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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHA.NcELL9n. took his seat on the woolsack at fivo o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Swansea Lneal Board of Health; Denbigh, Rothan►, and Corwen Railway; and Moy Rivcr Navigation Bills wore read a third time and passed. LAND IN SCOTLAND. The LORD CHANCELLOR brought in a bill to facili tate the transfer of land in Scotland held in burgess tenure. The bill was read a first time. MASTERS AND OPERATIVES BILL. Lord OVERSTONE presented a petition against this bill, by which councils of conciliation were created. The Town Council of Manchester looked with considerable ap prehension to the working of the bill, and he moved that the petition which he had just presented be referred to the sele tt committee which was now sitting on the bill. The motion was agreed to. TILE MASSACRES IN SYRIA. , Lord STRATFO ILD DE ILEDCLIFFE—Before the house proceeded with the business of the evening asked a question relative to the late massacres which had taken place in that part of the world. The country in which these massa cres were reported to have taken place was of a very peculiar nature, and from its mountainous description could afford great facilities to the half-civilised tribes, by whom they' were peopled, for the corumiss:on of such outrages. The noble lord then proceeded to relate the occurrences which had taken place, and which have already appeared in this journal, remarking that as early as May last the massacres commenced, as several children had been on ;one occasion destroyed in a most dreadful manner. The question he wished to ask was whether the Government had received any information on the subject, or whether they had reason to believe that the Turkish Government had been remiss in their duty in meeting the danger. lie should be exceedingly sorry to ascribe to theta any neglect, much less any connivance in this matter, but at the same time he could not help saying there were circutnstances of great suspicion connected with +heir conduct in this sad affair. lie, therefore, wished to know whether the Government bad received any information on the point, and, if so, to what date ; and also whether it was intended to lay these papers before their lordships; and also whether the Govern ment han received information that the French Govern ment hid intirn_ited that they intended to act in the matter if the Porte did not take steps. _ _ Lord WOD E HOUSE said he was sorry to say he could confirm all the intelligence that had been received relating to these dreadful occurrences. He could not give the noble lord the exact date of the despatches further than that one of them related to crimes that occurred on the Ist of May. He was also given to understand that some of these dreadful massacres took place in the presence of the Turkish troops, who did not interfere to prevent them. He was happy to be able to state that a great many Chris tians had escaped ; and the accounts that had ap peared in the newspapers might therefore be somewhat exaggerated. Steps had been taken by the various consuls at Constantinople to induce the Turkish Government to inter fere, and information had been forwarded to the French Go vernment, which had not reached England,that vigorous steps were being taken to prevent further outrages. The steps taken by the Government was to order a squadron,under the command of Admiral Martin, to proceed to Syria, to act with the French Government, which had taken similar steps. He was not aware that the French Government had stated that, in the event of the Porte not being able to effec tually stop these outrages the Government of France would be prepared to take s' rong measures for their suppression. As to laying the papers on tke table he had had no oppor tunity of consulting the noble lord the principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Lord BROUGHAM regretted that the Government was able to confirm these lamentable proceedings, and trusted that such steps would be taken, having a proper regard to the law of nations, as would prevent for the future any such massacres as that with id ich they had been made painfully acquainted. He hoped the papers would be laid upon the table, as he believed the Principal ecretary of State would have no objection to their produc tion. - iRANSFER OF LAND (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time. lONIAN ISLANDS MARRIAGES BILL. This bill passed through committee. TITHE COMMUTATON BILL. This bill, after some discussion, in which the Bishop of OXFORD and Earl DE GREY took part, was referred to a select committee. RAILWAY CHEAP TRAINS, &c., BILL. This bill was read a second time, and ordered to be cam witted. LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH, &c., BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. AUGMENTATION OF SMALL BENEFICES (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com rutted. ANSTRUTHER UNION HARBOUR BILL. This bill passed through committac. UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGE ESTATES BILL. This bill, on the motion of Earl CARNARVON, was read a second time. LAW AND EQUITY BILL. The report of amendments in this bill was agreed to. CALEDONIAN AND CRINAN CANAL BILL. The bill, as amended, was read a third time and passe PIHENIX PARK BILL. This bill, on the motion of Lord PONSONBY, was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) Thu SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendment to the Kilkenny Junction Rail way were considered and agreed to, and the bill was ordered for third reading. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the Parochial Assesement Act, against the extension of the Wine Licenses Act to Scotland, fur the rejection of the religious profession clause in the Consul Bill, and against the Metropolis Local Management Act, &c. NUISANCES ILENIOVAL AND DISEASES PRE. VENTION BILL. On the motion of Mr. LOWE, this bill was re-committed. An ineffectual attempt was made to count the house. 04 Mr. KNIG TIT moved the omission of clause 1. There was no discussion on the amendment, and the committee divided on the question that the clause stand part of the Lill. Ayes Noes Majority The clause was agreed to. Oa clause 4, Mr. J. WATLINGTON moved an amendment to the effect that the expenses incurred exclusively for any single parish shall be defrayed thereby. Mr. ANItTON said this was a most objectionable pro vision. It empowered a board of guardians elected from 10 Parishes to make an order compelling only one of these parishes to pay the whole expense. The present system was very defective, but the defect would be considerably aggravated by the clause. He contended that the equit able principle would be fur the Union generally to contri bute to any expenses incurred in carrying out the existing Act. Mr. NORRIS thought the suggestion of the hon. and learned member (Mr. Ayrton) would be holding forth pre mium to negligent parishes, and he hoped the right hon. gentleman (Mr. L3we) would adopt the amendment in his' bill. Mr. S. ES'FCOU UT supported the amendment. Mr. WHALLEY agreed with his hon. and learned friend (Mr. Ayrton) as to the unjust character of the amendment. Mr. HENLEY opposed the bill. There appeared to be no agreement as to this bill, for everybody had some thing to say against some part of the measure. (Laughter.) He did not find that there was any demand made by the public fur the alteration now proposed, and which five years ago was found to create considerable heart.burnings. Mr. LOWE said he brought the bill forward because the house, in its pleasure, had destroyed the c;:mtral machinery for dealing with questions concerning public health, and transferred their powers to parochial authorities. There was at present, iu fact, no responsible local authority for sanitary purposes. Out of 11,000 parishes in England and Wales no less than 12,500 were without any sanitary inspector, and he contended that the practice of fining the parochial authorities for neglect of sanitary precautions would be utterly impracticable. lie had considered it the safest course to adhere to the existing law as closely as Possible. Mr. ADDERLEY cinsidered that legislation on this subject w as d es i ra b le, b ut o bj ecte d to t h e provision i n th e clause I mPoxinz salaried sanitary inspectors throughout the c ' ll TitrY• Ile would wish the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Lowe) to give the committee some information as to how the existing system worked as far as it was in operation. Mr. HENLEY entered into some explanations. and re peated what he attempted revivinthratupiruryeevionsly stated, that this bill inexpedient. that five years ago was found Mr. S. ESTCOURT saunggTted