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open the grating. A skeleton key also was dropped by But-
terworth on Ills way to the station, and he had about him
some lucifer watches and a candle. The prisoners were
found guilty. Sentence deferred.

Tile following prisoners were then brought up to receive
sentence

Joshua Brooks, convicted of larceny-3 months' imprison-
ment.

J,Vin Ormerod, for forging an order for goods-2 years'

imprisoninent

John Dovaynes Barnsley, who pleaded guilty to a charge
of forgery, was then placed at the bar, and his Lordship ob-
' served that he had received representations from his friends,
stating his condition in life, as also'his age, and recommen-
ding him to the consideration of the Court ; but he had a duty
to perform to the public, and the crime of the prisoner was
one of so serious a character, that he conceived it his duty to
punish it with severity whenever it was brought before him.
It was not long ago punishable with death, but it had been
mitigated ; and whatever discretion he might exercise, he was
bound to exercise it consistently with his duty to the public.
Ile (the prisoner) had had a good education, and so far from
dealing with him leniently, he thought it right that he should
punish him with severity. There were many persons brought
up in that court whose crimes might be attributed to igno-
rance, but he had uo such excuse, and his education ought to
have guarded him against the commission of such a crime as
that of which he had been convicted. The sentence of the
Court was, that he be transported for ten years.
John Whyatt, convicted of an assault and robbery, twelve
months imprisonme❑t.
A true bill was found by the Grand Jury against Wilmet
Buckley, for murder, at St. Helen's, also against Thomas
Henery, for arson, at Liverpool, no day has yet been named
for trial.

Nis Lordship signified his intention of proceeding to-day
with all cases of manslaughter, vtabbing, &c., in which the
attendance of medical men would be required, except those
connected with this town.

The Court rose at half-past six

NISI PRIUS COURT.—THURSDAY.
Mr. Justice COLTMAN took his seat a few minutes past
nine o'clock.

ALLEGED TRESPASS.

TIOLFOILD V. HANYINSON AND ANOTHYR.—This case,
which does not possess the slightest public interest, its im-
portance being confined to parties interested, was partially
opened yesterday. Mr. Knowles and Mr. Monk appeared
for the plaintiff ; Mr. Wortley and Mr. Watson for the de-
fendant.
The declaration alleged that the defendants had broke and
entered into a certain close of land belonging to the plaintiff,
situate in Pendleton, in the parish of Eccles, and on the
highway between Manchester and Bolton. Five pleas were
put in by the defendants, the principal of which was that
there was a road over the close, used as a public highway,
which justified the defendants in trespassing upon it.
Mr. KNOWLES, in detailing the case, said that though the
subject of inquiry was not very important either in extent or
value, it was necessary that the rights of the parties should
be settled, and the position defined in which they stood to-
wards each other. The learned counsel then detailed the
circumstances ; after which, Mr. Woart,scr offered to refer
the whole case to some gentlemen at the bar, but the plain
tiff refusing-, the case proceeded. In the course of the trial,
several other propositions to refer were made by Mr. Wort-
ley, and, like the first, declined. The trial lasted till half-
past one, from five o'clock last night, when it terminated in
a verdict for the defendants, thus establishing their right of
road over the land belonging to the plaiintiff.

CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY,

(Abridged fiwn Ike Leeds Litelligencer.)

The anniversary of tl.c Leeds Association of this Society
has been celebrated during the present week. Preparatory
sermons were preached on Sunday last, in the morning at.
St. Paul's Church, and in the evening at St. George's, by
the Rev. T. Nolan, M.A., of Liverpool; also in the morn-
ing at I`.lorley Church, and in the evening at Christ Church,
Meadow Line, by the Rev. A. P. Irwin, 31... k., Secretary
and Deputation from the Parent Society.

