The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-11 00:00:00

(THIS DAY.)

The RROUSE OF COMMONS.
~,°'°loelt."?"liEß took the Chair shortly after Twelve
'4ORD, WEXFORD, WICKLOW, AND
131 DUBLIN RAILWAY BILL.
the ord "OIuERToN moved, pursuant to notice, that
Wm, "M. the 13th day of February last, for the d
1)1161' tf the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, fit
Avith(l4 Railway 13111, be discharged; that tle Bill he
Artawn, but without prejudice to the motion of Sir
4_reerner for a Committe of Investigation.
ed
ko,

Ths .
parsed: Aul„ lowingTHIRD Bills were readREADINGS a third time and
Tver
ee Conservancy and Improvement.
et4r Healteth Fleetwood's Estate.
T MERCANTILE MARINE BILL.
'ntosa..."4II4DUCHERE moved the postponement of the
°wit tittee on this Bill to Monday next, at twelve o'clock,
Stteogd."(3 the impossibility of some Honourable Members
the
to•day who felt an interest in the measurLe.L.
Oo tr,•EttRAMPTON IMPROVEMENT BI
that 14,e motion of Mr. THORNELY it was ordered
thNit an instruction to the Committee of selection,n
e de appoint, if they think fit, the Committee
Jillo
toe u'verhatopton Improvement Act Amendment
s yet forthwith.
tteleo:al petitions were presented for and against the
arrangements.
Sir G mi4CONVICT PRISONS BILL.
l'riBatigi"LY moved the third reading of the Convict
te41%111.
ea rto,;4110;i said that no opposition had hiathserinto.
Ned t) this Bill, and he beheved none IN
1,1.°11t he could not allow the Bill to pass its last
,I4Diso,ltheut ex. ressing the happiness he telt that the
nit -8 he had always held with respect to the
responded to,
of convicts had been
:=01111,15 nat an authority as the present Earl Grey. He
'gat however but express his regret at the course
ttooraerrilsy been pursued by that Noble Earl with.
portaiion • he alluded to the forcing ipt
4loptintB uPon reluctant c'elonies. The Noble Lord to
kkop—ogr,..tti..at course had damaged greatly the system of
.410/1.

(LEFT SITTING.

--
, lIA, MALTA.
btgitlicatll4l July 2.—There is no news worth corn.:
-opio , ing• The Antelope has gone to Constanti
the At:d° relieve the Tartarus, or the Porcupine, and
teed 4,,,t, with the crew of the Medusa, is to pro-
lireting the week to Athens.
kti 44'444 just received a letter fromh
Candia, giving-
AlXialttit of the visit of his Majesty t. e
.Sultan,
.tlno:u.kedjid, to that place, where he arrived on the
'44 tif,,nt,t2 °ad On leaving proceeded to Rhodes, where
141de tress Abbas Pecha went to meet him, and
'4l. th..in a Manificent present,—no less than that
4etti'l?haritie steam-frigate, which our readers may
',lvil'ettlre4er, Put into Milta en route from England
to
'lets 018L° had been fitted with steam-engines)
2C-
-4Ptit12,41-r'a. The Sharkie was rendered
asnned,
Protis. e as she could be, by being fully
\i'ith 1°4411 and furnished. She was alsomaload_ed
teadeetltt°ll and coffee. B.:sides the ship the Pacha
arn the 81.
oin,,•
Stan a handsome present in money
lie eg to 50,000/.
ttteetiort describes the vessel as being most elegantly
414
Of tthe chairs, for instance, in the chief cabin
'e(l'stian,eVoy, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, each one
gr,2,.e Maker two years' labour.
414,474 Preparations had been made for some days kri,,,ails at Candia, in anticipation of the 1
Ntitshed The town he-
was cleaned, the housesSwa
gh,,+,,and the doors hung round with evergreens.
Itspia3'4ofilfilutnination took place at night, and a fine
4,410 reworks.
le acehtikg Other great wants at Candia there seems.
Nfo veell 110 landing-place, at least none conveni-
IN l' So distinguished a personage as the Sultan,
I)%taeinr AIG srjaestY's ship Volage being fortuna.tely there, i as eeeo
_, ves volunteered to make a pier, which
as
of three days and a half, under the super-
' ola --ee the first lieutenant, by the crew of the
I.l,lfSec. Its length was 300 feet.
)441 testa,'ver3" rough weather caused the Sultan. tod Ithein.Rt,if, and he amused himself by walking an
Iliad bLI i .`" his son, a fine boy of nine years of age. 4 weilawestYreceived the various consuls in audience,
seat of es Captain Graves, to whom he made a pre-
-14 I),4tea nnagnificent snuff-box, set with his cipher
, Irillia.n.tis of considerable value.
Nilo highness Abbas Pacha had returned to
_A.le.x.-s
fleet,' where he held a levee, and the Sultan witeh
ihnl.
.%14Eir gas sntering the Gulf of Smyrna, as the P n
letvinrnici Oriental Company's steamer Sultan was
481101 teat port for Malta. Captain Brooks saw five
ill hen tu-lille, and burned every blue light he had
iki cur of the visit.
.%Ittirtlense Preparations had been made to give the
14 thell a cordial welcome. All business was suspended
,to
PireParations, and even the Custom-house was.
IthiehePiied during the period of the imperial visit,
Xis 4 Was
1,4 duration expected would extend to a week or 10
toitiettter,
subsequently received announce the d.i.c.ap-_
the Snare felt at Smyrna at the very hurried visit of
A ~i,iTtan• lle arrived on the 92d in that city, paid
Aalf;,,,'' hour, the Paper manufactory, where he stayed
'dill °our. At noon he paid a visit to the pretty
Aliell'l of Bounabat, and stayed 10 minute 9, and
lac letUrhed to the steamer, where he gave an audi-
t° the for...2Lleign Consuls a d Turkish officials.
Tg-

