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PROTECTIONIST MEETING.
RUTLAND.
OAKTIAM, JAN. 28.—This morning a public meet-
ing " of all persons familiar to protection; industry,
and capital, throughout the British empire," was held
et the Castle, °Ahem for the purpose of adopting a
petition to Parliament, the re-imposition of a duty
on the importation of foreign produce.
J. T. Springfield, Esq., the high sheriff, occupied
the chair, and various protectionist resolutions, all
carried unanimously, were moved by Viscount Camp-
den, M.P., M-. George Finch, Mr. lleathcote, and
Mr. Cleethean (a tenant-farmer), and aecouded by
Mr. Scull (a tenant-farmer), Mr. F. NVortley, the
II c. G. J. Not I, M.P., and Mr. Stafford, M P.
In proposing the fourth resolution, Mr. CURET-
ILim, after touching on some more general matters,
went on to say that in his leisure moments he could
not help thieking that phantoms of ruined farmers
would haunt the sleeping pillow of Sir R,.bert Peel.
Kno ving how much he was execrated, he really
should think he must move about in fear and dread.
—(Heer, hear.) Even if Sir Robert Peel should
ever have a majority again, he dared not take office.
He (Mr. Cheethani) knew that if he was in Sir R.
Peel's position, he should be afraid of the poniard
and the dagger, and so he had a right to.—(lnterrup-
tion and cries of " No, no.") He should be sorry
to say what he did not feel, but he thought he was
justified in saying what he had, seeing what a narrow
escape Peel once had, when he was not so much
execrated as he was now.—(Disapprobation.) He
believed that Cobden and Peel were travelling the
same road. Peel, he was informed, had a strong
grudge against the aristocracy, because one of them
in -the House of Lords once called him a weaver's
son. Sir R. Peel's son need not be afraid of being
called a weaver's son or a weaver's grandson, but he
would be. called " the traitor's son."—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. STAFFORD, M.P., on seconding the resolution,
commenced as follows :—I begin by saying to Mr.
Cheetham, not that I disagree with him, but strongly
with the interpretation which perhaps our enemies
may put upon some of the words which he has
spoken.—(Cheers.) It will be uppermost in your
minds at once to feel that I allude to that part
of his speech in which reference was made to
one high in office formerly, who entered office
on our shoulders, and who then did nothing
more nor less than betray us.—(Cheers.) But I am
sure Mr. Cheetham never meant to say, and I am sure
the farmers of my native county never would respond
to him if he did, that there should ever be any wea-
pons used against that or any other individual than
those which the farmers of England always have used
upon similar occasions, namely, the weapons of full,
fair, and free discussion, and open criticism on the
public conduct of public men.—(Loud cheers.) I
remember to have been in the House of Commons
when that dreadful event to which Mr. Cheet-
ham has referred took place in the open street
in the broad day. I remember, too, how great was
the horror of that flagitious deed felt not only by
his private friends, but I am sure shared in common
by every Englishman of whatever politics or class.
—(Loud and prolonged cheers.) It would ill become
us to pass over words which might bear an ill inter-
pretation, and not to disarm our enemies of the
weapons which they might use.—(Cheers.) After
some further observations the Hon. Gentleman went on
to say that the Government had given a pretty plain in-
timation of the course they intended to pursue, by se-
lecting Mr. Villiers to move the address. However,
though he had often heard Mr. Villiers speak in plain
clothes, he had never yet heard him in a court
dress, and it was astonishing what a change of coat
often effected—as great a change sometimes as a turn
of the coat—(Cheers and laughter)—and he should
not be the least surprised if Mr. Villiers was,
in ol-
loquial language, to "draw it very mild."—(Cheers
and laughter-) The only question was, whetheithe
land was to be kept in cultivation or not ?—(Hear,
hear.) They had hitherto, with some ungenial soil
and always an uncertain climate, carried agriculture
to such a pitch that they were not ashamed to com-
pare it to any other country in the world. So
much for their agriculture. Politically, we had
so fashioned, so modified, so reformed our constitu-
tion, that surrounding nations, when they would
wish to lay the foundation of their own prosperity,
thought they never could do better than follow the
path which we had traced out; and, as with the
plough, so with our political position—where the
plough had been, there the plough should go ; and
where our territorial interests had been powerful,
they should be powerful still ; and they would
not consent to abandon their lands to barrenness,
or their interests to those who would destroy
them.—(Cheers.) And as in surrounding districts,
so in the county of _Rutland, they wished their Mem-
bers to pronounce, in the House of Commons, that
lesson over end over again, to ears however unwil-
ling ; and he assured them that no endeavour should
be wanting on his part to further the prayer of their
petition, and to back up their Meinb3ra in their
efforts.—(Cheers.)
Tne resolution was then carried unanimously ;
and after a vote of thanks to the Sheriff, the meeting,
which was said to be the largest that had been held
in Rutlandshire for many years, separated.

