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the trebly distilled mediumnow in use. At present
the ratepayers elected the vestry, the vestry elected
the local board, and the local board elected the
gentlemen who were to sit at the Metropolitan
Board of Works. These gentlemen had most im-
portant duties to discharge and ought to be elected
by those who paid the taxes whtch they imposed,
not by a new-fangled plan unknown to our
ancestors and to the parochial system of the coun-
try. (Hear, hear.) He hoped the sentiments he
had expressed were in harmony with those of his
constituents, and in conclusion he begged to state
that if cn the introduction of the Reform Bill auy
question arose on which it was difficult to arrive at
a conclusion, he—and he was sure Mr. Angerstein
also—would come before the constituency with the
view of learning their wishes, so that if possible
there might be harmony of opinion between them.
(Cheers.)
Mr. MASLIN put some questions to the hon.
member with reference to the Metropolitan Board
of Works which he strongly condemned ; the
operation of the Poor Law ; and the conduct of the
gas companies, to which Mr. Salomons gave satis-
factory replies.
The following resolutions were than put to the
meeting and carried unanimously.
"That this meeting reviewing with satisfaction the con-
duct of Mr. Alderman Salonionsduring the past session of
Parliament. desires to express its sense of the efficient
manner in which he has discharged his duties as one of the
representatives of the borough."
"That the meeting anticipating the many important
measures likely to be considered in the approaching session
of Parliament would express its perkct confidence in Mr.
Alderman Salomons a member for the borough at this
juncture of political affairs."

Mr. SALOMONS thanked the meeting for the con-
fidence they had thus reposed in him, and moved a
vote- of thanks to the chairman, who in reply
answered some of the charges brought by Mr.
Muslin against the Metropolitan Board of Works.
The proceedings then terminated.

