The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-01 00:00:00

THE St-N, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST
_1,"1845..

GREAT CEO' rnAL SARDINIAN RAILWAY
COMPANY,

80, King William-street, London-bridge, July 30, 1845.

The Duke di Lante di Montrefeltro, President, &c., &c., having
summoned a full board for this morning, stated that, in consequence
of an official interview he had yu sterday with the Count de Revel
(who, in the absence from London of his Excellency Count Potion,
Minister Plenipotentiary of Sardinia, is acting as Charge d'Affaires),
he was happy to be enabled to inform ►he Directors, that the Sar-
dinian Government had seen with satisfaction the forming of this
Company for the laying down of a railway through the island of
Sardinia, and that so soon as the deputation shall be prepared to
start for Turin for the purpose of receiving the final and exclusive
concession of this line (the only one in the Sardinian States which
will be granted by that Government to a foreign company), the
Embassy of his Sardinian Majesty in London will, with pleasure,
provide the deputation with letters for the authorities at Turin.
The Noble Duke further communicated to the Provisional Com-
mittee that Count de Revel had heard that his Excellency the Mar.
quis di Villamarina, Viceroy of Sardinia, had arrived at Turin from
Cagliari, and from what the Duke di Lante could understand,
personally to express to the superior Government at Turin the
anxiety manifested by the inhabitants of the island for the speedy
construction of this important railway.—By order,
G LANDELS, Secretary.

HOW TO GET FREE QUARTERS IN LONDON.-Why
the deuce don't you make yourself useful to the commonwealth by
calculating a gradient, laying down a curve, or preparing a table of
traffic in order to obtain the proper qualification for a railway wit-
ness ? Nothing in this world is easier. You have only to sit at
your window for a given amount of hours once a week, and note
down the number of cabs and carts which jingle along the Broomie.
law ; and, it you like that better, to ascertain the quality of the
soil three feet beneath your own winecellar,and you are booked for a
month's residence in London, free quarters in a first-rate hotel, five
guineas a day, and all expenses paid.—Blackwood's Magazine.

THE BRITISH PENITENT FEMALE REFUGE.-
Yesterday the annual general meeting of the friends and subscri-
bers to the British Penitent Female Refuge was held at the asylum,
Cambridge-heath, for the purpose of receiving the report of the
committee, and transacting the usual business of the society. The
Rev. George Greaves, M. A., in the chair. The Rev. J. Glanvilly,
secretary, read the report. Since the formation of the society in
1829, 844 females have been admitted. At the last annual return
34 were left in the asylum; since that time 24 have been received,
making a total of 64 who have been upon the foundation during
the year. Of that number, 19 Nava been sent to respectable situa-
tions, 9 reconciled and restored to their friends, I left the asylum,
and 1 died in the house; leaving at present 33 upon the establish.
ment. The debt of the society has been reduced during the past
year from 4541. Bs. 24. to 47/. Is. Bd. The income amounted to
1,6271. 12s. 110., and the expenditure to 1,4421. 141., leaving a
balance in the bankers' hands of 174/. 18s. I Id. The report was
unanimously adopted, and the meeting broke up.

_FUNERAL OF EARL GREY.---The remains of this
amiable and deeply lamented nobleman were interred in the family
vault at Howick Church on Saturday, the 26th inst. The cere-
mony, in compliance with the known wishes of the deceased, was
strictly private. This celebrated :man was followed to the grave
by his son, the present Rad, by the Earl of Durham, by the Right
Hon. Edward Ellice, M. P., brother-in-law to the late Earl, and by
other members of the family, on foot; the only mourner not related
being Dr. Wilson, the medical attendant of the deceased Earl
through many years. The tradesmen of Alnwick by one consent
closed their shops between the hours of twelve and two o'clock, and
every tribute of respect that circumstances permitted was paid by
the entire neighbourhood. So, in an obscure country church, close
by his house at Ilowick, rest the remains of this talented, this
famous, and truly venerab7e man ; so, in a vault at Hucknell, rest
the remains of Lord Byron, the patriot and poet ; whilst to such
men as Canning and Castlereagh tombs and monuments, in West•
minster Abbey and in Palace-yard, are put up. Posterity will
know hew to appreciate such scenes; and in history, the tinsel
of a false fame, and the hollow renown of unprincipled success
will find their fate and that grave which are their true deserts, and
that justice at last be done on earth which is already done beyond
it.—Tyne Mercury.
FATAL ACCIDENT FROM EATING DRAWING
COLOURS.—On Wednesday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the
Queen's Head, Pitfield-street, Hoxton, on the body of Arthur H.
Bentley, aged two years and a half, a fine infant, whose death was
the effect of poison, which was contained in colours which were
composed of asseniate of copper. It appeared that deceased was
living with his father, Mr. A. Bentley, fancy stationer, No. 20,
Pitfield-street. On Monday afternoon last, about five o'clock, his
soother gave him a slice of bread and butter, with which he went
into the shop. After he had beers there several minutes he re-
turned into the parlour, when she became alarmed on observing
him vomiting a large quantity of greenish matter. Mr. Packer;
a surgeon of the neighbourhood, being called in, discovered that
he was suffering from the effects of poison, when it was found that
he had swallowed several squares of green drawing colours that
were in a drawer in the counter, within his reach. The poor
child, after enduring severe agony, died about two o'clock the fol-
lowing morning. Verdict, " Accidental death."

CORONER'S INQUEST.—SUICIDE FROM MATRIMO-
NIAL DIFFEPENCES.—Wednesday afternoon an inquest was taken
by Mr. Baker, at the Queen's Head, Pitfield-street, licaton, on
view of the body of William Murphy, aged 20, a tailor, who com-
mitted suicide at No. 7, Wood.street, Old-street-road, where he
was living with his wife. Deceased was married on last Christmas.
day, since which time he has appeared frequently in a state of me-
lancholy, in consequence of quarrels with his wife. That morn.
ing, about ten o'clock. he went to his father's house, where he was
followed by his wife, who asked him to give her some money; he
refused to do so, when they both returned home, and he locked
himself in his room. After being alone about an hour, his wife,
finding she could get no answer from him, burst the door open,
when he was found behind it suspended by a rope, life being quite
extinct. Deceased was in almost destitute circumstances, there
being only a few rags and two broken chairs in the room. Ver-
dict, " Temporary insanity."
DEATH FROM A VARICOSE VEIN.—Mr. Baker held
an inquest on Wednesday at the White Bear, Bartholomew.square,
St. Luke's, on the body of Mrs. Eliza Berryman, aged 37, wife of
a shopkeeper in King.street. It appeared that deceased was far
advanced in pregnancy, and had swollen legs and veins, and that
one of the latter, just above the ancle, burst on Saturday evening
last while she was lifting a tray of bread from ofl a baker's head.
She called the ledgers to her assistance, and imprudently placed the
leg in hot water, which of course augmented the bleeding. Mr.
Bruce, a surgeon, was then called in, and found her in a dying
state, from exhaustion, having lost at least half a pail full of blood.
She was too far gone to be rallied by stimulants, and died in a
quarter of an fiour after the arrival of the surgeon. Verdict,
" Died from excessive hemorrhage, caused by a varicose vein."

