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Room B. LEICESTER AND nmarortro. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Oulston's case having been concluded, Mr. lIILDTARD then proceeded to lay evidence before the Corn mince on behalf of the South Midlands Railway. Mr. Langlands and Mr. Watkins In their examination gave evidence of the great want of a line of railway to Northampton, a desideratum supplied by the South M idiands line. Mr. Barwell said he was Mayor of Northampton when the South 3fidlands line was thrown out, and had every opportunity to ascertain the feeling of the inhabitants of the town, who were unanimous in favour of that line. He said there were three iron foundries there, requiring about 5,000 tons a year. The Derby iron was very preferable to the Staffordshire, and would no doubt be used if access to it were made easy. From 5,000 to 6,000 hands were employed in boot and shoe making. One house, which employed 500 hands, made 20,000 boots and 60,000 shoes annually, which, he calculated, would give about 150 tons weight. Some other witness's were called, who spoke to traffic on the South Midlands brar•.ch, and the desirableness of having it. The Committee udiounied till eleven to-morrow. Room D. GLA.SVOW, xsumerrarra, AND C.A.R.TASI.E. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) _ . Mr. Kennedy, a landed proprietor of Kirkland, Dumfriesshire, ex amined—He resided on his property in Dumfrieshire, but held extensive farms in the counties of Sutherland, Inverness, and Argyll. Ile rented land to the amount of 6,0001. a year, and the extent of it was 200,000 acres. The sheep that he raised in the north he trans ferred to Dunfermline, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Roxburghshire. He sold considerable numbers of these to dealers in the district, to be fat tened and sent into England. A considerable number of fat sheep and lambs were now sent to Edinburgh and Glasgow, and if they had a railway both for En g l an d an d these cit i es, thy would be sent by it. Tho half-fed sheep, or " hoggets," would also be sent by the same mode. He thought from 130,000 to 140,000 sheep and lambs of all sorts would be sent to England, and Edinburgh, and Glasgow annually. This was an increase on his former examination from re cent inquiries he had made. The larger proportion would find their way on to the railway at Dumfries. He agreed with the table which had been drawn up of the sheep, cattle, and horse traffic. He thought it quite correct. He thought 36,000 stone of wool would be sent out of the country which the line intersected, partly into the west of Scotland, and partly to England. He did not think the Crawick branch would injure the property of Mr. Thomas Colebroke, bat ra ther improve it. • Cross -examined—The principal portion of the fattening district of the south of Scotland was between Castle Douglas and Dumfries, and the most of the sheep and cattle raised went south tram Dumfries. The English markets were the best for them. He did not think a great deal of the traffic he had spoken of would find its way on to the Caledonian if it was formed. Though the Caledonian line would not get 10 per cent. as stated in their prospectus, with this Ilse in existence, it might still pay. He was not aware that only 5/ per cent. was proved for the Caledonian line last year. If so, he could not say that it would pay along with the Nithielnie line. He had not considered the question. The Duke of Buccicuch examined—He said he was well acquainted with the route of the present line. It ran for 22 miles through his property. He had also property on the Crawick branch. When the Nithsclale line was first proposed he was against it, as it came very near his, residence at Drumlanrig. That had been altered ; and now, from his knowledge of the wants of the district, he supported it. It would confer great benefit on the valley of the Nith, and open the Cumnock and Sanquhar coal-fields. The line would offer greater facilities for draining than now, and increase the value of property. Ile did not think the valley could be well served by lateral branches, as there were high lands right and left, and therefore there ought to be a line running through the valley. The line would be of great use in conveying stock to the Glasgow and Liverpool markets. The Crawick branch would be the means of connecting Dumfries and the valley of the .Nith with Edinburgh, by means of the Caledoniau line. All the coal for the Warlock lead mines, which were very extensive, had to he carted from Sanquhar. There would be more traffic on the part of the line south of Dumfries than that from Cumnock to Dumfries, and therefore he thought the whole should be placed in the hands of the company, that the better part might make up for the working of the inferior portion. The Canobie branch could be easily connected with the pits at Canobie; and he had no doubt great benefit would be conferred on Annan and Dumfries by that means. With respect to draining, a great want of tiles was experienced, on account of the deficiency of clay. The tiles now used were brought from Cumnock. Were facilities for obtaining them at a reasonable price given, they would be largely used. as the soil was favourable for draining. The farmers and inhabitants were strongly in favour of the line. He did not think the Nithsdale line would compete with the Caledonian line for the through traffic, though lie thought it would take the Ayrshire traffic. Cross-examined—Last year he believed the Glasgow and Dumfries line on the one side, and the Ilawick and Carlisle line on the other side, were brought forward as competing lines with the Caledonian. They were brought forward again this year. He supported the Ilawiek line as well as the present line ; he did not know whether the Hawick line would again be brought forward, but he hoped it would. Even though the Caledonian line through traffic might be affected by this line, he thought the interest Of the public should be car sidereel before that of a company. lie did not think any of the Glasgow through traffic would be taken from the Caledonian line. Mr. John Hunter, farmer, of Tyndrum, in the county of Dumfries. examined. His brother and himself also rented farms in Ross and Invernessshire. Witness's evidence was generally in corroboration of the evidence previously given by Mr. Kennedy. Mr. Bain, dealer in fat stock, who had assisted Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Hunter In making up the table, was examined shortly is support of the items therein contained. Mr. Lennie, of Dalswinton, convener of the county of Dumfries, examined—The district round Dumfries was a very rich one. There was a great deficiency of lime in the district, on account of the expense of carriage from the Closebum lime-works. The want of coals was also severely felt. He had taken up forty shares to promote the railway. The line, he was persuaded, would be of im mense benefit to the whole district. A toll-bar on the road towards his estate let last year for 4301., exclusive of coach charges. The traffic was regularly increasing. He knew of no clay in the district for making tiles. The traffic at present by the Edinburgh coaches would be conveniently accommodated by the Crawick branch. Cross-examined—He thought if the line was formed he could get supplied with lime at half the present price. It was now 10s. a load laid down on his farm. Ile could then get it for 55., he thought, if the line was formed, and that supplies were had from Cumnock. Ho could not give the populatiom for five miles on each side of the line, but he could give the population of all the parishes that would be intersected Mr. 3fackee, land proprietor and convener of the county of Kirk cudbright, generally deposed that in his opinion the line would be of great advantage to that county. All the proprietors and inhabitants On the eastern part were in its favour. Mr. Marmaduke C. Maxwell, landed proprietor, of Terregles, in the county of Dumfries, gave evidence to a similar effect. Ile thought the line would be of the greatest advantage to the whole district. If it were formed, he believed that both lime and tiles would be supplied by it at Dumfries. Cross-examined—lf a line were formed from Dumfries to Killhead, near Ann", there could be an abundant supply got from there. It would yield a larger supply than Closes LIT i. Mr. Gordon, solicitor, of Dumfries, ea a nined—Dumfries was the principal town in the south of Scotland, and contained upwards of 13,000 inhabitants. He had prepared a total of the traffic and trade of Dumfries and neighbourhood, winsh he would hand in. The witness was here examined in support of the various details supplied in the table, regarding the carriage of goods by land, and the steam and sailing vessels connected with the ports of Dumfries, An nan, and Kirkcudbright. There was a large trade between these ports and Liverpool, but the regularity of the steamers . . Was very uncertain. He believed if the line was formed, the most of the cabin passengers and the valuable merchandise and fat stock would go by it. Dumfries was a large cattle and pork market, and the trade was on the increase. There was also a large trade in hosiery in Dumfries, and he believed it was Increased. The feeling of the town of Dumfries was all but universal in its favour. lie behaved there was but one person against it. Cross-examined—There are four manufacturers in the hosiery line in Dumfries. The principal exports of Dumfries were cattle and sheep, to Liverpool principally. The imports were timber, guano, flour, slates, and coals.. Mr. Nicholson, merchant, of Annan, deposed as to the trade and district of that town. Annan was the best port on the upper part of the Solway, and was highly eligible for the construction of docks. The ►ine, he was persuaded, would be of great benefit to the town and harbour. The trade of Annan, both with Glasgow and Liverpool, was greatly on the increase. With such a line he considered a con siderable pertion of the trade of Port Carlisle would be diverted to Annan. The inhabitants generally were in its favour. Cross-examined—lie had lived a long time in Annan, but no great Improvements had been made. There were two jetties put up in 153.), by the steam-boat companies, and nothing had been done. since then he did not think the Solway a dangerous navigation, as but little loss had taken place the last twenty years. A line north of Annan to the Caledonian would no doubt be a great con _ .. venience, but ho would not prefer it to the Canoloie branch. Mr. Laurie, farmer, near Dumfries, examined, said he farmed 300 acres there, and paid 1,3001. rent annually. He had walked over the whole route of the line. The country it intersected was mach in • • want of draining, and there was a great deficiency of clay for tiles. Therewere I 26,0hOcultivated acresi ; of this 50,000 acres wanted drain ing. It would require 2,075 acres to drain an acre, and the same quantity 1s what were called "soles." 103,754,000 tiles, and as many soles would thus he required. Supposing fifteen years were allowed to drain these 50,000 acres, 20,650 tons of tiles would be annually re quired. Tiles at present cost 30s. a thousand, and they were of an Inferior kind—they could be had at Cumnock of a superior character at 20s. a thousand. The whole cost of draining an imperial acre with Cumnock tiles, inclue.ing carriage, would be 01. 13s. 10. Ue thought at least 11,000 ton of tiles would he brought from Cumnock. lie thought 0,000 or 7,000 tons of tiles would be brought on the line south of Durnfries. Cross•examined—They could also drain with stones,hrot they ware not plentiful. He thought Cumnock til es would cor, t e rmediate points between that place and Dumfries. uaellwth.: notin aware of any clay along that route. Ile never said lately, that now the Dumfries line had passed the Commons the Caledonian might stop their works, and they could make a good bargain for the materials. