

Mab. 



R -U were a^^'T* U ??^S?fS leaveT br^ 



to a bill to make a railway ^ ££| » conversation it was ordered 

 £ ^Metropolis but after a dcsu tor the Raihvay committee. 



Slie od the table, » ^"!Jhe order of the day for the House re- 

 __Mr. S. Hbbbbrt nioyeatnec r , Q the ques tion being 



iJrins itself into a Committee :o ^ U PP'£ ht forwar d the fol- 

 jft fro'm the <*^J "^ o?a?l moneys plid to Richard Bond 

 E* * "S'^iirRoV and John Jackson.on account of any com- 

 WSSfn^ ae R b ?them to Government relative to t. 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



Cstru^ons given to t^aoo ^ ^ duties to be per- 



r ss. and John JackMO; « un * of the amount paid to 



—*£?* ?amed ^for expenses daring their attendance at the 

 the above-Darned wre^ O » connc u and others. Also a return 



trial of the Queen *&™l° e C ™™l ent proprietor or proprietors, 

 * .11 moneys pa^d to the late or Pg £ ^^ , of tne Morn - 

 ■•napers,conduc or o P of them, on account or 



u~mlA and A tandard ncwsp«ipci», . 



or,, u, m.j .;" v I'piand; distinguishing me un.es ac which 

 ?^ al / g ' t l,mic t ons o -informations were furnished, and the 



thCS H d fKX the «veral sums of money were paid. Also the 

 period at which the s er d writers appoi nted to furnish 



name or name * °|-J or V of the proceedings at the trial of the 



JK«» !^ A a Mem r er MS 



Queen Jjamsr w t d to vote any further supplies, he felt 



Howe, before J?c consei aicu t t acC ount in what 



JU,lifiCd :vtfc^tf already voted. He had 



manner thej- had «p«.ue rcIatinff to the stat e Trials in 



placed a motion on me i' ; 4^» t *Z**A uh *»nt Wn nrpriif. 



able 



S/.SE. wWeh S eoneW*ea had not been credit- 

 aD leather to the judges, counsel, jury, or any party concerned. 

 He cohered the Government had been tampering with the 

 I!™ «n* ihnw connected with it, which was highly dis- 

 c P Slitable He vish to call the attention of the House to 

 S n act of The administration relating to the instruc- 

 tions £ven to the shorr-hand writers and reporters of the 

 press d? ins and previous to the late trial. He considered the 

 House was entitled to know what instructions had been given- 

 Mr. Wallace seconded the motion.-Sir J. Graham said, under 

 •11 the circumstances of the case, he did not consider it his 

 dutyabsolutely and entirelyto oppose the motion. He should not 

 re-open a discussion on the late trials in Ireland, winch had oc- 

 cupied nine nights already, which with other motions had oc- 

 cupied nearly the whole of the public time, and prevented her 

 Majesty's Government from fixing any particular period for 

 proceeding with important measures. He at once avowed that 

 m the early part of last year, in consequence of tumultuous 

 meetings, great excitement prevailed in Ireland, and therefore 

 he cons dere i it necessary to obtain the most authentic intelli- 

 gence he could obtain on the subject by means of short-hand 

 writer*, which he believed was the usual course. Whatever had 

 been done was done solely on his own responsibility, and he did 

 aot wish to shrink from the responsibility. With respect to Mr. 

 Bond Hughes, he was engaged through Mr. Gurney on the usual 

 terms of a short-hand writer, and he had no objection 

 to lay before t!<.e House a copy of the instructions given to 

 Mr. liughes and money paid to that gentleman. He wished 

 the return to be before the House. With respect to Mr. Ross, he 

 would tell the House what happened. The Government first 

 sent a short-hand writer to Ireland in June last. He knew Mr. 

