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IMPERIAL PARL MEN T.- ' WOUSE - OF LORDS, August 20. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. Messengers from • the House of Commons brought up severai Bills. DEATHS BY ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION BILL. Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that to-morrow he should call the attention of their Lordships to the amendments which the House of Commons had introduced into this Bill. ABOLITION OF EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS OF TRADING (IRELAND) BILL. Their Lordships went into Committee on this Bill, on the Motion of Lord CAMPBELL. The Bill then went through Committee, and report was brought no, the Third reading being ordered for 0-morrow. CHIEF-JUSTICESHIP OF BOMBAY,—LORD G. BEN TINC K. Lord LYNDHURST begged to tall the attention to cer tain statements which had appeared in the morning papers yesterday, and which had reference to a Noble Friend of his who was now on duty in a distant part of the country, and he deeply regretted that their Lordships not sitting yesterday prevented his making this statement earlier. He would not allude to the coarseness of language which had fallen from the Noble Lord (Lord George Bentinck) by whom this charge had been made, but he was particularly anxious on account of the position which he lately held in the Ministry to offer an explanation. With respect to this statement, he had to say that it was particularly unfortunate that this explanation had Tee been made earlier, for it was almost impossible to meet, it by reason and argnmer.t. In the early part of the Year he had been applied to to fill the office of a chief justice in India by his Noble Friend at the head of the Board of Control. In consequence of that application he had named six or sevep persons, among whom was Mr: David Pollock. All who knew that gentleman knew how well ho was fitted to fill the situation. His connexion with the Chief Baron of the Exchequer had in no way affected the case. A vacancy having been created gave him an opportunity of filling it. Three or four years ago, he (Lord Lyndhurst) had ap ointed Mr. Phillips a Commissioner for the Court of Bankruptcy. From domestic circumstances the office bad become immediately dis tasteful to him. His wife and family had separated from him, and were now living apart from him at Cheltenham. Mr. Phillips bad been suggested to him as a proper person to fill the office of Chief Justice of Madras, but Mr. Pollock seemed to him the more proper person, and his appointment was sanctioned by the Queen on the 10th June. Mr. Phillips' office had been vacated, and he was promoted to the office left by Mr. Poleek. No one coned doubt the ability of the gentleman to fulfil the duties of the office. He had appointed his secretary, Mr. Perry, to execute the duties of the office which Mr. Phillips had left, and with reference to the appointment of that gentleman, and the obser vations of the Noble Lord to whom he had alluded respecting it, he would say that had he not appointed Mr. Perry, he would have been guilty not only of the grossest forgetfulness, but of the grossest injustice in overlooking the merits of a person who had served him with the utmost fidelity and intelligence, and who had recommended himself to manyof their Lordships by those abilities which had always been serviceable to the State, and particularly useful to himself. With respect to the Noble Lord who had made these remarks, in another pive, he might refer to some observations in a speech of Pitt upon Napoleon, upon whom that Minister bad remarked that there was nothing too great for his ambition, no^ too moan or too small for his rapacity. The Noble Lord had abandoned the statement he had made in reference to the presentation to Nocton, but he did so on wrong ground., for he, when Lord Chancellor, did present to the living in Nocton, and that pre sentation had no connexion whatever with the judicial appoint ment of Mr. David Pollock, as he had nothing what ever to do, directly or indirectly, further than he bad stated. The charges, therefore, of that man wore made on light ground, and his retractations were made with the same levity. The Noble Lord then proceeded to describe the circumstances under which the presentation to Nocton was made, and read letters, one from the Earl of Ripon and from Lady Ripon, soliciting the appointment for the Rev. Mr. Wilson, who was then in the povessien of a living of the same value as that of Noctor under the Bishop of Bath and Well. The Rev. Gentleman had, it appeared, endeavoured to piemete the well-being of those in the neighbourhood in which be lived. He also received a letter at the tame from Lady Ripon, thanking him most cordially for the appointment he had eonferre upon the Rev. Gentleman. The charge, eonsid ring the evid nee en which it rested, was one of the most extraordinary that was ever brought against a public man. He could not conceive how a nobleman, occupying a high position, could brine so grave a charge, not on his own evidence, but on the evidence of another, and without investigation against another public man. Such a charge could not be otherwise than condemna tory of the in4ividual who uttered it, and whose weakness and folly were only equalled by his baseness.—( Cheers.) Tne Noble and Learned Lord then referred to the appointment of Mr. D. Pollock to the judgeship of Bombay ; who, he contended, from his previous duties was fully capable of discharging the duties of the office to which he was appointed by him. The ceurse he adopted with respect to Mr. D. Pollock was only such as was alopte.l in sitrid.r eases. He asked their Lordships, then, if he had not justified himself in their eyes ? Could any one justify such conduct on the part I of the Noble Lord, who made the charge ? But, perhaps, he might consider it not inconsistent with party to asperse those who differed with him ; or, pehaps, his early habits had taught him to form so low an opinion of men as to suppose that every man in public life must be actuated by some base—some un- , worthy motive; but the best proof of calumny was to oe found I in the character of the calumniator. There was no want of will, but inability to distil his poison ; he was not unlike a wasp who took delight in stinging. Such aspersions were not with- 1 out harm, after they had been perpetrated. as people remem bered them. It was hum listing at the close of his political ! life, and at the close, he might almost say, of his natural life, to have to repel accusations of this kind. He hoped their Lord ships would bear with him on an occasion like the present.— (Cheers. ) He thanked their Lordships for the attention with which they had listened to him, and in their hands he would leave the matter. The matter then dropped. MILITARY FLOGGING. Earl FORTESCUE presented a petition from Penryn in favour of the abolition of military flagoing. AUSTRALIAN LANDS BILL. Earl GREY moved the third reading of the Australian Lands Bill, After a few observations 'from Lnrd ELLENBOROUGI-1, the Bill was read a third time and passed. LUNATICS ASYLUM AND PAUPER LUNATICS BILL. On the motion of the Marquis of L ANSDOWNE, the Lu natics Asylum and Pauper Lunatics Bill was read a second time. BRITISH . POSSESSIONS BILL. The Earl of CLARENDON moved the second reading of the British Possessions' Bill. Lord ELLENBOROUGH objected to the principle of the Bill. Under its operation the duties in one colony might be abrogated, diminished in a second, and retained in a third. But for that purpose time was necessary. And on the earliest meeting of Parliament, her Majesty's Government might come down to the House and overturn all those arrangements. But there was another matter to which he would invite the atten tion of Government. They thought it but fair that the woods of the colonies and of foreign ccuntries should be admitted on equal terms. That was free trade. But he could not se• how, if there were to be an equalisation of du ties, there should not also be an equalisation in the use of ships as well as in the admission of woods. He could net see how the claims of the colonists could be resisted for the free use of ships as well as of the rate of duties. It was notorious that, although the number of our ships had largely increased, yet the number of ships of other countries bad been much more than proportionably increased. All force was relative, and it was not on our position, but on our relative, superiority that our pre-eminence and our sacety rested. He was, therefore, anxious to know, whether in granting this principle of free trade, the Government were ready also to sa crifice the navigation laws. Earl GREY thought that the Noble Earl had not, in those observations, sufficiently attended to the relative merits of the subject. He had had an opportunity of talking with one of the principal Members of the Legislative Assembly in Ca nada, and had certainly heard from him that the abolition of the differential duties would not only be very distasteful, hut in all probability very unprofitable to the colonies. But it should be recollected that the colonies had not, with all the duties levied, been able to satisfy their own expenses. It was. therefore, clearly evident, that whatever the difference might be that was occasioned by the present regulations. they in no way invalidated the right of the mother country to regulate their trade.—( Hear.l With resp.et to the question of the navigation laws, he did conceive that it was highly inexpedient that any inquiry should be entered upon at the present moment. The colonial shipping interests were, as they were in this country, of the utmost importance, and it was of the highest consideration that they shouldbe fully upheld. To do so, it might be matter of thought whether these colonies should or should not be endowed with any peculiarly private privileges, but still he could repeat that it was highly inexpe dient at the present moment to enter upon such a subject. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH had not one word to say in reply, but he might observe. that he trusted in those mea sures the Government would not forget the claims of India for the admission of its sugar as colonial sugar. The Bill was then read a second time. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Messengers from the flouso of Commons came up, soliciting a conference with their Lot. lships wi.h that Huuze, on the Baths and Washhouses Bill, which was agreed to. The Public Works (Ireland) Bill, the Turnpike Roads (Ireland) Bill; the Public Works, Fisheries, &c., ( Ireland) Bill; and the Colonial Possessions Bill, were severally read a second time. BRIDGE TOLLS. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from a number of the citizens of London, complaining of the tolls levied on several metropolitan bridges, and praying for its being remedied. _ _ MILLBANK PRISON. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table several doeu.ments and reports in reference to this establishment. CONFERENCE WITH THE COMMONS. The following Noble Lords were then appointed to meet the Commons in Confer-nce on the Bill already named :—The Earl of Minto, Earl Spencer, Earl Dacie, the Bishop of Ox ford, Lord Ponsonby, Laird Churchill, and Lord Monteagle. The members of the deputation then withdrew, and after an absence c f about five minutes, returned. _ . The Earl of MINTO, approaching the table, said the Commons had submitted to them the reasons why they dis sented from certain amendments made in the Bill in their Lordships' House. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then rnnyed that the House do not insist on the amendments referred to, which was agreed to. Their Lordships immediately after adjourned. HOUSE OF C0M,310.N S. August 2(:), The SPEAKER took the Ch a i r a t T we l ve o ' clock. DUKE OF NORFOLK'S ESTATE BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. CORK AND WATERFORD RAILWAY. This Bill was read a third time and passed. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were agreed to. Caledonian Railway (Clydesdale Junction Railway Deviations). Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway. London and South-Western Railway (London-bridge Ezterir sion). lklictropolitan Sewage Manure Company. Sion College Estate. Taff Vale Railway. XEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE AND CARLISLE BRANCH RAILWAY. On the Lords' amendments to this Bill being proposed, Mr. JOHN ABEL SMITH opposed their adoption, and said that! the company had, through five or: six! Acts which they had obtained from Parliament, power to raise, by shares, the sum of 915,0001., and by loan, $35,000/.; but in 1844, the company bad raised the enormous sum of 741,000/. by loan. This it was true had been reduced in 1845, by a large sale of shares, but the money obtained thereby, instead of being applied to the reduction of the debt, had been ,lamed to the account of profit and loss, so as to in grease the ~ value of the property in the hands of +he proprie tors. Now, with this enormous debt, this was anything but right, and he felt—not' having the slightest interest one way or the other—that it was but his duty, as a Member of Par liament, to bring it under the - consideration of the House, in , order that there aright be a proper inquiry before this Bill Was: passed.—(Hear, and cheers.) But there was another and, as be poneeivgd, most flagrantly disgraceful transact*, CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. The House went into Committee on this Bill, which wens cgreed to. and ordered to be reported. CUSTOMS' DUTIES (No. 2) BILL. nn the motion that this Bill be read a third time, Mr. HUME hoped that during the recess Government would institute an inquiry into the duties performed by Custom-house officers, and he proposed next session to recommend some re duction in the expense of that establishment. He trusted, too, that in future the appointment of Custom-house officers would not be under political influence, but be dependent upon the merits of appointees for the situation they proposed to fill. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT BILL, This bill was also read a third time and passed. SMALL DEBTS COURTS' (SALARIES OF OFFICERS) BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up by Mr. Gautax and agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be engrossed. SMALL DEBTS BILL. On the question being put for going into Committee on this Bill, Lord G. BENTINCK said this Bill was of too much irn • portance for them to go into Committee upon it without hearing some further statement from the promoters. He was aware that this was a measure which originated with the late Govern ment, and her Majesty's pi esent Ministers had obtained it by in heritance. The measure bestowed more patronage upon the Go vernment than any re her measure that had been brought in for some time past. Ile thought at this period of the session, when there were so few Members left in the House, they %sere entitled to have it delayed till a complete exile nation was given of how the patronage was to b • bestowed, mad of the whole extent of expense that would be brought upon the country by this measure.— ( Hear, bear.) There was a power in the second clause of the Bill to divide every county into so many districts that might seem fit to her Majesty's Ministers in Council assembled. Now they ought to know the number of districts into which such county in England was to be divided. As the Bill stood at present, it appeared that each district was to have its separate judge, and each judge was to have a salary of 1,200/. a year, their , ppointment to he in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor of England. Each court etas to have a clerk, with a salary of 600/. a year ; and each court was also to have a treasurer, but no amount of salary was devised for this last office. It was left to the discretion of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasure to decide how many treasurers there should be, and what amount of salary they should receive.—( Hear, hear.) It acv commonly supposed that the number of districts would, in ,i 1 probability, be not less than a hundred. He had learned, since he had entered the House, from the Honour. able and Learned Gentleman the Solicitor-General, that he estimated that the number would not exceed sixty-five. Well, he would take the numberef courts at sixty-five. There would be 65 judges at a salary of 1,2001., which would .mount to a sum of no less than 78,0001. Sixty-five clerks, vett a salary of 600/., would amount to 39,000%, and -hese two sums together would amount to 117,063/., Is the patronage to be disposed of by the Minister •f the Crown. --(Hear, hear.) The salaries to be given to the • reasurers were to be left to the discretion of the Lords Com mivioners of the 'freasurv. Here, then, there was no limit to the salary of the treasurers; and, therefore, he thought they ought to hear what was the limit to he put upon the salaries of these treasurers, or the 'limber there was to be of them.—( Hear, hear.) There were, however, other considerations connected with this measure which reodered explanation necessary. These judges were, for in stance, to be pint by fees, while one provision of the Bill pro .r dud that the judges of these Courts were to perform many duties belonging to the High Court of Chancery. They would Save the power of acting as Masters in Chancery and Masters of the superior courts of law, and for their services they were to be paid fees in addition to their salaries. These fees would be paid in diminution of the fees that were now paid in the Court of Chancery. New, the expenses of the Court of Chancery he thought, in round numbers, amounted from 134,000/. to 135,000/. This -urn was wade up to the Consolidated Fund by the fees said into the Court which used formerly to be paid to its officers ; but if these fees were to be diminished tn the manner he had just mentioned it was right hey should know it was proposed to make up the ietieiency to the Consolidated Fund.--(Cries of " Hear, 'ear.") Then, again, there was to be compensation given to el officers of the new courts now subsisting. There were at his moment 450 courts of diff rent descriptions, which, for anything they knew to the contrary. might be superseded by to e new courts to be evahlished by this Bill —( Hear.) Now .f tleese 450 courts were to be abolished, all the officers who lid het choose, or had not the option given to them, of taking ffices in the new courts, would he entitled to compensation. at the discretion of her Majesty's Lords of the Treasury.— i Hear, heat:) Now he thought they ought to hear from Ministers what would be the amount of all this compen-ation, in order that they might have some sort of notion -.hat the expense would be of carrying this Bill into effect.—( Hear, hear.) He had no charge to make gainst Ministers, who had come by this Bill arel all its advantages in the course of inheritance. Their was, to be sure, this difference made in the Bill since it had come into their hands, that the patronage was to he given to the Lord Chancellor, and not to the first Lord of the Treasury.—( Hear, hear.) Much might be said in favour of this change, but at the same time it was matter for grave consideration whether or not they should put into the hands of any Government additional patronage to the extent of upwards of 117,000/. There were many matters of detail in the Bill which he objected to. but he should not trouble the House upon them till they got into Committee on the Bill. He objected, for instance, to the despotic power which the Bill gave to the judges, but he should leave all this for cemment in Committee, and, in conclusion, he could only say that he thought this measure was of too much import ance—gave too much patronage to the Government—to be disposed of when the great majority of Members were not present.—( Hear.) Sir GEORGE GREY said the Noble Lord had told them this Bill was a legacy left to the pre sent Ministry by the - late Government, but so many altera tions had since been made in it that it might be said to be a new Bill.—( Hear, hear.) The Bill in its new shape had gone before the country, and he believed it was generally approved of. Weed no remonstrance had been made against its principles, and the objections to some of its de tail could easily be got rid of in Committee. —(Hear, hear. ) The amount of fees in the courts to be established by this Bill would depend upon the amount of business. It would not be necessary to divide every county in England. 1., fact, in some parts, two or three counties might form t he district of one court, whereas, such densely 'populated counties as Lancashire and Middlesex would have to be divided for the purposes of this Act. In case the amount of busineis should turn out to be very large, the Home Secretary would have the power of limiting the salary of the judge to 1,2001 , in some cases the salary might be much less. then as to the patronage to be conferred by the bill, he thought that the best hands in which it could be placed were those of the Government and the lieutenants of the different counties. (Hear, hear.) As the Noble Lord Lad himself said, it would be much better to postpone any further discussion of the merits of this Bill till it was in Committee ; and when it reached that stage he ( Sir George Grey) would be prepared to explain its objects more fully. The judges of the present local courts for the recovery of small debts would stand a better chance of being appointed judges of the courts to be established by this Act than any other new ' candidate.—( Hear, hear.) With regard to compensation, the same rules would be acted upon as had been hitherto adopted by the Treasury in similar cases.—(Hear, hear. ) Mr. MANNERS SUTTON said, that although the late Government had introduced a measure similar to this, there had been several changes since that period, which placed great difficulties in the way of their carrying out this Bill. He thought that there este great danger in placing such a vast amount of patronage as this Bill would create in the hands of the Government. The Bill of the late Govern ment had iu it a clause which would prevent any abuse of patronage, and he did not think that the Government had acted rightly in excluding that clause from the Bill. Although he much preferred the Bill of the late Government, he did not intend to impede this Bill by any opposition on his part. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the Hon. Gentle man who hat just sat dawn was mistaken in supposing that the Bill of the late Government would have placed the patron age which it would have created in the hands of the lord lieutenants of the counties. It professed to do so, but did not it fact. The patronage would really have been in the hands of the Government by their Bill, and he (the Attorney-General) thought that the present Government were entitled to credit for having come torwaid, and plainly said that they did intend to seek tor the patronage which this Bill would create,—(hear. ) With respect to compensation to the judges of the present courts, he contended they were not entitled to compensation, because they had no vested rights in the office.