschild's Sister to Satirist—t
12 to ;" BiCSt Sir J. Hawley's Vexation
13 to , s=,'st Lord Exeter's Tice 4 to i oast 3ar• S. Coniiily's Lady Elizabeth
to 1. IN' Air• QtlirliS Attraction
.t 4, k agst Air 3.terry' f el
S - ^Albsc ••• - 3 d this day and
shArday. ription-room will be opened Aspasia—taken re y
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4 The
re-capture of Udine by Genera
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announces
Nth() art,;:lizette du Mid' i (Marseilles paper) .
from
Nut4pleft ~.. of the steamer Leonidas, with educes .
4ilelyi, toilte klih. The Dra finetti Ministry, hay'rg
Lroolto efuse the de cis gof the Sardinian Arnbas•
hcatilaktuh the whole of the Neapolitan army iota
, roc Y, had been accused of h -
tti tlitit
tresq erhand cmpelled
portfolios.

-----
THE CONVICTS ANNETTE MEYERS AND MART
ANN HUNT.—The governor of Newgate has been re-
lieved of the custody of these two wretched criminals,
who have been so long confined under respited sentences
of death within the walls of that prison. Yesterday Mr.
Cope received from the Secretary of State for the Home
Department a communication informing him of the com-
muted sentence which it had been determined to inflict
upon both convicts. This sentence is two years' im-
prisonment in the Westminster Bridewell, and, at the
expiration of that period, transportation for life to a
penal settlement. In accordance with this order, the
prisoners were yesterday removed to Tuthill Fields
Prison, where it has been directed they are to undergo
the first portion of their sentence.
Franconi s celebrated equestrian troupe of per-
formers
terminated their engagement at Drury-lane
Theatre on Tuesday night, and yesterday morning em
barhed at St. Katherine s.w.bart, un board the General
Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Wilberforce,
from Lime, en route to Paris.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sut,--With reference to a paragraph in the news-
papers, stating that an accident occurred on the Eastern
Counties Railway on Saturday last, I beg to inform you
that the Newmarket Railwa,
is not under t
Sir he management y upon which it nappened,
I of this company.
am, , your very obedient servant,
Eastern Counties Railway Office C. P. RONEY.
, Bishopsgate
Station, London, Zelay,lB.
,hp

The Madrid Gazette publishes a decree, ordering
the dissolution of the reglwent of &paha. _The ear
purals and eergeants are to be ;educed Co the_ranks. The
superior and subaltern oircers are to be placed on the
retired list.

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• IRELAND.
Dunrary
17.—REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—This
body met to-day at half-past one o'clock, and were
attended by Mr. O'Connell, M.P. Mr. J. O'Connell,
MT., Mr. D. O'COnnell, Mr. J. 'H. Dunne, Mr. T.
Galway, and also Mr. Fitzgerald, one of the jurors in
the case of " The Queen v. W. S. O'Brien."
Mr. O'CONNELL filled the chair, and congratulated
the Irish people upon the defeat sustained by the
Government in the late state prosecutions against the
Hon. Member .for the county Limerick and Mr. J. F.
Meagher.
MY• ST
WIC then brought forward a resolution, ex-
pressing the delight of the Committee at the result of
the two prosecutions in which the Crown were defeated.
The motion was as follows:—" That this associa-
tion hails with inexpressible delight the refusal
on the part of the two special juries, composed
of. a selection carefully made by the agents of
the Crown, from what they declared to be the
_oin-
telligence, property, and character of the citizens of
_l),_brl_in, to find a verdict of Guilty,' against Messrs.
id ien and Meagher, inasmuch as the most convincing
proof has been thereby furnished of the light in which
thequestion of repeal is regarded by the class to which
those jurors belong, and an incontrovertible answer has
been given to the calumnies of the English press, and
the boasts of the Whig Ministry. That a copy of the
foregoing be communicated with our sincerest congra-
tulations to Messrs. O'Brien and Meagher." The
Learned Gentleman, in conclusion, expressed it as his
opinion that the' Whigs wouldver again attempt to
put down nationality by packing juries, or by force.
Mr. GALWAY seconded the motion, and insisted on the
formation of a National Council according to his plan,
notwithstanding the proclamations
of
which they should regard as waste paper. Government,
The motion was adopted, and the rent was announced
at four o'clock to be 331.
APPLICATION TO ADMIT MR. MITCHEL
TO BAIL.
An application was made in the Queen's Bench charn-
'
ber, before the Chief Justice, at half-
the admission of Mr. John Mitchel toptisatiLten clock, for
Sir Colman O'Loghlen read a portion of the inforMa-
tions under which Mr. Mitchel had been e'
prison, and stated that by a recent Acto,nittnhietted to
11th
Victoria, the offence with which Mr. Mitchel stood
charged was Made a felony, otherwise he wouldhave
been admitted to bail in the usual way. The facts
the case rendered it a matter of right that Mr. Artioat
elf
should be admitted to bail if the court were satisfiedt
he would afterwards be amenable to justice. According
to "Blackstone's Commentaries" all offences were
bail-
able except those of murder, treason, and some other
felonies therein specified ; but it leaves the ordinary
cases untouched. This offence was the same as those
bailable at common law, and the Court in all such cases
never refused bail, except in something of an extraor-
dinary description. In delivering judgement in the case
of "The Queen v. Wood," Mr. Justice Crampton said that
in all such cases, where sufficient bail could be given so
as to ensure the attendance of the party accused, the
Court should always accept it. In the case of " The
Queen v. Gray," an application was made to Judge
Perrin on circuit to have the prisoner admitted to bail,
but he having some doubts on his mind as to the pro-
priety of doing so, referred the application to the
Queen's Bench, and they acted on it. The prisoner was
accordingly admitted to bail. There was nothing to pre-
vent bail from being taken in common law, except in
cases of the offences of murder, manslaughter, and some
other cases; which come under the peculiar construction
of the statute. He would therefore call on the Court
to admit Mr. Mitchel to bail, which was a matter en-
tirely at the discretion of the Court.
Mr. Baldwin opposed the application, and said that
the offence with which Mr. Mitchel was charged was
not only felony, but it was an instigation to commit
the highest class of offences known to the law, hav-
ing a tendency to deprive her Majesty of her royal
prerogative and Crown, and to establish a republic.
Mr. Mitchel stood charged with two offences of that
description under the third section of the Act, and his
Lordship would see the propriety of not admitting Mr.
Mitchel to bail, who was in the habit of repeating the
offence. He did not dispute the right of the Court to
exercise its jurisdiction, and did not mean to say but the
Court might take bail ; but it was an extraordinary
kind of offence. The only effect that bail would have
would be to discharge Mr. Mitchel for two days, as he
was entitled to take his trial on Saturday before his
commission.