 Ross for several years, and being aware that he was an able 

 short-hand writer, he was engaged to go to Dublin, for which 

 he was to have 350/. If it is said that Mr. Ross was sent as a spy 

 he totally and boldly denied it. He was aware afterwards that 

 Mr. Ross was connected with the Morning Chronicle and Stand- 

 ard newspapers, but h ; s instructions from the Government were 

 to take full and correct notes of what he heard, so as to be able to 

 verify them, if necessary, in a court of justice. He admitted that 

 application had been made to the Morning Herald and to the 

 Standard, to allow the statements which had appeared in their 

 columns to be verified by their correspondents. He avowed that 

 such an application had been made by the Crown Solicitor; 

 but if it was alleged that any money had been passed to 

 the proprietors of those journals, as a gentleman and a man of 

 Honour he solemnly denied it. He should not oppose the return, 

 as related to instructions given and money paid to the short-hand 

 writers named in the motion; but he could not consent to that 

 part or the motion relating to the proprietors of the Morning 

 nerald and he Stand nv J. w« *v,«..»u»- *v,~ i.«„ m„ m k„ m n.,w 

 act wise! 

 thought 



•honM k nff p , in t,,c country, and if in the Government, he 

 to f.irn- ? ?? ffIect,n S: his duty did he not send competent persons 

 son* £ * m Wlth aa acc °uot of what took place ; but the per- 

 ac inn?ik Uffht not to mix ln Private with the parties whose 

 tak^ml y Were instr »^ed to watch ; all they had to do was to 



rcfflaru if aC 2 ir r ately what ^ asseu in public-After some fun her 

 thir*. «\L„ , Dl ' n ' combe replied, and the House divided, when 



•^f^SotTon"^ raoti0!1 '" 3 ; a = ai » stit * 144 > ma J° rity 



Th 



Money Market, 



CITY. 



inr»» n n ~ Friday. — Consols closed at 97^; 



Red ?™ P en x' Red " 98 i 5 Three-and-Half per Cenfs. 

 India' Li V oV ew Three-and-Half per Cents., 1024 ; 



69, to 71 ' /9; Baak Slock ' 195 *5 Exchequer Bills, 



s. prem. 



iWmcpolis an& its VitiM*. 



mittee nf A ' JriculiUral Society.— A meeting of the corn- 

 *bich w Central Agricultural" Protection Society, 



<hy at th * *"? nuraerousl y attended, was held on Tues- 

 *ad re^u? r" ence of the Duke of Richmond. Rules 

 ^^nirnnn 1 ° nS j the active P ro b rre ss of the society were 

 tlje Pur D0 - f pted ' and sub-committees appointed for 

 t0 their h' arran g»«g all matters of detail preparatory 

 **neralcn * submitted for the consideration of the 



will be irjade^fT 6 - at tbC Dext meetin o» after wllich the y 



ral meetT"' y F Co/ ^*"" OQ Wednesday the annual gene- 

 ColI ege took i thC t : 0uncil and Proprietors of University 



CollLv'7 receiving the report on the state i 

 eosuin* tk t ast year> and to eIect officers for th 

 ^edthaffi' 16 Larl of A «ckland presided. The 



the purnw f ° e in the theatre of the institution, for 

 Collll" se of receiving the report on the state of the 



" " ' e year 



•tated Ih^ t V ,C ILarl of Au ckland presided. The report 

 *ool dnri Du , mber of Pupils in the College and Junior 

 faculty of a g 8eSsi0n lJ!42 - 43 > was 900. In the 



who * 9 art. ! ii and Laws there were 19G students, of 

 Cnte red onlv t ♦u eXC,Usivel y thc ,aw classes, and 38 were 

 triot Endol m! I S ° laSSes for schoolmasters of the Pa- 

 ^ici n e;"™^ and " a Jhe indents of the Faculty of 



School to ^80 ^ 324 ' and lhe P u P iId of the Jtt » i0f 



deat « and nn! : i amount of receipts from stu- 



729 *'- 13, V L l * ™\ 1 i' ,06/ ' »«• 10c/. ; of this sum 



• *** was derived from the students of the 



Medical Faculty, 2399/. 10,. from those of the Faculty 

 of Arts and Laws, and 4415/. 13s. 6</. from the Junior 

 School. The sum of 2875/. 3s., derived from payments 

 by students, was transferred to the Hospital Committee, 

 towards the maintenance of that establishment. On the 

 subject of Professorships, it was announced that the Coun- 

 cil, being satisfied that the appointment of a special Pro- 

 fessor of Clinical Medicine had been attended with suc- 

 cess, and that the discontinuance of it would be disadvan- 

 tageous to the Hospital and Medical School, determined 

 on maintaining it, and Dr. Taylor still fills that chair ; 

