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31. KOSSUTH ON- NATIONAL
CHARACT E.R .

church, where a solemn Te Deum was chanted, and
a most impressive and stirring appeal made to the
people by the Rev. Abbe Geraolles in favour of the
cause. The President also made a very eloquent
speech, in which he stated the wises for the revel,
lution, and promised that a thorough reform shOuld
be made to insure the welfare of the country.
On Friday, Dec: 24, he left for St. -Marc (a well
fortified town), the commander of which joined him
immediately, and gave his adherence to the cause.
Well and firmly established there with two regi-
ments he awaited the submission of the other towns,
and soon Cape Hayti, Plaisance, - Port de Paix,
Liinbe, St. Michael, .&c.—in fact, the whole of the
north—acknowledged him as their ruler, and they
are now waiting butte concentrate troops to march
at once to the • capital, where it is expected not
much resistance to his entry will be made.
General Geffrard is nearly a black man, of 50
years of age, possessing a great deal of intelligence
and most gentlemanly in, his manners. He is be-
hived by the _ arniy, and. people, and has always
shown himself friendly to foreigners.

the 20th November, was discontinued- on the 7th
ultimo, the requisite amount of tonnage having
been obtained. A few ships have since been taken
at 455., but we doubt if any more could be placed
even at that rate. Vessels have been taken at £4
10s. delta weight on the. round, taking coals out
from Bristol Channel, and, fora handy ship of 400
to, 50Q tons--we could male a, similar engagement.
e have also inquiry for a- small vessel for the
same round, loading outwards at Antwerp, for
which £5 ss, would be paid..• There is a fair in-
quiry for tonnage from the coal ports to ports in
Chili, at 40s. per ton ; from Hull or Liverpool the
same rate for, flag stones to Callao ; and we can
give good despatch to one or two vessels en the
berth from this port to Valparaiso or Callao.
Brazils, West Indies, &e.—ln these trades, char-
tering business continues unimportant, homeward
freights being very scarce. For. Rio Janeiro there
have been a few engagements from Bristol Channel
at 325. coals, 40s. iron, and the same terms may be
still obtained ; or from London, general cargo, 555.
per register ton; also River Plate, 30s. coals, 40s.
iron, or the berth-in London 50s. per ton regi-
ster, &c. Salt from St. Übes to Rio Grande,
35. Havana, out vid home, 60s. ror small
-vessels ; Porto Rico, home, 50s. ; Trinidad, 60s. to
625. 6d..0n the round, to load outwards, here or at
Liverpool ; St Domingo, out and home, 705., &c.
Mediterranean, &c.—Coal freights continue firm,
more especially for Barcelona, Leghorn, Genoa,
Naples, &c. Chartering is active at 60s. to 625. 6d.
Black Sea on the round, or 355. to 40s. Odessa ; 455. ,
to 50s. Azoff, home only. We hold orders for Rus-
sian ships at 40s. Odessa, 50s. Azoff, option of
Marseilles at 2-3ds freight, Danube 9s. 3d. to 9s. 6d.
for late ships'• Alexandria nothing doing, 3s. 9d.
beans, nominal; Sicily to Newcastle, 155., &c.
The Timber Trade.—lt is early yet for any
activity in these freights, but' there is a fair pro-
spect of the trade opening at better rates than were
, current at the corresponding .period of last y_car,