REFUGE FOR THE DESTITUTE.
The annual general court of the governors of this
deserving charity was held on Tuesday at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, John Gurney Hoare,
Esq., in the chair. The repo:t for the year 1849
reminded the governors of their resolution, taken on
the 31st of January last, to abandon the male de-
partment of the institution, in consequence of the
withdrawal of Government support, and stated that
on the 14th of February following, and before that
resolution could bs carried into effect, the cholera broke
out in the house, seizing a large number of the in-
mates, and finally destroying thirteen of them and
two matrons. Mr. Edw. Forster, F.R.S ,the treasurer,
in consequence of his exertions among the patients,
was infected with the disease, and carried off after a
very short illness. To prevent further casualties, the
inmates were dispersed, some to their friends, others
to the colonies, and the rest to a temporary institu-
tion at Walworth. After the announcement made by
the Government last year, the committee of the insti-
tution had laid a statement of cases, showing the good
resulting to the discharged convicts who bad been
received into the refuge, bef ire Sir George Grey,
and the result had been a promise to include a
vote of 1,0001 to the institution in the Parlia-
mentary estimates for 1850. The premises in the
Hackney-road and Hoxton had been abandoned
fir freehold premises at D.ll-ton, where, after abet-
cloning the male part of the establishmen', as far as
was compatible with previous engagement., they had
already provided accommodation for 40 inmates, and
hoped to increase it for 50 more, with conveniences
for carrying on the washing and dressing of linen,
besides sewing by means of the female inmates. At
the beginning of last year, there were 78 young men,
of whom, in the course of the year, 15 had been sent
to Australia, 25 apprenticed, 29 sent to their friends,
and 4 to sea, 3 absconded, 1 sent to his parish, and 1
placed out. In addition to the 84 young women in
the house on the Ist of January, 1849, 51 had been
received on their discharge from various metropolitan
and provincial prisons and bride wells. Of these inmates,
34 had been sent to service, 35 to their friends, 1 had
died, 13 died of cholera, 6 were unwilling to return,
2 absconded, and 2 were dismissed, making alto-
gether 95, so leaving in the house 40 female
inmates. Considering the great and happy success
which had attended their labours, the committee
hoped to see the institution more than ever encou-
raged, both by the Government and the public.
They strongly recommended the formation of a sepa-
rate fund fur the purposes of emigration. According
to the statement of accounts laid before the meeting,
the receipts for the year were—from donations and
subscriptions, 288/ ; dividends on stock, 3501.; Go-
vernment grant, 2,000/. ; rents, and work sold, &c.,
1,576/.; stock sold out, 5,4651 ; and balance in the
hands of the treasurer, 7781.; making a total of
10,461/. The expenditure included 9361. for provi-
sions ; 243/. clothing ; emigration, &c., 607/. ; cho-
lera, 1861. ; trade account, 1,031/. ; Thlston pro-
perty, 3,200/.; new buildings, 887/.; leaving
a ba-
lance of 1,061/. in favour of the institutipn,
he
report was adopted, and after the other ordinary bu-
ainess the meeting concluded with a vote of i
thanks
to the chairman.

