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NORTHERN CIRCUIT.--Liverpool, Dec. 18.
Eliza Daley, Elizabeth Daley, her daughter, and James
Daley, her son, were indicted for unlawfully exposing a
child. The parties had been indicted at the last assizes
for an attempt to murder, but were acquitted on the
ground of a variance between the indictment and the
proof.
Mr. Hulton and Mr. Pollock conducted the prosecu-
tion ; the prisoner James Daley was defended by Mr.
James. The other prisoners were not defended at aIL
It appeared from the statement of the person in whose
house the prisoners resided, that on their first coming to
the house she had observed, from the appearance of the
prisoner Elizabeth, that she seemed in the family way.
Witness made the remark to her mother, Eliza. She re-
plied, she was nothing of the kind, that she had a com-
plaint before she left Ireland. On the 25th of July James
Daley went to his work a little before two o'clock. Wit-
ness did not know what his business was. The two
female prisoners went out about three o'clock. They
came back about seven. Elizabeth; went' up stairs.
When witness went up she was undressing. She usually
occupied, with her mother, a bed in the second room,
where witness slept. Miss Daley said she felt unwell,
and that she was going to bed. She got into bed.
The mother was then in the front parlour. She
afterwards took a cup of coffee up to her daughter,
and was up and down stairs several times. Wit-
ness went up about half-past ten o'clock. Eliza
Daley was sitting on a box, She had a green dress on.
Witness asked what she was doing out of bed. She
said she felt poorly, and had got out of bed in conse-
quence. She went down stairs, and went into the back
yard. The night was wet. Witness was in the kitchen
about half an hour, and the prisoner was still in the
yard. Witness opened the door and called her. This
would be about eleven o'clock. She said she would stop
a little longer, as it was so cold. Witness said it was
too cold for her, and insisted on her coming in, as wit-
ness wanted to fasten the door. She came in, and
walked very quick into the parlour. Witness fastened
the kitchen door, and went up stairs. Eliza Daley had
a green striped dress. The Daleys were at this time in
the front parlour. James Daley came in shortly after,
and went into the parlour also. Witness heard voices
in the parlour up till near twelve o'clock. Heard voices
of two only, apparently Jamesipaley and his mother.
About twelve o'clock they, too, came up stairs. Witness
saw Mrs. Daley. She came into the room where wit-
ness was. Saw the light go into the other room where
James Daley slept, bnt did not see him. Witness asked
Mrs. Daley where her daughter was ? Mrs. Daley said
she was down stairs is the kitchen, and had been satin,
there to listen to what she and James Daley had beer'
saying. Witness shortly after heard two loud screams
of a baby at the back of the house, apparently farther off
than her yard. Witness went and called to James Daley
to hare a candle, as she wanted to go down stairs. Wit -
ness waited a short time, and then got out of bed and
called on James Daley again to bring the candle. John
Roberts, witness's nephew brought it. 'Witness
went down into the kitchen. Miss Daley was sitting by
the fire. She had a dress loosely thrown round her
shoulders. 'Witness said, " Miss Daley, you're in labour,
I've been suspecting it some time." Witness then called
Mrs. Jackson down stairs. On her coming down, Miss
Daley said, " What do you want here ? Go to your bed."
James Daley came down stairs, saying, " Oh, my life
and my character !" Witness said his sister was in
labour, and that she had told his mother of it many a
time. Mrs. Daley said it was nothing of the kind.
James Daley begged witness to be silent. He said he
believed his mother, and that there was nothing amiss.
He said she need not be alarmed. Witness tried to go
to the back door, but he got hold of her arms, and begged
of her not to go. He took the candle out of witness's
hands, and put it on the table. Witness had before this
spoken of calling in a policeman. 'Witness did not go
into the yard. Mrs. Jackson and witness finally went
up stairs. Left James Daley below. Witness called„ to
him to come up stairs. He said he would come pre-
sently. They were about an hour in the kitchen toge-
ther. When witness went up stairs she found Miss
Daley in bed. Witness asked her if it was as she
thought,Ap tell her, and she should have every help a
woman required ? She said she would have nothing.
Mrs. Daley went to bed to her daughter. Miss
Daley told witness to put out the candle. 'Witness
went to bed. There was a light in the kitchen with
James Daley; it was moving about. Witness did not fall
asleep till daylight. Did not hear James Daley go to
bed. Heard Elizabeth Daley say, in the middle of the
night, " Whatever shall Ido ?" To which the mother
replied, " D—n your soul, be silent." Witness went
to sleep; awoke about six o'clock; Miss Daley was still
in bed; she was sitting in the middle of the bed, putting
on a clean dress. Mrs. Daley came up in a minute or
two, bringieg a damp towel with her, which she gave to
her daughter. Miss Daley wiped her hands and face
with it. Mrs. Daley said " Hurry, Bess." Miss Daley
took out some flannel out of a box, and put it round her
under her dress. [Witness then detailed the appear-
ance of the bed.] Witness afterwards saw Mrs. and
Miss Daley in the parlour. James Daley was looking
down stairs. Miss Daley then went into the kitchen.
Her mother brought her boots. Witness asked where
she was going to send her daughter. She said she was
going somewhere about her own business.
Evidence was adduced to show that the mother, early
in the morning, had beea s. en going with a bundle into
a passage communicating with an aperture through
which anything might be dropped into an adjoining
ash-pit. In this ash-pit was found a male child, which
seemed, when discovered, apparently dead, but which, by
the exertions of the woman who found it, was finally
recovered, and is still alive. It was wrapped in an old
cloak, which was recognised as having belonged to Miss
Daley.
James Daley, Not Guilty; Eliza Daley and Elizabeth
Daley, Guilty. To be imprisoned twelve calendar
months.

NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Norwich, Dec. 18.
(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)
Ansore.—John Rutland, aged 33, was indicted for ma-
liciously and feloniously setting fire to a barley-stack,
the property of Daniel Dix, of Twyford, in this county,
on Sunday, the 10th of November last.
Mr. Evans appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. William
Cooper defended the prisoner.
The evidence adduced in support of this charge was of
a purely circumstantial character, and by no means re-
markable jtin its details. It appears that the prisoner
lives not very far from the residence of the prosecutor, a
small farmer, in one of whose fields, and near the road-
side, stood the stack in question, about 200 yards off the
cottage of the prisoner. This stack was all safe at four
o'clock in the afternoon, but at eight o'clock at night the
prisoner came to the prosecutor and informed him that it
was on fire, adding, that as he was on his way home from
eneighbouring:village he met his wife, who told him of
it, and he thought it right to tell the prosecutor too.
Upon this the neighbours assembled, while the prisoner
was dispatched to Foulsham for help. On approaching
the stack it was found all in a blaze towards the south-
east end, the mischief having evidently been well con-
conceived and executed, the wind being then fa-
vourable to the speedy progress of the flames.
There being no water at hand the whole stack was
consumed, and property to the amount of 701. ut-
terly destroyed in about ten minutes. On searching
the vicinity a short stick was found under the hedge
with a half-burnt rag attached to one end, which, on
being examined by a chemist, was ascertained to have
been steeped in turpentine, a fact which met with a sin-
gular coincidence in the discovery of a bottle of turpen-
tine in the prisoner's house, on the outside of which were
marks indicating that some of its contents had been re-
cently poured out. Under these circumstances suspicion
fell upon the prisoner, who, according to his own state-
ment, could not have been far off when the flames burst
out; and on further inquiry in was ascertained that on
the afternoon of the 10th, he had, while discussing " the
Carston fire " at the " Guist Swan" with his neighbours,
openly said that " there would be a fire at Mr. Dix's be-
fore the year was out." Itwas shown that some " words"
had passed between him and the prosecutor on the occa-
sion, the latter complaining that he had not paid his rent
to his landlord, by whom he (Mr. Dix) had been autho-
rised to collect it.
Mr. COOPER having addressed the jury on behalf of
the prisoner,
His LORDSHIP summed up the case to them, leaving it
to them to say whether, on the whole evidence adduced
before them they had any reasonable doubt of the guilt
of the prisoner. The case was entirely for their consi-
deration, and they would deal with it according to the
best of their judgment.
The jury having deliberated together for a short titae,
returned a verdict of Guilty.—Sentence was deferred.
Leonard Aldis, aged twenty-two, was indicted for ma-
liciouly and feloniously cutting and stabbing one Robert
Smith, with a knife, on the 24th of November, with in-
tent to do him some grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Evans appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Palmer for the prisoner.
It would appear that, on the day named in the indict-
ment, the prisoner and one Rudd had met the prosecutor
and two other youths at a public-house in Rockland St.
Mary, together with some girls, when a discussion arose
as to the name of the person who had recently broken
some windows in the parish. On the one hand the pro-
secutor's party cast the blame on the prisoner, while he
and his friend retorted the insinuation, and accused the
prosecutor of being the guilty man. These charges
being stoutly adhered to on both sides, the company
broke up in " most admired disorder," the prisoner
and his friend going off in high dudgeon. Soon after
the prosecutor and his friends quitted the public-house ;
but in a few moments the two parties were again
thrown together. This unexpected collision rekindled
the slumbering quarrel, and in a few moments there
was a general " turn up," Rudd saying that he and
his friend would " wait upon the other gentlemen,
though there were three of them." In the midst of
the melee which ensued blows were exchanged between
the prosecutor and the prisoner, who ultimately inflicted
several wounds on the face, fingers, and jacket of his
adversary, and then fled away at the top of his speed.
On the following day the police were set in motion, and
the prisoner being apprehended on the complaint of the
prosecutor, conducted the policeman to his master's tur-
nip-field, where he said he had thrown away his knife,
and that being found here marks of recent blood.
Mr. PALMER addressed the jury on behalf of the pri-
soner, contending that the case was of too trumpery a
character to warrant a conviction for felony, and urging ,
that, as he had been dogged and attacked, it might well
be that lie had resorted to the knife in self-defence, in
which event he was entitled to a verdict of acquittal.
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, is his observations to the jury,
could not by any means admit that the use, or rather
the abuse, of a deadly weapon could be lightly recognised 1
as justifiable for the purpose of self-defence. The quar-
rel, such as it was, between these parties, or the pressure '
on the prisoner, was not of a chars cter to require any-
thing beyond the weapons with which nature had pro-
vided every man.
The jury having found the prisoner Guilty of a com-
mon assault, he was, after a suitable admonition, sen-
teneed to three h2o4the' imprimpuent,

