The Express. — London, England, 1849-07-13 00:00:00

day afternoon the trmunittee =twisted their report. It mould be printed and in the heals of the house ea Saturday ; bat between feesday and S ouiday—that interval of three days in which it was impoesible Ur the house to real that , Import, es to learn what the committee bad ta-n doing for the last live months—was just the interval seised on by the hob!' lard fur b:ioping en shies estimatis. Lord .1. RUSSELL denied that ►e ►ad attempted to take abe house by surpesat. He agreed with t►e right hon. gentlemen opposite, that ft was not vovernment or the cos *See, but the haste that w e to deckle upon them estimates. ♦t the ease time be mast remind the right hea. in ut that the government was respoi.sihle for wait" theme pro. petitions to the house—(hear, hen)—sad w►ea he spoke of pimp nine the minute. till August, he meant that some time would be required to (I t staler that report, when it Should be ',resented. C.r.sidsting the crest importance of these in laths, the gr tat imp sranee of keeping our ser vices 4 did. at on the one heal, and of not making too gre.t retreachineutit without say consideration on the uther head ; be thought it better to per pone the coesid:ration of that report until seat seraloo. • Hear, bear.) Sir J. GRAHAM agreed with the noble lord, considering the great hearth el the revert, the vast inter. at it renamed, end the cotan'era•ioa that must be given to it by the meat, that it would he airing) . e to proved at ones with the 4111t19441 up to the 6 ► of April lot—fu: that was al they were now &dna—tali g the period of the reams, fully to 41,411144.1 the vulamintais cep rt of the committee. He was %site sore that a emseiderable cerise mitt t be effected if the prittnineat would receive and co. tiler that report is the spirit in which it was vifered ; bas: he did not think, it they prietponed the estimates until Wenday, that any gool wed gouda be @erred, as it would be impossible to con.ider that large and important report between Saturday and Ma day. (Hear, hese.) Mr. HUMS contends.', *alma it verve intended that the report of the committee was to be a p. tfeet force, that they aliciald not now proceed with the estimates. He (Mr. Num) had been detained in the house by the Bootch OM he bias If, though a member of the committee, min ally did sot ken+ one of the conclusions to which they had 1111M41. The ruebt hon. Aar net epoosite thought it better for them Waimea t. ese estimates in ignorance than in know. dge. It he possibly could, he should prevent their proceed ing with the estimates at this ri.sitr, and h.. begged to move, therefore, that the coaami•t.e report progems, and obtain leave to sit main. Mr. F. HAULEsaid it would be neither just to the house OW to the commis. e to attempt spa Monday to dint's, th e contents or report f tit it nature, delis...red wily on the previous Saturday. The report had been very carefully drawn, and he was sure that those who took any interest in the matter would be as snzt .us to see and consider the evi dence, as the concluder.' drawn from that evidence. Mr. HeME said that the light hon. rentleasan wanted them to grant the man y fir4t. end to have the information site:made (Hear, Liar) He looked upon that as mite childish work, and should ri peat hie former audios for re porting mattes. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER recom mended the bouts w t.rce sat at once with the present esti mates upon the respowily.lity of the government, and this at the commencement of nc at ti anion they could present such revised and amended estimates as a full consideration of the report of the c mtnittee might enable them to do. Mr. HERRIES spited whether they were to abandon all hope, then, of Hinting wi his the present yea any of the reductions which the committee recommeuded ? (Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL anti the right hon. gent. bad en quired whether they were to abandon all hope of effecting any reductions within the present year. His answer to that was, certainly not. When the report of the committee should be seen and considered, it might turn out upon. Investigation that there were some reductions and charges which might be made in a very short time ; bust he certainly was astonished that the right hon. gent., with all his know ledge of the mode of curry in 4 on the public business, should expect that on Monday next, there heir g perhaps a proposal for a reduction of £lOO,OOO in the servioe the govern neat should at once my th.t it was prepa red to make that reduction without any further considerate:la Sir J. ORAIIAM said that the amount of the ordnance "wee had already been sanctioned by that house. All that remained now to be voted in the ordnance estimates were stores, and new works, which were sub liviled again into stores and new works at home, and stores and new works in the eolenies. He had mute up his mind as to the coarse to be panned, but thought teat govt element should have till next memo to consider the recommendations of the committee, and whet reductions they could make on their own responsi bility. (Hear, beer.) Mr. COBDRN gall the right hon. baronet had warned the house sot to he rash or body in in Ming reducions; and far that moon they adverted the postponement of the estimates till Monday. That would surely be lan rash than Twine them then. If hon. members proceeded now to vote tr.is money, they would proclaim trumpet-tautened to the country that which the country strongly suspected, that their voting of money was nothing but a farce, and that the House of Commons, instead of the guardian of the public purse, wag nothing but a screen for the government. (Hear, hear.) Col. ANSON agreed the. the report was most ably drawn up; but as it contained references to the questions, hon. members ought to he able to refer to the *silence als o. Mr. SPOONER s'.ould support the bon. Relishes for Montrose, it he pressed big motion to a division. After this committee lad sat two years, the estimates ought certainly not to he voted, in ignorance of their report. It seemed to him most astonishing that the noble lord at the bead of the government should be in utter ignorance of the ne•mmenda time of the committee. Mr. F. MAULS said he had been • member of the com mittee, but lie had never communicated their proceedings, erne a e infidence, to any of his colleagues. Mr. HI LDTARD said. it the committee had been one in hostility to the government, weight would lave attached to the anuntenta of the nolue lord; but the com mittee having been appointed by the government, being is bet their owe, it ought not to les assumed that their recommendations needed watching with so much suspicion. Mr. I'LUMPTIIE thought time should be given fur the consideration of slit report. Mr. W. BROWN vas prepared to go an, thinking the house would derive as much information from the speeches of the members of thc committee as from the report itself. Mr. DUNCAN supported the postponement of the esti mates Mr. HUMII bared the how member for Lancashire (Mr. W. Brown) mated be disappointed in the speeches of the members al tin committee, who were wady as unmeant as himself. He be one could not carry a mess of figures in his head, whatever he might do as to a 'Mee item. (Laughter.) Let the government and the committee be placed in a fair position by these estimates being postponed. Mr. J. A. SMITH said it appeared to him that they might proceed with the estimate,. Mr. HENLEY said he should support the motion for postponement. Mr. HENLEY said there was evidently a difference of opinion between th• government and the committee, as to these reductions. How then was the house to vote these estimates? (Hear, hear.) The question was not whether all the committee'. re c immendations were to be adopted, but whether the house should not be allowed to see the ra pist, and thereby be the better enabled to discus the esti• male. (Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said the essence of the proposal of the hon. member for Montrose was that, the report being issued on Saturday, the estimates should be discussed, and great reductions made, on Monday. Last year the committee had reported on the nave estimates; and this year there Ind been a reduction of 700,0001. or 801,0001. on thorn estimates. (Hew, hear) Such reductions ought always to be proposed after dee consideration, not upon 43 hours' redice—with a view to the real interests of the country, and not for the sake of a good speech on the hustings. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME said ho had never made use of the words " lame reductions to be made immediately." He had only stated that a great increase had taken place in this depart ment beyond what the resources of the country would jus tify. Ice his demand he enrondered he was reasonable in every point, and that her Majesty's government were un ressosable in every point. (" Hear, hear," and a laugh.) Me V. SMITH said he must vote against reporting pro gress. The committee divided—For reporting propels 43 Against BO-37 Mr. J. B. SMITH was surprised that the government still persevered in pressing this vote. As it would not mime any real delay, he tripod the government would con. sent toe pomponemet.t till Monday. If they did not secede to so reasonable • proposition, be should mere that the chairman do leave the chair. Lord J. RUSSELL se , ii that he had postponed the ord nance estimates for a considerable time, in the hope that the report would be Igi i on the table of the house. That had been dine to day, ai d he did not think it an unreason able propuiti in to proceed with the votes now. No reason had b en given for postponing the question now, as full notice had been given that the house would go into com mittee this evening, and there was no suspicion that any obj.e•ioa would be raised. Mr. RUNE said he mull not agree in what had fallen from the noble :ord. Thee were not delaying business, be cause there +eta votes which the government might now propose wi•host opys't re. The country would judge whit they they were right en red tiag the discussion of these votes without hen aieg what the committee suggested with regard to them. 11,1 W •m:l putelie opinion be brought to beer on these questions without knowing this ? He therefore ens eorred in the propoiiti n the. the chairman should knee the chair. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sa/d the as* soda had twee giro thu the ordnance en tomes would b. brought •.ea to-•tieht. Mr. HUME—Bat n•Avely could have supposed that they woull be be.u2ht on with , at the report. Mr. HAsrus asked wOeth , r there was any objec!ioa to the rote before the e 'nominee, became if there WU, he thouga it • fair ground ut p .a.pnunakena, b u t if tam was nit, be thou2ht any (1 I.y w..uld be need! se. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER mil that hon. metotwre smolt n .t he is • fair poolion to consider thl• sahje t without the erAntee. They could not h ire that sot-mace on Moeda, ; and although they might have the repot, be did not tr irk 'her e all, on that a-ount, be in a biter lion to form abe ter judgment. If they did not proceed with the Fab'. e', they would protr net the esmije tot • week, which he did not Utak would be advised'. Mr. HUME slid Vast they were en to be friettettA by • week or ten days, because they were there to dt the be.l - of toe country. and to do it well. (Hoar, bear.) If the ism. geutlionaa's argument was rod for awhile, It 'moll inducts Mans to postpone the vote till the evidence was before them. Mr. SPOONER said lie would not vote far poe•ponement a mooed time, feeling that he was bound by the decisiun to which the tome I wl alma ly coma. The gallery was *gam cleared for a division. Fur the motiou Against it Mr. ROME moved that the chairman do now leave the chair. When he saw that every town in the kiegdom was eal:irg for cc tummy and reduction, and when he fout.d Oat the government would not allow time for further inqwry. he thought he was lull warrentid in °String every oh stxuc to their proceedings. Lord J. RUSSELL lead that the divloi.n whit+ had just taken Own showed clearly that it way the opinion of the bowel that they ought to go on with the estimate.. ; and that the yeti majority of the house was meal= the 'calliope opposition of the hoe. member for Montrose. Mr. HAMM said that the noble lord hal no right to eoesplain of the hoses dividing. He shou'd he glad to know why they were to pus these estimate+ in inch a bony? Mr. COBDEN had °heaved the exultation of some bon: members when the hon. member said that the report did not revmmsnd an alteration in the estimstss this year. If there was one thing which war wire established than another, it was this, that no estimate had ever been altered in the life time of any person pr.sent after it had b.en presented to the hones. These estimates, when once printed, were always adopted; he ter., remembered a majority of this buns' varying an estimate. II the hon. genilrmui (the member for Montrose) persevered from this time to midnight, and renewed his motion to-morrow, that the printer might have time to prepare his rep art, he would go on with his oppo sition. - - - Lord J. MOSSRLL—The hon. gentleman said that they were endeavouring to ovvrenme oppo ition withotnt and by in , re brute fore,. He thought they had riven auth dent reasons. There were two 'opponent members of the ensmittee who game their reasons—the hon. member for Ripon, sad the hoe. member for N rthampton—who both stated at some lsagth their reagent', th. y being meinhern of the committee, and having attended careful . ; to the com mittee, being anzious f.r reduction and economy, that they ought to go Into there estimates to-night, and not p stpone them till 31 ends;. The only m mbrr who opposed this who had *Mended much to the c 'mantles was the hon. member for Yorkshire. The hon. member for Montrose did not attend. Me. RUM said that he attended always until the las, three days. The noble lord was much in err te in taking credit for the speeehes of his two right hon. friends. 'fbrir romans were for delay, although their vote was against him. The reasons of the right hon. gentlemen were much that any hon. member would bee, eapected that he wou°d have cam, to a cliff -rent conclusion. Mr. M. GIBSON said t e nt be understood that all were agreed that these votes on the ordnonce estimates, which were reported egainst unanimonely by the committee, should be postponed till the report of the committee w.a be fore the holm; but the noble lord said, dint if one single vote were postponed until after the report was printed—viz., till Monday next—they could not finish their supply on Friday, and another week was gone. There nap no Ice, of time in postponing all the I rimers beyond what would ba lost in postponing one. Were they prepared to agree to a vote to-sight, against which a com mittee had unankr.ously reported? The committee divided. For the motion Ari'Lat it .... Mr. HUME again moved, that the chairman do report progress. The committee divided. For the motion Against it Mr. MO WATT said that if government remained ingot aisle to the ridicule of pressing on thin vote b• fore the printing of the report, honourah:e members would be quite jar died in persevering with their opp sition. He moved that the chairman report progress. The committee divided. - - - Ayes Noss On our return to the gallery, we toned Mr. HUME protecting against the course pursued by the government. There were other estimates, such es the militia, on which no information was expected from the re port, and with which the committee might proceed, if the saving of time was an object. If government had deter mined on the course they were now biking, why had they delayed their estimates so long ? If they hod br meht them forward in ordinary course the house might have diseweed them item by item ; but they had brat delayed for this re port, and now it was reedy the house was not to see it (Hear, hear ) If the government had not intended to take the house by surprise, they would never have acted in such maser. It was not he who wee acting a factious pert, it was the noble lord—(" Hear, hear, and lauelver)— who persisted in refiring an oprortunity of fairly examinise the.. estimates. He felt bound to move that the chairmen now report progress. 