The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-05 00:00:00

DOLMAN'S MAGAZINE.

The third Number of this periodical opens with an
article entitled " The Genesis of Christendom, or the
Beginning of the Middle Ages," the first of a series
of sketches designed to illustrate the history of that
obscure period. A more unpromising subject for the
pages of a magazine could lnadly have been selected,
for whatever records of the age remain present little
else than an uninterrupted scene of barbarity,
anarchy, and bloodshed. At the same time, it must
be admitted that the task, though not a pleasing, is a
most useful one, and the author has rendered the
.article palatable by quotations from our best modern
historians. This number likewise contains the
biography of that arch impostor, Joseph Balsamo,
better known as Count Cagliostro, whose extraordi-
nary impostures were for many years the wonder of
Europe. The nature, extent, and success, of his im-
postures at this day seem incredible. " Fashion and
fanaticism combined to elevate Cagliostro to a degree
of general celebrity and estimation rarely attained by
even illustrious men. Portraits of him adorned fans,
rings, and snuff-boxes, medals—boxes and medals
were cast of him—and beneath his bust were to be
read the words Le devin Cagliostro.' " The vaga-
bond was born at Palermo, in 1743, and first gained
notoriety by pretending to a knowledge of the " black
art." He subsequently visited most of the European
cities, which he laid under contribution, and his ad-
herents comprised persons of every class, even the
highest. " 'raking the secrets of fremasonry for a
grand work whereon to erect a gorgeous superstruc-
ture of mystery and imposture, he became the
apostle of a new sect or degree, to which
he gave the name of the Egyptian rite, and of which,
pretending to be the grand cophte, or master, he sue.
ceeded in establishing lodges over all Europe." He
renewed all the absurdities of the middle ages, and
declared his knowledge of the philosopher's stone, and
to the possession of a powder by which youth could
be successfully maintained, and death successfully
kept at bay. But the grand instrument of fraud was
the masonic system. Cagliostro was initiated at
Frankfort-on-the-Maine into the mysteries 'of the
German illuminati, which is thus described

" The candidate is conducted through a gloomy cor-
ridor into an enormous hall, of which the ro 4, walls,
and floors are alike covered with black cloth, picked out
with flames and snakes. Three sepulchral lamps at in-
tervals emit a dying glare, which enables him td distin-
guish piles of human remains, and a sort of altar entirely
formed of skeletons. Here he is abandoned to his re-
flections for eight consecutive hours, at the expiration of
which, enter phantoms. clad in shrouds, who, after wan-
dering for a time in dead silence, disappear through
trapdoors, from the invisible opening of which exhale
the most pestiferous odours. The candidatepasses twenty-
four hours in that darksome vault ; his energies are en-
feebled by a long fast ; he beholds three cups
filled with greenish beverage ; he essays to
drink, but turns with disgust away. At length
arrive two seeming ministers of death. They
bind the pallid brow of the candidate with a
ribbon steeped in blood, place in his hands a metal
crucifix, and hang certain amulets round his neck. He
is then stripped, his clothes are thrown on a funeral
pile; and crosses are traced with blood upon his body.
In this state of suffering and humiliation, he is ap-
proached by five spectral figures, armed with huge
sabres and enveloped in bloody draperies. Their faces
are veiled—they fall to the ground, and remain for an
hour as if absorbed in prayer. At the expiration of
that time plaintive accents are heard. The pile is fired.
The garments of the candidate are consumed theivon.
A colossal figure is seen to advance, and the five pros-
trate men appear to fall into the most terrible convul-
sions. A trembling voice now articulates the oath
which is to be taken by the candidate. He is made by
it to swear, under the most awful penalties, that he will
renounce every natural tie, forswear allegiance to all
human authority, and respect l'aqua toffana, the
deadliest of all poisons, as the grandest medium ever
discovered for ridding the earth of the enemies of truth.
The obligation having been taken, a candelabrum, with
seven lighted tapers of black wax, is placed in front of
the candidate. He is then plunged in a bath of blood
and made to swallow a draught of it. A cold sweat
seizes him ; from a state of delirious frenzy he falls
into insensibility. . . . The ceremony is over, and
a warm bath and a repast composed of various roots
gradually restore him to his senses.
Such are the hideous rites which the besotted
votaries of superstition have practised even in the
eighteenth century. Csgliostro, after a run of
twenty year=, at length fell into the hands of the
Roman Inquisitors, and died in prison in 1795.
The remaining articles we have not space to ob-
serve upon. As a fair specimen of the poetry of this
number, we select the following " On a Wild Flower
from the Grave of Burns" :
See this wild flowret cull'd on the bard's lowly grave,
Where its tribute of fragrance it modestly gave—
'Tis the symbol of him o'er whose relics it bloomed,
The songster of nature, by nature entombed.
Like this flowret, he grow all uncultur'd and wild—
Untutor'd by man, he was Nature's own child ;
And the dear fragrant sweets of his own teeming soul
Breath'd gently around, without guide or control.
The sweet scent of the plant has now faded away,
But the songs of the Minstrel of Scotland shall stay ;

And fancy shall hasten its homage to pour
O'er the. grave where once blossom•'d this wild desert
flower.

