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London, England, 1858-08-06 00:00:00

INAUGURATION OF THE BROTHERTON

MEMORIAL.

MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.
This morning, at 11 o'clock, the statue to the memory of
the late Mr. J. Brothcrton, M.P., was publicly inaugurated
in the Peel-park, Salford, in the presence of the corpora-
tions of Manchester and Salford, and a large number of
spectators, among whom were many ladies.
The company assembled in , the reading-room of the
Museum, and the Lord Bishop of Manchester there de-
livered the inaugural address; but owing to the situation
in which the reporters were placed by, the wisdom of the
Salford Corporation, his lordship was by them only very j
imperfectly beard.
After the Mayor of 8/ILFORD (Mr. E. R. Langworthy),
who presided, had briefly addressed the audience as to the
excellent worth and character of the late member for Sal-
ford.

ir The Bishop of MANCHESTER spoke in substance as fol-
lows, as near as our reporter could gather. If he had trusted
F to his own feelings in the matter he would rather not have
made a speech on the present occasion, but would simply
have uncovered the statue and there addressed a few words
to those assembled. They were met in that room to inau-
gurate the statue of a man who had done much good
through life both in his private and public capacity. He
believed Mr. Brotherton's life throughout was unosten-
tatious, and that hii sole aim was to benefit others.
There were several points in Mr. Brotherton's character,
which were'prominent above all others, and on them for
moment he might dwell. He was one of and among the
operative classes, and appeared to have devoted himsell
throughout his career to their cause. He had retired, it ap-
peared, front the !leafless of life just at a period when men
are the meat anxious for gain—and solely for the cause of
the class to which he belonged. He devoted himself unre-
mittingly to his duties ever. Most wisely and justly had the
electors of Eialford sent him to represent them in Parlia-
ment. A contest, in the first instance, took place, but aftis-
wards gave way when all went well. No one would say
the last 40 years had not been remarkable for the
changes that bad taken place not only in our legislative, but
in cur municipal institutions, our poor laws, and in an in-
creased education among the people; and to these Mr.
Brotherton had lent his aid and assistance. He (the Bishop)
had a little looked over' the circumstances of Mr. Brother-
ton's Parliamentary career, and it was almost all that could
be wished for. He was modestly unobtrusive, and mildly took
Part in every measure that was for the public good. He pos-
sessed an eloquence of the most persuasive kind, for it was the
deep study of conviction and thorough honesty. His talents
were rare. Great as were the public services rendered by Mr.
Brotherton, and of which be bad spoken, there were greater
still which he could mention. Many there were only little
aware of the nature of private Acts of Parliament, but he could
tell them that they were such that no department required
greater experience, sounder judgment, wisdom, more bold-
ness, and at the same time greater scrupulosity. In this
department Mr. Brotherton was unrivalled. There was no
other person within the walla of the House of Commons to
whose voice in such matters the house deferred. After
touching upon the religious opinions of Mr. Brotherton, in

which his lerdship said he did not entirely concur, and
after reading a paragraph from cne of his addresses to the
electors of Salford, and some further remarks on the career

of the law lamcn•cd member in connection with the

borough and as a public, man, he proccui.d to congra-
tulate he committee on what they had done. They had

done wisely in placing the statue where it was : there

it would be seen near to the place of which he was primarily
the originator. It was not in the Town-hall, to be seen by

a few ; it was not in a thoroughfare, where people would

forget it; but it was there in Peel-park, and would re-
main a monument to the memory and fame of Joseph
Brotherton for ever. After some further observations

lordship concluded amid cheers.
On leaving the reading-room and proceeding to the statue
it was uncovered and presented by Sir J. Potter, M.P., to
the Mayor of Salford, who said, he had much pleasure in
accepting it.

Sir JOHN POTTER, M.P. Mr. THORNELY, M.P.,
Wolverhampton, and Mr. JAMES BROTHERTON then
briefly, addressed the audience; after which the proceedings
terminated.

THE NBW ARMY WARRANT.