THE MEMBERS FOR GLASGOW AND

THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

Messrs. Buchanan and Dalglish, the representa-
tives of the city of Glasgow, addressed their con-
stituents in the City-hall on Wednesday evening,
the Lord Provost presiding.
Mr. DALGLIBII, on coming forward, was received
with cheering. He said,—With regard to the last
session, it was a very short one. Almost the only
matter of importance done was the turning out of
one Ministry, and the forming of another. There
were some measures passed, and the reason that so
few measures were brought forward was evidently
the necessary shortness of the session. The coming
session is called at an earlier period than usual by
about a week. I presume, therefore, that the Mi-
nistry have determined to make it a truly working
session, and that we shall have a great many im-
portant questions brought before us, and perhaps
the most important of all—the great question of
Parliamentary Reform. Not having been admitted
behind the scenes, I can give you no account of -what
is likely to be brought forward in the shape of a
Reform Bill ; but I do trust that, since Lord John
Russell has had great experience in making Re-
form Bills, and as he has before him the very re-
cent experience of the Reform Bill introduced by
Lord Derby's Ministry—l do trust that the Re-
form Bill lie will bring forward will be one, not
certainly likely to satisfy all the inhabitants of the
empire, but which will set the question of reform
at rest for a considerable time. I trust that it
will be a liberal and enlightened measure of re-
form, that it will be free from the defects of the
Reform Bill of the late Ministry, that it will sweep
away a great many of what we call rotten bo-
roughs, that it will amalgamate others, and group
them so as to give a great number of voters to each
constituency, and thereby prove to some extent a
redistribution of electoral districts. I trust, also,
that the Reform Bill will contain some provision
for the prevention of bribery and corruption. (Ap-
plause.) I am sure you must all have felt disgusted
with the recent investigation into the cases of
bribery which took place at the last election. I
myself do not see very well how this is to be pre-
vented, unless we have the ballot, or, failing the
ballot, that we have it made a penal offence to bribe
any voter at an election. (Hear.) Gentlemen, while
expressing my hopes that the Reform Bill shall be
something satisfactory to the great body of the
country, I at the same time must beg you to bear in
mind that Parliamentary Reform has lung been tho
stock-in-trade or the Whigs—that it has always
been their stand-by when they were out of office,
but when they were in they ceased to be such good
Reformers. (Hear, hear.) I therefore think they are
not likely to spend their whole stock-in-trade in
their present efforts, but leave a little to stand by if
they should unfortunately be again turned out of
office. (Laughter.) Since, I may say, we were
returned to Parliament very great events have
taken place in Europe. We have had the Emperor
of the French making war against Austria on tho
ground that he wished to see the Italians freed from
the domination of Austria in Lombardy, and per-
haps also with the view to free them from the domi-
nation of the Dukes in the States. We know that
he marched the French army into Italy, and that
they fought various successful battles—battles cele-
brated for the importance of their results and the
gallantry of the soldiers engaged upon both sides.
The French were no doubt successful in these bat-
tles ; and we saw the peace at Villafranca concluded,
but that peace unfortunately did not appear to the
lovers of Italian liberty likely to lead towards
Italian freedom. Whether that peace was brought
about by the fact that the Italians had set them-
selves free in the meantime, and that constitutional
liberty was coming too near to the French soldiers,
I know not; but still it is true that th 3 peace of
Villafranca was concluded. We had then the meet-
ing at Zurich, and we have since had a violent ex-
citement in France against England. While I was
in Spain I saw there symptoms of the feeling of
the French and Spaniards being hostile to Eng-
land, and every letter I received from England
told me there was a violent excitement in France.
But on a sudden this was entirely changed.
A new order went out from head-quarters, the
papers that had been most violent were admonished,
and when I arrived at Oporto in the middle of De-
cember 1 found there that the people who I believed,
and had reason to believe, were furious against Eng-
land a month before, were now all in love with the
English race. Now, gentlemen, when the peace of
Europe is so changed by the simple stroke of the
pen of one man, I hold that it will be dangerous for
us to trust in the continuance of that peace. (Cheers.)
But while I say that we should not have confidence
-in the preservation of peace, I have no wish what-
ever that we should go to war. All that I wish is
that we should not relax in our endeavours to place
the country in the best possible state of defence.
(Applause.) And to place this country in a state of
defence it will be necessary that we also make up
our minds to pay the taxes necessary for that pur-
pose. (A laugh.) It will not do for you to expect
Mr. Buchanan and myself to represent you in Par-
liament, and to be economical in the extreme. We
have a great duty to perform, and a duty which, I
believe, you will admire us for performing—it is to
see this country placed in a proper state of defence.
(Loud cheering.) Then, with regard to how that is
to be done. There are proposals—l cannot give you
any history exactly of what the proposal is—but
there is a proposal to expend £10,000,000 in the
defence of our coasts. If that is to be frittered away
in putting up batteries similar to the one near Gou-
rock—(laughter)—l think the money might as well
be thrown into the sea. (Hear, and applause.) If,
on the other hand, that sum of money is required to
defend our great naval arsenals—and I believe that
it may be necessary—it should be freely granted.
Then comes the question of our navy. We are
enlarging our' nevy. The Government of Lord
Derby first called the attention of the country to
the deplorable state of the navy. Sir John Faking-
ton made great exertions to improve and increase
it, and I am glad to say that his successors in office
seem to have proceeded in the same course. It must
be gratifying to us all to see every day—at least
very frequently—a notice of the launch of some
large vessel of war, proving that steps are taking
to make our navy as strong as we possibly can
in a given period of time. lam glad also to
be able to inform you, on what I believe to be very
good authority, that the Admiralty never felt them-
selves more comfortable than at the present mo-
ment in respect of what has always been the great
difficulty with our navy—the supply of seamen. I
have reason to believe, from a letter which 1 have
received within the fast few days, that we are in
an admirable position in that respect—that the
large number of vessels that we have recently had
employed has produced, in consequence of the ne-
cessary evolutions and practice, a very large body
of admirable seamen. It is vei y well for us, then,
to know that such is the fact ; and I can assure you
of another thing, and I think it right to do so—
that we have now a Secretary to our Admiralty,
one not only of our most intelligent members of the
House of Commons, but also one of the very best
officers in the naval service—l allude to Admiral
Lord Clarence Paget. (Applause.) I should have
been more pleased had his lordship been at the

