The Sun. — London, England, 1852-06-11 00:00:00

Goner to Sir E. A n t ro bas, for 10 gre enhouse ~ azaleas MP. Robinson, ga rd e ner to Mr. Simpson , Thames. bank, Pimli c o, f or 12 pelargoniums in 8-inch p o t s; Messrs. Lane and Son, nurserymen, Great Berkhamp stead, for 12 distinct varieties of roses in 13-inch pots. LARGE SILVER GILT 51.—T0 Mr. St an l ey, gardener, for 30 stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. Dods, gar dener to Sir J. Cathclrt, Cooper hill Surrey, for 10 Move and greenhouse plants ; jr. May, gar d ener to Mrs. Lawrence, for six greenhonse azaleas ; Mr. Wil liams, gardener to Mr. O. B. Warner, Hodesdon, Herts, ki 25 orgbids ; Mr. Gree n , gardener to Sir E Antro buq, for six orchids ; Mr. A. Rowland, Lewisham, Kent. for eight distinct vtKieties of roses in 13-inch pots. LARGE SILVER, 44 —To Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, for six tall cacti ; Mr. May, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, for 12 Cape heaths ; Messrs. Rollinson, nurserymen, Tooting, for 12 Cape heaths ; Mr. Car rion, gardener to Mr. E. Lawrence, Kentish Town, for 12 pelarg on i ums in 8-inch pots ; Mr. Parker, gardener to Mr. J. Al. Strachen, Teddington, for six pelar goniums in 11-inch pots ; Mr. Turner, nurseryman, Slough, for six fancy pelargoniums in 8-inch pots ; Mr. Robinson Pimlico, for six fancy pelargoniums in 8-inch Pots ; Mr. Hoyle, Reading, for six pelargoniums in 8- inch pots. ALLEGED MURDER AND VIOLATION. On Tuesday Mr. W. Baker opened an inquiry at the Foresters' Arms ' Old Ford-road, Victoria-park, respect ing the death of Maria Leech, aged eighteen years, a - single woman, who was found dead in Sir George Duckett's Canal. Mr. John Parr, residing at No. 1, St. John's -terrace, South Hackney, an independent gentle man, stated that the deceased was his zervant. She left his residence on Friday morning at eleven o'clock, for a holiday, with directions to return at eight o'clock in the evening. She was quite cheerful when she departed, and witness had not seen her alive since. She was very regular in her duties, and attentive to the family. Witness had made inquiry and ascertained that her body had been found in the canal, which he had since seen and recognised by her dress. He did not believe she had committed suicide. Had heard that she had been on a visit to her aunt. Deceased was an excellent servant, and had no followers. Mary Brown, the aunt, was called, and said that she resided at Bromley. The deceased came to see her on Friday last, and remained until seven o'clock in the evening, when she left to proceed across the fields to her master's house at Hackney. She had a little basket with her and a pair of cloth boot 3, which she had purchased before she left witness. She had only a few coppers with her when she deputed. Mr. Edward Moore, surgeon, of No. 86, Bettinif-green-road, said he had examined the body, and found a bruise on the loft eye, and marks of strangulation on the neck, as if the arm of some per son had been closely pressed round it, and her ears exhibited marks as if they had been tightly grasped. There were bruises on other parts of her per son, which he was of opinion had been inflicted previous to immersion in the water. Witness had also ascertained that some connexion had very recently taken place, but there was no hemorrhage proving any Particular violence. Susannah Keppell, wife of a beer shop keeper, stated that she saw tne deceased with a eailor on the Friday night, about ten o'clock. Tney entered the Yarmouth Arms, in Green-street, Bethnal green; but witness only knew her by the bonnet she had on at the time. Vau4han, summoning officer, said they had since found the deceased's shawl by the drags. Tfin basket had also been re3overed at a public-house az I\4ly-bridge, where it had been sold for a pint or beer on the Saturday, by some person who picked it up in the field near the canal. Na barges were allowed to pass through it. It was kept for pleasure-boats and bathing. The road-way WA3 not dangerous, and the deceased mould not have walked in from the main thoroughfare fie inquest was adjourned to give the police time fa farther inquiries, SEABORNE signifies that the mails are sent troix the General Post-office by the night—and AI by the morning--dispatch.] When made np in ; From what PLACZEI. GeneralPost-office' dia. When London: patched. due. America (by Brit. pkt.)N June 11 .. .. I LiverpOoi June 17 America (by U.S. put.) NI • • • Liverpool June 25 Argarica (by U.S. pkt.) 3! ..,'Southampt. July 3 Australia (via South ampton) • . MI .Southampt. Ditto (via Marseilles) Ni • • .Dover Ditto, via C. of G. Hope N,2d of the month.. !Plymouth.. Attica ( West coast).- N'l4th of the month , I Plyraoath Jane 29 Alexandria* Ee i l , l gun lilDaily ..4Dover .. Daily "il •• • • 11!9th of the month Southampt. June 16 CA os za-Yrei •• 9th of the month ISoathampt. June 16 llfornia(via Chacrer) M.ld ft 17th of month ;Southampt. Jane 20 a lO .De of (flood Hope N 14th of June .. Plymouth..! June 29 pe de Verdi N Id of the month .. Plymouth.. June 29 ‘a'ustautlnople. N 7th 17th 27th of me Dover .. Arrived Oa t r t x l America cbeel Isles N Mon., Wed., & Sontkampt.lTn. Th. Sat Fran N ;' , •• 51 17th of the month !Southampt. June 20 sam ec ,. K Twice daily .. 'Dover Twiccdaily liamam.;„;• - • •• N 7th 17th27th of mo !Dover Arrived N Tuesday & Friday !London .. !Tee& Sat. ll o r.drire di '• M Wednes. & Satnr.!London I Mom. Thur Irela n d •• . 1.717 th of the mouth, Southampt. 'June 20 /my. a (via w;ri, 51 •• 51 &N ' Twice daily Holyhead (June 14) 20th of tho montlrSouthampt. June 23 /7,dia, vi a c . e es) IsT , ithic, 24th eft:, onthiDover June . l7 7Alauritius of : I I O Pe N 15th of month Plyinouth.. m o di tzrranean li k lsth of month Ply mou th .. Southampton) yediterinnean iii 2 oth of the month Southampt. 'June 28 Marseilles) x i at mer m en • 4 ,\ 24tla ofmonth Dover .. I June 17 Madeira r Cy o ,t l 2e e month + Sorithampt• l July 5 Malta* itha;g ,19 , 1 1 ;: 31 2 ? Southampt. June 16 Ski th I Dover Arrived Naples* • • •• mon ai 15th . , 4::th Gime Dover •, I June 12 Rigal Staten ° • • •• loth of mo Dover .. June 12 Ptuainsular .. • • • • M 7 t ll l7th p en , M 17th ot t r i l e het mo Bouthampt. 'Jane 16 • sth t„. month Southampt. June 20 Tuguitn* •• •• 17th Orf,.." th omo Dover .. June t 2 Nest Indies • • ". T4° Mil Sonthampt. ;Jane 20 Wert Indies (except Naples* .• • • •• Rigal Statea * Piiminsnlar . • • • • • M Peru .. • • •• Tuscany* .• • • • • N Nest Indies • • ": M We? t Indies (eteePb n4vazma saaga o .4d of ..“erc ieuth .. * The malls to those countries thus 1 ' S °athaMpt.l r'rench packet via erkba ) are conveyel by The India mail, via Southampton, will b, of the 19. th instant, in consequence of the 20tr t ., 1 , 1 . 1) on the evening Tice Peninsula mail will be made up on the:"lng on a Sunday. instant, in consequence of of the 28thf' the ?7th falling on 4 diLy. SEEEFPlE4Throranghatt THE BANK FORGEBIEs A T several charges Grape], whose examination on publication, was ag ° ,,it a nk for geries appeared in Saturday's on W up before, the Sheffield borough magistrates Association, ab la n t4l ... B l. 'Mr. Mußens, solicitor to the Bankers'. to conduct the prosecution. The only additional eiiCl;edee. was the p k of, on the part of the Coventry and WarwickeLre Banking Company, of the forgery of Messrs. Joseph Rodger; the draught for 198, 11e. 2d., which the risoner id t r rnber, 1851, in pay. wad Sone, cutlery manufacturers, in September , for goods eeilich he hgd purchased the case orthe to the amount-of 801. Payment of money was also proved in forgery at West Bromwich, where a draught on Smith, , Payne, and Smith's, of London, in the name of the paid on cheater and Liv erpoo l District Bank at Stafford, was Men the 29th ult. to Messrs. Davies and Bloomer, read, the of Goldshill New Ironworks. After the depositions had been prisoner eaid—" The statements of the witnesses are perfectly true. lam the only guilty one. I executed the forgeriel myself, and there is n o b o d y else implicated in any waY• executed all with my own hands, and nobody else knew a word about it." The piieoner was committed to York for trial at the assizes. ._ ___,,--. CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Th ursday last an in quest was held at Maidstone on the body of William Ed wards Chittenden, a young man who carried on the business of a butcher at Maidstone. It appeared from the evidence produced before the coroner that the deceased had contracted to supply the barracks with meat, and that on the delivery of a portion of the contract objection had been taken to it, both as to its quality and its freshness. The deceased be came excited, and shortly afterwards was found with his throat cat in a building formerly used as the workhouse. It was also shown that several members of his family had de stroyed themselves whilst under mental delusion. after a 10% ~ .,-continued inve s ti ga ti on , re t urne d a verdict o y f " Te mporary insanity." Tag MANCHESTER CH4RITIEF.