THE ANNUAL MELTING

of the Association was held in the Music Hall, Albion Street,
on Tuesday evening. There was a highly respectable audi-
tory, and amongst those present on the platform were the
following :—The Rev. Dr. Holmes, Rev. \I al. Sinclair,
Rev. T. Nolan, Rev. A. Irwin, Rev. W. Madden, of Wood-
house, near Huddersfield, Rev. E. Cookson, Rev. T. Stur-
geon, Rev. A. Hill, Rev. J. Iloiroyd, Rev. J. Wolf, Rev.
Pycock, of Morley, Rev. S. Readhead, of Calverley, Rev. A.
Brown, ditto, Rev. J. Hargrave, Rev. T. Davis, of Round-
hay, Rev. J. Ware, of Kirkstall, D. Jenkins, of Pudsey, J.
Holden, A. G. Kinsman, of Gildersome, G. Rigby, of Har-
rogate. Wm. Hey, Esq., Montague Baker Isere, Esq., C.
E. Macarthy, John Atkinson, Esq., arid several others.
The Rev. Dr. Hoeares was called to the chair ; and at
his request the Rev. E. CooresoN opened the proceedings
with prayer.
The report was read by the Rev. W. Sinclair, the Secre-
tary. The first resolution, that the report be adopted, pro-
posed by the Rev. W. Madden, of Huddersfield, and se-
conded by W. Hey, Esq., was carried unanimously.
The Rev. T. NOLAN, of St. Barnabas, Liverpool, was
next called upon, and spoke nearly as follows :—lt is owing
to my official connexion with this Society, being one of the
secretaries of the Liverpool Association, that I am privi-
leged to form part of the deputation to Leeds, and have the
honour to propose the following resolution :—" That this
meeting desires thankfully to acknowledge the measure of
success with which it has pleased God to bless the labours of
the Society timing the past year; and trusts that through
the continuance of the Divine blessing upon its operations,
it may be made instrumental to relieve still further the
spiritual destitution which yet so lamentably prevails in
various parts of the country."—When one considers, Sir,
the paramount claims of this Society upon the support of the
pious arid the affluent, who love their mother church, and
father land, and compare them with the comparatively limi-
ted means. hitherto placed at its disposal, there is much to
occasion surprise. The spiritual destitution of the country,
however, is confessedly such as to demand some immediate,
extraordinary effort, conducted also on a very comprehen-
sive scale, for our population has long since outgrown the
provision for spiritual instruction by the ordinary parochial
superintendence, and is rapidly increasing still, and becom-
ing every day more and more unmanageable. The object of
the Pastoral Aid Society, is to meet this destitution, and
the manlier of its operations (as its name indicates) is such
as to command itself at once to the feelings and convictions,
to the hearts and the heads of reflecting Christians : and vet
the measure of support extended to it is hut scant and insig-
nificant, compared with the vastness of the field it seeks to
embrace and reclaim, and the magnitude of the mass it seeks
to animate with the pulses of spiritual life (Cheers.) I
would not be understood, however, to speak disparagingly or
ungratefully of the amount of countenance and support ac-
tually vouchsafed to it ; for, considering the recent origin of
the society, and the pressure of the times since its commence-
ment, the amount is both liberal in itself and freely and cheer-
fully rendered. It is only when viewed beside the amount of
work to be accomplished with it, that it appears to disadvan-
tage. This, too, is the rather surprising, when it is remem-
bered the munificent amount of cheerful contribution an-
nually bestowed upon the Church Missionary, the Jewish,
and other kindred Societies, (not that I would for a moment
wish it were otherwise with them ;) but certainly the claims
of our own countrymen—our own flesh arid blood—perishing j
for lack of k nowledge, like the beasts of the field, are not in-
ferior.
" These things ought ye to have done and not to leave
the other undone." I once thought the cause of the slow
progress in the funds of this society was to be found in the
characteristic caution that marks the growth of a sound pub-
lic opinion in this noble country ; that wise caution that
waits until full proof is made of the principles, and operations,
and practical working of every new institution, before reposing
in it that confidence which must always be the forerunner of
a generous support. But even this is insufficient, for
the prudent, scrupulous care with which the society con-
ducts its operations and dispenses its grants, has been
such throughout, as must needs have long ago disarmed
suspicion, and won fur itself universal confidence and ap-
proval. Every care and inquiry is made use of, compa-
tible with the free selection of an assistant by the Incum-
bent, and regarding always the supreme authority of the
Bishop of the Diocese—points, let me observe, that it has