that in order to meet the it should be made in ' views of dissentients sdteeraad eorional with boards to ap pointthe bill, which would re ti n l hi e opu b as i ri ll s . hes. local inspectors, they would be by the provision s of th e compelled to do as Mr. SLANEY said that in sever t, particularly near manufacturing towns where the working.classes, sanitary inspectionev:Werea7 n up for He considered that so large a number of ix, " !n—aPensable, Present without a responsible sanitary otE mikes being at cer, was a Of the necessity that existed for the measure. proof Mr. LO WE refused to adopt the suggestion of the hon. m 4ober (Mr. S. Estcourt). After a few words from Mr. WHALLEY, tho amendment pas withdrawn. The clause, with an amendment, was agreed to, as well air 41ause 5. On obtuse 6, 7" HENLEY objected to the power:), it proposed to °onto. on boards of guardians in respect to having walls dry. Mr. LOWE said that he would consent to an altera tion limiting the powers of the boards of guard ns to the keeping in repair the existing wells. Mr. HENLEY said that would exactly meet his views. After some discussion the clause as amen i.d was agreed to. The remaining clauses with BODI4 a, endments were agreed to. The Chairman was then ordered to report progress, SAVINGS BANKS AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES INVESTMENTS BILL. The committee on this bill resumed. On clause 1, Mr. AYRTON said he had hoped that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would have withdrawn the bill after the ob jections that had been expressed with regard to it. He contended that the main object of the bill was to deal with the funds of savings banks._ The proposition of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer was that he should be a banker to administer the funds of these savings banks for the benefit of the nation. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, however, would be a banker of a very novel character and withonl any security, and nothing could be more absurd than to attempt to use the State as a banker. The committee on savings banks had recommended the appointment of a commission which would undertake the management of tha aggregate funds of these institutions ; but, at the outset they were met with the difficulty that, owing to 40 years mal-administration, there was a deficit of £1,000,000 or £5,000,000, and it would be necessary to make that good at starting. He repeated his objections to the Chancellor of the Exchequer assuming the functions of a banker in dealing with no less than £40,000,000, the property of savings banks and friendly societies, and he called on the committee to agree to the resolutions adopted by the select committee on the bill. _ _ . .-- --- The CHANC FSLLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the* subject which the hon. member had introduced had been already fully discussed and decided by the house, and he trusted the committee would confine their attention to the clause before them. The State was already a banker as regarded these institutions, and allhe proposed was to improve its condition and surround the management with safeguards. The right hon. gentleman defended the bill at some length. Afier a few words from Sir H. WILLOUGHBY and Mr. rENLEY, The house suspended sitting, it being four o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock. SICILY AND PIEDMONT. Sir R. PEEL rave notice that on Thursday next he should move an address for papers relating to the threat ened annexation of Sicily to Piedmont, and also for any in formation Government may have obtained as to the pro bable demands of France consequent thereupon. lie also gave notice that he would ask whether Government had intimated to the Government of Turin that it had not viewed with indifference the uniformly aggressive policy of that Government, and would call the attention of the house to these subjects. THE CONVICT_WILLIAMS. Viscount RAYNHAM asked the Secretary of State fel- the Home Department, whether he would consider the I:,lropriety of recommending the exercise of the prerogative of mercy in the case of a prisoner ix Hertford Gaol, named Williams, convicted at the last Court of Quarter Sessions at Hertford, of simple larceny, and sentenced to imprison ment and whipping, so far as the remission of the corporal punishment is concerned. Sir G. C. LEWIS in reply read a letter from the Mar quis of Salisbury showing the enormity of the offences of which the convict had been guilty, and said that the magis trates in quarter sessions were empowered by the 7th and Bth Geo. IV. to inflict the punishment in question, and that in no instance had the punishment been more deserved. KENSINGTON GARDENS. Mr. E. JAMES asked the First Commissioner of Works whether a portion Of Kensington Gardens, which had re cently been fenced off with iron hurdles in the shape and size of a " two-year-old course," was intended for the pur pose of forming a road from Tyburnia to Belgravia, so much desired by the public, or whether the object was to afford accommodation to the equestrian portion of the population to the exclusion of the pedestrian in the most agreeable and most frequented part of Kensington Gardens. Mr. COWPER said it was the wish of her Majesty and of her predecessors that those gardens should be made to afford the greatest possible recreation to visitors on horse back as well as those upon foot ; and recently efforts had been made by the planting of additional flowers and plants to make them more attractive. There was one class of the community whose interests had been overlooked, and that was those who were in the habit of riding in Rotten-row. (A laugh.) It consisted of persons who were of varioas pro fessions—lawyers, doctors, and others—who served the public, and who were obliged to take their exercise in a very short space of time. (A laugh.) Hitherto they were ob lived to go backwards and forwards in a narrow space scarcely large enough to hold them, and without being able to diverge either to the right or to the loft. It seemed to him that, if without interfering improperly with the recrea tions of the pedestrians a larger amount of space could be appropriated to the riders, it would be an advantage. (Hear.) He had therefore arranged a new entrance for horsemen at the west end of Rotten-row, between two gates that are devoted to pedestrians. Persons desirous of walk ing might therefore go either to the right or to the left of the riders—(a laugh)—who had therefore no right to c.m plain. The space hitherto devoted to riders was a strip of land only a mile and a quarter in length, while that devoted to pedestrians was an area of upwards of 600 acres ; it would therefore be no loss to them to give up the avenue. They would not, however, be wholly excluded from it, as the fences were so arranged that whilst barring the aceess of the horses to the footwalk, they did not prevent pedestrians passing across. He was sorry if the constituents of the hon. and learned member had found fault with the arrangement, which had given the greatest satisfaction not only to the riders, but to many who walked, and who found that the solitade was greatly enlivened by the addition of eques trians, both female end male. (Laughter and cheers.) THE RECENT OUTRAGES IN LEBANON. Lord C. HAMILTON asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he had any official confirma tion of the frightful outrages reported to have taken place in the district of the Lebanon, and whether the representa tives of the Christian Powers had been able to decide upon any combined course of action calculated to put ea imme diate stop to such wholesale massacres. Lord J. RUSSELL, who spoke in a 'rely low tone of voice, and was almost inaudible, said he was sorry that the Government had received official confirmation of the out rages. The statements had not, however, come up to those seen by the noble lord 'n the pnblic papers. With regard to the means of protecting the Christians, the representa tives of the ChCatian Powers had met, an had determined to send troops to put down these outrages. Fuad Pacha hal been sent by the Turkish Govei intent to i-westigate the whole matter, r-ul her Majesty's Government had de sired the English squal-on there to interpose, and afford every possible protection to the Christian population in those regions. (Hear.) THE NATIONAL DEFENCES. Mr. MILLS asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any arrangement had been agreed upon be tween the Governments of Great Britain and France on the subject of the Newfoundland fisheries, and when the report of the ommissioners would be laid upon the table. Lord J. RUSS ELL said an arrangement had been agreed upon between the Governments of Great Britain and France respecting them, and