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock. Room 5. SHEFFIELD, ROTHERAM, ZIAE NSIEY ' WAKEFIELD, HUDDEKSFIED, AND 000 LE. This Committee met to-d a y f or the first time in NO. • Abingdon- Street , the Earl of ltadnor in the chair. Atter the usual preliminary proceedings, Mr. TALBOT opened the case at great length on behalf of the pro moters, and pointed out the groat advantages whicli the proposed line would confer. Mr. AusTrs appeared ca behalf of the Duke of Norfolk and other opposing petitioners. The remainder of the day was occupied in hearing evidence of a general nature on the merits of the line, the particulars of which were of the usual character, and possessed no feature of the slightest public interest. The Committee adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP LVII. MET ROPOLITAN RAIL WAY TERMINI'''. The Select Committee to whom these Bills were relerred met this morning In room 22, in the new houses. The members of the Committee were, the Earl of Lincoln, chair man, Admiral Bowles, Mr. Cripps. Mr. Estcourt, and Lord Jocelyn. The following are the Bills referred to this Committee : London and South-Western (Lottdon,bridge Extension). Eastern Counties (T/ttenham to Farringdon-street). North Kent (City Extension). Borah-Eastern (from. the Waterloo-road, near Ifungerford-bridge, to the Greenwich Railway). The preliminary proceedings having been arranged, the Committee resolved to proceed with the NORTH KENT EXTENSION. to offer any ev i dence, Mr. Sergeant NV/LANG/IAM declined, however, in consequence of the main line having been thrown out before the Committee of the House of Commons. The Bill was accordingly negatived. LONDON AND SOUTX-.WESTEIEW (yoranon. BRIDGE EXTENSION. ) Mr. HOPE then opened the case of this railway in a speech of con siderable ability ; the principal point to which he directed the atten tion of the Committee was the report of the Metropolitan Ilan. the ways scheme. The Termini Commi n Com ssio, who had reported fa vourably of pr by the bef Committee to extend their railwa op y osed to London-brißilldgeore the om a point in the York- roa d , Lambeth, where the south_ Western Railway would terminate, according to an Act of Parlia ment obtained last year. The Bill, which was granted last year by the Legislature, to the South Western Company, did not, how ever, give them the power of effecting a communication with the fiver ; that dabct Wollld (03119 Ted by ttl9 prount BUI, Trlzlal RAILWAYCOMMITTEES - proposed to construct commodi ous goo d s and passenger stations in • immediate contiguity with the river on the southern side. The pre (YESTERDAY). sent amount of passenger traffic on the South W es t ern R a il way was upwards of 1,500,000, and the tonnage ofgoods upwards of 10000. A _—,...—. considerable increase might b e expected if a more convenient station .... HOUSE OF LORDS. could be obtained near the eastern portions of London and thus remove the delay and expense of additional cartage. The mileage at pre- Room A. sent belonging to the S outh-Western Company, and sanctioned by CORNWELL/a. ParliaMent was 227 mil es, and there were projects before Parlia- MOntintled item our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) meat. for the constru c ti on of 150 miles more, thus together giving Mr. Plawksh aw was exam i ne d b y M r. s ergean t KINGLAIES—It :.c i sommodation to Southa m pt on and Dorchester, in the south of s...ngland, and west war d as far as Exeter. The means of communi- Would be morally imp oss ibl e t o cons t ruc t a railway through a cation would be al so g i ven b y this railway to the citizens of London, cossnlry like Cornwall without being obliged to have recourse to steep gradients and a cu t e curves . Th e curv es had been Improved sirree between Wandsworth, Wi m bl edon, Richmond, Egham, Staines, last year, as well as the gradients. There were worse gradients on Guildford, and a numbe r o f ot h er places adjacent to London. The the Manchester and Leeds line, namely, 1 in 4 3 and 44, length of the line w ou ld b e about one mile ; it was proposed Cross-examined by Mr. Roam—Had never seen so una'alating a to c o nstruct it upon a viaduct the whol e di s t ance, b y which means all damage to p roperty would be avoided, and the fosetigkthat on the line before them for such a length. The curves and ants on the Manchester and Leeds were of. 'course an ex- recommendations of the Roy a l C omm i ss i on woald be fully ception. as was the case always in steep gradients. • Was not aware carried out. The esti ma t e o f the cost of the railway would of the gradients on the Lancaster and Carlisle R - A esway be about 500,030/. ; o f thi s sum 338,0001. would be required Re-examined by Mr. AUSTIN — WouId have perfectly le ve l ra il- for the purchase of property, and the su m o f a b out 160 ,0001. would way If he could ; but it was impossible, from. Ids knowledge of the be required for the works. The lin e was proposed to be constrticted country to have anythinghis of that nature on. t i ais line. Bad gradients not so much for the purpose o f d er i v i ng any profit to the company, could not be avoided in t country i'- w• t aiciut an enormous expense. as for the purpose of affording accommodation to the public. The lin 60 mtsht be worked safely, and wi: c h ease, at the rate of 40 miles opposition to the Bill w as not large. The only public buildings they an hour. interfered with were Rowland Hill's Chapel, In the Blackfriars-road, Mr. AUSTIN said ho was ready tQ's call Mr. Vignoles, Mr. Cubitt, which was not of a ser i ous natur e ; a Quaker's meeting-house, and other engineers on this point. , which also was not of a very alarming nature ; and The Customer( said, that having produced two eminent engineers, there was also a point of the triangle in the Borough It was unnecessary to adalt.ce any more evidence of that nature to market, which they just touched ; this, however, they were show that the line scald be worked with perfect safety to prepared to avoid by an alternate line. There was also a petition the public. from the inhabitants of some almshouses; the cause of their com - The list of assents, ..Ste., having been handed in, plaint was the noise which would be created by the passing of the Mr. AUSTIN 51R 5 ,44.1 that the case for the Bill had closed. A trains. The inhabitants were not, however, at present in a discussion was raised as to whether evidence as to land value state of quietness or rest, being in the immediate vicinity of Messrs. boxshould be give , j, which ended in Mr. Laid man b e i ng put in the Barcl a y' s b rewery, and he believed that if the present railway were , for the przpose of proving the value of the same on the Bad- constructed, the noise would b e cons id era bl y di m i n i s h e d . Th e war min branch. dens of St. Saviour's church had also objected, on the ground of the in- After hea'sing some flirther evidence, the Committee adjourned. terruptios to Divine service, by the passage of trains. This evil would he remedied by the usual arrangement on metropolitan railways to run no trains during Divine service. In conclusion, he begged to apologise for having trespassed so long on their attention ; and hoped that the Committee would carry out the recommendation of the Royal Commission, by granting the preamble of the Bill. Mr. MERREWETIIER made an application to the Committee to be allowed to bring tinder the consideration of the Committee some clauses which he. as representative of the South-Eastern Company, wished to introduce into the Bill before the Committee, those clauses the Learned Counsel wished to be discussed before the Committee granted the preamble of the Bill. The Committee decided that the course was quite Irregular, and refused therefore to grant the application. The Chairman, however, stated that the Committee could not declare the preamble of the Bill proved until they had an assurance from the parties that the interests of the South-Eastern Company, in conformity with the recommen dations of the Royal Commission, should be provided for. The formal proofs required under the buncombe resolutions were then put In. Mr. Ross Mangles M.P. for Guildford, was then called, and ex amined by Mr. GURNEY, who stated the inconvenience of the present station to persons travelling between Guildford and London, the pro posed station in the York-road would not afford sufficient accom modation to the persons residing on leaving business in London. A saving of three. quarters of an hour would be effected by the proposed station at London-bridge over the present Nine-elms or the York road station. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Muarur—Did not think a station on the Surrey side of the Southwark-bridge would afford so good an accommodation as a statiou at London-bridge, in consequence of the narrow and crowded access to it through Queen-street. At the conclusion of his examination the Committee adjourned. GROUP LXIX. This Committee met for the first time to-day, at One o'clock, in Room 23, Grand Corridor. The following is a list of the Bills referred to them : Eastern Counties (Wisbech to Spalding). Stamford and Spalding. Wisbech, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction. The first Bill taken was the STAMFORD AND SPALDING. The objects of which having been briefly opened by the Hon. Mr. Talbot, Q. C., evidence was tendered in favour of it. The preamble was declared to lime proved, and the clauses agreed to, VITISSECES, ST. IVES, AND CAMBRIDGE XITNCTION. This was the nextßill proceeded with. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock until twelve to-morrow. GROUP LXX. The Select Committee on this group met to-day for the first time, at one o'clock, in Room 24 (Grand Corridor) ; present, Sir George Clerk (in the chair), lion. Captain Carnegie, Colonel Peel, Mr. Smythe, and Mr. Tower. The following is a list of the Bills referred to them : Dublin and Sandymount Atmospheric. Sligo and Shannon. Dublin, Belfast and Coleraine Junction, Galway and Kilkenny Dublin and Enniskillen. Londonderry and Enniskillen Extension. The Sligo and Shannon Bill being unopposed, was referred to Mr. Greene, the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN. The Hon. Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., appeared on behalf of the promoters of this Bill, the object of which, he said, was to improve the line of the Londonderry and Enniskillen, which was sanctioned last session. Mr. Ross, the engineer, having briefly given evidence as to the character of the line, The Bill was postponed until to-morrow, and the preamble ordered to be proved on the production of some formal documents. MYELIN, BELFAST, AND COLERAINE. This Bill which is unopposed was briefly opened by counsel, and after the tendering of evidence, the preamble was declared to be proved, the clauses agreed to, and the Bill passed. DUBLIN AND ENNISICILLZN. This Bill was next taken. Mr. Arszpr, Q.C„ having explained the objects of the Bill, Ike., I and stated that the estimated cost of the line was 340,0001., said that a portion of the shareholders had petitioned against the Bill, on the ground that the Bill no longer contained the entire project which was originally submitted to the House of Lords, and for which they said they had subscribed; but it was quite clear that those petitioners could not be heard, because at the time that they signed the docu ment which bound them as partners in the undertaking, they authorised the directors, as a matter of course, to proceed to Parliament, either for the whole line, or for parts of the line, or to make any such alterations as they in their judgment might deem fit. The Irish North Midland Company (who had been defeated in the House of Lords), and the Belfast Junction Company were also petitioners against the Bill, the latter with respect to the Company's proposed line between Navan and hells. He had no doubt, however, that the Committee would decide that these petitioners had no good grounds of objection, and that the Bill should be permitted to pass. Evidence was then tendered on behalf of the Bill, and at four o'clock the Committee adjourned until twelve to-morrow. