The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-09 00:00:00

EDINBURGH, MAY 5

STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are -Aberdeen, 51. 155.•-Aberdeen,
Banff, and Elgin, 11. 10s.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 2/. 1 ls. -Arbroath
and Forfar, 271.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/. 10s.-Armagh and Portrush,
I2s. 6d.-Ayr and Galloway, 11. 145.-Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir,
2/. 22.-Banffshire, 19s. 6d.-Belfast and County Down, 21.-British
and Irish Union, 21. Is. 6d.-Caledonian, 12/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 2/.
-Caledonian Extension, 11. 12s. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbarton,
it. I Is.--Caledonian and Northern Direct, 1/. 14s. 6d.-Carnwath
and West Linton, 1/. 25.-Chelmsford and Bury, 155.-Clydesdale
Junction, 141.-Cornwall and Devon Central, 11. 12s. 6d.-Deeside
Railway, 41.-Direct Northern, 21.-Dublin and Enniskillen, 1/.
10s.-Dundee and Arbroath, 391.-Ditto, New, 211.-Dundee and
Forfar Junction, 1/. 165.-Dundee and Perth, 17/.-Ditto, Kinross
Extension, 21.-Eastern Counties Extension, 21. 55.-East Indian
Railway, 148.-East of Fife, 1/. I ls.-East Lothian Central and
Tyne Valley Junction, 1/. 7s.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 11. 18s.
-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 761. 10x.-Ditto, Half Shares, 18/. 15s.
Ditto, Quarters, 18/. 1:s. 6d.-Ditto, ditto, New, 171.100.--Edinburgh,
Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 19s. 6d. -Edinburgh and Leith Atmosphe-
ric, 11. 4s.-Edinburgh. Leith, and Granton, 161.-Ditto, Preference,
13/.-Edinburgh and Northern, 61. 55.-Ditto, Newport, 15s. 6d.-
Ditto, Lochgelly, 1/. Is. Gd.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 1/. 10s. 6d.-
Edinburgh and Perth, :C. 35.-Edinburgh, Portobello, and Mussel-
burgh, 1/. 129.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 1/. 153.-Glasgow and Ayr-
shire, 741. 100.-Ditto, New Stock, 301.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 18/.-
Glasgow Belfast 'Union, I/. IN.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle; 2/.
N.-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 11. 13s. Gd.-Glasgow and Gam-
kirk, 401. I Os.-Glasgow General Terminus, 91.-Glasgow and
Greenock, 171.-Ditto, New Stock, 8/. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 1/. 15s.
-Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 11. 10x.-Glasgow Harbour
Mineral, I/. 153.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 21. 2s. 6d.-
Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow, 2/. 55.-Granton Junction,
10x.-Great County Down, 1/. 10s.-Great North of Scotland, 11. 10s.
-GreatNorth and South Wales, 1 is.-Inverness and Elgin, 1/.-
Lanark and Lothians, 21. 25.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena,
12s. - London and Hounslow, 15s.- London and Manchester
(East.), 3/. 55 -London and Manchester (Remington's), IL-London
and York, 21. 15s. 6d.-Ditto. Half Shares, 21.-Midland and East-
ern Counties, U. 188.-Morayshire, 11.-Newcastle and Berwick, Sit.
Os. 6d.-Newry and Londonderry, U. 7s. -North British, 291.-Ditto,
Halves, 101.-Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 21. 145.-Ditto, xn
tsion
to Dalkeith, 61. 155.-North Wales Mineral, 141 loEste
.to,
New,e, 11. Central, 7/. Cnrtireaffl,
IDirect,7 It. 12x.-Perth 5
s. tlh._w h
and
sI Inv
15x.-Scottish
17i.-Ditto,
tip
' s
Sco t tish Grand Junction,
Central and Caledonian Junction
slllt'Southern, 11.135. 6d.-Shrews-
-1/. Is.-Scottish Midland,
- 57161W1-e wScsittitirri:l•4osasiv,
tel s tDr).. ,nafenrmd Chester, 41/ .51, 0-s .
bury and Hereford,
351 s.
-Southjlunlicoltliaotnid,,io„Te..
at,
.1 e a 3 ,
Stirling and Midland,2s2./.-"StradthDeaT Jytinlloetl.on,lssl/.
15a.
-TawSurarneyd
Gran
Coltnesa, 501.