—( Hear, hear ) But ample compensation would, notwithstanding, be given to ry one whom the Bill might injure, - and that compensation would be paid out of the very large funds to be accrued under the operations of this Bill.—( Hear, bear. ) Air. S. WORTLEY contended that the Bill, as drawn up by the late Geverninent, was preferable to it in its present altered state. Mr. ROMILLY said that before the Bill went into Com mittee he wished to make a few observations upon it. In the first place, he did not consider it a complete measure, but he considered it as a first step in the right direction. It enabled •he poor of this country to have justice brought home to their own doors at a cheap rate. It appeared to him to be of great importance to establish thronhout the country judges who would take on themselves the functions to be given to them under this bill. He thought that the expenss ef the adminis tration of justice should be made as light as possible, and that that expense should be home by the country. Sir. H. BERKELEY said that this Bill was most anxiously looked forward to by the country, and he hoped that the Government would prosecute it with all possib e dispatch. Sir. NEW 1; ELATE agreed with the Hon. Member for Bristol, that this Bill was most anxiously expected by the country, but he should not be so willing to support it if it were the commencement of a system so extensive as ha.l been alluded to. He very much dou'Oed the probability of the ap plication of the principle on a large scale to the constitution. and he therefore thought that consiaerahle caution should be . exeicised in carrying it into effect. Mr. HENLEY thought that the amount of patronage likely to be given to the Crown under this Act would give iippertunities fur corruption to a very dangerous extent. The Government also could give very little information in reply to questions on the subject; and he therefore thought that the House ought to have some further information before giving its assent to such a m : asure. The House then resolved itself into Committee on :he Bill. Clauses from 1 to to were agreed to without discussion. On clause 9 being proposed, Mr. W'AKLEY objected to the clause which restricted the selection ot judges from one branch of the legal profession only. In principle it was most unjust to restrict the selection to barristers only, as he believed the solicitors and attorneys of the country were quite as able, as members of the bar, to fulfil the duties, and their characters, he was sure, stood quite as high. Why not leave it to the Lord Chan. cellor to to take the judge' from whatever branch of the' legal which ought to be known. In the accounts submitted to the members of the company, in 1844 and 1845, there was a state ment of a realisation upon 3,000 calls, subject to the redemp tion by the company, by which the sum of 300,0001. had been raised, and also another item of a similar transaction upon 2,250 shares, upon which the sum of 225,000/. had been paid. Thus there was a sum of 525,00:J. stated to the public to he a realised capital, but which was insteesi of that absolutely, and in fact, an additional debt. A more disgraceful transaction had never come under his notice, for when au inquiry was in stituted by the House of Commons no statement was made whatever of any of these sums. He would, therefore, call the attention of his Honourable Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to those facts, and ask him whether he could countenance a transaction which might, by the fraud on the face of it, give such occasion to the distraction of the money market, and, above all things, was so likely to destroy the whole credit of railway debentures? Being himself confident of the great mischief likely to occur from such a proceeding, he should conclude by moving that the Bill be read this day month, for a more gross breach of regard to the premises of an Act of Parliament he had never witnessed. Mr. FOSTER trusted that his Hon. Friend would not per severe in this motion, for this very same allegation had been submitted ;// ext , top.) to the Lords' Committee by whom these amendments were proposed. By :them these allegations had been fully examined, and yet they had passed the Bill, and sent it dewn to this House. His Hon. Friend had really brought forward no public grounds, and as, after all, the whole fault appeared to be only an irregularity of accounts, he hoped ' he would not press a motion which would have the effect of throwing out the Bill, Mr. WARBURTON thought that the House were deeply indebted to his Hon. Friend for bringing this matter forsvard ; for if they were to pass the Bill in its present stage, it woold be neither more nor less than giving a premium for the fraudu lent transactions of railway directors. Mr. GREENE said, that really there was no sufficient ground for throwing out this bill, which must be the con sequence of the success of his motion. The fault which had been committed by this company was one of irregularity only. and that defect had been provided for by a clause of the general Act of last session ; and it was preposterous that a Bill, which, after a searching investigation by both Houses, had received their approbation, should be met with such opposition. He thought that this would be unjust; anal lie trusted that after having passed this ordeal it should not be rejected for what it, fact was not a defect. After an inquiry from Mr. AGLIONBY, The SPEAKER stated, that in reality there was no breach of privilege, yet the motion was not in accordance with the rules of Parliament. These directed that when a Bill hael once passed the House of Commons, they had nuthirg more to do with it ; and that in the event of there being amendments made in it by the House of Lords, the House of Commons could touch neither the principles nor the clauses of the 1301, but could either pass the 13111 by agreeing to the amendrnests. or express their disagreement, and state so much to the other House. Mr. SMITH then remodelled his motion, and moved that that the Lords' amendment be disagreed with. Mr. ALIONBY had been exceedingly anxious, both on public grounds as well as front private motives, that the Bill should pass. It was for the formation of only a few miles of railway; but on the principle that it was absolutely necessary that the most unlimited confidence should prevail between the shareholders and the directors, he de sired its postponement, for, upon the bee of the ae comes, it appeared that lb-AT v, as some delusion. It was stated that there was a large capital, when abso lutely there was nil. It would be better, therefore, on all con siderations, much as it was against his private feelings, t o accede to the proposition for the postponement of this Bill till another session. Mr. P. HOWARD trusted the House would not so far forget the usual mode of proceeding in Parliament, as to reject a Bill which had received the deliberate sanction of both Houses ; and that, too, without the advancement of any one single public principle whatever. The Bill was to matte a line to communicate between the Newcastle and Carlisle Rail way and the mineral district of .Alston, for which plenty capital had been already provided. There was no public ground, he would re -assert, for the shareholders were perfectly satisfied with the conduct of their directors, and he trustee, therefore, that on such a pretence as this the House would no reject the trill at this stage of the proceedings. Mr. ESTCOURT conceived that whatever be the stage of the proc,ding, if there were any appearance of fraud, is was the duty of the House to reject the Bill. Now, from the statements allowed to have been made it appeared that a debt of 741,0001. had been contracted contrary to the express terms of their Acts of Parliament. There had also been an issue, what appeared to him a fraudulent issue of shares, and on these grounds he conceived that the Bill ought to be postponed till another session. Mr. HUME did not see how, after the inquiries which had been made in both Houses, the House could proceed further in the matter, and he should therefore vote fur the amendments. Lord MORPETII would not have given any opinion upon the matter, had it not been for the absence of all Members connected with the part of the country through which this rail way passed. This railway had been one of the earliest of the railway companies, and their earlier proceedings were nut marked by that regularity which was now required. lie thought, however, that as the Bill had passed its ordeal in both Houses, any further interference was nut called for. Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE said that the slight irregular!tie. alluded to by the Noble Lord were certain gross misrepresen tations made to the shareholders of the company for the pur pose of deluding them. He thought that some explanation of the matter was certainly due to the House ; and with reference to any . inquiries made in the Upper House, there was no official intimation on the subject, and therefore they could not take it into consideration. He thought that these amendments ought not to be acceded to, and he recommended the postpone ment of the Bill until next session, when these things can be arranged. Atlr. MUNTZ said that the postponement of the Bill was not likely to benefit the public, and might injure the company. There was no complaint made on the part of the shareholders. Mr. MILNER GIBSON said, that if the irregularities re ferred to had been of so gross a nature, a committee of the Lords would not have deliberately recorded their ecisions that they were of a venial nature, and he certainly preferred taking the authority of that decision before the simple statements of , Members of that House. He therefore would not be a party to reject the measure on such slight allegations. After a few words from Lord GRANVILLE SOMER SET, which did not reach the gallery. Mr. J. A. SMITH said that he thought that the conduct of the company certainly required some explanation, for if they had raised 400,000/. more than they were authorised to do, and hail afterwards covered it by a fraudulent statement, these amendments ought net to be acceded to. Mr. BERNAL thought that the present system of their railway legislation was most inefficient, as Committees of beth Houses had inquired into the Bill, and yet these enormous frauds had been allowed to pass unnoticed and unchecked He hoped that some attempt would be made to modify that defective system. Mr. SHELL thought that where the question had been re ferred to a proper tribunal, and the efficiency of that tribunal not disputed, it would be wrong to impugn their decision. Mr. WAKLEY moved that the debate be adjourned until Monday next, in order to give the parties time to explain or refute the allegations made against them. Mr. HAWES thought that the adjournment of the debate would be to pronounce the sentence of condemnation on the Bill. The facts were already fully before the House, and he thought that they ought to be proceeded with at once. After a few words from Mr. A. SMI l'H, Mr. MUNTZ said, if they were to throw nut the Bill en account of the alleged frauds, they would be inflicting a great hardship on the shareholders, who were not parties to the abuse complained of. The gallery was then cleared for a division, when there ap peered— For the adjournment of the debate Against it Mejority —lB The House again divided on Mr. J. A. Smith's amendment, " That the House do not agree to the Lords' amendments," when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority against the amendment.