Las evening M, Kossuth, ex-governor of Hun-
gary, in compliance with the request of the
members of the " St. John's-wood Literary
Institute," addressed at the Eyre Arms, a numerous
and respectable audience, on the " Difference of
National Character." Mr. Willcock,.Q.C.; presided.
M. KOSSUTH, in the opening of his address,
apologised for addressing so large an assembly on
this subject, at a time when political affairs on the
Continent should claim his first consideration--
when Austria, the oppressor of Italy and Hungary,
was menacing the peace of Europe—and when it
might be naturally expected that politics and not
literary speculations should engage his attention.
But the members of the St. John's-wood Literary
Society had done him the honour of soliciting his
services at a time when.they were preparing their
annual intellectual bill of fare. That was five
months ago, and he could not relieve himself from
the obligation. He appeared before them now to
redeem his pledge, but he trusted that if he did not
allude to the unexpected turn which had taken place
in public affairs, it would not be considered that his
aspirations for the freedom of Hungary were the less
ardent, or his sympathies for oppressed nationali-
ties were not as fervent as ever. His excellency
then proceeded -to deliver his lecture, which in
November last was substantially reported in the
metropolitan papers, and in which he com-
pared the English, the French, and Germans
sat
with each other. His excellency's - idea is, th
the, language -of a people is indicative of their
character • and in illustration of this hypothesis,
he selected the " common sense" of the English,
the " esprit" of the French, and "genueth" of the
Germans. Those words, though apparently equi-
valeit, do not translate one another, and the lecturer
defied any etymologist to do so.' Sens commune, in
'French, meant thq *pie of a whole people—a public
sentiment. In England it merely represented the
individual opinion ; in Germany it was a sort of
transcendental spiritualism. England represented
the will, France the heart, Germany the soul. From
these distinctions the lecturer deduced an argument
in favour of forbearance and toleration. Diversity
•eras necessary to harmony, and to prevent monotony
the Creator had made us various, and we should be
pleased, rather than angry, Iv ith existing differences.
His excellency, without betraying any subserviency
to the English people, made several observations
in the contrast that he drew between ourselves and
others, which were pleasant enough, perhaps flatter-
ing, and which were very favourably received, as
was the whole of a speech that occupied nearly two
hours in the delivery.
A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the
proceedings.

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND
THE COURT OF.TURIN:

The Borsen Halle of Hainburg of January 26,
states that a diplomatic note, sent to the court of
Turin by the English Cabinet, was " extremely
severe," and presSed Sardinia to abandon her ",pro-
yoking attitude" towards Austria. It appears from
an article in the Opinione, which passes for the
organ of Count Cavour, that a note on the subject
has really been sent from London, but according to
the Opinione it was not so " severe" as represented.
That journal admits that the attitude of the Cabinet
of London is not favourable to the cause of Pied-
mont in Italy ; but it thinks that the English
polie.y with regard, not only to Sardinia, but the
whole Italian peninsula, is as yet in a state of incu-
bation. England, it says, cannot show herself
decidedly hostile to Piedmont without contradicting
all the established principles of her policy. Pied-
mont is the only free state in Italy—the only one
which has succeeded. in establishing a regime of
regular progress and civilisation— the only one
which has loyally accepted an English alliance.
Whatever differences of opinion there may be be-
tween the two courts, hostility between the two
countries is scarcely to be conceived, and the
Opinione sees in Lord Malmesbury's note itself
a proof of this position. The English Minister is
very mindful of the excellent relations between the
two 'States, and the courteous and moderate form
of his note attests that he feels constrained by his
position to give a bias to his Italian policy which
his despatches express, perhaps, but imperfectly.
He no doubt desires to avoid war, but is not the
less fully convinced that the Italian question must
be solved, and that if the solution cannot be
arrived at pacifically there must be war. The
Opinione proceeds to argue that war is not to be
prevented by any congress, but that it is in the
power of England to prevent the conflagration from
becoming general. The war, in its principle and
in its object, will be, if not thwarted by England,
purely national, and consequently circumscribed
within the four corners of the Peninsula. The
Opinione proceeds :—" It is certain that Piedmont
does provoke, though her Government does not.
The statute provokes, the tribune provokes, the
tricoloured flag provokes. Has not Lombardy, who
sees a free State on the other side of the Ticino, a
right to say, Cannot this flag protect us also ? Can-
not our interests be protected in that parliamentary
tribune? Cannot we also be governed by that
statute ?' All this has been said for the last ten
years. What is Piedment to do ? Is she to abolish
the statute and suppress liberty in order to tran-
quilise Austria and enable her to keep her Italian
possessions ? The dislike of Austria to Piedmont
is not against this or that minister, but against her
liberal institutions. If at this moment Austria
betrays more irritation than usual, it is only be-
cause Count Cavour's Ministry has conquered a
strong position in Europe in spite of her. The
independence of Italy is not to-day a question ,r
discussion : it is a problem which awaits its solu-
tion."

