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one point; in particular, ➢lr. Sorties men ioned hat the choice of
representative ought not to be a p, litieal question. He ( Sir
H. Seale) hoped they would consider that it was not a matter
of preference the being engaged in ships, in the consideration
of a representative in Parliament, but what laws that repre-
sentative would assist, and to what domestic and foreign
policy he would lend his support.—( Cheers and hisses. )
He trusted the electors would stand forward on this

of another line. —( So may a footman be.) And I know what
it is : the local interest of Plymouth is opposed to the real
interest of the railway itself and of this town. I assure you,
should I be chosen your representative, local interest
shall not prevail against you, and I engage myself
to carry through a ralway communication between this
town and London at the earliest possible oppor-
tunnity.---( Great confusion and uproar.) Having answered
the challenge of my antagonist, I have only now to speak of
the cordial manner—(" How about the Alaynooth grant ?"
Loud cries of " Maynooth," and great uproar.) Show to-
morrow, at the poll, that your satisfaction is complete. Gen-
tlemen, I rely on you to come early to the poll to-morrow, and
show my antagonist you approve of those principles which he
has called bigoted and narrow. minded, and stigmatised as un-
worthy your support. I have to ascribe a great deal of the favour
shown me to the circumstance of my being a stranger and
speaking here for the first time therefore, I have the advan-
tage of the honourable gentleman. If the day had not been
unfavourable, I :should have entered more largely into my
principles, but as you are all standing in the wet I will bring,
the matter to a close.—( Applause, hisses, and confusion. )
A show of hands was then called for by the Mayor, who
after repeating it, the numbers being so even, declared it in
favour of Mr. Prinsep.
A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Moffatt, and each
party marshelled their forces at the sound of " the merry fife
and drum" from the scene of action to their respective head
quarters.

occasion fearlessly, and exert th, mselves to maintain those
principles for which they had been so fir famed—( Great
cheering and hissing). He tru-ted that, in spite of int imida-
temptation—( Great uproar)—they would assist
those old fri, nds of reform, to whom they were indebted that

they stood there that day—( Mingled groans and Cheers)--that,
above all things, they would assist those who would relieve the
burdens of the rople—(Cheers)and watch and guard over
civil and religious liberty.— (Enthusiastic cheering). When
he last had the honour of addressing them, he took the liberty
of offering to their notice Mr. Moffatt ; with how much greater
confidence could he now offer that gentleman before them,
amongst a great many of whom he, at that time saw, his colours
proudly worn. —( Great cheering and uproar.) He was going
to state that he saw his colours proudly worn by those who
would win an honourable and glorious victory ere to•morrow's
sun had sunk beyond yonder hill.—(Cheers.) What he had
told them before he could with a good conscience repeat ; he
had their interest at heart.—( Cheers, and hisses.) He had the
honour of nominating George Moffatt, Esq., as a fit gentleman
to represent the borough of Dartmouth in Parliament.—
(Mingled cheers and hisses.)
Jolts TEAGE, Esq., said Mr. Moffatt came among them at
the last contest as a stranger, but with such recommendation of
sterling ability—professing strict Liberalism, and, above all,
having a heart and conscience to do good to them—that it was
with alacrity and without hesitation he came forward to second
his nomination.— ( Partial cheers.) Mr. Moffat was no longer
a stranger. He was known to them all, and he, for one, could
truly say he had risen 150 per cent. in his estimation since that
time. He would not take up their time longer.—(" No ! it's
hardly worth while," laughter and uproar.) He knew that
should they return Mr. Moffatt, in a very short period one and
all would find the benefits of that election.

ASSOCIATION FOR CLEANSING
TOWNS.-(THIS DAY.)

UNION OF PARISHES IN IRELAND.
The NOBLE EARL also laid on the table a Bill relating
to the tuai,nt of parishes in Ireland. Ile said he should
explain ite objects on the second reading.
NEW SOUTH WALES.
Lord POLWART presented a petition, signed by the
Speaker and by several. of the Members of th Assembly
of New South Wales, complaining of the late alterations
in the law relating to the :ale of lands. Also a petition
signed by 4,400 shareholders and merchants of Sydney
and its vicinity, praying the Legislature of this country
to make provision for the better security of land in the
more remote settlements.

