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then muster ; the effort, however, was a vain one;
in a house consisting of 292 members, Mi.
Spooner's motion was carried by 159 against 133
votes; the majority being 26.

This defeat astonished—the Government and its
adherents, and Mr. Hutchins, the hou. member for
Lytnington, au appropriate representative of the
party, with that zeal which recent perversion mani.
fects, immediately after the house resolved itself
into committee moved that the chairman do report
progress. This not very decent attempt to compel
the house in committee to stultify its resolution
affirmed but a few minutes previously, received
the concurrence of the Protestant Premier, who
tried hard by one of his usual efforts'to cover de-
feat by effrontery and, whilst advocating the mo-
tion for reporting progress, jauntily endeavoured
to make a joke of the whole proceeding, and ex-
pressed his hope that this would he the only pro-
gress the question would make. The house indig-
nantly confirmed its previous decision by a majority
of 151 to 132 votes.

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At these words the turbulent assembly bellowed
and roared afresh, like sinners under the pangs of
awakening conscience. Mr. Bennoch, however,
proceeded darkly to shadow out an analogy be.
tween the aspect of the conclave then before him
and of a meeting which had been lately held by a
certain class in Whitechapei in defence of a pecu-
liar ins itution. The assembly alluded to is, we
fear, generally known as " the thieves' indignation
meeting." Mr. Bennoch's pleasantry was not
favourably received by his hearers ; and at thiS
point of the report we take our leave of the Com-
mon-hall, and leave the orator to settle conclusions
with the Liverymen. All persons who wish well
to the cads-6—dr Corporation Reform will be on
the side of Mr. Lawrence, and against the Govern-
ment bill. This certainly is the last compromise
which will ever be offered to the City. If it
be rejected through the influence of -'the civic
magnates, we may look forward with confidence to
a far bolder and more sweeping measure, which
will give greater satisfaction to the community at
large than the present half-and-half propositions
of the Government. We deny not for a moment,
that in the historic period of our annals the city of
London did good service to the cause of liberty,
and that the citizens of London in times long since
gone plat proved themselves worthy of their local
opportunities. The . great error in their present
argument is that they deny London. London is
not the trumpery city of three centuries back--
g. -tough, no doubt, in its day—but the capital
of the world. These wise Liverymen, however;
will have it that their parish, their Mansion-house,
their Aldgate-pump, their Bow steeple are the be-
all and end-all of London, with its 2,500,000 in-
habitants. It is a mistake of which they must be
convinced.
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Did this satisfy the beaten party ° NTo.
were blinded by their defeat ; and although Mr.
James Macgregor protested against the tone of
levity adopted by the First Minister of the Crown
in his attempt to make a farce of the decisions of
the house on such a question, a third division was
taken upon the motion for leave to bring in a bill
founded on the resolution. The Government
whips exerted themselves with a vigour success of
their cause—the number of members was increased ;
but their most factious opposition was again com-
pletely defeated in a house of 302 members—the
majority in favour of Mr. Spooner's bill being 16.
These results speak for themselves, and will, we
doubt not, be thoroughly appreciated by our
readers, more e,pecially when they are aware that
this is the fourth defeat the Palmerston Govern-
ment has sustained within tke last few days. On
Monday, the 7th inst., they were beaten on the
Scotch militia question ; on the 10th instant they
were defeated on the Shipping Dues Bill ; on Fri-
day night they were worsted on the Education
resolutions ; and last night, after a vigorous and
desperate, because factious, struggle, they were
beaten by Mr. Spooner ,in three successive divi-
sions.

Will a junction with Sir J. Graham, Mr. Her-
bert, and Mr. Gladstone save them 'I It may be
tried ; but we believe that stuh a coalition could
not hang together for a fortnight.

(From the Morning Herald of this day.)
We yesterday pointed out to our realers some
of the facilities " made and provided" by the neko-
tia.ters iu conference assembled, whereby Russia
might be enabled to replace at Nicolaieff the fleet
of heavy first-rates now perishing under the teeth
of the teredo navalis, at the bottom of the harbour
of Sebastopol, by a steam armament, more in uni-
son with the progress of modern science, and more
appropriate to the future exigencies of her domi-
nation in the Black Sea. Moving a little round
the coast we come to another harbour and fort,
the arrangements connected with which appear to
us to be left in a state of, to Russia, most useful
uncertainty. We allude, of course, to Anapa ;
and although what we are about to say we have
often said before, we shall not hesitate to repeat it.
Anapa must be considered the most important
point in the whole of the Euxine to be kept free
fro►u Russian authority. Not only does it occupy
and control, in conjunction with Yenikale, the en-
trance to the Sea of Azotr, but it is practically the
key, not only of the Circassian country, but abso-
lutely that of the whole district to the south of the
Caucasus—Georgia, Itneritia, Mingrelia, Svc. By
means of the possession of this town and the Cri-
mea, the troops of the Czar are comparatively
easily transported from southern Russia to the en-
trance of the great pass of the Viadi Caucass—the
only practicable route from the Terek and Kuban
to the Kur and the Arras.

Sporting Intelligence.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.

This road once blocked up, the only routes left
open for access to the Transcaucasian provinces aro
tl►e dreary passage across the desert steppes between
the Don and the \Volga, or the vastly circuitous
voyage down the latter river and by the Caspian
Sea to Mrbend and Baku—an addition of upwards
of five or six hundred miles to a journey already
toilsome and difficult in the extreme.

