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means, are ready to make pecuniary sacrifices, in
order to have that destitution removed.—(Hear.) 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, lam very far from
saying that 40,0001. 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
1 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
1 the grants have been properly carried out. It was
necessary, then, to appoint inspectors for this put-
Ipose ; and the Committee of Council begun very mo-
-1 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
whole 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 had the confidence of the
Archbishop within whose province they acted they
should continue inspectors. That each inspector POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
should he appointed by the Committee of Council, (SATURDAY.)
with the approbation of the Archbishop, but if the MANSION-HOUSE.
Archbishop should at any time afterwards declare his A host of poor fishermen appeared before Sir J.
disapprobation of the conduct of any inspector, and Key, to answer several informations laid against them
require his removal, he should be removed by the by the City water-bailiffs, for fishing in the Thames
Committee of Council from the office. I think you with illegal nets, thereby damaging the fisheries to a
will see that this gives to the Established serious extent. The justice-room was much crowded
Church the greatest security against the danger by dredgermen and others employed in the fish trade,
that was apprehended. I mention it because there has the proceedings being of the greatest moment to this
been great jealousy upon that subject. A notion has class of persons. The complaints were laid under a
got abroad among the clergy, I am sorry to say, that *ode of regulations passed by the Court of Aldermen
the object of the Committee of Council is to get as far back as 1785, for the better preservation of the
possession of, and to direct the whole education of, the young fish in the river, and which enacts that no net
people. They urge that they (the clergy) are the shall be dragged in the Thames for flounders above
appointed ministers of the Church, whose duty it is London-bridge less than 2f inches in the mesh, and
to give religious instruction to the people, and that not more than sixteen fathoms long.
secular instruction, without religious instruction, is Mr. Rough, one of the bailiffs, in proving the case
of no value, and that, therefore, the Church has a sort against several of the offenders, stated that he caught
of right to conduct the universal education of the most of them fishing at about midnight with the net
people of this country. Now that would be true, produced, which, so far from being 21, the average
perhaps, if all the persons of this country professed was full lf, the use of which must have seriously de-
the Established religion; but, unfortunately, that is teriorated the fisheries, inasmuch as the nets drew the
not the case. We all know how rife Dissent is ; young fish.
moreover, we see yearly and monthly new sects The defendants, in answer to the charges, positively
arising, some of which, more or less, detach persons denied that the nets were illegal, but admitted that
from the Church of England ; and there can be they might now be found within the measurement, as
no doubt that the whole body of Dissenters from the the twine shrunk from its constant immersion in the
Church in England is a very considerable one. Now, water. They complained of some recent alterations
they all, undoubtedly, contribute towards these grants. which the Court of Aldermen had adopted in the
Every man, whether Churchman of Dissenter, pays fisheries, almost precluding their gaining a livelihood.
the taxes out of which this fund is to be provided, Sir I. KEY—The nets I am bound to condemn,
and, therefore, they are to be considered in this and I am sorry for you.
matter; and, this being so, I don't think that the The men then left the justice-room.
clergy of the Church can set up a right to teach those
persons who do not belong to the Church of which MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
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they are ministers. It was, therefore, thought neces-
Abraham Myers was brought up for final examine
tion, charged with having wilfully and maliciously
sary, in some degree, to guard against that; and the
stabbed John Clayard, livery-stable keeper, with in-
result was that Parliament, when it voted the money,
tent to murder him.
stated that the grants should be made riot only to
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schools in connexion with the Establishment and he prisoner and the prosecutor were each pro-
the National School Society, but also to schools vided with legal assistance.
Mr. Clayard,' who was in court, with his arm in a
in connexion with the British and Foreign
School Society—a society which differs, un-
sling, was called on to give evidence, and was accom
doubtedly, from the National Society in many
modated with a seat in the witness-box. His state-
respects, and especial in this—that the National went was as follows :—I am a livery-stable keeper,
Society requires the Catechism
techism :to be taught in the
and keep the White Bear-yard, Lisle-street, Leicester-
schools connected with it; whereas the British and square. On Tuesday last I was at the house of Mr.
