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TimwEST of I REL AND LAND INVEST-
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made, and by hich the liability of Shsreholders will be limited
to the amount of their shares.
Objects :—To Purchase Landed Estates in the
West of Ireland,
and develop their agricn'tural and inAustrial resources. To esta-
blish in connexion therewith manufactories of Beet Sugar, Flax,
'.:hicory, &C.
r further ps.rticulars, apply to the Secretary, Captain Hooke,
at the offices of t: e Company, 75, Cornhill. Lmtdon ; or to the Aoli•
Tears, 31,ssrs. Capes and Ai uart, gray's Inn ; and Mr. r;van Hate,
Temple. The prospectus has been withheld until the publication of
a pamphlet by Mr. Digtiy Seym”ur, which appears th:s day, con-
s a I exposition of the views on which the Company rest their
claims to pui.die support.

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T W REF 0 R I\l BIL L.
FIE NE
The public expectation with regard to the proposed new Re-
form Bill is on tiptoe. The Manchester people have begun to move,
and al the Reform Associations are upon the alert. It is agreed on
all hands that any reform that will reduce the burdens of the public
one. half would be acceptable, and the active concoctors of the Bill
are earnestly pressed to follow the example of those veteran reform-
ers, who ar• known to advocate good measures. There have
been
men, confined, perhaps, to one department, who have succeeded in
effvctin„g a reduction to the extent of one-half in an article of uni-
versal use. Messrs. E MOSES and SON are the head idolizers of
the any: they have already saved the public a million theoney in
the article of dress alone, and they have, by increasingr hands
and premises to meet the demand, rend. red the benefit permanent.
When their reform v, as first effected, a man who went to buy a coat
bound he could buy a whole suit, and this reduction was effected by
the employment of a large capitol, by which material could be bought
at the best markets—by emplo ing the hest artists, and by con-
stantly employing on their premises, and under their own superin-
tendence, huedreils of the finest workmen in the puttees Their Win-
ter Stock is now rich in every department, anti ts of a ma-
terial, manufactured expressly for Mes rs E. MO ES and SON, are
worthy the.attention of every.,ody Their rich silk waistcoats, of the
most recherche patterns. i rom Lyons, are unequallcd in richness. In
short, their Winter Stock was never before equalled tor extent, and
while the gentlemen of fashion
can be suited better than at any
other house in London, there is an equally extensive variety of
clothing tor every class of persons.
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E,-. CMGS —A. man named Wain-
wright,aHnOTlNG AT THE ted
Shoot peg 'la
tco am police-
for
trial at the next Y, k A
remarkable circumstances. The officer, in
officer, under d
a warebousema,nr. a.tssßizrotofrodr,
" Murder," and saw the
house, heard a woman screa
en.
Shortly afterwards the .
shadow of a men loadin and
said,
" Stand out of the way,
going his rounds on Tue.- aymnigohutt, when near the prisoner's
prisoner came to the door,
and only part of the shot
him. Tis officer crouched
down.
isoner fired the gun he was
entered his bat. When the rr .
after discharging the
or I'll blow your brains, out, and immediately fired a gun at
an immediately
The po tcem
gun he went into the house.
t Burniston went up to his
ten or twelve yards from the officer , i.
called for assistance, and sergeant
into his bedroom, and fired
aid. The prisoner then went up
arden. Ile again loaded
brains out if they came near his
g hem; but they evaded
his gun, and fired a third time at t risoner then
again at the policemen, swearingthat he would blow their
wall. The p .
the shot by crouching under the
came out of the house, and commenced nclot done right, and
man who stood by, who told bin be had
d have a round with
that if he would fire his gun off he would
un into the air,
him. The prisoner immediately fired the g _ .
and It was not
. um:rolling with a
and made his escape again into the house,
k open the door.
apprehend him, and then they had to brea
n hid be.
until seven o'clock in the morning that the policemen could
When they got into the house they found the gu
some
tween a mattress and a bed, and the powderflask and
shot on the table.
Oct.
ARSENIC EATERS —A letter dated 'Vienna,
15, contains the following singular statement:--" APr
ing case at Cilli has procured the publication of some
inter-
- tria
eating facts respecting the arsenic eaters of Lower Ans a
and Styria. In both these provinces it appears to be
common custom among the peasantry to consume every
morning a small portion of the deadly poison, in the same
manner as the eastern world consumes opium. Dr Tschudt,
the
.well-known traveller, publishes an account of several
cases which have come to his knowledge. The habit does
not seem to be so pernicious in its results as that of opium
eating. It is c. mmenced by taking a very small dose, say
; somewhat less than half a grain, every morning, which is
r gradually increased to two or three grains. The case of a
. hale old farmer is mentioned, whose morning whet of arsenic
reached the incredible quantity of four grains. The effect
it produces is very curious. The arsenic eaters grow fat and
, ruddy, so much so that the practice is adopted by lovrs of
both sexes in order to please their sweethearts. It relieeved
the lungs and head very much also when mounting steep
' bits and entering into 1% more raritled atmosphere."

