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London, England, 1844-05-30 00:00:00

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of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
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TEE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
kr.TBE.--As Ireland seems resolved not to rebel, nor
council to accept the crown of that country at
present, Sir James Graham, like Alexander, naturally
~eis somewhat at a loss for new worlds to conquer.
rn"nt, and the grand Moguls of Leadenhall, not
hii:l7, as it was once rumoured they intended, given
opportunity of out-linine' in the East the glories
E
e and Gwalior—holey holey being deposed at
fet!em, sans coup ferir, by the whiff and wind of the
snrd wherewith the Home Secretary menaced that
dj nasty—to what field could the all-
rious Graham look for further fruition of
That stern joy which warriors feel
Sir a- foeen orthy of titir teel?
a In
G:alitnam has lookedl—hes fondly deemed not
l
ain—to the Channel Islands. Our readers have
Probabl b
ataiou een not a little puzzled by the repeated
neements of embarkations of troops for Guern-
h:,'rho late precautionary armaments to Ireland
scale, been repeated to the smaller island on a smaller
appeared
First of all the Government steamer the Dec
are(' in its roads, and landed a Queen's messenger
nn'lo missives in hot haste for the Governor—Major-
raelft oNtapier the historian. What these runs des ere spatches might contain, the harmless natives
conjecture—but evidently something too
remomentous to he trusted to come by the penny post.
and
it appears another war steamer, the Blazer
templit
row clear the affair is no joke. " Soon," says
the " a military chief is seen to disembark from
(t/er`',.„ 111er—a man of colossal stature, a la figure
le,„„ and. girt with a sword full four feet long. 11
ablett Pas lair d'un plaisant, celui-la." This redoubt-
fro...l/41'1e,- and near four hundred troops, land in boats,
tier the the Blazer. Further arrivals of troops follow.
Xajesty's transport brio. Nautilus arrived from
rae.evele°ll TUelfday, the 21st, having on board about 170
of o,°' the depOts of the 23d and 97th Regiments, and
texture 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade ; and the
taiptora°lltht g the Atalanta steamer, from South-
of thought three officers and ninety men
-D.
that 'dies- It was understood at Southampton
aed -tiZotPany of artillery had also been ordered ;
had bj" three or four hundred more soldiers
holder eti ellibarked in the Lightning steamer. These
inhtb,+._er not make their appearance. The peaceful
like '1'4113 of Guernsey have been asking each other ever
teti ' wind these armaments mean—against what spec-
them Sir James Graham has launched them ? On
ihe the Blazer in our roads, says Le Pilote,
the anding officer of this protecting army, asked
bottrvre:::: as he came on board, with a more than- ordi-
to.7 tlelarr.
v. of interest, " How are you ?" " Much obliged
iiru, M. le Commandant," answered the brave pilot,
rifle er, , ''ell,—Et vous ?"—" That is not it," said the
4 j I wanted to know if there are not troubles in
?" "I have not heard of any," said the
.g pilot. "but it is possible there are, and if you like, I will
'11°41„14 inquire for you." The broad farce of all this
evident Bornhastes Furioso, or Major Sturgeon. It is
itscill,L, that some one has been a Great Alarmist,
Alemulat Sir James Graham has been a Great
raie;:tsl; One would think we were under the ad-
-r"n of some junta of Physical Force Chart-
We-v
-4341 e fire-and-sword Committee of Public
tnitt'' who had heard from the Channel pro-con-
nt tu tree of liberty had been cut down
get druuernsey, or that patriotic warriors could
rolb.h, tat there for next to nothing. Lord Ellenbo-
. 6kra spvagcrerings have been compared by the Edin-
-04 .to Barere's Carmagnoles—but here is
itluie,i'enherough, or Barere, in little—here are
ef invasion—colonnes infernales—for the con-
- ek' or chaati-etnent, of—Guernsey ! This last Home-
Bate!se!tPade may seem too ridiculous for comment.
this a small matter that the Government of
I aril;rlPlre should make itself ridiculous? Is it
pert Matter that troops should be poured into
taeloCeetlY tranquil islet, where there were no bar-
te, for them—and no possibility of force being
? Suppose drunken quarrels should take place
ants`. these uncalled-fa protectors and the inhabi-
in Who will answer for the blood that may be shed
dot eon`
of crowding troops, where troops could
leltr„2ibly be wanted ? The only approach to a probable
lißee'° of this extraordinary false alarm at the Home-
hig 0:84, afforded by some supposed grave motive for disarm-
kllyb: -*cal militia.. In what degree the Guernsey militia
P,.tete (1.1!PI)0••ed formidable to theßritish empire,we cannot
'410)11; '0 say, as we cannot pretend to penetrate the
of tii,
e J,lnind, and preternatural powers of apprehension,
Ifth-fs,"•°lne Secretary. But sure we are of this : that
'llqest-tteni3ey militia gave all this umbrage to her
ligaitra Ministers, there was nothing required but to
libie orders from the Queen in Council that this ter-
?tee—should disband.