as soon as the report of the commissioners and the papers c nnected with the subject could be procured, they would be laid on the table. POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN SARDINIA. AND NAPLES. Lord J. RUSSELL said he had received a commnnica• Szr J. SHELLEY asked the First Lord of the Treasury what course the Government intended to take in reference to the report of the Commissioners on National Defences. The report was made early in February last, and a question was asked more than th-ee weeks ago in the other Housoof Parliament, and the reply then given on the part of her Majesty's Government was, that during the following week the Government, in this house, would state the course which it was intended to take in reference to this matter. He wished to ask whether the Government intended to take any steps in consequence of the report, end, if money was to be asked for, when it was intended to propose a vote for that purpose. Lord PALMERSTON said it was quite right and proper that the house should know what course the Go- ' vernment intended to pursue. His right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer should state on Friday what amount was required for . the China vote, and how it was to be raised. It was quite right the house should be made acquainted with the whole amount of the demand which might be made upon it in the course of the session. It was therefore his (Lord Palmerston's) intention on that occasion not to go ixto detail on the measure to be proposed, but to state to the house the arnouat of money which her Majesty's Government proposed to %also for the execution of the works in question, and in what manner they proposed that the money should be raised. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. In answer to Lord J. MANNERS, as to what business would be taken on Thursday, Lord PALMERSTON said he apprehended that oz Thursday there would be a statement from his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer as to the China vote. He was not quite sure whether his right hon. friend would be able on that night to go into the subject, but the resolutions on Thursday must be reported on Friday before he could make his statement, but when he made his state ment respecting the China vote he (Lord Palmerston) would make the statement to that house to which ho had just referred. NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES, _ . Mr. GRIFFITH asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he had reason to believe that great pressure was being put upon the Government of Sardinia by that of France, to induce the former to enter into alliance with the Government of Naples on the strength of the promise of a constitution extorted at the v m e e rn S ai last moment f rom i ts f ears ; an d w h e th er the British Go ance. would afford its moral support to the Govern nt m o e f ut ina action to e m. nab r l e e sp it ec t t o topreasneyrvseucithe proposedindependeanllice and liberty ar of . tion the One' was put on the Government of Sardinia by that of France to induce the former to enter into an alliance with the Government of Naples. NAVY (CHINA). Mr. COCHRANE moved that the house resolve itself .nto a committee to consider of an humble address to be pre• seated to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleasod to place the officers, marines, and sea- men of the fleet serving in China on the same footing as her Majesty's troops, with respect to extra pay and allowances; and to assure her Majesty that this house will make good the same. They were now beginning a new war, when it was of the utmost importance that both services should be united, and he hoped, therefore, the house would accede to his motion. Sir MICHAEL SEYMOUR seconded the motion. At the close of the different wars in China and of the Bur mese war, gratuities had been given to the seamen and marines who served, and at the close of the operations of the fleet which he had the honour to command, he applied to the Admiralty for a similar grant, but they refused to ac- cede to his application. In the Canton river the seamen gar- risoned the forts, and were subjected to much wear and tear, especially of clothes, and if gratuities could not be given, or additional pay, he would recommend their getting good ser vice rewards, or that the time should be allowed them in cal- culating their term for a pension. Admiral WALC orr could not understand for the life of him why any difference should be made between the two services. In his opinion it must engeruler heart-burnings between the two services. Tie believed the gallant admiral who had just sat down did the navy every justice, but there was Eto ground whatever for keeping up a system which gave compensation to the soldiers, and refused it to the seamen. Lord C. PAGET thought the navy was greatly indebted to his hon. fr end who brought forward the motion, the more especially as he was not connected with the service. He had not, however, done justice to the authorities of the day, during the former wars which took place in India and China. The sailors at that period had extra allowances given them in the shape of batta, but to pay them as the resolu tion of his hon. friend proposed was utterly impossible. The resolution was not practicable. Now what were the extra allowances given to soldiers ? They received batta money, and it was given to them while serving in the field, and far removed from their quarters. That was what they called field allewances ; but sailors never took the field. While sol diers were serving at a great distance from their quarters, and in the open air too often, sailors had their ships to go to. Those in the navy had not to suffer the privations of an army. Danger they certainly incurred, but not privations, and, therefore, these allowances should not be given them. The allowance to the army was simply the doing away with stoppages. In their ordinary quarters provisions were stopped from them; but it was not so in the field. Sailors received their provisions without any stoppages at all, and therefore could not be put on the same footing as soldiers. They had two questions to deal with—one the future, and the other the past. If those engaged in the present expedition to China received the allowance to which the resolution referred; then those who served under his hon. and gallant friend during the last war—and there was no officer in the navy whose gallantry was so highly appreciated at the Admiralty as that of his hon. and gal lant friend—must be also paid. The resolution of his hon. friend only referred to the future ; but believing that the House of Commons would deal generously with them, her Majesty's Government were preparing estimates for the services of the officers and seamen engaged in the late war, which ended in the Treaty of Tien-tsin, and he would have the honour to lay them before the house. lie would give no pledge, but ample justice would be done. They were on the eve of distributing what were called the Canton prizes, in which both the army and navy would partici pate. Ho was about in a few days to propose the estimate to the house, and he would then enter into details of the principles on which the amount of batta and donations would be given to the officers and men. He hoped that with this assurance his hon. friend would not press his motion. Colonel NORTH bore his testimony, as a military man, to the gallant manner in wh;.ch the sailors and marines had performed their duty, and expressed an opinion that they should be treated in an equally liberal manner as the army. Sir CHARLES NAPIER said that the batta money in India was granted in former days by the East India Com pany to the officers and men serving there. Ho did not know why the officers and men of the navy should not re ceive the same batta in similar cases. What made it still more unjust towards the seamen was that the officers of the navy serving in India in former days, when the East India Government gave the grant, received it, but the sea men and marines embarked in tho same ships, who had laboured and done their work as well as the officers, re ceived no batta at all. lle could not understand why such distinctions should be made between officers and men. Complaint was made that men would not enter the navy. How could it be expected that they would do so when they saw perfectly well that they were treated differently from their brethren in arms in the military service ? The gallant officer (Lord C. Paget) had stated that two years after the services he had alluded to had been performed, tho Admi ralty was at last going to consider what reward was to be granted for them. A recompence deferred for two years was no recompence at all. If the recompence were given as it ought