never been attempted to interfere with—(cheers)—to secure
the services of men of piety and truth. The veto, as it has
been called, against which such exception has been taken in
certain quarters, has been expressly commended by the
Bishops of Lichfield and Llandaff, as quoted by Mr. Sinclair,
and tacitly approved of by the remainder of the Right Rev.
Prelates, who lend the weight and sanction of their honoured
names, as vice Patrons of the Institution. The worshipful
and worthy Chancellor Raikes, of Chester, bears his high and
competent testimony to the single mindedness of the Clerical
Committee in London. So we may safely leave the veto
question to be discussed first, by our enemies, with those
venerable champions, before we are called upon to take any
notice of this (forsooth) heinous charge, which after all consti-
tutes ostensibly the very head and front of our offending ; but
which we glory in, as constituting the very excellence of the
Society, and entitling us to that degree of public favour and
support, for which we are thankful, and which we are desi-
rous to retain, to deserve, and to augment. The Word of
God is the great instrument for the accomplishment of hie
will, namely, the sanctification of his people. " Sanctify
them through Thy truth—Thy Word is truth." This is tile
weapon employed by the Church of England, and e,onaequent-
ly by the Pastoral Aid Society, which is her humble hand-
maiden, to secure her permanency by increasing her efficiency.
The Word of God, I say, as embodied in the Creed, fenced
round within the Articles, and reflected from the fair page of
our beautiful Prayer Book. (Hear.) This Prayer Book,
Sir, is the voice of the Church speaking to us in accents
familiar to our childhood, associated with the holiest and
tenderest reminiscences of our lives, and interwoven with the
best symptoms of our nature. The Prayer Book, stamped
with the broad seal of the Church of England, not the expo-
sitions of individual teachers, not as interpreted by the
sciolists of the No. 90 School, but as it has been all along re-
ceived, subscribed, and sworn to, by all that have gone before
us, " holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience."
(Cheers.) 'We mourn deeply over this sad controversy that
is now weakening the strength and gnawing the vitals of our
beloved Church ; but it is not chargeable upon us—we cannot
help it. We hoped against hope that the cause of it might
pass away ; we forbore, and kept silent even from good words,
but it was pain and grief to us, until further forbearance
would have been a base treason to our trust, as watchmen
upon Zion's walls. We are for peace, only not at the expense
of truth. We are prepared to peril all else sooner than fluf-
fier one fragment of God's truth to be obscured. Be the re-
rult what it may, our duty is plain. Here we take our stand,
like Luther before the Diet of Worms, and let God be our
trust. " Let him that bath a dream, declare a dream, and
what is the chaff to the wheat saith the Lord of Hosts."—
(Cheers.) The Reverend Speaker then proceeded at consi-
derable length, to dilate upon the necesity for an increase in
the number of Churches:and faithful ministers, and concluded
by moving the resolution.
The Rev. W. SINCLA.IR rose to second the resolution, and
spoke as follows :—I have always much pleasure, my Chris-
tian friends, in appearing before you to advocate the cause of
this admirable Society ; and never more than on the present
occasion. There is no one here present, 1 believe, who is at
all acquainted with the state of things in this town but must
entertain a feeling of disquiet and apyrehension. If we look
to the temporal condition of our population it cannot but
wring the heart. (Hear, hear.) I scarcely know which is
more to be pitied, the wealthier or the poorer classes. (Hear,
hear.) It must be grievous, indeed for the manufacturer to
see his capital melting away, his returns growing less and
less, to find his hopes of a comfortable provision for his old
age disappearing, and to fear lest his children, whom he ex-
pected to leave in comparative affluence arid comfort appa-
rently destined, unless seine considerable change take place,
to fall in the scale of society. And in regard to the poorer
classes, I am grieved to say, that they are still suffering under
time pressure of severe distress. (Hear.) I went a few days
ago to visit the soup kitchen, and was at first sight greatly
pleased with the cleanliness, the good order, the admirable
arrangement of that excellent institution, and too much
praise cannot be given to those Christian philanthropists who
attend there daily to superintend it. (Cheers.) But it was
with a melancholy feeling I went away. When I saw the
long line of persons arrayed in file, waiting to be served, and
knew that each of them represented a whole family scantily