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
CHRONICLE —On Saturday last we offered some
comments on those sections of Lord Brougham's Act
to Amend the Law of Evidence, which govern the
admissibility as witnesses of parties to suits, and we
pointed out some curious and interesting results of
the new law, which had probably escaped notice in
some quarters. Had our limits permitted, we might
have dwelt at far greater length on the benefits
which will accrue to the public from the passing of
!his Act, and we might have shown that, greatly as,
the cause of truth and justice will he advanced by
ie both ip the Common Law Courts, the Courts of
Equity, and the Ecclesiastical Courts, the suitors of
the High Court of Admiralty will be, at least as much
a 4 any other litigants, indebted to Lord Brougham
for the ability, energy, and zeta which he dis-
played in promoting and carrying the measure. In-
deed, it would be difficult to discover any class of
causes, in which the examination of the parties
would he liksly to produce more advantageous
effects, than those suits which are, instituted in the
Court of Admiralty for determining questions of
salvage, subtraction of wages, derelict, bottotnry,
and collision. In such causes it almost invariably
'happens that the parties th-rnselves are better ace
quainted with the real facts in dispute than any
other persons can possiby be; and we rejoice to
think that a law, which enables them to make their
own statements on oath, should, at the outset, be
administered by a judge of such known liberality
of 4entiehee and-Pril9t4caLACtsteasess Dr. Lash.io
ton.- It 'would also be a most interesting subject of
inquiry, to consider the probable effect of the Act in
checking election bribery ' • and it would be no diffi-
cult task to show, that a law which authorizes both
the petitioner and the sitting Member to examine
each other before an Election Committee, cannot fail
to excite, in all candidates for a seat in Parliament, a
wholesome dread of being mixed up with those cor-
rupt and detestable practices, which are now in
'the course of illustration bef ire the Commissioners at
St. Alban'e. For the present, however, we turn aside
from this seductive view of the operation of the Act,
as we are anxious to draw attention to one particular
clause, which, during the next four days, may exer-
cise a material influence over causes tried at the last
Summer Assizes. We allude to the 20th section,
which enacts that the statute shall come into opera-
tion on the first day of the present month, and which
was substituted by the House of Commons for a
clause which provided that the Act should not
apply to any proceedings commenced before the
date of its passing. The effect of this alte-
ration is somewhat remarkable. In the first place,
as the Act contains no words with limit its opera-
tion to suits begun after the 31st of Dctober, it of
course extends indiscriminately to all legal pro-
ceedings which are at this moment pending ;nd the
consequence is that, before the close of the present
week, ample opportunity will have been afforded by
the Nisi Prius sittings at Westminster of practically
testing its merits. In the next place, it will exert no
trifling influence over the motions for new trials,
which, during the first four days of Term, will be
made in our Common Law Courts; for it will obvi-
ously be incumbent on dissatisfied suitors, before they
apply to the judges for relief, to consider calmly
what would be the effect of a second investigation
before a jury, at which the testimony of their oppo-
nents, as well as their own evidence, might be heard.
In some cases, no doubt, common prudence will sug-
gest the propriety of quietly acquiescing in a verdict,
which, however erroneously pronounced in regard
to the imperfect evidence on which it was founded,
would inevitably prove to have been correct in sub•
stance, when the parties themselves were examined
on the new trial. In other cases, it will become a
matter of most vital importance for a party to gain
the privilege of submitting his cause to a second jury,
since facts which, under the old law, could n6t by
possibility have been ascertained with precision,
may now, by the statements of one or both of the
litigants, be made as clear as the sun. And here we
may refer to a point which the judges will probably
b' forthwith called upon to decide. At present, new
trials are granted when either the judge has miss
dirt cted the jury in point of law, or when material
evidence has been improperly admitted or rejected,
or when the verdict has been palpably given against
the evidence, or when some gross irregularity has
occurred in the proceedinga,—or thealosiug party has
been taken by surprise, or when some material evi-
dence has been discovered since the trial. Now,
where any one of these grounds for the interference
of the court exists, the only effect of the new law of
evidence, so far as resp-cts the judges, will be, that
they will naturally feel inclined, in a doubtful case,
to permit a new trial, when, in addition to the ground
on which their intervention is prayed, the applicant
is in a position to show that his own evidence, or the
evidence of his opponent, is calculated to throw
important light upon the matter in dispute. But
the question is whether, under the peculiar circum-
stances connected with this law, the judges will not
go one step further, and authorise a second investi-
gation of the facts—though none of the usual ob-
jections to the former trial be urged—provided
the losing party be ready to pay the cost hitherto
incurred, and can convince theirs that, by the aid of
the new Act, be could disprove the case on which
his opponent's success was founded. We have
seen that the Courts will grant a new trial, where
they are satisfied that material evidence has been dis-
covered by the losing party since the cause was first
heard; and although the case just put does not fall
within this rule, it certainly bears some analogy to it.
In both cases it must be assumed that substantial in-
justice has been done. In the one, becaule, from ac-
cliental causraes,l circumstances w the evidence whicas h
not forthcoming would have este,-
;
blished the e
in the other, because by a law whichorth iscoming, now repcould
ealed
as unjust, that evidence, though f
not at the time of the former trial be used. We offer
no opinion respecting the merits of this argument,
but we draw attention to it as one which can scarcely
fail to be urged. Another startling effect will be
produced by the alteration of the 20th section, which,
as we have before observed, was made by the House
of Commons. Lord Denman'a great Act to improve
the Law of Evidence, which passed in 1843, and
which—excluding from its operation parties to the
suitsrecord,
were a
brought
ron anti pers t o r odne
fevan'
(hi
eo hose immediate._ie
ndered
a l
other
interested witnesses competent to testify,
contains a
clause which formed in fact the precedent for
the one originally introduced into Lord Brougham's
Act, and which provides that the measure shall not
affect any legal proceedings commenced before it re-
ceived the Royal assent. But Lord Brougham's Act,
on the contrary, now applies, as we have seen, to all
suits, no mutter when commenced ; and, conse-
quently, the combined result of the two
ch Acts
inswilltitu b
tee,
that in every legal proceeding whi was d
before the 22d of August, 1843, and which is still
nding, the parties themselves, a d
ehvide
n te persons ilia
medietely interested, may give theirevidence under
Lord Brougham's Act, but witnesses who have only
an ordinary interest in the cause cannot testify under
Lord Denman 's Act. It is true that this variance
between the two measures will have no effect at
common law, since no actions are now undecided
which were brought prior to 1843; but in the Court
of Chancery, where proceedings unite the longevity
of the parrot with the vitality of the polypunever
dying of old age, and resisting all efferts to kill them
—there are, we are grieved to say, very many suits in
which the anomalous state of the law, as just pointed
out, may be pactically displayed.
