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the postponement of the question to Thursday nexi

•
In answer to a question from Mr. WARBURTON, as to what
part of the clergy reserves was to be
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, the sale of the whole is in-
tended to take place.

Sir ROBERT PEEL took the opportunity of declaring that
vered

the oppi

remained

y unchanged ; and

spect to clergy reserves, I hope this measure will be dis-
cussed in the same spirit as the union cf the Canadas—and I
would appeal to that (the opposition) side of the house, it it
could be asserted in the propositions made to the noble lord,
and by him to the house, that the Church of England had
been governed by a rigid adherence to its own interests. I
think that the proposition made by the Archbishop of Can-
terbury, distinguished as well for his high station as for his
moderation—l think that the proposition does in itself come
recommended by justice as well as forbearance." The right
hon. baronet concluded by declaring, that it would be un-
fortunate, indeed, if this question should remain unsettled.
(Hear, hear.) It is one which the united legislature of the
Canadas would be first called upon to discuss, and it is to me
a source of the greatest satisfaction, that the noble lord ac-
quiesces in the proposal made by the Church of England. In
acceding to that proposal, I think the noble lord has acted
wisely, if he has a prospect of a settlement of this question ;
and 1 sincerely hope that this measure will be discussed in
the same spirit as the question of the union had been dis-
cussed, and I trust that the two measures will pass into a
law with the general concurrence of the house, and, by doing
so, be the foundation of a happy relation between this coun-
try and Canada. (Cheers.)
In answer to a question from Mr. C. Buller, Lord John
RUSSELL said, it is proposed to have one-half of the three-
fourths to the disposal of the governor-general and the exe-
cutive council, for the purposes of religious worship and for
education. This was done to promote unanimity in the house,
because there were opposite honourable members who would
object to any portion being granted to the Roman catholics.
AUSTRIAN TREATIES.
Mr. LABOUCHERE moved for leave to bring in a bill to
allow the government to suspend such part of the navigation
laws as would render it impossible to give effect to the provi-
sions of the treaty of commerce and navigation concluded
with Austria.
Mr. IlErtalEs expressed his surprise that no explanation
was given of the extraordinary circumstances under which
this measure was proposed. lie declared that he was not
prepared to say that he would oppose the bill, or that he should
meet its concurrence.

Mr. LABOUCHERE was astonished to hear the lion: gentle-
man declare that there was no important distinction between
this treaty and that of the Earl of Aberdeen. The first im-
portant point which it obtained for this country was an ad-
vantage which had been granted by no other European state.
It was that of a free admission for all British ships with car-
goes carried direct from all parts of the world into the Aus-
trian ports. This was an important stipulation, and one which
had been most anxiously looked for by our trade and com-
merce. (Hear, hear.) In this provision alone, therefore,
there was a wide distinction between the treaty signed by
Mr. M'Gregor and that of the Earl of Aberdeen ; and al-
though he would not deny that the treaty of the noble earl
was not of undoubted merit, be thought that it was exceedingly
improper to suggest that that newly-formed was identical with
it, except with respect to a 'few breaches of the navigation
laws. Hear, hear.) But there was another point of still
greater importance to which the right honourable gentleman
had not referred at all. The late tariff of Austria was one
of the most prohibitory in the world ; but he was happy that
that enlighted statesman, Prince Metternich, had seen the
importance, the necessity, of some alteration and revision
being made. The principle of prohibition had now been en-
tirely removed, and that of duty had been substituted for it.
Those duties still remained very high ; but in many instances,
changes had been made of a most liberal description, mate-
rially affecting the commerce of the country. The following,
among other articles of British growth and manufacture,
which are now exported by the Adriatic, Genoa, and the
Rhine and Elbe, into the Austrian dominions, were, until
those changes, probibited—viz. woven and printed cottons,
linens and woollens, hats of all kinds, manufactures of brass,
copper, iron, steel, pewter, and tin, painters' colours, Cape
wines, ale and porter, &c., &c. The duties at which these
were now admitted varied from 5 to 10; 15, 20, and in some
instances, as on cotton woven goods, to 60 per cent, ad va-
lorem. Cotton twist paid formerly 60 to 80 per cent ;it was
now admitted at 15 florins the centner of 1231 b, or from 5 to
8 per cent. On linen yarns the duty was reduced to 10d. per
centner, or from sto 8 per cent. Numerous other reduc-
tions had also been made. He contended that the house
must look at this treaty, together with the reduction which
had been obtained in the tariff at the same period, and he be-
lieved that it would be found that no proceeding had ever been
presented to the house of the same character, which produced
more practical benefit, or which better deserved its support
and assent. (Hear, hear.) The increase of British trade to
Austria had been the effect of this stipulation. (Hear, hear.)
After some discussion, leave was given to bring in the bill.
ECCLESIASTICAL DUTIES AND REVENUES BILL.
The house, on the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, went
into committee on this bill ; and clauses to 39 were agreed
to. Clause 39 was also agreed to, with an amendment pro-
posed by Lord John Russell, to the effect that the com-
missioners should have the power of increasing the stipends
of minor canons at their option to £l5O per annum.
The house resumed, and Mr. BERNAL reported progress,
and obtained leave to sit again on Thursday next.
The Vaccination Bill was read a third time, upon the mo-
tion of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and passed.
Upon the motion of Mr. Fox MAULE, the report upon the
County Constabulary Bill was received ; the amendments
made in committee were adopted, and the bill was ordered to
be read a third time on Thursday.
On the motion of Sir E. WILMOT, the Grammar Schools'
Bill was read a third time, and passed.
The house adjourned at half-past one o'clock.

Y

HOUSE OF LORDS.-

-TUESDAY

Lord WHARNCLIFFE deferred, till Tuesday next, his mo-
tion for the report of the trial of a man named Jones, in. Dub-
lin, for " ribandism."
The Duke of RICHMOND having presented petitions from
certain ministers of the church of Scotland, for legislative
protection, inquired what course it was intended to pursue
respecting the " Church Benefices (Scotland) Bill?"
The Earl of ABERDEEN said that at the next sitting of
their lordships he should be prepared to state his intentions
regarding the bill.
Earl ST. VINCENT presented a very numerously signed pe-
tition from canal boatmen, complaining of the severe hard-
ship of being compelled to convey goods on Sundays.
Lord lIATHERTON inquired whether the Home Secretary
could not introduce a clause in the Canal Police Bill to re-
medy the evil ?