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GAMING AND WAGER BILL.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the second reading of
this Bill. He said its object was to put a stop
to the pi ta'n actions which had been brought
against several persons, some of whom were
members of their Lordships' House, and to
amend the law relating to the suppression of common
gambling-houses, and to amend the law relating to
wagers. The present plan, which required that two
householders should sign an information before a house
in which gambling was suspected to be carried on could
be entered would be abolished and placed in the hands
of a superintendent of police, who would have to make a
statement to the Commissioners to that effect, who a onld
use their discretion as to whether the house should be
entered or not by the police, and that wherever
dice and other implements of garraling were
found, they should be taken as a sufficient
evidence that gambling was carried on, though the per-
sons found in the house might not be actually engaged in
"play ;" and that billiard-rooms, in which gambling was
frequently carried on, should be licensed by the magis-
trates in the same way as other places of entertainment.
With respect to wagers, by the law as it now stood wagers
were recoverable by law except in certain instances. It
the bet did not exceed 10/. it was a legal wager, but if it
exceeded that. amount it was illegal. The Bill proposed
that no bet whatever should be recoverable before any
court of law—putting bets entirely out of the protection
of the law. In cases where money was lost by cheating,
the party guilty of the cheating should be an object of
punishment. These were the chief provisions of the Bill.
After a few words from Lord Campbell, Lord
Brougham, and the Lord Chancellor,

The anniversary meeting of this association was held to-day
at the Hanover-square Rooms, the Duke of Grafton, in the
absence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, took
the chair, supported by the Marquis of Lorne, Mr. Bucking-
ham, Mr. P. Borthwick, M.P., Mr. Raahleigh, M.P., the Earl
of Devon, Lord Ranelagh, Mr. Wakley, M.P., Mr. B. B.
Cabbell, the O'Conor Don, Mr. H. L. Keeling, Mr. Wynn
Ellis, and several other gentlemen of rank and distinction.
On being called to the chair,
The Duke of GRAFTON said that he regretted that, on as-
count of the meeting as well as on his own, the numerous en-
gagements of his Royal Highness prevented his attendance to-
day. The same excuse was to be made for Lord Ashley, Lord
Winchilsea, and other gentlemen who had promised to attend.
Mr. COCHRA NE said that, as an inexperienced speaker, he
had to pray the indulgence of the meeting for his inability, and
perhaps he might say for his imprudence, in occupying the po-
sition which he had consented to take. He was prepared to
show that, in the first place, the streets could be kept so clean
as to prevent the accumulation of any dirt or mud whatever;
in the second, that the accomplishing of this desirable object
would give employment to at least forty thousand persons; and,
thirdly, that this would be done without any expense whatever
to its promoters. During the last winter fifty persons had
been employed for the purpose of clearing the streets, and the
object had been so effectually obtained, that the leading per-
sons in the great thoroughfares had been ready to bear the
whole expense themselves, rather than it should be neglected.
He felt that the social comfort of the community, and the hap-
piness of many thousands were involved, he must persist, in
the discharge of the duty which the Committee had im-
posed. Another experiment had been made this year in the
Strand, when seventy individuals had been engaged, and the
result had been equally satisfactory. The Government,
however, had far outdone them in their efforts for
this great public benefit, and it was an established
fact that all that unpleasantness which was experienced, and
the serious loss which was sustained by the accumulation of
dirt in the streets. The Health of Towns Commission had
shown how detrimental this accumulation of filth was to the
well-being of the community. From caleulatipns which had
been made, on the basis that a single man could cleanse one
thousand square feet daily. On this basis the large towns
of the city occupy at least 40,000 labourers; and if
they were to take the w hole, not less than 100,000
persons would find constant employment in promoting
the health of the community. From other calculations
it appeared that in the metropolitan district, which was of
course the worst of all, the average expense to each house for
a thorough cleansing of all the streets would be 7s. a-year, or a
lid. a-day. In the parish of St. James's the rate was some-
thing higher, but the cost was so small that it was not only
advisable but absolutely incumbent on the inhabitants of this
great city. They had had a meeting on the 14th of last
month, which was but thinly attended, but through the able
reports of the press the attention of the public had
been so turned to the subject that on the 25th of
that same month an advertisement had appeared in
the Morning Post, announcing that the Commissioners
of sewers, for the City of London had determined to have
every street, and alley, and court, swept—the poor' man's
street as well as the rich man's—thoroughly swept and
cleansed every day. Such was one of the effects of the efforts
which had been made. The great inconvenience of the evil
which the Association was desirous to remove was familiar to
all vsho knew how much pieces of furniture, and articles of
vertu were injured from the dust which was blown into the
house, whenever the windows were left open even:for a short
time. The passengers in the street, the ladies especially,
he was quite sure, would go with him, for he had no doubt that
those present had many an unpleasant reminisc, nee of a valuable
dress being spoiled by crossing the streets after a shower of
rain. The inconveniences within doors were evident, yet,
notwithstanding all this, they had serious obstacles to en-
counter from the authorities, who had more especially the care
of the poving of towns. The Sanitory Report of the Parlia-
mentary Commissioners contained a series of frightful facts,
showing that the loss of life incurred by bad ventilation and
uncleensed streets absolutely amounted to double the number
of those who had been killed by the allied armies at the battle
of Waterloo. He was obliged to the audience for the patience
with which they had listened to him, but he was quite sure that he
had no other object than that which was connected with hu-
manity when he stated that there were 200,000 individuals
constantly requiring employment.—(Hear, hear.) He be-
lieved that the character of the people mainly depended en the
lower classes being fully employed, and if they could by assist-
ing in the employment of this large number of the people
pres ent 40,000 persons, perhaps of the best portion of the lower
order of the population from leaving the country. He deeply
felt the importance of this subject, but he thought that
when a man strongly recommended he ought to be ready to bear
any portion of the risk. Now, so firmly was he convinced of the
truth of the principles which the Association wished to set forward
that he was ready, if the authorities of the parish of St.
George would engage to employ one man for every 1,500
yards, that is from 130 to 140 men for six months—he himself
was perfectly ready to guarantee the whole of the expense. He
concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that the cleaning
of the streets and alleys was of consequence to the health of
the inhabitants, and must ultimately prove advantageous in a
pecuniary view to the public.
G. JONES, Esq., seconded the resolution, and said that the
object of this association was one of the noblest which could be
devised, namely, the employment of the poor. In a free coun-
try there ought to be no such thing as a workhouse, and espe-
cially when that workhouse was a bastile. Give employment to
the poor, and the workhouse would be raised to the ground or
converted into an asylum for aged helplessness and infirmity,
where its inmates might enjoy the advantages of the free air and
a healthful residence, instead of those abodes of misery which
the workhouses of the present day had become.
Mr. P. BORTHWICK moved the second resolution, and stated,
in the course of his observations, that the cost of cleansing
the city of Edinburgh was about 12,000/., while the gain from
the sale of the refuse was 10,0001. It was a fact, as lament-
able as it was certain, notwithstanding the almost miraculous
wealth which pervaded every town of the country, at least one-
tenth of the population was in a state of pauperism. This was
owing to no indolence or indisposition on the part of these in-
dividuals to use every exertion to obtain an honest livelihood.
The object of this Society, though it begun no higher
than the cleansing of the streets, was not less than
to reduce the number of 300,000, who were in
this state of helplessness by 40,000 individuals, and was inti-
mately connected with the progress of civilisation and happi-
ness. He then proposed a resolution to the effect that the
cleansing of the public thoroughfare would not only tend to
employ the poor, but to the preservation of buildings and works
of art, and be beneficial to the housekeeper,
the shopkeeper,
and the passenger in the streets.—( Cheers.) he
Mr. LUKE HANSARD, after a neat speech, seconded t
resolu ion which was adopted unanimously.
Mr. J. E. PA NTER moved the third resolution, that it was
of great importance to prevent the numerous accidents which
occurred from the defective paving and cleansing of the streets
of the Metropolis.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
In the absence of Lord Ranelagh, it was moved
tha by
a gentleman whose name we could not learn,
it was in the highest degree adviseable that the inde-
pendent labourer should supersede the helpless pauper.
Lord Ranelagh, whose name was associated with every cha-
ritable purpose, had been unable to return in time to take
charge, as he desired, of this resolution. He believed it was
a remark of Lord Ashley's, who was detained by his duty in a
Committee of the House of Commons, who had authorised
th him
at
to say that he was heart and soul with the Sleeting,
wealth had its duties as well as its privileges,.and to this he
might append another observation, that if poverty had its suf-
ferings, it had also its rights.
Mr. P. GRAHAM seconded the resolution.
Mr. B. BOND CABBELL moved the thanks of the Meeting
to the Noble Chairman.
After the motion had been seconded, it was put by Mr.
Cabbell, and carried unanimously.
The Duke of GRAFTON returned thanks, and stated the
gratification which he had enjoyed in presiding on the occasion,
and said that he thought the Society, low as it might seem,
was one of great importance.
The meeting, which was numerously and most respectably
attended, a great number of ladies of rank and position being
present, then separated.