The governors of the Charter-house met yesterday
to appoint two new governors in the places of Earl Grey and Lord
Canterbury. Their choice fell on the Duke of Buccleuch and
Lord Devon.

REPEAL or THE UNION.—Last evening, a very
numerously attended meeting took place in the National Hal,
Holborn, to take into consideration the circumstances which have
led to the present difference between them and the Loyal National
Repeal Association of Dublin. Before the meeting commenced,
a long consultation took place in a private room, and on the Rev.
Mr. Moone being unanimously called to the chair, be came for-
ward and aedressed the meeting. He observed, that all the diffe-
rences had now vanished.—(Cries of " Thank God l " and loud
cheering.) This would be a glorious day for Ireland, and would
deprive their enemies of a fancied triumph, and there would be a
reconciliation amongst all repeaters in London as well as in Dublin.
Mr. Daly read a letter from Mr. O'Connell recommending recon •
ciliation. Mr. Furlong proposed a resolution---" To bury all dif-
ferences in oblivion, and to redouble their exertions to effect the
objects of repeaters," which was carried unanimously. Thanks
having been accorded to the Rev. Chairman, &c., the meeting
broke up.
MURDER AT EASINGR•OI.D, YORKSIHRE.—An ad-
journed inquest was held at this place on Monday last to inquire
into the circumstances of the death of Joseph Windsor, a child
seven years of age, who had died on the 17th ult., after having par_
taken of something which his stepmother had administered to him
under the pretence that it was brimstone and treacle. Before
taking the mixture the boy was in excellent health, but after he
was seized with excessive sickness and purging. He refused to
take the stuff at first, and it was not until his schoolmistress had
been called in to intimidate him to take that which she beheved to
be wholesome, that he was forced to swallow the mixture, which
afterwards proved to be poisonous. A surgeon was called in, but
the boy died in a few hours, and a post mortals examination being
made, left no doubt that poison had been administered. The re-
sult of the inquest was a verdict of " Wilful murder against Jane
Windsor, the deceased's stepmother," and on Tuesday last she was
committed to York Castle to take her trial at the next assizes.

TIIE FATAL STEAM-BuILER EXPLOSION AT LON-
DON-BRIDGE.— An inquest was held on Wednesday evening, at
Guy's Hospital, before Mr. Payne, on the body of Samuel North.
cott, aged forty-five, an engineer, employed on the Wasp, Rich-
mond steam.boat. Thomas Clark, an engineer, said that on Fri-
day last he was in the engine-room of the Wasp, Richmond steam-
boat, which had just arrived at Dyer's.hall Wharf, London.bridge,
when he heard an explosion, and saw a rush of steam and ashes
from the fire door and ash.pit. He immediately ran up to the
deck, calling to the deceased and another man in the engine_room
to follow him. Witness thought he had come up, but in a few
minutes, not finding him on deck, he went again to the engine-
room, and saw him crawl up severely scalded. He could not tell
from what cause the explosion occurred, excepting from a defect
in one of the tubes. Mr. Thomas Meacham, managing engineer
to the Greenwich Ironworks, said that on the day after the explo-
sion, he made an examination to discover the cause of it. He had
not sought long before he discovered that a tube used to convey
flame through the boiler had given way. It was defective from
having beerr burnt too much, but whether before or after it was put
in use, he could not say. The witness said that the tube had been
proved to bear 14elb. to the inch, and had been in use only about
ten weeks. Explosions of the kind were of very frequent occur-
rence, but the engineers usually escaped unhurt, and no investiga.
tion taking place, the public knew nothing about them. The
house-surgeon of the hospital said the deceased died from the effects
of the scalds on Tuesday. Verdict, " Accidental death."
As before mentioned, the unfavourable state of the
weather during this critical season of the year has caused many to
feel no little alarm, thinking that a deficient crop may, as on former
occasions, exercise an injurious effect on the currency. But it is
to be recollected that this is the Ora, harvest season under which
the new banking system will be fairly tried, and that the country
issues will now be able to counteract to an unlimited extent
the endeavours of the Bank of England to influence the ex-
changes. Hitherto, when the Bank have endeavoured to
prevent as far as possible the efflux of gold caused
by a short harvest, by raising the rate of discount, the
country issuers have stepped in to supply the gap, and the de-
si;ned reaction has been impossible. Now, on the contrary, these
have lost their expansive power, and the Bank will be enabled to
exercise their restrictive power to a much less extent and for a
more limited period, so that the exchanges would speedily right
themselves under all ordinary circumstances. There is, to be sure,
one argument on the other side, and that is, that the country
banks have not yet issued to the full amount authorised. But all
will see at once that this power of expansion exists only to a
limited extent, being, as shown yesterday, only 850,8951., with
which no great mischief can be done.— Times.
_ _ _

A BOY SIIOT.—On Tuesday afternoon, during the
contest which took place at the Horsleydowit Regatta, a party
rowed across the river to the Tower-stairs, where, having
landed, they proceeded across Tower-hill, preceded by a band
of music, to the house of one of the successful competitors
of last year, for the purpose of regaling themselves. One of
the party had a large pistol, which he was flourishing about,
when it suddenly exploded, and its contents lodged in the
arm of a boy named John Marshall, of Red Lion-street,
Wapping, who, with several other lads, was walking with the pro-
cession. The poor boy was completely stunned by the shock, and
fell senseless to the ground. On being lifted up it was feared he
had been mortally wounded, from the quantity of blood which
issued from the wound. He was conveyed to the nearest sur•
geon's, who found that the wadding of the pistol (which fortu.
nately had been loaded with powder only) had lodged in the upper
part of the arm. Ile was subsequently removed to St. Thomas's
Hostiital.
It will have been observed in our last quotations
of the price of bullion in Paris, that the premium has suddenly
fallen ,bout 6 per mille, or nearly 2-3ds per cent., as compared
with the quotations of the previous week. This has again re.
stored the rates of gold in the two countries to about the same
position as they were in before the last decline in the exchanges
between Paris and London.
Two MEN '..,4AVED.— On Sunday night, is the
Tiger steam-ship was coming up the river, the wind blowing
strongly from the south-west, a boat with a sail up, and two men
in it, was seen to upset in the upper part of the Halfway Reach.
The pi of of the Tiger, Mr. Edward Voss, immediately made to.
wards them, and threw overboard cork fenders and gratings, which
the two men caught hold of and kept themselves above water until
the quarter.boat was lowered, when they were taken on board the
Tiger, much exhaused. They were afterwards put ashore at Green-
wich. The names of the parties, thus meritoriously rcSiesl front a
watery grave, were Butterworth and Thompson,

