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London, England, 1844-09-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNINO, SEPTENIIIEIt

LECTION OF LORD MAYOR.

A Comm'm-hall for the Erection of an AldermAn to
Serve as Lord Mayor of the City of London tor the en-
"ling year was held on Saturda3 at Guildhall. The attend-
ance of Councilmen in their gowns upon the platform
Was wore than usually num,rous, but in the early part of
tho day the Hall WaA by no means so crowded as might
be

r'xPected trom the excitement prevailing in the City.
lir. Alderman W. hunter and Mr. Alderman Sidney
(just elected for Billing• gate Ward) were sworn as
Sheriffs of the city of London and the county of Middle-
sex, and received the chains of office from the hands of
their predecwsors.
appetrance of the candidates for the Mayoralty
on the hustings did not in the earlier part of the pro-
ceedings elicit the slightest manifestation of feeling, the
and quiet of the meeting for the first hour, being
41 remarkable contrast to every previous common-hall
*shave witnessed.on occasion of &contest. By one o'click
)10'rever when the Lord Mayor and Aldermen returned
trim church, the hall was filled, and the orderly cha-
racter of the meeting very materially changed. Mr.
Alderman Wood was slightly cheered, but Mr. Alder-
ittall Gibbs was saluted with a few hisses; but there was
liot a very marked sensation of favour or dislike towards
either.

Likt half-past one the Corporation returned from
church, and the proceedings commenced. When Alder-
wood appeared on the platform he was received
"ith slight cheering ; and when Alderman Gibbs ap-
Peered, he was received with expressions of disapproba-
Xeen• Alderman Humpkery was greeted with loud
rrs ; and there was no manifestion whatever of popu-
lar feeling, on the appearance of the Lord Mayor.
0N) The Town Clerk having opened the hall in the usual
.
,The Rizeonnaut came forward to address the Li-
'try, and was received with loud cheering. They
Were called upon that day to exercise the highest
tirilege which they Enjoyed, that of electing
0 Chief Magistrate for this ancient city. Every
Alderman who had served the office of sheriff
ras qualified to become Lord Mayor elect, and b the
ja'a and customs.of the city they were to return to the
ottrt of Aldermen two properly qualified persons, one
of
• Whom the Aldermen were to choose as Lord Mayor
4"r the year ensuing. It was their undoubted privilege
;V duty to decide upon the fitness of the persons to
returned by the Court of Aldermen. They were
fettered by , no condition in coming to such decision.
The
names of those s ho had not passed the chair, and
there were duly qualified, would be first submitted to
"re ; but their choice was nut confined to those, it was
their undoubted right to choose any qualified persons
f 7 Might think fit—(Cheers)—to return to the Court
o Aldermen. He congratulated them on being called
it to exercise this privilege, a privilege of which
beers.) other corporation had been divested.—(Loud
every
They, however, etill possessed the proud
trieilege of electing their own magistrates. They
of e` an example that the free institutions of this
f % era sufficient to resist all innovation when tha
franchise" was exercised by high-minded and independent
ezens.—(Cheers.) He would not say one word about
ye choice they were about to make ; but he was con-
titneed they would do as they had done heretofore,
htre)se those, who in their honest judgment they thought
et Calculated to uphold the dignity and honour of the
(Cheers.)
b he Common-Sergeant then came forward, and the
slot
of several Aldermen were then proposed in the
f 7,141 manner. Alderman Wood's name was received with
,;'tni cheers, mingled with a few hisses • a forest of hands
ere held up in his'favour.name of Alderman Gibbs
:PIO received with groans and hisses, mingled with faint
cheers ; many hands, however, were held up for him.
jj-eatne of Alderman John Johnson was received with
kind cheers, and nearly as many hands were held up for
kik, et there were for Alderman Gibbs. Some hands were
41 up for Sir G. Carroll, but the names of the others
,:re received without any manifestation of approbation
,ridisapprobation.
Who COMMON SERGEANT, having consulted with Mr.
...4eriff Hunter and Mr. Sheriff Sidney, came forward
ri said the Sheriffs were of opinion that your choice
1,4 fallen on Thomas Wood, Esq., Alderman and
01:n1e-work Knitter—(Loud cheers)—and on Michael
OA% Esq, Alderman and Fishmanger.—(Cheers and
sses.)
when
Lord Mayor and Aldermen then retired to the
When
414 of Aldermen, and returned in about half an hour,
of RECORDER declared that the election of the Court
"r Aldermen had fallen on Michael Gibbs, Esq.
t. The announcement was made amid great cheering,
"sea, and much confusion, which lasted for several
reinutes.
The Worthy LORD MAVOR elect then came forward,
Rind was invested with the chain of office. He was
greeted with tremendous cheering and hisses, and amid
heh Itch confusion, he addressed the Hall, but not one word
Said could be heard by the reporters.
r kr. Alderman WOOD then came forward, and was
He
with the loudest cheering and waving of hats.
14 said he had a duty to perform which was extremely
gratifying
to his feelings—that of thanking the Livery
for the kind support they had given him ; for the
history
of hands in his favour was unparalleled in the
'Mtory of' civic elections.—(Hear, and loud cheers.) It
Bespoke a noble and independent spirit. It showed
teat the spirit of inquiry was abroad—(Cheers)—and
n where persecution directed its shafts they were
sZY to exhibit their public sympathy. He would not
feli(4- lain of being rejected while he stoo
po d so well with his
eitizens.—(Cheers.) He couldpossess no greater
""cur than that which he possessed at that
went, as an independent magistrate supported
dr, independent men, determined to do his
101 unflinchingly, faithfully, and perseveringly,
k he would meet them again next year, when
4e hoped to be elected.—(Loud cheers.) He would be
(Cheer;lral who should retire because twice defeated.
th,) He forgave those who were opposed to him
fr', Charged him with malversation; but he thanked,
el the bottom of his heart, those who kindly sup-
Ated him that day.—(Hear.) He would beg of those
44 supi.orted him to disseminate the facts they had
0;14'4 in their respective localities, and that, in the midst
the persecution of which he was the object, he still
4ttkined the support of so many of his fellow-citizens.—
ear.) He would now retire, but would ask for their sup-
again next year, when he trusted he would have an
theanereased number of friends, and that whatever might
°Pinion of the Court of Aldermen, the Livery at
e rge had a better opinion.—(Cheers.)
edMr• Deputy CORNET then came forward amidst con-
14:iesidt rable noise, to propose a vote of thanks to the
al,l Sheriff, Mr. Sheriff Musgrove, who was also Alder-
iii 'ef Bread-street Ward, and Mr. Sheriff Moon, who
heh; belonged to that ward. It was a pleasing duty on
11,1/ Pert, to propose this vote of thanks to officers who
discharged their important duties with so much
ailnifaction to the public, and so much honour to them-
,,,ves.—( Hear, "hear, and cheers.)