GLASGOW, MAY 6.
Al rocir EXCEIANGE.-The sales are-Airdrie and Barligate, 565.
Ayr and Galloway. 365.-British and Irish Union, 425.-Cale-
donian, 13%-Ditto, New, 515.--Caledonian Extension, 355.-Cale-
donian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 335. 6d.-Caledonian Direct
Northern, 345.-Carnwath and West Linton, 225.-Cornwall and
Devon Central, 323.-Direct Northern, 405.-Dunblane, Donne, and
Callender, 305.-East Indian Railway, 295. 6d.- Edinburgh and Bath-
gate, 403. -Edinburgh and Glasgow, 781.-Ditto, New, 201 A-Edi-
nburgh Glasgow. and Dumbarton, 205.-Edinburgh and Northern, 6U
-Forth and Clyde Junction, 345.-Glasgow General Terminus, 9%
-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 415.-Glasgow,Kiimarnock, and Ayr,
Dumfries, and Carlisle, 475. -Glasgow and Greenock,
'Kilmarnock, and:Ardrossan. 415.-Glasgow, Airdrie,
71751%. _ -Glasgow, 1 a . a
,13 go oww.
and Monkland Junction, 3.55.-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 335.
6d.-Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 243.-Great Indian Penin-
solar, 123. 6d.-Inverness and Elgin, 223.-Kilmarnock and A
42s .6 6d.-London,
Southampton,. L o ndosns, s Bristol-3id -Midland
dd
aSnodu
Easternt hWales,
Counties,s.
Direct, 353. 6d.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, 17s. 6d. -Lesmyr
Perth and Inverness, 31s. 6d.-Scottish Central, 171 .-Ditto, it'eat°awn'd
.-Ditto New,
7 %-Scottish Grand Junction, 245.- Scottish Central
and Caledonian
Junction, 28s. 6d. -Slamannan and Bo'
ness,
51. U.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 365. -ltaz2t.e_as:

The University of Konigsberg has sustained a severe
loss by the death of the celebrated astronomer Besse], who died, after
long suffering, on the 17th of March, in the 62d year of his age.
The Minister of the Interior has presented to the
Opera-house a statue of Rossini. It is to be placed in the vestibule,.
THE OUTRAGE IN WESTMINSTER. Upon inquiry
at Westminster Hospital on Thursday, relative to the state of the
unfortunate female Pullen, it appears that since the previous day she
has been sinking 11-. st, and unless a great change take place, it is not
expected she can long survive. Although every means has been
employed, the parties who are connected with the establishment have
been unable to pass any kind of food into the Stomach, nor has she
been able to make any statement relative to the eutrage committed
upon her.

ARRIVAL OF THREE ORIENTAL STRANGERS. On
Saturday three young men from China arrived in this city, with the
steamer, and departed again on the same day by the Inverui y coach,
on their way to fluffily, where they are to be placed under the care
of the Independent clergyman of that place, with the view of their
being trained for the ministry, and afterwards sent out as missiona-
ries. The novelty of their dress, attired as they were in their native
costume, gathered round them a numerous " tail" as they passed
along the streets.—Aberdeen Banner.

LITERATURE.

!CLEAVE'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS'

REGISTER.

A very useful means for ascertaining the results of
any general election, or the state of parties, as repre-
sented in the House of Commons, at any period during
the continuance of Parliament, and admirably adapted to
its intended purpose.

THE TENDENCY OF FREE TRADE to Pro-
mote Perraznent and Universal Peace. A Lecture
delivered on Thursday Evening, February 26, 1846,
at a Meeting of the "Plymouth Free Trade Associa-
tion," by the Rev. W. J. Odgers.
All members of Peace Societies should " read, mark,
and inwardly digest" this admirable little pamphlet. It
points out the only common sense method by which
peace between the various nations of the earth can be
permanently preserved. It is all very well to argue on
the unrea3ombleness of war, to show how contrary it is
to the precepts of true Christianity, and to depict its
horrors in the glowing language of poetry; but until
all the world becomes reasonable—until all the world
become; really and truly Christian—that is to say, until the
Millenium, such arguments will have little effect upon the
bulk of mankind. But establish free trade—by so doing
make it the personal interest of every individual mem-
ber of every community to keep up and extend com-
mercial (and consequently amicable) relations with every
other member of every other community (and free trade
will do this), and war will disappear from the face of
the earth, because war will be contrary to the interest
of every industrious man. No matter what may be the
form of government, the industrious classes of all na-
tions exercise, even at the present moment, either
directly or indirectly, a vast influence on the legislative
and executive powers which rule their respective coun-
tries ; and the influence, where it is now indirect, will
eventually become direct, and where it is direct, it will
become more and more influential. It has increased, is
increasing, and cannot and ought not to be diminished.
When free trade, therefore, shall be permanently esta-
blished, there will be practically an end of war, because
it will be then contrary to tne personal interest of every
influential member of every community.

