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large number of county voters as compared with that
of borough voters. According to the census it appeared
that a eradnal chance was taking place in the occupation
of the people of this country, Every census :slew, that of
1811 had shown a gradual decree,* of the agricultural
population as compared with other parts of the popula-
tion. In 1811 the agricultural population was 35 per
cent., in 1821 it was 33 per cent., in 1831 it was 28 per
cent., and in 1841 only 22 per cent. Toe census com-
missioners stated that the town and country populations
were every year becoming more and more bound toge-
ther. He did not disguise the great addition which the
extension of the principle he advocated would have on
itthed have w
oul countyaethe
doubling b
of that co utnta ons
ryc.Htiteubeenlciey.
inved
the neighbourhood of large towns ; but that he con-
tended was a great argument in its favour. Ina moral
point of view the advantage of givine the Scotch people
an interest in the acquirement of small prop, rttes would
be very great. This system had been found
entotlaenndcoheu-
rage prudence, sobriety, and economy.
had no doubt the same effect would be produced. An
objection might be raised that no tenure like that of the
English 40s. freeholds existed in Scotland. There were
small properties in Scotland, and if the principle were
fully carried out the who!e property in Scotland would
be disfranchised. Having staled the object which he had
in view, he would appeal with confidence to English
members to support his bill, and to give to the people of
Scotland a franchise similar to that which had been so
long reed so advantageou-dy enjoyed in this country.
Mr. COWAN seconded the motion. He believed that
some persons had endeavoured to make political capital
out of this movement, and an attack had been made on
the Scotch members, who were charged with being tied
neck and heel to the late Lord Advocate; and they had
made other charges against them which were entirely
false. There were only two objections urged to this bill.
One was, that the effect of it would be to swamp the
counties. He had no wish to swamp the counties, but
the 40s. franchise bad not that effect in England. An-
other objection was, that it would be likely to lead to
the manufacture of fictitious votes. That was a matter
which would require the consideration of the house. At
the time of the Anti-Corn Law agitation, he
purchas(d a 40s. freehold in Carlisle in order to give
him a vote for East Cumberland. It was not a very
profitable investment. (Laughter.) Some time after wards
he saw his name amongst others as that of a fagot voter
and he felt somewhat ashamed of it. He did not think
tbt, obtaining a voto uudtl thrice eirouneetancee was jus-
tifiable, for he had no connection with the county of
Cumberland. He regarded with satisfaction the great
improvement which had taken place in the condition and
conduct of the lower classes. He remembered when the
Luddites were banded together to destroy machinery.
there was no such feeling now, and he thought the
loyalty and good conduct of the people showed they were
well deserving of the franchise. He did not pledge him-
self to the details of the bill, Int he t- ought his hon.
friend ought to have leave to introduce the bill.
Mr. MONCREIFF said he was anxious to state the
grounds on which he thought the proposition of the hon.
gentleman ought not to be adopted by the house. Toe
hoe. member's motion was to assimilate the franchise of
Scotland to that of England. He listened with some cu-
riosity to his hon. friend to learn how that was to be ac-
complished, but it seemed to him to savour much mere of
agricultural statistics than the franchise. But if he un-
deretood what he meant it was that he sought t , intro
duce into Scotland the 40e. freehold franchise, with all
its incidences. Now, in the first place, that was impos-
sible. Let him explain the difference between the tenure
of land in the two countries. The freehold tenure in both
countries was original y the same. The freeholder was a
vassal of the Cr. wn, bound to give attendance on his
lord, and bound, tiler fore, to give his attendance in Par-
liament. Before the reign of Edward I. the superior vas-
sal was entitled t ) give ell his property to sub-holders,
and that was the law io Scotland to this day ; hut these
sub-vassals never were freehol lore. In E-I ward I.'s reign
a statute was passed which enabled the superior vassals in
England to alienate the fee, and in that way small free-
holders became al, rge body. But the franchise was li-
mited to freeholders who •e !eliding was of the annual velue
of 40s. The mass ofproperty in Scotland was held by sub-
feuars, and thee insequence was that it was impossible to
introduce the 40s. franchise in Scotland. It was a mis-
take to suppose that the Reform 811 created the 404.
freehold franchise in England. Tae R firm 811 left the t
franchise as it found it. The Reform Bill created a 10/
copy hold and a leasehold franchise fur England and for
Scotland, and it was a mistake to suppose that the two
countries were dealt with differently in that respect.
What would be the effect of the hon. gentleman's pro-
position! In Edinburgh there were 4,524 houses of the
annual value of between 21. and 10/ , hu-• it wou!d be a
great mistake to suppose that these 4,500 houses repre-
sented 4,500 possible constituents, because, aft( r deduct-
ing the land held by corporations and other par ies who
could not vote, and those who were already on the list,
or were entitled to be on the list of voters, there remained
only 290 to be added to the li-t, and even that would be
reduced in various ways by 46, leaving the net increase
of voters 244. Then his hon. friend said he woul assimi-
late the borough franchise to that of England. Why, in
two respects the advantage was on the side of Scotland.
In the first plea the smaller b Toughs of Scotland were
put into groups, and :hey together elected a member.
That was not case in 11 gland. Another material di.
tinotion was this—that whereas in England the owner of
property in a borough could only vote for the county
respect of property which he did occupy ; in Scotland the
owner could vote for property which he occupied, and
the cons-quence was, there was a large ownership
franchise in respect of tenements in Scotland which
did not exist in England. But passing from that and
travelling into bor )ughe, they found ex tctly the same
results as in the counties. The result was this, that
there were no small tenements capable of receiving th.s
franchise. He found that in the city of Edinburgh
there were about 1,500 tenements, valued at 21. each),
but he foci d that these 1,500 tenements were owned by
29 persons and no mere. Then the houses of the value
of between 21 and 121. were 22,000 in number, Meng-
ing to about a thousand proprietors, the great mass of
whom were alr eadv entitled to vote by that property itself.
Then there were 13,000 tenements above the value ef
121., and if the English system were to be intr duced
the result would be that they would have an addition
of 4,000 votes for the county of E inburgh. Now, he did
not wish for that result. He did not think it would im-
prove the constituency in Scotland. The agriculturist.
bad interests distinct from the interests of toroughe, ar.d
he did not think it desirable that the county members
should be chosen by town poeulatione. They might de-
pend up )n it the agriculturist; would not submit without
a struggle; anl they would inevitably succeed, and they
would arrive at a slate of things in which those wh •
were opposed to progress would be predominant. He be-
lieved that no greater calamity c mid happen to Scotl.nd
than a system of creating—he would not call them fib i
tious votes, h&c tu-e they would be real votes but a sys-
tem which would give the victory in elections to the pus.
sessor of the longest purse. His hon. friend seemed to
think that the 40s. franchise would encourage the work-
ing classes to invest in 21. houses, but others would in.
vest in them also, and he did not hesitate to -ay that than
acquiring of votes on that principle, whether by a et- ciety
or by individuals, was foreign to the true spirit of rope-i-
-sentative government. The franchise was given to per-
sons because they had an interest in the locality in e haat.
they voted, and he did not think a person living ie
Ed n-
burgh or iu London, simply because he had 401 or 501
to spare, sh, uld be entitled to vote in a locality in which
he did not reside, and in which he had no interest.

