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    ( Erom iihe Morning Chrmacie . ) V fe hog io direct ¦ the attention of bar readers to _thet folIowing ' letter addressed ; to the master of the Gniltcross _JForihouse liy , Miss _MartJHeaai It describes tie result of a plan of cultivation and cowkeeping _originaliy suggested to her hy liim , by means of which she las teen enabled to maintain two cows on abonttwo acres and a quarter of land .: The acconnfc given by this accomp lished lady of flie uccess ofher experiment will , ire are sure , he read witi great interest : — Ambleside , Jan . 25 , 1850 .

    "M y dear Sir-I am happy to furnish the account you wish Mr . Bowyer to have of my small attempt at farming . I sbould have desired to defer it for a year or two , if it had been Mr . Bowyer ' s object or mine to ascertain what is the pecuniary profit or loss of cow-keeping on my plan , for this plan has been in full operation little more than half a year . Biit , as I understand , Mr . Bowyer's object is to see how a certain amount of labour , waiting for employment , can be best made available ; and , on my part , my scheme is owing to the peculiarity of tbe district in which I live , what I want to gain is not pecuniary profit , but comfort , while , at the same time . I cannot afford to lose by my experiment .

    There are months of the year ( and exactly tbe months when my friends come to see me ) wheal cannot be sure of being able to buy enough of meat , milk and cream , and vegetables for my table ; and the vegetables , and milk and cream , can rarely be had good at any season of the year . If , without loss , I can provide myself with hams and bacon , fowls and eggs , vegetables ( except winter potatoes , ) butter and cream , I shall he amply satisfied , as far as considerations of the purse go . A much higher consideration is , that if , lean make my plan succeed , ft provides for the maintenance of two honest people , who might otherwise have had no prospect but of the workhouse in their old age , and in all seasons of pressure meanwhile .

    . My land amounts in the whole to less than two acres and a quarter ; and , of this , part is mere rock , and a good deal is occupied by the house and terrace , the drive , and some planted portions . A year andahalfago , a little more than an acre of it , in grass , was let for £ 410 s . ayear , to a tenant who Isept _s cow npon it . This tenant never took the slightest care of the pasture , and it became so lumpy sod foul as fo be aa eyesore from the house . I paid more than six guineas a year to an occasional

    gardener , who could not even keep things neat inthe time he gave to it , much less render my ground productive . If I wanted 8 bam , I had sometimes to- pay -fil for it , and for eggs 1 paid daring three months of the year a Id . apiece . I never saw cream * worthy of the name ; and had to get hotter from a distance . Ia tbe midst of this state of things , it occurred to me that it mightbe worth _trying Whether my land wonld not produce SUCU comfort as 1 wanted , without increased expense ..

    Having satisfied myself thatit was worth . a trial , 1 wrote to you to inquire whether your union would despatch hither a labourer whom yon could recommend . Besides that we are underhanded in this district , I Knew that mv neighbours wonld laugh' at me for proposing to keep a cow and pig on my own land , when the rale of the district is , that it takes three acres to keep a cow , and when it is the custom for one man to undertake the charge of as man * acres of land as you please , and my neighbours did laugh for a time . They said that I was paying at the rate of sixpence a quart for milk ; they , asked now I conld possibly find employment for a man on two acres of ground ; they charged me first with

    cruelty to my cows , in not letting them range on the fell ; arid . then of fatting them . Some , however , saw the importance of the experiment in tbe way of example , and have encouraged me thronghont . I do not yet affirm that the experiment will answer , but I believe tbat it will ; and 1 am sure that the comfort of my little household is prodigiously increased by it . I do not forget how our success mainly depends on the choice yon made of a farm servant for me . He is a roan _ofextraordinary industry and cleverness , ss well as rigid honesty . His ambition is ronsed ; for he knows that the success of the experiment mainly depends en himself . He is living in comfort , and laying by a little money , and be looks so happy that it would truly grieve me to have to give np ;

    though I have no doubt that he would immediately find work at good wages in the neighbourhood . His wife and he had saTea enough to pay their journey thither ont of Norfolk . I give him twelve shillings a-week aU the year round . His wife earns something by occasionally helping in the house , by asssting- in my washing , and by taking in washing when she can get it . I ailowher the use of my _Vi & sbhouse , copper , _ c ., on condition that the copper is kept clean for the boiling of the cow-food in -winter . I built them an excellent cottage ofthe stone of the district , for which they pay oae shilling and sixpence per week . Tbey know that they could not get such another off the premises for five pounds a year .

    Besides the cottage and wash-house , I had to build a cow-house , pig-house ( for it is not a stye , ) a poultry-yard , and hay-house . I consider these under the head of investment , not expenditure . 1 conld let them , with the land , at any time , if I chose to give op cow-keeping . In planning the turning up of my ground for spade cultivation , I went on the supposition of keeping only one cow ; and for seven months we kept only one .. But I considered -the inconvenience of

    ihe caw being dry for three months ont of the twelve ; and that there was room in the stable for a second , and little more trouble in . keeping two _Ahan one ; and a prety certain market among . my neighbours for whatever butter and milk I might have to sell . ' So I bought a' spring calm' as companion tb the ' antnmn calver , ' and wefind that we very nearly maintain themboth on little more than threequarters of an acre of grass , and less than half an acre of _garden . The second cow pays her way by her maaure and milk .

    Our first consideration was the manure . It is as true with relation to our small concerns as to a greater , that ' the more manure , the more green crops ; the more-green crops , the more stock ; the more stock , the more manure . ' There are two tanks , well flagged and cemented , well closed , so that not a drop can ooze out . ' One is connected with the bouse , and the other with the cottage arid cow-house , receiving all their drainageof every kind . A barrel on wheels stands at the back door to receive _ 1 the slops , soapsuds , cabbage water , & c , and this liquid manure is _wheeled away , and applied where it is wanted . There is a compost pit at the back of tbe kitchen-garden ; and a compost heap behind some yoGng trees at the bottom of the field .