provided with work, and expecting only a dole sufficient for
the bare support of life, I could not but feel a sentiment of
discomfort and despondency. But when I read, soon after,
that speech of Lord Ashley, to which my reverend friend has
alluded, I could not but perceive that we had still deeper cause
for fear—a cause, moreover, which showed, at least in part,
why these national judgments have been visited upon us. But
before I proceed to the inference which I would draw from
this, I wish to say a little with respect to the manner in which
that speech seems to have been misunderstood. That dark
and terrible picture, which is but too true no doubt of a part,
has been pretty generally taken for a faithful portraiture of
the whole, or nearly the whole, of our working population.
Thus for a sample of many that I might have quoted, let me
read to you a summary of that speech given by one of the
ablest of the public journalists. " On examining," saye he,
" Lord Ashley's data, this will he found, without exaggera-
tion, the state of the matter. Thousands of children are
born yearly amid poverty and vice : the bulk are never taught ;
and with those who have some kind of tuition, or what is in-
tended for such, it is so utterly worthless that in very many
cases it must go for nothing : the circumstances of parents
are such—with their own ignorance, their necessities, bad
dwellings, unavoidable frequenting of public-houses for con-
venience or for actual business, (as payment of wages,) and
the untaught obedience to their own instincts—that instead
of being examples to their children, they become their tutors
in vice ; and so the circle goes round. Children are preco-
cious in depravity ; squalid indulgence is the be-all and end-
all of maturity ; tire vigour of manhood is sapped, the deli-
cacy of woman is violated ; and the population of great part
of our large towns, arid it is to be feared of the country dis-
tricts, consists of hordes whose only distinction from the
savage is a more recondite knowledge of depravity and the
more abject filth of in-door life." Now. my friends, I wish
to take the first public opportunity of stating that if this be
taken as a description of the general state at least of this
town, it is an exaggeration. (Applause.) Great as are the
evils which oppress us—arid no man laments them more than
I—this dark picture is true only of parts. There is ieno-
ranee, there is vice, there is drunkenness, there is irreligion
enough to call forth the most anxious and energetic efforts of
all who feel their accountability for their brethren's welfare
to their country, their Church arid their God. But to de-
scribe our working classes in a body as hordes whose only
distinction from the savage is a more recondite knowledge of
depravity—and I speak in the presence of many who know
them well, I speak in the presence of some who spent a large
portion of yesterday in visiting their dwellings—is a manifest
error, and I fearlessly affirm that that view of Lord Ashley's
statements which would represent them as a picture of the
major part of the working classes is not warranted by facts or
our own experience. There is among them I scruple not to say
much humble piety, much modest virtue, and at present even
an exemplary degree of Christian patience under suffering.
(Cheers.) But having thus cleared the ground of those ex-
aggerations which only encumber us in our practical efforts
to mitigate the evil, there is still, as you are all but too. well
and spiritual
amount
goouint4tgotfo ebdeudeaotnieonbay
the Government for the education of the people, but as this
is beside my present purpose, I shall only say that I heartily
hope a measure may he carried through parliament whichand
may be satisfactory to the great body of the nation;m.
ssd.
which, without infringing on liberty of conscm9ce,ti may
cure a sound religious training for the young. lor, tl
united
Iti,neittuesdrpeirriyteuaa exertions
nus.etrouucgtiiiotntuoltUutklm otsoe wthehvo have
,gprroundei
nut le)
and
of the whole church. And here we are re-
mindedut,
doubt much
i h
mo those
iurn unhappy p yp
powers of
usefulin thee
and combined
w hm which no
dex-
ertion. I know that there are many excellent and respect-
able persons, who not only deplore—for we all deplore, time
want of united efforts on the part of churchmen, and who
think that sinking all mirror differences it would be very
possible for them to carry on in concert the work of such
societies as this. Now, I ventnre in the first place to affirm
before you all that there is no unkind feeling in time sup-
porters of the Church Missionary Society or the Pastoral
Aid Society towards their fellow churchmen who oppose
those institutions. Against them as individuals no harsh or
injurious word shall ever pass my lips, and wherever it is
possible without compromise of principle we are prepared to

