The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-09 00:00:00

in the Chair.
STEWARDS.

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CAFE OPENING in the IRON TRADE.
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profit will be guaranteed. The prospects are excellent. None but
principals need apply.
Address James Shaw, 135, Fenchuralt-street, City.

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET,
Is now RE-OPENED with GREAT ADDITIONS. The NEW
THEATRE, with its Galleries, is capable of containing ONE
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED VISITORS. Specimens of Art-
Manufactures are greatly increased in number and interest. Variety
and great improvements have been effected in the Optical Depart-
molt. Popular Lectures by Dr. Ryan and Dr. Bachhoffner on Che-
mistry and Experimental Philcsophy. A Description of the Depo-
sited Works by Mr. Crispe. Experiments with the Diver and Diving-
bell. The Music will be conducted by Dr. Wallis.

Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including
Saturday Evening) from Seven to Half-past Ten.
Admission, Is.—Sehools, Half-price.

DR. GULLY ON THE WATER CURE.
Just published, Second Edition, post Bvo., cloth, 75.,
THE WATER CURE IN CHONIC DIS-
EASE; an Exposition of the Cause, Progress, and Termi-
nation of various Chronic Diseases of the Digestive Organs, Lungs,
Nerves, Limbs, and Skin, and of their Treatment by Water and
other Hygienic Means.
By JAMES MANBY GULLY, M.D.
Fellow of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, London.
London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho.

INDEX TO THE STATUTES AT LARGE.
This Day is published, price 10s. boards,
ACOMPREHENSIVE INDEX TO THE
STATUTE LAW OF ENGLAND to the close of the Session
le and 11 Viet., 1847.

By GEORGE STAMP.
S. Sweet, 1, Chancery-lane, London.

Just published, price ls., free by post Is. 6d., the Sixth English
Edition (translated from the 24th French Edition),
CONSTIPATION DESTROYED;
or, Exposition of a Natural, Simple, Agreeable, and Infallible
Means of Overcoming Habitual Constipation, and of completely Era-
dicating Chronic Diseases of the Digestive Organs, without using
Medicines or any artifical means whatever (discovery made in France
by M. WARTON), confirmed by numerous certificates from eminent
physicians, and other persons of the highest respectability in the
United Kingdom, France, and other countries.
Sold by J. Youens, 36, Farringdon-street, London, and all Booksel-
lers in the United Kingdom.

BRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, New-
rod, London.
The principles of the Ilygeia an theory are contained in the follow.
ng propositions :

1. The vital principle is contained in the blood.
2. Everything in the body is derived from the blood.
3. All constitutions are radically the same.
4. All diseases arise from tile impurity of the blood, or, in other
words, from acrimonious humours lodged in the body.
5. This humour, 'which degenerates the blood, has three sources
—the maternine, the contagious, and the personal.
6. Disease and pain have the same origin, and may therefore be
considered synonymous terms.
7. Purgation by proper vegetable purgatives is the only effectual
inode of eradicating disease.
8. Experience of upwards of twenty years has amply proved MO-
RISON'S VEGETABLE UNIVER.SAL MEDICINES to be such
proper vegetable purgative. . . .

9. From the intimate connexion subsisting between mind and
body, the health of the one must conduce to the serenity of the
other.

A A E.
L. One half the wend are desolately single, and the other
opposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
,ense et right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
,itter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
zroprosing harry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
sea broken health, arc the great hindrances to domestic happiness
and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set-
tlement. Honour and justice dernaud that health should form au item
in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or
4eglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune, Reader, if
.hese surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little
14EMOIRS 'On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is.
Bach (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively
refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be him:lend
oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
diem. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but
or the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom
they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
,he above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or
'ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each,
oy post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely
pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's
life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob-
3ervance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he
would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always
in the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of
Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet •street ; Mann,
19, Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other-
wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally,
•nornings aud evenings), 10, Argyll-plaee Regent-street; and all
Booksellers.

Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C.
*Duke of Bedford's Saddle, Bst 71b, agst *Lord
Exeter's Cocoa Nut, ist 111 b.
WEDNESDAY.
Handicap Plate of 501.; for ihree yrs old, &c. A.F.
The Jockey Club Plate of 501.; for horses the property
of Members of the Jockey Club; four yrs old, ist
21b; five, Bst 31b; six and aged, Bst 916. B.C.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each; for three yrs old, Bst 71b;
and fillies, 8.,t 41b. The winner to be sold for 1001.
T.Y.C.
The Suffolk Stakes of 15 toys. each, .5 ft, and 100 added;
the second to save his stake, &c. Last mile and a
half of R.C. (18 Subs., 7of whom declared.) •
*Lord Exeter's St. Demetri, 5 yrs, Bst 7113—*Duke of
Bedford's Fistiana, 4 yrs, Bst 41b—Lord Chesterfield's
Stultz, 4 yrs, Sst 21b—'Mr. Verity's Walmgate-bar-
without, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—'Mr. G. Higgins's Sir Peter
Laurie, 4 yrs, ist 91b *Mr. Lqwther's Admiral, 4
yrs, ist 61b—*Lord Exeter's Circassian -Maid, 4 yrs,
7st 31b—*Mr. Sandford's Kimblesworth, 4 yrs, 7st—
*Duke of Rutland's Paladin, 3 yrs, Est 61b—*Lord
Exeter's Swordplayer, 3 yrs, 6st—*Sir J. Hawley's
Lovelace, 3 yrs, sst 21b.
The Champion Stakes of 50 soya. each, h ft; for three
yrs old colts, Bst 71b; filllies and geldings, Bst. One
mile and five furlongs. (12 Subs.)
*Mr. Batson's f by St. Francis, out of Barbara-5 Mr.
Bowes's c by Hetman Platoff, out of Maid of Lune—
*Lord Exeter's Xanthus—Sir J. Hawley's Cavatina—
Mr. Irwin's The Monk—*Mr. R. 11. Nevill's Dover—
*Mr. Osbaldeston's f by Cardinal Pull; out of Croton
Oil's dam—Lord Orford's ch c by Grand Duke, out of
Adelgund—*Lord Orford's Jest—Lord Strathmore's
Sincerity—Duke of Bedford's Adair (paid)—Duke of
Bedford's Field-Marshal (paid).
Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each; for four yrs old colts, Bst
101 b; fillies, Bst 51b. Maiden horses allowed 51b.
Last three miles of B.C. (5 Subs.)
Lord Albemarle's Ingoldsby (paid)—'Mr. C•nabe's
Trouncer—Sir J. Hawley's Vanity—Lord Strathmore's
Signet—Mr. Mostyn's Projectile.
THURSDAY.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 5 ft, if declared;
for three yrs old and upwards. T.Y.C.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs old cults,
Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold
for 40 sovs. D.M.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; three yrs old, 7st 71b;
four, Bst 91b; five and upwards, 9st. Winner to be
sold for 200/. T.Y.C.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added; for two
yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. Winners
51b extra. T.Y.C. (21 Subs.)
*Colonel Anson's Flight—*Lord Bateman's Goodwood
—*Duke of Bedford's Retail—*Mr. I'. B. Charlton's
Kissaway —*Lord Clifden's Guizot —*Lord Clifden's
Peerage—*Mr. Cooper's Racketty Girl—*Field-Marshal
Grosvenor's f by Harkaway, out of Miss Twickenham—
*Mr. Hargreave's Rodney—*Mr. Newton's Jane:Eyre—
*Lord Lonsdale's c by Epirus, dam by D'Egville—Lord
Lonsdale's br f by Venison, out of Factory Girl (paid)
—*Mr. W. I I. Roberts's Brother to Elden—*Mr. W. H.
Roberts's Charin—*Mr. Rolt's br c by Gladiator, dam
by Discount—*Mr. Stephenson's Willingham—*Mr.
Sandford's ch f by Harkaway, out of Agnes—*Lord
Suffield's Francesca—*Mr. R. Watson's Nina.
Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C.
*Duke of Bedford's Minto, Bst 71b, agst *Lord Clif-
den's Cashier, Est 91b. (No day mentioned.)
Match, 300, h ft. A.F.
*Lord Waterford's Wilmot, agst Lord Caledon's f by
Simoom, out of Cassandra, Bst 71b each.
The races commence to-morrow at half-past two.
NEWMARKET, MONDAY NIGHT.
Weights for Handicap. T.Y.C.
Bowstring, 4 yrs, 9st—Cantley, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—Cir-
cassian Maid, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Carissima, 6 yrs, 7st 71b
—lsis, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Prioress, 4 yrs, ist 21b—Keraun,
3 yrs, 7st 21b—Julia, 5 yrs, ist—Kangaroo, 3 yrs, 7st—
Liston, 3 yrs, Est 121b—St. Antonio, 3 yrs, 6st 71b—Pic-
cinino, 4 yrs, 6st 51b—Festus, 3 yrs, 6st 21b—Goose, 3
yrs, Est 21b—Sam Hood, 3 yrs, sst 121 b.