FRASER'S MAGAZINE.

Morgan Rattler has resumed his rambling remarks
on Horace and others, with an interest fully equal to
that which pervaded the first notice. This was only
what might have been expected from a critic of
taste and judgment ; for, of all the Latin poet; Horace
furnishes the most animated descriptions of the
human passions, and at the same time the most play-
ful fancy. He has nothing sour in his whole cha-
racter; he praises wine, but wine only to modera-
tion ; he invokes his friends to enjoy themselves, only
to render life more agreeable, by using the "goo:is
the gods provide," not by abusing them ; and even
in his Satire 3 he points out the follies and vices of
mankind with such a compassion for human weak-
ness, that he rarely gives offence by harshness, while
at the same time he renders.virtue beautiful and vice
hateful. Some of the translations given in the pre-
sent notice show a knowledge of the author, and
famish favourable specimens of versification—among
others, we may mention the translation of the Ode in
which Horace recounts his cowardly flight from the
field of Philippi. The three following verses will
enable the classical reader to judge for himself:—
Ponipey, that were the first my heart to share ?
With whom full oft I've sped the lingering day,
Quaffing bright wine, as in our tents we lay,
With Syrian spikenard in our glistening hair.
With thee I shared PhiPppi's fiery flight,
My shield behind me left, which was not well,
When all that brave array was broke, and fell
' In the vile dust full many a towering wight.

But me, poor coward, swift Mercurius bore,
Wrapp'd in a cloud, through all tl►e hostile din,
While war's tumultuous eddies, closing in,
Swept thee away into the strife once more.

" A Holiday Trip to Gravesend and Rochester " is
an amusing story, embodying historical accounts of
these places, very suitable for the enlightenment of
cockney's. The notice of Thiers' partial " His-
tory of the Consulate and Empire of France"
under Napoleon is just. While he is admitted to be
a spirited writer, and his accounts of battles graphic
and interesting, the selfish national vanity which he
displays, and the injustice he does to every character
in any way opposed to his hero, are not overlooked.
There is, says the reviewer, " no subject on which
M. Thiers displays more malevolence, and ignorance,
and misrepresentation, than on the right of belli-
gerents to search neutral vessels," but he has not yet
read the third volume, for in that the ex-Minister
throws all his other faults as a historian into the
shade. The merits and demerits of the work are
thus summed up—" It is the production of a brilliant
Bonaparte partizan, who would again set the world
in a blaze, for what is most sillily called the glory of
France." On the Maynooth question Regina is
very melancholy and desponding ; her darling state
coachman is driving to perdition, she will no longer
travel with him, and has absolutely left the " con-
cern." The growlings of Blackwood, and the awful
forebodings of Fraser, prove, independent of our
own conviction, that Peel is still an admirable driver,
and that the old worn-out Tory party just require
such a whip. Peel and the Irish Protestant Church,
according to this far-seeing prophet, are alike
doomed :

" What are we to gain—what is Ireland to gain by
increasing either the numbers or the condition of such
priests as Maynooth has hitherto sent out, and must
continue to send out, so long as they shall be forced to
depend for their subsistence afterwards upon the volun-
tary offerings of their flocks ? Nothing. You must
still look to the peasant class for recruits to your ton-
sured army, and experience 'has not taught us that a
peasant priesthood, however highly educated, is any where,
unless liberally provided for by the civil Government, to
be trusted.

" On the whole, then, we cannot but regard this peace-
making measure of the Conservative Government as a
signal failure. It has done nothing, it never will do any
thing, towards conciliating the class that are to be bene
fitted by it, or withdrawing their attention from other
things. The Repealers accept it as an instalment, and
laugh in their sleeves all the while ; for they not unfairly
calculate that, through the indignation which it has ex-
cited, both here and elsewhere, in the breasts of Protes-
tants, it will facilitate rather than impede the final
triumph of the cause which they advocate. Meanwhile,
there is universal distrust in the Conservative camp. All
confidence in public men is shaken ; and the general
feeling seems to be, that, though matters may go on
smoothly during the continuance of the present Parlia-
ment, a terrible crisis awaits us. Let us hope that it is
not so; aud, better still, let us be prepared.
" Since the preceding pages went to press, Mr. Ward
has proposed his amendment, which Sir Robert Peel re-
sisted, and the House of Commons threw out. Be it so;
yet we confess, that as far as our perception of right and
wrong goes, we really do not understand the morality
of the proceeding. The Minister who did not scruple to
assent, a few years ago, to the plunder of one-fourth of
the Irish clergyman's property, in order to give it to the
Irish landlord ; and IN ho has no hesitation now in rob-
bing, by Act of Parliament, the Protestant people of
England and Scotland, that he may have wherewithal to
endow permanently a Roman Catholic college in Ire-
land, need not, one would think, be very tender about
applying the remaining funds of the Irish Church to any
purpose which may seem to be desirable. He has not a
shred of principle on which to rest his present obstinacy;
for the principle, if partially conceded by the Whigs,
has been altogether given by himself. Morever, our
readers need not trouble themselves to speculate largely
about this matte r. The Irish branch of the united
Church is doomed. A Conservative Government has
signed its death-warrant, and Sir Robert Peel, if he be
Prime Minister a few years longer, will do the office of
executioner."