W. L. HocKrar, Esq., was received with hisses and groans
from the opposite party, and with cheers from his own, on
standing forward to address the electors. When the din was
somewhat hushed, Mr. Hockin said he solicited the same in-
dulgence for himself—that he should be heard impartially—as
had been granted his friend Sir H. Seale. He did not introduce
himself to them as a stranger.—(" That's very true.") He had
been known to them many years, as professing sentiments which
he hoped that day to see established.—( Yells and applause.) In
the first place, he was bound to thank the Hon. Baronet for
the admission he had made concerning their late Member, for
there was an old proverb and a very good one, "Never say any-
thing of the dead but what is good," and the Hon. Baronet
had adopted those words—as the same respect he Mr.
Hockin) had paid his father, he (Sir Henry) was willing to
pay his departed friend. They had heard the observations of
Sir Henry Seale, and observations from him he was willing to
believe were entitled to their consideration—( Hear, hear)—
but there was an exception to every rule, and, therefore, those
which on the present occasion had been made, he should throw
overboard and think nothing of.—( Oh, oh, derisive cheers, and
great confusion.) Whatever impression they had made on
their minds, they had made none on his.—( Groans.) It was
very strange Mr. Moffatt should come there so unexpectedly.
—(Uproar, in which the conclusion of this sentence was
lost.) They would recollect at the last election they (the
Tories) were on the western side of the hustings, and they
were on the winning side now.—(Cheers from the suporters
of Princeps.) His friend, Sir Henry Seale, at that election
spoke of Mr. Moffatt as a literary character, but whether he
had taken a degree at Oxford or Cambridge they were yet to
be told.—( Groans, yells, and hisses.) He would say nothing
more of those on the other side, but proposed to them a gentle-
man distinguished in the governing council of India. He was
in that country thirty-five years, and had he stayed there one
year more would have been made a general. —( " No, no !" from
Mr. Princeps, who, it appears, was in the civil department.) He
was, therefore, well calculated for the di.charge of legislative
duties in Parliament.—(" No, no," and cheers.) 'lbis name
was well respected in London, for his father was one of the
oldest Aldermen.—( Laughter and cheers.) There was a
trump for them ; and another was, he was on his road to the
East India Board, where they would have the benefit of his in-
fluence.—( Hisses, partial cheers, and disapprobation.) Sir
Henry Seale had paid a great compliment to their de-
parted friend, I`.lr. Somes ; Mr. Moffatt had also had the
honesty to observe that he was a very enterprising character.—
(Cheers.) It was a very unpleasant day, or he would have
said more. He hoped they would not intimidate voters, nor
withdraw their custom.—(" Who gave 50/. for a pig?") He
begged leave to propose Henry Prinsep, Esq., as a candidate,
and solicited for him their support.—(Groans, hisses, and con-

