The Express. — London, England, 1851-06-19 00:00:00

THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. The Patric has the following: The difficulties which lot aches listwoot 111. Perrin, oar 030111•116100. r at do Ihraivisli hisaas, sal the govern ment. have at he bass sessaysi. The lisseiwith Island sawarsomot has Mood Ms a saavastioa whisk the paints la Marais saw assieshis at listi. The at isms was a established k harelip spkits. C ibi alrhawfai l lissa mailed so lb.& a= sa l =IN the Tomah sowsemeat sialost the raffia as who ss& This was at ,at reassill, Om* ths vasomastes the whammies. sib*, I swan, ia oddities to their feastiaaa, seeded Oa a hob is beer sad ala. its shindies Pisa& peas amid hue, however, him tam Isis mosidissatiss, sod the Crt has likewise issisaail ellifaspwas to reduce ° J, si a l a arias and broody boa I bass • i= ra t t o2 e l Mhos. soil ea sank that radaslisa to the w • mama at joildasi sansasy, width do Climber al Oassaaarew raccotassamkg that powashill massless. EMis MINSUNI• will she bat takes, la saw that the protegees of this mast shall be extended ovally to the protestant eatholic waillents in the Sand wich Islands. trbe Court. His Majesty the King of the Belgians arrived at Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon on a visit to the Queen. His Majesty landed at Woolwich at two o'clock yesterday afternoon from the Vivid ' , team-packet, com manded by Commander Smithett, from Ostend. His Ma jaty was accompanied by the Duke de Brabant, the Count do Flandres, and the Princess Charlotte. The King was attended by Colonel de Moerkerke and Count Albert de Briey Madame de Montanclos was in waiting on the Princess Charlotte. His Majesty was received on landing by the Earl of Morley, Lord.in-Waiting to the Queen; Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Seymour, Groom-in• Waiting to Prince Albert ; his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, his Ma jesty's representative at this Court ; Colonel the lion. Sir rAward Cast, Comptroller of his Majesty's Household in this country ; and M. Bartholeyns de Fosselsert, Secretary of the Belgian Legation at toe British Court ; and also by the authorities of the royal dockyard. Three of the Queen's equipves were in waiting and conveyed the king and family, and the royal suite, to Buckingham Palace, where they arrived at live minutes past 3 o'clock. The Queen, with Prince Albert, received her august uncle and the Duke de Brabant, the Count de Flanders and the Prince's Charlotte, on alighting from their by e Her Majesty and Prince Albert were accompanie Prince of Wale., the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princesses Alice and Helena, and were attended by the Ladies-in-Waiting, and by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamber lain, the Master of the Household, and the Gentlemen-in- Waiting. Soon after the kings arrival, the Duchess of Kent arriml at Buckingham Palace, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, to welcome her royal relative. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace. The Prince of Wales, attended by Mr. Birch, took a ear liege drive yesterday. The Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, attended by Miss Hildyard, took an airing in an open carriage and four yesterday. Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace at seven o'clock yesterday evening, to honour the Duke of Wellington with his company at the Waterloo banquet at Ayeley House. His Royal Highness was attended by the Marquis of Abercorn, General Bowles, and Colonel Bouverie. The Duchess of Kent and the Prince of Leiningen dined with her Majesty last evening at Buckingham Palate. The Countess de Neuilly, the Duchess d'Orleans, and the Prince and Princess de Joinvillc, visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. Rir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Board of Cus toms, had an interview, yesterday, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official re , idence in Downing-street. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council met yes terday at the Council-office. The lords present were : The Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Cluuwellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Sir Edward Ryan. A petition, McKellar e. Wallace (Bengal), to revoke order for leave to appeal ' • the appeal . Lumi r. Ashwell (Prerogative Court) ; and Ita wat Urium Sing r. Itawut Ghanaians Sing (80m- M ; were brou eensoondca ght before the;iirneelordshipe. Dries i The app: i t i part hoist TIIE WATERLOO BANQUET. Last evening, Field-Marshal the Duke of Welling ton gave hi. customary grand banquet to the officers of the British army who had the honour of Nerving under the command of the illuetrious duke at the battle of Waterloo. As Time makes its slow and certain progress, the ranks of the brave and gallant men, to whose valour England owes the victory, become thinned by death, and we remarked the absence of several distinguished officers, at the anniversary entertainment yesterday, who have been removed hem this terrestrial sphere to, we trust, one where peace ever reigns. Since lad year the mortality has not been so great ; but among the number we have to include Major-General Sir Alexander Camento, K.C. 11., Major-General Siemer, Ma jor -General John lloteler Parker, C.H., Colonel Edward ILease, Colonel C. P. Ellis, Cohmel It. Beaucham, Lieu tenant-Colonel P. Campbcl', C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel J. Cross, KM., Lieutenant-Colonel J. Garland, K.H.,Lieute nant-Colonel J. Sinclair, Lieuteuant Colonel A. G. Sedley, Lieutenant-Colonel J. Wright, Major Austin, ac. The muster of officers who assembled at the banquet was little short of that last year, there being above seventy veterans present at the gathering. Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey wasloudly cheered by the populace, as that gallant nobleman's carriage drove into the courtyard. His Royal Highness' Prince Albert arrived at a few minutes after seven o clock, from Buckingham Palace, at tended by the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the Stole to His Royal Highness, Majur-Geuerul Bowles (Master of the Queens Household), and Colonel Bouverie. On the ap proach of the royal carriage, the people enthusiastically greeted the prince by hearty cheers. The venerable duke having received intimation of the l'rince Consort's speedy arrival, descended from the drawing-room, where he gave reception to his gallant friends, and met his royal highness beneath the portico as the prince alighted front his carriage, and conducted the royal prince to the apartment in which the martial company had assembled preparatory to the dinner. The band of the Grenadier. Guards (the duke's regiment) was stationed in the vestibule to play marches during the arrival of the guests. At ten minutes pest 7, dinner was announced; the Duke, with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, leading the way, followed by the distinguished field officers destined to have the honor of dining with his grace. As the guests entered the splendid gallery, the band, agreeable to cue- I tom, played the familiar tune of " the Roast Beef of Old Distend." The Prince, the noble and gallant Dort, Vied. Hardinge, and the majority of the officers having the prive,wore the riband of the order of the Bath, the only urse riband of the Garter being worn by the Marquis of Aberoern, allowed to be present from his attendance on the Prince Consort. General Baron de Curphal, a distinguished officer in the King of Holland's service, Sir Ilugh Halkett, in the Haw ',nen army, and kis Excellency Prince Casteldada, were the only foreigners dining with the duke on this anniver sary, and were conspicuous from the numerous decorations they wore, marks of valour gained in n many a hard-fought eng e ge lr nt. uke of Wellington presided, supported an the right by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Marquis of Abercorn, the Earl of Strafford, Sir Edward Karbala. the Earl Cathcart, and on the left by his Excellency Plisses Casteleicala, Viscount Hardiest, Ile., an There was hardly difference in the aspect of the speeieus and ri bellished gallery to what we base seen from year year. The magnificent sliver Per turbing, plateau bitsnd ex , claiming beauties down the Naive el eting es one ale of the endue Axed the ea ljs a= lig etta ba siateette hues hbieety t