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BRI-
TISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY.

The fortieth annual meeting of this Society was held on Saturday at
twelve o'clock, in the large room of Exeter Hall; Lord John Russell
in the chair. On the platform, besides the Noble Chairman, we
recognised Sir George Grey, M.P. ; Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P. ;
Mr. Hawes, M.P. ; Mr. Vernon Smith, M.P. ; Mr. Samuel
Gurney, Dr, Lushington, Mr. Burnet, Mr. Richard Taylor, Mr.
Tooke, Dr. Campbell, and the Rev. Robert Ainslie. •

The•NOBLE Loan, on taking the chair, was received with loud
cheers. He said he was sure it was unnecessary for him to say
much on behalf of a Society that had existed for so many years,
and whose principles were so well known, and which had been de.
cared from the beginning a society whose object was to ex_
tend education to all classes, upon the most liberal principle=,
and whose triumph had been so complete. He was sure that no
fresh arguments need be used iu support of the great objects the
Society had in view. The declared principle of the Society was,
that no solid or incontrovertible basis could be laid down
for education but the Holy Scriptures ; and it had, there.
fore, been declared from the beginning of this Society
that the education of the children of the people should be
conducted on a foundation of instruction in thelHoly Scriptures—
instruction irrespective of creed'or catechism. He must say that
experience had but confirmed him in the opinion of the
soundness of the general policy of the Society. In look-
ing over the Church Articles he found that nothing
was required in points of faith but what was to be
found and read in the Holy Scriptures. On that foundation all
Protestants were content to rest. They were agreed that nothing
more was necessary as a foundation of faith than the Bible. Diver-
sities in opinion may, and some of those important diversities did
exist, but with respect, to the leading principle of their
respective creeds they were all of one mind. He fully agreed
with his much .respected friend Mr. W. Allen, that there was no solid
basis for the instruction of the people but the Holy Scriptures.—
(Loud cheers.) But to instruction in these there were added, by
this Society, arithmetic, geography, the various branches of the
arts and sciences, in all which great progress had been made. But
great as was the progress, there was still room for
further improvement, suggestions on which would
be found in the report of the Society about to be
read to the meeting by the secretary. He would conclude by re-
commending the Society to their continued-patronage and support,
and he begged leave to add, that he was instructed by his brother,
the Duke of Bedford, to intimate the renewal of his subscription of
1001. The Noble Lord concluded amidst great cheering by calling
upon the secretary to read the report.
The SECRETARY then proceeded to read the annual report of
the Society. It set forth that the model school of the Society
contained at present 700 boys, and from three hundred to four
hundred girls. There had beets admitted since the establishment
of the school 44,626 children. The number of students at
present in the Normal College was two hundred and seventeen,
of which 154 were attending the classes. During the present year
the number of the students admitted had been 272, which, with 97
brought over from last year, made a total of 371. Of these,
during the year, 264 had been appointed to schools in various.
stations at home and abroad. The report went into a IC7ag and
elaborate statement of the proceedings of the Society in the various
quarters of the globe during the past year, and concluded by inti.
mating that the finances of the Society were in a more flourishing
condition than for some time past.
The TREASURER read the balance-sheet of the receipts ando this
penditure of the Society for the past year. According
7t.
2d.i;
statement the receipts from all quarters had been 16,393[,
the expenditure 16,1401. 16s. I Id. ;
2521. 10s. 3d.
resolution—" That
Sir GEORGE GREY, M.P., moved the first
leaving ii balance in band of
under the
the report just read be printed
to the report be the Committee of manage
superintendence of the Committee, and andtha t published,
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moved. He was firmly attached
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year. He considered no arguments from him were necessary in
support of the resolution he had
sectarian or
to the principles of the Society, bbecutaounsethrte
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faith as laid down in the Holy Scriptures.
Mr. VERNON SMITH, M.P., briefly seconded the resolution,
which was put from the Chair, and carried unanimously.
Dr. Lusurscrrow moved the second resolution, and declared his
steadfast adherence to the policy of the Society, which he con.
sidered had done an immense amount of good. The Learned
Gentleman entered into a statistical statement, showing that crime
and ignorance were always to be found associated together, and
that the only way to reduce the one was to extend the other.
For this important object, he considered no Society better calcu-
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lated than the British and Foreign School Society. He concluded
bmyeemtionvginatg
the past year.
The Rev. ROBERT AINSLIE seconded the resolution. He was
connected with another Society, established upon a similar prin-
ciple to the present ; it was the Congregational School Society,
which had raised, upon the voluntary principle alone, for educa.
tional purposes, the sum of 70,009/. There was one point in the
recent policy of the present society to which he decidedly objected;
he meant the receiving from the Government the sum of 7501.
annually for the support of their Normal schools. He had great
faith in the voluntary principle, and lie objected to taking Go-
vernment money, whether for a British and Foreign Society, Normal
school, or Air Maynooth College.—(Great cheering.)
The resolution was put and carried by acclamation.
Several other resolutions expressive of the confidence of the

meeting in the general policy of the Society, and calling upon it
for renewed exertions, were severally put and carried. They were
spoken to by the Rev. Joseph Crowther, the Rev. Dr. Bart, of Wir-
ternberg, and the Rev. John Aldis.
A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, when the
met* Vg,which was a very full and respectable one, separfo•