11Ir. BROTHERTON could not we that they would be in a better position to discuss these estimates en Monday than they were now. Mr. V. SMITH denied that the committee bad, as stated by the hon. member for Montrose, hurried their report in order to allow the noble lord the ehairman (Lord Heymonr) to leave town Mr. HUME said that the rule of the committee was to 'kiwis., in each week,vis. on Mondays and Fridays ; but, in the lest week, in order to press on the report, they sat on the Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Tu,sday. Mr. V. SMITH.—At your instigation. Mr. HUHE.—No, not at my instigation, for I objected to the sitting on Saturday, and declined to come down. (Oh) I consider I wee warranted, by the circumstances, in making the statement I did. Sir R. PRICE deprecated these fruit/ess divisinum, and suggested that the boa. gentleman (Mr. Home). if he felt so strongly on the marter,should leave the house, and so protest against a course which he found he could not prevent. (" Hear," and "oh.") Mr. BRIGHT confessed that the speeches of those hon. members, who had spoken in favour of the government, were not sufficient to induce him to vote against the motion of the hon. member for Montrose. The h , .n. member for , Salford (Mr. Brotherton) was • firm ally of the Revere mart, and sometimes he appeared in danger of forget- i ling the large number of persons he represented down in Lancashire. (" Oh, oh," and hear, hear.) Penult' pertislities influenced matey hon. members at times, and those partialities at present seemed to have their effect upon the hon. member for Salford. The ease before the how. was • very simple one. The ordnance estimates had been post poned for five months, and now the government were refusing the delay of a day or two in order that the report might he printed and circulated. Now, he would ask the noble lord at the head of the government to recollect that within the last fortnight he had granted two days for the dl.. cession of the hoc. member for Bucki.ighemshire's maim on the state of the nation, and that there had been some evenings during the session entirely lost. He believed that there had been leis obstruction offered to her Majesty's government in the present session than since the government had assumed the reins of office. He hoped the noble lord would womb the report to be printed, and hereafter con sidered; assured that not • single objection would be made to the estimates which was nut absolutely necessary, and which could not be defended on the strongest ground. (Hear ) Mr. HETIVOOD thought the estimates relative to the Mauritius, the lonian Islands, and Bermuda might be voted on at once, and that the others might be reserved for future con ideration. After • few words of explanation from Mr. BROTILEIRTON and Mr. Hens, Mr. COBDEN said that they were beside the question in introducing personalities. (Hear.) The hon. member for Manchester (b. Bright) had spoken in • kindly spirit to the government, and the hon. mt mber for Salford ; and now he (Mr. Cobden)desired to treat attention to this point. They were going to vote 2.600,0001. with a report kyleg on the table ; and the noble lord (3, Ru-sell) had distinctly stated that notwithstanding the recommenda tions contained in that report, be intended to take a vote for the money at once. How could the house ju°ge whether the noble lord was right in withdrawing money from the for tifications at Corfu without having the report printed? The sum of 458,0001. had been voted for Corfu AMC* the peace. (Hear.) The report states that according to Lord Grey, the works should have been undertaken until the question was reconsidered. Was it not right that they should know the meaning of this report before they were forced to vote this money? (Hear, hear.) Colonel ANSON obeetved that when the boo. gentleman alleged that he hail had the advantage of the report, he belted to say that he bad not said a word about it. But he must point oat what he considered a grass misrepresentat'on ot the hon. gentleman wisp - icting the lonian Islands. He said that the expense of new works and ordnance works was 486 0001. ; but he concealed altogether fro e she house that of that wens the lonian Islands contribute :307,0001., and that the actual um paid by . this eouotry was only 148,608!. (Cheers.) And yet with these figures before him he quoted the sum of 456,000!. as paid by the country for those bleeds. The hon. member for Montrose threw out • wide challenge to him, but es he said it was his inten tion to divide the house upon this gulden, he bad not thnug it is necessary to notice it. His comparison between 1838 and the present year was nearly as erroneous es the statement of the hon. me mh ir lan the West Riding. Instead of the odes t• of 1835 being 1.100,000!.. it was 1,470,000!.; and instead of its being this year 3,000,0001., it was only 2,600,000!. Mr. COBDEN asked whether what he said was net that 450.0001, had been voted by that house. [Col. Anson—lt was.] 1 hen by what possible pretence did the hon. and gallant member charge him with misrepresenting? (Hear.) The Hone of Commons voted that ram, and called on the lonian Islands to pay their share. They even had it in evidence that there were arrears due by the lonian Islands which would be paid. Capt. BOLDERO deprecated the habit of postponing the ordnance etiolates to so late • period of the session, as it was prectieallv dissdvantsgerus to do so, by the suspension of works which could not be proceeded with for want of tunes. Bat looking to the determination of boo. gentlemen eproiee, he thought the noble lord had biter allow the rennet err come out to-morrow, and the vide be postponed till Monday. Lint J. RUSSELL could not allow the debate to close' eitnout repelling the imputation of the hon. member for Mulches er, that he (Lord J. Hassell) most hays a dishonest m live hi refusing, on the 12•11 July, to pretpowe the con siderdi in of these estimates. If his motive were dishoneet, he certainly "ad n,a taken a ea" atureir.aful mode of achieving it, by delaying the Indrawn: :Wastes so long in hope of having Vbe Court. OSBORNI. THURSDAY.—The Queen and the Prince walked this morning, in Osborne Park. His Itlyal Highness Puttee Albert, attended by Camel the Hon. C B. Phipps, and Culona S ymour, Equerry in waiting, crossed t (Loon in the Fairy, royal yacht, end prnee.rle4 to Winch ester, to see the cathedral and college at that city. The Countess of Desert has relieved Lady Mount E ig cumbe as the Lady in waiting on her Majesiy. Tore was no addition to the rr.yu dinner party yesterday. Their Rlyal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the iiereditory Grand Duchess of Mecklen burg Sirelitz, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr. imord Mildmay, honouree the Duchess Dowager of Bed tord with their company, yrverday morning, at the public breakfast given by her Grace, at her residence, on Campden kilL_ . _ Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess if Cambridge, yesterday, at Cambridge House, Their Royal Highnesses the Duko and Duchess of Cambridge. and the Ileredimry Grant Duchess of Mecklen burg Streli•z, honoured Mu. Wyndham wit► their com pany, on Wednesday evening, at her residence in Urosvenot place. Mr. Joseph N. B. Kerr, from Nova Scotia, bad an interview - with Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Colonial Office. Mr Hincka had also an interview with the noble Earl yes terday. Mr. John Wood, Ctairman of the Board