The Sun. — London, England, 1846-07-25 00:00:00

CALXIMNIAN CANAL -PARMA- ! ENTARY PAPER. C aledonian fort y-first N reort the Commi for ' ledonia n Canal has just been issued. ssi It oners contains he a Statement of the progress of the repairs during the year 1 8 1 : 11 . t has elapsed, and which is described as in all respects ts.. llBfaet ° l 7- The following are the most important ' ..4 ageS t--- p% Th e commissioners are assured that there is every thPecl , of their bei ng a bl e to o p en the navigation u t ° expiration of the stipulated period of three years, 4Pthe 25th of September next, although an important cli tion to th e wor k s has b een ma d e, at a compara ely r ecent time, in a new 'swing bridge at the Muir t° 1 v re n Locks. With ard to the execution of the works „ g h as th solidity and excellence of the new portion _ received the highest approbation, as well of military rg i neers as of th e pr i nc i pa l eng i neers o f the boty:d. The s uperi ntendence has been strict, as was rendered neces sary by th e extent and variety of the works, as well as t distance over which they are spread. In addition to th e services of Mr. May, the resident engineer of the Bennoand the foremen under him, and the frequent f inspection of Messrs Walker and Borges, those co ie n have kept two, and sometimes three,assistants .11slontly on the ground. The number of workmen `l°Ployed has varied from 1,729 to 1.1)23. " In the last report it was po nted out that the entire restorationor of the Banavie culverts, involving an expense F 0 4 3 ; 11 /, had become indisputable. It has since b: en ti advisable to make further alterations and addi ritoip,not originally contemplated; but these, though Y conducive to the public convenience, will but th _ c enhance the ultimate cost. The most important of 7 111 is the substitution of an improved lock-sluice mu popmery for emptying and filling the locks, and of im di,tl pstans for oving the tes. These will or ten the time required fur passing ga each lock by eight t k te n minut es , t h us effect i ng a saving of three hours i n :a lockage o f t h e whole canal. Th ey have conse• 4 °l3 ce very ad van t ageous ly su p erse d e d t h e necess i t y o f aki ng a passing pla c e in the chain of the Banavie locks, ° ori ginally proposed, by which the passage of vessels a . 11 41 have b een expe di te d on l y ' i n th e case o f vesse ls —e i en cilog and de scen di ng a t the same time. Air- tight cases have been attached under water to t i 9 l lll ° of the lock-gates, to increase their buoyancy, and roinish the friction upon the rollers. lb " The sanction of the Treasury has been obtained for quirt, P l acing of a new swing bridge over the canal at s e ",_ , 41 " n Locks ; th e ex i s ti ng br i d g e h as b een repre inn:eo. by the authorities of the county and burgh of and also by the officers of the commissioners Righland roads and bridges, to have become in 'euequate to the increased • traffic on the great northern at ll .do but it will suffice for that which may be expected f to Gairloclry Lock, and will, accordingly, be tras erred th . hof Will it er the new bridge stipulated for m at Point by the contract. The cost of this substitution not exceed 1,5001. "The ready co-operation . of the commissioners for Northern Lighthouses will enable the commissioners at of Ce to plac e t h e requ i s ite light at the western entrance_ Whilthe canal, as r e commended by Sir Edward Parry, e the erection by that board of three new light houses on Cromarty Point, and Craighead, in the Moray Firth, in addition to that already placed at Tarbetness; h are left n o thi ng t o be done by the Caledonian Canal C ommissioners for the further accommodation of lights at the eastern end. " The improvement of the access to the canal by dredgi ng th e Mickle Mee Shoal in the Moray Firth, has been pressed upon the attention of the commissioners, V. well as the authorities of the royal burgh of Inver ness, and will be kept in view. An excellent chart of the Moray Firth has Just been prepared under the autho rity of the Admiralty, and will be forthwith made avail able for the public. • " The provision of steam-power for towing vessels through the locks, is the last and most important ele- Talent of success for the navigation under its peculiar and. Well known circumstances, and the commissioners are 10 ta king measures for accomp li s hi ng i t with effect and ee'oln 3 4 4 respect of the claims for land and damages to AMA hon the line, th e C omm i ss i oners have to announce, they h ave rece i ve d a. full discharge of the long ding demand o f L oc hi e l, to w h om t h ey h ave p a id sum of 4,9511. 163 the amount at which his claims we ir ascertained in 1835, and 1,9391. 10s. Bd. for inte rest thereon subsequently accrued. Of the other prin telPt,ll claims, that of Glengarry only still remains un su not in respect of the amount of the principal I , ~ 4 due to hi m , b ut o f ques ti ons w hi c h h ave ar i sen ~11 , 2 u th e di scharge and conveyance exigible from him, ;q which h ave b een l ate l y ma d e t h e su bj ect o f a refer tiiiree to the S o li c i tor -G enera l fo r S co tl a nd. T w o or e ti e small p ayments f or l an d t a ke n or temporarily oc 22t,ed or damaged during the last four years (including `• f or damage to Lochiel's land by the break of the at ;, er t at Banavie, and 1201. for land - taken and damaged tOOk tlrt 'Aut;.rustus), probably not exceeding in the whole t ap e 4, 00/. , will, it is believed, finally close this kind of 7 4 ue. I tA RAILWAY RETURNS. IL WAy L .. L a f or Taarnc.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail. "4” " Past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the e returns arc made, together with the receipts of the same previous year:— Last week. c • ,: ' f• le to 8.5 We ek one NAME OF RAILWAY. Jo, 18 Arbroath and Forfar •••••••• • • • '• • • Bristol and Birmingham . • • • • • • • • • • • • Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • •• • • • • Dublin and Drogheda.. • • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • ..... • •• Dundee and Arbroath ............... Durham and Sunderland ......• • • Edinburgh and Glasgow ........ Eastern Counties and North Eastern . • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glasgow and Greenock. • ....... Gravesend and Rochester.• • • • • • • • • • • G reat North of England • .•• • • Great •• rea Western . • • • • • • Hartle o 1 ..... •• • • •• • • • London and North .Western, &c...• - • London and Blackwall .. •• • • London and Brighton .. London and Croydon . London and Greenwich . • • London and South Western S lanehester, Bolton, and Bury • • • • • • S lanchester and Birmingham • • • • • • • • Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc— Midland Counties . • • • • • Newcastle and Darlington • • • • • • • • • • Newcastle and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • • N ewcastle and North Shields • • • • • • • • North British .. •••• • • • • •• • • • • • • North Union and Bolton' and Preston P aris, Corbel], and Orleans •• • • • • • • • • Paris and Rouen. .. • • ••• • •• Preston and Wyre.• ••• • " • '•• • • Sheffield and Manchester • • • • • • • • • • • • South Eastern • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Taff Vale Ulster ...................... Yarmouth and Norwich • • • • • • • • • • • • York and North Midland . • . • • • • • • • • 20,706 932 42,279 1,598 7,870 2,053 8,779 1,181 4,511 7,175 18,178 4,434 3,032 715 1,836 1,750 6,597 1,237 2,054 9,700 1,278 740 883 811 1,219 43G 550 3,387 5,7(35 4,415 1,544 346 19,456 695 44,238 1,550 5,801 1,857 10,644 I,ooi 4,014 7,005 16,869 2,842 1,668 517 432 7,252 6,011 6,114 823 1,241 6,401 1,169 591 5,247 LAU NCH OF THE ODIN Thi„ STEAM FRIGATE. 14•-- re steam-vessel, built at Deptford Dockyard from a I f i gFincham, master shipwright at Portsmouth Ler m . 3 'ard, was launched yesterday in the presence of a num ah 67' s pectators, although the weather was very unfavour tla f a piing that Lady Monteagle would perform '4%," nf as n e a the vessel, but her Ladyship was pre attem.ing owing to the state of the weather. ott ° c ompany began to arrive shortly after one o'clock, and " be t ue arriv a l of the Hon. Miss Spring Rice, accompanied by s ir, l I ther, she was con d ucte d b y C ap t a i n -S uper i nten d ent th e _,° es se hn Hill, Knight, t o th e ga ll ery erecte d at t h e b ow o f l. twenty minutes past two o'clock a bottle of wine was C o t k 'en, and` the usual toast having been drunk, the bottle was I , li eh on the bows of the Odin, and the vessel in a few n is n utea afterwardi glided slowly and majestically into her ,-,,Ptain J!ure element amidst the prolonged cheers of the spectators. ?;ohnson and Captain Davis, R.N. • •, Dr. 'Nesbitt, _reenwich Hospital; Mr. Ward, jun., son of the lion. Secre ,l: to the Admiralty, were prent to witness the I pl aunch. he follo w i ng are the dimensions of the Olin, aced on t he blocks on the 29th of February,lB4s :—Length between Per pendiculars, 208 ft.: length of keel for tonnage, 183 ft. ! i in. ; b rea d t h ex t r eme, 37 ft. ; b readth for tonnage, 36 ft. ; breadth moulded, 35 ft. 10 in.; depth in hold, 24 It. burthen in tons, 1,326 4-94; horse power, 500. To carry 400 tons of coals. The Leopard, a sister vessel in every respect, designed also by Mr. Fincham, will Le immediately commenced on the same blocks. Mr. Lumley entertained yesterday at dinner General Sir Andrew BaT e r ele d l ,t n h c e y Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of General Count Bjornstjerner, the tnrsdr!le o f his E Sligo, Baron Augustus Rothschild, Mr. Broad -1"or Marquis i Ml ) , Mr. Eaton, M.P., Mr. Barry Baldwin, M.P., kr. Frank ' Mills, Baron Oscar, &c., &c. The Right Honourable H. Labouchere has appointed Ills private secretary, Mr. W. Torrens M'Cullagh, the author of the " Industrial Hitstory of Free Nations." We read in a Berlin letter of the 15th:—" Two jblir,llers, who had established here a gambling-house, have batibecome bankruts. Their debts are said to exceed a on of francs." p itt;IEETING IN SOUTHWARK.—Yesterday a p u bli c meet -I"itejf,the inhabitant householders of the borough of South tloleir,„„ks held at the Town-h a ll, i n compliame with a !e -,‘oe p h :" to the Hig p n " for thepurpose of l!adering Peel; ikiety of presenting an address of thanks to o k :••,ir Robt. 'ng th —ar t., for the great service he has performed in carry hers r,-;,e Corn-law Bill, and similar addresses to those Mem. essi st lthe House of Commons who have most prominently Aud"' lo the passing of free-trade measures, as well as ge r °ther advocates of free-trade as the meeting may c.onsi bsy u p h rop er. ” . _ ..trsitchard.,(The requisition to the High Bailiff was signed awa rds of 300 persons of influence in the Borough.)