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at two o'clock, Lord Shaftesbury in the chair. Present, Lords rtedesdate and Bawarden. There were six. Bills on the list, of which four were Railway Bills. CALEDONIAN (GLASGOW, GARNKIRK, AND COATBRIDGE RAILWAY PURCHASE). Standing orders complied with. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION (WITH BRANCHES). Their Lordships declared the standing orders complie,l with. The same decision was made in respect of the Bridgehouse Sewer age, Drainage, and Lighting. SELECT COMMITTEE ON MERITS. On their Lordships assuming this form, thirteen Bills out of a list Of twenty-live were proceeded with ; ten of these were Railway Bills. 3IANCIIESTER AND LEEDS EXTENSIONS. Their Lordships decided that the promoters of this Bill had proved heir preamble. TRENT VALLEY MIDLANDS AND GRAND JUNCTION. Their decision in this case also was favourable. A clause was inserted for the erection of lodges at all level crossings. STRATHTAY AND BREADALBANE. Preamble proved. WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH. Preamble proved. MANCHESTER. BOLTON, AND BURY CANAL NAVIGATION. The preamble of this Bill was also declared proved. EDINBURGH AND BATIIGATE. A similar decision was made in this case, and also in that of the Forth and Clyde Navigation and Bowling Bay Improvement Bill, and of the Plymouth Great Western Docks. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM (BIRMINGHAM EXTENSION). A favourable decision was made in this case also. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM. The promoters of this Bill proved their preamble to the satisfaction of the Committee. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON AND DUDLEY. The same applies to this Bill. LIVERPOOL AND BURY. This Bill also was passed. All the Bills passed on their merits were' ordered to be reported. Being unopposed they will pass through the House as a matter of course, and will then only wait the Royal Assent, except in the cases of those Bills which have been amended in the Committee, which of course must return to the Commons. Their Lordships rose at a late honr, and adjourned till to-morrow at one. RIUHMOND RAILWAY COMPANY. A special genera! meeting of the shareholders in this line took place yesterday, at the London Tavern, in order to elicit the opinion of the shareholders upon a provisional agreement for the sale of the line to the South-Western Company. The Secretary having read the advertisement convening the meeting, Mr. CHADWICK, Chairman of the Richmond Company, took the chair. The agreement was to the effect, that the Richmond proprietors should sell the line, and receive South-Western stock at nominal par, viz., 501., the South-Western having really only paid 411. The meeting was adjourned till the day of the general meeting, several proprietors thinking the terms offered by the South-Western Company were not sufficient, and that even the basis of the agreement was not properly taken. The meeting then separated, a vo t e o f t h anks having been passed to the Chairman and the directors. FOREIGN MAILS. The following notice was issued yesterday at the General Post-office:— " INDIA.—The next mail for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, will be made up on the morning of Monday, the 20th inst. (this day), to be forwarded by the Ariel steamer, vici Southamp ton. By the fortnightly closed mail, to the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, &c, vita Marseilles, on the evening of the 24th inst. " PENINSULAIt.—The next mails for Vigo, Comma, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, will be made up on the morning of the 27th i nstant, to beforwarded vid Southampton. /Next packet due, the Madrid steamer on the 26th instant. The Pacha steamer sailed on the 17th instant, with all letters for the Peninsula, &c., which arrived at outhamxptoti, posted in London up to that morning inclusive. " Tim W urns - u lo o ntise.,—.. dura The y ne au x fi t ah 7 v ail e s ne f zu ror ia t a h n e d West Indies, Mexico, Ma deira, will be made up on the morning of the 3d ' of Augu st, to be forwarded ea Southampton. Next packet due fro m the West Indies on the 22d instant, and from Mexico, the Honduras, Havannab, Bermuda, San Juan de Nicaraguay, and New Grenada, August 7, at Southampton. The Thames steamer sailed with all letters for the West Indies, which arrived at Southampton, and posted in London up to the morning of that day inclusive. " BRITISH NORTH A3IERICA.—The next mails for British North America, Bermuda, and the United States, will be made up on the evening of the 3d of August, to be forwarded via Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston. Next packet due, the Britannia steamer, on the 30th inst., at Liverpool. t " MADEIRA, BRA , ZIL% &e.—The next mails for Mad'Ara, Brazils, arid Buenos Ayres, of the 4th of August, to be forwarded. packet due, her Alajesty's brig will bema v d ia e " u t rl 'ai -o r i A l o t u b t ‘'-'' lls eve i\ r2 e i a n - g t August to January inclusive th l e ''x p p P. r 'c e k ss et t A oi ll fge s s t aci.Pe(rnFaromm buco and Bahia, on her outwarri passage to Rio Janeiro, and the other six months on her 'nomeward.) " NEW SOUTII WALES, &c.—The next mails for SydneY, New South Wales, South Australia, Port Philip, Van Die man's Land, and New Zealand, will be made up on the even ing of the 31st, to be forwarded rid Gravesend. " NEW YORE,--A ship letter hag for New York will be made up on the evening of the 26th inst., to be forwarded by the Great Western steamer from Liverpool on the 27th inst." _ -------- THE COBDEN NATIONAL T RIBUTE.—The places that have already commenced by h o ldi ng meetings, or o rganis ing committees, to collect contributions towards this fund are numerous, and include London, Liverpool, and Glasgow ; Bury, Bolton, and Wigan ; Sheffield, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, and Keipley ; Congleton, Buxton, Belper, Leicester, Bed ford, Brighton, Liskeard, Tenbury, Salisbury, Falmouth, Dunfermline, and Dundee. Since the amount of subscrip tions received here, advertised on Saturday last, there have been received, one (Messrs. John Whittaker and Sons, Ash ton) of 401. ; one of 250/. ; five of 2001. ; two of 150/. ; all these from Ashton and Stalybridge ; eight of 100/. ; fourteen of 50/., and a great many sums of smaller amount, in all amounting to 4,450/. during the week. We are glad to see that the foreign houses in Manchester are generally contribut ing to this tribute. It will be seen on reference to the sub scription list, advertised in another column, that the total subscription up to last evening —of course not including the London or Liverpool subscriptions—amounted to the sum of thirty-six thousand five hundred and fifty potuida.—kan chtster Guardian, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESIJAY EVENING, JULY 21, pqa ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, July 17. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) CHARGE OF MURDER. John Rodda, 33, was charged with the wilful murder of Mary Rodda, his daughter, at Skip ton, on the 19th of April last, by administering to her a quan tity of oil of vitriol. Mr. Hall and Mr. Wansey appeared for the prosecution; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Bliss. On being asked if he had any objection to make to any of the jury, he said if there were any there who were on the coroner's jury at Skipton, he should object to them. On being told that there was not, he said he had no objection to make. Mr. HALL stated the case for the prosecution. The pri soner was a dealer or hawker of mats, and, a short time before the death of his child, was living at Skipton. He had a wife and some young children, the eldest of whom, Mary, was the person into whose death they were about to inquire. On Thursday, the 16th of April, the child, which was poorly, was taken by her mother to a medical man, who would be called as a witness, and the jury would learn from him his treatment of that child. It continued poorly, and on the evening of Sunday, the 19th of April, he should show them that about eight o'clock it was not so unwell, that it ate about a pint of porridge, and about half-past eight o'clock it was left nursing on its mother's lap. In half an hour afterwords—at nine o'clock—the child was found to be dying in consequence of its having taken into its stomach soma oil of vitriol. During that half hour the crime must have been committed, if any crime was committed ; and the juhy would have to ask themselves who were the persons about the child during that half hour, and who committed the offence. He (Mr. Hall) should show that the death of the child took place on the 13th of April. He should show that on the 18th the prisoner did go to a druggist's shop at Skipton, and bought a pennyworth of oil of vitriol, and that he took it away with him in a bottle, which was confirmed by the prisoner's own statement. With regard to the latter part of that statement he would observe that when a mau has poisoned another person, one would suppose that the last individual he would bring in contact with the victim would be a medical man. But there was another view which they might take of the case, and it was this, that if they were satisfied the prisoner had administered the poison, then no circumstan c e w o uld be so suspicious against the father as the circumstance of his standing by his child while in the agonies of death, and not going for a doctor. If the facts of this case were clearly proved, the law itself implied the malice which is necessary to constitute the crime of mur der, but there was a fact throwing some light upon this matter, to which he would draw their attention. Ten or twelve days before thisunfortunatecircumstance happened the prisoner, in a conversation with a witness he should callbefore them, stated that if the child was to die he should get 50s. for it from a dead club, and the sooner the child was dead the better, it was so sickly. That piece of evidence, and all the evidence in fact, he should have to adduce, it would be the duty of the jury to submit to the most rigid scrutiny. To every fact they must give the most charitable construction that their reason, their experience, and their knowledge of human na ture would permit; but if, after all, the evidence was too strong—if they thought he had made out the charge con tained in the indictment, then, however painful their duty might be, it would be their bounden duty to convict. The Learned Counsel then called Mr. Lawrence Bentham and Mr. Wm. Bell, the former an apothecary and the latter a surgeon, residing at Skipton, who made a post mortem examination of the body of the de ceased child, to prove that the child had died from the admi nistration of oil of vitro!. Mrs. Sarah Cooper, druggist, deposed that on the 18th of April last the prisoner purchased a pennyworth of oil of vitriol, and said that he wanted it for the destruction of bugs. Mary Guy and Ellen Houldsworth stated that between eight and nine o'clock on the night in question they were called into the house of the prisoner by his wife, when the child was vomiting, and its flesh much discoloured. They also stated that the contents of the stomach burnt the child's pinafore. Mary Rbeeder detailed a conversation she had with the prisoner, in which he said he did not care how soon it died, as he should receive 21. 