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PARLIAMENTARYBUSINESS.
FKIDAT, Mxr 2.
The following Bills were presented and read a first time :
Londonderry and 'Enniskillen Railway.
Bristol and Gloucester Railway (\o. 2).
Tottenham and Farringdon-street Extension Railway.

The following Bills were reported, and the report referre4
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders:—
Midland Railway Branches.
Athlone and Galway Railway.
Goole and Doncaster Railway.
Shrewsbury and Grand Junction Railway.

The following Bills were read a second time, and committed
and referred to. the Committee of Selection :
London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway (Ex-
tension from Dudley to Wolverhampton).
London, Worcester, and South Stafforashire Railway (Dud-
ley and Sedgley Branch).
London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway.
Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway.
Bristol and Exeter Railway Branches.

London and Croydon Railway (Chatham and Gravesend),
—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read;
13111 ordered to be brought in by Mr. Dodd and Mr. Douglas.
London and Croydon Railway Enlargement,—Report from
Select Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill ordered t•
be brought in by Mr. Dodd and Mr. Douglas.
London and Croydon Railway (Maidstone, Ashford, and
Tunbridge),—Report from Select Committee on Standing
Orders vead; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Dodd and
Mr. Douglas.
London and Croydon Railway (Chatham to Chilharu),—
Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill
ordered to be brought in by Mr. Dodd and Mr. Douglas.
London and Croydon Railway (Orpington Brauch),—Re-
port from Select Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill
ordered to be brought in by Mr. Dodd and Mr. Douglas.

COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS
MONDAY, MAY 5.
West London Railway.
Chester, Manchester, and Liverpool Junction Railway.
Portarlington and Tullatnore Railway.

PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIV ISIONS.
(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
FRIDAY, SLAT 2.
MAYNOOTII COLLEGE BILL,'

Order for Committee read; Motion made, and Question proposed,
" That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :"—Amendment pro-
posed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question,
in order to add the words, " this House will upon this day slz
months resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof; --
Question put, " That the words proposed to be lett out stand part of
the Question." The House divided :

MAJORITY-AYES, IGO.
Acland; Sir T. D. Eseott, Bickham O'Conor, Don
Adderley, C. B. Esinonde, Sir T. OTerrall, It. M.
Aldam, William Estcourt, T. G. Pakington, J. S.
Archbold, Robert Etsvall, Ralph Palmerston, Viscount
Arundel, Earl of Ferguson, Colonel Parker, John
Itaillie, Colonel Fitzroy, Henry Patten, J. W.
Bailie, Walter Forster, Matthew Feel, Sir Robert
Barclay, David Fremantle, Sir T. Peel, Jonathan
Barkly, Henry Gardner, J. D. Pendarves, E. W.
Baring, F. T. Gaskcll, J. M. Pennant, Colonel
Baring, W. B. Gladstone, W. E. Philips, G. It.
Barnard, E. G. Gladstone, Captain Ponsonby, C. F. A.
Barrington, Viscount Wynne, Sir S. Pussy, Philip
Bellew, R. M. Gordon, Captain Rawdon, Colonel
Bentinek, Lord G. Gore, Montague Redington, T. N.
Blackburne, J. I. Gore, Robert Repton, G. W; J.
Blake, M. J. Goulburn, Henry Rice, E. It.

. _
Boldero, 11. G. Graham, Sir J. Roche, E. B.
Itottield, Beriah Greene, Thomas Roebuck, J. A.
Bowles, Admiral Grey, Sir George Round, John
Hovering, Dr. Hale, It. B. Russell, Lord J.
Bramston, T. W. Hamilton, W. J. Santicai, Viscount
Browne, W. ]Hamilton, Lord C. Shell, R. L.
Bruce, Lord E. Harcourt, G. G. Smith, Benjamin
Buller, Charles Henniker, Lord Smith, T. It. C.
Buller, Edward Herbert, Sidney Smythe, George
Butler, P. S. Hervey, Lord A. Somers, J. P.
Cardwell, Edward !lope, Charles Somerville, Sir W.
Carew, R. S. Hums, Joseph Somes, Joseph
Carew, W. H. P. Ingestrie, Viscount Sotheron, T. 11.
Castlereagh, Viscount Irving, John Stansneld, W. It. C.
Clerk, Sir George James, Sir W. C. Stanton, W. 11.
Clive, It. H. Jermyn, Earl Stewart, John
Cockburn, Sir G. Jocelyn, Viscount Stuart, Lard J.
Collett, John Johnstone, Sir J. Stuart, W. V.
Coote, Sir C. H. Labouchere, Henry Strutt, Edward
Corbally, M. E. Laacelles, W. S. Sutton, H. M.
Corry, Henry Lemon, Sir C. Thesiger. Sir F.
Courtenay, Lord Lennox, Lord A. Thernely, Thomas
Cowper, W. F. Leveson, Lord Trelawny, J. S.
Cripps, William Lincoln, Earl Vane, Lord H.
Darner, Colonel Macaulay, T. B. Vernon, G. H.
Davies D. A. S. Macnamara, Major Walker, Richard
_.„. . __ .