— Esq., the High Bailiff of Southwark, presided. ItAl‘ 28 TR UCTION OF A DUTCH WAR SCHOONER By ra the — L etters from Singapore have been received, dated ti ll .. '4 of May, communicating the particulars of the i3 cap ; Boast, the Dutch war schooner Chameleon, on the horde her and the massacre of the officers and crew by the on herpirates that infest that part of the globe. $ forty ‘ - v o e rits, ea e h w itY to Minton, when she was attacked b 3 Aft e ,, a r,lned with a long gun, and manned l si r xt • men. n ) board ti le ; Plundering the schooner and destroying s uuk her. They then landed on the Island al o of . Bunka, e d the village and killed all who offered any resistance. or " Pirates then re -embarked, carrying with them a number Me n Dutch women, and children as slaves, and a quantity of e. It is stated that they are under the command of r a . vicerenegade officer, who was dismissed from his own s! gratesonae years ago under circumstances of peculiar dis th: t ile fled to Illanoon, and married the daughter of one for ' r e ,fliefs, and has since been active in training the pirates of th !lee against the country and trade. On the receipt tztiLe intelligence the Merapi steamer, after landing her ii%vent in pursuit of the murderers. . I , l lau sr A MAN AND LOCKING OUT OF HIS , ror n Arsvn the return of Mr. Vanderpump and family tw o 0, l,lux hall-garden s , yesterday morning, between one and tors „ °lock, to his residence in Sloane -street, Chelsea, he o hau te obtain obtain admission. After knocking for nearly . hous e 2 a nir s, , .he got over the garden-wall of the adjoining *hen he n u in at the first-floor window of his own house,. 211.434anttscityovoyed that the servant had decamped, carrying plate, jewellery, and wearing apparel ; also C aehi that she had broken open a desk.to set at. THE SUGAR DUTIES. GLASGOW PETITION. GLASGOW, TrrunsbAy.—Yesterday the following petition to the House of Commons was laid down at the bar of the Royal Exchange. It was numerously and respectably signed in the course of a few hours, and transmitted for pre sentation in the evening:— " To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled— " The Petition of the undersigned Merchants, Bankers, Manufacturers, Shipowners, and other Inhabitants of the City of Glasgow. " Sheweth, " That your petitioners hail with the greatest satisfaction, tke plan submitted to your Honourable House by her Ma jesty's Government, for the settlement of the sugar duties. •' The amount and duration of protection accorded to the colonies are ample and liberal, exceeding in both respects what many of your petitioners had anticipated ; and, while they trust it will put an end to everything like unreasonable opposition, they are confident it will confer great benefit on the public, and the trade of the country , in general. " May it therefore please your Honourable House to pass the said Bill, as it is of great consequence it should become the law as soon as possible." i Tit .14_i tn i T LoNpoN ) SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 2s, is 46. COU'A.T CIRCULAR. _ Lord Marcus : Mill had an audience of the Queen yes terday, at Buckii 'tg ham Palace, and had the honour to kiss hands on beiii g appointed Comptroller of her Ma jesty's Household. His Lordship received from her Majesty his wand 01 office. Her Majesty, attf n ided by her Lady in Waiting and her Equerry in Witi tine., visited her Royal Highness the Princess Sophist. at her residence, at Kensington, yesterday. His R.'yal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday at a meeting of the Commission for Promoting and En couraging the Fine Arts, in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster. The Prince arrived at G wydyr House, Whitehall, at a quarter before three o'clock, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour. The Commissioners present were, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Right Hon. the Speaker, Sir James Graham, Mr. Hawes, and Mr. George Vivian. The Secretary, Mr. Eastlake, was in attendance. The meeting broke up at four o'clock. Prince Albert, attended by Mr. Eastlake, afterwards went to the new palace, and inspected the new Houses of Parliament. Their. Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the PrinCess Royal took an airing yesterday in the royal garden. Their Royal Highnesses and Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice took a carriage drive yesterday, in an open carriage and four, accompanied by the Dowager Lady. Lvttel ton. The Royal dinner party yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the Prince of •Leiningen, Lady „Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, and Earl Spencer. Miss Goddard, a child only nine years old, performed on the pianoforte by command of the Queen on Ttiurs darevening, at Buckingham Palace, before her Majesty and Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and the royal circle. The pieces performed were two Fantasias, the one by Halkbrenner, and the othtr by Thalberg, and their execution elicited the high ap probation of her Majesty and her Royal Consort. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz honoured the Marchioness of Westminster with a visit yesterday in Upper Grosvenor street. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, attended by Baronets Ahlefeldt and Mr. Edmond Mildmay, honoured the performance of the French Plays with their presence yesterday evening. A deputation connected with Newfoundland had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday.at the Home office. The deputation consisted of Mr. , Walter Baine, M.P., Mr. Thomas H. Brooking, Mr. George R. Robin son, Mr. Ewen Stabb, Mr. Robert Gillespie, and Mr. Robert Newman Hunt. Lord Morley had an interview with the Earl of Cla rendon yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. C. Greufell had also au interview with the Noble Earl. His Excellency the Danish Minister transacted busi ness yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Attorney-General had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday at the Home-office. 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. Mr. Davis had an interview with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Huuldsworth had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. The Marquis of Anglesey had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. Lord Calthorpe had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWTON RACES.—Thußstav (CaNcLuDED). The Borough Cup, of 100 sovs, added to a Handicap of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared; the second to re ceive 25 sovs. out of the stakes. One mile and a half. Lord Warwick's Yardley, 6 yrs 1 Mr. Ongley's Roderick, aged Godfrey, Lightning, Lancashire Witch, Snob, and Gannet, were not placed. Betting-5 to 4 agst Godfrey, 3 to 1 agst Yardley, 5 to 1 agst Lightning. Won easy by a length-and-a-half. Godfrey losing second place, and Lightning the third, by a neck. Sweepstakes of '2O sows. each, and 20 added. Golborne Course. (4 Subs). Mr. Clarke's fby Stockport, out of Caroline, 3 yrs, lOst 1 Sir J. Gerald's Quebec, 12st 21b 2 Won easy by a length. The Haydock Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, Gents. riders. One Mile and-a-half. Winner to be sold for 2001. (7 Subs). Mr. Billington's Fair Rosamond, 5 yrs, list 101 b Sir J. Gerald's Quebec, 6 yrs, 12st 21b... 2 Mr. T. Parker's Thalia and Mr. Hanson's Jane also ran. Won easy. _ ; for three yrs old, Est 81b; four, Bst Mb; fillies allowed 31b; winners of a plate in 1846, 31b extra; of two, a gold cup, or Queen's plate, 51b extra. Heats, . . one mile and a halt: Count Bathyanny's Gannet, 4 yrs (Whitehouse) 1 1 Mr. W. Scott's Driffield, 3 yrs Mr. Robinson's Josephine, 3 yrs Mr. Barton's Princess Olga, 4 yrs 0 dr Mr. Mangle's Comical Boy, 4 yrs Each heat well contested, and won on the post by a head. (RECEIVED THIS DAY). BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. GooDwooD STA K ES.-6 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild (t. freely), 7 to 1 agst the Hero (t. freely), 8_ to 1 agst Connaught Ranger (t. freely), 10 to 1 agst Camera Obscura, 12 to 1 agst Red Robin (t. freely), 13 to 1 agst Lapwing - filly (t.). Nothi: , g else backed. GOODWOOD Cur.-3 to 1 agst Grimston (t.), 6to 1 agst Lothario (t.), 9 to 1 agst Weatherbit (t.). Nothing done on Derby, &e. NEWTON RAC ES.—Fm D AY. _ _ The St. Helen's Purse of 501., added to a Sweepstakos of .15 soya. each, 10 It, for 2 yrs old 6st 71b, and 3 yrs Bst 101 b ; fillies allowed 31bs. The G }Worm Course. (10 Subs.) Mr. Worthington's Sheraton, 3 yrs (Whitehouse) 1 'Lord- Stanley's Meeanee, 2 yrs Mr. Cranstoun's Comme-il•faut, 2 yrs Mr. Price's Kismet, 3 yrs Mr. E. Peel's _Spitlieaji,_3.yrs. . _ The Garswood Cup of 1001., given by Sir John Gerard, added to Sweepstakes' of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft. One mile and a half. Gentlemen riders. Mr. Cretchley's Cccur de Lion, 4 yrs (Mr. J. Moore) 1 Mr. Standish's Little Hampton, 5 yrs 2 Sir J. Gerard's Pantasa, 4 yrs 3 The Newton Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 30 added; second to receive 10/. Heats, once round and a dis. _ _ . Air. Aleikblam's Alliance, 3 yrs (Duncan) 1 1 Ur. Davies's Talleyrand, 5 yrs 2 2 Mr. Tempest's T' Ould Squire, 5 yrs Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, winner to be sold for 300/. Two miles. ' Sir J. Gerard's Parthian, 6 yrs walked over Plate of 70/. for 3 yrs old, &c. Heats one mile and half. Mr. Owen's Thalia, 3 yrs (Abdale) 2 1 1 Mr. J. Clarke's fby Stockport, out of Columbine . 1 0 2 Mr. Robinson's Josephine, 3 yrs ... 0 2 0 Mr. Hornby's ch gby Valentine, out of The Lady, 0 0 0 Mr. Dawson's Jane, 4yr _ •• Won in a canter. HARVEST. —Reaping is generally begun in this county, and the crop is spoken of as unusually good. In some parts of the southern division the labourers asked 15s. an acre for cutting wheat ! but they have agreed to take 12s. Last year the price was 9s. The crop being heavy, and por tions of it laid, is partly the cause of this advance; the de mand for labourers on the railways is another reason. Let the causes, however, be what they may, here we have the important fact that not only has no reduction in wages, which the protectionists prophesied as an immediate consequence of the repeal of the corn-laws, taken place, but a great ad vance has been made. Again, so far from the repeal of the corn-laws causing land to be thrown out of cultiva tion, another pet prophecy of the protectionists, more fresh land has been brought into cultivation this year, in the face of the expected repeal of the corn-laws, than for many pre vious years ; another important fact which the labourers, as well as the free traders, and protectionists, too, will do well to note. Let the shackles (game-laws, yearly tenancies, and absurd and restrictive covenants) be removed from agri culture as well as from commerce, and labour will be more abundant than ever, and wages higher. If the farmers do not 'demand the abolition of these drawbacks to their prosperity, they will deserve to continue, as they have been, the slaves of their landlords.