A VISIT TO MESSRS. STEPHEN-
SON'S LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE FACTORY.

(From tho Newcastle Guardian.)

Stephenson and the locomotive are names almost synony-
mous, and everywhere convey the impression of greatness
and power. Their influence is now felt in every quarter of
the globe, and is.doing the work of civilization, both here
and in other countries, in a manner and with a rapidity
almost incredible. Other men, it is true, are profiting by the
ingenuity and the skill of the Stephensons—are gaining opu-
lence and power by the employment of that simple yet mag-
nificent piece of mechanism which they first set in motion
and made patent to the world ; but the name and the fame
of these truly great benefactors of the human family, are
imperishable, and, even amid the whirlpool of tiny characters
that have sprung up, through their labours, they stand forth,
conspicuous and exalted among the eminent and the good of
the age.
Curiosity, and an assurance that a brief account of it might
not be unacceptable to our readers, recently induced us to
visit Messrs. Stephenson's leviathan establishment. This
vast workshop, it may interest those at a distance to know,
is situated in South -I trect, in the south-west district of this
town, close to the river. The works are divided into two
factories, on either side of the street, and thus called ease
and "west." The latter, though the newer, is the more ex'
tensive of the two, occupying several acres of ground. Oil
entering it, the stranger is at once struck with the novelty,
as well as the extent and variety of the cperations
dosed. The ear is saluted with the noise of some hundrea'
of hamtsers reverberating on boilers and anvils, and the eye
is startled by the sight of so many blazing finss and
sundry workmen, with the grea'est sang froid, carrying,
about huge bars and plates of red-hot iron! On exg:rainin,g
the various departments, however, the visitor soon fin"s
enough in each to engage his closest attention. He is firs:
introduced to a workshop of unusual dimensions, level with
the ground, where locomotives are being partially COar
pleted, and where upwards of forty hands are busily 0'
copied in fitting up different parts of the` machinery
Over this shop is an equally capacious room, accomol°-
dating about seventy men and boys, who polish and other-
wise prepare the inside gearing and finer parts of the engines", Each stands in front of a " vice," at which the usual "filing
and "chiselling" are performed; but ingeniously-e-onstructos
machinery, driven by steam• power, is placed along the entire
space of the room, and facilitates the more difficult task ,'d
cutting and modelling cranks, shafts, and wheels. Proceed'
ing to another part of the works, several locomotives are see"
in course of trial, on rails laid for the purpose and others i„,13
11
ccur:e of completion, under a large shed. Adjoining this
the packing, framing, and painting shop, where Inc ()motive;
intended for railways at a distance, are taken to pieces, aften
having been previously tried, and carefully packed in woo
boxes of unusual size and strength. The painting of the elc'i
terior of the carriages is also done in this department, nil,
the framing put together. The boiler-yard, or what. is fae'f
tiously termed " the musical saloon," is the next place;
interest. Musical this portion of the works most certai°l'l,
is, and the music is of the right sort, too—the music of in'
dustry and enterprise. Fancy an angular shed, in whirl' ,to