The report of the Royal Commissioners appointed to re-
vise the Warrant of 1854, as regards promotion in the higher
ranks of the army, was published yesterday. It iw elabo-
rate, clear, and comprehensive, entering fully and fairly
into all the compliataiihich have been urged of the unequal
operation of the previous warrant. At present, time pre-
vents our doing more than epitomising the recommenda-
tions, which are to the following effect :

First, with regard to the past operation of the warrant,
especially in the case of colonels and lieut.-colonels passed
over by their juniors, the commissioners recognise many
benefits conferred by the system of selection for the rank of
nyj ,r-general, and of promotion to that of colonel, because
of a certain period spent in discharging the practical duties
of lieut.-colonel ; but they admit that injustice to indi-
viduals was inflicted, which they propose to remedy thus:-
1. By making the officers promoted to be major-gene-
rals for distinguished service, supernumerary to the fixed
establishment, until the period at which they would come
upon that establishment by seniority, thus leaving the
stream of promotion entirely unchecked among the colonels,
while giving to the selected officers every advantage of
position which they now hold as a consequence of their
dis•inaui,hed conduct.

2. The advancement to the rank of colonel of all lieut.-
colonels commissioned as such prior to the 20th of June,
1854, the commissions to be antedated to the 28th of Nov.,
1854, and the colonels thus promoted to take their position
as colonels according to their previous seniority as lieut.-
colonels. The number of officers who have been passA over,
but who will be reinsta'ed by this prevision, is 115.
flaying removed these two inequalities as regards the
past, the commissioners in the next place provide for the
future by recommending several important modifications
of the warrant of 1854, which arc as follow :-
1. Tire increase of the fixed establishment of general
officers of the Guards and the line from 234 to 260. The
new estatdishrnent to consist of 50 generals, 80 lieutenant
generals, and 131) major-generals.
Mvking the qualification for future advancement to the
rank of colonel five years' command of a regiment instead
of three, as at present, ordinary leave of absence not to lie
deducted from the period. Majors and brevet-lieutcnant-
colonels in command, in the absence of the lieutenant-
colonel, to be also entitled to the rank after five years so
spent, and majors and brevet-lieutenant-colonels, .having
detached commands equal in responsibility and extent to
that of lieutenant-colonel, to be considered as qualified in
the same manner at the discretion of the Commander-in-
Chief, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State.
3. Officers promoted to the rank of brevet lieutenant-
colonel, for distinguished services in the field, to be made
colonels after eight years, instead of six years, as at present.
4. Six years service as field officer to continue 'as an in-
dispensable condition of promotion to the rank and pay of
major-general.

5. The removal of an officer from regimental command at
the age cf GO.

G. Lieutenant-colonels on the retired full pay to receive
not merely their pay of 17s. a-day, as at present, but their
additional command money of 3s. a-day, thus making the
retiring allowance equal to the real full pay, as its name

7. Brevet rank to be converted into substantive•rank
very sparingly, and only for very distinguished service, and
promotion out of turn to the rank of major-gen., to be
given only for extraordinary services. Officers now having
brevet rank, and having the right to acquire substantive
rank, to have the option of retaining their present regi-
mental position, but with the pay of regimental officers of
the higher rank. The brevet-major's pay would thus be
increased from 13s. 7d. to 16s. per day, and the brevet
lieut.-col. from 163. to lam.

The commissioners advert to the relative positions of the
Guards and the Liue, and speak of the complaints, on the
part of the former, as to their taking two years longer (on
an average) to attain the rank of colonel than officers of the
line. The captains and lieutenant-colonels of the Guards
commissioned prior to June, 1854, are to be promoted along
with the other lieutenant-colonels of the same standing ;
hut, as regards the future, the commissioners leave the
position of the Guards an open question, remarking that
the warrant of 18.31 has not yet been sufficiently long in
operation to enable them to come to a decision as to its
working in that particular respect, and that "
i the compara-
tive slowness of promotion in the Guards s, in part at
least, attributable to circumstances advantageous to the
officers of these regiments."
The report, to which several memoranda are added in the
shape of an Appendix, is signed "Sidney Herbert, George
(the Duke of Cambridge), Newcastle, Grey, Pantnure
Rokeby, Edward Ellice, J. Yorke Searlett, W. F. Willi
tith
J. M. F. Smith, H. K. Storks, and Henry Eyre."