—The T"eAtr© fßoyal. Maachester, has been throwa open for six nights per ormane'es, in order that the gross receipts may be devoted to the bereft of the various charitable institutions of Manches ter and Salford. The performances commenced on Monday evening, under the d Pry At' 3of the Qiee n , Ma r l inhabitants o f of tt i to the memb ers teereu coat once volun cludie ' eminence (in- Glyn, mdenhoff, Miss Barry dren, and Mr. occasit services for the 2601., lay we r e a b out Pse to be reali se d enrio t Pe the mo s t 'be P ro t ectionist Gerreta. natior formed of our down at two n unnzed and forty poancifewrifn m c ) 4 l2 , 43 - been set OYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, REGENT'S. PARK, The snow' general exhibition of plants and fl )wers at these gardens took place on Wednesday. but owing io the wttness of the weather f , w person' were present beyond the professional horticulturists immediately interested in the show and those determined amateurs whom no thing Inn daunt. In themselves the collections were re markably fine, and although numerous, would have been more abundant had not the almost certain prospect of continuous rain prevented the exposition of many others. The heaths and azaleas were, perhaps, the most plenti ful in proportion, and reflected great credit on the growers. The orchideous plants were also remarkably good, but not in such numbers as at the preceding fête. The same observation will apply to the quality of the pelargoniums and the stove and greenhouse plants. Roses, cinerarias, calceolarias, and the other hosts com pleted the crowds which filled the marquees. The fruits, which generally attract so much attention, were con strained to expand their sweetness upon the vacant air. The American plants, which formed on the preceding Saturday a special show by . ..themselves, but were then rather backward in flower, owing to the coldness of the season, were on Wednesday in magnificent condition. Nothing, indeed, was wanting but a sunny sky to have bade this exhibition most successful, the number of tickets issued to the fellows and their friends having ex ceeded all formers years. We subjoin an official list of the chief prizes ayvarded : MEDALS WITH THEIR MONEY VALUE. EXTRA. GOLD, 301—To Mr. Franklin, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, Ealing-park, for 25 orchids. LARGE GoLp, 151.—T0 May, gardener to Mrs. Liwrence, Es 7 / 4 -park, Mr. Cole, gardener to Mr. H. Colyer, D.lrtford, for 30 stove and greenhouse plants, and to Mr. Cole. MEDIUN GOLD, 101.—To Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Cheam, Surrey, for 20 stove and green house plants; Mr. Blake, gardener to Mr. J. Rhoder, Stratford-green, for 25 orc hid s; M essrs . R o Hinson and Son, nurserymen, Tootin g , for 20 orchids ; Mr. Wo olle y , gardener to Mr. H. B. Kerr, Cheshuut, H e rts, for 15 orchids. GOLD MEDAL, 71.—T0 Mr. Speed, Eanwrit°n' for 20 stove and greenhouse plants; Mr. Smith, gardener to Mr. W. Quilter, for 12 cape heaths; Mr. Smith, Nor wood, for 12 Cape heaths. Open class—Mr. Green, gar, et ert k" . c of the inflaeuttal tchester an in dramati 0 ; tar o„: :1 addition , d their - 4 .1 t! . ‘, 1 ,f,.., 4 wi] ng .I%li "Itt ”;!, tern of , mi ss 41 , 41. ,W3 i NA - 5,; 1 / 2 ss V, 7 Sulli i!,q4 ton...alsa a -. aesi tOTECT - TIMATE - . ' et h a Is item in tif - i stimatps ad 0 by Xrin ent is t stnne thp ger has bee n tat honour, whic h (v ide the Mather case ► TH E ITALY, A leiter from Turin of the sth, in the Official Ga zette of Savoy, states tha - the Prince of Monaco bad an interview lately with M. de Persigny, in which he at tempted to interest the latter in his claims upon Mo naco and Roccabruna, now incorporated in the king dom of Sardinia, but that he met with great coolness on the part of M. de Persigny. The correspon dent adds that the sovereignty of the King of Sardinia over the principality of Monaco has been re cognised by the treaties of 1815, and observes that it is an acknowledged principle in feudal law, that the Lord may disposses his vassal whenever maladmi nistration is proved against him, as is the case in the present instance. • The Risorgimento of Turin relates the fol lowing act of opposition to the construction of railways in Piedmont, which occurred on the 4th at Truffarello, a point at which the. Turin and Savigliano line is to meet the Genoa line. It appears that the work was going on rapidly, and everything seemed to promise a speedy com pletion of the junction , when on the above men tioned day a band of armed men ma rc h e d out o f Truffarello, proceeded to the works, and bid the The person entrusted dthisprseewoerl; s on that p o i n t ex p os - tulated, workmenthe direction s top an o d f tulated, and went to the syndic of the place to in quire the reason of so unlawful a proceeding; where upon the latter told him the whole population were ag ainst the railway to a man, and that if the w or k s were continued serious consequences might ensue. The works were then suspended until orders should have been received from Turin. A Swiss journal states that the Papal Government has concluded a capitulation with the brother of the old Roman Minister of War, M. de Kalbermatten. The officers named up to this time are all Swiss. As far as regards the soldiers, preference will be given to those of the Catholic cantons. France and Austria have already permitted the establishment of offices for enrolment on their territory. Two regiments of 3,000 picked men each will be formed, of whom 600 have already arrived at Macerate. SCANDINAVIA. A letter from Copenhagen, 4th, says :—" His Ma jesty will leave to-morrow for Sweden. He will proceed to Scania, where he will have an interview with the King of gweden. On the 12th he will pro ceed to Jutland with the Countess de Danner, and remain there for a fortnight. The Prince and Princess Christian of Glucksburg will leave to-day with their eldest son for the baths of Mannheim, near Frankfort-on-the-Maine. They will pass by Schlan genbad, to pay their respects to the Empress of Russia." A letter from Stockholm,. of the 28th ult., states that an extensive camp was to be formed in Scania in the early part of the present month, under the command of the Prince Royal, who, with his Princess had already set out for the place, and the King and the other branches of the Royal family were to fol low in a few days. The Queen is to remain at the Chateau of Haga, where she expects a visit from her sister, the Princess Theodolinda of Wurtemberg. The Swedish Government is actively engaged with several important modifications ; amongst others, the simplification of the system of taxation, the establishment of branch banks in the provinces, and the construction of railways. TURK) Y. - The Levant mail has brought Constantinople journals to the 24th ult. They announce that the steamer Reschid had sailed for Egypt with the ratifi cation by the Porte of the arrangements made re specting the tanzimat, and with orders to Fuad Effendi to return home, as his mission is completely terminated. The Journal publishes the text of an address to Viscount Stratford, from four merchants, ex pressing in warm terms their gratitude for the protec tion