MEXICAN AlNI) CENTRAL
AMERICAN ANTIOITITIF.',.;.i.
Some travellers accidentally discbiered, in the pro-
vince of Chiapas, the ruins of a large city, whose
monuments attested the existence of a people far ad-
L vanced in civilisation, at a period too remote to fix its
' epoch in history.
Several attempts have been made to explore this
interesting country, and already, through individual
• exertions almost unaided, the most striking facts have
been collected, which prove, beyond doubt, that civilisa-
tion and the arts were known and practised in a country
once crowded with human beings and now but a fruitless
a ilderness in appearance to the common eye.
In 180.3, Colonel Dupaix headed an expedition dis-
patched by the Mexican Viceroy, and the designs made
by Castaneda were at a later period transported to Nris.
These drawings, including; the designs of bridges,
pyramids, tumuli of various forms, subterranean sculp-
tures, majestic and extraordinary edifices, idols in
porphyry and granite, statues in marble, store, and
stucco, fragments of the zodiac in hieroglyphics, though
different from those of Egypt, yet announcing their
common origin with them.
Curiosity thus excited, resulted in the devotion to the
cause of science of the Comte Ange de Sint Priest,
who has spent several years in the deserts of Central
America, exploring its antiquities ; and wlso has added
largely to the collections of his co-labourers and pre-
decessors,Amongst whom may be named the illustrious
Chateaubriand, de Humboldt, and Warden.
We understand that a Committee is about to b formed
in London, in conjunction with that of Paris, for the
purpose of aiding in a more extended exploration of
a subject so interesting to science, and so full of curious
speculation.
M. St. Priest has dedicated to this object the proceeds
of the sale of his work, in two large lolio volumes, ac-
companied by au Atlas, comprising 300 magnificent
designs.
We quote the following from the Journal des
Debuts " A year ago we mentioned a scientific com-
mission form, d here with the object of preparing for the
provinces of Mexico and of Central America, an explor-
ing expedition which shmild extend and complete the
discoveries, so wonderful already, of the first expedi-
tion. This transatlantic exploring scheme, which at
first was but the yearning of some spirits devoted to sci-
ence, is now a matter of certain suce.ss, after the efforts
made during the past year.
" Never, it must be acknowledged, has there existed
so great a disposition to form such societies for enter-
, prises of this kind. At the present day archreological
expeditious are treated and undertaken in a manner
very different from the time when Champollion deci-
phered the hieroglyphcs of Longsor and of Medinet-
Abon, and when Volney sat in the Temple of the Sun,
in the shade of the columns of Palmyra.
" Persepolis and Babylona have exhausted neither the
ardour nor the enthusiasm of samns and poets. Egypt
has ben searched in every corner, but much more still
remains to be examined in the archmological world. Be-
tween Egypt and l'ersia, on the one side, and Central
America on the other, there are regions at present al-
most deserted, formerly peopled and flourishing, where
must be found sumptuous palaces, majestic sculptures,
everything, in a word, that constitutes the necessary mag-
nificence of an advanced civilisation.
" What has already been discovered at Palenque,
which has been called the Thebes of America, will give
an idea of the vacuum that is still to be filled in the his-
tory of art. his this vacuum which it is the object of
the exploring commission to fill. It has no other object.
It will be carried out by the simultaneous efforts of the
French and English sauna, according to the plan ex-
pressed by M. de Chateaubriand in that importer t work
the Mexican Antiquities.' This transatlantic explora-
tion, which will excite a lively interest in all enlightened
minds, deserves the support necessary for realising all
the hopes that are attached to it by spreading some rays
of light over the ancient destinies of the American
continent."

IRELAND.
REPEAL DEMONSTRATION IN GALWAY.

The'Evening Freeman's Journal, contains a detailed report
of the repeal detnonstrasion in Galway. The following is an
abridged account :
G MorinA Y HT.—When the procession arrived
near Galway (says the report) the locality became more favour-
able for its full display. Before this period only a small portion
of it could be seen from any particular spot, but near the en-
trance to the town an angle in the road revealed to view its vast
and magnificent proportions. The scene was one of infinite
beauty—the Atlantic in the distance—on the opposite coast
the mountains of Clare running along towards the sea—
while the road, for at least the extent of three miles, pre-
sented an array of 100,000 men, with innumerable banners of
the most gorgeous description fluttering in the breeze.
The procession entered Galway through the square about
half-past three o'clock; the streets were densely crowded; the
houses, to their very roufs, were thronged with spectators.
The Galway ladies, from the windows of every domicile,
waved their handkerchiefs in welcome, and bouquets of
flowers were strewed upon the carriage by their fair
hands. The peasantry were equally profuse in their expres-
sions of homage to the " uncrowned monarch;" and while the
young gave vent to their feelings in shouts and hurrahs, the
(Al offered up prayers for their Liberator. The procession
passed through every part of the ancient town, which, owing
to the local Commissioners, now presents an appearance of
great improvement. A fleet of fishing smacks was moored
near the shore in the vicinity of the Claddagh with streamers
floating from their mast heads. As the procession passed the
convent, the Liberator was gret ted by its pious inmates with
silent, but emphatic, marks of reverence and respect. Having
traversed the tot.n, the precession returned to the square,
where a platform was erected for the purposes of the meeting.
The chair was taken by Mr. Francis Com)n, an ex-justice of
the peace, and a few preparatory resolutions having been
agreed to,
Mr. O'CONNELL came forward, and having made some pre-
liminary observations on the " majestic spectacle" then before
him, of the enormous multitude of men determined to be free,
and showing a physical force sufficient for the overthrow of
empires, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman proceeded as
follows:—Sir J. Graham and Sir R. Peel have declared that

it is now a dream too wild even for madmen to imagine, that
this country can be longer governed under the principles of
Protestant ascendancy.—( Cheers.) In the exertions the re-
pealers have already made they have ,ucceeded ; they have
broken down the determination of the present Ministry to con-
tinue Leland in a state of degradation and oppression.—
(Cheers.) Sir James Graham, two years ago, said that con-
cession to Ireland had found its limits, but he now admits that
they have not found their limits.—(Cheers.) He now declares
that they will do more for Ireland.--( Cheers. )
A Voice—No thanks to him.