— Wiltshire Independent. THE LATE ACCIDENT AT WHEAL ROSE.—We have received the following from a gentleman who obtained hi' , information from undoubted authority :—ln great social cal 'amities, such as the recent fearful one at Newlyn East, some time must elapse before the melancholy interest subsides; tales of horror are continually occuring connected with the event that tend to keep alive emotions of the most paintul kind.—One of the most affecting of these tales concerns two little boys working at the bottom (d' the mine, and were the first to give the alarm to some of the men in the levels, who iininediately fled to the shafts; by this time the water had overtaken the lads, and they begged piteously for life, but, poor fellows, there was no arm to succour, and their wild shriek of despair was heard amidst the stunning noises of that awful hour.—Another poor fellow escaping from the levels leaped at a venture to the ascending chain and was saved by inserting one finger through a link and thus was drawn in safety to the surface. Another, at tempting the Fame mode of escape, unfortunately leaped into the descending, instead of the ascending kibble, and was consequently plunged many feet under water, but held on with that tenacity so often seen in those who, on making their final effort to save life, and succeeded in reach ing his anxious friends at the mouth of the shaft. One man succeeded in saving his life by placing his back against one wall of a narrow shaft and his feet against the other, he con trived in this way to raise himself 10 fathoms, the rapidly rising waters underneath goading him on ! Since our report last week, four bodies, have been found—leaving ten in the mine: Penzance Gazette. _ _ _ Ctrazous WELSH CUSTOM.—One day last week a gal lant captain, who stands in a high position in the civil force of the adjoining county of Carmarthen, took a walk into a hayfield, where the haymakers were pursuing their avoca tions. No sooner had he entered the field, than, in accord ance with a custom which generally prevails in some dis tricts in Wales of giving every new visitor, of whatever class, age, or sex, an initiatory tumble in the hay, two women of Herculean strength seized the military man, and instantly laid him prostrate in dried and well-seasoned herbage. Being entirely ignorant of this custom of times, to which, as the lawyers say, the memory of man runneth not to the con trary, our hero naturally imagined that he was about being visited with summary and condign punishment for his former active interference for the suppression of the Rebecca dis turbances. Having disengaged himself from the fangs of his amazonian assailants, he lost no time in procuring an authority for their apprehension. The case accordingly came on for hearing before the magistrates at Carmarthen on Saturday last. The complainant having detailed his grievance amidst the merriment of the audience, the magis trates at the conclusion become immoderately convulsed with laughter, one of their worships observing, that he had been himself served out in the same way fifty times.—Case dis missed.—Cambrian. EXPORTATION AND CONSUMPTION OF EGGS. A curious account is given in one of the French papers of the French export trade in egE,s. In 1844, the number exported from France, as shown by the Customs' returns, was rather more than 88 millions, on which the Government received an export duty of 114,000 E; of these 88 millions of eggs, 82 millions are stated to have been exported to England. The consumption of eggs in Paris is about 128 eggs each prson, making a total of nearly 120 millions annually in that capital alone. The consumption of eggs in France is reckoned at 9,300,000,000 eggs annually. ASSIZE IN TZLLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Maidstone, July 24. CROWN COURT. Mr. Justice Coltman sat in this Court until late on Thursday night, in order to endeavour to finish the criminal business, but finding it was impossible to do so, it was arranged that Mr. Sergeant Dowling should dispose of the remainder of the cases in the calander. Thomas Cheest man, aged 20. was indicted for f. lo niously cutting and wounding Charlotte Frances Maria Saunders, with intent to murder her; and in other counts his intent was laid to do her grevious bodily harm. Mr. Deedes prosecuted, and Mr. Mellor defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner and the prosecutrix were fellow-servants at the Camden Arms Inn, Tonbridge Wells ; and it would seem that the prisoner had entertained great attachment for the prosecutrix, which . was not returned by her, but she on the 'contrary, was keeping company with another young man, and that had given the prisoner great offence. On Sunday, the 7th June, the prosecutor had a holiday, and she went out with her sweetheart, and it appea, ed that the prisoner also asked for a holiday on the same day, and he joined the prosecutrix and her com panion, who were at the• time accompanied by two or three young females of their aequaintince. The party went to a place in the neighbourhood of Tunbridge Wells, where they ail drank some cyder, and it was ob served that the prisoner seemed to be very melancholy, and appeared to be brooding over something that wag in his mind. They all returned towards home together, and the prisoner was seen to take knife out of his pocket and sharpen it, but it did not appear that at 'this time any suspicion was entertained of the deadly intention of the prisoner. The prosecutrix and her friends having rested for a short time at a stile, proceeded on their way homeward, her sweetheart being by her side, and the prisoner walk ing by the side of the man, when, suddenly, and without saying a word, he jumped past the man, seized the young women with one hand, and, with a knife which he held in the other, he made a desperate attempt to cut her throat; but fortunately, owing to the resistance made by her cap string, and some other articles of dress, he did not succeed in causing a mortal i;jury, although the jugular vein was injured, and a very severe wound in flicted, from the effect of which the prosecutrix had not yet recovered. _ _ Mr. MELLOR, in behalf of the prisoner, urged that the act had been committed by him while he was labouring under a temporary aberration of intellect, occasioned by the drink he had taken. Mr. Justice COLTMAN having summed up, the jury almost immediately found the prisoner guilty of asault ing the prosecutrix with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. Judgment was deferred. _ John Price, 26, surrendered to answer an indictment charging him with the manslaughter of James Sutton. Mr. Horne prosecuted ; Mr. Andrews defended the prisoner. This case was of rather a singular character. It ap peared that the prisoner and the accused, who reside in the neighbourhood of Margate, were on friendly terms up to the period of this transaction. The prisoner was going home at night, having previously been in com pany with the accused at a public-house, when, accord ing to his statement, a man sprung upon him from the hedge by the road-side, and demanded his money and his watch, or else he said he would have his life; and the prisoner closed with him, and beat him severely, inflict. ing such injuries that he died shortly afterwards. This man turned out to be the accused, and it was supposed that he had made the pretended attempt to rob the prisoner out of joke-, which, however, ended in this fatal manner. The prisoner all along to!d the same story, and there did not appear to be the slightest grounds for believing that it was otherwise than the truth. Mr. Justice COLTMAN, after hearing the evidence of the witnesses, said, it appeared to be quite clear that the prisoner had acted under the impression that he was protecting his own life from the attack of a robber, and, under such c'tcutnstance, he could not be held to be criminally respor.sible. The jury accordingly returned a verdict of Not Guilty, and the prisoner was at once discharged from custody. The prisoner Cheeseman was this (Friday) morning brought up to receive the judgment of the Court, and Mr. Justice COLTMAN, after making some appropriate remarks upon the very aggravated character of his offence, sentenced him to be transported for 15 years. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Devizes, July 23. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice ISLE.) Frederick Sawkins was indicted for the manslaughter of Job Gale, at New Sarum, on the 3d of June. No learned gentleman was instructed on the part of the prosecution; but Mr. Ball defended the prisoner. The first witness called was James Lacy, who said—l am a bricklayer at Salisbury. I purchased a pony on the 3d of June. The prisoner was there. About half-past nine in the morning Sawkins asked Gale to bring him some mortar up, but he refused, and said Sawkins was only there for a few days, which I thought irritated him. Sawkins said, "If you say that again, I'll break your neck." Sawkins then went to Gale, and put his hands on his shoulder, and they both fell together. Gale then said, " You've broken my thumb, and I'll make you pay for it." They had been working together for a long time. I never knew the prisoner quarrel. Cross-examined—There was no blow struck. Robert Vining—l am a blacksmith. On the 3d of June I heard Sawkins and Gale swearing at each other very much. Sawkins called for mortar, and Gale said he should not serve him. Something was said, and then Sawkins said he'd break Gale's neck, and he jumped off the scaffold and pushed Gale on the shoulders, and they both fell. George Senior—l was surgeon to the infirmary. Gale came there on the 31 of June. The soft part of his thumb was much lacerated. I recommended a poultice. It went on well till the Gth, when he was admitted an in-patient. On the 9th, matter had formed, and it was opened. On the 11th he said he could not open his mouth, but I found he could; but on the next day there was lock-jaw, and on the 16th he died. The lock-jaw was occasioned by the wounded thumb: Cross-examined--He died of lock-jaw. Mr. BA LL then addressed the jury for the defence, and contended that the whole of the evidence showed that the death of the unfortunate man was purely the result of acci dent, and that the intention of the prisoner was to make Gale carry him nn his back. Several persons gave the prisoner an excellent character. Mr. Justice ERLE, in summing up, said if the jury were of opinion that the prisoner, in the prosecution of an illegal act, inflicted bodily injury, and that the man died in conse quence of that injury, the pri soner was gu ilty. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned in the common gaol for one week. John Webb and Alfred Webb were placed at the bar, charged with having feloniously ravished Charlotte Bernell, at Westbury. Mr. Hodges conducted the prosecution; Mr. Ball defended the prisoners. It appeared by the evidence of the prosecutrix, who was a modest-looking girl of seventeen, that she lived with her grandmother at Westbury, but worked as a weaver at a factory about two miles off. On the evening of the 16th of March she was returning from her work, at about nine o'clock, when she was met by the prisoners, who are both married men. They spoke to her, and wished her good night, and then Alfred took her round the neck, and got her to go into the yard of the Anchor Inn, which was close by. John then went in and got some beer, and they pressed her to drink. She, however, would not, and they then let her go on her way home. She went on some way until she got into a lane, when she found that both the prisoners were following her. John Webb got hold of her and pushed her down the lane, while Alfred stayed at the top of the lane and watched. John Webb then got her down and accomplished his purpose, after which Alfred came down and also committed a felonious assault on her, assisted by his brother. She screamed and cried murder, but no one came to her assistance, when both the prisoners, hearing a noise, ran away. The prosecutrix Immediately went home and told her grandmother what had taken place; and witnesses were called, who stated that they had seen the men trying to make her drink at the Anchor Inn, and also that they heard cries in the direction of the lane, at the time the girl stated that the assault had taken place. A surgeon was also called, who proved that a capital offence had been committed. Mr. BALL then addressed the jury for the prisoners, and Mr. Justice ERLE having summed up, the jury, after a short consuitation, returned a verdict of Not guilty. The verdict caused the greatest astonishment and indigna tion in the court. James Franklin was indicted for maliciously stabbing Henry Afobbit, with intent to murder him. There waq a second count, laying the offence to be, to do grievous bodily arm. Mr. Swayne conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Stone de fended the prisoner. _ _ - - It appeared by the statement of the witnesses for the prosecution, that the prisoner was going alon ,, ' the road to Trowbridge on the night of th e 16th o f May, ac companied by a young womar:, when he was overtaken by four or fire young men, of whom Mobbit was one. The young woman struck one of the men on the shoulder, upon which he said to her, " If you do that again I will kn oc k y ou down." Upon which the prisoner turned round and knocked him down. Upon this a general fight took place. The pri, soner then called out, 6 , Where's my knife? w h ere ' s m y knife?" He then put his hand in his pocket, took out a clasp-knife, and struck Mobbit in the head near the left temple, dividing the temporal artery, and inflicting a wound nearly an inch in depth. Mr. STONE addressed the jury for the prisoner, and con tended that the stab was given by the prisoner in self defence, to prevent Isis receiving a serious injury from the violent attack which had been made on him by the five men. He also called two witnesses in support of this view of the case, who stated that the men were very d run k , and that at the time of the stab being given ,b,yttleliin e l p g ri s i o n n to er h t i h ni er , had and got him against a wall, an d were pi belabouring him very severely. li e was then sentenced t o twelve months' Mr. Justice ERL E-having summed u p , the jury found the prisoner Guilty. ' imprisonment. Ann White was i n dicted for having wilfully an d f e l oniously set fire to a certain cottage, the property of Geo rge W e d ge, situate in the parish o f Enford, in this county. Mr. Hodges condu cted the prosecution, 'rho prisoner was not represented by counsel. It appeared by the evidence_ of the pr osecutor that a part of the premises whi ch were burnt down was rented by the husband of the prisoner, and occupied by hi mse lf and his wife, there being two cottages under one roof. On the 22d of March last the cottages were burnt down. a l e , t ta w k a e s n c r a e l f l u e g d e , whoA witness of the namienoqf atlsatir9tnhasillie stated that on the da yin shed near the house from the rain. While th ere s h e saw t h e smoke coining from the thatch the cottage occup i ed b y the prisoner and her husban_d• At that of time no one was near the house:but a policeman of thename of Godwin. • William Godwin was then .called, and stated that he was a policeman, and on the day in question was on duty near the houses which were burnt. He heard an alarm of fire given by the last witness, and saw the thatch on fire just over the window of the cottage occupied by the prisoner and her husband. On going to the ho use h e found the door locked, upon which he broke open thehneheard vvindoa No w a,ndicegsoaty ~ into l the house. Oa going up ta havn't done nothing." When he go t up stairs he went into a bed-room, and found the prisoner under a bed on the floor, with the key of the front door in her hand. H e th en as k e d her to come out, b u t she would not, and he was obliged to pull her out by force. There were only two rooms in the house, and no other person was in the cottage. In the down room stairs there was a fire in the grate. The fire commenced in the thatch just over the bed-room win.low in which the prisoner was found. The roof was quite within the reach of any person who might on the outside to reach to the be place were the fire commenced. The policeman thou- took the prisoner into cnstocly, and charged her wits} fiafing set the house on tire. She made no reply. Both the cottages were burnt down. ➢lr. Justice ERLE having summed up the case to the jury, they found the prisoner Guilty, and she was Sentenced to be transported for seven years. It was stated in Court that the prisoner had three times before attempted to fire the cottage, and that had been preferred against her at the last assizes for this county, but was ignored. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) John Eldridge was indicted f or h av i ng t h rea t ene d t o s h oo t Grace Rice, and thereby obtaining 2/. is. 6d. Mr. Edwards conducted the prosecution. It appeared that on the 2d of this month the prosecuti ix, an old woman, was at home in her cottage, at Hampworth, in this county, when the prisoner came there, and asked her if her husband was at home. She said, " No," but asked the prisoner to wait. He went into the house and sat down, and then said to her, "Don't be frihtened." She said, " What. should Ibe frighten e d at?" Lpon which he took a pistol from his pocket, and said, - ," If you don't give me all your money, I'll blow your brains out." The prosecutor, being very much frightened, was going to leave the room, when the prisoner said, "I'll only give thee two minutes to fetch it." Upon this the old woman gave him 21. 7 s . 6d. Th e pr i soner then left the _ . cottage; but as be war going away said to the prosecutrix • that if she tOld'any one bz•fore - the n`-xt hour her house should be burnt down. She, however, -gave information to the po • lice, and the prisoner was shortly afterwards apprehended within a Mile and a half of the cottage, with the money in his pocket. Oa being asked how he came by the money, he S.tid he had borrowed it of Mrs. Rice, and that he was sorry he had frightened her. Ou being further searched some bul lets and gunpowder were found in his pockets, and the next morning aloaded pietal was found near the place where the prisoner was apprehended, which Mrs. Rice identified as the one which he had presented at her. It was also shown that he had purchased it on the same day. Mr. Baron PLATT having summed up, the jury found the prisoner . Guilty, and he was sentenced to be transpOrted for ten years, NORTILVRA tit If .1 York, July 23. The business on the civil side was concluded last evening. This is the commission day for Durham, b u t th ere st ill re- 'paining some ma to try on the Crown side, fur the county of York, Mr. Justice Creswell sat for the purpose of dis posing of them. One cause on the civil side has been made a remanet. The following prisoners have been called up and sen tenced :—George Thompson, manslaughter, seven years' transportation; Matthew Harbron, feloniously wounding, twelve months' imprisonment; John Falshaw, same offence, nine months' imprisonment; John Langstaff, same offence, nine months; John Greenwood, manslaughter, three days' imprisonment; James Vance, pleaded guilty, burglary, nine months' imprisonment; Richard Smith, burglary, eighteen months ; James Melder, housebreaking, seven years' trans portation; W. Brown, same offence, six months' imprison ment; George Caw, robbery, seven years' transportation; Jane Gregory, Sarah Stocks, and Hannah Grunwell, robbery with violence, the former fifteen years' transportation, and the two latter twelve months' imprisonment ; John Gillet, street robbery, fifteen months' imprisonment; Martha Duck, exposing her child with intent to murder, eighteen months' imprisonment; Jane Briggs, concealing the birth of her child, six months; Jona than Cordingly, assault on a female child, two years' impri sonment; William Atkinson and Edwin Hammill, larceny from a shop, the former seven years' transportation, the latter twelve months' imprisonment; James Aspinall, era: bezzlement, six months' imprisonment; Charles Parker, Mary Ann Lee, Thomas Curtis, and George Hargraves, coining, each seven years' transportation. MIDLAND CIRGUI - 11—.A'ottinghant, July 23. CRIMINAL COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice ParrEsoli.) BIGAMY.