The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-06 00:00:00

circumst Inces under which the last Reform Bid
was passed, thby would see that there was no reason
for saying that a new Reform Bill was not wanted.
To say so would be the grossest affront that could
be offered to those whose intelligence said it was
due. (Cheers.) The men who sent memberi to
Parliament bore no fair numerical proe-ortion to the
population of the country, and the newleee of voters
was no fair criterion of the intelligence of the
country. The hon. member illustrated this point
by a reference to his own borough (Dudley), which
had only 800 or 900 voters out of a population of
50,000, and a suburban population of about 100,000
more. After contrasting England with Italy, and
inquiring whether this country, which had always
been supposed to be in the van of progress, was to
be behind Italy, which had at last struck an effectual
blow for freedom, or less wise than the Czar of
Russia, who, wiser in his generation than some
others, had liberated the serfs, the speaker went on
to express his opinion that between the "chattels
or things" called serfs in Russia and the unreprc--
sented people of England there was iu reality no
difference. (Cries of "Bravo," and cheers.) An-
other reason why there was not so much agitation
now as in 1832 was that when the first Reform
Bill was passed there was no telegraphic com-
munication to call members of Parliament to their
constituents, no penny post, no such extensis e
system of education as they now had, no domi-
nant and all-potent power of the press in
existence, the latter of which, as it lived upon
popular favour, must express popular demands.
They had none of those. advantages then, but
now they possessed them all, and so the
people spoke through different channels, by means
of different organs and in different ways; but the
influence was still the same, and the feeling upon
the subject was still as great, ina.smuch as the
eternal principles of human nature must necessarily
always be the same, and the desire for freedom and.
just representation always as powerful. (Cheers.)
The hon. member, after alluding to the struggle for
liberty in Poland, stated that all the rights and
privileges the people now enjoyed had been:wrung,
by dint of great coast and labour, from the titled
inhabitants of the land, who would not allow them
to breathe the air without taxation if they could.
help it, ar.d therefore it behoved the people of the,
country to stand with their heads erect and say,

" We have a right to a recognition of our political
existence, and nothing short of that will satisfy
us." (Cheers.) The broken promises of statesmen
in connexion with the subject of reform, the effi-
ciency of the Volunteer force for defence, and the
necessity for keeping en army and navy, consider-
ing the present disturbed state of Europe, were the
next subjects touched upon—Mr. Sheridan remark-
ing that he could not go to the length the members
for some neighbouring places had, and call the
immense expenditure of the country the result of
profligacy, as the people had delegated some of
their best gifts to those who had naturally made
use of them fo their own advantage. The late
election for Dudley was then adduced as an exem-
plification of the fact that noble lords, in addition
to the exercise of their own rights, sought to
exercise the rights of others ; and Mr. Sheridan
went on to allude to the extravagance which made
iron ships cost three times as much here as they
did in France ; to the anomaly of Mr. Rowcliffe, a
a constituent of Lord Palmerston, being ridiculed
by some portions of the press for daring to interro-
gate his representative; to the fact that Lord John
Russell had disappointed the country by his treat-
ment of the question of reform ; and concluded Et
lengthy speech amid loud and protracted cheers.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

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The will of the Right Hon. and Rev. Francis
North, Earl of Guildford, late of MI-alder...hare-park,
Kent, and of Grosvenor :street, St. George's, Hano-
ver-square, was proved in the principal registry on
the 20th of last month by his relict, the Countess of
Guildford, and the Right Hon. Lord Walsingham,
the nephew, the executors. The personalty was
sworn under £200,000. The will is dated the Bth
June, 1857, and a codicil in 1860. These documents
are somewhat voluminous. The late earl died pos-
sessed of a large fortune, both real and personal,
which he has bequeathed entirely amongst the mem-
bers of his family. To his relict, who possesses
considerable funded property, he leaves an imme-
diate legacy of £3OO, together with his town resi-
dence, furniture, carriages, and other effects. To
his grandson, now Earl of Guildford, and Vac) suc-
ceeds to the family estates, he has left the principal
part of his property, having appointed him residuary
legatee. To his son, the Right Hon. Frederick
North, he bequeaths the sum of £16,000, and the
sum of £lO,OOO to each of his other children. The
late earl directs that the sum of .£75,000 shall form
an accumulating fund for the period of 21 years,
for the benefit of the heir to the title and estates.
All letters and papists are directed to be inspected
and perused by the testator's widow only, and re-
tained or destroyed at her discretion. This noble-
man, who passed nearly the whole of his life in
various clerical functions, attained to the great age
of 89.

