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THE SANDYFORD MURDER.
THE SANDYFORD MURDER. (From the Glasgow Morning Journal.) The inquiry ordered by the Home Secretary was opened on Friday by the Royal commissioner, George Yoong. Esq., advocate, and sheriff of Haddingtonshire, the chambers of Sheriff Sir A. Alison, County- buildings. Mr. Young arrived in the city on Friday forenoon, and, after a conference with Sir Archibald Aüscn, proceeded, accompanied by Mr. Fiscal Gemmel aed Mr. Dixon, one of Mra. M'Laehlan's agents, to the ftause of Mr. Fleming, 17, Sandyford-plaue, after a 1winute inspection of the premises, returning to the CfeEnty-buildings. The examination lasted till six p.m., and was held with closed doorg," no one being allowed .to enter except those officially engaged in the investiga- tion. Some of the detective officers,, Mr. John Fleming, mm., Mr. John Fleming, jun., Mary Black or Adams, washerwoman, Stobcross-street, and her daughter, the gjrl Sarah Black or Adams, George Paton, the milkman, and Donald M'Quarrie, the milkboy.. with otherb of the witnassea examined on the trial,, and all those who have since the trial come forward with additional items "C eviderice,, were summoned to appear; and ware in attendance. The examinations andrcross-examihations as conducted m Friday before the, commissioner are a sealed book. Afcsome little1 pains, we have baen able to collect the felfcwing authentic outline of thenew evidence. The first witness examined. was Mr. John Fleming, atwn-ntant-, Of. Vincent-street. He was uadsr examina- tion for up wards of an hour. We Have no information a» to the nature of the evidence given by this gentleman, or by his sen, John Fleming, jun., who was next exam- ined for closeon an hour. Mr. Stewart, jeweller, residing at 1.6. Sandyfcfrd-place, was next examined. Mr. Stewart's tfvidsnce is important corroboration of Mrs. M'Lach- fca's statement. On the night of the murder (Friday wening), Mr. Stewart returned to his house about half- tan o'dlbek, p m. His family bad that day gone down I to the coast, and about eleven o'clock lie retired to rest. Immediately thereafter he fell asleep. He was aroused G&m his sleep by a scream, as of a person in distress, fife got up and looked around him, but did not examine bb watch. He distinctly noticed that there was about the same degree of light as when he had gole to bed: It might have been immediately after he had (ISlea asleep, but he is certam it Was before one in, We morning. Mr. Stewart's impression at the tome was that the scream that awoke- him proceeded -bom Mr. Fleming's house, and immediately on hearing of the murder ha associated the two. When the murder was discovered he informed Mrs. Stewart that if the • truth would ever be made known as to when the first "IBoWS were struck, it would be found that it was not at fcnr o'clock, as represented by old Flioiing, but sime tkaarbetwixt eleven and one o'clock. After Mr. Stewart, a witness named Miss Mary tNntyre, a dressmaker, was examined. Her evidence, aa will be sees, is of vital importance; and, taken in connection with.Mr. Stewart's, and the evidence of Mrs. Walker and Miss Dykes, seams to place beyond ques- tion that Mrs. M'Lachlan has told the troth when she stated that she was not in Mr. Fleming's house when the first wounds were inflicted on the deceased. Evidence of Miss Mary M'Intyre, milliner and dress- maker, No. 77, Port-street, Cranstonhiil. I. was in the habit of sewing in the house of Mrs. Ser- vice, No, 8, Sandy ford-place. I had been sleeping there at night for some time while the family were in London. They returned on Thursday, the 3rd of July last. I was aewisg in the house of Mrs. Service on Friday, 4th July, and on the following Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday. I slept in the house during that time. After my jewing waa done on the Friday I weat down to my house in Port-street to see my brother about some business he had been engaged on daring the day. I left Mrs. Sar- vice's hoase for the purpose about line o'clock, and, afcer being some time in my own house, I set out to return to Jifo. 8, Sandy ford-place. I went up Elderslie.street. At Cranatonhitl-street there is a spirit shop, which, as I fssed, I observed had just closed, as I saw under the or the lights still burning within. This attracted -may attention, because I bad not thought till I saw titis that it was so late, and by this circumstance I>3aw that it was after eleven o'clock. When I came aear to the lane behind Sandy ford-place,11 saw Mrs. Walker and Miss Dykes, both of whom I was familiar with by sight, standing at the close mouth near the lamp upon the pavement. As I was near the corner of the lane, and just at the small shoemaker's booth on the west side of the street, a little south of the month of the Wne, I saw a woman go into the lane. She came down tfea street from the east corner of Sauchieliall-street, and