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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 20. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up several Bills. DEATHS BY ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION BILL. Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that to-morrow he should call the attention of their Lordships to the amendmeats 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 the report was brought up, the third reading being ordered for to-morrow. CIIIEF-JUSTICESHIP OF BOMBAY.—LORD G. BENTINCK. Lord LYNDHURST begged to call the attention to cer tain statements which had appeared in the morning papers yesterday, and which hal 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 Ceerge 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 gas particularly unfortunate that this explanation had not been made earlier, for it was almost impossible to meet it by reason and argiuneet. 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 seven persons, among whom was Mr. David Pollock. All who knew that gentleman knew how well he 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 year: ago, he (Lore Lyndhurst) had ap ointed Mr. Phillips a Commissioner for the Court of Bankruptcy. From domestic circumstances the office had 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 had been suggested to him as a proper person to fill the office of Chief Justice of Madras, but Mr. Pielock 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 prometed to the office left by Mr. Po lock. No one cou d doubt the ability of the gentleman to fu'fil the duties of the office. He had apiminted 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 • 'rations 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 lorgetfulnesolut of the grossest injustice in overlooking the merit; of a person who had nerved him with the utmost fidelity and intelligence, and who had recommended himself to manyof their Lordships by those abilities to hich 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 place, he might refer to some observations in a speech of Pitt upon Napoleon, upon whom that Minister had remarked that there was nothing too great for his ambition, nor too mean or toe 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 grounds, 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 had stated. The charges, therefore, of that man were 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 possession of a living of the same value as that of Noctor under the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The Rev. Gentleman had, it appeared, endeavoured to promote the well-being of those in the neighbourhood in which lie lived. He also received a letter at the time from Lady Ripon, thanking him most cordially for the appointment he had conferred upon the Rev. Gentleman. The charge, considering the evidence on 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 bring 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 individual who uttered it, and whose weakness and folly were only equalled by his baseness.—(Cheers.) The 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 course he adopted with respect to Mr. D. Pollock was only such as was adopted in similar cases. He asked their Lordships, then, if he had not justified himself in their eyes ? Could any one justify such conduct on the part of the Noble Lord, who made the charge ? 13u±-, perhaps, he might consider it not inconsistent with party to asperse those who differed with him; or, yet bees, his early habits had taught him to form so low an opinion of men as to suppose that every man in public life must he actuated by some base - some un worthy motive; but the best proof of calumny was to oe found in the character of the calumniator. There was no want of will, but inability to distil his poison ; be was not unlike a wasp who took delight in stingine. Such aspersions were not well out harm, after they had been perpetrated. as people remem bered them. It was hum:liming, at the close of his political life, and at the close, h, might almost say, of his natural life, to have to repel accusations of this kind. Ile 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 flogging. AUSTRALIAN LANDS BILL. Earl GREY moved the third reading of the Australian Lands Bill, After a few observations from Lord ELLENBOROUGH, the Bill was read a third time and passer , . LUNATICS ASYLUM AND PAUPER LUNATICS BILL. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, 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 awl overturn ail 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 countries should be admitted on equal terms. That was free trade. But he could not see how, if there were to be an equalisation of du tie:, there should not also be an equalisation in the use of ships as well as in the admission of woods. He could not 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 had 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 safety 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 ef 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 net only be very distasteful, hut in all probability very unprofitable to the colonies. But it should be recollec'ed 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 bit that was occasioned by the present regulations. they in no way invalidated the right of the mother country to regulate their trade. —( Hear. ) With respact to the question of the navigatien laws, he did conceive that it was highly inexpedient that any inquiry should V 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 should be 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 be could repeat that it was highly inexpe dient at the present moment to enter upon such a subject. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH had net 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 House of Commons came up, soliciting a conference with their Lordships with that House, on the Baths and Washbouses 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. AIII.I.BANK PRISON. The Marvis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table severi deeaments and r. parts in referrnce to this establishment. CONFERENCE WITH THE COI ONS. Te following Noble Lords were then appointed to meet the Commons in Confer, nee on the Bill already named :—Th. Earl of pinto, Earl Spenear, Earl Ducie, the Bishop of Oa k. d, Lord Ponionby, Lord Churchill, and Lord Alonteagle. The members of :he deoltation then withdrew, and after an absence r f about fire rr inutts, returned The Earl of MINTO, approaching the table, said th. Commons had submiued to them the reasons why they dis sented from certain amendments made in the Bill in their Lordships' House. The .Marquis of LANSDOWNE then moved that the Howe do -not insist on the amendments referred to, which was agreed to. fheit Lordships immediately after adjourned. Housß ng commONS. August 20 NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE AND CARLISLE BRANCH RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) After a few words from Mr. A. SMITH, • Mr. MUNTZ said, if they were to throw nut the Bill en account of the alleged !much:, they would be inflicting a great hardship on the, shareholders, who were nut parties to the abuse • complained of. J The gallery was then cleared for a division, when there ap• Feared — For the adjournment of the debate .Against it Majority lB - - - The House again divided on Mr. J. A. Smi , h's amendment. • " That the House do not agree to the Lords' amendments," when there appeared For the t Agaia , t it a nijurity 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 e farlan's (Glasgow Colege) 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 breoiate laid upon the table, on Tuesday last. Mr. WARBURTON complained of the college property 0 • 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 GIBSOII CRAIG thpkight tha best ecittria 70'114 be to take any discussion on the measure in the next stage of the Bill. The 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 fait price wa4 guaranteed by the railway company for the build ings. He was quite sure that if the buildings were put up for auction they would bring at least 20000/., instead of 3,0001., as proposed. 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. Ile considered the best possible price should be obtained for the old buildings, and he should have 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 college were removed from the centre of the city to the suburbs. The faculty t f the col lege certainly were at - raid that if the Bill was passed without restricting the railway company not to apply the present buildings to any edleational purpose, they would suffer from cAmpatition. 