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',;;\` TENANT-RIGHT. LITERATURE. THE TONGUE. A Poem. By Alexander Bell. After examining this singular production we regret to la y it aside as alt oge th e r an incomprehensible eccen r (le itY• Whether it be one rare joke from beginning. to (11(1 4 or a rather obscure satire at the poetical rubbish tossed from the printing press every year; or an at tempt to pl a y upon the credulity of the public, would remain a matt er o f th e most bewildering conjecture but f or the a m bi t i ous e ff orts o f th e w riter, which are dis te°sed in several passages. Then, moreover, there is Lie rather ostentatious appendage to the author's name upon the title-page —" Professor of Elocution." That, is tak e i t, i s a sufficient authentication that the effusion it serious s t rugg l e for a poetical reputation. Mr. e 11 has totally mistaken the bias of his intellectual t ow ers: unaffectedly we tell him so. He has mistaken hat branch of polite literature in which his abilities kight enabl e hi m t o shine. Treating the question as r e of common s ense, does he for a moment delude L l . M self into the belief that such passages as the follow (Tg come u n d er th e denomination of poetry P He is n e i leribing the first ontranee of a young Member into e House of Parliament: — There is recorded how the tyro sped In the deliv'ry of his maiden speech. Thus: " Parliamentary intelligence. " The honourable Member for Thick-Polls " We notic'd for the first time in o the House." • • Exulting in his noble place—himself— Rig patriotic feelings—the great fame Of having all his speeches register'd In the short-handed, but long-mem'ried page Of Hansard's Parliamentary Reports ! That cloud of witnesses 'gainst renegades, Who dread quotations as the worst of duns. This is the very climax of delight ! He knows and feels that he's the people's choice, The fit and proper man to represent • The free constituency of Thick-Polls! Good heav'n Is he within the hallow'd walls That heard the mighty Pitt and Fox declaim? hit! t hese passages are nothing more than the most th e " and commonplace descriptions of prose. Write 11 „, 1 ? 1 after the fashion of prose, and no one would ever re e -lee ture them to have been extracted from a so-called tri cal composition. Let us try:— li;: T here is recorded how the tyro sped in the de -144 of his maiden speech. Thus : y pe tlgence. The Honourable Member for a Thick-Polls Z zai ° ,.Ye'd for the first time in the House ! . . . fe e li n : n g in his noble place—himself—his patriotic regi s e -- Phe great fame of having all his speeches of ji• ' " in the short-handed, but long-mem'ried page vi tn ansard's Parliamentary Reports !'—that cloud of hostesse 8 'gainst renegades, who dread quotations as the of duns. This is the very climax of delight! He mid " and feels that he's the people's choice, the fit 1, 1 ; prop er man to represent t h e f ree cons tit uenc y of w a r - Polls Goodheaven! Is he within the hallowed t hat hoard the mighty Pitt and Fox declaim ?" If - r., that Is not the very flattest and prosiest piece of os e, then th e d ogmas of Lindley Murray go , nothing, and that is saying a great deal. Again, d i 'S Ur. Bell imagine it to be consonant with the of verse to speak of Lord Brougham jump tfa` prirations of Jim Crow," or to mention "sarcastic rlieF ox ," or to introduce such vulgarities of abre )ktion. as "free bread, free batty, and free beer ?" a rch solecisms are wholly incompatible with po es y ; oty degenerate verse into mere balderda s h. We shall Ziever, abstain from further comment upon the ,„torigue," uncertain whether it may not be, after all, Zarely a piece of facetiousness, the drollery of which I,7_have failed to discover. In conclusion, however, we b ,`,T,l.d s recommend Mr. Alexander Bell to abstain from `i o q .. ) ; l hing poems, and to exert his talents—of which no d oubt he possesses abundance—more suitably. 4 C OURSE OF LECTURES ON DRAMATIC ART AND LITERATURE.—(Bohn's Standard l o ` v ted " . .)—By Augustus William Schlegel. Trans ,' Joh Black, Es q., late Editor of the "Morning C h __ nt n q. rero zcle. po et Schlegel is due the honour of having been the 1,14 truly enlight ene d i n t er p re ter of Shakspere that 0 01 :Yer existed. Madame de Steel in her work on k 411 Y thus speak s of these lectures:— tote la wae at Vienna when W. Schlegel gave his public Lof lectures. I expected only good sense and instruc- Itlel u ere the object was merely to convey information : I rho, ifllshed tohear a critic as eloquent as an orator, and 40 04,rr from falling upon defects, which are the eternal Il leari and little jealousy, sought only the means of TO a creative genius." 1 1 84 4 1 : 41 . tairabl . e translation of these lectures by Mr. "eta of many years since, and has long "li ti pt of print. Mr. Bohn has conferred a great 4al eti lin i° ,l9ll all lovers of sound criticism by this well -4,llicos republication. E aim WAY BILL REGISTER, 1846. h e g — :work c on t a i ns a li s t of Railway Bills in progress the A u g, " Parliament, with a statement of each case, of lind °llll t of money proposed to be raised, the number toknealification of directors, the period limited for the fi n " lB °rY purcha se of land and completion of works, told C o * , Pro Posed to be amalgamated with, or leased, or tent ino.ther Companies, the name of the Parliamentary both Ec o " e aeh Bill, and the proceedings in each case in of 11 5 "1 11) tb Easter. It is a valuable compilation railway statistics. PORT AND EXPORT OF Fr o METALS. ta the usual Parliamentary returns, moved for by l'endarves of the imports and exports of copper and upper cre , inc, lead, and lead ore , for the year eud „e e eJanuftr'v tin , 5 g 48 it appears, that the total quantity cc9Per—or'efmlPBorted into England, during the year, .. sq zits 56,6971 tons ; of old copper, fit only for manufac 17e, 58 tons ; unwrought in bricks and p i gs , 104 tons ; - •,_e rods, or ingots, 27 tons ; plates and coins, 5 tone ; 74 ' nianufactured copper, by weight, 49 tons, and en 47e.sd by value, 3,7621. Of the copper ore thus imported 2 4 ?_ tons were from Cuba, 10 , 823 from Chili, 1,212 47 1 Peru and Bolivar, 1,109 from South Australia, 701 t: 4l America, 646 from British West Indies, and 640 v: from Italy. Of the manufactured copper entered by 4,: 1 i , e ) 2 ,3941. worth was imported from France, and from a nd 6701. The quantity of copper ore retained for e , consumption was 56,118 tons, and the net amount ti tv "Y recei ve d th e r e o n was 58,6461. Th e t o t a l quan i , 1 : 4 Briti s h co pp er ex p or t e d was 18,039 t ons , of 64' 5 ,653 ton s were sent from the port of London, 4 67 tons from Swansea, 5,417 tons from Liverpool, Of t t °,ns from Llan e lly, and 242 tons from Bristol. 4 ,72l l 'tquantity France took 6,250 tons, East Indies Ger m uaited States 2,219, Italy 870, Belgium 696, 5 66, Holland 387, Brazils 354, British West W eg — E - T 28 8, British North America 244, and foreign the to ' In dies 224 tons. From the port of London alone, tolls —m f 'llittlitity of British copper exported was 6,633 Zas ns tu , a ie w s, hieh quantity 2,316 tons were sent to the 6 72 tons to Belgium, 487 tons to Italy, 439 Flo, r ver Many 316 tons to Holland, 215 tons to Bra 1141' 488 to the United States, 163 to the Bri . tish l, e t s o t th ia t m e st 128 to Portugal, the Azores, and Madeira, port / .; ll l,. tiritill , 3 , and 102 tons to France. From t he „4,2,& - 'l 3O Ol, the total quantity was 5,417 tons, of which u ki tk a a 'lB Were shipped to the East Indies, 1,950 to the . 'cdor i t", t ates, 218 to foreign West Indies, 171 to British to th e America , 166 to Italy, 138 to Brazils, and 93 tons e 0,7 British West Indies. Of the 56,6971 tons of i k rPer re imported, 21,519 tons contained not more ton • ' n u Per cent. of copper, and paid a duty of 31 . 3s. per ithe u,054 contained from 15 to 20 per cent. of copper, 111 4 aid 41 . 14s, 6d. per ton ; and 24,576 tons contained S7t, tons 20 per cent. of copper, and paid 6/. 6s. per ton ; 104. ""rta Were from British colonies, and paid 1/. ls. per Tr • Of quantity of tin imported was 1,2784 tons, , Tity a : e A 93 Bi tons were from Singapore, 10 3 . tons from k ro 9 7 tons from the East Indies, exclusive of Singa -4,,_-, 43 from Holland, 40 from Belgium, 32 from the k i r of Good Hope, 11 from Peru, apd 10 tons from 672 33 , • The total quantity of tin exported was—British, 2 8 ul tons and foreign, 9171 tons; of which Holland took ,tons British, and 200 toss foreign ; Belgium, 71 tons British, 1884 tons foreign ; Italy, 40 tons British, 1871 r& foreign; Francelsl4 tons British, 14/ t ons f ore i gn; Ana British, 5 tons British, 1504 tons foreign; T ur k e y, 1064 B ritish, British, 25/ tons foreign ; Germany , 2 of tons 311 toils foreign ; Russia, 524 tons British, 81 oulforeign • and Prussia, 9 4 tons British, and 35 tons fo reign. ZINC —The quantity of zinc and zinc ore imported , this country was 12,9024 tons—of which Prussia Ll PPlied 6,917 tons ; the Hanseatic towns, 5,501 ; Bel tutn, 230 ; Holland, 188 ; Denmark, 33 ; Sweden, 30; zul France, 2/ tons - of this quantity, there were ex- P o rted— to the E as t Indies, 7314 tons British, 1,683 tons Z r iti eign ; France, 833 tons foreign ; Holland, 87 tons sb ; United States, 45 tons British, 65 tons foreign; ,71, 44 tons B ri ti s h , 14 tons f ore i gn ; British West Indies, 48f tons British ' • Brazils, 39 tons Briti s h ; North American Colonies, 24 British, 21 tons foreign ; Russia, 5 tons British, tonsl tons foreign ; and Africa, 7 tons. LEAD AND LEAD ORE.—The quantity imported dur t;o:nsd; pig ing the year is as follows—viz.: lead ore-, and sheet lead, 5,210 tons; white lead, 254 to ns exportation as follows—viz.: lead ore, 169 tons; pi g tolled, 10,485; shot, 1,092 i; litharge, 400; recrleaandd 1 ,033; white lead, 1,353; and foreign pig and sheet, 4 ,2411 tons. Of British pig and sheet lead, Russia to o k ! , 926 tons ; France, 1,8861; Belgium, 1 , 246 ; Holland, ' 6O ; East Indies, 785; Germany, 555 ; B r i tish West I ndies, 353; British North America , 268 ; Australia, 9,, '_ s ; Prussia, 199; Channel Islands, 147 ; A frica, 109 ; TIY, 99; Portugal, Azores, and Mad eira, 77 ; Brazil, `; gypt, 74; Denmark, 70; and Mauritius, 69 tons. , :he s h ot , 316 tons were sent to British Nort h America, 107 to , the East Indies,l64 to Brazils, 74 to British West :i d les, 61 to Germany, 67 to Australia, 38 to Holland, tr yo Den ark and 30 tons to Africa. Th e total t0:. 411 t of foregn pig and sheet lead exported was 3,241 e f:Cof whic iitlland took 1,196 tons; Russia, 83 6 ; um,561; h and o grance, 508 tons. A h l i lE HISTORY O F MARY ANNE WELLINGTON.