    "Whatwith the clipping ; , and wedgmgs , and sweeping ? , arid nothing heirig wasted , the pit being kept clean , and the cow-bouse swept out twice a day , we have abundance of manure ( without buying any whatever , ) which accounts for ibe abundance of our crops thus far . One instance of my servant' s passion for economy amused me so much that it seems worth telling you . Early one morning . - returning from my walk , 1 looked in upon my pig . just when his breakfast was approaching in another direction . I said to Robert , ' I think piggy looks very well , only that he wants a washing . ' ' Yes , ma ' am / sad Bobert , ' that will be to-morrow . To-morrow is washing day , and the snds will wash the pig first , and then be as good , and better , for manure ; aud then the soap serves three times over /

    Our available ground is—of pasture , three roods twenty-three perches ; and of tilled ground , one rood fifteen perches . There are besides about twenty-six perches of grass in the little plantation , orchard , and slope , whieh _yieia some fresh grass _&_ en mowed in slimmer . _Unatt _hmi upaimie more ground this spring in order to provide completely for the maintenanceof iwo cows , though 1 cannotencroach much more on the grass , on account of the views from the windows . But for this , we sbould give our cows no grass or hay , which are the most expensive kinds of food . Oar soil is good ; neither very rich liht at various

    nor very g ; laying depths upon limestone . Much of our newly-dug portion was fall of stones . Our neighbours advised us to cover them op again , but we judge differently . I thought we might as well make drains of tbe new path-ways we mnsthave ; so , by deep digging , we obtained drains , and the large stones were _thns disposed of . Some more were carted ont to mend the roads , and when ny servant was in despair at there being yet more , it occurred to him to dig out good earth from corners of the plantation , and supply its place with stones . He actually dug pits breast deep for this

    purpose . ., _ .,. His digging for crops was not less than two spits deep , dug straig ht down , and the whole was richly _mahurcd . The ground being ready , our method is this . , . « . „ . _„ . _* gin August we sow cabbage seed , and by the end

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    _3 _f _SeplemoW _%# hegi _^ plants , aboht _: 400 ' _ptt'we « k ; for / _six _^ eeksj . t _^ secure a succession . We ¦' ' set ' _jthem [ inc rows * the plants being eighteen _inehes apart _,-and the rows a yard apart . In _. M ' arch . abd April we sow swedes and beets in alternate rows between the rows of cabbages . ¦ By the _^ _;^*? ; , _* ' - * , eS ! . ! 8 * 9 cut the * , cabbage ? , the tm _^ ips arid beets are past the ' danger of the fly , and may be thinned—the . removal , of the cabbages letting ; in air and sunshine . We . also" ! keep a portion of ground for Belgian carrots , which afford excellent cow food .. We succeeded less with . these thi 3 year than with our other crops , from their not being sufficiently thinned . But we had twenty-five

    stone of them , and four or five carrots per day were very acceptable , to the cows . By ' the end . cf March the cows can get a bite in the pasture , and the mowings of the grass in the orchard , ' & c ., are brought to them fresh . While the pasture is shut up for hay the cabbages begin to ripen . They weigh from 41 bs . to 121 bs ., and each cow eats about eighteen per day- Tbis is their food from June to November , with such grazing as they get after our hay-nsaking , and a handful or two per day of Indian meal , scalded and given witb tbeir grass . The pasture having heen well manured ; in the

    winter and wonderfully retrieved by good care , yielded more than a ton and a half of the finest hay . This year , I think , I shall try for a second crop , as we bave abundance of manure . But last year I bad half the pasture hurdled off , and the cows let out for some time every fine day to graze , the one half for one fortnight , and the other the next . By the time the grass and the cabbages were done , we bad laid in less than we hope to produce this year , hut a fair amount of crops . For the cows one and a half ton of hay , twenty-five stone of Belgian carrots , and at least ten hundred weight of swedes and beet .

    We laid out too much of our ground for household vegetables , having bad a . surplus after the following supply _t-r-Rne green peas— -from the 12 th of June till tbe middle of September—peas , lettuces , radishes , spinach , turnips and carrots , and onions , enough for the whole winter—five or six ; . stone ; of early potatoes , vegetable marrow , a few cucumbers , abundance of cauliflowers , brocoli , and cabbages , and plenty of rhubarb and gooseberries . A strawberry bed is laid ont , too , and we are to have plenty of apples , and pears , and cherries , and damsons , hereafter . We nsed enoug h , green . vegetables for a family of five persons for the whole summer and autumn . ; ' "

    The average yield of the cows is about ten quarts per day each , i . e . abont four pounds of butter per week . The skimmed milk is eagerly bought , being as good as I used to buy for new . milk . The buttermilk improves our bread and cakes very much , and the p igs have what we do not nsel The cows give sixteen quarts per day for some time after' calving , and are dry for about three months before . ; One cow calved in October , and we sold the calf ( a cowcalf ) for a guinea at the end of a fortnight . The same cow is to calve again in September , and the other in May , and thus a continued supply of milk is provided for . We kill two pigs in a year , and selling half each time get our bams , and as much

    bacon as we want for little or nothing . What we have to buy is three barrels of Indian meal in a year ( at an average of 16 s . each , ) some of 'which we use ourselves for puddings and'cakes , and which goes far towards feeding " the fowls ; a few ; trusses of wheat-straw afteT harvest ( when it . is , cheapest ) . ; to chop and mix with the cows' boiled turnip-food in winter , a few pennyworths of grains per week and . two or three loads of turnips after midsummer , and perhaps a little ( but a very little ) hay . As I consider tbat the cows maintain the man , this _expenditure is all 'bat I bave io make in return for onr large supply of vegetables , pork , bacon , and hams , eggs , and a few

    fowls , onr gardening , and the keeping , of the whole ground in high order , and , moreover , through the goodnature of my excellent servant * our windowcleaning and coal-shifting . It may not be out ; of place here to mention his other proofs of zsal and kindness . His sister is my maid , and she has care of the plate . Inthe short days , or in excessively had weather , he come * -up and offers to clean the plate , which is in consequence batter kept than it ever was before . Again , the tenant of the next field besought him to take possession of tbe fence ( by permission of the owner , ) as it was a great expense and trouble fo bim . I long refused , though the edge was very ugly , with eight fcedious pollards

    and eternal rows of wet linen hung on from tbe other aide . At last my servant begged roe to take the edge , . saying that he would grab and fell the whole , and that , if the wood did not' pay me for a new . fence , the gain in land would . I put up a cross pole fence , which is highly ornamental . My neighbour and I gain each ten square yards of ground , I am safe from sheep and trespassers , and I have wood enough for about two years' consumption , besides pea-3 ticks and poles as many as we want . The new fence cost £ 9 and a few ; shillings . The purpose of setting forth this man ' s merit is to be fair ; ' for I am aware how essentially the success of my experiment depends on the quality of the servant who has in work it out .

    The _cow-honse is , as I said , swept out ( into the entrance of the tank ) twice a day ; and it is white washed twice a year . The cows are rubbed down daily , aid kept almost as sleek as horses . Both are now in much finer , condition than when they came ; they were rather restless for a few weeks , „ after , fitst coming from the fell ; but they seem now perfectly bappy , and when ont in the field , tbey return tb the stable of their , own accord to avoid rains , beat , or flies . Their food in winter is each a stone of turnips three times a day ; the turnips being shred , and boiled with chopped wheat straw , a little hay ,. a handful of salt , and a double handfnl of Indian meal , or somewhat _Tiore of bran . They may have , besides , to amuse themselves with , a few raw turnips , arid two or three handfuls of hay per day .

