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went. And this was no form, for without it it was not pos sible to create a vacancy which should be at the disposal of Lord Lyndhurst--the office of Commissioner of Bankruptcy at Liverpool—worth 1,8001. a year. Well, then, Lord Ripon, as they were told by his Right Hon. Friend the President of the Board of Control, wrote a letter to the Colonial-office, in which he stated that the Chief Justice of Bombay had actually resigned ; and the patent was drawn up and signed by Mr. Se cretary Gladstone, affirming—deliberately affirming—( Hear, hear}-•not through any oversight— (Hear, hear)—but of ma lice prepense—affirming that which he knew not to be true.— ( Hear.) The patent recited that Slr H. Roper had resigned. He must call the attention of the House to these facts. The Lord Chancellor appointed a friend of Lord Ripon's to the much desired living of Nocton ; Lord Ripen appointed to the office of Chief justice a friend of Lord Lyndhurst, making a vacancy which Sir James Graham filled up by appointing Mr. Philips to the office of one of the Commissioners of Bankruptcy in Liverpool. That last appointment was made two days before the office became vacant. He thought, now, that having dis posed of these accounts, he might perhaps be permitted to say a word with regard to himself.—( Hear, hear.) He had been compared to Napoleon, and it had been stated that there was nothing too great for his ambition, or too small for his rapacity. It had been said, also, that a charge proceeding from such a calumniator as himself (Lord G, Bentinck) was not to be attended to.—( Hear, hear.) He was not ashamed of I his associations or habits. He had not abandoned those associations, and it was still his pride to say that he was the steward of the Jockey Club.—( Laughter.) There were gen tlemen on the turf as honourable, as high-minded, as any other class in the kingdom. Respect for the high station of the Noble Lord who had made this attack on him, respect for his great abilities, respect for the position which enabled him to make that attack, would not prevent him (Lord G. Bentinck ) from saying what he thought of that charge. Now it was im puted to him that there was nothing too small for his rapacity, and that he was governed by selfish and sordid motives. Now he did hope that the whole course of his political life, in which he had been honoured with the friendship of Mr. Canning and Lord Stanley, was sufficient to repel that charge.—( Hear.) Eighteen years he had been in Parliament, and eight years before he had been in the service of the country, but from that time to the present he had never been guilty of being actuated by selfish, sordid, or base motives.—( Hear, hear.) He defied any one to say that his past conduct would not bear the strictest investigation, but he admitted with Lord Lyndhurst that his own mode of address was not so refined as his (Lord Lyndhurst's). The Noble Lord in continuation said—When he charges me with base motives, with sordid mo tives, and with selfishness and rapacity, I must say I think if he could carry his memory back to Friday, the 10th of July last, he ought to be the last man to prefer such charges against one with whom he was willing to associate. Sir, if I had displayed any malignity—if I had displayed any venom in my attacks upon the late Government, those attacks were made previously to the 10th of July last. Sir, my Lord Lynd hurst condescended to send a messenger to me on Friday, the 10th of July last—a messenger who was attended, though I saw him not, by one of his own secretaries—a messenger whose truth I can rely upon, for he is is a merchant of the City of London, respected not in the City of London only, but in each of the four quarters of the globe in which he has transactions—my Lord Lyndhurst condescended to send to me a messenger who waited upon me, certainly not before I was out of bed in the morning, but before nine o'clock in the morning, on special and important business; and a pro position was then made, whilst an exposition was given of what had passed in the Cabinet of the Queen—a proposition was made to me, perhaps with no more truth than the charges that are now made by that Noble and Learned Lord against me—a proposition was made to me, in anticipation of the debate on the sugar question, that I should join with the minority in the division, which was represented to me to have taken place in the Cabinet of the Queen upon that ♦ery question of the sugar duties. I don't know whether my Lord Lyndhurst told his three colleagues what he intimated to me. I don't know whether they were to come and serve with me or not ; but this I know, that if I had been ambitious— if my object had been to obtain power and strengthen my own party, the opportunity was offered me.—(Hear, hear.) Whilst the breath which had an nounced the royal assent to the pasting of the Corn Bill was yet scarcely cold a proposition was made to me that I should join with those members of the late Government, when whilst they had supported, condemned the measures of that Government.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") It was proposed by Lord Lyndhurst that he should personally wait upon that " selfish, sordid, and base " individual who is now addressing you.—( Hear, hear.) Sir, it was not necessary for me to do more than to decline the honour of the visit, and refer my Lord Lyndhurst to Lord Stanley, and I intimated in strong language the manner in which my feelings revolted against any such propositton.—( Hear, hear.) Whilst I said I would not interfere with others, if there were any, who were willing to join in any such coalition, I said for myself 1 could not be a party to it.—( Hear, hear.) And now, Sir, I trust I have at least justified myself in the eyes of the House of Com mons and the people of this country that on the 10th of July last I was not, even in the estimation of Lord Lyndhurst him self, that " base and selfish and sordid" individual which he now chooses to consider me.—( Loud cheers.) Mr. STUART WORTLEY would not presume to under take the defence of the Noble Personages alluded to by the Noble Lord, bat the Noble Lord had alluded to an bumbler person, he meant Mr. Perry, and he could not sit there with out making some defence of that gentleman.—(Hear, hear.) Lord GEORGE BENTINCK was understood to retract what he had said regarding Mr. Perry, and to express his re gret that he had unintentionally mis-stated some circumstance connected with that gentleman's appointment to the Commis sionership of Liverpool. After a few words from Mr. STUART WORTLEY, who expressed himself satisfied with the explanation. Colonel T. WOOD wished to know whether the messenger who waited upon the Noble Lord upon the occasion mentioned by himself did go with the authority of other members of the then Government, who formed the minority of the Cabinet as well as Lord Lyndhurst. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK replied that the messenger distinctly stated that he had been sent by Lord Lyndhurst. ECCLESIASTICAL PATRONAGE BILL. jr•V-.1.14A.M.F•••,...i.....r.a.a.••••••••••••••••............ 5'....'....-.a.". - IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. portant Bill as this at so late a period of the session was nothing HOUSE OF LORDS, August 21. less than a gross trick played upon unsuspecting and The LORD CHAYCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at absent Members. Had he chosen last night he could have stopped the further progress of the Bill this session, Ise- Five o'clock. WRECK AND SALVAGE BI LL. cause there were not forty Membe rs p resent at the time that it was read a second time, but he scor ned takin g advanta g e of any This Bill was read a second time an d ordered to be c,:m- witted. underhand work. DEATH BY ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION BILL. Mr. WILLIAMS, in reply to some remarks that had fallen Lord CAMPBELL said, accirding to notice, he had to from the Hon. and Gallant Member, said that he did not an ticipate being appointed, nor would he consent to receive any draw their Lordships' attention, to a most important subject. The Bill which awarded compensation in the case of accidents appointment under this Bill. - -- Col , -el SIBTHORP—" Hear, hear." tie Bill which had come up from the Commons with some amendments. ast session a Bill of the same kind was introduced into their Lordship? House, and though unanimously passed by them the Commons had thrown it out. This session it was again introduced, and on this occasion they had passed it but with amendments. As they framed the Bill the compensation was to go to the next of kin, a provision which was common in law. The Commons, however, had provided especially that it should be divided among the members of the family, extending to grandfather and grand mother, stepson, stepfather and stepmother. lie had no great objection to that amendment, and he would advise their Lordships to agree to it.—(Hear.) Another amendment was, perhaps, more questionable. Their Lordships had provided that the compensation should be in pro portion to the suffering person's property, but the Com mons bad introduced an amendment to the effect, that the jury should divide the money they might award among the family according to their wants and necessities. He would have preferred that a merely general rule had been laid down. This system had existed in Scotland, and been found to work well; and he would advise their Lordships to accept the amendments. He said after what had been stated in certain quarters of the Bill, he felt it necessary to add that it had been introduced only after the most painful consideration by the present Noble and Learned Lord now on the Woolsack, the late Lord Chan cellor, Lord Denman, and by himself. The greatest care had been taken in the preparation of the Bill. The amendments were then agreed to. NAVAL AND MILITARY DEPARTMENTS BILL. This Bill was read a second time. EJECTMENTS (IRELAND) BILL. The Earl of CLARENDON moved that this Bill should he read a second time. Lord CAMPBELL said that this Bill carried into effect the recommendation of the Earl of Devon's Commission. The most important enactment of the Bill was one which was recommended by the Earl of Devon, and which prevented the distraint of growing crops. By the common law of England and Ireland, no growing crops could be distrained ; but in 1816 the law was introduced into Ireland, and since that time had been found to be a very serious social mischief. Lord ELLENBOURGH said, that he understood this Bill was not yet printed, and to move the second reading before it was printed was out of the usual practice of the House. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that as it was the intention of the House only to adjourn until to-morrow, the Bill might be printed by that time. The Earl of WICKLOW said that, as he could nut be there to-morrow, their Lordships would perhaps permit him to say a few words upon the Bill at once. Ha thought that any inter ference with the present laws in Ireland would occasion much inconvenience. If it made any alteration in the law to be ap plied to one country more than another he should enter his protest against it, for he thought that any law applied to one country ought to be applied to the other. THE INCOME-TAX DEDUCTION BILL. This Bill was read a second time. PUBLIC WORKS AND FISHERIES ( IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CLARENDON, the Bill went through Committee. DRAINAGE OF LANDS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of the same NOBLE EARL, this Bill also went through Committee. After at, explanation by Earl GREY, that there had been a few amendments in the clauses, which he stated were for the improvement of the Bill. In this opinion the Earl of Ellenborough and Lord Monteagle concurred, the latter stating, however, that he feared that the Bill, as now framed, was inapplicable to the state of Ireland. From the subinfeudation which took place there, that country was in a very different position from England, and that which was per fectly applicable to this country was quite useless for that country, and he would say, therefore, let the Bill pass as a matter of course, and then improve it in the course of next session. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that nothing could be more true than that which had been asserted by his Noble Friend, that the great numbir of consents which would have te be obtained would throw great impediments in the way of the working of this Bill, but in the few days which remained of the present session it was impossible to phrase it otherwise than as it was, but he might rest assured that his suggestions should be taken into careful consideration before the beginning of the next year, so as to render it effective for the prevention of dis tress in Ireland. Earl GREY, in reply, stated that he did not exactly see what was the purport of his Noble Friend's suggestion, unless it was that the Government should take the whole of the drainage of lands into its own hands where the landowners dissented. The Bill then went through Committee. COUNTY WORKS PRESENTMENTS (IRELAND). HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICES. These Bills also went through Committee. MARRIAGES (IRELAND) BILL. The Commons' amendments on this Bill were agreed to in Committee. ~oloree Lord G. SOMERSET made a few observations on the Bill, which were inaudible in the reporters' gallery. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Government were of opinion that the President of the new Commission to be. appointed under this Bill should be a Member of either that or the other House of Par liament, so that he might he prepared to furnish any information connected with the Commission to such Mem bers of the House as might desire it. He was happy to find that the jealousy of members of such boards holding seats in Parliament was rapidly dying away. The (abject of the Government in introducing this Bill was to appoint men in the place of the former Commissioners who would command the confidence of the public, which, from some reason or other the late Commissioners did not, notwithstanding their great talents and fitness for their office. The only new burdens, which this Bill would impose upon the public would be the payment of the services of the President and two Commissioners. Mr. B. ESCOTT thought that the arrangement for ap pointing the head of the proposed hoard bore very much the character of a job, and he should oppose the Bill by all the forms of the House. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER denied any knowledge of any job, either existing or intended. After some further discussion, in which Mr. Borthwick, Mr. Morris, Mr. Escott, Mr. Turner, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Henley took part, the clause was agreed to. Clauses 2,3, and 4 were then agreed to without a division. On Clause 5 being proposed, Mr. P. BORTH WICK moved an amendment to the effect, that instead of the words " and two other commis sioners," to substitute the words " vice-president and secre tary." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought it better to leave the clause as it stood, so as to have two per manent working commissioners. Mr. ESCOTT thought so many Commissioners as five quite uncalled for. He did not think the railway business of the country would be so much as to require the services of so many persons. Colonel SIBTHORP took a similar view of the question. Mr. BORTHWICK then withdrew his amendment. After a few words from Mr. WILLIAMS, which did not reach the gallery, the clause was agreed to. On clause 6 being proposed, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that the salary of the president of the board would be 2,0001. per annum, and the salaries of the two paid Com missioners would be 1,5001. per year. After some observations from Colonel SIBTHORP, Mr. B. ESCOTT moved that the salary of the president be reduced to 1,000/. Lord G. BENTINCK thought that the salary was not too high, for it would require a man of very considerable talent, and would entail considerable responsibility on him, and there would be no officer in that House who would be so fre quently called upon to explain the conduct of his board.j Mr. BORTH WICK agreed with the Noble Lord that the salary of 2,000/. would not be too much, but he objected to the principle of estimating a man's talents and usefulness by the pounds, shillings, and pence which he received. The amendment was then put and negatived. Mr. WILLIAMS moved, as an amendment, that the words " one thousaltd live hundred" be struck out from the clause. After a short discussion the amendment was withdrawn. Clause 6 was then agreed to. Considerable discussion took place on the next three clauses, which wese ultimately agreed to. On clause 10 being proposed, Mr. MUNTZ proposed an amendment to give greater effect to the local examinations to be instituted by the Com missioners as to any projected railway. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no ob jection to the amendment. After a few words from Mr. ESCOTT and Mr. P. M. STEW. ART, the amendment was agreed to. The clause was then adopted. The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the House re sumed. Report to be brought up to-morrow. POOR EMPLOYMENT (IRELAND) BILL. On the order of the day for the receiving of the report on this Bill being read, Sir D. NORREYS said that he had an amendment to move in reference to this Bill, and he wished to know from the Noble Lord at the head of the Government what course he should take ? Lord J. RUSSELL suggested that the Bill should be re committed, and The House accordingly resolved itself into Committee on this Bill. Sir D. NORREYS said he would postpone his amend ments till the third reading. The report was then gone through, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. PATENT COMMISSIONS BILL. This Bill was read a second time. RECTORY OF NOCTON—EXPLANATION OF LORD GEORGE BENTINCK. Lord G. BENTINCK rose and said, that after the accusa tion that had been made on his conduct in this transaction else where, he was sure the House would grant him its indulgence while endeavouring to justify his own conduct, and to defend his character. He would not stop to excuse himself for having hastily made on last Wednesday a retractation of some expressions he had uttered. It had been stated that he could make that retractation as unfoundedly as he could make the charge, without investigation. Now if he had made any unfounded charge he would be as ready as any one to admit his error. Now it should be remembered that he made this retractation on an investigation of the Clergy List. But he took leave here to say that the nobleman who had made the charge should have been the last to do so. The Clergy List was a copy of the e cclesiastical report. That ecclesiastical report was made by a Government of which Sir R. Peel was the head, and the nobleman to whom he alluded was the Lord Chancellor. The recommendation was signed, amongst others, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, by the Bishop of London, and by the Bishop of Lincoln, in whose diocese the living was situated; and by Mr. Brewer, and a great many others ; and would have been signed in the ordinary course of things by Lord Lynd hurst. He thought, therefore, it was not on light grounds that he made the charge; and when a conviction seized him that he might have been in error, he came immediately to the House and withdrew what he had stated. He said before that it was a matter of great suspicion. He did not pretend to say that in a matter of this kind, in which transactions took place between two Cabinet Ministers—between two colleagues—he could be expected to produce any letters or any contract that was made. He thought that the House and the country, not withstanding the explanations that had been given elsewhere, would still be of opinion that great suspicion attached to this distribution of patronage, and, to say no more, that it was a friendly exchange. It wool be in the recollection of the House that it was stated by his Right Hon. Friend the President of the Board of Control, that Sir H. Roper received, not an invi tation, but an offer on the '22d of November, and that his reply (as he understood) was on the 14th of February, and received on the 27th of March. Now, by the admissions elsewhere, they had learned that the first appointment was offered, and not given—offered to a gentleman of eminence at the bar at the time, and that it took place without any consultation with Lord Lyndhurst. That offer was declined. This probably took place some time between the 27th of March and the Bth of May ; and, if a Committee of Inquiry were appointed on the subject, they would find that in answer to the applications made, a great part of them were made to Lord Lyndhurst, who in variably replied that the office of Chief Justice of Bombay was not in his gift, but in the gift of the President of the Board of Control. On the Bth of May, the Dean of Windsor, incum bent of Nocton, died suddenly. As admitted in the corres pondence read elsewhere, and which had been published in the papers, it appeared that Lord Brownlow applkd for the presentation to that living—a living worth, as he ( Lord George Bentinck) was assured,• 8001. a-year. What happened afterwards? They were told that the Lord Chancellor sent down the names of six or seven gentlemen of reputation to the President of the Board of Control.—( Hear, hear.) They did not hear who those gentlemen were, or what degree of recommendation was given to each ; and if he had a Committee of Inquiry he thought he should be in a condition to show that the patronage was forced upon Mr. Pollock in order to make way for Lord Lyndhurst's secretary. Now the advice of Lord Lyndhurst upon the subject was not asked until the Dean of Windsor was dead, and then it was that virtually there was an exchange of the patronage of the church for the patronage of the law.—( Hear.) They were told that Lord Lyndhurst had nothing to do with the law appointments, but upon an investigation he should be able to show that the Noble Lord had a good deal to do with it.