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING.
THE ARRESTS IN -THE SOUTH.

The campaign against the Killarney Phoenicians
is not yet terminated. The correspondent of the
Cork Examiner, writing from the first-named town
on Sunday evening, thus announces the recommence-
ment of active operations on the part of the consta-
bulary.:--" Jeremiah Cronin, ex-policeman, clerk
to a respectable architect of this town, and brother
to the young gentlemen of the same name who has
been for some time enjoying the hospitalities of the
CaSlle, left here on Friday morning for Dublin, in
charge of a constable. So sudden and unexpected
(at least, by his friends) was the departure of this
young man that nothing was heard of it until hours
after the train left. At a late hour on Friday night
William Mayberry, of Kenmare, was arrested at
Cloheneen, where he has been for some time em-
ployed
i
ployed by Col. Herbert as a boat-builder. He s a
respectable, well-conducted person ; he is for the
present lodged in our Bridewell. Some commotion
was caused here yesterday when it became known
that an active search was being made at several
respectable lodging-houses by some members of the
constabulary in coloured clothes for a young man
named M'Carthy, from 'Kenmare, and whose bro-
ther was just after arriving in town. Every room
of each house was closely examined—cocklofts,
haylofts, stables, piggeries, turf louses, and even
meat-tubs and water-barrels were looked into—but
in vain ; the fugitive was nowhere."
A movement is on foot in the south for collecting
subscriptions towards the defence of the would-be
Robert Emmetts of 1859.
ENNISKILLEN ELECTION.

HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTIONS IN
HAYTL

A retrospective review of the political history of
this unfortunate island will hardly be unacceptable
to our readers.
The island of St. Domingo is divided into two
separate States—that on the west side being the
empire of Faustin the First, the ex-negro Emperor,
and known as Hayti; and that on the east side
comprising the independent Spanish republic of
Dominica, of which Gen. Santana is the President.
In the year 1791 the negroes of Hayti revolted
against their French masters; and, under Toussaint
L'Ouverture, in 1803, obtained their independence
as a free republic. The eastern side of the island,
which constituted the old. Spanish colony of St.
Domingo, took no part in this servile insurrection,
nor were the slaves there liberated untillB2l, when
President Boyer, of Hayti, rendered that portion of
the island subject to the sway of the Republic of
Hayti. Up to 1844 the island remained under one
Government, but the cruelty and ill treatment which
the white races received at the hands of the
negroes, who are largely in the ascendant, drove
those of Spanish and Indian blood into insurrection
when, after two or three decisive conflicts, the sol-
diers of Hayti, then commanded by the present
Emperor (than General) Soulouque, were driven
back to their own side of the island, and the new
Republic of Dominica was proclaimed. The leader
of this revolution was Pedro Santana, a native of
Seybo, in the eastern part of the island, where he
spent his early life among the herdsmen of that
province. But in his retirement he cherished the
idea of redeeming his country from the brutal
tyranny of the negro race. Santana, with a handful
of men, about 500, rose in arms, engaged and utterly
routed the large army of Soulouque at Carreras and
from that time an incessant war long raged between
the two rival " nations," as they are styled by an
American newspaper now before us. The Republic
of Dominica has, moreover, been a prey to civil war,
Santana and Baez have each been in the Presiden-
tial seat three or four times, and as often in prison
or in exile.. General Baez has but recently passed
through New York on his way to exile in Europe,
and Santana has beon restored to the Presidency.
Thus, while the new Republic was ruining its own
prospects by internecine feuds for the last 10 or 12
years, Soulouque was also plotting its destruction
by conquest. In the year 1847 Soulouque, who was
born a slave on the plantation of M. Vailler, was,
almost by an accident, elected President of the Re-
public of Hayti. The contending candidates were
about even, and enough of the friends of both united
at the last hour upon Soulouque, as an available
man, to succeed in electing him. It was then sup-
posed that he was a man of no strength of character
and might become the tool of his party ; but, like
Louis Napoleon (of whose political history Soulou-
que's is a ridiculous burlesque) he proved himself
not a slave, but a tyrant ; and his unfortunate peo-
ple have been since mercilessly dealt with, and his
dominions reduced almost to ruin. After being Pre-
sident of the Republic for two years he was declared
Emperor, in Aug. 1849, greatly to the astonishment
of every one. It cannot be forgotten that soon after
his elevation to the throne he instituted several
orders of nobility after the fashion of European
monarchies, created a lot of Princes, Dukes, Mar-
quises, and Knights out of his burly negro friends,
and gave them pompous, loud-sounding, and some-
times ridiculous titles, such as the Duke de Lemo-
nade, the Duke de la Marmalade, and so forth. In
1852 he caused himself and his Empress to be
crowned, with great show and ceremony, at Port-
au-Prince, his capital. Never having acknow-
ledged the independence of the Dominican Republic,
but always avowing that it was a portion of his
empire, he undertook to reduce it to subiection in
1855, and in the month of December of that year
advanced with an army of 5,000 men to the fron-
tiers of Dominica. Here the Dominicans, under
the Liberator Santana, met him with a most
inferior force.
Two battles—those of San Tome and Canbronal
—ensued, each lasting about five hours. Victory
at last declared for the Dominicans, Soulouque
sustaining a defeat which like that of Napoleon the
Great at Waterloo, was tantamount to a total over-
throw. For a time Soulouque was regarded as
dead—physically as well as politically—but he at
length found his way back to Port-au-Prince, and
recommenced his oppressive and tyrannical rule.
The interference of France and England, however,
and the bold attitude of the Dominicans themselves
prevented any further aggression on the part of
their swarthy enemy, the " Emperor" of Hayti, and
an armistice of three years (which expired on the
15th of January) was granted. Meanwhile Sou-
longue himself has lost his copper crown, after a
manner as much the reverse of dignified as old
Louis Philippe when he slunk out of the Tuileries
by a back door and fled from his capital in a hack-
ney coach. After the late commercial crisis in
Hayti want and misery became so great that the
people murmured openly and evinced much dis-
content ; the enlightened portion of the people soon
percived that the moment was propitious to throw
off their yoke, and with one accord decided on the
overthrow of Soulouque, which they have done so
far that half (the French part) of the island is in
their possession, and in the following manner :
On ,Wednesday, Dec. 22, the General—Fabre
Geffrard—sailed from Port au Prince in a small
sailing boat, with his son, Mr. Ernest Roumain,
and a Frenchman, and landed at a neighbouring
town ; they were there joined by some confederates
—Mr. Aime, Legros, and others, and having pro-
cured horses these five persons rode into town,
pistol in hand, crying " Viva la Republique !"
" Viva la Liberte !" No one stopping them they
arrived at the chief guardhouse, where the soldiers,
either from fear or from being favourable to the
cause, beat the alarm as desired. Pursuing their
way they reached the Governor's house ; but before
arriving they let all prisoners loose that were work-
ing in
..the street, telling them to shout " Viva la
preventGbheui
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Liberte"—and which they were but too happy to
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It is quite true that resistance is to be offered to
the return of the Hon. Mr. Cole, and that, too, by
a gentleman professing the same political and reli-
gious creed. The address of Mr. Paul Dane has
been published. He is a supporter of intermediate
and Scriptural education, an advocate for the Gal-
way packet station, and a devoted friend of the
Derby Government. What more can the Ennis-
killeners desire ?

GALWAY POLITICS.
Mr. John Orrell Lever is in the field for the
borough of Galway. The following is a copy of
the placard in which he positively announces his
intention of seeking from the ratepayers and free-
men of Galway the support which he so justly
merits.

ME FREIGHT MARKET.