o k s Zt. At era end woe area having Abet Marin arse the seirl ma c s =mss reesater :Pe Ga y late er e et larka. and wady Was mese, gifts of the late thug of Prim* aft teixting the &siert Sewn& At the tot her awl of the gallery the sideboard presorted the met gegen, display of gold plate, Plasetaa's celebrated shisid ofeapylaig a pro minent place is the centre, Mamboed tan the finely designed gold candelabra, ateetieetedel tram the citizens Of London. THE GUILD OF LITERATURE AND ART. Yesterday evening the amateur company of the Guild of Literature sad Art, under the direction of Mr. Charles Dickson, pedigreed at the Hanover-mare-rooms Bin Bulwcr Lytlnm's mew weedy, " Not so bad u we seem." Thonsh Hs ffinefonmemm of lad evening was the third of the idgmeed mak it may not asfeirly he tensed the list sea:y o rtlis =snealisa id dr new play, for the two at Desseelhars must be seaudel se sivenWee s eery lianfled mideeretie aadiesse. That smaisarbewever desireasla hespitade sisTe might t Nei o the slmietr-was tee limited is its seperft =the Ile peseral pith sod the price et ek_e wies Is dr podeno amen sea was irk* &IM al for patois Mee taw emit be mamma. thew kw was sollei opts So pay libstely kr the excludes ploosim they te wisp. The auftestbi withal bish he wee Pit dwietally try • bag et selstsetatie awl weekhy palms st the tu rroi 004 wits Ileddi ese mod to swish sod ibiluntsuse amp =sisVil Ikea, wilikt trusiellas at Iho sow bereesisied.he lisle enjoys* a eatialleasear es== Thew - ikeedepelewhigless se ssmideady wasessfal. we hisee sew to sees dor nowt skip et pigpen is tbe yeesesilsp kw owisiss albs lime verwpwes lbeesw TMfls yerewestimis sobeest to tes shifty, mad the begs wai 410111.41111 IWO. i=ml sompay, ready to lea aped/ posibmwsee iwayeeat wee 11114 ash away eadller seemed IpallikiiL We bars eke* shoo Wiled aside both at 1119 gm* esil of tbe Ihreo—P Wearipktimplatfalltayary, " while Mowed it kg vowessim saw, thweeint, to awe *as lay that both ware 'toyed peskier better thew comedy or Wm VIM Mr played by sweleses Whet. IssmooTom OAIDENIL—The dead wall enclosing Zaadiskavaalaaa tram the Bayswatemead has been n aiad. ma mind by a dwarf wall lad kis salmi. EAST INDIA HOUSE. Yesterday a quarterly general court of this em ploy chair. was beld in LANdtallll-HONN, JOHN 8111PHIIHN, Esq., in dm Tie CHAIRMAN informed the mart that the warrant' for the payment of the company's dividends would be ready by the 7th of July next. Colonel DICKINSON then submitted the following mo tion: "That a fixed per onstage on the revenue el etch colleeterate in Ouxerat be annually eomded for the ha- I prevements and extensions of the public ways thiveghout that peedect." The hon. prom-Ms, proceeded, by reference te • vitality of documents, to show that the people of Ouserat wen in the highest state of prosperity when that province ems mdse the government of the East India Company, whisk amtlenied up till about the year IMO, when, by an &end= is the law effecting the staple article of their mmemee—the introduction of American cotton into the AMMONS markets, and a series of disastrous Ares which emuseed—ihe district bad bees reduced to the greatest dis tress, se that the principal portion of the lands had passed est ef the bomb of liberal landlords Into those of meeting money-kmaims, who had redeem& the Ayots to the greatest distress. He &Mode Matomme made by the deputy chair man of the company in the Sewn of Commons, that the rails in Galena were la s stood ancient repair, and eon tended that, were a perden of dos ravage spent the improvement of the ressikkffat Snide Malkin won* . . . one of great importenee. abseil two maths now being lot out of every six or seem in ootting lies cotton to the oast, by which its cast nos mei eadresed. At present half the East Indian cotton sewsowed r Engle it ewes inn Chwo rat, and, if they bad an Geduld acewsomialies, then oral be no doubt that that province would be owaidad to Wow the principle source term which the noadostuvas of in land would derive their settee. Mr. LEWIN, in eloinding tho meffien, would not say that be entirely apeod of it, become be did not con sider it wholly p •ris When he esseidered the uncer tainty of the revenue In India, it soomed insposeibic to bind the government down to that 'Most. Its would sug gest to the boomed*, sow somottring more practical. Ho believed the may NOM why India did not improve was because there wen not enough musty spent. Every- thing was brought out, sod nothing tams in. The CHAIRMAN replied, and reed a letter from Mr. Davis, a collector, to show that the consinunications between Outerat and the shipping poets were In an admirable state, excepting duting three months of the year, when, in conse• quence of the monsoon, they were flooded. The company were not insensible to the importance of having good com munications with the western portion of India, as was proved by the fact that 813 miles of road were now under construction. There were roads of great importance being constructed on the Madras side, and also in Bengal, and more would have been done but for the costly andexpensive wars in which the government had been engaged. All that was required to further internal improvements was tran quillity. In conclusion, he trusted the court would see the propriety of negativing the motion that a certain fixed portion of the revenue should bo applied annually to the improvement of the roads, as such a restriction would be mews inconvenient. Mr. LAINO, a gentleman who had lately arrived from India, also bore testimony to the excellence of tho roads, and stated that a very little outlay was required to com plete all the communications required. In fact, all that the directors required was tranquillity and peace to do all that was nen,wiary. But he thought the principle laid down in the resolution, of applying • per eeatage of revenues to the improvement of roads, decidedly erroneous and injurious. He therefore trusted the court would reject the motion. Sir JAMES WEIR HOGG defended the statements he made in the House of Commons, all of which were founded on letters and official reports from India, which he either read or stated the substance of. After some further conversation the motion was with drawn. MR. BrCLINCIIIA3OI CAME. Mr. LEWIN wished to make an observation upon the ease of Mr. Silk Buckingham who, in his opinion, had really made the press of India free, and to ask what view the einirt took. The CHAIRMAN said the bill brought before parlia ment by Mr. Buckingham had been withdrawn. 11101iTi UI NATITI YRINCEA. Mr. LEWIN then rose to submit the following motion : " Referrirsig to the refusal of the Marquis of Tweetklale, while holding the office of commander us chief of the Ma dru.army, to furnish to the attorney and relations res pectively of the prisoner' of the 6th regiment of Madras Light Cavalry copies of the record of the trial held on them by general court martial : Moved—That the court of direc tors be requested to take such measures., may be necessary to instruct the local governments of India to insert in the articles of war for the native army a clause conveying the same privilege to the native army of demanding copies of the record of trial as is now enjoyed by the European soldier under the articles of war framed by the British legislature," He said it was simply a case of justice to the native army —a claim to be placed on the same footing u the:English in respect to certain rights. The motion was not seconded. _ _ . The CHAIRMAN then put the question that the court do now adjourn, which was done accordingly. SOCIETY FOR THE AMEND- MENT OF TIIE LAW.-LETTER FROM LORD DENMAN. Yesterday the annual meeting of this society was held at the offices, Regent-street, and was numerously and respectably attended. The chair was occupied by Lord BROUGHAM, and amongst those occupying seats aline plat form and in the body of the meeting were the Earl of Harrowby, Lord Beaumont, J. Hume, Esq., M.P. ; W. Mum% Esq., M.P. ; Mr. Bethell, barrist er-at-law, &c. 