—Robert Thompson Hardie, aged 25, was charged with having, at North Clifton. on th e 30th o f May, 1844, married Mary Hammond, his former wife being then alive. It was proved he had married his first wife in 1841, and had lived with her some months, and that she is still alive. The second wife stated she first became acquainted with the prisoner in 1843, and they were married in the May of 1844. She had never heard whether he was married or single, but took it for granted he was a single man. The prisoner stated he did not consider his first marriage lawful, because he never took an oath, or said anything after the clergyman, or even put a ring on the woman's finger. It appeared he was married to his first wife in Scotland, ac cording to the forms of the church there. The JUDGE overruled the objection the prisoner took, and stated if a man married in a country where the form differed from that practised here, he must be governed by the form existing in the country where he married his wife. He was found Guilt}•, and sentenced to one year's impri sonment, with hard labour._ • July 24. CIVIL COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Couturroism.) TIIE QUEEN V. Lorin lIARBOROUGH AND OTIIERS. This was an indictment for conspiracy. Mr. Hutnfrey, Q.C., and Mr. Macauley were for the Crown. Mr. Whitehurst, Q.C., and Mr. Hayes conducted the defence. This indictment, which was found by the grand jury at the Oldham Spring Assizes, was tried at Nottingham, by con sent- of both parties. The indictment arose out of the following circumstances :—The Midland Counties Rail way Company had in the year 1845 projected a branch from Syston to Peterborough, a portion of which line would go through the lands and a small portion of the park of Lord Harborough, at Stapleford. This Lord Har borough objected to, and was, if possible, determined to pre vent. Accordingly, on certain days mentioned by the wit nesses, between the 10th of October and the 30th of No vember, the noble defendant and the others joined with him, to the number of twelve, who were all more or less his de pendants, did everything they could to prevent the surveyor for the intended line from making the necessary surveys, and this they did by causing men with two poles, with sheets of calico affixed thereto, to go before the man with the theo dolite. Lord Harborough interfered with the surveying by driving at one time a gig, and at others a break. up and down the highway where the surveyor was at work. Carts lalen with tree-tops were also brought on the road, and every possible means were adopted to prevent proper levels, &c., from being taken. The hitch in the case was the absence of any agreement or concert between the Noble Earl and his co-defendants, much of what was done evidently arisint , out of what was dictated on the spur of the moment. During the time this contest was going on between the two parties, and which was, more or less, from the 12th of October to the 28th of November inclusive, the village of Stapleford and the different parts around were kept in a state of agitation. The Learned JUDGE seemed to think that it would have been better had the matter been allowed to drop ; and that at all events the charge of conspiracy did not seem to be made out. The jury returned a verdict of—Not Guilty. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Norwich, July 23. The commissions for the county of Norfolk and this ancient city were opened yesterday afternoon by Mr. Sergeant Byles, in the absence of the Learned Judges of Assize, who, having attended Divine service this morning at ten o'clock in the time-honoured cathedral, repaired to the County-hall at twelve o'clock. The entry on the civil side falls below the average, there being only thirteen causes, and on the criminal side there are but forty prisoners, whose alleged offences are of a lighter complexion than is watal in this county, there being four cases of arson, four of rape, two of felonious cutting and shooting, one of, horse stealing, one of robbery, one of burglary, three of housebreaking, one of uttering a forged banker's receipt, sixteen of larceny. and one case in which the prisoner, a woman, aged 33, is charged with ad ministering cantharides to a female with intent to murder her, but in that case the grand jury threw out the bill. CROWN COURT.—( Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS. Sarah Kastings, aged 32, stood charged with uttering a forged order for the payment of 951. at Great Yarmouth, on the 2d of September, 1844, with intent to defraud Messrs. Gurney. Mr. Palmer and Mr. Drewry were counsel for the pro. secution. --- liititeared that in June, 1844, the husband of the pri• sonar, an illiterate and frugal man of 51, deposited the sum of 951. in Messrs. Gurney's bank at Great Yarmouth, and received the usual " accountable receipt" from them in ac knowledgment of the paper. In the September following the prisoner took this instrument to the bank, and stating that she was the wife of the depositor, demanded the payment of the principal and interest due thereon. The clerk told her that the signature of her husband was required, and she took away the paper, which she returned in a short time, bearing for endorsement the words, " Mr. John Miller Hastings," which she said was her husband's signature, adding, by way of explanation, that he was a Mister," and as she conceived had a right so to sign himself. The clerk, however, struck his pen through the word " Mr.," and then paid the sum of 951. Gs. sd. to the prisoner, who was not seen after that day in Yarmouth, or elsewhere, for twenty •two months, though information was given to the police, and Mr. Hastings in sisted on the bank repaying the money to him, on the grour,d that the document was a forgery. In the month of May last Mr. Hastings died, and after that event the prisoner re-ap peared in Yarmouth, and she was taken into custody on the charge. Ttie jury having deliberated together for some time, re tired to consider their verdict, one of them, the brightest of the lot, observing that " they didn't exactly know what to say to it." After the lapse of half an hour, they returned into Court with a verdict of Guilty, whereupon His LORDSIIIP, having expressed his entire concurrence with the verdict of the jury, sentenced her to be imprisoned for twelve months. Eliza 'Yard, aged 25, was charged with setting fire to an outhouse at Stow Bardolph, in this county. Mr. Cooper conducted the case for the prosecution, which was of the dearest possible character, the prisoner having repeatedly acknowledged her act, while she justified it as a retribution on her master, the prosecutor, for having refused to pay her journey home after he had discharged her from his service without just cause. The jury having found the prisoner Guilty, sentence was deferred. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—. Worcester, July 23. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE.) • Richard Farley and Ann Jones were indicted for forging a will, purporting to be that of William Welch, of Llantillo pethlow, deceased. with intent to defraud the heir-at-law of the said William Welch. Mr. Keating and Mr..Huddlestone conducted the case for the prosecution; Mr. Newton defended the prisoner. This case, which had excited great interest in the county, came on for trial this day, and occupied the Court for up wards of eleven hours. It was clearly proved that the signature was not that of William Welch, deceased. It was also clearly proved that neither was the name " Charlotte Farley" in her writing, nor was the last will put forth (on which the indictment was founded) in the handwriting, as Ann Jones had alleged, of Thomas Northen. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both pri soners, recommending Ann Jones to mercy. The Learned JUDGE sentenced Richard Farley to trans portation for fifteen years, and Ann Jones to one year's im pr►sonment and hard labour. With this case the assize for the county and city of Wor cester ended. CONSOLIDATED MINES OF COBRE AssocikrioN.— Yesterday the half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held at the offices in Austin-friars, Russell Ellice, Esq., in the chair. From the report it ap peared that the quantity of ore raised during the year amounted to 17,468 tons, which sold for 193,4171. 7s. 11d., leaving a profit to the company of 10,325/. 3s. 9d. This amount, with the balance brought forward from last year, made the sum of 14,7311. 13s. 2d., out of which sum a divi dend was pLid to the proprietors in February last, leaving only 2,7311. 13s. 2d. to the credit of the account. With re spect to the workings of the mines for the present year, the quantity of ore raised to the Ist of June was 7,254 tons, but it having been found necessary to send out a large steam-en gin • ' -- " -- rived the directors of the mines of paying a dividend. It was stated that an experiment was going on at Swansea for smelting the dust ores, which would be, if successful, an immense saving to the company. The report having been adopted, a vote of thanks was passed to the directors and the officers abroad, when the meeting adjourned. KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL. Yesterday the annual distribution of prizes to the boys of the various clauses of this institution who have most distin guished themselves in their studies during the past year, and the recitations from. ancient and modern authors, took place in the theatre of the College. The chair was taken, at two o'clock, by Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., who was supported byDr. Major, the head master of the school, and the assistant mas. ters., There were also present Lord Radstock. the Rev. Mr. Lake, and many other supporters of the establishment. The seats round the building were filled with ladies and gentle men and with the pupils. On the floor of the room was a raised platform, on which those who recited took theirplaces. The principal, the Rev. Dr. Jelf, was unfortunately not able to attend, his duties at Christ Church, Oxford, detaining him in that University. The business of the morning was commenced by a state ment from the Hon. Baronet who presided, of the occasion and objects of the meeting; after which the recitations were delivered in a very creditable manner by the following gen tlemen from the authors mentioned:— Iphigenia Orestes 1 Eur. Iph:T. {Thompson. Pylades Praises of Britain Thomson Cicero pro Plancio . S 'ohaxJ - Liddon. ) r .. ' **** " } Addison's Cato... Juba - •• Cato F. F. Bacon. Harpagon Vetere ... ...... Moliere H. Bacon. Maitre Jacques...} De Lisle. Brutus Shakspeare Bethell. Cassius ... ..... ...} Harrison. Joan of Arc Demosthenes Olynth. I Parker. Peasant's Grave... Wordsworth... . Hannibal... I Conolly. Scipio 1 Livy . 