    I think I have now given you as particular an account as yon conld desire . If , however , Ihave omitted anything tbat : yon want to know , pray question me freely . I am , dear _sir _. yours truly , ' ' ; HaRKIET MAnTINEAU . '

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    _Ascemhxg A Voicaso . —According to Humboldt the volcanic mountain bf Popbcateptl had never at the period of his visit to Mexico been ascended since the time of Gortez . We hare been favoured with an extract of a letter from llexico , dated . JuoelOtbj 1830 , which announces that this feat has now been accomplished . The names of the parties ' making the assent hare been communicated to us , and it is possible that the public will' hereafter hear more of the matter . The extract is as follows : — "Three English gentlemen have just returned from a trip to the crater of Popbcateptl , of which one ' ' of them sendsmB an interesting , account . I did not know of their intention until too late , for it would'have been an excellent opportunity to have tried'the

    Aneroid at a greatelevation . They were five hours ascending , and only oriehonr arid a quarter returning ; having remained only four hours and a half ori tho summit , where , they found ' no' difficulty in ' breathing , smoking , or drinking , or even ; walking fast on the level edge of the crater .: The ci * ater was a grand sight , like a very deep' barranca , with sides nearly perpendicular , about 1 , 000 feet . deep and a league in cbrcumfcrence . At the . bottom , was a pond of sulphur , which was bubbling away hi fine style , of . a bright yellow colour , arid \ emitting a great volume or smofcej ( fie greater part of which was condensed in the crater before reaching its top . At tbe crater , the barometer . ' stood at 16-015 inches , Centigrade thermometer 2 deg ., ; water : boiled at

    181 deg . Fahr ., —corresponding to about 17 , 000 feet of altitude . "—Daily News . Ivsnror / OJf op the Rev . Cf . C . _Goreaji . —At the termination ofthe ordinary business in the Prerogative Court on Tuesday , the Rev . G . C . Gorham was introduced , to Sir H . J . Fust . Haying ' signed the articles and taken the customary oaths , Sir H . J . Fust addressed Mr . Gbrham to the following effect -. — " We , Sirffferbert Jenner Fust , Knight , Doctor of Laws , and Official Principal of the Arches' Court of Canterbury , lawfully constituted , do , by virtue of the authority to us committed , admit you , the Rev . George Cornelius Gorham , clerk , B . P .. to the vicarage of Bampford-Sneke . in the

    county of Devon , diocese of Exeter , and province of Canterbury ; we do give you true , lawful , canonical institution , and do invest you with all the rights and appurtenances thereunto , belonging , and do commit to you the care of the souls of the parishioners ofthe said parish . " —Mr . Gorham then bowed to the learned piuge and retire , accompanied by his proctor , Mr . Bowdler . The proceeding was quite unexpected , and when Mr . Gorham was introduced very few persons were present , but information of the fact spread with great rapidity , and a large number of the practitioners at Doctor ' s Commons entered the court before tho completion of the institution .

    _DisionijA scES at 'Si . Lucia . —On the 1 st of July there had been some disturbances at St . Lucia , _SSSr * _* i . said > by arrivals from Martinique of K ?\™ ° ? ited lhe 1 { _wer orders to call for the h £ , J fcent ° , re P ubUc - _^ d to declare the _" _MepaifeBt _. The Governor had taken nentd _^ ' aiTe ! tweIre of ' tne more promi-S „ _„ ™ ' ? _$ * the *»«<«* and _every-SaaS ° rted 9 niet WheD th 0 r ' iDCe 3 _^

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    ¦ ' ¦ - _* _- OFFICIAL _Sil-ARISS ; _' _: > , H ..., The Select Committee ofthe Houseof Corrirrious appointed to inquire into ¦ the salaries and _emoluments _. qf offices held duringtnef pleasure of the Crown by , -members of either House of Parliament ; voted in the annual estimates ; and also into the salaries and emoluments of judicial , offices ' . in the superior courts of law and equity hi the "United Kingdom . ; fand , into the retiring pensions allotted , to . the judge ' s ; and also into the expense of di plomatic establishments charged on the Consolidated Fund , hareconsidered , the matters referred to them , and agreed to the following report

    :-r-in . fuIfiHing the important duty entrusted to them , your committee , in the first instance , directed their attention to the salaries attached to these offices held during the pleasure . of the Crown , which are usually filled by members of either Houseof Parliament , and are voted in the annual estimates . Your committee first selected those offices which , from the : nature of ! tho duties attached to them , have always been considered of the greatest importance in a government , namoly , those of First Lord

    of tho Treasury , tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer , the three Secretaries of State , and-the First Lord of the Admiralty . For these offices it is requisite to secure the services of men who combine . the higheBt talents with the greatest experience in public affairs ; and considering the , rank and importance ofthe offices , and the labours and responsibilities incurred by those who hold them , your cotr imittee are of opinion" that the salaries of these offices were settled in 1831 at the lowest amount . which is consistent with tbe _requireinents-of the public

    ce . ,, . ... Tbe Trkasoby . —Yonr committee believe , that for the offices of Junior Lords of the Treasury a salary of £ 1 , 000 is adequate ; and although they appreciate . the more laborious duties of the secretaries to the Treasury , they are of opinion that a salary of £ 2 , 000 per annum should be substituted for tbat at present attached to those offices . TJndeh-Secbetahiks of State . —It appears that the committee in 1830-31 reduced the salaries ofthe three TJuder-SecreUvies of State from £ 2 , 000 to £ 1 _^ 500 ; and looking to t be < nature of their duties , your committee do not propose any further alteration . ' '' _¦ '• ' _¦ '"' .

    Presidesi of the Council . —The duties of this ofiice have been materially increased 6 ince the period when . it last came under the consideration of a ' committee of this house . A committee of the Privy Council is now charged with the distribution of the funds ' voted by parliament for promoting education , and with . the . general'superintendence of the system of educationas pursued in the schools which participate in the government grant . ¦ The President of the Council is the '' _principalmember of _thiscommittbejarid has practically the chargeof the important and increasing business of this departriierit , in addition to his other official and parliamentary duties . - ' "• - ¦ "¦/ Your committee do not propose any alteration' in

    the present salary of this office . Boaro ov Trade . — The offices in this department which come within the terms of the reference are those only of tbe President arid Vice-President ; but ) as has been before _stated , another department has been recently established , which has the charge of superintending the'developmeht of the railway sys tern . These duties were originally ' discharged by the Board of Trade , but the staff of'that board was found' inadequate ior their due perforinance . ' . ' Your cornmitteo ave of opinion , how that the railway system ; is so near completion , that the duties of the Railway Board may again be ; discharged under the direction bf the Board of Trade ; they therefore recommend , with a view' to save the salary of the Railway Commissioner , that step 3 be taken to consolidate the depar tinerit of the Railway Board with that of the Board of Trade .