 that Mr. Cooper having resigned the office of Surgeon to 

 the Hospital, received the appointment of Consulting 

 Surgeon; and the duties of Acting Surgeon devolved on 

 Professor Quain ; that Mr. Vignolles had accepted the 

 office of Professor of Civil Engineering for two years more ; 

 and Mr. Webster wtl permanently appointed to the chair 

 of Geology ; that Professor Brooke had resigned the Pro- 

 fessorship of Natural Philosophy ; that the studies of that 

 class were conducted under a temporary arrangement, in 

 which he took part; and that steps are taking to fill up 

 the vacant Professorship before the commencement of the 

 next session. That the Professorship of Jurisprudence 

 has been resigned by Mr. Graves; and Mr. Hargreave, 

 formerly a student of this college, and who, on taking 

 his degree in law, obtained the University Law Scholar- 

 ship for examination in jurisprudence, has been selected 

 to fill the chair. Under the head of Students, the council 

 reported that the Flaherty Mathematical Scholarship was 

 obtained by Mr. George Jessel, at the examination in 

 January last, and expressed their gratification that the 

 credit of the college has been well maintained at the 

 examination of the University during the past year, as 

 well as on former occasions. The Calendar, lately pub- 

 lished for the first time, under the authority of the senate 

 of the University, was referred to, and from this it was 

 stated that the number of colleges and schools in the 

 United -Kingdom, recognised as connected with the Uni- 

 versity, are 22 of the Faculty of Arts, and 55 of the Faculty 

 of Medicine. Of the Faculty of Arts, 18 are in England, 

 one in Wales, and three in Ireland ; of the Medical Schools, 

 SO are English, 19 Irish, and six Scotch. The number of 

 degrees conferred by the University had amounted to 218 

 in five years. Of these degrees : — one is doctor of law, 

 19 are doctors of medicine and masters of art?, 16 bache- 

 lors of law, 41 bachelors of medicine, and 122 bachelors 

 of arts. Eighteen scholarships and 22 exhibitions have 

 been conferred as rewards on graduates for proficiency at 

 examinations. These have amounted in value to 3570/. ; 