1 R. Edwards. ~ Death of Marmion Scott Thompson. Le Grondieur Z B 6 3 , S Bailey. Le Valet .. ! ... Wallenstein - H. Bacon. Ilio 1 Schiller lrving. Tersky Harrison. Cesar Cato .• ............ Ben'Jonson's Ware. Cicero . Pomptiuius ....... Catiline... De Lisle. Syllinus Fleay. At the concl us i on o f t hi s par t o f t h e business, the prizes, which consisted of books elegantly bound, were presented by the chairman to the successful competito rs • and a prize was also presented to th e b e st pupil i n e a ch Of the schools in union with the school of King's College. The head master, The Rev. Dr. Major, then announced the names of the scholars for 1846: _ _ . . First class—Classical, Maurice Day ; mathematical, Ed mund Thompson. Second class—Classical, William Ayerst ; mathematical, Malcolm Currie Ancall. Third class—William Henry Brown; Edward William Meredith. Fourth class —George Moody. Fifth class—Francis Smale Drake. Sixth class—Robert Howard Shepard. The whole of the presentations being concluded, Lord RADSTOCK moved a vote of t hanks to the chairman, which was seconded by the Rev. Mr. LASE, and carried by acclamation. Sir R. H. INGLIS immediately returned thanks, and in so doing exhorted the pupils of the school to lose no exertions in their studies and in their religiius duties. He would give them for their motto the word "onward," and he would wish to impress upon their minds the necessity of continued pro gression towards excellence. The meeting broke up shortly before five o'clock. The following is a list of the names of the pupils to whom the prizes were awarded : UPPER 6TH CLASS. Hugh Bacon Edmund Thompson Charles Lewis Parker Edward Richard Nussey Alfred Bailey George Robert Chaplin Marmaduke John Conolly Martin H. Irving Frederick Harrison LOWER 6TH CLASS. Francis Charles New Henry Vallirgs Edward Headland Henry Aughton Maude Hector Cameron William Ayerst Richard James Walker Ferdinand Oliver Camroux James Rankin Fergusson James M. Hope Gleig MATHEMATICS. Frederic Gard Fleay Edmund Thompson George Walter de Lisle Henry Ware Burford Wm. Gibsone .lEq. Thomas Walker Scott Arthur Cates Alexander Barry Martin H. Irving f William Henry Brown Edward Headland Edward Richard Nussey Charles Augustus Ward WRITING AND ARITHMETIC. William Lightly Arthur Kerry Frederick Braby Allred Braby Samuel Harman William Maudsley Horatio Brandon Richard William May James Harvey HEBREW. Roland Edwards FRENCH. , George Walter de Lisle Charles James Fox Frederick Wright William James King George Harvey Horatio Brandon Marmaduke John Conolly Lawrence Harrison Alfred Bentley Edward Stanley Heywood . Wm. Underwood Gompertz Sands Clayton GERMAN. Thomas Jamieson Dymes Martin H. Irving Charles Henry Hopwood George Winter Price Samuel Harman George Maddox GEOMETRICAL DRAWING. Selwyn New Emanuel Allen Charles Woodman Eastwood George Arthur Edward Tur nour. Charles Ross LANDSCAPE DRAWING. Thomas Jamieson Dym es William Henry Leigh Green John Hossack. STH CLASS. William Henry Leigh Green George Edward Dickson Sidney Biddle William Gerald Frampton Cristall Charles Froom James Walbancke Jones Thomas Walker Scott UPPER 4TH CLASS. Ernest Peak e Newman John Turner Hopwood Algernon Borthwick Frederick Evans John C. C. M'Caul LOWER 'ITU CLASS. John Craske Webb Francis Edward Thompson John William N. Blackburn Frederick Wright Mortimer New UPPER 3D CLASS. Edward Stanley Heywood George Schrader David Rudolph Chambers George Moody John Whitaker Hulke Charles Joseph Hughes LONER 3D CLASS. Walter William . Skeat Henry Stanley Giffard John Piper Edward Abraham De Grave 2D CLASS. Horatio Brandon Robert Howard Shepard Edward Hall George. Winslow John Drake UPPER IST CLASS. Edward Thomas Pate John Wilson Moore Walter Wood Richard Hughes LONER IST CLASS. Robert Hildyard BORNEO.—The steamer, which left Singapore in May, brought intelligence of the treacherous murder of the. Raja Muda Hassim, and the noble-miuded Panjeran Budrudeen, the warm friends of Mr. Brooke and the English, at the ex press command of the Sultan of Borneo Proper. Mr. Brooke forwarded a statement of these atrocities to Colonel Butter worth, CB., the Governor of the Singapore States, with a 'request for immediate assistance, which was promptly granted, and the . Honourable Company's steamer Phlegethor, under the command of Captain Ross, left Singapore. and arrived at the British settlement of Sarawak on the 28th of April. Mr. Brooke having embarked on board the steamer, she satled and visited six large rivers along the north-west coast, up some of which she penetrated for sixty miles, find ing them broad and deep. This demonstration had the most beneficial effect all along the coast, arid if followed up by further protection from the British Government to our thriving settlement at Sarawak, will soon put an end to the horrid ptraoy too frequent in these waters. At all the places they visited, the chiefs, in their large war boats, appeared to pay their respects to Mr. Brooke. CHATHAM, Jinx 24.—The Trident steam-packet, Lieutenant Rigge comm an d er , was put out o f d oc k on t h e 21st instant, and taken alongside the sheer-hulk, when her masts were taken out, and shorter ones put in. and she was retaken into dock the same day. Every exertion is used 133 the artificers to complet e h er f or sea b y the t i me specif i ed. - The Bulldog steam-sloop, commander G. E. Davis.—The workmen are progressing with this vessel very fast, and she will be ready for sea in the middle of text month. The Co lumbine, 16 guns, Commander Booth, is nearly competed. She has her full complement of men on board, and will be ready for sea next week. The Gazelle arrived on the 22d instant, with a cargo of timber from Leghorn, for the service of the dockyard. Mr. John Dulrig, leading man of ship. wrights, is appointed acting inspector at this yard, vice Hogg, appointed acting foreman. OPENING OF THE NEW CUT RAGGED SCHOOL. — Last evening a public meeting, for the purpose of opening the ragged school established for the New Cut district, was held in the school-room, Grove-lane, nearly facing the Vic toria Theatre. The Honourable Arthur Kinnaird was called upon to preside. The Honourable Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said that it gave him great pleasure to take the chair upon so interesting an occasion. The work they were engaged in was one of the greatest importance, inasmuch as it made provision for the wants of that hitherto neglected and he might say almost despised class—the children of the poorest of the poor in the district.—(Hear.) The Honour able Gentleman proceeded at considerable length to urge upon the attention of the meeting the necessity for establish ing and supporting the school. The premises, which have now undergone considerable repairs and alterations, were re cently occupied as a penny theatre. Mr. Austin said that for the present they intended to commence with opening the school on a Sunday evening for the instruction of youths. As soon as they had got more help the place would be opened two or three times a week on working nights. The Rev. Dr. Alliott, the Rev. J. Branch, W. D. Owen, Esq., and other gentlemen having spoken in support of the charity, a series of resolutions were carried, including one of thanks to the Honourable Chairman, and the meeting se parated. Some notion of the exquisite texture obtained by the Llama oyi wool ngt h waterproof m a be t gained from character rm of thethe cloth, the that, the w ai l d tho of ut t d h e e st; t s b le e s ir srs r . e N gi i s c t o e l r l e , d o f p ßz e g to e t n , t- fo st r re t e b e present ae succeeded hot we weather, e making a lightness almost astonishing—viz., eleven ounces. The Royal Humane Society, last week, liberally a warded a medal and a handsome pecuniarygrant,th Messrs. Penn H a viland, timekeeper at the engine factor y a nd Sons, Greenwich , for having saved 3; of two persons P sfr e o n i n n p drowning in the Thames, off East Greenwich, on Sunday, the 21st ult. Mr. Havihnd's name is also record e d in the So ciety's books as having saved the life of a fellow-passenger who had fallen overboard a packet off the Nore, at midnight, 2d September, 1832, on which Mr. Haviland plunged after and rescued him. BEER BY PosT.—The most novel conveyance which the Post-office was ever the medium of was, perhaps, last week in the transmission of concentrated extract of beer sufficient to make a quart of a through the Post-office at London by that at Liverpoo r PARLIAMENTARY _BUSINESS. I (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Cominons,) FRIDAY, 'JULY 24. Messengers from the Lords brought up the following Bills, to which their Lordships bad agreed : London and Blackwall Railway-( Widening) Bill—Chorley Waterworks Bill—Waterford Harbour (No. 2) Bill—Coal ,Whippers (Port of London) Bill, without amendment— London and Birmingham (Coventry t o N unea t on ) R a il way Bill—Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Termini and Branches) Bill—Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Bill— Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton. and South Staffordshire Junc tion Railway (No. 1) Bill—Manchester and Leeds - Railway Extensions Bill—Trent Valley Midlands and Grand J unction Railway Bill—Strathtay and Breadalbane Railway Bill— Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Bill— Shrewshary and Birmingham Railway Bill—Liverpool and Bury Railway Bill—Midland Railways (Leicester and Swan nington Railway Alteration and Branches) Bill—Blackburn, Darwen, , and BUlton Railway Bill—London and Birmingham Railway ( Weedon and Northampton Branch) Bill, with amendments—Forth and Clyde Navigation and Bowling Bay Improvement Bill—North Wales Railway Bill, with an amendment. PARLIAMEN TAR Y DI V ISI ONS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. FRIDAY, JULY 24. SUGAR DUTIEi DILL.