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London, England, 1846-08-18 00:00:00

HULIi, AElitsx 17.

STocz EXCNANGE,--The sa'rest tre—illacthurn, Darwen, and Bol-
ton, 7%—Ditto, New, dia.- ,-.Fioston. IStamford, and Birmingham,
Ils.—C helinsford acid Bury, q2s.--Jrastern Counties, York Exten-
sion, 24 —Glasgow and Bumf:
bioT.by, r.t •
des, ..)Is.—Great Eastern and Western,
21c—Hull and
Leicester and Bedford, 10s. 6d.
—Leicester and T6.mw0rt.7,1, 341.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston,
314 1)---North, British, Halves, 144 cash—Ditto, Carlisle Branch,
84s, 6d.—Y,orth Staffordshire, 334 p.—North Western, Bs. fid. p.—
Sl,:rewsbrAry and Birmingham, 3/. 3s. 9d.—South Midland, Iss. p.—
,Vest riding Union, 51. ss. W.—York and North Midland, East and
Weft Riding, 13%—Yorkshlre and Glasgow Union, 10s.
YORK, AUGUST 17.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are —Grand Union (Nottingham
and Lynn), ,U—Leicester and. Bedford, 10s. 6d. —Leicester, Tam-
worth, &c., 1/. 13s.—London and York, 2/. 4s.—Newcastle and Ber-
wick, 23% —North British, Half Shares, 14% —Ditto, Carlisle Ex-
tension, 4/. 3s.—North Western., 11. 12s.—South Midland, 2/. 13s. Gd.
—West Riding Union, 5/. 2a.—York and Carlisle, s —York and
North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 13%.

THE LATE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL-

STORM.

A public meeting was held yesterday, at the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of devising the best means
to alleviate the distress, and preserve from utter ruin the flo-
rists and nurserymen who have suffered so severely from the
violence of the late storm.

His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE took
the chair, and said that he appeared before the meeting in
consequence of an application that had been made to him
from some gentlemen connected with the Horticultural So-
ciety to assist in relieving the gardeners and nurserymen
of the metropolis and the suburbs who have been so
severely visited by the late storms. He believed that
all the gentlemen whom he had then the honour
10 address felt the same sympathy with hire self for those
unfortunate individuals wbo were now experiencing the
greatest calamity, which wae induced, not from any negli-
gence on their own parts, brit a visitation of Providence, over
which, of course, they ceecild exercise no control.—(Heer.)
He believed there ,ias no more deserving or berth
working class in the community than those whom
they had assembled to assist. He could bear testimony to
what he asserted from personal observation in his own
neighbourhood. Those resident in the neighbourhood of
Stockwell, Clapham, and Brixton, were the chief suf-
ferers, and 'l,t 'appeared from the report of the South
London Horticultural Society that the losses sustained by
those eregaged in horticultural trade there amounted to
no les; a !aim than 18,0001. He had the satisfaction to state
the', the. room in which they were then assembled had been
Divert them gratis for the present occasion, and an offer had
been made by the proprietory of the Hall of Commerce of the
lase of their establishment, either for a floricultural show
or for any other purpose calculated to promote
the object of the present meeting.— ( Hear, hear )
A subscription had also been commenced, and Dr. Leyden,
who was unable to attend, had forwarded 101, 10s. Mr.
Barclay, of Lombard•street, had also sent them 5/. 55., and
he only hoped that they might have the satisfaction of
being able, be a considerable degree, to ameliorate the
distresses of those poor persons.—(Hear, hear, and cheering.)
Mr. J. ALLNUT stated that 3,000 squares of glass had been
broken in his conservatory, and proposed the following reso-
lution :—" That the severe losses which the nurserymen,
florists, and gardeners in the neighbourhood of the metropolis
have sustained, in consequence of the dreadful hail-storm en
the let day of August instant, call for our warmest sympathy,
and demand all our efforts to alleviate the distress occasioned
thereby."
Mr. ILWF said he would not detain the meeting, but
second the resolution, in which he fully concurred.
The resolution was then put from the chair and carried
unanimously.
Mr. COOK, of the firm of Trueman and Cook, proposed the
next resolution—" That a public
.subscription be now com-
menced, and a fund raised for the relief of the sufferers."
Mr. SELDON seconded the resolution, which was passed
unanimously. . .