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 collegia ; still he hoped that, if this was agreed to, the railway company would act honourably in the matter in the use they would make of the buildings. After some fut ther discussion the motion was agreed to. ANDOVER UNION COMMITTEE. Lord COURTENAY moved that the report of this Com mittee be brought nu and agreed to. Captain PECHELL could not allow that report to be pre sented without bearing his testimony to the intelligence, ability and courtesy which the Noble Chairman had exhibited in con ducting that inquiry. Mr. WAKLEY said that no chairman could have shown more ability, tact, 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. Mr. ETV ALL concurred in the encomiums passed upon th.' Noble Chairman. After some observation from Mr. CHRISTIE and other Hon. Members, to the same effect, Lord COURTENAY acknowledged the complimentary terms in which he was r. ferred to, and observed that, in the delicate inquiry over which he had presided, he had acted to the best of his ability. Mr. BORTH WICK hoped the report would be printed be fore Nlont , ay next, so that they might have it before the Hon. Member for Montrose brought on his motion in reference to the Poor-law Commissioners. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY. Mr. T. D'EYNCOURT presented a petition from Peck ham, in Surrey, signed by 1,500 of the most respectable in habitarrs of that locality, against military flogging. Capt. PEGII ELL presented a petition from Philip Herring, who was a prisoner in the Queen's Bench prison since 1841, against the keeper of that prison, for harsh treatment. Mr. HAWES presented a petition from the Manchester College of Surgeons in favour of the Medical Regulation Bill. Mr. ‘VAKLEY presented several petitions to the same effect. The Hun. Member also presented several petitions from Essex, Kendal and other places, numerously signed, against what the petitioners designated the " sanguinary " practice of flagging. Also a petition from the pawnbrokers of London (at the request of Mr. Masterman) in favour of the Pawn- brokers' Bill. NEW ZEALAND LOAN ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill was read a third time and ass I CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. The House went into Committee on this Bill, which was agreed to, and ordered to be reported. CUSTOMS' DUTIES (No. 2) BILL On 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 truded, too, that in future the appointment of Custom-house racers would not be under political influence, but be dependent upon the merits of appointees fir 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. SIMALCDEBTS COURTS' (SALARIES OF OFFICERS) BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up by Mr. GREENE 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 in portance for them to go into Committee upon it without hearing some further statement from the promoters. Ile was aware that this was a measure which originated with the late Govern ment, and her Majesty's present Ministers had obtained it by in heritance. The measure bestowed more patronage upon the Go vernment than any other measure that had been brought in for some time past. He thought at this period of the session, when there were so few Members left in the House, they were entitled to have it delayed till a complete expla nation was given of how the patronage was to be bestowed, and of the whole extent of expense that would be brought upon the country by this measure.— ( lit ar, hear.) There was a psver in the second clause of the B 11 to divide every county into so many districts that might seem fit to her Majes y's Miniver; in Council assembled. Now they ought to know the number ot districts into which such county in England was to be divided. As the Bill stolid at present, it appeared that each district was to have its separate jm'ge, and each judge was to have a salary of 1,2001. a year, their appointment so be in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor of England. Each court was to•have a clerk, with a salary of 6001. 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 Treasury to decide how many treasurers there should be, and what artionnt of salary they should receive.—( Hear, hear.) was commonly supposed that the number of districts would, in all probability, be not less than a hundred. He t.ad learned, since he had entered the House, from the Honour able and Learned Gentleman the Solie.tor-Genera!, that he estimated that the number would not exceed sixty-five. Well, he would take the number of courts at sixty -five. There would be 65 judges at a salary of I,200!., which would amount to a sum of no less than 78,0001. Sixty-five clerks, with a salary of 600/., would amount to 39,000!., and these two sums together would amount to 117,000/., as the patronage to be disposed of by the Minister of the Crown.—( Hear, hear.) The salaries to be given to the treasurers were to be left to the discretion of the Lords Com missioners of the Treasury. 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 be put upon the salaries of these treasurers, or the number there was to be of them.—( Hear, hear.) There were, however, other considerations connected with this measure which rendered explanation necessary. These judges were, for in stance, to be paid by fees, while one provision of the Bill pro vided that the judges of these Courts were to perform many duties belonging to the High Court of Chancery. They would have the power of acting as Masters in Chancery and Masters of the superior courts of law, and fur 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. Now, the expenses of the Court of Chancery he thought, in round numbers, amounted from 134,000/. to 135,0001. This sum was made up to the Consolidated Fund by the fees paid into the Court which used formerly to be paid to its officers ; but if these fees were to be diminished in the manner he had jest mentioned it was right they should know it was proposed to make up the deficiency to the Consolidated Fund.—( Cries of " Hear, hear.") Then, again, there was to be compensation given to all officers of the new courts now subsisting. There were at this moment 450 courts of different descriptions, which, for anything they knew to the contrary, might be superseded by the new courts to be established by this Bill —( Hear. ) Now if these 450 courts were to be abolished, all the officers who did not choose, or had not the apt ion given to them, of taking effices in the new courts, wool I be entitled to compensation. at the discretion of her Majesty's Lords of the Treasury.— ( Hear, hear.) Now he thought they ought to hear from Ministers what would be the amount ot all this compena . ion, in order that they might have some sort of notion what the expense would be of carrying this 11.11 into effect.—( Hear, hear.) He had no charge to make against Ministers, who had conic by this Bill and 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 be given to the Lord Chancellor, anti not to the First Lend 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 117,0001. There were many matters of detail in the Bill which he objected to but he should not trouble th e H ouse upon t h em 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 comment 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.—( If ear. ) 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. Indeed no remonstrance had been made against its principles, and the objectiens to come of its de rejig 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 net be necessary to divide every county in England. Li fact, in some parts, two or three counties might form the. district of one court, whereas, such densely -populated counties as Lancashire and aliddleeex would have to be divided for the purposes of this Act. In case the amount of busine-s should turn out t o be very large, the Home Secretary would have the power of liroi•ing the salary of the judge to 1,2001 , in some cases the salary might be much less. hen as to the patronage to be conferred by the Bill, he thou g ht that the best hands in which it could be placed were tho se of the Government and the lieutenants of the different counties. ( Hear, hear.) As the Noble Lord had 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 G eorge Grey) would be prepared to explain its objects more fully. The judges of the present local courts for the recovery of small debts would st an d a bett e r chance of being appetites! judges of the courts to be establiAled by this Act than any other new candidate.—( Hear, hear. ) With regard to compensation, the same rules would be acted upon as bad been hitherto adopted by the Treasury in similar cases.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. MANNERS SUTTON said, that although the !we Government had introduced a measure similar to this, there bad been several changes since that period, whi c h placed great diffi cu lti es i n the way of their carrying out this Bill. He thought that there was 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 ha it a cause 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 oppoiition on his part. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the !kn. Gentle gill' who ha I just sat donn was mistaken in supposing that he Bill of the late Government would have placed the patron 4ge which it would have created in the hands of the lord ;ieutenants of the counties. It professed to do so, but did not i o Net. The patronage would really have been in the hands of the Government by their Bill, and he (the Attorney-General) (hought that the present Government were entitled to credit fur having come forward, and plainly said that they did intend to seek lor the patronage which this Bill would create.