Dawson, T. V. M`Geachy, F. A. Wall. C. B.
Denison, W. J. M`Noill, Duncan Warbnrton, Henry
Denison, John E. Mahon, Viscount White, Samuel
Dennistoun, J. Manners, Lord J. Wodehcuse, Edmond
Dickinson, F. H. Martin, John Wood, Colonel T.
Divett, EdwArd Mildmay, H. St. John Wyse, 'Thomas
Douglas, Sir C. Milnes, R. M. Yorke, IL R
Duncan, Viscount Murphy, F. S.
Dnndas, David . Napier, Sir C.
Ebrington, Viscount Neville, Ralph
Ellice, Rt. Hon. E. Nicholl, John
Ellis,Wynn Norreys, Sir IL J.

TELLTU.
'Young, John
Baring, Henry

MINORITY-NOES, 52.

Acton, Colonel Goring, Charles 2,Tewdegata, C. Y
Antrobus, Edmund Greenall, Peter Plumptre, J. I'.
Astell, William Grimsditch, T. Poßington,: Viscount
Austen, Colonel Hamilton, G. A. Protheroe, Edward
Bouverie,-E. P. Ilamixten, Venn Rendlesham, Lord
Brooke, Sir A. Henley, J. W. Richards, Richard
Bruce, C. L. C. Bill, Lord M. Smollett, A.
Buckley, Edmund Inglis, Sir It H. Spooner, Richard
Colquhoun, J. C., Johnstone, Hope Thompson, Alderman
Crawford, W. S. Jolliffe, Sir W. Tollemache, John
Dawnay, W. 11. Law,:C. E. Troubridge, Sir IL
Denison, E. It. Lawson, Andrew 'Verger, Colonel
Duncan, George Lefroy, Anthony Waddington, Y. S.
buncombe, T. Maclean, Donald Wakley, Thomas
buncombe, 0. M'Taggart, Sir J.
Ewart, William Manic, Fox MLLE'S.
Farnham, E. 11. Morgan, Charles 'Dudley, Charles
Fitzroy, Lord C. Morris, David Sibthorp, Colonel
Forman, T. S. 'Mintz, G. F.

(IN THE COMMITME.)
Second Claus! (the College of Ilaynooth as a corporate body may
take and possess any personal property, and also lands not exeetding
the annual value of , exclusive of the property already
acquired by the Trustees) :—Proposed to fill the blank with " three
thousand pounds :"—Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with
" thirty thousand pounds :"—Question put, " That the blank bo
with three thousand pounds." The Committee divided :

MAJORITY—AYES, 100.
Ackers, James Escott, Bickham Martin, C. W.
Aglionby, 11. A. Esmonde, Sir Thos. Mitchell, T. A.
Archbold, Robert Ewart, William Neville, Ralph
Arkwright, George Fitzroy, Henry Nichol!, John
Arundel, Earl Forster, 31. O'Brien, J.
Bagot, William Fremantle,. Sir T. O'Conor Doi
Baifile, Colonel Gaskell, J. M. ()Terra, R. M.
Baine, Walter Gladstone, W. E. Patten, J. W.
Baird, William Gladstone, Captain Peel, Sir R.
Baring, Rt. lin. W. B. Godson, Richard red, Jonathan
Barnard, E. G. Gordon, Captain Philips, G. R.
Bentinck, Lord G. Gore, Robert Pigot, David
Blake, M. J. Goulburn, 11. Pusey, Philip
Boldero, H. G." Graham, Sir J. Repton, G. W. J.
Botfield, Beriah Granger, T. C. Roebuck. J. A.
Bowles, Admiral Guest, Sir J. Smith, Benjamin
Brocklchurst, J. Halford, Sir 11. Smith, T. B. C.
Brotherton, Joseph Hatton, Captain Somes, Joseph
Browne, W. lieneage, G. H. W. Stewart, John
Bruce, Lord E. Herbert, Sidney Stuart, W. V. '
Buller, Sir J. Y. Holmes, W. A'Court Sutton, Henry
Busfeild, William Hope, Charles Tancred, 11. W.
Butler, P. S. Hope, G. W. Thornely, Thomas
Cardwell, Edward Howard, Philip H. Trelawny, J. S.
Carew, R. S. Hume, Joseph Trench, Sir F. W.
Clerk, Sir G. : Hussey, Ambrose Wall, C. B.
Clive, Robert H. James, Wm. White, Samuel
Cockburn, Sir G. ,Tames, Sir Walter Wilde, Sir T.
Collins, William Jermyn, Earl Williams, W.
Coote, Sir C. Jocelyn, Viscount Winnington, Sir T.
Corry, henry Lennox, Lord A. 'Wood, Colonel T.
Cripps, William Macnamara, Major TELLIB.S.
I htrby, George M`Neill, Duncan Young, John
Duncan, Viscount Manners, Lord C. S. Baring, Henry