— li,"‘uer narrative of female adventure, from the pen of the Etj• Richard Cobbold, author of "Margaret Catchpole," is th t e l°ll oced for immediate publication. In August last (says of eo,,sPectus ) the mayor of Norwich invited the attention to rn %nay. Author to the peculiar circumstances of the his- Jobu Anne Wellington, who was the daughter of of ellington, one of the artillerymen at the famous siege ac to tu raltar. She married a soldier in the gallant 48th, and forti'tcPan ied him thro ug h a ll the Peninsula campaigns. Her )Y0 11 1416 in the h oar o f d anger , an d her attention to the acre were witnessed by many officers still living, who Ethe aware of the extraordinary adventures in which ‘ Nvidowstnguished herself. Her husband died in 1844, and . the ' s greatly respected by all who know ker in Norwich, ge she still resides. Her most gracious Majesty the D u ke , her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and his Grace the her. O f Wellington have all been temporary benefactors to t4e02 41 her Maje;ty the Queen Dowager has most gra- V Consented to accept the dedication of her history. TO THE OCCUPYING TENANTS OF ULSTER. My Friends,—From the part which I have hitherto taken, in advocating the rights of the tenantry classes of Ireland, I feel it my duty to call your attention to a Bill introduced by her Majesty's lute Government, and now lying for a second reading on the table of the House of Commons. The title of this Bill is, " A Bill for providing compensation, in certain cases, for tenants in Ireland, who shall (shall) build on, or drain, farms, and to secure to the parties respectively entitled thereto the due payment of such compensation." The Bills which have been introduced by the late Government, in the last and the present session of Parliament (the first by Lord Stanley, in the Lords, and the second by Lord Lincoln, in the Commons), afford a practical acknowledgment of the great principle for which I have long contended, namely, the right of the tenant to compensation for all labour and capital expended, in increasing the value of the premises in his occupation ; but, when I say this much, it is all I can say in favour of these Bills, for, in truth, neither of them does more than acknowledge this great principle, whilst, at the same time, the complexity of the details, and the limitation of the benefits, practi • cally swamp the principle they acknowledge. Truth com pels me to declare this opinion, as well of Lord Lin coln's present Bill as of Lord Stanley's past one ; at the same time, I wish to express my conviction, that they emanated from a kind feeling on the part of the Govern ment who introduced them, and who had great difficul ties to overcome, in offering any proposition, on this subject, to the Legislature. It is also fair to remind you, that the limitations contained in these Bills are founded on the recommendations contained in the report of Lord Devon's Commission. I shall now proceed to notice, briefly, the most prominent features of the Bill now before Parliament. Firstly—This Bill does not provide compensation for any tenant who, previously to the making of the im provements for which he claims compensation, shall not have made agreements, by voluntary arrangement, with his landlord, as to the objects and extent of the expendi ture ; or else, in case the landlord objects, he has ob tained an award, by arbitration, in favour of his proposed improvements. This necessarily involves a complication of details, which no tenant, in humble life, can be reason ably expected to master, and cuts off existing interests from any benefits of the Bill. Secondly—The Bill limits compensation for improve ment of the soil to thorough-draining alone ; and for buildings, to dwelling-houses and out-offices ;—no ex penditure in enclosing, fencing, or hedging, or creating arable ground, by quarrying out of rocks, or any other work of improvement, of any description, is admissible for claim. Thirdly—All claim for compensasion,even for buildings, is proposed to be totally extinguished, by an occupancy of twenty -eight years after the agreement being made for such improvements or buildings. Fourthly—ln no case can a claim for improvements. of any description, be established beyond the amount of three years' rent. These are the most important pro visions of this Bill, and, in my opinion, demand your serious and instant attention. It may be said, the Bill was introduced by a Govern ment now extinct, and, therefore, not likely to he pro ceeded with. But even so, you may expect, that some measure will be introduced, either this session or the next, by the new Government ; and if you do not ex press an opinion to the contrary, it will be considered, that you are satisfied with the provisions of the Bill now offered to you. You are, no doubt, aware, that I introduced different Bills, at different periods, in order to establish, by legal enactment, the right of the tenant to compensation. I met with great opposition, at first, on the principle; and afterwards, when its justice began to be acknowledged, on the details. I endeavoured, by altering the details in each succeeding Bill, to render the proposition more acceptable to the opponents of the measure ; conse quently, these Bills are not to be taken as the true index of my own views, or as comprehending the full extent of your just claims, but rather as an attempt, on my part, to get the greatest amount of benefit for the tenant class which circumstances would admit of. After the rejection of Lord Stanley's Bill in the House of Lords last session, I introduced a Bill in the Commons, with a view of keeping the question alive in the mind of the country. This Bill differs from the Government Bills, chiefly on the following points:—Firstly, it requires no previous registration or consent ; the sole test is the increased value of the premises by the tenant's im provements, which the tenant is required to prove ; and the compensation is to be proportioned to the increase of value so proved. Secondly, there is no limitation as to the nature of the i.nprovement, provided increased value be obtained. Thirdly, the power of claiming com pensation for buildings continues without any limitation, no matter how long the occupancy, valuing according to the age and existing condition of the buildings. With regard to improvements of the soil, the Court or arbitra tors were allowed to exercise a discretion, founded on the length of the tenant's occupancy, and the profits de rived from the improvements. This Bill went as far as the principle of compensation for improvements would fairly admit of ; but, as I shall hereafter explain, I grant to you, that something more would be necessary, to give you the full benefit of " tenant-right," as known and practised in the province of Ulster. You, the tenantry of this portion of Ireland, are at present, to a certain extent, protected by a kind of social compact, called " tenant-right"—held, not by law, but by snfferance of the landlord. This custom is seldom violated; but, at the same time, we know that it is not always secure, and that, in some estates, regulations are adopted tending to its disparagement, if not to its abso lute destruction. My object, then, would be to plaCe the right of the tenant on a just and legal basis, and to give him the power of enforcing them by law, instead of being in the dependent position of condescending to seek that from a landlord's favour which the laws of the state ought to confer upon him as his right. My former pro positions were directed to the object of compensation, on the broadest basis ; but, I perceive that this principle is made a pretext for limitations, which may endanger the loss of the benefits you at present enjoy ; and I, there fore, would join you in contending for the broader prin ciple of " tenant-right." But a question may be asked, and often is asked, espe cially by Englishmen, what is " tenant-right?" You understand what it is; but, for the satisfaction of per sons who may read this, and do not understand tenant-right,' I shall endeavour to show the meaning of the term. _ I think this can best be done by a practical example. Suppose a tenant takes from a landlord a plot of land—a bare sod, without a building on it, unimproved, but im provable—agreeing to pay a rent fully equal to the ex isting value of the soil. He puts up, on this bare sod, a dwelling-house and offices, and drains, fences, improves, and manures the land, solely at his own cost, as is the custom in Ireland; and suppose that, in doing so, he has sunk capital to the amount of 5001.; and suppose the tenant has a lease for a term of twenty-eight years, which is that term which, by Lord Lincoln's Act, would cancel all claim for compensation. By this expenditure he has created a beneficial interest, by which he possesses the means of comfortable lodging and comfortable subsistence for himself and his family, paying, at the same time, the fair rent which any solvent tenant could be expected to pay for the land. The lease expires. The landlord desires to serve his own pur poses, by demanding the surrender of the premises. He says to the tenant (supposing Lord Lincoln's Bill to be law), " You have had twenty-eight years' enjoy ment ; turn out—you have no claim on me." Then what is the condition of the poor tenant ? This tenant, who, I will suppose, offers to hold the premises, pay ing the full improved rent for the soil, and relying for his compensation on the means of increased subsist ence, which his expenditure on the soil had created, and asking no other compensation from the land lord but the continuance of occupation, this industrious man is turned out—a beggar—leaving behind him his 5001., sank in the premises, without a farthing with which to purchase or improve another farm, and his former landlord or the in-coming tenant enjoying all the advantages of his sunk and lost capital, and, at the same time, he sustaining the additional loss of the profitable interest, which yielded him the right of com fortable living. Now, the tenant-right of Ulster is the remedy for this—it is based u p on this principle, that no tenant in occupation, paying or willing to pay the fair rent for the soil, shall be dispossessed, without receiving from the in-coming tenant or the landlord the full value of his beneficial interest ; and this beneficial interest is a mixed quantity, consisting of the value of his capital expended, and the value of the future means of sub sistence which the continuance of occupation would afford. This he claims to be permitted to enjoy, or to sell to the highest bidder (such person being quali fied as a solvent tenant), or else to be paid for it by the landlord, in case such landlord refuses