HERALD.—As our legal readers are aware, this
is the first day of Michaelmas Term, when the legal
business of the country re-commences after the long
vacation, and probably no occasion could be more
fitting to draw public attention to the condition of
both branches of the profession, and more especially
to the condition and prospects of the bar of England,
If a judge, a Queen's counsel, a barrister, or an at-
torney, gathered to his fathers a quarter of a century,
4
or even ten or twelve years ago, were to rise this
morning from among the dead, the individual entity
i n
profession question
and
which
in
18 he
to the state of things now actually existing in that
lhardespleefettisvoel isT
flourishing a
supposingin lB 26,
in
that great ornament of the legal forum who has de-
parted scarcely more than six years from among us
_supposing the late Sir William Follett to revisit
Westminster Hall this instant Monday morning, the
31 of November, we doubt whether he would redit
the amazing changes that have taken place since he
was called away in the, full vigour of his prime
from a scene of which he was one of the brightest
ornaments. The great advocate and lawyer would
find the judges of the land, as, in 1845 and
1846, distinguished by •an integrity, a learaing,
and assiduity above all parse—he would find the prin-
cipal members of the bar distinguished by as much
eaal, energy, ability, and ingenuity as in the days of
his own most successful forensic contests—he would
find the attorneys as astute, as eaer, and as active as
in his own busy day ; but he would also discover a
most lamentable lack of causes—a greatly diminished
and a still diminishing business. Without going
precisely the length of Lord Denman, who maintained
in his letter to Lord Brougham " that the present
state of things threatens the annihilation of the bar
as a class in society, it may, nevertheless, be safely
averred that the state of business in the superior

courts affords grounds of anxiety to a large body of
influential and educated gentlemen. Without assert-
ing with the late revered Chief Justice, that for the
most part the most eminent men in the profession sit
idle in court, or that the juniors are losing all hopes
of succeeding in the world as barristers, we think it
will be allowed that the state of Westminster Hall and
the circuits of her Majesty's judges all over the king-
dom strangely and disadvantageously contrast
with--to use the language of Lord Denman—the
rsdurplant stream of business that flows into
the county courts. We are not now contend-
ing that judges, high legal functionaries, and
barristers are not in some degree 'to blame for this.
Undoubtedly they are. For twenty-five years the lay
public has been hungering and thirsting for a large law
reform, and for a liberal instead of a narrow construc-
tion of the rules of pleading ; and yet, with few, but
most creditable exceptions, the great tnass of legal
functionaries and practitioners have opposed them-
selves to all change, or have advocated only such small
and insignificant reforms, that a feeling of alienation
and distrust, if not indeed of disgust, has arisen against
the profession, which it is found difficult to conquer or
to overcome. We do not say that this feeling, which
has somewhat suddenly sprung up, is perfectly just or
fair do the part'of the lay public. Unquestionably it
is neither just nor fair to the extent which iG has
lately grown, but the only way now to combat it is
by the establishment of a rational and itifelligible
procedure in the superior courts—bttehe abolition
of ficsicieus verbiage and- .aa„•• •e • • B—aud
by 'rendering 'Weettribi'-' 1.?"" • `-"="1"' • des -of
her :Majesty's superior courts "subsidiary to the
attainment of a Justice as prompt, as inexpensive,
and as untechnical as the nature of human affairs
will admit. We are of the number of those who look
upon a body of men of the attainments, learning, and
station of her M tjesty'e judges of the superior courts
as a necessity of a civilised state—who regard an
educated and incorruptible bar as one of the bulwarks
of liberty, and as indispensable complement of jus-
tice and of order—who look upon the profession of
attorney and solicitor as one of trust and intelligence,
difficult, if not impossible, to be dispensed with in a
commercial and civilized country, but we are con-
vinced that these three valuable (gluts of men—the
judges, the bar, and the attorneys—can only hence-
forth be made most usefully to work in harmony for
the public good by large reforms in the principles and
rules of pleading, by large reforms in the practice of
the courts of common law, by the sweeping away of
all fictions—sad by rendering her Majesty's superior
courts more in harmony with the exigencies of the time
in which we live. The institution and successful work-
ing of the county courts have given an impetus tolaw re-
form, with which it is no longer safe to trifle or to daily,
and the bar now perceive that their own interests are
identified with the progress of rational change. Had
we a Chancellor or a Ministry who comprehended the
eager cravings of the public in reference to law re-
form, all interests might be conciliated, and the bar
and the attorneys might be brought into harmony
each in his proper and peculiar sphere. But, with
Lord John Russell as Premier, and Lord Truro as
Chancellor, it is vain to hope that this desirable con-
summation can be effected. We must, therefore, look
to the good sense and good feeling of both branches
of the profession to consider and adjust their con-
flicting claims in reference to the county courts.
If the inns of court were what they ought to be, or
what they profess to be—we might indulge the hope
that a committee of benchers would come to some
regulation with the Law Society in reference to
the question mooted at the Freemasons' Tavern,
in a meeting of attorneys held there on the 20th of
last month, but under existing and actual circum-
stances we can only hope that a committee of
barristers chosen from each circuit, with plenary
powers, may confer with a committee of the Law So-
ciety. in Chancery-lane, touching the points of differ-
ence between the professions. Barrister and attorney
have hitherto bad but a common interest, and we are
willing to hope that even in reference to the county
courts, by explanation and arrangement the good un-
derstanding between the superior and the subordinate
branch of the profession may be renewed. With re-
ference to the superior courts, we repeat our belief
that nothing can be satisfactory to the public and the
suitors, or conducive to the honour or the interest of
the bar and the attorneys, but large reforms and an in-
telligible course of procedurp Unless the technical,
vicious, and artificial system of pleading be speedily
abolished—unless fees be greatly reduced—and
justice be administered, not narrowly and sophis-
tically, but lib Tally and largely—there may be reason
t 4 apprehend that the fears of the Law Review and
Law Magazine as to the annihilation of the class from
whom alone judges can be supplied may not be so
wholly visionary as some people imagine.
