The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-13 00:00:00

ROYAL ACADEMY. The Hon. W. CowpErt, M.P., moved the fourth resolution,
which was for the formation of an association to carry out
On Tuesday, the 10th instant, being the seventy- the objects referred to in the other resolutions for the pur-
. pose of improving the condition of the dwellings of the poor
sixth anniversary of the foundation of the Royal
Academy of Arts, a General Assembly of the Acade- in towns, and also to receive subscriptions.
micians was held at their apartments in Trafalgar- Mr. SLANEY seconded the resolution, which was carried.
square, when the following distribution of premiums , -Mr. SINGLE proposed, and M. r C tRDEN seconded a reso-
lution, which was adopted, to the effect that the condition of
took place, viz.:— the burial-places in towns should be considered.
Dr. S. SMITH then read a petition, setting forth the con-
To Mr. William Gale—For the best copy made in
the Painting School, the silver medal and the lectures dition of the poor in respect of their dwellings, and the
of the Professors Barry, Opie, and Fuseli.
various means by which they might be improved, and pray-
To Mr. George Roderick James Healey—For the ing for legislative interference.
The Earl of SHELBURNE moved, and Mr. Rim seconded
next best copy made in the Painting School, the silver the adoption of the petition, and that its presentation to Par-
medal. liament be intrusted to Lord Normanby and Lord Ashley:
To Mr. William Gale—For the best Drawing from The resolution was agreed to, and thanks having been
the Life, the silver medal. voted to the Chairman, and acknowledged, the meeting
To Mr.i Alfred Gatley—For the best Model from . separated.
the Life, the silver medal.
To Mr. George Low—For the best Drawings of
the Church of St. Mary Woolnoth, the silver medal.
To Mr. William Wood Deane—For the next best
Drawings of the Church of St. Mary Woolnoth, the
silver medal.
To Mr. George Elgar Hicks—For the best Draw-
ings from the Antique, the silver medal.
To Mr. Alexander Rowan—For the next best
Drawings from the Antique, the silver medal.
To Mr. Alfred Brown—For the best Model from
the Antique, the silver medal.
Which was concluded with a short address from
the President to the students.
The General Assembly afterwards proceeded to
appoint officers for the ensuing year, when Sir Martin
Archer Shee was unanimously re-elected President.
Council.—New List—John Prescott Knight, Henry
William Pickersgill, Charles Robert Cockerell, and
Joseph Mallord William Turner, Esqs.
Old List--Sir William Charles Ross, Clarkson
Stanfield, Charles Robert Leslie, and Edward Hodges
Baily, Esqs.
Visitors in the Life Academy.—New
Mulready, Daniel Maclise, Henry William Pickers-
gill, and Thomas Uwins, Esqs.
Old List—Abraham Cooper, J. J. Chalon, Esqs. ;
Sir William Charles Ross; illiam Etty, and Solo-
mon Alexander Hart, Esqs.
Visitors in the School of Painting.—New List—
William Etty, Solomon Alexander Hart, John Pres-
cott Knight, and Daniel Maclise, Esqs.
Old List—John James Chalon, William Mulready,
Henry 'William Pickersgill, and William Frederick
Witherington, Esqs.
Auditors re-elected—William Mulready, J. M.W.
Turner, Esqs., and Sir Richard Westmacott.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday a Court of Common Council, which was
most numerously attended, was held at the usual
hour, for the dispatch of business. After the minutes
of the last Court had been read, and some matter of
routine business had been disposed of, the discussion
(which at the last day had been interrupted by the
decision of the Lord Mayor, and with reference to
which decision a deputation waited upon his Lord-
ship) was resumed on the subject cf
THE FREE CHURCH IN ST. GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS.