FINS.
HERBERT'S GREAT PICTURE.
THE ACQI7.I7'TAL of the SEVEN BISHOPS.
Painted by J. R. Herbert, R,A.
Those who visited the exhibition of the Royal
Academy in 1843 will not have forgotten the extra-
ordinary work of art which elevated the name of
Mr. Herbert to the first class among contemporary
aftists. The elaboratiOn of the design, the multitude
of the figures, the greatness of the subject, the ex-
quisite combination of the colouring, the correctness
of the costume, were all too remarkable to fade upon
the recollection. It was a picture to be seen once to be
remembered always. In its production Mr. Herbert
ambitioned much, and his ambition was very far from
being disappointed. He consumed in its production
three whole years, and those three whole years were
not lost, for they enabled him to complete a great
historical painting worthy of the daring of his theme,
and almost worthy of his own genius. Among those
who, in 1848, will stand before his scriptural com-
position of " Herod and Herodias," in the Royal
Academy Exhibition, and especially
among those
who, in 1847, paused before his noble representation
of the " Holy Family," there will be very few
indeed who will not be solicitous to examine again
his celebrated picture of The Acquittal of
the Seven Bishops." From time to time cir-
cumstances have revived the curiosity of those
who have not been fortunate enough to
see the production itself. One while the
Reverend Hugh M'Neile delivers a discourse
illustrative of its merits, at another the Rev.
Hugh Stowell pronounces a similar eulogium.
At the same time it is generally known that the
engraving of the picture is progressing steadily
in the atelier of Mr. S. W. Reynolds, and that
the original has received many master-touches from
the hand of Mr. Herbert since the
period of its
last public exhibition. We had the gratification of
ourselves witnessing the admirable finish of this
work of art when we visited, the other morning, the
picture gallery at No. 23, Cockspur-street. To analyse
the painting anew would be superfluous, but
it will not be superfluous to remark that its excel-
lence grows upon the mind the longer and the oftener
it is seen. Assisted in a great measure by the strik-
ing character of the costume of the seventeenth cen-
tury, the artist has diffused a peculiar splendour over
the canvass ; and, while the eye is successively at-
tracted to the jury-box in the centre of the back-
ground, to the judges on the right hand side, to the
young law students on the left, to the spectators in
the body of the hall and in the gallery, unity and
concentration is imparted to the picture by the pro-
minence of the seven accused prelates seated in the
middle of the foregrOund. This is the more remark-
able inasmuch as the necessity of preserving the cos-
tumes as accurately as possible compelled the artist
to delineate a row of seven bishops clad in a monoto-
nous white--the prelates being, of course, the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, Sancroft ; the Bishop of Bris-
tol, Trelawney ; the Bishop of St. Asaph, Lloyd ; the
Bishop of Chichester, Lake ; the Bishop ofPeterborough,
White ; the Bishop of Bath and Wells, Kenn ; and
the Bishop of Ely, Turner. In these, and altogether
in nearly twenty-eight instances, the likenesses have
been preserved with the most scrupulous attention—
s circumstance which enhances the value of the com-
position a hundredfold. Among these portraitures
there is very considerable power in the visages of the
four judges—Sir Robert Wright, the Lord Chief
Justice of England; Justice Powell ; Justice Hol-
loway ; and Sir Richard Allibone. Sir Roger
Langley, Bart., the foreman of the jury of twelve
good men and true, is just delivering in the memor-
able verdict of " Not Guilty ;" and a youth is pro-
claiming the glad intelligence to the crowd assembled
in Westminster Hall. One face and one figure,
however, have an interest to us paramount to all the
rest. It is the face of a young man—handsome—in-
telligent—nonchalant. It is the figure of a junior
barrister. He has already delivered his speech as the
last of the counsel of the accused, arid although his
maiden speech, his oration has profoundly influenced
the verdict. The young barrister afterwards be-
came Lord High Chancellor of England. It is
the celebrated Lord Somers—" an illustrious states-
man, of consummate abilities and irreproachable
integrity." There is much genius—genius of a
peculiar character in Mr. Herbert's delineation of
Lord Somers, then Somers. He is represented
as looking at the Lord Chief Justice, who is inter-
rupting Sir Roger Langley with an objection—and
the physiogomy of the future Chancellor is expressive
of his perfect conviction of the futility of such inter-
ruptions, and his confidence in the result of the cause
he has himself defended with so much eloquence.
As indicative of his placidity in that moment of inde-
scribable anxiety, he is calmly extracting a pinch of
snuff from his snuff-box. We might unquestionably
enumerate a variety of blemishes in the production ;
we might condemn the feebleness of the back ground,
the want of aerial perspective, the over-minuteness of
some parts, such lIR the very weaving together of the
threads in the Brussels carpet, we might cavil at the
introduction of a lap-dog into a subject so infinitely
austere in its moral—but we cannot but feel that,
with the counterpoise of so many extraordinary merits
as are perceptible at the first glance, such an enumer-
ation would be little better than hypercritical. It is
an honourable fact—a fact worthy of remembrance in
the records of art—that the idea of this great picture
was suggested by a provincial publisher, Mr. Thomas
Agnew, of Manchester, and that to the munificence
of Mr. Agnew is attributable, in the first instance,
the encouragement of the artistic genius of John
Rogers Herbert.