—( Hear. ) With respect to compensation to the judges of the present courts, be contended they were not entitled to compensation, because they had no vestrd rights in the office.—( Hear, hear.) But ample compensation would, notwithstanding, be given to every one-whom the Bill might iDjure, aril that comrasation would be paid out of the very large funds to be accrued under the operations of this Bill.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. S. WORTLEY contended that the Bill, as drawn up by the late Government, 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 the 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 throughout the country judges who would take on themselves the functions to be given to them under this Bill. He thought that the expense of the adminis tration of justice should be made as light as possible, and that that expense should be borne by the country. Mr. H. BERKELEY said that this Bill was most anxiously looked forward to by the country, and he hoped that the Government would prosecute is with all possib!e dispatch. Mr. NEW te e_:GATE agreed with the Hon. Member for Bristol, that this Bill was most anxiously expected by the country, but he should not be so Killing to support it if it were the come:ler:cement of a system so extensive as had been alluded to. He very much (illeted the probability of the ap plication of the principle on a large scale to the constitution, and he the refore thought that considerable caution should be exercised 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 opportunities for 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 the Bill. Causes from I to eit were agreed to without discussion. On clause 9 being proposed, Mr. WAKLEY objected to the clause which restricted the selection of judges from one branch of the legal profession only. Li 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 profession he thought best ? Believing the clause, as it stood, to be unwise and unjust, he would move, as an amendment, words to admit of the selection of attorneys as well as barristers to officiate as judges ia these courts. Captain PECHELL said it was intimated to be the intention of the Government officers under which the Bill had been drawn up, to continue the services of the revising barristers, and other similar judges, who had been appointed by the Lord Chancellor as judges under this Biil. if so. then there would not he so much objection to the clause as it stood. But the point should 6e clearly stated, in order that he might know how to act. Lord G it AN VILLE SOMERSET would prefer leaving the appointment entirely to the discretion of the Lord Chancellor as far as it regarded the qualification of seven years standing. He did not think restricting the appointments to barristers of that standing would enhance the qualification of judges. He also agreed with the Hon. Member for Finsbury that the attorneys were hardly dealt with by the Bill, and he would rather leave the appointment open to them, though his own opinion was, that the education of a barrister rendered him more eligible as a judge. Sir G. GREY differed with the Noble Lord as to the view lie took regarding the seven years' qualification. He consi dered it would be the means of securing men of gee ater ex perience if they retained the restriction in question. lie could not agree with the amendment respecting the ap • pointment of the attorneys, as it would be contrary to all precedent in similar Bills, and would lead, he was persuaded, to great inconvenience. Besides, he thought the training of a barrister was better for a judge than that of an attorney. er.r. B judges it. objected to the clause limiting the ie the manner proposed. He thought it would be better to lenve the matter 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 shoulders of the Lord Chancellor, and he would have the same principle to al ply with regard to attorneys and barristers. Colonel SIBTHORP thought it very hard to exclude attor neys, 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 supposing 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 those courts as barristers. Mr. B. ESC° T I' denied that there would be any more dif ficulty in ascertaining the competency of attorneys than of barristers. Ile knew m an y b arr i sters o f seven y ears ' 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 Members of Parlia ment should net be judges is these courts. Mr. ROMILLY hoped that her Majesty's Government would introduce a clause in the Bill for the purpose of prevent ing Members 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 more than two months. Mr. BERNAL thought such a clause as that referred to by the Hon. Member for Bridport (Mr. Romilly) necessary, as she clause referring to the two months' absence might be evaded M. HENLEY thought that the judges should be prevented from practising in the districts where the courts over which which they presided were situated. Mr. B °MILL Y thought that it would be much better to invest the judg e s, a s f a r as possible, with a purely judicial character, and for that pu-pose 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 allow e d to dabble in the litigation of the locality where they reside. Mr. S. WORTLEY thought a man might be a very good judge of such a court, while, at the same time, he attended to all the practice which he might get. He had known many instances of that kind, and he never knew any evil to result from it. Mr. BERNAL said that he had known many cases on the Welsh circuits similar to those referred to by the Hon. and Le irnel 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 the office upon the terms proposed by the Hon. Member for Finsbury. Mr. B. ESCOTT entirely concurred in the views of the Hon. Member for Coventry. Lord JOIN 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 sa'aries, and 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 their judicial character. That plan was found to be calcula ted in an eminent manner to obtain justice to the ceuntry, 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. Ile believed that with respect to one of the instances which the Honisurable 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 ders'iip of Leeds. Now he thought it was most ridiculous to say that that gentleman, and the others, who filled 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 had become forgetful, because they were continually in practice as barristers in the superior courts. They had, therefore, but two courses to take in respect to the app iintments to theju dicial offices to be created in these courts, either they must give the judges very considerable salaries, and have those persons constantly employed in judicial functions, or they must take the other plan, which, in his opinion, was a very goa I and efficient plan, namely, that of appointing persons who would still be allowed to practice at the bar. With regard to the other plan ne-nely, that of getting persors who would be paid better -alaries, but would be compel! el to remain in certain districts to which they might happen to be appointed, but that was a plan which in his opinion would not be found to work well —(Hear, hear)—and 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 bar—(Hear, hear)—would all be anxious to obtain these appointments, 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 be thug excluding men of the best talents and the greatest vigour of mind from those offices. —(Hear, hear.) He knew that it was said, and indeed it was perfeetly true, that rum eho had not much practice at the bar, had a great deal of talent, knowledge, and judicial understanding. Now, al though 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 'ear, how were the dispensers of the patronage to knew them? But when they appointed tnen 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 lie beli e v e d th a t th e cou r s e adopted in this country was also adopted in Scotland, where the people 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, who continued his practice at the bar, and was therefore conversant with the whole machinery of the law. Indeed the law of Scotland rendered it absolutely necessary that the judges of those superior courts should attend the Courts 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 be adopted,—(Hear, hear.) He felt bound to maintai n th e Bill as i t then stood, with one exception. The Hon. Memb er f or Wi nchester bad objected 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 alt e r at i ons to meet that objection. which was, in his opinion, well-founded.—( Ilear.) Mr. HUME said that, with respect to the example given by the Noble Lord, he must dissent from it. Ile himself had presented petitions from the people of Scotland, praying that they sheubl have judges resid en t amongst them. He thought a local judge would necessarily give more sn,tisf,c tion than he now di,l.—(Hear, hear.) He, therefore, pro tested agoinst the illustration given by the N o bl e L ord. He thought that the judges should be judges throughout. They should not be for half-and-half duties. What had taken place upon an analogous question? Why, when the salaries were fixed fie- 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 to be employed were to discontinue their practice.