The LORD MAYOR stated that he had read the peti-
tion of the Rev. Mr. Tyler, praying for pecuniary
assistance from the Corporation of London, and he
had found that the petition prayed assistance towards
the erection and endowment of the new free church,
and therefore he (the Lord Mayor) had directed that
the word " endowment" should be inserted in the
summonses issued, so that the whole question should
be brought, as it now was, fully before the Court.
Mr. ASIIURST remarked, that although this had
been done, an error had been committed, because it
was the report of the Committee, and not the petition,
that was brought up for the consideration of the
Court. The report recommended the grant of 2001.
" in furtherance of the undertaking," and that had
nothing to do with the endowment of the church.
The LORD MAYOR observed, that owing to a mis-
take in the Town Clerk's office, the terms of the re-
ference to the Committee were erroneously stated in
the preamble to the report.
Mr. B. BOWERS cthe Chairman of the Coal, Corn,
and Finance Committee, to whom the petition of the
Rev. Mr. Tyler had been referred), on rising to sup-
port the report, commenced by stating that be was
absent on the occasion of holding the last Court, in
consequence of having to form part of a deputation on
behalf of the Corporation to the Great Western Rail-
way Company, and that though not in his place in
that Court, still he was occupied in the business of
the Corporation.—(Hear, hear.) He regretted ex-
ceedingly his absence on the last Court day, as he
was most anxious to place this matter fairly before the
Court.