Foreign School Society, while it inculcates the neces-
Banks, the Crown, in Cranbourne-passage, with some
'
sityof reading and exercises in the Old and New Testa-
friends. About half-past six o clock I was standing
meats, does not admit of a catechism of any descrip-
in front of the bar, when Myers came in. Some words
I
tion. As I have stated, the Church received a security ensued between us, but forget what they were.
with regard to the inspection, in the arrangement that Myers said to me that if I called him the same name
no person can be appointed as inspector by the Com-
which 1 had called him to a friend, he would punch
mittee of Privy Council without the approbation of my head. I called him the name, and he then struck
me on the mouth: I got up, and blows ensued. I
+v... A,..1.4.;.V.0p of the prov;oo. in which hp acts ! nor
1,..1,1 I ' agaioat e.b.............,f the bar, nod he tried.
force my eye out with his thumb. He put his fingers
can he continue his duties, though so appointed, if the
Archbishop should atany time declarehisdisapprobation
into my mouth for that purpose. I told him if he did
of that person. Now the British and Foreign School
Society had no security upon this subject; yet it has not take his fingers out of my mouth I would bite
been stated, and I mention the statement now for the them. He persisted, and I believe I bit his fingers.
purpose of explanation, that that Society has received We were parted, and I sat on a stool ; while sitting
more favour from the Committee of Council in this re-
there he came up to me and we had another tussle.
sct than the Church. An inspector was appointed for
I told him to be quiet, as I did not wish to hurt him.
pe
the schools in connexion with the British and Foreign Myers went into the tap-room, but came out again
School Society; that inspector, a man with whom I almost immediately, and wanted me to fight, and he
am personally acquainted, a most excellent, a most then kicked me. I did not kick him again, but I
valuable man, a member of the Church of England, kicked his hat, and afterwards went into the parlour.
in the course of his inspection, undoubtedly, alarmed In the parlour words ensued with Myers and some
the members of the British and Foreign School So-
other persons in the parlour about his having kicked
ciety; they conceived that his object was to cry
me. About half an hour after this, Myers came in to
down their mode of educating their children, and that me and asked me why I kicked his hat. I told him
because he had kicked me in a brutal manner. Myers
he was endeavouring to force upon them his own
favourite modes of education. Nothing could -be wished to force his conversation on me, but I told him
more unfounded, I sincerely believe, but as this feel-
to drop it, as we had already been a nuisance to the
company. I got up and went to one end of the room,
ins extended itself among them, they, having no
and Myers went to the other. Two persons came in
security as to the appointment of the inspectors,
and sat near Myers. Myers spoke to one of them,
naturally looked for some security equal to that
which the Church had received. They complained—
and said, " You are not going away just yet, give an
they said, " All we ask is, that a person may not be eye to my coat," and then went out. In ten minutes
appointed who, by the mode in which he carries on or a quarter of an hour Myers returned, and sat
the inspection, will hurt our Society, and prevent us down for a time in his chair. He then rose as if to
light his cigar, and I said to Myers, don't let us have
from carrying out our views and objects." We said,
any animosity between us, shake hands. I held out
my hand, mid I forget whether I said, here's my
" We perfectly agree with you with respect to the
appointment of inspector, that the person appointed
should be cautious ; and that instead of doing anything heart with it, but I might have said so. Myers
to injure the Society, or to weaken its influence or power took hold of my right hand with his left, and put
over the schools in connexion with it, he ought, on his right hand behind him, and scuffled with
his coat pocket. He then suddenly made a
the contrary, to do everything he can to strengthen
blow at my breast, and he was about to repeat it,
that influence and to support the Society." The EAST SURREY REGISTRATION.
Mr. S. C. Fish, the Revising Barrister, held his aTnhdissewizaesdd the
one kanl il fei, 1 1 and
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when I saw he had a knife in his hand. I across u
Society then said, " All we ask, as the condition
upon which our schools shall he inspected, is, that court, on Saturday, at the Horns, Kennington, to Inre3a'thti,alamndb Awlyaserse,u whent
he
, made the blow, said, " You b—, I'll have your
if at any time your inspector should conduct him- revise the lists of voters in the parishes of Clapham
self so as to forfeit our confidence, we should be Streatham, and Lambeth.
Myers stepped back and placed himself against the
b— heart." I staggered, but did not fall ; and
allowed to return the money we may have received, Mr. Meymott attended on behalf of the Conserve-
Ydney door,
looking round the room, as if he wished to
and be no longer subject to your inspection." To tives Mr. Jeans for the Liberals, and Mr. S
stick, the knife into somebody else, Myers remained
that the Committee of Council have agreed. The
Y Smith, the well-known anti-corn-law lecturer, also