—( Hear, hear. ) But the appointment of Chief Commissioner was not an ap pointment removable at pleasure, but was one maintained by good behaviour, and only removable by the Crown, on the joint addresses of both Houses of Parliament. And in this in stance they might observe the second case, where the occupant of the office, without his resignation, toss superseded. The appointment of the Commissioner of Bankruptcy was the second infringement of the constitution, and a direct violation of the Act of Parliament. He did not wish to impugn the merits of Mr. Perry. They might be equal to those of Lord Lyndhurst or any other great man, but he had a right, in the name of the public, to charge those who had the disposal of such a position—involving, as it did, the commercial affairs of the empire to a great extent—with a gross neglect if it was not filled up properly. The public had a right to expect that this office should be filled up in an efficient manner, and that the person appointed should be a barrister eminent in his profession, and who enjoyed the confidence of the commercial world. He dared to say that if they appealed to the bar, they would find that the profession were not satisfied with the appointment of Mr. Perry as Com missioner at Liverpool. He asked the House, did they think the bar would be satisfied with a gentleman who was stated not to have been in practice for ten years? nay, he was in formed that very day that it was nineteen years, and not ten, since he had been in practice. Did they think such a gentle man could command the confidence of a great commercial community ?He now came to the original charge—the ap pointment of Mr. David Pollock as Chief Justice of Bombay. It had been endeavoured, in defending that transaction, to show that the proceedine complained of was only an error or oversight. But he wanted to know whether the Govern ment could show any single instance in which a chief justice had been suspended, and another appointed, on a conditional resignation? He should like to see all the letters that had passed relating to the resignation and appointment of chief justices, and he would venture to say there would not any of them be found like to the one in question. Sir Henry Roper did not offer to resign; but offered to resign on the 2d of No vember, when he would be fully entitled to his retiring pen sion ; but, in the face of this, her Majesty's Government took upon themselves to remove him before that time, thus depriv ing him of the retiring pension of 300/. a year, to which he would have been entitled. He thought, though the Crown had that right, yet, as such a proceeding was contrary to jus tice—contrary to the spirit of the constitution—this proceed • ing, if it had stopped there, would not have obtained the ap probation or sanction of Parliament. But it did not rest there. They were told that that was the first time that the blot had been hit, hut he took leave to remind the House, and to re mind the friends of Lord Lvndhurst, that he (Lord G. Ben tinck) was not the person who had hit the blot. The blot was first hit by Mr. Stephen, the Under-Secretary for the Colonies. Tho President of the Board of Control was warned that he was doing that which was contrary to law. The first patent that was sent to the Colonial-office, on the 16th of June, was returned dishonoured by the Colonial-office ; and the President of the Board of Control—though they heard from Lord Lyndhurst that he was no lawyer—the President of the Board of Control for this purpose was made a lawyer— for he was told that that patent was contrary to law which should seek to confer a reversionary grant of this Chief Jus ticeship of Bombay upon Mr. David Pollock ? Well, was the matter Abandoned? No such thing. The letter from the Ceienial-office, he believed, was withdrawn The first proposition was withdrawn. But then, with refer ence to Lurd Ripon, no appointment could be made unless the absolute resignation of the Chief Justice of Bombay had taken place. He (Lord G. Bentinck) would not use any harsh language— Hear, hear`—ho would content himself by saying fiction in reference to this appoint. SPIRIT LICENSES BILL. This Bill went through Committee ; as did also The Turnpike Trusts Bill, The Lunatic Asylums Bill, The Public Fisheries (Ireland) Bill, The Public Works Commissioners' Bill, and The Baths and Washhouses (Ireland) Bill. FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL. The Commons' amendments on the Fisheries (Ireland) Bill were also agreed to. This Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be reported to-morrow. LEASES (IRELAND) BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up and received, and the Bill was ordered to be engrossed. COURT OF EXCHEQUER (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS' BILL. Sir GEORGE GREY stated that this Bill had been post poned for some time, in order to allow an opportunity for the medical profession to make an examination into the details of the Bill. Many of the profession had forwarded representa tions strongly in its favour, while he was bound to say many objections were offered to it in its present state. As it did not seem, therefore, that the Bill would receive that justice and consideration which it deserved at this late period of the session, he hoped the Bill would be postponed till next session, when he would give the Hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. Wakley) every assistance in his power, in order to secure the enactment of an efficient measure. Mr. WAKLEY said, after the handsome offer of the Right Hon. Gentleman's assistance next session, and in the present state of the House, he had no other course before him but to assent to the withdrawal of the Bill ; pledging himself, how ever, to introduce this Bill, or a similar one, early next session of Parliament. The Bill was then, with consent, withdrawn. WASTE LANDS (AUSTRALIA) BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted to-morrow. LEASES (IRELAND) BILL. The report of this Bill was brought up and adopted, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. PAWNBROKERS' BILL. This Bill, after the presentation of petitions by Mr. Wak ley and Mr. Hawes, in its favour, was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. SMALL DEBTS BILL. The House then went into Committee on the Small Debts Bill. Clauses 15 and 16 were agreed to without discussion. On clause 18 being proposed, Mr. S. IVORTLEY objected to the powers given in this clause to Judges, under the Bill, having power to examine into and report on suits pending in Chancery. It was intro ducing a new principle into the Bill, after it had passed through the House of Lords, and would, in fact, be giving the Judges the powers of Masters in Chance rv. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said the powers referred to were only to be exercised under the surveillance of the Lord Chancellor, and it was not likely that he would admit them to be exercised unless they were absolutely required. Sir G. GREY said there was some ambiguity in the clause, but he should take care that the powers should be exactly de fined on the bringing up of the report. Captain PECHELL liked the clause, because the lawyers seemed to be against it, as it would take business out of London, and cause inquiry to be instituted in the country. The clause was then agreed to, as were also clauses 19 and 20. Clauses 31 to 35 were, after some verbal amendments, r agreed to. Clause 36 was agreed to. Mr. Wakley's amendment as to the travelling expenses was negatived. Mr. HENLEY wished to know what were included in these expenses? - Sir GEORGE GREY said only the locomotive experi3es were meant. The clause was then agreed to. Clauses 38 to 54 inclusive were agreed to without amend. ment. On clause 55 being proposed, Mr. S. WORTLEY said the effect of that clause would be to admit actions for a different purpose than that contemplated by the Bill, which was merely the recovery of small debts. This ought not to be the case. He threw out the suggestion, but he would not divide the House on it. The clause was agreed to without amendment, as were clauses 56 to 59 inclusive. A varietyolverb;l;Mendments were introduced into the Bill, which were agreed to, and the Bill passed through Com mittee. The House then adjourned. COURSE OF EXCIIA Lmsterdam „Car. 12 '1 Ditto, at sight 12 6 ;2 Rotterdam .... ••2 U. 12 10 Antwerp •• • • .. ••• • .. 26 20 Ilarnburgh .... • • M.B. 1315!, Altona. Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 85 Ditto, 3 months .. 26 15 Marseilles .......... • . 26 20 80urdeaux......... • • 26 20 Frankfort on Maine.... 122 N, Petersburgh, 3 U 5..... Berlin ...... • • • Vienna, effec. tio 10 15 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 14 Madrid ••..•••• • • • • • • 1 5N Cadiz . • •.. : ........ 36 Bilbao.. • • • • .. • • ...... Barcelona • • • • .NGE.-(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar.. • • • • Leghorn • • • • 30 70 Genoa • • 26 20 Milan .......... •• • • Venice ........ Naples ..... . • .. • , Lisbonrm.o.79 Pale, per 0z... ...• . )194 .. •• . ......5 2 t Rio Janeiro 24yY Bahia .......... Buenos Ayres ........ New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia PRICES OP BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin • • 3 17 5 New Doubloons ..... . 0 0 0 New Dollars .... •• • • 0 4 9l Silver in bars ...... • • 0 4 113 BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last Night's Gazette.) In Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending ma Saturday, tile 15th day of August, 1846. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Cotes 29,4-36,535 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities . • 2,981,900 Gold coin and bullion 12,958,912 Silver bullion • • • • • • 2,497,623 £29,456,535 Dated the 20th day of August, 1316. X 29,456,535 J. R. ELSBY, Deputy Cashier. tba - tm4 , 'TILE SUN, LONDON, SATITRDAY EVENIi4G, AUGUST 22, 1846. lay down the narrow gauge on the lines referred to. He stated that that communication should have any effect upon the investigation in which their Lordships were engaged. Mr. Sergeant WRANGITAM then proceeded to address the Committee in reply. He said it was not his intention at that late period of the session, when all who had been en gaged in similar inquiries for the last seven months were mentally and physically exhausted, to address them at any great length in reply to the opposition. The issue which the Committee had to try was confined within an extremely narrow compass. They sought to construct a line • extending for ninety miles from Cheltenham to Southampton, and sixty miles from Swindon to the same point, the latter portion of which was utterly devoid of that railway commu nication which other portions of the island possessed, the persons residing and carrying on business in which had their exertions crippled, the transmission of their goods to the consuming districts, and the supply of articles which they required from them, almost cut ofil Ills Learned Friend had not made out anything like a case for the rejection of the measure. Both Mr. Stephenson and Mr. Bidder, whose experience was most extensive, and whose opinions were entitled, therefore, to the utmost conoideration, had stated that the country was perfectly competent to de fray the expense of the line, that it was an average agricul tural country, and that the local traffic alone would realise 51. per cent., whereas the main ground on which they sought the sanction of their Lordships to the line was the great accession of foreign traffic from the great manufacturing districts of the north on the one hand, and the imports of Southampton and other traffic on the other. They had not produced any evidence against the Bill from persons residing in the district,with the excep tion of Mr. Skinner, who stated, in cross examination, that if sheep were to be sent to Birmingham, he should send them by railway. Then it appeared from other witnesses that sheep were actually sent from the fairs in the district round to London, and by the Eastern Counties into Norfolk, to be fattened, and afterwards conveyed back by the same railway to Smithfield for sale. The line would put the coals of Derbyshire and Staffordshire, and other districts, into competition with the coals of Radstock, with which the dis trict was principally supplied. From Cheltenham to Swin don, for instance, the line would save 15 miles. But if the Great Western denied the utility of railway communication north and south, what led his majesty Brunel to _Birming ham, out of his kingdom ? Lord DIONTEAGLE-It was an innovation.