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head of the Admiralty, instead of only the Secre-
tary, because I well remember, and I am sure my
friend Mr. Buchanan does so also, that in the ses-
sion previously to the last he made one of the very
best speeches :which has ever been made in the
House of Commons upon the subject of dockyards
and ship building. He proved from informa-
tion, not got from the dockyards, but collated by
himself, that an immense amount of money was
thrown away annually in our dockyards, and now
that he is in power I have great confidence that he
will carry the reforms into our dockyards which he
pointed out when he was out of office. (Hear,
hear, and applause) Gentlemen, we shall, besides
our navy, have to consider an increase, perhaps, in
our army. There is, I think, a very proper feeling
in England against a large standing army. I con-
fess that I hold that opinion. I should not like to
see our army made anything• like proportionate to
the armies of continental States with a similar
amount of population ; therefore I should be
chary in giving my consent to any grant of money
for appropriation to an increase of our army at
home. But we have now an excellent subsidiary
force in our gallant volunteers. (Cheers.) I be-
lieve that to be the true force of England, and that
it will be the best force that England ever can
have for repelling any invasion. These volunteers
being volunteers, cannot be sent abroad ; conse-
quently we have the advantage of raising a very
large force to defend our own shore, while we have
not the disadvantage of raising a large army which
may be applicable to aggression upon our neigh-
bours, I, therefore, stand altogether for the volun-
teers. (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, in alluding to the
volunteers, I must express my sincere regret that,
although Glasgow has done well, she has not done
bettor. I do not feel that We should be satisfied
with 4,000 or 5,000 riflemen in the city of Glasgow.
I think that if in 1819 the city turned out a regi-
ment of 800 or 1,000 strong, taking the same class
now, we should turn out not only from 4,000 to
5,000, but beyond that, from 10,000 to 15,000 ar-
tisans. (Applause.) The artisans are the best mate-
rial possible for soldiers. (Cheers.) There are some
old ladies who say—" But would you trust the
working classes ? Would you arm the working
classes ?" I say by all means let us arm the working
classes. (Applause.) Ido not propose that every
man that comes forward should be supplied with a
suit of uniform and arms; but I think among the
working classes you can, at all events, pick out
10,000 or 15,000 men or irreproachable character—
men whom their employers can vouch for as being
honest, industrious, steady men ; I say, let us
supply accoutrements to these men, and by all means
arm them. (Cheers.) Now comes the question of
supplying the accoutrements. There are in this
city a great many excellent people—elderly people,
stout people, people that won't make good riflemen
—(laughter)—but these gentlemen have another
quality which will render them exceedingly advan-
tageous in the present movement. Those elderly
gentlemen to whom I have alluded have generally
stoat purses as well as stout bodies. (Cheers and
laughter.) What I wish to see is, that the men
who are not able to join the corps should be the
men to pay. (Loud applause.) They have the
greatest amount of property to defend. If it ever
come, as I believe it never will come, to the
fact of a French invasion being attempted,
those would be the very men that, in their
agony of fear, would give their thousands and
tens of thousands for safety. (Great applause.)
Let them come forward now. We have raised a
fund of £40,000 for the wounded in. the Crimea,
we have raised a fund of £17,000 for the sufferers
by the Indian rebellion ; but now, when this great
national movement is going on, I am ashamed to
look at the paltry list of subscriptions. (Hear, ani
applause.)
Mr. BUCHANAN then came forward, and was very
warmly received. He said—lt is needless for me
to occupy your time in the discussion of theoretical
measures of reform. Whatever value may belong
to the views of those who advocate a still greater
reduction of the franchise, the shortening of Parlia-
ments, or the adoption of the ballot, I believe these
objects are not at present attainable, and it is for
practical men to say whether they will accept what
is in their power, or vainly struggle after what is
unattainable. It may be, that after many years of
contest and confusion, after the breaking up of poli-
tical parties and the downfall of various Govern-
ments, and, what is of more importance, the stop-
page of public business and of the whole machinery
of legislation, what is called a
Bill might De e.erioa But even if that were cer-
tain, which it by means is, it would be paying too
high a price for any advantages to be derived from
such a measure if we have to stop for years the busi-
ness of the country. (Hear.) It ought also to be
recollected that even if Lord J. Russell's measure
should be accepted, it would not preclude the ad-
vocates of ballot or triennial Parliaments pressing
their favourite measures on any convenient oppor-
tunity. What I would urge is the acceptance of a
fair and moderate measure of reform, so that the
matter may for some time be set at rest, and the
business of the country be allowed to proceed with-
out the interruption of Parliamentary contests and
Ministerial crises.