IRELAND.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

THE QUEEN V. MITCHEL.
DUBLIN, MONDAY, MAY B.—This case, specially fixed
for argument, was called on at the sitting of their
Lordships.
The Attorney-General and Messrs. Whiteside, Q.C.,
Henn, Q.C., Baldwin, Q.C. and rerrin, appeared for
the Crown; Sir Colman O'L'oghlen, and Messrs. Holmes
and O'Hagen tor the traverser.
Mr. Mitchell was seated at the side bar.
The case upon the information for publishing the
letter to Lord Clarendon, as "her Majest3's butcher-
general for Ireland," was first proceeded with.
Mr. PERRIN, for the Crown, in support of the de-
murrer, shortly stated the nature of the motion. He
said the Attorney-General had filed an ex officio in-
formation against the traverser, who put in a plea to the
effect, that the court could not take cognisance of that
information, because within the same time an indictment
had been found against him by the grand jury upon
the same charge—upon which indictment he had been
duly arraigned—to which he had pleaded—and which,
after such plea by the traverser, had been abandoned by
the Crown. Among other causes of demurrer, it was
specially demurred, that the plea was bad, on the ground
of uncertainty, as it:did not appear whether it was a plea
in bar or in abatement. He argued that the plea was
bad, even if the indictment was pending, and that if it
were not bad, all objection was removed by the nolle
prosequi.
Sir C. O'LocrILEN, for the traverser, submitted that
upon the record as it stood, there was, in point of fact, a
discontinuance, and that, therefore, the Crown was out
of court and must commence proceedings de novo.
Mr. IloLmEs followed on the same side.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in reply, contended that
in point of form the demurrer was correct, and was in
abatement, and not in bar.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—Let the arguments in the second
case against the traverser be gone into.
This was the information against Mr. Mitchell for his
article headed " Striking terror."
Mr. John O'llagan opened the argument in this pro-
seceenut on, and Mr. Perrin and Sir C. O'Lughlen having
b heard,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied, and submitted that
according to practice, the Court was bound to give
judgment for the Crown. He argued at great length
against the cases cited in support of the alleged disconti-
nuance, and contended that the entering of the nolle
prosequi before tho filing of the ex officio information
was sufficient to warrant the course taken by the Crown.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—The Court will givejudgment on
Wednesday.