turned round quickly into the lane. At the same time srgeBtltmaajfssssd her md looked hard into her face, and than held straight down the street. The woman had on g(W&light grey cloak or shawl, but I can't say as to her bonnet or her gown. When I came up to where Miss D,tkes and Mrs. Walker were standing, I heard them rigWarhing on the woman who had gone along the lane. I heard them say the words-" In there at this time ot iiaighti" which I understood to mean that they were wondering what she was that went in there at that time of night. I passed close by them, and went round the corner into Sauchiechall- siceat, opposite Sandy ford-place. I was walking rapMly, and arrived in a minute or two at the carriage entrance leading into Sitndyford-place, nearly wsptraite Mr. Fleming's house, No. 17, Sandyford-place. There were two or three ladies and a gentleman with Miem, and also two young men, all standing at the open- ing, talking of something that had attracted their notice. As I came up, one of them said, I heard —— but I catmot say what it was that the person speaking said 651 been heard by them. I understood. that it was some- thing that had struck them. Another person of th& party jaiii, U I think it came from that house where the light iBff pointing up to a house where there was a light in the Mmt area Windows. I think there was no light-but in tfc% area, and no light in the houses on each side of the c,&a in question. The house the light was in I am quite mro was No. 17. I went back repeatedly since; and, fcers examination of the place, I am sure it was No. 17. Wtv light came through white blinds. I stopped to listen, jb-r, I did not hear anything, and the ladies went on' towards Chaaring-cross, and the two young men towards ral crescent. I followed them westward, walking xatfeer slowly; but I had just gone a few steps, when ■hM opposite No. 17, I heard something which made me stop again. It was a distinct moan, as of some one in graat distress. It came, I think, from those lighted wisdoms. 1 thought so at the time, and at first I half fyt&aght of going up to see what it was; but from the character of the sound I was a little frightened, and iastead of going up went straight on to Mrs. Service's. •-t&a sound I heard was a low, wailing moan, as of pain;, t&ft although it was not long continued or repeated, it was distinct. After I had stood for a minute, I went on, ad Mrs. Service let me in. I mentioned the circumstance M Mond ayiiight to, Ann Campbell, Mrs Service's servant, wteea some one came in with news that there had been ? herder in Mr. Fleming's, in No. 17. I said, when I hoard this, that if the murder had taken place on Friday Bight, I would have said that it was what I had heard at. jjfOc 17 on that night. I mentioned the matter frequently after that, before the trial and after it, hut I did not think itof any consequence to mention it fo the authorities. My brother David, and also two servants of Mrs.; Service's sister-Mrs. Macfie—were present on the Mon- day aigbt when I mentioned what I had heard; but these servants are now in l3lay, and I don't know whether they remember the circumstance or not. Ann Campbell, who is referred to in Mie3 M'Intyre's evidence, was next examined. Ifrs. Walker's evidence was next taken, and acquires additional importance in reapect of the preceding tfiafenooy, aSt in conjunction with that given by Miss ij&ykes, it puts the ldentlficatlouoi Mrs. M'Lachlan; #?{& the party seen by Mrs. M'Intyre beyond question. Tha milkboy, MfQaarrie, and the milkman, George Paton, were the only other witnesses examined. Their evidence is already before the public. The commissioner at six o'clock. A
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Special thanksgiving services for the recent harvest were held on Wednesday last at St. Paul's, Lor- waiore-swjEare, Walworth. The offertory, amounting to £ 3&, was devoted to the Lancashire Relief Fund. The church was imst tastefully adorned with wheat ears and lowers, and appropriate texts were placed about the Wilding. The services on the occasion were fully «fe>raL A Word for the Dog.—On Friday evening last, iu tha W.O. district, a favourite dog was observed in his meter's kitchen to keep his nose rcovelesslv pointed towards the door. The dog had been ao often checked i-M barking as rarely to indulge that instinct. How ffeo dog watches the door! observed abud one of the feoiatas of the kitchen. Immediately af tar wards the ajreel-door was heard to close suddenly. An immediate examination discovered two valuable clonks in the par- lour, elaborately packed, ready for removal, but left jwt ia i by tfie. thieves in their hurry to be off at the men- iio& of ''the dog." As it was, the sole result to the thieves was three half-pence and the key of one of the clocks tm thÚr next Tdsif, for which both sides will, 'kniStlesfr, hotter provided.
..LORD PALMERSTON AT SOU7H-.AMPTON..