et, 413 Courr.—For some few evenings past the
ti, lit discovered by Dr. Petersen, at Altona, on the Ist of
4.10' has been visible to. the naked eye in the constellation
,1 ores
With an ordinary night- glass the tail may be
Iwhie,4 to a distance of about two degrees from the head,
'ofttel4 is bright, and, without the telescope, resembles a star
,4„._s fifth 'magnitude. On the sth July it will be situate
.01j five degrees west and a little north of the star Gamma
4,14-,44.
On the 6th it will be two degrees west of 16 Bootis ;
41,ftge 7th a little above a line joining the star Rho in the
14141 with the well-known star Cur k'aroli, and about one-
k,,t`z of the distance between those stars from Rho. Next
l'rka,"4l,g a line from Rho Bootis to 41 Coma Berenicis will
$t close elose
into the comet, which will be nearer to the., former
Itso,t' he 9th it will be two degrees east and a little
It Ivi:,or the star numbered 9 in Bootes, and in a line joining
nation ; on the 1 lth, bout
Nit Rho, of the same n
o- t.Tgtee north of 10 Bocootis,tbeelow a line from Arcturus to
t 11: k;itroli, five degrees from the former star. Next evening
boole.iosta et will be on the parallel oafteArbcettuwruese,n near Eta
and
'Ds.l6' Uel on the 13th will be situ
on the 14th it
It'ill1:11, a little east of a line joining them;
line with Upsilon
tit
he
to the earth, and in a
teirk`eis and Tau in Virgo, a degree or
e n oft
thethe
more,sopuretlvi
tc'ketrb.tar. After this time moonlight may it 14, eing Seen with the n Aced eye, but wit twhiel
lt
pe
ase ssc
thec
0,.44'?. be traced a week or ten days loiger.
and
midnight
1141144": on the 19th, two degrees east of Zeta Vdirtis,
lti juir,,rity," its 'east distance from. the. sun about oantl
.uthla '',e, 43d, in Right Ascension 1.3 h. z
e marked
10 deg.
!,00e -,ecimation. The stars to which reference is made
',Pop, altlre visible without the telescope, ar..cl ar
4 globes and charts in general use.
kYr%
'tat • Iq COM
AUSTRALIA.—A
), etin, MUNICATION WITH
' arliai° of several influential Members of both Houses off
111'44611.'2N.
inktoo place on Monday to devise the best course
too
L'r,l(Di)roxiLlg, rder to induce her Majesty's Government
i;eat-yriattLtho Australian coloniei by means of of steam to
.;orl kont;aill: Amongsto those present
.I%ear,,, arlN elan',
M.P., Hen.
Vtrteeott. k
.I,“e,sir ',.,,iNi?r.odehloluise, Lordortii i\jsui.,
ir William
4' IP 14'1' Sir R Cor.lealloot(la,elalilv.P., Ar. Adderley, M.P.,
2411. 'vett, i‘l p •
11. ' Sehol 6 • ~ Mr. Simeon, M.P., Mr. MacGregortM.P,.,
Oteku, e.,,,,,,,,1, M.P., Mr. S. Dickson, M.P., Mr. C.
t7,,rts of tii 'l.-0. After a full discussion of the various fea-
Nolveksed 4 question its Present position and the obstacles
m t'l„ the carr .' • ?
k 0,41, .... ,„at
actives ng out of the object, it was unanimously
, the vs. steps should be immediately t ken to
set,seis of pail,' subject under the special attention aof
rboth.
etis4.lneat. arnent. with a view to its speedy and final
DrZsz: rnea,„?`l2 a
:preliminary course it arranged,
shouldamobse
Dra,?!ed in the that an address to her Majesty
__,
hietnli„g for the
i 'louse of Commons by Lord _Naas, MA ~
tlin 'll Will, t, nlinethate establishment of steam commu-
14ni Jetitiona
t4e Australian colonies. It was also announced
allie of 814
atitut Legislature on behalf of the object were
tho _ and Air ere. The meeting was attended by Mr.
~s rornotion of Steam
one art of tho Association for
nOY Communication tkpre AL ivzi.,.
to botpleci an opinZ °P AUSTRALIA.—The Master has
kot stable,des, ~ _ n, after hearing the evidence and counsel
114ttle on nth transferers of shares in this company are
tht , s its6,,itrelitn round that by a clause in the deed the
glite c"
- Cl' Uat tajahr °tiler are absolved from liability after