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Stafford, Dec. 18.
(Before Mr. Justice CoLTMAN.)
Joseph Penn, aged 52, was indicted for the wilful mur-
der of Prudence Hughes, at Sedgley, on the night of
the 23d of September.
Mr. Yardley and Mr. Huddleston appeared for the
prosecution; Mr. Allen and Mr. Keyser for the prisoner.
From the evidence adduced on behalf of the Crown it
appeared that the prisoner and the deceased had coha-
bited for several years, during which intercourse she had
given birth to several children, whom the prisoner had
supported. On the evening of the 23d of September the
prisoner, deceased, and several companions, were drink-
ing at the Hare and Hounds, in Dudley, until midnight,
when the party returned homewards to Sedgley, more
or less intoxicated. On the road some unexplained mis-
understanding arose between them, in which the deceased
received a cut on the lip from the prisoner, but they be-
came reconciled, separated from their friends, and pro-
ceeded on their journey. Between one and two o'clock
in the night the sound of blows and stifled shrieks were
heard by persons residing near the highway, and some
proof was adduced to identify the prisoner and his com-
panion as the parties engaged in the disturbance. Later in
the night two policemen discovered the prisoner in the act
of raising the deceased from the road, a quantity of fresh
blood flowing copiously from her person, with which the
smock-frock of the prisoner was deeply imbued. He in-
formed the officer that the woman was his wife, and that
he thought she was in the act of miscarrying, where-
upon all united in transporting the sufferer to a neigh-
bouring tavern, where medical aid was promptly pro-
cured, and where, in spite of surgical aid, the unfortunate
woman died in a few hours. In her dying moments she
declared to her medical attendant that the injuries she
was dying from had been occasioned by a fall, and not
from blows or kicks inflicted by the prisoner, which
statement this gentleman undertook from the postmortem
examination to describe as incorrect.

After a very powerful and argumentative speech from
Mr. ALLEN,

The Learned JUDGE explained to the jury the requi-
site distinctions between murder, manslaughter, and the
conviction for an assault, and after a brief deliberation
they found the prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter.
Sentence was deferred.