LORD PALMERSTON AT SOU7H- AMPTON. SOUrHAMTON, WEDNUDAY The ceremony of inaugurating the Hartley Institution was performed to-day with great dclat by Yiscount Palmerston. Before entering into a detailed report of the proceedings, it may, perhaps, be as well to explain the nature and objects of the institution itself. > The Hartley Institution has been established in pursuance of a most liberal bequest for that purpose by a native of Southampton—a former resident-Henry Robinson Hartley, who left the whole of his property to the corporation of the borough to promote the study and the advancement of the sciences of natural history, astronomy, antiquities, and classical and Oriental literature in the town of Southampton, and the amount, with the interest which accumulated during a litigation which subsequently ensued, reached £100,000. The will was disputed by members of Mr. Hartley's family upon various legal grounds of a peculiar nature—principally upon the question of domicile, Mr, Hartley having, during tits la-tter part of his life, resided almost entirely in France. A compromise took place, by which a comparatively moderate sum was paid to the claimants. Between XAOOO-and £ 60,000 were expended-in the proceedings in the Court of Chancery, and the corporation succeeded to about X40,000, of which £12,000 had been expended in the erection of the building opened by Lord Paimerston to-day, and nearly £ 30,000 remains for the; endowment of the institution, which will be administered by a council of ton members of the corporation, the mayor being president. The scheme by which the intentions of the founder have been carried into effect, and which received the sanction of the Court of Chancery, is based upon one submitted in competition with numerous others by Mr. J. R. Stabbing, a, magistrate of the borough, and a gentle- man who has taken great- interest in all that concerns the welfare of Southampton. It makes provision for a public library, museum,, botanical garden, and observa- torjy lecture-hall, and reading-room. The lecture-hall and reading-rootn are considered the principal objects, and have bwn first completed. The building itself is a nobte structure erected on the site of Mr. Hartley's for- mer residence. The lecture-hall will conveniently seat up wards of 1,000 persons, and will altogether accommo- date 1,500. The building has also a spacious and hand- some reading-room, numerous class-rooms, a museum and library, with ample unoccupied ground in the rear. Regard being had to its extent, convenience, and embel- lishments, the sum expended in the erection is exceed- ingly moderate. Dr. Bond has recently been appointed principal librarian and curator, and large donations in aid of the endowment fund have already flowed in. The foundation stone was laid in January, 1861, by Lord Palmerston. The Mayor of Southarnpton, Mr. F. Perkins, and the corporation assembled at the Guildhall at noon to-day, and from tbence proceeded to the Second Common Gate, the boundary of the borough, for the purpose of meeting Lord Palmerston, who drove over from Broadlands, accompanied by Lady Palmerston. A large body of the inhabitants also assembled at this point to welcome his lordship, who was greeted with the warmest enthusiasm. The approach of the carriage of the noble lord was the signal for vociferous cheering, while the bands of the Coldstream Guards, of her Majesty's ship Boscawen, of the Volunteer Artillery Corps, of the Foresters, Royal Marines, Odd Fellows, and Hants Yeomanry, struck up a lively strain. His lordship, who appeared to be in the enjoyment of the most robust health, seemed highly grati- fied at the warmth of the greeting he received. When the carriage reached the Common Gate his lordship grace- fully invited the mayor to take a seat with him, which was the signal for renewed cheering, amid which the horses of the carriage w-ere detached, and a body of sailors at once prepared to draw the noble lord through the town. A vast procession was formed, consisting of every person high. in authority, and representatives of every society connected with Southampton. Upon entering the hall Lord and Lady Palmerston were received with every demonstration of cordiality. The town clerk having read a complimentary and congratulatory ad- dress, which was responded to by Lord Palmerston, and the Bishop of Rochester having offered up an appropriate prayer, The Mayor rose, and, addressing Lord Palmerston, observed that having just had the privilege of presenting to his lordship an address voted by the corporation of the town, he now wished to request him, in the name of edu- cation and science, to confer an additional honour upon the town of Southampton by inaugurating the opening of the institution (cheers). It was only a short time ago— indeed, it seemed but yesterday that the foundation stone of the,building was laid. Upon that occasion the noble lord honoured them with his presence and support. After the lapse of nearly two years this noble structure had sprung into existence, and he thought Lord Palmerston would agree with him that it was a credit to the town (cheers). It was a matter of congratulation to people living in these days that they were enabled to enjoy the privileges,and advantages which were to be derived irom institutions of this character—privileges which were altogether unknown. to their forefathers, who had no institution to fall back upon for the enlarge- ment and cultivation of their minds (hear, hear). He thought they should be grateful that they lived in a day when in almost every great town throughout the kingdom even working men had raised up temples dedi- cated to the promotion of a taste for literature, science, and art (cheers). England was the foremost and freest nation in the world, and it was pleasing to think that result was owing in a great measure to education. His lordship had ever been desirous of doing all in his power to advance education, and it was most gratifying to find him among them giving the prestige of his presence and support to their proceedings (cheers). There was no