The Bill was read a sccond time.
(LEFT SITTING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before Four.
The Lords' amendments to the Newcastle and Dar-
lington Railway Bill (Brandling Junction) were agreed
to on the motion of Mr. HODSON lIINDE.
The Lords' amendments to the Edinburgh and Glas-
gow Railway were agreed to.
The FurCh and Clyde Navigation and Union Canal
Bill was read a third time and passed.
IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

On the motion that the Irish Great Western Railway
Bill be read a third time,

Mr. WARBURTON said he had, on a former occa-
sion, called the attention of the Government to the fact of
the House acting with respect to this measure against the
opinion of the Standing Orders Committee; and the First
Lord of the Treasury had declared that the House
ought to keep a tight rein over this Bill. He had,
however, not perceived that any difference had
been made with respect to this Bill than to others,
the proceedings in which had been regular. Ile
had reminded the House of these facts, and in so doing
he had only done his duty, and having done that he left
the House to do what they thought proper with the Bill.
Lord G. SOMERSET was not in the House when '
the Bill was proposed for a second reading, or he should
have called the attention of the Ilouse to the cir-
cumstances connected with the measure. He thought that
a very bad precedent had been set with respect to this
measure, and one that he hoped the House would not in
future follow.
Mr. LABOUCHERE was in the House when the Bill
was read a second time, but he believed that his worthy
friend who moved it, did it in so modest a manner, that
no Member, with the exception of himself and the
Speaker, know that it had been read a second time. He
hoped the circumstances that had attended the progress
of this measure would never take place again.
The Bill was then read a third tune.
Mr. F. FRENCH proposed several clauses, which after
some short discussion, were referred to the Standing Or-
der Committee, and the further proceedings on the Btll
were postponed till to- morrow.
The Bermondsey Improvement Bill was read a third
time and passed.
BRIDGE WATER NAVIGATION AND RAIL-
WAY BILL.

fusion.)
ROBERT HARRIS, Esq., who seconded the nomination, spoke
so low as to be inaudible within a yard or two, in consequence
of the great noise at the time prevailing. From the few sen-
tences we caught we under stood him to declare Mr. Prinsep
was a firm and consistent Protestant, though he came forward
independent and unfettered by any party. Ail he wished fur
was the prosperity of his native town, and if he thought Mr.
Moffatt would do more to make them prosperous, he would up-