to permit him to sell it, or refuses to continue him in the occupation; and the measure of this value is the amount usually paid for such interests by the custom of the dis trict. This customary right could be legally established by a simple and short Bill, of the following nature: — Firstly, declaring the right of the tenant, if ejected, to receive from the landlord, or from the incoming tenant, . . compensation for his improvements, and his beneficial interest in the premises, according to the custom of the country ; and seeondly, permitting him to plead that right in any Court from which an ejectment might issue, and giving to such Court an extended power of equi table decision, by all such means as are usual in like cases, and to withhold execution till the amount awarded by the Co ur t b e pa id. B u t th en , it w ill be as k e d, h ow 1s the value to be determined, if a tenant comes into Court to claim his compensation? I answer, by the same means, and with the same ease, as any other ques tionaccording to the case, of value. Where land is taken up, for any public purposes, the th e is l a i claimant proves his case by evidence. The tenant, i n be greater or leas, proves the value of his interest, His businaecs. ustom of the country, which value will according to the value of his improve ments.tenant would give for theis to prove what price a solvent the fair rent for the same, premises, such tenant paying according to the usual letting t ! estate or perhaps accord value of the country, or 0 . ing to the rent determined 1 g the tu t he Public evidencevs. l valuation, at ion, producedand neYqualification f, r the fran chise Court will decide accord' proved, would by 3 e , y showing f orth the premises what rent or value a —just in like manner as th premises from which the franchise was claimed. c so h l i v se ent is te n n o a w nt I have said, in a former paragraph, that n some thi g more than compensation for ex p en diture was included under the name of " tenant-right." The explanation I have given of that term shows this, because the value of " tenant-right" includes not only the value of the actual expenditure, but the value of the profitable income enjoyed by the tenant, over and above both the ex penditure and the rent. This is the beneficial interest of which the incoming tenant is the purchaser, under the name of " tenant-right;" and no Bill, merely for the purpose of compensation for money laid out in improve ments, can be a substitute for the full benefits of tenant• right. I did not intend my. Bills to act as setting aside the ,lenant-right,;but I much apprehend that the Bills THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1846, which have since been proposed are intended to have that operation. I would say to the landlords, that by demanding such vexatious restrictions and limitations as there contained in the Government Bills, the tenants are forced to °L an upon their "tenant right." The landlords ;a "they - they ought not to be responsible for improveir• - ,nts the d y have not sanctioned, because works may i :Je done of no real value. I would remind them. but, ; were never required to pay for any works whi l l did n o t create va l ue on the " tenant right" principl e , t h ere i s an indisputable test of value : the tenant claims that which a solvent tenant would pay, by actual sale or valuation, for the tenant's interest in the concern—this is the test whether the tenant's improvements are of value or not ; on this test he rests his claim, and on this principle the landlord need not have one farthing to pay if it be not his own fault. The tenant never refuses to pay the fair rent—l know this from my own experience, as well as from my knowledge of the general practice of the country ; and if, in such case the landlord perseveres in ejecting, why should not the tenant receive, without any drawback, the full value of that beneficial interest which he, by the expenditure of his capital and labour, has createddor himself ? To refuse him this, is nothing else than legalised robbery. But, it is alleged that, although the landlord may not pay, directly, the value of the " tenant-right," he pays it indirectly—that is an abstraction either from the value of the fee, or from the rent, or from both. In answer to these allegations, I would ask, in what part of Ireland is the purchase of the fee of land so high as in the north ern counties of the province of Ulster, and especially in the county of Down ? In what part of Ireland is the rent of land so high, in proportion to its quality, as in those ' same districts ? It cannot be disputed, that the pur chase of land is at the highest, in the part of Ireland referred to ; - and with regard to the rent, the evidence of Mr. Griffith, the Commissioner of Public Valuation, is equally conclusive on that point ; and yet, in this same vrtion of Ireland,-the " tenant-right" has its strongest hold, and the tenant's improvement show the greatest progress. Thus, the value of land, the rent of land, and improved cultivation, all rise in conjuction with this cus tomary right ; and the prosperity, both of the tenant and the landlord, is insured, by the mutual confidence and kind feeling created. My Friends,—Eleven years back, when I first raised this question in Parliament, I sought on your behalf (and you would have been satisfied with) a very modified measure of protection : this was objected to. It was said landlords' rights must be upheld, tenants' rights must be kept in abeyance ; but times are changed, and, as in all cases wherein just reform is withheld, a greater measure of reform is claimed and obtained. So with your case. You have now the great moral power of public opinion, both in England and Ireland, in your favour. You stand on high ground, from which you cannot be driven, except by your own fault. You ought to demand, and accept nothing short of, the full and simple measure of justice, which I have described to you ; and here permit me to remark to you, that, in England, long established customs become what is called "common law." In England, customs prevail, in par ticslar districts, by which the outgoing tenant is com pensated by the incoming tenant, for all unremunerated expenditure ; and this custom becomes law, and can be pleaded and enforced in a Court of Equity. Your cus tom of " tenant-right" is as well established as any cus tom in England. Why, then, should it not be made equally valid in law, as it confessedly is in justice ? De mand, then, that your custom be made law. In doing so, you stand on a practical basis, the utility of which is proved experimentally—not on the mere fiction of theory. It may be said by some who have not rightly considered the question, that this is a strange advice to come from a landlord. I would say to such persons, do you suppose I am proposing to swamp my own interests, to serve the interests of the tenant ? I have no such intention—l do not claim the tribute of popular applause, on the doubtful merit of self-immola tion. I tell them, that in advocating this principle, I feel that I am platting my own interests in a position of the greatest safety, and the most certain advancement. By giving security to the tenant, I create that spirit; of improvement, from which, in due time, I derive an im proved beneficial interest as well as my tenant. I form a stem of partnership, furnishing to the tenant the raw material on which he expends labour and capital—he yielding to me, in the form of rent, a fair proportion of the increasing profits, which, by supplying the raw ma terial, justly falls to my share; and I securing to him, that, at the termination of the partnership, if such should occur, the amount of his labour and capital sunk in the establishment, with a fair proportion of the profits, shall fall to his lot. This just bond of union is the basis of our mutual prosperity, enhanced by the improved social condition of the whole community in which we live. Such are the views I entertain of the relationship which ought to subsist between landlord and tenant, and which I trust I may yet live to see placed on the stable founda tion of just laws.—Your faithful friend, WILLIAM SHARMAN CRAWFORD. Crawfordsburn, July 8, 1846. ELECTION MOVEMENTS. EDINBURGH. `TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF MR. MACAULAY. TUESDAY. —The Russell Ministry has triumphed. In spite of a most vigorous and determined opposition, Mr. Macaulay, the Government candidate, has been returned by the over whelming majority of 903 votes. The numbers at the close of the poll stood thus:— Macaulay - 1,735 Smith Majority - 903 The total number of electors who voted is not more than 2,567, considerably under one-half of the whole con stituency. The majority thus secured is considerably beyond_ the ex pectation even of Mr. Maca u l ay ' s committee. Up to Satur day afternoon they were not alarmed, but anxious—not anxious as to the ultimate result, but anxious in the antici pationv smallerage, o u f tnbc t a h e ul e .t acion has n s t e t a s a t to e .t b u e a i n l yg All ni t mu mu an c n h e nd c e r o o ou s e ft r . , d s t o e u Thingsr m a g a j n o w r g i e t y r imuchu rumoursa prevailed. The reports from the different districts were doubtful, and altogether the prospects of the Liberal candidate looked, if not cloudy, certainly somewhat hazy. On Saturday evening, however, matters somewhat mended. a,a election. p ro s The speeches at th e h ust i ngs on Friday began to tell. The Tories openly stat e d th at t h ey would take no prominent part in ac the u 3 p e S a k s ling n g we Sm i repeat 'sSmith o h f o p a e u s o o f e e s l a l but an d o M f r a . great majority—bright ene d. Monday saw thi s state of th i ngs continuing to become Ma more decided. The Catholic electors held a meeting, and determined unanimously to support Mr. Macaulay. it be came certain that the Tories would not interfere. Then another split took place in the Smithean forces. The Free- Church folks in Scotland swear by Fox Maule. He is one of their most unflinching champions and greatest guns. His presence, therefore, on the field as an active partisan of Mr. Macaulay, his personal influence in the canvass, and the de cided nature of his speech upon the hustings on the occasion of Mr. Gibson Craig's election, told powerfully, and the con sequence was a considerable reaction last night and this morning in favour of Mr. Macaulay. The polling began briskly at eight o'clock. Mr. Macaulay at once took a decided lead, and maintained it to the end. The excitement was considerable up to about noon. Sir Culling Smith's committee gave out that their champion was rising on. the poll every hour. The assertion was true, in one sense; but