— —2O The Lords' amendments were then agreed to. GLASGOW COLLEGE ESTATE BILL. Mr. GIBSON CRAIG moved that, in the case of Mac- farlan's ( Glasgow College) Estate Bill, the standing orders Nos. 120 and 139 be suspended, and the report be now con sidered, amended prints of the Bill having been delivered to the doorkeepers, and the amended breviate laid upon the table, on Tuesday last. Mr. WARBURTON complained of the college property being taken without proper compensation being given. He thought this matter ought to have been brought under the consideration of the Lords of the Treasury, and have their sanction. Mr. GIBSON CRAIG thought the best course would be to take any discussion on the measure in the next stage of the Bill. lf he Bill had received the sanction of the law officers of both the late and the present Government. Mr. J. OSWALD did not complain of the professors wishing to part with the present buildings, so as to get a more eligible site for themselves. He did not, however, think that a fail price wait guaranteed by the railway company for the build togs. lie was quite sure that if the buildings were put up for auction they would bring at least 20,0001., instead of 3,0001., as pr posed. Mr. FOX MAULE said the objections he had had to the Bill had been removed by the clause which was to be proposed on the third reading. lie considered the best possible price should be obtained for the old building!, and he should have j been better satisfied if some proper party was called in to value the property ere it was parted with. Mr. PROTHEROE stated that evidence adduced before the Committee showed that it would be much to the advantage of the professors and students if the ecelege were removed from the centre of the city to the suburbs. The faculty c f the col lege certainly were afraid that if the Bill was passed without restricting the railway company not to apply the presen' buildings to any educational purpose, they would suffer from competition. The Bill, therefore, was passed with that restriction through Committee. Now, however, it seemed that a clause was to be introduced annulling that restriction, so that the buildings might be applied for another coll ege ; still lie hoped that, if this was agreed to, the railway compinv would act honourably in the matter in the use they vreulit make of the buildings. After some further discussion the motion was agreed to. ANDOVER UNION COMMITTEE. Lord COURTENA Y moved that the report of this Corn mittee be brought up and agreed to. Captain PECHELL could not allow tha ir t o r e e i s i t i o 7 r: N t e n bepre sented without bearing his testimony to the „ ability and courtesy which the Noble Chairmen had exhibited in con ducting that inquiry. Mr. WAKLEY said that no chairman could have shown more ability, tract, and judgment, than the Noble Lord did on that occasion. It was but an act of justice to the Noble Lord to make this declaration of his impartiality. ETWALL concurred in the encomiums passed upon the Noble Chairman. _ . .. After some ob serva ti on f rom M r. C HRISTIE and other I Hon. Memb er! , t o th e same effect, profession he thought best ? Believing the clause, as it stood, to be unwise and unjust, be would move, as an amendment, Lord COURTEN AY acknowledged the complimentary words to admit of the selection of attorneys as well as barristers terms in which he was referred to, and observed that, in the to officiate as judges in these coarts. delicate inquiry over which he had presided, he had acted to the Captain PECHELL said it was intimated to be the intention best of his ability. of the Government officers under which the Bill had been Mr, BORTH - WICK hoped the report would be printed be- drawn up, to continue the services of the revising barristers, fore Monday neat, so that they might have it before the Hon. and other similar judges, who had been appointed by the Lord Member for Montro s e brought o n his motion in refereike to Chancellor as judges under this Bil. If so, then there would the Poor-law Commissioners. not be so much objection to the clause as it stood. But the FLOGGING IN THE ARMY. point should be clearly stated, in order that he might know Mr. T. D'EYNCOURT presented a petition from Peck-. how to act. ham, in Surrey, signed by 1,500 of the most respectable in- Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET would prefer leaving the habitants of that locality, against military togging. who was sPaEC prisonerH E LL presented inthe Q u e a e n p . e s t i ß t i e o n n ch fro p m ris l o ' n h i l s i i p n H ee er l rLn g i : appointment entirely to the discretion of the Lord Chancellor as far as it regarded the qualification of seven years standing. He did note hinkrestricting the appointments. to barristers of that Mr. HAWES presented a petition from the Manchester against the keeper of that prison, for harsh treatment. standin would enhance the qualification of judges. He also College of Surgeons in favour of the Medical Regulation Bill. were hardly dealt with by the Bill, and he would rather leave the agreed with the Hon. Member for Finsbury that the attorneys Mr. WAKLEY presented several petitions to the same appointment open to them, though his own opinion was, that the effect. The Hon. Member also presented several petitions education of a barrister rende r ed him more eligibie as a judge. numerously Essex, Kendal and other place s , numerou signed, against Sir G. GREY differed w ith th e N o bl e Lord as to the view what the petitioner; designated the " sangu i nary " pract i ce of lie logging. Also a petition from the p awn b ro k ers of London . took- regarding the s even y ears ' qua lification. He consi- tiered it would be the means of securing (at the request of Mr. Masterman) in fav o u r o f t h e P perienee if they retain e d th e res t r i c tion in question. He brokers' Bill. awn-men of grater ex could not agree with the amendment respecting the ap • NEW ZEALAND LOAN ACT AMENDMENT BILL. puintment of the attorneys, as it wo uld be contrary to ail 1 This Bill was read a third time audpissed , I precedent in similar Bills, and would lead, he was persuaded, to I •ccsr_ THE SUN, LONDON; - FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, -i846. great inconvenience. Besides, he thought the training of a barrister was better for a judge than that of an attoreey. r. jected to the dense limiting the judges ie the manner proposed. Ile thought it would be better to lent e the mater to the discretion of the Lord Chancellor. Mr. HENLEY thought it would be better not to have any definition whatever in reference to standing, but to leave the responsibility entirely on the ihoulders of the Lord Chancelltir, and he would have the same principle to apply with regard to attorneys and barristers. Colonel SIBTHORP thought it very hard to excluie actor rime, and he hoped that the Hon. Member for Finsbury would divide the House on his amendment. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought that attorneys would be by no means so eligible for judges of these courts as barristers, and suppcoing there were persons in that profession suitable for the situations, the Lord Chancellor had no means of judging of their qualification, which was not the case with regard to barristers. Besides, from their attention having been almost entirely turned to the minutia of legal details, they were not so competent to deal with the business which would come before these eat to as barristers. Mr. B. ESCOTT denied that there would be any more dif ficulty in ascertaining the competency of attorneys than of barristers. He knew many barristers of seven years' standing who were utterly disqualified for such a situation, while at the same time he knew many attorneys who were very eligible to be judges of such courts. Lord G. SOMERSET thought that Mtmbers of Parlia ment should not be judges in these courts. Mr. ROMILLY hoped that her Majesty's Government would introduce a clause in the Bill for the purpose of prevent ing Member , of Parliament from becoming judges in them. Sir GEORGE GREY thought that the Bill sufficiently provided for that, as no judge of that court could be absent from his duties sore than two moaths. Mr. BERNAL thought such a clause as that referred to by the Hon. Member for Bridport (Mr. Romilly) necessary, as the clause referring to the two months' absence miglit, be evaded Mr. HENLEY thought that the judges should be prevented from erectising in the districts where the courts over which which they presided were situated. Mr. ROMYLLY thought that it would be much better to invest the judges, as far as possible, with a purely . judicial character, and for that purpose he considered that they ought not to be allowed to practise at all. Let their whole time be occupied with the business of the courts, and let them not be allowed to dabble in the litigation of the loeality where they reside. Mr. S. WORTLEY thought a man might be a very good judge of such u court, while, at the same time, he attended to all the practice which he might get. He had known many instances of that kind, aad he never knew any evil to result from it. Mr. BERNAL said that he had knoviln many cases on the Welsh circuits similar to those referred to by the Hon. and Learned Member who last addressed the Committee. Mr. WILLIAMS said, that he believed the Herne Secre tary could find more than double the necessary number of able barristers, who would be very glad to accept of tie (Zee upon the terms proposed by the Hon. Member for Fitisba,y. Mr. R. ESCOTT entirely concurred in the views of the Hon. Member for Coventry. Lord JOAN RUSSELL— In his opinion there were two modes in which they could obtain very good judges, and one way was that in which they appointed the judges of the superior courts at Westminster, to whom they gave very considerable salaries, end compelled them to separate from their practice at the bar, and to devote the whole of their time to the questions that came before them in 'heir judicial character. That plan was found to be calcula ted in an eminent manner to obtain justice to the ct untrs , and by that means they no doubt obtained excellent judges. There was another mode as respected the appointment to a less important and more limited sphere, viz., the recorder of the country. Ile gentlemen who were appointed to those offices were al lowed to continue in their practice at the bar. He believed that with respect to one of the instances which the Honourable and Learned Gentleman opposite had mentioned, Mr. Baines, the recorder of Leeds, he was the party who re commended him to the Crown, as a tit person for the recur dership of Leeds. Now he thought it was most ridiculous to say that that gentleman, and the others, who fillet the office of recorders of the country, did not perform their Judicial functions in an efficient manner. Their heads were con stantly exercised, and their minds kept in full vigour upon the consideration of the legal questions that came before them. There were no questions on the law of which they hail become forgetful, because they