•
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT BRIGHTON.
--A melancholy accident terminating in death, took place on
the race course, on Tuesday evening, the night before the
races. Two young men were out together for a ride on the
Downs, end one them, Mr. James Flockton, stopping at the
Old Ship Hotel while attempting to leap his horse over
the railings enclosing the course, was thrown off and
precipitated to the ground, his horse's feet having caught
the railing. The horse fell upon the rider and most seriously
injured him. A fly was immediately sent for, and he was
conveyed, without delay, to the Sussex county Hospital.
Every assistance 'that medical skill could render was
iitrorda, but although he lingered through the night, he
did not recover, del" ensuing ea Verednesdßy.—,73righton
Gazette.

METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT
A END MEN T.

The following are the chief provisiens of the new and im-
portant act to alter and amend the Metropolis Local Man-
agement Act (1835), and to extend the powers of the. Metr-
opolitan Board of Worke for the purification of the Thames
and the main drainage of the metropolis :-
1. The-Metropolitan Board shall carve to be commenced
as soon as may be after the passing of nis act, and, to be
carried on and completed with all convenient speed, accord..
ing to such plan as to them may seem
.proper, the necessary
sewers and works for the improvement of the main drainage
of the vetropolis, and for preventing, as far as may be prac.
ticable, the sewage of the metropolis from passing into the
river Thames within the metropolis.
If. The Metropolitan Board of Works for the purposes of
this act may construct any work through, along, over, or
under the bed end soil and banks and shores of the ri?er
Thames, making compensation to all persons having any
interest in any wharves, jetties, or other properly damaged
by sucb.works, as provided by the said act of the 18th and
19th years of her Majesty in respect of property, injured
under the powers.of such act.
lII.' The powers of taking land given by the said act of
the 18th and 19th years of her Majesty, and all other rowers
in such act and this act in relation to sewerage work,, shall
extend and be applicable as well to works for deodorising
sewage as to all other works under this act, either within or
beyond the limits of the metropolis, and all such works shall
be decreed works for the purpose of sewerage or drainage
of the metropolis.
IV. The Metropolitan Board of Works may, with the
consent of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury,
from time to time after the Passing of this act, but not later
than the :31st day of December, 1861, borrow on such bonds,
debentures, or other securities, and at such rate of interest
and upon such terms as to the time of repayment and other-
wise as such commissioners may approve, any sum or sums
of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of £3,000,000
for the purpose of this act.
IX. It shall be lawful for the Commissioners of her Ma-
jesty's Treasury from time to time to appoint an engineers
or engineers to inspect the works-to be. censtraeoPd ..`4ller
this act; and to report te ROP-1.-t-Mrtirtattozfen-th vrtirritifkit.
the expenditure thereon ; and such engineer or engine/ets
shall haveluil power and authority at all reasonable times
to enter upon such works, and survey and inspect tire same,
and to inspect the accounts. of the said Metropolitan Biend
in relation thereto, for The purpose of reporting as aforesaid.
X. The Metropolitan Board'of Works shall during forty
years from the time of the ;raising
.of this act assess and
cause to be raised in each year, upon the City of London and
other parts of the metropolis, for the purposes of the act,
such sums as in their judgment will be equivalent to a rate
of 3d. th the pound upon the annual value of the property
in the said City and other parts, respectively, estimated
according to the estimate or basis on which the county rate
is assessed, or according to a like estimate • and the sums to
be so assessed in each year may be assessed at one time or at
several times, as the said board may think fit.
XI. In the assessments of the said Metropolitan Board under