the Queen's name I charge you all to drop
Toe„ 'oar swords and daggers!"
the fe,sent Governor, it seems, is at loggerheads with
thierilauthorities of the island, and had already
itaota:ried military force on a small scale, to cut the
C 43111,1,4,14 effect the immediate release of a pardoned
without the order of the local court. But it
ledge "et General Naier disclaims all previous know-
tritlit:rf, this military occupation of Guernsey. He has
mace ?° Government more than he meant for the
6TA".„%this warlike and turbulent dependency.
'etali-"-‘ljARD.—The South Lancashire election has
nth iated by the return of the Conservative candidate
).'ectorinaiority of nearly 600 ; the whole number of
"lak :Polled being 14,458. The result of the South
t)udere-re contest is, on many accounts, deserving of
-"Mepa,Len. An election tion at which between 14,000 and
tlea nr''eetors polled must be, of course, foee from suspi-
th :11Y external influence, whether of the Government
1, P'
and an election ina district almost as
torn ,Y,Peopled as a great city, must be equally free
The he suspicion of any local territorial influence.
ttprrs:Pulatiou of the not very extensive district now
oaese;rlted by the Conservative Mr. Entwisle and the
'olasm. Vative Lord Francis Egerton, must amount. to
17t'itotrablY more than half a million, and it includes
eatler-Partant towns of Manchester and Liverpool (towns
!itie,A and immeasurably richer than many capital
au-htoltor, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, &c. Whatever
14 I tee, the-n, it is possible to imagine to be exercised
~,Itth Lancashire election, must be a mercantile
'illea-tllufacturin influence, and indeed of this in-
ta the g
h( party of the League have been very pro-
-,aeth 'asting for the last year or two. We know not
loat tter all our readers will recollect, some certainly must,
1304th'elournals of the League have recently set down
itaion Lancashire as a sure conquest, assigning,
.values the other grounds of their confidence, the
vittiver, by no less than 2,800 votes, of the Conser-
eregi which they said had been ffected by a dili-
lv°llldltitentwn to the registry. These reduced votes
• ttsakii'll,Se Air. Entwisle's majority to 3,400. As it is
Wiv't ,tnat the Conservatives manifested corresponding
Now f):."1 the registration courts, it appears but fair to,
t„t4ltiorit: s"rne considerable increase of Mr. Entwisle 's
'llO Yon.tthis head. Let us, however, be contented to
yas it actually stands—at 590. Is not
a disTlority in favour of a Conservative candidate—
tioe (1, net which is constituted, as it were, of a federa-
-1440: Mercantile and manufacturing towns—a district
, • kii,e,trepoTzliai Y in truth be called all one great manufacturing
..a;,° testi ''sqs not such a victory in such a place
I;:tittfu:°ll3, to the real feeling of the mercantile and
tre.. uri -
ho treated fairly
interests in the country ? Let the decision
011141.4 uirly as a test of opinion—as a test of the
/,'jeer . • Nt free trade on one side, or protection on the
mom4l it 'will be admitted, we think, that the
• • • th4te fa, free trade could not in England expect to find
11 a gre:4llroble judges ; and yet protection carries off
feted ah‘ majority of votes. We - have not as yet
ers.t tho"Yarer.ason assigned by the free trade advocates
da toieuTeat of their candidate, though defeat
stb„4l saki ra°lY certain even at noon on Mon-
oswe own we are at a loss to conjecture what
sh',4eno6 utlY will offer. As we have said, Government
t7e, kre, aristocratic influence, local territorial influ-
Nath Litl‘'llolly out of the question in a district like
as!leashire, all cut up into small possessions,
ween wholly
of more than half a million, and
ai,
rtitiii fourteen and fifteen thousand electors
NJ hrou h
tale), the g t to the pull. Neglect of the regis-
, Ltion, . ext common excuse to influence and iuti-
tri'ed, th„iltlegatived by the boast to which we have re-
_ v,„es, thfe °oast namely, that by diligence at the regis-
tn'oe v t::ee traders had struck off nearly 3,000 Conser-
elel4,lk Oaf :And as to corruption, if it were not absurd
tit: 'ors, be Possible influence of corrupting any 15,000
trivs...toost -e free-traders are certainly the party
/474• Th(Ten to the suspicion of administering
lietZt; bal3 Iris liberality
wealth of their candidate, Mr.
th 4 eitt;"tonis liberality in bestowing , it,. were trum-
tan e journ inausea, and without a days intermission,
o,e3' to th 11'a of the League, from the day of the va-
ap„t base e„e daY of the election. If there were any. elec-
ae'tisedb-°llgh to look for bribes, they were sufficiently
tre not, hoY advertisement where to look for them. We
the°l,Bll or h,:e,ver, desirous of imputing bribery to Nir.