Sir COLMAN O'LocnLEN—I wish to observe, with
respect to Mr. Baldwin's remark about Mr. Mitchel'i
offence being treason—

Mr. BALDWIN—I beg your pardon, I don't mean to
say so ; I allude to its tendency.
CHIEF JUSTICE—I wish to state that I will be con-
siderably influenced on the subject, in coming to a deci-
sion, by an affidavit from Mr. Mitchel, stating that the
publication of such documents will not hereafter be
repeated.
Sir COLMAN OTOGHLEN—My Lord, I have received
no instructions to that effect.
CHIEF JUSTICE—WeII, then, I must refuse bail, as
there is no security given that the offence will not be
repeated. His Lordship thea left the chamber, and the
parties retired.

ART-UNION JOURNAL.
Another admirable number of the Art-Union
Journal has just been published, illustrated by a
beautiful engraving of the " Grape Gatherer of
Capri," from the original painting by Rodolph Leh-
mann. Mrs. Hall's serial of " Pilgrimages to Eng
lish Shrines" continues to be among the most
attractive features of the periodical; the present
instalment of the series being descriptive of the
Residence of Dr. Isaac Watts. Some of the original
designs for domestic purposes are really exquisite—
instance the coffee-cup and teacup at page 146, by
Henry Fitz. Cook. Mary Thornycroft's Statuete
of the Princess Alice, as Spring, is prettily repre-
sented by E. Corbould ; and Mr. Collins's picture of
" Crossing the Sands " is excellently engraved by
Radclyffe. Most of the miscellaneous notices and
criticisms evince considerable intelligence.

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RAILWAY SHARE 31ARKETS.
7kMarnAaTancicil market is steady,irt
ietilarly
London and North-Western and Midland, Dover, Newcastle
and Berwick, and Great Northern. The sales are—Amber-
gate, Nottingham, and Boston, 51s. 3d. dis.—Birkenhead,
Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, 6/. 13s. 9d.
dis.— Caledonian, 3214—Eastern Counties, 15 Ditto, New
10/. Shares, I Is. 3d. p.—Great Northern, 9% dis.—Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, Fifths, ;,j dis.—Ditto, Fifths (late West
Riding Union), 3% c. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 21% dis.—
London and North-Western, 1341/2—Ditto, Quarters, 2%
p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1,
c. dis.—Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 15—Ditto, Eighths, 414 dis.
—Ditto (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 201,i dis.—
Midland Stock, 107 c.—Ditto, New Halves, 4% dis.—North
Staffordshire, 21/i dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4,
Thirds, 2% dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N. and B.
Extension), No. 2, lz%p.—York, and North Midland (East
and West Riding Extension, 313/.
MANCHESTER, MAT 18.
STOCK EXCItAIiGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 2 9-16 dis.—Birkenbead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, 6 9-16 dis.—Eastern Counties, 15—Ditto,
Preference (min. 6 per cent.), 1/2 p.—Great Northern, 9%
dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 3 11-16
dis.—London and North-Western, New, N p.—London and
South-Western, 49—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
shire, Preference, p.—North Staffordshire, 2 3-16 dis.—
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 18 dis.—South•
Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 2 13-16 dis.