MINORITY—NOES, 32.
Acton, Colonel Forman, T. S. Polhill, Pre&rick
Austen, Colonel Gardner, John Dunn Redington, T. N.
Bowes, John Gore, Montague Rendlesham, Lord
Buck, L. W. Grimsditch, T. Shaw, Frederick
Chetwode, Sir J. Hamilton, George A. Somers, J. I'.
Clive, Viscouut Hamner, SirJ . Tollemache, John
Colquhoun, J. C. Hill, Lord M. Wakley, T.
Corbally, Matthew E. Inglis, Sir It. H. Wyse, Thomas
Crawford, W. S. Jolliffe, Sir W.
Dawnay, W. H. Law, C. E
Dickinson, F. 11. Manners, Lord J.
Duncan, George Marsland, H

TELLES:I.
O'Brien, A. S.
Smythe, George

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
DI VIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Newstead and J. Ilext•i11, lacemen, Regent-street, May
23, at half-past eleven—G. E. Leefe and J. Yates, wholesale
haberdashers, Fore-street, May 23, at twelve—,T. Bear,
aper, Ramsgate, May 23, at eleven—S. Glytle, grocer,
Southampton-row, Russell-square, May 27, at twelve—T. K.
Gorbell, bookseller, Bedford• place, Commercial-road, May 29,
at half-past eleven—R. Evershed, timber merchant, Pulbo.
rough, Sussex, May 29, at one.
In the Country.

J. Graves, ale merchant, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire,
May 26, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—J.
Ward, engineer, Manchester, May 30, at twelve, at the Man-
chts`.er District Court—J. Thorp, merchant, Manchester,
May 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—G.
Croxton, glass dealer, Manchester, Nay 23, at twelve, at the
Manchester District Court—J. Metcalf, silk manufacturer,
Maccl•sfield, May 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court—J. Ilegginbotham and G. Peck, machine makers,
Manchester, June 6, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Cour:—N. Roskell and J. de P. Ogden, merchants, Liverpool,
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eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
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dealer,
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May 23—E. Closson, stationer, Lower
. Richardson, boot maker, Fish-street..hJ. Brown,
I\3olSa—yuirß2o3l-4kt;reenwood, bookseller, Bradford, May 27
draper, Newcastle-under-Lyne, May
30—W. Daniel, cabinet maker, Manchester,
May 30—J. P. Birley, plumber, Brompton, May 23—J. 13.
Rayner and T. S. Carter, lamp manufacturers, Coleman-
street, May 23—W. E. Gould, carver, Finsbury-place South,
May 23—J. Thorley, glass dealer, Northampton, May 234- .
E. S. A. Findlay, milliner, Grafton-street, Fitzropaquare,,
May 23—R. Allinson, ironmonger, Whitehaven,.May—Z. •
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. Hawcroft and S. Pearson, razor manufacturers, SW,
field—J. Iron and W. Bateman, printers, Leadenhall-stnaet—
A. Ward and J. Lyon, auctioneers, St. Helens, Lancashire—
B. S. Slipper and E. Slipper, millers, Blue Anchor Mills, Ber-
mondsey—W. E. Robson and T. M'Gregor, warehousemen,
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hangers, Piccadilly—E. Mortimer, W Small, R. Mortimer, and
W. Mortimer, stock brokers, Shorter's-court, Throgmorton-
street (so far as regards R. Mortimer)—R. Parks, J. Parka.
and J. Parks, surgeons, Bury, Lancashire (so far as regards R..
Parks)—E. Finlayson, and E. W. Jenkins, wine merchants,
Angel-court, Throgmorton-street—E. M. Adams and U.
Barber, Ilighworth, Wiltshire—J. Heywood and W. Hope,
railway contractors, Kendal, Westmorlamd—E. H. Burton
and J. R. Heard, boot makers, Red Lion-passage, Red Lion-
square—J. Gibbons and W. Read, tailors, Clifford-street,
New Bond-street--G. Hanson, T. A. Manson, J. Hanson, and
G. Hanson, jun., stuff-merchants, Bradford.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.

Arthur Connell and Co., commission merchants, Gliagoir,
May 6 and 27, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow.