man living whom the people of Southampton more delighted to honour, and they were proud that he had come person- ally among them to inaugurate the opening of their in- stitution (loud cheers). Those who were now present wo lId remember with satisfaction till the last hour of their lives the day when the Premier of England, who in his hours of relaxation, never thought of himself if he could gratify the people with whom be was identified, came forward to associate himself with them in the great cause of education (cheers). Lord Palmerston, who on rising was received with re- newed cheers and waving of hats and handkerchiefs, said: Mr. Mayor and ladies and gentlemen, I can assure you I feel that if honour there be on one side or the other the honour has been conferred on me by being allowed to be present on this interesting occasion. It is interest- ing to me, because having been permitted to assist, I may say a Ube christening of this child (laughter). I am now present at itq confirmation (cheers). I trust its future life will be prosperous to itself, and will be an honour to the community to which it belongs; that it will be an honour and an advantage to the country. The people of Southampton are a great, flourishing, and pros- perous community. You have a port admirably adapted to the purposes of commerce. You have docks fitted to receive, I am sorty to say, fitted to receive a larger vessel than her Majesty's dockyards can at present hold. That superiority on your part, I trust, will be of very short life; yuu will permit me without offence to say so. You have an increasing population; you have all the elements of worldly wealth; but hitherto you have wanted that which is the completion of that state of existence—you have wanted an institution like this, where knowledge, where science, literature, and art may be cultivated as much as commercial progress in your town. That want is now supplied, and with the supplying of that want will go hand in hand the increase, not only of your welfare, but of your power; for it is well said, and must be felt by all, that "knowledge is power;" not power simply in a community, but power in every individual member of that community by whom that knowledge is acquired. We have only to look around us in this great country to see examples of men rising from comparatively humble origin to great wealth, to high dignity, and to high em- ployments in the state, and how ? Why, by the culti- vation of mind, by tne Knowledge wrncn tney nau ac- quired, and by the application of that knowledge to the business of life in which they may have engaged. Your courts of law, your parliament, your manufacturing com- munities—all "abound with men rising to distinction for themselves, and performing great services to the country, owing entirely to the cultivation of those talents with which Providence at their birth has endowed them. Therefoie, I say that this town will be greatly advantaged by aa institution like this, in which knowledge will be freely communicated to all who choose to come and drink at the fountain, where opportunities will be afforded to cultivate knowledge of every sort and kind, adapted to the natural talent3 and worldly occupation of those who are seeking it. But knowledge, ladies and gentlemen, is not simply a source of power. You may say that the love of power is a passion duly implanted in the human mind, but that it sometimes may lead to a course which may not redound to the credit of those who pursue it. But knowledge is not always a source of power. It is a source of purest enjoyment to those who possess it, and there is a natural tendenev happily in the human mind to pursue know- I ledge. It ia enough for a man to have gained knowledge to induce him to go on learning, and every fresh addition which he acquires to the knowledge he has gained is an additional source of pleasure and happiness to him, as well as an additional element of good conduct in the career which he pursues. The love of acquisition -the love of accumulation, is a natural instinct in the human mind. When a man begins to collect books he is never satisfied without having more than his house will hold (laughter). The man who collects medals fils all his chests1 of drawers with thingi that perhaps he may never look at. The man who col- lects; pictures has his wallseovered with the best specimens of art which he can collect. In the same way that prin- ciple of adding to that which has been begun applies to knowledge as well as to everything else, and the more a man knows the more he wishes' to leairn, and the more he is able to learn, because knowledge of one sort lea'da easily to the acquirement of knowledge of another and a different kind., Well, then, I trust that this institution will not only be a source of prosperity to the town, but will be a source of happiness to the. individual members of the community. As to the effect of know- ledge upon national interests, your worthy mayor has just now pointed out that the great power, wealth, and prosperity of the country arises from the development of intellect, and from the progress of science amongst the different members of the community. Where should we be if it had not been for the researches of those great men who have given to the country all those resources of mechanical industry by which the wealth of the com- munity and the power of the country have been raised to the position which they now fortunately hold? In this institution you will. no doubt have young men who here will acquire that knowledge and cultivate those talents which will not only raise them to a high position in the country of which they are members, but will add materially to the wealth, prosperity, happiness, and power of the country in which they have been born. You, Mr. Mayor, b ave called this building a temple. It is no doubt, to use classical language, a temple to the Muses. A temple dedicated to purposes m.