IJIE
B uAB CA
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IAvNE
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Mr.H
C.
Murr-
for;t,, an inhabitant of liemertor, and many years, a
hip Society,
ftsdrn%
aboutving afa r fort-
night ego. vault
member of t3‘r. hie
WMet:naleYtoarld and
prepared at Choir expense in the parish church of lie-
raertor, app • lievt-n was trade with n fs.rence to the s,
in-
terment of Mrs. Mumford. Archdeacon Thorp, the
rector, distinctly refused to have the bell tolled on t! e
occasion of her death, or to read the funeral service at
her interment. He would allow the corpse to be placed
in the vault, but would not read the service of the ..;hurch
( f England, and intimated that of course none other
could be used. The ground tf his refusal he stated to
be, that the deceased, not being a member of his church
in lif had no right to tl-e religious service of his church
in death. The day of the funeral having arrived, it was
finally resolved to inter the body of the deceased in a
piece of ground to be henceforth used as a place of burial
for membcrs cf the Wesleyan Sod, ty and congregation,
—Cheltenham Journal.

METROPOLITAN 'WATER
SUPPLY.

pnlylic meeting of the rate-
On Tuesday a crowded
_ . ,
' payers of Marylebone took place at the Princess's
.Concert Rooms, Cistle.'-strOti 'Oxford street, for the
purpaie of considering the supply of water, and the
propriety cf supporting the IVatf.zd Company.
Alderman Sir Peter Laurie presided ; and on the
platform were observed Mr. Chicheley Plowden,
ALP., Mr. Wald, M.P., Mr. Walpole Eyre, Major
alodre, Mr. Chapman, Mr. W. Williams (late M.P.
for Coventry), Mr. John Blake Kirby, M. Peter
Lauri., and other county magi4tritte. Nearly the
whole of the members of the Marylebone vestry, and
about 1,500 people were present.
Mr. S. C. Tioirensumsr, the engineer of the Wat-
ford project, explained the nature of the plan.
Mr. blicnoLLy then detailed at great length the
evils to which the parish of Marylebone was tubjecteds
and moved a iesolution to the effect " That the Pit--
sent supply ef water to the parish . was impure in
qualityi•dficieat in quantity, inconvenient in its dis-
tribution, and exorbitant in its cost."
Mr. FRY secoaded the resolution, and it was carried
nem con. ,
..Mr..PLOWDES, M.P, moved the second resolution :
" That having i.eard an . accredited stptezwint of the
of jest and • proposition of the Llndon (Watford)
Sprieg Water Company, this meeting is cif opini,,n
that the establishment of such company is calculated
to remedy the existing evil, and entitled to public
confidence. and support," . _ _