—(IN THE CO1IIIITTEE.) First clause, folio 2, line 11 :—Motion math!, and Question pro posed, " That the blank be filled with the words fifth day of Sep tember, 1816 "—Afterwards, Motions made, " That tha blank be 1111,1 with the words filth day of July, 1847 "—Question put, " That the blank be tiled with the wolds ' fifth day or September, 1846: " The Committee divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 121. Aglionby, IL A. Esmonde, Sir T. Morris, David Antrobus, E. Estcourt, T. G. Mostyn, E. M. L. Archbold, Robert ' , Alvan, Ralph Napier, Sir Charles Baring, •W. B. E wart, William Norreys, Sir D. Barnard, E. G. Ferguson, Sir It. O'Connell, Daniel Hamm, Sir 11. FitzrAy, Henry O'Conor, Don Beckett, W. Fleetwood, Sir P. Oswald, James Bellew, R. M. Flower, Sir J. Parker, John Berkeley, Craven Forster, Mathew Paltison, J. Berkeley, Captain Gibson, Thomas M. Peel, Sir Robert Bernal, Ralph Gill, Thomas Peel, Jonathan Blackburne, J. I. Gore, Robert Philipps, Sir R. Bouverie, E. I'. Goulburn, Henry Philips, Mark Bowring, Dr. Graham, Sir James Plumridge, Captain 1 Bretherton, J. Grey, Sir G. Price, Sir It. Brown, W. Grosvenor, Lord It. Rutherfurd, A. 13ul!er, Edward Guest, Sir John Seymour, Sir H. B. ltylig, G. S. - Hamilton, W. J. Shell, R. L. Carnegie, Captain Hastie, Archibald Sheridan, It. B. Cavendish, C. C. Heneage, Edward Smith, J. A. Cavendish, G. H. Hervey, Lord A. Smith, Vernon Christie, W. D. Hindlcy, Charles Somerset, Lord G. Clements, Viscount Hobhonse, Sir John Spooner, Richard Clerk, Sir G. Hogg, J. W. Stuart, Lord J. Clive, R. 11. Horsman, E. Strait, Edward Cockburn, Sir G. Hume, Jos(ph Sutton, Henry Colebrooke, Sir T. Hutt, William Thornely, T. Courtenay, Lord James, Sir W. C. Trench, Sir F. Craig, W. G. Jervis, John Troubridge,Sir E. Crawford, W. S. Kemble, H. Wakley, T. Cripps, William Labouchere, Henry Ward, 11. G. Denison, J. E. Langston, J. IL Wawn, J T. I)ennistoun, J. Layout, Captain Wilshere, T. W. Dickinson, F. IL Lemon, Sir C. Wood, Charles Duncan, George Lincoln, Earl of Wood, Colonel T. Duncan, Lord Loch, James Wortley, J. S. Duncombe, Thomas Mmcaulay, T. B. Wyse, Thomas Dundas, Admiral Mangles, R. D. Egzrton, W. T. Martin, J. TELLERS. Ellice, Rt. Hon. H. Martin, C. W. Cowper, W. F. Elphinstone, Sir H. Maule, Fox Rich, Henry Escott, Bickham Morpeth, Viscount MINORITY-NOES, 38. Allix, J. P. Grogan, Edward PakingtOn, J. S. Austen, Colonel Henley, J. W. Palmer, Robert Baillie, Col. Hildyard, T. B. T. Powlett, Lord W. Baillie, H. .T. Hodgson, IL Rolleston, Colonel Bankes, George Houldswortli, T. Round, John Benett, John Hussey, Thomas Stuart, J. Bolder°, 11. G. Jones, Captain Trollope, Sir J. Codrington, Sir W. Lygon, General Waddington, IL S. Dick, Q. 3PClintock, W. B. Wodehouse, E. Disraeli, B. Miles, P. W. S. Douglas, Sir H. Miles, W. TELLERS. I)u Pre, C G. Newdegatc, C. N. Inglis, Sir R. H. Floyer, John O'Brien, A. Stafford Bentinck, Lord G. Fuller, A. E. l'acke, C. W. SL L'I'LY. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, In order to add the words " Mr. Baker's petition (presented June 12); complaining of certain abuses existing in the Milbank Prison, he referred to a Select Committee," instead thereof:—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY —AYES 5.6 Benett, J. • •.• Giil Thomas • ; • Liticolp, - Earl of Bennet, P.. ~.Gore,. Robertay, T. B.- Bentine,k, Lord G.'Goilltini•ti; Henri Berkeley, Captain Graham, Sir James 'Martin, C. W. Blaketnore, R. . Greene, Thomas ._Moffatt, George Borthwick, Peter Grey, Sir G.O'Conor, Don Bouverie, Edward P. Guest, Sir J. Parket, John Bowles, Admiral Hamilton, G. A. Pigot, David Brotherton, Joseph Harris, Captain Pusey, P. Brown, W. Hectic, Archibald Scrope, G. r, Buller, Charles Hatton, Captain Sotherville, Sir W. Clerk Sir G. lieneage, Spooner, Richard Clive, R. 11. Henley, J. W. Thornely, Thomas Cockburn, Sir G. • Hill, Lsrd Marna • Trowbridge, Sir E. Cowper, W. F. Hobliouse, Sir J. U'ard, 11. G. Craig, W. G. Inglis, Sir R. W Colonel T. Dungas, Admiral Jervis, John Ebrington, Viscount Kemble, Henry TELLERS, Forster, Matthew Labouchere, Henry Tufnell, Henry Fox, C. R. Langston, J, H Gibson, T. M. MINORITY—NOES, 10. Hume, Joseph Wawn, J. T. Morris, David Peellell, Captain TELLERS. Tattered, H. W. Duncombe, T. Escott, Bickham Aglionby, H. A. Bowling, Dr. Christie, W. D. Ewart, 'William Gisborne, Thomas MILITARY FLOGGING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sui,—Why do the aristocracy support flogging? The Duke of Wellington's dispatches, quoted in Colonel Napier's History of the Peninsular War, say that English officers, being gentlemen, will not do their duty. Col. Napier tells us that Sir John Moore thought that the very reason why they should do their duty all the better. And in the three regiments of the light division, the 52d, 43d, 95th—this last now the rifle brigade, commonly called at that time Sir John Moore's regiments, because instructed by him in 'lreland— the officers did do the duty, Sir; and these regiments, with two Portuguese battalions, were the outpost men, the hird workers of the army, who took all the fatiguing anxiety of advance guard duty. And yet on the retreat from Salamanca Wellington allows them praise before all the others! Sir, if in all British regiments the same system existed, there would be no flogging. As long as outlandish, expensive, and useless dt esses remain, and purchase exists, so long will you have no officers, but aristocratic dandies. And if there are no edu cated officers to take care of the uneducated soldiers, you can not expect these latter to take care of themselves, they having no resource for occupation or amusement. And con sequently officers resort to flogging, in the hope that thus they may sooner overawe the men. Now, Sir, if every subaltern had his half-troop to instruct day by day in riding, drill, exercise, bridling, saddling, packing, blanket laying, &c., and outpost duty, viz., patrolling, videttes, escorts of all descriptions, skirmishing, surprises, means of discerning an enemy, &c., besides visiting his men in room and stables— being, in fact, responsible for their social and moral condition, as well as physical, and for the state of their horses and arms, &c., such an officer would like his men, take their part, and mutual confidence would be the result.--A good officer would know beforehand his man's chance of failing, and warn his non-commissioned officers to keep an eye on him at that time. The real fact, Sir, is, you would not find one aristo cratic young gentleman willing to have anything of the sort to do with the " common soldiers," as they are contemptu ously termed ; and yet, Sir, it is merely the want of such officers which renders our cavalry anyway inferior to the French. In fighting they always beat their enemies with surprising ease; but at all other duties they fail, because n o t taught ; and, Sir, sergeants cannot teach these things. I have seen a dozen horses with sore backs, and no sergeant could tell the cause ; which was to be found in a bad pack of 1 accoutrements. And as to the real duties of light cavalry, not ten years' instruction by sergeants gives that knowledge to the men which a very few lessons by a well-educated in telligent officer do. But rich young nobles purchase com missions, and make sergeants and riding-masters do their work. Sir, ten years' travel has made me acquainted with foreign cavalry. In all the large continental armin every . subaltern has the fourth-part of a squadron as his indepen dent command. It requires a regimental decision to take one of his men from him, or any man's horse away from him, about which Dragoons are very sensible; and soldiers can appeal to the general_ on inspection days to return to their platoon, which they look on as their home. The subaltern considers his platoon as his property, with which no one can interfere; if anything is wrong the lieutenant is responsible; and I have seen how well this works. Is an officer absent a short time, that platoon becomes the worst under sergeant's command. But ask your 3 oung titled Croesus, your lady killers in Hungarian dresses, to take such trouble. I have heard one call it a drudgery unfit for gentlemen. There is the secret, Sir. If a colonel wanted ,to Hog , man, be would have that man's officer, Aupported. • by • gil the other subalterns, constantly complaining and petitioning. I will warrant that our men would then take an interest in something more than the public-house, like to have books and read about professional matters, and the officers would care more for the welfare and superiority of their own platoon, than for Captain Maxwell's list of ac complishments, quoted in his first chapter of the " Stories of Waterloo." How many thousand pounds more does an Hussar regi ment cost than an English one. Nobody ever would have seen Hussars if the dress were not an Hungarian national costume, and if Hungarian Dragoons would wear any less expensive ones. Your lady-killers like these dresses because they are better laced and more gaudy; but they protect no part of the body, and are very inconvenient, and a useless ex pense. The money spent on them would make not a few shoolmasters ; less gaudy and inure laborious would our ofik cers then be.—Your obedient servant, A CONSTANT READER. SUPPOSED MURDER AND SUICIDE.—NORTH BIERLY, NEAR BRADFORD, JULY 22.—A most deplorable occurrence has recently thrown this district into the deepest sensation. The 1),1v of a weaver named William Bywater, living at Bullershan, and that of his son Raymouth, were found at the bottom of an old coal-pit on Monday morning, and, from the facts adduced at the inquest, there is little doubt that the elder deceased led his child to the mouth of the pit, and, after throwing him in, committed suicide by precipitating himself down the shaft. The parent was employed at the factory of Mr. J. Sutcliffe, OJsal Moor. lie was thirty-three years of age, married, and had three children, the deceased child, who was seven years of age, being by a former wife. About six o'clock on Monday morning Bywater got up and roused his son, telling him he should take a walk with him. After pre paring his wife's breakfast he left with his child, and pro ceeded along the road to Bradford. They went over a stile leading to the pit, which is situate on elevated ground, and on reaching a platform which surrounds it, Bywater was seen to stoop under some rails which protect the mouth. They were then lost sight of, but a few seconds afterwards, the cries of a child were heard by the men, who made all haste to the spot, but on looking down the pit nothing could be heard. The bottom was then searched, and their bodies were found dreadfully mutilated. It was shown that Bywater was much attached to the child, and was never heard to express any intention of destroying it. In a conversation he had, how ever, with a neighbour, he manifested much uneasiness of mind, and his observations led to the impression that he meditated committing suicide. The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased were found dead at the bottom of the pit, but how or by what means they came to their death there was no evidence to show." PosEN, JULY 9.