thought it was right that the Society should have appeared to support a new claim made in the Lambeth against the door about half a minute, and sonic per-
some security that the inspectors to be appointed district. sons called out, " You villain, you have murdered
should be persons in whom the Society bad Mr. Rowland Evans, of Lower Tulse-hill, attended the man." Every one in the room appeared afraid to
confidence, and upon whose discretion it could rely. to support his claim to vote, which was objected to oak l approach Myers, on account of the large knife in his
I have said that a notion has got abroad, especially the ground that he had not sent in a proper claim. ' hand. Myers opened the door and ran out, and I did
among 'some of the clergy, that there is a disposition It appeared that Mr. Evans had merely written a not see him again until I saw him in custody at the
in the Committee of Council to assume to itself the letter to the overseers requesting them to place his station-house, after I had got my wounds dressed. I
whole of the direction of the education of the peo I
P-e, name upon the list of voters for the county, his quell- had two wounds ; one on the breast, and one on the
or so to interfere, at all events, as to indicate a disposi- fication being a 501. rental. hand. The hand was very much cut.
tion to separate the clergy from the peOple with re- The REVISING BARRISTER said this was not a proper Cross-examined—Myers commenced the quarrel,
spect to education. Now, I won't
rebutnter into the notice. The Act of Parliament specified a particular by saying, if I repeated the term whick I had applied
question of the right of the clergy - to him, when speaking to another person, he would
quite sure of—that if the people who profess the doc- rial particulars. As this had not been done, he could i punch my head. I did appl% the term, but I forget
trines of the Established Church are to be taught, the nut allow the claim. the precise words. It was not, " You are a 1)
clergy are the instruments through which the educe- Mr. Evans said he thought it was hard that he a_.....„" lii the scuffle I got the best. I did not use
tion must mainly be carried on.—(Hear.) They are should be disfranchised, when it was quite clear that any language to Myers to warrant him in striking
the parties with whom the bulk of the people are he had a legal qualification. He wished to know me. I did not abuse him or his house ; nor did I tell
almost constantly in communication, they are always whether he could not now amend his claim. him that he had better hire a gig, to go in the coun-
on the spot ; they are in a station between the higher The Revisits° BARRISTER said he could not do so. try to fight it out. I told him that I was too much
classes and the lower classes; they are themselves, The claim must be sent in by a certain clay in Jul?r
2 for him. I had been drinking that day, and so had
generally, persons of education and talent ; they have or it could not be received. The claimant con d Myers, but I did not think Myers was drunk.
influence not only with the lower classes but with easily obtain a copy of the proper form, and he mast John Acton, waiter at the Crown, said Myers and
the upper classes ; and whatever may be said of the renew his application next year, when his name Clayard had Lien quarrelling during the afternoon,
voluntary zeal of country gentlemen or of tradesmen, in would be placed on the list. and aftewards they went into the parlour. Heard a
the cause of education, I say that it is the business The claim was then disallowed. scream and ran into the parlour and saw Myers with
of the clergy to be zealous in that cause. I say that, In the parish of Lambeth, Mr. W. G. Aime a knife in his hand. Was about to seize Myers, but if education is to be carried on at all, it is absurd to claimed to vote in respect of an original lease of a his master shook his head. Myers went out and
think fthat you must not make the clergy the active house in Devonshire-street, Kennington, let to sepa- dropped the knife in the passage, and then ran out of
means of carrying it on. I can assure you that there rate tenants, each paying less than 101. per annum, the house. Witness followed and seized Myers, and
is no ground for this jealousy of the Privy Council in but
.'producing in the whole more then 101. a year, threw him down and held him till a police-constable
this respect. There can be no ground for supposing clear of all charges. The claim was opposed by the e up.
that the Privy Council are desirous to oust the clergy overseers.
of what must be considered as part of their duty ; but Cross-examined—Witness did not hear any bad
The REVISING BARRISTER asked on what ground names applied by Clayard to Myers.
it is the duty of the Council to see that the money the overseers opposed the claim ? Mr. Joseph Banks, the landlord of the Crown, was
voted by Parliament is properly applied, and so Mr. Meymott said that the objection was, that the examined, and his evidence went to corroborate the
anplied as to carry out the objects for which it was property in question being within the borough of statement made. by Clayard. He was of opinion that
voted ; and no one can ever think that Parliament i L
I ambeth, was properly the subject of a borough qua- Clayard tried to south Myers rather than to provoke
will continue to vote money unless they have some , lification, and not one for the county.