10s. for it, and for the other two he should get 51. each when they died. Thomas Locock, the constable, produced the pinafore the child wore on the day in question, and which was burnt much from the contents of the stomach, which were vomited by the child. Mr. Brown, coroner, produced the depositions, and proved that the prisoner made the statement alluded to by the coun sel for the prosecution. Mr. Buss then addressed the jury for the prisoner. His LORDSIIII' then proceeded to sum up the facts of the case. After which the jury retired, and after an absence of an hour and a half, returned a verdict of Guilty. His LORDSHIP having placed the black cap upon his head, proceeded to pass the sentence of death upon the prisoner. He said—John Rodda, you have been convicted of the crime of murder—of the murder of your own child—on evidence which was fully adequate to bring home to the minds of considerate men that you have committed the murder for which you are charged: Human tribunals must always fail when they endeavour to ascertain the motives by which men are stimulated to crime. It may have been from the mere wearinese of watching over and attending a sick child —it may have been from pitiful gain —or it may have been from motives lying more deep than the human mind can fathom. The facts have been proved against you. The jury s h i a d t e - r e aton applied of t 3 h .o e u i r r m c a i n s e d . s carefully c j a r e n u d m d s e t l a i deliberately t e n l y o t d o o tuhbet, has con been fully weighed by them, before they took upon themselves the great responsibility of acting upon the con viction, and returning a verdict that must cause your death. I must now pronounce against you the most terrible sen tence that is known to our laws. I can hold out no hope of mercy, and therefore I advise you to use the remainder of the time which will be allowed you in preparing for the life which is to come. Ear be it from me to assume an office which belongs not to a judge, that is, to talk to you of the future. You will, however, soon be attended by one who has such a commission, who will no doubt attend anxiously and zealously, who will give you such instruction as you are capable of receiving, and who will hold out to you all that ctmsolation and all that hope which his sacred duty authorises him to do. It is my duty now to pass upon you the extreme sentence of the law, which is, that you be taken from hence to the place from whence you came, and thence to the place of execution, and that there you be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and, after death, that you be buried within the precincts of the prison where you have been confined, and may the Lord have mercy on your soul. The prisoner was then removed from the dock. CHARGE OF PARRIFIDE.—Robert Knowlson, aged 28, was charged with the wilful murder of Knowlson, of Kirk Bramwith. Mr. Walker and Mr. Aspinall were for the prosecution, and Mr. Overend appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Walker, previous to stating the facts of the case, said it might be proved to the jury that tit the time the murder was committed the prisoner was not of sound mind. The deceased, William Knowlson, was a wheelwright, living with his wife and daughter at Kirk Bramwith, near Thorne. On the sth of May the prisoner went out early in the morning, and about eight o'clock returned home, got his supper, and went to bed. During the whole of that night the inmates of the house heard him creating a great disturbance. About five o'clock the next morning, the prisoner went down stairs and commenced breaking the furniture. The father after wards went down and remonstrated with him • shortly after which the mother an d d aug h ter heard a scuffle, and then heard the father cry out murder. They were considerably alarmed, and called out for some neighbours to go and assist them. A man named Singleton immediately went to the house, found the door open, and the prisoner striking at some thing on the ground. Singleton then went for some assistance, and when he returned he found the prisoner striking at his father over the head. The prisoner ran out at the back door, and the deceased was discovered laid on the floor, severely bruised, and bleeding very much from the mouth and nos trils. The unfortunate man lingered until the following day, about nine o'clock, when he died. Several witnesses were then called to prove the above facts, and who also fully proved that the prisoner was at the time the offence was committed, and had been for many years pre viously, of unsound m i n d . His Lordship then directed the jury to acquit the prisoner on the ground of insanity. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) lIEBDES C. SMITH AND ANOTHER. (Special Jury.) Mr. Knowles, Mr. Addison, and Mr. Boothby were for the plaintiff ; Mr, Baines, Mr, H. Hill, and Mr. Ingham were for the defendants. The plaintiff, Thomas Hebden, Esti., is an alderman and magistrate for the borough of heeds; the defendants, Messrs. Smith and Perfect, are shttrebrokers in Leeds. The action was for libel, in having published the plaintiir's name on the Leeds Share List, as a person who had been proved, before a special committee of the Stock Exchange, unworthy of the confidence of th e mem b ers , b y reason of his non-fulfilment of past share transactions. The plaintiff had Instructed the defendants to buy fur him twenty Barnsley Junction Shares, the price being then (Jane) 71. 10s. per share. The scrip was to be delivered in two or three days, and although repeatedly applied for, the price in the mean time rising as high as 124 it was not until the following November, when they had again fallen to 61., that the scrip was offered to be delivered. Mr. Hebden refused then to take them up, when they were sold out against him at 4/. 145., and in the following January having refused the demand of Smith and Perfect on this transaction, he was published as a defaulter, and for this libel the action was brought. For the defence a very different character was given to the ransaction, and it was contended that Mr. Hebden was not entitled to a farthing damages. What bad been stated of the plaintiff it was alleged that the circumstances fully justified. The committee before whom the matter was referred were impartial and honourable men, fully qualified to form an opinion. Verdict for the plaintlff—Damages, Is. HERDER V. RIDSDALE AND OTHERS. (Special Ju r y.) Ing ham pot t he thehe plaintiff; o t w ir l . es u , a 'A i i n r e . s mrd dH . l ad ], M a r i;d li z, o r t . h i b n y a etltyeesimofilathr etoLtheeodase defendant. • n facts st t W h e e r e C rr l e t cl i action at d t a h g e a iSnto;ehhkveiseElraswaxlateshweaaainnstneg.ees'ses were called en behalf of the defendants, after ni:vhLih octtpAslit:.ielchneo Nwilnegs rmepilnieudt.ely tired, and w ere fi nally locked up summed up, the ju r y re fer the night. julY The jury in Hebden v. RidsdalleBa.nd others came into Court early this morning, and on b e i ng asked if they were agre e d, said they were not, and were not li ke l y to agree. His Lord ship therefore discharged theft CM.% eO/1.--ItiViirkS v. ATRUIBO3I. (Special Jury.) itowles, Mr. Cleashy, and Mr, Atherton Ware for the ytaintilf ; and Mr. b.5'. - rgeant Wilkins and Mr. Wilde for the defendant. This Was an action brought to recover damages in com pensation the seduction of the plaintiff's wife by the de feridPnt.. The plaintiff. Mr. Richard Henry Rhodes, is a wine itnd spirit merchant at Huddersfield; and the defendant, Mr. Richard Atkinson, son of a gentleman formerly a merchant of the same place, is now a commission agent. From the statement of the plaintiff's counsel, and the evi dence of the witnesses called by him, it appeared that the plaintiff was married to his wife in 1837. She is now be tween 27 and 28 years of age. lier maiden name was Pea cock, and she is of the family of the late Mr. Cesar Peacock, who was twice Lord Mayor of the city of York. Mrs. Anna Maria Wilson, wife of Mr. John Wilson, was the, first witness called. She is sister of the plaintiff, and she, her husband, and Miss Isabella Rhodes, another sister of the plaintiff, proved the marriage of the latter With Miss Pea cock, and that, so far as they could perceive, the plaintiff and his wife had lived on terms of affection from the date of their union up to the 19th of January in the present year. Mrs. Rhodes has three little children, all girls. According to the testimony of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and Miss Rhodes. they had no intimation of Mrs. Rhodes's misconduct previous to January. On the 19th, however, those two ladies were engaged to visit at the plaintiff's, where they had before been in the habit of coming. as Mrs. Rhodes had of going to the Wilsons'. Then, for the first time, they found that Mrs Rhodes was addicted to drinking to intoxication, and at the. Same time one of the female servants communicated to the young lady, Miss Rhodes, that they, the servants at the piaimilr a lime, had observed improper fimiligritie4 betyroe4 Mrs. Rhodes and the defendant. Mrs. Rhodes was then so tipsy as not to be able to entertain her visitors. She was in her room, lying on the bed, with nothing but her under garment on, screaming and behaving herself so violently that it was necessary to treat her with • restraint. Mrs. Wilson did not go up to see her, but Miss • Rhodes did. Mrs. Rhodes was locked up in the bed-room, and the window was nailed down, in order for her safety. The defendant had long been on very intimate and familiar terms with plaintiff, who, from the nature of his occupa tions, had occasionally to leave his house for two or /tree days together when he travelled on business. When at home he used frequently to bring his friend, the defendant, to dinner at an early hour, and the two used to go away from the house together; but it sometimes happened that the de-• fendant returned to the house of the plaintiff alone, and upon these occasions used to keep company with Mrs. Rhodes. Sarah Kilburn, Mary Dyson, Eliza Rayner, Sarah B-ierley, and Martha Clay, domestic servants, had all lived with Mrs. Rhodes during the period from May,1844, to January. They were called for the plaintiff, and their evidence went to show that the plaintiff's wife had been given to drink more or less from 11844 to last January, when, as it was alleged, the reports of her infidelity first reached the ears of her husband. These young women all concurred to a certain extent as to acts of familiarity between the defendant and their mistress. The first of them asserted that on o ne morn i ng in May, 1844, into she had occasion to go the parlour to take some glasses there, and on entering the room, the door of which was unfas- I tened, she saw her mistress and the defend an t b ot h together on a reclining chair; she described their situation as one presenting the strongest proof of the defendant's criminality. She said nothing, however, either to her mistress or her mas ter, but did mention it to her fellow-servant, Rayner, who was the nurse to the children, and Rayner now confirmed her in the latter statement. Kilburn admitted that when about to leave Mrs. Rhodes's service, her mistress had searched her box, accusing her of theft, but she denied hav ing taken anything. When so accused, she had not told Mrs. Rhodes what she, the witness, had before seen between her and Mr. Atkinson, and said nothing of her drinking. This witness admitted also that she had two children of her own, by different fathers, though she never had been mar ried. Dyson, the other principal witness of the d e f en d ant ' s conduct towards the plaintiff's wife, had also one illegitimate child. The evidence of these women, which was very cir cumstantial, showed that the defendant and Mrs. Rhodes had been behaving with gross familiarity upon sev era l occas i ons. It appeared that Mr. Atkinson had more than once slept with Mrs. Rhodes during the plaintiff's absence. Once, on his coming into the house, and the eldest child having gone to tell her mother that Mr. Atkinson was there, he and Mrs. Rhodes had met in the passage, and he had kissed her within sight of the servants, and said, " Bless thee!" within their hearing. It was endeavoured to be shown that her drinking was altogether consequent upon the defendant's conduct, that he had seduced her before she contracted the habit of intoxi cation, and that she was led to drink from nothing but re morse. But the plaintiff's evidence proved that he had long been aware of her propensity to drink, and had locked up the spirits to keep them out of her reach. Mr. Sergeant Wfuttsis made a strong appeal to the jury against the probability of the plaintiff's case. He contensled that a large part of the statements were utterly false, and therefore he sought a verdict, not of small damages, but for the defendant. It was impossible, at all events, that the plaintiff could, according to the language of his own declara tion, have sustained any loss in the society, aid, and comfort of his wife, whom he must have felt to have been a worthless woman, and of whom, because of her wretched drunken habits, he was now trying to rid himself by an accusation against the defendant which was unworthy of belief. The jury retired from the box for nearly an hour and a half, and finally gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 101. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Dorchester, July 18. Mr. Justice EnLE and Mr. Baron PLArr arrived in this place last night. Their Lordships attended divine service this morning, and about mid-day the business of the assize commenced. There are only two causes in the civil court, and eleven prisoners in the other. One can hardly fancy, from the still ness of the place, that the assizes are going on, as most of the people we meet in the streets are the sheriff's javelmmen. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Cambridge, July 20. The Learned Judges took their seats this morning at an early hour, Mr. Baron Alderson presiding in the Nisi Prius Court, where there was an entry of nine causes, two being for trial by special juries. The whole of the common jury causes were tried at a comparatively early hour, but their subject -matter was not such as to call for any special notice. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) Joseph Plumb, aged 33, was charged with killing and slay ing Thomas Symonds, at Carlton, on the 13th of June, by discharging at him a gun loaded with powder and a ramrod. Mr. H. MILLS opened the case for the prosecution, and from the evidence adduced by the Learned Gentleman, it appeared that the prisoner was out " scaring crows" with a gun on the day named in the indictment, there being in his company the deceased, a lad of weak intellects, to whom he had been very kind. While they were in the fields near some cottages, the deceased was playing round his friend, ever and anon calling out to him, " Shoot me, Joe—shoot me." After some little time the prisoner said, "Well, I will shoot ye ; or at least I'll scare we ;" and forthwith loaded his gun with some few grains of powder and wadding, which he forced down with the ramrod, which he forgot to take out again before he put a cap on. A stander by, of maturer years, observing that the ramrod was in, and that the pri soner was stooping to pick up a cap which bad dropped from his fingers, advised him to "take care, as guns were dan gerous things." The prisoner unfortunately neglected this prudent advice, and must have put on the cap in a very care less way, for before he rose the gun went off, and the boy was severely wounded in the groin and abdomen by the ramrod, which passed completely through his body. As soon as he fell the prisoner ran to him in great distress, and, picking him up. led him home, after which he went for a doctor, whom, after much trouble, he succeeded in discover ing. The wound, however, was of too serious a nature to admit of relief, and the poor boy expiring on the 15th, the prisoner was taken into custody on the charge of man blaughter. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and The Learned JuDoE, observing that the case was of a most mitigated character, fined him Is. THE SoSIAM FlRES.—Richard Peacock, aged 19, Philip Radford, aged 21, Robert Scarrow, aged 16, William Nor man, aged 16, and Edward Thoroughgood, aged 24, were ca pitally indicted for setting fire to the dwelling-house of Ed ward Thredder Fenn, on the 28thJunelast, Albert Fenn being then therein. A second count charged the prisoners with tiring a barn of Mary Gawtry, also at Soham, at the same time. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. IRELAND: DUBLIN, JULY 18.—DEATII OF MR. GOOLD, M.C.— The Sligo Journal, which reached us to-day, mentions the death of Mr. Thomas Goold, Master in the Irish Court of Chancery, on Wednesday last, at Lisadill, in the county of Sligo. The salary of Irish Master in Chancery is 2,5001. POOR RELIEF IN IRELAND.—The Poor -law Commis sioners have promulgated an order, that wherever any members of a family shall be in a state of destitution, relief shall not be administered unless the whole family enter the workhouse. The guardians of Kilrush Union gave relief during the present summer to some members of families in the workhouse while others were not in the house. The Commissioners, in a letter read at the board-room of the union on Wednesday last, rebuked the guardians, and called on them to rescind their order, and revise their practise. The guardians unanimously resolved to " treat the Commissioners with contempt." What will be done next? YOUNG IRELAND AND MR. SMITH O'BRIEN.—Mr. Smith O'Brien, M.P., was on last Wednesday evening entertained at a soirée, in the town of Kilrush, in the county of Clare. The hon. gentleman, in the course of his address, declared himself for the Young Ireland party in the Repeal Association ; he complained of the elec tions for Dungarvon and for Roscommon. The O'Conor Don ought, he contended, to have been opposed, and, above all, Mr. Sheil. Mr. O'Brien condemned the Whigs for not making Mr. Shiel, an Irishman and a Catholic, a Cabinet Minister, as well as Mr. Macaulay, a Scotsman and Presbyterian. (Mr. O'Brien's descrip tion of Mr. Macaulay is quite erroneous.] The , Rev. Mr. Kenyon, R.C., advocated the right and morality of obtaining political amelioration by physical force, and characterised Mr. O'Connell's doctrine of moral force as a " vain but beautiful phantom." EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—The Enniskillen Journal relates the following escape :—Mrs. Parkinson, con tractor for keeping in repair the pumps, &c., belonging to the jail, had directed one of her men, named Griffith, to put an old pump in repair in the jail yard, who took to his assistance a soldier (Poole) of the 26th, who had been confined, and who had some knowledge of that de scription of work. When between thirty to forty feet down, a considerable portion of the stonework lining of the wall gave way, and entombed Poole beneath the mass. The stones rested upon, and formed an arch at the cross-beams immediately over Poole's head, and preserved him from inevitable destruction. Mr. Joseph Tickle, plumber, with Griffith and another workman (Kelley), courageously exerted themselves until a passage was cleared to within a foot or so of where the unfortunate man was embedded, when it was ascertained, through an aperture, that he was still unhurt. The stones, in slipping down, had firmed a more a. sort of arch, whi c h go t c h o k e d i n t h e pump just over his head. To remove th e obstruetielheneadwtaa regular s to the p remove .: n the support o f th e arc h w hi ch pro t ec t e d him, and let the whole atiperincumbent wall slipdoosws-nibluep. onAhtittnh: and as the side w hi c h h a d g i ven way pearance of a rug ge d t otter i ng pre eip wall, to secure it with stays s e emed iro greatest personal ri s k, M r . D e Butts, engineer offic er , descended to examine the state of the pump, and see 'what could be done. Finding the man in a weak state, he had s ome soup and wine administered to h i m through a chink by means of a sword scabbard, an d a f ter remaining down nearly ttti hour,. he came to the conclusion that there was scarcely a k)ossihility of ortriessting the unfortu nate sutTerer, Unlessoy cutting down from the area of the J hospital, six or seven yards distance to him ; and, as Mr. Grey, county engineer, coincided with him i n this opinion l the soldiers immediately set to work. While they *ere entoged et the new excavation, Grfllth , again desrlettleri, and p e r severe d in the hazardous ex periment of removing some of the stones b y w hi c h the man was bl oc k ed in and conveying them up in a bucket. The saf e ty of this movement was first secure d b y M r. Tickle, i n the most courageous manner, an d at great risk, venturing down and staying the fallen fragments of the upper part of the wall, at a present would attempt such an experiment. Griffith also managed to secure, with timber, the stones from falling on Poole, as he progressed in exhuming him. So cautiously and skilful( did y they time when no other work, that at eleven o'clock an ay..- e• Lure sufficiently large was formed to lot the a situation . from poor fellow emerge froni Dr. Nixon, which his escape was almost miracul" s " physician to the , jail, took charge of him; although and , in a very weak State arter 'his ergot hours cononemeso s he is now perfectly well. Griffin is the man who exerted himself so nobly in s av i n county court hour© from g our being destroyed by fire a few years ago, and we are happy to find that _ our grand jury, as a reward for his services, have presented him with 204 Mr. De Butts and Mr. Jeffers gave him each SKELETON A OF FOSSIL DEER FOUND IN THE BOG OF POULACAPPLE•"----A. few days since, as two turf-cutters were throwing up mould from the bottom of a deep hole on the above b og, they dug up the skeleton of a deer anbrought t • d instantly it o Lord Walter Butler, who rewarded them handsomely for the discovery. The head is of gi gant i c bulk, and armed w ith rows grinders • The antlers, says the Kilkenny Journal, measured in a s traight line from the extreme points, are Dillf) feet, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 20. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, i❑ the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat on the Woolsack at a Quarter to Five o'Clock. Messages from the Commons brought up several Bills, which were read a first time. Lord REDESDALE presented 16 petitions, signed by 900 persons, complaining of the break of gauge at Gloucester. GLASGOW TERMINI BILL. Lord COLCHESTER moved that this Bill be read a third time. The Earl of RADNOR moved as an amendment that the third reading be postponed for a few days. After a few words from Lord COLCHESTER and the Earl Of SHAFTESBURY, A conversation ensued, when a complaint being made that there was nothing going on, The Earl of SHAFTESBURY and Lord BEAUMONT stated that there was a great deal going on. Lord BROUGHAM thought the House ought to be satisfied. Earl RADNOR and Lord BEaumoier explained that there was a motion for the adjournment of the debate. Lord BROUGHAM thought that there was no harm in the adjournment. On the motion being put the third reading was ad journed till Thursday night. REFUSAL OF SITES FOR THE FREE CHURCHES. • The Marquis of BREADALBANE gave notice that he was entrusted with several petitions on this subject, which he should present to-morrow. BISHOPRIC OF ST. ASAPII AND BANGOR. Earl PO WIS rose to present several petitions against the consolidation of these two sees, and he begged leave to move that the petitions lie on the table. The NOBLE EARL then moved the second read ing of the St. Asaph and Bangor Bills. In making this motion, he should refrain from entering into very long statements. He had addressed their Lordships too often on this subject to pass any other subjects which had immediate relevance to the matter in hand. Their Lordships were aware that in 1834 a Commission was issued for ascertaining the position of the Established Church. In the report of that Commission tht re was a proposition to found a bishopric of Manc'iestcr, and this bishopric was to be supported by the consolida tion of the sees of. St. Asaph and Bangor. But to effect this it was necessary to hold out some inducement to yield their rights. That inducement was the formation of a bishopric in the rich and populous agricultural dis tricts of Lapcashire. The Bishops of