" LIBERATOR"-Why, no thanks to him, I say also.—
( Cheers.) He said they would do much for us, but he did
not tell us what the ultimate limits would be. If he comes
here to me, I will whisper in his ear what the limits are to
be—those limits shall be when the Irish Parliament House is
once more in College-green.—( Loud cheers.) Some persons
are silly enough to ask me what good I am doing by agitating
for repeal ? I have my answer—Sir James Graham has
supplied it to me. —(Cheers. ) I employ him as my counsel
to answer the question. Certainly, before he was counsel at
the other side, but, as they say in Munster, he sold the pass-
-( Laughter)—and now he is on the opposite side.—(Cheers.)
When I am asked, therefore, what has been done by the
repeal agitation, I say I have struck down the determi-
nation of the British Ministry to keep the Irish people in
degradation.—(Cheers.) They now send about a kind of
political bellman to ascertain what they shall do for us.—
( Cheers.) Yes, seriously and soberly, 1 appeal to every man
of common sense if the agitation for repeal has not produced
its effects; whereas three years ago the Ministers resolved not
to do anything for Ireland, now they want to find out any mea-
sure short of repeal to satisfy the people of Ireland.—( Cheers.)
I put it thus to the people of Connaught—l ask them, if the
Irish people agreed to give up the struggle for the repeal of the
union—( Cries of " Never")—would not the Ministry make
any bargain with them ?—(‘• Never.") I know that they will
never give up the repeal struggle; but I am mistaken; they
will give it up when the Parliament is again in College-green.
—( Cheers.) I emphatically and firmly proclaim, without dan-
ger of being accused of any vapouring or deception, that I have
arrived at all but one step of the repeal of the union, and that I
have the materials in my hands by which 1 carried other
measures to carry the last and greatest. —(Cheers.) No country
on the face of the earth sprung up as Ireland did in commerce
and agriculture and wealth, from the time of the independence
of her own Parliament in 'B2, until the baleful measure of
union was forced upon us. What was done once can be done
again. The prosperity that followed the legislative indepen-
dence of this country in 'B2 will follow the legislative inde-
pendence of 18,16—( Great cheering)—early in 1846 I trust.
—(Continued cheering.) You ought to live for '46.—(Cries
of " So we will.") I want that the people in this great
struggle should be shoulder to shoulder—that they all shall be
perfectly agreed. No man should represent you in Parliament
—for the borough or the county—but a thorough repealer.
You should select no man for your local boards but a repealer.
—(Cheers.) Every parish shall be ransacked, and every man
entitled to register a vote must have it done. We will give
you the machinery, and it is for you to make the experiment
in every parish—seeing who can be registered, and deter-
mined nut to return any man but a member of Concilia-
tion-hall.—(Cheers. ) Sir Valentine Blake is a member of
Conciliation-hall, and he has a right to solicit your suffrages
again. My excellent friend Mr. Martin Blake is not yet a
member—.l wish I could prevail upon him to be so.
Nobody slumbers—nobody menaces, but every one says,
that no man, Whig or Tory, shall represent the men
of Galway at the next election unless he or they promise to
represent them in Conciliation-hall.—(Cheers.) Let there be
in every parish repeal wardens in connexion with the Repeal
Association—let them organise the people—all we ask from any
man to procure for him liberty and equality is a shilling a
year, a penny a month, a farthing a week, and there are four
weeks for nothing —(Cheers and laughter.) And if that be
not a bargain for happiness and liberty, 1 know not what a
bargain is. Oh, you don't know how you delighted me with
the manifestation of this day; it filled my heart with delight,
arid gladdened toy soul to hear the countless thou-
sands re-echo, " O'Connell and Repeal."—(Cheers. )
How my heart throbs to think that the possession of their
own land is reserved for the noble people of Ireland—the love-
liest and fairest land over the facelof the earth—the greenest and
most fertile that the sun evet shone upon—the most beautiful
and productive of any in the world. Oh I how often have I
said that if John Bull could make the boast that Ireland can,
and give proof of that boasting, we would never hear an end of
his vapouring. I make the boast not on my own authority ;
a Saoteh philosopher, the successor of Dr. Chalmers, took
twelve years in experiments to discover number I of the human
race, and his testimony is that the first in stature, in weight,
and in physical strength was the Irishman—he was forced
to admit that.—(Cheers.) I am not deluding you—
I am not telling a fancy tale—l am talking of what philo-
sophers have been forced to admit after having discovered
them by philosophic experiments ; and if John Bull
could boast of being number 1, we would never hear an end
of his vapouring and boasting.—( Hear.) We don't vapour
or boast—we feel our superiority, and declare ourselves too
good to be slaves.—( Cheers. ) As you go home to-night let
my words sink deep in your hearts. I am the apostle of that
sect which boll that the greatest advantage to political institu-
tions, and fur the prosperity of the people, can be obtained by
peaceable, legal, and sinless means. Be you the propagators of
my advice. Tell the people that I want every man to rally
with me—lavant,every;man's shilling, and I will tell you why
—because there is a heart and hand behind every shilling—l
want the hearts and hands of every man. All we have to do
is to bide our time. The history of England is not yet over—
England will want us sooner or later; she will want the ready
hand and willing hearts of Irishmen, and when she wants them
Ireland is free—she must buy our hearts by giving us liberty,
and that moment the Parliament is in College-green, and Ire-
land is herself again.—( Great cheering.)
Mr. J. BLAKE, of Vermont, was then called to the chair,
when a vote of thanks was passed to the prior chairman, and
the vast multitude separated in quiet and order.
Amongst the gentlemen on the platform were the foll3w-

ing :—The lion. M. J. French, Castle-Ffrench ; Valentine
O'Connor Blake, Et.q., Tovrerhill; Charles Bianconi, Esq.,
Mayor of Clonniel ; James Blake, Esq , Vermont ; Peirse J.
Blake, E.q., Corofin Park ; Daniel Moore Killikclly, Esq.,
Summerville ; Robert Blake Foster, Esq., Knockmoy Abbey ;
Francis Foster, Esq., Knoekmoy Abbey ; Patrick Blake,
Esq., Frenchfort; Thos. A: Joyce, Esq., Alerview ; Michael
Blake, Esq., Frenchfort ; John D. Bodkin, Esq., Bengarra ;
Thomas itPNevin, Esq., Rosepark ; Oliver Dolphin, Esq.,
Turoc ; E. W. Costelloe, Esq., Galway ; the Very Rev. Jas.
M.Hale, V.G. archdiacess of Tuam, P.P. Hollymount ; the
Very Rev. Dr. Loftus, P.P., Dunmore; Christopher Cheveers,
Esq., Kill)an, and the town commissioners of Galway, Tuam,
Loughrea, Roscommon. Ballinasloe, and Athlone.

YNOO Tll COLLEGE.
The Lord-Lieutenant sill, it it, believed, personally inspect
31a)nooth College, before his Excellency returns to Dublin
from his visit to the Duke of Leinster, at Carton.

signed in consequence of some dispute, which it would be shown
arose from the plaintiff making an alteration in the circular.
Several witnesses were called to prove these facts. The col-
lector said he was to be paid ten per cent. for the subscriptions
collected, and he should have looked to the committee for pay-
ment, not the defendant.