HEALTH OF TOWNS.
Yesterday a public meeting took place at Exeter-hall, for
the purpose of forming an association to promote legislative
and other measures for the improvement of the health of
towns. The Marquis of Normanby occupied the chair, and
among those on the platform were—the Earl of Shelburne,
Mr. Sheil, M.P. ; Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., M.P. ; Sir William
Clay, Bart., M.P. ; Mr. Ewart, M.P. ; Mr. Hawes, M.P. ;
Dr. Southwood Smith ' • the Rev. Mr. Champneys, ace.
The Marquis of NORMANBY opened the proceedings by
reading letters from the Bishops of London, Norwich, and
St. David's, Lord J. Manners, Mr. D'lsraeli, Archdeacon
Wilberforce, Mr. Ridlev Colborne, Lord Ashley, Mr. Mac-
kinnon, and Sir E. L. 13alwer, expressing their regret that,
from various unavoidable causes, they were prevented
attending at the meeting. The Noble Marquis then
stated that the meeting was called for the purpose of
giving practical effect to plans for improving the health
of towns—plans which had received almost universal ap-
probation from men of all parties, but which, strange
to say, had not as yet been carried into effect.
How such a state of things as was developed in the reports
of the Commissioners could have been allowed to grow up
in such a country as this he was at a loss to understand.
His attention had first been called to the subject while he
was Secretary of State, but he never was more convinced
of the frightful importance of the subject than he was at
the present time. He was convinced that the evil was in-
creasing daily in extent and virulence. Since the session he
had been studying the report of the Commissioners appointed
to inquire into the Health of Towns, and also the reports
of the last Census , Commission. He would state to the
the meeting a few of the results of their inquiries.
The county of Lancaster, it appeared, stood at the
head of the unhealthy counties. It had deteriorated in the
healthiness of its populaiton ; but it had gained in wealth.
The property-tax now yielded 136 per cent. over the pro-
ceeds of the last. But the census showed a great increase in
the number of deaths. The census of 1811 gave one in forty-
six as the number of deaths ; now, the proportion was one in
thirty-six. At the same time he should add, that the census
for the whole kingdom exhibited an increase, though not to
the same extent. In 1811 the proportion of deaths was one
in fifty; now, it was one in forty-five. Manchester stood
second among the unhealthy towns in the kingdom. It was
a fact deserving of recollection that those districts in which
modern science had made its greatest advances in the promo-
tion of manufactures and other pursuits were the most un-
healthy. There were eight counties in which the average
mortality was less than the average of the whole country.
They were counties in which there had been the least amount
of social change. They were Devonshire, Cornwall, Hamp-
shire, Dorsetshire, Sussex, Herefordshire, Lincolnshire, and
the North Riding of Yerkshire. In Lancashire, on the other
hand, where the social changes had been the greatest,
the mortality had been the highest, and the general con-
dition of the people was the lowest. Out of 100 men
52 could not write their names, and out of 100 women
67. Yet those parts of Lancashire which bordered on West-
moreland stood the highest in point of instruction. In Ash-
ton only 8 women and 12 men out of 100 could write their
names. Eighty years ago 70 out of 100 could write their
names. The balance in favour of Lancashire as regarded
property was 98, while the proportion, as regarded health,
hwoasmi2ngtodl against
ivided it
empire
. il w
ef
the heteeu found
wsdistrict, was
it
tnd death
holding
notd t y
be
v ef epuetr y
an mane n
dt o
tco7 s i dletr howwaa int
oa rt e
me eal
yn dt
hi fe
itnsebreo nald
of mortality among' the poor in our manufacturing dis-
tricts that ought to be made the subject of inquiry. The
effect of existing arrangements on the morals of the people
ought also to be considered. If it was true that moral habits
could not long endure unless there was a decent home,
so alto the home would not long remain decent if there
were not moral habits.—( Hear, hear.) The great postu-
late of society in the present day appeared to be that there
should be a fair day's wages for a fair day's work. A thing
equally necessary was, that there should be a fair day's work
for a fair day's wages. The hours of relaxation were the life
of the working man. Whatever would distinguish him from
his fellow-workman must be accomplished within those
hours. Some would say that for the correction of all the evils
by which the social condition of the people was afflicted we
ought to look to the march of civilisation, as
_if the march of
civilisation had not retrograded. The whole subject must be
faced at once. There had been propositions for the establish-
ment of baths and washhouses, and of parks for the recrea-
tion of the people. These were all steps in a right direction,
but he hoped they would not be brought forward as any rea-
son for a pause.—(Hear.) The reports that had been made
by Mr. Clay and Mr. Coulthorp and other gentlemen, on the
subject of the condition of particular towns, showed that the
object might be effected by a general and contemporaneous
movement at a very small comparative expense. The laying
on of water at every other house, the provision of adequate
sewerage, of side drains, the removal of all refuse from the
houses, the cleansing of the streets, and the opening of new
streets, might, it was calculated, all be effected at an ex-
pense of 14,0001. per annum for every 100,000 persons, to be
repaid at the end of every 20 or 30 years respectively. In
this calculation 40,0001. was allowed to each 100,000 for the
opening of new streets; for parks and public walks 1,0001.
a year, and for the salary to a medical officer of health 3001.
—a low sum, but one for which many gentlemen would be
ready to undertake the duties. The expense would average
15s. a year for each house, and 3s for each person. Dr.
Playfair calculated, that the saving to the population of
Manchester alone in the prevention of disease and its accom-
panying expenses would be 989,0001. a year, a sum which
would equal the difference between the highest and lowest
price of the bread consumed by the population. me Noble
Marquis concluded with an eloquent appeal to the meeting
to do all in their power to put an end to a state of things the
continuance of which was neither safe to them as citizens
nor creditable to them as Christians.
Sir R. H. beaus, in moving the first resolution, which
declared that the want of proper sewerage, drainage, and
effectual cleansing of towns, was the cause of sickness, suf-
fering, and a high rate of mortality,' as well as_of the moral
and physical deterioration of the people, observed that if
this meeting produced no other effect, it would at least do
good by giving publicity to the condition of the people.
The reports of the Commissioners were full of evidence of the
dreadful state of the towns in consequence of the defective
drainage and sewerage. Ile was not going to intrude one
word that could possibly interfere with the harmony of their
proceedings; but he begged permission to remind them that
in thus endeavouring to improve the dwellings of the poor
they were commencing with the lowest set of influences
that gould affect their social condition. He hoped, also, that
higher ones would not be lost sight of. It was well to take
ears that the poor should have a sufficient supply of water,
but they must also be supplied with the living waters of
ruth.—(Hear.) The Hon. Baronet concluded by moving
he resolution.
Mr. ILtwEs seconded the resolution. He expressed his
cordial gratification at being able to co-operate here with Sir
R. Inglis, to whom he was so often opposed elsewhere. At
the same time, he did not think that the wishes of the Hon.
Baronet with respect to the improvement of the spiritual
condition of the people would be less likely to be accom-
plished by their first setting about the improvement of their
physical and moral condition.—(llear.)
Mr. CARDEN, who spoke from the body of the meeting,
here called the attention of the Chairman to an omission in
the resolution. It did not include among the objeCts of the
Society the state of the graveyards or burial places in towns.
He hoped that some reference to the subject would be made
in the resolution.
The CIIAIRISAN suggested that the resolution, though it
did not directly mention the subject, yet did not exclude it.
The resolution was then put and carried.
Mr. SnalL rose to move the second resolution, which was
to the effect that a subscription should be opened to carry
out the objects of the proposed Society. He was delighted
to see the Hon. Baronet who had proposed the first resolution
had returned from Rome in such good health.—(A laugh.)
He was glad also that he had brought them such a description
of the Roman sewers.—(A laugh.) On this occasion he
(Mr. Sheil) and the Hon. Baronet happily coincided. They
did not often coincide.—(Hear.) Indeed, one of the most
felicitous circumstances attending this subject was that they
were able to coincide upon it, although so accustomed to
differ on others. There could be no question. as to the de-
sirableness of the objects proposed to be attained. The next
question was the means. That was embraced by the resolu-
tion he held in his hand. He was, however, of opinion, that
no voluntary subscriptions would avail unless there was also
legislative interference. They must not be satisfied with
this single meeting. Societies must be formed throughout
the count:7, and Members of Parliament must be called on
to lend their aid. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving
the resolution.
The Rev. Mr. CHAMPNEYS seconded the resolution. As
one of the working clergy of London, in a parish of 35,000
persons and containing some of the poorest of the poor
(Whitechapel), he could bear testimony to the state of
penury in which they were. He knew oue street in which
1,662 persons were crowded in small narrow alleys, most of
them eul-de-sarg, within the space of 1-16th of a mile.—
(IP ar.) In other parts of London those confined districts
were cleared for the new streets. Where did the people go?
Either to new places like the old ones, or to overcrowd those
which were crowded before.—(Hear.)
The resolution was agreed to.
Sir W. CLAY, Bart., proposed the third resolution, which
set forth the saving in parochial and other expenses which
the accom-Priehinent: of the proposed regulations, would effect.
Mr. GRANGER seconded the resolution, whic was carried..