The Marquis of NORMANDY stated that he should direct
his earnest attention to the subject ; but he doubted whether
the mode suggested would be the most adviseable in reference
to so delicate and important a question.
The LORD CHANCELLOR read Lord Auckland's letter, in
acknowledgment of the vote of thanks to his lordship.
The Chimney-sweepers' Bill was ordered to be referred to
a select committee.

Lord MELBOURNE moved that their lordships resolve into
committee on the Canada Government Bill.

The Earl of HARDWICKE proposed, by way of amendment,
that the committee be deferred till that day six months.

The amendment was pressed to a divisiOn. The numbers
were—For going into committee 107, noes 10; being a ma-

ority in favour of Ministers of 97

The bill afterwards went into committee, soon ufter which
hen lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

.TUESDAY

Lord R. GROSVENOR moved " That in any application to
Parliament, in the next session, for leave to bring in a bill
for making any railway recommended by Goverment com-
missioners, such of the standing orders only as relate to bills
of the second class, except railways, be applicable thereto."
Mr. GREENE suggested that the matter should be referred
to the select committee on private business. That course
was, after a division, adopted.
Mr. WARBURTON deferred, for a foitnight, his motion,
,regarding medical reform.
Mr. O'CONNELL stated that "next session," he should
bring forward a bill or bills on the subject of the franchise
and registration in Ireland.
Mr. E. J. STANLEY brought on the Metropolis Improve-
ment Bill. It was read the first time.

Lord ELLIOT called attention to the petition, presented
May 22, of merchants, bankers, and ship-owners of the
city of London, " respecting the colonization of New Zea-
land," and moved that a select committee be appointed to
inquire into the statements contained in such petition.

Lord J. RUSSELL resisted the motion on account of the
lateness of the session, and because it, was the intention
of the Government to introduce a measure on the subject
next year. The motion for a committee was eventually
agreed to.
Mr. EASTHOPE moved for leave to bring in a bill to re-
lieve dissenters from the payment of church-rates. The
motion was got rid of on a point of form.
Mr. CRESSWELL'S motion regarding Danish claims also
failed on point of form.

—Sir T. Tnutccti moved that an instruction be given to the
select committee of this house appointed to consider the peti-
tion of the corporation of London relative to the embank-
ment of the river Thames, and to report their observations
and opinion thereupon to the house, together with the best
means of carrying the same into effect, to the following im-
port :—That they shall consider and report their opinion,
whether the formation of a terrace or quay along the banks
of the river, from Southwark-bridge to Hungerford-market,
would facilitate the convenience of public communication,
and contribute greatly as well to the embellishment of the
metropolis, as to the health, comfort, and recreation of its
inhabitants, especially those who are engaged in sedentary
employments, and too often reside in close, crowded, and
unwholesome apartments.
It was eventually decided that the instruction was un-
necessary, as the committee posseSsed already ample powers
or the purposes recommended.

HOUSE OF LORDS—WEDNESDAY
The lords did not assemble to-day.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—WEDNEsDAY

There was an unusally full attendance of members before
four o'clock, so that there was no difficulty in making a house.
" The Herculaneum (Liverpool) Dock Bill" was read a
third time and passed.
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD stated, that as he saw no chance
of being able to proceed with the Copyright Bill, he should
moxe the discharge of the order of the day ; but that next
session he should again bring forward the same bill. The or-
der was read and discharged.
The Juvenile Offenders Bill, the Goods on Canals Bill,
and the Seduction, &c. Bill, were severally deferred till future
days.

GROTE presented a very numerously signed petition,
from merchants and others in London, interested in the trade
with New South Wales, complaining that the funds arising
from the sales of lands there were applied to purposes other
than those of emigration ; and, in a subsequent part of the
evening, he gave notice, that on the 21st inst. he should call
attention to the prayer of the petition.
Lord SANDosinqui.red whether any steps had been adopted
or instructions given for separating the East India Company
from all participation in the trade in, or growth of, opium ?
Mr. 1-IoGG, as an East India Director, and in the absence
of the President of the Board of Control, answered that no
instructions had been issued on the subject ; it was one of
considerable difficulty, and involved many great interests,
but it could not fail to have most anxious attention.

BEER BILL

Mr. PAKINGTON moved the order of the day for bringing
up the report on the sale of beer bill.
Viscount SAND6N rose to propose a clause " for prevent-
ing the consumption of beer on the premises in houses here-
after to be licensed for the first time, or to new tenants."
Those who altered the old law intended that there should be
only two sets of persons from which beer was to be obtained.
lie thougit it was needless to go into the evils of the beer-
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evidence from all quarters of that
fact. The noble lord read several extracts from the report
of the commissioners in proof of the demoralising effects of
beer-shops ; and concluded by moving his clause.
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but, during its progress, several attempts were made to
"count out" the house.

Mr. F. KELLY then moved the second reading of the
Punishment of Death Abolition Bill, which was agreed to
without opposition ; and the committee thereon appointed
for Wednesday next.

The house having gone through the business before it, ad.

EXECUTION OF COURVOISIER

(From the Sun of Monday Night.)
This morning at eight o'clock, Francois Benjamin Cou-

ing groups of persons began to assemble in -front of New-
gate, anxious to secure good places to witness the appallng
drama which was about to be enacted. These groups, as:he
morning approached. became more and more numerus,
until at length they coalesced, and at 4 o'clock formed a dose
mass of human beings, extending from St. Sepulchre's ch rch
to the gates of the Old Bailey. Shortly after two o'clocl the
workmen employed in the erection of the gallows commaced
operations, and at half-past 4 hail completed their horrid ask.