assurance that the results will be such as they hoped Mr. Smith said he appeared in support of the claim him. Myers appeared to be inclined to quarrel with
for when the money was voted. With this view it is i and he apprehended that the claimant was clearly en-' any one.
that we have appointed four additional inspectors, . titled to vote for the county. He said it was an ins- any
knife was produced. It was a butcher's knife
sur-
with the perfect concurrence of the Archbishops, portant question, and he should be very glad to have used for cutting up the largest joints. It was
and at their request as well as that of the National the Barrister's decision upon it. The claimant held prising to think that any man attacked with such an
Society. I have endeavoured to explain these mat- instrument could have escaped with comparatively so
the lease of a large house, which was let to several
ters to you as fully as I can, because, as I have said, tenants, some of whom, however, paid to the amount little injury as the prosecutor.
there have been great misapprehensions upon the sub- of 10/. a year, so that there was no borough qualifi .a Mr. Thomas M`Queal, assistant to Mr. Morgah,
ject, and I know that things have been said which L . surgeon, No. 71, St. Martin's-lane, said he dressed
tion. The 25th section of the Reform Act appeared to ,
have no foundation, the effect of which I trust that the prosecutor's wounds. There was a wound on the
be framed with the object of preventing two persons
what I have stated, speaking with the authority which left side of the chest, and a wound on the ball of the
from qualifying for the same property. but in this in-
my station gives me, may, in a great meesure, tend stance, if the present claim was not allowed, the pro- , thumb rho wounds had evidently been inflicted
to remove. —(Head.) B perty would
lint there are some other points with a knife or some sharp instrument. The wounds
confer no vote whatever. Mr. Smith
to which it may be well to advert; and one is corc were not dangerous.
luded by oe
stating that one similar case had
with respect to the aid and assistance which is to curved il
_lnspector Ages, who took the charge, was asked
d last year in the parish of Bermondsey, and the as to the state of the prisoner when b; ought to the
be given to the normal schools. You are aware Revising Barrister allowed the claim.
that normal schools are institutions tor the par- Mr. station-house ? -The inspector said Myers appeared
Meymott said he recollected the case referred
pose of educating persons who are intended for to by Mr. Smith, but he did not see any anal gel to be drupla
the office of schoolmaster—an object most impor-Mr. MALTBY asked Myers a hat he bad to say ?
between it and the present claim, because, in
tent in every point of view. Nothing is moredyers—l have only this to say, that I was intoxi-
former, there were several separate houses held under
deplorable than the state of education (speakin : cared at the time, and so I cannot contradict
anything
g one lease, whereas, in the present case, it was one house
generally) of the schoolmasters who affect or pretend ' the witnesses have said. I don't know what hap
only, which was clearly .4' greater value than would
to teach the people. No aystem of edw2ation, no Wf.. p'ned, and was :,o unconscious of whet took plave,
form a borough. qualification, and, therefore, it could , that when I got sober in the morning, I did not .------LF°l
forts for education, can be of much value until we not confer a vote for the county. Tfurupo You ii,
shall have masters who shall be Eble tc combine the mr. Smith , know what it was tor that I had been lucked up I , „ --, ~-. pul,l;xtauti by ‘,.---- NO.
contended that the ca es were simil r ; • aceeaa . t'r L. 1.0.-, Nal—. , .
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improvement of the moral and religious knowledge of , a• , was quite drunk, and I bad Leen out drinking all 14,,. ih, :ltrand, .7eriutea, at T . l qty
There were several different holdings by tenants in i day.
strand, in the Precinct a the Savoy?. mtu
their pupils, as well as of their manners, with the i
I both cases) none of them being 'of sufficient amount I Ur. Kuala fully committed the prisoner for the tocicuesex, bionday, kepterabsr sot 104'
general education they may impart. If Weir 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 theta an education which may
make them good. men and good subjects. 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.
—(lean) Towards this object the Committee of
Council have given considerable assistance. They
have given the National Society 5,0001. 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 3,5001. 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 7501. a year; the relative
proportions of 1,0001. and 850/. having, in point of
fact, 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 3,5001. towards
building a normal school, at York, but that they had
given 7501. 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 1' 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
poor 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-
pend the improvement of education. (Hear.)
We have done something. By the last Order of
Council upon 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,
lam of opinion that he ought to be pro►ided 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
out 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
for 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."