always afforded by him to commerce in general, and for the assistance rendered by him, some time ago, to them personally in preventing a Greek bank rapt from defrauding them ; they also expressed personal regret at his approaching departure from Constantinople ; and declared that they wished him and his family every health and happiness. Viscount Stratford returned a suitable reply, and in the course of it stated that in his diplomatic career he had always attempted to protect the interests of commerce, be cause he believes it to be a guarantee of peace and the means of spreadin g and civilization. the blessings of Providence On the night of the 22d ult. a fire broke out at Serajewo, the capital of Bosnia. All the houses of the Christians have been burnt, as well as the Latin Chapel and the Presbytery. The horrors committed by the Nizams during this scene are said to have been of the most savage description; women were violated, and houses broken into and pillaged. The Viser, Veljeddin Pacha, used his utmost exertions to restrain the fury of these Nizams. He sent off a re port to Constantinople, from whence assistance is expected. The house of the Austrian Consul was also burnt. The cause of the conflagration is not known. GREECE. - - - Athens journals to the 27th ult. have been received. They contain no news of interest; but the Trieste Gazette has the following from Athens:— " The attention of the Government is at present en gaged on a very serious affair; it proposes to conclude with the Patriarch of Constantinople a treaty which will completely change the relations of the Greek Church, which had declared itself independent of Constantinople since the establishment of a kingdom, and which had for its chief a Synodchosen by the King. By the new treaty the Greek Church will ceaso to be an independent member of the dogm a , of Anatolia, and will return under the full and entire authority of the Patriarch. The orthodox Russian party have long looked for this result. It was M. Degliganni, who, when Greek Charge d'Affaires at Constantinople, succeeded in concluding this treaty with the support of the orthodox party. The Greek Ministers are now about to present it to the Chambers." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. A:special meeting of the Great Western Railway Com pany was held at the Paddington Station on Wednesday afternoon, in pursuance of the standing orders of the House of Lords, in order to take into consideration an Act to authorise traffic arrangements between the Great Western, the Shrewshury and Birmingham, the Shrews bury and Ch ester, the Shrewsbury and Hereford, Rose, and Gloucester Railway Companies. Mr. RUSSELL, the chairman of the company, presided, and, in opening ,the proceedings, said that when the proprietors were called together a week since, the directors were not aware that it would be necessary under the Wharnclifie standing order to submit this Bill to them. The Standing Orders Committee of the Ho use of Lordsnd the had , pr h e o s w en e t e er, meetingtaken awdifferentiview e fe o - f the case, a rence to their decision. It would, of course, be neces sary to submit to a similar ordeal the Bills of the other companies which were required to carry out this ar rangement. He did not think, however, that the Com mittee would insist upon the strict observance of the standing order, for if they did he feared it would be impossible to obtain a continuous line of communication between London and Birmingham. At the meetings of the two Shrewsbury companies, which had b een held within the last week or ten days, it was clearly shown that although the directors could command a large majority of their proprietors, in fact equal to three-fifths, in favour of their arrangements, they could not obtain the assent of four-fifths, as required by the standing orders of the House of Lords; al though that consent was merely required to agree ments which had been already sanctioned by the pro prietors. These results the directors broadly and dis tinctly ascribed to the number of shares which were held in these companies oa behalf of the London and North-Western Railway Company, and upon these grounds they had prayed that the standing order should be dispensed with upon the present occasion. That ques tion was now under investigation by a Committee of the House of Lords, and it would therefore be extremely improper for him to advert to it any further than by saying that he confidently believed that they would be able to establish the allegations in that petition, and that t hey had full reliance upon the justice of the decision of fe Rouse of Lords upo n every case that was fully and 1Y laid before them. 111 " d t resolution approving the Bill was then unanimously o, an the proceedings terminated. A MREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM. c0uip a32 613.4 „ i _ 4l general meeting of the proprietors of this the pa. pe w a u . , held at Shrewsbury on Wednesday, for dience t 0 °f approving w harn o i m e , : disapproving ordeo the f 0 ( l i I n o w o i b n e g - Bill, introduced i ‘ ris Traffic Arrangements session :—...,. A It .nio Parliament during the present between the G ree t naingham, the lu re Western , the Shrewsbury and Bir :...ierkenhead, Lancashire, and Che shire Hereford, th e w ...° l :ueY and Chester, the Shrewsbury s sh b i cr e o Rijilanilewtiaoyns'.!tiTdC HRereford, Ross, and Gloucester- The called for the reading of the 'The CHAIRMAN, boor R. H. Clive, M.P., presided. B al , b e gged to allude to had taken place at the 11 4 72 important meeting which should day, and which he hoped i g €?f, Trade on the preceding yes, as well as state of feel i ng anmag '*j h h e e harbinger of a better of the Valley line better arrangements with the :l 2l:o3l laden and North- Western Company. At th e present month, meetin Minded it was arranged that th e _ g to whieh he r s i a m o t uld thi ll oust"..elf were to o_tipevneehdootinrs,thneo2tiOctoh Wolver- B card of Trade fork its approval ; and b? given to the Ec an had to add tat Mr. Glyn and hi t(the chair ? aygured h ive th e appointment of the station. h atu - riton. Lie (the chairman) hoped th at th i!t assemble 1)!3 l' , better and satisfactory state of thing s , •ffletl. for the future. The chairman neat and ; !Poke ' , chy . they had again been called upon to Shrowsbury that day. The directors had i nte „, at iv.clude the present Bill in the notice by wh r e lea_to in eeting of Thursday last was convened" ; h a ," it i the: wi !re told by their Parliamentary agents that such a course was unnecessary, but it was subseclu entlY di: ;covered that the a pp oval of the sh areholde rs ender Lc ird Wharncliff e ' s or d er was essential, and that Wu thl a reason they were called together that day. T he cht airman observed that the title and preamble of the Bill,' gave all necessary i n f orma tion as to its object?, one he was consequ en tly no t required IQ enter into further explanation. After alluding to an unfair and one-sided report of the proceedings of the meet ing on Thursday list, inserted in a provincial jour . nal, he concluded by moving that the shareholders do approve of the bill authorising traffic arrangements between the Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birming ham, Shrewsbury and Chester, Shrewsbury and Here ford, and Hereford, ROSS, and Gloucestershire (with the exception of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Juaction) Railwaya, and also to a u th or i se th e di rec t ors to submit t o such - alterations as they might deem expe dient during the progress of the Bill through Parliament. Mr. Hiu, seconded the metion. Not the slighest observation was offered in opposition to the motion, and the CHAIRMAN declared the motion carried by a show of hands. Hereupon Mr. J. WEBSTER demanded a poll, and Mr. Roy and Mr. W. J. Beale being appointed scrutineers, the meeting was adjourned until four o'clock. When the proceedings of the meeting were resumed, the scrutineers declared the numbers who had voted to be— FOR THE RESOLUTION. Persons present, 170 votes 1,481 Proxies, 897 votes 9,435 AGAINST