Persons now began '
to flock in great numbers. A live
o'clock the street was crowded, and the windows e the
houses of the prison were all occupied. In one wasseen
the fashionable exquisite with the opera-glass at his ey em-
ployed in attentively scrutinizing the preparations gong on
for depriving a fellow-creature of his existence; wide at
another a man of a lower grade, with tastes more ulgar,
perhaps, but most assuredly not one whit less coase and
brutal, was whiling away the weary hours by having rcourse
to the solace of a pipe and a pot. The roofs of thehouses

were crowded with persons anxious to get a giant; at the

last moments of the'mnrderer, and even the ehrmnes were

made to afford an unsafe but eagerly converted restig-place

to the more adventurous of these ciavers after excitement

As the morning advanced the crowd, which hd been
during the night tolerably quiet, began to wax nois:--prac-
tical jokes were played off, coarse and ribald jests ere ut-
tered, and roars of laughter were elicited in consequeice, not
merely from the low vulgar who crowded the strets, but
from the high vulgar at the windows and on the hoise-tops.
It was the farce before the tragedy. Among the crovd were

many well-dressed females. At the windows- were lals, some

apparently not more than twelve years of age; but all were
gay—all were merry in- anticiphtion of human sufering—
merry at the thought of witnessing the agony of deith. if
another fact were wanting to prove the brutalising and de-
_

moralising tendency of public- executions,nT have it hers

Would that those who conscientiously believe in tleir efii-

cacy as a prevention of crime hart been present, to have
beheld the disgusting spectacle which for four long blurs we
were unwillingly compelled to witness. The .Rev. Mr. Car-
drdinary- of the prison, arrived- at six o'clock, and
immediately proceeded to the prisoner's cell, triadminister to
him that spiritual consolation, of which in his awful situation
he Must have-stood in so much need. Shortly after we were
admitted within. the walls of the prison. On inquiry we
found that Courvoisier, whose-firmness, which had never de-
serted him, astonished even those the most used to such
scenes, had retired to. rest last nigl.t at eleven o'clock, had
slept soundly for an hour, when he. awoke and inquired of
Locke and Sargeant, the turnkeys in attendance on him, the
hour of the night. On being informed that it was only mid-
night, he desired to be called at four o'clock, and was soon
again sleeping soundly. At four o'clock, agreeably to his
request, he was awoke by the turnkeys, and on his rising
commenced writing. He was thus occupied, we understand,
on the arrival of the Rev. Ordinary. At half-past six Mr.
Newman, the principal turnkey, passed through the ward of
the prison in which we were, ;searing the chalice towards the
cell in which the prisoner was confined. After the sacra-
ment bad been administered to him by the Rev. Ordinary,
breakfast was taken in, of waich, we understand, he par-
took but sparingly. At a quarter before eight o'clock we
were conducted to the yard adjoining the condemned cell.
The yard was crowded witi well-dressed visitors, some of
whom evidently belonged to tie upper classes of society. We
are sorry to say that in some instances their anxiety ti wit-
ness the preparations for the execution of the last sentence of
the law on the criminal, led them to press and crowd noisily
into the cell, utterly regardless of that decorum which all
ought to observe in the chamber of death. The unhappy
criminal, however, did not appear disturbed by this unseemly
interruption, but seemed totally absorbed in attending to the
exhortations of the reverend ordinary, repeating the prayers
after him in a low tone. Shortly before he was pinioned, Mr.
Sheriff Evans requested him,as we understood, to write some-
thing on a paper. Courvoisier immediately complied, and with
firm and steady hand wrote what he was requested to write.
This writing betrays nothing like agitation or nervousness in
the writer, and cannot be distiiguished from his ordinary hand.
At eight o'clock the knell of the prison bell was heard, and
the funeral procession of the living dead commenced. Cour-
voisier looked pale but calm, and quite firm. He followed the
Rev. Ordinary with steady red unfaltering step. The limbs
trembled not—the eye wandered not—the lip quivered not—
beyond excessive paleness there was no outward appearance
to betoken the agony within. Neither were there any visible
signs of strong mental effort to suppress the outward work-
ings of inward anguish. The eye was not fixed, neither was
the lip compressed. The countenance was calm as that of a
child. As he entered the yard he seized the hand of the
turnkey between his, and shaking it with great warmth, ex-
pressed by his looks the gratitude he felt for the kindness he
had experienced. The procession then proceeded through
the dark and gloomy passages of the prison to the place of
execution. The appearance of Courvoisier on the scaffold
was the signal for a terrific burst of execration from the as-
sembled thousands below ; be however appeared totally un-
moved by it, and stood firmly underneath the fatal beam
while the executioner proceeded with his dreadful prepara-
tions. These were soon completed—the fatal bolt was with-
drawn, the drop fell, and after a few convulsive struggles the
spirit of the murderer had left this world to meet the spirit of
his victim before the judgment-seat of God.
The crowd outside the prison was greater than was ever
known on any former occasion, and there were present a vast
number of livery servants of noblemen, &c. As early as six
o'clock there were as many persons present as generally as-
semble on ordinary occasions, and before seven the spacious
area was completely filled, so that it was impossible to pass
one way or the other. Every window, as far as the eye
could reach, had its numerous occupants, and the roofs of
some of the houses were crowded. Soon after the platform
fell, the assembled multitude sought egress_ by the two prin-
cipal entrances, but they were met by a rushing counter
crowd, which caused- a good. deal of struggling and the loss
of divers hats, shoes, &c.
One of the principal barriers gave way, but nothing serious
occurred in consequence;_ nor did we hear of any accident,
excepting that of a well-dressed woman falling from a first
floor window upon the shoulders of the persons below, but,
as we understand, without any great damage or bodily harm
being done to any party.
During the hour the culprit was suspended there was a
continual influx of new comers, so that the crowd lost but
little of its density. Some of the spectators who had hired
apartments, had occupied them from eleven o'clock on the
previous evening, and they appeared to have been well sup-
plied with cigars and potations. There were several persons
in a state of great exhaustion from having stood for five hours
pressed against the barriers, but retreat was impossible.
The police were on the alert, and it is due to them to state
that they performed their duty in a -very efficient manner.
When the clock struck nine, the body: was cut down and
taken to the dead room, where some artists were in attend-
ance to take a cast preparatory to its interment, which will
take place in the evening, in the usual burial-ground, within
the walls of the prison.

TOE FINAL CONFESSION

On Saturday the prisoner wrote a very long confession, and
delivered it to Mr. Carver, the Ordinary, and Mr. Baud, the
minister of the French Protestant chapel, in Threadneedle-
street, who afterwards read it over to bim, and asked him whe-
ther it was all correct, to which he replied that it was. They
then asked him if there was any thing he wished to add to it,
and he replied nothing whatever, The confession is writ-
ten in the French language, with a slight admixture of Swiss,
which made it somewhat difficult to translate. We, howe-
ver, have seen a translation of it, and which has been also
read to the prisoner, and acknowledged by him to be correct.
We were not allowed to take a copy of it, it being thought
that it ought pot to go forth to the public until after the ex-
ecution. The confession does not contain any fact with
which the public are not already acquainted. It commences
by stating, that he had planned the robbery several days be-
fore it was committed. It does not state (as in the first
confession) that Lord William Russell came down stairs and
caught him in the act of hiding some of his lordship's plate.
This part is altogether omitted. After stating that he had
resolved on the robbery, it says that he went up stairs to
his lordship's bed-room, and finding him asleep, he went
down and got a large carving knife, with which he returned,
and having tucked up the sleeve of his coat, cut his throat.
It then gives a very long account of his having hid the diffe-
rent articles he had stolen, and persists in the statement that
he hid some of them while the police were present. It re-
peats the story of his having hid the ten sovereigns in the cell
at Bow-street, and concludes by thanking the clergymen for
the kind attention they had shown him. It is written in a
firm hand, all except the signature, and is attested by the or-
dinary and the Rev. Mr. Baud.