Mr. BAXTER said the numb 'r of public meetings
that had been bold and the petitions that bad be,n pr,-
sented indicated an amount of dissati,faction with the
state of the franchise in Sc ,tiand which the houm ought
to take into the r serious consideration. At the same
time, he was not quite sure that Mr. C tird had hit the
right principle. The E .glish borough members repre.
sented an average population of 29,000 persons; those of
Scotland, 44,000; and to bring up the proportion of
county voters to those of England, Scotland ought to
have 83 000 county electors instead of 49,000. These
11,4 tires showed that the borougiis of Sc t,1,11(.1 were not
sufficiently represented, and the proportion of county
voters was much less than in England. The petitioners
alleged that this deficiency was caused by the absence
of the 40±. freehold franchise. He (lie bon. member)
would suggest that the bill should be brought in, but
should not be pre!sed further; and that it should be re-
fer. ed to a select committee. (Rear, hear.)
Mr. C. BRUCE was not at all unwilling to extend
the county franchise in Scotland ; for he considered that
such a measure would have rather a conservative effect
than otherwise upon the constituencies. But he should
oppose the present bill, because he thought it would have
a direct tendency to promote the creation of fictitious
votes, and that to an unlimited extent. He had lately
been looking into the debates on the abolition of the 40s.
franchise in Ireland ; and he found an anecdote narrated
by Mr. Brownlow which was welt worth the considera-
tion of the house. A. Gentleman who had been compelled
to become the Lord-Lieutenant of an Irish county took
over with him 3,600 Wages upon his property ; and he
saoui
td "
a,
skNi
Bogwa,,
vote
will walk
i lofthis into
independent
edH
enout seof
constituencyC Jrn mon:sawnidthi
will make the government repent sending me here," (
laugh.) The late Lord Dunfermline, who was a lawyer of
sound constitutional principles, though of very liberal opi-
nions, was opposed to the 403. franchise, because he said
it had the effect of altogether excluding from Parliament
persons belonging to the iniddlecli,sses. He (Ur. Bruce)
objected to bill on exactly the same grounds, (lie tr.)
Was it possible that Sir W. Scott bad foreseen the me-
tiontof the hon. gentleman when he wrote his'well-knowD
song—

" Donald Caird's come again ;
Tell the news in burgh and glen;
Lock the aumrie, steek the kist,
Lest the guidwifo's gear be raised."

Mr. BOWYER, wished to clear away a little of the
legal mystification which the lion. gentleman (Nir. Mon -
ereiff) had talked about the statute of " quia emptorts,"
but he might just as well have talked about the Statue
( f Limitations, or the Statute f Frauds, for it really
bad nothing whatever to do with the question. ((fear,
hear.) The horourablei gentleman said there ware
no freeholds in Scotland and in a technical sense
that might be true, Tile &A Scotch franchise
dtpenJed upon tenure. Those who held in capite of the
Crown, the greater wed the lesser Larons, sat tugether in
one chamber ; and thero coull be no doubt that the pro-
cets of 3u'oinfeudatien had had a tendeecy to diminish tha'
franchise. Practi ally speaking, however, freehol in
Scotland was a question not of taiaire but of intere-t ;
To the Sc .tch ha-holder was exactly equivalent t r the
freeholder ; but while tenure conferred the frau-
i;terest conferred it in England.
(St. Andrew's), said there was some-
' "rig ambiguous in the expression a 40e. freehold in
itbill would be more honest to describe the
ne
of
21.
(Hear, hear.
reduce) the sxi.ting
•escription was 'altoied.
rt atilt loithazythhicolivrth thoer hopeless, although the house,
101. franchise to
of
he pa wog of a nicest:ire of that
ittl lat., been done in the waiy
in advance of the country,