alone to confer a borough qualification, and he there-
fore summitted that the lessee was entitled to vote for
the county.
The REVISING BARRISTER said, if he understood
the question rightly, the subject of the clairn appeared
to be a house split into several tenancies, all of them
under 101. a year.
Mr. Smith said this was so.

attempt to murder, and refused bail when applica-
tion was made to him.

John Locker, a well-known dog fancier, was charged
with having attempted to steal a valuable little dog
belonging to Mra. Parsenc, of llalfmoon-street.
Mrs. Parsons said she sra Vir taing in Curzon-
street about nine o'clock on Friday evening, when the
suddenly missed her dog; she turned round, and saw
the prisoner attempting to cover it with a cloth. She
called " Stop thief," and the prisoner then ran off with
the dog, but dropped the animal when pursued.
A person named Cadwallader Waddy said he fol•
lowed and overtook the prisoner.
The prisoner, it appeared, had enticed the dog by
the well-known means of a piece of prepared liver.
Mr. MA.LTET fined the prisoner 51., the value of the
dog, and. 201. additional fine, or six months' hard la'
bour.

The Rxvisimui BARuisTeu inquired whether the
whole building, if let, would not be worth more than
101. a year? Mr. Smith replied that it would.
The REVISING BARRISTER said that under these
circumstances he did not think that a county quali--
fication had been made out. It was clear that the
building was worth more than 101. a-year, and being
within a borough, it clearly conferred a right to vote
for that borough, and the fact of its being split: into
several tenements made no difference.

Mr. Meymott said the 25th section of the Reform
Act declared that "no person should be entitled to vote
in the election of a knight of the shire, in respect of
any estate or interest in any house, warehouse, &c.,
if the same were of such value es would confer on
him or any other person the right of voting for any
city or borough, whether he or any other person
shall or shall not have actually acquired the right to
vote for such city or borough in respect thereof." "(
The REVISING BARRISTER said he had no dc(ubt
upon the point. He thought the claim could nGtlie
sustained, and therefore the name would be expunged
from the list.
When Mr. Fisn had gone through the Lambeth
list, he addressed Mr. Clark, the vestry clerk, and
complimented him and the overseers upon the careful
manner in which the lists had been prepared.
The whole of the revision having been gone
through, Mr. Meymott addressed the Revising Bar-
rister, and said that on his own behalf, and he had
no doubt Mr. Jeans would concur with him, he
begged to tender his thanks for the courtesy they had
experienced at the hands of the Revising Barrister,
and the extremely careful and efficient manner in
which the several lists had been revised.

UNION•HALL.
Thomas Purren and Jeremiah cross, two drayrnesr
appeared on bail to anslx er the charge of causing the
death of Mr. Scott.

Mr. COTTINGIIAM, addressing the accused partiee,
said that since the inquiry that had taken place with
respect to Mr. Scott's death at that court, an inquest
had been held on the body of the deceased, and a ver-
dict of accidental death returned. This was the result
which he (the magistrate) anticipated, and in dis,
charging the accused, he seriously impressed on their
minds the necessity, in future, of haying some peril
attending at the heads of their horses while thei
themselves were engaged in unloading their drays.
Had that precaution been adopted in the present is'
stance, the lire of a human being would not have been
sacrificed, and they would not have been placed in the
unpleasant position from which they had been just
discharged.