We have great pleasure in being able to state on
authority, that his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury
will consecrate the chapel of St. Augustine's College,
the new training place of our colonial missionaries, on
Saint Peter's Day (Juno 29), It deserves to be re-
marked, that this institution is founded on the very site
of that abbey from which the first missionaries went
forth to Christianize the heathen inhabitants of our na-
tive land.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTENDAY.
THE SUFFOLK STAKES.
5 to 4 agst Mr. Verity's Walmgate-bar-without—t
4 to I offered agst Swordplayer, and 5 to 1 agst any
other. A small field expected ; and Walmgate bar-
without, from the eagerness to " get on," a " certainty."
DERBY.
7to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack—taken
7to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glendower—take
15 to 2 agst Mr. Mostyn's Loadstone—taken freely
10 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Swiss Boy—taken
13 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice
18 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Slaylock—taken
18 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Eagle's Plume
20 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Besborough
20 to 1 agst Mr. J. B. Day's Nil Desperandum—t
25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's The Stinger
30 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Sponge
33 to 1 agst I.lr. Lillie's Great Western
40 to 1 agst Mr. Sandford's The Sheriff—taken
40 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's The Fiddler—taken
10,000 to 150 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Fugleman—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Lowther's Glutton—taken
Of the four leading favourites, Springy Jack and
Loadstone had the strongest parties, and were backed
for the most money, " elastic John" (as Mr. Bowes's
Springy Jack is familiarly termed) having the call at the
break-up. Swiss Boy was backed for 6001. in one bet,
at 10 to 1, and for 1,2001. or 1,4001, more at the same
figure—the takers willing to go on; 10, 13, and 15 to 1
laid agst Surplice; 14, 15, and 16 to 1 laid at the West-
end, on Saturday, to a considerable amount. Except as
regards the horses specified, the betting was dull, and
without much effect on the prices.
OAKS.
9 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Do-it•again—taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. Foljambe's Queen of the May—tkn
NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING.
NEWMARKET, MONDAY BIGHT.
The following are the present engagements for the
ensuing meeting, including the entries for those stakes
which closed this evening:—
(*Now at Newmarket.)
TUESDAY.
501.; for three yrs old, 6st 21b; four, Bst; five, Bst 71b;
six and aged, Bst 121 b. T.M.M. Winner to be sold
for 2001., &c.
No go, 6 yrs—Franconi, 3 yrs—Cipher, 3 yrs—Fis-
tiana, 4 yrs—Hecuba, 3 yrs—Dacia, 3 yrs.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs
old, &c. T.Y.C.
Sam Hood, 3 yrs—Cantley, 5 yrs—Keraun, 3 yrs—
Julia, 5 yrs—Liston, 3 yrs, St. Antonia, 3 yrs—Festus,
3 yrs—lsis, 4 yrs—Circassian Maid, 4 yrs—Piccinino, 4
yrs—Bowstring, 4 yrs—Carissima, 6 yrs—Prioress, 4
yrs—Goose, 3 yrs—Kangaroo, 3 yrs.
501.; for three yrs old, colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b.
R. M.
Remembrance, Telegraph, Minto, Sesostris, Sir Oliver,
St. Ann, Swordplayer, Tippet, Glutton, Athelstane.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs old, 7st 41b
and four, Bst 7ib. The winner to be sold for 60!
T.Y.C.—Did not fill.
Match, 100, h ft. First half of Ab.M.
*Duke of Bedford's Retail, 8A 41b, agst *Lord C
den's Cashier, Bst.

SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.
The public opening of the line from Totnes to Laira,
211 miles, took place on Friday. Mr. Gill, the chair-
man, and several of the Plymouth directors, with about
200 of their friends, left that place in a private train at
eight o'clock in the morning, and in 41 minutes reached
Totnes, where they waited the arrival of the directors
residing in London, Bristol, and Exeter. The weather
was extremely auspicious throughout the day. After
breakfast at the Seven Stars and Seymour's Hotels, the
company assembled at the Totnes station. Among those
present were—Sir Thomas Fellowes. Sir Anthony Buller,
Colonel Harris, Mr. T. Woolcombe, Mr. Brown, Mr. R.
Cole, Mr. Derry, Mr. C. C. Whiteford, Mr. W. Carr,
the Mayors of Plymouth, Devonport, and Totnes
Messrs. Rundle and Gribbh., of Tavistock; Archdeacon
lfroude; the Rev. John Hatchard, of Plymouth ; Mr.
Gibbs and Mr. Fripp, of Bristol; Mr. Sillifant, the High
Sheriff of the county ; Mr. Brunel, Mr, Sanauda, Mr.
Hemmett, &c., and a great number of ladies. To ac-
commodate those assembled about nine carriages were
provided, and these being attached to the Cancer engine,
under charge of Mr. Rea, of the South Devon Railway,
and the Pisces, worked by ;Mr. Gouch, of the Great
Western Railway, left the Totnes station at 10.38 A.M.
From the high land of Dartmoor, in the centre of South
Devon, to the sea-side, the country is traversed with
ridges of hills, which gradually diminish as they ap-
proach the water's edge. Between these hills are several
deep vales which originate the rivers Erme, Teign,
Dart, Plym, &c. To cut through the
high land and
cross these vales with a railroad is a formidable work
for any engineer; all present in the train on Friday ap-
peared to be perfectly satisfied with the great talent and
ingenuity displayed by Mr. Brunel in overcoming the
natural difficulties of the undertaking. Shortly after
leaving Totnes, the road enters the Marley tunnel, about
800 yards in length, cut through the grounds. of Lady
Carew. It then trends towards the north, and at Brent
is within half a mile of Dartmisor. Between Brent and
Glase is the station of Wrangerton, selected for the
convenient approach of the projected branch from Kings-
bridge. By curved viaducts more than 100 feet high,
and formed of heavy balks of timber laid across
massive moorstone piers, the road crosses the valleys of
Glase, Ivybridge, Blatchford, and Slade. From these
portions of the line, looking down the vales
towards the sea, the country presents a most de-
lightful appearance, and all sense of the supposed danger
on the viaducts is lost in admiration of the picturesque
scenery. After passing Ivybridge the village of Cole-
brook and Underwood are approached, and thence the
road falls into the lower roads of Saltram, the seat of
the Earl of Morley. Crossing the upper stream of the
Lairs, the line approaches the western coast, and then,
skirting the land under Crabtree, it winds through the
waters of the Laira, and passes under the embankment
which prokcts the turnpike-road from the encroachments
of the sea; it then debouches into the new station con-
structed in front of the Laira cottages. Here the train
arrived at 23 minutes past eleven A.M., having run from
Totnes in forty-five minutes. The train was greeted on
its nearing Crabtree and Lairs by thousands of the in-
habitant.; of Plymouth, Devanport, and the vicinity, a
large majority of whom had ne,cr before seen a railway
train in motion. This concoul se of persons were not
only pleased with the novelty, but highly gratified at the
prospect of the benefits to be derived from having at
length obtained the advantage of direct railroad com-
munication with the nie:ropulis and the manufacturing
districts.