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hesitatingly give him his support.
GEORGE MOFFATT, Esq., on presenting himself to the
electors, was received with bursts of hearty cheers from
his own side, and partial groaning from his opponents.
When both had subsided he thus spoke :—Mr. Mayor
and gentleman, the proposer of my honourable opponent, ex-
rressed great surprise that I should again appear among you.
Gentlemen, I believe he did not know the high and sacred
spirit which exists among you at this moment in the determi •
nation to maintain the principles of the Constitution.—(Cheers
and disapprobation.) That was what induced me to come among
you, and I believe him and his party to be very ignorant on
that point. I can, therefore, well understand his expression
of surprise.—( Great cheering.) It p'eased that gentleman's
liberality to put the question whether I had taken a degree
at Oxford or Cambridge, as though a gentleman cannot receive
a liberal education except at Oxford or Cambridge.—( Cheers. )
It was a fine specimen of the bigotry, intolerance, and narrow-
mindedness of the party to which he belongs.—(Cheers and
hisses.) 1 shall now proceed to the more immediate business
of the election. I wish to express my unfeigned and sincere regret,
in common with our opponents, for the cause which induces us
to appear at the present time. I venture to come here at the
call of the great party in this town—at the call of that party
which unites the mercantile marine and great landed interests
of the electors. But, even powerful as your influence is, I
should not have responded to your call if I was not per-
fectly satisfied that I coincide in my opinions with those
of my supporters, and that there is not the slightest
difference between us.—(Cheers, and great uproar.) On
the great questions of domestic policy we are perfectly
agreed. The questions of foreign policy are, at present, at-
tracting hut little public notice ; it is not likely, however, we
shall disagree with regard to them. I beg to say, should I be
placed in the House of Commons, I shall ever be found voting
for economy in the public expenses, though I shall be disposed
to vote liberal arid useful grants to our navy. There is our
true greatness, and the only means by which we can main-
tain our power. As the proper means to keep our posi-
tion in the commercial world, I am an advocate for

an extension of the principles of free trade. In
that position the more widely we extend our trade with
foreign nations the greater will be the advantage to ourselves.
You, perhaps, recollect that since I came before you six months
ago there has been another division with regard to the corn-
laws, and it now seems to be a race between Sir Robert Peel

and Lord John Russell, who shall be most forward in condemn
ing the principles of those laws.—( Applause and disapproba
tion. ) Gentlemen, I need scarcely repeat to you that my opinions
remain unchanged as to the great questions of domestic policy. In
regard to vote by ballot—(Loud cheering)—in regard to
an extension of the suffrage, I am as I was before. In regard
to the church rates, my opinion is as it was before ; and, in
regard to the question now agitating the public mind, I am
adver e to any further endowment, out of the public funds, of
any sect or denomination whatever.—(lllingled cheers and
hisses.) I bel eve my opponent comes foward as a supporter
of Sir Robert Pee', and I hoi e will explain to you what
his principles are.—( Hear.) He must be a very able man
if he does, for I think he will then know rather more than Sir
Robert Peel hirntelf.—( Laughter and cheers.) I defy any one
t) say what tt ey are from his address. I hope you will give
him a patient hearing while he explains the principles on
which he comes forward in all the great points in which you
are interested. He comes among you as a stranger ; I there-
fore beg of you to show him due courtesy. I thank you for
the attention you have paid me, and I trust we shall be success-
ful. The Hon. Gentleman concluded amid deafening plaudits.
H. PAINSEP, Esq., was well received by his adherents, and
with hootings by his opponents. He said—Mr. Mayor, and
gentlemen, electors of Dartmouth ; first, let me thank the
gentlemen who have introduced me to you on this oc-
casion, and next let me intreat a patient hearing,
while 1 explain the principles on which I am here,
and my reasons for coming. I appear before you as a
stranger, under great disadvantage. My opponent also is a
stranger. He too is only a bird of passage—(Yells and great
uproar )—and his cause:of coming is a vacancy in your representa-
tion ; but gentlemen, if I am a stranger, the disadvantage every
day will remove as our acquaintance increases.—(Cheers.)
Gentlemen, 1 beg to assure you I should not have come among
you at all if any gentleman representing the party and prin-
ciples I do could have been found among your own neighbours.
I heard a deputation had been sent to Mr. Newman Hunt, and I
waited to see if he could be induced, by any persuasions of his
friends, to come forward. Had he done so, I should have re-
tired without seeing a single elector.—(" Make haste home
again.") My opponent boasts that he was introduced to you,
as I have not been, by a large number of friends. Perhaps it
is wrong to allude to that topic, that will be tested to-morrow.—
(Great cheering.) But my antagonist challenges me to say what
are my principles. 1 stated in my address that I came
forward on Conservative principles—(Cheers)—and I am ready
to explain, as 1 was challenged to-day, what those prin-
ciples are. There are many here—almost all who hear
me—who remember when the aristocracy alone repre-
sented the people ; but when the Reform Bill passed it intro-
duced changes in the Constitution. A new spirit came over the
Government. Sir Robert Peel, who had heretofore fought in
the ranks of Toryism, saw that Parliament could no longer be
conducted on those exclusive principles.—( Uproar.) He saw
that the commercial and manufacturing interests had obtained
a hold on the nation, and that they influenced public
opinion to such a degree that, in order to unite all under
his standard, he gave them the name of Conservatives. The
Hon. Gentleman has stigmatised the principles of the Con-
servatives as narrow-minded and bigoted ? Are the measures
of the Government narrow-minded and bigoted ? Is there not a
charge against Sir Robert Peel that his measures are tco
iberal ? Who gave relief to trade in the last session ?—(" Lord
John Russell.") Was not all raw material relieved of all
customs duties? You say these rreasares and principles were
those of Lord J. Russell. Then why did not Lord J. Russell carry
them out ? Because he was not a practical man, and knew
not how t? do it.—(" Who opposed them out of power?'') My
rival candidate has alluded to the corn-law, and challenged me
to give my opinion on that subject. I say, as long as articles
of consumption arc subject to duty, a similar duty ought to be
laid on corp.—(' We won't have any duties.") Would you
like to have foreign corn brought here for sale? What
would you say ? I recollect a case of a baker,
who went to Calais and sent over the bread, to compete
with those in London. Did the bakers like that, to see their
bread sold by the side of that from France ? I quite agree
with my rival that if we could do without any duties that would
be best of all. The business of the nation, however, cannot
be carried on without revenues. If one could wipe off the
national debt and all revenue, we could take off all duties, in-
cluding the income-tax.—(Confusion.) The Hon. Gentleman
who proposed my antagonist, and whom I hope one day to call
my friend, very properly said there were two things to consider
in the choice of a representative to carry on the affairs of the
nation and to look after local interest. I fear not comparison
with my antagonist in either point. My life has been spent in
administering the law in one of our colonies, of which I
was one of the representatives. I must, therefore, be qua-
lified to judge—(" You are not going to judge us")
—of the legislation of this country. Who is est able
to forward it ? (" Mr. Moffatt, not you.") One
who brings influence to command attention in the House—who
understands the way to carry measures which lie has shown
elsewhere, and which he hopes to show there.—( Cheers and
hisses.) And, gentlemen, with respect to the other ground,
the power of supporting the particular interest of the borough.
Has my honourable antagonist stated anything he can
do which I should not be able also to do ?—( Hear,
hear.) He has told you to-day about the rail,/ ay and
the packets. On that score, too, I can challenge com-
parison. With respect to railways, I had a large number
of shares in the South Devon Railway, and I am also a Director