this act, and in their precepts and in the orders of vestries and
district boards to be made in respect of such assessments, such
sums shall be distinguished as being assessed for "-the metro-
polis main drainage rate," and all such stuns assessed upon
the City of London shall be reimbursed to the Chamberlain
of the said City by means of a separate tate to be called " the
metropolis main drainage rate," to be levied under the di-
rection of the Commissioners of Sewers of the said City, in
like manner and subject to the like provisions as any rate
wkich such commissioners are authorised to direct to be
made under any such act relating- to the sewerage of the
said City, and all Such sums assessed on other parts of the
metropolis shall be levied by means of a separate rate to be
called 'the metropelii main drainage rate," in like manner
and subject to the like provisions as the sewers tate to be
made under the said act of the 18th . and 19th, years of her
Majesty; and the assessments of the said Metropolitan
Board under this act shall include the places mentioned in
schedule (C) to the said act of the 18th and 19th years of
her Majesty, and the sums to be assessed thereon shall be
raised by,means of rates to be made and levied as therein
provided in respect of the raising of moneys assessed by the
said board.
XII. For the a-urro.ea of the as.e.ments under this
at.,, .11 t 1.... Ls of L.,e thempulis shall he deemed to be
equally-henefited by the expenditure under this att..
XV. The said Metropolitan Board may, in Case of any
default or neglect of any vestry, district bosid, or other
body or person to pay the amount required by any precept
of the said board, or any part of such amount, within such
time and in such manner as may be mentioned in such pre-
cept in that behalf, raise and levy the money required by
the said board for the purposes of this act in any parish, dis-
trict, or part, and for that purpose :may .tnake and levy a
rate of such arnouet in the pound on the annual value of the
property rateable as will, ht their judgment, ha'ving regard
to all circumstances be sufficient to raise the .money so re-
quired as aforesaid; and such rate shall be levied on
the persons and in respect of the property rateable
to the relief of the poor in such parish, district,
or part, 'subject to the provisions of the said act
of the 18th and 19th years of her Majesty contained
concerning the levying' of moneys by overseers in pursuance
of order made upon them by vestries under the, said act,
and shall be assessed upon the net annual value of such pro-
perty ascertained by the rate for the time being for the
relief of the poor; and the said board may appoint one ormore
•collectrrs for levying any such rate, and pay him or them aey
salarhpoundage, or allowance in respect of their employment
under this enactment which such board may deem just
and reasonable, and shall take such security from every such
collector for the due execnt ion of his duty as they shall think
reasonable and proper; and the said boars!, and the collector
or collectors to be appointed by them, shall have the same
powers, remedies, and privileges as fur levying money for
the relief el the poor; and all such rates shall be allowed in
the same manner, and be subject to the same provisions in
relation to appeals and to excusiniz persons from payment on
account of poverty and otherwbe, as the rate for the
relief of the poor; and all the expenses of r.nd incidental
to the preparing, making, collecring, and levying any
such rate shall be raised and levied by the said Metropo-
litan Board in addition to, but as part af, the
said rate.; and after deduction by the said board of the ex-
penses, all moneys levied or received under or in respect of
the said rate shall be paid by the said board into the Bank of
England to the same account and for the same purposes as
hereinafter mentioned concerning moneys payable under the
precepts of the said board in respect of the metropolis main
drainage rate ; provided also, that the provisions cf section
163, 164, and 169 of the said act of the 18th and 19th years
of her present Majesty shall be applicable to every rate under
this act.