as Mr. Macaulay happened to be rising two votes to the Maynooth-dreading Baronet's one, it was difficult to see the practical advantage of his upward progress. By one o'clock it was evident that Mr. Macaulay's majority would be overwhelming. The excitement then gradually abated. Votes came up less rapidly. Sir Culling Smith's people pub lished placards, urging the electors to vote for him, were it only to have the satisfaction of registering their names as champions of true-blue Presbyterianism. The satisfaction in question, however, did not seem to be at all in de mand. Sir James Forrest looked as dismal as he did when he woke on the morning of the Queen's arrival, and Mr. Blackadder's (of anti-Sunday travelling notoriety) aspect justified the compound signification of his name. Mean time, Mr. Macaulay's affairs went merrily as a marriage bell ; he could have brought up many more supporters than those who actually polled in his favour, but it was unneces sary. The battle had been fairly fought and fairly wen. The reserve was not required. Two, three, and four o'clock passed slowly by, and in a few minutes after the latter hour, the decisive majority was announced from the windows of Mr. Macaulay's committee-room, to the expectant crowd without, and hailed by a tumult of cheering. The old and new member then made his appearance on the arm of the Lord Provost. A cry was raised of "To the hustings—to the hustings," and straightway_ there was a tremendous rush, from Hunter-square up the High-street, to the spot where the important platform has from time immemorial stood. The crowd was soon dense, and presently Mr. Macaulay, with his hat in one hand, and his umbrella in the other, made his way. We never saw a man looking more honestly and heartily delighted through the throng which opened a line for him towards the hustings. His appearance was the signal for a renewed burst of acclamation, and after the noise had partially subsided he spoke as follows : Mr. MACAULAY—I cannot express to you, Gentlemen, the joy with which I have listened to these acclamations—a joy of no selfish kind. They prove to me that the feeling which the poll of this day indicates is confined to no particular class.—(Cheers.) They prove to me that the whole popu lation of Edinburgh is penetrated with approbation of those great principles for which we have contended, and in the cause of which we have triumphed.—(Loud cheers.) Most painful—most humiliating indeed would it have been, and of evil omen for this great country, could we have believed the contrary.—(Cheers.) When we consider the place which Scotland occupied among civilised nations—when we con eider the place which Edinburgh occupies amongst the cities of Scotland—formerly the seat of legislation and govern ment, still intellectually and morally the capital of a great and enlightened people—it would have been strange indeed, if, in such a city, an appeal to reason against prejudice—an appeal to the great principles of religious liberty, principles to which no good Protestant ought ever to be unfaithful— should not have been successful.—(Cheers. ) I shall carry with me into my place in Parliament—l shall carry with me into the councils of her Majesty, a mind strongly impressed with this important truth—that the people of your great city are attached with equal firmness, and on grounds equally conscientious, to the Protestant religion and to the prin ciples of religious freedom.—(Cheers.) I trust that no part of my future conduct will appear to you inconsistent with either the one or the other of these two great principleswhich have done so much to make your country what it is. Long and loud cheering hailed the termination of this short and pithy address; and then the Right Hon. Member, still bare-headed, was escorted by a numerous and enthusi astic crowd down the High-street, across the South and North Bridges (stopping only to honour the Lord Provost's shop with a hearty cheer), to his residence at Gibbs's Hotel, in Princess-street. Thus closed the first disputed election which has taken place in Edinburgh since 1835, and the only disputed election of any member of the new Administration. The triumph has been signal, and the Smithites are, as they deserve to be, utterly disconsolate. We subjoin a detailed account of the state of the poll throughout the day : NINE O'CLOCK. Macaulay Smith 195 TEN O'CIACIE. Macaulay . Smith ELKVEN O'CLOCK - - - Macaulay Smith TWELVE O'CLOCK. 1,095 507 Macaulay _ v 1,305 Smith MILITARY FLOGGING AT HOUNSLOW. HOUNSLOW, WEDNESDAY NlGHT.—During the last two days an extraordinary feeling of excitement has been created in this town and the surrounding neighbourhood, in cense quence of a report getting afloat that one of the privates of the ith Royal Hussars, at present quartered at Hounslow Barracks, had died in consequence of the severity of the flogging he resleived shortly before, by order of a court martial. From the great secrecy which is always maintained on the part of the military authorities respecting occurrences within the barracks, the actual particulars of the affair have not been allowed to transpire beyond the barrack walls, and consequently all that is at present known is rumour and re port. From the inquiries instituted by our reporter, it appears that the first knowledge of and• of the privates of the 7th Royal Hussars having been subject to corporeal punishment, since the arrival of the regiment at Hounslow from Ipswich, about two months since, was on Monday evening, when it began to be whispered about that several soldiers had been flogged, and that one of them had died the next morning. No credence was, however, at the time placed upon the state ment, and all who heard it considered it unfounded. On Tuesday morning the report was revived with greater con fidence, with the addition that the body of the deceased sol dier was to be buried without any inquest, on Wednesday (this day) afternoon, at three o'clock, in Heston churchyard, in which parish the barracks is situated. In the course of the forenoon the reports having reached the ears of the local magistrates, and of the parochial autho rities, official inquiries were instituted by Inspector Law rence, T division, and Mr. Brent, butcher, of Heston, the re sult of which was, that communications from both were, in the course of the afternoon, forwarded to Mr. Wakley, M.P., coroner for Middlesex, who immediately issued his warrant for holding an inquest on the body. The news that there was to be a public inquiry into the matter flew like wildfire through the town, and completely silenced those who disbe lieved the truth of the reports. To-day the forthcoming inquiry is the all-absorbing topic of conversation, and it is looked forward to with the greatest anxiety by all well-informed persons as the stepping-stone to the total abolition of the obnoxious system of corporeal pu nishment in the army. Persons whose business takes them frequently to the bar racks, state to-day that the deceased soldier, whose name has even not transpired, was flogged about five weeks since; that after the infliction of the lash he was immediately removed to the barrack hospital, where he remained until his death, which took place on Saturday last ; and that subsequent to his death two military surgeons had been sent down from town by order of the Horse Guards, and had opened the body, and found the cause of death to be ossification of the heart, which had burst. Others as confidently assert that the flogging was more re cently inflicted than five weeks since, that the offence that the deceased, who was a recruit who had only joined the regiment about three months, had committed, was striking his sergeant violently across the breast with a poker; that he was tried by court-martial, and ordered to receive 1.50 lashes; that the punishment was, as is customary, inflicted in the presence of the surgeon of the regiment, and the com manding officer (Colonel Whyte) ; that after about 70 or 80 lashes had been received, the surgeon declared that any fur ther punishment would be dangerous, but that the com manding officer directed that it should be continued ; and that the surgeon upon finding that retired from the scene and interfered no further. It is also stated confidently that the deceased, shortly before he expired, exclaimed, " I am a murdered man." There is also a report that there are two other of the pri vates of the same regiment at present in the hospital for cure from floggings, one of whom of the name of Mathewson is not expected to recover. The above are the principal of the reports and statements in circulation, but the real facts will not be publicly known until after the inquest is concluded. THE INQUEST. .... . . This evening, at eight o'clock, a highly respectably jury of thirteen'inhabitants:of the parish of Heston were empannelled before Mr. Wakley, M.P., coroner for Middlesex, in one of the parlours of the George IV. Inn, Hounslow-heath, to in• quire into the circumstances attendant upon the death of Frederick White, aged twenty. six years, the private of the 7th Royal Hussars, whose death it is alleged has been caused by the effects of the corporeal punishment he had received in. ler an order of court-martial. The room was crowded to excess by the respectable inha • bitants of the neighbourhood, and the officers of the regi ment, anxious to witness the proceeding. Near the coroner were Mr. G. Bailey, of Hanwell, Chairman of the Brentford bench of magistrates, and the Rev. H. S. Trimmer, another magistrate, and rector of Heston. Inspector Lawrence, T division, was also in attendance to assist the civil authorities in their inquiry. The CORONES —Previous to the jury being sworn, inquire if any of the gentlemen whose names have been called are in any way connected with the barracks, as they had better not form part of the jury. Several gentlemen replied that they were, and were ex cused. Thirteen jurors having been sworn, and Mr. J. Bird ap pointed foreman, the Coroner accompanied them to the barracks, which was about half a mile distant, to view the body of the unfortunate deceased. It was in the coffin, and on being turned round on its face, the back, from, the nape of the neck down to the loins, presented a deep purple appear ance. In the middle of the back, between the shoulders, where the greatest inflammation had evidently been, a great piece of skin, nine inches one way, and eight inches the other, had been cut away. The CORONER inquired where the skin was, and by whom it had been cut off, and was told it had been cut off by Dr. Read, who had been sent down by the Horse Guards to per form the post mortem examination of the body, and it should be looked for. Much delay was