(From the Morning Herald of Wednesday.)

Courvoisier admitted, a short tine before his execution,
that he had contemplated self-destruction, but the vigilant
superintendence under which he was kept ever since h was
placed within the walls of New gate, rendered it impracticable
for him to carry his meditated scheme into execution.

......
Courvoisier's plan of self-destruction Will be collected
from the following statement, which we have from the best
authority :

At balf-past ten on Sunday night Mr. Cope went to Cour-
voisier's room, and told him that he must go to bed. Upon
receiving this intimation be seemed dissatisfied, and ex-
pressed unwillingness to strip. Mr. Cope, however, insisted
that he should pull
.off his clothes, and the turnkeys received
directions to take away even his shirt. Mr. Cope then nar-
rowly searched the clothes, and in the coat pocket he found
a strip of cloth folded up carefully. When Courvoisier saw
the .cloth in the governor's-hand, be.aeknowledged that he
intended to use it as the means of destruction. "In what
way ?" asked Mr. Cope. " I intended," said he, "to tie
it tight round my arm, and to bleed myself to death in the
night." " But how," said Mr. Cope, " could you have
bled yourself ?" " I had made preparation," he said. " I
had been looking about for a pin, but not being able to find
one I sharpened a bit of wood which you light your fires
with, and I intended to bleed myself with that." " Where
is that piece of wood ?" said Mr. Cope. " That, too
(replied Courvoisier),, you have deprived me of by changing
my bed, in which I had deposited it." He then described
to the governor the manner in which lie intended to get rid
of life, and he declared he could easily have accomplished
the object if be had not been prevented by the caution of the
governor. He stated then that he had, while in the water-
closet, torn the extra cloth along the seams in the inside of
his trousers and fastened it together for the purpose of using
it as a ligature. Mr. Cope examined the mattress, which he
had caused to he removed on Sunday night, but no piece of
wood was found in it, and it is believed that in the confusion
of removing it the instrument dropped unperceived and was
lost.
The body was buried on Monday evening at eight o'clock
in the prison.

(From the Times of II ednes(.laY.)
The following statement may be interesting to some of our
readers. It was written in French by Courvoisicr for the
Rev. J. Carver, Chaplain of Newgate, July 3d, 1840.
" Francois Benjamin Courvoisier gives some account of
the short duration of his life, which is to terminate on the
6th of July this year :
" I was born of very pious parents, who have neglected
nothing on their part for my education and religious nistruc-
tion ; on the contrary, they have done all in their power, and
if I am not so well informed as I should be, it is my own
fault. It has been my evil habit to have always a fals?hood
in my mouth ready to excuse what I did wrong or what I
omitted to do, I fancied that It was more disgraceful to have
a bad memory than to be a liar. At the age of 12, when., was
very religious, I loved God and my parents, I was knid to
my sisters, and took pleasure in doing what was good and
right before God, but unhappily the schoolmaster did nct re-
intim in my village, and his successor was not so religiously
disi!osed. I soon forgot all the good I had been taught, and
again became such as I was before; it is true that I was not
immoral, but I had no longer those holy inclinations in my
heart ; I confirmed my baptismal vow at the age of 16, and
afterwards received for the first time the holy conimuni.n.
I now began to be righteous in the sight of men only, and I
thought that this was the highest duty of a Christian, aid
that if I gave satisfaction to men I did so to God also. iNly
parents had a peculiar affection for me, and placed tnueli
I confidence in my good conduct ; they thought was the me
in their family who was the most anxious to reward the pails
they had taken in my youth. I fancied that I loved my pa.
rents as myself ; but if I had indeed so loved them, I shoull

not have acted as I have done. It is true that I considered
myself a good Christian. I cannot say that I often thought
of God, for then I should not have sinned as 1 have done ;
all who knew me believed that I acted uprightly, and I thought
so too. I had already acted unjustly towards Mrs. Fector at
the time of leaving her. I know that I should not have dared

to act thus a year before. This proves that I had begun to for-
get God, and that Satan had already some power over me. After
I left Mrs. Fector and went to my last unfortunate place, I
felt confident in my own strength, and began to say within
myself, ' Next year I will do such and such things,' but
never did say, 'if it please God.' During the first part of
the time I was with Lord William Russell, I was tolerably
comfortable until we went to Richmond, when Lord William

Le latter

part of the time, I fancied that I should not be able to re-
main with him, and having heard the other servants speak of
different scenes (towns, villages, country-houses), 1 began
to desire an employment which would enable me to travel
through England. I afterwards formed an idea that I should
be able to travel on foot from city to city for six months.
I then intended to endeavour, to procure a place or re-
turn to Switzerland. I thought I should be able to make
my friends believe that I was in place during these six mouths.
This was the beginning of my misfortunes, for I soon com-
menced to harbour still worse designs, I thought that I could
go to a town, take a lodging ; and after remaining five or six
days I would depart without payment. I thought that £lO
or £l2 would suffice for this excursion, and began to seek an
opportunity for departure, but this was not enough, I began
to premeditate the seizure of what this venerable victim had
with him in gold, bank notes, and his watch ;_ but this did
not satisfy me. Satan, who knew that he had my heart fn
his Dower, began to persuade me that it was not enough only