~re congenial to the state of religion which, happily, prevails. It may be deemed to be not only a temple of the Muses, but a temple also for the improvement of religious feeling amongst the people of the country. Some persons, in other times and countries, have held the doctrine that the knowledge and the cultivation of science were incom- patible with true- religion. There cannot possibly be a greater error and mistake than that (hear). Suppose an ignorant man takes up a watch; suppose him to look at a steam-engine; he will naturally imagine that the watch, of its own ace rd, tells him what is o'clock; that the steam-engine, of its own accord, twists all those spindles t which he sees revolving. He will never think how it is done. He will be content with the results. H3 will 1 have no notion in his mind of the degree of talent which must have been required on the part of tho-e who made these things. He will have no idea of the wonderful mechanism even by which these outward movements have been produced. He will be content with results without thinking of causes. But show him that ingenious me- chanism which makes the hands move, following the sun. Tell him of that wonderful contrivance by which the steam-engine is worked, and then he will transfer to the maker of the one and the author of the other those feel- ings of admiration which had not previously existed in his mind. In the same way, gentlemen, the ignorant man sees day and night succeed each other, he sees the seasons succeed each other, he sees the seed he has put into the gro md rise into a profitable crop, he sees all the operations oi nature, and it never occurs to him to con- sider how all these wonderful operations are brought about, nor by what power they originate. He is con- ecious of his own existence, he feels his body healthv or sickly as it maybe, lle feels hunger come at one time and thirst at another, and knows how to satiate both; but he is utterly, ignorant of what a wonderful mechanism he is himself,"and his mind has not been brought to that source from whsnie that wondsrful mechanism has arisen. But when knowledge enlightens his mind, and when he sees the wonderful effects and contrivances of that Almighty power by which those results have been brought about, I say he must be a, strangely-constituted being indeed if the feelings of religion are not more strong in his mind, and if" the knowledge which he thus acquires of all the wonderful laws and contrivances of what we call nature do not raise his mind to the author of all the3e things, and implant ia his mind a feeling of religious awe, and veneration which strengthens those precepts which he may have received from his religious instructors. I say, therefore, that this is not simply a temple of the Muses, but it will turn out a temple of those studies which tend to increase and strengthen the religious feelings of those who come within its walls. I would only say, therefore, that I hope and trust that this institution will long prosper, and that it will attain the end for which it has been founded (cheers). Now- t.b. ""0 HijTwpnf was/a by which knowledge may be acquired. Some contend that knowledge in order to be deeply engraven in the human mind must be acquired by patient inves- tigation must be worked out by the individual himself. No doubt this is the best way to engrave knowledge on the miad of the man by whom it is at- tained, but the pursuits of life prevent all but a very few from following that coarse. It is, for those whose time is occupied in other pursuits that institutions of this kind are particularly valuable. You will have here men learned in different walks of science, who will come and give you in a lucid, plain, and intelligent manner the results of those long and laborious studies, of those patient and long-contiaued investigations, by which they have arrived at theii conclusions. Those conclusions may, perhaps, not be so firmly impressed upon tne minds of their hearers as they are on their own understandings, but stil much will be learnt, and it would be as idle and -rain to say that much use- ful knowledge is not to be gained by those lectures which will be, I trust, delivered within these walls, as to say a man cannot learn geography by maps, but must go"over and surrey tbe ccuntry himself—it would be' as idle to say that a man cainct acquire a deeply-rooted knowledge by listening to the discourses of those who have worked out results, although he might not be able to follow them in all those intricate mazes into which they got befop they arrived at those useful results. Well, ladies and gentlemen, I congratulate you most sincerely on having h your town an institution of this character. I am periuaded that all who can derive benefit from it, but more especialty the younger part of the community, will tale every possible advantage of it, and tha.t it will tend, nd only to the prosperity of your town, but also to raise theminds of all who come within its walls to a higher seopeof intelligence by developing those talents with which Providence has endowed them, and by fitting them letter than they otherwise would have been fitted, to folbw advantageously those different careers of life to which their fortunes, their talents and dispositions, may leadtham to devote themselves (loud cheers)* Mr. Alderman Blata, chairman of the council of the institution, thanked lis lordship, in the name of the j corporation, the councl of the institution, and the town, for attending to opa the institution, an act which he said would long bf cherished in the memory of the inhabitants. Professor Owen, in he absence of Sir Roderick Mur- chison, who was unsile to attend in consequence of ill.health, briefly addrased the meeting in congratulation on the opportunities tla establishment of the institution will afford to the advacement of science and the culti- vation of general knoiedge. Professor Isaacs alo addressed the audience in a similar strain. The Mayor then dlled upon Lord Palmerston to formally open the bulling. Lord Petlmerston tha came forward, in the midst of great applause, and sat-Mr. Mayor, ladies and gentle- men, with your permisiot), Mr. Mayor, I will proceed to state a fåct-I would hrdly venture to make a prophecy -that