The trial of Mr. Sherriff, Mr. Hildreth, and Miss
Railton, for " the strange doings" at Wolverhampton,
is fixed for the sitting of the Court to-morrow morning.
It has been a matter of surprise to many that the Home
Secretary has not sent down another Judge to assist Mr.
Justice Coltman in disposing of the heavy calendar of
offences at this place. Witnesses have been already de-
r tained in several cases for upwards of a week.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
THE LATE BANK FORGERY.—TRIAL OF
BURGESS.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Thomas Agar—l am a teller in tho issue department
of the Bank. I got an order to get gold to the amount
of 10,000/. I got it in ten bags of 1,000/. each. I was
desired to pay 8,000/. of it. The person to whom it was
paid had a carpet-bag and two canvas-bags. He put
the money into the canvas-bags, and put them into the
carpet-bag.
Mr. Gibbon examined—l am a bookseller. Had
an appointment at the Bank for two o'clock on Tues-
day, the 3d of September. I was in the out-teller's
office. I saw the prisoner Burgess there. I said,
" How do you do, Sir ? " He did not answer me.
W. Dent Ede, a clerk in the Bank, proved he re-
ceived the notes.

Leonard Dean, a porter in the Bank, proved that
he brought ten bags of 1,0001. to the issue depart-
ment. The person who was to get 8,0001. emptied
eight of the bags into two canvas-bags. I assisted
him in taking out the bags. There was a carriage
outside, into which the bags were put.
John Ray examined—l am a clerk in the power-
of-attorney office. I saw the prisoner, in the middle
of the day, turning out of Cornhill into Birchin-lane.
There was an elderly person with him, whom I did not
know. He was a stout person, of a ruddy complexion.
They were going towards the river.
Mr. Cohen examined—l live in Vinegar-yard. My
father keeps a general shop. The prisoner came there
on the 2d of September. He asked the price of a
portmanteau ; he was told 31. He asked to have three
bags, very strong, to fit in the bottom of the port-
manteau. He said they were to be sent to the Coach
and Horses public-house, St. Martin's-lane. There
was a deposit asked for. He desired to have the port-
manteau blacked over. The portmanteau produced
I believe to be the same.
Mr. Patsell examined—l am a boot and shoe-
maker, in George-street, Portman-square. I knew a
person named Joseph Elder. I knew the prisoner at
the bar. I knew them for about two years. I saw
them at the George Townsend public-house, Oxford-
street. I saw the prisoner there, in the com-
pany of Elder. I saw him afterwards at Moor-
gate, with Elder. About three or four months
after Elder asked me if I knew any one who
could accommodate the prisoner with board and
lodging? I said!' did not,know. In July last I had
a vacancy for a lodger in my house, and I wrote to
inform him of it. The prisoner came to my house.
Elder used to come there. He was there on the Ist
of September, about a quarter before one. They
were in the room inside the shop. When I went in
they said they would go up stairs. They remained
there till dinner. They then came down. Elder re-
mained to dine. After dinner I lay down on the
sofa, and heard the prisoner mention " a power of
attorney." Elder said, " How is it to be done ?"
The prisoner said, " It is like placing two boxes on
this table, and taking it out of one and putting it
into the other." Eider said, "Is it to be Tuesday
or Wednesday ?" The prisoner said, " I don't know ;
I will tell you to-morrow." On Monday Elder was
at my house three times. He called for a bird which
Burgess had. He afterwards came and took away
the bird, and subsequently his umbrella. I saw them
together about ten o'clock at the George Townsend
public-house. I did not see them together on the
Tuesday. Burgess went out about half-past nine.
I saw him about half-past three again. When he
called in the afternoon he paid me 71. in gold. That
was money he owed me. He left my house between
half-past three and half-past four. I did not see him
any more till he was brought up at the Mansion-
house. He told me, in August, he had 2,0001. in the
Funds. On the Ist September he said he would have
some money next week. He said his friend George
was going to sell out. Elder was a man of about
fifty years. He was stout and tall.
Cross-examined—l heard of this forgery on the
9th. I told Forrester on that day all I have stated
to-day. I was not examined at the Mansion-house.
James Wilkinson examined—l am a stable-keeper
in Portman-mews. I let out carriages to hire. The
prisoner hired a phaeton on the 3d. I saw Elder at
the corner of the street when the prisoner took away .
the phaeton. Elder was about forty-five years of
age. The prisoner said he wanted a strong carriage.
John Warren examined—l keep the George
Townsend public-house in Oxford-street. A person
named Joseph Elder lodged there up to September.
The prisoner used to visit there frequently in the
beginning of September. On the 3d, about three
o'clock, he took leave of me.
William Drake examined—l was, on the 3d of
September, at the corner of Portman-street, Oxford-
street. I saw a one-horse open carriage drive along.
The prisoner was driving it. He asked me to go
along with him—that he wanted some person to
bring the horse and phaeton back to Mr. Wilkinson's.
I went with him to several places. He used to leave
me outside when he went into the places we called
at. I saw a large parcel in the phaeton, and two
others which he brought from Mr. Shackleton's.
He then went to the Coach and Horses in St. Mar-
tin's-lane, and I took the phaeton to Mr. Wilkinson's.
Arness examined—l am a coachman. I know
the prisoner and Elder. They came together to my
house on the 3d of September.