' (Conservative cheers.) He thought that the adoption of a
moderate possession of property as the besis of a fran-
chise in the Scotch counties would ensure a very respect-
able c iestituency. For his own par be rem rst sfraid'of
the creation of fictitious votes. That could easily be
guarded against both in England and Scotland by the
adopti in of two measures—which, indeed, he thought
would be quite indispensable—namely, to forbid joint
occupancy and to insist upon actual residence. (Hear.)
As be did not wish to actin an offensive manner towards
the promoters of the bill, he should not oppose its intro-
duction, but he should propose some material alterations
in it at a future stage.
The LORD ADVOCATE could not understand the
apparently inconsistent course which Mr. Bast.ir and
the last speaker bad announced their intention to pur-
sue ; for they bad both suggested excellent reasons why
they shou'd not assent to the introduction of the bill.
The measure was founded upon an entire misconceptidn,
and to allow the bill to be brought in would only teed
to ke 'p alive the delusion under which its advocates
scene dto be labouring. Toe hon. gentleman oppo-
site (Mr. Bowyer) would have been far nearer the
tilith if, instead of saying that the county franchise
depended upon tenure in Scotland and interest in
in England, be had stated just the reverse. (Hear.) In
both England and Scotland all the proprietors of laCd
who bad an interest of 101. a year were entitled to vote ;
and that included not only freeholders, but cepyholders,
leaseholders, and, in Scotland, the tenses. But in Eng-
land there was long before the Reform Rills qualification
which did not exist in Scotland—namely, a freehold
tenure with a 40s. interest. Now that was a franchise
which it was impossible to create in Scotland, and whtch
he would venture to say would not have been created,in
England it in had not previously existed. It was, there-
fore, in reality a violation of the principles of the Reform
Act to attempt now to extend it over a new area of re-
presentation. (Hear) He (the learoed lord) objectee
to the bill on the ground stated by the hon. member for
St. Andrews—namely, that it was an attempt to reduce
the existing qualification ; and be opposed it also on a
I ground which the hon. member made light of, namely,
on account cf the facilities it would give for the creation
of votes. He did not Fay " fib itions votes " for the
more real the votes which he was contemplating, the
greater would be the mischief. (Hear, hear.) But the
effect of the bill would be, as an hon. gentleman h;a.d
truly said, to place the representation in the hands of
those who had the longest purse, Until the fashioniof
fabricating votes had been established, the bill would
have no practical operation at all ; but only think what
a power it would place in the hands of the 900 persons
who had been referred to as being the owners of 22,000
separate properties. (Hear.) Any rich man, by the
expenditure of a small sum in conveyances, might over•
power those who were the legitimate possessors of the
franchise. (Cheers.)
Sir E COLE BROOKE admitted that he owed his
election for Lanarkshire to the good offices of the in-
habitants of Gita-gotv ; but he opposed the bill because
he thought it would too much tend to destroy the line
of demarcaion between two interests which were dis-
tinct. B sides, he did not think there was, after
all, much practical difference between the elective
privileges of Englishmen and Scotchmen. A person who
bad a small property might make a very good voter ;
but if he had to borrow money to acquire the right
he was more dependent than one without property iat
all. It the bill west into committee he should propose to
raise the ainosnt of qualification.
Colonel SYKES shined vote in favour of the bill: in
the event of a division. This was a step towards a re-
form of the electoral franchise. The people of Scoiland
felt it a grievance that they had not the Fame electoral
rights as the people of England. It was said there was
no freeholders in Scotland—they were all feuars. But
every one knew that in England tvealthy met: on both
sides of politics were purchasisg estates, and partition-
ing them out to create votes ; and why should not they
do the same in Scatlaod I (Hear.)
Mr. PEASE said it was worthy of remark that all the
Scotch members admitted that the law required altera-
tion. Some said that the alteration now proposed was
not the one required, but it was at all events an ex'en-
sion of the francsise ; and Scotland ought not to rest
content until such extension was granted. (Hear, hear.)
Sootchtnen were as loyal and intelligent as inhab tants
of other parts of the empire ; they had fought by our
side in ail our wars, and bore an honourable part in the
labours of legislation. (Hear.) He hoped the house
would permit the bill to be laid on 'he table.
Mr. WHITESIDE sail that if this cenfassion were
granted to Scotland, is must he extended to Ireland.
(Hear.) Though an existing franchise ought not to be
destroyed, it by no means followed that an entirely new
franchise ought to be given. He bad seen an election
in Ireland carried entirely by 40s. freeholders ; they
were shoeless, shirtless, and subject to the dictation of
the landlords and the priests. On that account the 40.
franchise was taken away from Ireland by the Reform
Act. It was f tun-I that it had covered the land with
pauperism by the extension of small forms. Yet it was
DOW proposed to extend that species of franchise be,
giving it to Scotland. It was as injudicious and im-
politic a step as the advocate of liberal principles could
possibly take. What did they mean by a voter Surely
a person who hai some degree of intelligence and free•
dons of choice. Instead of supporting the proposal now
made, it would be better to go a ate, lower, and give
universal suffrage at once. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. CALCOTI did not believe there was any danger
of Se,doh proprietors subdividing their property for toe
sake of creation votes.
Mr. CRAUF URD said the' the fact of this measure
being proposed by a member fur an English borough
Was prima facie evidence that there was no great de-
mand for the change in Scotland. A party had taken up
the question,and tried to urge it at the last election. He
was asked at the hustings whether be wool I support the
40s. freehold franchise. He answered in the negative,
and in justification told his bearers what took place in
Eogland with a 40s. franchise. (Hear.) But, before
creating a freehold franchise, they must first get their
freeholders—for there was no such class at present. Still
e would not re.ist the introduction of the bill, but alio N
the question to be fully discussed, prepared to abandon
any erroneous opinion he might have formed. The real
way to assimilate the franchise of England and Scotland
was to extend the franchise of occupancy, and he should
move au amendment in the bill to that effect.
Mr. STEUART believed that the measure would he
injurious to Scotland, judging from the effect which a
40;. franchise produced in Ireland.
Lord ELcaoobse-rved that many members had argued
iteainst the bill. and yet would vote for its introduction.
(Hear.) It bad been clearly shown by the L Ord Advocate
and others that the bill would be a detu-ion, inasmuch
as it would not assimilate the two franchises. (Hear.)
This being so, it would be a waste of the time of the
house, and of the exiienee of printing, to allow the bill
to be brought in. As a county member he protested
avainst the measure, believing that it would have the
effect of swamping the county franchise.
Mr. BLACK would support the bill, though be did not
believe it would assimilate the francium of Scotland to
tnat of England. (A leugb.) He did not think that it
would be any advantage to Scotland to have the same
county franchise as Eegland had. It was desirable
that tue amount of qualification should be lowered in the
Scotch country'. ; for there was no more desirable fran-
chise than that which rested upon property. If the bill
were allowed to go into committee some useful amend•
ments might be introduced ; at all events the discussion
would be of advantage.
Mr. BLACKBURN said it appeared that of those
ruernb,rs who would vo e for the introduction of the bill
only three professed to approve of it. There were only
16 petitions in it; favour signed by a ?me 900 persons.
Trite showed the aboitive character of the agitation that
had been carried on, through tee press and public meet-
ings, for the last 12 months. The only argument urged
in favour of the measure was that it was demanded by
the people of Scotland ; but of this there was no proof.
Seeing the effect of the former 40s. franchise in Ireland,
and the extensive manufacture ;of votes in England, it
yens pe Ores were carried much farther. it would lead to
the ex'l"ti" of the 48s. franchise in Enfzland itself.
(" Oh. oh.") He regarded tuts as an at 4din pi-. to get in
the thin end of the wedge, with a view to the adoption of
universal suffrage.
Mr. CAIRD, io reply, sail that a petition from E lin-
burgh bad been presented last session, signed by 10,000
persons, in favour of this measure. It had been admitted
that the Scotch franchise was not so good as that of this
country. In England a 40s. freehold gave the francui-e ;
in Scotland it regained a property of 10/. Why should
there be this differeoce f Look at the great difference in
the cumber of electors in the two countries.. That was
the practical point for the house to consider. Objection
had been taken to the use of the word " assimilate," but
be found Johnson defined the word to mean—" to bring
about a likeness, to produce a I%e:emblem:ie." (Hear.)
The house then divided—
Ayes
Noes

84
. 103

Majority
WHI L'EGROSS-STREET PRISON.

Mr. B. SHERIDAN moved ao address for copy of any
correspondence which may have been between the City
authorities and the Home Secretary, with reference to the
preient bye-laws and regulations of the Debtors' Prison
in Whitecross-si root.
Mr. WALPOLE arsanted to the motion, with the ad •
dition of copies of any report; that might have been
mafie to the Home Secretary respecting the prison.—
Motion agreed to.
FISHERIES.

