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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 mcney 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 hest 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
better. 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

measuras 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 more liberal Reform

Bill might be carried. 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 sot at rest, and the
business of the country be allowed to proceed with-
out the interruption of Parliamentary contests and
Ministerial crises.

Several questions having 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

MURDER.

At the Town-hall, Ledbury, on Wednesday, be-
fore Lord Bolton, the Rev. E. Wyvill, 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 ago. 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 er 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 ; 'liver
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 and got
it into my possession. Then the taller man back,
me by the thighs, threw ms down upon
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the man, who repeated, ~ Be quick, be quick." Mr.
Winn then detailed the loss of some trifling
articles, and continued—l heard 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
1 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