In the course of the day an aged man, in the garb
of a sailor, applied for advice under these circunr,
stances :—The applicant stated that he was a native CI
Prussia, but had been fifty-one years in England, tell
of which he had served this country on board a man-of.
war. He was now, in his old age, in great distresO
and considered that he had some claims for his ser
vices, although he was allowed almost to perish in 60
street.
Mr. COTTINGRAM, who deplored the situation of
the old man, questioned him on the subject of tho
nature of his services, from which it appeared that be
was wounded on board the Orion, line-of-battle shin
in an engagement with the Spaniards off Algesiragt
emil that he also received another wound in the heal
frofn a splinter while serving in the Montague, in tits
Wriist Indies, and lastly that he was in the ever memo'
rage battle of Trafalgar. He added that he derive!
no ,pension for his services, not being long enough io
tha navy to entitle him. He had waited on the Prue'
aim Consul, who refused to send him to his own
country, saying that as he had fought and bled for
England, they had a right to maintain him.
Mr. COTTINGHAM who interested himself very muchin the fate of the old tar, advised a memorial to br
drawn up, setting forth his services, and addressed to
the Lords of the Admiralty, with a view that his cos
might be taken into consideration, and be granted so
asylum in Greenwich Hospital for the few remainirif
years of his life. The magistrate had the memorial
dispatched to the Admiralty, and it was accompanied
by a note from himself, calling the attention of the
Secretary to the case. The applicant, with tears 0;
gratitude, thanked the magistrate, and he was desire°,
to call in a few days to be informed of the result 01
the application on his behalf.
Shortly before the termination of the business of
the day, two deputations of tradesmen waited on tbe
magistrate to solicit his advice with respect to tiff°,
grievous nuisances, the one a lucifer manufactory, 1°
Kent-street ; and the other an exhibition of
works, at a house. situated in the populous vicinity °,
London-bridge, on the south side. At the first ?'
these places, there was carried on a brisk trade 01
lucifer matches, upwards of a dolen men and .11
bting employed in the manufactory. The stele.
wising from the process of making the matches 01
intolerable, and the manufactory itself; being nothieg
bst a wooden erection, was exposed every.
moment to
've
conflagration, in which case great and extols'
damage would accrue to the owners of the adjacent
plemises. With respect to the exhibition, it vol"
stated that a fellow with a big drum and a pandesf
pipe was stationed at the door all day long, from
eight in the morning until eleven o'clock at nt ~
'Prat during the intervals he was Rot engaged
his 101
be+ting away on the drum he was exerting
to the titmost limits of their power
andawling out,
Walk 11,, ladies and gentlemen, behold,ta,
~,mishing works of natur:' The result of sueilleot
E ibition was, that it caused great crowds to co s_d
oilposite, and who hicg.ked the thoroughfare,
__;11
gave great facilities for picking --- -Lets. There was
scarcely a day passed that persons passing to and 15
from the City were not robbed by the gaffs
thieves infesting the spot.
Mr. COTTINGHAM, having listened to the complaita tj.
in each case, advised the applicants to indict Iw7
paxtiats at tho ensuing aossions.

The REVISING BARRISTER said he was very glad
they had concluded their labours ; and he thanked th•
agents on both sides for the assistance they had ren-
dered him, and which, he said, had rendered those
labours comparatively light.
The court then adjourned.

MARRIAGES.—By an Act passed in the late session
concerning bans and marriages in certain district chureb"
or chapels, various doubts which had arisen art remove",
respecting the legality of such marriages, and it 15 ti:r
dared that in every case in which a district has be"
shall be assigned to any church or chapel under Athe
,
Church-building Acts, it shall be determined by ref
Commissioners and the Bishop of the Diocese wiletP
bans of matrimony shall be published and marriages 0,
% 4
lemnised in any church or chapel or not. The 1011
ing clause has been framed to render marriages "de
which have already taken place, and provision is Isisot
for future cases. Section 3—" And whereas by trews
bans have been published, and divers marriages bate
been solemnised in chapels with districts assignvrteci
them under the provisions of the hereinbefore reel,da
Acts, or some of them, but in which chapel bins c,°"o.
net be legally. published, nor marriages by law 90;pg
nised ; and it is expedient to remove difficulties 111;;Iiy
from te circumstances aforesaid touching the ""
as
of such marriages ;be it therefore enacted, that bds.o
already puolished and marriages already solernili6e
such chapels as aforesaid shall not hereafter be 41.110,1
tioned on account of the said bans having been publi-1
nr the said marriages solemnised in any such 010%4
aforesaid; and the minister or minitters who 801001 re
the same shall not be liable to any ecch-siastical cepsubf
or to any other proceedings or penalties whatsoefersee
reason thereof, and the registers of all marriages s°4' 011
lemnised as aforesaid, or copies of such registers
be received in all courts of law and equity asevi,'"'"
such marriages respectively."
HORRIBLE CRUELTY.—THE K.,. -
In the months of November ant