to rob my master, and that if suspicion rested upon me the
world would be ready to believe it; and as during the time
I was at Camden Hill, I read a book containing the history
of thieves and murdereis being under the dominion of Satan.
(I read it with pleasure), I did not think that it would be a
great sin to place myself among them. On the contrary, I
admired their skill and their valour. I was particularly
struck with the history of a young man who was born of
very respectable parents, and who had spent his propertyin
gaining and debauchery, and afterwards went from place to
place stealing all he could. I admired his cunning, in-
stead of feeling -horrified at it; and now I reap but too
well the fruit of those papers and books which I had too
long sutfeied to supplant Alevotional works, and this book
—yes this book—was read by me with More-attention than
the Holyf Bible. Why so ! because my heart was under the
dominion of Satan, and I had forgotten for more than a month
to pray to God, or to read his word, and perhaps I had not
prayed to this Divine Saviour sincerely and from the-bottom
of my heart for I`2, months. Thou honourestme. with thy,,
lips while thy heart is far from me, wherefore thou honour-
est me in vain, and thv wordy condemn thee instead'of justi-
fying thee.' But all I. have just said did not satisfy the
wicked desires of my heart. I have not been contented with
robbing my master; being satisfied the devil, whose' slave I
was, my master, thought me his guardian and the protector
of his property. Oh, what a Judas I have been,—of what
sins have I not been guilty ? If I ask myself what command-
ment have I transgressed? my conscience tells me all. Alas,
I know well that I have taken Satan as my God ; this is con-
trary to the first commandment. 2d. I have adored the
riches arid the pleasures of this world, and I have loved them
more than God. 3d. I have often taken the name of the
Lord in vain. 4th. I have made the day of the Lord my day '
of pleasure and amusement. sth. I have disobeyed my pa-
rents. Gth. I have murdered. 7th. 1 have been in company
with notorious debauchers. Bth. I have robbed. 9th. 1
have spoken ill of my neighbour. 10th. 1 have desired the
wealth of others. God says, however, that he who trans-
gresses only one of his commands shall be excluded from the
kingdom of Heaven. He says that neither hypocrites, nor
liars, nor thieves, nor murderers, shall enter the kingdom of
God. I am, however, guilty of all these; and the good
actions that I have done during my shalt life will not weigh
as much in the balance of the justice of God as the wicked
thoughts of my heart. If the transgression of a single com-
mandment causes me to be condemned to death by the hand
of man, what do I observe at the hand of God after having
disobeyed all the law, which is the commandment of God ?
What punishment do I now deserve? If, when 1 enjoyed a
good character in the eyes of men, I was an abomination in
the sight of God, what am I now before the Eternal, if I am
the greatest of sinners in the eyes of my fellow-creatures?
How shall I appear in the eyes of him who knows all my
actions, my, words, and my thoughts ? Condemnation and
eternal sufferings are the portion I deserve."

" Sunday, the sth July, 1840.

Oh ! when I think how much evil I have done ; I have
dishonoured the name of the Swiss for ever. I have de-
ceived those kind friends to whom my Uncle's good cha-
racter has introduced me. Yes ; friends who, since the time of
my arrival in England, have treated me as a member of their
family. And my uncle—what have I not caused him to
suffer ! After having done for me all the good in his power ;
after having fulfilled not only the duty of an uncle, but that
of a father towards me—oh ! how ill I have rewarded him
Before leaving this world, I have dishonoured the name of
Courvoisier ; that name which my uncle has so carefully pre-
served. tie hoped that when I left this country, the recol-
lection of me would remain engraven in the hearts and me-
mories of my friends ; and now my name will never be
effaced from the memory of the living, but it will always be
repeated with shame and contempt. Well ; I have deceived
all my relations in my own country, who had so good an
opinion of me. I have shewn them all that I was not worthy
to be called their friend, and to those poor young sisters who
loved me as their own life, what a sad memorial shall I leave
for the rest of their days : and that poor youth hardly of an
age to enter into society, who sees himself dishonoured by
that wicked brother, who, instead, of dishonouring him,
should have set him a good example ! Oh ! that unhappy
brother will hear my name pronounced with sighs to the last
day of his life. I turn from them to that father and mother,
who have loved tee so well, and who have been so kind to me,
what a reward do they now receive for all; they will not live
long after me, but the remaining duration of their life will,
however, appear longer than mine, because they will pass it
in sadness and affliction. Oh !my God, how guilty have I
not been with regard to thee ! Oh ! wretch that I have been,
have 1 not rebelled against thee ? have I not done what is
contrary to thy commandments ? and, however, after having
done all that is hateful in thy sight, yes, to thee alone can I
look for refuge and consolation. Oh, Lord, receive me into
thy eternal happiness, for the sake of that divine Saviour
• whom I have:crucified afresh ; yes, that Jesus, whom, like
St. Peter, I have denied again and again ; whom like Judas,
I have betrayed with a kiss ; whom I have scorned ; and after
all I have commited against him, he deigns to call himself
my friend, my Saviour, my advocate and intercessor with
God his Father, and promises me, at the same time, repent-
ance and humiliation, and through the precious blood of the
Lamb of God, I may be washed from all my sins, and be
fitted to be received into the kingdom of God. I still think
of those poor servants whom I have had the heart to treat so
cruelly. 1 doubt not that they will pardon me. I pray to
God that he may bless them, and make them prosper in this
world, and promote their salvation. I will also say that,
during the time I was tinder the guardianship of the police, I
was treated as a friend, and, since I have been in prison, as
if innocent ; and the greatest attention has been paid to the
nourishment of my body, and more particularly that of my
soul. All this is as it comes from the heart of the person
whose name is Francois Benjamin Courvoisier."
The above statement, translated from the original French
by a competent scholar, and, upon a careful coin parison with
the original, found to be accurately and faithfully rendered.
July 6, 1840. C. BAUP,
Minister of the French Protestant
Church in London.

At the request of a gentleman, who heard the Rev. Mr.
Carver's sermon last Sunday, we give the few concluding
words of the preacher's judicious and impressive address to
the condemned convict. _ _ _ .