TES isIIVIONIXL TO MR. GEORGE

ALFRED WALKE/I.

Yesterday of ern3on a public vleeting was helci at
Flerberi's Hotel, Palsce-yard, Westmi:lster, to con-
siler the propriety of presenlinr, sui:abb, tcstimonii.'
to George Alfred Walker, Esq., in recognition of the
.:iervices rendered by that gentleman in the cause cf
sanitary reform, in connexion with the abolition of
intramuril interments. Among those who asserebk=d
to show their admiration of the energetic and sue-
cessful labours of Ir. Walkur we observed, Lord
Dudley Stuart, M.P., Mr. B. B. Cabbeil, M.P., Mr.
Charles Lushington, M.P., Mr. John William 3,
Mr. George Thompson, M.P., Dr. Reid, Mr. W.
Geesin, Dr. Johnson, Sir R. Brown, Mr. Wilson, Sir
C. Aldis, Mr. 11. R. Abraham, Dr. Evans, Dr. Ben-
nett, Dr. Drury, Dr. Parker, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr.
Thicke, Mr. Felice, G. Godwin, E,q., F.R.S., Mr. J.
A. Smith, Mr. Shand, Dr. James Copland, F.R.S.
Lord Dudley Stuart was unanimously elected to
take the chair.

Mr. GEoau 2 THOMPSON asked permission of his
Lordship to state the circumstances under which the
meeting had been convened> Many gentlemen re-
siding in London, being sensible of the services ren-
derel to the cause of sanitary reform, in connexicn
with the abolition of the practice of intramural sepul-
ture, by Mr. George Alfred Walker, and watching a;
they have done with interest the progress of the Me-
tropolitan Interments Bill in Parliament, and having
the conviction that but for his long and continued la-

bours through consecutive years the public attention

would never have been aroused in a sufficient degree
to draw at last the notice of the Legislature to the sub-
ject, felt that Mr. Walker was entitled to some recog-
nition of those exertions, and that his friends, who knew
how disinterested and unostentatious his labours were,
ought to originate some suitable testimonial which
should be offered to his acceptance. Oa comparing
opinions with a number of gentlemen, we resolved to
meet and talk the matter over. We did so meet a
few days ago in my chambers in Waterloo-place, and
the gentlemen who were there assembled agreed to
the following resolution, which was moved by Sir R.
Braun, Rat., and seconded by Dr. Drury:--

1. That it is the opinion of the gentle Men now pre-
sent, that the laborious and disinterested labours of
George Alf, ed Walker, Esq., during the last fifteen
years, to impress the public mind with the importance
of the abolition of intramural interments—labours
which have recently resulted in the introduction of a
Bill into Parliament for the accomplishment of that
object—call for some general and emphatic recognition
of their value and success, and that steps therefore be
taken to afford to the friends of Mr. Walker an oppor-
tunity of paying him a suitable tribute of respect and
gratitude.
" 2. That with the view of giving effect to the fore-
going resolution, the gentlemen present form themselves
into a committee to carry out the object proposed.
"3. That Mr. Thompson be requested to act as
Honorary Secretary.
"4. That a meeting cf the friends of Mr. Walker be
convened at Herbert's Hotel, Palace%) ard, on Wednes-