•
Messrs. Seymour, Peacock, and Co.'s Circular ol
Feb. 1 says—Since the commencement of the year
the freight market has 'exhibited signs of general
improvement, and outward rates have advanced—
more especially in the long trades. The rise which
has been established proceeds from several causes ;
the more important being the determination of
many large shipowners to lay up their vessels until
outward freights advanced sufficiently to cover
great part of the risk of the entire voyage ; the
demand for the East India ports on the part of the
Indian council, Indian railways, and coal contrac-
tors ; and the withdrawal, for a time, of.a consider-
able portion of the American tonnage, which has
been diverted to the southern sates for cotton.
Politically, the everts of last month—interesting to
the shipowner—comprise the answer to the memo-
rial to the Queen, which, has been graciously re-
ferred to the Board of Trade, a procrastinating
and unnecessary routine, which has given general
dissatisfaction. The grievances of the shipping
interest will be prominently brought before Par-
liament, soon after the opening of the session this
week—a petition to the House of. Commons having
been already very influentially signed. The cor-
respondence between ourselves and the Earl of
Malmesbury, on the subject of the American coast-
ing trade, has attracted attention throughout the
United Kingdom ; and we have every reason for
hoping that this movement will materially assist
the British shipowners in obtaining " reciprocity"
from the American Government, which will tend to
the perfecting of the free trade system. Rumours
of war, and the extensive preparations on the part
of our own -as well as other European powers, have
created an unsettled feeling in the commercial
community, calculated to retard the return to pro-
sperity.
Australia and New Zealand.—The demand for
tonnage has been very active since the beginning
of the year, more especially. at Liverpool, where a
scarcity has been experienced. For suitable vessels
80s. to 85s. per register ton has been paid, and we still
quote 70s. to 80s. as current. The freight of goods has
advanced at Liverpool to 70s. and 80s. per ton; but in
London, owing to the larger number of vessels on
the berth and greater competition, 455. payable
here, and 50s. in the colony, are the highest rates
obtained. Exporters, would, no doubt, yield to an
advance from London as readily a 3 they have done
from Liverpool, and if owners continue firm, a rise
will speedily. be established. We know of an en-
gagement being recently made by the same shipper,
on the same day, for the same class of goods to the
same port, at 80s. and 10 per cent. from Liverpool,
and 4es. and 5 per cent. from London ! There is a
fair inquiry for tonnage for coals at about 50s. per
'ton from Birkenhead, Sunderland, or Wales, to
Melbourne or Sydney, and for iron and coke for
Newport to Adelaide at 50s. per ton. The Emi-
gration Commissioners only chartered one ship for
Australia during last month, viz., the Lady Emma
Bruce, for Sydney, at .£l5 19s. id., being an ad-
vance of 325. RI. upon the rate paid for the last ship
taken. The New Zealand berth has been active,
good passenger ships realising 80s. to 90s. per re-
gister ten for two ports.
India, China, &c.—The demand for shipping—
especially for dead weight and machinery—con-
tinues very active, and a great deal of tonnage has
been taken up during the last month. Rates are a
shade weaker than they were a fortnight ago, but
good lump sums may still be obtained. For Bom-
bay, Kurrachee, Madras, and Calcutta the rate to
load in London is about 70s. per ton, depending
upon the capacity for stowage, cutting required,
&c. •, and similar rates from Liverpool, Glasgow, or
Cardiff. Cial freights have been very firm, and
during Jamary the rate for Aden reached 555. per
ton from Birkenhead, but it has since declined, and
tonnage ofbrs at £52 10s. per keel from Sunder-
land, but £5O is the utmost at present obtainable.
For Bombay a few vessels have been fixed at 455.,
Mayotte ,gs., Mauritius 405., Galle 405., at which
rates we sill hold orders. The Indian. Council
have shipped a large quantity of stores during the
month, but in small parcels which have been ab-
sorbed by the vessels on the berth. Two vessels
only have been chartered for troops, viz., the
Undaunted, at £l2 19s. 3d., and the Raby
Castle at £l3 18s. 4d.
Homewards, business is quite nominal. We have
had rumours of offers at 50s. from the rice ports,
but cannot trace any positive engagements. Ton-
nage might be had plentifully at this rate. From
Moulmein for teak 60s. is quoted for backward
ships, ant one or two small vessels might be fixed
from Batavia or Singapore at about 255. 6d.,
Manilla 455., &c. The advices from Bombay are
as
report on the freight market is a shade better,
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aasneenvter;but from Calcutta the
improvement is looked for.
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permanent
From Cine, a few engagements at 305. per ton
from Shin ghae are reported.
Pacificand West Coast of South America.—Char
tering for guano, which recommenced at 50s. on