ROBERT ITOUDIN'S SOIREES FANTASTIQUES.—The
extraordinary and interesting experiments of this master
of magic continue to increase in popularity and attrac-
tion. The St. James's Theatre was last night crowded
with a fashionable audience, notwithstanding the counter
attractions of Jenny Lind and Grisi, at the two great
lyric establishments. During the past week the fol
lowing distinguished persons have visited these per-
formances:—The Marquis and Marchiones of Douglas,
the Marquis of Donegall, the Marquis of Blandford, the
Ladies Cadogan, Viscount Strangford, Lord Churchill,
La Marquise Como de la Force, Lord Rivers, the Coun-
tess of Blessington and the Mi-sea Power, the Count
d'Orsay, Lady and the Misses Domvile, Viscount
Newry, Lady de Dunstanville, Sir John and Lady
Lyster Kaye, Hon. Mr. Ashburnharn, Sir Geo
Talbot, Mr. and Mrs. Lyne Stephens, Mr. and Mrs.
Brunel, Mrs. Dodd, Mrs.lFitzgerald, Mr. and Mrs.
Arabin, Sir F. Trench, Hon. Sir Edward Butler, Ad-
miral and Mrs. Mitford, Mr. B. B. Willia CaPtainLyon, Mr. Williamson Ramsay, Miss LAelirgmhs,, Captain
Boyd, Ur. Baillie, the Misses Buller,
flacti.d Miss
Holford, Mr. Little Gilmour, Mr. Addington,
GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.---:YeS•
terday forenoon the annual meeting of the subscribers
and friends of this well-supported and useful society was
held in the Hanover Square Rooms. The Hon. Sidney
Pierrepont, who presided, opened the business of the
meeting by a few prefatory observations on the progress
and advantages of the institution The Rev. David
Laing, honorary secret,ry, read th; ort for 1847.
The receipts of the institution hadreconsiderably in-
creased, and assistance in temporary distress had been
rendered in 331 cases, to the amount of 7811. The num-
ber of Irish cases was particularly large, and their dis-
tress great. Seven additional annuities to aged go-
vernesses had been granted. In relation to the Pro-
vident Fund, the receipts for annuities on Go-
vernment security amounted to 5,3891. 10s.; in this
branch the severe pressure of the times has been
painfully felt. The sum deposited last year in the
Savings Bank was 685/. 6s. The Home has fully an-
swered the purposes of its formation as a permanent
shelter for the sick and needy, and a site has been se-
lected on which to erect an asylum for the aged. The
number registered during the past year was 1,343, of
whom 742 have obtained engagements. 10,558 persons
entered their names on the porter's book. The financial
statement showed the receipts of the institution to he
9,037/. 15s. 5d., the expenditure left a balance of 615/.
The receipts towards the Provident Fund amounted to
8,3261. 12s. 11d., and residue, left after the disburse-
ments, 165/. The Right Honourable Lord Manner&
moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded
by Viscount Ingestre, and passed unanimously. A vote
of thanks to the committees, officers, and chairman,
closed the proceedings.
REPRESENTATION OP CIRENCESTER.—TWO ad-
dresses have been issued to the electors of this borough.
The Honourable Charles Pousonby, son of Lord de
Manley, a Whig, has issued an address, wherein he
says—" Having during the last two Parliaments sup-
ported reform, the experience of past events has streng-
thened my conviction that a liberal policy is best adapted
to our constitution, and the best and surest guarantee to
the stability of our institutions. Although a supporter
of the general policy of the Government, I cannot view
but with regret the re-imposition of the income-tax in
its present oppressive form; and hope that, before long,
property will bear its fair share of the national burdens,
and that by stricteconomy the industrious classes will be
relieved from a tax which presses so unequally upon
them." Mr. Joseph R. Mullings, who is a Conservative
and resident of the town, has issued an address, in the
course of which he says—" I am a strenuous supporter
of our invaluable institutions, and especially all apper-
taining to Protestantism; and whilst opposed to:measures
calculated to destroy our venerated constitution by or-
ganic and ill-considered changes, I am, and ever have
been, a friend to civil and religious liberty, in the true
and proper meaning of those terms. lam anxious, and
will use my endeavours, that the necessary and inevitable
burdens and taxation of this country shall be placed
upon a footing which shall secure, as far as practicable, a
fair and equitable adjustment; and that in measures of
legislation, the proper advancement and the interest of
its inhabitants shall'have my first and most devoted re,
Bard." The late Mr. Crippa was a son of Mr. Cripps,
the father, as he was called, of the House of Commons,
who represented this borough in successive Parliaments
for noariy thirty-fire pare.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen yesterday morning at Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Col.
the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the Hon. Alexander
Gordon, went yesterday morning to inspect the model
lodging house.. ,
Her Majesty, ieconipitnied by the Prince of Wales
and the Princess Royal, and attended by the Hon. Ma-
tilda Paget, took an airing in an open carriage and four,
yesterday afternoon. The Hon. Colonel Grey, Equerry
in Waiting, attended on horseback.
Prince Alfred, the Princess Helena, and the Princess
Louisa, were taken a drive in a carriage and four yester-
day,
accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
The Princess Alice took an airing in the garden of the
Palace.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert attended by the
Hon. Charles Grey, anti Captain the Hon. Alexander
Countess of Charlemont, Earl of Morton, Colonel the
Gordon, honoured the performance at her Majesty's
Theatre with their presence last evening. Her Reyal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Au-
gusta Bruce, and his Royal Highness the Prince of
Prussia, also honoured the performance yesterday even-
ing, with their presence.
Major Hagart, of the 7th Hussars, was presented to
the Queen by the Marquis of Anglesey, on Wednesday,
at the Levee.

The Rector and Churchwardens of St. Margaret's,
Westminster, with an Address to her Majesty, had an
interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-
office.
The Rev. William H. Biederman had an interview on
Wednesday with Sir George Grey, to present an Address.
Mr. Cunard, Mr. M‘Carthy, and Mr. Wyse had in-
terviews with Earl Grey ,yesterday, at the Colonial-
office.
A deputation appointed at a public meeting of the
rate-payers of the borough of Birmingham, consisting
of Mr. G. F. Muntz, M.P., Mr. Joseph Allday,
William Kerkhoff, and Mr. Joseph Corbett, had an in-
terview yesterday with Sir George Grey.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
general meeting yesterday.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial_
office, from the Governors of the North American Pro.
vinces.
The Mayor of Liverpool, Sir Thomas Phillips, Mr.
Hindley, and Mr. Pollard, had interviews,
yesterday,
with Sir George Grey, at the Home-office.