—(Some ap• plause followed this sally of the Noble Lord.) Mr. Sergeant WILANGITAM then went on to exhibit the advantages of the line. Now the Bristol and Gloucester, the Grand Junction, and the Midland lines, the proprietors of which had expended millions in constructing lines from the north to be precluded from having those lines completed to the south, simply because the Great Western did not approve of it because it might compete in somemeasure with:it. After some:other observations he concluded by calling on their Lord ships to pass the preamble of the Bill. The Learned Counsel concluded at twenty minutes to four o'clock. The CHAIRMAN ordered the room to be cleared, but the Committee had not decided when our report left. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, AUG. 19, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Alfred Stephen, Esq., Chief Justice of New South Wales. WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 21. Further List of Non-commissioned Officers and Privates of the Queen's Army, killed in the recent Battles on the Sutlej, or who have subsequently died of wounds received in those Actions. 9th Foot—Thomas Bolton, Thomas Brenan, Henry Eyles, Peter Gillespie, Daniel Honit, and John Lythall. 31st Foot—William Byrne (Sergeant Major), Martin Sullivan. 50th Foot---Thomas Bell, Henry Brookman (Corporal), Thomas Buggins, George Bradshaw (Corporal), William Cains, John Cantwell (Sergeant Major), Samuel Chovil (Colour Sergeant), Dennis Connell, Charles Coley, Michael Cullen, Dennis Connelly, Thomas Cream (Corporal), .John Cook, William Coroner, Thomas Dyer, Francis Dunn, Wm. Eadv, Robert Ferguson (Corporal), George Greenfield, Robert Husband, Daniel Hogan, John Holland, Aaron Hamer, Benjamin Harlow, John Hunt, James Harris, Edward John son (Corporal), Thomas Jackson, Stephen Jordan, Philip Kelly, Martin Kelly, Michael Lynch, Thomas Lawson, Peter NPGilvery, William Martins, Felix Matthews, Richard March, l'imothy O'Shaughnesy, Matthew Pegg, Richard Reynolds, James Rice, Robert Spanton, John Sullivan, Dennis Sullivan, Thomas Speak, John Sherridon, Peter Wiltshire, James Whittaker, Patrick Winn. List of Non-commissioned Officers and Privates of the 50th Regiment, killed at Loodianah, 20th May, 1846, by a storm which blew down the barracks : William Armstrong (Drummer), Henry Bayley George Beddus, Henry Biggs, John B roo k man, Thomas 'Cantwell (corporal), Francis Cuff, William Uarr, John Codey, George Caiger, John Clayton, John Cook, Michael Doyle, John Danagher, Oliver B. Davis, John Ferris (Sergeant), Peter Feeney, John Farmer, Michael Flynn, Richardson Greer, Henry Havers, Thomas Jacob, Edwin Judd, William Kelly (Corporal ), John Kendrick, Lawrence Keity, thomas Kelly, William Killeen, Hugh M‘Glinn, John Morris Nlorris, James M'Clone, Archibald Mitchell, Michael O'Brien, William Ross (Corporal), William Ross (Drum mer), John Rankin, Edward Rixham, William Sleigh, -amuel Stanlake, John Samples, John Smith, Wm. Sullivan, Jas. Twohy. Sam. Taylor, Alex. Thompson, Jas. Villarvise, Geo. Wall, Rich. Wadk:ins, Wm. Walker, James Williamson, OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, AUGUST 20. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain F. Dick to be Captain, vice Stanway, deceased ; First Lieutenant J. Adye to be Second Captain, vice Dick; Second Lieu tenant F. J. Scady to be First Lieutenant, vice Adye, July 29. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire. J. W. Owens, t sq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, May 21. Royal Pembrokeshire Militia—G. B. J. Jordan, Esq., to be Captain, May 21. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. 1V 0277'HERN ClRGUlT.—Liverpool. Aug. 20. (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) county, was indicted for having, at Winstanley, in this shot at Joseph Birchall, with intent to murder him. Mr. Pollock appeared for the prosecution, Mr. James for the defence. The prosecutor, it appeared, was a tenant of Sir J. Gerard, and. on the night of the 9th of April was sitting in h4l own house in company with one John Birchall. Some of 'Sir J. Gerard's watchers had been on the track of some poachers, who it was understood were in the preserves, and they had surrounded a cover called Caleb's Rough, in which it was supposed they were lodged, and which immediately adjoined the prosecutor's. The prisoner was seen by one of the keepers, the moon being then at the full, to come out of the cover into an open space adjoining, and on seeing the watcher made a peculiar chirp with his lips, by way, it was sup posed, of alarming the others, and ran off in the direction of Birchall's house. The watcher followed, crying, "Stop him, stop him." The prosecutor, hearing the cry, ran out in company with John Birchall, and saw the prisoner crossing his garden. He ran after him, and the prisoner got out of the garden into the adjoining croft. The prosecutor ran after him, and had nearly reached him, when he faced round with a gun, which he had in his hand, and cried " Stand off." The prosecutor drew back a little, and the prisoner then ran on. He reached the rails surrounding the croft, and finding the prosecutor pressing on him, faced about again and pointed the gun at him. He was then going off along the side of the fence, where the prosecutor again approached him, at which he turned round, and pointing the gun at a distance of not more than a yard and a half, dis charged it. The prosecutor turned half round at the moment the shot was fired, which caused the contents of the gun to take him in a slanting direction on the left breast just below the heart, and his jacket and waistcoat being both of a thick woollen texture, the charge, which was small shot, fortu nately produced no further injury than a contusion on his side, which rendered it necessary to apply leeches for the purpose of reducing the inflammation. He seized the pri soner and, with the assistance of John Birchall, succeeded in taking him into custody. The charge of shot and the wad ding which had lodged in his jacket were now produced. Many of the shot were clotted together, in consequence of the closeness of the object at which the gun was fired, and it seemed most extraordinary that no more serious injury had been sustained by the proseutor. Mr. JAaxae addressed the jury for the defence. The prisoner was found guilty of a common assault. To be imprisoned 12 calendar months. Peter Brown, aged 21, and of an appearance much younger, was indicted for having at Warrington killed and slain his father, John Brown. Mr. Pollock conducted the prosecution; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins. It appeared that the prisoner was employed at the Vulcan foundry in this county, and his father resided about five miles off, at Warrington. The prisoner usually went home every Saturday, and remained over Sunday. The prisoner's mother, it appeared, had for some time been seriously ill, and was confined to her bed. The prisoner, on the 10th of May last, was at home on one of his weekly visits, and was out until a pretty late hour. About 10 o'clock he came home, and appeared to have been drinking. His father (the deceased) was in the house, and was also somewhat intoxi cated. There were a number of persons in the house who were lodging there at the time. The prisoner, on coming in, spoke to his father, and after a few observations the prisoner remarked that if anything happened to the old woman, he (the deceased) must .go to the workhouse. The deceased said, " Nay, nay," and declared with an oath that the work house was not made for him. The prisoner several times re peated what he had said, upon which the deceased got up and struck him. The prisoner then threw him down on the sofa, and shook him. Some of the persons present then interfered, and separated them. The deceased got up and stood at the end of the sofa. The prisoner came up to him, and the struggle recommenced. The prisoner threw him down on the floor, and kicked him several times in the side. The deceased called out " Oh, my side," several times, and the prisoner discontinued striking him, and left the room. The persons present lifted the old man on the sofa, and afterwards assisted him to bed. He seemed very ill. A short time after he had gone to bed some of the inmates were alarmed by the noise he made, and going into his room, found him gasping, and apparently dying. A medical man was sent for, but before his arrival the old man had expired. The prisoner, after the scuffle with his father, had retired to bed, and on being informed of what had occurred, displayed, it was said, no peculiar emotion. He merely said, " Let them take me and hang me now." It appeared from, the cross-examination of the witnesses that the deceased was of a very ungovernable temper, and given up to habits of intoxication. He made his living by selling blacking, and spent his earnings principally in drink. The prisoner was very kind to his mother, and always brought her his earnings, by which, in fact, she was chiefly supported. The body of the deceased on being examined showed se veral marks of violence, chiefly under the armpit on the right side. Internally it appeared that three of the ribs were broken, the fragments o f w hi c h h a d penetrated the lungs and caused death. Verdict Guilty. To be transported for seven yellfrs. The grand jury were to-day discharged, and on coming into court for that purpose, made the following presentment, which was read aloud by the foreman : " The grand jury having concluded the examination of the cases submitted to them, feel it their imperative duty to place on record their opinion as to the prevalent habits of drunken ness, so forcibly alluded to in the charge delivered to them by Mr. Justice Wightman, as being the cause of at least four fifths of the offences comprised in this, as in almost all other calendars, as well as with regard to the best and most effi cient means that can be adopted towards the extinction of that degrading practice. It is obvious from all the records of crime that a very large proportion of offences are committed by those who are imperfectly or not at all educated, and on this most striking fact the grand jury rest their conviction that no great im provement can be expected until the means of education are placed within the reach of all classes of the people. They are at the same time sensible that such an object can only be obtained by means of a provision for national education to be made by the State ; and for this purpose they do respect fully call upon the Government tointroduce in the ensuing session of Parliament a measure which, by its comprehensive and conciliatory nature, shall be likely to obtain a general consent, and which shall have the effect of securing the ge neral education of the population of these kingdoms. " The grand jury are satisfied that while early education alone can gradually eradicate vice and prevent the evil con sequence of drunkenness, it is also most importaut that a better spirit and tendency should be produced in the mass of the community by providing the means of recreation and em ployment of leisure hours in other pursuits than those which now so unhappily prevail ; and they point w ith grea t grati fication to the exertion s wich have lately been made in this town and Manchester, by the establishment of public parks museums, and libraries, for that purpose. It is in vain to look for any amendment in the national character until an inducement can be offered to those who have hardly any other enjoyment to relinquish the evil indulgence of habitual drunkenness. " The grand jury are aware that this is not the occasion to enlarge further on these points, however important; but they earnestly hope that this public expression of the feelings consequent on their position will conduce to the public good by promoting the consideration of these subjects. " On behalf of the grand jury, " W. ENTWISTLE, Foreman." On the civil side the Court was engaged the greater part of the day in trying the case of " Muss v. Dickson," a ques tion relating to some oatmeal, the matter in dispute being whether the oatmeal supplied by the defendant to the plain tiff, and which was engaged to be of a peculiar quality, en titled " Dickson's best fine," came up to that denomination or not. Mr. Martin, Mr. Crompton, a n d M r . H eat h appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Knowles, Mr. Atherton, and Mr. Vance for the defendant. A verdict was finally returned for the plaintiff— Damages 3001. WESTERN C'lRCUlT.