this institution a now fully open (cheers). If I were to presume to tah upon myself the gift of prophecy it would be difficult tlforetell the success which I trust will await its future Creer; but I now declare that the institution is now, undr the auspices of the mayor, fully and completely open. n TrllS louuvveu vy euwiuaiaanv. ap- plause. The proceedings teninated with three cheers respec- tively for Lord Palnvston, Lady Palmerston, the In- stitution, and the Majr. The Hartley celebrsions terminated at daylight Friday morning with to breaking up of a magnificent ball given by the Mayt of Southampton to the elite of the town and neighbtrhood, in the lecture theatre of the Hartley Institute. Lord and Lady Palmerston fally intended to be present! the ball, but were prevented by the unexpected arrivalof visitors at Broadlands. An express arrived At Soutampton late on Thursday night to the Mayor from the remier, expressing his lordship's sincere.regret that he vs not able to participate again in his worship's hospitity. Lord Palmerston having been expected at the ba the illuminations in the town were repeated on Thuriay night, and were superior in splendour to those of thnight before. A novelty was introduced in the shap of an illuminated banner, on which was emblazoned te ccat of arm3 of tha Premier. — —- a This flag was formed of two immense squares of silk united at all the edges exceot the lower one, A gaa pipe ran up the flag staff, an arm of which, bored with holes, went inside the two squares of silk, and this arm, when- lit up, caused a Aiming banner to appear in the sky throughout the night. The ball was a brilliant one, a number of volunteer uniforms mingling with those of the army and navy. The recaption room was the museum of the institute. The Mayor and Mayoress stood there until midnight receiving guests. His worship wore during the ceremony the golden medieval ornaments of his municipal office. Some idea of the robust health which the Premier enjoys may be formed from the fact that on Wednesday, while his lordship was- in an onen carriage in the procession, a she wer of rain fell. He after this delivered six speeches with unflagging energy, and at 10 o'clock at night returned to Romsey without his great coat, as it could not be found until after his departure. One of the most singular incidents of Wed- nesday was the followingA number of persona were on the tower of Holyrood church, in the High-street, to witness the procession. On the tower are some stone-ball ornamentSj each weighing about two hundred-weight. Hundreds of people-were standing, in front of the church, which is an old one. The mortar which fastened the balls must have decayed, for owing to the pressure of those on the tower, one of the balls rolled off, and glancing against the buttress, fell amidst a group of people, with- out injuring any one, though it broke the flag-stone of the pavement on which it alighted.
GARIBALDI AN DEMONSTRATION…
GARIBALDI AN DEMONSTRATION IN THE CITY. On Friday afternoon one of the most numerous, enthusiastic, and unanimous demonstrations that has been seen for many years in the City of London, took place at the London Tavern, for the purpose of expressing sympathy with General Gari- baldi, and protesting against the occupation of Rome by the French Emperor. An eager crowd besieged the doors of the London Tavern long before the meeting began, and when they were opened the whole space of the large room was filled. Amongst those present were Mr. Western Wood, M.P., who was loudly cheered on taking the chair Mr. Samuel Morley, Mr. P. A. Taylor,M. P., Mr. Whalley, M.P., Rev. Dr. Campbell, Mr. Connell, C.C., Mr. Richardson, C.C., Mr. Montagu Chambers, Q,C., Mr. Sergeant Parry, Mr. Fred. Lawrence, Mr. Thomas Webber, C.C., Mr. 8. Straker, C.C., Mr. J. S. Barker, Mr. Thomas Elt, Mr. Jos. Morris, Mr. Gregory Foster, Mr. G. Dod, Mr. T. Malleson, Mr. Sharp, and Mr. C. Whitehurst. The Chairman, in opening the business of the meeting, said they were assembled under somewhat peculiar circumstances. The intention of holding a meeting was announced some time since, and he was informed that his right honourable friend the Lord Mayor (groans) whom he would still say he was happy to call his right honourable friend, would be applied to to grant the use of the Guildhall for hold- ing the meeting, and that he would be asked to pre- side over it. The object of the meeting was one in which he entirely agreed-which was to pay a deserved tribute to so noble and illustrious a man as Garibaldi (loud cheers). He would candidly tell them that he should have been better pleased if the meet- ing had been called purely and simply to express their sympathy with Garibaldi, without the introduc- tion of any other subject, although he freely admitted that the other question was so intimately and in- separably connected with that illustrious man, that it was almost impossible to avoid it—he alluded, of course, to the occupation of Rome (hear, hear). Their main object, however, wa--to, express sympathy with Garibaldi. They had been. told that the am- nesty superseded the necessity of any such expression on their part. He did not agree in that view. The amnesty was of course most welcome,, but their sympathy was not excited by the imprisonment of Garibaldi. It was excited by his noble character, by his devotion to the cause of Italy, by that disre- gard of danger, and that bravery which enabled him to win two kingdoms for his royal master (hear, hear). They felt that their sympathy was called for by the bruised spirit and the broken heart, and not merely due to,thebodily imprisonment or the fractured limb. Was itnothing for Garibaldi to find himself opposed by his old companions in arms and treated as a traitor and rebel (hear)? They could easil v i mao-ir, •" muse nave iauen on so noble a spirit as that or Gari- baldi. That still weighed upon him, and under these circumstances they had no right to be told that there was- no occasion for expressing sympathy with him (cheers). He felt well assured that the answer of the meeting would