to be, the work would be, if not better, certainly more cheerfully done. What recompence had Admiral Hope and his gallant followers who performed one of the most distinguished, although unsuccessful, services on re cord, received from the Government ? The hon. and gal lant admiral called attention to a letter which ho had re ceived, stating that a seaman, who lost his arm during the late fight at the Peiho, had a pension of only £lB granted to him for one year only. lie expressed a hope that such a case would not be true, although he had received it from a trustworthy source. He complained of the manner in which the seamen were treated, and urged that the army and navy should move together in peace and in war. Sir J. ELPIIINSTONE said that the country had been in a normal state of war for the last 20 years with China, and it was time the Admiralty should have some distinct plan upon which allowances would be granted for the ex peditions which wore likely frequently to occur, so as to prevent the heart-burnings and the complaints too justly made, because of the partial way in which rewards were at present distributed. Mr. S. HERBERT, without giving an opinion on the question brought forward, which was not in his department, said that the subject was ono which required very great care to decide upon, inasmuch as the troops did not, as a matter of course and in all cases, obtain the Indian allowances when in China, For instance, at one time they had a garrison in Canton, together saith native troops, and the Eurcpears being brigaded together with the Indian soldiers received the Indian allowances. But a few miles off, at Hong Kong, there being no native troops there, the Bri tish troops only received Hong Kong or colonial pay, which was less than the Indian allowence. The gallant admiral (Sir C. Napier) spoke of the impropriety of allowing sailors to retied that they were not receiving as much pay as sol diers in the army. Sir C. NAPlER—Additional pay. Mr. S. HERBERT said the word "additional' was very important. The pay which the army received was not very mush more than half that given to the navy. Sailors got clothing at first, but a large deduction was made from the soldier for his food, whereas he believed the rations were free rations on board ship. Mr. B. COCHRANE consented to wi hdraw his motion, Ball a hope that a full and ample amount of recompense would be granted to the sailors. He reserved to himself the right of renewing the question before the close of the ses sion, unless upon the estimates an ample amount for the past and a guarantee for the future were given. The motion was then withdrawn. DANISH CLAIMS. Mr. MACAT_TLAY postponed until next session his mo• lion on the subject of Danish claims by British merchants, VOTES AT ELECTIONS. Mr. WYLD moved. for leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend the law and practice relating to the taking of votes at elections for members to serve in Parliament. The system which he proposed might be either open or secret. It was agreed , on both sides of the house that some steps should be taken for removing from English elections the stigma which now attached to them. The bill which he propose I c ntained two important features. At the polling booth, when an elector presented himself, the officer, being sath.fiA d of his identity, should hand him a printed paper, with a number corresponding to the elector's number on the register. On this paper were the names of the candidates, and having struck out the names for which he did not vote, the elector should hand it back to the °Seer. This might be done openly or in private. An Hon. MEMBER here moved that the house should be counted, but there being 40 members present when the count took place, Mr. WYLD proceeded to say that his object was not so much to give au explanation of the bill as to lay it on the table in order that it might be considered, and, perhaps, at some future time incorporated in a great Government measure. The system which he proposed was somewhat similar to the Australian ballot system. It might be said that they ought not to receive suggestions from Australia, but he took the liberty of saying that any suggestion was worthy of attention, no matter from what part of the world it came, provided it came from those who had tried our legislative system. He begged to move for leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend the law and practice in taking votes at elections. Sir G. C. LEWIS understood that the bill had mainly for its object the introduction of a system of voting papers as practised in our colonies. That system was, in fact, en grafted on the bill which was proposed by her Majesty's late Government, and which was under the eonsideration of the house last session. As that was the case, there was no objection to the repetition of the proposition in the bill of the hon. member. (Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON said that in assenting to the in troduction of the bill it was not to be supposed that the Government assented to the principle, as it might contain within it the nucleus of the ballot. (A laugh.) Leave was then given to bring in the bill. Upon the motion of Sir C. WOOD, leave was given to bring in a bill to provide for the transfer and management of East India Stock at and by the Bank of England. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNEpkir EVENING, JULY 11, 1860. day from Sir Samos Hudson, that no pressure GAS (METROPOLIS) BILL. On the motion that the house go into committee on this bill, Mr. STANILAND moved that it go into committee this day three mouths. He reminded the house that a com mitter had already sat upon the subject for 21 days, having as their chairman the right honourable gentleman the memter for Wiltshire, and as they decided in favour of the bill, he confessed it was no easy matter to reverse their decision. It was, he contended, the policy of Far liarnent to encourage the investment of capital, especially in railways, and in 1847 large sums were expended by gas and water companies under the provisions of a bill then introduced. The gas companies were not opposed to uniform legislation, and they were quite prepared to assent to that portion of the bill. If the time had arrived when alterations should be made for changing the management of gas companies, let it be done ; but if they wanted to interfere with the rights of private property, as the present bill did, why let the Government bring in such a measure of confiscation, and if it did it would find it would be placed in a large minority. He would, therefore, conclude by moving that the chairman should leave the chair. (Hear, hear.) Mr. S. ESTCOURT stated, as a member of the com mittee, he could say that from first to last they had not lost sight of the interests of the gas companies. The hon. mem ber had complained of the proposed reduction of dividend from £lO to 18, and also of the proposed reduction in tho price of gas. On the 19th day, when the committee thought heir difficulties were ever, and when they had not come to any fore al resolution, the counsel for the opponents of the bill intimated that they would feel it their duty to appeal to another place—meaning an appeal to that house ; but he (Mr. Estcourt) was of opinion it would not be permitted to appeal to that house upon questions of detail which had been investigatei by the committee. lie wished it to be understood that every one of these 22 companies received their bills on the principle of competition ; but in 1857 they found that combination was a better principle than that of competition, and they said distinctly to the consumers that the companies would not be rivals to each other. It was then the duty Gf the committee to provide for the protection of the public, and therefore the committee thought that in spection was indispensable. But it was said that the com mittee had come to a conclusion which the house ought to reverse. He thought it would be very hard if those who wanted to give protection to the public on the one hand and to act fairly to the interests of the gas companies on the other—it would be very hard if they could not make this bill one that would accomplish all that was desired. (Hear.) He thought all parties might fairly accede to his suggestion. Sir G. C. LE WIS said that when a bill had been examined at great length by a select committee, it is not respectful to them that the house should review in detail the opinions of the committee, but inasmuch as some things had come to light since the committee sat, and which they did not know, it seemed to him well if the suggestion of the right hon. gentleman wore adopted, and the bill re-committed to the same committee to adjust the conflicting claims of the par ties. He hoped