The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-17 00:00:00

SECTION D.

Chairman—the Very Rev. FL P. Hamilton, Dean of
Sidisbury; secretary, Mr. John Thaskeray Bunce.
Mr. Alexander Redgrave, Inspector of Factories—" On
the operation of the half-time scheme in factories."
The Rev. C. H. Bromby, Principal of Cheltenham Train-
ing College—" On voluntary half-timi schemes."
Mr. J. Symons—" On industrial training as an adjunct
to school teaching."
Yr. Horace Mann—' On Civil Service competitions as a
means of promoting education."
The Rev. P. Marshall—" On factory education, with
suggestions for improvement" .

The• Rev. E. Giidlestone, Canon of Bristol—" Will an
improvement in the dwellings of the labouring classes, have
any influence upon the value which they attach •to the
education of their children, and can any use- be made of
the electoral franchise in the same direction?"
FINAL MEETING • .
His Royal Highness will preside at a final meeting, which
will be held on Wednesday, June 24, at Willis a booms,
when the reports from the various sections will be made.

;MB. HUMPHREY BROWN'S CAIMAR.

Humphrey Brown, against whom a warrant has at
leneth Leen issued, is in many respects as remarkable
an adventurer as the present century has produced. His
father was a large barge owner on the river Severn,
carrying on an extensive trade, and was esteemed a
pSnie, induste lone, and respectalle man. His residence
wrs at Tewkesbury, where his eldest sin Humphrey
was horn. He had also another son and a large family
of daughters, who are all cerefortab'y married. From
ear y youth Humphrey evinced a taste for speculation,
which grew with his gr iwth and strengthened with his
strengths, until he has new become the victim of this
accarsed Mel )ch. On his father's death he was 1-ft in
possses-ion of a large and lucrative trade as carrier,
which, however, in hie heeds was so unduly extended as
speedily to ceLapse. Then we fine) biro going into
business as a cement inanufaeturer in Thrmiogharn,
and supplying the country far and wide with a patent
article in this way which was to supersede all
other descriptions by its low price and good qua-
lity. Here again his views were too extensive for his
p leket, and the cement manufactory was soon closed.
Aft swards he embarked in a variety of speculations, was
clerk in a merchant's office, turning to other tempertoy
shifts', living in the nnsst precarious manner until the
ralway mania of 184 G, which formed the foundation of
his fleeti, g fortunes. At this time the traffic of the
Birmingham and Gloucesterßail way wasatalow ebb, and
Humphrey Brown, who was then at Tewkesbury, wait.
ing, like Mr. Micawber, fir sornethiog to " tuna up,"
was recommended by somebody as a shrewd sort of
fellow, who would find some means of diverting traffic
to the iine. He knew the localities, was a man of shifts
and resources, and just the official for the place. Well,
he was to attend a meeting of the board at Birmingham,
and it is a well authenticated fact that he had not the
means of paying his fare there, no one would lend it to
burn, and he walked the whole distance, and was ap-
painted traffic manager of the line. It is quite certain that
he did vastly improve the prospects of the railway, brings
ing on traffic from far and near ; and, taking advantage
of his position, being, as it were, behind the scenes, he
dabbled in shares, was cno of the lucky men of the
mania, teed returned to Tewkesbury in two years with
70,0001., while he had left it wits a Aolitary half-a-crown.
Now he might have settled down couifertably, but his
old demon of speculation still lurked within his breast.
He bought a handsome residence in the borough, turned
the theatre into a :ilk factory, purchased landed pro-
perty in the vicinity, and was returned member to the
House of Cemmons by an enormous majority.
Those who would not lend him the means to pay
his fate but a short time back were now the most
vehement in his praise. Brown and Tewkesbury were
henceforth identified with each other. His portrait
was lithographed, and hung in everybody's parlour ;
his name was lelzoned in handbills as chairman of every
meeting, whether for religious, local or political pur-
poses. He was looked upon as the most " independent"
member of the House of Commons, of fabulous wealth,
enterprising spirit, and unbounded liberality. It was
true he was no orator, made fearful orthographical blun-
ders in composition, and aspirated with astounding
energy on the hustings. He had plenty of money, and
spent it profusely, which was an ample passport to the
sweet voices of the multitude. his parliamentary duties
called him to London, and here, falling in with kindred
spirits, he embarked on the sea of speculation on which
ho bad so often buffeted with its billows, or sailed
into the harbour of fortune with a favouring breeze. A.
mere catalo,eue of the schemes with which he was mimed
up would fill an ample volume, but they embrace such
enterprising undertakings as opening up new slate
qearries in Merionethshire, working prolific gold mines
in Csliforeia, extending railway communication through-
oat Ireland, with a host of other gigantic proposals, any
one of which would suffice to absorb the energies of any
man ; and all this time he was freighting ves-els to Cal-
melt e, Melbsurne, America, and other parts of the
weld. He, built a splendid pile of warehouses at Glou-
ceter, was importing alike into Liverpool, London, and
C3r.liff ; and with all this accumulation of private and
Pasliarnentary duties, he must, forsooth, be a director
of the Royal British Bank, and manager of their Gla-
merganshire works into the bargain. Hercules himself
could not have satisfact irily disposed of the multifarious
labeurs taken in hand by this man, who, but the other
day, was presented with a piece of plate.

:Tun GLISGOW JEWEL RomiguY —At the High Coati
of Justiciary, E,tinburgb, on Monday, Dietrech Mahler
arid Marcus Berrenhard, both natives of Prussia, w. r 3
charged, the former with theft by means of house-
bdeaking, and the latter alternatively with theft or reset
of theft of the stolen property. The indictment alleged
OW; on the 16th or 17th day of March last the pannels
did break into and carry away a very large quantity of
jewellery, amounting nearly to the entire stock of 'Mr.
Laing, a jeweller, of Brunswick-street, Glasgow, viz :
5q silver and 55 gold watches ; about 100 valuable
npgs, some of them set with diamonds and precious
stones ; upwards of 60 chains of gold and other metals;
40 gold car-rings ; 40 pencil-eases ; 30 or 40 gold keys ;
218 gold shirt studs ; a bar of gold, weighing 24 oz. ;
and an extensive Ir•riety of smaller articles of value—in
all amounting to about 2,000/ worth of jewellery. Evi-
dence was heard at considerable length, in the course of
w,lizh it was brought out that Mahler was the first who
was apprehended for the robbery, and that Mr. M'Say,
yie!diug to the suggestions of Mr. Laing, was induced
tci prorni-e him that if he would tell all about the rob-
bery and give such information as would lead to the
recovery of the property he would be taken as evidence
for the Crown against the other parties (three others
t4ing suvectsd). The prisoner Berrenbard had been
captured at S:irling, with the property in his possession ;
41-, the evidence being con,idered insufficient to con-
nfct him with the theft, the jury ennvieted him of reset
for which offence the Court sentenced him to six years'
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