DAILY NEWS —The honour done by the Cor-
poration of the city of London to Kossuth, and the
reflection on it of the very just and proper eulogium
he paid to municipal institutions as the basis of civil
liberty, must not prevent us from examining into the
internal affairs of that Corporation when light is
opened upon them by its msmhers ; and atter the
reception of that illustrious man on Thursday, in a
manner worthy of the old glories'of the city of Lon-
don, considerable light was certainly thrown on the
duties levied by the Corporation on coals. Those
duties are to the inhabitants of London, and of a cir •
cult of twenty miles round, numbering .probably
nearer four than three millions of people, an octroi
duty ; and against them as such all the populur objec•
tions are valid which annually, our continental
travellers on their return, urge against similar iem-
posts in the great tovVhs of Europe. These w
are not, however, going to repeat; it is unnecessary
to do so ; they are well known and unanswerable.
The continental octroi duties are, however, gene-
rally impartially levied, and impartially applied;
they are bad taxes, usually well spent. Paris, for
example, has a very fair show, externally, to make for
the amount kyle], at its gates. But in London we
have impartiality of levy with, as is generally sup-
posed, partiality of expenditure. These duties are
levied on all the coal we Londoners consume by a
corporation which has jurisdiction only over on© fif-
teenth part of this metropolis ; and they are chiefly, it
is said, laid out in improvements in that portion only
which it represents and governs. And so far as this
is the case, our London octroi on coals wants the im-
partiality in its outlay of the Paris octroi. No doubt,
it may be replied, that all London has interest direct
and immediate in some, if not in most,
of the great
works for which a duty was imposed on the coals it
consumes; and so it has. We are all concerned in
the bridges ; we are all interested in having good
streets to get at and across them. And so deep and
great is our interest in these improvements, that we
cannot see why a fifteenth of the metropolis should
have the direction and superintendence of what
concerns the whole metropolis. We say that, if
our coals are to be taxed for local purposes,
let the whole of London have some share in
and power over the expenditure of a tax paid by
all. And we further say that if coal be not a proper
subject for such taxation, the very best way of getting
rid of the impost is to give those who object to its
prolongation
some power over it. These duties on
coals, it may be further answers
d
and appropriated until 1862.
But that has
really clothing to do with the question of their conti-
nuance even until thee, if a better substitute could
be found to meet the repayment of what had been
borrowed on their security, and of the further works
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But when Air. Pekin descended from gross amounts
damaged this general view of
to detail, he very much t d
City impartiality ; for amongs nal.xe un. prove-
ments, he placed, fur instance.
, B,ackfriars-bridge for
230,000 l ; that bridge. beicg in the City,
conservancy over a river
of which the corporation possess,
being a bridge it Is liable by law to maintain; and
in every sense popular and legal a city bridge. So
that here again a very, nice scrutiny of the details of
Mr. Dakin's -figures is necessary before we can say
what his larger amounts are really worth. This is
what Mr. Dakin does not seem fully to comprehend.
The most perfect purity and the strictest impartiality

in the outlay of the coal duties will neither reconcile
us to them nor to the continuance of the corporation
of the City in its present restricted form. The tax is
a bad tax; and being bad ought, regardless of its ap-
plication, to be rendered unnecessary; and the cor-
poration of the City, though of course even in its pre-
sent form much preferable to none at all, is so far be-
hind the wants of the metropolis, that it ought to be
greatly improved; not by any means, however, got
rid of. That was a folly we cannot fall in with.
Tne Corporation of London nevertheless, it must
be admitted, unfortunately situated on this question
of municipal institutions for London generally. It
is neither its duty nor its mission to offer to extend
itself And take in other parts of the metropolis; its
obligations are limited to its own circumscribed ter-
ritory, and that territory is becoming less and less a
place of residence. Within those limits it has already
greatly improved, and is still further improving its
organization ; but the community therein is not so
willing to take advantage of as it is to make such im-
provements ; and it is from its wealth an object of
envy and of suspicion. Its wealth, too, is in the way
of is union in a better system for all the metropolis.
Then, again, the inhabitants of the other metropoli-
tan districts are not as yet up to the mark needful
for action in the question; opinion is not yet quite
formed ; it is, however, rapidly growing, and its
rgrowth will be greatly promoted by the eloquent
testimony we have lately listened to with such rap-
tures. When, moreover, public opinion has been fully
formed prejudioes fears, and timidity, sucla as those
expressed,tgen by L6li tT3hn—Russell; ivinlitiPe to
be stormed and carried ; and then a plan will have to
be prepared, discussed, and finally agreed on In all
this there is great and serious work, which it will be
painful and disagreeable to have the existing corpora-
tion of :London opposing; for the accomplishment
will increase and not diminish popular power and
authority. And though we grant that meanwhile
the corporation does well in improving its own in-
terior system, it dot's ill in supposing that any im-
provements will perpetuate that system ; worse in de-
fending a tax which is indefensible on any sound
principle of political economy ; for it represses pro-
duction, is a burden on raw material, is paid by the
poorer classes, and in its outlay is partially expended.

DINNER TO ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES
NAPIER AT FALKIRK.