Sir G. B. PEC EIELL moved an address fora copy of
the order in council of April 6, 1858, approving ertatn
lutes made by the Lords' Committee of Privy Council
for the more effectual observance of the convention be-
iwean her Majesty and the Emperor of the French, i:!n-
-c,rnlng the fisheries in the seas between till British
ielands and Franca. The object ofh'smotion wa, t ) in-
duce the Gov.rnment to use its influence with the Go-
vernment of France to obtain permission of the latter for
English fisherinen to dredge in mid channel for oysters
in the months of May and June. It was a vulgar error,
b. said, to suppose that oy st* r lost their fl Avoor ill those
manthe, especially those Which were er.d.;ed for in deep
water. (A. taueb.)
Mr. HENLEY agreed to the motion and suggested
that tha plant admiral shod I submit a few barrels of
the Midsummer oysters to the judgment of the house.
(Laughter.) llu feared there was not much chance
obtaining the concession sought for from the French
G.,vern :neut.

Mr. RE BO W upp-rt(d ;ho motion, and also vouctei
for the fl►vt.ur of t)e deep sea oy.sters, dt MidMUMlntr.
nese oyir;tera, be said, spawLed two months later than
th b;ed in sharow waters.—Motion agreed to.
CASE OF "COOPER v. SLADE."—TRAVELLING

EXPENSES OF ELECTORS.
Mr. PEASIi ~oved f,,r a "Message To the le)rcis if a
o.ipy of the opini‘in,t of the Judges on the 15th f Feb.
in the case 'Cooper v. Slade.'" There were, hi,
htudreds I electors who had to travel 15 or 20
tudzs to vote, and thus great injustice was done. tie

made this motion for the purpose of showing the great
neces.ity that existed for another reform bill.
Mr. Serjeant DEASY thought the decision referred to
bad given an interpretation of the Corrtint Practices Act
which was never intended by its prolliOt Cid or oy Parlia-
meet in passing it, and referred to the proceedings and
discussions on the bill to show that in respect to the
travelling expenses of electors the only object was to
leave the law as it stood. But in the case of Mr Slide,
because he acted upon that understanding, and paid the
railway fare for certain electors who voted for him, he
was proceeded against for the penalties under the Bribery
Act, to which the judges held he was liable. The hon.
gentleman having described the progress of the procee•l-
- in the suit of " Cooper v. Slade," observed that as
the law was now declared t be every member who paid
the travelling Expenses of any voter at his election was
open to an indictment Lir a misdemeanour, though the
practice of Parliament, as acted upon by every election
e ,mmittee, went to legalise such payments. Such a sate
of things was most unsatisfactory, a, dNOMS alteration of
the law was therefore necessary. It was said, he knew
not with what trir h, that the house must soon he dis-
solved ; but, whether or not, between the present time
and the next session, and before any act c iuld pass in
another session, many isolated cases might arise like that
which bad been alluded to. As the law stood, poor voters
living at a distance must either be disfranchised or the
candidate incur the responsibility of viclating the Cor-
rupt Practices Act. There were but two remeeies—either
they must alter the polling places, or pass a declaratr ry
act legalising the payment of bona fide travelling ex-
penses.
Mr. WALPOLE did not intend to oppose the mo-
tion ; on the contrary he thought it quite right that the
opinions of the judges should be in the hands of tnem-
hers. So far as he under-tood the law, there was no
danger of any member being proceeded against for penal-
ties under the Corrupt Practices Act in connection with
any past election, and as to indictment for misdemea-
n iur no Attorney-General would recommend that.
With regard to the future the subject was under oottsi-
deration, and he hoped, in proposing to renew the Cor-
rupt Practices Act, to submit such amendments as
would remedy the existing defects. With regard to tra-
velling expenses, unless they were paid with a corrupt
motive, he thought it reasonable that they should be
all med. At all events, the question was one that ought
to be settled.

Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD was glad the subject was
to be taken into consideration of the Government. He
believed the decision of the courts bad been given upon
the principle .that the liability only tx.sted where the
traveling expenses were given with the corrupt motive
of inducing the elector to vote, and not upon the prin-
ciple upon which the House of Lords had proceeded.
Mr. Y. SMITH suggested that it would be well, if
the law to be altered as proposed, that the bill for that
purpose should be introduced as early as pos-ible, inas-
much as elections might take place and election petitions
be presented in the interim• He th,,ught it advicible if
any alteration in the Bribery Act was to be made that
some proviei,,n should be introduced applicable to muni-
cipal elections, and to prevent their being made the
means of bribery and corruption.
After a few words from Mr. CsOss, the motion was
agreed to.

not duly qualified, and something ought to be done in
the matter.

Major EDWARDS said if this bill passed he should
he eleced in a peculiar poe'tion re,gard to the geetle-
man who had been just referred to ; and he could only
say that no effort of his should be wanting to seci.nd the
wishes of the hon., gentleman who had just spoken, and
to induce the Hume Secretary to commute the sentence
in question.
Mr. WALPOLE said this question bad often been be-
fore the house, but be was not aware that its merits had
of late years been much discussed. Last year the post-
ponement of the measure was urged on the ground that
it ought to form part of a larger measure of reform, and
that all questions of reform ought to be put off till next
session. It now cams on, and the question to be consi-
dered was whether the property qualification which was
originally introduced in the reign of Queen Anne, and
which was modified in the reign of the present Queen,
by making personal as well as real estate the sill j'•ct
of tte quelificatian, was or was not advisable. There
were two reasons, which t) his mind seemed the
strongest in favour of the present law. The first was,
that by requiring a man to have a certain income as a
test of his eligibility to sit in that house, you received a
greater amount of independence in members. The second
vason was, that it would prevent speculative candidates
from coming forward at the time of 'elections, and put-
ting their opponent.: to unneces-ary expense. With re-
gard to the first reason, tiers securing the independence
of neemb re, he doub.ed if that could be secured by the
mere feet that a man possessed 3001. or 6001. a year.
(Hear.) It would certainly not make hi so indepen-
dent as to place him above any temptation which was
calculated to shake his independence. (Hear) But one
great reason against the present law wee that there was
such an inconsistency in requiring member., from one
part of the country to have a property qualification, and
members from other parts none, that he thought it wa
a principle utterly indefensible—(bear, hear)--aod in
order to maintain it Scotch members ought to have a
property qualification as well as other?. (Hear) But
the other argument against the law was, that they did
not know that it was evaded--(hear, herr)—that qu li-
fications were given to members to enable them to take
their seats; and therefore it ill became the house to main-
tain that which was a great sham. ("Hear, hear," and
cheers.) The other argument in favour of the law was,
that it prevented speculative candidates from put•ine
bona fide candidaees to expense at elecione. There was
no doubt something„in that argument ; but you might
set against it thee no N every candidate was obliged to
contribute to the expenses of the election auditor and
the hustings. If by operation of law you prevented able
men with, perhaps, large professional incomes, which
did not legally realise 3001 a year, from entering Parlia-
ment, you deprived the house cf a great advantage.
(Hear.) F a. these reasons he thought that the law could
not he maintained as it stood—('• hear," and chrer.)•—
and thinking that course could be gained by leaving
constituencies to choose whom they would to represent
-them, he had arrived at the conclusion that the bill of
the hon. member was much more allowable than any of
the arguments used against it could gainsay. (Hear,
hear, and cheers.)
The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to
be committed on Tuesday next.
The Franchise of Prisons Bill, as ameneed, was con-
sidered.