,L4Ypoth friends ; the election fully satisfies us upon
itCmst in, e,'S that it has been a fair election. As such
tilt, and Pule silence upon the unfounded, dishearten-
' Teamedll:4i. Tst Mischievous predictions of those who, like
trial derrnian'olcieltiorning Post, have been bewailing the
tio -the Conservative party ; and as a fair
fr eth
• Ileye ore wh': it prostrates the League into a posi-
.• , rton,,e2eli that vile and hateful conspiracy can
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..";I,,,ItOYAL EXCHANGE. .
1.. Ille inter. "TPON-EMENT OF THE OPENING.
my.... ' •-'hitllsting ceremony of the opening
th, it
‘.,,,yiii.Y'
originally fixed by
be remembered, was .--qa whatalfh,,ll übnunitte to take place of the near. .tt .
situ •----"lIgh •• e • - was made, still the
I►° 4541:4 but decisive promise
her Royal Consort
in the course orfeJmul,asy,
._. ..oiti honour hat her Majesty and
.. .
person.
Alt
tr the City of London by opening to theellt' 11°WeVer, 0f the deepest and most livietlyla
131‘04,atio at i period,
au- rge, likely to occur at the same
earlya
41., 4, • sile„t,--.__-mbp•of her Poi_ ja'esty's presence at
b so early
interest
-445i11, --wept:ince Of which the ceremony will -e ,
until
8e,,1) ...I.ll)btrblibill.•,,, for as yet no day has been
ansoannireyu
.„-Ventid ~,,,_'' `• °ince the completion of the m
made
upon, and have
vAns tb--`4vture the Committee have diverged from the
ileVtrai't,„et_had remedy agreed 'of this
IP+4l rend rirraktit improvements, which, when completed,
titre„'
the building far more interesting
ent►ais
wthe
~''z'elc,- LW' Amonpt those of the most moment
is
'eatnra—"s, and-
con Imes, the for►ner being "
important
the
vout—z_bre Of Which being
.•• , nizolio4b the consideration of tt►e Committee,
•
„,, rriir..7r4 0011ferred on Dlr. Dent, the eminent chronometer.and
open to competition, ande
fa-
•• "Vtatb7-,..,,:rs -uAtbrthiZ.Stra.nd. The works are nearly completed,
-"'ens of -641butY. skill, and correctness, will surpass any
t.. oti, the kind in this country. The original intfintion
ha, ZLltg the ran 'umber of bells e►ght) as' before the fire,
. : . Ilii4";.en
sad'aband and the number increased to fifteen.
illg vir_l4llo4 sat the suggestion of Mr. Dent, who hava-s
to ok eq Brussels and other parts of the Continent,„rn _
,: ftit
wiii n the neViest improvement* respecting the carillons,
served
(t, ligsP•artisans of Flanders have acquired a well-de-
bells6.3 %At -it "r.tYi was induced to recommend that number,
•..,... , ,iv.rimGre harmonious chime might be gained,fifteen
°ltly il. a *tee octavo, and thereby increasing the melody
n
.„. tine keNnieit a►td differing the tunes, as they will not be in
thet,k,,ue,before., They have been cast by Messrs. Mears,
. ,
‘• ~k.._ .n iiiiticiers in Whitechapel, and are almost ready
202 r
, .
~ iliv.rie,i_ ig,,k9 the cA
ti, --naPanile or tower. The largest weighs•
. , ,"I --...tanallest 5 cwt., the whole set weighing seven
, .

tons. The largest is also the hour bell, and bears the follow-
ing incription :—" Cast for the Royal Exchange, in the
year of Grace, 1844. Richard Lambert Jones, Chairman
of the Gresham College Committee ; Daniel Watney,
Master of the Mercers' Company ,• Ebenezer Trott-
man, Assistant ; William Tite, Architect ; Charles
and George Mears, founders." The others only bear,
Royal Exchange, 1844. As yet the whole of the tunes have
not been agreed to, the only ones decided on being " God
save the Queen," " Rule Britannia," and an ancient madrigal.
