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Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily fur publica tion, but as a guarantee of his good faith. .tdvertisements sent from the country must be accompanied bya remittance or a reference fur payment iu town. rtggo LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1854. POSTSCRIPT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. The Youthful Offenders', the Convict Prisons, and one or two other bills passed through committee. On the motion that the Sale of Beer Bill be read a third time, The Earl of SHAFTESERUY moved the reinstate ment of the clause by which public-houses on Sun- day were only allowed to open from one to half-past two, and six to ten. The Bishop of Losnow supported the motion, which was opposed by the Marquis of asistaxcennE. The clause was carried by 24 to IS. The bill wa; read a third time and passed. The house adjourned at seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. The hcuse met at noon, and resumed the con sideration in committee of the Militia (No. 2) Bill. An amendment to clause 4, providing that half the expenses of militia storehouses and barracks should be borne by the Consolidated Fund, was proposed by Mr. It. Palmer. Lord Palmerston, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. S. Herbert opposed the amendment, which was nevertheless carried against the Government by a majority of 85 to 60--25. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then stated that, after the adoption of so important a change, the Government must take time to consider whether they should proceed with the bill. The remaining clauses of the measure were then agreed to, and the bill went through committee. The Militia (Scotland) Bill also passed through committee. The house adjournid t four and resumed at six o'clock. Colonel BLAIR, in inquiring if the despatches respecting the death of Captain Parker could be pro duced, complained of the charge of rashness which had been preferred against that gallant officer. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the statement alluded to had given great pain to the relations of Captain Parker. The comments on his conduct were, cer tainly, hastily penned. The despatches from Ad miral Dundas would be made public in a few days. Captain Parker had acted throughout without rash ness. He had destroyed the outer batteries, after which, in reconnoitring the inner batteries, he felt it necessary to order a fresh attack, and in that attack he was shot through the heart. The British public was somewhat unreasonable. If nothing was done there was a complaint of inaction; if daring feats were performed there was an outcry against rashness and foolhardiness. Sir J. Graham con• eluded his statement with a warm euloglum on Captain Parker, which was received with loud cheers. Mr. DISRAELI then rose to correct his statement of the previous night respecting the lease of Montague house, for the renewal of which he had blamed the Government. He was himself, he admitted, respon sible for it. In 1852 the question of house leases was brought before him, and he strongly objected to any renewals in the vicinity of the public offices The lease was thus refused on the first application. Afterwards he thought Montague-house possessed fair olaims to the renewal, which was granted at the second application. He had yielded to the advice of his colleagues, and was, therefore, solely responsible for the procedure. THE PRESS. The motion was then made that the Bribery Bill be read a third time, Lord HOTHAM opposed the bill as unfair, and Sir J. WILMESLEY as useless. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the bill was not a first attempt at legislation on bribery. It was, in fact, a consolidation of scattered clauses of a previous bill. He went once more through the objections, which he disproved at some length. After a few words from Mr. R. PALMER, Mr. Cob den thought that the bill should be read a third time, as so many amendments were postponed be tween the third reading and the bill do pass, that the essence of the bill might be materially altered. Colonel SIBTHORP denounced this plan, which was, however, agreed to. A clause, moved by Mr. J. FITZGERALD, intended to substitute the agents of the candidate for the elec tion agent, was negatived by 89 to 51. A clause proposed by Lord A. VANE TEMPEST, enacting that each candidate should make a declara tion of his agents, and not be liable for the acts of any other person, was negatived by 114 votes to 79 -35. On the