It was alio proved that the 2/. is. collected had been paid
away for postage stamps.
Itlr. Talbot was called and stated that it was in contemplation
that he should become Secretary, and he should have looked to
the committee then. Defendant never held himself out as
being responsible, but on the contrary treated it as a specula-
tion, and said he entertained hopes of realising 1,000/. 'for his
own share.

The Learned JUDGE summed up, and said that it was en-
tirely a question for the jury on the evidence, whether there
had been any engagement by the defendant personally. The
evidence was very strong on the other side, that every one
looked for payment from the proceeds of the project, which,
for some reason or other, had become a failure.
The jury gave a verdict for the defendant.

POLICE IN TELLIGENCE.
MA I? YLE B OA E.
Yesterday, Mr. William Cole, collector for the Lambeth
Waterworks Company, and who resides at No. 8, Old Dorset-
place, Clapham-road, attended at this Court to prefer a charge
of assault against Eliza Cole, an interesting-looking woman,
his wife ; and it will be seen from the subjoined evidence that
many facts of a somewhat singular and unpleasant nature were
elicited.
Mr. Humphreys appeared for the defendant.
Complainant, who took from his pocket a large bundle of
papers, which evidently related to law matters, deposed, that
on Friday last, as he was walking along the New-road, de-
fendant crossed over from the opposite side, near Quebec-street,
and abused him in the most shameful manner ; she also struck
him on the face, at the same time saying, " D-- your eyes,
take that." She had frequently abused him and his relations
before, and an action was now about to come on for hearing at
Croydon, at the suit of a person who claimed a certain amount
for her (defendant's) board, but his answer to that would
be, that-she had been guilty of adultery, and it would soon be
shown whether she was innocent or not.
Cross-examined by Mr. Humphreys—l have been separated
from defendant ever since she ran away from me, which was
in September, 1843. I allowed her at the rate of 401. per
year up to the 6th of December last. I never authorised my
wife to borrow money for me.
Mr. Humphreys here handed in a letter addressed to the de-
fendant, and signed " William Cole." It was dated May 11,
1844. The said letter, which was read, contained a request
that his (complainant's) wife would endeavour to get some one
to lend him 401. for two or three months, for which he would
pay liberal interest. It further set forth that he was 171. short
in his accounts.
Mr. Humphreys (to complainant)—ls this letter (showing
it to him) in your handwriting? Complainant (after some
little hesitation)—lt is.
Mr. Humphreys—Then how could you have the assurance to
swear just now that you never gave your wife authority to ob-
tain money for you? Complainant (rather contused)—l had
no recollection of it when you spoke to me.
Mr. Humphreys—Did you not, in consequence of the letter
you wrote, receive 201. from your wife? Complainant—l did,
and she told me it was her own.
Mr. Humphreys—Do you know Mr. Dainty? Complainant
—I know a Mr. T. Dainty, but have never seen him above
twice in my life.
Mr. Humphreys—Upon your oath, are you not aware that
the 201. was borrowed of him? Complainant—l'd rather de-
cline answering that question ; it will be a subject for investi-
gation in another quarter.
Mr. Humphreys produced a bill drawn by Mr. Thomas
Dainty on complainant for the sum alluded to, and he (the com-
plainant) acknowledged that the acceptance to the same was his.
In answer to other questions from Mr. Humphreys, com-
plainant said, "I discontinued the allowance to my wife on the
6th of December last; when I met her on Friday, the 25th
instant, she did not, to the best of my recollection, ask me for
money ; I'll swear I did not say to her D— your eyes, no, not
a penny shall you have, and if you follow me, I'll give you into
custody.' I accused -her of having committed adultery, when
she struck me and said D-- your eves, take that.' It's very
likely she might have told me I was a villain. I did not collar
her, tear her veil, and pull the scarf from her shoulders, but I
did lay hold of her after she struck me. I was married to her
in 1840. I shall not answer you as to whether she had a quan-
tity of furniture of her own or not at the period of our union."
John Gray said that he saw complainant laying hold of the
shawl of defendant, wl.o then struck him (complainant) and
called him a thief.
For the defence, Mr. Humphreys called
Frederick Rivers, 1, John-street, New-road, who stated that
while talking to a customer at his own door he saw the parties
struggling together. Complainant seized hold of defendant
by the right shoulder with considerable violence, but witness
did not see any blow struck by either ; he at first thought that
complainant had got hold of his wife by the throat, and he
(witness) heard him make a remark to the effect that he would
fix her.
Another witness, named Caroline Hatton, servant to Mr.
Hodges, Royal Oak, Circus-street, said that she saw com-
plainant seize his wife very roughly; she got away from him
and ran into a house, when he pursued her as far as the door,
and threatened that he would punish her.
Mr. LONG dismissed the warrant, and the parties then quit-
ted the court.
Mr. Cole seemed to be under much excitement during the
proceedings, and took copious notes of the evidence given in
the case. Mrs. Cole had several respectable friends with her,
and they seemed fully determined upon supporting her to the
utmost with regard to her claim for maintenance, and in de-
fence of the threatened allegation of adultery.
01{Sti1 P- S E
A SERVANT WITHOUT A CHARACTER.—Yesterday Ann
Williams was placed at the bar, before Mr. Broughton, the
sitting magistrate, upon a charge of robbing her master, Mr.
Edward Green, a comedian, and Charlotte Augusta Letten
was charged as particeps crirainis. Both of them appeared
about 16 or 17 years of age.
Mrs. Sarah Green stated that on Saturday week she took
Williams (the prisoner) into her service without a character,
as she appeared very much distressed. On Monday night last,
the witness went to the Albert Saloon, to accompany her
husband home after the performance, but on her return home,
shortly before twelve, she was alarmed to find that the new
servant, whom she had left to take care of the children, had
left the house. Upon examination, she discovered that her
drawers had been ransacked, and robbed of a cloak, a shawl,
three silk and other dresses, and various other things, besides
six frocks and nearly all the rest of her children's apparel.
Police-constable Smith, of the N division, said that about
three o'clock yesterday morning, he found the two prisoners
together at a coffee-shop in Old-street, dressed in a part of the
stolen apparel, and one of them wearing the cloak, and the
other the shawl. Williams at first dewed her name, but after-
wards begged he would intercede to prevent her being trans-
ported. Duplicates were found upon them for various articles
pawned on Tuesday.
Williams now said she admitted the charge, and she hoped
Mrs. Green would not have her sent out of the country. The
other prisoner said Williams had asked her to come and live
with her, and told her the apparel belonged to her sister.
They were committed.
WANDS WORTH.
CHARGE OF BlGAMY.—Yesterday George Brett, a labour-
ing man about fifty years of age, was charged with marrying
Mary Markel], his first wife being still alive.
The complaint was made by the second wife, who cannot be
more than nineteen or twenty years of age. She stated that
she lived at Southville, Wandsworth-road, and obtained her
living by working at a laundress's. She was married to the
prisoner on the 6th of July, at the Baptist Chapel, Clapham-
common. She 1-ad since ascertained that the pritoner was
already married, and had seen his first wife who lived in Port-
land-place South, Wandsworth-road.
Police-constable Bent produced the certificate of the mar.
riage, and stated that he had seen the first wife's certificate,
but she would not part with it. From that certificate it ap-
peared the prisoner was first married in 1814. When witness
took the prisoner into custody ho said it was a bad job, and he
must sutler for it. The girl had threatened to drown herself
if he did not marry her, and he was compelled to do so.
The prisoner was remanded until Monday next.
THAMES POLICE.
'went DISTILLATION.—Yesterday Jacob Atrell, aged
50, John Jones, 47, and James Wilkinson, 20, were brought
before Mr. Ballantine, charged with working a private still in
an unentered place, at No. 18, James-street, Limehouse-fields,
where the elder prisoner has, for the last twenty-eight months,
professed to carry on the business of a scum-boiler.
On Wednesday night, about twelve o'clock, two Custom-
house officers, named George and Deane, accompanied by Day
and Beere, constables of the K division, went to the house
occupied by Atrell, which is detached from the main road, and
surrounded by a fence, while George and Beere were posted
at the hack of the premises to prevent a retreat in that
direction. Dean and Day went to the front door and
knocked. A female voice from within asked them who they
wanted, and Dean replied that he had a message for 111 r.
Jones. The door was immediately opened, and the officers
entered. They were armed with pistols, as a desperate re-
sistance was expected, and the woman immediately raised
an alarm. The lights within were extinguished; but the
officers passed through the house into a shed in the rear of
the premises, where they found a sixty gallon copper-still in
operation with a fire under it, and whisky running from the
worm. Jones and Wilkinson were both in the still-room. The
former was without his coat, and had his shirt sleeves tucked
up. The other was dressed and had his hat on. Directly af-
terwards George and Beere brought Atrell into the house.
They captured him as he was attempting to make his escape
ever a wall in the rear of the premises, and he pretended to be
very drunk. The place was found to contain all the materials
and plant for carrying on distillation on a very large scale, in-
cluding Lair eighty gallon tubs of molasses in a state of fer-
mentation, fourteen tubs of a similar description, which had
contained molasses and had been worked off, and five jars con-
taining 14 gallons of very clean overproof spirits.
Atrell admitted he was the proprietor of the place, and that
the things belonged to him. The woman proved to be his wife,
and she was not molested.
Jones said he was out of employ when Atrell engaged him,
and he was glad to obtain work anywhere. IN ilkinson stoutly
denied having been concerned in the illicit distillation. His
sister was married to Jones, who lived on the premises ; and
he went to the house to pay her a visit, and was about to leave
when the officers entered and took him into custody.
The officer, on being questioned by the Magistrate, said they
were watching the premises for an hour and a half before they
entered and made the seizure, and that no one came in or out
during that time.
Mr. BALLANTINE said he had no doubt at all as regarded
Atrell and Jones, and as Wilkinson was on the premises he was
bound to convict him also ; but if he could make it appear to
the Board of Excle, by petition, that he was an innocent man,
and that he merely went to the house upon a visit to his sister,
mercy would be extended towards him. He then convicted
the prisoners, and sentenced them to pay a fine to the Queen of
301. each, arid in default committed them to the House of Cor-
rection for three months, there to be kept to hard labour.
It is an extraordinary fact, that six private stills have been
seized in the neighbourhood of Stepney during the last twelve
months, and in one case the illicit distillation was carried on so
extensively that the value of the implements and spirits seized
exceeded 3,0001.