.....
After alluding to former instances in which convicts, in the
prisoner's situation, had more voluntarily and explicitly con-
fessed their offences, early evincing the most abject sorrow,
and abiding in prostrate penitence, the preacher stated that
he had freely to such, who he believed were true in " repent-
ance towards God, and in faith towards Jesus Christ," pro-
claimed the forgiveness of the Gospel, and the hopes of
Heaven ; then faithfully exhorting the prisoner, on the verge
of eternity, to greater sincerity and truth, he added—
" In your case, likewise, I cannot raise, and 1 dare not
lower, the standard of the Gospel, and though I see, in your
position and offence, some peculiar and distressing aggrava-
tions—a servant's hand raised against a venerable and noble
master, a paltry consideration of money the base and only
inducement—no provocation on the one hand—no necessity
on the other—a good, an aged, a confiding master, brutally
murdered in his sleep ! This nation, throughout its varied
gradations and extensive interests, agitated and distressed ;
whilst your own country, justly famed for generosity and
manliness, for moral worth and peaceful virtue, is alike dis-
graced and disgusted, by your individual outrage on hu-

inanity !
," I say, again, though I see in these things (and indeed in
most circumstances of your painful case) peculiar and distress-
ing aggravations, yet, with renewed earnestness for the sal-
vation of your soul, I am encouraged to entreat that the
mercy of God, in Christ Jesus, may be extended even to you,
and that the Lord may blot out your iniquities as a thick
cloud, &c. May the spirit of God write on the tablets of
your hearts what is engraven so firmly in your memory, the
penitential language of the fallen but restored Psalmist of
Israel : Have mercy upon me, 0 God, have mercy on me,
according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my
transgressions. For I acknowledge my transgressions, and
my sin is ever before me. ' Deliver me from blood-guiltiness,
0 God, thou God of my salvation.' "
The preacher then addressed the other prisoners, and the
numerous audience, with faithful applications of his subject,
many uniting in request for the discourse to be published.

(Front a correspondent.)
It was stated in our report yesterday that Mr. Cope, the
governor of Newgate, had made no communication to Mr.
Carver, the ordinary, of any intention on Courvoisier's part
to anticipate the duties of the executioner by committing
suicide, and hence it was inferred that the report was un-
true, or that the governor was mistaken. The fact, however,
is beyond doubt that a strip of cloth torn from the inner
seam of Courvoisier's trousers was found in the coat pocket
of the wretched man on Sunday night, when he was stripped
for the last time previous to his going to bed, and it is also
perfectly true that he admitted to Mr. Cope, at the time, that
his intention was to commit suicide, by tying the piece of
cloth tightly around his arm, and puncturing the flesh with a
piece of wood which he had sharpened for the purpose. This
admission was made to Mr. Cope at ten o'clock on Sunday
night, after Mr. Carver had left the prison, and consequently
it could not have been communicated to the rev. gentleman
at the time, and although the Swiss clergyman was subse-
quently admitted to the cell of the convict, Mr. Cope had no
opportunity of mentioning the fact to him. On the following
morning, when the ordinary arrived at the gaol, he was so
closely engaged with the miserable man in the performance
of his solemn duty, that Mr. Cope felt it would be very wrong
him at such a time to disturb the last moments of the
convict by announcing to the ordinary the circumstance
with which he had been previously acquainted, and soon after
the execution was over, that gentleman left the prison. This
explanation • will sufficiently account for the supposed
omission of Mr. Cope, to whom no blame can fairly be
attributed.

The Commissioner of the City Police Force has received
the following letter

" Central Criminal Court, July 7.
Sir,--We are directed by the Sheriffs to express their
most sincere thanks to you for the great trouble and atten-
tion you must have taken in the judicious arrangements you
made of the police force in the Central Criminal Court on
the long trial of Courvoisier, and also on his execution, for
it is an unheard-of circumstance, that in an attendance of
nearly 50,000 persons, not a single accident should occur.
The Sheriffs attribute this to the good and steady conduct of
the police force, and they are desirous that this should be
made known to them.
" We are, sir; your obedient servants,

I Under-Sheriffs."
rtiroi+.lAs FRANCE,
" HENRY JACKSON, J

ELBOW Room.—Elbow room has been quite scarce in
Nashville durint, the past week. Such scrouging, goudging,
turning in and turning out, has seldom before been witnessed.
Instance the following :—Traveller dismounts at a tavern :
" Halloa, landlord ! can I get lodgings here to-night ?"
Landlord : " No, sir ; every room in the house is engaged."
Traveller : " Can't you even give me a blanket. and a bunch
of shavings fora pillow, in your bar-room ?" Landlord :
" No, sir; there's not a square foot of space unoccupied
anywhere in the house." Traveller : " Then I'll thank you,
sir, to shove a pole out of your second-floor window, and I'll
roost on that."—American Paper.

THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND

Names and Places of Abode of all the Partners concerned
or engaged in such Corporation or Copartnership :
Thomas Ashton, Manchester John Howard, Burnley
John Ashton, do. Richard Howard, do.
Robert Ashton, Hyde John Itulme, Leek
Joseph Atherton, Warrington John Horsfield, Manchester
Peter Atkin, Blackburn Elisha Hibbert, Droylsden
William Aspinall, do. Frederick Higson, Manchester
Richard Anyon, Chorley Thomas Hargreaves, Burslem
Henry Armytage, Town Men- George Holmes, Birmingham
dows, near Rochdale Thomas Haworth, Haslingtlen
George Adamson' Rochdale Joseph Hill, Andlun, Salop
Henry Allendar, Chester Robert Holloway, Yardley,
Margaret Ainscow, Chorley Birmingham
Catherine Arnott, Southport John Hargreaves, Blackburn
Williarii Alstdn, Blackburn Jeremiah Hooper,•Malpas
Margt;NottAdams.Eardiston William Hine, Leek
John Atkin, jun., Blackburn Henry Walter Holland, Lee-
Mendal Albrecht, Manchester lane, Rugelev
James Affieck, Castle Douglas Christopher Hindle, Higher
John Atkin, Liverpool Croft, Blackburn
Thomas Burgess. Manchester "John Houlgrave, Chester
Wm. Bullock, Green Heeip, Thos. Aldcock Hedley, Cam-
Manchester ' bridge
Wm. hradford, Manchester Michael Haigh, Marsh, Hud-
Jesse Blew, do. dersfield
William Balmer, Aigburth, John Henderson, Castle How-
Liverpool • and
Anne Bedford, Manchester Maria Howe, Uttoxeter
John Berrey, Liverpool , Joseph Heath, Tunstall
Gregory Barrett, Kiddermin- Josh. Flaigh, Sheepridge, Hud-
ster dersfield
JameS Brough, Leek William Hastings, Liverpool
Joshua Brough, do. Harriet Hinton, Whitchurch
John Brough, jun., do. . John Hutchinson, Newport
Mary Anne Bracewell, Bar- James Peat Heane, do.
noldswick, Burnley Anne Higginson, do.
Alexander Bower, Manchester Robert Higgins, do.
James Bradford, do. William Harding, LUdlow
William Baghton, Burslem William Hodson, do.
William Barker, do. George Hooper, do.
John Broxup, Burnley James Hobson, Liverpool
John Brown, jun., Calton, John Boole, High Hatton
Skipton Elizabeth Hadley, Ludlow
John Brown, do. John Holt, Stubby Lee
Richard Blundell, Hooton, Henry Hall, Blackburn
Chester George Holden, Liverpool
Mary Bennett, London John Howarth, jun., Bacup
John Booth, Not thowram, Samh Holmes, Heywood,l3ury
Halifax William Higgins, Salford
Francis Blagg, Uttoxeter Mary Holt, Broadhalghßoch-
Thomas Burrows, Tunstall dale
.Robert Butler, Whitchurch John Hunt, Manchester
Thomas Boardman,Blackburn,James Hamilton, Glasgow
Mary Blantern; Whitchurch- John Kerr Hastings, Man-
William Butler, do. chester
Win. Beresford, Sandy Brook, William Harbridge, Chester
Ashburn Rtibert Hurling, Almondbury,
Win. Brown,The Orchards ,do. Huddersfield
Joseph Breyan Blackburn GeOrge Hammersley, Leek
Elizabeth Bradley, Skipton Samuel Horne, Manchester
Thos. Brindley, Sncyd Greet.,. Matthew Harrison, Chester
Burslem . Thomas Hebblewhite, as tins-
Joseph Bladon, Uttoxeter tee; Liverpool
James Bennett, Manchester -Willis Innocent, Brighouse,
Elizabeth Barbour, do. Halifax
Thos. Simpson Bradley, Hud- WillianiFinneyJohnson, Man-
dersfield ! chester
John Buckley, Rochdale John Ingham, Liverpool
Mary Badnall, Leek William Johnson, Whitchurch
William BroOk, Mold Green, Thomas Jebb, do.
Huddersfield !Thomas James, Chester
Thomas Banner, Live/pool !Richard Johnson, Blackburn
Samuel Bentley, Newport Mary Justice, Newport
Elizabeth Bennett, do. Thomas Jones, Tibberton, do.
Mary Anne Blackmore, do. Paul Jones, Newport
William Brittane, do. Eliza Justice, do.
Elizabeth Anne Blackmore, do. Henry Jackes, Stoke Park, do.
Thos. Beeston, Goldstone, do:.George Jackson, Blackburn
Samuel Bell, Newport Sainuel Jones, High Hatton
John Blakemore, Edgmond,lSainuel Ibba, do.
Newport Jonathan Jones, Chester
Hen. Bannerman, Manchester Robert Barrow Jones, jun.,
Thomas Barnber, Blackburn Whitchurch
William Boycott, Donnington Edward Kirby, Manchester
John Bayley, Summer Hill, Richard Kay, Bury
Newport John Kirkpatrick, Chester
Timothy Bishop, Rowton, IBarbara Keate, Shrewsbury
Ludlow :John Kenyon, Accrington
Chas.Bannerman,ManchesteriGeorge Knox, Blackburn
Richard Bentley, Newport Sally Kay, Bury
Stunt. Stenson Bennett, Leigh- Robert Knox, Blackburn
ton-Buzzard Michael Kerley, Manchester
Benj. Butterworth, Liverpool Thomas Kempshall, Liverpool
Mary Buckley, Pen y lan James Knox, Blackburn
Edwin Bradley, Ashbourn John Kearsley, Chester
Joseph Bates, jun., Liverpool William Lancaster, Pendleton
Anne Bladon, •Uttoxeter William Lindop, Manchester
Elizabeth Bladon, do. Thomas Lupton, Halifax
David Bradley, Ashbourn John Lee, Manchester
James Pickford Bloor, Man- Ben Lupton, Cheadle
chester Edward. Lowe, Ettingshall
Colliery, Bilstone
James Stirling Livesey, Black-

William Bain, do.
Alexander Bower (as trustee),
Manchester
William Balston, do.