Ben Caunt examined—l keep the Coach and
Horses in St. Martin's-lane. About a week before
the 3d of September the prisoner came to my house,
dressed in a white coat and a pair of top-boots. He
said he had a farm in the country which he would
sell and go to America. He said he would have
8,0001. or 9,0001., and would have six soldiers to
guard him. He asked me if I could give him a private
room, and he would pay me well. I said I would if I
could. He came two or three days afterwards with a
portmanteau and three bags. The portmanteau was
taken into my bed-room. The portmanteau produced
is the one which was left at my house. The prisoner
culled at my house on the 3d of September, but I was
not at home.

Robert Caunt proved that the prisoner and a soldier
came to the Coach and Horses on the 3d of Septem-
ber. They had a carpet-bag. The prisoner and the
soldier took it in. It appeared to be very heavy.
They took it into the room. I heard a jingle in the
room, and I looked through the curtain. I saw that
it was gold. Some of the gold got loose, and Burgess
was taking it out of the carpet-bag. There were two
canvas-bags in the carpet-bags. I asked the prisoner
where he was going with so much gold. He said he
was going to put it into the Edinburgh Bank. Elder
came in afterwards. The prisoner asked me where
the portmanteau was. I said it was locked up in my
brother's room, and he was out. Elder said if money
could get it they should have it. The lock of the door
was picked, and the portmanteau was brought down.
The canvas-bags were put into this portmanteau.
Elder went for a cab, and when it came he pressed
the prisoner to go, saying that if he did not, he would
go without him, as his time was up. Burgess paid
about 3/. for wine and other things. The prisoner and
the soldier took out the portmanteau, and Elder and
the prisoner went into the cab.
James Gingle, a soldier in the Foot Guards, was
called, and corroborated the statement of the last
witness..

John Hughes, who had been at the Coach and
Horses on the gd, deposed to the same facts.
George Benbow, porter of the Mersey Hotel, Li-
verpool, proved that the prisoner and another person
came to the hotel early on the morning of the 4th.
They asked for a private room, where their luggage
would be safe, They had portnAntqu; wl4chwao

very heavy. In the course of the day the prisoner
asked me to take the portmanteau to the Britannia
steam-ship. I put the portmanteau into a small-boat.
Jchn Hewitt examined—l am the Captain of the
Britannia. I sailed from Liverpool about half-past
twelve o'clock on the 4th. I was not aware for three
or four days that the prisoner was one of the pas-
sengers. There was another person with him. He
was an elderly person, of about 45. They went by
the name of Ellis. The prisoner called the other
person uncle. _ _ _