THE CONDEMNED PIRATES.—NO day has RS yet
been fixed for the execution of the seven miserable creatures now
awaiting death in Exeter gaol for piracy and murder. Vigorous
efforts are being made by the inhabitants of the city to induce her
Majesty's Government to carry out the dread sentence of the law
in a more desirable part of the county, and thus spare the feelings
of a populous city from so fearful a tragedy as the death of seven
wretched beings on the scaffold. Considerable interest is excited
on behalf of James Majaval, the ringleader, who stabbed Mr. Pal-
mer, the midshipman, from the circumstance of its being confi.
dently asserted that he is a nephew of the celebrated General Espar-
tero. It is also said that he has written to that distinguished
Spaniard, soliciting his assistance in sparing his life. Dr. Lima, a
native of Brazil, a Roman Catholic clergyman, has been sent by
the united desire of the Brazilian, Portuguese, and Spanish Leg?-
tlons, to afford the culprits spiritual assistance. The Secretary of
State has issued most positive instructiona to the gaol authorities
that ne person shall be allowed to see them but such as arc officially
connected with the prison. Two officers are always present with
them, day and night.
IMPORTATION OF OXEN AND SHEEP FROM HOL-
LAND.—Yesterday morning two large steamers arrived from Hol-
land in the river Thames, having on board 150 oxen and 300
sheep, all of which were consigned to carcass butchers in Newgate-
matket. The oxen and sheep are of remarkably fine quality,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, July 31.
COMMITTEE FOR PRIVILEGES.
Their Lordships sat in a Committee for Privileges to-
day at Four o'clock.
The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl
of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Redesdale, Lord Monteagle,
Lord Gage, Lord Coiborne, and the Bishop of Ely.
THE CLAIM OF THE EARL OF LIMERICK.
Their Lordships, after hearing counsel and examinin
witnesses, resolved that the present Earl of Limerick
had made out his claim to vote at the election of repre-
sentative Peers for Ireland.
ROYAL ASSENT.
The royal assent was given to-day (by Commission)
to the following Bills :—The Spirits Duties (Guernsey
and Jersey) Bill, the Unclaimed Stock and Dividends
Bill, the Church Building Acts Amendment Bill, the
Militia Ballots Suspension Bill, an Act:for the relief of
persons of the Jewish religion elected to municipal
offices, an Act to amend the Law respecting Defamatory
Words and Libels, an Act to stay Execution of J udg-
ment for Miselemeanours upon giving Bail in Error, an
Act to extend the Indemnity of Members of Art-
Unions against certain Penalties (No. 2), an Act
to facilitate the completion of a Geological Sur-
vey of Great Britain and Ireland under the
direction of the First Commissioner for the time
being of her Majesty's Woods and Forests, the Loan
Societies Bill, a Bill to amend an Act of the 7th of Wil-
liam IV., for preventing the Advertising of Foreign and
other illegal Lotteries, and to discontinue certain Actions
commenced under the provisions of that Bill, the Turn-
pike-roads Bill, the Highways (England) Bill, the
Shrewsbury and Holyhead Road Bill, the Bothwell
Gaol Bill, the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill, the Turn-
pike Trusts (South Wales) Bill, the Drainage of Estates
Bill, the Colleges (Ireland) Bill, the Archbishops and
Bishops (Ireland) Patronage Bill, the Unlawful Oaths
(Ireland) Bill, the Jurors Books (Ireland) Bill, the
Spirits (Ireland) Bill, the Union and Division of Parishes
(Ireland) Bill, Drainage of Lands (Ireland) Bill, the Fat-
mouthHarbour Bill, the Cromford Canal Bill, the Sheffield
Waterworks Bill, the St. Helen's Improvement Bill,
the Bermondsey Improvement Bill,. the Westminster
Improvement Bill, the Tacumshin Lake Bill, the
St. Matthew's Bethnal Green Rectory Bill, Mordan
College Bill, Hawkins's Estate Bill, Ellerker's Estate
Bill, Lord Monson's Estate Bill, Gildart's Estate Bill,
Heaviside's Divorce Bill, and the following Railway
Bills :
Wear Valley,
Aberdeen,
Norwich and Brandon, (Diss and Dereham Branches),
Bristol and Exeter,
West London,
Dundee and Perth,
Edinburgh and Northern,
Clydesdale Junction,
Scottish Central,
Cali donian,
Newcastle and Berwick,
Edinburgh and Hawick,
Liverpool and Bury,
South Eastern (Tunbridge Wells Branch),
Newport and Pontypool,
Dundee and Perth,
Manchester and Leeds,
Manchester, Leeds, Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole,
Taff Vale, •
London and South Western (No. 1) (Metropolitan
Extension),
Gravesend and Rochester.
The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
the Duke of Buccleuch, and Lord Wharncliffe.
SUNDAY TRAVELLING.