burn
Joseph Lang, Accrington

Mary Barnes, . James Login, Liverpool
Rochdale Thomas Langley, Birmingham
Elizabeth Bridge, Pendleton Henry Latham, Chester
Margaret Brown, Kendal Frederick Lilly, Manchester
John Cooke, Uttoxeter William Laycock, Skipton
Charles Coiner, Manchester Benjamin Little, Manchester
Sainl. Cavan,Wibbersley Hall, Richard Ledger, Liverpool
Disley Elizabeth Lucy, Hill Farm,
George Clover, Manchester Worcestershire
Joseph Chell, Leek Charles Lucy, do.
Samuel Clowes, Basford Caroline Lucy, do.
Harriet Critchley, Worside, Thomas Livesey, Blackburn
LiVerpool John Livesey, do.
John Clarke, Shrewsbury Richard Livesey, Blackburn
George Coley, Leek John Lewis, do.
Robert Caldecott, Chester William Litchfield, Woolstan,
John Cooper, Gisburne Burslem
William Challinor, Leek George Lee, Leek
Jane Cheetham, Salford Margaret Lowe, Warrington
William Challinor, jun., Leek George Lowe, Chester
John Cartwright, Shrewsbury JamesLitchfield,ShirleyCom-
Charles Clegg, Manchester mon, Ashbourn
Jesse Challioner, London William Lang, Accrington
William Caslon, Hanley James M`Kenzie, Gatehouse
John Carter,. Chorley of Lawrieston
Thomas Chadwicke, Liverpool John M`Keand, Blackburn
William Critchton, Leek William Mitchell, Southow-
John Cropp, Manchester ram, Halifax
James Cox, do. John Mellor, Liverpool
James Coop, Liverpool William Mellor, Ashbourn
Henry Critchley, The Heys, John Miller, Manchester'
Newton Anne Mitchell, BarnoldsWick,
William Cooke, Aqualcite Hall Skipton
Thomas Catherall, Chester Chas. Jas. Mason, Lane Delph
John Clegg, George Keeling, MaryMattock,Emsev,Skipton
and Thos. Higson, as trus- Samuel Milne, Cliff Hill, Ha-
tees, Manchester lifax
Joshua Cooper; Ludlow Thomas Milne, jun., Skircoat,
Samuel Cobb, jun., Newport . do.
Mary Colley, do. James M'lntyre, Longport
Thomas Childe, Ludlow Sarah -Margraves, Sheffield
George Cocking, do. Robert Hume Mossman, Lon-
Juo•Clegg,Hall-foot,Clitheroe don
Richard Cutting, Leek John Wood, Massey, Chester
John Clegg, Geo. Doncaster, Robert Mattock, Bradley,
and Thos. Higson, us trus- Skipton
tees, Manchester John Maxwell, Haslingden
Thos. Calrow, Woodhill, Bury Thomas John Mountfort, Ash-
Archibald Christie, London bourn
Benj. Crosland, Fenny Bridge, Robert Oldham Middleton,
Huddersfield Salford
William Cliffe, Paddock, do. Luke Marsden, Aspley, Hud-
John Caldicott, Chester dersfield
John Chatterton, Uttoxeter Joseph Murray, Blackburn
LawrenceChornley,Blackburn John Martin, Liverpool
James Durham, Manchester John Samuel Mayer, Castle
Moritz Detmer, Giessen Howard
Josh. Barnard Davies, Shelton John Melling, Liverpool
Joseph Deaville, Manchester Alexander M'Neale, do.
James Dunlop, Vlalton Alexander M'Lellan, Chester
William Denby, Dukinfield Robert Masefield, Ellerton
John Dean, Bolton Hall, Newport
Richard Danson, Liverpool Richard Martland, Blackburn
John Dawson, shbourn William Banks Maymon, do.
Samuel Dawson, do. William Mallison, do.
George Dodd, Whitchurch. Jane Maymon, do.
ChristopherDemaine,Bardon, John Meir, Tunstall
Skipton James M`Kune, Preston
John Dale, Leek Thomas Mullineux, Blackburn
John Drighton, Ellesmere William M'Kune, Preston
Thomas Dale, Broughton, Robert Mayon' Hanley
Skipton William Towas Minors, Brom-
Caleb Dawson, Chorley shall, Uttoxeter
James Dix, Leek Richard Nixon
Thomas Davies, Chetwynend, Blackburn
Newport' lAbsalom Watkin and Ann
George Doody, Aston Brewer, trustees of Eliza-
James Davies, Elin Lodge, beth Makinson, Manchester
Ludlow • John Mellor, Nottingham
Walter Dunlop, Rochdale David Marsden, Huddersfield
James Dewsbury, 'Blackburn John Moore, Whitehaven
Major Dawson, Salford Edward Morris, Chorley
Robert Norris Dale, Hollins Andrew AV Kean, Halifax
Green, Warrington John Nixon, Basford
Charlotte Downie, Chester Jane Newbold, Bury
William Daffora Evarard, Ut- Joseph Nightingale, Otter-
toxeter burn, Skipton
Jos. Edwards, Wood, Newport Henry Newling, Whitchurch
Thomas Ettrell, High Offley, George Nall, Leek
Newport Robert Naylor, Manchester
William Edwards, Ludlow Juliana Norton, Matlock
John Egginton, do. John Nash, Ludlow
Thos. Edwards, Dowton-on- John Norris, Newport
the-Rock Ishmael Nash, Manchester
Thomas Eagin, Burnley i.Joseph,Nadin, do.
Thomas Edge,Biiminghain Richard Nichol, Blackburn
John Froggart,Manchester Emma Newall, Chester
James Fernyhough, Leek Peter Owen, Manchester
Peter France, do. Anne Owen, do.
William France, do. Ralph Oakden, do.
James Fildes, Manchester Thomas Osborne, Longport
Samuel Baylis Farady, Bir- William Osborne, Great Bar
mingham Francis Woodworth Owen,
Geo. Robinson Fardon, do. Manchester
Elizabeth Frere, Ganthorpe James Ogden, Rochdale
Wm.Ford,Tibberton,Newport John Overton, Old Castle,
Edward Foster, Ludlow Malpas
Fanny Fletcher, do. Joseph Oakes, Chester
William Fletcher, do. Thomas Palin, Manchester
Ebenezer Fowler, Blackburn Thomas Pickles, Grange Moor,
William Forrest, do. Wakefield
Thomas Fletcher, Chester Harriet Page, Lynn
Ellen Fox, St. Thomas, Par-John Pilling, Manchester
sonage House John Preston, do.
John Garnett,Warley, Halifax Francis Peckett, do.
Thomas Gorst, Ireland Joseph Pickford, Leek
William Gray, Haslingden Tames Patrick, Manchester
Joseph Goodwill, Leek 'John Palm, Chester
James Grugeon, Broughton, Richard Pattison, Cheetham
Manchester Hill, Manchester
John Goodwin, Brown Hills, Thomas Podmore, Tunstall
Burslem 'William Hanley Petty, Dikes-
Jas. Goldstran, Withy Rocks,: land, Skipton
Leek Joseph Pearce, Sheffield
Joseph Grundy, Birmingham Joseph Taylor Phillips, New
Grace Gledhill, Grey Stones, Lodge, Lillishall
Halifax
Henry Pooler, Chetwynend
William Gaman, Chester Edward Parry, Chester
Mary Gibson, London Humphrey Parsons, Ludlow
Wm. Anderson Green, Man- Paul Griffiths Panton, Hafod
chester House, Ruabon
William Gillibrand,Blackburn Thomas Platt, Manchester
Philip Gillibraud, Manchester Robert Parkinson, Blackburn
Thos. Hebblewhite, Liverpool John Pearce, Guild, Newport
John Higson, Manchester Mary Pilkington, Blackburn
Lawrence Hitchon, Wakefield James Pilkington, jun., do.
Richard Hudson, Birmingham William Pilkington, do.
Robert Holt, Manchester Christopher Parkinson, do.
Benjamin Harris, Stone Road, Peter Pickering, do.
Lane End Francis Parker, Manchester
Henry Wenman Heartley, Edward Trevor Pover, Chester
Manchester Charles Pover, do.
James Marger Harbleacher, Joseph Priestley. Wakefield
Manchester Edwin Vickers Parry, Chester
Geo. Holehouse, Manchester Peter Rothwell, Holcombe
Rd. Howard Heywood, Burs- Brook, Bury
lem Thomas Robertson, Perth
Charles Hayward, Leek Smith Phillips Robinson, Mar-
Peter Hitchon, Wakefield Let Drayton
Rd. Hilclitch, jun. Shrewsbury John Rutherford, Blackburn
Rd. Hilditch, sen., do. William Dudley Rider, Bir-
Richard Horrocks, Ratcliffe, mingham
Holcombe John Rylands, Newport

Milne-row,

Marshall,