—Rristol, Aug.2o. (Before Mr. Justice EuLE and a Common Jury.) SIDNEY N. SEALEY.. Mr. Crowde r and Mr. Taprell were counsel for the plain tiff, and Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Phinn for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff had been sub-editor to the defendant as proprietor of the Great Western Advertiser, published in Bristol; and he alleged that the defendant owed him six months' salary, to recover which he brought the present action. The defendant paid 201. into court. The plaintiff resided in London, but in 1843, at the request of the defendant, he came down to this city and sub-edited the paper. At first the salary was lA/. per an num, but in May, 1845, it was increased to 200/. a year, and there was an arrangement. that the engagement . should be i n s s o a t a ; nd b , uats he co n o - - put an end to uponntiffwas three (m months' iis vember, 1845, the plaintiff tended, without reason, and therefore, he said, he was entitled to six months salary, to May, 1846. This the de fendant refused to pay, and urged that he was perfectly jus tified in dismissing the plaintiff, because he had stated to a paper-maker, to whom the defendant was indebted, that he (the defendant) could not carry on the Great Western Ad vertiser for want of ftinds, thereby indeavouring to injure the credit of the defendant; and this fact was proved by a commercial traveller. Mr. CocxsUß i - in addition to the evidence, con tended that the plaintiff could not recover in this form of action, indebitatus assumpsit ; that he was only entitled to salary due to him for work and labour actually done and performed. The Learned JUDGE said, if it should be necessary, he would reserve the point; but he would take the opinion of the jury upon the evidence, which, if they believed, wo u ld give a legal right to the defendant to dismiss the plaintiff, because, according to the evidence of the commercial traveller, the plaintiff had betrayed his trust; and if a matt did that, it was a sufficient ground for his immediate dismissal. Of course, if they disbelieved the evidence as to misconduct the jury would find for the plaintiff. The jury gave a verdict for the defendant. The Court sat till ten at night. REMARKABLE SUPERSTITION. The following astoni s hi ng narrative of superstition is h describes i n t h e l etter tDo a hf h ee r v, i ; d i h d aptn f and r r o ei m asvhd. itdFohrnaeeteshPrs :;:hriie:o,nutT,dGeowdohtdhi:c,ethAh Very W evr o ye mr Very Woman ve.Svotehlrdee Reverend ea t an h nd e , the Reverend the Prebendaries of Westminster":— On Friday night a large number of the thieves, pros titutes, and other blackguards residing in the vicinity of Westminster Abbey, collected in the churchyard along side that venerable building. They began to congregate soon after eleven o'clock at night, and, by midnight, the number assembled is estimated to, have between one and two thousand. They continued together, shouting, swearing, playing, and fighting, until nearly two o'clock of Saturday morning, when they dispersed in the most uproarious manner. On inquiring into the cause of the tumult, it was ascertained that a report had gone abroad that one of the prostitutes infesting the neighbourhood of the Abbey had sold herself to the Devil for 4s. 6d. on the Tuesday night previous, and had engaged to ratify the bargain, and deliver herself over to his Satanic Majesty, in the churchyard, by the side of Westminster Abbey, on Friday, at midnight ; and the assembly had taken place to see the bargain consummated. The various tales current since then among the in habitants in the vicinity of the Abbey, caused the writer to make inquiry of the agents of the City Mission, who visit those distriats • and he finds the idea is universally entertained that the poor girl had so sold herself, and that the Devil was and is actually on the 100k -out for her. Several declare that while the people were as. sembled in the churchyard waiting for him, and the girl had gone out, her room was illuminated with a most unearthly flame; that, after the clock had struck twelve the flame gradually vanished, and left behind a smell of brimstone of the most horrid kind. One of the City Mission agents in his visitation met with the unfortunate girl who has been the cause of all this hubbub, who is still suffering much fear and per. DAME'S° DEPARTMENT £. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 [test ••••••• • • • • • • • 3,011,298 Public deposits (in chiding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and DI- vidend accounts)•. 6,135,636 Other depoelts • • • • • • 10,794,523 Seven day and other bills .............. 905,994 £ 36,000,451 Dated the 20th day of Atigult, It; Government seenri tlespneluding Dead Weight Annt7ity).. 12,961,735 Other securities .• • • 13,848,421 Notes ........ ••• • . • 8,601,335 Gold and silver coin.. 588,960 X 36,000,451 J. R. ELSEY, Deputy ca,sitier, EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGE OF TRADING ABOLI- TION (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill Was read a third time and passed. REWARDS FOR THE APPREHENSION OF OFFENDERS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid upon the table of the House a return of the amount of moneys paid as rewards for the apprehension of offen4ers. SPEEDY REMOVAL OF NUISANCES BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved that the House sbculd resolve itself into a Committee for the purpose of con sidering the provisions of this Eill, and took occasion to state tbe nature of its operations. He stated that the Bill had been called for in consequence of the late un healthy season, and the prevalence of epidemic disease. Among other provisions there were several providing for the due and proper whitewashing of dwelling houses, and making it compulsory upon the landlords to remove all offensive matter, and other nuisances. The expense thus created was to be defrayed either by the owners or the occupiers of the houses ; and it was pro posed that this enactment should be carried into effect by town councils, commissioners, and boards of guardians. That the Bill was necessary it was superfluous to bring forward any details to prove, as he was sure their Lordships would concur in its propriety. He would conclude by moving that the House should go into Committee on the Bill. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in reply to Lord Ranfurly, said that another Bill of a similar character was proposed to be brought forward, having reference to Ireland. The Bill then went through Committee, and was ordered to be reported to-morrow. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the Bill would be read a third time on Monday, and he would then take an op portunity of referring to the Land Valuation (Ireland) Bill. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, August 21. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS' BILL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. HENLEY would not object to the Bill, if it merely transferred the powers of the Board of Trade to the new de partment, but the latter part of the Bill gave additional powers, to which he objected, and the due consideration of which could not take place in the present thin state of the House. If the Noble Lord would consent to his suggestion, and limit the provisions of the Bill in the way he stated, he would not object to it, but, otherwise, he would oppose those clauses when they came under consideration. Mr. HUME defended the Bill, and considered that a body of the kind proposed to be appointed was, in the present state of railway business, absllutely necessary. If the lion. Gentle man who had objected to the powers conferred by the Bill had been, like him, on the Committee which suggested the ap pointment of the board, and had heard the evidence of the engineers and others who were examined, he would not con sider the powers too extensive, or more than were required under the circumstances. After a few words from Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that it would be time enough when the House went into Committee to consider the objectionable clauses. He was fully aware of the inconvenience of bringing forward the question at this late period of the session, but if they did not appoint a railway board now, they would be in the same position next session as they were at the beginning of this session, and, under these circum stances, he thoaght it much better if they passed the present Mr. ESTCOURT made some observations which did not reach the gallery. HORSNIAN thought at present the functions of the Boarsi of Trade and the Railway Committees were very un defined, and left every member of a Committee in doubt as to the power the Committee could exercise. He therefore thought that the establishment of such a board as that proposed by the present Bill was very necessary. Mr. P. HOWARD thought that the Commissioners, when they should be appointed , shou ld have their attention directed to the great speed now applied on railways, as it was a matter of much importance to the safety of the public at large. Mr. B. ESCOTT thought that the speed on railways was a great public convenience, and should not be reduced. He should, however, in consequence of other circumstances, join in suggesting that the consideration of the present question should be deferred until the ensuing- session. Lord J. RUSSELL sa id that he had not the smallest wish for the introduction of this Bill, but he understood that it was the opinion generally of Committees of that House, and of all persons connected with them, that it was desirable such a Bill should be introduced. lie thought, however, as the opinion of the House was so strongly in favour o f thi s Bill, t h at i t oug h t to be proceeded with. It et ould, however, be impossible to invest the Commissioners under this Bill with all the powers at present exercised by Railway Committees. Mr. S. WORTLEY