BEPPEL said that he cube forward with
ic,ent, pleasure to second the vote of thanks which
(474 lust been proposed.—(Hear, hear.) The office
; sheriff was one which was peculiarly in the
4 11,0 of the Livery, and no foreign body had the
r,lter of interfering with the object of their choice.—
r2eers,) It was not subject to the ordeal of any such
tir7--(hear.) The Sheriff was emphatically
welt' own officer, and the highest reward- which such an
d'seer could.expect fur the efficient discharge of his
440t,Lies,- was-.the approbation of those who elected him.
•h-„(41,-those gentlemen had risen from a humble station
uonourable exertions, talents, and industry, to emi-
nent station in the City, and one of them was in a posi-
i", in which he was likely to occupy the highest station
otile City. He had great pleasure in seconding the
of thanks.
The COMMON CRIER then read the resolution eon-
ang the vote of thanks, which was carried withaccla-
theo.
4r. Sheriff MUSGROVE said that on his behalf—for his
enile
agueavas desirous of saying a word or two to them
4,-4elf and he (Mr. Sheriff Musgrove) woud therefore
w"'e him that opportunity, and he was isure they
°Ltlld be delighted to hear him—for himself, standing
he now did at the close of his year of office, he begged
th assure them that he was deeply sensible of the honour
(1.7 had conferred upon him in thinking so well of his
0i7.0:e services during the past year. He had pro-
-I;),,•ed them at the commencement of the year to
trin,g all his energies to the proper discharge of his
2,,,—tes• He had promised to fulfil those duties with inte-
-7143'41d zeal, with firmness, and forbearance, with hu-
intl.litY, and with kindness. He had promised to ex-
h t those qualities to all brought under his care, and
1 t,h a. to boast of fulfilling that promise to the
ke eto—r•
eliorate Ile had endeavoured upon all occasions to
the condition of those in distress. He had
..hfaeoared those in need, and now he was most happy to
dive the congratulations of his fellow-citizens at the
60 of the year of his shrievalty. He was most
p2PY to say that he only left in one of the
f;47,1,4 130 prisoners, when, upon entering upon office, he
d"' received between 400 and 500.—(Hear, hear, and
eers.) He again begged to thank them for their kind-
eijs, and whenever he could be of service to his fellow-
10.4ens, he should be proud of the opportunity of doing
Z"-(Loud cheers.)
lof. Sheriff Moos came forward, amid a storm of
hongled cheers and hisses. Some degree of silence
ing been obtained ,the Hon. Gentleman said that his
4_
t"°rthY colleague had, taken from him (Mr. Sheriff Moon)
Power of adequately returning them his thanks for the
lour they had conferred upon him. They had both
thuelyoured to do their duty. He begged to return
trinl his warmest thanks ; and he trusted that he would
C_,rt, during the time coming, the approbation they
conferred uyon him that day.
thanul.; 1). W. WIRE, who rose to propose a vote of
to the Lord Mayor, was for a considerable time
h. Die to obtain a hearing. He said that he was about
Perforal a very pleasing duty, and one which
winii-IZas sure, if they would but hear him,
It b received with unanitnous approbation.
___".as to move a vote of thanks to the Right Hon. the
Lrcl Mayor, for his conduct in the chair. He had seen
CnY gentlemen who had passed through that high and
dig-
nit" office, but not one that had surpassed in dig-
v7. or in urbanity the gentleman who now so worthily
iyulv that office, and none had he ever seen who more de-
'ore
fed the thanks of his fellow-citizens.—(Tremendous
toiusien ensued, during which the Learned Gentle-
h; endeavoured to proceed, but was unable to make
Lln self heard.)
Mr, -
Alderman HUNTER trusted that the Livery would
e n'
Air- Wire a hearing, as the subject of his speech was
e 2
worth Lord
yMayor.
sn ref:Winn again came forward, but he was received
re, with loud disapprobation. Be said the
meetingW..euldwas evidently impatient to get away, and
not, therefore, detain them further than
ay that it gayo him the greatest pleasure to

propose this vote of thanks, which he . had
no doubt would be received with unanimous approbation.
—(C,heers, his►es, and confuisoo.)
Mr. Join( Ktxa then cane forward and said that his
excellent f; lend had not been hoard, and therefore he had
nut been understood. His object had been to propose
a rote of thanks to the Lord Mayor for the manner in
which he had upheld the duties of kis office for the
past year.—(Cheers and confusion.) He (Mr. King)
would remind the Livery that they were called
upon to pass a vote of thanks to a gen-
tleman upon whom the finger of suspicion
could not be placed.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. King)
knew that their time was valuable, and he would, there-
fore, not attempt to waste it. He was quite sure that
they would be all unanimous in returning their most
cordial thanks to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor,
as he was convinced that he deserved them at their
hands.

The TOWN Casten then came forward and read the
rote of thanks, which was to the effect that the thanks of the
Common Hall were eminently due and were thereby given
to the Right Hun. William Magnay, Lord Mayor of the
City, for the firinness and discrimination with which he
had discharged the various duties of his very responsible
office as Chief Magistrate ; for the uniform firm deter-
mination with which he had performed these duties,
and for the urbanity which he had always displayed—
(Cries of " Walker," laueiter, hisses, and some con-
fusion)—for the manner in which he had supported the
privileges of all classes of the people, more particularly
his fellow-citiaens of the Livery.—(A voice : "And for
his hospitallity ;" laughter, cheers, and hisses.)
The Loan MAYOR elect, declared the resolution' to be
carried unanimously.