—A few days ago some persons got through an open window of the residence of the Chief Pre sident, and plundered the office of 1,500 dollars in money and bills of exchange. one of the papers belonging to political persons were abstracted, but pains was taken to throw them into the greatest confusion, and thus everything in the oftiQe was in disorder. It is difficult to assigu a cause for such a proceeding. IMPERIAL -P-AILTINIEt4"I". HOUSE OF LORDS,- .raii 24. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock precisely, when- there was rather a scanty attendance of Peers. BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER (STONS. HOUSE J UNCTION) RAILWAY. Lord STRAFFORI) reported to the House that the preamble of the Birmingham and Gloucester (Stone house Junction) Railway Bill had not been proved. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Messengers tram the House of Commons brou2;ht Pp certain. Bills. BANGOIi AND ST. ASA - PrIAND MANCLIESTEIC DIOCESES BILL. . The Earl of POWIS moved that the Bangor and St. Asaph and Manchester Dioceses Bill should be passed. Lord LANSDOWNE said, that on a former occasion he was of opinion that the consent of the Crown was not necessary to the passing of the Bill, but on speaking to certain Noble Lords, he found them of opinion that it would be more prudent to postpone the Bill till the per mission of her Majesty could be got, and he therefore urged his Noble Friend to consent to the postponment for this purpose. SMALL DEBTS BILL Lord CAMPBELL presented several petitions:from the counties of Worcester and Stafford in favour of tilts Bill. MAGISTRATES OF THE CITY OF LONDON. Lord BROUGHAM said he had a petition to lay on their Lordships' table complaining of one of the greatest grievan-es to which the citizens of London could be subjected, that the magistrates entertain questions which by law they had no more right to entertain than they had to enter their Lordships' houses and seize their property. That practice had prevailed not only in Londol, but in Westminster and the borough of South wark, till he, when he held the great seal, called the at tention of Lard Melbourne, then Secretary of State for the Home Department, in whose department it properly was, to the question. He (Lord Brougham) wrote a letter to his Lordship recapitulating this gross abuse, and called on him seriously to represent to the magistrates of the city of Westminster in this respect, for he had no jurisdiction over the magistrates of the City of London.—(Hear, hear.,) The magistrates permitted persons to come before them and make their complaints in the absence of the accused. lie would illustrate the evil which it was the occasion of by the following fact :—A Noble Friend of his, who at one time held a very high office had made an unfortunate marriage, and his widow fell into the greatest pecuniary distress. The Prince Regent allowed her a sum of money, and she received in sums of forty shillings a week. She had formed such associ ations after her husband's death as to entirely prevent the whole sum of money being entrusted to her hands; so the fund was placed in the hands of two of his Noble Friends in that House, in order to secure its proper dis tribution, but whenever she wanted money she went be fore the sitting magistrates. He read the reports in the newspapers himself, and stated that the two Noble Lords had possession of a fund which was allowed to her by the public, and that they refused to give it to her, but kept it for their own purposes, and the Lord Mayor of London, to whom she told her tale, instead of sending her about her business, said, " Is it to be believed, is it to be endured, that these two Noble Lords should take this miserable opportunity of benefiting themselves at the expense of an unfortunate widow?"—(Hear.) He called the attention of his Noble friends to the fact, but they considered it not worth their while to contradict it, though it was very generally be ' lieved elsewhere, and, in fact, he had heard it even lately re-told. In the present instance the petitioner had been illegally sentenced to pay 201., and to be imprisoned, and kept to hard labour for two months. He appealed, and was brought up on an habeas corpus, when it was decided that he had been illegally imprisoned and fined. The poor man had suffered the punishment, and there would be no redress for him even if he brought his action, it would be decided that he had only acted in his judicial character. He (Lord Brougham) considered that these corporation magistrates were most per nicious, and to say the least thing offensive, were moat opposed to the first principles of justice. LORD GOUGH AND 'VISCOUNT HARDINGE. TheLORD. CHANCELLOR read letters from Lords Gough' and 'Harding;' which stated that those Noble, Lords bad communicated the votes passed by their LOrd ships' House to the officers and men under their command, who were greatly gratified by the honour conferred upon them. The letters were respectfully dated the 10th and the 25th of May. They were ordered to be entered on the journals of the House. SUGAR QUESTION. Lord BROUGHADI said that he would on Monday night next present a petition against the proposed Sugar Bill. The petition was from his venerable friend, Thomas Clarkson, the president of the Anti-Slavery Association. Lord BROUGHAM begged to state that in conse quence of the postponement of the sugar duties from to day till Monday, in the House of Commons, ho should plstpone his notice of his motion respecting the sugar duties from Monday till Tuesday next. BATHS AND WASHHOUSES. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from the mayor and burgesses of Cork, praying that any measure on this subject which had reference to England and Wales should be extended to Ireland. RAILWAY BILLS NOT COMMITTED. Lord STANLEY moved, in addition to the motion which he had made the other evening, for a return of all the Bills for railways which had not been committed on the 20th of July. The Earl of CLARENDON conceived that the agree ment entered into the other night would be sufficient to furnish all the information which his Noble Friend desired. RAILWAY GAUGES. The Earl of CL ARENDON brought in a Bill for the regulation of the railway gauges, which was read a first time. COALWIIIPPERS' BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed, and their Lordships adjourned. • HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 24. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. The O'Coson DON was introduced by Mr. Fitz stephen French and the Hon. W. Cowper, and took the oaths and his seat upon his re-election for Roscommon. Lord W. POULETT took the oaths and his seat for St. Ives, in the room of Mr. W. Praed, deceased. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to : Airdrie and Coatbridge Waterworks. Belfast Improvement. East Lancashire Railway (Deviations and Branches). Furness Railway Extensions. Huddersfield and Sheffield and Manchester and Leeds Railways Amalgamation. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (Norwich Extension). Kennington-lane, &c. Lighting, &c. Kilmarnock Waterworks. Liverpool and Bury and Manchester and Leeds Rail ways Amalgamation. London and Brighton and London and Croydon Rail ways Consolidation. London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch). Oxford, Worcester, and Woverhampton Railway. Rothesay Municipal and Police. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway (Extensions and Deviations). Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway (Crickhcath and Wem Lines). Wath-upon-Dearne Improvement. SECOND READINGS. Borthwick's Estate Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. THIRD READINGS. The Dublin Cemeteries Bill and the Tramore Em bankment Bill were read a third time and passed. On the motion of Viscount NORTHLAND, the re port on the Dublin, o Belfasn 3r t, and on dayn Coleraine ex.t Railway was ordered to be econsidered Mr. presented a petition from th e R ev. Mf r , ° in the the diocese of Dublin, complaining of being removed by the Archbishop of the same, for be longing to the Evangelical Union. He also presented several other petitions from Ireland, complaining of the tax called "Ministers' Money," and praying for its repeal. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition, numerously signed by the gentry and clergy of the county of Tip perary, representing the great advantage which had accrued to the county by the Public Works Bill, and praying that the House would cause the recommenda tion of its Committee, in 1835, to be acted upon. The HON. MEMBER also presented a petition, signed by the Presbyterian congregation of Warrington, pray ing for the abolition of capital punishments. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a native of India, a resident in England, in the service of the Raja of Sattara, praying that the House would order an in quiry into the complaints of his master, whom, he said, was oppressed and borne down by means of bribery and corruption. BUSINESS OF THE lIOUSE. Sir G. GREY said it was the intention of his Noble Friend the First Lord of the Treasury, on I.londay, to move that as the public business dill not now occupy so much time as at the commencement of the session, that after that day public business should commence at half-past four, instead of five o'clock, as heretofore. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY. Dr. BOWItING gave notice, that on the motion for going into a Committee of Supply on the Army Esti mates, he should propose that flogging in the army be immediately abolished. PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS. Mr. HUME moved for a return Of — the number of persons who visited the British Museum, the Tower, and Hampton Court Palace, iti 1844 and in 1845, with the view of ascertaining whether there was a sufficient number visiting these exhibitions to allow of their being opened from five to seven in the evening in summer. - - Agreed to - - - - The LION. MEMBER gave notice that ho would post pone his motion concerning the Administration of Jui. nee in Scotland till Monday. ST. JAMES'S PARK. Mr. HUME, seeing the Noble Lord, the late Presi dent of the Woods and Forests, in his place, wished to ask him, in reference to St. James's Park, whether any new regulations as to admission had been adopted, ex eluding certain parties from the park? Lord LINCOLN said thirt no instructions bad been given to that effect during his time in office; on the con tray, considerable relaxation had been made in the rules of admission.—(hear, hear.) Mr. lIUME moved that the petition of Govind Row Wittul (presented May 25th), should bo printed. — Agreed to. DniJoOti motion N o f M s E i r N T a O a r , 23,,O.asiTaSzEr.eed that On theA MVP one 1 or f the untY the said r ules Plied Act goo le ie h C 131C 0 P , e tO 11" 3 1 P Liss ° I tbe