IT. 10,916 Persons present, 38 votes 754 Proxies, 600 ... ...votes 6,544 7,298 Mr. ROY stated that there were about 200 more votes than 3-sths. The number of votes not being 4-sths, the standing orders of the House of Lords were not com plied with, and if the House insists upon a strict com pliance, the „Lill may be considered as lost for the present session. Thanks being voted to the chairman, the meeting separated. COLLISION AND LOSS OF LIFE. An alarming accident, attended with the loss of two lives, occurred on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire line, on Tuesday afternoon, near to the Woodhouse junc tion, and within a short distance of the spot where a colli sion occurred last year between a Great Northern excur sion and a goods train. It appears that about two o'clock, a ballast train, laden with sleepers, left Grimsby for Sheffield, a passenger carriage, containing seven or eight men in the company's service, being attached to the last waggon. Nothing occurred until they arrived at the Kiveton-park station, when, in consequence of the piston-rod breaking, the engine became dis abled. Efforts were then immediately made to bring the trains to a stand, bat in conse qaence of the line at this point being on a steep incline this was not accomplished until some time had elapsed. The moment this was done, all the men except two left the passenger carriage, and a messenger was dispatched to signal an approaching luggage train, which was then due from Retford, and the steam whistle of which was then distinctly heard, bat which, in conse quence of a sharp curve in the line, was not then visible. Before he had proceeded more than twenty or thirty yards he came in sight of the train, the driver of which, as soon as be became aware of the danger, instantly re versed the engine, abut off the steam and applied the break, after which he, together with the stoker and the guard, leaped off the train and escaped without any se rious injury. On the collision the engine of the goods train was thrown off the rails and sustained considera ble damage. The passenger carriage and several of the ballast waggons were smashed to pieces, and the two men who were sitting in one of the compartments of the carriage, unaware of the danger, were killed on the spot. Their names are William Waller and John Walker, married men, residing at Brigg. Their remains were conveyed to Woodhouse, where the affair will undergo an investigation before Mr. Thomas Badger, coroner. The line was speedily cleared, and no inter ruption was occasioned to the ordinary trains. RIOT IN BELFAST. The Belfast Mercury of Tuesday has the following:— " One of the extraordinary and unforeseen occurrences which from time to time arise out of the most trivial causes took place on Monday evening in Belfast, in the shape of disturbances, amounting to riots, which con tinued at intervals for some hours. In the morning a very large body of teetotallers met in procession in town, according to annual custom, and proceeded by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway to Randalstowu, where a public meeting was held. On former occasions a very large muster was made to witness the return of the party in the evening; and last year when the teetotallers spent the day in Armagh, the crowds were so dense at the terminus of the Ulster Railway th at t h e returning party we re ena bl e d on ly with the utmost diffic u lty t o emerge from th e station. It is well known that, from whatever cause, these processions are not looked upon with favour by a class in the town ; and on the last occa sion, very serious apprebenspns were entertained that on the return of the procession a breach of the peace would have ensued. Fortunately, however, though there was a good deal of mischiev ous b ust li ng, every thing passed o ff quietly. Monday evening, the proces sion was expected about six o'clock, and for two hours previously large numbers were assembled about the terminus, York-street; the great bulk of them being evi dently idlers and sightseers, and not met for any pre meditated purpose. The procession not appearing, the want of something to beguile the time induced a few boys to commence throwing tufts of grass at each. other, which they procured at a field hard by. This went on harmlessly enough for some time, until their blood becoming warmer, or from the supplies of grass becoming scarce, they bandied stones among each other. The stone-throwing fever communicated itself to others, tied before one hour had passed over the state of things became resolved into this—the crowd hadswelled up York-street, as far as Earl -street, and those who chanced to be on either aide of the street stood methodically ranged against each other. Stones were flung to and fro, and many blows were given. A. party of the local police now came to the spot, and their presence had, for a time, some effect in restoring order. However, the paucity of their numbers in comparison with the dense bodies of people who lined the streets only emboldened the mischief-makers. Several ruses wore played on the police; a knot of fellows here affecting a tumult, and on the approach of the police, becoming quiet or moving away; while, at the same moment, in a distant part of the crowd, a shout would be raised, and they would sally thither, only to find themselves again bafflad. The county police under Mr. Hill, SI., also' came on the ground, and exerted themselves With much energy; but the mob was paramount, and, regardless of the presence of the authorities, they be came momentarily more excited dinr They exhibited their unmanly ruffianism a mo y st brutal manner to persons who happened to pass through the streets on cars. These were pelted from both sides, and some gentlemen were in cons id era bl e d anger o f re ceiving mortal injuries. Some were much hurt. Matters growing worse, and some of the police being much maltreated, a party of the military under Lieut. Colonel Garrett, appeared in York-street, and defiled on either side of the street. Mr. Tracy, our resident magistrate, and Mr. Stevenson, J.P., both of whom re ceived several blows of stones, Mr. Tracy in particular having been much hurt, appeared at the head of the force, and the Riot Act was read. The crowd on this began to separate; but still stones were thrown, especially at the police, who now became the objects of attack when it was pos s ibl e to annoy them. Several of the rioters were arrested. --- RACING FIXTU RES FOR 1852. Bihar)? Stockbridge Winchester Knighton 25 Carlisle Ludlow Chelmsford 3O LY. L eith Lamberton Hampton ... Newton *** 17 'renbury .. Macclesfield 2l Newcastle Jo. 611 Salisbury Newmarket Worcester Woodford and Loughton Lancaster Jersey Ilsrey l4 Liverpool Tpswich AUG 2 3 Ripon North Staffordshire Brighton Edgware Brighton Club. ...... Wolverhampton 9 Great Yarmouth lO Reading Coventry l2 SEPTE. Warwick 7 Whitehaven . Rochester and Chatham 8 Doncaster ... Eglinton Club •, Bedford Stamford 2O Knatsford Nottingham Abingdon Guildford Goodwood • 27 Downham Market 2B Weniock Lynn Lichfield l6 York Radcliffe ................ Egham Derby I *.3tourbridge ..... . Lincoln :3113ER. Leicester 22 Manchester Autumn Newmarket F. O 2B Chesterfield Western Meeting LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, UST. BE rt. • Chester Royal Caledonian Hunt and Edinburgh Club 6 Yorkshire Union Hunt 6 1 Wrexham NOVEMBER. Worcester Autumn IRISH RACES TO COME. JUNE. Newmarket S. 0. Holywell Hunt Richmond Newmarket Houghton 25 ----- Curragh 22 f Monkstown Heath JULY. •• 5 Bellewstown AUGUST. Down Royal Corp 3 Tuam Phoenix Park lO Ballinrobe. Roscommon SEPTEMBER. Carragh 7 I Johnstown 2l Limerick OCT , Cnrragh l2 Down Royal Corp 2O 'OBER. Carlow COASTERS AND COLLIERS.—It appears, from a re. , turn to Parliament just issued, that last year there were 19,748 sailing-vessels, of 2,778,525 tons, and 662 steamers, of 206,666 tons, that entered the port of London as coasters and colliers. A PARAGRAPH ONLY TO BE READ BY THE LA- InEs.