Sir P. LAURIE interposed, and asked whether it
was to be understood that the discussion was now to
commence de novo, or that this was a resumption of
an adjourned debate ? In other words, was his (Sir
P. Laurie's) amendment now before the Court ?

to the shape of a hood or the colour of a tippet ; but
1 he forgot to add that it wait, against the assumption of
Priestly power, and in the assertion of truth that the
sacrifice was made.—(Hear, hear.) But it had been
said that the petitioner (the Rev. Mr. Tyler) was not
a Puseyite. Be (Mr. Wire) believed he was not.
But how soon might the building which had been
erected become a Puseyite church? He asked the
questien, because out of the twelve churches, to the
erection of which the Corporation had contributed its
funds, no less than ten were now Puseyite.—(Hear,
hear.) After some further general observations, Mr.
Wire concluded by declaring his intention to vote
against the adoption of the report.
Mr. Dixos inquired whether Mr. Wire was of
opinion that the grant of the money recommended to
be given would extend the doctrines put forth in the
Oxford Tracts ? If so, he (Mr. Dixon) should vote
against the grant.
Mr. D. W. Wiut had no objection to state, as his
opinion, that if the grant were acceded to, it would
not only advance Puseyism, but give to the sup-
porters of Puseyism a sort of triumph.
Mr. HILL, in a low tone of voice, made a few ob-
servations in support of the grant, amidst loud cries
of " Question.

The amendment (moved by Sir P. Laurie in the
former debate), that the consideration of the report
be deferred for twelve months, was then put and car-
ried by an overwhelming majority.
The Court consisted of not less than 1.50 members,
and only five hands, including those of Mr. Ford
Hale, Mr. Bowers, and Mr. Hill) were held up against
the amendment.
THE CUTANEOUS HOSPITAL IN NEW BRIDGE-STREET.
The report from the City Lands Committee, to
whom had been referred the petition complaining of
the contemplated establishment of an hospital for
cutaneous diseases in New Bridge-street, was here
read. It certified that the Committee had examined
into the allegations of the petition, and had been at-
tended by Mr. Anderton and other petitioners, and
by Mr. Samuel Gurney and others on behalf of the
promoters of the hospital, and. that the Committee
had been advised by the Comptroller and the Solicitor
to the Corporation that, in their opinion, no covenant
in the lease granted to the directors of the proposed
infirmary had been broken ; and in consequence the
Committee were unanimously of opinion that the
Corporation could not interfere in the matter of the
said petition. _

On the motion that the report be agreed to,
Mr. ANDEETON said of course he could not object
to the motion ; but he must express a hope that, in
future, the City Lands Committee would take care to
provide against the establishment in respectable neigh-
bourhoods of such a nuisance as that complained of
by the petitioners.
The report was then agreed to.
THE HEROES OF THE INDIAN ARMY.