The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition fiem
proprietors in the Midland Railways Company to the
amount of 700,0001. against Sunday travelling.
SOLICITORS IN IRELAND.
The Earl of WICKLOW had a petition to present,
to which he wished to call the attention of their Lord-
ships, and more particularly of the Noble Lord on the
Woolsack, as it related to a Bill to be considered in a
Committee of that House. The petition was signed by
the President and Vice-President of the Society of Soli-
citors of Ireland. It contained two prayers—one of
them was, that instead of one taxing officer two should
be appointed ; the other prayer, and this he wished to
press on their Lordships' attention, as he intended to
move an amendment to that effect at the proper moment,
was, that the same qualification should be required in
Ireland for the officers of such taxing-masters.
Lord CAMPBELL concurred in that part of the
prayer of the petition which related to the qualification
of the taxing-masters. The business of the taxing-
master should be performed by a solicitor, and he con-
sidered it would be for the benefit of the public if the
second prayer of the petition was attended to.
After a few words from Lord COTTENHAM to the
same effect, the petition was ordered to lie on the table.
GREAT WESTERN (DUBLIN AND GALWAY)

RAILWAY.
The Earl of BESBOROUGH called the attention of
their Lordships to the report of the Select Committee
appointed to inquire into the petitions which had been
presented to that House, alleging that fraud
and forgery had been committed in the contract-
deed of the Dublin and Galway Railway Company.
Many persons had been called before the Committee
and had been examined as witnesses, and amongst the
rest, one John Stinton. (The Noble Lord here read his
evidence, iu which he admitted that he also assumed the
name of Mr. Baldron. He also read a portion of the
examination of Miss Golding and Mr. Miles Stanley, in
proof of the aliases which this John Stinton personated
at different times. Robert Parish was next called in, and
in answer to questions put to him, he said he bad known
Stinton for four or five years, and that he was a boot-
maker. He had never known him by the name of Pen-
ton. He took letters in for him at Crosby Hall in that
name, and understood that he was a friend. No person
of the name of Penton lived at Crosby Hall Chambers.
That was all the evidence he had to refer to with respect
to the charge of perjury against the witness Stinton.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had not read
the evidence, and as it would be difficult to prosecute
the a itness on the whole of the evidence he had given,
perhaps the Noble Earl would point out those passages
with respect to which he considered he ought to be
prosecuted.—(The Noble Earl conferred with the Lord
Chancellor, and pointed out the particular parts of the
evidence.)
The Earl of BESBOROUGH then said the part of
the evidence to which he wished particularly to call the
attention of their Lordships, with a view to his prosecu-
tion, was that part in which Stinton denied that he knew
Baldwin, and in which he afterwards, on being con-
fronted with Mrs. Golding, admitted that he did. A
person named Stanley was called in, who iden
tified him as a person who had signed the con-
tract-deed ; that he left the room, and, after an
absence of half an hour, returned and signed the
deed in another name ; that he went out a se-
cond time, and again returned in about half an hour,
and signed under another name.—(Hear, hear.) Hart,
the clerk, could not undeitake to say that he signed in
more than one name—in any other name than the one
in which he received the script. His motion was that
the Attorney-General be directed to prosecute this
person.
Lard CAMPBELL said, from his experience of pro-
secutions by order of the House, which frequently were
unattended with the results which were expected, he
should strongly advise the House to well consider the
case before they came to the resolution of prosecuting.
The person acknowledged that he had signed the deed
in other names than his own, and had consequently
acknowledged his guilt, and having thus been guilty of
gross impropriety, lie ought to have been reported to the
House. In such a case, the judge who tried it would tell
the jury that he had not committed perjury. He was, no
doubt, guilty of great prevarication ; but, as he had said,
he did not think that a charge of perjury could be main-
tained against him.
Lord COTTENHAII said from what he bad heard of.
the evidence and of the way in which the witness ex-
plained himself, he apprehended that there would be
great difficulty in prosecuting him for perjury. But
where a witness grossly misconducted himself; as in this
case, it should be referred to the Attorney-General,
who should prosecute him if he thought fit, and, there-
fore, the House should direct that officer to prosecute
him. He apprehended that there was no danger of a
person escaping, unless the Attorney-General should
happen to a come to a wrong decision.
Lord CAMPBELL said the Attorney-General had no
jurisdiction without the direction of the House, whose
servant he was, and whose injunctions he was bound to
obey. In the great case of Stockdale the Attorney-
General was ordered to prosecute by the House.
The Earl of WICKLOW said that if the Committee
had, on questioning the witness, said, " You are
about to commit perjury, and if you do so, after this in-
timation, you are amenable to judgment, and they
will be obliged to take cognisance of it."
Lord MONTEAGLE said that their Lordships could
not well avoid taking notice of the matter, had they
not already exhibited very great inconsistency in not
proceeding in the case ; for the individual had had it in
his power to have put himself out of the reach of their
Lordships. The whole case exhibited a system of fraud
and trickery, which might be provided against by their
Lordships' House.
After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR,
who supported the suggestion of Lord Monteagle,
Lord BESBOROUGH moved that the case be re-
ferred to a Select Committee of the House for investi-
gation.