CARRIAGE.
ien,ararnadl narrates
probably
incurieatinßgAlnLeWceAsYsity for ......IDnEeSoPnEn/teAxTioEn STRUGGLEwitwith
the
com-
municationstghuraeredsthei thieves,
in emergency between the
singular and desperate encounter between an officer and
utthfeoyr would
t
vaest,rawinhomtheheßwiraumspitonangkhiatn:getjoe:Wunrsantraaw: Warwick gaol by
railway. When the train had passed Stitclaford
and,
fellows suddenly sprang
tempted to force him out of the window. The officer,
gushed from
criednam e named
aloudP earsfoenr,
help. strugglediits angriaeisn s
were
ehries opponentsunheard;
haveoverpowered
accomplished
ibsyh
etdh et h e
their desperadoes,
purpese
the aperture through which they endeavoured to thrust
as no trace of him has since'
him. Failing in this, he was pinioned to the floor of the
carriage, while two of the villains pressed their knees
e that the blood
*the officer's mouth. During this dreadful struggle one
aonndhsius cccheeelte d within esscuacphi iflogr,c.
of the thieves contrived to slip his handcuffs, and,
e
ting out 'of the window, threw himself off the
train
been discoiered. On the arrival of the train at Marst
Green, Pearson apprised the guard of what had occurred
and one of the railway
_constables was placed inthe,,
carriage' as iiiii additional seCurity; and accumped- th
prisoners to Warwick, where they were Bahl l 43
gaol. y od ged in

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THE' CHINESE WAR JUNK
KEYING.
Yesterday private view of this novel and beautiful
vessel took place at the East India Docks. After having
successfully encountered many perils by sea, the junk
has at length safely arrived in the river Thames, owing,
in a great measure,: to the enterprise and nautical skill
of Captain. ellett and Mr, Revert. The Chinese being
for the theist part only coasters, and, although they know
the use of the cninpass, 'are' averse to long Journeys, or,
indeed, any travelling by sea In which it is likely that
traces of land may be lost, the utmost efforts were re-
quired to get the vessel past the Bogue Forts without
interruption, more especially was this the case, as con-
siderable suspicion was aroused on account of the junk
being registered in ballast only. It was, however, ulti-
mately got out to sea, with a crew consisting of thirty
natives and twelve English seamen with officers. Great
care was necessary in keeping the natives in good humour,
as they hid never before taken so long a voyage. Before
theyavould sign their articles Capt. Kellett was obliged
to purchase, to a considerable amount, tinfoil, silvered
paper, and josh-sticks, for the purpose of their worship.
At first they scrupulously performed their idolatrous
worship, • but after a time they grew cold, and on the
representations of the captain, voluntarily abandoned it.
One of their most common and highly-prized super-
stitions was a belief in the efficacy of tying red rags on
the rudder, cable, mast, and principal parts of the vessel,
which were considered safeguards against danger. The
largest junks are of about one thousand tons burden, the
"Keying" is of the second size. The following descrip-
tion of it will, in some measure, give our readers an idea
.of its peculiarities. The " Keying" is so named out of
compliment to the-Chinese Commissioner at Canton; is
built entirely of teak; and is understood to be nearly a
hundred years old. This seemed highly probable, as one
of her former crew had sailed in her upwards of fifty
years since. Her extreme length is 'one hundred and
sixty feet;
dep thbreadofthh ofd beam,twelve
vof
twentyeot five feet and a
h • height -of her
thirty-eightsh e
carries ftehert heightee mu smasts.
oP ate' her ibow,.rom thirtytha water,feet.
The mainmast is ninety• Ave feet in length, and is
wade of one, large piece of, teak, ten feet in circumfer-
ence at the bottom, but not perfectly straight, and is
hooped round with iron in consequence of being cracked,
while undergoing the process of hardening. The mode
adopted to accomplish this last purpose by the Chinese,
is to bury the timber for a considerable period in marshy
ground ; and teak, after being thus treated, is said to
become as hard as iron. There are Chinese characters
painted on the b6dy, signifying " Good luck to the junk."
The foremast is seventy-five feet in length, and thirty
inches in diameter, it rakes forward, and is supported by
a large piece of
ood on the after part. The sails are
made of closely woven matting—a substance much
lighter than eanvass,ohonlds the wind better, and rarely
weighs ninenl?et
splits, because it never shakes shakes in the wind. The main-
sailfnd covers a surface of eleven
hundred yards,
wt:h the aid of the' capstan,
ich eights, men would be
ponderous weight
without
ts
tfhooetyaidmeoi raise such a
needed. The rudder isw
wleti
gi
hs
tm
iasd epfroeorfultpon woodthe m
andost
teak, singular
bopo
bound
rhoser and a half to eight
of the vessel. It
obidal holes, and, in
with iron,
tons. It is perforated w
ith
tom of the vessel.
deep water, is twelve feet below the
The great elevation of the stern enablestoote the rudder to
this means the draught of water of the
be elevated or depressed according
dclath, and by
made to vary from twelve to twenty-four Keyinge may be
the rudder is raised up, as must be the case it. When
water, the vessel is steered with a shorter tillnershalitohiwet
second poop. When let down to its greatest depth,on requires occasionally the aid of fifteen men to move the
large tiller, and even then with the aid of a luff tackle
purchase, and the best patent blocks. Without this aid
it would require thirty men. On one occasion, when
the junk was running before a fresh gale, attended with
hail squalls, a tiller rope of nine inches was snapped in
two. Instead of braces and pintles, two immense ropes
made of bamboo and grass pass under the bottom, and
come over the bows on the upper deck, where they are
fastened; these serve to confine the rudder to the stern.
The anchors are made of iron wood, the one weighing
three thousand, the other two thousand seven hundred
pounds. The cables aboard are very curious, and
are made either of bamboo or rattan—of these
the former is the more preferable, as it does not
chafe so much on rocky ground, and lasts equally long,
whether used in salt or fresh water. The windlass,
which is made of iron-wood, has no palls, so that one
part of the men employed at it are obliged to hold on.
The whole mode of building is most peculiar; instead of
the timbers being first raised, as with us, they are the
last in their places, and the vessel is put together with
immense spiked nails. The next process is doubling and
clamping above and below decks. Two immense beams
or string pieces are then ranged below, fore and aft,
which keep the other beams in their places. The deck
frames are an arch, and a platform erected on it
protects it from the sun, and from other in-
juries otherwise inevitable. The wales form an-
other singular .feature in this vessel. They usually
project about three feet from the side. Their object
is threefold, to enable the vessel to carry more cargo,
to save tonnage* dues, for the wales are not regarded
in the meastirement, and to prevent the vessel's rolling.
The vessel is roughly executed, as indeed is the case
with most of the Chinese boats. In every respect does
this junk differ from any vessel of ours—its build,
absence of bowsprit and shrouds, and other minutisa,
to Au us ra maruen tittnrence from our•pre-
sent seafaring craft. Surveying the deck from the
summit of the poop, it has much the appearance in its
general arrangements of the large early English men-
of-war, such as the " Great Barry.' The galley or
cooking-house is built of bricks, painted a bright
blue, and having two compartments, the one fur fry-
ing meat, and the ether for boiling rice. The saloon,
or state cabin, in which most of the curiosi-
ties are placed, will next demand our attention. The
entrance is protected by a sort of sky-light, the sides
of which are formed of the prepared oyster-shells, so
commonly. used in China instead of glass, the latter
being too expensive for general purposes. It is thirty-
two feet long, twenty eight broad, and fifteen and a
half feet in height. From the ceiling are suspended
specimens of some of the different kind of lanterns for
which the Chinese are so remarkable. They are made
of every imaginable form and size, and the materials of
which they are composed are extremely various. The
Joss-house is situated at the back of the saloon, and
with the idol it contains is held in the highest venera-
tion by the sailors. In the second gallery is the sailors'
Joss-house, which contains the deity of the sea. Her
most gracious Majesty the Queen, accompanied by his
Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales, has been over the junk, and expressed her gratification
at the view. On the occasion of her Majesty's visit, the
junk was decorated with the most beautiful flags and
banners ; the foremost of which, and the one which first
caught the royal attention, bore on it a Chinese inscrip.
tion to the following effect :—" May the Queen live a
thousand years."