these sees were, in the extreme, popular, and it was necessary to hold out some bonus to the inhabitants of the princi pality, and that bonus was the advantage he had just mentioned, that of providing spiritual juris diction for a district but very inefficiently supplied. He was happy he had the opportunity of appealing to the Noble Marquis (Lansdowne) and the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack to do justice to the coun try in this matter. He appealed to the Noble Marquis whether, if the present were a ease in private life, if certain property had come into his power, he would refuse to appropriate that property to the purpose for which he had received it? He made a like appeal to the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack. He hoped, that considering the poverty of the country, in which these two sees were, their Lordships would allow the Bill to pass. His Lordship, in support of what he said, referred their Lordships to a petition presented to their Lordships' House from people in one of the dioceses. He would refer to the petitions which had been presented against the union of these two sees in proof of the feeling which prevailed in the principality en the subject. He would refer also to those which had been presented item Gloucestershire, from Essex, and from Kent, to show the general feeling of the country. The next subject to which he was about to allude, because he was opposed to a Noble Friend of his, who is an advocate f r the Church, and who was ready to prescribe a course which would be more efficient than his own for the support of that Church—( Hear)—he felt that he ( Earl Powis) could not ob tain a fair hearing on this subject, for he knew how the cha racter of that Noble Lord and his influence would override any thing which he had to assert. Yet, with deference to that opinion, he still felt it necessary to urge the principles which he held, and the opinions which had been founded upon them. His Noble Friend had cited the opinion of the Archbishop of York, the Lord Ha therton, and another Noble Friend, to whom he would not allude; but he would venture to assert, that those Noble Lords had never been more decidedly wrong than they were on the present occasion. He had thought it necessary to say this much, because, knowing the weight which attached to the opi nion of his Noble Friend, and the weight by which it was to be supported, he was particularly anxious repect ing the opposition which was to be offered to this Bill. Yet, from what had taken place, he believed that neither their Lordships nor the other House of Parliament would be over tender on the wording of an Act of Parliament. The Act to which he alluded was one passed only forty-nine years ago, which was on a subject of the greatest interest, and which had fur its object the preservation of the Church. But parties had materially changed since that time. (From this point his Lordship was so inaudible that it was perfectly impassible to report his observations with anything like accuracy. ) The Noble Lord read a long extract from one of the petitions presented by him at an early part of the evening, showing that the efficient discharge of the duties of the diocesan must be materially affected by the union of the two sees. His Lordship concluded by moving the second reading of the Bill. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he would state the reasons which induced him to resist the Noble Earl's motion. At the same time he felt a difficulty, a difficulty however alto gether arising from the familiarity of their Lordships with the subject. He would, enter therefore upon it very briefly. The Noble Earl had said it would be necessary for him to state the date and origin of the Commission issued on this question. In 1835, under the administration of Sir Robert Peel and the Noble Duke ( Wellington), a Commission was issued to inquire into the state and condition of the Established Church, with a view to its irnproveircnt. The principles of that Commission were-Ist, That they were not prepared to recommend any additional bishops for England. 2d, That those sees should be united where it was possible to do so without disadvantage to the Church. 31, They recommended a new distribution of lands. When, therefore, their Lordships gave. their assent to that report, they gave their assent to all its recommendations. The chief bishop of England, and the metropolitan of that city, gave their sanction to it, and, therefore, the term spoliation was not at all applicable to its recommendation, for if anything of this sort were contemplated, the report never would have had the sanction of those high eccle siastical dignitaries, who, it would be admitted, had no desire to curtail the usefulness or diminish the power of the Established Church in this country. Their recommendations were, to a certain- extent, carried out since 1835, and yet, up to the year 1843, his Noble Friend (Earl Powis) had never thought proper to bring the consideration of their recommendations before the attention of their Lordships. The principality of Wales actually gained by the recommendations of the commission. The principality of Wales had not objected to receive the bene fits conferred by the commission, and he thought it really too bad, that now they had receivel the maximum of the gifts of the commission they should refuse to be affected by the other reforms, which, though they might appear to diminish the number of prelates in that prin cipality, would, in the opinion of a great number of prelates, promote to a very great extent the general interests of the church throughout the country. He maintained that the recommendations of the Commission would tend to add to the episcopal jurisdiction of the church. The Commissioners saw great masses of the people without any adequate assistance from the Church ; and, in order to meet that state of things, measures like the one before the consideration of the House were proposed to be adopted so as to provide Bishops for Lancashire and Yorkshire. The bishopric of Ripon has been created, and successfully created. The parties put the wants and the revenues together and they created a new bishopric. If any of their Lordships had heard, as doubtless many of them had, the number of towns which were to be thrown together, if they had contemplated the population of those towns, they would be convinced that the Commissioners had done their duty in consoli dating under one spiritual jurisdiction, the inhabi tants of this district, which combined the snost populous districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire. See ing these eireumstances, he thought that the Church of England would do wisely in meeting the necessity and provide for this district some safe means by which the morality and the religion of the district might be secured. He would rest his claims on this ground; and allowing that, in point of importance, this was a first-rate consideration, yet, although he would admit, that it was an evil that these sees should be suppressed, and yet still he must assert that the establishment of the see of Manchester, calculated as it was to supply a large constituency would be of immensely more importance; but which was contained within the range of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. But further than this, it appeared by the returns which had been submitted to Parliament, that the population of the neighbourhood of the bishopric of Manchester had so increased, that the excess was beyond that of the whole of the sees of North Wales by a considerable number. His Noble Friend would be sur prised to hear that within fourteen days evidence had come into his hands which rendered it necessary to consider whether the question whether new bishops might be created who should not have a seat in this House, Looking at all these circum stances, he thought that it was this ditty to say no to the pro position of his Noble Friend, and he, therefore, proposed that the Bill be read a second time this day three months. The Bishop of LONDON thought that he could adduce reasons for the support of those sees which had not yet been p®t to their Lordships. Eli; Lordship thought that some longer time might better prepare them fbr any change that was necessary. As to what fel) Writ the Noble Marquis (Lans downe) that they should lose no time in establishing the bishop ric at Manchester, he was sure their Lordships .weld all agree with it. In thinking on this subject he was of o,o:seem that funds sufficient might be got for that previous to a vacs' in the sees of North Wales. It was true that the funds in the hands of the Commissioners were not more than NU a-year, and if one of the sees in question were vacant, there would be a surplus of about 2,0001. But he thought that they might apply the capital in the hands of the Commissioners to the amount of 1,0001. a-year, and he was certain of another 1,000/. being made available within two months of this time, so that the new Bisliep of Manchester might begin with about 5,0001. He hoped that this Stiggestion might appear practicable with the existence of the two sees sip-fated. a The Bishop of BANGOR hoped, tne if he lived so long, he might vet see such arrangements made as wou!f! riot 011 t° his removal necessary from the country where he had spent many years. The only benefit, he said, his diocese had re ceived from the Commission was the appointment of two arch deacons and two trifling augmentations. The feeling through out the diocese was in favour of the Bill laid on their Lord. ships' table by the Noble Lord (Powis). These sees were very ancient, having been constituted, perhaps, previous to the arch ' bishopric of Dublin, and the people were very desirous that ! both should be maintained. He agreed, with others of his Right Rev. Friends, that the bishopric of Manchester was both very necessary and very desir a bl e , a nd h e t h oug h t it had been delayed too long, having been intro ' "--:- Lordships' attention about ten years duced to i.e... - ago. He was hopeful, whatever ifilget 4 , be they . Lordshipt l decision, that ratans mign; 7t be found to pfeset,e the ancient sees di s u n ited, a n d a l so t o f o u nt . the bishopric Manchester. He opposed their union not from any interee... 