were continually in practice as barristers in the superior courts. They had, therefore, hut two courses to take in respect to the appointments to theju dicial offices to be created in these courts, either they must give the judges very considerable salaries, and have itioee persons constantly employed in judicial functions, or they must take the other plan, which, in his opinion, was a very goo.l and efficient plan, namely, that of appointing persons who would still be allowed to practice at the bar. With regard to the other plan namely, that of getting persors who would be paid better salaries, but would be compelled to remain in certain districts to which they might happen to be appointed, but that was a plan which in his opinion would not he found to work well —(l-fear, heal ) tiad he believed that the consequence of adopting such a plan would be that they would find that persons who did not very well succeed at the bsr—( Hear, hear)—would all be anxious to obtain these appointmen's, and that men who had talents, and knew that they were likely to rise at the bar, would refuse to accept any such employment—(Hear, hear)—and that they would he thus; excluding men nt the best talents and the greatest vigour of mind fiom those offices. —( Hear, hear.) He knew that it was said, and indeed it was perfectly true, that men who had not much practice at the bar, had a great deal of talent, knowledge, and judicial understanding. Now, al thcugh that was perfectly true, yet the difficulty was for the persons who had the patronage created by this Bill to ascer tain who those parties were. If a man with all this talent had no practice at the bar, how were the dispensers of the patronage to knew them? But when they appointed men who had large practice, they were then certain that their appointments must give satisfaction to the public. They selected men of great eminence, acumen, and legal knowledge. And he believed that the course adopted in this country was also adopted in Scotland, where the peopei were never satisfied with the decisions of their local judges who did not practice at the bar on mat- ters of law. They almost invariably on difficult points appealed from their decision to that of a superior judge, %silo continued his practice at the bar, and was therefore conversant with the whole machinery of the law. lodeed the law of Scotland rendered it absolutely necessary that the jutlges of those superior courts should attend the Court. of Se-sion at Edinburgh —( Hear, hear)—and on all these grounds, he was therefore of opinion, that the principle of this Bill, which would permit the judges still to continue in their practice at the bar was the best that could he adopted. —( fif ear, hear.) He felt bound to maintain the Bill as it then stood, with one exception. The Hon. Member for Winchester had of to the appointment of barristers who were to practice in the district in which they were to act as judges. His Hon. Friend would make the necessary alterations to meet that objection, which was, in his opinion, well-founded.—( Hear.) Mr. hi UME said tnat, with respect to the example given by 'he Noble Lord, he must dissent trotn it. He !tensed' had prevented petitions from the penele of Scotland, praying that they sheul.l have judges resident amongst them. He thought a local judge would necessarily give more setist: c tion than he now eliii.—( Hear, hear.) He. therefore, pro tested against the illustration given by the Noble Lord. He thought that the judges should be judges throughout. They should not be for half-and-halt duties. What had taken place upon an analogous question? Why, when the salaries were fixed for the Masters of Chancery, he himself proposed to give them 500/. a year additional.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. BERNAL said that different principles were maintained in this Bill where the attorneys who were o be employed were to discontinue their practice.—( Hear, ar.) He would make these barristers a kind of justices going from one district to another. He would give them enough to do, pay them well, and keep them constantly employed Mr. M UNTZ sad it was understood that these judges were to change their localities; bow, then, if they continued to practice, were they to discharge their functions according to the provisions of this Bill ?—( Hear, hear.) Mr WARBURTON said he could not agree to the Bill. If he could clearly see the premises of the Noble Lord upon which he founded his I rguments, he might be able to agt er with him. It should be remembered that those judges had to deal with a class of litigants who, irons their habits arid pre judices, were much more suspicious of the dispensation of the law than those at Westminster. Mr. FIORSM AN eaid it was proposed to make such districts as would employ the whole time of these judges. and of course then the ana:ega to the Court of the Recorder failed. He had no doubt, if suffieient salary were fixed, judges enough could be got from Westminster Hall. Sir G. GREY said the Hon. Member had mistaken his meaning ; arid he observed further, that salaries could not ins med,ately be fixed, as the districts would differ in the amount of employment, and ought also in salary. Mr. GREENE put the question, which was negatived. Mr. WAK LEY proposed that attorneys should be eligible to those offices. He did not. make it binding to elect attorney', only that they should be eligible; and he wascertain, if a salary of 1,200/. a year were fixed, they would get attorneys, many of whom were men of great legal learning, who would accept of the office. He did not go aside from precedent in making that. proposal, for there were sttorneys already judges: and in the last year's Act, the Small Debts Ball, attorneys 01 ten years' standing might be judges of the Courts. He felt in earnest on the .übjeat, and would divide the House on it. Sir GEORGE GREY said he had nothing more to say to the proposal of the Hon. Member in addition to what he hat already said; ;t had already been discussed, and he did not re fr sin from answering the Ham. Member from any disrespect. The House then eivided on Mr. Wakley's amendment. For the amendment Against it Majerity against the amendment. 37 The House immediately afterwards divider on an a.nend• meat made hy another Hon. Member, that any judge ap pointed under the Act should cease to practice as a barrister, wheat there appeared — For the amendment Against it .. Majority against it The clause as amended was then agreed to, as were else Clauses I() and 11 _ Af'Pr a few wpr,l4 from Colonel T. WOOD sod thy AT TOHNEY- GENERAL, the 12th ciao:re was agreed to; as were also ciau.e 13 and 14. Clause 15 having been read, Lord G. SOME It .sET rose for the purpose of making some observation' upon tee clause, %hen Sir G GREY said that if this clause were likely to create any considerable discussion, he st,ould, considering the great pre , sure of business before the [lons?, move that the Cbairnun ... .--- . do report progress. - - Clause 15 was then agreed to. The CHAIRMAN reporte d p r ogress, and obtained leave to sit again t o . morrow . HAYDOCK LODGE LUNATIC A SYLUM. Upon the or d er o f t h e d ay f or go i n g into committee on the Public W or k s ( Ireland) No. 4 Bill. Mr. WAKLEY w i shed to know w h et her the returns from the Hayd oc k Lod ge Lunatic As ylum Lord G. SEYMUR was uterstooil to saythat they were not prepared. were ready. O .. . . . Mr. WAKLEY then postponed the motion, which he in tended to found upon them, until Monday, PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) (No. 4) BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. The several clauses having been agreed to, the House re sumed, the Chairman reported progress, and the report was ordered to be br-ught up to.mereot.v. A messen ger f rom t h e L ords b roug ht u p several Bills, which were orde re d to li e on the table. PUBLIC WORKS ( I REL AND) (No. 5 ) BILL. The H ouse went i nto a C omm i ttee on this Bill. The several clauses were read and agreed to. The House resumed, and the report was srdered to be broui,ht up to-morrow. CONSTABULARY (IRELAND) BILL. The /louse went into Committee on this Bill, and the several clauses were read aid agreed to. Mr. WILLIAMS remarked, before Mr. Gre ne le t the chair, that it was his opinitn that this force was purely mili tary, and the expenses ought to be voted among the army es timites. Tile report was rdered to b? brought up i-morrow. The. Hoe resumed. TITHES COMMUTATION BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. ECCLESIASTICAL PATRONAGE BILL. - • This Bill ms read a second time, an I ordered to be cora mi:ted to morrow. MARRIAGES (IRELAND) BILL. Several clauses were brought up, and the Bid was read a third time and passed. LEASES (IRELAND) BILL. The House went into Committee on this 11111. The several elan=es were gone through and agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be reported to-morrow. PRIVATE BILLS BILL. The House went into Committee on this Bill, and the claties having been read and agreed to, the Bill was ordered to be reported to-morrow. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this Bill, Colonel SIB FHORP said, ho begged to enter his protest against the Bill, for he could not assent to a Bill of so much importance being brought forward at so late a period of the session. Some more consideration ought to be given to the subject of the appointment• of the officers whose salaries were to come out of the consolidated fund. He would not oppose the second reading of the Bill, but he gave notice when the Bill was in Committee he should move that the slat., eiause b, struck out. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he would consent to leave out the latter part of the clause in question, and he therefore hoped that the Hon. and Gallant Member would ❑ot persist in his opposition. He hoped that lion. Members would not imps-de the progress of the Bill at that period of the session because he believed that it had the assert of nine tenths of the House.—(Hear, hear. ) Mr. it Escorr said he could not perceive, from the flight Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer's statement, what was the objet of the Bill, whether it WhS to assist or impede the progress of railway Bills. He did not think that it was possible to construct a board which would re ceive more confidence from the public than the present board. The Noble Lord at the head of that board, as well as the other members, were most admirably adapted to the transactions of the business that came before them. T• is Bill would not tend in the slightest degree to put an end to the unseemly scenes which took place in that House on railway Bib; those who took part in those animated debates being ex cited to a most extraordinary degree, because their pockets were at stake. Although he was opposed to the Bill, he quite concurred with the Hon. and Gallant Member opposite in thinking it best not to eh lay the passing of the measure by any vexatious opposition.