The barrel of the chimes is complete, and appears to be an
astonishing piece of mechanism. It contains upwards of
7,000 holes, and it is next to an impossibility for the Com-
mittee to name any hymn or air but what it can be readily
accomplished. On account of the beauty and novelty of the
clock and chime works, they will be securely preserved in a
separate and well-fitted apartment in the tower, and not ex-
posed, as is generally the case in the metropolitan steeples,
to the inclemency of the weather. The pendulum weighs
four hundred weight, and is sixteen feet in length, each
vibration being two seconds. The roof of the arcade, or mer-
chants' walks, will present a very beautiful appearance,
workpeople being now busily engaged in painting it in the al
fresco style. That at the southern entrance is already done,
and may be seen from Cornhill. It is also understood that
Lloyd's and other public rooms will be similarly decorated.
The sculpture executed by Mr. Westmacott for the pedi
ment of the grand facade will be erected in the course of a
few days. The foundation for the Wellington statue has
been laid, and awaits the masonry, and nothing has as yet
transpired that will prevent the statue being raised on the
18th of next month.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION.

(From the Manchester Guardian.)
It will be seen, from the details which we give
elsewhere, that the election for this division of the
county has terminated, like those which have pre-
ceded it during the last nine years, in a Tory
triumph, Mr. Entwisle having been returned, after
an unusually severe struggle, by a majority of 578.
So close was the contest at different periods of the first
day of election, that some of Mr. Brown's friends, who
had previously despaired of success, began to entertain
some hope of a favourable termination; and when,
at the close of the day's poll, it was found that, out
of 11,500 votes polled, Mr. Entwistle had obtained
a majority of only 341, or rather less than three
per cent. of the whole number, the chance of final
success appeared to demand a strenuous effort on
the second day, to beat down the Tory majority.
The attempt was consequently made ; and for
a time, in Manchester, at least, it appeared not
unlikely to have a favourable termination, as the
returns from the booths in the town, coupled with
those first received from the neighbouring districts,
gave Mr. Brown a majority of 108 on the day's
poll. Later accounts, however, and returns from
more distant polling places, did not bear out this
favourable prospect. It was found, as is usually the
case under similar circumstances, that the electors
who do not feel sufficient interest in the contest to
record their votes the first day, are better inclined to
swell the triumph of the winning, than to soften the
defeat of the losing party. Before noon, the tide
turned decidedly against the Liberals; the Tory ma-
jority was gradually increased, until, at the close,
at four o'clock, it amounted, as we have already
stated, to 578 votes.
'We imagine that few of our readers will need to
be informed, that, however much we might desire
to witness the return of a thorough free trader like
Mr. Brown, our expectations of his success were by
no means sanguine. From the very first occurrence
of the vacancy in the representation, we considered
an election at the present time, and under existing
circumstances, a very untoward event for the Liberal
party, as, in our judgment, they could neither avoid
a contest, nor escape a defeat. It was quite clear,
that the battle must be fought under the auspices
of the Anti-Corn-law League ; and, whatever may be
the merits or services of that body, we have never
thought it likely to carry an election in such a con-
stituency as that of the Southern Division of Lan-
cashire. It appeared tolerably clear to us that,
whatever advantages might be derived from the
organisation of the League, or its influence in some
quarters, they would be outweighed by the unanimous
and determined hostility of the landowners, and the
unfriendly feeling of very- many parties amongst the
manufacturing and commercial classes, who, though
in the main friendly to freedom of trade, are disposed
to view such associations as the League with great
jealousy and distrust. Under these circumstances,
we could see nothing to counteract the effect of the
votes of four thousand 501. tenants-at-will, which
were pretty sure to be, and we believe were, recorded
in favour of Mr. Entwistle. The wonder is, under
all the circumstances, that the candidate of the League,
fighting against the whole aristocratical and landed
influence of the county, and contending with many
adverse prejudices, should have been able to poll so
many votes, and to run so close a race with his oppo-
nent. We imagine that, by sagacious and discerning
men, this result will be considered another "fact,"
fraught with deep and important meaning.
It will be seen from the returns of the polling that
the total amount of votes recorded on the occasion
was upwards of 14,500 ; exceeding by about six
hundred those given at the election of 1837. This is
a result which, we believe, has surprised almost every
one concerned in the election, as few expected that
the poll would reach that of the previous election,
notwithstanding the increase in the number of voters
on the register.