rf Inland Revenue, b►d an interview with the Chancellor of the En cht quer, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing. street. PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR REGATTA. This aquatic national amusement came off on Wed nesday and yesterday, and was honoured the last day with the presence other Majesty, Prince Albert, and the royal children. . . . . At nine o'clock the ratting vessel and a number of beau tiful schooner yachts and other craft made their appearance, dressed in flags of every colour and nation, and which flut tered gaily beneath a most resplendent sky, while a delight ful breeze scarcely creating a ripple on the waters, kept off v portion of the 'thirst overpowering heat. The public buildings hoisted their standards, and towards noon the Vic tory and other ships in harbour, and Superb and Sharkie (Egyptian) deemed with colours. The Gosport share was lined with hnottm, and thronged with a countless multitude. About half-put 3 o'clock im.lthc booming of the Superb's guns announced the royal visitors' approach, and in a few minutes the Fairy glided into the barb rue entrance, and dropped her anchor amidst the most hearty welcome ever given by the loyal people of Port.mouth and Gosport. The entranee of the harbour was covered with hundreds of boats of all eons and air.,, and filled with ladies and wilderness anxious to welcome the Queen. During this scene the ships in harbour saluted, the bands afloat played the national asthma, and the port-admiral in the Fanny and the lieut.- governor in his state barge, and Admiral Prescott, paid their respects to the Queen. The interesting scene of enthusiasm having subsided, and .11 parties being able to obtain a view of the Queen and the Prince of Wales in his tarpaulin hat, the sports of the day were resumed, and evidently a ff orded much emus meetto the Koval party on board the Fairy. Prince Albert returned from Winchester about half-past 5, and soon joined her Ma jesty, and shortly after the yacht left the harbour amidst the .houts and cheers of the thousands collected to honour her Majesty for her condescension in supporting and visiting such humble recreations and amusements of her harridoiling subject.. Both on coming and returning through Spithead, salutes were fired from the Egyptian frigate. In the boat racing there wm nothing which would be in teresting to record, except to the immediate vicinity. THE YARMOUTH REGATTA. BECOND DAT. ------- The first match to-day was f , r 301. The following entered It. Y. Y. C., 25 tone, T. Richardson; Feam, R. V. Y. C , 20 tens, R. Antrim; Secret, R. T. Y. C., 2.1 v.no, 0. W. Whitehead ; Red R ver, R. H. Y. C ,7 tons, W. Parmenter. The lest, being a Yarmouth boat, was de eideoly the favourite ; and, getting first under weigh, she I. d oft in gallant style, closely followed by the Secret and A light brut s from the rut brined the boats on at no snaiTs pace ; and, in rounding the N.H. flag.boat, there was n. wetly half a minute between the fi rst and the last boat, and now commenced a mot interesting race, a perfect a tit- terl-n sok affair, the respective crews straining every nerve, and ducking tie, it snow-white sails most remorselessly for fear of losing the merest breath of wind. At length, the little favourite was compelled to give the first place to the Foam. In the second and last round the distances between the buts increased, and they came in in the following or'er : —Secret, 3e. 29m. 33s ; Foam, 3h. 29m. 49e. ; Hilda, 3h 3lm. 50s. ; Rover, 3h. 35m 19s. Half a minute per ton iog allowed far difference in tonnage, the Secret had to allow the Foam 21,c0., which, in her tarn, gave the Red • It ever Sim., making the attar the winter by one minute. On landing at the j say, Mr. Antrim put in a claim for the prize on behalf of the Foam, sreging that the Rover had .-ntered at 7 tone new measurement, whereas he had entered his boat as 20 tons old measurement, in accordance with the Yacht Club rules. It app-aring that the Red Rover was 12 tons old m-asurtment, it was decided she had lost by and the prize was accordingly awarded to the Foam. The remaining matches were merely of local interest. From the college the prince went to the barracks, when he exchanged his dress, and appeared in his uniform of field marshal to perform the office ot the Lay—namely. the pre sentation of colours to the 23rd Itayal Fusilier Regiment. The customary honours havitg been gone through. the colou-s were presented by his loyal highness, accompanied by an adder's After this ceremony, his royal highness lurched with Lieut.-Colonel Torrens and the officers of the 23rd It - giment. At r.bout three o'clock his royal highness took his leave, and proceeded to Gosport, where he expected to meet her Majesty. During the day his royal highness wu enrolled as a ma gistrate of the county, and he present .d a do.ation of 201. to the Hampshire Muuum, trtablished ah.ut two years ago. SOCIETY FOR IMPiiOYING THE CONDITION OF THE LABOURING CLASSES. Yestr rday the fifth sonnet inretiog of the friends aed 'opponent of this society was keld at Willis' , R3OMS, Kind street, St. James's. ASULRY to the chair.: His LORDSHIP, in opening the proceedings,* id that although the committee of the society had delayed for such • length of time ti call the members together, they had a strong assurance that the duties which devolved on them had not been neglected. He need only mention that they had made arrangements during the past year by which two new model lodging houses bad been r riginated—ene for w. men, at 76, Hetton-garden, and the ether for familt s, in Streatham-street, Bloomsbury. The first undertaking had been mo-t successfid, and lie I ad no doubt but that them= r which had been just commenced would be also productive of great benefit. .Hear, hear.) They bad t a express their regret that they had b en as yet able to make no advance in one of their three ejecta, namely, tie eateblis‘uient of a loan society. As to tho second object, viz., the allotment ',retests, he would not offer a aincle observation, because the exeeri ment which ha I b - en made was so triumphantly demonstra tive of its utility that it was quite impoteible it could require any further notic ror elucidation front the society. Their main object still re mained to be adverted to, and that was, the improvement of the donate Mare condition of the labour ing theses. Every day's experience confirmed him in the opinion that the miserable state of the dwelling-houses of I the industrious poor lay at the root of all the obstacles which inter d between them end the amelioration their condition. (Hear, hear.) It was to no purpose that benevolent institutions were celled into existence for the im provement o the labouring closes, if they were allowed to rem un without help or warning in those debasing hovels in which the majority of them have been accustomed hitherto to spend their existt . cce. Of what avail was it that the children of operatives were invited to educational establishments if they were to ha sent heck every night to the debasing Milueectes and scenes which were prevalent every hour of the day and night ire the ' , male lea es here the poor were hcused ? (Hear, hear.) Medical nirn 1104 , recog nised the principle that there win no agency for debilitatieg the system and rendering it a pro‘lab e ricipie lit for disease more injurious and effective than overcrowdirg. (Dear.) II es Mg stated several instances of the injurious effects of over crowding, he expressed granfication at the fact that the procerditigs of the so liety had beeeme tee sot jest of imita tion in various (=riga countries, an' he expressed a cot fident hope that as undertaking like theirs, which was Out only self-supporting, but remunerative, would meet with general support. Although the committee of which he was chair man might not in their time witni as all the fruits of their =bouts, which time alone could develop, yet those woo came after them would, he firmly believed, have that opportunity. The report was then read, in which ample details of the proceediogs of ttse society during the past 3c ar were Riven, and it was stated that Ito operations had lwen approved of and followed in Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, the United States, and various other parts of the world. From the cash account it appeared that the balance in favour of the society upon the proceedings of the year was 5721. 