4 himself had in it, but from a consideration of the interests of the clergy, and of the country. Lord VIVIAN said he had no doubt that the whole of the clergy were for the retaining of the two sees ; but if they were aware of the proposition of the Noble Lord, he did not wonder that they should. He found by a return that in the see of Ban gor) there were 34 of the parochial clergy who received under 100/. a-year, and 31 under 2001.; in St. Aleph, 31 under 100/., and 33 under 250/.; in Bangor the churches were 38, and in St. Asaph 24, who received, he believed, less than 80/. Yet, he said, the proposition of the Nob le Lewd was to unite the two sees, and out of the revenues to ch 111 Y ,a surplus for the esta blishmeat o f the see of Manchester. • Lord STANLEY regretted that in the discussion this evening he saw nothing to induce him to alter the opinion which he had before expressed. The question before the Com mission and their Lordships was how the financial incomes of the Church of England and Wales could he so regulated as would produce at y improvement. It was for their Lordships to consider whether they would follow the recom mendations of the Commissioners on that subject or not. His Right Rev. Friend deprecated the taking away of the revenues from the poor people of Wales to establish a see in the rich dis- trict of Manchester. But the real object was altogether con fined to Wales—by Ile union of Bangor and Rt. Asaph to in crease the revenues of St. Asaph and Landaff. In proof of this, his Lordship referred to the Order in Council. There was another question, which had nothing to do with finance; it had altogether to do with the augmentation of bishops. He denied ever having expressed any wish for the reduction, or any oppo sition to the augmentation of the number of bishops. He had called their Lordships' attention to the difficulties with which the question was surrounded. He had suggested that there were two alternatives open to their Lordships, either to aug ment the temporal power of the church, by augmenting the number of bishops, and introducing them to that House, or I,y augmenting them, and excluding a certain number from that House. There were difficulties, he said, on that occasion con nected with both; and that he was certain their Lordships would adopt either, only after great deliberation. But he would not trouble their Lordships with what had occurred on a former occasion. The fact was, that if Bangor and St. Asaph were united to-night, it would be found, judg ing of the two sees by area, benefices, or popu lation, •that they would be less than some twenty or twenty-two out of the rest of the twenty-six dioceses. Exeter, for example, Norwich or Chester would be found almost double, but some others would be ascertained to be seven, eight. and even tenfold greater than the united sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. He confessed he could not, however, con cur in the second reading of the Bill at a time when so little had been ascertained as to the course on which that Bill was leading them would end in. The Bishop of SALISBURY could not allow this Bill to he put to the vote without making a few observations. A Noble Lord said that if the revenues of one of the sees went to the support of the poor benefices in the dioceses, the re • suit would be exceedingly advantageous to the religious in terests of the people. The Right Reverend Prelate in reply to that went into a comparative statement of the condition of the benefices in St. Asaph and Bangor, with other dioceses, with the view of showing that as far as the value of the benefices, the population and other circumstances, there were no grounds whatever for a different appropriation of the revenues of the Church. He considered that it would be much better if the consideration of the question were postponed to the next session, and he was quite sure if the Noble Earl complied with his suggestion, it would tend very much to promote the interests of the Church. The Bishop of NORWICH could nct agree with the Noble Earl in the Bill he brought forward. He considered, how ever, there ought to be an increase in the number of the bishops ; and, for that purpose, wished Manchester to have a prelate ; but, taking the circumstances of the dioceses in ques tion into consideration, he must vote against the Noble Earl's measure. Earl GREY said that the happiest results had followed the carrying out the recommendations of the Church Commission, and he sincerely believed that the improved tone of pnblic opinion in regard to the Church was entirely to be attributed to the reforms suggested by that Commission. If their Lord ships admitted the applicability of the Noble Earl's proposition with regard to Wales, they would have to extend its applica tion to other places, and by degrees and detail break down and destroy the recommendations of the Ecclesiastical Commission, the measure passed a few years ago by Parliament, and nullify all the excellent improvements which had been made. He was by no means disposed to deny that an increase of bishops would be advantageous, but let them make that increase in such a manner as to make it most available for the general efficiency of the whole church. Was there any proof before them that if they were to have 27 instead of 26 Bishops, the best mode to do -that was by keeping the dioceses of St. Asaph and Bangor separate ? Whether they looked to the ex tent of the territory— the number of benefices—or the amount of the population of these dioceses, it would be seen that they stood in less need of the episcopal superintendence of two Bishops than other dioceses in England. He said there was another question which ought td be considered before they committed themselves to any alteration—that was, the want of parochial clergy throughout the kingdom. The want was great, and admitted on all hands; but he said, if he was right, and if they adopted the Bill on the table, they would strike directly at the possibility of that improvement. The Noble Earl then alluded to the report of the Church Commission, which, after referring to the want of clergy, chapels, and churches, and the means of sheir support, stated that, of all the evils connected with the Establishment, this evil—the want of clergy, and the means of their support—was the greatest and the most urgent ; but that, notwithstanding this urgency, all that could be done to meet it was to endea vour to diminish it gradually. On that account the Noble Earl did not agree with those who in such circumstances wished to augment the number of bishops. Good as that pro position per se might be, and even if the necessity of a particular bishopric were made out, he yet could not adopt the Bill, so long as there existed a more pressing evil within the church establishment. He opposed the Bill, therefore, purely on the ground on which he stood when he sought to improve the efficiency of the church. But there was one other point on which he wished to animadvert. The union of the two sees was resisted by a Reverend Prelate, on the ground that these sees were ancient. Now he begged to caution their Lordships against a feeling, little other than superstitious, which wof attached to things that had become consecrated by time, and sacred ; a feeling which, if they should follow it, might lead them to a conclusion which others had arrived at in the same way, that there was but one true Church, and that the Church of Rome, and that the Episcopal Church was schismatical and altogether in error. He therefore opposed the press nt Bill. " Lord ELDON, in supporting the Bill, said he would regret to preclude any party from bnefits which they would otherwise have received ; ar.d if it did so, when the Bill went into com mittee, if Noble Lords allowed it to go there, be would not resist any clause which might be inserted to preserve those benefits for them. He- wished, however, that it should be remarked hat the Noble Earl has: brought forward the Bill for one object and one alone, disjoined from any larger views of state affairs, with which he thought it ought not to be mixed up. The Bishop of OXFORD begged their Lordships would bear with him while he addressed them very briefly. He wished to address them the more, after hearing the speech of the Noble Marquis (Lansdowne), who had grounded his opposi tion on entirely different reasons than those asserted by him on former occasions. The Noble Marquis sheltered himself under the Commission, and yet he urged the withdrawal of the revenues of the Bishops, and the application of them to the pa rochial clergy ; urging them, therefore, to do that which was repugnant to the very spirit of the Commission. The Marquis urged his opposition to the Bill from the constitution of the Commission ; that in it were the Primate of all England, the Primate of York, and the Bishop of London, whose character and judgment gave it weight. But he (the Bishop of Oxford) said they ought to look at the details ; one Pri mate was absent, another Primate would vote in favour of the Bill, and the Bishop of London had delivered a speech in support of tt. Thus, those who had been against it, after deliberation, came round and supported the opposite opinion; that fact, too, bore against the argument that had been drawn from the recom. mendation of the Commissioners in their report. The ques tion, now being clear and open, was—should there never lie an augmentation of English Bishops? He held an opinion di rectly opposite to those that had been expressed—that where a great whole, a great institution needed reform of abuses, that that could not be done by the expression of something merely abstract, but that the amendment and reform must be attained by immediately removing the abuses and evils. It had been acknowledged that the founding of a see at Manchester was necessary; he contended then that this was the duty of their Lordships. As to the whole number of Bishops, he referred their Lordships to the relative numbers that were in France before and after the Revolution ; in Spain and in Greece ; and to those members which Latimer, and the early English Prelates, thought ought to he in the kingdom of England ; which he ccnsidered answer sufficient to some arguments that had been used against the Bill. For the sake of the common truth which they held together, he trusted their Lordships would concur in support ing the Bill of the Noble Earl. He begged to apologise for having so long taken up their Lordships' attention. The Earl of POWIS replied. Their Lordships then divided, when there appeared— For the Bill, content 3B Not content .. ALjority for the second reading .. —lO The Marquis t f LANSDOWNE said that it was not hs in tention to give any further opposition to the measure, but to leave the Noble Earl to take his own cow se. He did not, however, alter the opinions which he entertained. Their Lordships then adjourned at Half-past Ten. HOUSE OF COIkfMONS, July 20. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. THE NEW MINISTRY. Mr. C. BULLER. was introduced by Colonel Fox and Captain Mangles, and took the oaths and his seat for LiAkeard. Colonel ANSON was introduced by Viscount Ebrington and Mr. Tufnell, and took the oaths and his seat for Sou th Staffordshire. Mr. O'CONNELL entered the House shortly after four &Aka, and took his seat on the Ministerial benches. TIIIRD READINGS. The Tunbridge Wells Improvement Bill was read a third time and passed. The Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' Amendments to the Glasgow Municipal, Police, and Statute Labour Bill, the Heywood Water works Bill, and the Sheffield Cemetery Bill were agreed to. REPORTS. _ The reports on the Ely and Huntingdon Railway (Bedford _Extension) and Ramsay's Estate Bill, were brought up and agreed to. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS. The report on the Campbletown Harbour, Water works, Paving, Lighting, and Watching Bill ; was fur !her considered, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed. The Andover Canal Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord .131:001a presented a petition from the clergy of Warwick against the union of the sees of Bangor and S. Asaph. The Nohle Lord also presented a pe tition from Leamington PriC,Ys, praying for the institu tion of local courts. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from the Governors of St. Thomas's Hospital against the Charitable Trusts Bill, and praying that it might not 'last+ Into a law, or that if it did they might be exempted from its operation. Also a petition from the Arch deaconry Of Sarum, praying for the appointment of a Bishop for Manchester. Also a petition from Essex against the union of the Sees of Bangor awl St. Asaph. Also a petition from Exeter against the Catholic Relief Lord j. STUART presented a petition from Ayr, praying for the revision of the criminal code. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce of Manchester, praying for the repeal of all ill-advised imposts on sugar, that the im post and export duties on colonial produce might be abolished, and that all restrictions on commerce might be otturveds The consideration of the report on the Dublin Wide Streets Bill ;NZ postponed till to-morrow, at the sugges tion of Mr. O'Connell. Mr. HUDSON presented a petition in favour of the Wisbeach and St. Ives Junction Railway. It was ordered to lie upon the table. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Sir GEORGE GREY presented a petition from Devonport, praying that u residoicu of ilvt; years alight not confer a settlement. TOBACCO DUTIES. Dr. DOWRIZIG gave netice that he Trot'ld,, 911 the to the state of the tobacco d u ti es , w ith a v i e w to prevel l : 4th of August, call the a tt en ti on o f th e Governmen t the smuggling which was so ex t ens i ve ly c arried on 1 that article. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL AND SAIA II " DEBTS BILL. Mr. STE WART gave notice that he would, 012 Weduesday next, move for a Committee . tn consider and report on the Charitabl e Trusts 1 31 . 11, _ and of the expediency of g i v i ng th e C omm i ss ioner of the Court of Bankruptcy a power to hear complaints, and to investigate all charges as t o th e misapplication of . trusts, with the power al so t o ca ll f or a ll the account s of charitable trusts, with a view to their investigation; He would also put a que s ti on t o th e S ecre tary for ta n s Heine Department whether it was the intention of taip i. Government to push the Small Debts Bill, so that might pass this session. Sir G. GREY said that it had been already annotin he that it was the in ten ti on o f t h e G overnment to pass t er Bill as soon as p oss ibl e , an d th e N o bl e L or d yanu A whose care it was in th e o th er H ouse , h a d a l rea dy ,fie as early a day as possible. SIR ROBERT PEEL. At this period Sir Robert Peel entered the Houser leaning on a stick ; the Right Hon. Gentleman seems t ° suffer considerably from the accident which has befalle n him. He t oo k hi s seat b etween S i r James Gra h am en the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Right lb °. Gentleman looks pale and careworn. REGIMENTAL STAFF-OFFICERS. Capt. LAYARD rose to ask the Right Hon. Gentlenleu the Secretary -at-War, if it was true, as bad been Well mentioned in the military newspapers, that a new Wa r ; rant for giving an i mprove d retir i ng allowance to rer . mental staff-officers after a certain long full-pay services had been prepared by Mr. Sidney Herbert, and approve': of by Mr. Geulburn, and which only required the royal sign manual, in order that it might be promulgated to the army ? Mr. F. MAULE said that he found when. he cal into office that a warr a nt was d rawn up an d prepare° en the subject, and waited only for the royal eig rasnual. DEATII FROM FLOGGING IN THE ARIAY's Dr. BOWRING, rose pursuant to notice, to inquir e of the Secretary- a t-W ar , w h e th er hi s a tt en tion h been called to the case of Frederick White, a private Pfr_ the 7th R o yal H ussars , w h ose d eat h i s repor t e d to hay: been caused by severe military flogging, and whether any steps have been taken in consequence ? Mr. FOX MAULE said that he was glad that the Hon. Member had brought the subject forward. t b° facts of the c ase were s i mp l y these :—FrederickWhites the subject of the Hon. Member's motion, was a -- private in th e 7th Hussars. He had been guilty of one of the grossest acts of military imam' ordination of which a soldier could b e guilty' While in the performance of his duty he had struck non-commissioned officer violently with a heavy poker, *. and had not the officer perceived the intention of 1 12 , 6 culprit, he would h ave rece i ve d a mos t severe woun" , if not have been killed. He .was, however' knocked down by the bloW. For this crime he was, tried on the 13th of June, by a court'.: martial, and sentenced to r ece i ve th e m ilit ar y punien meat of 150 lashes; that sentence was afterwards con firmed by his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and ° Ji the 15th of Juno the sent ence was carr i e d i n to effe ct ' ,, : And be might state the course w hi c h was p ursue d in the army with respect to soldiers sentenced to be flogged' it was this :—whenever a soldier was sentenced to receiv e punishment by cour t- mart i a l a cert ifi cate, s i gne d by tt surgeon of the regiment, was sent to the War-offi (l 7 ) stating that th e person was in a fa i r state to un decg t punishment, so t h at it might not be carried into effe a c unless he were i n a proper state of health,. Oa e 15th of June, as he had stated, the punishment o';," carried into effect ; an d so far from any interferon:" having taken place by the surgeon of the regiment bf, °B ; siring the man to be t a k en d own, an d t h at the commaiao ll3 7 p officer had refused to d o so , h e b egge d di st i nc tly I state that there was no inte r f erence e i t h er on the part d the surgeon or commanding officer. After reeelY l° Z, punishment the man was taken to the hospital in the us% way, where he was visited, accor di ng t o t h e p r actice s %. the army, by the commandi ng o ffi cer every d a y. r e e d remaining in the hospital some ti me h e was repot t , e , convalescent, and so far recovered as t o h ave been t tively engaged in " fatigue duties." He was visited t. the surgeon and comm an di ng o ffi cer, w h o state d tha n ; two days the m an wou ld b e fi t for d uty . the 16th of July Colonel Whyte received informat ion that the man was dangerou s ly ill. H e immediately visited him in the hospital, and under the circumstan ce s° he desired Dr. Warren, the surgeon of the regiment , report his case immediat e ly t o Si r J ames M acgr eger,l a order that further advice m i g ht b e sen t d own ; but 1 ' two days afterwards the man died, and a post mat! - examination was immediately made of his body, not 0111 -; by the surgeon of the regiment, b u t by t wo o ther In s e t dical officers deputed by the Hor s e G uar d s , and th e f examination had satisfied the public that the death of the man had not been caused by the p un i s h men t inflict ed on him. He understood furth e r, th a t th e ineu! o officer appointed by the coroner was of the sam e 0001 0, He had but one other observation to add. The v. seemed much horrified at a statement which had e j a abroad, that the skin on the ba c k o f t h e individual utt, been removed. Now this statement was incorrete purposeas that of proceeding kitt was iytt The subject . was now in c l our e se p removed th after death fo .ii r ahtl % o o st f m i o n r v t e en s i ti mot , cworoner's jury, and he would at the present say no hat he had said, however, would, perhaps, be el l ; dered enough to show that the case had been greatly e g x at a i m on t e exaggerated, and that the proprietorsof ewsPai-era sa n sters o f the would always do well to make taiern particulars of cases like these before iLnyial.a.rraed public mind.—(Hear, hear.) THE LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL. Mr. I'. BORTHWICK, see i ng th e Ri g ht Hon.. Ba r i ; net the Secretary for the H ome D e p ar t men t in he u t place, would take th a t o pp or t un it y o f putt i ng to toi Right lion. Gentleman the ques ti on o f w hi c h he " ra given notice, but which h e h a d no t h a d An o pportuna of putting to him the other night. He had n o don; tl from the auspicious manner in w hi c h t h e Ri g ht 0 ? 0, Baronet had entered upon the p er f ormance o f hi s du that he would give a satisfactory answer to hiw questi i ; By an extract from th e me di cal report of the Lentt Fever Hospital in the year 184 6, i t wou ld app ear ta-tat no less than 130 patients were received ii tto p c c ti o o m n m ; o b t e l a t w t i e o e n a , i 9 t o w a o n u d l d m a o p p m e a e r n , w w e a r s e of cr o t w h e e ie . ci sv establishment f rom t h e Marlborough Union w0r.0 011 ,. 5 , - ; rThe ai fe et a room only thirty feet nine inches long and twenty .04 e wide. The question which he should put to the Sig 11 Hon. Baronet was, whether this matter had been. at ¢ brought und er hi s cons i deration, and, if so, whether " e had tak en th e necessary steps to compel the C. 3l°- missioners of the Poor-law to do their duty in that il°; portant department? It was most clear that much iniv a r i a was suffered by th e paupers, who had to seek relief in ,th e metropolitan wor kh ouses to and much injury was done those who lived i n the neighbourhood of the hospital P" question. Sir G. GREY said that in consequence of the state' meat which the Honourable Gentleman had r e ' (erred to having appeared in a public novelT; per a few days a go, h e commun i cate d with the Poor-law Commissio ners on th e su bj ect . Be unn e r stood from them that the stat emen t a b ou t th e size a' the room was untrue. However the Commissionl; would shortly present a report on th e su bj e ct of allegations, and when that w as p resen t e d h e would brit4 it before the House. He hoped, however, the g uardians of the union would tak e meas ures t o correc t the dis" graceful state of things. CAPTAIN WARNER'S INVENTION.- " the Lord INGESTRE said he wi s h e d, w ith th e l ea sve 0 House, to correct an erroneous i m pr ess i on , w hich it would appear a portion of the sp eec h w hi c h h e had delivere d the other evenin g h a d o cca sioned out of doors.. It WO, reported that he had told the House that he k ne w 01 his own personal knowledge that Sir Thomas 1 1 11150 3 14 5 haadnsiteart,s inventionedtthel w at a e s 0 71 i n to o r v o a f l the ae.N Times ow tins , fOt know this of hi s own k nowledge, but Mr. Barnes', t " ; late edito r o f t h e Times, had told him that the giu' lsn , he d i . % Warners officer had admitt e d i n general terms that he attae hea ; no value to the invention, As they were not desitson" that he should re .d the letter, he would conclude by stating that h e h a d b een anxious to correct the staterce" he had previously made in this matter. Sir DE LACY EVANS said. that in refaranaa to subject of Captain Warner's invention, the newspaper s ' had laid great stress on the service s o f the Nobl e Lord (Lord Ingestre), and thought that through his tal " ertions justice would yet be done to the Gallant CeP He would ask the Hon. Gentleman (the C the Exchequer) whether there was to be any difference shown in this case by the present Government to that which had been shown by the previous one. He con sidered tbat the last Government had done all that was necessary in the matter. hancellor o_f The 611ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the present Government had no intention of offering opposition to Captain Warner's invention without in vestigation. SUGAR DUTIES—COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND Them i order of th e d ay C sirW tte . e of CLAYM for resolvi ng th e H o use into a EA NS. Ways presentedan da Means petitionwas the nre ad _ o tn refiners of Sunderland, in favour of an alteration in th e present sugar d u ti es. T he pet i t i oners complaine d -thi`" , under the e x i st i ng law the supply of sugar was def i c i e nt ' and that u n l ess an alterat i on was made to admit supp lies from ibe sugar of sugar fr om a ll countr i es , great i nconven i ence w ould take place. Last year the quantity received was short of the demand, and this year it would be more so. Ti: petitioners therefore prayed that all foreign sugar should be admitted at the same rate of duty. Messengers from the House of Lords brought uP several Bills, which were ordered to be laid on the table. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then rose and said—gr' Speaker: Sir, if her Majesty's Ministers bad been disposed to consult their own ease, they would not in the present state of affairs •n the sugar question propose any considerable alteration in its duties ; the) , " would have many reasons to allege in support of till! course ; they could have alleged the advanced state of the session—the labour which the House had just gone through, the recent formation of the Govern" ment, and Ole intricacy of some of the detail s connected with this question. These reasons would have formed in the eyes of many grounds sufficient for a postponement to another Session of any large, or considerable, or permanent alteration of the duties on this question. But, Sir, in our opilli° ll ' there are considerable evils suffered by this country in connexion with the present state of these duties.—(Hear, hear.) We, Sir, consider that the great Wily of the public suffer by the imereat,od price ° i. _;. sugars—a commodity of which no less than 1 2 , 000,000 ; a year, or a sum ranging from 11,00 0 0 • tp 13,000,0004 14.expouded is this countrb :WO 44r ~~ .~` }'~ til e 14 the