the committee would at once consent to re port progress to carry out the suggestion for the re-com mitment of the bill to the same committee, and with the permission of the committee . with that object in view, he now moved that the Chairman would now leave the chair. Mr. HENLEY thought the bill should go perfectly free to the committee, and when the bill came out of that com mittee the house also should be perfectly free to form its judgment upon a bill of this importance. Lord It. CECIL thought it was not worth while to re commit the bill, if after that it was again to be subject to discussion and re consideration in that house. Sir MINTO FARQUIIAR thought the proposal which had been made a fair ono, and he hoped the bill would be again referred to a select committee. Ho would, however, never concede the principle that the house should always accede in silence to a bill upon the report of a select commit tee, and without consulting its own judgment. ➢lr. STANILAND was willing that the bill should go again to the committee, but upon the distinct understand ing that it was competent for the house to deal with the bill after it came out of the committee. Sir J. SHELLEY said nearly the whole of this question had been agreed to by certain parties, but there were cer tain questions reserved for the consideration of the select committee, and he believed the preamble of the bill was agreed to. He had no objection that the bill should be re ferred back to the committee, but it was the duty of the house, after that was done, to see that it was afterwards discussed clause after clause. Mr. ESTCOURT asked the hon. member who repre sented the company whether, if the bill were referred back, all further opposition would cease. Mr. RUSSELL said there were some points in the bill which required great consideration, but if the companies were to consent to it it must be on a clear understanding that a full inquiry take place. The companies especially objected to the clauses which appointed inspectors, and would not consent to it. Lord R. CECIL observed that after the declaration made by the hon. gentleman it was obviously a waste of time to proceed further. Ultimately, after further discussion, the motion that the Chairman leave the chair was (apparently by inadvertenoo) agreed to, so that when the Speaker resumad the chair no report could be made. SMITHFIELD MARKET, STREETS, AND IMPROVEMENTS BILL. The house next went into committee on this bill, and all .the clauses having been agreed to without a discussion the house again resumed. Mr. BOUVERIE, on bringing up the report, moved that the bill be referred to the Committee of Standing Orders, in order to ascertain if they were properly complied with. Sir G. C. LEWIS thought that the motion was a specu lative one, and that no grounds were given for entertaining it, and he should therefore oppose it. Sir JAMES DUKE said, that every thing necessary was done, and there was no necessity to delay the bill. Mr. BO UVERIE thought no injustice would be done by referring it to see if the standing orders were complied with. Mr. NORRIS was of opinion that that motion would only have the effect of delaying it, and probably prevent its passing during the present session. Sir M. PETO thought that inquiries should be made, which the standing orders required. Sir G. C. LEWIS believed the course proposed was an unusual one, and ho should vote against it. Mr. MASSEY thought the bill should be referred, as proposed, to the Standing Orders' Committee, to see if the rules of the house were complied with. After a few welds from Mr. Alderman CUBITT and Mr. S. ESTCOURT, who expressed an opinion that the bill should not be sent back to the examiner, Mr. BOUYERIE thought the examiner ought to be asked whether the new work proposed required that notice which it was admitted had not been given. Mr. HENLEY said it was much better that small delay should be incurred than that the rules of the house were broken through. Mr. Alderman COPELAND did not consider that pri vate interests were involved, and hoped that the further progress of the bill would not be delayed. Mr. BANKES STANHOPE protested against any course being taken which would retard the consideration of the bill by the house. The house then divided when there appeared— For the motion Against Majority The motion was negatived, and the report ordered to be received. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITIES BILL. The house .went into committee on this bill. On clause 3, Mr. ADDERLEY moved that, after the words "void and voidable" there should ho inserted " except as against the doper; or settler, or his representatives." If the clause were left as it stood at present, it would be perfectly nugatory, and many Roman Catholic charities would not be enrolled. The ATTORNEY-•GENERAL for IRELAND said that the amendment would have the effect of defeating the object of the bill, which was to relieve Roman Catholic charities from the disabilities that had been placed on them by statutes which were repealed. The object was to place these cheritieS under the general law of the land, and to do so they must be relieved from the liabilities now pressing on them. No advantage would be given to Roman Catho lic charitiei which Other charities did not enjoy. Mr. ADDERLEY said this clause went to deal with those Catholic charities since the passing of the Mortmain Act and the passing of this bill. Mr. LOWE hoped the right hon. gentleman would not press his amendment. Mr. NEWDEGATE said he should support the amend ment. Mr. PULLER said the object of this bill was to place the Roman Catholic charities on the same footing with Pro testant charities. He should therefore oppose the amend • ment. Mr. SELWYN would suggest that the amendment should be postponed till the Ist clause was brought up again. The amendment was then withdrawn. Mr. PULLER said the effect of this clause would bo to make a charitable bequest made by a Protestant on his death-bed void, but valid in the case of a Roman Catholic ; and he therefore moved as an amendment, that both should be put on one footing. Sir G. LENVI S said it appeared to him that the clause was incorrectly drawn up, as it made enrolment within the year cure the defect under the Mortmain Act. Mr. SELWYN repeated his objection to the clause. Mr. LOWE said, by the Mortmain Actßoman Catholics were outlawed, and they ought not now to be held respon sible for endeavouring to evade that law. Mr. NEWDEGATE said it would not be fair to place the Roman Catholics in a better position by this clause than other religious bodies wore placed in this country. Mr. WII.A.LLEY was opposed to the bill, and suggested that it should be withdrawn, and a bill introduced instead under the responsibility of Government. Sir G. C. LEWIS said it seemed to him that the clause was correctly drawn, and he hoped therefore that the coin mittee.would not agree to the amendment. After some further discussion, the committee divided on the question, that tho words proposed to be left out Mend part of tho bill, when tho numbers were— Ayes Noes Majority Mr. HENLEY moved that the Chairman report pro gress, as they had now been 13 hours in the house, and it was time to go home. (Cries of "Go on" and " Report progress.") The committee then divided upon the motion that the Chairman report progress, when the numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority against it -30 The clause, as amended, was then agreed to. Mr. IVIIALLEY moved that the Chairman report pro gress. The question was one of the greatest importance, and this was no hour for legislation upon it. Mr. VANSITTART moved the adjournment of the house. Mr. HENLEY said he understood that when clause 3 was passed, the Chairman was to report progress. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND (Mr. Deasy) hoped the house would consent to go on with the bill. Mr. VANSITTART again moved that the house do now adjourn. Sir G. C. LEWIS consented that the Chairman report progress, and that course having been agreed to, the house resumed. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH ACT AMEND MENT BILL. This b'll, as amended, passed through committee. The house resumed. DOMINICA HURRICANE LOAN BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. LOCOMOTIVE BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. Clauses 1 to 5 inclusive having been agreed to, Mr. D. GRIFFITH moved a clause to follow clause 5 " That any municipal corporation, on its being made out to the satisfaction of the council of such corporation that the use of any locomotive engine on the public road is likely to be injurious to the public safety, may, under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Acts, make a by-law de claring, that it shall not be lawful, without permission pre , viously obtained, to run any locomotive engine or carriage on the public roads within their jurisdiction, or any such portions of them as they shall think fit; and every person using any locomotive contrary thereto shall for every such offence, on summary conviction thereof before any two jus tices of the peace, forfeit any sum not exceeding ten pounds." Sir G. C. LEWIS opposed the clause. Some discussion ensued, and the clause was negatived without a division, and the bill havingpassed through com mittee, the house resumed. ADMIRALTY COURT JURISDICTION (No. 2) BILL This bill was read a third time and passed. TRAMWAYS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill, as amended, was considered and agreed to. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE BILL. This bill was brought in and read a first time. Several other bills were also brought in and read a first time, after which the house adjourned at a quarter to two o'clock. SUMIIIER ASSIZES. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—ABINGTON, JULY 10. Mr. Justice Byles and Mr. Justice Hill arrived in this town yesterday, and opened the commission for the county of Berks. Their lordships after wards attended Divine service at St. Helen's. (Before Mr. Justice Hill.) William Gordon Fitzmaurice, 29, schoolmaster, was charged with forging certain certificates of character, with intent to deceive and defraud the guardians of the Bradfield Union, and thereby ob taining the situation of master of the boys' school of the Bradfield Union, on the 29th of November, 1859. He was also charged with uttering the same knowing them to be forged. Mr. Cripps and Mr. Lawrence appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Griffits defended the prisoner. It appeared that on the 12th of November, 1859, the guardians of the Bradfield Union inserted an advertisement in the Reading Mercury, stating that on the 22d they would elect a schoolmaster of the boys' school, at a salary of £35, with board and lodging, and sueh further sum as might be allowed by the Committee of Council on Education, and re questing candidates to send their testimonials to the clerk of the board. Among others, the pri soner sent in an application for the appointment, enclosing copies of three certificates, the originals of which he afterwards produced to the board on the 29th of November. The first certificate pur ported to be a certificate signed J. A. Sandford, on the part of the Committee a Council on Education, to the effect that the Committee of Council on Edu cation had awarded him a certificate of probation, first division ; and that the sum to be allowed to the guardians from the Parliamentary grant on his behalf for the parochial year ending Lady-day, 1859, according to the scale laid down by the Poor Law Board and the Committee of Council, would be at the rate of £23 per annum. The second cer tificate purported to be signed by " J. Mills for C. F. Inskipp, clerk to the guardins of the Hastings Parochial Union Schools," and certified that " Mr. Fitzmaurice resigned," and that his " character was very good and highly respected." The third certificate purported to be from " Charles Miles," Chaplain Superintendent of the Middlesex Industrial Schools, at Feltham, testifying to the general good character of Mr. Fitzmaurice, that he possessed first-class abilities, that his judicious manage ment and treatment of boys were highly to be commended, and that sterling qualities, even tem per, and general good conduct were eminent traits in his character. Upon these testimonials the pri soner was appointed, and told that he was to enter on his duties on the sth of December ; but, before that day arrived, inquiries were made and it was discovered that all the certificates were forgeries. It appeared that the prisoner had been schoolmaster of the Hastings Union School, from the 23d of September, 1858, to the 21st of April, 1859, when he resigned. An application was then made by the prisoner to the guardians for a testimonial, but this was refused. Jane Mills, the schoolmistress, left on the same day. It also appeared that he had been master in the Industrial School at Feltham, in Middlesex, from the 13th of July, 1859, to the Ist of October, when he asked for leave of absence for 48 hours, but as this was refused, he said he should leave and they would not see him again. and he then went away. A schoolmaster named. Charles Mills had left that establishment on the 13th of September previous. Both of these latter certificates were proved to be forgeries. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and Mr. Justice Hill, after a severe admonition, sen tenced him to eight calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour. George Solloway, 45, labourer, was charged with the manslaughter of William Wickens on the 6th of March at Old Windsor. Mr. It. Sawyer appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended. It appeared that the deceased man was a pauper in the Windsor workhouse, and was paralytic and an idiot. He had lost the use of one side, but ho could walk a little and could help himself to his food, though he could not cut it. His usual health was good, but he was at times dirty in his habits, and on the day of his death it appeared he required a bath. The prisoner was also a pauper, and it was his duty, under the nurse, to attend upon the prisoner and other patients in the same ward. About dinner time the prisoner was seen washing a pair of trousers and a shoe belonging to the deceased, who was about the same time seen in the bath. According to the evi dence he was kept in the bath about half an hour, and was shivering. The prisoner then took him out and put him to bed, and becoming alarmed ran and fetched the nurse, who went immediately and found the deceased in a dying state. The poor man died almost immediately, and his body was quite cold. The prisoner said he had given the deceased a bath, but he had put two pailsful of hot water into it. The surgeon, Mr. Ridout, said he attributed th e death of the deceased to apoplexy; but he had made no post mortem examination, am. 4. the reason he gave for the omission was that the coroner had given him no order. In answer to questions from the learned judge the surgeon said the deceased might have died of apoplexy of the lungs, or of a disease of the heart. Mr. Justice Hill said, that as death might have arisen from natural causes, it would be wrong to convict the prisoner ; but, if ordinary care had been taken, the proper evidence might have been got. The jury therefore acquitted the prisoner. George Woolton, 10, shoemaker, was charged with wilfully and' maliciously placing a piece of iron upon the Great Western Railway, with intent to obstruct an engine on the line, and to endanger the lives of the passengers, on the sth of April, 1859, at Bray. Mr. lt. Sawyer appeared for the prosecution; Mr. J. J. Williams defended the prisoner. It appeared that on the evening of the sth of April last the Plymouth train, which left Padding ton at 8 10 p.m., came in contact with some hard substance near the Wycombe junction. The train was stopped, but finding that the engine was in proper order the driver proceeded to Reading, where he discovered that the ash pan and guard iron were injured. The servants of the company made an exa mination of the line, and found a piece of a rail lying between the rails, the ballast disturbed, and one of the transoms broken in two. The line was watched, and on the night but one after the pri soner was seen upon the line near the s pot with an iron spanner in his hand, and taken into custody. While in custody the prisoner admitted that he had b eon several times en the line, and that the in question ho placed the iron across evening the rails, and gave this extraordinary reason for his conduct. He said his mistress called him "thick head," every time she came near him, and that he was determined to do something to get away from his place. Mr. J. J. Williams submitted that neither of the intents charged in the indictment was proved. Mr. Justice Hill decided that the prisoner must be considered as intending the probable conse quences of his act. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recom mended him to mercy, on the ground of his evident imbecility. Mr. Justice Hill called the prisoner's master and asked him about the prisoner's disposition and con duct while in his service, and was informed that he was always at some mischief, and very spiteful. His lordship also consulted the governor and chap. lain of the gaol, and then said he felt bound to pass upon the prisoner a sentence of five years' penal servitude, which he did accordingly. Maria Spencer, 28, schoolmistress, surrendered to take her trial, on a charge of forging a certificate of good character ; with intent to deceive and de fraud the guardians of the Bradfield Union Girls' School, on the 27th of March, 1860. There was also a count for uttering the same knowing it to be forged. Mr. Lawrence appeared for the prosecution, Mr. J. 0. Griffits defended the prisoner. It appeared that, on the 11th of February, an advertisement was inserted in the Reading Mercury inviting applications for the vacant office of mis tress of the Bradfield Union Girls' School. The salary was to be £25 a-year, with apartments and rations. The prisoner sent in copies of her testnno nials, and on the 27th of March she produced the originals, one of which purported to be a certifi cate from the hon. secretary of the Royal British Orphan Asylum, and dated January, 1859. The prisoner was elected, and entered on her duties at once, but it was afterwards dis covered that the certificate had been given in January, 1857, and the date altered to 1859. She had left in 1857 with a certificate of good cha racter, arid afterwards returned to her office, and continued till August, 1859, when she was dis charged by the committee, without a certificate of character, but without anything which reflected upon her moral character. Mr. Griffits, for the prisoner, contended that the alleged alteration was more like a flourish than a deliberate alteration, and that the certificate was not uttered as a certificate of 1859, or with a fraudu lent intent. Mr. Justice Hill told the jury that if they agreed with the view taken of the case by the prisoner's counsel they ought to find her not guilty ; but if she knew the figure had been altered, and uttered it as a certificate of 1859, with intent to deceive the guardians, they ought to find her guilty. The jury found the prisoner not guilty. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-July 10, OLD COURT. (Before the E(2corder.) THE 11E11'4 lull ELECTION. Mr. Wm. M‘Gall, a law writer at Berwick-upon- Tweed, surrendered to take his trial upon an indict ment charging him with having committed wilful and corrupt perjury before a Select Committee of the House of Commons. The Solicitor-General, in continuation to what appeared in The Sun of yesterday, proposed to bring forward evidence that the defendant had been guilty of bribery in respect of other parties than those referred to in the present indictment. Sir F. Slade, however, objected to the reception of evidence of this description ; and the Recorder ruled that it was not admissible. This was the case for the prosecution. Sir F. Slade then took several technical objec tions to the indictment, the most material of which were, that there was no corroboration of the testi mony of the principal witnesses, and that as the case at present stood it was merely oath against oath, which was not sufficient to support a charge of wilful and corrupt perjury. The Recorder said he should reserve this point for consideration, if such a course should become necessary. Sir F. Slade then proceeded to address the jury for the defence. He said he was not sorry that the Court had overruled the legal objections he had felt it his duty to make on behalf of the defendant, because it gave him the opportunity of addressing them upon the merits of the case, and he hoped to be able to satisfy them that the gentleman at the bar, who during the whole of his life had borne the character of a most honourable and respectable man, was entirely innocent of the charge that was made against him. By what description of evi dence was this serious charge sought to be sup ported ? By the testimony of the witnesses Brown, Miller, and Blaylock. The jury had seen those witnesses—they had observed their demeanour; and he asked them whether it would be right to hang a dog upon the evidence of such witnesses as these ? The real question they had to decide was, whether the defendant, or the witnesses who had been called, spoke the truth when they were exa mined before the committee of the House of Com mons ; and he was sure his lordship would tell them that in law, unless there was some corrobo. ratiN e evidence, and there was merely one oat against another, they ought not to convict defen , dant. So far as two of the witnesses, Brown and Miller, were concerned, the committee of the House of Commons had already decided that they were not to be believed upon their oath, for although they swore that they had been bribed, the committee would not believe them, but decided that their votes were good votes. Notwithstanding this, however, the House of Commons, in one of those fits of vir tuous indignation in which it sometimes indulged, had directed the present prosecution to be instituted against the defendant,thus virtually endeavouring to reverse their decision, and they called upon twelve jurymen of the county of Middlesex to assist them in effecting this object. The committee would in all probability have come to the same conclusion in the case of Blaylock that they did in those of Brown and Miller, but for the prejudice that had been introduced by the description of evidence that had been sought to be brought forward on the pre sent trim by the Solicitor-General, and which evi dence would never have been received by any com petent legal tribunal. The learned counsel then proceeded to comment at considerable length upon the evidence that had been given by the principal witnesses, and he submitted that the story they told was absurd and improbable to the last degree, and the jury ought not to give any credit to it. The Solicitor-General briefly replied. The Recorder then summed up, and at a quarter past four o'clock the jury retired to consider their verdict. At about six o'clock they returned into court, and wished to be informed whether there was any evidence that Mr. Gibson's house, where the money was represented to have been given, was used by the committee of Mr. Hodgson. The Recorder said he did not think there was any positive evidence of this fact, but he believed it had been stated to be so in the course of the trial. The jury intimated that there was no chance of their agreeing, and they then again retired. The Recorder sat for some time longer, and he was then informed by Mr. Under-Sheriff Gammon that the jury stated that there was no likelihood of their agreeing, and the Court was adjourned till ten o'clock. The Court was again opened at twenty minutes past ten o'clock, when the jury announced that they had agreed to a verdict of not guilty. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) Frederick William Lowe, 35, messenger, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with forging and uttering an order for the payment of £384, with intent to defraud George Taylor. Mr. Cock, who appeared for the prosecution, stated that the prisoner had been a 'messenger to Messrs. Nisbet, merchants, and the money was ob tained upon a cheque forged upon the London and County Bank. Mr. Sleigh, on the part of the prisoner, said that in this instance the prisoner had. yielded to a sudden temptation, and after he got the money went to America, where he was robbed. of a great portion of it. He then came back to this country, gave him self up, and also £B4 and a gold watch. The Court sentenced t'ue prisoner to four years penal servitude. linty to Henry Cooper, 37, shoemaker, pleaded g having, within three months of his havingvhaving D een ' adjudged a bankrupt, obtained on cred it divers lea ther, Bilk, thread, and materials, v alued. at £BO, the goods of Alfred Le Mare and others, with intent to defraud. Lewis prosecuted ; Mr. Sleigh and Mr. F. and Mr. Robinson defended. Sentence was postponed u ntil next session. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) Charles Fox Thatcher, collector, pleaded guilty to several indictments for embezzlement. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Poland prosecuted, and Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Robinson were for the prim ner. The prisoner had been for many years collector i n Paddington parish, and his defeleati.ons were a bout £1,400, his salary and comm • s mon being ian nually about £4OO. Mr. Chambers having addressed the Court in mitigation, presented a p e titi on f rom tilde ratepayers recommending him to mercy, and 800 had been subscribed by them to meet bis defalcations. Mr. Sleigh said th a t th e par i s h felt themselves bound to perform the duty of prosecuting the pri. goner, notwithstanding the offer made. It was to them a most painful one, and they also felt deeply for the prisoner's position. The Commissioner, having consulted the Recorder, passed a sentence of four years' penal servitude. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-July 10. BOW-STREET.--VOLUNTEERS AND TOLL KEEPERS.