 and 16 of the scholarships and 17 of the exhibitions, the 

 money being 2980/., have been obtained by the students 

 of this college ; upon whrrrrt also 38 out Uf 53 gold medals, 

 and all the scholarships that had been awarded by the 

 University for proficiency, at the degree examinations in 

 mathematics and classics, and in law and jurisprudence, 

 and three of the five book prizes for the voluntary scrip- 

 tural examinations have been obtained by students of this 

 college. The amicable suit in Chancery relative to the 

 reversionary bequest of 10,000/. East India Stock, by the 

 will of Mr. Bacon, has been brought to a satisfactory ter- 

 mination ; and in pursuance of the decree pronounced by 

 the Vice-Chancellor, the fund of 10,000/. East India Stock 

 has been transferred into the name of the accountant- 

 general of the Court of Chancery, in trust for this col- 

 lege after the death of Mrs. Bacon. The negotiations 

 with the partners of the late Mr. Brundrett for settling 

 the amount to be received by the college and hospital, in 

 respect of the bequest of his residuary personal estate, 

 has been recently concluded ; and it has been arranged 

 that the residuary personal estate passing to the college 

 and hospital, with the interest thereon up to the 4th 

 August last, should be settled at 21,000/., payable by in- 

 stalments in four years, of which the sum of 5000/. had 

 been already paid. The report concluded by acknowledg- 

 ing the gift of 675 volumes and 375 pamphlets to the 

 library of the college, and amongst the contributors ranked 

 the names of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and other 

 noblemen, and a farther donation of 500/. contributed by 

 "a Patriot " through Lord Brougham, making the total 

 amount from the same uuknown source 3500/. The ba- 

 lance-sheet exhibited the entire receipts for the past year to 

 be 22,354/. 18s. bd., and the expenditure 21,809/. \5s. 8d., 

 leaving a balance in hand of 555/. 2*. 9rf. Mr. R. Taylor 

 moved the adoption of the repo.t, which was seconded by 

 Mr. Bishop, and carried unanimously. Colonel Leicester 

 Stanhope then proposed similar resolutions to those he 

 had submitted at the last annual meeting, " calling upon 

 the council to appoint a person to read prayers and the 

 Scripture in the college, without comment or the aid of 

 any particular creed or formula; that the students be in- 

 vited, but not compelled, to attend ; and that there being 

 but 154 students in the Faculty of Arts, proving that the 

 institution had failed to realise the sanguine expectations 

 of its founders, it be recommended to the council to make 

 it a family as well as a daily school." Considerable argu- 

 ment arose as to the reception of such resolutions. Mr. 

 R.Taylor, Mr. Warbuston, and other gentlemen spoke 

 against them, and they ultimately fell to the ground for 

 want of a seconder. The result of the ballot was then 

 announced to be as follows :— Lord Brougham re-elected 

 president ; the Earl of Auckland vice president ; and John 

 Taylor, Esq., F.R.S., treasurer. Members of the coun- 

 cil":— Matthew Clerk, Esq. ; W. D. Christie, Esq.,M.P. ; 

 Earl Fortescue ; James Heywood, Esq. ; Samuel Jones 

 Lloyd, Esq. ; and Thos. Thornely, Esq., M.P. ; and 

 Thomas' 1 Alers Hankey, Esq., auditor. 



Education of the Females of India.— A. meeting too* 

 place on Tuesday in Exeter Hall, for the purpose of pro- 

 moting education amongst the native females of India. 

 The chair was taken by the Rev. Dr. Wilson of the riencc 





| Church of Scotland Missionary Society. Major Jervis 

 of the Bombay Engineers, the Rev. Mr. Schwartz, and 

 others, addressed the meeting, and showed the degraded 

 condition of the native women of India, and the necessity 

 of elevating them from it by means of moral and religious 

 instruction. Hindoo husbands, the speakers stated, ob- 

 jected to educated women, because it would increase their 

 evil desires, which the sacred Sanscrit writings said were 

 eight-fold greater than those of man. Females in the 

 Presidency of Bombay were married at the ages of four, 

 five, and six years. The ignorance of the Hindoo wife 

 was so great that she looked upon her husband as a god, 

 and drank, as a means of purifying herself, the water in 

 which she had washed his feet. Women in some of the 

 States were still immolated on the funeral pyres of their 

 defunct husbands, and no widow was allowed to remarry, 

 because such permission was considered an inducement 

 to the poisoning of^ husbands and betrayal of their family 

 secrets. A widow was obliged to keep her head always 

 shaved, to abstain from the use of aromatics, eat only one 

 meal a day, and never lie down on a couch. Notwith- 

 standing the many objections on the part of the Hindoos 

 to the education of their fei les, the missionaries, after 

 three months' residence in Bombay, obtained 53 native 

 female scholars ; in six months, 120 ; the next year, 175 ; 

 in 1832, 200; in 1841, .519; and last year, 600. The 

 Scriptures and catechism were taught them, besides various 

 accomplishments appropriate to the female sex. The 

 majority of girls were at first obtained from amongst the 

 humbler classes, who are more ready to receive instruc- 

 tion than the upper classes, but the latter seeing the 

 advantages their poorer neighbours were reaping, resolved 

 not to be behind-hand, and sent their girls to the schools. 

 The native male students of the Missionary and Govern- 

 ment Colleges were now favourable to female education. 