The house adjournei at twenty minutes past 11.

BANQUET TO THE DUKE OF MALAKOFF,

Another of those cordial reunions which mark the real
sincerity with which the Anglo-French alliance is pre-
served in this country in all its truth and spirit took
place last evening, and the officers of the two services
woo are members of the Army and Navy Club enter-
taned his Excellency the Duke of Malakhoff at a grand
banquet at the New Club-house, St. James's squire.
Nothing that could oontribute to the importance of the
occasion or mark the high reuse which the gallant mem-
bers of the club entertained of the position and services
of their illustrious guest was neglected, and the whole
character and tone of the entertainment was worthy
both the reputation of the "At my and Navy" and the
distinguished soldier and representative of the great
Monarch in whose honour it was given.
The dinner was fixed for eight o'clock, and by half-
past seven the guests began to arrive, pouring up the
magnificent staircase of the club to the library, where
the committee to whose care the conduct of the enter-
tainment was intrusted received their visitors. All wore
plain evening dress, wearing, however, their principal
decorations, and nearly all were assembled before the
hour at which the guest of the evening was expected to
a• rive.

A little before eight o'clock his Excilency was an
nounced, and was immediately conducted to the library.
Here be was received with quiet but most cordial de-
monstrations of welcome from all the assembled officers,
and especially, of tour..-e, from the chairman of the even-
ing, Sir Fen wick Williams.
Some of the most distinguished officers present were
presented to his Excellency. Accompanying the duke
were the secretaries and principal attaches of the French
Embassy, the Baron de Malaret, Commandant Dubai,
Count de Jaucourt, Colonel Appert, M. Monicault,
All there gentlemen Shared, of course, the warmth
with which their chief was received, and all are suffi-
ciently well known in the &I's of London society to be
cure of the best cengratulations of its best circles.

The banquet was served in the chief dining-room cf
the club, a noble apartment and remarkable alike for its
architectural features and the taste and simplicity with
which it is adorned. Very little attempt had been made
to enhance its proportions or to add to its fine general
effect by the temporary decorations which are often re-
sorted to on these occasions, and nothing but the mag-
nificence with which the banquetting tables were spread,
the massive epergnes,. plateaux, cups, and centre pieces
which covered them, fillet with the choicest flowers,
marked the style of the entertainment and the impor -
ance of the guest in whose honour it was given. The
tables were arranged in a circular form, going almost
completely round the saloon. In the centre was the
chairman, the gallant Sir Fenwick Mame, the seat of
honour on the right, of course, being occupied by the
guest of the evening, and the place on his left by the
Right Hon. Sir John Pakington.
Behind the chairman's seat the tricolour and English
ensign were grouped together, and arranged before the
p,aaE3R of honour were some pieces of plate, including
~
some regimental trophies and some of the best of the
Goodwood Cups. The whole room was lighted from the
ceiling by those peculiar burners known as sunlights,
and the effect was briliant in the extreme. Among the
guests and other members of the club present on thi-
occasion were—Lieut.-General Sir Wm. Codrington,
„eie,jer-General Sir C. Yorke, K.C.8., Colonel Owen,
R E , LtenteGen. Set J. Burgoyne, K.C.8., Col.
Daeitll (late C Ilstream Guards), Captain the Hon. J.
Drummond, R.N , Captain Porter, R N., Major-Gen.
Alves, K.C.B, Lawrenson, Col. de Arley,
Col. Goldsmid, Cel. Pipon, Assistant-Adjutant General ;
Major March, R.M., Lieut.-General Forbes, R.A., Col.
Chapman, C. 8., R.E., C.I. Ouvry, C. 8., Capt. Carpen-
ter, Sir G. Jenkinson, Bar ~ Sir J. Carmichael, Bart..
Major Rodney, Lieut.-Colonel Sibthorp, LieuteC done'
Morrie, C. 8., R.A., Cept. Clarke, Baron de Malaret,
Lord Rokeby, Colonel Harnley, R.A., Colonel Furster.
Deputy ei,ijat,nt•Geeeral ; CJinuaandeat Dubai, Col
Hore, Col. Appert, Mr. J. P. Max well, M.P., Major
Teesdale, C. 8., R.A., Monsieur Monicault, Count
Jaucourt, Major Fellowes, Caltain F. Sayers, Deputy
Assistant Quartermaster-General ; Major Hon. I=l. F
Keene, R.E., Col. Bignold, Deputy Assistant Adjutant-
General ; Major Way, Sir A. Agnew, M.P., Mr. H. E.
Sortees, Lord F. Conynghani, M.P., Capt. C. Reynolds,
Mr. T. Butter, Captain W. Ellis, Major S. W. Spicer,
Col. S. Napier, C. 8., Col. W. Napier, Capt. Pember-
ton, Capt. Travers, Lieut.-Colonel Pretyman, Captain
Montgornerie, Captain Williamson, Captain B3wden.
w a
y,
Captain R . Henderson,R.A.,
eruct.-Colonel
u ton Major
Finnic,Pif.o
n.R Lieutenant.wA e.,stMheaajdo
,Lr
Lynch,
Wallack, Major Montressor, Major A. Inglis,
Capt. Scott, Major Tremayne, maj .
Hon. H. Murray, It N., Mr. Walcot (Secretary), Capt.
Mayo, Mr. R. Jefferson, Ceylon Rtflas, Cspt. W. S.
Hughes, Mr. Norman Cowley, Sir A. Webster, R.N..
Capt. Durant, Cept. Draper, Mr. T. N. Woulfe, Capt.
W. Archdale, M.P., Major Carthew, Sir C. Rich, Capt.
Blakely, R.A. , Capt. Hon. W. B. de Blaquiere, R.N.,
Major Conyers, Major Whitmore, 62 I, Capt. G. Beres-
fore, Capt. Walters, late 6th, Capt. Pryee, M.P., Capt.
Cookworthy, Capt. Y. Baker, Mr. E. Amplete, Capt.
Weyland, Sir S. Bisshop, Capt. Hamilton, Mr. H. Me-
redith, Lieut. R. Herbert, R.N., Capt. Thursby, 22d,
Lieut. Heneage, R.N., lion. S. Duff, M.P., Capt. R.
Erskine, Mr. R. Campbell.
It is needless to say that the banquet was of the most
sumptuous description and served in the very best style ;
in fact, all the arrangements connected with the dinne'
were of the most satisfactory kind, and reflect the
highest credit upon the Messrs. Staples, to whose car
and experience this most important department was en-
trusted.