The LORD MAYOR then came forward and said,
Gentlemen, I felt it my duty at this period of
last year to make to you certain promises, and I can
safely say, that throughout my year of office I have
exerted myself to the utmost of my ability to guard
your rights and privileges, and to discharge the
duties of my office with impartiality, and
thereby redeem the promises which I made to you
last year. I thank you for this testimony of your appro-
bation, and I sincerely thank vou for the honour ♦ou
have done me. The Right hon. Gentleman retired
amidst mingled cheers and hisses.
The Common Crier was about to declare the Hall dis-
solved, and had parth• read the usual notice, when there
were vociferous cries raised from all parts of the hall fur
Mr. Alderman Wood. The cries continued for some
time, and at length the common crier retired, and
Mr. Alder.ean Tuomes WOOD again came forward,
and was received with a loud burst of cheering,
waving of hats and handkerchiefs, and cries of
" The Lord Mayor of the People." " The Lord Mayor
three times elected." He said that it had not been his
intention to disturb the meeting again, having been
three times returned by that Hall. He, however, es-
teemed this second call by the Livery on the
mime day as a greater compliment, and quite
as acceptable to him as success. He heartily
thanked them for the warmth and enthusiasm with
which his name had been received, and not
wishing to disturb the regularity of the meeting
farther ; would again repeat his warmest thanks, and
express a hope that he would again meet them next
yea r.—(The Hon. Gentleman retired amidst loud cheers.)
The Hall then formally dissolved, and, as the several
Aldermen passed down they were warmly cheered, espe-
cially Mr. Alderman Wood. The newly-elected Lord
Mayor, Mr. Alderman Gibbs, was not to be seen, having
left the hall by a private door.
The whole proceedings were over at half-past two
o'clock.

DISCOVERY OP A ROMAN PAVEME2tT.-013 Friday
morning, while the excavations were going on in St.
Thomas's-street, Southwark, a large quantity of Roman
pavement was discovered about 70 feet below the surface
of the earth, which lies exactly opposite the ancient
church of Sts Thomas's. The greater portion of what
was found was carefully preserved.
MORE OP TUE CUTTING SYSTEII.—At the Castle of
Exeter, last week, a Mr. Solomans, the proprietor of " a
clothing establishment," was summoned for refusing to
pay a poor woman, named Burgess, 14s. for making
seven satin waistcoats, and for finding trimmings for the
same. The representative of " Mishter Sholoman" said
that all " the firm" gave for making waistcoats was Is.
(the price charged by the trade is 55.). He was, how:
ever, not willing to pay her even the 75., fur he asserted
the waistcoats were so badly made, that he had been ok.
liged to expend 3d. more upon each of them. He was
He was willing to hand her over the ss. 3d. Now, let
us see what this remuneration would afford her per
week. A waistcoat, it was estimated, would take nine
hours to make. If she worked twelve hours a day, she
would have ten and a half successive days of toil before
she could complete her fourteen waistcoats ; or, for the
sake of making the case stronger, as well as of avoiding
fractions, say she works fourteen hours a day ; her work
would then occupy her nine days—a week end a half—
and for this ss. 3d. is offered her !-ss, 3d. for a week
and a half's work, or Bs. 6d. for a week's I GoodiGod I
a whole week's work, fourteen long hours to the day, at
satin waistcoats, for 3s. 6d. ! But this is not all ; out of
this most miserable pittance she had to provide trim-
mings ! The representative of this " Mr. Sholoman'
said the waistcoats were sold at 55., but he was justly
reminded, that if they chose to give things away, that
was no reason that the woman should give away her
work. An order for the payment of the 14s. was made
by the magistrates.—Sherburne Journal.
FIRE AT DRUMLANRIG CASTLII.—A fire broke out
in one of the wings of Drumlanrig Castle, occupied as
the laundry, on Friday, evening last. It excited a good
deal of alarm among the nobl inmates, the Duke and
Duchess of Buccleuch, who were both residing there at
the time. After considerable exertion the flames were
happily got under before extending to any other portion
of the Castle. His Grace, we regret to say, has received
a slight injury in one of his arms.—Ayr Observer.
IMPORTANT TO INSOLVENTS.—In cannot be too
generally known that the Commissioners of Bankruptcy
for the Birmingham district have come to the determina-
tion not to receive or recognise any petitions or schedules
where the signature of the petitioner is not attested by a
solicitor or some agent duly authorised by a warrant of
attorney. This is important, because in opposition to
the instructions of Lord Brougham.—Birmanyliant Ad-
vertiser.
SUDDEN DEATIL—OR Friday Mr. Higgs held an
inquest at the Regent Arms, Regent-street, Vincent-
square. on the body of James Turner, aged 43. It ap-
peared in evidence that the deceased was a sergeant.
major in the East India Company's recruiting service.
On Tuesday evening last he called upon Dr. Reid, at the
Recruiting depot in Duke-street, to consult him con-
eerning his state of health. Whilst the doctor was exa-
mining his chest he was suddenly seized with a violent
tit of coughing and ruptured a blood-vessel, which caused
a quantity of blood to get into the windpipe, thereby
causing instantaneous death. Verdict, " Natural death."
GOODRICII COURT, lIRRETORDSIIIRE.--Her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, her Royal High-
ness the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, the
Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Lady Augusta Somerset
and the Baron Nieumann, the Austrian Minister, visited
Goodrich Court. Herefordshire, on Wednesday. The
Royal and illustrious visitors were conducted through
the noble suite of apartments and grand armoury by the
learned proprietor, Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, and ex-
pressed themselves highly entertained with the in-
spection.
CURIOUS ESCAPE.—On Monday last, whilst aptiie
boys were endeavouring to secure various sheaves of
corn, &c., which had been carried down by the flooded
river, and lodged near the sluice of the milldam, one of
their number, a boy of fifteen years old, son of Mr.
Little, roper, lost his balance, and fell from the wall into
the swollen river. Providentially he was too near the
side to be carried by. the current over the gullet-door,
and he thus experienced the least dangerous of two
routes, a submarine passage, instead of one over the falls.