The Lords' amendments to the Bridgewater Navigat'on
and Railway Bill were agreed to.
WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAILWAY.
The Lords' amendments to the Waterford and Kil-
kenny Railway were agreed to.
The Bristol Parochial Rates (No. 2) Bill was reported.
SOUTHAMPTON AND DORCHESTER RAlL-

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING JULY 3,_1845

' The wife—Yes, my Lord ; I am obliged to work for my
own bread. lie has left me these five years, and refused
me any assistance. We were married in Bath.

The Lour) MAYOR then directed that the witnesses to
the fir>t marriage should be sent for, and remanded the
prisom:r for some days.
A girl, scarcely 16 years of age, named Eliza Gr
was charged with having robbed her mistress. The case
was an extremely distr( ssing one, as the respectable
father of the prisoner found it necessary to recomnn nd
the prosecution in the hope of saving her from greater
misery, likely to arise from the dep-aNity she constantly
witnessed amongst her assoc►ates.
Mrs. B rem, a widow lady, stated that the prisoner
had lived with her upon a former occasion, and acts d
with integrity and circinuspection, and, in fact, was a
most unexceptionable servant. Lately, however, there
was a change. Witness missed two sovereigns which
she had placed in the kitchen-drawer, and when she was
searching about fin- them, the prisoner asked her whe-
ther she had lost anything, and, upon being answered in
the affirmative, expressed a hope that no suspicion at-
tached to her, witness replied that there was no suspi-
cion of the kind. Afterwards, the prisoner mentioned
that her father wished to speak to witness, and took the
opportunity while they were talking together to step
out of the house. The witness subsequently saw the
prisoner at the station• house, where she also saw four
knives and four forks, which were her property, and
had been taken au ay by the prisoner, who also acknow-
ledged that she had stolen the two sovereigns.