Oa Friday the inhabitants of Falkirk, out of re-
spect to their townsman, Admiral Sir Charles Na-
pier, invited him to a public dinner, which took place
in the Red Lion Hotel of that town. About 120 of
the most influential inhabitants of the town were pre-
sent ; and the provost of the burgh (Mr. Adams) oc-
cupied the chair, supported by the Earl of Zetland,
Mr. Baird, M.P., Colonel Dundas, &c. The usual
loyal and constitutional toasts having been disposed
of, the chairman in a long speech proposed " The
Health of Admiral Sir Charles Napier," remarking
that the inhabitants of Falkirk were proud indeed to
welcome their distinguished townsman, whose heroic
deeds at Acre, in the Tagus, and other parts of the
world, were matter of history, and whose indepen-
dence while in Parliament was the theme of their
warmest admiration.
Sir CHARLES NAPIER, who was much cheered on
rising to reply, said that it gave him much pleasure
again to revisit his native town. He could not ex-
press in language sufficiently strong his sense of the
kindness he had experienced in being invited to a
public banquet by his fellow-townsmen. The Provost
had been too laviih in his praise, more especially with
respect to his (Sir Charles') exertions at Acre, where
he was not, as the Provost had stated, the commander-
in-chief, and that the merit of that achievement be-
longed to Sir Robert Stopford —(Cries of" No.") The
Provost had truly said that he (Sir Charles) regretted
that, after all the exertions that had been made on
that occasion by the British Government, the indus-
trious people of Lebanon—the only remnant o f
Christianity in the East—had been freed from the
bondage of Mehemet Ali, only to suffer under the
worst yoke of the Turks.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
It was sincerely to be regretted, he maintained, that
the policy of Europe should have left that noble race
under such a tyrannical Government; but so it was.
—(Cheers.) I have good reason (continued the Gal-
lant Admiral) to remember the affairs of Portugal.
I certainly' as the chairman stated, did proceed there,
I will not say unknown to the Government of this
country, but certainly without their permission,
although, no doubt, they were well enough pleased at
it. I was employed at that time in the cause of
liberty in Portugal; and I delight, as I have no
doubt all Englishmen will do, that I was enabled to
lend a helping hand to relieve the people of that
country from the tyranny exercised over them by a
usurper, who had u(urped the throne of a Queen
recognised by the Government and people of this
country.—(Cheers.) I had the honour as well as
the pleasure of upsetting the usurper, and re estab-
lishing the legitimate sovereign.—(Loud cheers.)
Though liberty has been established in that
country, it is greatly to be regretted that the
people of Portugal have not known how to make
the best use of it. It came upon them unawares,
in fact, and perhaps almost too suddenly; for, unfor-
tunately, that country has been, to some extent, in a
state of revolution ever since. It is now, however,
getting into a more tranquil state, and I hope, in time,
that a legitimate and constitutional Government will
be established, not only in Portugal but also in Spain.
—(Cheers.) Having said so much in answer to the
Provost, 1 will now express my great delight in re-
turning to this country to see the numerous improve-
ments that have taken place in almost every part of
it. When I look back to that magnificent city, Edin-
burgh—the capital of Scotland—with its noble towers,
spires, churches, and hospitals—l must say that Ijam
proud of my native country.—(Cheers.) I have only
one regret in looking upon that magnificent city, and
it is this, to see the little attention that is paid to the
Old Town, a part of the Scottish metropolis for which
1 have a particular affection; for it was there that I
lived in my youth, and there I was educated. When
I passed, the other day, up the High-street, I re-
gretted to see so little improvements made in that
noble street, which had the Castle fur its one end and
the Palace for its other. I saw, in fact, some four or
five houses in the direction of the Castle tumbling
down, and I could not help expressing my regret that
no attempt had been made to purchase these houses,
and throw the Castle open up to the High-street.—
(Hear.) I may mention to you that I was not satis-
fied by a mere expression of my regret. I did more,
I wrote to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests
on the subject, recommending them to pay some
little attention to it. Lord Seymour, in answer to
my letter, said the Commissioners were not bound to
expend their funds in improving the town of Edin-
: burgh. This led me to say, that I wished to God
we could get a Scotchman introduced into the Woods
and Forests, because I felt confident, if this were the
case, that he would consider it to be his duty to do
something for the metropolis of his native country.—
(Hear.) London is at present the centre of all the
efforts of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests,
and they have done much to improve it ; but I believe
that, as regards Scotland, there has been almost no-
thing given for its improvement, except the trifle to re-
pair and improve the old Palace of Holyrood.—
(Hear.) Sir Charles then referred to the great im-
provement that had taken place in agriculture in
Scotland since his boyhood. He also adverted to the
improvement apparent in its harbours, such as Leith,
where there was now a pier that stretched into the
centre of the Firth of Forth, and at Glasgow, where
there was now water sufficient at the 13rornielaw-
quay to allow the largest class of ships to come to an
anchor. He then alluded to Aberdeen, where he saw
on the stocks some of the most beautiful ships he ever
witnesses in his life. I feel certain, indeed, he con-
tinued, if the same sort of shipbuilding is followed
in other parts of Scotland as I saw at Aberdeen,
that we shall be able to bid defiance to opposition in
the competition of ships from all parts of the world.—
(Cheers). Looking at these and other improvements,
I feel sure that, notwithstanding the changes that have
taken place in the corn-laws, the industry and enter-
prise of the people of Scotland will enable them to bid
defiance to these and all other laws made for the pro-
motion of the great principles of free-trade.—(Loud
cheers.) I have myself always been a friend of free-
trade, and I am perfectly certain, from what has come
great many under my observation, that the industry and enter-
emelanWaspothinetns
prise of the people of Scotland will enable them, some
ereSair
of these days, to export instead of import.—(Hear,
hear.) The Provost was pleased to say that during
o(uHt :lila:, t
hheeraer .15)
the time I was in Parliament, I had acted an inde-
pendentneed no tptaerl part.—(Hear, —y
in power, and I supported him when he was right and
opposed him when I thought he did wrong; and I
that I totally disapproved of, more especially •
re-
ference to the manner in that service to whichy
Ila
the honour to belong was conducted.
everything that I thought was wrong—everything
that I thought was extravagant in expense,
have
I opposed
.
am sorry to say has been the manner inwhich7hichI
navy has been conducted ever since I
Particularly since the peace millions
been spent every year in building
wards in destroying these ships.
system of naval administration,both
with Tories. That was a system in b the.
fremem remember it.