some fifty or sixty huge fires, glowing before the roar of 1.1,',
blast; about two hundred stalwart men and boys, all bro,
mering, rivetting, or otherwise making a deafening Illers
some with immense bars and plates of red-hot iron, "`"
inside of boilers or fire-boxes—fancy such a sight,. and Y°,
have an imperfect idea of this "musical saloon. ManY 1,1
genious and beautiful specimens of mechanical art are, by
sides, seen at work in this department, such as a machine
which riveting bolts are moulded and fitted, and another by
which the perforations in the copper fire-boxes of the eng'„
,";„.
are executed with much skill and exactness. Leaving 4";
the visitor is conducted to the shop where the tenders
completed, and where a number of joiners are at Nor*
making the boxes used for packing the engines sent to s d.is'
tance. A fine saw-mil for cutting the heavy pieces of tiny
ber required, is here at work, and, in an upper apartmeU
wooden patterns for the machinery are prepared by skill
artizans.
The east factory differs little from the west, near]," th;
same kinds of work being performed in both. It is los?* 1.,
extent, but equally interesting and important, to the 'gist,
Some branches are done here which we did not observsieeel
where. Engravers, for example, are constantly einlal°J,j
preparing the plates bearing the enghm-makers' name, cs
also the letters for the name of the locomotive. All the bra`
castings are likwewise done in the east factory. Every Prod
of the locomotive, except the metal castings, are pree" of
and completed in both factories. The drawings and pla"stbs
the engines are executed in a separate department of
eci,
works, by a number of artists, 'who, judging from the 2113'heit
mens shown us, seem to effect no ordinary credit on t
worthy employers. • root
In passing through the various departments, the nser
cannot fail to observe the singularly well arranged an oat
derly manner in which everything in this great establisnlde
is conducted. Nothing like disorder or confusion aPP"ills
anywhere, and the various branches seem to proceed wog
extraordinary exactness and regularity. In several ofaie
etshuh ciashra distinguishedafeestaewtrurtehtt
e,
,nfc
antmhtti
names
si
slibaueyt io,nrsatot het
aehtepo establishmentnra
Prince
c e
&c.ao assumes
dlnscti sciences different shops, little boards are seen with the name of
Royal, &c.
It is almost unnecessary to inform our readers that tc,h3t
W aline s(),rteh the fPar
Messrs. Stephenson's establishment is the largest and mot
complete, of its kind, in the world; and such is the dc013"0
for locomotives that they have lately been obliged to °Pee,
another factory, which is now being furnished, at West Prof
sa
situ Iva cr.it'n:rwsvi
Banks. They employ nearly one thousand men and bfllo
and pay weekly, in wages, about 1,0001. Apprentices, 'lO6
are admitted only on payment of a handsome premium,
sent to them from all parts of the world, and from nea,e
all ranks of society. At present, the demand for locolimed,
tives is such that they cannot furnish the numbers order„rs
Nearly all they have completed for some time past, and
now completing, are for foreign lines of railway. During 01
last year, they have sent out fully fifty-six locomotives, ,Bty,
this year the number is expected to increase to about eig,;cy
besides repairing not a few old engines. Such an estabi!ero
ment may well be pronounced one of the wonders of 10`,i,a#
times—a noble example of British enterprise and skill, n'tio
lasting honour to its worthy proprietors, and especially to
north of England.