John Forrester examined—l received a warrant
for the apprehension of Burgess and Elder. I went
to America with Mr. Bord, of the Bank of England.
I landed at Halifax. I then went to Boston. Elder
passed there under the name of Ellis. I took him on
the 31st of October. On his coming home about one
o'clock I showed him the warrant, and said, " Your
name is Joseph Elder." He said, Yes. I then took
him, and found 400 sovereigns in the black trunk. I
found some cards with the name of " Ellis." I found
some letters addressed " Joseph Elder." I then pro.
ceeded in search of Burgess. I found he was about
fifteen miles from Boston, at a small village. I was
accompanied with an American officer, and I stopped
there that night. On the following day I went back
to Boston, and on the next day I went to Brew-
ster's Island, which is about 11 miles from Boston.
I found the prisoner there in a wooden cottage. I
knew him before. He said to me, " How are you,
John ?" I said, " I am very well, and lam very
sorry to see you in such a situation." He
said, "So am I ; but it can't be helped now,
old fellow." We then went away. When in
the boat he said, " Where is Elder ?" I said, "He
made away with himself." He said, " Well, I think
he was a fool for that ; he might as well have seen it
out." I got the carpet-bag now produced after the
prisoner was secured. At Nahant 120 sovereigns
were handed to me by the American officer. I brought
over 6,5001. to the Bank. I brought it from Mr.
Blackford, the agent to the Bank of England. The
prisoner said there was money at the Merchants'
Bank of Boston, and he would be glad to sign it
over to the Bank of England.
Mr. Sharpe, of the Bank of England, proved th';it he
posted the transfer of the 6,5001. into the ledger book,
to the credit of Muspratt, Story, and Whiting.
The case for the prosecution having closed,
Mr. BODKIN addressed the jury on behalf of the
prisoner, and begged their attention, in his opinion
already too long occupied by the prosecution, to the
few observations he felt bound to make on behalf of
the accused ; but before coming to his defence, he
felt bound to make some comments upon the mode in
which this prosecution had been got up. In this
country it was customary that the accused should be
furnished with a copy of all the evidence against him;
but in this instance there were several witnesses pro-
duced who were not examined at the Mansion-house,
and whose evidence was altogether new. He thought
it unworthy of a great body like the Bank of England
that they should adopt such a course. The Learned
Gentleman then went on to say, that the prisoner was
now on his trial for uttering a forged transfer, well
knowing it to be forged. Now, to constitute this
crime it was necessary that he should have control
over it for some time, and that he should have given
it to another person ; but he contended that
there was nothing in the evidence to show that the
prisoner had at any time control over it. The next
point was, that the prisoner might have believed the
stock was really Elder's, who might have put it in
under the name of Oxenford, which was sometimes
done ; and if that were so, he might have witnessed
the name of Elder without committing any offence
under the Act of Parliament under which he was tried.
And if he was a party in the hands of Elder, it might
be easily supposed that, having done this, he would
have cast himself into the hands of his betrayer, and
his subsequent conduct would be thus explained.
The Learned Gentleman dwelt at some length on the
various circumstances of the case, and laboured to
show that they would be quite consistent with the
view in which he was presenting the transaction to
them.

William Goodered Baker, Alexander Masters, and
others, gave the prisoner a good character.
Mr. Baron ROLFE summed up the evidence, and the
jury, after a quarter of an hour's consideration, re-
turned a verdict of Guilty.
Mr. Baron ROLFE then addressed the prisoner, and
said that the charge had been brought home to him
with a degree of clearness seldom attained in a court
of justice. A few years ago the crime of which he
had been found guilty would have subjected him to
the punishment of death, and it would have assu-
redly been carried into effect. Since that punish-
ment had been abolished, it had been the subject of
much debate whether its effects were good or evil.
Thinking it, as he did, a merciful and proper remission
of so dreadful a penalty, he felt it necessary to prevent,
as far as in his power lay, the necessity of re-enacting
it, and, therefore, in grave cases like the present, he
felt it necessary to pass the fullest sentence of the law,
as it now stands, which was that he, William Burgess,
should be transported beyond the seas for the term of
his natural life.

The prisoner was then removed from the bar.

Towa.rds the conclusion of the trial he seemed to
have grown rather alarmed. He turned very pale,
and remained so to the end. The hurt he received
in his leg appeared to have lamed him severely. He
is a tall, clownish-looking young man, with a rough
head of bushy red hair. The turnkey assisted him
from the bar.

METROPOLITAN VISITING AND
RELIEF ASSOCIATION.