—( Hear, hear.) He would make these barristers a kind of ju s tices going from one district to another. He woulsl give them enough to do, pay them well, and keep them constantly employed Mr. MUNTZ said it was understood that these judges were to change their localities; how, then, if they cunninneel to practise, were they to discharge their functions according to the provisions of this Bill ?—( Hear, hesr.) 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 arguments, he might be able to agree with him. It should be remembered that those judges had to deal with a class of litigants who, from their habits and pre judices, wsre much more suspicious of the dispensation of the law than those at Westminster. Mr. HORSMAN said it was proposed to make such districts as wool.' employ the whole time of these judges, and of course then the etiology to the Court of the Recorder failed. He had no doubt, if sufficient salary were fixed, judges enough could be got from Westminster Flail. Sir G. GREY said the lion. Member had mistaken his meaning ; and he observed further, that salaries could not im• mediately be fixed, as the districts would 4iffgr in the amount of envilyraent, and ought alto in salary. THE SUN, LONDON, FRI I DAY EIVENING, AUGUST 21, 1846. Mr. GREENE put the question, which was negatived. Mr. WAKLEY proposed that attorneys should be eligible to those (Zees. He did not make it binding to elect attorneys, only that they should be eligible; and he was certain, if a salary of 1,2001. 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 nut go aside from precedent in making that proposal, for there were attorneys already judges : and in the last year's Act, the Small Debts Bill, attorneys of ten years' standing might be judges the Courts. He felt in earnest on the subjeot, 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 had already said; it had already been discussed, and he did not re frain from answering the Hon. Member from any disrespect. The House then divided on Mr. Wakley's amendment. For the amendment ......... Against it Majority against the amendment ---37 The House immediately afterwards divided on an amn merit made by another lion. Member, that any judge ap pointed under the Act should cerise to practice as a barrister, when there appeared— For the amendment l2 Against it Majority aga i nst it The ctauce as amended was then agreed to, as were also Clauses 10 and 11. After a few words from Colonel T. Noon and the AT TottNEY-GEYEKAL, the 12th clan-e was agreed to ;as wet also clause. 13 and 14. Clause 15 having been read, Lord G. SOMERSET rose for the purpose of making som observations upon the clause, when Sir G. GREY said that if this clause were likely to create any considerable discussion, he sl.ould, considering the great pressure of business before the House, move that the Chairman do report progress. Clause 15 was then agreed to. The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again to-morrow. HAYDOCK LODGE LUNATIC ASYLUM. Upon the order of the day for going into committee on the Public Works ( Ireland) No. 4 Bill. Mr. WAKLEY wished to know whether the returns from the Haydock Lodge Lunatic Asylum were ready. Lord G. SEYMOUR was understood to say - that they were not prepared. 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 ag , eed to, the House re. sumed, the Chairman reported progr-ss, and the report was ordered to be bnaight up to-morrow. A messenger from the Lords brought up several Bills, which were ordered to lie on the table. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) (No. 5) BILL. The House went into a Committee on this Bill. The several clauses were read and agreed to. The House resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. CONSTABULARY (IRELAND) BILL. The House went into Committee on this Bill, and the several clauses were read and agreed to. Mr. WILLIAMS rema r ked, before Mr. Greene left the chair, that it was his opinion that this force was purely mili tary, and the expenses ought to be voted among the army es timates. The report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. The House resumed. TITHES COMMUTATION BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. ECCLESIASTICAL PATRONAGE BILL. This Bill was read a second- time, an I ordered to be com mitted to-morrow. MARRIAGES (IRELAND) BILL. Several clauses were brought up, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. LEASES (IRELAND) BILL. The House went into Committee on this Bill. The several clauses were gone through and agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be reported to-morrow. PRI FATE BILLS BILL. The House went into Committee on this Bill, and the clauses 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 THORP said, he 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 sixth clause be struck out. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he would consent to leave out the latter part of the clause in question, and ha therefore hoped that the Hon. and Gallant Member would not persist in his opposition. He hoped that Hon. Members would not impede the progress of the Bill at that period of the session because he believed that it had the assent of nine tenths of the House.—(Hear, hear. ) Mr. PI. ESCOTT said he could not perceive, from the Right Hon. andleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer's statement, what was the obj ct of the Bill, whether it was to assist or impede the progress of railway Bills. He did not think that it was possible to cons'ruct 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 Bills; those win) took part in those animated debates being ex cited to a most extraordinary degree, because their pockets were at stake. Although lie was opposed to the Bill, he quite concurred with the Hon. and Gallant Member opposite in thinking it best not to delay 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 iticif into a Committee on this Bill. Sir R. FERGUSON sail he should oppose the very first clause, because he did not see the necessity of the measure. Mr. PIGOTT having, replied, Sir R. FERGUSON then opposed the'dlau3e 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 to-morrow, when the necessary explanation would be Oren by that gentle man. The House accordingly resumed, and the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again to-morrow. THE CAPTAIN OF HER MAJES FY'S SHIP ALARM. Captain PECHELL then rose to move for a copy of the order from the Vice-Admiral, commanding at Bermuda, for assembling 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-Chief, by Mr. James Chimmo, dated the 28th day of February, 184(3. The Hon and Gallant Member, in support of his motion, briefly detailed some instances 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-tard 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 been perpetrated upon that officer. Admiral DUNDAS would refuse the return of the papers moved for; they would be of no public benefit, nor would they Ise at all calculated to advance the interests of that officer himself. Mr. WILLIANIS regretted the course which the Admiralty thought propel. to pursue in this case. He thought the public should be made acquainted with the proceedings of courts martial held on board of her Maj,isty's ships of war. Inferior officers should be protected against the tyranny of their supe rior officers. Captain PLUMRIDGE hoped that the Government wottld consent to lay upon the table of the liotuo the minutes of the court-martial, if they did nut feel disposed to grant the papers moved for. Captain BERKELEY waz quite ready to take his share in the refusal of the papers moved fJr by the Hon. and Gallant Mem ber for Brighton. After a few words from Captain PECHELL, the motion was withdrawn. PATENTS COMMISSION BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the first reading of this Bill, and gave notice that to-morrow he shuuld move that the Bill pass through the remainirr;,• stages. WASTE LANDS tAUSTRALIA) 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 cornfactors psper of averages from Lord George Bentinck, to which the tollowing reply has been made LORD GEORGE BENTINCK'S STATEMENT. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Rye. Beans. Peas. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. a. d. Aggregate average .. 50 11 27 5 23 7 32 4 36 4 35 9 Actual duty .. 7 0 4 0 1 6 4 0 4 0 4 0 Intended duty .. .. 7 0 4 0 1 6 2 0 2 0 2 0 Duty as it would have been wider sth and 20 0 9 0 5 0 11 6 4 6 1 6 6th Victoria, c. 6. REPLY. " The present averages are not as stated in the paper your Lordship has sent. Tnose that your Lordship has sent are last week's averages. The present are as follows IVbeJt. 11:irley. Oats. Rye. Beans. Feas. P. 11. s. d. s. d. s. d. a. d. s. d. Aggregate average .. 49 9 27 4 23 8 31 10 38 9 35 10 Actual duty levied .. 8 0 4 0 1 6 4 0 4 0 4 0 Intended duty .. 