    ; They do not propose to make any alteration in the salary of the President of the Board of Trade ; but tbey recommend-that the salary of the Yieer President be £ 1 , 500 per annum . _Lbnn _Piuvvf Seai . —Your committee recommend that provision be made for the transfer ofthe duties of this office" to some other department of tho government , arid that the salary be'discoiitinued . _SECRETABV-Ai- ' v 7 AB . . --Anbther ; committee of the house is especially charged with the investigation of _thei nature and duties of this office . Your committee , therefore , have abstained' altogether frorn taking evidence , or making any recommendation to the house , with reference to the salary of the Secretary-at-War , '' . ' _pAYHASTEn-GETreRAi _,. —This office is at present held by the Vice-President of tbe Board of Trade , and your committee recommend that the salary be £ 1 . 500 for the united offices ;

    The Jcoge _Auvocate . —Your committee recommend that the salary of the Judge-Advocate be £ 1 , 500 per annum , and that this charge be made on the next appointment . They also recommend that in future the Judge-Advocate shall nofc . be debarred from the practice of his profession whilst in possession of that office . : . ¦ ' ¦ " ¦ . ' ¦ " '¦' _Admiraltt . —It appears tbat in this department the salaries bf three of the Junior Lord are fixed at £ 1 , 000 each , with a residence , and of the other two at £ 1 , 200 with no residence . Your committee recommend , that for the future the salary of each Junior Lord shall be . £ 1 , 000 and that residences be allowed only to the First Lord , the Senior Naval Lord , and the Secretary . _OanNAKCE-OPMCB . —The same observations apply to this department as to that of the Secretary-at-War .

    Master ov the Mmr . —Your , committeo recommend , that this office , as a parliamentary office , be abolished ; and that the duties of it should be performed by a responsible officer under , the direction of the Treasury . - mu ' - , ¦; _' : " ¦ Chief _SEcnsrABr for Ireland . — -The salary « ef this office is " . _£ 5 , 500 . The committee-are ' aware that changes in the local government of Ireland are contemplated . They recommend , that . iri case these changes are not ihade , the salary of the Chief Secretary be reduced to a sum not exceeding £ 3 , 000 per annum ; the reduction to take effect on the next vacancy , or , in case of no vacancy , at the close of the present parliament . ' :

    Poor-law Board . — -The salaries of this department which came under the consideration of your committee are : those of the Chief Commissioner and the two Secretaries . Your committee do not reconHhend any alteration in the salary of the Chief Commissioner ; but they are led to believe that the duties of a Secretary might be efficiently performed at a salary- of £ 1 , 000 ;" - Looking , however ,- to the circumstances under which bne of-the present secretaries accepted Office , your committee recommend that the [ immediate reduction should take place orily in the 'case of the parliamentary _secretaiyi and tnat the "salary of the other secretary should be reduced on the first vacancy . ¦¦ ¦ ¦

    • _• JUDICIAL SALARIES . . ENGLASD . ; _Yopr committee next proceed to the second part of the inquiry referred to .. them , namely , the _salliries and emoluments of judicial officers in the superior courts of law ' and ' equity iii ' the . 'United Kingdom . ' " ' . _'; . "' ' , " . - ' , ' , . ' . ''' . '' ¦ ' They have taken evidence from ' some o ! the most eriifocnt ' . ' _. mcii ' connected ' " ' with the court ' s , of each _countiV . ; they have referred to evidence given before the" committee which sat in 1830—31 , ' and' have called for . returns , ' _showing the changes which have been made fibm time , to time' in the' salaries' and emoliihterits of the judges ; to all of which documents ; they respectfully call the attention bf the house ' : " After giving a _careful consideration to this subject , they _have'deterininbd to' recommend to the

    house the following _scalb of Salaries for the various judicial offices of lawarid equity in England : — ' , " / _fLotd Chancbl \ or :....:........ M ...,...., ; . £ 8 ) 000 " . ; The Master of tho Rolls ' .- .. .:.. ' ..... .. . ' 0 , 000 ¦' Vice-ChancellorbfEngiand ...... Z , ' 5 , 000 '' Second Vio _«| pharicellor ,. 5 , 000 Masters irr _^ lancery each . ' ... , 000 ' TheAccountant-General ... ; .. ; . ; ...... 2 , 000 It is understood that _^ th ' o office of the third Vice-Cnancellbr is tb be abolished ori thb first vacancy . ' , ' Dhief Justice of Queen ' sBencb ...... £ 7 , 000 •• Ditto Common Pleas .......... v ...:.. ' 0 , 000 ¦ Chief Barbn of the Exchequer ...... 6 , 000 : TwelvePuisn 6 Judges each ......... 5 , 000 ' The _conimittee recommend that the _retiring allowances of the judges bo " adjusted so as to boar the same proportion as at present to their salaries for actual service . f

    The attention of the committee has been directed to the large emoluments of tho law advisers of the Crown . These emoluinents are derived from various sources , including fees on briefs and patents , and appear to your committeo to be ; excessive . They do not , however , express any opinion on the subject , beyond a general recommendation that they be reduced , 'but they suggest tb tho consideration of the government , whether the duties of Attorney and Solicitor-General might not bo as efficiently performed' and a saving . effected to the public , if they were paid by fixed salary instead of fees . In _recommendinff that the Accountant-General be

    paid by a fixed salary , equal to that of tho Masters m Chancery , they would also suggest , that such arrangements should be made with regard to the brokerage or investments in stock , which now forms a part of tho emoluments of this office , as may most conduce to the interests of tho suitors in the Court of Chancery . . _'¦ '"" In agreeing to theso salariesfor judges and other officers in the courts of justice , tho committee have not adverted to the questions of patronage and fees , now under the consideration of another committee of this house . They must , however , express a decided opinion , from somo statements in the evidence , that no fees of any description should be

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    _^ _$ * [ teM _&» _sauries ' ; _^ hat tho regulations _prowded _^ ana _whWBay-brfuBherreb ' _omal with-respeot to _appointmentsof ' s ' ubordmate officers in . the _coiirtsvof lawand equity , shall be strictly enforced ; . that : all"persons to-be _thereafter _BOIMnatodtto such offices shall he placed on reasonable _anaimoueratc salaries ,. to be exclusively enjoyed by themselves _^ and that'they shall invariably execute % _T hole duties oftho offices iri person ; ' .. rhe committee also venture to _> express a hope , tnat reforms in the proceedings ofthe courts may gradually lead to _considerable reductions in judicial estabhshments . The appointment , ' : emoluments , establishmen t , and whole , system of the office- bf Accountant-Gen eral , should : _undergo revision . ; It i 8

    m evidence before . them ,: that the most unneces _^ sary _^ delays and _detentions _. prevail in the offices of Masters m Chancery , which might -he easily and immediately removed , so as to reduce largely the amount of business , and claims on the time of the Master . Such reforms , besides conducing to economy , would facilitate the _courso of justice , and give the greatest relief to suitors , in the ' courts of _equity , _t ¦ Tho committee further recommend to the serious attention of the government the enormous expense of _legaiprooeedings on behalf of the public . The y' ? _^* supervision bf the Board of Treasury over taw branch of public expenditure in all the departments seems essentially , necessary . ; rour committeo recommend that all fees on appointment to . officebo abolished . ; .