Mr. J.vistzs COOK, of Mincing-lane, was appointed trea-
surer, and Messrs. Barclay and Company, Coutts and Com-
pany, Cocks and; Biddulph, Jones, Loyd, and Company,
and 'Young and Son, to receive subscriptions.
Several subscriptions were then anne unced, among which
were twenty guineas from the Duke of Cambridge; ten
guineas from the Lord Mayor; Barclay and Co., live guineas.
A committee was then appointed to carry out the objects
of the meeting, and a vote of thanks having been passed to
the Chairman, the meeting separated.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, August 17.

The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.

Messengers from the Commons brought up several
Bills, praying their Lordships' concurrence.
Lord FAVERSHAM presented a petition from the
West Riding of Yorkshire, praying for the repeal of the
Poor law Amendment ACt.
LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL.

On the motion of the Marquis of CLANBICARDE,
this Bill was read a first time.

MAYNOOTH.

Lord REDESDALE, in pursuance of the notice which
he had given the other day,.with respect to this College,
felt bound to make. a .few observations respecting it,
and on the report of the visitors. Ile would remind
their Lordships of the arguments made use of for the ad-
ditional grant to that institution.- That grant was very un-
popular with a large portion of the people, and one of the
reasons by which their objections were met was, that in-
stead of an insuMeient visitation, there would be a complete
inquiry into the whole of the proceedings of the esta-
blishment ; but he was sorry to say that the report
of the last visitation was most meagre and unsatis-
factory, and very contradictory in itself, This report
stated, that on the visitors calling for the number of
residents, they found 19 superiors and professors, 522
students, one professor absent on leave, and 10 students
absent from sickness ; but he found from the books of
the College that there were only 512 students on the
books, instead of 522, and only eight on the sick list
instead of ten, as stated in the report. Now with respect
to the professors, there was a grant of 6,0001. additional,
but only 4,5001. had been used, allowing a very sufficient
margin for any contingency ; yet nothing whatever was
said of the absent professor, who or what he
was. Then with regard to the students, it ap-
pears that there were 262 in the first class, and 241
in the second. With respect to the first class, there was
an allowance of 201., of which nothing whatever was
said. The same was the case with regard to the Dun-
boyne students. It was also stated, that the number of
these students had been increased from fourteen to
twenty. Why, the number of this class was almays
twenty, and was so stated in the Act of Parliament.
Then, with regard to accommodation, it appeared that
that there were 552, with a room each to themselves.
There were twenty-nine apartments where there were
three in a room, twenty-nine where were four, and one
where there were six. And, considering the early age
at which these students are admitted—sixteen or seven•
teen years of age—it did not seem to be so objection-
able to put several into a room as it would have been if
they were older. It appeared, also, that 200 of the free
students had been taken off from their own expenses.
In fact, the whole of the report was meagre in the ex-
treme. The visitors appear to have passed through
the rooms, and that was all, but as for any care for
an improvement in the state of education, that was a
matter entirely overlooked; and unless some measures
ware taken for acting up to the principle for which the
grant had been made, the country would te very dissatis-
fied with the grant which they had authorised. He did
not think a six hours' visitation was snflicient for such an
institution as the present.
The Marquis of LANSDOW.NE said, that in the
absence of the two Noble Lords who were appointed
as visitors to the institution, he could not pretend to
reconcile the discrepancies pointed out by the Noble
Lord. He thought that it was very probable that
the attention of the Government of Ireland
and of the visitors would be called more closely to the
subject, in consequence of the observations of the Noble
Lord. He was happy to see, by a statement in the re-
port—which his Noble Friend had overlooked—that a
great improvement had taken place in the course of edu-
cation, and that a more liberal system of education had
taken the place of the former one.
Lord STRANGFOItD pointed out some further dis-
crepancies in the report.
After a few words from the Marquis of LANSDOWNE
and Lord REDEsDALE, the subj -et dropped.
SIIANNON NAVIGATION BILL.

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that he did
nct think it desirable to proceed further with this Bill
during the present session.
The Bill was accordingly withdrawn.
The Bishop of OXFORD presented a petition from
the magistrates of Oxford, complaining of the establish-
ment of beer shops, affording reiuges to the worst of
characters.