OMNIBUS STATISTICS OF OXFORD-STREET.—During
a discussion on Saturday in the Marylebone Vestry,
respecting the cost of keeping Oxford-street in ref air,
Mr. Jacob Bell stated he had made inquiries at the
Public Carriage Tax-office, and found that the omni-
buses passing through Oxtord•street had increased 121
per cent. in ten years. They averaged one hundred per
hour.
INCOME- TAX RETURNS SOLD 98 WASTE PAPER.—
A weekly contemporary states, that a few days since,
W. Callcutt, a butcher, residing at King's-cross, pur-
chased a quantity of waste paper, and upon making an
examination of it, he discovered that nearly the whole
of the income-tax papers which had been returned by
the inhabitants of St. Mary's, Islington, and St. Luke
were among the purchase. As soon as Mr. Callcutt
discovered this disgraceful violation of duty on the part
of those whose care should be to keep inviolably secret
the private affairs of tax-payers to the income-tax, lie
put aside the documents,. which he still retains in his
possession. It has been suggested that a committee
should 14 forthwith formed to represent the master to
the Government, and demand a searching iutliry into
the whole of the circumstances, with a view of ifinniting
the guilty parties who have so betrayed a public ust
and infringed the statute. It should also be stated, that
in addition to the filled-in notice papers are the Com-
missioners' assessments and notes of appeal.
SALE OF THE LATE SIR ROBERT GORDON'S PIC-
TURES.—The sale of the Italian pictures collected by the
late Sir Robert Gordon, G.C.8., late ambassador at the
court of Vienna, took place on Saturday, by Messrs.
Christie and Manson. With one or two exceptions, the
pictures were copies.: The exceptions were a little
picture, by Moretto, formerly in the Lampeira Palace,
of the "Marriage of St. Catherine," which sold for
95 guineas ; and the "Portrait of Cardinal Lorenzo
Pucci," by Raffaelle. This picture, formerly in the
Rossi collection at Bologna, represents the cardinal in a
black and white dress in a sitting position, holding a
letter in his hand. It is stated by Passavant to be an
undoubted work of Raffaelle. Mr. Christie (the
auctioneer) stated that the late possessor gave
1,500 guineas for it ; and during his lifetime had refused
most tempting offers. He would put it in at 1,0001., and
if there was no advance beyond that sum, he must
withdraw it. There WAS but one offer beyond that
sum, viz., 1,000 guineas ; at which price it was knocked
down. The purchaser being Mr. Reinagle, the artist.
ORDNANCE SURVEY OF THE METROPOLIS.—Yea-
terday a company of the Royal
Sappers and Miners were
employed at the summit of St. Paul's Cathedral, erecting
a temporary observatory immediately beneath the ball
and cross, fur the purposes of the Ordnance surrey of the
metropolis. The dexterity with which the men pursued
their operations at this dizzy height, their only support
the architectural ornaments of the building, excited con-
siderable curiosity.
THE COMMERCIAL DOCKS.. ..The revenue autho-
rities have granted permission for the principal officer of
the Customs department at the Commercial Docks to be
invested with the discretionary power of permitting the
landing and examination of surplus stores, and trifling
articles of merchandise or personal effects, from vessels
arriving at those docks from foreign parts to discharge
their general cargoes of e ood or other goods, without
special permission being obtained in each instance of the
indulgence being required. The Commercial Docks con-
tain a spacious warehouse appropriated for the deposit
of the baggage and private effects of ships' officers and
passengers, under the locks of the Crown, and competent
officers of the revenue are on duty at that mercantile es-
tablishment.

SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION 01' THE RELIGIOUS,
MORAL, AND INTELLECTUAL IMPROVEMENT OF MEN
EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTORIES.--A meeting of the
Lamheth auxiliary of this society was held last night at
the York-road Chapel, Westminster-road. The chair
was taken by Lord Robert Grosvenor,
M.P., and on
the platform were Viscount Ebrington,M.P., Joshua Field, Esq. (president of the society), the Rev. T.
Worthington, the Rev. J. Branch, the Rev. Watts,
Mr. Austen, &c. &c. The Noble Chairman said,
the class of working men which the society sought
to instruct and improve was not the poverty. stricken
class: it consisted of men earning their 205., 505., and
60s. a week, each bolding his separate tenement. It
was to guide the working men through the perilous
period 01 their adolescence, youth, and manhood, that
the society had been formed.—(Cheers.) The society
endeavoured to reach the thoughtless portion of them
by means of their more serious companions, and its
efforts had already prospered. I like very much
(continued his Lordship) to find myself with the working
classes.—(Cheers.) The shyness
which has hitherto
existed between the aristocracy and them must be got
over—we must mix more together' for it is only by
knowing each other's wants and wishes that we can put
down these terrible misapprehensions which have
lately
done so much harm.—(llear, bear.) I believe that
happier days are dawning; we have only to try to go
.
forward, and we shall arrive at that delightful consumma-

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one was the only auxiliary. At present there are seven
auxiliaries, with 240 members, 2,640 volumes of books,
50 lectures by clergymen and gentlemen of talent have
been delivered during the season. and many pleasing
instances of reformation have been brought about by the
distribution of tracts. 'S'it-count Ebrington moved that
the report be printed and circulated. The Rev. T.
Worthington, the Rev. J. Branch, and other clergymen
and gentlemen afterwards addressed the meeting, and
resolutions in support of the society were unanimously
adopted.

HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL.--A meeting of the joint
committees of the House-owners, Guardian, and
.Builders' Society was held at the Brunswick Hotel, on
Saturday night, for the purpose of consulting on the
propriety of strenuously opposing of Lord Morpeth's
Health of Towns Bill, now before the Committee of
the House of Commons. It was resolved that Council-
lor W althew, chairman of the House-owners' Society,
and Councillor Thompson, on behalf of the Builders'
Society, should immediately proceed to London as a de-
putation, to oppose the Bill coming into operation in
Liverpool, and thus to strengthen the hands of the town
council and deputations from other towns in the king-
dom.—Liverpool Albion.
Her Grace the Duchess of Marlborough Was safely
delivered of a daughter, at Blenheim Palace, on Saturday
last, the 6th inst.
TnE.,—,GLAsoow RIOTS.—At the GlaTow Circuit
Court on Saturday, several persons who had been con-
victed of leading or taking part in the late riots in that
town, were sentenced to various periods of transporta-
tion or imprisonment. John Crosson was_ sentenced to
be transported for eighteen years; Peter Keenan, James
Campbell, John Gallagher, and John Lafferty, each to
be transported for ten years ; half-a-dozen other pri-
eacsoners were sentenced to be imprisoned for two years
h ; and upon several others the sentence of the court
has not yet been passed.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-
ofilcv) for the Governor of Ceylon.