—Henry Errington, a toll-keeper at the Middlesex side of Waterloo-bridge, was summoned before the chief magistrate, Mr. Hall, under the Waterloo-bridge Act, 49 Geo. 111. c. 191, sec. 108, for exacting toll from Mr. H. Lowe, of the 37th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, when returning from drill at the Foundling Hospital, on Wednesday, the 4th of July, that being the day and place ap pointed for exercise by the commanding officer, and Mr. Lowe being dressed in the uniform of his corps, and wearing his arms, accoutrements, and furniture, according to the regulations. The ease was defended by Mr. Bird, solicitor to the Waterloo-bridge Company. Mr. Lowe deposed that on the occasion in ques tion he was about to pass through the horse gate as usual, when he was stopped, and referred to the defendant, who said he could not pass without pay ing the toll, as he had not his rifle. He replied that he had his side arms, holding up his sword bayonet for defendant to see. Defendant nevertheless took the toll. Mr. Bird said the company were obliged to be cautious, as gentlemen from Somerset House con stantly went to and fro in their uniform, claiming to pass free. • Mr. Hall.—They would hardly put on their uni forms on purpose to save a halfpenny. Mr. Bird did not assert that. Mr. Hall.—Nor need you be under any alarm. I do not believe that any gentleman connected with so highly respectable a body as the volunteers would stoop to deception to save a miserable halfpenny. It is the most unlikely thing that could be sug gested. Mr. Burnaby (the chief clerk) observed that there was drill at Somerset House every day. Mr. Bird pointed out that the word volunteers was used in the plural, and suggested that the meaning was that they should go in a body. Mr. Hall said that the word " marching" was used in reference to their proceeding in a body, but the words were " going to" and returning from ex ercise. If Mr. Bird's interpretation were correct, the word march would be used in both cases. Gen tlemen could not be expected to go in a body, be cause some would have to cross the one bridge, and some 'another, while many might not require to cross any bridge at all. Mr. Bird said the volunteers to whom the act referred, all resided near each other, and the old act ought not to be applied to a new state of things. Mr. Hall was quite old enough to remember the facts. The cases were precisely similar, the volun teers coming from all directions. When dismissed after drill they were at liberty to make the best of their way home, according to their own conve nience. Mr. Bird said the defendant had not all his arms, having left his rifle at the armoury. But perhaps it would hardly be fair to insist on this, as a gentle man could hardly be expected to carry his rifle for the sake of saving a halfpenny. Mr. Hall said he had those arms and accoutre ments which were sufficient to satisfy any reason able person that he was returning from drill. Besides the words were " according to the regula tions." Mr. Lowe had fully complied with this condition, for the regulation was that the rifles should be left in the armoury, which he considered a very proper and reasonable provision. Mr. Bird said he had raised these points, consi dering that they ought to be settled now the case was before the magistrate ; but the tollman had never been instructed to take toll of volunteers when wearing their side-arms. Mr. Powell, secretary to the company, said the defendant was under the impression, however erro neous, that Mr. Lowe had no side-arms. Errington denied that Mr. Lowe called his at tention to the sword-bayonet. Mr. Hall said it was quite immaterial. It was easy for the collector to see the weapon. He might as well expect a gentleman to say, " Here is my cap, and here are my trousers." He had acted very stupidly. If any volunteer could be mean enough to commit an imposition, which was very improbable, he was liable to the same penalty as was imposed on the tollman for illegally exacting the toll. This was not the first case of the kind, as a man was re cently fined for a similar exaction at another bridge. He could not therefore inflict the lowest penalty. Mr. Lowe—l must say he was exceedingly civil. Mr. Hall—That is in his favour; but I cannot do less than inflict a penalty of 10s. and 2s. costs. The volunteers are doing an important service to the country, at great sacrifice to themselves, and it is too bad to expose them to the additional sacrifice of coming here to lose their time in these cases. Mr. Powell regretted that Mr. Lowe had been put to that trouble. It was the result of a misapprehen sion, and, indeed, the man had acted contrary to orders. The defendant paid the fine and costs, amounting to 12s. ,th CLERKENWELL.—ANNOYING AND THREAT ENING A LICENSED VICTUALLER.—Ann Ryan, a low looking woman, residing at 7, Sumner-street, Eyre•street : hill, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with annoying Mr. Gilling, the landlord of the Fox and French Horn, Clerkenwell-green, and also the barman, George Allen, in their business. Mr. John Wakeling appeared for the prosecution. From the evidence it appeared that last night the defendant, who was the worse for liquor, came to the house and called the barman foul and annoying names. Finding that a mob assembled, Police-con stable Newite, 143 G, was called, and he turned the prisoner away. As soon as he was gone she re turned, and was again turned away. She watched the constable away a second time, and then re turned again, threatened the lives of Mr. Gil l i ng and the barman, and also said she would smash all the windows. She was then locked up, and on the way to the police station was very violent. Mr. Gilling said that both the prisoner and her husband had annoyed him for some time, and he wished them both to keep away from his house. The defendant said if she was allowed to go on this occasion she would never go to the house again. Mr. Wakeling said he could not take her word, and asked for her to find responsible bail to keep the peace. Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the defendant to find re sponsible bail, two sureties in the sum of £lO each, to keep the peace for 12 calendar months. The prisoner was locked up in default. THE 111,41L5. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. .. .. .. .. .. July 10. Do. (via Marseilles) Aug. 4. Bahamas and Havana (via New York).. .. Aug. 2. Canada, &c. (via Londonderry) .. .. .. July 11. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. .. „ „ .. Aug. I. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) July 19 . . Do. (via Marseilles) July Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. .. July 10. la• India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) July 19 . .. Do. (via Marseilles) Julyul India (Bombay), (via Southampton) • • • • lO.. Do. (via Marseilles) • • • a Jul y 19 . Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres, &c. • . .. Au g. 5 . 13 Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto • • • • • • July 11. 10. - (via Mapeill 1 c es, .. July 13. Malta, Egy p pt o ,.and Aden (via Southampton) .. J u l y _ United States, California, &c. oia Cork) .. J u l y 19. Western Coast of Attica, Madeira, 1 eneriffe .. July 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthgena, Cuba, &c. July 14. BI R T H 8. the 10th inst., at 11, Marlborcnigh-hill :-S-t?llohn s-wood, the wife of G. A. Chapman, On the 6th inst. of Samuel Currie, M.D., Inspector-General of CURRIE.-- C I iA a l id A . e : ti . s . A . , 0 f s son. Queen's-terrace, Bayeivrater, tilioesNpviitf:ts, of a daughter.' at GRORGIT.—On the 7th inst., at 18 IVimpole• street, Caven , - dish-square, the wif e of Professor' Georgii, of a (laugh- , ter. MARRIAGES. BROWN—L:7IIB.—On the sth inst., at the parish church of Ilowick, the Rev. Dixon Brown, of Unthank Hall, Northumberland, to Georgina Elizabeth, only daughter of Colonel Ferrara Loftus. STEWART —DAmoN.—On the sth inst., at Sedgefield, Durham, R. C. Stewart, Esq., Major 35th Regiment, to Yanny, eldest daughter of T. Davison, Esq., late Captaii 84th Regt. DEATHS. MACKENZIE.—On the 7th inst., at the residence of Miss Tait, 86, Jermyn-street, St. James's, Lady Geddes Mac kenzie, of Avoch, N. 8., aged 62. ST. JoIIN.—On the 7th inst., in London, Louisa, the Dowager Lady St. John, of Bletsoe, relict of the Right lion, the late Mr. Justice Vaughan. WAVELL—On tho 10th inst., at 43, Ltuibroke-square Notting-hill, Major-General Wavell, K.F., K.C.8., disc. aged 75. _ _ _ WLNGIIAM.—On the sth inst,, at Chester, Mrs. Wrang ham, widow of the late Von. Archdeacon Wrangharo, aged B-1. WonNum.—On the 9th inst., at the National Gallery, Elizabeth, wife of Ralph N. Wornum, Esq., aged 38. 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