The will of the lion. Lady Matilda Butler, of
Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, who died on
the 16th of last month, was proved in the London
court on the 27th of the same month by the Dow-
ager Countess of Glengall, the mother and sole
executrix. The personalty was sworn under
£12,000. Lady Butler is the daughter of the late
Earl of Glengall, and resided with the Dowager
Countess. Her ladyship has bequeathed all her
property, except some small legacies, to her mother.
'These legacies which do not exceed £l,OOO, are
given in various amounts to her ladyship's personal
friends and others. Lady Butler also requests her
mother to disburse the sum of £lOO, according to
her discretion, amongst several persons who had
been the recipients of the testatrix's benevolence.
The will is exceedingly brief, and was only exe-
cuted the day prior to Lady Butler's decease. Her
ladyship was unmarried, and died at the premature
age of twenty-five.
The will of the Venerable Archdeacon W. Gun-
ning, D.C.L., Archdeacon of Bath, Prebendary of
Wells, Rural Dean and Vicar of Buckland Newton
with Plush, in Dorset, was proved in London on
the 233 of last month by his relict, and Samuel B.
Merriman, Esq. The archdeacon possessed both
real and personal property, which he has bequeath-
ed, with the exception of a few legacies, entirely
amongst his family. He bequeaths to his relict a
life interest in his entire property, which, upon her
decease, is to devolve to their two daughters, and
to them he also leaves his presentation plate, on the
decease of his widow, with the exception of a por-
tion which he leaves to a nephew. There is a
legacy of £l5OO between his nieces, the dalighters
of his late brother, as well as a legacy to his execu-
tor, and several bequests to hie servants.

The will of William Spence, Esq. of Lower Sey-
mour-street, Portman-square, F.R.S., has been
proved in her Majesty's Court of Probate in London
by his executors. The personal property was sworn
under £lOO,OOO. Mr. Spence was joint author
with the late Rev. Mr. Kirby of that popular work
known as an "Introduction to Entomology; or
Elements of the Natural History of Insects,"
of which work Mr. Spence published a cheap
edition shortly before his death, to bring it (to use
his own words) within reach of all desirous of be-
coming acquainted with the natural history of
insects, and thus carrying out more effectually the
lig
object of the authors—that of introducing
a branch of science which they found so eo.t.hle at ful.rs to
—lllustrated London News, April o._

0 the Edinburgh and Gies-
, mow BANK.--A verdict in
vn
theEpprol
arrivedkat on Thursday, in the Edin-
tNraßcUteßdGH
gow Bank case was This bank was established in
burgh Court of S°B_Bfil,oo°,ooo, in 45 shares. and EUS-.
1844, with a capital °
litigationANDLAS-
the railway crisis cif 1847 and
losses during
tamed heavy f 1857. In 1858 the directors made a re-
the money Panic in consequence of theselosses, the capi-
tal. 4.
proposing that,
Po" reduced to £500,000. At the seine time they
should
be
that this amourAt remained intact, and
expressed a .
d henceforth be able to
pay 7 to 8 per cent.
that they wo a.
upon it. In the following year, however, the concern
broke down, an c 3 the liquidation showed a loss, not only of
the scree capital, but of £22,000 besides. Several suits
were then instituted against the Directors by permis who
had bought shares under the influence of the puh!iished re-
ports, which were now charged to have been false and
fraudulent, and the present is the first of these suits that
has been decided. The Judge's charge, the general so
fourope
of which was favourable to the defendants, occupied
hours. The jury retired, and had been absent three 'to:
when they Were called into court and stated thattioe
with awer
divided in opinion. Subsequently they returned
special verdict, finding that the complainanttt those
chased the
0 3 shares under false representations, batby
the ;defendants.
that
represen-
tations were not fraudulently
made
This verdict will come before
court next sear iion far legal
. tly laid down
interpretation; but, the Judge
baying distinc
that fraud must be proved, it apps to be a verdict forth.
defendants,