    - _¦' . SCOTLAND . The c ommittee recommend the following scale of salaries for the judges of superior courts'in Scot-Tho Lord President of the Court of ' Session ; ........... ... ; ....... ; ...:... £ 4 , 300 Lord Justice . Clerk and President of second division of the Court of ¦ ¦ _- _;¦ ' Session .... 4 , 000 : Lords of Session ' . Justiciary and ¦ __ Exchequer , 'each .... v ................ 3 , 000 _^ IJiey do not recommend any alteration in the Offices of Lord Advocate and Solicitor-General . . _> :

    It has been given inevidenoe to your committee , that the business transacted in the various courts in Scotland is of a very unequal amourit ; and they have every reason to , believe'that the number of judges is _larger than tho population and business of that part' of the United Kingdom require , and might be diminished . It has , indeed , been stated , that measures iai'e in contemplation , whereby the present inequality may bein some degree rectified j out your committee would press on the attention of the government , that when any vacancy may occur , this subjectfshall be well considered , arid that the opinion of this committee with regard to the number of judges should be attended to .

    "•/ . IRELAND . ¦" . _-. They propose tbe following salaries of the judicial offices in the Irish courts : — ¦ ' - Lord Chancellor ; . ! ........................ £ 0 , 000 Master of the Rolls ..,,, „„ _, _> , „„„„ 4 , 000 Chief Justice of Queen ' s Bench .... ; . 4 , 300 r ; , ¦ ¦; ..: - .: ¦ _: ¦ . CommonPleas ..,... ; 4 , 000 Chief Baron of Exchequer 4 , 000 _,-paisne Judgesieach ... ;! . ' ... _"' ... ;;' .. .... 3 , 000 Masters in Chancery , each _............- ' 2 , 000 ¦ Your committee would make the same suggestion with regard to the number of Irish judges' which they have already offered in referring to thejuuicial establishment in : Scotland-. _; .

    "'' y ¦["' . [[ DIPLOMATIC'SALARIES . ; ' comriiitte ' c have given much patient consideration to . the subject of our . diplomatic experiditure , arid bayeentertai . ned ' a . variety of opinions upon , it ; they hdve , however ' , ; decided to rebommend a complete revision ofthe present systein of _oui diplomatic establishments , and with that view . tliey ' pahie to the following resolutions : — ' ' . ' ' ;'" ; . : '' _] . First , That it be recommended to tho government to ' propose to the goverririlent of France and'Turkey to . convert the embassies , now maintained between those countries and Eriglaiid . into _missions , _wnd that our diplomatic establishments at , Paris and Constantinople be put on the footing of first class

    missionsr ' ; Secondly , That it bo recommended to the . serious attention . ' of the government that a single mission at _sbmo central point in Germany may be substituted for the several missions how existing at Hanover , _Dresdenj' Stutgiird , Munich , arid Frankfort , without detriment to the public service . Thirdly , That it ho recommended to the government to make _ai'rangeinehts for uniting the mission at Florence , with one of the'Italian " missions . ' Fourthly , That no diplomatic salary should exceed £ 5 , 000 per annum , ' exclusive'of an allowance for a residence . ¦ _'¦ ¦ Fifthly , That it be recommended to the . govern ment to revise the salaries of the whole diplomatic

    service , regard being had to the maximum suggested by the committee , and to the relativo iiriportance of the various missions , nnd that in certain ' cases a union of missions might take , place , or a consul or consular agent be substituted for a mission , whereb _y considerable saving might be effected without injury to the publio service . The diplomatic pension list bas engaged the attention ofthe committee , and they have been lod to remark how large a proportion the aggregate amount ; of pensions bears to the sum paid for actual service . ' There are circumstances connected with the diplomatic service which render it difficult to : enforce all the T ' _egulations applicable to other

    pensions ; bHt . lookfng to the main object for which all pensions are granted—They recommend , that , strict regard being had to existing interests , regulations be made for the granting of future pensions , in respect of the age and _ciroumstances of the parties olaiming them , so far as is practicable ; in accordance with the 6 th arid llth sections of the . act 4 and 5 William IV ., c . 24 , which regulates civil pensions . The committee , being anxious to report in the present session ; have not had time to prosecute the inquiry into tho consular , establishments ,-and they recommend that an " investigation into this branch should be instituted ih the course , of next session of Parliament . - _l ;

    Sunday Postage Delivery. A Public Meetin...

    SUNDAY POSTAGE DELIVERY . A public meeting was held on'Monday evening-in the Hall of the Freemasons' Tavern _/ Great _Queeristveet , Lincoln's : imi-Fields , 'for the purpose of obtaining the immediate ' rescinding of the . recent postal regulation , stopping , the delivery of letters and newspapers _on-Sunday ; : The hall was crowded before seven o'clbcl 5 , the hour at wbich it was announced _thatithe business should- begin , wlien , on tbe motion of Mr . _Serlb , Mr . JiJHume , 'M . P ., took thechair : ¦ ;;•;• _> - ¦ . ¦ . ;> ¦ ' •¦'¦ ¦ _; The Chaibman , in opening the proceedings , said there was , " perhaps ; no question more important than that whioh related to rapid communication between place and place , and man and man—than that , in fact , which affected the general-regulations

    of tho postal department . He could recollect'the _eflorfs made from year to year to accelerate communication , and he had no hesitation in saying that of all ' the social changes which had taken place since he had been a public 1 man—and that was a great many years—none had appeared to him more important than that which provided _facilities fbr cheap and rapid postal comrhunications ; ( Cheers : ) lie was one of those who considered ' any measures taken to interfere with > that communication - as depriving the communitybfa ' portion of ' those advantages which , with great labour , had 'been ' obtained for -them , and-he thought any attempts towards a retrograde system must have-been made under a very erroneous idea ; i He was sorry to see such an

    attempt ;' but ho Was 'riot one of those responsible for that-retrogression : ( Cheers . ) - He had _,,-lorie everything to torward the object' of . the meeting . Postal facilities' toride ' d to ' encourage' the diffusion _ofknowledger-placedmen-in a situation to know and to estimate their rights ; and he could hot therefore but regret any attempts made to interfere with Sunday newspapers or Sunday travelling _^ He , was anxious to see the Sabbath'day vespeeted . ; He was also most anxious to promote civil [ and religious liberty . If wc . were at liberty , to send our letters as wo-pleased ; the case ' might ' bo different , but there was a law which ' said they should riot at their peril transmit a letter otherwise than through the post , and if they did they were liable to anenaltv of £ 5 .