The cloth having been withdrawn,
The CHAIRm SIT rose amid loud cheers, and said, that in
t.:roposing the first toast of the evening ho felt assure,
it would be received with the greatest enthusiasm—ii
was that of " the health of her Majesty." (Enthusiasti
cheers.) In calling upon their illustrious guest witt
.whose company they had been honoured that night ti
pin in that toast, he need not point out to him, or t,
those who were engaged in that war, the deep intere
Mich her Majesty took in all that concerned the welfar,
f the soldier, and the untiring benevolence which sto-
4ho wed to the wounded during that memorable struggle.
(Cheers.) He knew that their illustriou3 guest like,
dinrt speeches, and that nothing 'a hich he could sa)
could add to the warmth with which the toast would be
received ; he, therefore, begged to propose "the health

of her Most Gracious Maje4y the Queen." (Great
cheering.)
Tina t ast was chunk with all the honoura.

Tho CHAIRMAN, in proposing the second toast, said,

it was one which he knew would be received with all
the warmth and cordiality of feeling which it deserved
—it was " the health of the Emperor and Empress of
the French." (Great cheering.) He invited them to
drink to the health of that S piereigia who had shown
himself, throughout a most ardent struggle, the truest
and most faithful ally of England. (Cheers.) It was
impossible for those whom he had the honour to
address, or, indeed, for any thinking man either in
England or in France, to over-estimate the value of
the alliance betwee❑ those two great nations. (Cheers.)
He was convinced that as ling as those two countries
acted cordially together they would be the arbiters of
the world ; that what they said should he done
would he done, and what they sail should not he
(lone would not be done. (Cheers.) There was a fur-
ther and a special reason why the toast ho proposed
should be drunk with genial warmth on that occasion—
it was that the Emperor of the French was himself a
member of that slob. (Cheers.) In times gone by the
eminent man who now ruled the destinies of France had
dined within those walls, and many then present had
had the honour of enjoying his Majesty's society. Ail
those members who during late years had gone to
Francs could bear willing testimony to the hespitabty
with which they had been received by the Doper-et. of
the French, and the lively interest which his 111,jesty
had uniformly evinced in all that concerned the welfare
of that club. (Cheers.) He feE that all whom he thin
addressed would join him in the expression of grief and
indignation at the dastardly attempt which bad recently
been made on hfs precious life and o❑ that of the Em-
press. (Loud cheers.) Sure was he that there was not
an officer or a soldier in the whole British service who,
if he bad been presen,, would not have given his own
life to save that of their illustrious ally. (Great cheer-
ing.) He begged them, then, to drink the health r.f his
Imperial Majesty, and to the continuance of a life so
v.,luabfe that anN thing which would endanger it must
he contemplated with fear and misgiving. (Great
cheering_)
The toast was then drunk with all the honours.

The Duke of MALA RUOFF, on rising to acknowledge
the toast, was received with tremendous cheering. He
replied in Frtnch, and said that it gave him the
greatest satisfaction to be able to re-pond to the
sentiments of respect and regard with which the bealli
of his Imperial Majesty and the Empress had been hailed
by the company he had the honour then to address. He
felt flattered beyond expression by the warmth and cot,
diality of feeling which that tuast had evoked. If anythit g
could a,,d to it, it was the fact that the glo wing eulogiutn
which they had just heard bad been delivered from the
mouth of a no less illustrious officer than Sir Fen wick
Williams, the heroic defender of Kars. (Cheers.) The
illustrious Duke concluded by expressing a fervent hope
that the sentiments of esteem which had been declared
for the alliance of England with France would always
be preserved.