8() 4 0 1 6 2 0 2 0 Duty as It woul.l Lave been under sth and -20 0 9 0 5 0 10 6 4 6 6th Victoria, c. " What we wish to show your Lordship is, that in the great article of beans, for instance, if the averages continue to rise one week more as they have done during the last live weeks, the duty under the old Bill would be 3s. Gd. per quar ter, instead of 49., as now levied; and before October, under the old Bill, there is every probability that the duty would be lA. per quarter. "In fact, last year, under the old Bill, the duty fell to Is. Gd. per quarter in August, and to Is. in September, and continued Is. till Christmas ; notwithstanding which mode rate duty the price of old beans continued as high as 525. per quarter up to the middle of March, with a very abundant crop of English growth. s. d. " Imperial weekly average for the week ending July 11, 1816 ...... ...... ........ 37 11 " Ditto, July 18 „ " Ditto, July 25 „ ... 3B 9 " Ditto, August 1 " " Ditto, Augiuct 8 ... ... 39 8 " Then it n ex t r i ses 5d., say to lO 1 6)234 which under G th i e ves ol a d n Bagilglrieygoautledalrkageethofe.:iu—t-y339e. 6 0 1, in Place of 45., as now levied. " GILLIES AND HORNE, "ALEXANDER BELL" evidently ---- -------- BIT or DEVONSIIIRE.-11r. Justice Platt "brought out"a Devonshire b o y i n roe(' style last week at Exeter , and , , tesses ag.iinst th e pi L ionel . was John Brown , twelve years of ige, whose b us i ncss , 1 1 , said was to etli yed thefun. ° In a rale of arson, one of the wit . "go about 'long wi' mother," selling " visit." lie stated that he was on an arch • , ver the tunnel, about vower o'clock in the afternoon, and zeed smolt a' coining out o' the back houze; he know'd 'twas vower o'clock, !c os he thought when was a tap o' th' arch hat his mother wid'n catch him to whop hint. The Judge —When (lid •you expect your whopping, that evening? Boy—WhQn her catch'd me. Judge—What made you go upon the arch. Boy—Cos I could see her a coming. Judge. And then you could bolt, eh ? Boy—Eee', zur, my loard. THE ROVAL MINT.—The machinery in the coining (14partment of this establiihment IM being repaired, and ha con. septeht:.o the works hr or, been ettepeuled ter the present RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON, The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock; Lord Monteagle in the chair. The cross-examination of Mr. Bidder was proceeded with by Mr. TALBOT—He detailed the position of the line with respect to the various landowners on its route. No land would be interfered with except where absolutely necessary. If they interfered with any portion of the' property of Mr. Hodgion, they were willing to purchase the whole of it. They ran through the property of Lord Aylesbury for four teen miles; nevertheless, his Lordship was it i L favour of the line. The South-Western opposeed them in the House cf Comm,ms, and also presented a petition against them in the Stan ?jog Orders Committee of their Lordhips's House, but they had adjusted their difference, and were now in harmony, as that portion of the line between Andover and Southampton was lately conceded to that Company, on their paying the original cost, together with the purchase of the Andover Canal. The estimate was 1,580,001)1., the company taking power to borrow one-third of the capital. The line from Andover to Southampton, he anticipated, could ba opened in twelve months from the passing of the Bill. The cost would be 300,000/., but not more then 200,000/. would be required by that time. The expense would be reduced, because two miles and a half of the Dorchester line would be used. The entire tunnelling would be four.miles. One hundred thousand pounds would cover the expense of the principal stations; the second-class stations had not been determined upon. Temporary stations would be erected at various parts of the line for the accom modation of agriculrural produce. The witne , s was re-examined by Mr. Sergt. WRINGITAM. Mr. E. Stepenson, C.E., joint engineer of the line with Mr. Bidder, was next examined—He generally concurred in his evidence, and considered that 18,0001. a mile was a moderate rate, and that the line could be constructed at that rate. Mr. Irawkshaw, C.E., followed, and concurred in the evidence. Mr. Willey, land valuer, said, the land of the line would cost 198,841/., and was taken at the rate of 2351. per acre. Mr. Taplin produced a table of the receipts of various Rail ways, taken at various periods; and Mr. Goldsmid handed in a list of the assents and dissents. This closed the case on the part of the promoters. Mr. TALBOT, Q C., then at great length addressed the Committee on behalf of the Great Western and against the line, and contended that the necessary communication be tween the north and the south would be opened up by the Oxford and Rugby, vid Basingstoke, and which the pro prietors of the Great Western were willing to lay down the narrow in connexion with the broad gauge, and by the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, rid Bristol. That these lines would accommodate large and populous towns, which the Manchester and Southampton would not, everything having been sacrificed in order to make it direct, and trusted that their Lordships would in this case, as in others, counteract the rash and impolitic decision of the House of Commons. There could be no question that ere long there would be no break of gauge between Southamp ton and the north. Surely, their Lordships would not sanction this line, when the earth of the line which they had sanctioned last sesion for a similar object had not yet been raised. Goods from the north could be brought cheaper by the iines in connexion with the Great Western to Basing stoke, where they would meet the trains of. the South- Western, and be conveyed by them to Manchester, much cheaper than they could be conveyed by a new line. After referring to the calls of the company, who stated they would not call n:ore than 21. per share up to 1848, and not more than 41. yearly afterwards, and contending that after paying their railway expenses, which must be considerable, and compensating landowners, which would leave them little or nothing to construct the line, he, at four o'clock, sought the permission of the Committee to resume his address to morrow. The Committee then adjourned. NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND HEREFORD RAILWAY, Since our last notice of this undertaking, a company has been incorporated by Act of Parliament for the con struction of this railway, and a period of seven years has been given by the Legislature for its completion. In connexion with this line the Shrewsbury and Hert.fordshire, the Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, and the North Wales Mineral, will form a continuous line between the port of Newport in the Bristol Channel, and Birkenhead ; and they will all be made on the narrow gauge. So that the city of ll ,, reford, whilst boasting of a broad gauge to London, will have the full benefit of the narrow gauge system, all centralising at Heref prd. The local traffic betc‘een Hereford, Abergavenny, and Newport in itself Hill be highly remunerative to those capitalists who embark in the on lertiking. The inter change whi..h . must necessarily take plaee between so important an agricultural district as that around Here -1 cd, and the equally important mineral and mining dis trict in and around Ab , rg,ivenny and Pontypool, with a terminus at Newport, most necessarily be productive of a great traffic for the local acquirements of the country ; and when we add to this that the Newport and Hereford line, in connexion with the lines to the north, will form the most important part of a trunk line to Liverpool, Manchester, &c., from the Monmouthshire iron district, we cannot hesitate to believe that, upon a development of the resources of the country, this will form one of the most paying lines in the kingdom. Believing that the Newport and Hereford Railway will be of the first importance to this city and county, we have heard with much pleasure that the Welsh Mid- land directors have determined to recommend to their proprietary to complete the Construction of this lime before proceeding further with the lines westward into Wales. To facilitate this, provision is made in the Newport and Hereford Act for dividing the 50/. shares into shares of 251. each, and thus about 20,000 shares are, as it were, created for the benefit of the Welsh iNf: d land and Great Eastern" and Western proprietaries, the latter of whom were bought off a Parliamentary opposi tion which threatened the destruction of the Newport and Hereford Company, by the promise of an equal participa•ion in the diAribution of shares with the Welsh Midland. The demand thus suddenly made for Newport and gereford stock has had the . effect of considerably r a ising its value in the market ; and so soon as public attention is directed to the importance of this communication, we shall exptrct to see it rank with the most favourite of the new railway shares ; and instead of the Company avail ing themselves of a pi,riod of soven years, we can now congratulate the county on the prospect of an imme diate commencement of the works, and on a speedy com pletion of them. _-. _ _ Much credit is due to Mr. W. Sayce, the local engineer of the line, for carrying the Company safely through the standing orders ordeal ; and the cou ty will ever be in debted to the enterprise, and sound judgment of Messrs. Johnstone, Farquhar, and Leech, the eminent City solici :ors, for the in; reduction or a public c•onpany, having f,r its purpose so great a public good.