—Every man has his price, so said Walpole; but he never said as much of woman. The fact is, Walpole Judged the ladies only too correctly, for he knew as well as we do that many of those dear create are beyond all price. --2 Notch. des i c n ri t p o t u io c n hng , i it is essential Aentiamletroicaadnda Railroad general Bonds of caution. Like any those now referred to, there are many descriptions which are perfectly legitimate objects of investment, the extent o f an y speculation that may be involved in them being f a i r ly stated at the outset. At the same time it is unques tionable that activ e attempts have been carried on for i m onths tointroduce upon the London and provincial mar kets a a large Ma ss of these securities, which are likely to prove in great d egree worthless, and which would find no countenance in New York, except among the most notorious specul ators. By these parties they are taken at rates of disc ount which show that, like doubtful bills, they are calcul a t e d at an average—some may b e pa i d and some dish onoured, some may be got rid of in England, som e may ba sold at home daring a tem promised in th e ultimate litigation that awaits them. i d others may be advantageou s ly coin gamblers that a b ound in every commercial city they have powerful attractions. That they should find pur chasers, however, among foreigners seeking a quiet in vestment is almost incredible. The only explanation lies in the influences that are employed to effect the object. Ironnmstere, for instance, are tempted to receive them in payment for orders, on which they realize enormous profits, and once introdused, it follows that every plan is put in motion, by means of large per centages to brokers and others, to insure their diffusion amongst the public, who at last, by the force of recoM• mendations, which increase in confidence in proportion as the nature of the original negotiation is lost sight of, become the purchasers at par of things which probably fetched at starting no more than 50 or 60 per cent. of the amount they purport to represent. The system of towns and counties pledging their credit for the payment of these bonds is merely a revival of the method which in 1837 was pursued by the various States, and it will in evitably have a similar termination. Those who may suffer, however, must blame themselves alone. If they would consult any leading American houses, they would hear the opinion entertained of these documents among the respectable portion of the commercial community in the United States, and if they have neither opportunity nor inclination to make such inquiry, they are not to charge the result upon the merchants of that country, any more than the people of New York could reproach us if they were to accept consignments of gold mining shares in payment for cotton from the least reputable of our London adventurers, If capitalists wish to participate in Ame rican enterprise, the only i rational method is to be come joint shareholders ▪ n undertakings that have is definite value in the American markets. If any loss arise, they can then at all events feel satisfied that it has n o t ben all on one side. But to take bonds of which they practically know nothi▪ ng from compani es of which the shareholders, instead of being in the same boat, may deem it profitable t a „„ ~ a- --, time to treat them as ad versaries, is a proceouing so Calculated to invite disaster, and to injure instead of promoting a healthy co-opera tion between the two nations, that it will be impossible when the time shall arrive to feel regret in witnessing its penalty.— Times. RAILWAY S HARE MARKETS. L IVER w P OOL, JUNE 10. 6 a 7 stern s T o cx ETCHAN O E. - 6 have no improvement to notice to-day. The transactions have been very limited, and prices varied little from those which have been quoted for the last few days. The transactions reported were—Birkenhead, E a a n st d er Yo C rk o s u h u ir t e, ies, 7211 Ditto,9-34a; North-Western, 122 1 A — North Midland, 23%, 11 E l as id t land, and Dover, 20 5 / B —York and L MANCHESTER, JUNE 10. Lancashire, Lancashire,7 iA a _ 6 d sdsu.t—Sou Cheshire, oa sLn a ndt eolren4o ashire Fifths, STOCK EXCHANGE.--The share market opened better this morning, but afterwards declined, and closed heavily. The only transactions reported we re —Eastern Counties, 9 3-16 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 79, - /2 - --London and North-Western, Midland, South-Ea Birmingham (C)Quarters,l 15-16 p. and Dover, 20%, 81RM1N .,, (1 , 11 A51, JUNE 10. STOCX EXCHANGE.- .The share market has been flat —Manchester and Bi reportedLahny business doing. The o n ly s a l e s 3 u d lrY aad Birmingham Si. 16s. 3d.— S hrops hi r e Union, o - d a a were tag r e le , , . E T preen.. l: he quotation of gold at Paris Mint (according to the new tariff ), which, price of 3/. 17s. lop. per ounce for standard gold,. gives an c h a _ 13. 0 i, it follows change of 25.29 i ; and the ex short being 25.42 i, it follows ex that gold is about .51 - • Per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advises f t , e i a sht aboutaM n the g ° e N a E : t n i3Y .p g el l a r i I r s n l i A h s iR : 11 : 8 1 43 radon a t --- wh in i.., l , lamburgh the price of gold 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange •of 13.74 ; an d the each standard Which, at the English Mint price of per mark, 6 at llamburgh on London at is o a r b t o u b e t i 4 n 3 g o k .4aniburgh. The course of ex change at New York on I sight is a t h -.oll don for bills at 60 days' ri that gold is about 0.80 per cent. d u e 0 a r i e rp. Amer n r c L e o n n t d . , o i a t n t_h a . u a e j paa r and America being 109 2n - er ©t ,it follows that the exchange is nominally 0 .9 , .in 4 Pereent. in . favour of England. Anti, after making -"clvance for charges of transport, the present rate leaves a s mall 1 of exchange between England A COLLIER BRIG DESTROYED BY FlFE• — °° Monday n i g ht, at eleven o'clock. information was received profit on the importation of gold a fr t om th t e he it il iv n e i t te p d o S h t c a:7 2ol3, was in flames at Jarrow, about two miles up the Tyne. The police immediately tinmoored the, river engine, and had it towed up to the s een ., of d' The vessel was lying off the Patent Slip, and was i i s a aste e r. sheet of flame. Shortly North Shields, that a vessel after the engine arrived the masts on fell by the vessel's side, and, notwithstanding - "el, it not until four o'clock in the upon the burine e , morning that the fi was • The vessel was a r ° Was extinguished. total wreck. sh e wa.. the c had originated in th e of Durham, belonging to Messrs. Storer, of 3 tedfor o t un e Bedford -street, e t t ess North Shields. The fire an immense column of water was poured cabin, it is ;Upposed by the carelessness of the cabin boy. THE FATAL .. the inquest Was r esumed before W. Brumer, Esq„ the city coroner, at the co mmittee-room, Town-hall. Mr. William pipe having been blown off, Bull, a civil engineer and architect, who bad been employed ACCIDENT AT OXFORD.—Yesterday to superintend the erection of the baths and washhouses by the committee f °- the institution, of which the Vice-Chan cellar was chairman, Was examined for upwards of four hours. The accident in his opinion was caused by the end of the coil evaporation of steam into the hot water tank and caused it to burst. He which admitted a sudden Was quite satisfied that there must have been a very great pressure at the time the accident happened, and much higher than it h a d ever been teste d at. T he i nquest it expect,ed, will l ast several days. At present two deaths hai:e occurred fr om this a cc id en t , v i z. , J o h n W or d swort h, th e en gineer, a young man named Burchell, son of a re spec table tradesman of Oxford. The following have been se riouslyinjured, and are now lying in the infirmary, where th e y ar the enge progressing f avourably, viz , Sarah Wordsworth, w ife of ineer ; Ann Harwood and Catherine Faulk ner, two girls a b out ten years of age; and William Hosier, com pound fracture of the thigh. DESTRUCTION an d eight chickens three weeks old, which, when ready for the market, he intended to ~ell, and with the money to buy ship pen, carefully fastening a ne w jacket. While he went to fetch the cows from . the field, Billy secured his hen and her young brood in the ship - BY RATS _Billy Sutton bad, a hen, the door after him. But 'Wh o can, of the poor boy's grief on his return. to fi at i straction lien alone, in . n oisy, chicken alarm, at the cruel chick being Ar a destruction of her whole brood, not a single every one, left to run by her side. The cruel rats had taken are those and that too in half an hour. Unwearied watchers__ wolves. Norway rascals, and cruel and voracious as tigers opportunity or portunit They will kill and carry away their victims, contain i t P no more. y j ( ilel t r e , e y ld e serve , till their b lood-stiined hole wii- in Two rats, a few weeks • • d off . 