thought that the Bill ought only to be made temporary—to continue until the end of next session. After a few words from Mr. WARBURTON, Mr. MUNTZ said that the object of the Bill appeared to him to be to save the railway companies the enormous expense attendant upon their being compelled to bring up witnesses to town. The Commissioners would have powers to make local investigations, which powers were not possessed by the Board of Trade. Mr. WAKLEY said, that considering the gigantic evils which were said to exist, both in and out of that House, with reference to the railway system, any thing more incompetent to remedy them than the present measure he could not conceive. He could not die. cover that the five Commissioners to be appointed could render any effectual service. He should be most willing to support an vote of the public money for the establishment of any office which could really be of s trvice, but he certainly should diatsent from any vote for so inefficient a tribunal as the one prouosed, and he thought that the further consideration of the pres ent subject should be postponed. Air. WILLIAMS hoped that her Majesty's Government woe Id not consent to any postponement of the measure, as he cones dered that the Bill, as a temporary measure, would be amply' efficient for all the objects intended. Aft, s ome further consideration the gallery was cleared for a divis,ion, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it... 64 Majority The H 'owe then went into Committee on the Bill, whets Colonel SIBTHORP upbraided the conduct of those gentlemen who, after having spoken against the Bill, yet voted for it when the House ca m e to divide. Thank Got A ! he had never been guilty of such despicable cc eiduct; his course had always been con inn 'errident. The introduction of such an . ° 4_ ... A -4 , • ' It' Vkt •• .. 19 p •• 95 4% I , d. 13 10 13 pm. 13 13 pm. 13 13 pin. 13 ONE O'CLOCK. FOREIGN' FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent liquador Bonds .. .• Portuguese Four per Cent Ditto, for the Account Russian Bonds .. tipanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Three per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. .• • 36 Dividends on the above payable In London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. Ditto. Bonds .. • • CLOSING PRICES. 8.44 .. 3 •• •• • 1134 PRICES OF RAILWAY SILIRES. BITSINESS PAID. DONE AT CLOSING ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. • • • • 2% •• • • 1%.. Birmingham and Gloucester.. —lOO .• • .. ••• . • 127 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 5% 6 Bristol and Gloucester 30 5034 Buckinghamshire . 425. ....i bdis..... 1 . 1 4 die. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. •• .. 234 1 ....... 15% ... 1 Churnet and Blythe .. 2 _ .......... Direct Northern .. •• • • • • 23;, .......... 1 1 •i;, Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 10 .......... 4 l• Eastern Counties .. .. 141. PA..... ...• 223 Ditto, York Extension .. 105.... 23. y ........ •z East Lancashire .. • • •• 14 •• 22 • • East Lincolnshire .. • • .. 114 ..... Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 425. .• .. dis. Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% .... ......... 3 , Great Southe- • & West. (D- - " _,ern ..,r. (Ireland) 25 . .... • . • 2 8 4 72 Great North of England lOO _228 x d... 228 x Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 5 .. 5934 x d.. • • 5934 x Great Western .. .. • . .• _ 149 147 ex div 147x5 Ditto, Half ihares .. 50 .... 83 ex div.. 83 x d Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 10 •• . 22). ex .. • • 23% xd. Hull and Selby ..• .. •. 50 .• .. 103 ex div lO3 x d Leeds and Bradford .. ••.. 26 ••.. • • 68 1 4 Leeds and Carlisle .. • • Leicester and Bedford .. .. 223. .... 3,4 % dis.... • % dis. Leicester, Tarnworth, &c. 425. .... % dis % dl- London and Brighton .. 50 .. . 63% x d C334x41 London and Croydon .. 13/. 13s. 9d .. 23% . ..... 23% London an.l North-Western . ..100 .... 205 207 x all 207 sal! Ditto ditto New Shares .. l6 } Ditto, Fifths .. 2 • 2114 x all • xal London and York .. 2% .... 234 Lynn and Ely .. •.. .... 16 ...... Manchester and Leeds .. .. 82 .... Ditto, Fifths .. 3 .... 1114 ........ Ditto Extension .. .. 425. .. • • 2 lo •• • • Manchester and Birmingham •.. 40 • •• . ....•. Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • 1 •• • • 91 i . x all. • • Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• • • 1 • Midland .. _lOO .. • 140 139.. .... Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 • . Newcastle and Darlington Juliet. 25 .. • • 43 ....... • Ditto, New . 1 .... 11 !g, Newcastle and Berwick • .. 15 •• • • 27% • Norfolk .. _2O 26 14 • Ditto, Extension . 2••• • 2% ••• • • •••• • • • • North British .. 25 •• • • 38% Ditto, Ilalf Shares .. 834 •• • • 13% • Ditto, Carlislo Extension . • 1 4 •• • • 3% 4 1'S •• • • Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... Ditto, New .. .. • • .. I •• • • 2 1 •• • •• • • :!•Tortli Staffordshire 425. ••• • 3 P•• • • Oxford,lVorcest.,& Wolverlunptu. 12%.... 8 Portsmouth Direct • . • • • . 3% •• • • 5 •• • • Richmond .. _lO .... Scottish Central . 1234 . 19 1 ,. . . Ditto New . .. • . .. 2% •• • • 914 •• • • Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2 .... Shropshire Union .. . 425. . • % s dis Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staflordshire Junction . • 2 3 ,1 2 •• • • •••• • • • • South Eastern and Dovor 33% • . 43 Ditto, New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 20 •.. 25% ..... . Do., New (do. 331. 63.8 d.) No. 2. 12 .. 17 1 4 Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 214 3%14 South Wales .. . • • • • • 5 •• • • 4 %14 •• • • Swans. & Loughor & Cameron's.. 2 •••• • • • Taw Vale Extension .. . • • . 2 •• • • ••• • • Vale of Neath Welsh Midland .. West Riding Union York and Carlisle .. • York and North Midland Ditto, Half Shares 161 4 115 10; 2% p • • •• _X p .. 27K .. 26% xd .. 2 1 , • • 381 A p .. .. .. 24 .. - •• - - Ditto. Extension .. .. 20 .... •• • • Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 1 •• • - 12%3, ....... FOREIGN RAILWAYS. A nglo-Beigian 4 .. • ......... Toul., 6a Cette (Mackenzie) 2 .... • Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .... ......... Demerara .. 2 ......... Direct Bombay and Madras . • ss. •• • • %•••• • • • • • Dutch Rhenish . • 6 .. • • 6 3-4 6 . •• • • East In Ilan .. ss. .. • . 74 •• • . . Great Western Bengal .. ss. .... 34 • . Namur and Liege .. .. .... 23, 3....... Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .... 1294 ...... Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 5% Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... 4 3j . ....... London Joint-Stock Canon of Australia JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 10 .... 15 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered 3 1 ,4 British Iron .. . • .. .. 10 .... 16 ..... .• 19 1 , •• 9 1 A • 2 SG • 11 dis. 2' 43 j 25y4 171 4 31, F IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GENERAL POST-OFFICE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. PARKER, on behalf of the Noble Lord at the head of the Post-office department, said he had to explain and defend the act which was complained of. When the present Noble Lord who presided over that establishment came into office he found, from the discussions that had taken place in this House, that a very unsatisfactory feeling existed among those engaged there. In fact the whole establishment was found to be in a most unsatisfactory condition. Jr. regard to the getting up of the "Post-office Directory." while some thought they were bene fited, others considered themselves aggrieved, and in consequence a most uncomfortable feeling existed. He was, however, happy to say that arrangements were in progress which would tend in a great degree to allay the spirit that existed. Respecting the particular case to question, no doubt a great deal of ill feeling existed between hi m an d t h e Post office authorities. Several papers had been already presented on the subject, and othere were yet to be pre sented, before they could have the whole facts of the case before them. It was said that this man was dismissed on account of his givingevidence b e f ore t h e C omm i ss i on appointed to inquire into the management of the Post office, but it should be recollected that fifty other witnesses were examined, while this appeared to be the only one dismissed. It could not, therefore, be for giving the evi dence in question that the party was dismissed. The whole truth of the allegation depended on the authority of two persons of the name of Rae and Russell, whose evidence, under the circumstances they were placed, should be looked on with g rea t caut i on . H e would suggest that the motion be withdrawn, as the Post master-General was undertaking an investigation into all the matters relating to the management of the Post-office. Air. HUME thought an inquiry was necessary, as the House was bound to defend witnesses who w ere ca ll e d on to g i ve evi dence of the abuses that existed in any department of the public service. He hoped the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) would take the matter into his most serious consideration, and allow an inquiry to be made. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had full confidence in his Noble Friend, the Marquis of Clauricarde, and he was quite sure that if there was any injustice with regard to the individual in ques tion, that Noble Lord would give him redress. He, himself, did not wish to pronounce any opinion, one way or the other, on the conduct of that individual. With regard to the Commission, he considered that it had too wide a range to effect any good. Ile considered it would be much better to leave the whole question in the hands of the Government, whose attention would be constantly directed to the working of the Post-office, with aview to its more efficient management. He himself did not approve of the whole system of management there, justlydres s o brought r every ugh irregularity he could assure th e H on . M em b er f or M ontrose th a t th e best att en ti on o f t h e G overnment wou ld b e g i ven to the re and complaint which might be Mr. F. FRENCH i nstance d th e case o f D an i e l T oner, in against 'Tegu ia i r t i . tY proof of the necessity of keeping these subordinate officers under proper control. Mr. WARBURTON lived that the claims of Mr. Row land Hill would be again considered, and his system fully carried out. Mr. WAKLEY designated the treatment of Mitchell as grossly unjust, and hoped he could be provided for by being appointed to as good a situation before next session. Mr. SHEIL defended the course adopted by Lord Clan.. ricarde. Captain LAYARD hoped Mitchell would be provided for. He did not think that there was any imputation on the con. duct of Lord Clanricarde. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE replied. The motion was then by leave withdrawn. POOR EMPLOYMEN l' (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time, and passed. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS' BILL. The report on this Bill was received, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Monday next. THE DISTRICTS LUNATICS ASYLUM BILL, THE PAWNBROKERS' BILL, AND THE WASTE LANDS (AUSTRALIA) BILL. These Bills passed through Committee, and were ordered to be reported on Monday next. BUCKINGHAM PALACE. Sir F. TRENCH gave notice that on the first day of the next session he would move, that it appeared from the report of Mr. Blore, the architect, that this palace was utterly unfit for the residence of the Sovereign of this empire, notwithstanding whatever expense might be incurred thereon in the shape of alterations and enlargements, and that instead of going to any further expense upon it, the House immediately grant the necessary sum for the erection of a suitable residence for her Majesty at Windsor. The House then adjourned at Four o'clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES, (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. r. 7 . II .NCHEST=II AND SOUTHAMPTON. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Did not think opposing landowners who had made arrange meets with the Manchester and Southaruptcm, could ex pect the Great Western to pav the expense of their opposi tion. It was customary for agents to solicit landowners to oppose Bills to " stir Clem up to a sense of their grievances." Re-examined by M r . TALBOT—The narrow gauge was in tended to be laid down on the lines he had mentioned, with the view of completing the narrow gauge communication north and south. This closed the case on the part of the opposition. Mr. Russell was cross-examined at great length by Mr. Sergt. WRANGIIAM—The Great W es tern Company had given directions to lay down th e narrow in conjunction with the broad gauge on the Oxford and Rugby and on the Gloucester line. Did not think it was reasonable to expect the Great Western to pay the expenses of opposing landlords who had made engagements with the proposed line. It was also the custom to canvass landowners to oppose, "to stir them up to a sense of their grievances." This closed the case on the part of the opponents of the Bill. Lord MONTEAGLE said he had consulted Lord Clarendon last evening with respect to a letter sent by the Board of Trade to the Great Western Company, calling upon them to THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES). ISIZITISII FUNDS, ONE CLOSING Bank Stock O'CLOCK. PRICES. .. •• •• .• •• 3 k 209 209 Three per Cent. Reduc e d A nnu i t i es .. 2 9 (3 6 96 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 9534 a 9514. New Three-and-a -Quarter per Cent. Anus. 97'7' s 98g 98% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. 10 7-16 India . .• • • .. 260 260 India Bemis, 1,0001. - Ditto, under 1,0001. Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1,0001._ MO/. . Ditto, Small 19 p 95% BANKRUPTS. Jesse Cornelius Moore, bookseller, Strand, to surrender `Aug. 28. at eleven, and Oct. '2, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Corn ; Scott and Co., Lincoln's km-fields. George Augustus Cavendish, clerk, Finchley Aug. 29, at eleven, and Oct. 2, at two, at the C our t of 'Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall• street ; Hembery, Bedford-row. John Miller, baker, Mary-street, Hoxton Old-town, Sept 2, at twelve, and Oct. 1, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street Hare, Coleman-street. Louis Meunier, hotel keeper, Leicester-place, Leicester square, September 2 and October 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Harrison and Dobree, Hart• street, Bloomsbury. William Gwillim Merrett, surgeon, Leailenhall-street, Sept. 5, at twelve, and Oct. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jury; Gole, Lime-street, City. William Tew. corn-dealer, Halifax, Yorkshire, Sept. 1 and 22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Curt. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, London; \\raven, Halifax ; Courtenay, Leeds. James Sutcliffe, John Sutcliffe, and William Berry, cctton spinners, High-town, Yorkshire, Sept. 1 and 22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Waycll, Halifax ; Courts nay, Leeds. John Taylor, manufacturer, Meltham, Yorkshire, Sept. 3, and Oct. 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Lever, King's-road, London; Laycock, Huddersfield ; Bond, Leeds. Richard Henry Hartley, stock and share broker, Halifax, Sept. 1 and 24, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Jacques and Co., Ely-place, London ; Mitchell, Halifax ; Courtenav, Leeds. Charles Thomas Wood, corn-factor, Liverpool, Aug. 29 and Oct. 1, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Viacent and Sherwood, Temple; Robinson, Liverpool. Edward Mundy, house agent, Liverpool, Sept. 2 and Oct. I, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, offi cial assignee, Liverpool; Rogerson, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Davies, Liverpool. Henry Tate and Robert Lucas Nash, stock brokers, Bristol, Sept. 4, at twelve, and Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Fox, Bristol. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. M. Rirnes, chemist, Woodbrilig e, Suffolk, Sept. 12, at eleven—J. G. Wilson, engineer, Wenloek-basin, Wharf-road, City-road, Sept. 12, at eleven—J. Salmon, builder, Beau mont, Essex, Sept. 12, at two. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. W. Joy, plumber and glazier, Tonbridge, Kent, Sept. 11— J. Weston, hatter, Bishopsgate-street Within, Set. 13—J. 11. Nail, builder, John-street, Tottenh am - court-road, Sept. 14— C. G. Id. J. Hopkins, tailor, Portmar-square, Sept. 11--A. Reed and S. J. Powell, ironmongers, Tottenham-court -road, Sept. 11—. J. Valle, cotton printer, Manchester, Sept. 12— R. !'learn, commission agent, Doddington-grove, Kennington, Sept. 17—J. J. Taylor, tobacconist, Toole) , street, Southwark, Sept. 17—W. H. Hounsfield, draper, Cardiff, Glamorgan shire, Sept. 14—G. J. Hughes, commission merchant, Liver pool, Sept. 15—E. S. Harley, grocer, Birmingham, Sept. 29 —S. Hall, sharebroker, Manchester, Sept. 15—J. Scholes, dealer, Manchester, Sept. la—H. Rains, innkeeper, Newton, Cheshire, Sept. 11-11. Harris„ teacher, Leman-street, Goodman's-fields, Sept. 11—E. Smyrk, lace manufacturer, Hill-street, Windmill-street, Finsbury, Sept. I]—C. Wad - hams, undertaker, Portland-place, New- road ' Sept. 11—W. Baldock, grocer, Nottingh am , S e pt. 11—S. A. Bull, dyer, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire, Sent. 11—It. Mills and G. Puckle, corn factors, Mark-lane, Southwark, Sept. 11—J. Baines, grocer, Manchester, Sept. 11—J. B. Crampern, Wharf road, City-basin, City-road, Sept. 11. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Ivy and G. Wood, musical instrument makers, New Compton-street, St. ;iles's—NV. and R. James, sheep dealers, Southrop, Gloucestershire—S. Hammond and 'l'. Gurnell, chemists, Dartford—J. Louth and .H. Medworth, grocers, Wisbech St. Peter—W. Salisbury and J. Jones, rope makers, Liverpool—J. Farrar and J. Boocock, lime merchants, Hud dersfield—T. Kirkby, E. B. Glover, E. Kirkby, and J. Hirst, commission agents. Oporto—A. Greenslade, W. B. James, and W. T. Greenslade, corn merchants, Bristol (so far as regards W. B. James)—J. Fry, jun., R. B. Griffiths, S. G. Fry, and T. G. Merridew, colonial brokers, Fenchurch-street (so far as regards S. G. Fry)—R. Russell and G. M'Kenzie, attorneys, Martin's- lane, Cannon-street--H. and N. Pritchard, hat manufacturers, Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road—J. Evans and J. Finnemore, steel pen manufacturers, Birming ham—C. R. Fitch and W. F. Strong, wine merchants, Fen church-street—J. T. Bell and A. Mendham, quill manufac turers, Dowgate-hill, Cannon-street—E. Jones, G. Paton, and R. P. Wood, Liverpool (so far as regards R. P. Wood) — T. Hare and F. Pilling, manufacturers, Huddersfield—.u2lglBll.:. Fowler and S. Leather, stockbrokers, Leeds—J. Ashmore and W. Hall, gardeners, Shirehampton, Gloucestershire—J. Marsh and J. Bridge, quarry masters, Farnworth, Lancashire. SCOTCIi William Scott, painter, Edinburgh, . 4 0 t3. .N 2, eleven, at well's Rooms, Edinburgh, at at the Blue Bell Inn, Falkirkalkirk, . William Shand and Company, John Clark, flasher, :Av : u n gAt e g) r 7 z . -, c a s 2 s ns - d s rde, Sept. s l e t p : Aug. 26 and Sept. 16, at two, at the office of Kr.llarvie, Glasgow. 25 and Sept. 18, at two, at the Union hotel, Inverness. at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Watt, Airdrie. Simpson and Dick, writers, 15, at one, at the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow. Greig arid Carswell, stockbrokers, Glasgow, Aug. 25 and Sept. 15, at one, at the Chambers of Mr. Spiers, Glasgow. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the pro duce of the British possessions in America, computed from the returns made in the week ending August 18, 1846, is 325. 7 la n d. per cwt. START EARLY.—The Lord Mayor announces several grand dinners this week. We hope his Lordship has given intimation to every one of his guests that the principal thoroughfares to the City are blocked up, or else he will be sure to be disturbed in the middle of the night by some un happy foreigner who has just come to dinner. His Lordship should put at the bottom of his invitations, "Dinner at 12 4. 6, Precisely ".—,Punch. turbation of mind. She narrated to him very artlessly' the actual occurrences that gave rise to the alarm and confusion of the district. She is a young woman , re siding with her sister near the Abbey ; they both peg' seas some claims to beauty. The elder one had gone to Tothill-street, on Tuesday night, when a gentlemanlY man beckoned her. 119 said be had been watching her for two hours, an d as h e d h er if• s h e cou ld ta k e him soul?:w4ere, and s h e offered him to go to her room ; he s aal he had only 4 s . 6d. i n hi s poc k et, w hi c h he ge r !. her. He had b een on l y two or t h ree minute' bed, when h e rose an d sa id h e mus t go If' mediattly. She was suprised, and off,Ted to get and light a candl e f or h im to see to d ress ; he et'. " No, I can S ee as we ll i n t h e d ar k as t h e light." asked her if she knew who he was: she replied, "N ° ': Ile asked her to shake hands, and then said, in a toe ; that alarmed her, " Do you know what you have done! She replied, " I have done n o h arm ." He then sa t ,' "I am the devil : y ou h ave sold yourself to me, a nd four days you shall be in the church-yard, and fetch you." Ile then went off. The sister told the t'" to others, and it s p rea d a b roa d w i th a ddi t i ons , mid' s ! , was in every one s mouth, that the barg raain Was to lir consummated at the Abbey at m id n i g ht, and the ti lt ' . tude assembled as stated above. It has been said that the darkest spot in a ronm Ag: that directly under the table on which the lamp sta n ni and oh, Most Rev eren d Si rs ! h ow tru l y d ar k i s the 'W on which the shade of Westminster Abbey rests!• SUSPECTED POISONINGS. ~ NEWPORT, ESSEX, AU G . 19.—Th e mag i s t r ates al for this division of the county, the Right lina' le Braybroke, ch a i rman , were occup i ed near l y t he w ho . w e of yesterday at th e gao l o f t hi s town, i n investigaullsh charge preferred against P. married woman, named . Chesman, for having att em pt e d to po i son the Oleg!, mate male child of Sarah Taylor, a res ident of Al a i ;$ den, a neighb o urin g v ill age . In consequence of toe has transpired si nce h er apprehension for the a wit h alleged offence, active measures are being adopted,. be a view of ascertaining whether the deaths of two of 0 , children, which occurred in a very sudden and T e al terious nanner, w ere no t a l so t h e resu l t o f s ome play. The prisoner is the mother of a large with her husband lived in the village of Little.ln: near Saffron-Walden. The mother of the child, f single woman, while in the service of a farmer: Aw h Clavering became enciente by him, the result of ria / was the infant in question, and he was adjudged to ~;( the usual weekly amount towards its support. 