    The government by that one act took upon itself the duty of conveying all- their information as rapidly and-as safely as possible . It was then , surely , against the general interests of tho community that the government should stop that Whiclvthey were pledged to carry on . Any attempt at it on the part of a few , however influential , appeared , therefore , to him a breach of contract to the commuity at large . ( Cheers . ) Mr .. MacKinnon , M . P . moved the first resolution . He had been in that minority from whose defeat tho circumstances giving rise to the mooting had taken place . He deemed it right to state that , as some blame had been attached to Ministers and to her Majesty for having acceded lo thoso resolutions of tbe house , that it was impossible for any ministry to act otherwise than Lord John Russell had acted , or fbr any sovereign to have acted otherwise than

    had her Majesty . ' ( Hear . ) There was an address from a majority of the Houso of Commons . The minister was bouhdtb lay that address at the foot of the throne ; the Sovereign was equally bound to pay to it attention . If , therefore , blame rested anywhere , it rosted with that extraordinary majority which , in an unguarded hour , gave so extraordinary a vote . Could tho whole commuity remain quiescent on the Lord ' s Day ? Some individuals must do work for the rest . Civilisation and facility of communication wont hand in hand . To stop Sunday labour entirely was altogether impossible , and it had been proved in the Houso of Commons that the attempt so to do had augmented , instead of diminishing it . It had beon proved that in Manchester and Liverpool some seventy or eighty persons had been set by private parlies to do the work performed beforo by twenty-five , lie therefore

    Sunday Postage Delivery. A Public Meetin...

    begged to . propose _, t ] _ief | _rit ? e 3 olution _, ; r- ? ii . That this ' meeting is fully convinced tbat the admirable" _sys-Jtemonwhichtho _POst-omcC Wa * i egul & ted ' priorto tbe recent obnoxious restrictions _^ was in course bf affording all'the accommodation that ' could be rendered -tO' the publio , ' arid with the least possible amount of Sunday labour . That the'necessity . for correspondence has vastly increased that amount ' of toil , and that since the' cessation- of the' Sunday postal delivery , the requirements of „ e ' publio call for a speedy return to the former priictibe . " , f Mr . _Jorsieb , M . P . for Berwiok _/ seebiided' the resolution ,. ' _Membershad reason'to cbir iplain ofthe in mis

    pumio matter . Up to the time when the House of Commons was so shamefully takenby surprise , andthatyote _carriedby a sort of _couple mam , the public did nothing to impress their ' will upon the timidity and _covfwdice of the ' House of Commons . Already someof the members who voted for that resolution had come _to-him arid confessed-that-its consequences , made them wish it altered . ' Government said ; where aro the petitions—where the public voice—where the meetings ? it was therefore , for the people to speak out , and show that they Would riot be coerced . ( Cheers . ) , Dr . Webb , of Marylebone , supported ; the resolution . ' . _* ' ¦ .

    The Rev . Dr . Hewiett moved as an amendment the following : —" ¦ That , the ; advantages of a weekly day of rest ; whether considered physically / socially , or morally , are far bayorid any trifling convenience that may be obtained by its infringement ; and that as an opportunity bas offered of relieving a large number of the industrious classes by the recent postal arrangements from unnecessary labour on the Sunday ,. this meeting conceive it highly desirable that the' alterations in the l ? ost . Omc ' o department should have a full and fair trial . "' _«• ¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦ '" ' '; Mr . Lonn seconded the amendment , and the question was put by the Chairman . The show of hands evidenced a vast majority in favour ofthe brigirial motion : - ¦ ¦ ¦; _- .- b i

    Mr ; Locke , M . P ., moved the second resolution , and said ; that at all events the amendment arid previous resolution had had a full and fair trial . ; If the cause was as fully and'fairly tried in the house , the same unanimous votes would affirin the meeting ' s decision . ( Cheers . ) He thought a day of rest most- ' important : He made no exceptions , not even for postmen . ( Cheers . ) But whilst he admitted that that day of rest was a season of blessing , he held that every man was called upon to make some sacrifices on it , if required for the , publio . It whs not the working-men who refused ' to contribute their mite towards the' general good ' . "; They knew that some labour was necessary on Sunday , in order not to entrench on other days . ( Hear , hear . ) Let

    them look at the great riiariufacturing establishments ; did tbey suppose one voice would be raised in favour of shutting tbem up against all labour on Sunday ? ' Thero were thousands . of , persons in those manufactories who ; if ' the engine broke : would he thrown out of employment . ; It was the constant practice to do the little" reparations required on Sunday , so as to prevent an accident so ruinous to thousands . _^ > Did they ' suppose the engine man who dragged his five hundred , out to Windsor or Rtchriiond on- _^ Sunday afternoori begrudged the small amount of labour which hV gave ? ' ( Cheers . ) , Did they think ' he did not rather take a prido ana pleasure in seeing his fellow workmen with their wives and little" ones , going , after weeks of toil , for one

    dayof health '; and _pleasure ? Did he not feel the day would come when- ' he would be in the same train on the same errand ; arid understand that the happiness of many might fairly be accomplished by the labour ofa few ? ( Cheers . ) ' A great talk had been made " about 15 , 000 pbople signing a petition in Liverpool , and ' of . sixty or seventy honest men liberated from _the'Post-office ' goihg in procession to church . ' _^ His inference was this : he said , if those 15 , 000 petitioners had liberated their coachmen and grooms —( cheers)—their meriservants and their maidservants , what a goodly procession they would have made * It would have been attended with this further advantage—it would have Shown how much good could bo done by a private feeeling , by the enterprise of private ' parties , without encroaching

    on the rights arid liberties of' the community at large . Mr : Locke concluded by moving the following resolution : — " That the equal and general dissemination _, of earlyjntelligerice is one of the highest results bfeur civilisation ' . That the ; weekly newspapers , by its efforts to gather ' and publish _intelligence ' renders eminent public serf ice ; and that its transmission" by the Saturday inornirig ' s delivery is a service which the humble arid industrious man , who can read his ; newspaper ori the Sunday only , and by which all classes are greatly benefited ; and thafc the means offered by such a system are those which involve by far the least interference with the seventh day ' s rest , enjoyment / and devotion . " Mr . Seble _; on behalf of the weekly press , seconded Mr . Locke ' s resolution .

    The Rev . Jonx Kennedy addressed the meeting in opposition , but being heard with great impatience , resisted ; : ' - ¦ : : ; The vesolulion was then carried . A petition tp the House of Commons and a memorial to . the commission of inquiry were agreed to , and the Opposing resolution negatived ; and thanks having been voted to the chairman , the meeting separated . ' _•"

    . Lambeth Election. . The Nomination Ofa...

    . LAMBETH _ELECTION . . The nomination ofa burgess to fill the vacancy in the . representation of the borough of Lambeth , caused by the resignation of Mr . Charles Pearson , took place on Monday morning at ten O ' clock " , OB _Kennington-common . ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ Three candidates , appeared upon the hustings _^ namely , Mr . Wm . Williariis , late M . P . for Coventry , Admiral Sir Charles Napier , and . Mr . J . H . Palmer , Mr . Williams first appeared on the ground , and pro . ceeded to the hustings on foot , accompanied bv his

    committee . Sir CharlesJSapier arrived at the hustings in a carriage and pair , adorned with a huge Union Jack . Mr . Palmer came up in a carriage and four : . ' . ' ... f- _' . ;; ' ' _.-: ' ' -.:. ' As the candidates ; appeared there was scarcely any demonstration - of * feeling von the part of the people assembled , who numbered about ¦ : 1 , 200 , except in the . caseof the admiral , who was received by Mr . Williams ' s supporters with loud crie 9 of " _Jfo flogging , " " Bring the cat-o ' -nine-tails , " while some ofthe more energetic of the crowd brandished veritable " cats" as SirCharles advanced to . the front bf the hustings . '