be what the answer of England was (cheers). He now called on Mr. Morley, one of the best tried friends of liberty in the City of London, to propose the first resolution (cheers). Mr. S. Morley then rose to propose the following resolution:—"That this meeting desires to express its deep and heartfelt sympathy for General Gari- baldi in his present sufferings; its admiration of the strength, integrity, and noble patriotism of his character; and its earnest hope that lie may be restored to perfect health, and live to see the aspi- ration of his life realised in a free, united- and con- stitutional Italy." He proposed the resolution with the greater pleasure because he was not allowed to do so in the Guildhall (hear, hear, and laughter). He was not about to impute any motives to the Lord Mayor. He did not care whether any and what influence was brought to bear on him, after having promised them the hall, to withdraw that promise (groans)., They were met to offer the homage of their respect and admira- tion to a genuine hero-whose heroism was even less apparent on the field than in connection with those higher qualities which went to constitute real heroism—purity of motive, unsullied patriotism, the constant and absolute absence of everything like selfishness—sameness of action in sunshine or storm (cheers). He was anxious to join in the expression of a sincere sympathy towards a man whose life was devoted in seeking to make men. as men, better and happier (hear, hear). The fact that there was this 'I sympathy for Garibaldi would strengthen other nations in resisting the despotic tendencies produced by ecclesiastical and military rule. Look at the 1 state of Prussia at that moment. Did any one doubt that a spirit endowed with tke purity and courage of Garibaldi was wanted in Prussia (hear, hear)— some one of influence to tell the King that they were determined this thing should not go on (cheers,) ? He believed that Garibaldi had committed a mistake in his recent attempt, but he at least could readily apologise for that, because he belonged to a party of which he (Mr. Morley) confessed himself to be one— the party of men who were impatient (laughter and cheers). They were met there to support the great principles of freedom for which Garibaldi fought and would be ready to fight a^ain. He confessed he had also some thought of England when they met on this subject (hear, hear). There never was a time when there was less consistency or principle amongst public men in this country (hear, hear). He wished that an outline of Mr. Cobden's speech on the effect of this deleterious influence amongst public men I could be circulated, and penetrate to such an extent that their children would be ashamed to speak of them as the Liberal party (hear). They wanted in tiiis country tne quauties whica cusungma"^ uau- baldi, Many great and important questions were waiting for solution which would be solved the moment the people were determined to have them solved. (hear, hear). He was thankful to have this opportunity of helping to holdup the noble character of Garibaldi to the admiring gaze of Englishmen, in order that it might stimulate them to act up to the principles that so eminently distinguished him. On every ground he deserved their sympathy, whether bound or free. The Lord Mayor seemed to think that sympathy could only have to do with sorrow. He believed that sympathy was as applicable to joy as sorrow (hear, hear). Upon personal grounds, and because he believed that other nations, and even England herself, required to be stimulated by the example of such, men as Garibaldi, he begged to move the-resolution (cheers). Mr. Taylor, M P., "in supporting the resolution, said that when he parted from Garibaldi, he gave him a word of message to bring home. Beliers* me," he said, I feel very,, very grateful, Tell them so in England when you get back." He did not know that he- could find any time and place more favourable for delivering that message than be- fore this magnincent meeting, and before the resolution was put for their acceptance. If that resolution came from the heart of the people, as he believed it did, Garibaldi would care little whether it was moved in the Guildhall or elsewhere. If they approved of Garibaldi it was not as the man but as the representative of principles which they adfiiired, because they believed with him that the oc- cupation of Rome by the Italians was essential to Italy, to the peace of Europe, and to the honour of England (cheers). He wished he could convey to them the im- pression made-upon him by the sight of Garibaldi. If anything could add to the impression of such a scene, it was the calm, the quiet, the apparent abstraction of the man, living, as it seemed, in an atmosphere of moral elevatian that hardly allowed him to perceive the wretched place he was in. If any of his attendants moved to take him medicine or food, it was done with the gentlest and loveliest courtesy, in a manner that seemed mere befitting a prince, and which, as had been well expressed, "was not servile, only because it was so profound and heartfelt." The impression left on his mind was that. Garibaldi did what he did from a sense of duty-that he did what his conscience told him was right to do, and therefore he was able to accept any fate that might come with tranquillity and magnanimity (cheers). And let him recover,.let the trumpet call him let conscience only tell him to draw the sword again for Italy, Garibaldi will be in the van be the con- sequences what they may (cheers). If anything had touched, Garibaldi in the outpouring of sympathy that proceeded from all parts of England, it was that it came to him when he was defeated if not disgraced, and that it was no laying of laurels at the feet of a conqueror (hear, hear). This was done although many of his English friends did not approve of the course he had taken, and it was now well known that the party of action did not approve it. The responsibility rested with Garibaldf altogether, and though they gathered round his standard they did not agree with him, for