day, the 10th, at two o'clock, and that Lord D. C.
Stuart be respectfully requested to preside."
His Lordship consented to that request, saying he
was fully conversant with the valuable services ren-
dered by Mr. Walker to the public, and therefore I
was able instantly to announce his Lordship as the
presiding officer at this meeting.— (Cheers.) I have
received, my Lord, a number of letters in reply to
the circular, which was addressed by the committee
to different gentlemen, both in the metropolis and the
provinces, and I will take the liberty of reading one
or two of them as indicative of the feeling which gen-
tlemen entertain of the merits of Mr. Walker. The

first is from a gentleman residing at Horton, Mr. W.
Hughes, who says—
" Sir,—l regret cxceeiingly that lam unavoidably
prevented from attending the meeting. I regret this the
more, because I have sincerely and efficiently co-ope-
rated in this great reformation, and have during many
years intently watched the movement, and anxiously
marked each succeeding step of its sluw but triumphant
progress. My most earnest wishes are, that services so
nobly and gratuitously rendered by Mr. Walker to his
countr) men, shall be suitably acknowledged, in words
at least, if not in deeds. Mr. Walker's services have
been of a kind to challenge the most grateful recogni-
tion, though, such services could not be purchased or re-
compensed. The Interments Bill is not the measure
that should have resulted from Mr. Walker's labours,
and though a great number of his coadjutors, to my
knowledge, object most strongly to many of its details,
yet every person who views the matter rightly, may,
and should, whilst honouring the man, who has, at many
risks, and much personal sacrifice, demonstrated the
enormous moral and physical mischiefs resulting from
the practice against which he, Mr. Walker, single-handed
and alone, has done successful battle—every person, I
repeat, should disconnect the man who has proved the
wrong from those who have furnished the remedy."
- -

Mr. Thompson then read other letters cf apology
from Dr. Thomas Evans, of Rumsey House, near Calne,
Wilts; Dr. Henry Bennett, of earnbridp square;
Mr. John Crisp, of Norwood ; the Rev. Dr. Knapp,
of the Chapel Royal; the proprietors of the Leicester
Chronicle, and other gentlemen, all of whom ex-
pressed their anxiety to co-operate with the meeting
in presenting Mr. Walker with a suitable testimonial.
I have now (continued the Hon. Gentleman) to state
that this meeting is called for the purpose of confirm-
ing, if it shall seem to you fit, the resolutions which
were passed by the gentlemen assembled at my
chambers; and if they should be confirmed, then to
form such a committee out of this meeting, with
power to add to their number, as shall carry out
the object which we have in view. I have only one
more remark to make, and that is, that I hope no
gentleman here, or elsewhere, will attribute to Mr.
Walker any of the defects in the present Bill for the
abolition of intramural interments.—(Hear, hear.)
Any person who has taken the trouble to read Mr.
Walker's pamphlet, entitled " Practical Suggestions
for the Establishment of National Cemeteries,"