    The usual formalities having been gone through , and ' - ¦ ¦ • ¦ _¦" ' - ¦'¦ - _¦;' ¦ --.- ¦ _- .. Mr . Onslow , the returning officer , having briefly addressed the meeting as to the duties they had to perform ; _¦;¦ _' ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . . . _~ : ¦ ¦ : ¦¦ < ¦ . Mr . Harvet' of Lambeth House , came forward to nominateMr / _W . Williams —( oheers )—as a fit and Eroper person to represent the ' borough . ¦ He had nown Mr . Williams for upwards of thirty years as a thorough man of business . For thirteen years Mr . Williams had been in Parliament , during which time he gave no less than 2 , 000 votos , none of which had ever even been questioned , with the exception of two ,, and if-those two were errors at all they were errors of the head , not ofthe heart . They had also a gallant admiral , who came forward with

    a . very catchy commencement , "Do' _-you want a sailor ? " ( Laughter , arid "he wants the cat-o ' - nine tails . " ) Ho would say nothing against him for being a sailor—they were the best defence of the country j but hedidnotknow what a sailor had to do with representing Lambeth .- { " Certainly not . " ); He was formerly in Parliament , '; when he soon got a _plade . ( Laughter . ) He said tbat if called upon ; to- servehis country , ho would resign his seat : ( Laughter . ;) When iri Parliament he got the command of the experimental squadron , for which the people had to pay . The other candidate was a respectable man whom they all knew—he would . not say one word to his prejudice .- He is sonin-law to your present sitting member , ' and he did

    not think that was any recommendation . He was also a lawyer . (•¦ Stepping-stone to the woolsack . " ) There were too many lawyers in the House of Commons already . ( Cheers . ) See bow they came out on the question of Lord Palmerston ' s policy . Some of the lawyers who voted on that occasion bad already got places —( true)—and the others were all on the way to proferment . ( Cheers . ) There would be much profession on this occasion , but he said , let them havo acts not words . ( Choers . ) In fact , let thorn take Mr . Williams , who , he would say , had a good character from his last ' place . ( Cheers . ) Place him on the top of the poll , so that the speculators' would' no move appear among them . ( Cheers . ) They ought not to havo any man who was in offlco , or seeking office . He nominated W , Williams , Esq ., as a fit person for their representative .

    Mr . Douxton , sen ., seconded the nomination . They wanted financial reformers in the House Of Commons to resist such scandalous votes as £ 13 , 000 ayeav to a voyal duko . ( Cheers . ) The majority on that vote was made up of placemen and half-pay _ofScors . Such thorough financial reformers as Mr . Williams wore wanted in the House of Commons

    now . Mr . William Knott then came forward to propose Mr . Palmer—( oheers and uproar)—who , ho said , was the son of ono of the best reformers that ever lived . He was the son of their old friend tho lato Samuel Palmer . ( A Voice : "how do you know ? " ) who had been known to them alias a friond and neighbour . Mr . John Willes seconded Mr . Palmer ' s nomination . Mr . CD-arm's ; Evxvs ; amidst great confusion , nominated Sir Charles Napier as a fit . and proper person torcprosent the borough .

    Mr . Miller came forward to second the nomination , and said , _, _xu _™ _,, r" ~ : — _"MynanioisiMilIer ; In the Old Ivont-road my fathor keeps bis shop , A frugal man , whose only care is to _inoreaao his . stock , And keep his only son , myself , at home . "

    . Lambeth Election. . The Nomination Ofa...

    { _Cries-.: _of-. _'MBravorKoi 7 al ; )*' r _-Tho _* w . _'' . _who- '' w » r » _fathei-a could understand how : difficult , a , thing . thafc ' was : ' ' He had ' roferred'tb thb shop _tofsbow that , he was one _| bf ; the _iriiddlb 'brasses , and a ' s ' such " ho seconded the nomination of Sir'G . _Mpier . _^; ' _f . - Mr . Wiluams thon came forward , amidst vociferous cheering from his supporters ; He said that he did not appear beforo theni with professions whioh were intended to be broken , but as a tried man , He had served his country , faithftiliy , honestly ; arid , riprightly for thirteen years in the House of Commons _, lie had never given a vote , or uttered awbrd in the House of Comirions , or done one single act against the interests of the great body of tho people . '" He _beloneed to ~ the _ueopler ho sympathised wth t . hPiV

    interests , and he would Btand by them to the last . As he had already said he was there to-day on the invitation of some of tho leading men of the borough —ho had been the first ; in the field , and had been followed by six others . Pour of them Had withdrawn—two , however , remained to stand the fight , and ho ( Mr . Williams ) was in the bands of the electors to defeat them . ( Cheers and cries of "So you shall . " ) With regard to one of them '( Mr . Palmer , ) not a word in his' favour had been said by anybody—not even by bis proposer and seconder , except that his father had been a very respectable man in this borough : ( Hear , hear , and a laugh . ) They had not even said that the young gentleman himself was a respectable man , but he ( Mr .

    Williams ) would give the honourable and learned gentleman a character and say that he was so . ( Cheers and laughter . ) That was more than any of the hon . and learned gentleman ' s friends had said before'for him . But with what recommendation did he come before the constituency ? Why , in the first place , the bon . and learned gentleman was a lawyer . ( Groans and hisses , and loud cries of" Shame . " ) There were already _seventy-twolawyersin the House of Commons , and many people thought that _numbec was just six dozen too many . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Another , recommendation which Mr . Palmer brought witb him was , that he was the son-in-law of the present member for that borough . ( Cheers and cries of ; " Shame . " ) The electors knew how

    faithfully their present member had served them , andjwould be inclined , he thought , to . say , if such was the sample , sucb was the sack . ( Applause . and hisses . ) But there remained still another candidato . in the field . ( Cheers , hisses , ' and groans , followed by the exhibition , both in the body of the meeting , and by an elector on tho hustings , ofthe effigies of tbe cat-o' -nine-tails , which were upraised , and shaken derisively . before Sir Charles _Napier , amidst loud and general cries of "Mb flogging . " ) The old admiral had been bis most intimate . friend for a great nuinber of years ; and to prove how faithful was his friendship , he had come forward at the eleventh hour to do ; him ( Mr . Williams ) all the injury he could , for thegallantadmiral ' s own return

    was wholly out of ¦ the question . ( Cheers and Bhouts of , " Dontbe too sure of that . " ) Tbey would he . was confident never return a place-hunter—a pensioner—one who had run away from the electors of Marylebone to take a paltry command and appointment . ( Hisses , eheers , and groans . ) He had already struck bis flag- in this borough . And he ( Mr . -Williams ) asked if the gallant admiral was a . fit man to . represent Lambeth ? ( Cries of , " No , no " answered by as loud shouts of , "Yes , yes . " ) Would they : have a man who deserted tho colours of hia country and lent himself as hireling to the despotic government of Portugal ? . ( Hisses , groans , and cheers . ) For that he was dismissed the British service ., ( Applause . ) Was such a man then , he