Mr. ANDERTON moved, pursuant to notice, " That
the freedom of the City, with a silver cup, value 100
guineas, be presented to Major-General Sir R. H. Sale,
G.C.8., as a testimony of the admiration entertained
by the Court, in common with their fellow-citizens,
of the many distinguished military services rendered
by him in India, and particularly in his arduous and
successful operations in the defence of Jellalabad, by
which he contributed to uphold the reputation of her
Majesty's arms, the security of the British dominion
in India, and the honour of the British empire."
Mr. LAWRENCE moved, as an amendment, " That the
resolution be . referred to the Finance Committee, to
consider and report whether any testimonial, and, if
so, of what value, should be presented to Sir R. H.
Sale."

The LORI) MAYOR—The matter comes before the
Court as an adjourned debate, but I trust the Court
will indulge Mr. Bowers, as he was unavoidably ab-
sent on the last Court day.
Mr. Deputy STEVENS inquired whether Mr.
Bowers was to speak to the question now, and after-
wards have a right to reply ?
The LORD MAYOR—Certainly not.
Mr. BOWERS observed that the effect of this deci-
sion against his right to reply would be to put the
petitioners in a most unfair position. It was too hard
that the Committee should be thrown over in the way
the amendment, proposed in his unavoidable absence,
sought to effect. However, to come to the subject-
matter now before the Court, he must, in the first
place, remark, that he understood the report had been
objected to because it had been signed by so few a
number of the members of the Committee as seven,
but on this point he felt it his duty to undeceive the
Court, and to state, that although the report bore
only seven signatures, it had received the sanction of
three-fourths of the members of the Committee. The
next ground upon which the report was opposed, was
that the church for which aid was sought was a
Puseyite church.—(Cries of "No, no.") He for one
wished they could get rid of the intolerable bug-bear
of Puseyism. He believed it to be a bug. bear, and
a cry raised to oppose and interfere with the good
government of the Church.—(Hear, hear.) He was
himself a Dissenter, and he gloried in the name, but ,
still he considered it the duty of every man to place
the Church in a proper condition to effect the greatest
possible good. Could any man deny that the parish
of St. Giles-in-the-Fields did not require the assist-
ance which had been prayed ? Its very name almost
conveyed the fact that its population was as great as
it was poor, and that this population called for and
needed religious instruction, instead of being brought
up in the knowledge of roguery and thieving. Should
it be said that the Corporation of London refused to
lend its pecuniary assistance to an object to which
not merely the rich, but the poor and humble, had
contributed no less a sum than 7,000/. ? Let it not be
said that the Corporation of the first City in
the world sought to save its funds under
such a paltry and miserable pretence as that put
forth on the present occasion.—(Hear, hear.)
He (Mr. Bowers) entreated the Court to remember
that the claim was, in this instance, made on behalf of
thousands in the district to which its benevolence
would be applied, who rose daily without knowing
there was a God to worship, or a Saviour to whom to
look for redemption.—(Hear, hear.) On these
grounds, he trusted the Court would agree to the
adoption of the report.
Mr. D. W. WIRE rejoiced that the Court had been
afforded an opportunity of listening to all that could
be said in favour of the proposed grant, which was
sought on the ground just stated, that it was necessary
for a church which had been built, and for the in-
struction of a poor and ignorant class of the com-
munity. He (Mr. Wire) concurred in the sentiment THE LATE BANK ROBBERYTE
TBRA..
BY
that it was the duty of every man to assist in re- BURGESS AND ELDER, AND H
moving ignorance from the land, and it was because VELS OF THE DELINQUENTS.
he so concurred that he opposed the grant.—(Hear.) As this is probably the greatest instance on record_
He opposed it, because he was of opinion that instead of the successful tracing and bringing to justice of
of removingeit would perpetuate ignorance, and tend any party charged with crime, it may be considered
to enslave the minds of the people. The last speaker interesting to give a short account of John Forres-
had talked of the bug-bear of Puseyism. Did he ter's proceedings after his departure from England.
know what Puseyism was ? Was he aware that the It will be remembered that Burgess and Elder had
Puseyite writers disavowed the name of Protestant, left this country by the steamer Britannia, bound for
and had assumed that appropriated to another Church Halifax and Boston. At the time these persons left
—the Catholic Church ?—(Elear.) He (Mr. Wire) England, it was of course impossible to say to which
protested against the surrender of the one name and of these places they purposed to go. It was, there-
the usurpation of the other. Mr. Newman and Dr. fore, determined that Forrester should set off for
Pusey, in their tracts and sermons, spoke tenderly Halifax first, and endeavour to trace them from place
and kinily of that Church from Which the Church of to place to their destination, whereverHaifthatlax,b
mightupon
be.
England had dissented, as they spoke slightingly of The officer accordingly went to
the name " Protestant." They sought to lead the arriving there, was unabltoe
nly rs
course, therefore,
her
any trace
was
aosf
Church of England back to the Church of Rome, and Burgess or Elder. H
to abandon those tenets for which their forefathers to wait at Halifax for a day or two, until the Bri-
went to the stake.—(Hear.) The Protestant had tennis, which was then shortly expected on her home-
now the right of private judgment in reading the way voyage from America, should arrive. The arri-
great charter of eternal life. The avowed author of val of that vessel occurred about two days after For-
the Oxford Tracts, however, deny that right, and rester reached Halifax, when he was fortunate enough