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ships, and after-
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which, with my voice
I opposed when in
Parliament;
and with my pen as
the
opportunity presented itself, since I have been

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deedsg(Loud cheers.) It was Sheridan, I think, who once
and
I will defy the world."—(Cheers.) I perfectly agree
with him in what be has said ; but woe betide the
man who uses the press to bring such things forward.
(Hear, hear, much laughter, and cheers.) But, ne-
vertheless, I will persevere in an independent man-
ner, supporting a good Government, and opposing a
bad Government; and if I get back to Parliament
again, I shall, whether Whig or Tory be in power,
pursue exactly the same course, in endeavouring to
keep up the British navy to what it ought to be for
the defence of the country, and higher kept up than
at the present moment; but I will not keep it up in
the extravagant manner in which it now is, especially
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when the Secretary of the Admiralty got up, with a
self exultant smile, and said, " we are building forty."
ther they Werefitlaeuse or not; and when they —(11. laugh.) True euouzh, they builtre
iron stainers,svithiituf making'any
“them were fit for some purpose. They were fit for
carrying troops from one end of the world to the
make the experiment it was found that they wEra
totally useless. But fortunately a large number of
other, and that was all the advantage we had from
building them, because it gave the soldier much bet-
ter accommodation than they had hitherto had.—
(Hear, and cheers.) Well, you have heard enough
to know that, while I am the friend of economy lam
not the friend of throwing open the country to the
attacks of its foes. Sir Charles then alluded to the
Duke of Wellington's letter on the defences of the
country, and said that the Duke being high in office,
could state with impunity his views on that subject,
but not so men like him (Sir Charles Napier.) To
prove the defenceless state of the country, he adverted
to the time of the Syrian war, when, he said, the
French fleet might have been made to rendezvous in
Cherbourg, whence it could have made an easy
descent on this country, and landed troops for its in-
vasion, without our being almost able to man a single
ship to oppose it. He then concluded by tendering
his warmest thanks for the cordial reception which he
had met from his fellow-townsmen, and stating that
Perunntcivtbbere!
.
he was proud of being " a bairn of Falkirk."l
Several other toasts followed, and the evening was
spent with great cordiality.

IMPROVEMENTS IN NOTTINGHAM.
On Friday last his Grace the Duke of Newcastle,
accompanied by Mr. Felkin (the mayor of Notting-
ham) and the enclosure committee, visited the Arbo-
retum, recreation-walks, and pleasure grounds, which,
thanks to the New Enclosure Bill, and a desire
amongst the local authorities to improve the town and
the social position of the poorer classes of its inhabi-
tants, have been recently constructed. After having
made the inspection, his Grace was entertained at a
splendid lunch in thel Exchange Rooms, at which
also Mr. Walter, M.P., Colonel Rolleston, and the
magistrates of the town were present.
After the usual loyal toasts had been received,
The MAYOR rose to propose the health of the
Noble Duke, and in doing so he presented to his
Grace the good wishes of the town in relation with
certain matters connected with its improvements, and
expressed the pleasure the inhabitants would feel if he
could more frequently appear among them.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE most cordially thanked
the Mayor for the kind terms in which he bad pro-
posed his health ; but not only were his thanks due
for this additional mark of his kindness, inasmuch as
he had to thank him not less warmly for allowing him
to appear among them as his (the mayor's) private
friend. He felt their kindness greatly, and it would
only increase the interest he had ever felt in the town.
He thanked him also for the opportunity of meeting,
as his guests, so many gentlemen whom he had had
the pleasure of shaking hands with six or sere n years
ago. He saw before him men of various politics—
men differing in their views with regard to the topics
of the day—but who could assemble together with all
good feeling and cordiality to each other, while, at
the same time, they preserved their own honest opi
nions.—(Cheers.) lle mentioned this as showing the
success of those great and important works for the
benefit of the town, and the improvement of the
poorer inhabitants which they had had the kindness to
explain to him. He would not walk round the table,
and, following the example of an .‘ honourable gentle-
man," embrace in public any one of those who were
present, and subject himself to be called to order
by his host—(Laughter)—but be assured them
that if it did not go through that outward form, he
fraternized no less sincerely with them.—(Cheers and
renewed laughter.) He rejoiced at the conversation
he had with the Mayor some years ago, when he
(the Noble Duke) was a Member of the House of
Commons; and now that his position was moved into
another sphere, although he was no longer able to
promote the interests of the town in the Lower
House, if they would permit him he should be most
happy at any time, in the other House, to act as their
representative.—(Applause.) It was a much longer
time than they would perhaps imagine since he visited
the town, and notwithstanding he had come prepared
to see many valuable improvements, his anticipations,
great as they were, had been much more than realized,
for he had been really astonished at the progress
that had been made.—(Cheers.) It had been a
matter of regret that the commonable lands stir-
rounding the town had not been earlier enclosed, but
out of evil frequently good aroge. They would not
30 or 40 years ago have had the same public spirit
in the town ; they would not have had the same
judgment; they would not have had the same ob-
jects paramount in their minds which had obviously
ruled in the undertaking they were carrying out.