— (Hear, hear.) The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUMS (IRELAND) BILL. The House having resolved itself into a Committee on this Bill, Z;ir R. FERGUSON said he should oppose the very first clause, because he did not see the necessity of the measure. Mr. PIGOTT having replied, Sir R FEttGUSON then opposed the clause as to the offi cers' salaries. Sir GEORGE GREY, in the absence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was not prepared to defend the clause, and he thought that the Bill ought to be postponed until tomorrow, when the rfecessary explanation would be given by that gentle- MaR. The House accordingly resumed, and the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again to-morrow. THE CAPTAIN OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP ALARM. Captain PECHELL then 'lose to incve for a copy of the order from the Vice-Admistl, commanding at Bermuda, for assemb!ing a court-martial to inve.tigate certain charges pre ferred against Mr. James Chimmo, Paymaster and Purser of her Majesty's ship Alarm ; also copies of a letter addressed to the Commander-in-Cbiel, by Mr. James Chimmo, dated the 2Sth day of February, 1846. The Hon and Gallant Member, in support of his motion, briefly detailed some instarccs of al leged ill treatment and illegalities on the part of the Captain of the ship in question. He thought the circumstances connected with the case were of such a nature as to call for the immediate attention of the 11.:ard of Admiralty, and he felt that if the at tention of that Board was directed to the subject, they would agree with him that a gross act of injustice had Leen perpetrated upon that officer. Admi:a! DUNDAS would refuse the return of the papers moved for; they would be of no public benefit, nor would they be at all calculated to advance the interests of that officer himself. Air. WI LLIANIS regretted the course which the Admiralty thought proper to pursue in this case. Ile thought the public should be made acquainted with the proceedings of courts martial held on board of her Majesty's ships of war. Inferior officers should be protected against the tyranny of their supe rior officers. Captain PLUMIIIDGE hoped that the Government would consent to lay upon the table of the House the minutes of the court••tnartial, if they did not feel disposed to grant the papers moved for. Captain BERKELEY was quite ready to take his share in the refusal of the papers moved far by the Hun. and Galhnt Mem ber for Brighton. _ _ After a few words from Captain PECHELL, the motion wee withdrawn. PATENTS COMMISSION BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the first reading of this Bill, and gave notice that tomorrow he should move that the Bill pass through the remaining. stages. WASTE LANDS (AUsTRALIA) BILL. This Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Ten. THE ERROR IN THE CORN BILL. The Lord Mayor has handed to one of the comb-terms a paper of averages from Lord Georg , i Ilentinek, to which the following reply has been made:— • WED GkORGE BEN I'INCK'S STATEMENT. Wheat. Earle.'. O,ta. Bye. Beans. Peas. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. J. a. U. Aggregate average .. 50 11 27 5 23 7 32 4 35 4 35 9 Actual duty .. 7 0 4 0 1 6 4 0 4 0 4 0 (wended duty • • 7 0 4 0 1 6 2 0 2 0 2 0 Duty as it would 'have been under Stu and 20 0 9 0 5 0 11 G 4 G 1 Gth Victuria, c. G. REPLY. "The present averages atel - aW.ls stated in the paper your Lordship has sent. Taose that your Lordship has sent are List week's averages. The present are as Wheat. 11.dley. Cats. 1t a. Beang , re". F. 11. S. d. S. d. s. d. s. d. s. 49 9 27 4 23 8 31 10 38 9 33 8 0 4 0 1 6 4 0 4 0 4 0 80401 6 2 0 2 0 Aggregate average . Aetuai duty levied . I ntende,l duty .. . Innyus %ru t in r ave been under sth and 20 0 9 0 5 0 10 6 4 6 btoyi,turia, Wilat we wish to show your Lf)rdAip is, that in the great al tide of brans, ;or instance, it be averages o , otinue to rise one week more as thev have done during the la3t. five weeks, the duty under the old bill would bobs. 6d. per quar ter, instead of 45., as now levied; and before October, under the old Bill, there is every probability that the duty would be ls. per quarter. •'lu foe:, last year, under the old Bill, the duty fell to tid. per quarter in August, a.id to Is. in September, and cominued 1,. till Christi -11,s; notwithstahilitig which !wide rate duty :the price of 01,1 beans Continued as high as 525. per quarter up to the middle of March, with a very abundant crop of Eng,lish growth. .. d. " Imperial weekly average for the week ending July 11, 1846 " Ditto, July 18 „ " Ditto, July 25 ~ " Ditto, August I ~ " Ditto, Augu,t 8 „ " Then it next rises 3d., say to 4O 1 6)254 " Gives an aggregate average 0f...... 39 0 which wider the old Bill would make the duty 3s. 61, in place of 45., as now levied. "GILLIES AND HORNE, "ALEXANDER BELL." RE FORD ABBEY. It is amongst the on dils that the Catho!Li body have a s.rious niterulon to compute for this splendid monas tery. Sue?► an opportunity cannot by possibility ever occur stain, and the trustees (it should be known) are ~viired, by the will of the late Mr. Gwynne, to place it in the market without a protecting price. To say nc thivg of it a% an abbey of so much renown, the estate that appertains to, and surrounds it, cannot be estimated at less than 1,5001. a 3ear; and tie value of the monas• tery, in pieces, would realise ten thousand p unds. Within this classic pile will be fund congregated the finest collection of tapestry throughout England; and there are some pictures of the Dutch and Flemish school .hat are inco►nparably fine. The library is extensive :toff select ; the furniture of the old school, and very la la. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY.—On Sa. nrday afternoon a meeting was held at the house of the in stitution, in the Borough-road, for the purpose of presenting a testimonial of respect to Mr. Cornwell, the senior tutor in the normal school of that establishment. The meeting was very numerously attended by the masters of the society's schools from all parts of the country. About 60 of those gentlemen sat down at five o'clock to an excellent repast, which was provided by the committee of the institution. ['he subsequent proceedings took place in the lecture theatre, to which the company adjourned at six o ‘ clock. Mr. Crossley, the master of the central school, presided on the occasion. Messrs. Ames and Althans, the secretary and treasurer of the fund committee, read addresses, warmly ex pressive of the gratitude and respect entertained towards Mr. Cornwell by his tbrmer pupils. The testimonial, which con sists of a massive silver tea service, was then presented by Mr. Ryder to Mr. Cornwell, who delivered a very feeling and appropriate reply. Me. Dunn, the secretary of the So ciety, complimented the subscribers on the graceful manner in which they had evinced their estimation of the high at tainments of their tutor, and their determination to pursue he studies which had been commenced during their residence in the society's training establishment. At the conclusion of the meeting the chairman adverted to the circumstance of his having received, frpm a number of the youths who had been educated in the model school, a similar tribute of their regard, and in an impressive manner . urged the teachers pre sent to persever e in a firm, unv a ryi ng l i ne o f d u ty, assuring them that they could not fail by such means to secure ulti mate success. DEATH BY FLY WATER.— CAUTION TO MOTHERS.— An iequest was held yesterday, at the Angel Inn, West Ham, Essex, on the body of an infant child named Sophia Louisa Barfoot, daughter of Mr. G. Barfoot, the relieving officer. It eippeared in evidence that being much annoyed by flies, Mrs. Barfoot was supplied with a portion of what is called fly water by a female ftiend, and not being aware of its delete rious qualities placed a small quantity upon the window sill in a pomatum pot. The stuff' was purchased at a grocer's shop in the neighbourhood, and bore the label of an Italian warehouseman in Tayistock-street, Covent-garden. On Fri day last, whilst the window was being cleaned, the poznatum pot was laid upon a chair in the parlour, and the deceased, who was eating some bread at the time, dipped it frequently into the liquid, which c mitained a good deal of saccharine matter. The poor little thing soon sickened, and falling into convulsions died in twelve hours, notwithstanding the most prompt medical attendance. A verdict was returned in ac cordanee with the evidence, but the coroner, Mr. Lewis, as well as the jury, very warmly censured the practice of vend ing such deleterious articles, without some label descriptive of their poisonous properties. FRANCE. —OTAHEITE.—rSOMe of the French journals state that dispatcher have been received by the French Go vernment from Otaheite, according to which the attempt of the FEench to land at Wahine proved a failure, they being repulsed with a loss of 110 men. Governor Bruat intended avenging this el feat, and had begun to organise a large ex pedition ; but England is said to have interfered, and not only has the expedition been abandoned, but the fort at Wahire is to be dismantled. France is said to have given up her claims to the island, and a treaty to that effect was to be concluded with the husband of Pomace, who is king (I Wahine. The command of the Uranie frigate is said to have been taken from M. Bunuara, and entrusted to M. Mal manehe. Count Timothy Ledochoski, colonel in Vie Austrian army, chamberlain of the Archduke Francis Charles, and who has been decorated with many orders, died 011 the 17th ult., at Vienna. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURT, Auguet 20. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) MIDDLETON V. BROWN. This was an action to recover the sum of 9/. 55., for one quarter's rent of a house in Marlborough-street, Old Kent road. Mr. THOMAS appeared for the plaintiff, and called a witness to prove the occupation by the defendant, and a question arose as to whether that was sufficient, without showing some title that the house occupied belonged to the plaintiff, bat it was ultimately held that, as the defendant had not pleaded in denial, it was sufficient. A verdict wag then given fOr the plaintiff. MYERS V. KNIGHT. ..... . This was an action on a bill of exchange for 201. The defendant had pleaded that he accepted the bill for tho accommodation of the drawer, who had indorsed it over to the plaintiff without any consideration. The defendant had, however, been summoned under recent rules before a judge, and being unable to show reasonable ground of defence, he Learned Judge made an order for him to admit the facts stated in the declaration. The defendant did not now appear. The TINDER- SHERIFF said,by this course the case had been very much simplified, and the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict. The jury gave a verdict occordingly. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Baron PLATT and Alderman HucinEs.) Hannah 31 ar er was indicted for feloniously administering to George Barker a quantity of oxalic acid, with intent to murder him. George Barker, a shoemaker, in Oliver-lane, Shore Etch, being sworn, said he was the husband of the prisoner, to whom he was married in October last. He said on Friday, the 24th of July, he poured out some tea for himself into a mug, the mug being clean previously; And he put sugar into it, but no milk. Immediately after this he was called away to answer the door, his wife being in the room at the time. On returning he found that his wife had put all the milk into his tea, and he asked her why she had done so, when she asked if he did not want it. He filled a saucer with the tea, and drank it up, when he felt a sharp burning pain in his throat as from a very strong acid. He asked his wife what she had put into the tea, and she said it was oxalic acid. He demanded leave to search her pocket, and put his fingers into it, and pulled them out again, covered with a white dust. He cut off her pocket, and took it and the mug of tea to a surgeon, Mr. Bell, who told him the powder was oxalic acid, and administered an antidote to the witness. Before giving his wife over to the constable, he asked her for what purpose she had bought the acid, whether it was to destroy him, herself, and her children? and she answered " Yes," to the three questions. By the JUDGE—They had lived happily together up to the last fortnight, and they were not then in distress. He had never wanted a day's work since they had been ma rr i e d. Cross-examined by Mr. DOANE—He had never struck her, never to hurt her. He had never ill-used her, but he had on one occasion torn the clothes off her back because she would go to her mother's, and he was unwilling that she should. Sbe had pawned her clothes when he was out/of work. He had never sent his wife into the workhouse; she had gone herself to avoid starvation, because he had no work. On the Friday.morning in question he had been to the shop, and had got no work, and she had gone and pawned the children's clothes. He never used to call her by foul, names. He had called her ab- w-. He had never kicked her. Mr. Bell, the surgeon, said the prisoner bought half an ounce of oxalic acid about four o'clock that afteraoon. He saw the packet which the husband brought him, and the mug of tea brought him by the husband's father. The packet contained about a quarter of an ounce of oxalic acid. the tea also contained that acid, and the husband showed symptoms of having taken of the same poison. The quantity he had tali(' would a* have killed him. By a JURYMAN-11ad he drauk up all the tea it would have been fatal to him. Police-constable Seery said he took the prisoner into cu.- tod a y, and he heard her say, in answer to the husband, that she intended the poison for the whole. She did not ex plain what she meant by the whole. The female searcher at Shoreditch station-house, said, on examining the person of the prisoner, she found bruises at the bottom of her back, and on her limbs, which she said her husband had inflicted upon her the day before. The prisoner said she intended to have given the poison to all of them ; and she was sorry she had not takon it first herself. She was at that time so weak that the witness had to support her. _ Mr. Doane, who was employed only after the first witness had given his evidence in chief, defended the prisoner. Mr. Bacon PLATT summed up the evidence, and sent the case to the jury, who found her Guilty, and recommended her to mercy. UDGE, who appeared to compassionate deeply the unhappy condition in which she had been placed by the brutal conduct of her husband, said, the highest sentence the Court could pronounce was transportation for life ; but the Court acceded to the recommendation of the jury, and sen tenced her to Transportation for Ten Years. Upon the motion of Mr. BALLANTINE, the trial of the man Clive, who stands charged with manslaughter, the charge arising out of the recent collision upon the Eastern Counties Railway, .was postponed until the next as s i zes , the defendant being allowed to go at large upon bail. - James Llmid, 35, milkman, was indicted, for the man slaughter of Thomas Alexander Bartlett. Mr. Wilde conducted the prosecution, Mr. Prendergast de fended the prisoner. It appeared that on the day named in :he indictment, the deceased,, who was a young lad, was playing with some of his companions about :he same age, at a game called "pussy cat," which consists in srrikiog a piece of wood pointed at both ends, and it seemed that deceased struck the "cat" against the prisoner, who immediately struck the de ceased a blow, and when he ran away he followed hint and struck him a i,ecoud time, and he fell against the wall, and it was alleged that in consequence of thesJ blows he received such injuries as to cause his death. The evidence, however ; was not by any means conclusive upon the point. The jury therefore returned a verdict of Not Guilty. NE W C UP T. (Before the RECORDER and Alderman WOOD.) Charles Read, a youth. apparently about eleven years of eg., was indicted for stealing a note of 51. and some other 'property from the residence of his master. . The prisoner pleaded guilty. The RECORDER said, that in consequence of the extreme youth of, the: prisoner i - he would -not inflict a very severe pluistiment. Sentence, three months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Some other equally unimportant cases followed. MAYOR'S COURT.-WEDNESDA 7. GREAT CeMPENSATION CASE. This day a special sitting of the Court took place for the purpose of assessing the damages claimed by Messrs. Wood and Tomlin, in respect of the lease of their premises and the goodwill of their trade as grocers, carried on for above halt a century at the corner of Threadneedle-street and Old Broad street. The Attorney-General appeared for the claimants, together with Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Warren, Q.C., Mr. Randall, and Mr. Locke: and the case of the City was conducted by Sir F. Kelly, Mr. Gurney, Q.C., the Common Sergeant, Mr. Ryland, and Mr. Laurie. The jury went to view the premises, and from the nume rous attendance of witnesses and the array of counsel it wa. , expected that the cause would last for two days. It was generally understood that the parties differed so widely in their estimate of compensation that the Corporation, con trary to their usual custom, would call evidence, and besides an array of surveyors, several respectable members of the trade were in Court ready to be called on each side. The claim was as follows : Estimated value of lease £11,055 0 0 Value of fixtures Claim for loss of trade estimated upon a profit of 13,3511. 12s. for 2 years and 10 months to April, 1846 Loss on sale of 11,600/. stock in trade ... Loss on sale of horses, carts, &c ... 2OO 0 0 For solicitors' contracts and surveyors' charges 700 0 0 £26,362 11 0 The jury were absent nearly an hour, and on their return it was announced, that the learned gentlemen had profited by their absence to make an arrangement by which the claim ants were to receive 13,000/. in full compensation for all claims, which sum was afterwards divided thus, 8,000/. for the leasehold, and .5,0001. for compensation, loss of sale of stock, and every other expense. The whole of the purchases for these improvements have beeen now cOmplettd, and it was arranged in court that Messrs. Wood and Tomlin should deliver up possession of their premises on the 3d of October, so that the Imperial Assurance Company, who have purchased the ground of the Corporation, may commence the erection of the splendid building which is intended to ocoupy as well the site of Messrs. Wood and Tomlinson's premises as the ground on which the houses numbered 1,2, 3, and 4, in Old Broad street, now stand. The carriage -road and footway at the confluence of Threadneedle-street and Old Broad-street will by this arrangement be widened 20 feet, and the new building will be set back in line with the Hall of Com merce, both in the front and rear. It is understood that the cost of this great improvement, which wi'l contribute so much to the beauty of the City and the convenience of the public, will not exceed 2,000/. out of the public funds applicable to the improvements of tile City. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Philip Ryan, the secretary to a benefit society, called the " Old Friends," was summoned before Alderman Gibbs for having refused to give up any of the funds for the payment of the sick, who, as members, had debris upon it. Mr. Hobler, who appeared for the secretary, objected in limini that the magistrate had no jurisdiction in the ' case, inasmuch as the society was one which was con ducted upon the principle of secret signs and obligations. A schism had started out of the illegal character of it, and several of the members were anxious to secede, and establish it upon a basis not liable to so injurious an objection. Alderman GIBBS asked Mt. Hobler whether he could prove that the society was regulated by secret signs and obligations upon oath ?—Mr. Hobler replied that the 13th rule directed that no brother should ma ke nowonf the signs of the b rot h er h ood or disclose the sees the society. The Solicitor to the complainant said he knew of no secret signs or obligations as influencing the members. That was an argument merely put forth to sanction the unfair attempt of some of the dissatisfied members to get the money into their own hands. Mr. Hobler—My client is ready to give up the money at once. All he wants to know is to whom to give it up without being placed in the dilemma of responsibility to those who object to a secession from the society. Ido not know that it is in the power of any authority to decide in such a case except the Court of Exchequer, who can give a legal discharge to my client, supposing he should part with the money. The Solicitor to the complainant said that the Sick were suffering by the detention of the money, and the secretary would be completely justified in yielding to to undoubted a claim. Alderman GIBBS—What is the meaning of the letters N. 0. F., which appear to be hierogliphically placed ? The complainant—That means " noble old friend."— (Laughter.) We must have titles or we could not mist as a charity. Alderman Gipps—Do you really administer any secret oath ? The complainant—Not at all. Mr. Hobler—l shall show you whether secret signs are not passed, and secret oaths are not administered. A young man here stepped forward, and said—My Lord, you cannot come into the lodge without giving sign. When you are first made a member you Il i otiodfolded, and you are sworn upon a naked sword. The complainant—What are the words used--the exact word ? Witness—You are given a drawn sword, and you must keep it and say" so be it," declaring that you will not reveal the secrets of the members. ,s The complainant's solicitor—Really there is no Pore at all in that. Witness—Nobody can enter the apartment u% whi ch ,. the society is held with ou t ma ki ng a sign. You 1 111151 ' first go up and knock a t th e d oor , an d that noise in all; swered by a scratching inside, like a cat.—(A laugh.) endeavoured to get rid of that sort of mummery, au we had it overruled. B u t it i s a tt em pted to Plai a , 6. sorts of tricks with the money. Th e of fi cers pared° "" Olin streets with flags, go to public dinners, and drink dance of ein and water at the expense of the pe . of them drew the sword upon me , an d attemp ted to me through. Now, what we wan t i s t o h a ve the o ° -4 fairly divided arsongst the members. Alderman GIBBS said he believed, for there i g stated there, and for oth e r reasons , th a t he 000 1d,. .." e ' decide ; but recommended th e par ti es to re fer the to Mr. Tidd Pratt, and The Secretary put all the money in to Mr. G 0 0 3, 16 aid consented to abide by the authority 0 ' " gentleman. HOP INTELLIGENCE. (From the Maidstone Journal.) , MAIDETONE, AUGUST 17.—The mo s t surprisinb t o provemer.t has taken place withi n th e l as t week —g" :hat were , so much blighted that they did not look 8 .0 they would grow one pocket per acre a fortnight o 7,l s may now produce six to eight cwt., and the good g ro d. promise to do as much this year as ever they in • There is fresh burr, and the hop s are gr owing W O . much larger size than usual—three grape hops w ell : ing a foot. Picking will be gen e r a l th e first wee' September. _ PARLEIGIL—The hops continue to go on well. AYLESFORD, BOXLEY, BUREIAM.