'The motile CHAIRMAN opened the proceedingsby mad am seventh annual report of the council of the society, a iserent which extended to considerable length. They oammeaced by stating that the society had succeeded not only In arousing the general attention of the public the importance of amending the law, but that it bad proposed for consideration specific and particular fleas for the improvement of our jurisprudential system, which it was deemed would prove effectual. Law lfolbemers, however, must always be in a minority in their profession, and therefore they stood imperatively in seed of assistance from those who were out of the pale of that profession. Union in this matter, as in most others, was strength, and it was to effect this union that the so. eiety had been formed. It had already in part fulfilled Its purpose. Much had been efreet.vd, although more remained still to be accomplished. The judges were on all hands ad mitted to be uncorrupt, hut the procedure of the courts of law was so ill adapted to the present necessities of the case and the requirements of the public that great injustice was being done. Cases were not always taken en their merits ; great delay and expellee were created ; and this system had gone on so long that the legal establishments of the country were now being very generally condemned. It was the object of this society to rescue the administration of the law from the odium which at present rested upon it, and to give to the public the means of obtaining cheap and speedy justice. Two of its primary objects were—to extend the jurisdiction of the county courts, and if possible, to reform the superior courts. The council had considered the constitution of the In perior courts, with the view of seeing whether law and equity could not jointly be administered therein. In the course of their inquiries upon this subject they had extended their research to America, and in doing so were assisted by Mr. Lawrence, the American minister in this country. Their decided opinion was, that the law reform which obtained in the United States had been eminently successful ; and, though all the judges in the state of New York had not given an unanimous decision upon the subject, yet no fewer than eleven of them had spoken in the highest terms of the beneficial advantages derivable from the new American code. The council was also of opinion that the distinction made between law and equity in the superior courts of England and Ireland could nat exist much longer here, for that justice, whether it related to equitable cognisance', or to legal matters, could be advantageously administered by the same tribunal. It was matter of sincere regret that there was no department in the state charged with the diva reforms of this kind. Commissions, it was true, had bees repeatedly appointed by the crown to inquire and repast upon the subject, but, of the little they had recd still Ices had been practically carried out. The hush had proposed in the course of last year to swab- KM a law school, and with that view the lecture was delivered by the chairman ; b3 l.l re oouncil had found themselves impeded in this imparkuit undertaking by a want of funds. Still they did not Eserair of success in this field of their labours. Lecturers, they believed, would not be found wantiug ; and if the public really desired to have law rendered simple, intelligible, cheap, and speedy, they would respond liberally to the appeals made by the society. The council concluded by calling on the legal profession to sustain their opetutisau The noble CHAIRMAN then read the following MOW on law reform, with which, he said, ho had bear favoured, from his revered friend, the late Lord Chief Justice of England, Lord Denman:—" I take the fact to be clear that the public decidedly prefers the county courts to the common law courts in Westminster-hall for the trial of causes. The proof of this fact—that the former tribunals swarm with suitors, while the latter are almost deserted—involves another fact of a Colonel DICKINSON then brought forward his motion: That a list be prepared, with a. little delay as possible, and laid before the Court of Proprietors, of those native states with which treaties have been entered into by the British government, the chiefs of which are thereby de prived us any of the rights or privileges of adoption without the consent of the paramount power." Lord Ellenborough's proclamation must lead to the ruin and demoralisation of the native princes. He would cite the ease of the Nabob of Surat with whom the company entered into a treaty after his dethronement in 1800. if the treatment complained of had taken place after a war, there might have been some excuse for i severity. The boa . proprietor then quoted the Cokidto Iferiew n support of his argument, and said that Mr. Duggan had affirmed that the rights of the Nabob's family were secured. The Nabob died in 11142, and 1848 arrived without anything being done for his family, though they were led to hope and expect that there would have been. One of the Nabob's nephews writes afterwards that he had received a small sum, but that it went immediately to pay creditors, and God only knew when his claims would be settled. The government, in order to justify their acts, passed a measure through the legislature which put it out of the power of the native princes to obtain redress. They had shut the door to all possible appeal, and eases of the kind he was citing would, tie of every day occurrence with Indian families, owing to Lord Ellenborough's proclama ties. He (Col. Dickinson) wished that those families should see what would be their fate. There would be endless ap peals, but only give the families notice what would be their fate, when the time arrived that they were to lose their in dependence. Mr. LEWIN rather thought the court would object to give a list of those whose independence had been forfeited, because it would involve the necessity of giving also a list of , those who were not deprived. The earn of the Rajah of Lahore, which had been cited in parliament, was in point. Not only his territory and revenue, but even his regalia, had been taken away, and part of it—the Koh-i-nour— was in the Exhibition. more general nature, the destitution of the bar, the ruin of many now in business, the disappointment of many more in theirjust expectations, and, finally, the annihilation of a most valuable class of society as it has existed for the ad vantage of the public. If the interest of the bar come in competition with that of the public there cannot be one moment's hesitation as to which must be sacrificed. Neither that nor any other set of men has any vested right in mis government or maladministration—no privilege to de feat or even delay for a single hour well-consi dered improvements. Could we suppose the legal system se perfect and so justly appreciated that all persons would spontaneously act right on all occasion, from knowing that otherwise the law would force them promptly to do so, the community would enjoy the greatest blessing ascribed by Horace to the rule of Augustus—fort/mgt., Wilms ortSwin. The barrister must turn his powers to some other account, nor breathe a murmur, nor ask a farthing of compensation, still less demands restoration of the bad old system. But the state that should make one of its tribunals cheap and efficient, while it condemned another to a dilatory, expen sive course of procedure of trial, would be deemed doubly impolitic and regardless of the people's welfare—first, in declining to place both in the most favourable footing for the attainment of justice, but, secondly, in the reduction that must follow of those learned men who formerly prac tised in a court now so fatally eclipsed, and formed a body capable of effectual resistance to oppression, and of guard ing the rights of all. I might dwell on the value of the bar in collateral respects, in the service of public departments, in the various relations of private society, in furnishing a constant succession of gentlemen competent to till the judi cial Ake through all its ranks up to the most arduous and elevated seats of justice. The education and habits of the bar have formed the present judges of the common law courts as well as the recorders and other presidents in local jurisdiction. The fact I first noticed—the over-crowdedness of this inferior jurisdiction at the expense of the superior— is not merely to be traced to the power of examining parties. There is a still more operative, because a grosser and more palpable cause of the same notorious fact—the enormous coats imposed on suitors in the superior courts. • • • Can we expect a sane man to resort to a court which refuses to hear him and his adversary, possibly the only two persons in the world who know the truth, and which makes him pay 201. for admission into its precincts, while