 The ladies of Scotland had resolved to aid the missionaries, 

 and had sent out to Calcutta, and were about to send to 

 Madras, a European female agent. After the statements 

 of the different speakers, measures were agreed to in 

 furtherance of the object of the meeting, and a collection 



made for its support. 



Anti-Corn~Law League. — The weekly meeting of the 



League was held on Wednesday in'Covent Garden Theatre, 



the day of meeting having been altered from Thursday to 



Wednesday. Mr. G. Wilson presided, supported by the 



Hon. C. P. Villiers, Sir V. Blake, Mr. Cobden, &c, and 



the meeting was addressed by the chairman, Mr. EL Ask- 



worth, Mr. Milner Gibson, and Mr. Bright. 



East India House.— On Wednesday a special Court of 

 the Proprietors of East India Stock was convened by the 

 Court of Eirectosa- for the purpose of laying before the 

 meeting resolutions of thanks adopted by the Directors in 

 reference to the recent military operations in Scinde. 

 After some discussion, the vote of thanks to Sir C. Napier 

 for his military conduct in the lat3 operations in Scinde, 

 was carried by a large majority, only four hands being 

 held up against it. Similar votes of thanks to the officers 

 and men were carried unanimously. 



Free Church of Scotland.— On Friday evening the new 

 deputation from the Free Church, consisting of the Rev. 

 Dr. Forbes, the Rev. A. Beith, and Mr. Lyon, a layman, 

 held their first public meeting at the Scotch Church, 

 Regent-square, Mr. P.M.Stewart M.P. in the chair. The 

 members of the deputation severally addressed the meet- 

 ing, but gave no additional information on the present 

 state of the seceding Church, the chief topics being the 

 Veto Law, Lord Aberdeen's Bill, and the claims of the 

 Church to spiritual independence. There are, it appeared, 

 at the present moment 200 young men in the Hall of 

 Edinburgh, preparing for the Ministry in connection with 

 the Free Church, studying divinity under Dr. Chalmers. 

 In the University of Glasgow four classes for the study of 

 Theology had been formed. Several addresses were 

 delivered, and on Sunday sermons were preached at several 

 chapels belonging to various denominations on behalf of 



the Free Church. 



The JVilkie Statue.— The following inscription pro- 

 posed by Lord Mahon, is to be placed upon the statue to 

 Sir David Wilkie, in the vestibule of the National Gallery 

 —"Sir David Wilkie, R.A., born 1785, died 1st June, 

 1841— a life too short for friendship, not for fame." 



The Will* 9 Forgeries.— The daily papers state that Mrs. 

 Dorey, one of the parties charged with being an active 

 agent in these forgeries, has made a full confession ; and 

 that the document is in the hands of the authorities. It 

 is also said that the Directors of the Bank of England 

 are taking extraordinary precautions to prevent the repe- 

 tition of such forgeries as those which have of late occu- 

 pied public attention. They intend, it is said, to write td 

 every stockholder, to ascertain whether he be the real 

 owner of the stock represented in the power of attor- 

 ney, at the same time asking him whether he has con- 

 sented to sell it. 



Cleansing the Streets. — A meeting was held on Friday 

 at the Hanover-square Rooms to take into consideration 

 proposals for the employment of the able-bodied poor in 

 cleaning thc streets of the metropolis on the same plan as 

 that lately adopted for preventing the formation of mud 

 and dust on the wood-p iving in Oxford-street and Regent- 

 street. Mr. B. B. Cabbell was requested to take the chair. 

 A report was read detailing the advantages of the proposed 

 plan, which stated that the means hitherto used in the locali- 

 ties already referred to have been manual labour, combined 

 with Whitworth'fl street-sweeping machine ; that from 40 

 to 50 men and boys have been employed during the d*y 

 in the removal of' excrementitious matter, by which 24 

 loads of manure were obtained per week ; that the experi- 

 ment of cleansing the streets by washing the dirt down the 

 sewers has been tried and found successful ; that expo- 

 nas enabled the committee to reduce the future 