occasioned by the search, and eventually a piece of skin was brought, which, however, was not a fifth part of the whole. After an absence of nearly an hour, the Coroner and jury returned to the inquest room, and their names having been called over, The CORONER inquired if any of the relatives of the de ceased were present in the room, or had been informed of the inquiry ? The Adjutant of the regiment replied, that they were not, neither had he informed them on the subject. The CosoNza inquired if any one had written to them ? The Adjutant said he believed not, as they only knew from the deceased's attestation where they were to be found. The CORONER then addressed the jury, and said it must be apparent to them, from the number of witnesses that must neceesarily be examined, that it would be impossible to finish the inquiry that night, however late they might sit ; and, therefore, in his opinion, it would be better at once to adjourn, so that they might have all the witnesses in at tendance, and finish at one sitting. By doing so the rela tions of the unfortunate man would also have an oppor tunity to be present, as he doubted not that the publicity which would be given to the inquiry in the newspapers would cause them to be made acquainted with it. It would be also necessary to summon several witnesses from London, viz., Dr. Read and Mr. Hall, It was essentially necessary that Dr. Read should be present, as he was the person who had re moved the skin from the back of the deceased, not a fifth part of which had been found, and what was found would not fit the back. It was also necessary that a medical man, who was totally unconnected with the army, should immediately see and examine the body, and he would leave it to the jury to determine who that surgeon should be. He would only further say, that the surgeon chosen should be a gentleman on whose opinion the jury felt they could place confidence, who was quite unconnected with the case, and who would give an impartial and unbiassed judgment on what he saw. The military authorities might also appoint one who would have every facility afforded to do the same. After considerable discussion, the jury unanimously fixed on Mr. Horatio Day, surgeon, of Isleworth, who was ap pointed. The Coßcrsmin then, addressing Dr. Warren, the surgeon of the regiment, said, Sir, I shall rely upon your rendering my constable and the police-inspector every assistance in the summoning of the necessary witnesses at the barracks, in order to show the real cause of death, whatever it may be. Dr. Warren promised to do so. The CORONER. then bound over the jurors in a re cognizance of 20/. each, to attend on a day next week to resume the inquiry, and at ten o'clock the investigation was adjourned. AN OLD IRISH HARPER. Denis A. Hampsey, or Hempson, was another interest ing model of the old school of Irish harpists. He was born shorely after Carolan, in 1695. His antiquarian taste led him to prefer those venerable strains of Ireland, which had long survived the memory of their composers. Bunting informs us that he had an admirable method of playing legato (bound or smooth), and the staccato (divided or marked), in which he could run through rapid divisions in an astonishing style. Hempson's system of harp-playing, which may be regarded as the model of the antique style of the Irish harpist, comprised as ex tensive a range of effects "as has ever been devised by the most modern improvers." The following notice of this bard is taken from a letter of the Rev. G. Sampson (historian of Londonderry), and published by Miss Owenson, now Lady Morgan, in her admired novel, " The Wild Irish Girl." His father possessed the whole townland of Tyrcrevan. The bard was born in Craigmore, Londonderry ; and at the age of three years he lost his sight by the small pox. At twelve he was taught the harp by Bridget O'Cahan, for, as he said, in these old times, women as well as men were taught the Irish harp in the best families, and every old Irish family had harps in plenty." Afterwards, he had lessons from Garragher, L. Fanning, and Patrick Connor, from Connaught, which was, he said, " the best part of the kingdom for Irish harpers and for music." He travelled through Ireland and Scotland for about ten years. During these peregrinations, many amusing incidents lighted up his path. He was about fifty years of age when he made a second tour to Scotland, in 1745. At Edinburgh, he performed before Charles the Pretender: the tune called for was " The king shall enjoy his owe again." _ . . " I hope to see the day When the Whigs shall run run away. And the king shall enjoy his own again." Hempson was introduced to the Pretender's presence by Sir Thomas Sheridan and Colonel Kelly, of Ros common. Hempson was kindly and considerately re ceived by most of the principal families in Ireland. These and other interesting anecdotes were related to the nar rator when the venerable bard had attained the age of 108 years ; and having known him when he himself was a boy, he called to see him in 1806, two years before the minstrel's death. The wen at the back of his head was much increased,. so that he was called "the man with two heads." " General Hart, who is an admirer of music, sent a painter to take a drawing of him, which cannot fail to be interesting, if it were only for the venerable expression of his meagre, blind countenance, and symmetry of his tall, thin, but not debilitated person. I found him lying on his back in bed, near the fire of his cabin; his family employed in the usual way, his harp under the bed-clothes, by which his face was covered also. When he heard my name he started up (being already dressed), and seemed rejoiced to hear the sound of my voice, which, he said, he began to recollect. He asked for my children, whom I had brought to see him, and he felt them over and over; then with tones of great affection, he blessed his God that he had seen four generations of the name, and ended by giving the children his blessing. He turned to the old time-beaten harp, his solace and bedfellow, and played with astonish ing justness and good taste. The tunes which he played were his favourites; and he, with an elegance of manner, said at the same time, I remember you have a fondness for music, and the tunes you-used to ask for I have not forgotten;' which were The coolin,' • The dawning of the day,' Ellen a Boon,' Cean Dubh Dilis,' &c. These, except the third, were the first tunes which, according to the regulation, he played at the famous meeting of harpers at Belfast, under the patronage of some amateurs of Irish music. Mr. Bunting, the celebrated musician of that town, was here in 1793 (the year after the meeting), at Hempson's noting his tunes and his manner of playing, which is in the best old style. He said with the honest feeling of self-love, ' When I played the old tunes, not another of the harpers would play after me.'" Having learned that his friend and benefactor, the Rev. Sir H. Harvey Bruce, lad come to visit him, he desired to be raised up in bed, and the harp placed in his hands. Having struck some notes of a favourite strain, he sunk back, unable to proceed, taking his last adieu of an instrument which had been his companion and hourly solace during a long life, He died in 1807, aged 112 years. " The last of our bards now sleeps cold in the grave," was the cry which arose when his death was announced.—Mr. M. Conran's Na tional Music of Ireland. PROSE FROM THE SOUTH.—Of this original and striking work, a first edition is already nearly sold, so power ful a sensation has it excited. A recent critical authority says, "In noticing, the other day, Mr. Dickens's book on Italy, we could not help feeling its entire want of all know ledge of the subject. It was a sort of quaint version of a road-book, with here and there fine passages. To Mr. Reade's Prose from the South,' this objection cannot be made ; he displays considerable reading, and of the right sort. He has cultivated his own taste so as to be able to speak with some confidence of sculpture, painting, and archi tecture. All who traverse the Alps should carry these vo lumes along with them, as we feel assured they will better relish the scenes, pictures, palaces, and people among whom they move, than they would ever be likely to do without them." - -Sunday Times. SALE OF THE LATE SIGNOR DRAGONETTI'S BIJOU TERIE, &c.—Yesterday the extraordinary assemblage of bzjouterie and articles of taste of the late Signor Dragonetti, including diamond rings, brooches, gold and silver watches, &c., was sold at Mr. G. Robins's rooms, in Covent-garden. The sale yesterday consisted principally of the disposal of upwards of 200 snuff-boxes, of all descriptions and sizes, in goad, tortoise-shell, papier macho, &c., among which a cir cular wooden one, formerly belonging to Paganini, sold for 21., and another, in ivory, presented to the late signor by F. Perkins, Esq., and engraved "Il Drago," sold for two guineas. The silvei tea-urn, presented by the late Duke of York to Dragonetti, which was highly prized by this distin giskedm date usicia l n 7 , 23 was sL so i l s d . for 7s. per ounce. A five-guinea piece of Geor ge 11. fetched 51. 95., and a Spanish gold doubloon, u LORD JOHN RUSSELL —The Noble Lord was elected an Elder Brother of the Trinity Corporation on Tul'oday ONE O'CLOCK. 1,465 Macaulay ••• Smith TWO O'CLOOS. Macaulay Smith TIMEX O'CLOCK. _ Macaulay 1,667 Smith FOUR O'CLOCK. _ Macaulay Smith 1,735 832 Absolute majority LICHFIELD ELECTION. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LICHFIELD, WEDNESDAY.—The above election took place this day, and terminated in the unopposed re election of Lord Alfred Paget. The city throughout the day maintained its wonted quiet, and but few parties appeared to take any interest in the proceedings. At the nomination, which took place this morning, the Noble Candidate was proposed by the Rev. Mr. Floyer, and seconded by Major Majendie. No other candidate having been nominated, and the usual formalities having been gone through, the Noble Lord, having been declared duly elected, addressed the electors at some length, congratulating them upon the successful carrying out of the measures proposed by the late Premier, and justifying the bygone policy of the Whig Government, and giving as his opinion that the only sound policy upon which the Government could act would be by carrying out the prin ciples of free trade fully and entirely. After alluding to the conduct of Sir Robert Peel in carrying out the really Whig measures of the former Government, the Noble Lord said, "Let it be undlerstood that I do not blame the men who have carried those measures, far from it ; for I believe that the Right Hon. Baronet lately at the head of the Government 'has car ried them from conscientious motives—(Hear, hear) — and he and his allies have done all they could to repair their former errors."