in another court, close at hand, and always sitting, he may state his own rights as be understands them, call his antago nist to disclose the whole merits of the disputed transac tion, and, fina recover his own at the one-twentieth part of the cost ? The evil points out its own remedy. If we are right in our premises, and suitors keep alooffrom courts of unimpeachable knowl edge and integrity because they are exclusive and expensive, the conclusion is obvious. Make them open to receive information from allmadeheapp enough to be acceptable to all, and the same amount of wEI be found to flock thither as was seen there before this unexpected rivalry . was created by the legislating. I cannot help feeling sanguine in my hopes for the encore of your great measure for receiving the evidence of parties, and, looking to the names and characters of the enlightened com missioners for inquiring into practice and pleading, I fully anticipate such a reform of abuse, such a sweeping abolition of fiction and verbiage—those pets of the English lawyers— the establishment of such a matured and intelligible course of proceeding in our courts, as will be satisfactory to the public, and conducive both to the honour and interest of our profession." The reading of this letter was frequently interrupted by loud and long continued applause. The CHAIRMAN said his dear friend, Lord Denman, ought to have called the measure introduced into the House of Lords this session his own measure, because that measure was merely a corollary to the great one Lord Denman had himself brought forward. (Hear, hear.) This was his ease. He concluded by reading an extract from " Political Philosophy," written by himself, on the subject of the old governments of France. Lord BEAUMONT moved the first resolution, to the effect that the society was deserving of public support. Mr. HUME seconded the motion, which was carried The CHAIRMAN was of opinion that the hon. mover's speech had no reference to his motion. There was no adop tion of Mahornetan suns. When the Nabob of Surat died, he left no heir. A daughter married a native gentle man who had all the property which belonged to the father- I in-law. The government could not give him the property which belonged to the title when that title did not exist any longer. It war an extraordinary assertion that the govern ment had got an act paned to justify their measures. The proprietors would not believe that such a thing had been stone. The Court of Directors had no case similar to that of which the hon. mover had given notice in his motion. There were no such treaties. All eases of adoption required the consent of the power interested. The conquest of the Punjaub was a necessity, as was well known ; otherwise it would have been a ll owed to remain independent. Thou gentlemen who knew the character of Lord Dalhousie would not think him capable of doing anything that was unjust. (Hear, hear.) Mr. SULLIVAN—CoIoneI Dickinson had said that the Governer-General had passed sentence on every native prince in India, and the Board of Directors confirmed that. The state of every native prince who died without heirs erases to be independent. At least let such princes know that they have a life interest only. Not only was the go vernment bound to tell them this, but more, it was bound to exhort them to make that provision. In the British territories the Governor-General was a constitutional sove reign, ft,r he was governed by the laws; out of it, he war an autocrat, and might do as he pleased. The government was bound to tell them the fate of the Rajah of Satter' ; and that the very just Governor, Lord Dalhousie, thought to meet the justice of the case b 7 giving a small allowance out of the large property belonging to the rajah. There were 150 native princes, with whom the East India Com pany had treaties, granting their heirs the property. Warn them that they may not be reduced to a state of destitu tion. All who denounced the Governor-General's seta must be called fsedous. Their Governor-General used D thth =dm is Ms lth Wined Lied W ageab, Method the rshollisa at Lathe—(cries of .ge oh ")—which isfasd Is Ids sale.,, of the territory and of that Koh-i-noor width seamid very ask ashamed of this country, for they • odd art get it to dam its helm (A laugh.) The DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN them* OM dam the tam aispied by the Met speaker Is loth "pea bias to aide the pupate., ea that he hod loss betrayed be. in valid," es wahasmith as it was ammilai the. The eame, hatarrer, mesa opposed. It NTS/ tho ail gmelisa of !at toss whisk Ismemad the hon. sadismom's loassisation. Had it as snared to the boa. prspistor did ether people wmenspthie of forming an opiate. as wen as him self, sad that he did not concentrate all the lemur, sad all dm intellect, and all ths haowlsilge of the Court of Proprietors, or that the mejsrlty might be right sad the 'Masotti snreog ? (Hoer. burl. Had be hegottat the diammisall sod decision ta primmest ? (Hear) His istlimiatios "boot the &Masa math could ailed au may amuse for each warmth. It was ever dot. tom listhrma, flatters, and for 12 years past the cry had hata &Am. (Hear.) Mr. Saltine bad selected the case eir the Mohammedan states, although sash a moo so that in °dead Wildman sadism maid saw arise there. He asked them to gives list of them With princes who had bees toorthead he soma le, VI, or 40 years by some ini quitous gomemergessral, sad a but of them whom it is in tended to morillos. (Hear, bear.) Wm it not monstrous that such • prom should be mob to as intelligent sammbly that were to andelpato sash pal injustice ? 011sw.) Mr. 8 sea had gems theism* of as 22; the esaissest of the Pea** was a Mask thst la the et ladle ; bat be (the agotp. atinemaj wadi tel the lear that the pima SIM ad Mak se, mai dm; la las sad that if ths world, the dary if the would be a bright star ia that histhsy. (Load thee ) The bassmalds progoistor hal chortled Lent Hothead' with thmsaiing 116 rebellea. (" Hear,' beat Mr. Oullimm.) B . eocrahairman) wee sorry to loth amt Dalhousie had adopted smemmos Ike the tateteth amt eats of British India, bat of all them people esmaitted to his rule. The treaty eeold sot be issimpood. (Great a) Mr. SULLIVAN mid he had , Lord Dalhousie w ith the rebellica ha the Punjab by Warab. b the obr. bed pot hie spiethes la Oat amid eea is a Odd deg wi th dm boa. ai ty chatemma t who had amid the math lath* away the isaailith hiders It. There had ast Miss one weed cold span the maw of Oohed Diatom% aestisa. He (Kr. Sullivan) dad". OM he hod revived themes of the Rajah of ilatous. 011, eh.") He mmoly aimed it. Calmed DICWIION sold be simply reminda the of those native polosss who Wad the alsytha M type. versant. The notices was them put sad misdeed. unanimously. Mr. BETHELL moved that it wu highly desirable that a school of law end jurisprudence should be founded in con nexion with the society for promoting the amendment of the law. He enlarged at considerable lug* upon the evils of the present legal system. The motion was seconded by Mr. H. Lows. The remaining resolutions, which were chiefly of a Ton tine character, were then paned; and after the usual rote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. THE LATE BALLOON ACCIDENT.---(0171CIAL IN CICTIVI—Mr. Otwq, espeelatestlent of the 0 division of polies ha made an °Odd le(Tat theraddutt• of Col. Nati. Me. 111. Asliegetraeliwee. - PhamMly, tir *spume I et wasitsking the mans* stamp dew fry the saes beaus snidest es Matey 1/11•1•1. ~.:p OM hies, Mr. Otway fowled, I. the heat the house HU& free the thesa.perk, diet between la sad 16 I feet oldie worst led been tent away, sad the wawa throws spa the reef, whist they earehed ia, teemlaw with the Mies eappeetles it, the whets having beta heeled dews the Mims bell Item Two Lep weeks of chimneys MN else them dews, the mahleM; of which they ware empartiee glue rear of the fare °mat, Vfhish erg le a way wsblwalie watt ; tieWhiroof of the beau ie semilAer ei g ai t g et bids feet w dummyOei. that the bowie dews te bk law eisaa w mesa to Elof MR The demise awe la the Maw is Peak- ' i& abuts ea Adisesaweeeek aelehle Ably of seek essoliteed by the daleweeppele ladies awls Wise ea Iheal. Mt. Oeway Wear *it le lopeelhie le NOWA the lambs ausere at at demise am, ew dale se may Vide ve injheehaw to the handless is Maass le Ow Rion eatehelaries. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1851. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL. CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 18.--CHARGELLOR'B ENGLISH MIDALLIST.—Primos Albert, Chancellor of the University, being pleased to give annually a gold medal to such resident undergraduate as shall compel* the best Englieti poem, the same has been this year adjudged to W. E. Littlewood, of Pembroke College. Subject, "Gustavus Adolphus." TRINITY HALL.—The undermentioned gentlemen have been elected scholars of this society: Stephen, Collett, Image, Franks, Fawcett, Ridley. The Chetwode and Oxendon Exhibitions have been awarded to Collett. COLLICOS ExamINLTIONS.—TZINITT COLLEOI.—..--- Bophs. let Class: Salience, E. W. Benson, Cust, Dickin son, Hunter, A. H. Locock, Seeley, Sharpe. 2nd Clue : Bnunley, A. A. Ellis, Hammond, I. Lloyd Prescott. 3rd Class : Birtgley, Brownlow, Burn, J. S. Christie, 0. Evans, Harries, Pearse, Pepya, Platt, E. M. Smith, L'aill. 4th Class : Bu Bright, Chandless, W. L. Christie, Elliott, S. Fenn, Hodgson, Lee, 0. W. Lloyd, Martin Morton, Perrin, Rogers, F. G. 11. Smith, Yates. s th Class Beard, Brandt, Chippindall, Duckworth, R. K. Edwards, Fripp, Gordon, Milford, Lambert, Laurence, Macnaghten, MaWey, Oldfield, Preat, Sir J. Ramsden ' Strachey, Tho• Mai, V. T. Thompson, H. Wood. 6th Class: Mr. Adeane, Batley, H. Benson, Candy, Chambers, Drakeford, Fell, Ferard, Gonne, Mr. Heathcote, Heygate, Ho ate, Joynes, Maxwell, Newman, Nicholson, Plummer, Burin. 7th Class : Awheton ' Buckley, Crosse, se W. 11. Decsbery, Fiasco, Foord, Mr. Newton, Ogle, St. Anbyn, A. Taylor, W. F. Taylor, Towne, F. Walker, It. S. I. Williams. Last Class : Cox, Hough, Parker, G. H. Thomp son. Freemen in the Greek Testament : Salience, E. W. Benson, It. Burn, A. A. Ellis, Sharpe. Archdeacon Deat:lvy's Freemen : E. W. Benson.— Junior Sophs.— let CNu :J. 0. Carey, Croad, H. Dicey, Flesty. Gedge, Gibsone, Mourawy, Pike, J. Taylor, Ware, E. Wilson. 2nd Clue : Blakiston, Church, A. A. Har rison, Reline, A. Johnson, Lichfield, Lowe, MacLennan, E. A. Scott, Suter. 3rd Clam : Cracroit, .W. J. Dent, It. Duckworth, Macaulay, Moberley. 4th Class : Babing ton, Bramley.Moore, Clark, Collier, Conway, Gray, Mel ton Musgrave, Plowman, Semple, ' pilsbury, Ramer, Stone, West. sth Clue : Atkinson, Chappell, Hall, F. W. John son, Lefevre, James Payn, Rhodes Sergeant, Sherlock, G. E. Smith. 6th Claw : Ansley, dapcott H. O. Cooper, Danger, Glasgow, Mathews, F. Itadon, .Brizes, Thorn too, Mr. Wentworth, H. Wilkinson. 7th Class : Barry, Biddle, It. Do &nun, H. Evans, Freer, W. B. Freshfleld, Galton, Horton, Johnstone, Lowndes, Luard, Norris, Rut son, T. A. Smith. E. C. Taylor, Templer, Torr, Warren, Whitley. Bth Class : Saillic,Cornwall, Irving, Kinderaley, Ranken, Tyler, Vernon. Last Class : Birkbcck, Brans combc, W. S. Harrison, King Meade. Prizemen in Greek Testament : Flea) , " A. Johnson, Mounacy, E. A. Scott, Ware. Proxima Accessit : R. Duckworth. Archdeacon Dealtry's Freeman Flcay. Freshmen —lot Clan: Ames, Burroughs, Carlon, Chance, Colt. man, Curphey, Devenish, Dicey,. Droop, Elphinatone, 'F. W. Fame, Hardiugham Hawkins, Hutchinson, King. don, Lawson, F. Locock, J. C. Maxwell, Monro, Moor sem, Richards, Robinson, Sale, Shield, J. S. Smith, W. A. Smith, Tomkinaon, Walford, Ward, Webster, Whitt, M. M. Wilkinson, W. Wilson, J. It. Wood, Wright. 2nd Class: Bathurst, BOWIIIIIII, J. H. Cooper, Coulson, Elliot, May, Monkhouse, Nix, Perkins, Pontilex, Powell, Mr. Ramsay, Swanston. 3rd Class: Bates, Brooke, E. Fresh field, lioldworth, Lcachman, Leicester, Quick, Robertson, Rokeby, H. Ration, Upton, Walsham, Wigram, A. D. Wray. 4th Class : Boger, Bramwell, Browne, W. D. Dent, Dorington, Gardner, Hill, J. Johnson, Kirkpatrick, Leaf, Mortlock, Lord Muneaster, Murray, Putnam, Mr. Rath borne' Willcock. sth Class: Abbott, Jackson, Whitaker, F. Wood. 6th Class: Betts, Boldero, Briggs, J. Farrar, T. E. Franklyn, B. F. Hall, R. Harrison, Lindsay, Lister, Somerville, Swinhoe, A. Thompson, Wheeler. 7th Class : J. T. Duesbery, Elmsall, Hale, Philips, Kendall, South well. Bth Class : B. W. Atkinson, Blackwood, Mr. Bridge man, Fidler, Fox, F. Franklyn, Grant, Haigh, Labouchere, Loin, \Volley. Last claw: Mr. Gayly, Macbraire. The following were the subjects of examination :—Fresh men : Euclid, Problems, and rind voce; Dem. c. Aristocr. Questions, and Demosthenes Translation, and viva roes Sophocles, Question', and Translation ; Tacitus,Translatioo, Questions, and viva yore; Trigonometry ; Algebra.—Junior Sophs. : Differential and Integral Calculus, Newton, 1., 11., 111., Euclid, Book XI.; and Spherical Trigonometry; Me chanics, Mathematical Questions; Plato, Questions and Translation; Gospel, Questions, and vial yore ; Theory of Equations, and Analytical Geometry; Whewell's Elements of Morality, Book 11., Roman History.—Senior Sophs. : Miscellaneous Questions ; Butler's Analogy; Optic, Mathe matical Questions ; Acts and Epistles, civil wee; Astro nomy ; Virg. .En. VI.; Newton, Thucrlides Lib. VI.; Hydrostatics; Problems; History of the Church and Eng lish Reformation ; Aristotle. I.lNp/rusl - yr LINIttRY.—The library will close for the usual recess on Tuesday next, June 21, and all books must be returned thither, on or before that day, under the usual penalties. All boob obtained by tutors of colleges for resi dent Bachelors of Arta must be returned on or before Monday next. The library will re-open on Friday, Jane 27. ORDINATIONS ON TRINITY SUNDAY. BY THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. iinsenose, Oxford ; J. It. Feilden, Christchurch, Oxford ; J. P. Hardy, Wadham, Oxford; 0. Master, Brasenose, Oxford; It. Knight, Queens'. Cambridge ; T. W. Norwood, Queens', Cam bridge ; J. Masheder, Magdalene, Cambridge ; T. S. Wel , lace, Trinity, Dublin ; J. Nicholson, St. Bees ; E. G. Williams, St. Bees ; A. D. Abbott . Birkenhead ; J. G. Briscoe, Birkenhead ; .1. I'. Davies, Birkenhead ; R.Dud ding, Birkenhead ; C. P. Hobbs, Birkenhead ; D. Evans, St. Bees. PRIESII.-11. Powley, Queen's, Oxford ; G. Howson, Christ's, Cambridge ; J. Hughes, St. John's, Cambridge ; F. W. Parry, Emmanuel, Cambridge ; It. Pilkington, Queens', Cambridge ; G. Salt, Trinity, Cambridge ; Z. Barry, Trinity, Dublin ; P. Fox, Trinity, Dublin ; J. S. Simpson, Trinity, Dublin ; W. Atherton, St. Bees ; D.Bell, St. Bees ,• T. Lester, St. Bees ; T. M. Nanney, St. Bees; P. F. J. B. Heins, Birkenhead ; J. B. Wheeler, Birken head. BY THE BISHOP OP EIMER,. DEACOI4I.—C. E. Band, Exeter, Oxford ; F. J. Coleridge, St. Mary's, Oxford; A. Field, St. Cab. Hall, Cam bridge; R. M. Inskip ; IL Measham, Sidney Sussex, Cambridge; W. Mills; F. Newman, Queen's, Oxford; J. V. Payne, New Inn Hall, Oxford ; E. B. P rocter; H. F. Rae, Lincoln, Oxford; W. M. Shewell, Worcester, Ox ford; T. Snips= St. Cath. Hall, Cambridge ; F. trong, New Inn lall, Oxford; S. W. Tagert, Trinity College, Dublin ; J. J. Tapson, Corpus Christi, Cambridge; W. 0. Tripp, King's, London; NV. P. Woollcombe, Christ Church, Oxford. By Letters Dimissory from the Bishop of Bath and Wells.—J. B. Anstice, St. John's, Cambridge ; C. M. Davies, University, Durham ; H. J. A. De Salts, Exeter, Oxford; W. D. Stanton, Exeter, Oxford. By Letters Di missory from the Bishop of Gloucester and Bnstol.—W. P. S. Bitigham,Christ Church, Oxford; P. E. George, Trinity, Oxford. Pntsers.—S. P. Coldridge, Christ Church, Oxford ; J. Goodacre, Chre Hall, Cambridge ; T. G. Grylls, Trinity, Cambridge; J. Gurney, Pembroke, Cambridge; E. Haw kins, Corpus Christi, Cambridge; J. Matthews, St. John's, Cambridge; J. G. Pearse, Sidney Sussex, Cambridge; J. J. Rowe, St. John's, Cambridge ; T. W. Serjeant, Exeter, Oxford; J. W. S helton, Pembroke, Oxford; H. J. Tor re% Lincoln, Oxford; J. Wallis, Callas Cambridge; R. E. Wa ll is ; H. S. Wright, St. Catharine's Hall, Cambridge. —By Letters Dimissory from the Bishop of Bath and Wells: W. T. Bristow, Sidney Sussex, Cam bridge • W. H. Heaven, Trinity, Cambridge ; P. It. R. Sandilinds, Jesus, Cambridge. By Letters Dintistory from the Bithop of Gloucester and Bristol: H. E. Bayly, Corpus Chriti, Oxford; W. Ellison, Trinity, Dublin; G. P. Griffiths, Wsdhsm. Oxford ; W. E. Martin, Pem broke, Oxfoul ; G. Philippe, New Inn Hall, Oxford; H. D. Sheptar , Worcester, Oxford. DEACONS.Jii;iIOI7.i. Cambrid g e ; 8. Bennett, Caine, Cambridge ; C. A. Bourne, St. Bees, Cumberland; F. Cavell, King's, London ; E. S. Daniel, Coorrppus Cluwd, Cambridge ; H. Day, Trinity-hall, Cam bri ; D. H. Elrington, St. Bea; W. F. Greenfield, Pem roke,Cambridge ; R. P. Hooper, Trinity, Cambridge ; R. W. Pease, Brannan, Oxford; W. Poulton, Scripture Reader; C. Smyth, Jesus, Cambridge ; J. F. Taylor, Wadham, Oxford. PIIZETS.