Thsy might not have been enabled to obtain the valu-
able cemeteries, putting a stop to intramural inter-
ments ; they would not have been able to see those
beautiful walks of recreation open to all classes ; they
would not have seen valuable institutions rising around
the town ; but they might have seen an overcrowded,
unhealthy, and, as a necessary consequence, a vicious
population, crowding upon those spots which would
now really delight as well as astonish all who visited
them. He rejoiced, therefore, now, however much he
might have regretted it before, that these measures
were not carried out earlier. Having alluded to the
baths and washhouses as being means of raising the
characters of the wives and daughters of the mechanics,
and as enabling them to study habits of propriety,
decency, and cleanliness in their homes, the Noble
Duke concluded by observing that he feared the
mayor had greatly overrated his abilities, but certainly
not in any way his anxiety to serve them.—(Cheers.)
The MAYOR said the next toast would be "The
members for the town of Nottingham," but he should I
confine his observations to the singular.—(Laughter.)
When they considered the great talent and the com-
prehensiveness of the views of the gentleman whom
they bad the pleasure of meeting that day, they had
reason to rejoice that be was a representative of the
town.—(Cheers.) Such men as Mr. Walter were
the best exponents of the interests of a town like
Nottingham.—(Cheers.) And as it was now five or
six years since they had had the honour of having en-
listed his talents in their service, his present duties
must, in the ordinary course of time, come to a
close ; but be thought he was not taking too much
upon himself in saying that in another Parliament
Mr. Walter would, in all probability, again be the
representative, not of a party merely, but of the town.
He rejoiced that in him, and in many others
ers in that
truly honourable assembly, the
British hearts and feelings, animated by trmuee,nhowneistth
Saxon sentiments, and anxious to promote the great,
interests of this country and of the world.—(Cheers.'
Mr. WALTER returned his most cordial thanks '
the Mayor for the flattering manner in which be had
introduced his health to that assemblage, not only as
a private guest, but as one of their members. He
thanked them for the extremely kind manner in which
they had expressed their wishes with regard to the
continuance of the office which ho had the honour of
holding, and especially for the too kind way in which
they had overlooked those shortcomings of which he
was deeply sensible. He was also bound to thank
them for having on that occasion afforded him an op-
portunity of meeting at that table the highly distin-
guished nobleman he had had the honour of sitting
opposite to, whose name end family had been iden-
tified with the interests of this borough for so many
generations.—(Cheers.) Few and far between ea
his (Mr. Walter's) visits to the town he d unfortunately
been, they bad been attended with the advantage of
enabling him the better to judge of the great
the
to
op
im-
provements which had been effected within
enabled
last few
years, and which he had perhaps been
preciate more than if had been a resident iu the locality.
few
—(Hear.) He had only returned within the last
days from a tour abroad, in the course of which he
had been particularly struck with the advantage-that
most continental towns presented in the advantages

afforded to the lower classes, as compared with towns,
generally in this country.--(Year, hear.) The svana
'places of public amusement and recreation had long
Jeen a reproach to the great towns in this empire.
lie trusted, however, that many beneficial results
would arise from the Great Exhibition of this year,
and from the increased intercourse which had taken
place between the inhabitants of this country and the
various nations who had assisted at this mighty festival.
—(Cheers.) He bslieved that one great result would
be the opening of our eyes to the importance of carry-
ing out, to a great extent, public improvements similar
to those which were the honour and glory of foreign
towns.— (Hear' hear.) There was certainly no town
in England which presented local advantages such as
Nottingham—(Cheers)—and he trusted that what
was once said of a Roman Emperor, that he found
Rome stone and left it marble, would be applied in a
batter sense to the corporation which, in the present
generation, presided over the local interests of Not-
tingbam.—(Vehement applause.)
The Duke of NEWCASTLE, iu proposing the health
of the Mayor, said no one connected with Nottingham
was more anxious than Mr. Felkin to see it advance
to that position which be (the Noble Duke) firmly
believed it would soon attain, as one of the most im-
tcuoruenptrryoswp
portant towns in the kingdom.—(Cheers.) Certainly
no one connected with Nottingham could otherwise
than fully approciate the zeal, ability, and general
hb iisa lexcellencelpau bi
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reached.—(Cheers.)
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yond the walls of this town, and whose merits he bad
heard discussed in the warmest terms in parts of the
ment showing the improvements around the town,
The MAYOR, in responding, entered into a state-
ehreirtye he (the Mayor) probably little thought
of Nottingham, observing that he saw
why it should be second to any city in the
annodreeamsobroidying the
anticipations be felt as to the fu
tore
Kingdom,
Other toasts and speeches followed.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

111. 'MENU BAD, iikND C„.RES .111.41 --
The adjourned half-yearly and special meeting
of
this company was held on Saturday, at Birkenhead.
Alderman Bancroft, the chairman of the board, pre-
sided.
The CHAIRMAN said the matter formally adjourned;
agreement
for consideration was the supplementary a
W
entered into with the London and North-
Company. The memorandum of an agreement bera
should lay before the meeting that the directors had
entered into, subject to the confirmation of the pro-
prietors,to lease the line to the Great Western Company.
and to the Shrewsbury Associated Companies.