- Lord CO rTENHAM did not see that the House
could proceed against the individual John Stinton for an
offence, if the offence were not committed against the
House.
The Earl of DEVON supported the motion of the
Noble Lord (Lord B?sborough).—Agreed to.
Lord REDESDALE presented petitions from West-
minster, and the City of London, praying for the post-
ponement of the Lunacy Bill.
The House then resolved itself into Committee on
the Bill for the protection of Seamen entering Merchant
Ships.
The Bill then went through Committee, proforma.
The House resumed.
TITHES.
Lord CAMPBELL presented two petitions, praying
a rectification of the statute respecting the commutation
of tithes. The Noble Lord added that legislation on the
subject was absolutely necessary. But for that Act, the
commutation of tithes would have long since taken place
all over the kingdom.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said different construc-
tions had been put upon Lord 'lit nterden's Act on this
subject, and he agreed with the Noble Lord in thinking
that legislation on the subject was absolutely necessary.
He would, next session, bring in a Bill on the subject.
STATE OF GREECE.
Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition against the
28th clause of the Lunacy Bill. The Noble Lord then
adverted to the state of brigandage on the frontiers of
Greece, to which he had some time ago called the atten-
tion of the House, and to which be now wished to direct

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the Foreign-office,
the attention tat/Amiga o
France and Englaod were identical as reaardeet Greece) -4!
and it was incumbent that a good ursderstapiling should /
exist botween them ; but it could not be denied -that—
French intcrests, particularly in mercantile ..teatterSS.A.-I.'
were now predominant in Greeee.—(lleiti,—hear.)
The question that he wished to put was, if the
Foreign-office were informed of the state of the
frontier between Greece and Turkey, and, if so,
whether they had taken any measures on the subject,
and also whether they had sent out instructions to Sir
Edmund Lyons, to have General Valence removed from
the frontier.

The Earl of ABERDEEN would not deny but the
peculiar state of Greece might justify the Noble Lord in
bringing the question before their Latliships, which,
under other circumstances, he would not have been
warranted in doing. He did not mean to say that
England had not a right to interfere in the affairs of
Greece, for she had borrowed a sum. of this country, the
interest of which had not been paid, and England was
consequently, by the treaty, justified in interfering and
having the revenue so adjusted that her own claims
might be satisfied. The Greek Government would do
well to remember that this was not a. vain formality, but
a real right, which could be exercised whenever this
country thought proper. However, they relied upon the
faith of the Greek Government to keep faith with this
country, and act in a fair and honest manner. He would
not attempt to:conceal the pain he felt at the present un-
fortunate state of Greece. Outrages bad been committed
there, murders and robberies, and violence of almost
every kind—and, in short, the state of Greece was any-
thing but tranquil and orderly ; at the same time he felt
bound to say that, as a Minister of another State, he
had no right to express an opinion as to the Govern-
ment of Greece, nor as to the causes which led to the
present unfortunate results. He had given such advice
to M.Coletti as he thought prudent and useful, and hoped
it would have due weight in the councils of Greece.
With regard to the excesses on the frontiers, he
felt bound to say that they had been grossly exaggerated.
The population on the frontiers were but imperfectly
civilized, and if the Cretans of old were proverbial for
lying, the Greeks of the present day were proverbial for
robbing. He did not deny that outrages had taken
place on the Turkish and Grecian frontier, but he must,
say that these outrages had, both in nature and extent
been grossly exaggerated, it was likewise utterly untrue
that the Greek Government had encouraged these pro-
ceedings—the reverse was the fact. The supposition that
Greece would go to war with Turkey was most absurd ;
how could a bankrupt State without any military force
do so? And even if Turkey were not able to cope with
Greece, was there not the explicit declaration of the
three great Powers, Russia, England, and France to pre-
vent any such contingency. If Colletti had for a moment
imagined such a thing, ho should be put into Bedlam, if
there was such a place as Bedlam in Greece.
The Noble Lord was under a misunderstaeding,
as regarded Valence. He was not a commander as sup-
posed of any considerable force, but only the leader of
18 undisciplined men. There was therefore not the
slightest ground for uneasiness on the part of the Porte.
There was no truth in the insinuation that English
interests were on the decline in Greece. English inte-
rests there were as strong as ever, and it was only rea-
sonable to think they should be so, as ten Englishmen
visited Greece for one of any other country. As long as
English merchants were honest in their dealings,
wealthy and enterprising, to long would they command
respect: and Colletti, if inclined could not undermine
such influence. There certainly were English, French,
and Russian parties in Greece; the misfortune was that
there was no Greek party there ; that was what was
desirable ; and he hoped one would, before long, take up
a position in Greece.—(Cheers.)
The subject then dropped.
LONDON COAL TRADE BILL.
Lord DALEIOUSIE moved the second reading of the
Coal Trade of London Bill.

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said that any
observations he might make were not from any
hostility to the Bill, but he wished to show what the
Noble Earl had omitted in framing it. The tax, he
admitted, had been originally improperly imposed, and
it was not till 1840 that the Government of the
day considered it advisable to direct that the
tax should be placed under the surveillance
of Commissioners appointed specially for the purpose.
In that year, 1840, the revenue derived from this tax
amounted to no less than 125,0004 showing an importa-
tion of 2,500,000 tons of coals. In 1841 the amount had
increased by 400,000 tons, yielding an additional revenue
of 20,000/. ; in 1842 it had increased 200,000 tons,
giving an additional revenue of 10,0002 ; and in
1843 it was further increased 100,000 tons, or an addi-
tional revenue of 5,000/. In 1844 in consequence of the
strike in the collieries, it was true that the importation
bad fallen off to such an amount as to show a decrease
of 3,500/. For the half-year ending last June an in-
crease again appeared of 30,000 tons, or 6,000/. addi-
tional revenue, and thus an actual revenue, of 165,0001.
had been received by taxing this absolute necessary of
life. While this injustice continued, any measure
purporting to improve the position of the trade
would be delusive and unsuccessful, and falling
as the tax did upon the poor and the con-
sumer, who virtually were the parties importing the
commodity, it was a gross hardship upon the labouring
classes, who stood most in need of the article thus
denied them, and he implored the Government to with-
draw it.

The Marquis of WESTMINSTER differed from the
Noble Marquis in his anticipations of the inutility of
the measure. He regarded it as a most important
means of protecting both the trade and the consumer.
The Earl of DALIIOUSIE said the noble Marquis,
who had just sat down had gone over a much larger
extent of ground than was necessary in considering the
present measure. The question More their Lordships
was, whether they would, as heretofore, levy the rate
of a penny per tou to be applied to a corn exchange, or
that it should be applied to purposes of improving parts
of the town where great physical misery and social evil
prevailed. The simple issue before their Lordships was,
whether or not a penny per ton should be applied to
work out the great and salutary benefits to which he
referred.

After a few words from the Marquis of LONDON-
DERRY, the Bill was read a second time.
LUNATIC BILL.
This Bill, with the amendments, was read a third time
and passed.