3 since came ,in one night, seven rabbits five weeks old. aho y were dug out and killed the y after.—Preston Chronicle. . AMERICAN RAILROAD BONDS. An amount equal to 1,000,0001. sterling of the bonds cf an American, company, called the Illinois Central Railroad, has just been introduced upon the Stock Ex change, and the greater part of it is understood to have been already subscribed. The railway has been commenced, and its length is to be seven hundred miles, extending through the entire State of Illi nois, and connecting all the great branches of travel from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Its coat is estimated at 17,000,000 dollars, or about 4,500/. per mile, and this is to be raised by an issue of Six per Cent. Bonds, of which 12,000,000 dollars are to be taken in the United States, and 5,000,000 dollars here, such bonds being secured by the line itself, and by granted by Congress to the to the co m p an y. Th e y are par in 1875, b ut may be redeemed at any earlier period at 20 per cent . prem i um. Con currently with the issue of the bonds a nominal share capital also of 17,000,000 dollars will be created by the company, and, as the promoters rely that before 1875 the sales of the lands and the profits of the line them will have discharged the whol e o f t h e b onded debt, the road would then becom e t h e i r property, w i thout anything. As an inducement, of the bonds, the opti on i s however,its to given them of participating i n t hi s prospective re version. They may accordin g ly, if t h ey choose, b ecome shareholders to the extent o f one- h a lf t h e amount of their bonds, in which ease, supp os i ng t h e outlay for the line shculd not exceed the cont emp l ate d 17,000,000 dolls., cost te taekmers every holder of a 1001. bond, after he has been paid off in 1875, will still possess 501. stock i n Lbe line for which no payment will ever have been required. Of course the entire value of the scheme thus submitted must depend upon the correctness of the estimates regarding the ulti mate value of the lands granted by Congress, the cost of the road and its prospects of traffic, and, lastly, the con stitutional validity of the arrangements under which the whole plan has been formed, and in which the Federal Government, the State Government, and the company have all been parties. 'With regard to the first two points, enough jos known of the general results of similar works to enable persons conversant with what has taken place during • the last fifteen years in America to arrive at a distinct although not a positive opinion; but the chief reliance mast still be placed upon the standing-of those by whom the proposals are introduced. In this respect, both as regards the directors in th e United States anti the trustees and agents in Eng land, there is enough in the commercial position of the parties to excite full confidence that the undertaking is believed to be intrinsically sound; as respects any questions of constitutionality, it is to be mentioned that t h e company is a New York one, and that, owing to its lands having been granted by Congress, the tribunal to whose jurisdiction it would be amenable is the Supreme Court of the United States, and not the Legislative Assembly of Illinois. If the reverse were the fact, it would be necessary to protest against the intro duction of any of the securities of the company on this s id e . Although Illinois has never repudiated her public obligations, she is still a defaulter to a heavy extent, and at one time she passed an arbitrary law imposing confiscation in case her creditors should fail to register their bonds within a certain defined period. Happily since that date a different tone has been manifested, and a full discharge of every liability is ultimately to be looked, for; but although the construction of the present railway, by the immense impulse it will give to the pros perity of the State, will accelerate that conclusion, it will take many years of punctuality to warrant, as far ' as her Government is concerned, any revival of former I confidence. _ SUN, JUN■ 11, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, June 10. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. The Earl of SHAFTESI3URY presented petitions, from Bolton against the Militia Bill ; from several me tropolitan parishes against betting-houses, and a number of petitions, from different places in the United King dom, against the Maynooth grant. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from certain lords of manors, in Somersetshire, in favour of the en franchisement of copyholds. Lord MONTEAGLE presented two petitions, from Limerick against the Ecclesiastical Titles Act. The Earl of ABERDEEN presented a petition from Paisley to the same effect; also a petition from Jamaica, praying for relief to the distressed interests of the island. The Apprehension of Deserters from Foreign Ships Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Lord COLCHESTER the Differen tial Dues Bill passed through Committee. On the motion of the Earl of SEIAFTESBURY the General Board of Health Bill was read a seeond time. On the motion of Lard COLCHESTER the Public Works Bill passed through Committee. LAW OF EVIDENCE (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion for the thirdreading of this Bill, Lord BROUGHAM said it was quite impossible, supposing that this Bill passed, that the law of evidence in Scotland should remain for long in the con dition in which it would be placed by the Bill. He hoped that the whole law of evidence as it now stood in Eng land would very soon be extended to Scotland. After a few words from the Earl of MINTO and Lord CAMPBELL, the Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of the Earl of HARROWBY, the In dustrial and Provident Societies Bill passed through Committee. LOCAL TAXATION. Earl FITZ WILLIAM rose, pursuant to notice, to present a petition from the Wellingborough Union (Northamptonshire), on the subject of local taxation. The question was one of considerable importance at the present moment, and, taken in connexion with a re markable document which had been recently published by a member of her Majesty's Government, was of especial interest. The. document to which he alluded was one of very great importance; bat emanating, as it did, from the Minister who was specially charged with the administration of the finances of the country, the interest and value attaching to it could not be too highly appreciated. The document to which he referred had appeared in the usual channel of information; it had attached to it the name of the Chancellor of the Exche quer, and it stated that " in preparing the financial state ment for the year, it was officially represented to me that I must contemplate, in estimating the produce of the income-tax, a diminution of rent not much less in amount than 5,000,0001. sterling." But then he went on to state, and this was a remarkable passage to which he (Earl Fitz reilliam) was desirous of drawing their Lord ships' attention, that " practically speaking, in this coun try rent has become a return for the capital invested in the improvement of land; that laws to secure a return for such investment are not for a moment to be tolerated " a most important admission—a most remarkable expression from so high a quarter—" not for a moment to be tolerated"—their Lordships would observe that it was not a question of present policy, but whether such laws ought to be "tolerated;" that "laws to secure a return for such investment are not for a mo ment to be tolerated, but laws which, by imposing un equal taxes, discourage that investment, are, irrespective of their injustice, highly impolitic; for nothing contri butes more to the enduring prosperity of a country than the natural deposit of its surplus capital in the improve ment of its soil. Justice to the land, in all systems of finance, is equally the interest of the proprietor and the farmer, but it is also equally the interest of the commu nity." There could be no doubt that justice to every class of society was the interest of the community.