-11creford Times. POOR MAN'S (WARMAN SOCIETY. A - general public rni•eting of the S,-uth London auxiliary to the parent Society was hell on , Vedoesd..iy, the I'h: at re of the Literary I. vituti:in, R:rough-road. Mr. J. 1.. STEvIENS wa:s called to th chair. ile said. t was no: hi; in: . ento.ni to d..,taio !Ito wee:ing at I ,, re4tn. it was ti•gh to Cite credit 0.•• Lai', met' the tr.,•e 1,., (hat an :esti lied n, e,, c-.t..ablish-d in 1. is stet-- q.l i-e. for the proti.cion of the poor Loin who wis n c..ssity of applying- for p Ceciltab r era It ia.l been e_-ttbli.h v 1 with a view t:, atford th, poor loan dres in th,• cate of oppr,ssion, and the such as uNistrd, to the fillies , po - ,41)1,. e.sie:e. for the 4 ,od of thus , who needed relief; fir it was the opinion of .'lose who had originate I the parent Society that had L to the means of subsistence and of clothini2; Hat the iruitistrious our, not the idle, hat. , cla , ms pun: octet y in „en r.tl. Saeh were the pri,eipLis wh:en tee parent institution had b,Ntn es- Two in. etings had air ady b-en ht Id in , onnexi , in with the object and views of the society on 'hat side of the river, and out of these had originated the South London Auxiliary. Rules and a prospectus nad been drawn up, which the Chairman then read to ;.he meeting, and moved—" That this meeting fully ap proves of the pr,..spectus and rules of the South L'.nilon Poor Man's Guardian Society, now read," which was carried unanimously. Mr. FRENCH Said, though he had retired for ever frcm 'politics, he felt himself cabled on to support the object of this society, which was not political. He considere f it celestial, likely to meet with the a pprobation of [leaven, and deserving the co-operation of man, to care for the widows, the orphan=, the suns and dau4hters of sorrow, misery, and distress. It was unhappily the case, that in the high tidy of prosp,rity which this country was at present enjoying in commercial specula tion, poverty and cri ne had become 'synonymous. He knew this to be a fact; he had seen it at home and abroad. In Germany, France, Italy, and Rolland, he had hail it thrown in his teeth that the Englishman despises poverty. He had himself felt the strong need there was. of a society like this when he went out with a view to obtain redrats for the grievances of the poor ; on these occa sions he had never, but with one exception, met with anything save insults, taunts, and even threats of per sonal violence. The Learned Gentleman concluded a very eloquent address by moving that the South London Poor Man's Guardian Society deserves the support of every friend to humanity and good government, and that the meeting pledges itself effectively to aid the ope rations of that Society. Mr. MARSH seconded the resolution, and the meeting passed it unanimously. A resolution was then passed by the meeting, appoint ing J. L. Stevens, Esq., to be Chairman of the Committee. Mr. STEVENS, in acknowledging the honour, said it was the intention of the society to establish local com mittees in every parish, that the pauper should not be under the necessity of going five or six miles to meet with a committee of the society. Mr. DAY, in moving that Mr. Howard be appointed treasurer to the society, said that scarcely one-third of the money collected under the name of 'poor-rates, went to the relief of the poor. He said the police-rate, the county rate, the fire escapes, the poundage on the collection of the whole rate, the preparation and printing of the list of voters, the salaries of the referees under the new building ir.:t were all paid out of the poor-rates. It would theref_ire be well to recollect this in the payment of these rates, that they did not all go to the relief of the poor, He was aware that many temptations lay in the way of relieving officerA and poor-law guardians, doing justice in proportion to the wants of the poor. Such a society, on that ac count, as would afford an opportunity of appeal in these cases, was a great good, and deserved the support, Mr. Howard was unanimously appointed treasurer. It was then moved by Mr. MAYNARD and seconded 1)3 Mr. TOWNSEND—That the thanks of this meeting are due, and are hereby voted to tits members of the Parent Institution in Leicester-square, for being Ora first pub licly to combine their efforts as the protectors and advo cates of the poor, and in an especial manner to J. Wal ker, Esq. of Bearwood, who has been prevented being present by illness, and to the gentlemen who have at ;aided Ow 1219r12112g, Mr. SAVAGE addressed the meeting at some length, and entered into details connected with the history of the Parent Society. Mr. KNIGHTON moved that the thanks of the meeting were due to the editors of the Tinzes, the Adverfser, The Sun, Douglas Jerrold s, and otht r newspapers, who had advocated the cause or the poor. The several reso'utions were passed without dissent, and a vote of thanks to the chairman having been car ried, the meeting separated. MAYOR'S COURT-WEDNESDAY GREAT CoMPENSATION 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. Thesir,er, Mr. Warrer, 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 was expected that the cause would last for two days. It was generally understood that the parties differed so widely in their e*timate of compensation that tho 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 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 11,230 0 0 Loss on sale of 11,6001. stock in trade ... Loss on sale of horses, carts, &c 2OO 0 0 For solicitors' contracts and surveyors' charges £11,055 0 0 257 11 0 700 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 13,0001. in full compensation for all claims, which stun was afterwards divided thus, B,oorl. 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 completed, 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 .Uroad street, now stand. The carriage-road and footer ay 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 1 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 the City. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Baron PLATT and Alderman HuGnEs.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Upon the motion of Mr. BALLANTINR, 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 assizes, the defendant being allowed to go at large upon bail. James Llotid, 35, milkman, was indicted for the man slatwhter of Thomas Alexander Bartlett. M. Wilde conducted the prosecution, Mr. Prendergast de fended the prisoner. It appeared that on the day named in. the indictment, the deceased, who was a young lad, was playing with some of his companions about the same age, at a game called "pussy cat," which consists in striking a piece of wood pointed at both ends, and it seemed that deceased struck the "cat" against the prisoner, who immediately t-truck the de ceased a blow, and when he ran away he followed him and struck him a second time, and he fell against the wall, and it was alleged that in consequence of these 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. POLICE INTELLIGENCE'. MANSION-HOUSE. Phillip Ryan, the secretary to a benefit society, called the " old Friends," was summoned before Aleerman Gibbs fur having refits. d to give up any of the fund: for the pa) meat of the sick, who, as members, had claims upon it. Mr. llobler, who appeared for the secretary, objected in limit 4 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 starred out of the ill g el 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 Mr. nobler whether he could prove that the society was regulated by secret signs and obligations upon oath ?—Mr. nobler replied that the 13th rule directed that no brother should make known the signs of the brotherhood or disclose the secrets of 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 fr,-m 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 so undoubted a claim.- Alderman Genus—What is the meaning of the letters N. 0. F., which appear to be hierogiiphically placed ? The complainant—That means " noble old friend."— (Laughte:.) We must have titles or we could not exist as a charity. Alderman GIBBS—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 a sign. When you are first made a member you are blindfolded, 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. The complainant's solicitor—Really there is no secre at all in that. Witness—Noboly can enter the apartment in which the society is held wit4ptut making a sign. You must first go up ;mil knocklit?the door, and that noi•e is an swered n y a scratching inside, like a cat.—(A laireb.) I endeavoured to get Ha of that sort of mummery, and we had it overruled. But it is: attempted to play all sorts of tricks with the money. The officers parade the streets with !figs, go to pubic dinners, and drink abun dance of gin and wa;er at the expense of the poor. One of them drew the sward upon me, and attempted to run me through. Now, what we want is to have the money fairly divid• d amongst the members. Alderman GIBBS said he believdd, for the reasons stated there, and for other reasons, that he could not deeide ; but, recommended the parties to refer the case to Mr. Ttdd Pratt, and The Secretary put all the money in to Mr, Geodman's hands, and consented to abide by the authority of tha, gentleman. WORSHIP-STREET. THEATRICAL Mos.