Several questions haviag been put to the hon.
gentlemen, to which they gave answers, a vote of
thanks to them was agreed to, and the meeting
separated.

BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED

MUI?DER.

At the Town-hall, Ledbury, on Wednesday, be-
fore Lord Bolton, the Rev. E. NVyvill, and the Rev.
R. Wood, Michael O'Bryan was charged with hav-
ing, on the Ist of January last, burglariously entered
the dwelling-house of the Rev. John Winn, at
Nappa, near Askrigg, and with having stolen there-
from a sum of money, a coat, and other articles, and
with intent to murder the said gentleman. The
prisoner is below the middle stature, and of a stolid
and heavy cast of features ; he is an Irishman, and
35 years of age. A large number of persons assem-
bled in the hall to hear his examination.
The Rev. John Winn deposed—l am vicar of the
parish of Aysgarth, and reside at Nappa, near Ask-
rigg. I remember the Ist of January instant. About
three o'clock in the morning my servant boy got up,
and I heard him calling out" Get up, get up; there
is somebody in the house." He then came to my
room door and made the same announcement. I
arose instantly and walked along the passage to the
stairs, and called out, " Who's there !" I heard con-
siderable noise in the front kitchen, as if caused by
chairs being moved about. I then returned to my
room, and shortly afterwards heard them coming up
stairs in heavy shoes, making a great noise. Oppo-
site my room door and on the other side of the pas-
sage there is a small dark lumber room. I moved in
there, leaving my own room door open, and shut
the door. The burglars passed the door and went
into the room where the servant boy slept, which
is at the other end of the passage. I could not see
them pass and c innot say how many men there
were, but I heard them. They remained there a
short time, and then came to the room where I was.
They pushed the door open, and I stood in the door-
way. Two men presented themselves, and instan-
taneously one of them struck me with a hay spade.
One of them had a dark lantern, and I distinctly
saw he had a spade before I received the blow upon
my head. A second blow was attempted, but I
warded it off with my arm, and the spade hit the
top part of the door posts. Blood was flowing
pretty freely from my head and running down my
face when I stepped forward and seized the spade ;
the taller man had the spade. The light then dis-
appeared. The other man then made an attack on
me with his fists while I was holding the spade. I
struggled with the taller man about 15 or 20
minutes ; he attempting to wrest the spade from
my hand and I retaining my hold of it. During
this time I called out to the servants to bring me a
light, but none came, and the lesser man discon-
tinued using his fists. I said there was no necessity to
use violence, and I would give up the money I had to
him. We were still wrestling for possession of
.the
spade, when the man cried out, "'Liver up ;
up ; or I'll give you the knife ; here it is." The
lesser man cried out, " Give the money ; give the
money." I continued my attempt to wrest the.
spade from his hands, and when we got to the_ end
of the passage I twisted the spade round d
ed
it into my possession. Then the taller mmanyan
me by the thighs, threw ma down back,g
and both men trampled upon me.
The.ed me half
then seized me by the legs and rag, _
the spade down to
don lesser man
way down the stairs. threw
got possession of ,
it.h the bottom n
oo of the
orel got from
them somehow on the staircase, and got back to
man followed.
of stairsthe tallerw h e
n mj a n .
my room ; and the lesser I opened
a drawer, and handed over the amount of £23 to
the man, who repeated, " Be quick, be quick." Mr.
Winn then detailed the loss of some trifling
articles, and con tinued—lheard a crash through
the staircase window, which I afterwards found
was broken sufficiently large for a man to go
through. After this I saw nothing more of the
two men, but I dressed myself and rode to Askrigg,
and gave information to the police. I went to Mr.
Park, surgeon, and had my head dressed, and I have