—(Hear, bear.) With reference to the ocern-lave, the Noble Lord observed that be dad most sincerely hope and believe that thOrepeal of thoset laws would not be found to injure any, but, on the con trary; would benefit all.—(Hear, hear.) He west upon the broad principle, and finding there was no law to in terfere with the price of wages, so also there ought to be no law to regulate the price of food ; but that the I I working man had a right to go to the cheapest market for his supply of the common, neces saries of life. After expressing his belief i flint free trade would hereafter, be carried out fully an exten sively, his Lordship briefly touched upon the s abject of national education. As to the improvement of th: it educa tion, that they alone could hope and expect an i improve ment in the welfare and moral improvement of tb le people. It was to be hoped that the present Ministry would bring forward a measure that would effect so , lesirable an object without interfering with or outraging: the reli gious feelings of those whom it was intended t s benefit. After expressing a desire that the Governme at should carry out a more liberal and equal mode of r, oiling Ire land than heretofore ; and after returning h is sincere thanks to the electors for the honour confer Ted upon him, his Lordship retired from the front of the. hustings amid loud cheers. A vote of thanks to the sheriff was then serried by acclamation, after which the newly elected in Rather for the city was chaired through the principal str, teas of the town, and the proceedings terminated. FIRE AT FURNIVAL'S INN. Yes terday m corning, a few minntes before one, an alarm of fire was givon by the watchman at Furnival's I nn, which quickly i reaelhed the Farringdon- street and Holbo rn en g ine -st ations. 0 a the arrival of the firemen it was discove red that the, n room on n t a t a ieth cham bers ird floor nfront Isi r . o f the Whitmore, house No. l, in the inn W as on fire. Mr. Whitm urn, it ap pears, having arrived home, was Proceeding a l on g t h e roo m with a lighted candle in his hand, when his foot &tip pad, and in his fall he upset a bottle of ,eau de Cologne, wh is h ignited from the flame of the candle , and the room we h instantly nying the alarm. escape from . the room, By the exertions of the firemen, the flames v, ere confined to i a n nd a r b e l n a e z i e l . fed A n l o r. pWerhsiotnmaolreinenmandveenhiies n the roam in which they broke out, and were i soon ex tinguished. HEAVY WORK.—We are assured by a high ly respect able farmer, the other day, that he had a labou rer who, for a day's work, had cut five acres of oats and drank thirty-two quarts of strong beer, and finished in the ever dng by be taking himself to the village ale-house to enjoy 1 his pint and kis pipe. —Meidstene JournaL PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of C01117110)28. WEDNESDAY, JULY 15. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. Order for second reading read ; Motion made, and Question pro posed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Ques tion to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question" The House divided ; .............. MAJORITY—AYES, 42. Aglionby, H. A. Duncan, George Lemon, Sir C. Ainsworth, Peter Ebrington, Viscount Ogle, S. C. Arkwright, G. Escott, Bickham Parker, Jobs Berkeley, Crayon Gibson, Thomas M. Philips, G. It. Lernal, Ralph Graham, Sir James Scrope, G. P. Blackburne, J. I. Greene, Thomas Somerset, Lord G. Bowes, John Grey, Sir U. Thernely, T. Itowring, Dr. Hastie, Archibald Tufnell, Henry Bridgeman, H. Hatton, Captain Vane, Lord H. Bretherton, J. Hill, Lord Marcus Wood, Colonel T. 13yng, 6. S. 'Dudley, Charles Wyss. Thomas Clay, Slr%V. Howard, P. H. Yorke, H. It. Clerk Sir G. Jermyn, Earl TELLERS. Collett, John Jervis, John Hume, Joseph Dickinson, F. H. Layard, Captain Evans, Sir De Lacy MINORITY—NOES, 12. Allix, J. P. Frewen, C. IL Mundy, E. M. Baldwin, Barry Fuller, A. E. Spooner, Richard Buck, L. W. Halsey, T. P. TELLERS. Egerton, Sir P. Hussey, Thomas O'Brien, A. Stafford Estcourt, T. G. Lygon, General Newdegatc, C. N. ~CREMORNE GARDENS.—Yesterday there was a grand fete and entertainment given by the spirited p ro p r i e t o r of this popular place of amusement, with the object of placing before the lieges of the present day a picture of the celebrated Ranelagh Gardens, the head-quarters of London life and amusement a hundred years ago. As the announcement of the gala intimated, there were the same costumes worn, and the same songs, music, dances, games, and general entertain ments that in those days used to draw the elite of fashion, and lovers of fun and frolic, from every quarter of the great metropolis. In the large pavilion in the grounds there was laid out a substantial breakfast, for those who chose to avail themselves of the more solid advantages of the entertain ment, while in every part of the gardens were to be seen happy groups engaged in dancing on the . gr een, in archery, rifle shooting, bowling, and similar exhihrating amusements. At the same time we observed "sturdy chairmen" busily engaged with sedan chairs in carrying ladies and gentlemen, dressed in the picturesque costume of the early_ part of the 18th century, to various parts o f the garden. Nor were the invisible poet—a son of the muse, whose responses, like those of the ancient oracle of Delphos, were heard but not seen— or the gipsv fortune -teller in the centre of the maize, ne glected. In short, nothing was left undone to afford every enjoyment to the large and respectable company assembled on the occasion. The entertainment wound up by a splendid display of fire-works and a grand ball. At one period of the evening there could not have been less than five thousand persons present, and we are bound to observe they all ap peared to conduct themselves with exemplary decorum. EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY.—One of the most extra ordinary journeys we ever heard of is that of a German, named Dr. Barth, who arrived at Alexandria, by land, from Tunis, on the 16th June. He was brought in wounded upon a camel, accompanied by his servants and some Bedouins. At seven days' distance from this city he was assaulted by five Arabs, three of them on horseback, and wounded by a ball in the thigh. Ilis Tunisian dragoman also was wounded in the shoulder. It is very extraordinary that a man should run the risk of passing through a desert country, infested by assassins, armed with only one gun and a few pistols, al though he had seven persons in his suite.—Malta Paper. LAUNCH OF A NEAPOLITAN MAIL PACKET'.—Yester day afternoon a very superior iron steam-ship, named the Vesuvius, and intended for the Neapolitan Steam Navigation Company, was launched from the iron ship building yard of Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, Blackwall. Her length be tween perpendiculars is 180 feet ; keel for tonnage, 164 feet 4 inches; extreme breadth, 26 feet; and depth in hold, 15 feet; tonnage, 591 tens; and engines fitted by Blaudslay. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Leinin gen, and the royal suite returned from the Southampton Water, in the Fairy steam yacht, to Osborne House, at five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. Earl Spencer arrived at Osborne House on Tuesday afternoon, and had the honour of joining the royal circle at dinner. Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Con sort took an early walk in the pleasure-grounds of Os borne House. His Serene Highness the Prince of Lei ningen also promenaded in the plantations. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their accustomed exercise, yesterday forenoon, on the beach. Earl Spencer remains at Osborne House on a visit. A deputation of Merchants of Liverpool trading to East India and China, upon the subject of a reduction of the duty on tea, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at his official residence in Downing street. The deputation consisted of Mr. William Pot ter, Mr. William Rathbone, and Mr. Henry Winch, and was accompanied by Viscount Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas. Tlae Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Bangor, Bath and Wells, Chichester, Norwich, Oxford, Salisbury, and Worcester, the Earl of Devon, and the Right Hon. H. Goulburn. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing- street. Dr. Bow ring had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentle man. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President of the Council, gave the first Cabinet dinner to his colleagues yesterday evening, at Lansdowne House. Dispatches were. received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of the North American pro vinces. Dispatches were also received yesterday from the Governor of Sierra Leone. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The Brussels' opera company, under the management of Mr. Charles Ranssens have taken Drury-lane for a short season, and opened last evening. The admirable manner in which this company gave the best French operas at Covent-garden last season, the unity and completeness of all their performances will not be soon forgotten. The same singers, the same I admirably drilled chorus, and the same full and perfectly conducted orchestra were there last even ing. The piece chosen for the opening was Meyerbeer's opera Les Huguenots, with Laborde as Raoul, Zelger as Marcel, Madame Laborde as Marguerite, Madame Julien as Valentine, and Madame Guichard as Urbain. Zelger, although not equal to Staudigl as Mar cel, gave an excellent and spirited version of the cha racter. The" Piff-Puff " song in the first act was given with great spirit, and was enthusiastically applauded. It was the genuine outburst of a rough old soldier. M. Laborde is by far the best Raoul that has yet appeared in England. His rich clear voice is admirably suited to the music, and. he throws such an intensity of impassioned feeling into the: part that he completely carried his audi enco with him throughout. His duet with Madame Julien, at the conclusion of the fourth act, was the great triumph of the night. The applause was most enthu siastic, and both artistes were called for at the conclu sion of the act. Madame Villiomi Laborde was the Marguerite, and her grand scene d'entree at the com mencement of the second act was one of the most wen derful pieces of tasteful execution ever heard. The compass of her voice is great, and without a break from the highest note to the lowest. Its power is immense—without an apparent effort it fills the vast area o f Drury-lane. Its flexibility is wonderful, and over this magnificent organ she has complete and perfect command. The brilliancy of her lioritore in this scene was quite dazzling. The audience seemed per fectly astonished at her wonderful execution; but at the conclusion the applause was rapturous, and bouquets were thrown to her from all parts of the house. But fine as are the airs of this magnificent opera, they are as nothi ag when compared with its massive choruses and its elaborately concerted music. As a musical critic of eminence has well observed " The manner in which the chorus is used throughout the full five acts of this musical tragedy distinguishes it from most operas. The plot of the opera is absolutely un folded, not by recitatives and airs, but by the most ela.. borate con certed pieces." And most perfectly were those concerted pieces elaborated last evening by the chorus and orchestra of the Brussels' company—and not only perfectly elaborated as to the music, but as to the acting also. Each chorus singer is an actor ; he has his part to perfarm in the general action of the drama, and he performs it. This gives an appearance of vitality to the opera, which contributes, in a very essential man ner, to keep up the interest of the audience. The house was very well attended, and almost all the private boxes appeared to be occupied. The principal artistes were called for at the conclusion of the opera. HOP INTELLIGENCE. (From the Maidstone Journal of yesterday.) MAthsToNE..