— (Hear, hear.) But, passing on, he came to the •follow inte paragraph, which was one of very remarkable im port, and which he desired particularly to impress on their Lordships' minds:—" Every principle of abstract justice, and every consideration of high policy, counsel that the producer should be treated as fairly as the co re sumer, and intimate that when the native producer is thrown into unrestricted competition with external rivals it is the duty of the Legislature;in every way to diminish, certainly not to increase, the coat of production. It is the intention cf her Majesty's Ministers"—let their Lordships observe that—" it is the intention of her Majesty's Ministers to recommend to Parliament, as soon us it is in their power, measures which may effect this end." He (Earl Fitz williem) trusted that it was the intention of her Majesty's Ministers also to carefully consider the means by which they proposed to accom plish that end.—(Cheers.) They were then told what were the means for accomplishing it. "One of the soundest means, among others, by which this result may be accomplished, is a revision of our taxation." Now here they had the general proposition laid down that they were to have a total revision of taxation, and it might be wise and desirable to do that, and 'the results of such a revision might perhaps be perfect justice to all. But he would take leave to say that any great and extensive changes by which burdens which had hitherto been imposed upon ono class of the ccmmunity were transferred to another class of the community ought not to be lightly undertaken, or undertaken without a full and careful consideration of all the consequences that might ensue from alopting such a step. The document then went on to say—" The times are favourable to such an undertaking; juster notions of taxation are more prevalent than heretofore; powerful agencies are stirring, which have introduced new phenomena into finance, and altered the complexion of the fiscal world, and the possibility of greatly relieving the burdens of the community, both by adjustment and reduction, seems to loom in the future." Undoubtedly, if any means could be adopted by which a reduction of taxation could be effected it would be exceedingly de sirable. But he (the Earl Fitz william) was not one of those who were very sanguine with regard to the *pos sible results of any such measure, and he would now warn his friends at Wellingborough, who had done him th e honour of intrusti ng hi m w ith their petition, not to b e too sanguine in their expectation of any benefit they might desire from a general revision of taxation.—(Heat) The Noble Earl then laid the petition on the table. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the second re port from the Select Committee on the Parliament Offi ce and office of Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, was considered and agreed to. WEST INDIAN DISTRESS. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature, the Vice- Chancellor, the Master in Ordinary to the Court of Chancery, the Chairman of Quarter Sessions, and other leaders of the legal profession in the island of Jamaica, representing the distress under which that island, in common with the other West India islands, was now labouring under. The petitioners spoke of th e d i rni. nished value of property, and the consequent impove rished state of the proprietors. They state that although the actual amount of crime had not increased, yet that offences against the person, comprising fights and as saults, were greatly on the increase, as exhibited i n t h e returns of the criminal courts. _ .The petition ers b e . lieved that the state of things which they were suffer ing from was attributable to the Act of 1846, reducing the differential duties on sugar, and expressed a hope that their Lordships would adopt such steps as would al leviate their sufferings. He felt it to he his duty to read the statement of the petitioners, and while he differed from them in the economical view of the question, he must agree with them that the effect_ of the Act of 1846 was to increase the slav e trade in the Spanish colonies and the Brazils. • Earl GREY could not agree with the Noble and Learned Lord that the Act of 1846 had the effect which the petitioners attributed to it. On the contrary, he be lieved that it very materially, in conjunction with the squadron on the African coast, diminished it. The papers which had been laid on the table showed that s l ave ry during the last five years, as compared with the fi ve preceding years, had very much diminished ; and at that moment the parties in Cuba were so satisfied with what they saw resulting from free labour, that they were taking measures for , the introduction of 8,000 Chinese labourers. The Bishop of OXFORD laboured under the inability to maintain silence when he •heard the sentiments just uttered by the Noble Earl. and those also given ex pression to by the Noble and Learned Lord (Brougham). He could not allow the statement of the Noble Earl to pass without protesting against it, believing, as ho did, that the statement contained in the petition presented by the Noble and Learned Lord, attributing their distress to the Act of 1846, was correct. He believed that the necessary aspect of that Act w:ss to give a great stimulus to the increase of slcvery, the demoralization of the people, and the promotion of the produce of slave grown sugar in the Brazils. Slaves continmA to be largely imported from Africa, showing clearly oue of the bad effects of the Act of 1846. The Noble Earl had told them, however, that the introduction of Chinese about- into Cuba was attributable to the Act of 1846, but he must protest against the arguments of the Noble Earl, and against the cause of justice being defeated on this great and most important question. Lord BROUGHAM presented another petition to the same effect, from the President and Associates of the College of Surgeons in Jamaica. Lord BROUGHAM, in presenting a petition from the Board of Council, and Council of the Assembly of Antigua, complaining of distress, said the inhabitants of that island were deserving of the respectful attention of their Lordships, seeing that they had the distinguished honour of emancipating their slaves, without waiting for the operation of the "apprenticeship" clause. The pe titioners prayed that the House would take into their serious consideration what steps could be adopted for the alleviation of the sufferings of the people of the island, and would to Heaven that he could se e any c h an ce of the Legislature of this country beingacbalreretdo a fford them effectual relief, for he entirely eu that they were most deserving of it. The Bishop of OXFORD presented a frompetition on the sa me subject, and with a similar prayer, colo nists of British Guiana, in which the pet the tioners de clared that the single Act of 1846 had not only ruined them, but encouraged the slave trade. The Earl of HARR P ° WBY petition fr om the colonists of the Mauritius,srtieen showing g l t a hat the impor tation of coolies had been accomplished to a cons id era b le extent, and at a vary considerable expense, arid praying for the further introduction of free labour into the colony. The Noble Earl also presented a memorial from the island of St. K of the evil s ar i s i ng to itt's' West Indies, complaining