Mr. CIiAPALAN;tI- county magistrate, seconded the
motion; on which

, Mr. iVYI.I), M.P., called upon the meeting to re-
I fuse to sanction any scheme of water supply, unless
that scheme -gave the power of local and parochial
control over the expenditure and management of the
distribution-of _the water.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. KENSETT denounced the proposition of the
HOn. Member for Bodtnin as chimerical, and said be
wanted to see a sort of universal suffrage with regard
to weer, by the ratepayers taking the shares them-
selves.—(oh, oh, and great uproar.)
Mr. AMBRoSE Moons, one of the directors of the
company, rose to reply, to the observation of Mir.
Wyld. He candidly admitted that the company did
not intend to admit the principal of parochial repre-
sentation at their board, and in answer to a question
put by a ratepayer as to the price to be charged for
the water, he referred to the Bill, which showed that,
whilst a house rated at 20/. per year was to pay 20g.
per year, or 5 per cent.; the house rated above 1001.
per year was only to pay 2k per cent.
This declaration was the signal fur the most des-
perate uproar and groaning on the part of the meeting.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS denounced the Bill, which would
tax the poor man 5 per cent. while it let the rich matt
off for 24 per cent. upon his water.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. MOORE again attempted to address the meeting,
but they would not bear a single word.
Mr. PATEN, the projector of the company, then
came forward, and said he bad been all his life strug-
gling to get the people of London pure water and
cheap water.—(ob, oh.) He was convinced that by
his plan Marylebone alone could be supplied at 1/,
per house, or save 40,000/. per year. lie did not
draw this Bill, and he utterly and entirely repudiated
it, and called on the meeting to do the same.
After great confusion,
The CHAIRMAN himself moved a resolution—" That
ten gentlemen be appointed as a committee by the
meeting to meet the directors of the company, and
insist upon a proper adjustment of the scale of charge
in the Bill, and that they adjourn to receive a report
of that committee."—(Cheers.)
This was ultimately assented to, and the following
gentlemen were appointed as -such committee, viz ,
Mr. W. Williams, Mr. Wyld, M.P., Mr. Plowden,
M.P., Mr. Nicholay, Mr. Kensett, Mr. Chapman,
Mr. Soden, Mr. Glasier, Mr. Joseph, and Mr. Peter
Laurie.
The meeting then separated.

PUGILISM.

JOSEPH HOILES AND JAMES HERBERT, roil 251

•
ASIDE.—One of the most remarkable and spiritedly-
contested encounters of late years was brought to
issue on Tuesday, on the well-known tilting-ground,
%Yoking-common. The men's previous performances
were limited; the one (Hoiles) to a single public dis-
play; the other (Herbert) to a couple of fistic tour-
nays with Adams ; the first a draw (wherein Herbert
was thought to have best), and the second a victory.
In the sparring-schools, and at various glove-saloons,
both were highly esteemed, and hence the interest
attached to their maiden essay, which brought a
crowded gathering from both east and south ends,
Herbert being patronised from the oriental quar-
ter, whilst Hoiles claimed the suffrages
of the Borough lads. East and James Welsh waited
on Hoiles ; J. (4,11 and Brown on Herbert. The
style of Hoiles, who, though lighter at the scale, hsd
length and reach, was aitonishing fur its quickness,
activity, and readiness in every position and emer-
gency. In the first fur rounds he led off on Iler-
bert'a face, but nit without getting from the little
Ilercules opposed to him one or two fearful half-aria
hits on the close. In-fighting, however, or out,
Voiles was always busy, and set mcd not to have re-
ceived his nick-name of " Toe Spider " without rea-
son, for his claws (clutched 'tis true) and his feet
were here, there, and everywhere that could be an-
noying. Herbert, about the middle of the battle,
got home strongly with his right on Floiles's body,
and seemed for a moment to justify the 7 :o4 and 2 to
1 which had been laid on him ; but a change came again
—the Spider had him in his clutch, and threw him
repeatedly. His vision, too, was interfered with by
the continual pops, many of them heavy one•, which
his opponent lent him; and after struggling two
hours and fifteen minute•, against hope and every
chance, in the 100th round, his seconds interfered,
and " The Spider" was hailed as victor.
13acriTon AND DurerN.—These men contended

for 101. aside in the same ring. Brunton is known
by his defeat of Hussey ; his opponent has a local
reputation about the City Canal. They fJught 43
rounds in. 46 minutes, during which Brunton exhi-
bited the possession of a considerable amount of
science, and a perfect knowledge of the straight use
of his left hand, while his hardy looking adversary
d splayed no other capability of stopping a hit than
by presenting Hs head ; a plan, the result of which is
never long in doubt: and, accordingly, down went
Mr. Dutryn for the last time, and up n•ent the sponge
for the first, at the close of the time abovementioned.