will perceive that those which are considered, and I
believe generally with great justice, the most ob-
noxious parts of the Bill, formed no portion of the
scheme recommended by Mr. Walker for the adoption
of the Legislature.—(Cheers.)
Lord DUDLEY STUART—Mr. Thompson having ex-
plained to you the object for which this meeting has
assembled, it will be unnecessary for me to
say anything on that subject. At the same time I
am anxious to address to you a few observations,
in satisfaction duly own feelings, in order to assure
you how desirous I am that the object which my
lion. Friend has shadowed out should be carried
into execution.—(Hear, hear.) I have had the ad-
vantage and honour of acting in concert with Mr.
Walker, both in public and private, for some time. My
respect and admiration fur him does not date from
yesterday. I have seen, with great satisfaction, with
great delight, the course which he has pur-
sued, and I must say, now that a Bill has
been carried through Parliament to prohibit the
practice of burying dead bodies in this me-
tropolis—ascribing, as I do, that circumstance
mainly to the disinterested and untiring exertions
the perseverance of Mr. Walker. I consider that
that gentleman deserves to be looked upon as a public
benefactor.—(Cheers.) We have had a BM intro-
duced into the House of Commons and carried
through Parliament, with the provisions of which I am
myself by no means satisfied— (Hear)—and I believe
that the dissatisfaction which I have experienced, and
sometimes have endeavoured to express in regard to
that measure, is shared by a great number of the
Members of the House of Commons, and by a much
lai ger poi tion of the inhabitants of this metropolis.—
(Hear, hear.) We think that the Government
have taken advantage of that feeling which pre-
tailed in this metropolis and throughout this land
—that wise and wholesome feeling—which was:
chiefly originated, or organized, if I may be;
allowed to use the expression, by the repeated
representations of Mr. Walker—they have taken ad-
vantage of that feeling to introduce, not such a mea-
sure as they ought to have done, but one giving
them a vast amount of patronage, interfering with
principles of the utmost value to a community—those
of local self-government, and those of freedom of
trade—and also interfering in some degree with re-
ligious liberty.—(llear.) I lament that the Go-
vernmentd_
one.
I felt.h o ld
rahave u actedt3,ii
however,
v theer: t
to rote
ayvo theyte r
could, but
of it which
third reading have
of the Bill, after having done what I
agreed with the
Unsuccessfully, to strike out those portions
consideredh most objectionable, because I
abolition of road principle involved in it, viz., the
of this metropolis. interments in the very heart and centre
vvill agree with me that
hear.) I believe all men
t,dnat it was Mr. Walker who
originally suggested
a
crowdedtbrought about the Act for
abolishing the odious, revolting, and
church ards
and immoral practice
mentioned,ar, hear.) y
of burying people in
midst of a populous city.—
(lie
That Act,
however, as I have already
ought to have been. I should have
eii is not what it
a measure that was not founded on thecprinciplesed to have seen
ceatralization, which I consider most obnoxious, of
more calculated to subvert the constitutional and
Engl'shmen than anything else with Which lights of
am ac-
quainted.—(Cheers.) I should have had great satis-
faction in supporting a Bill which left to the people
their own rights, and alto wed the different parishes of the
metropolis to carry out the object of preventing in-
tramural bus ials, and which placed over the different
parishes a board of supervision, which board should
not be composed, as it now is, of men who have done
nothieg with regard to this movement, but who have
rather set their faces fur a long time against it, and en-
deavoured to oppose it by the use of ridicule and other
such means, and who now, at the eleventh hour, come
forward and, I regret to say, are to reap the reward
which is clue to those who have borne the labour and

heat of the day.—(Hear, hear.) I should have
liked to have seen a Bill of this kind, with a board of
supervision, at the head of which should have been
a man like Mr. George Alfred Walker.—(Cheers.)
If that had been done I thiil it would
have given satisfaction to the whole metropolis and