But on religious questio
en-operate with them. (Cheers.)
ereneel which separate us are nut minor 94
joiefwthsechrUcletooff
) thereat lVe
fundamental
from file
we are to receive an-
-
truth the
nswer which we should
ftd;htiiffetoleil:oeognryceS.s what ti's the authority
fsha,ilil=-ctLestions which can agitaie
truth as Divine. We differ in the
th,,,r0.,a,c of the principles of
return to the greatheTot,o,
the human mind,
differ as to the practical work in-,' e just before Gad?
the
church and altogether as to
(erred by the ministerial office, cr as the of
the
powers con-
priesthood. Anti on this point wisht would term it, tit,
friends, by one plain example, Cita noto.t I'll"' Yon, thy
religion can be conceded for th,, sake- o;-'° principle in
involving practical consequences which !peace Without
little suspect. I hold in my band
re
n.ti te unthinking
tract on matiimony, which I find is exciting of
a Leeds
feelings of indignation both here and gsisome warm
principle is there laid down as a fundamental truth,.otland.
"That
the priesthood havi! a general commission to represent
Almighty God, and to act in I-1 name in his se
transactions with mankind." Cries of Hear, hear)leral
that I need not in your name repudiate such a principle
as
this, neither shall I attempt to chr.racterise it as I think it
ali
deserves. But as there are some who will no doubt s
`'Well, it is only a somewhat carNerated claim for tle
clergy of the church ; after all it is of no great consequence,"
1 wish to show you what are the prc-Aical results which ne-
cessarily follow. The writer affirms that " the rite of mar-
riage administered by a -preacher of schism in a conventicle
or by any teacher whatever, unless crdained, by a bishop, is a
most blasphemous invasion of a hcly office;" that " the con-
venticle rites do not bind the parties ; that marriage by the
statute law without the benediction cf a priest of the catho-
lic church is no marriage at all: it is but legalised adultery."
(Loud cries of " Hear." Yes, I sce you shrink from such
dreadful inferences as these; but remember, if you grant the
principle, which unthinking men would say is harmless, they
all necessarily follow. And when su;th principles as this are
boldly propounded and zealously inculcated, is it not incum-
bent on us, however tnuch we may dislike publicity and con-
troversy, manfully to stand forth and in the name of the vast
majority of churchmen disavow scch intolerable claims,
which would deny the honours of marriage to all beyond
the pale of the Anglican and the Itomish church, and
would thereby rouse such a jue: storm of indignation
against our mild and tolerant Cocniunion? Now 1 know
—there is ample proof that the great body of sober-
minded churchmen in Leeds, who peacefully pursue their
even course of humble piety and sel:-denying charity, have
no relish for any violent extremes. and certainly feel no
sympathy with those high-flown dogmas which pass under
the much abused name of church principles. Thus in the
last report of the Leeds Association of the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel, its claim is urged on the ground
of its being much more than any other Society profess-
ing the same object constituted upon the principles of
the Church, and therefore it is declared to be the safest de-
pository of the contributions of the faithful. Now what is
the answer of the supporters of the Church Missionary So-
ciety? Not, I thank God, any angry'retort, but simply a
reference to the cash accounts to show which society really
does commend itself to churchmen in this neighbourhood as
the safest depository of their bounty. The amount raised in
the year ending Ist July, 1842, tCr tic Propagation Society
is stated to be £lBO IGs. -Id., the ':mount raised by the
Church Missionary Society, as stated In the Parent Society's
report of the same date, is £6OB Ls. 2d. Now, why do I
mention these things? Not to bring kindred societies into
invidious comparison with one another, for I am a subscriber
to both, but as a plain intelligible proof, which none can mis,
take, that the great and influential majority of sober, quiet,
self-denying laymen of the church in Leeds, notwithstanding
loud assertions to the contrary, are still steadily disinclined
to the new and exaggerated principles of churehmanship, for
the continued advocacy even of a most venerable institution
on those principles is sufficient to chill the warm flow of
affection and confidence in its favour. (Cheers.) The rev:
gentleman then went on to thank many who were now before
him for that extreme liberality which had raised the sum of
£3OOO for the erection of a new church in this over-populous
district. He reminded them that this new church, at least its
the first instance,must derive a stipend for its minister front
the Pastoral Aid Society, and he therfore earnestly called
upon them, in spite of the great preevailing distress, to
strengthen his hands, when he should have to prefer his
claim, by continuing undiminished the liberality which they
had hitherto shown to this ins aluable institution.
The third resolution was propssed by the Rev. A. Is.
Irwin, clerical secretary to the society ; and seconded by
Montague Baker Bure, Esq.
C. E. Macarthy, Esq., proposed "That the thauks of this,
meeting be given to the Right Rev. the Lord Bisnop of,
Ripon, Patron of the Leeds Association, to the officers, and
to the distant clergy who have attended the meeting."
John Atkinson, Esq., seconded the resolution, and it was •
• after which the Doxology was snug,
passed unanimously; 'clock
and the meeting separated a little after ten o
St Geor e s £3O ; St. Pal's, £l5
Thecollections were— •
al Mee g
Christ Church, £7; -
knnuting, £lii. Totalu, £6B.