The gallant CHAIRMAN, baying proposed in the usual
terms " the health of the Prince Consort and the other
members of the Royal family," which was duly honoured,
next gave the toes, of the evening, " the health of his
Excellency the Duke of Malakhoff." Tide (he said) was
a toast in which the officers of both services would
most cordially join. He unfeignedly wished that the
task of proposing it had been confided to bands more
capable of doing justice to its great merits ; but he felt
sure that nothing that he or any one else could say,
could add to the sentiment of admiration and esteem
.%ith which the name of Marshal Pelissier would be re-
ceived at that table. (Great cheering.) The Marshal
had had the high honour of being nominated by his
Imperial master to represent him at this Court ; and
the marks of esteem and affection with which the illus-
trious ambassador had been received in this country,
must sufficiently convince him of the real senti-
ments of the British people towards him. It w 3u1,1 be
paining the modesty of the illustrious Duke were he to
dwell upon the history of his many and great achieve-
ments ; he would simply allude, therefore, to his rnornen-
roue services in Africa, where he bad gained an im-
perishable renown, and to the subsequent services which
he rendered in the Crimea, where be acquired his crown-
ing glory. (Great cheering ) He (Sir F. Williams) had
the honour of commanding a fortress in a remote part of
Asia when the news arrived of the great victory which
had been achieved by the French army and the En, lish
army which acted with them. He thereupon ordered a
salute to be fired in honour of that great event, before the
Russian army, which lay only thres miles off, under his
friend, as be (Sir F. Wiiliam,) might now call him—
General Mouravitff. The Russians immediately ordered
nut a Cossack battery of artillery to drown the noise of
that British salute, and which they effectually did ; how-
ever, the fortress under his command took the Rus-ians
hy surprise that evening, and fired a salute in honour of
the fall of Sebastopt let sundown. (Cheers and laughter.)
lie was sure that the Duke of Malakhoff would appreciate
he sentiment of the British army and navy in inviting
him to partake of the hospitalities of their table, and
who now united in drinking in all sincerity, success and
long life to the Duke of Malakhoff. (Tremendous
chef ring.)
The Duke of MALATCHOFF, on rising to acknowledge
the toast, was receive,: with the most cordial and
enthusiastic cheers, which lasted for several minutes
fie said, still speaking in French—lt is with a feeling
of brotherly pleasure that I find myself sitting among
you. It gives me deep satisfaction to see your cordial
anxiety to give me a welcome. As a soldier more than
one among you know rue ; a, Ambassador my prineples
are invariable, and as I have already had the opportu-
nity cf explaining them, it is not necessary to speak of
them again here. But what I wish to tell you is, that I
feel a pride in finding myself again in the midst of my
companions in arms, and that I recall to memory our
b-aliant standards, our glorious flags, the witnesses of
your great efforts as well as ours, under the shadow of
chick we bare conquered the peace of the world. Let
us in future know how to maintain that peace, so pro-
itictive of civilisation, and eo fertile, so necessary for us
and for you—that peace so indispensable for the welfare
of all. I hope that peace will be durable, for it was
cemented by generous blood—by blood shed side by side
an succouring a faithful ally, but shed with equal and
mutual esgerness. It is fur us, soldiers and sailors, to
remember this. It is for us to propose, without hesita-
ion, an enthusiastic toast of lasting concord, and we
who have joined our heroic efforte together for the ad-
vantage of all who have the right to say to two great
people, " Let us know how to unite the two fleets and
the two armies, and let our sentiments be mingled toge-
' her in one common feeling." I beg to propose " The
imperishable union of our fleets and armies."
The CITAIIS.II.IIc ritxt gave " Cienrrinelers
in the Navy and Army then serving their country
abro id," and in whose praise the recent events which
nad taken place in the E let spoke louder and more
forcibly than any terms of eulogy which he could use.
(Cheers.) He was sure there was not a mail in the three
kingdoms who bad not that day been rejoiced at seeing
hp the newspapers that a well-earned title of distinction
was about to be bestowed as a reward for the long tried
and arduous services of Sir Colin Campbell. (Cheers.)
lie would couple with the toast which he had the honour
of proposing the names of Major-General Sir Charles
Yorke and Sir John Pakington.
Sir J. PAKTNGTON said, he rose with feelings of con-
i ?erable regret that the duty of acknowledging the
compliment paid to the navy had not devolved upon
some or the experienced officers whom he saw around
him ; but though he wanted the experience of actual
,ervice he would yield to no man in his deep admiration
'or the heroic deeds of that service, and for the noble
iharacteristies which almost invariably distinguished the
ifficer who belonged to it. (Cheers.) On that occasion
was sure he should best exeress the feelings of the
British navy when he said that, with sailor-like frankness
ind warmth, they joine.l with their brothers of the army
n true and hearty welcome to that most distinguished
French Marshal who had served with Englishmen of all
arms in the struggles and glories of hard-fought fields,
ind whohad now come among them on a mission of peace,
and in the enjoyment of the honours of that important
mission to reap the high reward he had carried of his
country. When he spoke of the illustrious Marshal having
served with Eoglishinen of all ranks, he alluded more
,specially to the services of the Naval. Brigade, who,
having uo foe to c.:pe with on the ,ca, had volunteered
or duty in the trenches of tie Critntnapd in the parched-
ip fields of India, and in both places bad rendered moat
listiegnislied and important services to the arms'. The
Deke of had seen thensi things--he tad seen
hem as a friend and as an ally, and Ged grant that be
night never see their services in any less amicable rela-
tions. (Cheers.) They bad all listened to the Duke
. it the roost heartfelt pleasure—a pleasure he was sure
n which every Englishman would share—when his
lexcellency expressed his wish that the union of the two
nuntries alight be eternal. (Cheers.) Lfo trusted that
he Duke of Malakhoff bad seen enough of this country
to know that the sentiments of the nation were not to
is judged from those which were evinced in the deep
recesses and crowded alleys of a great c:ty —(con
applause) ;—nor in those indiscretions of speech whir'
sad been committed by men who onght to have used
A more temperate tone. But the Duke knew the

country and its institutions, and he krew that those
things were part of the price they paid for the freedom
they valued, and he knew also that the real spirit of Eng.
land towards France was rather to be found iu the cordial
feelings which had evoked that festive meeting, (Cheers.)
It was to be found in the welcome which had greeted
him from all classes—it was to be found in the feeling
which prevailed in all well-regulated English minds ;
and for the sake of France and for the sake of Eng.
land, for the sake of the happiness, the civilisation, and
the progress of the world he hoped that that feeling of
cordial unio❑ might long subsist between them,—a feel-
ing which found its best security in the mutual respect
and confidence which ought al ways to be entertained
between two of the most powerful, the most independent,
and the mo,t enlightened nations of the earth. (Much
cheering.)

Major-General Sir C. Yon bri'fly acknowledged
the honour which had been done him by coupling his
name with that of the army. He said, when his Excel-
lency the Doke de Malakhoff was firet named for the
post of Ambass4dor the idea of the dake being a great
fighting man created an unpleasant f,,eiing in the minds
of some people lest he should not be in favour of peace-
ful counsels. But nothing could have been more mistaken
than such a notion. It was never among generals and
warriors that warlike ideas prevailed ; pugnacity was
generally most predominant among those who by a sin•
gular perversion of terms were called the "civil" portion
of the c, mtnuoity. (Laughter.) Formerly, when France
and England were almost on the verge of war, a peace-
ful understanding was restored chiefly through the exer-
tions of two individuals—the Duke of Wellington and
M:q.shal Soult, and he was sure that if any future cause
of misunder-tanding should arise between the allied na-

tions they could not do better for its pacific settlement
than just to put the wh, le matter into the bands of his
lt,,yal Highness the Commander-in-Chief and the Duke
de Malakhoff, and leave it to them to arrange it quietly.
(Corers and laughter )
The CHAIRMAN n.-xt gave the toast of "The Armies
and Navies of the English and French in the Ba/tic and
in the Black Sea," briefly saying that it was not neces-
sary for him, in the presence of so many Crimeans, in
whr.e dangers and whose glories he had had no share,
to enlarge upon what had been Effected by the operation
of the combined armies. He fervently trusted, however,
that the cordial sympathy and good feeling which had
then been evinced by the combined forces would always
exi-t.