—Although our hop-plantations have had such a severe blight to contend with, they are now, with the assistance of hot weather, doing all they possibly can, and are showing burr where it never was expected. The grounds that are clear are looking beautiful. In many there are hops to be found thus early. The land generally is in st very bad state, the season having been so much against either winter, spring, or summer culti vation. We had rain on Friday last, which was very acceptable. The duty is roughly set as follows :—Rochester, 30,0004; Canterbury, 33,0001.; Sussex, 50,0001.; Wor cester, 15,0001.; Farnham, 10,0001.; Kingdom, 2,000/. Total, 137,0001. BoX.LEY, AYLESFoRD, AND BußHAm.—The hops in these parishes, humorously observes our correspondent, are in deep mourning, I suppose for the serious loss they have sustained from Sir R. Peel's last measure. Some few of the plantations are endeavouring to put on their former green garb, but the shock is so severe that it is not very likely they will rally for a year. OTHAM.—Our best plantations do not look so well, and certainly are getting much blacker ; the branches do not look so healthy as they have done ; en some of our lower grounds, where the fly and lice have been most prevalent, there will be almost a total failure. THORNHAM.—The hops in this parish are as bad as they can be, many acres not a bin will be put into them. BEARSTED.—Hops are very bad, with the exception of a few grounds near and adjoining the turnpike road. EAST FARLEIGH. — The greater part of this parish is looking bright and beautiful; but there are exceptions. WEST FARLEIGH. — Tho principal part of the planta tions are very bad. YALDING.—The upper part of this parish on the hill is very good—the lower very indifferent. MEREWORTH. —A great improvement has taken place here. Since the late rains the bine seems to re cover, and the young shoots look healthy, and are putting out burr very fast. Should the weather prove favourable, there is a prospect of three or four bags per acre throughout the parish. WEST PECHEAM. — The hops are quite as good as at Mereworth. CHART, BOUGHTON, LANGLY, OTHAM, LEEDS.—The lower grounds very bad. No chance of growing any thing. The upper parts of these parishes are better, however, and will grow a small crop. BRENCHLEY.—The major part of the plantations are decidedly blighted, and in those which have hitherto looked more tavourably there is a fresh attack of fly. ROLVENDEN.—In looking through this parish and upon inquiries I find the hops partially improving ; though some grounds cannot be calculated to do much, there are some very good grounds among them, Messrs. Bishops, Mr. Robert Radwells, Mr. A. Dunk, and Mr. Corke, who may consider themselves favoured. WROTHAM—No alteration. TUNBRIDGE.—The hops in this neighbourhood are now looking in a woful plight, many grounds turning quite black. The bine still continues loaded with ver min, which cover the young shoots as soon as they come. In many places farmers say they will not be worth putting bins into the grounds, for a farmer told us yes terday there were places where they would not get 2cwt. off the acre. EYNSFORD S HO REHAM, OTFORD, KEMSING, SEAL , SEVENOAKS ; CHEVENING, SUNDRIDGE, BRASTED, WES TERHAM, HALSTED, AND CUELSFIELD.—We had hoped to have made to you an improving report from the heavy storms, &c., of the last week, but, having most carefully inspected the above-mentioned parishes, we do not find anything like a duty of even 120,0001., as mentioned by some of your contemporaries, much less 140,0001. The result of our observations is, that in all gardens where the bine is strong, although there is an immense quan tity of vermin, there may yet be a slight top crop. In the weak bine gardens by no possibility can there be anything like a " tithe part of a crop." As we have before mentioned, the clearer the plantation the better the plant. In wooded districts, particularly those small beautiful valleys found on the "Ridge," the whole of which are bounded by oak timber trees, the vermin are millions strong, the bine, although strong and vigorous as a planter could desire, being almost black, In the northern portion of Holmesdale, upon the rich soil, the hop-leaf is completely crum pled (many dropping off), and, with a few excep tions, entirely worthless as to a crop. The hops on the Chalk Range are very slack, the bine poor ' • the Mid summer shoot has not developed itself so well as could be wished ; in cases where there is bine a tenth-rate top crop may yet be expected. The Low Hill (clays) hops are generally bad. A few pieces on the Sandstone are lock ing tolerably well. CANTERBURY.—The hops exhibit great improvement on the past week. The vermin is decreasing, the plants are now tolerably clear, the bine is vigorous, and the burr just showing itself. There are a few suffering from honey dew. The duty is set at 135,0001. General accounts state that the bine mostly looks healthy, and bids fair for a moderate crop • and the duty is variously laid from 140,000/. to 150,000/. FARNHAM.—Our town grounds are looking well and clean; but the country is, in many instances, very slack of bine. CAUTION TO HOP-GROWERS.—AII hop-growers will do well to remember that during the present month they must deliver to the proper officer of Excise a true entry, in writing, of the number of acres in plant ; also all oast-houses, oasts, and store-rooms intended to be used by them for tha purpose of curing and storing hops ; neglect of which will subject them to heavy penalties, under the Act 4 and 5 Will. IV., cap. 51, s. 5. IRON TUNNEL ACROSS THE MENAI STRAITS. - Mr. Stephenson, in order to set at rest the doubts expressed re specting the practicability of this scheme, has had an iron model of his intended tunnel, 20 feet long and 4 feet high, made and fixed at an engineering factory at ➢liliwall. Yes terday extensive experiments were made on it in the presence of several distinguished scientific gentlemen, with the most satisfactory results. s U N • • ' c • 75 h :A-1; IBRAHIM PACHA. kv . .r,i‘r,it•OVAl° In the early part of yesterday the Pacha was wholly en gaged in private business preparatory to his departure from London. His Excellency Baron Brunnow, the Earl of Cardigan, the Marquis of Westminster, and several of the leading aristo cracy, visited his Highness yesterday afternoon at Mivart's. Lord and Lady Dinorben had the honour of an introduc tion to his Highness, and had an interview of some duration. The Marquis and Marchioness of Saldanha, and Made moiselle Saldanha, were introduced to the Pacha by Colonel Bonfort, who apprised his Highness that the Marquis was well acquainted with the Pacha's son, now studying at Paris, while at Vienna. The Pacha gave the noble diploma tist a cordial greeting. 'Shortly before six o'clock Edib Effendi, the Turkish Chargd d'Affaires, accompanied by M. Zohrab, arrived at Mivart's, and immediately after his arrival dinner was announced. The Pacha received a select circle of fifteen guests to dinner, inclusive of the several members of his suite. Captain Percy Grace, Mr. S. Briggs, M. Hippolyte Lapeyre, Edib Effendi, M. Zohrab, &c., were among the guests. At half-past seven o'clock four carriages were ordered to convey the Pacha and party to the South-Western Railway station, at Nine-elms, Vauxhall. A vast crowd of persons had collected in front of the hotel expressly to obtain a sight of the illustrious Pacha, and the animation of the scene was increased by the presence of a band of instrumental per • formers opposite the hotel. On an intimation of the ap proach of his Highness, the band struck up the national anthem, and amidst the loud cheering of the populace the Paella entered his carriage, accompanied by M. Nubar, Sami Pacha, and Major Dickson. Colonel Bonfort, Edib Effendi, M. Zohrab, and the circle who dined with the Pacha, followed iu the other carriages. Just before the Pacha took his final departure, he sent for Mr. Mivart, and through M. Nubar said how pleased he had been at all the arrangements that had been made for his per sonal comfort, and the satisfaction he had experienced while residing at the hotel. His Highness further stated that he had left a handsome sum for the domestics connected with the hotel as a substantial proof of his approbation. We have also to add that his Highness has considerately left a liberal gratuity for the police force, which has daily attended at Mivart's during his sojourn there. On arriving at the Vauxhall terminus of the South-West ern Railway, the Pacha and suite were received with every distinction becoming his elevated station. His Highness was welcomed by the chairman and deputy-chairman, and several of the directors of the company, besides the principal officials of that railway. The platform was covered with crimson carpeting, and all pirties were unremitting in their attention to the illustrious Pacha. After a trifling delay the Pacha took farewell of Edib Ef fendi, his Excellency Sami Pacha, Mr. Briggs, and M. Zohrab, and then entered the carriage allotted for his High ness in the special train. The signal was given, and the train instantly started for Gosport, where his Highness was expected to arrive by half-past ten last night. We understand that circumstances may delay the Pacha's embarkation till to-morrow from Portsmouth. As his High ness contemplates visiting Cadiz and Gibraltar, and most probably , Lisbon, it is uncertain how long it will be before he reaches Alexandria; but he is desirous of being there by the 15th of the ensuing month. His Excellency Sami Pacha, after the departure of his Highness, returned to Mivart's. Sin ROBERT PEEL.