public wind was awakened by
made by " the National Animals'
horrible cruelties in the above

should have thought it would have

of these charnel-Houses to a just sen
flieted by them on that noble animal,
such is not the case. Mr. May, with the --A'
Society, have continually kept a sharp eye on them► iof
have, during the week, succeeded in entering selertiths
the yards •, and the reports are truly horrible,
following declaration will show :—I went into ?slit,
ter's horse-slaughtering yards, Belle Isle, Battle-VI
fii,
in company with Childs. The yard was in a horrid.coriths
don—there were nineteen living horses pent up molls
shed, and twenty-ore dead horses lying about the ?; nos
just as they had died ; the man told us they hA
killed a horse for the ast fortnight, as more died °ere
and nightly than could be skinned. Those horses, aid
in all imaginable positions, just as they had streggloes
the last agonies of death. A bricklayer, who bad the
some days building a wall which formed one end ore to
yard, said it was enough to melt a heart of SWnecrr
see what the poor horses suffered.—llimaT MAT,
tarn ; W. CHILDS, officer.

MARRIED. r 136
On the 18th of September, at the British EmbassP Be b.Captain Henry Smith, R.N., C. 8., to Anna, daughter -
late Sylvester Costigin, Esq., of Dublin. J. G"
.0
On the 26th of September, at Newark, the 2-cc' ugh'
Bussell, Vicar of Newark-upon-Trent, to Julia, eldest dat
ter of G. Hodgkinson, Esq., of the above place. h G.
On the 27th of September, at Marylebone Cbure%Ata
Macfarren. Esq., of Berners-street, to Thalia, eldest clll4O
of Heinrich Andrao, Esq., of the 15th Regime

DIED. Ser
At his seat, Euston Hall, Suffolk, on the 28th."-
Umber, the Duke of Grafton, aged 84, deeply and Wu°.
lamented. bolo,
Oil the 19th of September, at Brighton-place, F°ll°.A 74
Captain Andrew Barclay, after a few days' illness, 7stid
years. His loss will be deeply felt, especially by the I°'
destitute. 0118
On the 21st of September, Joseph Taylor, Esq., late 0
Royal Exchange Insurance-office, aged 82.
On the 21st of September, at Sarum, Wilts, Janes Lel°
Esq., of Wheeler-place, Haverstock-hill, aged 79. cabell°'
On the 22,1 of September, at Raywill, near Hull,A
reliet of Daniel Sykes, Esq.
On the 23d of September, at the Vicarage, Swinderbyt
cuinshire, Mary, the wife of the Rev. W. J Clark John
rot,
On the 25th of September, Ann, wife of Mr. ohn
of Victoria-road, KenNington. ,•,„Abetht
On the 26th of September, at South Lambeth, D,'l"
wife of John l'ittar, Esq.
On the 26th of September, at Christ's Hospital,
Reining Rice, of University College, Oxford gorric.
On the 27th of September, William, son of Mr.
Levy, of Norfolk-street. Strand.
On the 26th of September, Charles Graham CleatherLro,
eond son of Captain lAiv.arti Cleather, of nigher Ardvn
."
near Alanclirs Ellett
trr. 00111-
On the 27th of September. in the Strand, Mrs.
stun, relict of the late Mr. Edward Roulston. 0111-
On the 27th of September, Edward Peppercorn, EA.'
grove, Rye-lane, Peckham. Mr. 9°l
On thv 28th tifSepteinber, at Chertsey, Surrey,
Street, tveth 50,