"TO THE ELECTORS OF GALW.X.
" Electors of Galway, reserve your votes! I will have the
honour of addressing you and soliciting your suffrages in a
few days. " JOHN ()RUBLE LEVER.
" Glasgow, Jan 31."
A letter from Galway, dated last night, says:—
"As yet no other person has announced his inten-
tion of starting, but probably they may think
it premature as yet. Mr. Roebuck will move
the writ for this town on the first day of the
meeting of Parliament, and there is every proba-
bility that it will not be opposed. Mr. Lever left
to-day for the metropolis, but will return on next
Wednesday, accompanied by Lord Bury and several
directors of the company, when he will issue his
first address to the constituents in case of a writ
being granted. The strongest feeling exists in
favour of Mr. Lever, who, it is said, will have a
walk over."

SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON A RACECOURSE:

The morning papers give the following account
of an accident which occurred yesterday at Tallaght
races :—" Yesterday, between three and four o'clock,
the stand-house at Tallaght racecourse, which was
at the time occupied by from 300 to 400 persons,
came down with a sudden crash, severely injuring
several persons. Prior to the start for the race for
the challenge eup, the great event of the day, when
all was excitement on the stand-house and the race-
course generally, the stand was observed to waver
for an instant, and then to come down en masse,
amid an expression of general consternation from
those who were fortunate enough to be spectators
only of the occurrence. There was an instant rush
on the part of these to the scene of the disaster,
when every possible exertion was made to afford
rescue and assistance to the sufferers. It was dis-
covered that upwards of 30 persons were injured,
and seven of these seriously, so. Among the latter
are, we regret to say, Mr. Wilson, sporting corre-
spondent of a morning contemporary, and Mr.
Flanagan, of the Dolphin Hotel. Mr. Wilson was
removed to his residence in town on a spring van,
and on being subjected to surgical examination it
was found that he had sustained a severe compound
fracture of the right leg. His case was promptly
attended to by Dr. Nedley and Surgeon Banon, and
it is hoped that he will progress favourably. Five
other persons were removed to Madame Steevens's
Hospital, among them being Sergeant Farrell, of
the G division, who is said to have sustained a
severe injury of the spine. The occurrence of the
accident is attributed to the effect of the heavy gale
of the previous night, which is supposed to have
disturbed the principal joinings of the structure.
Fortunately up to the present no loss of life has
been the result."

BANQUET OF THE LORD 211AraR OF
DUBLIN.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY NIGHT.

with
thehi
that
proposal of At Lord Mayor Lambert's inaugural banquet
held to-night 600 sat down ; and the Lord
di
Lieutenant, in replying to the toast of his health,
expressed his attachment to the viceroyalty, and
hoped he would never see it abolished ; he believed
that none of the great parties in the State desired
its suppression. He hoped many successors would
fill his place. In alluding to Ribbon ands editious
societies, he said that in the early part of the
winter outrages of an atrocious description were
perpetrated, and he could not attempt to express
his honor and detestation of that brotherhood
of murder, which was banded together in secret
and in blood; but he trusted, in fact he believed
he had a right to say that the measures
which had been taken by the Government
had not only repressed those organisations
but for the moment subdued them, and no outrages
of a similar nature had for a long time taken place.
There is nothing but the spread of education (Lord
Eglinton continued) that will ever eradicate this
curse of Ribbonism. The secret societies were
revolutionary in the highest degree, and if allowed
to gain head would have led to tumult and blood-
shed. He thought he might add that the common
powers of the law were sufficient to meet this erimi-
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Among the other episodes of the meeting was
RECORDER, in his speech, deprecated coer-
cion bills on the one hand and coaxing bills on the
other.

The LORD-LIEUTENANT during a second address,
in introducing a toast, spoke warmly in favour of
the Lever line, and was most enthusiastically re-
ceived.

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THE METROPOLITAN GAS QUESTION.
_MEETING OF THE DELEGATES.