LAW INTELLIG.e
.SHERIFFS' COURT, A,
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BUR
SEARLE V. GRAPE.
This was a writ of inquiry to assess the damage in an
action to recover compensation for an assault and false
imprisc nment, under the following circumstances:—
The plaintiff, a compositor, having received his wages
On
,Saturday night, the bth"of January, in the present
Yea!'" Was returning home to Lambeth, where he resides,
in company with a shopmate named Berets, and on
passing through Blackfriars-road, they turned into a
public-house to have a' glass of ale. Plaintiff called
for at pint of ale, and wishing to obtain change,
before he returned home, he requested -a female at
the bar to give him change for a sovereign. Mrs.
Grape, the landlady, shortly after brought the change,
and handed it to • the plaintiff; and the latter, in re-
turn, gave her the sovereign. Soon after, however, Mrs.
Grape again returned, and said that the pLintiff had not
given her the sovereign, upon which an altercation took
place, the result of which was, that Mr. Grape, the de-
fendant, went for -a policeman, and gave the plaintiff
into custody on a charge of felony; he was consequently
conveyed through the streets to the station-house, at
Tower-street, Lambeth, where the charge was formally
entered against him, and he was locked up in a cold,
damp cell, where he remained until Monday morning.
The plaintiff was then taken to the Southwark Police-
court, and the case heard before Mr, Cettingham. The
magistrate, however, dismissed the case, and discharged
the plaintiff, with he remark that he (the plaintiff)
left the court without, the slightest stain upon his cha-
racter. It was alleged that the plaintiff's health had
been materialli injured by the confinement in the cell at
the police station, and that it also affected his mind to
a considerable extent. ~,

VALZ-j-,,;

These facts were proved in evidence by several wit-
nesses. Other evidence was given, which established
the fact that the defendant had attempted to compromise
the affair.- -
For the defence, evidence was given to show that the
plaintiff did not give the sovereign, but in this they

After some further proceedings,
The UNDER-SHERIFF, in summing up, said the plain-,
tiff was entitled to whatever amount of damages the jury
considered would.compensate him for the injury inflicted
on his health and character. From the evidence it ap-
peared that he was a man of character. The fact of his
being eighteen years in the same employment spoke
much as to his respectability. The' defendant had cer-
tainly acted very incautiously. He should have taken
care to have properly investigated the matter betore he
gave the plaintiff in charge. Tne jury were to take all
the circumstances into their consideration, and give th•
plaintiff fair and reasonable compensation for the injury
inflicted on him.

The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages
71. 10s.