From the state of the river, the sluices of the dam were
only partially opened, and the passage for the body of
water flowing through was thus from four to five feet
below the surface. No sooner was the little fellow in
the water, than he was sucked into this under current
and disappeared under the arch of the stone pier, in
which the sluices are built. At least a minute now
elapsed, which was passed in most intense anxiety by
helpless spectators, who knew that if the poor fellow
got entangled in the passage, no efforts of theirs could
save him. To their great delight, however, the current
which boils up into the mill-dam, atlength disgorged the
object of their anxiety, and he was at once landed by
many ready and willing hands. The poor little fellow
was " sair forfoughten, ' but soon recovered both his
ideas and his bodily activity, and when questioned by
our friend Baillie Welsh as to his feelings when under
the water, and what he then " thought," he graphically
enough replied, that he " just could na think."—Duni-
fries Courier.
AN UNEXPECTED TREASURE.—A letter from War-
saw says, " A singular discovery will make it possible to
prosecute with more activity the-works of the fine hang-
ing bridge over the Vistula, to join Warsaw and Prague.
On demolishing an ancient Roman Catholic chapel, to
clear the approaches to the bridge on the Warsaw side,
. there were found in the foundation two barrels filled with
Ifine gold, of the value of three millions of francs, which
will be employed in the completion of this remarkable
work."

The Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, who have
this week been undergoing their annual 'training, were on
Thursday reviewed by Colonel White, of - the regulars,
and new colours were presented to the regiment by Lady
Georgians Curzon, daughter of Earl Howe, with an ap-
propriate address, which was responded to by Lieut.-
Colonel Keck.

A Cow CAUGHT IN A SNARE.—On Monday the
9th current, Mr. Alexander Todd, the highly respected
landlord of the Black Bull Inn, Houston, lost a fine
young cow, worth ten or twelve pounds, while gathering
her food about the hedges which bound the park in
which she grazed. When driven home in the evening,
she exhibited signs of great uneasiness ; and when her
accustomed food was set before her, she refused either to
eat-or drink. On examining her mouth, it was found
that three inches of the tongue were literally torn off.
Various conjectures were formed respecting the seem-
ingly malicious outrage ; but Mr. Todd concluded, from
a knowledge of the cow's habits, that she had met with
the misfortune while grazing about the hedge-roots. He
immediately went to the park, and found fastened to a
thorn bush a strong cord snare, which retained a firm
grasp of the amputated piece of tongne. It is supposed,
when the poor animal felt her tongue held, that she
jerked it off.—Glusgow Argus.
THE Mootts.—The sportsmen have generally had
excellent sport among the hills ; but the number of birds
killed is not nearly equal to their abundance. The birds
were too strong before the 12th, and during the rainy
weather that immediately ensued they became packed,
and so wild that they could scarcely be approached
within range of shot ; and they are now taking down to
the corn fields in the glens in immense flocks.—lnverness
Courier.

EDUCATION OF THE POOR.
IMPORTANT SPEECH OF LORD WHARNCLIFFE.
The following speech of Lord Wharncllffe, deli-
; vered on Monday last at a meeting of the friends and
supporters of the Scciety for Promoting the Increase
of Church Accommodation, and the Endowment of
Churches in the Diocese of Ripon, and also of the
Ripon Diocesan Board of Education, held at the Court
House, in Barnsley, is most, important, and may be
considered as a declaration of the feelings of Govern.
meet on the,. important subject to which it refers.
We take our report from the Leeds Intelligencer.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE rose and said Ladies and
Gentlemen, the resolution which you have just passed
concludes the business of the day, but before we sepa-
rate I am very anxious to address to the meeting a
few words upon the present state of the questions
with regard both to church accommodation and to the
education of the poor; and also to take this opportu-
nity of explaining what Government have done—
what their objects are—as well as what the objects of
Parliament have been in voting.money for both these
purposes—and finally to remind you how to obtain,
and to instruct you how to make use of the sums so
granted. And first with respect to churches. But
before I address myself particularly to this point,
I may observe that this district—the West
Riding of Yorkshire—and the county of Lan-
caster, are perhaps the two parts of the
whole kingdom that require the greatest care with
respect to the religious instruction of the people,
from the nature of the manufactures carried on in
them, from the vast congregations of people without
any instruction brought together within them—numbers
so great as to be far beyond the power of that number
of persons which, up to a late period, were alone
appointed to instruct them as their pastors. I say
that this district, of all others, is that which requires
an extension of church accommodation and the
appointment of additional ministers to instruct the
people. Both those objects have been kept in view,
and, to a certain degree, the wants of the people in
this respect have been supplied. First of all let us re-
collect what this district was originally. The greater
part of it was a very thinly-peopled district, and a
large portion of it scarcely cultivated at all ; now it is
crowded with people; many parishes of enormous
extent are become very populous. This town in
which we are assembled, which is very populous, in
which manufactures have increased and are increasing,
and in which there is a prospect of the continued
increase of those who should be provided with reli-
gious instruction—this town, I say, is not a parish ; it
is merely a township in the parish of Silkstone, the
parish church being situate several miles off. And
so it is in many other places—the parishes are so large
that the mother church is totally inadequate to accom-
plish its original purpose of affording space for those
who should worship their God in it, at a convenient
distance from their homes. I say that this district
is the one which, above all others, requires the atten-
tion of the Government, the attention of the Bishop,
and of the clergy, as well 43 of_all persons who have
really the interests of religion and the welfare of the
people at heart, to provide such accommodation which
shall enable the people to perform and to receive in-
struction in their religious duties. Under these cir-
cumstances, then, I am happy to say that the session
of Parliament before the last produced a measure which
does enable these districti to receive a much greater
degree of spiritual instruction than heretofore. I al-
lude to that Act of Parliament, usually called " Sir
Robert Peel's Act," which puts it into the power of
the clergy and their parishioners to apply to the Ec-
clesiastical Commissioners to form districts within
which even though there may be no church erected,
but where a suitable room can be procured to be li-
censed by the Bishop, a clergyman may be appointed
to give that spiritual instruction to the people which
is so much needed. By that Act provision is made
by which the maintenance, of such ministers so to be
appointed is secured. I cannot help hoping that that
measure will have a very
,great effect upon the reli-
gious instruction of the people. It was intended to
have that effect ; and my hope is that it will prove so.