—John Belasco, nrother to the well known prize-tighter of that name, appeared upon a warrant before Jr. Broughton, charged with having violently as saulted a glass-dealer named Henry Davis. The complainant, whose person exhibited marks of severe and recent ill-treatment, stated that while passing through Petticoat•lane, on the afternoon of Monday last, he was accosted by the prisoner, who told him that a gentleman, with whom he had been in communication, had informed him that Mr. Barnard Gregory was to perform that even ing at the Haymarket Theatre, and that he wished him to organise as many persons as he could collect together to hoot him off the stage. The prisoner was accompanied at the time by a large mob of the lowest characters in the dis trict, and offered him a shilling, together with a free admis slon to the theatre, and as much liquor as he chose to par take of, if he would join the expedition and allow his name to be inserted in a book in which those of all the others were inscribe:!. Witness, however, refused to take any part in the proceedings, upon which the prisoner distributed a quantity of halfpence amongst his followers, to pay their passage by the penny steam-boat to llungfordtistairs,and they all set out on their errand. Shortly before they moreey ft for parted,"m "serve ne him o refusing to form one of the party, the prisoner threatened that he wld b o u u tbe saw until the preceding evening, when they accidentally met each other at a public-house in Petticoat-lane, and the pri soner, after assailing him with the most scurrilous epithets, struck him on the nose with the bowl of a tobacco pipe, and instantly followed up the attack by a violent blow with his fist, which blackened both his eyes, and caused an effusion of blood from the nose that had continued, at intervals, ever since. In answer to a question from the magistrat e , the wit ness stated that when the prisoner made the first overture to him he was in company with an acquaintance who was also solicited to proceed with the mob to the theatre; but that person was then unable, from the pressure of business, to attend and g i ve evi dence. Oa being called up6n for his defence the prisoner declared that the whole of the complainant's state ment relative to their alleged interview on the previous Monday was a fabrication, and that with regard to the assault in the public-house, th e comp l a i nant hi mself - was the aggressor; by flinging at him a quart pot, and that he merely acted in self. defence. The ;prisoner then called Edward Myers, a Jew clothesman, who corroborated the latter part of his de fence, but admitted that the prisoner had uttered some ex asperating expressions to the complainant before any per. sonal violence was resorted to. On being interrogated by the magistrate, the witness said that the contemplated gathering to interrupt the performances of the theatre had been the common subject of conversation in Petticoat-lane for the last fortnight, but that he bad not known the defendant to be mixed up in it. The complainant here intimated that be should be able to bring several witnesses in support of his testimony, and amongst them the brother of a publican in the neighbour hood, whom the defendant had also threatened with violence because he refused 'to connect himself with the riotous faction. Mr. BROUGHTON said it was impossible in the present im perfect state of the evidence to arrive at a correct judgment on the case; and as both parties were anxious for an adjourn ment, he should order the warrant to stand over, and require the prisoner to enter into recognisances fur his future ap pearance. THAMES. An old Cambridgeshire man named John Hirard, wh o carried a basket containing blackberries, was brought bef ore Ur, Datntine, charged with Daling PCPonouti berrie4 cf the deadly nightshade, and causing the deathsof Thomas par 1: late proprietor of the Veteran becr-shop road, and a child named Jones, aged three years, in the London Hospital. • Pt i°3 Police-constable Bird, 105 B, stated, from a desert which he received of a man who had been selling ee.en,,,r berries in the neighbourhood of Whitechapel, apprehenst,,exe; the prisoner that morning in Stretton-ground, We,stmin,Lo while he was vending blackberries, and on taking bit! Ir e d in the Whiteehoad:eeld the presence of Mrs. Parker, the widow.a the man who in the hospital, she at once recognised him as the man t " ast , sold her what he described as nettle-berries on SaturdayAer which she formed into a pie, and •'d he had murdered fi ber which said husband. Mr. B ALLANTINE supposed an inquest had been h _ ei r j ir °ri the deceased persons? Inspector Donegan, of the !!,`,'-ed. sion, said there had be en , a nd it was adjourned until the nesday, for the purpose of a ffording time to appre h man. be Auld Mr. BALLANTINE req u i re d ev idence on which either remand or commit the man. Donegan said Mrs. Parker identified the prisoner, atwee he sold her the poisonous betties. She was at presenta and very ill, Mr. BALLANTINE—She might as well be in Harrell' rest you are telling me is no t evidence. Surely so me other ' son saw the prisoner selling the poisonous berries' h a get Donegan—Yes, sir; an old man was present 'ar e Parker purchased the berries of the prisoner. This been Mr. BALLANTIN E —Wh ere i s h e ? D o negan---A Asa looking after him this afte rnoon , an d c annot dad b " -. A I see him to nig TINE ave no doubt. nri se paw' Mr. BALLAN—Then I will commit the to- morrow, and I shall then expect some evidence-The abet The prisoner was then remanded till this day s ttseket l persons lying in the va r i ous h os pit a l s , who "re-re, is with severe illness aft e r ea ti ng po i sono us berritle - one exception, going on favourably. r eal (4 John Stevens, a po wer f u l swar th y ma n about • pre' age, better known by the name of Gipsy S ' . te j at prietor of the large C rown - an d A nc h o r booth, T en the various fairs, and who has f or some mo nths 1 43 " ne y, ° ls landlord of the Mulberry-t ree p u bli c -h o use, in z4ePinlttsa. $ nn brought before Mr. Ballanti ne , c h arge d with co murderous assault on Trinity Stevens, his wife- a W ed ' It appeared frcm the evid e n ce th a t a t a late hour o biii dip nesday night, about 11 o'clock, Mr. James Swan , T bery counter, residing in the Old Jewry, wa3 Passing the 31,u,olvily tree when he heard a woman within the house shrieljnel.s!air3 and calling out " Murder." He immediately rushed n w P ho into a room and found the prisoner beating his w ife 'lv fret!! ji g lying stretched on th e ground bleeding coei °° „ l ,t bef o re severe wound on the head, whi c h Stevens had J - s t eve , '' laid open with a fender, and knocked her down,. f l o or 01 knelt on his wife's chest, a n d b ea t h er h e ad on th e tied the Mr. Swan's presence. Th e gen tl eman i n terfered , c s ste eenh police, and gave the pri soner i n t o cus t o dy. grt b to til e who is a gip s y, was conveye d b y t h e po li ce in a A ear London Hospital, where her woun d s d s sed• t were re ,„ pu , Elute from the house surgeon, Mr. Wordswortbt 5 F lt3 stating that Trinity Stevens was received into the ; pre' with a severe wound of the scalp, and that she w a , s o . reti,,, t° sent in danger therefrom. She was subsequentb r r ` - be ' t her own home, and in the course of y e sterdai„:otre`' visited by Mr. Bride a surgeon, residing in Jaln 3l `;col w Commercial-road, wl ' to found her in a very lion. Besides the wound on her scalp she had recei‘e severe bruises. • bra' .011 The prisoner offered no defence or excuse for 1 115 and `yd dangero3, d Mr. BALLANTINE remanded Lim for a week, - should take no bail for him. RAILWAY R E MAR KERS. BRISTOL, ArGusr 20. 1/• STOCK Excluaroz.-The sales are-Bristol acd Exeter'n tiete ri• -Bristol and South Wales Junction, 6s. 3c1.-Caletlell'a/ordi Gs 3d.-Midland, 1 3014-Newcastle and Bersick, fish, New, 14%-Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 4 i 4 -Tail Vale' . MANCHESTEIt, AUGUST 20. ~r d STOCK EXCKANGE.-The sales are-Boston, starni.-Th' er n mingham, 11s. dis. -Caledonian Extension, 1 dis. b a f, GU% p. ties, York Extension, 1% p.-East Lancashire. 7% 2 5- and Dumfries, 1 dis.-Hudderstleld, Halifax, and Bidefor, ' Leek -Huddersfield and Manchester Railway an d Canal, IN boll ° , and Thirsk, 4% dis.-Leicester and Bedford, 3t joo' Ormskirk, 'aid Preston, 3% p.-Manchester and L eed titee h ires Ditto, Quarters, 6► 14 p. -Dittd, Sixteenth, 8% -Ditto' Ord' 2 , 14 p.-Midland an d Thi rs k Junct i on, 1 d i s. -North Sta 0.400 :) p.-North Western, 1-16 p.- Oldham Districts , 12 %nd C re f,r Oldham, Birkenhead, &c. 114 c. dis.-Sheffield, L eek, vino' 2 ,10 I Is. dis.-Sheffield anti Lincolnshire Junction, So. 9 ,1 * tension, 11-16 dis.-Sheffield. and Manchester, Quarters', „. --Shrewsbury and Birmingham, % p,- Shropshire 1.11n°",;,--",,, dis.