Yesterday the first annual meeting of the subscribers
to this charitable Association was held at the Hanover-
square Rooms. It was rather a numerous assemblage.
The Lord Bishop of LONDON, President of the Insti-
tution, took the chair soon after two o'clock. His Lord-
ship, in opening the business, stated that the Association
had been formed for promoting the relief of destitution in
the metropolis, and for improving the condition of the
poor by means of parochial and district visiting, under
the superintendence and direction of the Bishop and
clergy. The utility of such an Institution was obvious.
He was ready to acknowledge that where distress was
found general relief was given, but that was not enough:
to give proper aid where it was wanted they ought to
make themselves acquainted with the distress and evils
of life. This had been done by the visiting committee,
and if a Marge sum had been properly applied in the re-
lief of distress they had discharged the duties of Chris-
tianity. The system of visiting the poor, in the different
metropolitan districts, had been universally successful.
The visitors had added more than 1,000 persons to their
original number. They were conveying blessings
from the rich, not merely to the dwellings of
the poor, but absolutely to the poorest. By
perseverance in their great work they would do
much good. He looked upon this Association as
the beginning of improvement in the condition of the
poor. Unless, however, their efforts had the support of
benevolence, his expectation would not be answered. It
was their duty to inquire into distress and relieve it.
The Right Rev. Prelate expressed himself thankful for
having been able, as Bishop of London, to support many
of the destitute population of London. He could assure
the meeting, that so far as support could be extended it
would not be wanted.—(Applause.) He concluded by
calling on the secretary to read the report, and which
was read accordingly. The details were most interesting.
Lord SANDON rejoiced that he had been found among
those around him who had promoted the good object.
He considered it his duty to move that the report they
had heard read be adopted. Some objections had been
made to it, and one was that they had not expended all
their money before they applied for more. The Society
in nine months had expended all but 9001., and they left
it to the generosity of the public to enable them to pro-
ceed further. He did hope the cause would be left in
the hands of the clergy, and that they would raise fifteen
or eighteen thousand pounds to go on. They must have
funds of no ordinary dimensions to support this great
work cf charity. He expected the rich inhabitants of
the west of London, and the bankers of the east would
contribute liberally to the relief of the distressed poor.
Upon an object of this magnitude, one so great and
noble, the charitable should not hesitate, in order to find
some error or fault which persons might commit in their
endeavours to do good. The Noble Lord moved that
the meeting do agree to the report.
The Rev. Mr. CIIAMPNEYS seconded the resolution,
which was carried unanimously.
Sir R. H. INGLIs said his Noble Friend had spoken of
objections elsewhere, made by muddle-headed admirers
of the old school of political economy, which in the cause
of charity might be overlooked. He concluded by
moving that the proceedings of the clergy in the appli-
cation of the funds had not disappointed the expectation
of their doing spiritual good.
The Hon. and Rev. BAPTIST NOEL (one of the Com-
mittee) seconded the resolution, and eulogized the con-
duct of the visitors.

The Rev. T. Aux supported the proceedings of the
Committee, and moved a resolution to the effect that the
object they had in view was deserving of support.
It having been seconded and carried, the noblemen
and gentlemen who went out of the Committee by rota-
tion were re-elected, and after other routine business the
meeting separated.

THE ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM, CLIELSEA•—It
was arranged a short time since that the telegraph on the
' roof of the Royal Military Asylum, in connexion with
that at the Admiralty, and continuing over Wanstead-
heath in a direct line to Portsmouth, should 'be taken
down, and removed, with the whole of the machinery
necessary for working it, to the Royal Hospital, in con-
sequence of it having bean found that the steeple of the
handsome new church now in course of erection on the
Marquis of Westminster's estate in Pimlico, at the west
end of Chester-square, would be greatly in the line of
view, and would effectually prevent its being worked for
the important purposes for which it was erected ; the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty sanctioning the
removal on the condition that the Noble Marquis should
be at the sole expense of the removal, and of refitting
the same in its new position. We understand that it has
since been determined not to erect the telegraph on the
roof of the ho,pital, some fresh difficulty having presented
itself, but to remove the whole apparatus to the southern
end of the original building, from which spot it can be
worked without any interruption, the change causingi but
very trifling inconvenience to the establishment, on the
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