-T. R. Eaton, Corpus Christi, Cambridge ; C. W. P. Crawford, Brasenose, Oxford ; W. L. Croft, St, Bees, Cumberlan d; J. J. Ellis, New Inn-hall, Oxford; J. H. Hooper, St. Bees, Cumberland. . BY THB BISHOP OP LONDON. DEACONS:-.F. Ashpitel, Bruenoee, Oxford ;H. Bacon, Trinity, Oxford; H. B. Cliasold, Oriel, Oxford; T. H. Dickson, Clore Hall, Cambridge ; D. S. Govett, Wadham, Oxford ; C. K. Hutehinaon, Drumm, Oxford ; J. Kirk land, St. John's Cambride If R. J. Knight, Trit ,ily Cam bridge ; J. B. !Wean], K ing 's, London ; 8. M. St. Moe s, Chelsea J. R. ajar, Exeter, Oxford; H. A. Raves, Trinity, Cambridge; F. Slocock, Kmg's, London; E. Smith, King's, London ; H. Whitehead, Lincoln, Ox ford. Patzers.—J. T. Brown, University of Edinburgh; E. Nerilleerake, Trinity, Cambridge; F. J. Fitawygram, Tri nity, Cambridge ; J. W. Green, Ba ll iol, Oxford ; R. Hayes, Trinity Dublin; J. 8. Hilliard, fit. John's, Oxford ; H. Hole, St. John's, Cambridge ; E. R. Joddrell, Queen's, Oxford; J. R. Johnson, Trinity, Cambridge ; W. C. Moore, St. John's, Oxford ; T. G. Onslow, King's, London ; R. J. 8. Valentine, St. John's, Cambridge. IT THE BISHOP OP CIIICHESTER. DIACONS.—R. L. Pennell, Christ Church, Oxford ; E. P. Southwood, Trinity, Cambridge; A. B. Simpson, °auxins and Cain, Cam bridge; A. B. Frazer, Trinity, Cambridge; F. Harridan°, Trinity, Cambridge. PRIWITS.-4. /Merton, Trinity, Cambridge ; F. C. Cue, Mini, Oxford; I. S. Wilkinson, St. Edmund Hall, Ox ford; E. Cray, Exeter, Oxford; A. F. G. Bluett, Trinity, Dublin. The following gentlemen were afterwards licensed:— A. B. Simpson, assistant curate, Bexhill, Sussex ; F. Bar radaile, assistant curate, All Saints, Worth, Sussex ; E. P. Southwood, assistant curate, Newhaven, Sussex. • ET THE BISHOP OP PETERBOROUGH. DEACONS.—C. C. Barnard, Exeter, Oxford ;A. Mad, St. John's, Cambridge ; H. J. Knight, Queefts*, Cam bridge ; W. H. Penvlley,Corpus Christi, Cambridge ; W. Watson, Corpus Christi, Cambridge; C, V. Spenoer, Christ Church, Oxford. PRIESTS.—C. H. J. Haloombe, Queens', Cambridge ; G. D. Bowles, Christ Church, Oxford ; F. Day, St. John's, CautbrWe ;W. J. Earle, St. John ' s, Cambridge ;K. H. Wp:ka ai Wassmeas, Oxford ; U. W. Purcell, St. Bees, ; J. IL Scott, Wadhant, Oxford ; T. W. Wes t z se Christ% Cambridge: H. Whitley, Querns', Cam " us A. A. Ismas, Car Christi, Cambridge ; W. T. ritra,'lllair, Wind . l'ke bishop afterwards licensed the Mimi% gillissea to mocks In the diocese: C. C. Bar- nud, Ashbrde.la.Zouch ; J. W. Bagleton, Wardley-enm- Belton ; A. Hind, South Tluingstone ; H. J. Knight, Pot. terspary : W. H. Pengclley, Blisworth ; C. V. Spencer, St. Peter's, Northampton with Upton ; J. H. Scott, St. Margaret's, Leicester ET THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER. DEACONS.—E. Greenhow, St. Bees, Cumberland, to Bacup ; E. Chadwick, St. John's, Cambridge, to St. George's, Hulme; T. C. Airey, Trinity, Dublin, to Peel; T. Morley, Trinity, Dublin, to St. Paul's, Bury ; B. F. Westeott, Cambridge. Paturra.—H. P. Cheashyre, St. Peter's, Cambridge ; H. Inman, St. Bees, cumherland ; T. Outhwaite, Corpus Christi, Cambridge ; W. J. Payne, Corpus Christi, Cam bridge; F. C. Leeson, Catherine Hall, Cambridge; W. Shipman, Catherine Hall, Cambridge; H. Thomn,, St. Bees, Cumberland; J. W. Town, St. Bees, Cumberland. BY THE BISHOP OP ST. DAVID'S. DIACONS.-11. B. Bevan, Merton, Oxford; J. E. Cheese; T. Williams, St. David's, Lampeter; B. Morgan, St. David's Lampeter ; F. T. Batchelor, Wadham, Oxford ; R. J. Lloyd, Exeter, Oxford; D. Craig, St. John's, Cam bridge. Pziasts.—J. Field; J. Wilson, Emmanuel, Cam ' bridge ; D. Vaughan, St. David's, Lampeter ; J. Jones, St. David's, Lampeter; T. Thomas, St. David's, Lampeter; L. E. M. Barnwell, St. David's, Lampeter; E. Jones, St. David's, Lampeter; W. Williams, Worcester, Oxford. The following gentlemen were duly licensed to curacies in the diocese .-11. 13. Bevan, BA., to Hay A. C., Bre eonshire; Thomas Williams, to Kilkennin A. C., Cardigan shire ; Evan Morgan, to Lim& Gonemayn A. C., Car diganshire ; F. J. Batchelor, BA., to Cheriton C., Gla morganshire; R. J. Lloyd, 8.A., to the A. C. of Lampeter Pont-Stephen, Cardiganshire ; D. Craig, to Rhaycdor A. C., Radnorshire ; D. Vaughan, to Glascombe C., with the eha pelries of Colva and Rulen ann., Radnorshire ; E. L. M. Barnwell, to Builth C., Brecon; W. Williams, 8.A., to Maesmynis C., with Llanynis C., Breconshire. PREFEIMENTS. Rev. J. C. Carwithen (Rector of Challacombe, Devon), to Shirwell Deanery Rural, diocese Exeter. Rev. William Haywanl Cox, B.D. (Rector of St. Martin, Oxford), to the Archdcaconry of Salop, diocese Hereford ; value 2001. ; patron, Bishop of Hereford. Rev. E. Day, BA., to Chbelhurst Curacy, Kent. Rev. Theophilus Jones, M.A., to Bideford Curacy, Devon. VACANT. Iping Rectory, cum Chithurst, Sussex, by resignation of H. D. Clarice; patron, Col. Wyndham. THE ST. ALBANS BRIBERY COMM/SSION BILL (a amended in committee) was issued this morning. It con sists of 14 clauses, and, after appointing Messrs. F. W. Slade, W. Forsyth, and T. Phinti of In- quiry for the purposes of this Act," and providing the measures needful for the powers and working of the com mission, enacts that the commissioners shall proceed to St. Albans, and " shall front time to time hold meetings for the purposes of the said inquiry," within, or within 10 miles of the borough, adjourning " from one place to another," as they may see tit. Clause V. enacts that, having " for such a period retrospectively as they shall think proper" inquired into the manner in which elections for the borough have been conducted, " and in particular the last election," sad whether any bribery has been committed at such elec tions; and if so, " whether such bribery washy way of gift, or the promise of the gift, of any sum of money or other valuable consideration," "before, during, or after" the election, "by way of head-money, or in compliance with any usage or custom " in the borough, " or how otherwise" "as a reward for giving, or having refrained from giving" votes at such election, they shall from time to time report the evidence taken by them; "and especially the said com missioners shall report with respect to each election the names of all persons whom they shall find to have been gstilty of bribery at such election, and as well those who shall have given bribes for the purchase, or for the purpose of purchasing, the votes of others, as those wko shall have themselves received money or any other valuable considera tion for having given or having refrained from giving, or for the purpose of inducing them to give or toyetrain from giving their votes at such election, and also the names of all persons whom they shall find to have given to others or to have received themselves payments by way of head money, or as a rev and for giving or refraining to give their votes at such election, and all other things whereby, in the opinion of the said commissioners, the truth may be better known touching tlw premises." These reports are (as enacted by Clause 6) to be laid before parliament (if it be sitting) within a month after they are made. Clause 7 gives power to summon before them and to send for such persons and papers as they may see fit, and enacts that all persons so summoned "shall attend the said commissioners, and shall answer all such questions, and shall produce all such books, papers, deeds, and writings as shall be required of thews, and which shall be in their custody or under their control, according to: the tenor of the summons. l'rovided always that no statement made by any person in answer to any question put by the said commissioners shall, except in case of indictments for perjury committed in such answers, be admissible in evidence in any pro ceeding, civil or criminal." Clause 8 provides that persons implicated in bribery, who may be examined and shall make a faithful discovery, shall be exempt from all punish ments or criminal prosecutions, " to which ho or she may have been or may become liable or subject at the suit of her Majesty, or any other person, for anything done by such person or persons in respect of such bribery ; and no person shall be excused from answering any question put to him by the said commissioners on the ground of any privi lege, nor on the ground that the answer to such question will tend to criminate such person." Clause 9 enacts that " witnesses examined are not to be indemnified unless they shall have a certificate from the commissioners." Clauses 10-12 give power to the " commissioners to examine on oath ;" and provide penalties " for non-attendance or refus ing to give evidence, and for false swearing." Clause 13 re lates to the expenses of the inquiry ; and clause 14, the last, enacts " That no action shall be brought against the said commissioners, or any other persons, for anything done in the execution of this act, unless such action shall be brought within six months after the doing of such thing, nor unless one month's notice of the cause be given to the party against whom such action is brought." ST. MARY'S, ISLINGTON, PAROCHIAL REFORM RMIOCIATION.