Conwrs ow CHANEERV.—We have been informed that
for the last week not a single cause has been set down for
hearing in any of the five courts of equity; awe are also in-
formed, that there are '2OO causes sum:where in the masters'
offices, in many of which not a step hasbeen taken for twelve ,
month's. We are not surprised at the publiC dislike to in-
stitute fresh suits, but as so much Las been written and said
about delays, and as 'Vice-Chancellor Knight Brune - has
nothing before him, we should like to bear it explained why
so many suits are allowed to remain dormant in t
me —ahere masters'
the
'
offices. The masters we know are not to ?
bla
suitors, or the solicitors, or the town agents
THE PRIESTS' TARIFF.—A copy, of this document has
reached the parish of Ballymartle, n tbis
county, and we
Rev. J. I.\l
have heard the result is the closing of the chapel doors, until
its terms be complied with. The parish priestly not inclined '
to yield, and having failed iu inducing the parishioners to •
source of political power," the people, however, thought as
forego the reduction of his " dues," he sought the aid of the
`Namara, of Kinsale, to mediate. " The true
little of Father Mac as of their own soggarth, and refused to • '
hear him, so that the affair still continues su
been used to both
b tidies. It is
said some very uncourteous language has
June, 1842, has
priests.—Cork Constitution• k
EAST 'NINA PENSIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—, return
of the pensions granted by the East India Company to per.,
hay, during the aforesaid period' was,
sons in their services, for the eight years ending the 30th or
Com-
mons, and which shows the following results:—The amounts
in the civil service,
just been presented to the House of
paid at the three Presidencies of Bengal, Madras, and Born- •
£26,212 12s. 6d. ; ecclesiastical, 1;3,271 ss'' " Lord Clive's
.Z 00; in the military, £96,269 17s. sd. ; in the medical,
fund, £1,316 ; Bengal pilot service, £1,878 10s.; Ind;
navy; £11,805 ; and to steam engineers, £3OO. During the
same period the appointments made by the Court of Direc-
tors have been as follow :—Volunteers for the Indian navy,_
99 ; volunteers for the pilot service, 96; steam engineers,
9 141 ; cadets, 2,55 • assistant-surgeons, 415; civil service,
- ,
182.
About three weeks ago, Mr. Wm. Brandrey, of Bredbury,
missed a £lOO Bank of England note from a drawer in his
dressing room ; and from certain appearances which mani-
dence against them they
tested themselves, he suspected two of the female servants,
were discharged. The other day,
whom lie gave into custody but not having any direct evi-
however, he received a letter, bearing the Manchester post_
mark, inclosing the lost treasure, lapt up in a curl paper, and
containing these words in bad writing : "My conscience
tells me I must send this back to the right owner." The
number of the note had been forwarded to t
fhethe parties different
banks, and therefore there was no probability o
getting it cashed. Nothing, however, has occurred to in-
duce Mr. Vaudrey to fix the theft upon any particular indi-
vidual.
BIRMINGHAM AND GLOTICSSTER RAILWAT.—A special
general meeting of this compaeny.was held at Birmingham
on Tuesday last, to consider be bill now before parliament
Total
the obect of which is to make sure and satisfactory the se-
curities for .026,640, which sum the directors had already
raised, and which provides further_for a general meeting t,
raise, by means of shares, £106,692 k resolution was pro
posed that the bill should not be proceeded with, but this wa;
met by an amendment that tphreesbeinllt.bepsraonxciteiso.ned and go/
on with. On a scrutiny, the result was found to be— le
730 .... 1,595 .... 2,3,5'
244 .... 1,864
.... 2,108- • '