I was myself at one time of opinion that the first
thing to be done was to build churches ; but now I
incline to think that that was a mistake. The first
dutyr, as it seems to me, is to appoint persons who
will administer religious instruction to the people,
allotting to him a suitable and convenient district;
and I am satisfied that when that duty is properly
performed by duly qualified and zealous men, there
will be no want of the means for building churches
in this country. I am persuaded that, upon suitable
religious instruction being afforded by zealous and
competent ministers to those classes of persons to
whom it is very important that such instruction
should be given, they will not be satisfied with a
mere room in which to worship God, but will find
the means of aiding the Government in providing a
proper place for religious worship.—(Hear.) So much
for the first object which we have met to promote this
day.—(Hear, hear.) I now come to that of educa-
tion ; and, standing in the situation which I do,
honoured by her Majesty with the superintendence
of that department—for a department it may now
be called—to which the education, or rather the
means which are supplied by Parliament for the
eduCation of the people is committed, I am
anxious to say a few words upon that subject ;
and I very much wish that there were a greater num-
ber of persons present here, that a larger number of
the inhabitants of this district might hoar what I have
to say. I say this, because, undoubtedly, there are
great misapprehensions abroad upon the subject.
There are misapprehensions, in the first place, as to
the objects for which Parliament have voted the sum
which is at the disposal of the Committee of Council
for Education. The misapprehensions are still greater,
perhaps, with respect to the objects which the Com-
mittee of Council have in view, and the mode in
which they will carry into effect the wishes and inten•
tions of Parliament. You are all aware that up to a
very late date nothing was contributed by Parliament
towards the education of the people. It was left en-
tirely to the efforts of individuals, and I am sorry to
say, that the result of that was, that the state of edu-
cation in the greater, part a England is lainentiible
.in the, extreme.. I do not think that in this parti•
cuter district it Can be said to have been in so bad and
inferior a condition as in some other portions of the
kingdom. We all know that the greater portion of the
poor hereaboUts, and still further to the northward,
are educated to a certain degree. They can most of
them read, and write to some extent, and many of
them can go through certain rules of arithmetic ; but
in the south of England the absence of that kind of
knowledge even to that extent among the poorer
classes is lamentable and frightful. I think, there- I
fore, it was time for Parliament to interfere, and to
give something towards the education of the people.
It wassthe duty-of,st peternal Goverrinsift As? propose
It to ]Parliament ; and 40161 prof osed to Parliament
it was cheerfully acceded to. - The first grant made
by Parlianient was an 'the- year 1836. 1- may be
wrong as to the year, but I think it was in that year.
It amounted to '20,000/.. Small 'suns, indeed,
to eisist the 'efforts' that were making for education,
eapecially *Thin one remembers the number of
persons and districts over which a sum of that
description was •tis be extended. However, that
was the sum. ' It was to be distributed by the
Lords' of the Treasury, upon no condition whatever,
except that the Lords of the Treasury might, if they
thought proper, send a person to inspect the accounts
of the schools that were to be benefited by the grant.
There was no inspection with respect to what was
taught in those schools. There was no charge of
any kind. There was no condition on the part of
persons who received part of that grant that their
schools should be devoted solely to the education of
the poor. This system lasted not above two years. It
was found that, after the' money was granted, nobody
knew anything about it—that Parliament and the
Government were giving money, without knowing
what it produced—and it was thought advisable to put
the matter on a better footing. Accordingly it was
taken from the Treasury, and placed in the hands of
a Committee of her Majesty's Privy Council—now
called the Committee of Council for Education—con-
sisting of some of the Ministers of the Crown ; and
the grants are now distributed upon their responsi-
bility. When it was so, removed from the Treasury
to the Committee of Council, it was absolutely neces-
sary that the objects for which this money was
granted should be thoroughly understood, and that
certain conditions should be insisted upon in order
that the money voted by Parliament—the public
money—might be so properly distributed as that it
should not be turned to evil instead of to good. Ac-
cordingly certain rules were established by Order of
Council. One of those rules was that, in a deed, the
promoters of every school should agree that any
school to be built with the aid of money from these
grants should be devoted for ever to the education of
the poor. Another condition was, that they should
also be liable to inspection by inspectors appointed
by the Committee of Council for ever. These
are the two conditions originally required ; and be-
sides this great care is taken by that committee
that the money granted by them shall not be
the sole and, only means by which the school buildings
shall be erected ; but that the number of persons will-
ing to contribute in aid,. and the amount they are pre-
pared to contribute, shall be taken, in great part, as
the real evidence of the want of a school in a particular
district.—(Hear, hear.) It is quite clear that were it
otherwise the whole country would be looking to
Government to do the work at its expense, and the
true sources of charity, would be dried up. Every-
body who had the means would be disposed to stay
their hands ; and, in short, the whole would be suf-
fered to fall into the hands of Government. This
seemed to the Government to be anything but de-
sirable; and, therefore, let it not be supposed that any
party, or any parish or township, can come to
the Government, and. say, " Give us part of
that grant," claiming it as of right. They must, in
the first instance, show the destitution of the place
in respect of education, and then they must
show that those within the. district, who have the

means, are ready to make pecuniary sacrifices, in
order to have that destitution removed.—(llears) I
am quite sure that that is the best ground upon which
this matter can stand. Its effect is to make the in-
habitants themselves aid the Government in its efforts,
but by no means to make the Government supply
that which, in point of fact, ought to be contributed
locally, from a feeling of the want of education which
is at the time pressing upon the place.—(Hear.)
These being, then, the.- terms upon which the grant
was to be made, the grant was increased ; and the
grant, since the year 1842, has been exactly doubled.