THE SUBSCRIPTION Rows, MONDAY NlGHT.—Little
disposition was evinced to resume speculatiiin. Some
interest was excited, however, with respect to the Bur•
well Stakes, owing to the apparent uncertainty which
existed relative to the starting of Cannoble--5 to 4 and
6 to 5 was betted on him, but the layers in each instance
stipulated for a run. 4 to Is:cm taken about Cock of
the North, and 10 to 1 was offered- " bar trio,"
only transaction on the Newmarket Handicap was 6 to
1 to a pony about Fisherman ; 8 to 1 was taken about
Hospitality for the Chester Cup ; 600 to 100 was booked
about Cannobie for the Derby ; 10 to 1 was offered
against Fly-by-Night. Nothing was done on the Two
Thousand.

The folly, or worse, of our conduct to the brave
Sefir Bey and his companions at Anapa, in refusing
to supply them with arms and ammunition, and
contumeliously rejecting the offer of aid made in
the name of 40,000 of the bravest soldiers in the
world, at a period when their assistance might have
made the difference of a compulsory retreat on the
part of the Russians from the north side of Sebas-
topol, has been already commented on, both by our
correspondents and ourselves.
Stilt we should suggest to some member of the
house who really understands the importance of the
subject to ask for such papers as'may exist, in order
to lay bare the yet concealed wickedness of those
obscure transactions. Our reason, however, for
calling attention to this matter more especially at
the present moment is in order to tryaud elucidate
a point of the most vital importance.
It was stated in the Journal des Debats, some
days ago, that the forts to the south of the Cauca-
sian range were to be destroyed (this must be an
error, for the southern forts are those within the
Russian territory, Akhalgek, &c.), but that those
to the north were to be preserved.
Now, by an arrangement formerly put forward
all the forts on the Black Sea were doomed.

Be it now remarked that Anapa is inc;uded by
position in boi,t agreements. It is a tort on the
north of the range, and as such to he preserved ;
while it is, as a fort on the Black Sea, to be de-
stroyed. We therefore demand a simple au-;wer to
a simple question—ln which geographical denomi-
nation is the important fortress in question to be
considered ? Iu one word, is it to be preserved for
Russian purposes, or abandoned and blown up, to
prevent its being a "permanent menace, to Cir-
cassia ?

(From the Timcs of this day.)
It is certainly not our duty to act as private
advisers to the Corporation of the city of L apion

yet we can scarcely refrain from expressing surprise
at the manner in which the Bill fin the 1-{, form of
the Corporation has been received in the City.
Beyond the charmed limits of the civic boundaries
the present Administration is charged only with
truckling to civic influences, and with sanctioning
a compromise most adverse to the public int( rest .
Loud as the exclamations are, however, ag %lust
the Government bill without the walls on account
of its over-lenity, within the walls the tempest of
opposition rages with still greater fury. Intra
muros bellatar et extra—the public is bought and
sold, and so is the City. The opinions of those
who represent the public have been so long, so
loudly, and so generally expressed, that it would
be idle to refer to them ; but if any of our readers
will be at the pains of turning to a report which
we publish this day they will find that the citizens
are even inure opposed • to 'the measure than the
Londoners. There was a meeting held yesterday
afternoon in the Guildhall to take the measure
into consideration, and first Mr. J. Lawrence
stepped forth to denounce it as "one of the vilest
character." Here was an attempt to establish
centralisation—here was a lifting up of the flood-
gates and a letting in of the waters—hero was an
extinction of local self-government. Was it not
dreadful and heartrending to reflect that the privi-
leges of centuries wore about to be swept away in
such a ruthless manner? Where would it all cud f The
prescient eye of Mr. Lawrence foresaw the timeld
when the whole property of the corporation would
be confiscated, and the citizens be mulcted in a
county-rate of, let us say, 35. in the pound. Dread-
ful indeed—most dreadful ! Nor did the. worthy
speaker rely only upon abstract
.r.easoning. He
called the attention of his fellow-citizens to the at-
tempted tyranny in the Local Shipping Dues Bill.
Let the citizens of London reflect upon the vile
attempt which has recently been made
against the
privileges of their brethren at Liverpool, and they
may have a foretaste of their own impending fate.
The end of all this was a resolution—a fierce reso-
lution indeed. The House of Commons is to be
informed,
ithrough the agency
of Mr. Masterman,
that the Commou hall is iu no humour for trifling.
The livery will not be ignored ; its privileges shall
not be destroyed ; its municipal existence shall not
be extinguished ; the ant ient rights, privileges, and
properties of the Corporation shall not be subverted ;
in a word, the Government bill shall not pass, or,
if it does, the Corporation will know the reason
why.

So far all went well enough. There is nothing
so easy as piping to those who are willing to dance,
but when Mr. Bennoch rose to address the assem-
bly in another sense the Livery showed that it
could hoot as well as cheer. While he enlarged
upon the sins of the Corporation against the Livery
t Lere were hisses and great uproar ; when he spoke
,)f the extravagance in the administration of the.
City funds there were more hisses, and still greater
uproar. " The population of the Cis y," said this
gentleman, "is about 128,009, and the revenue is
about 400,0Q01.,. and. yet 114,0001. is spint ad,
(Confaition ttieir.")
;iiverpoul the popaistioz is 316)0003 admiiiisteripg