Of the independent freeholders of th. division, a
large majority voted for the free trade candidate; but
this majority was swamped and overwhelmed by the
tenant voters. Indeed it will be seen that the Tory
majorities at Newton and Ormskirk, where these votes
are most abundant, amounted to upwards of 900,
exceeding by more than 300 the entire majority on
the poll.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
(From the Edinburgh Advertiser, of Tuesday.)
The General Assembly concluded the statutory
term of their annual meeting last night. The pro-
ceedings of the last three days have embraced mat-
ters of great moment to the Church ; but the late,
or rather the early hour this morning when the
business closed, puts it beyond our power to do more
than offer a brief retrospect of the principal topics
submitted for consideration. One thing we may re-
mark, that, never within our remembrance has an
Assembly, generally speaking, been conducted with
greater decorum, with less of the asperity of party
feeling, and on the whole, considering the difficulties
which the novelty of their position in many of the
cases placed them, with more harmony and unani-
mity of judgment than that which has just ter-
minated. It seems to have been the anxious desire
to avoid extremes on either side, to judge can-
didly and impartially according to the evidence laid
before them. It is also worthy of special observa-
tion, that the more the different cases were can-
vassed, the fuller the expositions made with regard to
the meaning and purport of the Benefices Act —the
nearer did the views and sentiments of all parties
coalesce. For confirmation of this remark, we need
only refer to the speeches of Dr. Cook and Dr. Muir,
in the cases of the presentee to Port Glasgow, to the
parish of Insch, and to the united parishes of Firth
and Stennes. In each of these discussions there was
a concurrence of judgment, an approximation of
mind and opinion, which we gladly hail as an omen
for good to the future peace and prosperity of the
Church of Scotland.

On Friday the Court was occupied with the reports
of the Widows' Fund scheme, the Indian Mission, the
question of University Tests, and Ministerial Commu-
nion, and, finally, the case of the presentee to Banff.
On Saturday the Assembly heard reports on the
state of the Presbyterian Churches in England—on
the Home Mission—the Colonial Committee—the
cases of the presentee to the High Church of Edin-
burgh, Portmoak, and Port Glasgow.
Yesterday, the Report on Education, and other
matters, occupied the attention of the Court ; but
the most important subject before them was the new
Directory, or Overture, as it is called, respecting
the induction of ministers. We hare given a copy
of this document, as drawn up by the Committee;
but the Assembly, in the course of a long discussion
on the different clauses, made various alterations, the
nature of which time will not allow us at present to
advert to. We must also postpone our remarks on
the subsequent cases. The Assembly did not con-
clude until near three o'clock this morning. The
meeting of next year is fixed for Thursday, the 22d.
of May.

THE LATE R. M'WILLIAaI, ESQ.—On Tuesday a
sale was commenced at the Auction Mart, by Mr. Chin-
nock, of the second portion of the valuable estate of the
late magistrate, Mr. R. M`Williatn. It was a very ex-
tensive freehold property, chiefly land-tax redeemed,
coisisting of eight large wharfs, extensive blue and
drug mills, a tavern, several private houses and shops,
building ground, &c., extending from the New-road,
on the south, to the canal, on the north. There were
forty-one lots for the day's sale, including thirty-
four houses and the Maidenhead tavern. The for-
mer was disposed of for 29,3001., and the latter, after
much competition, for 3,4601. A lot of freehold build-
ing-ground, having a frontage of about 592 feet. and a
depth generally of about 64 feet, went for 3,6401. The
whole, realised 32,9404 The auction-room was crowded,
and much of the property was purchased by the tenants.
The sale took place by order of the devisees in trust.
CASES OF \VINES AND SPIRITS IN BOND.—In
consequence of a representation having been made to the
Commisioners of Customs that facilities are afforded for
the Commission of fraud in the revenue, by permitting
cases of wine to be deposited under bond in the same
room with cases of spirits and cordials, the board have
issued directions that the practice be discontinued, and
that, in future, wine be deposited in a separate room
from that in which spirits and cordials in cases are
warehoused. This order is of considerable importance
to the dock companies and other proprietors of bonded
warehouses, as it will be incumbent on them to provide
separate places for the deposit of these articles, whereas,
hitherto, they have been permitted to house them indis-
criminately in one place. The regulation is to take
effect at the expiration of three months.
ERECTION OF AN INN AT ALDERLET.—The Man-
chester sad Birmingham Railway Company have deter-
mined upon building a splendid inn on their line at the
Alderley station. The building is to be commenced forth-
with, ' at a cost of nearly 4,oool,—Macclesfield Chronicle.