It is now 40,0001. a year. Now, I am very far from
saying that 40,000/. a year is the whole that is re-
quired ; but it was much better to go on by degrees ;
it was safer to see in the first place how the scheme
worked. And I have very little doubt that
if Parliament finds that the former grants of
money which they have voted have been properly ap-
plied, and that they have produced the desired result
—nay, I may say, instead of having very little doubt,
that I am quite satisfied, Parliament will be ready to
increase the grant. In order to obtain information in
this respect, it is necessary that the schools to which
money has been granted should be inspected, and that •
a report should be made to the Committee of Council
for Education, and through it to the Bishops; and also
that Parliament should be made aware of what has
been done by means of these grants, and what the re-
sult is; and whether, in point of fact, the objects of
the grants have been properly carried out. It was
necessary, then, to appoint inspectors for this pur-
pose ; and the Committee of Council begun very mo-
derately, for they appointed only one inspector. Be-
fore that appointment was made, a great discussion
arose with respect to the propriety of such an ap-
pointment ; and, on the part of the Established
Church, it was stated. that the effect of the ap-
pointment of those inspectors would be to throw the
as hole system of education into the hands of the Privy
Council, and that they had no security that the Com-
mittee of Council would, in fact, be members of the
Established Church. It was necessary therefore so
to guard the appointment of inspector as that no im-
proper person should be placed in that office. After
much discussion, it was arranged that the persons to
be appointed inspectors should be subject, in the first
place, to the approval of the Archbishop of each pro-
vince, and so long as they bad the confidence of the
Archbishop within whose province they acted they
should continue inspectors. That each inspector
should be appointed by the Committee of Council,
with the approbation of the Archbishop, but if the
Archbishop should at any time afterwards declare his
disapprobation of the conduct of any inspector, and
require his removal, he should be removed by the
Committee of Council from the office. I think you
will see that this' gives to the Established
Church the greatest security against the danger
that was apprehended. 'I mention it because there has
been great jealousy upon that subject. A notion has
got abroad among the clergy, I am sorry to say, that
the object of the Committee of Council is to get
possession of, and to direct the whole education of, the
people. They urge that, they (the clergy) are the
appointed ministers of the' Church, whose duty it is
to give religious instruction to the people, and that
secular instruction, without religious instruction, is
of no value, and that, therefore, the Church has a sort
of right to conduct the universal education of the
people of this country. Now that would be true,
perhaps, if all the persons of this country professed
the Established religion; but, unfortunately, that is
not the case. We all know how rife' Dissent is ;
moreover, we see yearly and monthly new sects
arising, some of which, more or less; detach persons
from the Church of England ; and there can be
no doubt that the whole body of Dissenters from the
Church in England is a very considerable one. Now,
they all, undoubtedly, contribute towards these grants.
Every man, whether Churchman or Dissenter, pays
the taxes out of which this fund is to be provided,
and, therefore, they are to be considered in this
matter; and, this being so, I don't think that the
clergy of the Church can set up a right to teach those
persons who do not belong to the Church of which
they are ministers. It was, therefore, thought neces-
sary, in some degree, to guard against that; and the
result was that Parliament, when it voted the money,
stated that the grants should be made not only to
schools in connexion with the Establishment and
the National School Society, but also to schools
in connexion with the British and Foreign
School Society—a society which differs, un-
doubtedly, from the National Society in many
respects, and especially in this—that the National
Society requires the 'Catechism to be taught in the
schools connected with it; whereas the British and
Foreign School Society, while it inculcates the neces-
sity of reading and exercises in the Old and New Testa-
ments, does not admit of a catechism of .any descrip-
tion. As I have stated, the Church received a security
with regard to the inspection, in the arrangement that
no person can be appointed as inspector by the Com-
mittee of Privy Council without the approbation of
the Archbishop of the province in which he acts ; nor
can he continue his duties, though so appointed, if the
Archbishop should at any time decl are his disapprobation
of that person. Now the_British and Foreign School
Society had no security upon this subject ; yet it has
been stated, and I mention the statement now for the
purpose of explanation, that that Society has received
more favour from the Committee of Council in this re-
spect than the Church. An inspector was -appointed for
the schools in connexion with the British and Foreign
School Society; that inspector, a man with whom I
am personally acquainted, a most excellent, a most
valuable man, a member of the Chuich of England,
in the course of his inspection, undoubtedly, alarmed
the members of the British and Foreign School So-
ciety; they conceived that his object was to cry
down their mode of educating their children, and that
he was endeavouring to force upon them his own
favourite modes of education. Nothing could be
more unfounded, I sincerely believe, but as this feel-
ing extended itself among them; they, having no
security as to the appointment of the inspectors,
naturally looked for some security equal to that
Which the Church had Teceived. They complained--
they.said, " All we ask is, that a person may not be
appointed who, by the mode in which he carries op
the inspection, will hurt our Society, and prevent us
from carrying out our views and objects." We said,
" We perfectly agree with you With respect to the
appointment of inspector, that the person appointed
should be cautious ; and that instead of doinganything
to injure the Society, or to weaken its influence or power
over the schools in connexion with it, he ought, on
the contrary, to do everything he can to strengthen
that influence and to support the Society." The
Society then said, "All we ask, as the condition
upon which our schools. shall be inspected, is, that
atsanystimcs- your .jospeebn stupid sconeluot‘ him 4;
Ai as to, forfeiti..iiur :confulenceiewe ehould be'
allowed to' retutn tl money we inv. have received,
and be no longer subject to your insPection." To
that the Committee of Council have agreed. They
thought it was right that the'Society should have
some security- that' the• inspectors to he appointed,
should be persons in whom the Society had
confidence, and upon whose discretion it could rely.