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ment is always kept for inspection, any one of whiek
approved of, saves the purchaser both time and Amalie,.
These splendid specimens of the perruquean art, surer
rior to anything to be obtained elsewhere, either, la
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-it A-II er—cTFA:s fith p ifE AT
YARMOUTH.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

NORWICH, FRIDAY EVENING, EIGHT o'cLocs..—The
moat awful excitement pervades this city. A most
dreadful accident has occurred at Yarmouth. Mr
Nelson, the clown, belonging to Mr. Cook's Circus, now
at Yarmouth, announced the performance of being
drawn by four geese in the North River. The
suspension-bridge crosses this river, and about 518
people were on the bridge, when, horrible to relate, be-
tween five and six o'clock the bridge fell in. It is re-
ported that from 100 to 150 persons perished. The
utmost consternation exists here; special trains have
started; the telegraph is beset by hundreds anxious to
obtain news of relatives and friends. The report is that
already fifty-three persons have been picked out dead.
It is thought many more are still in the river.
The telegraph has worked admirably.

Horatio Bolingbroke, Esq., one of the Directors of
the Norwich and Yarmouth Railway, has personally
superintended the telegraph, &c.; his kindness has been
the theme of universal admiration.

The bridge has been built about for.rtcen years. It was
calculated to carry eighty tons. It has been more used
lately since the railway opened.