—The first annual festival of the above asso ciation took place on Tuesday, at Highbury Tavern, E. Haslewood, Esq., of Tuffnell Park, in the chair. Upwards of 200 gentlemen sat down to dinner. After the usual loyal toasts had been drunk, the Chairman proposed " Sue ems to the Islington Parochial Reform Association." He remarked that although the Reform Association had not been entirely successful, they had succeeded in convincing these who are in power that reform was required, and they, like sensible men, had put their shoulders to the wheel to carry out the reforms suggested by the association. There were yet great things to do, and the trustees would stand in need of support. The New River and Railway Company have to be assessed, and if not supported by the reformers of Islington, they must fall. It was a fact that the New River Company, extending over three miles of the parish, was assessed at only 721. per annum. Within the last four or five years it had been proposed to raise the assessment to 1,7001. It was his (the Chairman's) opinion that it ought to be raised to 17,0001. The New River had lately endeavoured to compromise the assessment at 5,0001. ; he for one would not stand it, for it was dishonest. He was rated at the rent he paid, and thought that no exception ought to be made in favour of rich and monopolising companies. Ho recommended the Reform Association to resist to the last ; for, had it not been for the exertions of the association it would be impossible to say to what extent the rates would have been raised. It was most gratifying to see that, although they had not carried men, they had succeeded in carrying mea sures. The Imperial Gas Company's assessment had been raised within the last year from 5001. to 1,5001. Mr. Elt, in responding to the toast, said that the Reform Association were quite satisfied in carrying their measures. He hoped soon to see the day when Islington will follow the example of other neighbouring parishes in carrying out the principles of reform so much re quired. He did hope that the new word introduced by a learned gentleman at a meeting of the Sanitary Association —yestriluration—would be adopted, but adopted with its real meaning—local self-government and management of the affairs of the district by a majority of ratepayers of the district. This was a true and genuine meaning of the new word. In this lay the germ of national liberties. If the people bad the right of local self-government they might bid defiance to any arbitrary power, however oppressive. He (Mr. Elt) concluded by eulogising the conduct of the emaciation, and congratulated the parish on the gigantic re sults of the association during its short existence—only one year. SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OP THE GOSPEL.— Yesterday the 150th anniversary festival of this society was celebrated in St. Paul's Cathedral. At three o'clock the clergy, in their robes, assembled in the nave of the cathe dral, where they were received by the Archbishop of Can terbury, the president of the society, and a procession was formed, which included in its ranks the Bishops of London, St. Asaph, and Winchester, Dean Milman, Archdeacon Hale, the Rev. Canon Dale, the Master of the Temple, Dr. Jelf, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, and several aldermen. The choirs of her Maieety's Chapel Royal, St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey, and St. George's Chapel, Windsor, twisted. The pieces selected for the occasion were " Can tate Domino" (Hayes), "Deus Miscreatur " (Hayes), anthem t Farrant), and two anthems by Handel. Th e ser mon was preached by the Bi,hop of St. Asaph, who took his text from the 2nd chapter of Daniel, 35th verse, "Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing Soon; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them; and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth." At the close of the ceremony, which was attended bye very large congregation, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the other church dignitaries left the cathedral in procession, and a collection was made at the doors. iELEORAPHINO IN SWEDEN, NORWAY, AND DEN YLIIII.—An American gentleman (Mr. Win. Robinson) has obtained the privilege for fifty years of crectiniv a nd managing lines of magnetic telegraph in the united ' - doms of Sweden and Norway. A company has been form including some heav y . capitalists of this city and Stockholm, and the work of erecting the line is to be at once commenced. There is reason to expect that a similar privilege will be ob tained from the government of Denmark, and in all it is expected that some 3,000 miles of telegraph communication wiU be conferred on the Scandinavian peninsula by Yankee enterprise.—Neto York Dibuno. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Jess IS. Her Excellency the Countess of Clarendon, at tended by a numerous cortege of distinguished visitors, proceeded yesterday to a bazaar held at the Royal Dublin Society, in aid of the industrial schools esta blished here. A number of young women, who are employed in the manufacture of lace in the schools, were occupied at ono end of the bazaar with their work, which her Excellency seemed to take mach interest in inspecting. An admirable axle of bee-laws and regulations have just been issued by tlie Dublin Corporation for the improvement and health of the city. They relate to the regulation and registration of lodging ' houses, of meat, fish, and general markets, and of slaughter-houses and knackers' yards, and appear to be most carefully framed to accomplish the objects in view. Mr. Reynolds, M.P., Mr. Keogh, M.P., and Mr. N. V. Muller, M.P., attended yesterday at the met ing of the " Catholic Committee." fhe l'reedtan says : " We are informed that a correspondence is progressing, the result of which will, in all probabi lity., be the attendance of the hierarchy at the great national assembly which will inaugurate the new association." The county of Louth has been the scene of another murder actoniptinied by circumstances of great bar barity, the victim being a young man named Ber nard M'lntegart, the son of a farmer, who, while proceeding on Sunday morning last to mass, accom panied by his sister, was attacked by two men and brutally murdered with bludgeons. The circum stances arc thus related by the Dublin Daily Ex press of this morning : On last Sunday morning, about 8 o'clock, he was assailed on the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway, when on his way to attend mass, by two fellows, who beat him with stic ks until they left him insensible. He lingered until Monday morning, when he died. The cause of this murder is un derstood to be purely agrarian. It appears that the father of the deceased came into possession of 40 acres of land in last March in a place called Annes, about four miles front Dundalk. The land had been originally occupied by three persons, named I'atrick Kelrey, John M'Arille, and Henry Callaghan. They Ibteame unable to pay' the rent, and law proceedings were taken against thenm. They then gave up possession, and were compensated for doing so. The land next came into the possession of a Mr. M'Ardle, of Dundalk, who held it for one year only. The father of the deceased then became tenant ; but when he began to cultivate the land, an attempt was Milk to obstruct him by a number of persons, who were subse quently brought before the magistrates and bound to keep the peace. It is understood that a bad feeling prevailed