called upon the people to bow down to the under- to meet with the captain who had taken the two fugi-
standing of the Church and of the priesthood. What tives out, and from whom he learned that the parties
formed Prctestantism ? The Bible, and the Bible in question had been passing by the names of Ellis,
only. What was Puseyism ? Not the Bible, but senior and junior, uncle and nephew; that they had
the Church, and the traditions of the fathers ; not the made an acquaintance with an American gentleman
word of God, but the fallible writings of man.— resident in Michigan, whom he (the captain) had
(Hear, hear.) The time had arrived when a landed along with them at Boston, the two former
stand ought to be made against the adop- hiving in their possession a portmanteau containing
tion of such sentiments and opinions.—(Hear). something .of very great weight, to which they
Again, the Protestant Church disclaimed the worship seemed to attach much importance • and supplied with
and invocation of saints ; the writers of the Oxford this information, Forrester, as might be supposed, was
Tracts maintained that the saints were to be reve- most anxious to get to Boston at the earliest possible
renced, invoked, and supplicated. What, then, was moment. There•was, however, no vessel to sail for
' this, but a return to that Church which was red with that place for ten days or more, and under these cir-
the blood of the martyrs of the Church of England ? cumstances he determined to proceed thither by land,
—(Hear.) They further, recommended the adoption
through Canada. This alone is a journey of about
of the sacrifice of the mass—one of the tenets of the
600 miles. In due course he arrived at Boston, and
Church of Rome, to destroy which the Reformers died. there ascertained that the two Ellises, alias Burgess and
What was this ut a return to the ages of darkness, Elder, and the American gentleman, to whose good
and to a religion against which their ancestors had offices they had recommended themselves, had pro-
protested ? But more, the Church of England dis- ceeded to New York,
avowed the worship of the Virgin Mary, but in At New York a curious circumstance occurred.
the churches where Puseyism prevailed it was Forrester had been advised to go to the Astor Hotel,
preached and recommended from the pulpit. Was which is one of the most respectable of the houses of
there such power in apostolic succession that a public resort in that city, and upon his arrival he di-
minister should be enabled to pour poison into the rected the coachman to drive him to that hotel. Upon
ears of his congregation ? He (Mr. Wire) objected arriving at the Astor Hotel he found a great crowd
to that assumption of priestly power which Puseyism assembled in consequence of the election of the new
sought to bring about, and to effect ; and, above all, President of the United States. Thinking the situa-
he protested against the resumption_ of that most dan- tion rather too public, he desired the coachman to
geroue of all the tenets of the Church of Rome—auri- take him to another hotel, in a more retired locality.
cular confession. Were, then, he asked, these tenets to ,He was then driven to two or three other hotels, not
be lightly passed over? And was it ,not now time to one of which he fancied, but at last he was set down
make a stand to prevent the Established Church being at an inn which he thought would answer his purpose.
destroyed by intestine divisions? Looking at the In America it is usual in the hotels to keep visitors'
number of ministers of the Church of England who lists, in which the names of all parties who call and
had gone over to that of Rome, it was high time for sojourn for any time are entered. The skilful officer
the Protestant laity to take the matter into their own cast his eye upon the list in the inn to which he had
hands. In vain had the laity, in one diocese, ap- been attracted by a sort of instinct, and instantly
Plied to their Bishop on the question ; be, afraid to caught the names of Messrs. Ellis, to whom he was so
'decide, tells the petitioners that he will listen to them anxious to be introduced. It is scarcely necessary to
twelve months hence ; but, in the meantime, Puseyism observe that this was not the hotel ultimately fixed
would become rampant, and the Bishop would then upon by Forrester for his abode. Ile as quickly as
be unable to stem the torrent.—(Hear, hear.) Were • possible provided himself with a warrant for the ap-
such proceedings as those now going on with refer- prehension of the fictitious uncle and nephew ; but
*nice to the Church of England, in Exeter, to be upon further inquiry he learned that they had, accom-
tolerated ?—(Loud cries of "No.") - What had been periled by their new American friend alluded to, left
the, effect of the adoption of these principles in Ox- the city about a fortnight or three weeks previously.
, ford . The offertory was there weekly said, and a His only course then appeared to him to be to follow
collection made, with a view, it was said, to the relief them, and he accordingly traced them, with indescrib-
of the poor and necessitous; but it came out the other Able pains, from place to place, up to the town of
day that the money collected was not so ap- Buffalo, being a distance of about 500 miles from New
plied, but was sent from Oxford to Londbn, to a York.
society established in aid of Puseyism.—(Hear, hear.) Upen arriving at Buffalo he found that Burgess and
He invited the Court to remember that, whether the Elder had been there under the assumed names of
clergyman preached in a surplice or a black gown, Ellis, senior and junior, but.he could find no trace of
was a matter indifferent in itself, hut important as the American, nor could he obtain any information
becoming the badge of a party. It had been remarked as to the place, to which those he was particularly in
by the infidel Hume, while relating the sufferings of • quest of . had gone. The Falls, of Niagara are, as is
the martyrs in this country, that it was wonderful generally known, about 30 miles from 'this town.
that any man should go to prison on the question asj Thither Forrester repaired, judging, that having been
.