ADI-.ITioNAL PARTICULARS.
(From the Second Edition of the Awfolk News.)
One of the most calamitous events widch ever befel
this town, or any other in this district of the kingdom,
has just transpired, and has spread lamentation and grief
throughout toe entire population. The scene of this
dreadful event was the Suspension-bridge, on the North
Quay, crossing the River Bure, and which has been the
entrance to the town from the railway terminus, and the
new road from Acle. Cooke's Equestrian Company has
for some time been staying in the town, and on the
morning of this fatal day it was announced by public
handbills that Nelson, one of the clowns, would sail up
the River Bore, starting from Yarmouth-bridge, to
Vauxhall-gardens, at five o'clock, in a common washing
tub, drawn by four " real geese," elegantly harnessed
and caparisoned. At the time appointed, this absurd
exhibition took place. The clown and his geese started
from the Old Bridge in the presence of an immense
concourse of persons, who had assembled en the
banks of the river to witness the feat. On his
arrival at the mouth of the Bure, a current took
him towards Braydon, whence he was obliged to
be towed back to the union of the two streams.
The multitude of persona along the North Quay was
greatly increased by the rush from the Oid Bridge, and
every spot where a view of Nelson and his geese could
be obtained, was filled with spectators. By far the most
advantageous view was had from the Suspension-bridge,
and this was eagerly sought for by the unsuspecting
populace. About four hundred persons occupied this
position, and were pressing on the south-side to obtain
the first glance of the coming wonder. The bridge is an
elegant structure, suspended from two piers, and capable
of standing a much larger number of persons than that
we have named, but we understand every point of vision
towards the spot where the geese were to be looked for,
was densely crammed with men, women, and children,
and even the chains and suspenders had many occupants.
This is the bridge which has been the cause of so much
litigation between the Yarmouth Railway Company
and Mr. Cory, its proprietor, and which has, since,
the arrangement with the parties, become the prin-
cipal, if not the only medium of transit to and from
the railway terminus. In order' to accommodate this
increased traffic, the proprietors have been induced to
extend the bridge on each side the chains, to the extent
of four feet, for foot passengers, and the platform on the
south side wai the chief receptacle fur the multitude
who were on the bridge on this occasion ; the north
side was comparatively empty, consequently there was
an extreme pressure on the scuth—so much so, that a
gentleman who passed over, noticed that the crown
of the bridge, instead of maintaining its convex form,
was completely flattened. He remarked the circum-
stance to a companion, but at this moment all eyes were
stretched to the utmost, and every ear listening with
eagerness fur the first announcement of the clown's
appearance. This anxiety was Lie ught to its highest
pitch by the cry of " Here come the geese." The
shout resounded from side to side ; but amidst was a
shriek from the shores ; the bridge was observed to
give way ; it lowered on one side ; the chains snapped
asunder, one after another in momentary succession, and
almost before the gaze of the thronging multitude could
be drawn from its object of worthless intet est it was ri •
vetted to the half sunken bridge—suspended on one side
by its unbroken chains—cleared of all its occupants—
every one of whom were plunged into the stream, and
over them the waters were flowing as if unconscious of'
the fearful tragedy which had momentarily occurred.
Those who witnessed it assert that not a scream was
heard, nor a sound emitted from the unfortunate
victims. A fearful splash and a few gurgling
struggles only recognised the spot which had swal-
lowed such a mass of human life. Some few men
hanging by the broken chains were earnestly entreated
to maintain their hold, but it was soon observed that in
consequence of the ob,truction of the stream by the fallen
bridge, and the human bodies below, that the advancing
tide would soon bury even them from sight. Every
boat was immediately in requisition, and as many as 25
were soon on the spot, and rendered active and gallant
service. The scene at this moment beggars description
—husbands and wives, parents and children, were
excited with the deepest anxiety. The e ffurts to
save the victims were noble and praiseworthy. One
man who was precipitated from the bridge caught
a hold and maintained it—a female made a desperate
clutch at his ancles, and succeeded in reaching them.
The brave fellow looked down, and though in fearful
peril himself encouraged her to hold tight, and she
was rescued. The man refused to get into the boat,
telling the occupants to pick up those who were float-
ing about the river—subsequently, however, he was
obliged to release his hold, and he fell into the stream.
We are happy to say that a rope was thrown to him
immediately, and he was brought safely ashore. The
bodies were picked up in quick succession, most of them
dead. Among the number was a woman—doubtless a
mother, who had in her arms an infant, and in one hand
a little girl three or four years old—she had firmly
grasped both, and her firm hold had not been broken by
the struggles of death, fur it was with difficulty they
were separated. They were all corpses and very stiff.
Their names we have not been able to learn. The va-
rious incidents of the tragic scene are some of them very
teuching. The children were many of them found with
their heads fast in the railing, (which on the bursting of
the chains lapped over into the water), doubtless fixed
in that position in their anxiety to feast their eyes on
the expectant sight. It was with difficulty they were
extricated, and there wero some discovered with their
heads smashed to pieces by the falling of the iron-work.
Mr. F. N. Palmer, surgeon, was amongst the parties
rescued, but at first there was some doubt as to whether
he was dead or not; by proper attention, however, being
paid to him, he was 33 far restored at ten o'clock
as to be considered out of danger. Many c thers were
also restored by similar means. Barrels of hot water
were sent from the brew- office of the Messrs. Lacon, to
Mr. Laws', of the Norwich Arms Inn, where the scene
was nioet dreadful. The kitchen, the tap-room, and
other rooms, with the stables, were filled with victims.
As many as ten or a dozen were ultimately restored, but
no less than 53 corpses were brought into that house,
and which defied all the means of restoration ; others
were taken to other public-houses in the neighbourhood,
but not in very considerable numbers. We lament, how•
ever, to say, that of the number who had been taken out
Of the river at eleven o'clock at night, the eyes of 73
were for ever closed in death. The great majority of
them are women and children. About 30 umbrellas
were taken on shore. Persons whose relatives and
whose children were down to see the sight, on hearing
of the catastrophe, flecked frem all parts of the
town to make inquiries, and to examine the dead
bodies, fathers and mothers were moaning for their
children, and children for their parents, husbands for
their wives, and the awfully distressing scene was such
that no description can do justice to. The bodies were
removed by the relations as they were recognised, and
at twelve o'clock only one body remained in the Norwich
Arms stables, that had not been recognised. With the
exception of this, who is supposed to be a waterman,
-named Ecclestone, all the rest have been removed.
Several bodies are said to have passed under the bridge,
and it seems to be impossible to remeee them without
great violence, or, as our informant says, " pulling they,.
limb from limb." Nets have been laid down across
the river, by Richard Hammond, Esq., and Mr. Davy,
and were to be taken up on the flow of the tide, at two
o'clock, when it is expected that many other bodies
-will be brought up—for it is thought that there are
many other persons drowned whose bodies are not yet
recovered, and inquiries are perpetually being made by
parents and relations who have missed members of their
family, the fate of whom is unquestioned. The excite-
ment in the town is very considerable, but yet not so
great, et the hour we are writing, as might have been
expected. The haven and pier commissioners assembled
Jet the office of Mr. Cory, late last evening, but their pro
ceedings were brief and private, and tiee meeting ad-
journed to this morning. It is said that
the coachman
B gliam,is missing,
of H.N. Burroug,hs,Esq., M.P., of ur
and it is feared he has experienced the commontbu been no such body, that we can learn, has
ipiciclieldfautpe:
The clothes of the poor unfortunates are mostly
in a room in the Norwich Arms. Numbers Ohbiociinyleiig
ts
dresses, shoes, and a large heap of garments,
which
all
will
be given up to the relatives in the morning. The po
, fessional gentlemen of the town were in im.mediater-
, at-
tendance and rendered all the aid which human ingenuity
could .suggest.
(From the Norwich Mercury of May 3.)
The distressing intelligence was instantly transmitted
, to Norwich by the electric telegraph, and aepecial train
was as immediately sent off, containing the manager
at the station and other persons. The tidings soon
spread, and the station was not only soon filled, but a
large number of persons awaited outside the result of
the communications which Mr. Horatio Bolingbroke, one
of the Directors, and Mr. Birkett, the brother-in•law of
Mr. Peto, were making with the Yarmouth station, re-
garding the extent of the calamity. Persons also who
had relations or friends in Yarmouth were constantly
. .
arriving until ten o'clock and after, sending messages
by telegraph to inquire for the safety of their friends,
and it is but due to the two gentlemen to say tl:at they
were most anxious to afford every facility and accommo-
dation. The first intelligence was telegraphed at fifty
minutes after five, and instantly express messages were
•
NElvsp sent_ into the city, and to the journals, communicating the
't Ptideliigence. When we left the station at ten o'clock,
7efstii
,f, S7iiuttebers were still there, making inquiries and receiving
- rep**. To the gentlemen we have named, and to all
e the Ai*ablishment, we are much obliged for the civility
e-ik-gaeg:-...—n;g>tued,asktention pail to our inquiries and the facilities
afrordied us.
s'a "le escape of some was miraculous. One woman,

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