they considered Venice and not Rome was the first point to be attacked. How great must be the man who, under such circum* stances, rose higher in the affection and estimation of the world than ever, and how grand the cause for which he fought-a cause which, in spite of changes of ministers and the volitions of the French Court, was nearer to solution than before (cheers). And although the attempt of Garibaldi had failed, the mistake was not quite so plain as many would wish to make it out, for the struggles in Italy for the last 30 years, from the attempts of the Bandieras to to those of the Pisicani, bad been failures, yet their failures had been the building up of the Italian people (cheers). Moreover, failure in the case of Garibaldi was not so certain. He succeeded when he landed at Marsala, when the prospect of success was more unfavourable. The 18,000 French troops in the midst of a united people would not have been so much driven out as bowed out of Rome, and if the French Emperor had not been satisfied, a war between Italy and France would have been the result, and that would have led to the com- mencement of that war which had long been fore- told—the war of opinion in Europe-which would embrace every State within its fatal chain (hear, hear). He did not think the astute leader of France was the man to meet such a question as that, and therefore the attempt of Garibaldi was not quite so hopeless as it seemed. It had been asked what was the use of holding meetings to protest, unless they meant to threaten war. He believed there was great use in such meetings, for they formed part of that public opinion which no poten- tate could defy. And the Emperor of the French was assuming a tremendous responsibility in setting himself against that public opinion and the declared will of twenty-two millions of Italians. Hs did not know whether any part of the old temple of Janus existed in Rome, but it existed in tho' circumstances of the case, and he called upon the Emperor of the French for the sake of "-v1 e3l;S vi Europe, to close the gates of that temple by withdrawing his troops from Rome (cheers). The resolution was then put and carried unani- mously, amidst great cheering and waving of hats. Mr. Serjeant Parry proposed the next resolution as follows That this meeting declares that the French occupation of Rome is a violation of the rights of the Roman people, and a direct infraction of the principle of nonintervention sanctioned by all the great Powers, and that its continuance en- dangers the real interests of France herself, and the general peace of Europe." He regretted very much that anything like a religious element had been introduced into these meetings (hear). It was a poor compliment to the City of London for any one to suppose that anything calculated to insult the religious feelings of millions of their fellow-countrymen would be permitted (hear, hear). But they had a right to protest against the occupation of Rome by the French as a clear violatiorl of the principle of non-intervention, and of the rights of the Roman people (cheers). The Government of Rome were not only bolstered up by the Papal Zouaves and the French troops, but the people were afraid to express their very thoughts, for spies were to be found everywhere. The tribunals were notoriously corrupt, and the population lilred under the wickedest and most vindictive of govern- ments, that of a bigoted priesthood, who, instead of follo wing their natural vocation of teaching religion, thrust themselves into temporal and secular affairs and when complained of said, if you assail us you assail our religion. But that was a mere subterfuge and pretext (hear, hear). Why should this be called a religious question, when 22 millions of Roman Catholics in Italy were calling out for Rome as their natural capital (hear, hear) ? He could not believe that the French army relished their occupation of being protectors of the worst Govern- ment in Europe. All the cultivated and educated men of France were opposed to the continuance of their army in Rome. They but echoed the same opinions, and he hoped that this general sentiment would soon make the occupation of Rome and Venice a thing of the past (cheers). Mr. M, Chambers, in an excellent speech, seconded the resolution, which was supported by Mr. S. Barker, and carried, like the first resolution, amidst great cheering, without a single hand being raised in opposition. Mr. Malleson briefly moved the following resolu- tion H Tha.t copies of the foregoing resolutions, signed by the chairman on behalf of this meeting be forwarded to General Garibaldi, and to the Secre- tary of State for Foreign Affairs, and that Earl Russell be earnestly and respectfully requested to use all means within his power to obtain the with- drawal of the French troops from Rome." Mr. Lawrence seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Richardson proposed, and Mr. Cunmagton seconded, a vote of thanks to the chairman, which terminated the proceedings. o
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The munificence of his Grace the Duke of Devon- shire towards his Waterford tenants in remitting 40 per cent. of their rent in consequence of the unfavourable harvest, hag met a suitable response, as the tenants in- tend holding a meeting at Tallow for the purpose of pre- senting the duke with a suitable testimonial. The Highways Act.—In the North Riding of Yorkshire the Highway Bill has furnished material for a keen debate. In quarter sessions assembled, the justices on Tuesday discussed the provisions of the measure pro and con; and as to the propriety of its idojjtion in that part of the county much diversity of opinion existed, Mr. Morritt, the recently elected member, performing a conspicuous part as an opponent of the scheme. In the end, the merits of the Act prevailed, and under its sanc- tion it was resolved that the riding should be divided into districts, a committee of magistrates being simul- taneously app- i, f » give effect to the decision. It would a efn, how ut.^ the motion requires QOGfirwar