    repeated , a fit and proper man to represent Lambeth ? ( Cries of , "No , he will not suit . " ) He had himself told them at one of his meetings that he would again ; accept a place if one was offered to him . ( Groansand Hisses . ) Butthis was not all . The day before the gallant admiral offered himself as a candidate for the representation of Lambeth , ha went and paid a visit to the Treasury , and there he ( Mr . Williams ) was told the gallant Admiral had had an interview with the Secretary to the Treasury , who has the giving away of places . Was such a man fit to send to the House of Commons as their representative ? ( " No , no . " ) During the thirteen years he ( Mr . Williams ) had been in parliament ha bad never darkened tho doors ofthe Treasury , and

    not a single penny of the public money had ever touched the palm of hh hands , or ever should . ( Loud cheers . ) He need not detain the meeting , but would ask at once—would they have this placehunter—this old pensioner—would they have a man who lived by idleness and not by industry ? ( Hisses , cheers , and cries of " Shame . " ) During the several years that he ( Mr . W . ) had been in parliament , _het had himself brought forward motions year after ? year to abolish flogging in the navy , and who had stood up and opposed him ? Who but the gallant Admiral ? ( Hisses and groans . ) Nay , the gallant Admiral not only opposed the motion , but admitted he had himself made pretty free use ofthe lash when he had the nower . and he even had _owosed

    the reduction ( which , however , was carried ) of the infliction of 300 lashes to fifty . ( Cheers . ) If the electors of Lambeth wanted a man to draw tha blood of the noble sailors of this country , there ( pointing to Sir Charles Sapier ) stood the roan . ( Cheers , hisses , and great confusion . ) He ( Mr . Williams ) solicited the electors to compare his eonduct by the test of his parliamentary votes withthe professions of Mr . Palmer and the acts of the old Admiral . A friend of his ( Mr . Williams ) had on Saturday looked over the division list during the time his gallant opponent had been in parliament , and he could scarcely find one in which the gallant Admiral had voted at all—bnt that be was , absent from nine divisions out Of ten , Whilst he ( Mr .

    Williams ) had not been absent from one of them . ( Cheers . ) Did the electors want an idler like the Admiral , or did they want the man who would be found at his post , standing by the people both day and night ? If they wanted a placeman and a pensioner , let them vote for Sir Charles _Sapier , if they wanted to consign this large and important borough of _. Lambethto the family of the _TJ'Eynconrts , let them vote for Mr . Palmer , but if they wanted a man , of the people—one of the people—one that would stand by the people—then let them hold up their hands for him . ( Loud and tumultuous eheers , in- > terriiinaled with hisses arid groans . ) Mi * . J . H .. Palmer declared himself in favour of ; Lord Palmerston ' s policy , which bad for its object ;

    to make the namo of England respected through- out the world . (" Hear , hear , " from Sir C . Napier . )) ne was : in favour of Mr . Hume ' s proposition for r extending the suffrage , but against the £ 10 qualifi- - cation . He also required the protection of the bal- - lot . fov the poor man , fov without that protection 1 a vote to the poo * man would be a curse instead of a a blessing . ( Cheers . ) He was in favour of triennial par-. - _liamontsi ( Cheers . ) When those measures were a obtained , rigid retrenchment in the public expendi-iture must follow . He also opposed the window taXiX and the income tax . Reconsidered that the Pborrc Law ought to bo revised so as to give _Ollt-doorar relief where necessary . He was also in favour oioi the Sunday Trading Bill , provided the rights of thehe

    poor man were protected . . Sir C .: Napier then addressed the electors , butut he was continually interrupted ; in fact , during thehe whole of his speech the utmost confusion prevailed ; d . Imitation " cats " were in abundance . The _gallanfinti admiral defended himself against the imputation ' of of being a place-hunter . When he was sent to thehe Mediterranean , it was to protect British commerce _^ e . He sailed against Morocco , to demand satisfactionon for British merchants who had heen ill-treated , andndi ample satisfaction was given at tho very sight oioi i the British flag , without firing a single shot . _HeHei disclaimed . being the intimate friend of Mr . _WilJfil-Iiams . Hewas only a friend so far as having _jnetnet that gentleman frequently . in the House of _Conwm _.

    mons . Mr . Williams s speech consisted of . _fulsomemei praise of himself and vul | av abuse of his opponent'nt ,, What had brought him ( Sir C . Napier ) to Lambeth * tb „ was the revolutionary address of Mr , _Williamsm 8 „ That gentleman came forward to bamboozle thememi for lie talked of taking sixteen millions of taxes oft oft ! without proposing any means of supplying _thelheii place . He ( Sir O . Napier ) was not prepared to ro rof the public creditor . He thought the first tax tbatnai should be taken off was thq window tax ., He ha hat done all he could to reduce the wasteful cxpendituiituil that was going on in the navy . He had fallen undandu tho censure of the First Lord ofthe Admiralty , an , am those by whom he was surrounded , and also _undondu tho censure of the First Minister , and yet he bs has

    been called a placo-hunter . His hon . and courteoiteou friend had charged mm with deserting his _colourlourand entering the service of a despot ; and his & f 05 hbl > l friend knew when he said that that he was uttcriiicriic that wliich was not true . ( Cheers . ) What he hae h ;; done was to assist in placing a youthful and _liberiberr queen upon the throne . As to flogging in the nav nav ? no officer in the British navy / nad done more tha thin lie had to put on end to corporal punishment . * P . T ? two years he had commanded the squadron , and and believed that there never was so little _floggingjj ing _^ the navy as during that time ; but it was _impossitassiM to conduct the operations of a fleet without dut di cipline . He had commanded between 4 , 000 riOO _riii 3 , 000 men , and thero was not a sailor amon ' irioniii

    them that would not have gone to the very devillevill serve him . ( Cheers . ) Ho had beon told about goit goiii to tho Treasury . All he had done was to cto cc upon his friend Mr . Hayter . But ho _nnderstcersttt that spies had been set to watch him ; such weh w _« the tactics on the other side . He was in favour vour ; the ballot and an extension of tho suffrage , but ibut ii for universal suffrage . Be was also in favour of ftr oft t claims of the Jews . The gallant admiral concluthcludd by expressing his determination iogo to the _poiu poiiJ . A sfiow _ofWdB was then taken , which was was clared by the returning officer to be in favour of _, r of _,, 0 . Napier . ... f Vr > _wiUiaiWlliaii _) A poll was dornanded on _oooaii m _*«• and Mr . Palmer , and the proceedings tcrmmatediatedj , 7 _fiCLAlMT OF THE POLL .

    . > * OS _,.,,...,, n w . i «« j « r , f twelve o ' clock , the canthdaMidalil and thSr end Vembled on the hustings to h _, toto and _tncir menus m { A } nmnbwimbcrr _JSKtTS - _^ _^ front . At abet abec five minutes past twelvo ,

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 10, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_10081850/page/7/