iP
Mn. JUSTICE COLERIDGE. th
M
—We regret to state
r. Justice Coleridge, who has been suffering from inc:isposin°"„
0,
a short time past, is again unable to attend his official duties. v
Learned Judge presided hi the Bail Court on Wednesday, but 11.,
jet
advice of his medical attendants left town on Thursday mornin.,
Brighton. Of
GREEN GINGER.—On Thursda3:a sale of 74 cas-,
green ginger, in a recent and even growing state, brought wt
Severn steamer from Jamaica, took place at Monument.yard, 6teil
average price of 30a. per cwt. The novelty of the article attrnc
considerable attendance of buyers, as It was the first that 113110
introduced into this country, and the majority of lots were ,
wine mskers, chemists, and some of the most eminent tavern-t%'l,o°
In the City, as well as to horticulturists, in order to experiment f
Its cultivation here
T " 'nal -,factur° Ac'

veli.fesiawns
bl. aeito iv. .
:0110:
STATE OF TRADE.—The princip.. manufact. do
the hosiery trade, namely, wrought cotton hose, keep; bl
dining. The cut-up branch is rather better than the wroutio
oelher:
sdteaptaer.t departments.
silk
glove
l cottonove tradge lobvae, trades far
rkde
hosiers give out their materials with a very sparing 0..t3b- et
The drawer, pantaloon, and shirt bratich has-
tOu'twoo-in', • 4
eeepisin&l, that d.
improved. The silk hose trade is, if anvtli'avillafduerthfuer",4e;
efr,emthpaltoyisn,
t,diannei3n, gb,
oEsilk t
rsatdoeeliisi ni gasgebueeirnagi
consideredalm es
warp trade is still very much depressed, and few ufebcrosO'cl'iig
rethanbheattl
C/lETNOLE.—INCENDIARY F
Ney_v_nloiLtat
itn remnant
ani Rrfes
IRETs
.h_e silkA
t blondeabout :
rf tier
ish a considerablyvem o
once extensive manufacture.—
past ten on the evening ofTuesday last, Mr. Bellocl',.dir
pectable inhabitant of this place, was much.alarmed 147 Ott
covering that a linhay adjoining his .enter'
~,
fire. dwelling-house vier
The buildings being thatched, fears were at first,tt 1;!:
tamed for the safety of the whole of the premises, 'SO:
sistance being quickly at hand, a portion of the that.t°4 the
removed, and we are happy in being able to state tun-firol.la
fire was confined to the outhouse, which was e.,,-oftP„"
destroyed. A short time previously to the discoverJopioy'
above fire, the summer-liouses belonging to Guy Chil re °b;
Esq., of Stokewood, situate about a mile distant, Westoe
served to be in flames, and these also were wholly avotit°l
There is not the least doubt that these fires were .the „ ftd'
acts of some villainous incendiary, to whom we regret tv
no clue has yet been obtained.— Sherborne journal. „....„SOOl a
A RAILWAY " ROLAND FOR AN OLIVE°. 0401_0
little time since the Directors of a certain ComparlY,. to tu,,
of a certain firm fifteen new engines, introclucinko, cela
agreement of terms a condition, that unless ready uYoceiO4
tain time a penalty should be inflicted. The tiol, but %,
for the completion of the locomotives nearly arriveu or 00,so
steam-steeds were not in readiness, and the Coull'ami'cilY ~'''‘
fled to the engineers that the penalty would undou,n'iept ,_°;„i
enforced. Chewing the cud of bitter disapPuin'oustacP4,
day, the principal partner of the firm beheld a Ploe, U.
and Lefrogged individual enter his counting-uul, „ointu.',,
being introduced, heard him speak about engine-o j:reolu.r
to some half dozen in an unfinished state in the W,loweT:i,
The principal explained the case, observing
etllva_r' bo co?,
his workmen laboured, the engines could e h
ne
that - ° ecb
pleted in time ; and the consequence would b
011,1 inde..co...
his partners w( uld have to pay the penalty. . , first 3`h to'
replied. the foreigner in broken English, havinE7, ofag,,,f
tarried the amount of penalty imposed, ,‘ be g?ut`l`r prices' il
complete them for me, and I will pay you 31,10 for dr,
the penalty i►nto the bargain. I came to Ent;
_.r..,5 stf ,0
engines fur the 5..-- railway." The bargaulr,t doo.„_
and hearing of Oleic loss the company immediately ffn fri
~,r`,7,,
a responsible agent to the same firm to ordeitiJn`;_...o
eti:,
but he received the following reply to his applic; "
r foreign g l'or
no. we can take no more orders yet a bit. .1, . wor''‘
as irt
tleman, to whom we sold the others, will keep
fifteen mentksto come—Bury Herald.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, May 8.

Their Lordships met at F.ve o'clock.
Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that, on Friday next ,he
would move the second reading of the Bill for the general re-
gistration cf deeds.
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE presented a petition from the
Governor and Trustees of the London Hospital, against the
Charitable Trusts Rill. . . .

Lord CAMPBELL presented two petitions to the same
effect.

CORN-LAWS.

The Earl of RADNOR gave notice that he would move,
on an early day, for the quantities if wheat and flour entered
for home consumption during the years 1835 and 1845 in-
clusive, and also the average prices during the same period.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA BILL.

The several clauses of this Bill were agreed to in Coin-
reittee.

SCOTCH BURGHS BILL.

The Duke of BUCCLEUCH. moved the third reading of
the Scotch Burghs Bill.
The Bill was then read a third time and pasted.
THE RAJA OF SATTARA.

Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition praying that the
Raja of Sattara might be set at liberty, and his personal pro-
perty restored to him. He would not state any more on that
occasion than this—that from lelB to 1839 the Raja was con-
sidered a loyal subject, and strictly maintained his engage-
ments with the East India Company. Shortly after the last of
these years a charge of conspiracy was brought against him by the
Supreme Court of Bengal, but the accusations against him had
never been proved, though he had repeatedly sought to be put
on his trial with respect to them. With regard to another
charge, he was treated in the same way; but instead of being
allowed the trial which he courted, in order that he might prove
his innocence, he was carried off in the dead of the
night and committed to prison, where he was at present
confined. The whnle of his personal property had been since
secured. He also presented another petition from
a servant of the Raj-a, declaring that his master had always been
a loyal subject, and that he himself had been placed over a
powder-magazine, and imprisoned, before he consented to sign
a paper containing charges against the Raja.
The Earl of K RIPON had no particular answer to the ob-
servations of the Noble Lord (Beaumont), and all he could
say upon the subject was, that it had been fully considered in
the session of last year. It had been maturely considered by
the Governor of Bombay, and been minutely examined by the
Governor-General in Council, and had received every
attention from the late President of the Board of Control
(Sir John Cam Hobhouse), who had gone most fully into
the question, and it had afterwards been most maturely discussed
b 3 the Court of Proprietors of the East India Company
in fact, this subject had been under discussion at least sixteen
or seventeen times ; and the original decision had in every
case been confirmed. With respect to the jewels of which the
Noble Lord spoke, they were not the private property
of the Raja, and had been as the property of the
State handed over to the successor of the Government,
with the exception of jewels, worth about two Lacs of rupees,
which the Raja had retained for his own private use. With
respect to the purport of the second petition, which complained
that insufficient evidence had been adduced' against him, this
was the first time that any such allegation had been made. He,
himself, was not responsible for whatever had occurred, for the
circumstances took place before he had anything to do with the
office he now held, or, indeed, before the present Government
came into power at all.
A NOBLE Loan did not rise to give any opinion upon
the subject, but he would beg merely to state that he had un-
derstood that the facts had occurred before the year 1841 ; conse-
quently before the Noble Earl (Ellenborough) opposite went to
_lndia, but it seemed to be a matter of some interest, and might
possibly be worth inquiry.
Lord BROUGHAM fully concurred in the observations
made by the Noble Earl who had just sat down. He had read
a paper on the subject from the pen of Sir R. Grant, the late
Governor of Bombay, and he considered the decision come to
vase perfectly just.
After a few words from Lord BEAUNIONT, who said
that his only complaint was that he was condemned without
a trial.—The subject then dropped.
Lord KINNAIRD moved for certain returns connected with
railways passed and projected.
The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S presented a petition against
Moe sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday. If a measure were
brought forward for this purpose, many of those disgraceful
scenes which occurred on the Sabbath day would be prevented.
There was a simple and obvious remedy, which had been tried
before, and which had been attended with complete and un-
questionable success. Under these circumstances, it was not
too much to ask why petitions had been pouring in for years
and yet nothing had been done, nor even any notification of the
intention of her Majesty's Government to do anything to
remedy the evil. •
Lord KINNAIRD said that he had attended to the ob-
lervations addressed to the House by his Right Reverend
Friend, and entirely agreed with him that it was possible to
put a stop to the scenes which took place, but tbat stoppage
would be a difficult question. Their Lordships were
aware •of the necessity, under the existing law,
of pablic-houses being closed at a certain hour, and the conse-
quence of that was, that a certain description of coffee-shops
had I seen encouraged in London. These coffee-shops were the
worst places it was possible to conceive, they were the resort of
the most abandoned persons, and were the scenes of the most
dreadful profligacy.
Toe Bishop of ST. DAVID'S said that tome remedy might
still be provided. He would take the opportunity of present-
ing a nother petition, to which he wished to call the attention
of th e House and of her Majesty's Government. The subject
was sane of importance, if he might judge by the language which
had fatllen from some Members of the Administration. It was
a petition from the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the
county and borough of Caermarthen, regretting the defective
state of education in Wales, and requesting the attention of the
Government to it. They stated that they were sensible of the
import ante of education to the social interest of the corn-
munit3-, and requested that Honourable House to provide, on
a fiber: al plan, some means of extending the blessing of educa-
tion in Wales.