(Cheers.) This was a step of great importance, and
it certainly required some hesitation on the part of
this company before they embarked in any new ex-
penditure whatever. He then adverted to the neces-
sity of applying to Parliament in the ensuing session
for powers to complete certain arrangements. Prior
to :the negotiations with the Great Western and
associated companies a negotiation took place between
the directors and some members of the Holyhead
board. The terms were that the Holyhead Com-
pany should pay a gross sum of 3,0001. for
one year—that was, from the Ist November inst.
to the Ist November, 1852—for the use of the lines of
this company—that was, the line from Chester to
Birkenhead and the line from Chester to Lower
Walton—undertaking themselves to perform all the
duties, so that it should be a net sum of money pay-
able to the Birkenhead Company. The memoran-
dum of the agreement entered into between the board
of this company and the Great Western and asso-
ciated companies was in substance, that from June
next that company should receive 3 per cent. upon
2,000,0001., an invariable amount, 3i per cent. the
next year, and 4 per cent. afterwards in perpetuity ;
with the option, if that company should think proper
to exercise it, of merging into or amalgamating with
the associated companies at par. Assuming that when
the companies came to amalgamate, one company got
4 per cent. and the other 5 ; assuming that the Great
Western Company got 5 and the two Shrewsbury
companies 4 per cent., they would have to adjust their
capitals in proportion to those dividends. The result
would be that the 1001. of Great Western capital
would remain intact, but the 1001. of the Shrewsbury
capital would have to be reduced to 801., 10 per cent.
less; they would then receive a uniform dividend for
ever. It was simply an adjustment of capitals, and
when the capitals were so adjusted the Birkenhead
Company would merge into them a capital of
2,000.000/. at par. That was the basis of the ar-
rangement agreed upon.—(Cheers )
Mr. TITHERINGTON suggested that it would be best
to take first the chief business of the day—the
'elm to the allied companies.
Mr. W. JACKSON, M.P., agreed with this sug-
gestion.
A motion, authorising the company to borrow
90,0001., which had been seconded by Mr. Brown,
war then put and carried ; as was also another formal
resolution ordering the 70,000/. so raised to be bor-
rowed from Mr. Brassey.

It was decided to take the memorandum of agree-
ment with the Great Western and. associated com-
panies as read.
The CHAIRMAN then moved that it be approved of
and confirmed.
Mr. Glen seconded the motion.
Mr. JACKSON, M.P., rose to enter his protest
_against this amalgamation, and he did so upon the
ground that to be allied to any great company would
most materially injure the position and ultimate good
to be derived by the proprietors of this company ; and
that the amount of per tentage to be given either by
the Great Western or the North-Western companies
would not amount to what they would receive from
the line if maintained in an independent state.
Mr. Ror begged to state in the most explicit and
emphatic language, that if this amalgamation were
carried out, it should remain °Fen to all.—(Cheers.)
They (the associated companies) had themselves
suffered from opposite views, and knew to well its
injurious effect, be meant by the prevention of
traffic coming over the line, ever to practise that sys-
tem upon another. And he was entitled to state, as
he knew it to be the unanimous sentiment of the
members of the three boards of the associated com-
panies, that they would give to the Holyhead Com-
pany and the London and North-Western Company,
when they chose to come to Bit kenhead, the most
abno:ute facility, the most perfect absence of anything
like obstruction or prevention of trade coming there,
that the strictest orders of the most zealous exertions
could secure to them.—(Cheers.)
Mr. BUCKLEY supported Mr. Jackson's view, and
though it would be better to remain an independent
line.

Mr. WINCH said, when he saw at the present time
.bat they were not dividing 1 i per cent., and that
anything beyond that was purely prospctive, and
when he found at the same time that a guarantee was
offered to the company of 3,3 i, and 4 per cent., he
must say, as a man of business, that a bird in hand
was worth two in a bush.
Mr. TITHERINGTON said, the North• Western Com•
pang had sent along this company's line 3,000 tons
of traffic within the last 12 month', the Holyhead
Company had wilt 35,000 tons, and the Shrewsbury
Company 100,000 tons of traffic. Was it reasonable
that they should be afraid the London and North-
Western Company would make a second line to Bir-
kenhead ?—(Laughter.) Was it to he thought for
a moment that they, despising the Birkenhead line,
would think it necessary to spend a quarter or half
provision g
in makin
a million of moneyfor 3,000 tone
of
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Birch, and Mr. Webster,
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The CHAIR?dAN then moved,— hssiecniltiewntsas.
" That the board be empowered to proceed for an Act
in the ensuing session to carry out the agreement?'
Mr. BUCK seconded the motion, which was carried .6
ncin. con.
The CHAIRMAN moved,—
" That the directors be authorised to enter into the
agreement with the Holyhead Company."
Mr. GANDY seconded the motion.
Mr. KNOX moved, as an amendment, the negative.:
Mr. TREVOR seconded the amendment.
After a short debate the amendment was put and
carried, about eight or nine hands only being held up
against it.
Mr. KNOX moved—
.' Tbst the supplementary agreement with the Loudon
and North-Western Company be adjourned sine die."
Agreed to.
The meeting then separated.
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SOMERSETSHIRE CENTRAL.
Application is intended to be made in the ensuing
session of Parliament for authority to construct a rail.
way from the Bristol and Exeter Railway, at High-
bridge, to Glastonbury and probably to Wells. The
Bristol and Exeter Company have agreed to sell the
Glastonbury and Highbridge canal to the above com-
pany, and to take shares in the undertaking in lieu of
the purchase-money. They have also agreed to work
the line when made, and to hand over all the profits
to the above compiny, together with 10 per cent. of
the receipts for traffic which may be brought to or
from the proposed Somersetshire Central over the
Bristol and Exeter Railway; such per centage upon
goofs to extend from Bristol to Bridgewater,
Pass
upon passengers to Taunton. The line is
lands belonging to
for a considerable distance upon_
re said
to be
pelaanr-
the Glastonbury canal, and which
' fectly level. The length of
theoo proposed line is 121
• miles, the estimated cost _
,t 7,,,40, __ and the gross
~
• traffic receipts are
estimated u___________
Oow per annum.

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Two sergeants of an infantry reginiont in gafrison
at Rouen fought a duel with pistols. One received a ball in
the breast, and died on the spot. He Wall only 24 years of
age.