6s. Bd. The Rev. E. HICK ERSTETH moved the adoption of the report, and that it be printed and circulated among the public. Viscount CASTLEREAGH, in seconding the resolution, said he trusted that the friends of the society would support it not merely Ig money donations, but by active exertions among the cir •of their acquaintance. The report was then adopted. Dr. COTTON, Provost of Worcester College, Oxford, moved the second restitution, which was to the effect, that the present defective state of the dwellings of the Lamming claws was the chief obstacle to their moral and swial ame lioration, and that the society pledged itself to persevere in its efforts to improve their domiciliary c ondition. Dr. 8. SMITH seconded the resolution, and said that the slightest thought must satisfy every one that the healthy and cleanly mate of dwelling places was of great import ance, but it really required much consideration co understand how great in reality was the importance of the subject. The resolution was then carried unanimously. Mr. NEWDEOATE, M.P.,propostd the third resolution, in which the meeting expressed its approval (A the efforts of the society to improve the dwellings of the lower clime., by erecting model buildings suitable as residences for the town Population, and by circulating piens of cottage* adapted for C 'entry laboure re, and also el their exertions in disseminating a knowledge of the advantages of the field-garden or allot ment system. Visc cunt BRACKLEY seconded the resolution, which was adop ed unanimously. A committee cf superintendence for the ensuing year having been appointed, and thanks given to the chairman the proceedings terminated. VISIT OF PRINCE ALBERT TO WINCHESTER. No formal visit to this ancient city has been made by any member of the royal family till the prosent occasion. His Royal Highness bad intimated his intention of visiting the cathedral and college, and due preparation was made for his reception. A triumphal arch was erected near the site of the ancient north gate of the city. This arch (under which the royal cortege wu to pas.) was 40 feet in height, and con s sled of a grand central and two lateral arches, embracing the whole breadth of the road, about 50 feet. Over the central arch, on the west side, the city arms were emblazoned end surmounted by an inecriutioe, " Welcome, Prince Al bert," above which floated the royal standard. Over the lateral arches were devicra in flowers represen'ing the .. Prince e f Wales's plume," under which was the inscription " I servo." The eastern side of the gateway corresponded with the western, with the exception that the royal arms supplied these ief the city, lad that the inscription was " God save the Queen." Nearly terry I ouse in the lice of way, from the railway to the cathedral, wee decorated with flags, branches, and flowers, whilst at different points streamers floated acmes the streets. His royal highness arrive I at the railway station in the state carriage from Giisport, and was received with the utmost enthusiasm by a very large and respectable 'seem blage. An address from the virprntion was read to the Prince by the recorder, Mr. Stock, of the western circuit. To this adders. his Royal Highnesa returned the following answer: "I thank son very sincerely for the address which you 1 . have just presented to me, and for the kind expressions to wards myself personally which it contains. I have availed of mysel f Winchester, Ttith pi I e as e and e t a °of view th is its venerable occa s ion visit s r u t : i t u e r a e n . c , i , ent city The Prince then leR the station for the cathedral. Out. aide the building a guard of honour, consisting of the flank companies ot the 4•11 Rego. wes stationed, and a detachment I of ihe North Hants Cavalry, under the commend of Captain Portal, M.P.. formed an es ore, f. illowed by the High Sheriff,Lord Fitx larence, with his equerries and aide-camps. His Royal Highness was ran lye d at the cathedral by the canons, and was conducted into the choir by the Rev. Dean, and Mr. Owen Carter, ambit( c.. The ley years at d does ten then sang the porepkreee of the 148th Pfeil*, the music hr Haydn, and adapted to the present words by the late Dr. . Crean]. His royal highnete afterwards departed for the eolleere, where he wee received by the warden, fellow, mister. scholars, &c., and a Latin address of congratulation was del! vette ci by one ot the scholars. Tne old college song o( " Duke Domain" was also sal g upon the occasion, I THE EXPRTSS, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1849. the report of the committee. The question was simply this. The ' hon. member ter Montrose said it would bee (treat advan tage to have the report of the select committee bef ore them, and he, on the other hard, c entradal that as they e old not have it until Saturday, the short time that elapsea lestwen that and Monday ood:d be of no sdventege, cn.l that it was better to defer till next ye ar any Ines discussion upon the estimates. He therefore ehnueht that he was fully jusofi d in the course he prop teed. The boa. member for Menthes ter teemed to steppe's that be had Made • clang, against members of that house of unnio madly and care lessly int•rposing obstructions to the puOlio business. He ad u - eade no such charge or imputation spinet any party. On the contrary he w 11 very glad to be able to acknowledge de et, throughout this session, the members of that Louse had shown every dititoUthn to tear sat fairly the business before them, au i that when ceraln liminess hid been flied by the government f•r certain de's, they bad g nerally proceeded to the enesideretion of that business with a view to expedite it. (Hear, bear,) Wieh re earl to the bus;ne-s which now road for discussion, thinking that the government had been right In the course which they had pursued, aid that it was inspoosible to divide ou it at that_ hour of the uight—after the whole evening had Wen taken up in debates and divi sions, it WU impossible for them then to proceed to the consi deration of the ordnance estimates. Nor did he think they should be ebbe to go on i'h the c rdosoce and other estimates to-morrow everit g lie would, therefore, propose Vat they should how report prestos , , that thy should take th • British Mweura estimate, and other estimates on the fol m ina evening, and the ordnance estimates on Monday. (Hear, her.) Ha trusted that the report of the committee would be then fair:y considered, aod Us et no additional delay woad be interposed. The tenement:et would then be ready :o state, as they had now been prepared to state, their vie* ft on the various items which would come under discussion. (11:ar, hear.) Mr. HUME disclaimed any factious opposition in the courts he bad pursued, end said he sheu!d regret i. anything personal had tone n from any hon. member iu the course of the de Late. (Hear, hear.) The Louse than resumed. EXCISE BENEVOLENT FUND SOCIETY BILL. The araeedmtuts to this bill were considered and grind to. SMALL DEBTS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. . . . Th. cwatruttes on this bill was 1.11 , :d for Monda), at 12 o'clock. In answer to Mr. ORBORNS, The ATTORNEY•GENERAL said the drilla' I:,r wee per sitii.n by r ffierrs of tae Palmer Court would be referred to the Lords o the TieMut]. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES AZT (1848) AMENDMENT BILL. On the eonsidsraViTZithis;nsendment; in this bill, Mr. WYLD complained that the mints in Cornwall were rads an exception to the general law prevailing with respect to the m:nett in Wales, Der Istiire, Scotland, and al, parts of the empire. lie hoped a clause would be introduced into the bill am:fly limiting the ItabLity of shartholdets. The SOLICITORGENERAL eaid the matter had already been fully e insider.d ; but as the third reading of •he bill would be taken on Monday, it night then be further diacus•ed. The Relief of D'stress Or hod) (No. 2) Bill, the Lunatic Asylums (Irelano) Bill, the Petty Bag, Offi tra Amend ment Bill, the Lsbourina Poor Art Amendment (Ireland) Bill, the Commons Inelaenre (No. 2) Bill and the and Im provement Amendment Act (Ireland) Bill were severally read a second time. . _ "ia; iti7w7ateliaol (Dublin) Bill and the Trustees Relief Bill wars severally raid a third time. NEW ZEALAND LAND CONVEYANCES BILL. The seeon.l T.:admit of this bill was rimtponed till Monday. COUNTY RATES BILL. This bill parsed throurilt communes. TITLES OF RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was react a third lime. TURNPIKE TRUSTS UNION BILL. Tbis bill was read a third time. MARRIAGES BILL - ' The eonsideratir Ira .. -- inerTiatentsia this bill was pat• paned till Wednesday. CHAPELS OF EASE (IRELAND) BILL. This bill issued through committee. AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS BILL. On the sotios that the second reading of this bill be poet paced till Monday, Mr. GLADSTONE put it to the tight hon. gent. (Mr. Lob .uchere) whether it was right, at that period of the tOttioO, to press a hill containing such unprecedented pre visions. (Hear, hear.) Mr. LABOUCHERE said that if the till contained any unprecedented provisions, aa stated by the right hon. gentle man' it must be re colleved that the rate of railway affairs was also unprecedented, sod required the most immediate and atringt nt attention. (Rear, hear.) Mr. MANGLES was surprised to hear the right hon. eentlemau we an argument ad invirbam when It was well known that there were pinata coanected with railways au bi.h character as any in the country. TM bill was then postponed. SALE AND MANUFACTURE OF BREAD BILL. Mr. BANKES moved that the house go Into committee on this bill, but On Mr. LABOUCHERE stating that he was opposed to the principle of the bill, Mr. BANK ES said he would putpene it for s week, w►ich was done. The other orders wrre then dispos...d of, and the house adjourned at one c;r.h.t.k. the Ht rpreggs. right, and the bitter foes of even whig con cession. _ It was the triumph of bigotry and monopoly over liberalily and progress—a triumph w::11 by tory votes over the par y end the prir ciples of the people. 'We much 'nista.. the character of Lird Jotter RUSSELL if he will suffer such things again tr recur even in absenee. A few more such exploits would soon do stray all semblance of unity or power in the patty whom he leads, if not in the mdintt uvt.r which be presides ; for we do not believe that all who cccupy seats in that confidential council are prepared to con fess their political (hinder on the creed propounded by the Times. That creed is this: that a church establdhment is an instrument of ptlitical power ; that in England or Scotland it is successfully used as such ; that on no other footing, and on no other pretence, would it be suffered to exist; that its minis - era are the pampi red mutes of govt riment, and are made to tea that pro me motion is regulated according to subserviency and abjectness ; that this ed Anal " arm" has hitherto been but imnerfect in Iretud, tecause the ministers of the majority of the people are not subordinated and paid, bat oily the ministers of the minority ; that it would be better as a matter of police to em brace all, and that there is no difficu'ty ebiut doing so it the Roman catholic clergy would only look at the thing in a business point of view ; that the pay is ready whenever they will engage to do tl.c work re quired; but that there must bo no reservation or higgling about faith or conscience ; notbie g but abaci. late and open control over the catholic church by a protestant viceroy or secretary of state, is worth the money. In the name of all that is true, and pure, endwise in the heart of Enaland, we repudiate at.d de Bounce this profligate and Maul ing offer. Were it sincere, it would hardly have been mule in this shameless and disgust ing form. It is repulsive in its very terms, and calcu lated assuredly to silence any who, with far diff, rent motives and ideas, have hitherto striven to advance their honourable, thougli we think mistaken, opinions in favour of It men catholic endowment. But whether it be sincerely put forward in this mode er not, it is certain that no assumption ever was more get - undiese than that whereon it rests namely, that the price of priestly treachery and baseness is ready, or that the people of this country will ever suffer it to be offered. When bat a faint whisper of the sort was heard lest autumn, whet was the reply given by the country ? Mr. FITZWILLIAId has probably not yut forgotten, although the Times pretends that it has. No; the evils of or.e " bad institution " cannot be c orreed—they can only be aggravated—by the erec tion by its side of another. The protestant church in Ireland is a grievance which must be abated, and that ere long; but to create a Roman cc ludic esta blishment, as the Times proposes, in that country, would not abate the mischief, but add to the difficul ties and dangers connected with its internal govern ment, and to the discontent and degradation of its people. How the French overcame the obstinacy of the Romans, and Induced them hi the very hey-day of what, far the defenders, was a most glorious and successful strog.le, to aban don the continuance of that struggle, must re main one of those myeteties which conjecture will variously try to solve, until an authentic chapter of secret history comes to reveal the means employed. What we know is, that General OUDINOT despaired of taking Rome with the forces under his ci mmand, that he prop sod redueng the city by famine, not storm, and that such was the deepen& nt and alarm ing tone cf his private letters, that another general officer was despatched from Paris to encourage him, or take his ph.ce. However, the French have got into Rome. And the meet urgent queetian is, what use they will make of their victory ? Toe simplest and fairest plan to adopt would certainty he to revive the constieu ional scheme of De Rossi, so as to rally to it a civic and a moderate party in Rome and in the Legations, and insist that the Pope should at least grant now what he himself sanctioned not many months since. If M. De TOcQVEVILLE have any regard for his fair fame as a liberal politician, he will insist on this is despite of all objections, and adhere to it as the sine qua non cf his retention of office. We tear, how ewer, that M. DE TOCQUEVILLE has not the force of mind for this. We do not deny that the obstacles are great. Austria and Russia would oppose any thing like a genuine repreeentative government. And Louis NAPOLEON himself, who is, above all thine', anxious to conciliate the prit chood of Rome and France, is, no doubt, a kind of legate a Were this moment in France, to support, not from big ory, but from dynastic views and interest', the pretensions of the sac.odetel party. Awed by amen opponents, M.DE TOCQUEVILLE has, we fear, shrunk from the purpose of resuscitating De Rossi's constitution for the Romans, and has fallen ba^k upon the famous memorandum of the year 1832. We may measure the full extent of this teaetion and &giros by obecreing that DE Rossi vies M. Guizor's c'.voy and friend ; and that M. DE ToeorEviLLE, instead of keeping up to the °MOT line cf liberali . y, ree- des to the timid ideas of 1832. The Journal (lea Delmts and the Times, instructed by reactionary diplomacy, have c- me out aimultanc ously with an commendation of the old plan of the Italian memorandum. That