-South-Eastern and Dover, Halves, No. 4, c 'sa., ?- Staffordshire Junction, 3-16 p.-Trent Valley, Midlands, West Riding Union, 2% p. • rk ° :1 LEEDS, AUGUST 20. nin n y STOCK EXCKANGE.-2 he stiles are- Lastern Colin tic , ir inistO r tension, 335. Gd. p.-East Lancashire, 8% p.-Grea t Sheffield, 214 dis.- -Huddersfield and Manchester, and J l , 1 1 . tension, ss. p. -Huddersfield and Sheffield, 7 c. P.-L ee- e - Des, '''sod ford, 42 p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 3% p.- Ditto, Bra' --Leeds and Thirsk, 4 1 4 dis. -Ditto, New, 3% dis.- )D r ig e Lees, Fifths, 8 p.- Ditto, Extensions, 214 p.- Ne'v as- 'sic 10. 115 lingtOn Junction, Extensions, 10 p.-North British. CarllvAing„ ;2s: scrip p. -York and North Midland, East and WestTd L it t' p. -Anibergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 12s. Gd. dis. Its. disc-Great Eastern and Western, IV, dis.-La n°3 ' shire, and North-Eastern, 28s. dis.--Leeds, Wakefield, an j tcr I7s. Gd. dis.-Leidester an-! Birmitiztenn, 01 ' ` ice 3,4 Pik Bedford, 10s. dis.-Liverpool, frakirk, and rreston,,,,7s. London and York, Bs. dis. -Mahon and Drlfileld Junc,‘tl4es, sc rip, scrip p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid land, z „ , 3S• -North Staffordshire, 31. is. scrip " ster m id Shropshire Union, 15s. dis.-West Riding Union, 4!. 160. and Carlisle, 214 dis. HULL, UGUST 2. ,„ Tor go , STOCK EXCHANOC.-Th A e sales are- Eastern uounte_2l4.ol.ol Lension, 2% -Hull and Selby,/lalTSbitres,39l.,.6B. Ed:A(ol,l'9p tish, Carlisle Branch, 765. 6d.-Blackburn, Dar" I l ' wes t ItithatP 4o 4 -East Lincolnshire, No-Fleetwood, Preston, a,131,.-heicesterls,orts -Ipswich and Bury (Cambrid 4 e and opp res ton, s is p' Tmnworth, 353.- Liverpool, :Ormskirk• "alts' -Shrops hire y ioo gtc t Western, 2s. p. -Northern Counties I: t ° ,„d Union, 158.--Le i .. dis.-West Riding Union, 4/. 19. 3s. 6(L-Lonel e. ass and Bedford, 125.-Leicester and Biral . vtier eld Manchester (Rem.), Bs. 6d.-South inuitlanng.rd,2los.s. SHEFFIELD STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales ;re d shire, 12s. dis.- Manchester, Sheffield, and Mullen slon, 15s. 6d. dis.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, .9s. dis.-Ea! 21. 1 , 0 _ Grimsby and Slieffi t dis.-Manchester and Lincoln Union and Canal, 18$. Western, 3a. p.-Sheffleld anti Lincolnshire, 65. 6d. k NEWCASTLE-UPON E, AuousT 20. .501 , -, (0 11, STOCK EXCHANGE.-Tile sales are-Eastern Countie s, tension, I% p.-Midiand, New, 401. Shares, 13 p.-N o ‘,, 5!1 P i d 14-Ditto, Halves, Hawick, 6 p.-Ditto, Halves, Cafli s ',..otte, North Western, Ps. p.-North Staffordshire, 3% p,--1.1 0 :." / ,), Carlisle, 105 -South-Eastern and Dover, New (iss. at % p.-South Midland, % p.-West Riding UniOn.. 3 o Glasgow Union, dis. V r YRK, AUGT 20. Cotta don a n d r ot, STOCK EXCLIANGE.-The O sales are - US Eastern tension, 2/. 3s. -Leicester and Bedford, 11 s. 6d. ---l f u sortbZota; 21. 3s. 64.-Newcastle and Darlington, New, I / oral Half Sh•tres, 14;'-Ditto, Carlisle Extension, „ an d, - 7s, OW shire, M 4 scrip North Western, -- Wels h „ 3 ,tad Riding Union, 4/. 165.-York and Carlisle, '54 land (East and West Riding Extension), 13. o otaa EDINBURGH, AUGUST 19. STOCK EXCITANGE.-The sales are -Ab er deen, B,,ortherfi'l p New, 298. W.-Caledonian Extension, 33 5 .-Direct ver ort ir Dunblane, Doane. an d Callander, 135.-Eastern Couln" - ; so d tension, 435. 64.-East Indian Railway, 1 ts.-Edlnb u d rg rerilh d Cit,r ern, lb% ual" -Ditto, Newport, 20 5 . 6d. -Edinburgh an I'OT Glasgow and Belfast Union, 475. 6c1.-Glasgow, Dend • ti“' lisle, 35 5.-Great North of Scotland, 1 ls. 435. 6d.-North British, 38 -Ditto, Extens i o n to Carus Fifths, 7%-Stirling and Dunfermline, 28$. 64. 1 / GLASGOW, AUGUST 19. 17° . waY , , ot • STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ayr and Gallo . r ter; British and Irish Union, 425. 9d.--Direct Northern , Qa.r en ert dian Railway, 14s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Glasgow , ; „ o vt 1 0 ', 17% -Edinburgh and Northern, Newport, 208.-th'''djosP_Jte„ Terminus, 8% -Glasgow and Belfast Union, 475. 9d• 145.,,, 5 0" marnock, and Ardrossan, 30;.-London and Hounsle"',, ..1 1 a Jr• tttt chester and Southampton. 31s. 6d.-Scottish Central' Central and Caledonian Junction, 318.- South-East erI L New (issued at 15/.), No. 4,68 s. 6d.-South Midland , 5 ' 5 " . eOl eV • TRIAL BY JURY.-Although trial by Jury: trice ith is lated to secure invaluable p r i v il eges , th e re i lr rr eflC C 4ll . standing, some cases, of not unfrequent occ u h s till' or which it fails to accomplish its purpose, and Avii;Fa c atio l e ) ,4B -illustrates the necessity of some additional (p 13 ;;„,00;, - ‘04 jurors to that which is now required. The r e' furnishes a soniewhat amusing illustration of this th e s ot days since, a gentleman, who had been lookirig° N c i w in , port of the cases tried at the recent assizes at 41° tial n° s r with a neighbour. who, as he was aware, had heen. s o . co o .1 to attend the assizes as a juror; when the folloWe' s ssilf, sation took place. Well, -, you have b e en at We ye, p 44 de hear, as a juryman, did you sit on any cases? c oo 0 several." Were you on the jury when the case o ' ss tiO t he Cayzer was tried? " Let's see, sir-what case W 3 t05,t,,,0 Why that in which the tailor brought an action it,, 0' 1r ! constable for some slanderous charges about bre 3 c l ; s e to gates, &c. "Oh I yes, sir, yes, I remembar tha t doceu'y 'well." But how came you, after the evidence pro 0 10_ 4 4 ive a verdict for the defendant? " Oh, sir, ynti. f Pend, that the case was decided right. I was sittl, „ I e t ) behind, and when they asked me wh a t I t (for I didn't exactly understand about plaintiff and ; t hat i d that it ought to be giv'd i n f avour of the one Talc injured." Very good, --, b ut which did yon #z-11,6 this injured man ! "Oh the tailor, cer t a inly, his trade by it, an d the other man couldn't Pedieya charges against him." W e ll , b ut you gave your colelo the defendant--that was th e consta bl e. " Diu per, t er great surprise). Mr. then sent for the Prthe i ifet read the report of it to --, who exclaimed 6 "„ f mination :-Well, I was never more 'stonished I never knowed till this minnet but what WO Pg ft the tailor West Briton. fol l°' ll' o , THE CHURCH.-BENEFICES VAEANT.--• d en ,11 , TOO , IPlrd benefices have became vacant:-The rectory of GO • r pfv , the rectory of little Totham, Essex, its the gift of the Ite s the vicarage of Shabbington, Bucks, by the death of th e , o e f C P(I 4., Long, 31. A., in the gift of Mrs. Wrou,ghton ; the rectell e , °, Lancashire, by the death of the Rev. John Whalley 31 '' S 0 1* 1 ,!vie..f; the gift of the Rev. Gentleman's executors ; the 10 .7 c Het Aspall, Suffolk, in the gift of the executors of the Rctr. ,Illierb 4 'r the vicarage of Cransford, Sussex, in the gift of Mrs. Chtottitlcirf; vicarage of South Scads, with Girton an d Besthor pa, shire, in the gift of the prebendary th ereof; t h e inc tree mbeof , t tee one Church, Swansea, Glamo rgans hi re, by the resit;"-111 0- Rev. George - Townsend Warner, B.A , who has been gr - ew of the masters of Harrow S c h oo l. p The Bishop of Bath and Wells conse crate", c o ca ° O 3 church, at Eastover, Bridgw a t er, on Monday last, In p r j ob large number of th e c l ergy . Th e church is dedicated ta the Rev. J. C. Collins, M.A ., has been appointed to the l'"" ars" BIRTH S. a° On the 16th in s t., a t Beverley, the lady of Beal Silvester, Esq., of a son. v . On the 16th i ns t., a t C astle A sh b y, t h e lA A , o Compton, of a d aug ht er . oh 11' On thu 17th i ns t., th e w if e o f Henry Grant, .4 1 ' 4 the ley House, Brighton, of a son. • Camber 0 n e. On the 18th inst., at Champion-grove, Cam —f t 5v fiC l wife of P. Le Neve Foster, Esq., barrister-at-lavf , of 4l On the 234 of May, at Rio de Janeiro, the MO o f Howden, Esq., of a son. the " df On the 18th inst., at Arborfield Rectory, Berko , r o. the Rev. J. Warren Hayes, of a daughter. WO. On the 18th inst., in Belgrava-square, the of Sanderson, of a daughter. 01.5°' On the 19th inst., at Witham, Mrs. Jacob U. F a 14 a daughter. ric C°° Ou the 19th inst., at Old Bond-street, Mrs. Fre de of a daughter. A b ner MARRIED. 1" „pe, On the 18th inst., at Stoney Middleton, DerbP to A" 'Tolland, Esq., a Lieutenant in the Royal N3/1' fifth daughter of Lord and Lady Denman. el On the 18th inst., at Wo o l w i c h, Captain rate+' Royal Engineers, to Margaret, daughter of Colon . Superintendent of the Roy a l Milit ar y Repository • , d JO leg h On the 9th of June, at ll D n r s p ol . e, near A nt r A e li - la a ` t a s nl O t- Bombay Native Infantry. %redderburu Hope, • Es. Y. a Stoke -15.ellinglt°11' On the 15th • in!t., at Lordship-terravp David L ington, Esq., aged 88. Lieutenant Ear l ' id On the 18th inst., Hester, the wife of James nt Albany -street, Ren - ent* i t , s-park. the j ilts On the 18th inst., at Yarmouth, Edvrari lien* a.; Lter son of I'. E. Preston, Esq. On the 18th at Southill, Bedfordshire , _........! of Commander Charles C. Grey, R.'S London: Printed Strand, Printer, Th aar etv d b mum:o 0111704 0 119, cf; cir t A o 2 f i th Savoy, In th e uCjOh°ol:eflcey OilialeS.tree di 441 c 1846. . • - • •