1 % - weeks after it had been born, and while then parent al. staying at her mother's residence at Maunden, th e ler soner, who was a perfect stranger to them, visited.the upon a pretence not yet explained. On seeing,. T v child, she evinced great fondness towards it, took it it in her arms and nursed it. Immediately afttrwarm,cl became violently sick, fell into strong convulsions, ;170 has since assumed a wasting appearance. °° 01° mtcasion it was surmi s ed th a t t h e pr i sone r had bat ministered something poisonous to the infant , 15 • - as in most villa g es there being but little B9ssh4 tanee at hand, she made off. In a few m° ll 6 to i however, the mother w eane d t h e infant, and wend is service, leaving it in ch arge o f t h e gran d mot her, and .„ to day or two the pris oner aga i n ma d e h er ap pearan"' sse a inquire after the con diti on o f t h e c hild . Sh e exPr e se i• the deepest concer n res p ect i ng i t, an d apparen tly 11 . 1 11 ,a, fested the greatest kindness towards it. The gwhea mother had to leave the house for a few seeondsta the prisoner instantly took up the infant, and sa id would go too. She then went out, and on proceeto7o' short distance from the house, she turned a corner: og immediately afterwards she as seen putting sow!' e rs into its mouth, and she wits then seen to wipe her I s ol on her gown. Th e c hild was almost instantly &ra i e d, and manifested the usual symptoms of being 1 3 ,° 1 ! 10 0 The mouth was besmeared with something 5',..9 1 , ^ 1 40( yellow salve, and th e pr i soner was accuse d 0' attempted to destroy it. She however decatnr ej ' et hen escaped detection until Tuesday week, JO she was apprehended by Mr. Superil d Clarke, of the consta b u l ary force sta tion bet' this district. On the child being taken fr °l33 , e ilgef 1 she was noti ce d t o t h ro . v something i n to the but on being a ccuse d o f en d eavour i ng to poison th ' o ol.9 fant, she was se en t o remove w h at s h e had sPribe thrown there. A little gi r l s p o k e to see i ng in i t ell °, cos the child had ex p ec t orate d two ye ll ow pih 9 i r eleu' which, however, she had unfortunately de s o oo 6 thereby preventin g th e i r analysis. At the pti7. settS dwelling a numb er o f ga ll eypots, filled with various erect of ointme n t, were f oun d , w hi ch t h e b e nch 01 ;0 to be forwarded to London to undergo s f chemical examination. A great mass ° after dence was adduced, and the Chalraltine'd at the th . o consulting his brother magistrates, de!errratria at committing the prisoner to Chelmsford „,, a cistrates next assizes for the attempt. ." - ." e r ecared infer' the course of their investigation having to the death mation of a most suspicious nature relative eja were interred 0 of two sons of the prisoner, which county coroner, who as promptly ordered Clavering churchyard, instantly communicattheedewxibthtotb: tion of their bodies. This was accomplished on I k l and nothing could exc ee d th e sen sation that prevatt7 o 4, the village. The bodies, which were much decotoP.. were found is one coffin. . The medical g en tleese'l b e attendance possessed themselves of what was left a lt o contents of their stomachs, which will undergo Wl' l o at one of the London Hospitals. The boys were ,c ) ,, IA respective ages of ten und twelve years, and " c heep January, 1845, The eldest is represented to hav l . 3- 00 well on a Sunday at 2 o'clock, and a corpse iota inwiro evening. The other one di e d on t h e T ues d a y foil° 0 0 They are stated to have been very hearty lad?• a iryi coroner, at a late period of the day, opened the ins _ o d• and after taking ev id ence id ent ifyi ng t h e be,dio , journed it. . RAILWAY SHARE MARTI..E T S ' cectt er ' BRISTOL, AUGUST 21. Glon - ra l. SToeg Exestawnr.-The sales axe-Birmingham and ~ ....,, , 50,,, Quarters, 31 %-Bristol and South Wales Junction, 6 5 . 3 ",,i e v, l '' British, New, 1 374-Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 4-Taff Yale' - 011; 4 MACHESTER, AUGUST 21. , STOCK EXenation.-T The sales are-Blackburn, Clitheroeto v. lb dis. - Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 34 ab.._Buckine. anti! ~, uo Lin- Bletchley, 5-16 dis.- Clitheroe Junction, % dis.-Eastern-vlast TYork Extension, 1 9-16 p.-East Lancashire. 7% P. -- tie ld, ',./. colnshire, % dis. -Glasgow and Dumfries, s 1 dis.-Huddels Rye. Wax, and Bradford, 2% p,-Huddersfield and Manchesteisr...4,e,e7, and Canal, 1U p. -Lancaster and North Yorkshire, A d zi nd 1-11 . -- Dewsbury, and Manchester, 334 p.-Liverpool, Ormskirk , _, 7{„ P„.. ton. 3 urs.-Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and SoutllP ° ',,,i tj0 . ....2 London, Manchester, and Birmingham, 79-Manchester oiy, cll', e ia ampton, 7-16 dis.-North Eastern, 1% dis.-North IV ale'',„.; itte.'„ , r, North Western, % p.-Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 1 g 6 110 ,•,, che st 0 . and Lincolnshire Junction, 34 dis .- Sheffield and ",,....-Sal"'4, Quarters, No. 3, 3-16-Shrewsbury and Birmingham,.,Y 0 .,` ,;-, 14 ' shire Union, % dis.-South-Eastern and Dover, Ja." 34 p.-West Riding Union, 2 7.16 p. FX LEEDS, AUGUST 21. yorl'A fr STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Eastern Cotintle g ' jltlci" a 4o, tension, 31s. 6d. p. - Huddersfield and Manchester„l% p• --- ,, -X.'4, field and Sheffield, 7 p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 3% c „„“d" . `Th i ' - Branches, 134 p.-Ditto, Extension, 2s. 6d. p.-Leeds ..",„, 01% 434 dis. -Ditto, New, 31. 6s. 6d. dis.-Manchester and Lecu p ' . __So t , sions, 2/. 6s. p.-North British, Carlisle Branch, 5 P' ~,,t 3jr z . atetf., and North Midland, East and West Riding, 11 1 3 . --i " n , - 4 - 6d- o 'o tingham, and Boston, 16s. dis. s.-Clitheroe Junction, .- • and -.sooo, Great Eastern and Western, 30s. 6d. dis.-Lancashire a Yorkshire, 18s. dis.-Lancashire, Yorkshire, and and ",,ii. ,f dis.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 16s. dis.-Leicester3% p ..••••• s ot ford, 108. dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and pre ._. p• - ' chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 188. -*- hi 310 '0 and Lancashire Junction, 15s. dis.-North Staffords ro., ~0 0, , North Western, 4s. p. -Sheffield, Rotherham, and Gc4' , et ',lle' sart n_Easter7. , ,,"o. -South Midland, 12s. 6d. p.-Welsh Midlands, 3213. n' t° ' Riding Union, 4%-York and Carlisle, 435. dis. HULL, AUGUST 21. rtfOciji North STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are - British, C a rlisle-. 0 .A ..t .. Flee 3 4, Qt 7 e li s . rt i o : us3a b 4hnn e lid r .or g pneL a s. te, Nottingham, and Boston, . d T3a11681. 6 % 1 - 365. - /9 , Preston, and West Riding , 95.-Leicester wor , rri, Liverpool, Ormskirk , and Preston, 31. 93 . 9 d. P.-North We s uni° l ! . .. P.-North Staffordshire, 21. 19s. 6d. P. c.-Northern CountieS ra, 0 IN.-West Riding union, Bsn4lslod.9.usdlts.3hiissid.elffi6sda:l7..ere-stLolrßestisc.esdtiesr:md::::. P, -Leicester and Birmingham, 3s. 6d.-Welsh Midland, 175.." • lE sai L es p, ar A e pi E t. r , sror to, eld E 8 dis.-- "' xtension, 18. ta r , u-G E t es sT te 2 n l l Counties. - - Lincoln n ld Sxoc a Exc sr A L:taa rr neGl o od2r n irsi B . mcis - li dtis T inb E s3 ;l_ l :3 :a k ihding Western, Url ioa 21 '''' : ' 6j, YORK, AUGUST 21. i i 1 4 2„• ac, -Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), 14s. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are -Buckinghamshire. •-.," d in - ., 2/. Is. - Newcastle and Bersrick, 27 34-Newcastle and 1 ,,T r _....1)i tt ,; New, 10% -North British, 38 34-Ditto, Half Shares, 1 ',.:,t s l ,, a ri Carlisle Extension, 3/. 18s. 6d.-North Western, liA -1- c l°- Union, 4%-York and Carlisle, 14s. 6d.-York and Sort. (East and West Riding Extension ) , 1234. GLASGOW, AUGUST 20. 80. - JOS' STOCK Excnoteon. -The sales are - Banffshire, 178 ,- 11c' O le • 1 ' 10 Irish Union, 425. 9d.-Caledonian, New, 28s.- Clydesda o n ~ ...- 241.-Direct Northern, 345.-East of Fife, 215.-East 19 ` r t, irljs way, 145.-Edinburgh and Northern, 10L-Ditto, N eTvP s":,, - it''' Edinburgh and Perth, 658.-Glasgow General Terminus , . tsliv - Ls+ gow and Belfast Union, 589.-Glasgow, Klima/. k la ' 1 *IP not , ru aa l ) par .. 305.-Great Indian Peninsular, N.-Larne, Belfast,-and .' „ a d ~,i e, 95.-Manchester and Southampton, 325. 6d• --. Newcastle stle - -01.7 1 :4 3 ca .„ L lington Junction, New, 11% -North British, Extensions w , scoi 82s. 6d.-Perth and Inverness, 323.cottish 19;4 -- Central, Al idlaud Junction, 71. Is.- SQuth Mi diem', 555. --London iningtoo, C OO f DIFFERENT KINDS OP CodLs.—An inquirY ° rog res, s o ' siderable interest and great practical value is now i , x ';;Pcoe°'f t :e we may mention, in connexion with the Museum o f - - , he Geology, in behalf of the Admiralty, in reference t ° ,,",T e d, 11 , 1 - 0 of coals for the use of the steam navy. It is desii 6 ; ts of' merely to ascertain, by chemical analysis, the con sti o° , l o e tu i coals, but, by an extensive series of comparative o c C s ov ore' e ; ,, to determine their heating powers and the must e c t oot 0 , mode of effecting their combustion. With this °(e e ,,, view, we find steam-boilers are now being erected 1 1 ,4 fro,.; gineering college at Putney ; and we have no d oubt, the well-known skill of Sir Henry de la Beche an d i s to - Playfair, under whose direction the examinatlo made, that much information of great importan”; to vjsl adgit i ,r a ted• facturers and engineers will be aftbrded, in object for which the experiments have been. in s " Athenceum. _...----- BIRTHS. • After seven days' s evere suffering (but und ertil as e : ilrett mitting care of Mr. R o bi nson and Dr. oyes, 6112nforelitlia by Dr. Lever) the wife of Dr. ItAullinder, of IVes' — ' of $ place, Camberwell, of a daughter, still-born. iev, On the 21st inst., in Sotio-square, Mrs. Mac kin in' daughter. o f CaP ts On the 23d of May lrAst, at Kolapore, the lady liter. Jf Paget W. Clarke, 2 c l C,renadiers, B. N. 1., of a (la s t 00 111-1 On the 18th inst., a Corston Cottage, near Ba''' o a son. A of O H n en th u e - E l9 d t e h n i J n o a n t. , : t4 ' t E he sq la f lad of John Maraa t gam EA', of a daugLter. re, t he On the 19th inst., i n Clifton-place, Sussex-squa hat, lady of Frederick Trower, Esq., of a son. ..„.„,.„huid-P° - On the 19th inst., Mrs. Robinson, of 21. "". 1 ____-------------' Stratford, Essex, of a son. MARRIED. , ,h- On the 19th inst., at York, Ed mun d James eldest smith "ll' of Parliament -street, Westminster, to Margare t , ter of John Noble, Esq., of York. DIED. ridg e 1 TEt ub r On the 14th inst.', at the Calverley }rote! tbe Ist ° Wells, John WilliarnSpicer, Esq., late Captain in King's Dragoon Guards, aged 79. a hire, golf On the 16th i ns t., a t Sh e l ton R e ctory, Bedfor s wife of the Rev. Daniel Crots.El iz* On the 18th inst., at So u thsea , near Portsm outh' the wife of Colonel Edward Parkinson. Cooper* On the 18th i ns t., a t W e lli n g, Mrs. Elizabeth 0, On the 19th inst., th e Rev. Robert Rose Rolfe, I nall, Norfolk. .••••_- -----*------ =•.- London: Printed and Published by ALUEDO Yousa, of ,joto Strand,Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, 6trand , In this I' r i 10 of the Sayoy. lh the County of AilddleeoX, Satitrdit Yr _ 22. 1846.