mEttopolitan policeman stated that-the poor dis-
tressed father of the girl charged her at the station-
house with having robbed her mistress ; and witness
went to a house of notorious character, near the New-
cut, in Lambeth, and found there in a table-drawer the
four knives and four forks which had been stolen. Ile
also asc• rtained that the wretch( d girl was on the most
intimate terms with a lad, aged 16, named Billy Gibbs,
one of the most ingenious housebreakers in the county
of Surrey, and that she had but just left him.
A woman, named Bradshaw, stated that Billy Gibbs
lodged at her house, but she did not really know his trade
or profession. The prisoner knew Billy, and she called
at the house and said that she had procured a place, and
that she would not go home that night, but she would
sleep with Billy Gibbs that night, and she acted accord-
ingly. She produced a sovereign, which she said she
had got from her father, and she paid witness three shil-
lings which she owed, and she put down four shillings
in liquidation of the back rent of Billy Gibbs, who did
not always find it convenient to pay.
The LORD MAYOR—Do you know anything about
the knives and forks? - Mrs. Bradshaw—She asked me
to mind them for her, but I suspected they were got
dishonestly and refused to have anything to do with
them, and then she took them into Billy Gibbs's room,
and I heard them rattle in the drawer, and I informed
the police.
The policeman—My Lord, this Billy Gibbs is one of
the worst characters we are acquainted with, and I
should be glad to know whether I am not at libexty to
apprehend him in this case. It is evident to us that he
has made a thief of this unfortunate girl.
The LORD MAYOR said he could not see any ground
for apprehending Billy Gibbs in the present case, but as
he was a person of such desperate character, he niuq,
in all probability, soon fall into the hands of the police.
The case of the g►rl at the bar was indeed a melancholy
one, and showed how soon depraved society ruined all
sense of honesty and shame. He apprehended that the
only chance the prisoner had of escaping the extremity
of wretchedness was by removal from the country alto-
gether. She had certainly, for one so very young,
shown extraordinary maturity in vice.
The prisoner was then committed for trial.
BOW-STREET.

Yesterday Thomas Hill, who for many years bas filled the
situation of messenger in the office of the Secretary of State
for the Home Department, was placed at the bar, before Mr.
Hall, charged with being drunk and disorderly in St. James's
Park, and with assaulting the keepers in their attempting to
remove him.

James Lott, No. 3 Park-keeper, stated that about half-past
five o'clock on Tuesday evening, the prisoner came to the gate
of the inclosure opposite St. James's Palace in a state of in-
toxication, while he was speaking to some young ladies who
were then entering the grounds, and, having staggered inside
the gate without being observed, he cried out "D— your
eyes, you —, what business have you here?" upon which
witness desired the children to run away into the inclosure, and
seeing that the prisoner was very drunk, he told him to quit
the ground, which he refused to do. He then used the most
abusive language, and when witness attempted to remove him,
he struck him violently on the face and breast with his fist.
Another officer having come to his assistance, the prisoner was
with much difficulty removed from the inclosure, and in the
struggle he attempted to punch witness in the eye with his
umbrella, at the same time challenging him to fight for daring
to lay hands upon him.
Prisoner—l have not done half what the witness has sworn
to, but I admit when they laid hold of me in such a manner I
did offer resistance, and would do so again.
William Goodwin, a gate-keeper, stated that he was in the
lodge when the prisoner entered the gate, and hearing the noise,
he went and saw him assault the last witness. On attempting
to remove him he laid hold of the iron railing with his left
hand, insisting to be left in the inclosure, and brandishing the
umbrella in his right, he said to the last witness, I'll job your
eye out." A number of persons had by this time collected,
and the prisoner being forced nut, the gate was shut, and he
was conveyed to the station-house.
Denis Farrel, another park-keeper, proved that when he
came to 'he assistance of the other witnesses the prisoner was
very abusive, saying they sh iuld lose their coats in the morning
for not allowing him to pass.
In answer to the charge the prisoner denied having used the
foul language imputed to him, although he admitted having
been a little intoxicated, and as a matter of course he did en-
deavour to offer resistance when the park-keepers laid hold of
him in such a rough manner.
Mr. HA LL ordered the prisoner to pay a renalty of V., or
be sent for twenty-one days to the House of Correction.
The prisoner was then removed, and in a short time the
money being paid, he was discharged.
Tiilliam Wheels, conductor of a Richmond omnibus, ap-
peared to answer a complaint preferred against him by Mr.
George Sexton Woodhouse, No. 3, New Roswell-court, Carey-
street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, for having, on the 19th of June, in
the Strand, made use of abusive and insulting langtage to him,
and also with committing an assault upon him.
Mr. Charnock appeared for the defendant.
On a former day another person was summoned by mistake,
and the present defendant, who was then in the body of the
Court, presented himself to have the case decided, which was
objected to, until process should be served upon him in the usual
way, particularly as attempts had been made to practise an im-
position upon the Court.
The complainant, who conducted his own case, stated that
on the day in question he agreed with the defendant to take
him and two friends from Hampton to London for 2s. each,
and on arriving in Leicester-square his friends got out, leaving
a female, a gentleman, and himself in the vehicle. On passing
along the Strand, near to Somerset House, he offered his fare
to the defendant as he wanted to get out, and to his astonish-
ment he applied a most filthy epithet to him, at the same time
asking what he meant by offering such a sum as 25., and upon
reminding him that it was the amount for which lie had agreed,
he repeated the same disgusting language, threatening to break
his barnacles about his face, unless he gave him another shil-
ling. Witness said he should have no objection to give him
the amount he demanded if h e had not used such words in the
public streets, and having got on the road he followed the om
nibus as it moved away, in order to ascertain the number,
when the defendant jumped off the step and struck him a
violent blow in the side, which caused him to fall and sprain
his ancle.
The defendant wished to make it appear that the complainant
had behaved indecently to the female in the omnibus, and that
he had been appealed to by her for protection, which caused
him to abuse the complainant. He denied having struck him.
The female, Mrs. Payne, the wife of a tobacconist, was called
to substantiate the defence, but her evidence was contradicted
by the other passengers in the omnibus. It appeared, also,
that the defendant had offered money to compromise the affair.
Mr. JARDINE having commented in strong terms on the
description of the evidence brought forward by the defendant,
said he never knew such gross conduct, not only in his treat-
ment to the complainant, but also in the manner he had at-
tempted to make out his case. He had no hesitation in saying
that the complainant had satisfactorily proved the charge, and
he should, therefore, order the defendant to be cent to hard
labour in the House of Correction for two months, and his li-
cense to be revoked.