For the amendment
Against it . • •• •• • •

to the House
Majority in favour of the amendment.... 217.
etthasstttEhNert. ratoronotmaaldreeady
o f HOUSESCommons irs
Pa
tAe its
ex
for building the new Houses oft Parliament is .f.:380 48/3ended
the amount voted has been £138,503, and con's 108.
1:58,016 10s. is in hand unexpended, which will be consequently
for works DOR' in progress of completion. It is esti required
that a further suns of ...75,424 12s. 9d. will be required!mated,
complete the buildings. The total amount of Mr. Barry's
to
estimate will therefore be £1,016,921 12s. 9d., besidesarry's
will be required for completing the landing-places what
good the pavins, furniture, and fittings, and fur making
by works of art. decorations
TILE THAMES TUNNEL.—TIie ceremony of throwing
this " great bore" to the public was performed on S open
A procession was formed, which proceeded throw 1 Saturday.
music.
accompanied by bands of The of Li
Earl ug a the .
tunnel
Dudley Stuart, Sir It. Inglis, Sir E. Codringt Lincoln, Lord
gentlemen, were present. The cost of th on, and other
amounts to nearly 0,0,000, and the public e undertaking
ad-
mitted on payment of a penny. There is a will now be
the approaches to it are not yet made. In ''atririage way, but
directors entertained their friends at the Londonle evening the
upwards of 100 guests sat down to a dinner Tavern, and
up in a style that did credit to the es which was served
Hawes, senior (chairman of the board of tablishment. Mr.
tied. After several other toasts 44 directors), presi-
Pros
Tunnel" was given and drunk with m Prosperity to the Thames
Times of Monday says " The area of
theuch enthusiasm. The
give effect to the front of the tunnel, shaft is to small to
while .
viewed from the top of the circularin depth, when
passengers descend, looks frightful. staircase by which pas-
by a first glance was by no 'he sensation excited
means so
the staircase was attempted to be othed on observing that
poles, not very skilfully nor effectFropped up bv sundry long
or rather notches intended to receive
applied, the mortises
several landing places being for the
the projections of the
slightly tied to the railing by small most part misfits, and
observed and commented upon by ends of rope. This was
were admitted into the shaft early,y many of the visiters who
temps very minutely inspected and who pour passer le
so cor.fined a place,
whiehall that was to be inspected in
comfortable, in consequence they soon discovered to be an-
ventilator whatever, from re of their being no opening or
walls by which they were the bottom to the very top of the
door from the public encircled, except the small entrance
street.
in-
creased with increasing This unpleasant feeling
numbers
breaths, the dampness of until the accumulation of
the ground, which was perceptible
notwithstanding the loads
the walls, which the of sawdust thrown about, and of
whitewash could not conceal, and the.
flaring of upwards of 130
gas-lights, combined to create an
once
atmosphere at o • e disgustingly heated and fetid !!
STREET
SWEEPING
BY MACIIINERY.—On Wednesday,
the first exhibition, in the metropolis, of the self-loading
cart, or street-sweeping machine, which has fors ome tinie,
been in use in Manchester, took place on the woophvernent
in Regent-street, and attracted during the dav large crowds
of persons to view its very novel apparatus. The machine,
which has been taken up from :Manchester, under an ar- .
rangement with the Commissioners of Woods and Forests.
and under whose auspices the experiment was made, com-
menced its operations at about six o!clock in the morning, ..
and continued them without intermisslon during the greater .
portiou of the day. The cart was drawn by two horses and
attended by aedriver, driver, and, as it proceeded, caused the rotary
motion of tbe wheels to raise the loose soil from the surface. .
of the wood, and deposit it in a vehicle attached to the cart.
proceeding at a moderate rate through Regent-street, the
cart left behind it a well-swet ground. which formed a striking
contrast with the adjacent lt filled itself in the
space of six minutes, its power being equal to that of forty
men, and its operation being of a three-fold nature—that of
sweeping, loading, and carrying at the same time, which.
under the old process, formed
le.thre Iticonsists operaof a stions.
of
eries The .
apparatus is exceedingly simp
brooms, suspended from a light frame of iron, hun-
g behind •
a common cart, the body of which is placed near the ground.
for greater facility in loading. As the cart-wheels revolve,
the brooms successively sweep the surface of the ground, and
carry the soil up an inclined plane, at the top of which it
falls into the cart. It is calculated to pass through the most
crowded thoroughfares at the rate of two miles per hour,
without causing obstruction, and doing its work as perfectl
as if the streets were empty. The streets of Ma .
nchester are
now regularly swept by. the machine, the result of 'h
that the sanatory condtion of the population is improved,whic - is,
and the town has now almost lost its character
filth. fur mud and