document was drawn up in what was for the day a liberal spirit. And we have heard, though we cannot affirm it, that the pl in was drawn up by the Chevalier BoNsEN, then l'russian envoy in Rome. His plan was ts revive the old Italian municipalities, with magis•rates and town councils chosen by the te-p'e, such as sarvivAboth in Italy and in Spain till the French destroyed them. The municipal councils were to create provincial coun cils, and these were to elect a senate, or cmsulta, which were to consider financial and other matters, and offer their advice to the Pope. Such was the timid r form proposed in 1832, and which, had it teen realised, might have c entered the Romans. Bat Austria, under the irthonce of the sage METTERNICH, denounced any such thing a* po,oilar election, woul not tolerate a consulta, and insisted on leaving Rome as before under its corrup , bigoted, and priest'y misgovernment. The conse cp ellen have appeared in periodical revolution. But European affairs and ideas have much changed since 1832, and as to M. DETOCQUEVILLE hop'ng that the Romans of 1830 will be conteeted with the Convdta of 1832, he befools himself with a most vain idea. The first step of any sane policy in the French ministers ought to be to establish some form of government that will content the Romans. We mean the moderates and the middle climate. The Consulta, withmunicipal liberties will nit do this. For the Consultrt, having only the power to advi.e cannot combat the eccleeiarical party. M. De TOCQUEVILLE may say to this that he will insist on governors and authorities being laymen ; yet lay men were so appointed in 1832. And the ecclesiastical c until and part took care that none of these lay governors should have any influence whatever—that no demand of theirs should be listened to, and the con sequence was, that the provinces and cities, in a system where all went by favour. found they lost by having lay governors, and entreated to have the eceleera.tical ruler back. The same would be the case now. Without a representative body, eupperted by popular opinion and the puss, no lay party in the Roman rates can hold un against the priesthood. And rather than strive vainly they will submit, even whilst meditating the final remedy of revolution. But the French failing to content the Romans, it is evident that the papal authority can only be upheld by bayonet., that is, by foreign bayorets. Tnis trr piirs an indefinite occupation of Rome by the French, end of the legations by Austria. The French will then indeed be Om 4oldats du Pape, cleing the dirty work of police for him, and gaining nothing in re turn. But on the other hand, Austria will gain the Legations. Indeed pubic opinion in those towns has turned from France to Austria. The latter power keeps Lombardy at least from priestly influence. The Au-trians will ge ant some kind of a con.titntion with the semblance of a state government to Lombardy. This is even one of tie c'au-es of the new treaty with Sardinia. In this ca-e, M. DE TOCQUEvILLE will have nerivided a far less liberal constitution for Rine, than Austria interds for Lombardy. The comparison will d.:ve all the Romagnese to incorporate themselves with Lombardy. And the result of Loris NAPOLEON'S fine p they will be to despoil the Pope, give his province' to Atirtia, and et the same time deprive the Roman II every shadow of freedom. Such is the abyss into which M. DE Tocor rtrILLE is plunging. Austria is petting him on the back all the ' while, and our Austro-English organs here are encou raging him. Of t!te Times and Dtgbats, which abet the scheme of 1832, the limes is by far the more illiberal, fur whilst the Dibats recommends the old G1:1ZoT plan of municipalities, widen are to elect a serrate, the 21Mee, scouting representative government alto gether, coolly declares it a humbug, and that" to en cumber the Italians with the political machinery,which has grown into u e in great and free c mpires, would be no ither neeful nor practicable." Ltt the Italians, con tinues this writer, be endowed with municipal instituti'ens, such es have b - en wisely retained in the Austrian administ,ation t f Lombardy and Venice. Let these bodies manage the et-naives! Let their peer extend to the administration of just . ce, to po lice, to public instruction—bat as to politics, don't let the Romans meddle with that. In fact, to Austrify the Roman states, and assimilate them to the regime of Venice and Lombardy, is the proposal of the Times. To those who at all know what is posing in the poli tical world, it is evident that uo Enghstomin could hero originated ouch an id-a. It is stamped with the eagle of Austria. And the merest simpleton could swear that such were the suggestions, if not the hand-writing, of METTER:vim and CoLLoar DO. Bat, indeed, it is little matter what English jour nals say—they are too servile t o have influence. It is as little matter what English ministers thirk. Parliament allows them the emoluments of office, bat they have neither power nor initiative. And Al. l)RouTre na IA tt vs msy return from whence he c eme. England can have nothing to do with either enslaving the Romans or setting up the old idol of the Pope, or making over Italy to An . . We may not be able to avert the ruin of great at.cl admired nations—we may not venture to interfere for their freedom or in dep. ndence. But we cal, at least, refrain from making common cause with the ja lore or the butchers of free countries. We are too old, too poor, and tco apathetic for resentment. But the English have still left the feelings of pride and self-respect, and we must sacrifice both, if we join either France or Austria in their base treAment of Italy. OUTGOING MAILS. Malta for British Borth Ammo' and ths United States erUl be made up this evening. The mails for Vig.., Oporto., Lisbon, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, will be made up on the 17th of July, Ins *on India Made, euluding Bermuda. Raring, Name, doesivirm, New Orleans, and Meiwo, and including those for Madeira, St. J0.5-4.-sicarmrna, New Granada, Chili, and Peru, will Os made up on the 17th o( July. The =Lib foe Gibraltar, Malta, Greets, the lonian !elands, Ceylon, India. and China. ens Southampton, wit be minis up et= morning of the 20th of July. The malls, oat Marseilles, to the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon, India, Rone.Kong, &a., will be made upon the evening of July 24th. The mails for Madeira, Um Brazils, and Buenos Ayres, will be made ' 1 upon the 4th of August. SISK SAV' AT LONDON SUMS T. D.. -NaM..[. 3 vile. pas 7 . Manama. St sta. se 7. T. Maass 57 au. art 7 , Afterasa, 27 oats pas b. LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 13. IT is vain for the Times to endeavour, by its usual hardihood of assumption, to explain away the force of the important truths which the division of last Tues. day night attests. It is plain that the question of the Irish church, far from being dead in the minds of men, still lives and moves, and is ready to be called into activity three, and that the silence to which it was so long consigned is not only broken, but is no more likely to be resumed. That upon the motion of an individual member, at an advanced period of the session, and in the absence of any demonstration of popular feeling on the subject, one hundred and three gentlemen should have been found voting in opposition to the government, whose pnlicy they usually support. while of the adherents of that go vernment not one-fifrh of that number could be in duced to sustain them, is a fact not to be forgotten or expl tined away. Nor is this all. Not only did five sixths of the liberal parry vote with Mr. OSBORNE and against Sir GEORGE GREY on this truly memorable occa sion, but of that number it is remarkable that the great majority were English and Scotch members. Many of the Irish representatives are at the present period of the year obliged to attend the summer mewl. Some of