YesterdaY a "sPecial general meeting of the dele-
gates from the various metropolitan vestries and
district boards took place at the Marylebone
:Court_ House, for the purpose of making arrange-
ments for a renewal of -the . campaign in the
ensuing session, of Parliament in reference to the
alleged gas monopoly and recent districting of the
several London gas companies.
Mr: James Peacock, representative from Blooms-
bury, was called to the chair,
Mr. BEAL, in reply to questions, said that. many
4 the vestries and district boards had already re-
sponded to the appeal of the managers of the pro-
ceedings before Parliament for fufids. He believed
that they would require altogether about £1,500 to
fight the -battle before the committee of the House
of Commons; It was fully the impression of the
managers that they could complete the investiga-
tion before the committee of the House of Commons
in something like twelve or fourteen days, -unless
the gas companies, who boasted that they had a
fighting fund of some' £30,000 or £40,000, drove
them into unnecessary evidence and prolonged the
inquiry to five or 'six weeks. They fully believed
that they . could fight the battle of the metropolis
against this gigantic monopoly at the rate of £lOO
la day, .and they had suggested to each of the ves-
tries and district boards that a farthing rate would
be amply sufficient, and be money well_ laid out in
carrying this- most important question to a success-
ful issue. The scientific as well: as other evidence
they would be able- to produce would, it was true,
open a wide field,, but it would make out :such a
.case as he believed would prove irresistible before
Parliament; • (Hear.) •
The managers havinc, made their re

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with the eirction of Mr. G.A.Young, who ceased
to represent St. Pancras,being no longer a member
of the vestry, and Mr. H. Farrer was elected in
his place.
Mr. BEAL then moved—" That the managers now
appointed be authorised to take all the requisite
steps in the conduct of the Parliamentary inquiry,
to engage all requisite assistance and officials, and
to take all such measures as they may deem neces-
sary, provided always that no expense is incurred
beyond the amounts from time to time subscribed
by the various vestries and district boards."
Mr. PETTER, seconded this motion, and it was
carried 72C111 con.
The remaining business was then disposed of,
and after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the pro-
ceedings terminated.

THE REPEAL OF THE WATERMAN'S

COMPANY'S ACT.

Yesterday a meeting of gentlemen interested in
obtaining the repeal of the Act 7th and Bth Geo.
IV., c. 73, commonly termed the Waterman's Com-
pany's Act, which, as they allege, impose arbitrary
restrictions upon the navigation of the River Thames
as respects goods traffic, was held at the Bridge-
house Hotel, Southwark. A bill has already been
deposited with the House of Commons, for the pur-
pose of accomplishing the object in view, and the
meeting yesterday was convened in order to facili-
tate the attainment of the desired end. Mr. E. P.
Sells, of Limehouse, occupied the chair, and there
was an influential attendance.
Mr. 0. SMITH proposed the first resolution—
" That this meeting entertains the opinion that the
monopoly of the navigation of the River Thames
as exercised by the Company of Watermen and
Lightermen is injurious to trade, and that the same
should therefore be abolished, in accordance with
the recommendation of the Royal Commissioners
appointed in 1853 to inquire into the affairs of the
Corporation of London."
Mr. J. G. BARRY seconded the motion.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
Mr. S. SIDNEY then moved " That a bill repeal-
ing the Act under which the Company of Water-
men and Lightermen continue to exercise their re-
strictive and injurious monopoly having been de-
posited with the House of Commons entitled, " A
Bill for the better Regulation of Watermen,
Barge-owners, and others connected with the
Navigation of the River Thames between Yus-
lett Creek and Windsor, this meeting is of
opinion that every endeavour should be made to
secure the passing of such bill during the ensuing
or any subsequent session of Parliament; or such
modification of the same as will best secure the
opening of the goods traffic upon the river Thames
to free navigation."
Mr. BEALE seconded the motion, and cited nume-
rous instances of the loss and annoyance to which
wharfingers were subjected owing to these re-
strictions.
The motion was carried unanimously, as were
others, nominating a committee, agreeing to a peti-
tion to both houses of Parliament, &c., moved and
seconded respectively by Mr. Phillips, Mr. Eley,
Mr. Hicks, Mr. Cory, and Mr. Barry.

A MAN CHARGED WITH SETTING
FIRE TO HIS WIFE.