ASSAULT or ARMS.—Yesterday evening the mem-
bers of the fencing class of the Whittington Club gave a
grand assaut d'armis at the rooms of the club. The
combatants were Messrs Law, Cotton, Latham, Hooper,
Lusignan, Pearce, Fennings, Montagu, and Marshall.
The assaults were principally with foils, in which the
various exbihtints displayed much dexterity and g: ace.
Mr. Lusignan and Mr. Hooper had a bout at single-
slid., in which ea-li gave some very clever hits. Mr.
Fennings and Mr. Montagu fight with the sabre, and
in a very long anti well contested match, shoved some
beautiful strokes. At the clo,e, Mr. Shiny, tto prefer-
sor of rencing to the class, exhibited sever .1 very clever
feats with the sabre, of the Saladin and Richard cha-
racter, such as cleaving a bar of b.ad, dividing a leg of
mutton, severing a silk handkerchief, and cutting through
a f ether cushion; each of there feats was most cleverly
per
wjeci.
f earioniee , and were loudly applauded. The largo room
was
Am INVERNESS SEAMAN.-I%'e observe from the
American papers thut a fine American ship, the Charles-
ton,cd ttraoiyn-
e obry-
rison seems to have behaved on the trying occa!ion with
fire atf.
low
wea iNnetwki e York(nd offorSeSpeatma b",'arhl'as%;.as
great press ace of mind, prudence, aid countge, and by
his exertions the crew and passengers were bayed. The
latter, thirteen in number, drew up and published the
following resolution:—" That our lasting and heartfelt
gratitude is due to Captain Morrison ftr the anxious to-
tention shown to us, and fur the coolness and intrepidity
displayed by him during those hours of trial; and to his
officers and crew for their daring exertions on our behalf."
This te:timony must have been highly gratifying to him,
as it is to his friends here; and for ourselves we are vary
1-appy t) hear, in this honourable way, of an old f. lead,
Captain Morrison having served for some time as a
printer in this office se', nteen or eighteen years ago.
iMll_apt'ecdhmersleslatoalivespaialsesdedfroimn tNheowloyngoriknt
gates, the. ehtesumate';i watch,
tie
n di ite.
h
of September with a vsluaule cargo of
ft:frtecrTeeft.
fever°
interval! Tbe
juries, up till the 21st, when, during the
Every
She experienced violent
apet-
fi. e was discovered raging in t
f s'ufficating the fire, but
tura was cl.sed with the view cCaptain Morrison, a nit
in vain. Soon after, suP;
d bore away for it, and set
was discovered to
l(e)enwaapr pre a ing, tuned it to be the
signal of distress.
brig Philurs. Captain Thatcher. from New York for
Savannah; le
• bai rtd him of being on fire, when he
kindly offered to render all possible assistance, and re-
mained by the ship. The weather being still boisterous,
and the sea running high, the captain could not risk his
boat out; the weather in the nit:entire() moderbti, g, the
fire made much progress throughout the ship. Prepa-
rations wt re made to send this passengers on be and the
brig. At One , P.M., succeeded in getting t' o; a ,i,en•
gels un b e:rd the brig; the officers and crow remaining
until 7 P.M , when tiny could ti, t stand the ke.
The fire !nada its appearance through the decks before
the captain and crow It ft. 'The wind was blowing hard
arid %wither ripially, and it was with much difficulty
they rut on bt a-d the brig about 8 o'clock P.m., by
~hA time the ship was in flames fore and aft."---invcr-
Cctuier.

THE ELECTRIC TELEGR APII COMPANY.-It Will
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graph Corm tvty, VA, ugh the Attorney- General, ap.
plied to the Court of Q-een'a Bench for liberty to file a
criminal infotmation against Messrs. IVillmer and
Smith, ef LiT3rpo4l, for an alleged libel, published iu the
Morniag Herald on the 11th t f October last. The ap-
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the hearing of the cute was, we understand, fixed for
yesterday. After the disposal of a f.w cases in that
court, however, an apps cation was made by the Attor-
ney-General for an enlargement ef tLe rule to next
term, in order to enable him to examine the mass of
eviderce produced by the defendants. The application
wat not opposed by the defendants' ceunsel, Sir F.
Thesiger.

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