the catholic members, we believe, are reluctant, from scruples of a religious nature, to vote upon church matters. Two of them wbo hold office in the administration—we allude to Mr. Snell. and Mr. Bethew—walked out of the bona amid the cheers of their party on the eve of the division ; and finally there were some wbo paired. So that in reality the strengh of the Iri-h section of the liberals was not tested by any means ; and with the exception of some twenty votes the minority may be taken u the spon taneous expression on the first attempt to resuscitate the question of the opinion of England thereon. As such we hail it. As such it will be hailed by every free heart in the kingdom. As such the despairing spirit of Ireland will jowly recognise end regard it; and as such it will ever be loudly, and we are sure enthusiastically, responded to. The Times would fain cover the deplorable posi tion of its ministerial friends on the occasion by at tempting to direct public attention to other cinsidera tions. But it will not do. The analysis of the majority who voted for the perpetuation of sectarian ascend aucy in Ireland reveals a proportion of three toriee to every wbig who voted. We have hcird much of statesmen changing their principles, and of leader!, whose principles changed, being forsaken by their party. But it remained for the present Home Se cretary to pert= the feat of losing his party while affecting to retain his principles ; and of leading such of , his colleagues as were weak enough to follow him, ; with a handful of abashed and bewildered adherent'', into the midst of the enemy's camp, to be saluted with scoffs and jeers. TF e best and friendliest friends of the government refused to stul tify themselves by pronouncing en offhand negative on a question to which for the greater part of their political lives they had invariably given the opposite answer. The majority was composed of men who have never been known save as the enemies of popular CHOLER.A.-INQUESTS. Before Mr. Payne, at the Union Tavern, Union street, Blackfriars, on the body of Elie 'teeth Frances Allen, aged twenty-one, who died of Asiatic cholera. Evidence was given to prove that the whole neighbourhood was in a bad state of drainage. The Coroner said it was eatisfectory to know that the Commissioners of Sewers were doing all they could to improve the draivage. Mr. Baker, a surgeon, said that the water from the gas works, which was pumped into the river, had a great deal to do with the illness of the neighbourhood. A juror said that since Tuesday lest there had been thirty-five cases of cholera in that parish, out of which number sixteen or seventeen persons had Lied.— Ve relict, " Death from Asiatic cholera." Before Mr. Bedford, at the Plough, Carey-street, on the body of William Kay, sge d 13. The deeessed re sided with his parents, in Norwich-court, Fetter-lane, and on Mande,' last he partook of some wilks. When he returned home he complained of sickness, and during the night he had cramps in his feet. The father gave him some Epsom salts, out neglected to apply for medical 'civics until the following day. The mother went to King's College Hos pital on Tuesday morning, and at a subsequent hour the boy was taken to that institution, where the galvanic battery was used, and every possible remedy was resorted to, hut he died in leis than an hour and a had' after his admission. Verdict—" Death from Asiatic e holera " SUICIDE FROM AK ATTACK (IF CUOLERA.—Before Mr. Wakle y, at the Middleerx liospieal, en the body of William Edward Batt, aged 38 years, clerk to a notary in the City, who destroyed himself by jumping out of a window, while suffering from an attack of Asiatic cholera. It ap peared that the deceased resided at 22, Buckingham-place, Fitzroy-square, and enjoyed a Trey good state of health up to Monday last, when he partook hastily of some shrimps, end on his return home from the effl. e in the evening, he was taken suddenly with pains in his bowels. He was after wards attacked with vomiting, purging and cramps. A sur geon was called in, who pronounced h:m labouring under an attack of cholera. Be prescribed for him, and about half poq two in the morning he puddle my jumped out of bed, and before soy person could prevent him, opened the attic window and precipitated himself out on the pavement in the yard. Ile fractured his skull, which caused instantaneous death.— ' Verdict, " Temporary insanity." FATAL ACCIDENTS ON Tll6 EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.—Two MEN KILLED.—On Wednesday evening, ehi.e the Preston train, which is due in Liverpool at seven ,!,lock, was epprosehing Walton Station, Henry Martin, superintendent at the Lostoek Station, who was acting as special guard, was !employed on the top of one of the car nages, he had neglected to throw himself flat, and as the train paieed under one of the bridges his head came in contact with the stone-work, and he was killed instantsneocsly.— Oa the same day, another of the servants of the company while endeavouring to jump into one of the carriages while in motion, missed his looting and fell, when the carriage passing over tim put a period to his existence. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT DOVER. —On Saturday craning lest, about six o'clock, a most de,'ructive fire broke out at Pinham, on a farm occupied toy Mr. Taylor, and im mediately adjoining to another fans, the property of Mr. C. Phipps, of River (the same whose stacks were fired on Mon day se'nnight by an incendiary). It is supposed to have originated in a cottage occupied by a farm labourer, named Marsh, who had returned home from work, and lit his fire to boil hie kettle. The fire-place is o:te of those old fashioned ones having a large beam passing through the chimney. Marsh, it appears, had lighted an unusually large Ore, whioll ignited the beam, and which speedily fired the thatch of the couture, while he, quite unconscious of circumstance, the sat smoking his pipe at his fire-side waiiing the boiling of the tea water. The thatch being very dry, and the timbers old , the place was von wrapped in flames, which quickly raw* a barn close by, and from thence it spread to the stacks. T e s fire soon raged with tremendous fury on bath farms' and defied Ql exertion to extinguish the flames. Thera. ' neve been destroyed 3 wheat stacks,l bean stack, 3 barns filled with wheat, barley, and straw, a large stable, cow h owe, piggery, 2 waggon lodges, 2 waagoes, 4 carts. Then were 30 pigs on the farm at the time, two of which were t iurned re turned, but were found to be so much burned that they were to death, the remainder ran away; 11 of them have fines directly killed. The mush:dog 17 have not yet been die t the woee pariah for kindly tb„ir ol a , ll ed t o ti w ums, covered altt.ouith a reward has been offered fur tfum. The amount of the proper . y destrosed is at present sup posed to amount to about 2,0001., the greater p ar t of which is insured. The poor containers lost all they had. A subscription has been set on foot for t T h b e e ir g r t e ei lie tet f. t praise ci them to sleep at the l'areonage-tiou-e on Satusaay n i g ht. isei . a rg i ' l l U n e a to 4 hof e m which were of no ordinary kind. The Diver engines vrived between seven and eight o'clock, but partly owing to the want of water and partly to the bad state of the engines and the pipes (some of which we:e tied up with th e people's pocket candkerchiefs, to the shame of Dover be It spoken) they were of very little UN. Suspicion has already fall en upon a man uho had been imprisoreql for cutting down trees on Mr. Phipps's grounds, and so great is the feeling of esteem ae.d respect entertained towards that gentleman, both at River ar d Dover, that no rains will be spared to bring the culprit to justice. About 3001, worth of property was de stroyed at that time, but the whole was insured. Some pilules devoured nearly the whole of one of the burnt p;ga— Aga Benda.