Sir War. CODEINGTON returned thanks for the army,
looking back with pride at what had been accomplished
by their united efforts ; by Marshal St. Arnaud, with
whom the battle of the Alma had been gained ; by Mar-
Hbal Canrober, with whom they had gained the battle
of fokermann; and the last glorious months of duty with
their illustrious guest, with whom the final victory had
been achieved. (Cheers.) During the time that he (Sir
W. Codrington) had had the honour of commanding
the English army he could speak to the warmth and
sincer.ty with which the alliance had been preserved,
and that nothing could be more open, more straightfor.
ward, and more energetic and frank than the co-opera-
tion and assistance of their illustrious guest. He was
sure that the noble Duke would not soon forgot the
glorious scenes he had mixed with in the British army,
and he was sure that all in that army would appreciate
the sincerity and worth of their allies, to whose merit'
he had borne this slight testimony. (Cheers.)
The Hon. Captain DRUMM3ND, R.N., having added
a few words i.n the part of the navy,
Lord ROKEBY briefly gave "Tee health of their gal-
lant chairman, Sir Fenwick Williams, of Kars."
Sir F. WILLIAMS acknowledged the honour in a few
words, and said he felt it to be a high honour to have been
selacted to fill the chair on an occasion of such impor-
tanc,,. The gallant officer then proposed the last toast
on the list, " Tbe Health of the Club Committee of
Management, and thanks to them for the way in which
they had discharged their pleasant, but important dutieit
in connection with the festival." The toast was coupled
with the names of Col. Daniell, Lord J. Chichester, and
Capt. Murray.

Col. DANIELL said, he begged on his own part, and
that of the committee, to return them his beat thanks,
and he asked them to believe him when he said that any if
exertions they had used were amply repaid by their ap-
probation of them. He felt that night in a proud posi-
tion, sitting by the side of that great warrior with whom
he shared the excitement of the Crimean campain, and
he felt that the position he occupied was not to be Ito-
,,cribed to merits of hie, but t that unvarying good
feeling and kindness on the part of the members, who
had assigned to him, as on many past occasions, a post
of db4inction. For one circumstance the c!ub certainly
was to him indebted, which was, that he induced the
present Emperor of the French to become an honorary
member of the club. It would gratify the members to
ar that only a few weeks ago he had the honour of
-eeing Lim, and that then, with all his wonted kindness,
he had spoken of the club in terms of the greatest inte-
rest. He could never persoi,ally be sufficiently grateful
to him, that when going to the Crimea he bad
written with his own hand to Marshal Canrobert
presenting him (C lonel Daniell) to him, and by tha
act he was introduced to many French officers, whose
kindness and invariable welcome to their tents he was
glad that day to have a public opportunity of asknovr-
lodging. He would be ungrateful to detain them locger,
but there was a little Crintesta incident he wished to re-
late, and which he did not think it inopportune then to
mention. As Lord Rokeby and General Codriogton
were both a ware, the last two months before Sebastopol
the Guards were in the trenches every third night, and
they could not spare the living to guard the dead. On
the lone hill of Inkermann eight of the Coldstreams
(among whom was poor Mackinnon, whose name w3l
On the memorial window of the club) were buried in one
grace--brothers in glory as in death. He had expressed
his regret to Colonel Guerin, of the 15th Regiment do
la Ligne, and he thought it would long be remembered
when he said that, although nightly the French were
losing an enormous number of mon in the trenches,
Colonel Guerin regularly till after the fall of Sebastopol
furnished a sentry to guard from desecration the re-
mains of those officers and other brave fellows who, like
them, had fallen at the memorable battle of Inkermanm
They might depend upon it that their club motto, then
entwined round the flags of France and England,
" TJoitate Fortior," was the best for their mutual in-
terests ; and, with the permission of the chairman, he
would give as a toast to be drunk with all British Sin-
cerity, " L'Entente Cordiale." (Great cheering )
With this toast the festivities terminated, and the
company adjourned to the coffee-room, where coffee wall
served, and whence the guests departed as they chose.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF DEATH FROM FALLING OK
THE POINT OF A PARASOL.—Yesterday afternoon Mr
W. Payne held an inquest at St. Thomas's Hospital, on
the body of a female named Eliza Roffey, aged 30, wb°
f,.1.1 down, and was wounded in falling by the point (f
her own parasol, which happened in the street opposite
the South-Eastern Railway,
at London bridge, while
hurrying to catch the train to Maidstone. Mr. John
Popple well, and several other wiinesses deposed to see-
deceased fall down. She became very i i when
taken into a shop, and was afterwards removed to the
hospital. Mr. Wokes, the house surgeon, stated that
he saw the decease'i about three minutes after her ad-
mission, and she was then quite dead. He was not in-
formed that she had received any wound, but a poet
tnortern examination of the body had been made, and it
wa • then asctrtaint-d ti at some sharp instrument had
peuetratvd the fl,sh just in front of the right shoulder,
piercing the upper lobe of the right lung, and bad opened
several veins, causing considerable l rss of blood, from
the effects of which the deceased exp;r•i. There was
also a large quantity of blood in the cav,ty of the chest.
Tee Coroner then summed up, awl the jury returned a
verdict, " Accidental death."

BIRTHS.
BnoCKELBANK—On the sth inst., ai 127, Alfleregate•
street, the wife of Mr. L. Brockelbanir, of a sox.
GORDON -On the 19th March, at Calcutta, the wife °I.
Lieut.-Colonel S. E. Gordoki, R.A. of a son.
LATIMER—On the :-.th ivat, at Camberwell-grove, the
wife of George Latimer, Esq., of a son.
THORBURN—On the 4th inst., at 15, Bayswater-terrace•
Mrs. Thotburn, of a son.

MARRIAGES.
ROSIIBROOK— JOHNSON—On the sth inst., at the parish
church, Milton, Kent. Mr. H. G. Rushbrook, of
berwell, to Marian Bertrand, eldest daughter of Mr. -1'
Johnson, of Priory-road, Wandsworth-road.
TUFNELL—BLANDY— On the sth init., at St. Giles'6f
Church, Ro:oliog, the Rev. Cherlee Tuffnell, vicar or
StoorpAne, Dorset, to Catherine Jane, second daughter
of Wm. Blandy, Esq., of Reading.
HEATHS.
DEBAC -On the 21st ult., atßs.dford House, near Bath'
_ _

Hester Ruth Debac, aged 25.
EDWARDS -On the sth inst , at 8, Howley-pace, 3103 n:
hill, Dr. Edgecumbe Win,leatt Edwards, late Pbygio—

General, .130-mbay Army.
FOWLER --At Weston-super-Mare, Charl©s Fowler, Esq"

late of Cheltenham.
FREIVIN—On the 14th inst., at 28, Dorchester Place'
Blandford-square, James Frowin, Esq., aged 63. no
TITACKWELL—KiIIed by the enemy at Lucknovr, °n
2,lth March, aged 2'2, Lieut. Osbert D'Abitot Tha°
well, ;sth 8.N.1., Artillery Divisional Staff, thirlBth
of Lieut.-General Sir Joseph Thackwvll, G.C.8., d
Lancers. The officers of the 15th having been deserted
by men at Neemuch, Thackwell applied for leave
to join Sir Colin Campbell's force going to Lucknol•

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of gittUltlex, Fri,lay. 31... y 7, 1858.