—The inquiries after the health of the Right Hon. Baronet, yesterday, were very numerous. Sir Robert took a carriage airing yesterday afternoon, and in a few days he will no doubt be able to attend the House of Commons. JACKSON'S UNIQUE RIDING ESTABLISHMENT FOR THN NOW ADMIRED TOWN APPROACHING RENSMGTON-GARDENS. —The new town that during the last few years has reared its magnificent head in the vicinity of Kensington-gardens, and seems to possess every comfort and advantage that fami lies of good means can desire—this said town (or city, as it is now styled) still lacked the one thing, indispensable both for the old and the young who congregate in this locality—and that one thing was a riding-house: this is at length accomplished, and the plan of novelty with never ceasing convenience is perfectly accomplished—in short, it may lay claim to be without any contemporary—it is quite a novel feature, placed within ten acres of rich land, encom passed by high fences, and an inner circle appropriated ex clusively for the ladies, who are taught this polite and in dispensable art by the Misses Jackson, while the gentlemen are placed under the able direction of the sons, and in both of these departments these young folks are at the top of their profession. The establishment is, in fact, worthy of the first locality in England. It has another great advantage: if it should come on to rain the riding• house presents immediate cover, and it is arranged with such ingenuity that fifty may be accommodated at once, and during their ride have only to look on the extensive flower beds that adorn and give fra grance to the interior. Jackson's establishment justly claims to be called unique, and its character for respectability, talent, and civility, marks its superiority over all its compeers throughout, the metropolis. The stud is worthy of New market renown. The convenience far teaching the grown up folks the preparatory steps for arriving at perfection in the art of leaping over fences, is quite perfect ; and we can truly say the neighbourhood are greatly indebted to the indefatigable proprietor for a riding- house that leaves all others at an immeasurable distance.—P.S. There is an ad vertisement, we perceive, in our front page. DEATHS IN THE METROPOLIS.—The total number of deaths registered in the metropolis during the week end ing Saturday, July 11, was 901 ; of these 886 were deaths from disease, showing a decrease of 21 in the number of deaths from disease as compared with the week preceding. RETURNED CONVICTS. 'rho Scotia, hired convict ship, which lately left England for Bermuda, with convicts, has returned to Woolwich from the latter place, and at pre sent remains at moorings, off the Royal Arsenal. She has brought home 120 convicts, whose term of transportation has nearly expired ; and with the exception of two retained on board in confinement, for having broken open the store rooms on their passage home, the convicts have been re moved to the Warrior convict hulk, where they will remain until liberated by an order from the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Railways have materially affected the value of fish. The number of fishmongers in Birmingham has, since the various railways which now centre in that town (since 1829) increased from ten to forty; and the quantity of fish con sumed, from 400 to 3,910 tons annually. At Manchester the poorer classes are supplied daily at an average of 2d. per lb. WooLwlca COMMON Ow FIRE.—On Monday the wadding from one of the guns of the Royal Artillery ignited the grass on Woolwich Common. Had not the fire been promptly suppressed, it might have done considerable mis chief. SALISBURY, JULY 14.—Some of the Protection far mers who attended Salisbury market this day, feel very well satisfied with the present effect of the passing of the Corn law Bill. They previously imagined, as soon as a large quantity of bonded corn was brought out, that the prices would have been depressed immediately, and at least 6s. or Bs. per quarter. The prices, however, were firm this day, from 48s. to 545. per quarter. The barley trade, of course, is but trifling at this time of the year, but that with other grain was also firm, and this at a period when the crops are looking exceedingly well, and a promise of a most luxuriant harvest,which is already commenced in this neighbourhood. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—This very extraordi nary and usefal invention is now at work from Yarmouth and Norwich to London—the first message sent by it was on Thursday last from Norwich to London. It is not at work at present between Yarmouth and any station from Brandon to London ; this, however, occasions practically but little de lay, as a message can be sent from here to Brandon, and there the clerk telegraphs to any intermediate station. We believe it is not intended to have the apparatus fixed at any station between Brandon and London in connexion with Yarmouth and Norwich.— Yarmouth Chronicle. MALicrous ATTEMPT.—On Tuesday morning last, as the down mail train and the luggage train, which followed it almost immediately, were proceeding from Bristol to Exeter, on passing the bridge at Parson's-gate, near Bedminster down, a sudden shock was felt by the engineers, who, ima gining that one of the springs of the tender was broken, instantly shut off the steam and made a careful examination of the tender, but finding everything right they pro ceeded on their journey, and reported the circumstance to the next policeman, who, upon examination, ascer tained that a large five-barred gate had been placed across the rails. Inquiries were immediately set on foot by Mr. Burton, the superintendent of the railway police, who succeeded in apprehending three men for the offence. Yes terday the prisoners, whose names are Isaac Green, Thomas Gray, and Henry Hazell, were taken before the Rev. Mr, Mirehouse and Mr. T. Kingson, two magistrates for the county of Somerset, at Charlton-house, Wraxall, and charged with the offence. A witness, named Emma Shepherd, de posed that she was standing at the hatch of her father's garden at about one o'clock in the morning; the moon 'was shining, and she saw the three prisoners, who are well known to her, with another man, whom she did not knows go a and unhang a large m ibte3r overlain. t hThey parapetcarriedof i t t a h c e r across bridge —Pa rs o n's - bri dge—down g het u o p i k n f e ,;roo.. for t rial threw ig an aei cl aot twh t to on the rail. The prisoners were com mi tted e it sho wp a asl i a tebtdher acrossonremarked from th e thatth this s railway variousbridge, ne a a articles ihtc which c e i s he ensuing a ssizes. spot. and that on the same morning as the luggage -train was struck passingli ave i the ua e er n ngt g el in s e tboe a ne n en d beat in the casing of the boiler, and which if it had struck either the engineer or stoker must have killed them. DEATH FROM DROWNING. --COURAGEOUS CoNnucT OF s. COAL PORTER.—On Tuesday evening, Mr. Carttar, the coroner for East Surrey, held an inquest at the Crane public-house, Wandsworth, on the body of William Henry Everest, aged 13, who was drowned whilst bathing in the creek. The deceased and two other lads went to bathe on Sunday, and the deceased not being aware of the depth of water,jumped in, and not being able to swim, sunk imme diately. An alarm was raised, and James Ockham, a coal porter, in the employ of Mr. Lyon, immediately amr e s:a s r t ' n t r d : and ived after the unfortunate youth. Not till he 11,4 dived four times did he succeed in finding the body t.nd bringing it on shore. The usual remedies o _ w e e d to, but all of no avail : life had ceased to exist. fithaht o, T e h k a h and coro am ner d jeureymwelalrmeumly of money. th l e t c w on aa di s ic t t ate f d gave him previously saved two persons from drowning. SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.—This SUD",mer the banks of the Cam exhibit an unusual multitude, of those singular phenomena —cases of spentaneous ignit:ion and combustion in growing willows. About a week Y.go we observed in one instance, at a point of the river not far from Granchester, the process rapidly going on. It wus really astonishing to look upon a fine willow, in the full vigour of robust vegetable health, pouring forth clouds of smoke from its half-burned stem, and doomed speedily to expire—itself its own funeral pile. How explain this ? How account for the fact that this tree, yet hale and green, covered with a rich mass of foliage and flourishing "like a green bay tree" on the river bank— should suddenly burst forth into ignition, burn like tinder to its very core, and to-morrow be prostrate There is no pu trescence—we think there can be no fermentation in this pro cess. If instances of spontaneous vegetable combustion thus frequently happen, why dispute the analogous case of spontaneous animal combustion? The tree which we oh served last week, as stated above, is now prostrate—its `eery foliage charred—a vegetable ruin—as if stripped, shattered, _ blasted, and half-consumed by the electric fluid.— CaMbridge Advertiser. FICTITIOUS CHARACTERS.—Joseph Moore wait charged, at Westminster Police-court, with obtaining a situa tion by means of a false character. Mr .G. W. B. Lee, of 43, Wimpole-street, stated that about the middle of May last he requested a Mr. Parrott to get him a servant, and, in conse- • quence of a communication made by that gentleman to him, • lie wrote to a Mr. William Turner Smith, Eaglesfield Lodge, near Bishop Stortford, applying for the prisoner's character. In three days he received an answer, posted at Southampton, signed W. t. Smith, and, in consequence of that letter, he took the prisoner into his service. Complainant subsequently ascertained from the postmaster at Bishop Stortford that there was no Mr. Smith living there or known in the neigh bourhood. He added, that he had been written to to forward any letter addressed to that person to the poet-office, Mount-. street, Lambeth, which had, accordingly, been done. Kr- T. F. Parrott, residing at 5, Wilton-street, deposed to haviswg suffered a similar imposition. The prisoner jl t ea d d ea ecl u fuli lt, eltx m the charge. Mr. Bond fined him 10e, and, mitted him for three months. I F ;~9 1 I I N