XXII. If the whole amount raisable under this act shall
have been raised and paid off by means of the rates levied
under this act before the expiration of the said period of 40
years, the Metropolitan Board of Works, with the consent
of the Commissioners of her Majesty 'a Treasury, shall discon-
tinue the assessment for the metropolis main drainage rate,
and any surplus of the moneys arising from the rates levied
under this act which may remain after such payment shall
be applicable towards defraying the expensesof the said board.
XXIII. The Metropolitan Beard of Works in the mean-
time, and until the works required by this act for the puri-
fication of the river Thames are completer!, tray do all such
works and apply all such means as they may deem proper
for deodorising such sewage or otherwise protecting the
public health from any injurious consequences therefrom,
and may defray the expense s incurred for this purpose as t!:e
expenses incurred by the said board under the said act of
the 18th and 19th years of her Majesty are therein directed
to be defrayed.

XX IV. The said Metropolitan Board shall cause all works
to be executed tinder this act to be constructed and kept so as
not to be a nuisance, and shall, in deodorising any sewage
and in disposing of any sewage or ref•ise from sewers, act in
such manner as not to create a nuisance.
XXV. Section 1;t(') of the said act, and :31 much of section
lit of the said a;:t as provides " that belnra the Meirop-
litan Board of Works commence any such works the esti-
mated expense wheuof shall exec, d £50,000, the plan of
such works, together with an esl imate of the cost of carry-
ing the same into execution, shall be submitted by sue!,
baard to the Commissioners of bur Majesty's Works and
Public Buildings, and no such plan 01111 be carried into
effect until the same has been approved by such commis-
sioners, and no such works shall be commenced in cases
where the estimated expense thereof shall exceed the sum
efgloo,ooo, without the previous sanction of Parliament,"
shall he repealed.

XXVI. The time limited by section 135 of the slid act of
the 18th and 19th years of her Majesty, for the cotnp'etion
of the sewers and works necessary for preventing the row-
age of the metropolis from passing into the river Thames
in or near the metropolis, shall be extended to the 31st day
of December, 1863.
XXVII. No works upon the bed or shares of the said river
Thames below high water mark, which may interfere with
the navigation of that river, shall at any time be commence
or executed under the provisions of this act without the
same having been previously approved of by the Lord High
Admiral, or the commissioners fur executing the office of
Lord High Admiral, such approval to be flow time to time
specified in writing under the band of the Sect etary to the
Admiralty.
XXVIII. In order to preserve the navigation of the river
Thames the plans of any work to be constructed under the
authority of this act pponth
etari
with ks,bg free,or igslnniar‘eoafttiohne
e‘;,hischhall bosye interfere
approved by the cons, rvators of
or if vtehreTshaai
dmieisv,
the river Thames in writing, signed by their secretary,
before such works are commenced, certifying that the works
according to such plans will not interfere with the haviga-
don of the river Thames.
XXIX. Nothing in this act contained shall extend or be
construed to extend to, prejudice or derogate front the rights
of the conservators of the river Thames, or 10 prohibit, de-
feat, alter, or diminish any power, auttohritsy,.dor jurisdiction
which at the time of passing of this act
did or might lawfully claim, use, or exerlea,lsofaras conservatorssu ch
rights, power, authority, or jurisdiction may be exercised
for preserving the free navigation of the river Thames.
XXX. No works (meter or over the main navigable chan-
nel cf the river Lea shall at any time be commenced or
executed under the provisions of this act without leaving
the tip of any work under the navigation not less than 12
feet below high water, Trinity standard, and for any work
over any part of the navigation without leaving the suffit of
such work not less than eight feet six inches above high
water, Trinity standard, wilt a clear span over the said
river, inclusive of the towing bath thereof, of not less than
54 feet ; provide 4 it shall be lawful fur the trustees of the
river Lea, by writing under their common sea!, on the ap-
plication of the Metropolitan Board of Works, to consent to
an alteration or variation of the said dimensions or either of
them.

XXXI. It shall be lawful for one of her Majesty's princi-
pal Secretaries of State, at his discretion, on representation
or complaint made to him of any nuisance committed in exe-
cution of any works, or in deodorising any sewage, or indis-
posing of any sewage or refuse fioin sewer, or in any other
manner under this act, to Cause inquiry to be made into the
matter represented or complained of to him, and to direct
sae!' prosecution or prosecutions, or b take such other pro
cce,lings as be may think fit, in order to ensure the preven-
tion or abatement of such nuisance as aforesaid.

XXXII. In the construction of this act-the expression
" deochrise" shall be deemed to include-any process where-
by the solid suspended mat eri in sewaze may be precipi-
tated or separated from the liquid before the discharge
thersof, or whereby the noxious or offensive properties of
sewage may be nentralked ; and the expression " st wage"
shall mean and inelutie the contents of the sewers before the
employment ("f such pi Oe eS3.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—Yes-
terday the admissions on paymcat wcrc 5,667 ; do, by sown
tidos, QM total, 6,506