I have said that a notion has got abroad, especially
among 'some of the clergy, that there is a disposition
in the Committee of Council to assume to itself the
whole of the direction of the education of the people,
or so to interfere, at all events, as to indicate a disposi-
tion to separate the clergy from the people with re-
spect to education.. Now, I von% enter into the
question of the right of the clergy ; but this I am
quite sure of—that if the people who profess the doc-
trines of the Established Church are to be taught, the
clergy are the instruments through,which the educa-
tion must mainly be carried on.—(Hear.) They are
the parties with whom the bulk of the people are
almost constantly in communication, they are always
on the spot ; they are in a station between the higher
&asses and the lower classes; they are themselves,
generally, persons of education and talent; they have
influence not only with the lower classes but with
the upper classes ; and whatever may be said of the
voluntary zeal of country gentlemen or of tradesmen, in
the cause of education, I say that it is the business
of the clergy to be zealous in that cause. I say that,
if education is to be carried on at
think that you must not make the clergy the active
means of carrying it on. I can assure you that there
all, it;
is absurd to
is
this no
ground
fo
respect.ground for supposing
•
that the Privy Council are desirous to oust the clergy
There r this jealousycan
be n ofo the Privy Council in
of what must be considered as part of their duty; but
it is the duty of the Council to see that the money
voted by Parliament is properly applied, and so
applied as to carry out the objects for- which it was
voted; and no one can ever think that Parliament
will continue to vote money unless they have some
assurance that the results will be such as they hoped
for when the money was voted. With this view it is
that we
,have appointed, four additional inspectors,
with the perfect concurrence of the Archbishops,
and at their request as well as that of the National
Society. I have endeavoured to explain these mat-
ters to you as fully as I can, because, as I have said,
there have been great misapprehensions upon the sub-
ject, and I know that things have been said which
have no foundation, the effect of which I trust that
what I have stated, speaking with the authority which
my station gives me, may, in a great measure, tend
to remove.—(Hear.) But there are some other points
to which it may be well to advert ; and one is
with respect to the aid and assistance which is to
be given to .the normal schools. You are aware
that normal. schools are institutiops fer the pur-
pose of educating persons who are intended for
the office of schoolmaster—an object most impor-
tant in every point of view. Nothing is more
deplorable than the state of education (speaking
generally) of the schoolmasters who affect or pretend
to teach the people. No system of education, no ef-
forts for education, can be of much value until we
shall have masters who shall be able to combine the
improvement of the moral and religious knowledge of
their pupils, as well as of their manners, with the
general education they way impart. If their art of

carrying on the discipline of the school and in the
management of young people shall be such as to
enable them to do this, then may we trust that they
will be able to give therm an education which may
make them good men and good sujects. No pains
that can be taken are too much in this matter. I wish
I could say that the business of a schoolmaster could
be truly called a profession. I wish that the middle
and lower classes of the people in this country
could see in the situation of the schoolmaster a
situation to which they might hope to arrive, and
which would not only afford them a decent liveli-
hood, but raise them in the scale of society to a sta-
tion which the important trust reposed in their hands
seems to require. This must be done by degrees ;
and yet, perhaps, there is no object more important.
—(Hear.) Towards this object the Committee of
Council hare given considerable assistance. They
have given the National Soeiety,s,oool. towards build-
ing a normal school, and they have given 1001. a year
towards the maintenance of that school. They have
given (I am speaking only of what has been done in
England) —they have given 3,500/. towards a building
for a training school at York, and they have given as
much for a building in the county of Chester; and
there are other applications now under consideration
of which I shall say nothing. They also have given
to the British and Foreign School Society the
sum of 5001. for their building, and for the main-
tenance of their schools 750/. a year; the relative
proportions of 1,000/, and 850/. having, in point of
tact, been calculated upon the number of masters that
each of those societies intended to educate. And here.
I may take the opportunity of saying that I was very
much surprised recently to read in a newspaper that a
reverend gentleman had stated at a meeting, held in
the East Riding of this county, that it was true that
the Committee of Council had given 3,500/. towards
building a normal school; at York, but that they had
given 750/. a year to the British and Foreign School
Society, and had refused to give any thing to the
National Society. Now, such a gentleman, before he
states things in a public meeting, should be quite
sure of his facts. And what did this declaration
produce ? It elicited from another reverend gentleman
who was present at that meeting the impassioned ob-
servation, " I never heard of such conduct in my life."
(Laughter.) Now I would entreat gentlemen, clergy-
men especially, before they make charges of that
description, to inform themselves of the real state of
the case ; to take the trouble of writing to, or of in-
quiring of, those who know something about the
matter, and not throw out those insinuations . and
groundless imputations. I trust that, after what I
have said, these accusations of a partiality hostile
to the Established Church may not be repeated, at
least within the county in which we are now met.
The object of the Committee of Council for Education
is to accomplish that which Parliament has declared
to be its object; that object is not to educate
only those who are connected with the Estab-
lished Church, but others. It is not only to give
education in the way pointed out by the Church
of England, but to give the means of education
to other persons who have means, and are willing to
contribute from their means to the education of the
pier of their respective sects.—(Hear.) Now these
are the subjects upon which I was anxious to say a
few words. I have said already that I regret that
there are not more present to hear me.—(Hear.) I
wish that every clergyman in this district had been
now present; I wish that every man who has at
heart the education of the people of this country could
hear me, that I could remove from each of their minds
anything like a feeling of jealousy of the powers and
proceedings of the Privy Council in respect to educa-
tion. All that the Committee desire is to act cordially
with the clergy in this matter. Their object is to give
education to the people, religious in the first plaCe, and
secular also—and with respect to those schools that
are connected with the Established Church, to do it
not only with the consent of the clergy, but with
their active, with their willing, with their free co-
operation.—(Cheers.) Perhaps you will excuse me
saying a little more upon the subject of school-
masters.—(Hear.) I have already stated the great
want of proper and efficient schoolmasters that now
exists. It is a want that is daily increasing, and upon
which we have the most clamorous claims upon us for
assistance. What we shall be able to do, or what
persons may expect us to do, I cannot say. But no
person is more convinced than I am that upon the
improvement of your scoolmaster does in fact de-
9end the improvement of education. (Hear.)
We have done something. By the last Order of
' Council uPoris. the._ subject we have agreed to do
something towards building schoolmasters' houses.
That is a great point. In order that a schoolmaster
should be held in proper regard and respect, and that
he should hold the rank and station which I have
already stated I think it desirable that he should hold,
I am of opinion that he ought to be provided with
a suitable residence—a house by no means too'
large, so as to exalt him too much in the scale of
society, but he should be taken out of a cottage and
put into a decent residence, which would be calcu-
lated to make those persons of the classes lower than
himself inclined to show a proper feeling of respect
fir the schoolmaster who teaches their children. I
need not, after what I have said, assure you that
the great object I have at heart is, that in the per-
formance of the duty I am called upon to perform, no
' act of mine shall give good ground for jealousy or ill-
feeling to any class or to any person, whether Church-
man or Dissenter.—(Hear, hear.) I am a Church-
man, from a strong feeling that the Church of Ehg-
land contains doctrines infinitely superior to any
others that have ever been promulgated upon earth ;
that they are the doctrines of our Saviour; that they
are the doctrines which will lead to our eternal salva-
tion ; and for those reasons I am a steady, a
staunch Churchman. But I cannot help feeling
that others are at liberty to judge for themselves
upon this question, and that there may be per-
sons who may conscientiously feel that they cannot
agree with me in my opinion. I am not, therefore,
to shut them out from all education ; I am not to say
to them—" Though Parliament has voted a sum of
money for the education of the people, I will not give'
you any part of it, although, in fact,' you contribute
part of it in the first instance." These are the grounds
upon which I shall act in my office.—(Hear.) I do
entreat the clergy to co-operate cordially with us ;
and if they will do so I do not fear that, in 'proCess of
time, the people of the country in which we live will
become the best and most religiously educated, people
on the face of the earth. His Lordship sat down amidst
loud applause."

LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE.-011 Thursday even-
ing, Mr. Newman, a young gentleman who a few weeks
since returned from India, where his father holds a high
wil,h;lr..cfirtior,, the see.ond mate. of 41n India- ,
and Aisi ;Were .on the river Lea; in a w)ierry..
When off -a place called the Sally Island, Mr. Newman
made an effort to kiss Miss Bullovhich the latterresisted,
`find the'exertibn on both their parts caused the boat to
upset, and all were precipitated into the water, and each
at first sunk to' the bottom. Mr. Carter was the first
to ascend to the surface, -but, .owing to the extreme cold
of the water, he felt .nearly paralysed: By great exer-
tion, however, he caught hold of Mr. Newman, when
about to sink a second time, and brought him on shore.
Unfortunately, Miss Bull had not been seen by either
after she had first fallen in, and she has lost her life.
Mr. Carter gave an immediate alarm, and the drags
being procured, every exertion was used to find the body
of the deceased, but two hours had elapsed before it was
discovered. In the meantime Mr. Newman had been
removed to the house of Mr. Weeks, the Jolly Anglers,
and put to bed, and all day yesterday he remained in a
very weakly state. He says that upon first dropping
into the water he was seized with cramp, and was,
therefore, incapable of using any exertion to save him-
self or others.
RATING or OWNERS or CorTA.GEs.—The overseer
of St. Mary's, New Market, having stated to the Poor-
law Commissioners that it had been resolved in vestry to
assess the owners of certain cottages in the parish to the
poor-rate instead of the occupiers ; and inquired whether
the 59th Geo. 111., c. 12, sec. 19, applied to cottages let
weekly or quarterly for sums between 51. and 20/. a
year, the Commissioners gave the following answer :
" The provision of the 59th Geo. 111., c. 12, sec. 19,
applies to rents, the rate of which, when estimated for
the whole year, would not be less than 61, nor more than
201. a year—and to no other rents. As regards the let-
ting, if it be by the week, month, or quarter, or for any
other term less than a year, and the rent is within the
described limit, the provision of the Act applies. Or if
the letting is for a whole year, or any longer term, and
the rent being within the limit described is made pay-
able at periods shorter than three months, the provision
likewise applies."—Essex Standard.
THE FLOATING PIER AT BLACKFRIARS.—The free
watermen belonging to the steam-boat pier on the north •
east side of Blackfriars-bridge, have just completed the
re-construction of that concern on a more safe and per-
manent plan, and it is now one of the most convenient
landing places on the river. The City authorities having
given the watermen leave to drive piles, to which the
pier is secured, there is no danger of its shifting, or of
th© strongest tides altering its position. The new barge,
which is partially covered over as a protection from the
rain, is 80 feet in length and 14 feet in width, and cost
250/.

BRIGHTON, SEPT. 27.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel
the Monkey, arrived off the pier this morning, from
Portsmouth, and having taken on board a large quantity
of bedding and furniture from the Pavilion, left in the
afternoon for Osborne Rouse, Isle of Wight, where her
Majesty and Prince Albert will pass some time imme-
diately after the visit of Louis Phillippe to England.
The Royal children were taken to hemp-town this
morning, and amused themselves on the beach there for
an hour, returning to the Pavilion at eleven o'clock. Sir
Robert Peel walked on the pier this morning, and in the
afternoon went out in a small boat, for a few miles' sail.
The sea was as still as a mill-pond. Accounts have been
received this morning of the continued improvement of
the health of Miss Peel, who will join her parents at
Brighton as soon as she has regained sufficient strength
to boar the. journey.
STIRLING CASTI.II:—"We understand that this vene-
rable fortress is, in the absence of the military; under..
going a thorough repair ; and that, among other things,
a magnificent flag-staff, upwards of sixty feet in height,
is intended to be erected in the place of the shattered one,
which snapped in a late gale.—Stirling Journal,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING.
The Aintree Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 40 added, se-
cond to receive 10/., and the winner to be sold for
1501. T. Y. C.
Mr. ()wen's Joe Raphael, 3 yrs (Oates) 1
Mr. Skerratt's Tottenham, 2 yrs
Mr. Peck's Alice Gray, 2 yrs 3
Mr. King's Yarrow, 3 yr. 4
Won by a head.
The Grand Junction Stakes of 200 sous. each. From the
Stable Corner and run in. (4) Subs.)
Colonel Anson's Buzz (Butler) I
Mr. Mostyn's Brunel
Lord Stanley's Ambition
Lord Westminster's Thais
Lord G. Bentink's Alva
Buzz took the lead, kept it, and won easy.
The Sefton Plate of 40L, added to a Sweepstakes of 5
soya. each, the second to receive 10/. Heats, one mile
and a half.
Sir R. W. Bulkeley's b m by Bay Middleton,
out of Adriana, 5 yrs
Mr. Price's Valentina
Mr. Osbaldeston's Shocking Mamma, 4 yrs 32 dr
Mr. W. Jones's b f by Phoenix, d by Comus,
3 yrs
Mr. Owen's Joe Raphael, 3 yrs
Mr. Ward's Fair Ellen, 4 yrs ' 4 dis.
CHEADLE RACES.—MoNDAY
The Sweepstakes of 2 soya. each, with 15 added, twice
round and a dis, were won in three heats by Mr. Ro-
binson's Wasp, aged, (Hopwood), beating Mr. Owen's
Wordsley, 4 yrs, (won first heat), Mr. Lund's Bessy
Bedlam, and Mr. Dixon's Foxhunter.
The Stockport Stakes, of 1 sov. each, and 7 added,
twice.round and a dis, were won in two heats. by Bess?,
Bedlam, beating Mr. Bond's Alice, 3 yrs, Mr. Boot s
Belvidere, and Mr. Owen's Fair Ellen.
TUESDAY.
The Mersey Stakes, of 1 soy. each, and 10 added, the
second saves his stake, twice round and a dig, were won
in 2 heats, by Bessy Bedlam, beating Alice.
The Ladies' Purse for Ponies, was won in 2 heats by
Warsop.