AYFRAY WIT!! THE MILITARY.—WOOLWICII, MAY
18.--A disturbance of rather a serious character occurred
at Woolwich last night. The representative of the
Guelphs and Ghibbelines were in this case the gunners
of the Royal Artillery and the privates of the Royal
Marines, and, as far as we could learn, the origin of the
feud was this:—An athletic gunner of Artillery, named
Walker, was a few nights since "set upon" and ill-
treated by several privates of Marines, who were drink-
ing at a public-house in the lower part of the town.
The Artilleryman, smarting to avenge the injury,
mustered a clan of recruits, in number about twenty,
who visited the low public-houses, and inflicted summary
punishment upon all the members of the amphibious
corps who were unlucky enough to fall into their
clutches. Last night it became the turn of the Marines
to retaliate, and accordingly, between eight and nine
o'clock, about 150 men of that corps assembled, many
of them armed with heavy sticks, and visited all the
public-houses, turning out the artillery, and administer-
ing the summary law of Justice Lynch to all they met.
The artillerymen resisted as well as they were able, and
at one time matters assumed a very serious aspect. The
alarm was given at head quarters, and extra pickets were sent out, who paraded the streets with drawn
bayonets, and at length succeeded in restoring order.
The results of the battle were, that one artilleryman was
conveyed to the barracks on a stretcher, two or three
others were so severely injured as to be carried off the
field hors de" combat, and a multitude of the belligerents
on both sides swelled the catalogue of the wounded,
having received broken heads, black eyes, and other
contusions. Threats have been made of a renewal of
the conflict to-night, but it is to be hoped that the au-
thorities will confine the men to barracks. The police
did not interfere, in consequence of a standing order
from the Commissioners that they are not to interpose
except complaint is made by a civilian.
THE SALE OP ARMS 'IN MANCHESTER.—Yester-
day morning a shop for the sale of arms was opened in
the Ruchdale-road at the corner of Gould-street, by a
boot and shoemaker, named Douney. His stock of
weapons apparently consists of only two descriptions—
a pike head, having a blade about a foot in length, by
tapering from about 1 inch in breadth to a point, spring-
ing from a heavy piece of iron about six inches in length,
which has at the other end two cheek pieces about one
foot
staff: in length, by which the bead is to be fastened upon
the The other weapon is a rude cutlass, with a
blade about two feet in length, fastened into a common
wooden handle, without any guard for the hand; this is
apparently the same description of weapon as that elli
The
by the well-known Dr. Reynolds, at Liverpool.
_T
shop was in the early part of the day surrounded by a
considerable number of persons. when we visi,ted the
spot in the afternoon there were but few aboutpersonssthe
it, chiefly Irishmen. They were critically discussing
merits of the weapons, which they seemed to think but
very indifferent ones, as they observed thatthepike
heads would prove far too heavy for effcctual
use,at the
end of an eight-feet staff, while the
, inferiorl materials
and workmanship of theehutelearssuesu,ai would r ender them
easy to be broken.-21fances

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

OUTRAGE AND DEATH IN CONNAUGLIT.—In the
week past, four butchers of the town of Sligo made an
excursion to an adjacent market for the purpose of pur-
chasing cattle. When there, they were pointed out to
certain desperate individuals of the mob who, at the
late election, were hired, according to the expression of
the locality, "to shout and fight for Towr eley." The
persons singled out for the ferocious, assau It to be per-
petrated at a later hour, were Gilgan, Gor
_n, Healey,
and Burns ; and accordingly, on their return to Sligo
from Ballymote, they were assailed
with merciless
brutality. One of the number, Burns, had his leg
fractured in the affray, and died, in consequence, on
Sunday last. The poor fellow leaves a wife and family
in the depth of grief and (destitution. Two of the
cowardly offenders have.. been identified and lodged in
prison. Their confessions are expected to reveal the
shameful instigation to which the savage outrage iS to
be escribed.---From a Correspondent.

Sir Peter Laurie, with committing the following daring
George Smith and John Barris, were charged bef.o
robbery.
Joseph Dalton, 366, stated, that while on duty on
Holborn-hill, about twenty minutes before eight o, elock ,
the previous evening, he observed the two prisoners and
another man walking up and down two or three times in
front of Mr. Thompson's shop. They looked in as they
paSsed, and observing the shopman's back was turned,
Smith immediately took a large roll of cloth from the
doorway. and they all walked away towards Ely-place.
He followed them, and when they arrived at Mitre-
court,
gilhairsrisbaotpened a sack, and Smith put the cloth
into it. Witness rushed forward, upon which the last-
foerdterp,riwsohni
was raised by Dalton, and hm
third man escaped.
Daniel prisoner
d
Humphreys, a o
.behindrohppi ed.
Athecryclootfli,‘,
"step
bthoiletefd;
captured in Ely-place
the securedoffiecewrae Harris. The
Francis Franklin, a sthroimpmmain,
porter, at Ely-place, deposed to
hearing the cry of si
and seizing the prisoner
near the gates on tiolbocfrn-hili.
in the service of Mr.
Thompson, draper and
seller, identified the
property as belonging to his masntger c
yards of plaid doeskin, valued at 3/. 4s.tbidnsisted of 291
Sir PETER LAURIE said the case was quite clear
They bad committed a bold and daring robbery, andthe.
sooner they were sent out of the country the better.
They were committed for trial.
John Gibbs, in the service of Mr. George Alexander
Buckland and Co., of Bath-street, Newgate street,
packers, and George Scott, in the employ of Messrs. John
and Charles Webb, of Coleman-street, merchants, were
charged, the former with stealing a piece of cloth, and
the latter with purloining a quantity of canvass, the pro-
perty of their masters; a,rici Benjamin Cohen, Church-
passage, Blsinghall-street, deseribeo as a general dealer,
with receiving the same, knowing it to be stolen.
Evidence having been received, all three prisoners
Were committed to Newgate for trial.
WORShIP-STREET.
Three men of notorious character, named Thomas
Jones, Samuel Smith, and Barry Douglas, were charged,
conjointly with a woman named Elizabeth Smith, with
having assaulted Emma Underwood, and stolen from her
person a purse containing 17s.
1
The prosecutrix _stated that she hat.; occasion to pro-
ceed to Whitechapel in a nab on the preceding evening,
and on parting u ith a friend who accornpanted-her, eivo
she was a stranger in that neighb-oul-hood, she entered a
public-house, to inquire her way to Holborn, where she
resided. The prisoners, who were drinking in front of
the bar and overheard her inquiry, intimated that they
were going that way themselves, and offered to see her
as far as they went. She accepted their proposal, and,
after taking some money from her purse to pay for some
refreshment, and replacing it in her bosom in their pre-
sence, she proceeded with them till they reached
Finsbury-square, when the prisoner Jones stepped
hastily in front of her and struck her a violent blow
on the face, which knocked her down in the road. The
prisoner Douglas then seized her by the shoulders and
forcibly held her down, while Jones knelt upon her
chest, and, thrusting his hands down her bosom, ab-
stracted her purse and money, when the whole of them
ran off; but her cries of " murder" attracted the atten-
tion of a policeman, and they were almost immediately
secured.
Police-constable Fisher stated, that upon hearing the
woman 'a outcries, he ran to the spot, and found the pro-
secutrix, whose mouth was streaming with blood, in the
act
.of rising from the ground, and observing the pri-
soner Douglas running rapidly from her he pursued and
took him into custody. He afterwards accompanied the
prosecutrix in the direction the other prisoners had
taken, all of whom were also shortly overtaken, and
having been at once; recognised by the young woman as
her assailants, were secured and lodged in the station.
In their defence, the prisoners, with the exception of
Jones, who declined saying anything, gave a general
denial to the charge, 'and the magistrate ordered them
to be brought up again on Tuesday next, that the depo-
sitions of the witnesses might be taken.