—The hops have ve ry much improved, and we expect to grow half a croP' n" d it MEREWORTH.—Our hops contin ue t o i m prove, s- a• is calculated that this neighb our h oo d w ill ave rage ha ton per acre. WROTHAN, PLA.XTOL, IMITHAM, SHlPmavntc... the upper and lower part of Wrotham, the plan tet ": v g are in an improving state. In the middle, incl edi r e Ciajate's-cross, Crouce, Windfield, and Plaxtol, they ea very good indeed, and promise quite as much, an d e% ,,.1(1 more, than previous to the blight. Some little 0 313 '1 0 has been observed, but not of any conseq uence. • Ightham and Shipbourne th e pl an t at i ons are genera I an improving state. SEVENOAKS.—The hops on the sandstone rit!ge generally looking as beautif u l as th e mos t saogn, l- 0 planter could desire ; the impro vemen t s i n ce one ', 3 h• report has been the mo a t ra pid we reco ll ec t ; in " o f Weald portion of the parish, owing to the slackness r , bine, few or any at a ll can b e pi c k e d. F rom t he arl' e ,!, o twee of this and the adj o i n i ng p ar i s h es , we ca ll it on l y two-thirds crop. i f A na CRIDDINGSTONE.—Improving, but the bine slack , . ft not likely to recover the d evastat i ng ravages o f the sect ; a very slight crop only can be expec , ed. WESTERHAM, BRASTED, SUNDRIDGE, AND ING.—The uplands, or great sand s t one r id ge , spleol 1( o the north parts tolerable, but th e low gate " very f 4, and far between ; still the plant i s i m p rove d v ery 011 'tenthly, and there may be a slight top crop. Sre SEAL AND THE UNDERRIVERs —The Seal tiop- ,„ looking well, the Underrivers are i n pl aces ve ry Pr', t ; ',/i; bat several places we have se e n d o not j ust ify the "P' e eulogiums pas se d u p on th em ; t h ere i s , as w e beo r h stated, a great slackness of bine at places ; and althong. • the late warm we a th er an d gen i a l s h owers h a ve de', much, the pl an t was too fa r ex h auste d to reco ver - healthy tone. TICEIIURST.—The hops are still improving is and adjoining parish es . W e h ave not h a d the hops gr°ll4 so large for many y ears tt's they have this, and there re ao doubt we shall gr ow i n thi s p ar i s h as many per 11°4 as we did last year. It has been remarked by some our oldest farmers that they never knew the hops:" grow taster than they have for the last three weest flop picking will be general with us about the 2 4 instant. GOODHURST.—The hops here still b ear the super ic ; rity over the neighbouring parishes, and many of ci s./ Old farmers purpose commencin g the pi c ki ng on this week.. llops measuring 34 inches long are not mienin . mon here. From the other districts our letters report no alter tion. For the most part the hops are going on to ar vourably as could have been e x p e ct e d a f ter the vinis s " tudes of the season. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Wee ended Aug. 15, 1846, made up from the Returns or Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and A r a'' per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY. OATS. BYE. I 44 sr. BEANS. 1 PEAS. PRICE 1 453 ld 27s 3d 23s 3d 30s 7d 39s 6d 3 " AA DUTY.— 9s Od 4s Od Is 6d 4s Od 4s Od HARK E TN - E WS.7-(YESTERDAY.) MEAT PEARICETS. HAMRA/4, AVG. 19. —Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 30 Bd, od t° 4s fid ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 6d ; V ea l, 4 s to 4 s 6 d; and Por k, 3, to 4s 4d per 81bs. Trade fair at higher prices. ARUNDEL, Aim. 18.—We had a very steady trade this morning' And prices were somewhat on the advance.—Beef from 2s 1 0 d 4s 2d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 4s Gd ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 6d ; Veal , to 4s 4d t arid Pork, 4s to 4s Gd per Blbs. CHICHESTER, Atm. 19.—Prime ' Beasts and Sheep commande d higher prices, otherwise the trade ruled heavy. Beef from 38 41 to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 5s to Is 6d ; Veal, 48 to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 4d per 81bs. Suckling Calve , 18s to 29s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 18s; and Milch CO' with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each. SouTHALL, AUG. 19.—We had a full average supply of fat stock (41 sale to-day, yet the demand was steady, at somewhat itoPN ved currencies. Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Lam b ' 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d; and York, 3s 44 to 4s per 81bs. ROMFOBD, Ana. 19.—Sr,me Beasts and Sheep commanded a steady c sale, at au advance of 2d per 81b s . I n a ll ot h er ki n d s o f s t o ck 4,1 r a limited business was doin g . B ee f fr om 3 s to 4s 2d; Mutton , 3' to 45 6d; Lamb, 4s 64 to 5s 4d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d; and Pork, r; 6d to 4s 4tl per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s ; Quarter 4 M Store Pigs, 16s to 18s ; and Mach Cows, with their small Call; to 181 each. NEVIGATE AND LEA.DENHALS.- We had a steady demand, at full prices. Beet, from 2s 6d to M, 8d; Mutton, 3s to 4 s 2d ; L am b , 4 s 6d to 58 6d; Veal, 3s 6d to - Gd ; and Pont, 3s 44 to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. 1143‘y DI/LAX E'rs. / tO SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 t o 41 ; N ew ditto, 2 .- sg -- .t 31 14s ; Old Cl over, 415 s to 51 16s ; New ditto, 315 s to 41 18s; v fi: Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s ; Wh ea t St raw , 1/ 14 s to 11 16s per load. Sul', ply good, and trade dull. CLIMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 315 s to 414 s ; Nev - ditto, 21" „, to 41 17s ; Old Cl over , 4/ 10 3 to 51 15s ; New ditto, 316 s to 41 la: Oat Straw, 1/ 14s to 1/ 15 3 ; Wh ea t s traw, 11 16 s to 1/ 18s ; per load A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. I VHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 318 s t o 414 s ; N ew ditto, 21 55,.t to 31 16s ; Old Clo ver , 415 s t o 51 18s; New ditto, 3/ 103 to Si; Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 1/ 16s Per load' Trade dull at the above quotations. LLO SHIPPING. LONDON, Aug. 20.—Wind at noon S.W., light breeze, and cloudy; DEAL, Aug. 19.—Wind S.W. by W., squally.—A rr d . D u k e of Sire'" lington, Duncan, Calcutta; Eleanor, Basler, Mauritius; Jane, W u liamson, Patagonia; Eleanor l'urney, Turner, Barbadoes; Planets„, Booth, Jamaica; Mars an ill a d e C u b a Ad a, Broadhurst, ditto. .101 Louisa Maria, which was on shore on th e 18th i ns t ., h as b een tower off into the Downs, making but little water. Orr DOVER, Aug. 19.—Hobe, Jamaica; Dewdrop, St. John's, 35e/Ir Brunswick. HASTINGS, Ann. 19.—Acrd. Reliance, Robertson, Penang. SOUTHAMPTON, Atm. 19.—Arrd. TeTiot steamer, West Indies. Sid• 7th, Friends, Ramsey, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, Atm. 19.—Wind N.W. to N.N.E.—Arrd. her DIV jesty's steamer America, sid. 27th Feb: ' Wanlilas,3dllLcliVall2„,,,a ° raiso, 26th April, and Rio Janiero, 23d June ; on freight, 1,800,m":„ dolls. ; John Custard, Quebec. Sid. 19th, Victoria, Mo rgan , lit" York ; Lord John Russell, Betsey, Quebec. IN THE CHANNEL, AUG. 18.—Economist, Quebec. FALMOUTH, Arm. 18.—Arrd. Madagascar, ilavannah. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 19. Wind moderate.— Arm. MO Christian, Thompson, China; Royal Saxon, Ingleby, Calcutta ; Elite' Stewart, Henderson, Calcutta; Goddess, Arica; Penwean, Todd , Bonny ; Mischief, Lewis, Bahia, Sid. 7th ult. • Penningham, Laguna Flora, Laguna; Aledora, Young, N ew Orleans; Delphos, CtIF:: New Orleans ; Antwerp, Robi nson , Vi rg i nia ; Roscias Eldridge, NBA York ; Belmont, St. John' s . N ew B runswick. , DUNGENESS, Auo. 18.—The barque Centurion, of Scarboroug h ' from London, on shore o ff R omney Hay, on the 15th inst., was t off with assistance, and has proceeded on her voyage, apparen"' without damage. PORT TALBOT.—It has blown a hard gale yesterday and today with squalls of rain, and every appearance of a bad night. Coax, AUG. 16.—The Penningham, Purchase, from Laguna, re ports on the 19th February, on the passage ou t t o V e ra Cruz, 1 i 30 A.M., having passed within 20 feet of a rock, supposed the Jasyna Rock, but not in the lat. and lon. as laid down In chart; but by this lat. by observation, 30* 13' N., and lon., by Cllr" nometer, 24' 10. The rock was shaped like a sugar loaf. NYARMOUTII, AUG. 18.—The Navus, of No r th Shi e ld s , l o st a n oboe and chain in the roads to-day. The schooner Henry, of St. 1 1 ' drews, came into the harbour with loss of topmast, &c. LOWESTOFF.—A clipper schooner, all black, with white figurehead, passed to northward with loss of topgallant-mast and jibboom. GREENOCK, Auo. 18. —A large vessel, abandoned, totally _tr, masted, with a full figurehead, topgallant for ecas tl e p i erce d for P 917.„ painted white inside the bulwark s , ti m b er laden, and supposed ,r; have been waterlogged for six or ei g ht wee k s, was passed on the xi; inst., in let. 45 N, lon. 37 W., by th e M ary llopner, arrived in Clyde. THE ROYAL NAVY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) ALGOA BAY, MAT 26.—The J osep hi na, late Manteo, arrived . b from whaling ; master and three of the crewlost by a whale au , ' the beat. BELFAST, AUG. 18.—Th e M ary, of Glasgow, M'Lennan, from all ano Clyde to Lisbon, is on shore three miles south of Donnsgbadee , 11111 of water. COMPLETION O F M R. B URKE ' S NEW DICTIONAN. Of THE LANDED GENTRY.—We are requested to state thati l e a r. Colburn, of Great M ar lb orough-street, has this day_ p1i,.,b117,6 the Fourth P ar t ( completing the work) of Mr. • "History of the Landed Gentry," a Genenalogical and V' raldic Dictionary cf the whole of the Landed Gentry or Q , titled Aristocracy: of :E ng l an d,' S cot l and, and Ireland, Itrorta tifully printed in double col u m ns un if orm l y w i th the a.11,.7.ra. "Peerage and Baroneta ge ." A gen t s f or Scotland, 01,,0 Bell and Bradfute, Edinb urg h ; f or I re l an d , Messrs. Li— ming and Ferguson, Dublin. d 8 The Marquise de Murat, d aug ht er o f M a rshal Broglie, has recently sunk under a long and painful malady BIRTHS. of d On the Ist inst., at Ram se y, I s l e o f M an , t h e l a dy of tain H. W. Hadfield, late of the Madras army, of a eon. j ob On the 15th inst., at Cedars, Leytonstone, EsseS , Tebbutt, of a daughter. On the 16th inst., at Cheveley-park, Newmarket, th e Wil of John Fairlie, Esq., of a s on , still-born. ___....---'' MARRIED. f LondA On the 13th inst., at Strasbur g , L. G runer , E s q., 0 - to Sophia, daughter of the late Rev. J. J.Wartz, of Stri*"% • On the 18th inst., at the parish church, Marylebon* Creasy, Esq., of Mitre -court-chambers, Temple, toot Maria, second daughte r o f G eorge C ottam, E st , of House, St. John's -wood. . On the 30th of Ap r il, on his DIED paastge home from 0 1 3 OlbOf Captain James Sims U nw i n , of the Bombay dirtilleF tio rit On the 2d i ns t., a t Bromley, Kent, Mary Ann' Dog ° daughter of the late Rev. Peter.Collett, Rector ° Sussex. lag , 501 i On the 12th inst., at Sutton, S urr ey, James Ecc-- son of the late Charles Richards,,, BiArgsr et4 On the 12th inst., at B ar h am - w ood, He r, i g daughter of the late Sir John Make Bart. . 1 GeOro g the 111th inst., at Chatham, Lieu % tenant•Gener'• .4. Wulff, aged 83 London: Printed and Publish i f ter t o o of the Sayoy, in tile Ot:Und--------tcYbey'vrNMUßDLXllll:COXlSTtr°sntr3rd-g-14"IL''N—a::r: Strand, Printer, at The Sun OM 21, _ _