motion of Mr. PHINN, a clause was adopted providing that persons found guilty, by an election committee, of bribery, or of using undue infleuences, should be disqualified from becoming members of the Parliament then sitting. Lord R. GROSVENOR moved an amendment to clause 24, thr travelling expenses clause, providing that it shall "not" be lawful for candidates to pay such expenses for their votes. Lord JOHN RUSSELL supported the clause. The house divided :—For the amendment, 68; against, 147-70. The omission of clause 37, called the declaration clause, was moved by Mr. HENLEY. The clause, he " remarked, obliged members to declare that at no time in their lives had they committed any one of 730 several offences. On a division the motion was carried by a majority of 120 to 86-40. The declaration was accordingly struck out of the bill. The amendments being exhausted after eight hours' discussion, the question was put that the bill do pass. On a division there appeared—Ayes, 107; Noes, 100. The bill was then passed. The house adjourned at a quarter to two o'clock. FROM THE LONDON UAZETTE. Tuesday, July 25. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. — Itonewr ISHERWOOD and STKETIIILL FODEN, Liverpool, wool dealer.. BANKRUP'ft4.—EDWARD JOHN WELLS, IthlitlStolle, Kent, ironmonger GEORGE JOHNSTON, Vere-street, Oxford-street, veterinary surgeon—Wm. BEcsErr, Gillingham, Norfolk, cattle dealer—HENßY ADRON, St. Johmstreet, Clerkenwell, baker— MaLcnoit LOPEZ, Fouchurch-street, City, and Oxford, cigar and wine inerchant—ltAAAc BEC.C, Birmingham, licensed victualler — E uwAno CRANE HUNT, Kidderminster, ironmonger—THEODOßE JEWITT and EDMUND MICKLEWOOD, Ply_mouth, StatiODPVS— JOHN HALSTEAD Ittld HENRY RICHARD HALSTEAD, Bradford, Yorkshire, wool staplers—CHAßLES HENRY HOLOATE, Kirton iu-tindsey, Lincolnshire, scrivener—JOSEPH CUNDELL. Sheffield, Yorkshire, carpenter—Wit. WILD Foor, Sheffield, Yorkshire, altarebroker—lSAAC THOUNILEY, 3ardsley, Lancashire, cotton spinner—Wis. GUEST, Manchester. commission agent. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. —HAMILTON Loan, Cupar Fife, nurseryman—KENNEDY WNAII, Millburn-cottage, near I nverne ss, merchant—lanAßL GUTTBTAM, Glatigow,oil and cloth manufeeturar. Friday, July 28. BANKRUPTS.SOMMERSEIY EDWARDS, longßuckby, North. ampton, scrivetter—JoHN HUMPHREY, Dorking, butcher — ANTHONY DEALS, Lealeuhall-street, patent ocean float manu facturer —JAMES MAYNARD, West Chelsea, butcher—HO RATIO CLAGErr, Leadenhalkitreet, patent ocean float manufacturer — MICHAEL NEVILLE, Liverpool, brasSfoUlltler—GOßDON HENRY CRIPPS, SlleWSbUry, wine merchant—JAMES ABRAHAM BELL, Great Baddow, Essex, hop tatercliant—Wll.l.lAM Du NDAS Culbridgeplace, Pdildingtou, house decorator and paper hanger —FRANCIS KAY, Sheffield, nail manufacturer—HENRYANDERSON , Leicester, manufacturer of carved frames—BonEnT KIRK PATRICK, Manchester, brass and irou founder--408EPII PRATT, Manchester, bookseller and printer EPHRAIM WATSON, Pulstead, shoemaker and farmer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—DAvin MILLAR, Anntield, Fifeshite, wood merchant—WlLLlAM TAYLOR. Glasgow, builder —Joins LAING and SONS, Edinburgh, postmasters—MALcoLm NI%EN. Glasgow,uterchant--.IIMKs M'CoNxELL and CO., Hazelden, bleachers. WE, the undersigned, do hereby declare, that knowing Mr. CHARLES SMITH to have carried on the business of wine-merchant for twenty-five years at Enfield (where he has been greatly respected), and being acquainted with his affairs, and having at his desire considered the statements recently published in several newspapers, that he was bankrupt, tending so seriously to injure him in his business and cha racter, and having also considered that such state ments, although injurious, were made inadvertently, and without any intention to injure, and have been fully and publicly denied and explained by the news papers which inserted them, are of opinion that the legal proceedings instituted by Mr. Smith on account of those statements may be properly given up, and that this our advice should, for his warranty in so doing, he published in the same newspapers. DINGWALT" PORTAL, and Co., Idol-lane, Tower-st Itits,z,Lor H. Hour, M.D., Enfield. 101E8 MEYER, J.P., Torty-hall, EnSeid l witness—GEOßGE CumEa, 168, Blackfnusload, Solicitor for Mr. Smite: = • attiesiastical. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. Dr. Hannah to the Wardenship of Trinity College, Glenaltuonti. The Rev. J. P. Billing, M.A., to the Curacy af finish Episcopi cum-Langport, Somerset The Rev. J. Marshall, M.A., to the Curacy of Tong, near Shift'. nal. VACANCIES. The Rectory of Newtown Hamilton ; in the gift of the Arch bishop of Armagh. The Curacy of Rotherfield, near Tunbridge Wells; in the gift of the Rev. It. Gream, M.A. The Curacy (temporary) of Butleigh, near Glastonbury; iu the gift of the Rev. W. F. Neville, M.A. The Assistant• Chaplaincy of to House of Correctvn at Pres ton ; worth 1001. a year. The King of Greece receives regularl remittances from Russia, quite in the pensioner style. A Greek house in Paris manages the business. With this money wholesale corruption is carried on. Lord Medwyn died in Edinburgh on Tuesday last, at the advanced age of seventy-seven. He was called to the bar in 1799, raised to the bench in 1825, and only resigned his judgeship in the end of 1852. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY held their half-yearly meeting at the offices, Lothbury, on Tuesday. Since the last meeting, the wires had been constructed on 13 different railways, and there web() now in progress 3,869 miles of new wire. A dividend was declared for the half year at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. THE MANCHESTER LOCAL COMMITTER in aid of the forthcoming Paris Exhibition have decided to apply for 3,000 square yards of space for the exposi tion of the textile fabrics, being exactly one-third of the entire space allotted to British produce and manufacturers. MRS. MOORE, the widow of Colonel Moore, of the InnisUllings, who perished in the burning of the Europa transport, has, at the especial desire of the Queen, been appointed apartments in Hampton court Palace, and has also the highest pension awarded, 2001. per annum. Six CANDIDATES are already in the field for the representation of Canterbury, whenever it shall please the House of Commons to permit the writ to be issued. The following is the list :—Sir W. Somer ville, Bart., the Hon. George P. Smythe, Mr. C. Purton Cooper, Q.C., Mr. C. M. Lashington, Mr. Lennox Butler, and Mr. Auchmuty Glover. THE LATE GOVERNOR OF MONMOUTH GAOL, a per son named Barrett, was placed on his trial at Oxford Assizes on Wednesday. He was charged with forging the names of various tradesmen to receipts or acquittances of their bills against the county, and with embezzling the sums of 971. 10s. Bd. and 1001., the property of the inhabitants of the county of Mon mouth. The prisoner pleaded guilty. His counsel urged in extenuation that he had incurred debts to the amount of 9001. in improving the gaol, and thus fell into embarrassments that tempted him to com mit the crimes of which he was charged. He was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. THE beneficial results to the growing crops have been occasioned by the fine weather of the last few few days, and the agricultural reports contained in the provincial journals speak in very cheering terms of the harvest prospects of their respective districts. The Russian organ in Berlin announces, under the head of the "Anti-Russian Press," the seizure of a Wurtem'eurg daily paper, called the Observer, for an article offensive to the Emperor Nicholas. Mr. Mechi had his annual " at home," on Wednes day last, when he invited a number of friends, con nected with agriculture and science, to meet him, and inspect his farm, which was never in more splendid condition than at the present moment. Captain Craigie has completed his full number of volunteers (1,500) for the naval coast service to be raised in Scotland. An order has been issued allowing the troops in the East to wear the moustache, and the beard also, if they please. Ambrose the Sculptor. An Autobiography of Artist Life. By Mrs. Robert Cartwright. London Smith and Elder. THERE is more of love than of art in this poetical romance. As the hero is a sculptor, his adventures are mixed up with his professional l►fe; but the in terest of the story turns chiefly on h►s passionate attachment for two women and on the jealousy of the one who becomes his wife, as circumstances throw him into close communion with her lovely and generous rival, not, however, without the wife's know ledge and sanction. Neither plot nor sentiment is of the pure, elevating tendency which we desire in fiction, but many of the incidents are beautifully told, and the tragical catastrophe is powerfully desc►ibed. The " lesson" at the close of the book Feems imper fect, as it should have been directed to the necessity of strictly keeping feeling in subjection to duty, rather than of showing that suffering may be the arent of power and of great works. SATURDAY, - I