Mr. GRESEIAM supported the amendment, on the
ground that the funds of the Corporation would be
better applied in affording relief to the thousands
whose distresses came before the City magistrates
almost daily.
Mr. It. TAYLOR expressed his intention to vote
against any grant of the corporate funds for the pur-
pose proposed, because, by such a grant, the Court
would give its sanction to a most cruel and unjust
war.

Mr. H. L. TAYLOR concurred with the speaker who
had preceded him; and Mr. Marriott, Mr. Hall, Mr.
Alderman Hughes, and Mr. King, supported the ori-
ginal motion.

Mr. ASHURST opposed the grant, on the ground
that war was opposed to Christianity, and that the
effect of the grant would be, as it were, to put swords
in the hands of men who hired themselves out to com-
mit slaughter.
The amendment was lost on a show of hands ; after
which

Mr. GRESIIAM moved, as a second amendment,
to omit all the words relating to the presentation of a
silver cup, and confining the honour to the presenta-
tion of the freedom of the City only. This amendment
was also negatived, and a division took place upon the
original resolution, when the numbers appeared—ln
the affirmative, 30 ; in the negative, 26; majority in
favour of the resolution, 4.
Mr. ANDERTON then moved, " That the freedom of
this city, with a silver cup of the value of 100 guineas,
be presented to Major-General Sir William Nott,
in testimony of the estimation entertained by this
Court, in common with their fellow-citizens, of the
many distinguished military services rendered by him
in Affghanistan, particularly for his undaunted
bravery and successful operations in the defence bf
Candahar, and the re-capture of Ghuznee and Cabul,
thereby upholding the reputation of her Majesty's
arms, adding increased security to the British domi-
nions in India, and maintaining the honour of the
British empire."
After a similar discussion to that which took place
on the preceding resolution with reference to Sir
R. H. Sale, the Court divided, when there appeared—
In favour of the resolution, 36 ; against it, 27 ; ma-
jority, 9.
c a
rrT
iheed L. on
andn MAYOR
the cou r
td e
tchl ae roe d
adjourned tl
ou tTi ohnu
rtsod
ab
ye
next, the 19th instant. eres°