amongst some persons in the neighbourhood against the father of the deceased for having taken the laud, and to that feeling is ascribed, justly I believe, the present mur der. The deceased bore a most excellent character; he was industrious, peaceable, and religious. An inquest was held on the body yesterday before John Byrne, Lana, one of the county coroners, when a verdict was returned that the deceased came by his death in consequenc,c of a fracture of the skull inflicted by some heavy instrument. No elite has yet been obtained to the murderers. The following report from the Northern IV/c%;/ describes the state of agricultural affairs in a great portion of Ireland: • Our reports, for the past week, represent the appearance of the crops as generally satisfactory. Grass corn has attained a considerable height, and we are informed that, in some wheat fields, both in Antrim and Down, the ear is fully developed in the sheath, and only requires a few days' warmth to shoot out. Oats, both late and early sown, arc strong, healthy, and forward, and, except in low, marshy, ill-drained soils, show no symptoms of the grub. The late harsh winds have had a whets effect in retarding the growth of all deseriiwions of corn crops, the result of which, however, may be only salutary. The effect of these cold winds on the young Indira of pota toes has been, in some instances, to cause a curl on the leaves, and this appearance was looked on by some as an in dication of a re-appearance of the blight. Since the rains of last week these symptoms have in a great measure dis appeared, and the crop is, without exception, a healthy and a prosperous one. This is the more gratifying, because the breadth of land laid down with potatoes this year is far and away larger than last year. Turnips also promise well ; and, as fur as we can learn, arc everywhere exempt as yet from the ravages of the fly 'HOME CIRCUIT.—Tho judges have appointed the following days for holding the ensuing summer circuit:— Hertford, July 16; Chelmsford, July 21 ; Maidstone, July 28; Lewes, Augumt4 ; and Croydon, August 7. A MONUMENT TO TILE HEROES OF THE PON JAI:11 has just been erected in the parish church of All Saints to the memory of Lieut.-Colonel llavelock, of the 14th Light Dragoons, and some of hie comrades, non-com missioned officers, and privates, who were killed in the campaign of the Punjaub. It is of white marble, framed, if we may so term it, in an arch of Caen stone, resting upon a base of the same 'material. To the right is a fall length figure, in the uniform of the regiment, with a mili tary clank, resting principally on the right shoulder. Ono arm rests upon the shoulder of a youth, and the other is extended with the hand pointing to the inscription, as if urging him to emulate the deeds of the heroes whose names arc recorded. On the left is a palm tree, with tiro leaves drooping over the tablet, on which rest sabres ' a car bine, belt, and carteuch box. At the foot of the palm tree is the regimental shako. The monument is executed by Westmaeott.—Maidstonc Gazette. ..... VAUXHALL-GARDE:VS.—The usual attractions at these gardens were varied. yesterday by the first of a series of horticultural Ptes, which have been introduced for the purpose of enabling the exhibitors to compete for prizes amounting in all to the NUM of 221. Notwithstanding the unseasonable weather a large number of persons visited the gardens in the course of the afternoon, and remained until the evening's entertainments commenced. The floral ..how was in every respect of a much more magnificent character than was anticipated, the pelargoniums, azaleas, heaths, and roses being of a character which would have done credit even to the more highly patronised exhibitions at the Hor ticultural and Botanical Gardens. This was the first display of the kind which has ever taken place at the " royal property," and the success has been such as to justify a fre quent repetition of so agreeable an adjunct to the plea lures of a summer's promenade. TILE CATHEDRAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—lnunetli ately after the receipt of Mr. Whiston's appeal to the Bishop of Rochester was acknowledged by his lordship's secretary, Mr. Whiston addressed a memorial to him as visitor of the cathedral, setting forth, that although the legality of his dismissal was, after two years of litigation, still undecided and appealed against, and although he was still in possession of the school premises, and acting as mas ter with the great majority of the pupils under him, and although the parents of the original foundation scholars had respectfully requested the Dean and Chapter to relieve them from the embarrassment likely to be, and which hail been caused by the claims of two head masters, the Chapter had nevertheless, in October, 1849, ap pointed a new head master, under whom they had insisted upon those parents placing their sons—a demand which, , however, was not complied with. The memorial further complained that the chapter had, pendeote lite, deprived the scholars and Mr. Whiston of the services of the second master ; and it prayed that, unless and until the dismissal by . the chapter was confirmed, his lordship would, as visitor, reinstate hm in all the rights of the mastership, inhibit all proceedings against hie' in contravention of those rights, and direct that the services of the second master should be immediately restored to himself and the scholars. The me morial was dated on the 2nd instant, and on the 13th Mr. Whiston was officially informed by the bishop's secretary that his lordship had laid his letters before Dr. Lushington as chancellor of the diocese, and that Mr. Whiston would, as soon as possible, receive an answer thereto.— Roe/aster Gazette. ----- FATAL ACCIDENT BY THE FALLING OF A IiOt•IF.. —Yesterday Mr. Dakcr held an inquest at the White Hem., Lambethatreet, Whitechapel, on the bodies of Edward Ayres and John Murphy, boys of the respective ages of twelve and eight year., who on Saturday last suddenly met their deaths. Benjamin Heldman stated, that ha t ing been employed to overlook the demolition and removal of some old houses in Lambeth-street, which had been con demned by the district surveyor, he was watching the pre mises, at about ten minutes to one, on Saturday afternoon, and while so occupied heard a loud crash, and the premises were immediately hidden by a cloud of dust. lie in quired of a man who emerged from the cloud, whether any one was in the house when it fell, and was answered—no. Remembering that in the course of the morning ho had seen many boys looking about the place for wood, nails, and staples, Rio procured assistance and commenced the removal of tho fallen rubbish. In about an hour the bodies of the two boys were discovered. Judging from the pressure and compactness of the superincumbent mass, death must have taken place instantly. Several of the jury considered that this witness was extremely culpable in not erecting a hoard ing before the works. Witness stated that he was unable to do so, not being in full possession, as some of the houses were not surrendered by their occupants until several days after the accident. A juryman considered that the in mates should have been ejected by force or the work of de molition delayed. The superintendent stated it was int poesible to keep the boys out; he had already been as saulted for attempting to do so. The jury finally acquiesced in a verdict of " Accidental death." ATTEXPTED OBSTRUCTION OP A RAILWAY TRAIN. —On Friday evening last, as the half-past eight down train on the London and North Western Railway was coming to Chester, its course was slightly checked by a brick which had been placed on the raiL, in the vicinity of Christloton bridge. The brick had been placed lengthways on the metal, and was cut in two by the guard-rail of the engine, and pitched a considerable distance. Information was given of the steps were taken _- clear. On the following eleven down train --- same locality, there metal. Since the the neighbourhood supposed that the address; but every exact maw by whish r almost immedi;t4:;nd the neee - stary to lee that the remainder of the line was ollowing morning, however, the halt-past met with a similar ottstractiommwahet re being at that time • aktontthe latter oecurenee men ha d by the company to A _ he bricks were placed t • • cry effort is bensor •• •••• high they came there,—'• , 4, • 4 . 1 E . Lip „(11