CONVICTS FOR VAN DIEMAN'S LAND.—WOOL-
wicti, WEDNESDAY.—The Equestrian, hired convict ship, having
taken in stores at Deptford, moved down the river last week, and
is now moored opposite the Royal Arsenal, to receive convicts for 1
New South Wales. One hundred and fifty convicts were brought
down from Milbank Penitentiary on Friday last, by the Nymph,
Woolwich steam packet, and put on board the Equestrian, and one
hundred and sixty by the Fairy steam-packet on Saturday. The
convict guard consists of a detachment of the I Ith Regiment, from
Chatham. The corps being now under orders for New South
Wales, a large portion will do duty, on their passage to that dis-
tant colony, as convict guards. A detachment of the royal
artillery, belonging to Captain Turner's company, 6th battalion,
embark at the same time in the Equestrian, for a passage to New
South Wales, being the first artillerymen ever sent to that colony.
The company was relieved on Monday from duty at the Tower, a
fortnight before their regular change, for the purpose of facili-
tating their embarkation ; and the remainder of the company,
under the command of Captain Turner, are expected to embark
next week, in another vessel, for' the same destination. Govern-
ment has acted wisely in resolving to strengthen the forces in
New South Wales, now a colony of great importance, in conse-
quence of its vicinity to New Zealand.
FRENCH FRUIT.—The General Steam Navigation
Company's vessel, James Watt, which arrived at the St. Katha-
rine's Wharf late on Monday evening, from Havre, had upwards
of six hundred baskets of French cherries on board, of excellent
quality and in good condition, which were landed and delivered
immediately, for the markets of the following morning. It is ex-
pected that the present week will bring the importation of foreign
cherries to a close for the season.
PROSECUTIONS FOR CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—TIIE
ASCOT CUP PAT.—Yesterday Mr. Thomas, the secretary to the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Dumb Animals, pre-
ferred a charge against Robett Irons, of the Star public.
house, Colnbrook, before the Mayor of Windsor, for having
driven a horse in a van, containing fourteen or fifteen per-
sons, to Ascot races, on the cup day, the horse having a large
bleeding wound on the off-shoulder, caused by the collar,
besides being lame of one leg, and in a state totally unfit
for work. It appeared from the evidence that the poor ani.
mal had been driven three times that day from Windsor to the
course. The defendant was fined 10s. and 12s. expenses. The
next information was against James Maunders, a person in the
employ of Joshua Entlersby, a carrier, at Highgate. The defen-
dant not appearing, the service of the summons was proved, and
the case gone into. John Smith, a constable in the employ
of the society, proved that the defendant was driving his
toaster's van, filled with people, through the park, towards
Ascot, and that, when about two miles from Windsor, one of the
horses, which was quite exhausted and could proceed no further,
was most inhumanly beaten with a heavy carter's whip. Its hind
leg, from its rubbing against the pole, was raw to a considerable ex.
tent, and it was altogether more fit for the knacker's than to do work.
The horse had to be taken out of the van and lel back to Windsor ;
and the race party were left to walk through the broiling sun
to the heath. The defendant was fined in the full penalty of 2/.,
and costs 12s. ; and in default he was ordered to be committed to
prison and hard labour for fourteen days, and a warrant was made
out accordingly. Robert Dilly, the proprietor of a coach, running
between Sunning.hill and Windsor, was fined 55., and costs 4s. 6d.,
for driving a horse that morning with several raw places on its
shoulder, just under the collar. The moiety of the fines to which
Mr. Thomas was entitled, and the party who had laid the informa-
' tions, was handed over to the treasurer of the Windsor Dispensary.
SUDDEN GAIN OF WLALTIL—A poor woman,
named Caroline Boothby, living in Earl-street, Seven.dials, has
' been discovered to be the rightful owner of very extensive freehold
, property, situated in the neighbourhood of Bethnal-green, which
she will shortly be put in possession of, the estimated value ikeing
30,0001. khe was tireviously gaining a precarious living by needle.
ccorlti anti 'vas at time. unable to pronto food!