THE MURDER IN SPITALFIELDS.

Yesterday Mr. W. Baker held an inquest at the Duke
of Wellington, Spitalfields, on the body of Henry
Lazarus, aged six and a half years, who was murdered
on Monday night last. Mr. S. Gates, solicitor, attended
on behalf of the friends of the deceased to watch the
case. The jury having viewed the body, the following
witnesses were called :
David Lazarus, a general dealer, of 26, Tenter-street,
Tenter-ground, Spitalfields, identified the deceased as
his son, and having repeated the evidence given before
the magistrate at Worship-street Police court, added
that he saw the deceased last alive at about half-past
nine o'clock on Monday night.
The CORONER—When you last saw the deceased, was
any one with him? Witness—There was; my wife and
cousin were there.
The CORONER—How was it that you first missed the
child? Witness—l had ordered my wife to make the
bed, when the deceased went to the front door, and sat
on a chair. It was from the chair I missed him. After
the bed was made my wife called the children one by
one, and after the two girls were undressed I found that
deceased had left the chair unknown to either of us.
We then went about the neighbourhood making inqui-
ries about him, but could gain no tidings of him. He
was dressed in a pair ?of dark corduroy trousers and
jacket, but no waistcoat, and a pair of stout boots.
CORONER Was there any mark on the clothes?
Witness—One of the buttons was broken off the jacket,
and I removed one from the hip of the trousers to supply
its place, and fixed an ',odd one on the trousers; besides
which, the legs being too long, I turned them up at the
bottom, so that I should be able to identify them if
amongst 10,000 pairs.
its Thewa into C
taoo Nt
hEeu
newspapersT iis i is very t important, and
will have the iefffietefitndosf
causing every person to examine any clothing that may
cal ot
crown.hes WT iht
The
off red for sale.
the
a laubeo eof the
halt'
n e
sAs nrr ohre—y Wwould
t not
fetch
boots might probably fetch another Is. 6d.
Joseph Lev}-o, t No. 9, Fryingpan-alley, said that he
was in the service of Mr. Cartesso, a coal dealer, of 16,
Tenter-street. He left off work at eleven o'clock on
Monday night, and went home to sleep.
The COIZONER—When you left was there any one in
the yard? Witness—l am certain there was not, for
,before I left, in consequence of having missed some
things from the yard, I looked round and found that
nobody was there. The next morning, when I went to
the yard I saw the child's ear through a crevice in the
board. The board had been removed from where I
placed it to the wall against the house. Nothing else
was disturbed in the yard.
Mr. Gilbert, surgeon, said that he was called up on
Tuesday morning to see the deceased. When be ar-
rived life was extinct, and had been so some hours.
His impression was that death was caused from stran-
gulation.

The CORONER said it would not be right to bring a
case of such importance hastily to a conclusion. He
should like the contents of the stomach to be analysed,
as it was impossible to tell what might hereafter arise.
He did not think they ought to leave a stone unturned,
and if additional time was given the clothing of deceased
might be traced. The case was certainly one of the
most mysterious nature he had ever beard of. The jury
were therefore bound over, each ix the sum of 40L, to
appear on Monday next.

IRISH
IMPUDENCE.—A few days since an Irish
beggar addressed a respectable inb.abitant of Taunton as
follows:—" Good morning, yer honour. and is it yerself
that will place to be kind enough to give me a penny?"
The reply of the person appealed to was that he hadn't
one. " And is it yer ownself," asked. the Irishman,
" that would be kind enough to go and ask that gentle-
man for one for me!" Finding that it was not himself
that would do anything of the, sort, 11144 dy walked off.