the morals of the population from recent legislation, and praying the Ho use to a d opt some remedy to effect an improved state of the law The E ar l o f D ERBY begged to presenatll d m a . on the s ame su bj ect from the clergy memorial tions in th e i s l an d o f J ama i ca . The petitioners of e b n o ° re ites timony not only to the distress from which the island Wag fitiffering, but .to the negro population lapsing 1852 into a state of consequent immorality. The petition was signed by 69 clergymen of the Church of England, and 83 clergymen of other d. nemina.ions, including, Westeyans, Baptists, independents, and Roman Catho• lies, all concurring that the negro population were re , pidly lapsing i n t o t h e i r f ormer state of i gooranee an d I vice, and that the evil was attributable to the Act of 1846. The petitioners hoped that their Lordships would apply some remedy to relieve them from the injurious operations of the Differential Duties Act. The effect of that Act, the petitioners submitted, exposed them to a most unequal competition. There was no question but sugar could be produced more easily and less ex pensively by slave than free labour, and it certainly seemed advisable that their Lordships should take the case of the petitioners into consideration, with a view of adopting some course that would place the West Indies in a better position than they were at present. He confessed he entertained the most serious apprehen sions, in consequence of the distress from which the co lonists were suffering, and the consequent demoraliza tion of the negro population. Earl GREY—The Noble Earl had said that the de moralization of the negro population was to be attri buted to the Act of 1846. Their Lordships would allow hire to make a few observations in reply to the Noble Earl. There had been papers laid on the table of tht ir Lordships' House in abundance, which showed that the Act of 1846 had not been the cause of the result attri buted to it. He had the testimony of officers in the highest position in the West Indies to that effect, and that all the evils now stated were in full operation before the measure came into operation, the falling back of the negroes from a state of civilization included. The country was .so favourable in its production, that the negroes finding that they coul3, on the produce of two days, live the rest of the week without working, became idle; and as a remedy to obviate that evil, it was con • Mend that to lower the price of sugar would have the effect of lowering wages, and cause the negro to labour more for his subsistence. The anticipations thus formed had been realised, and it was now found that in every one of the colonies the negroes laboured more, and that the produce of 1851 exceeded that of 1850 in every one of the colonies. Now that was the way in which the an ticipations of the Act of 1846 had been realised. He asserted on a former occasion what he advanced now— that the evils complained of had not been increased by the Act of 1846, The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND was understood to say that since he had come into office the Admiral in command on the West India station had reported to him that all the evils complained of were attributable to tho Act of 1846. The Bishop of OXFORD was sensible of the diffi culty of discussing a measure like this incidentally. The Noble Earl's argument was, that the real distress in the West India colonies was not attributable to the Act of 1846; and the Noble Earl then went on to say that the negroes, in the first instance, were overpaid, and did not care to labour more than two days in the week, and that therefore a reduction was thought desirable, as a means to cause them to labour more. Now, that was the argument of the Noble Earl; but in his (the Bishop of Oxford's) opinion, the Noble Earl's argument was no answer to the evils complained of. They gave their de liberate opinion that as they saw things under their own eyes, :the Act of 1846, instead of producing the desired effect, had led almost to the lapse of this whole people iato barbarism. There was a universal belief that it was impossible to compete with free labour. There was also an impression amongst capitalists throughout Europe that they could not offer any satis factory security for the investment of capital. There fore they could obtain no advances for the improvement of their manufacture, or their estates and machinery. Capitalists did not hesitate to make large investments in Cuba and Brazilian estates, which benefited in conse quence, while Jamaica was euffering from the want of them. He felt the difficulty of dealing with this subject. It seemed to him that what they were doing with one hand, they were undoing with the other. While they were preventing the slave trade in Africa, and the intro duction of slaves into our colonies on the one hand, they were on the other stimulating the production of slave grown sugar in the Brazils and Cuba. Earl GREY denied that there was any want of em ployment in Jamaica from a decrease in the manufacture of sugar. The quantity of sugar produced in the colony bad increased, and wa s i ncreas i ng. But wages, he ad mitted, had fallen some 15 or 20 per cent. His argu ment was, that their security was so bad that they could not got capital for improvements. However, notwith standing the indisposition of the planters to adept them selves to the existing state of things, and the dependence upon the supposition of a return to protection, there had ceen more improvements in the colony during the last five or six years than during the preceding twenty or thirty yearn. The Earl of HARROWBY read a paper, showing the increase in the production of sugar in the Brazils and in Cuba. During the last ten years it had increased in the Brazils from 82,000 tons to 235,000 tons, and in Cuba, from 63,000 to 111,000 tons. Upon the average of years it appeared that, with some few exceptions, there had been a gradual decrease in the produetion of sugar in Jamaica. They had also exported machinery to the Havannah and Cuba, which would not have been done if they could have obtained a profitable return from their estates. Lord STANLEY (of AleTerley), who was nearly in audible, was understood to say, that since emancipation the cultivation of sugar had increased in Europe, and that had tended to decrease the price of sugar in the market. He thought more was made of the effect of the Act of 1846 than was justly deducible from its opera'ion. The conversation then dropped, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 10. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) NAVAL RESERVE. Sir F. BARING said he wished to know what was to be done witn the sum which had been voted in the estimates for the naval reserve. He understood that the Admiralty had considered their plan, and had relin quished ell idea of carrying it out. Did they intend to apply ti 40,0001. which had been voted for this par pose to keeping up a force larger than that for which they had taken a vote? If he were rightly informed he believed that they would find, if tha Admiralty went on in the system they were now pursuing, that the esti mates which they had taken would not cover their ex penses. There were rumours afloat that there was no sur plus at all, and he should be glad to know if there was any foundation for it.—(Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER agreed with the opinion that had been expressed respecting the Accountant-General. There was no foundation in the report that the rate of expenditure exceeded the Pali mate.—(Hear.) He would not enter into any discussion respecting the navy reserves, but the House might rest satisfied that the Admiralty expenditure would not ex ceed the amount justified by the estimate which had been voted by the Bosses—([fear, hear.) A great de mand had been made upon the Admiralty in consequence of the gold discoveries, but no increase would be made in the number of men, should such an increase ulti mately become necessary, until the matters requiring it had been fully explained to Parliament.—(Hear.) Sir F. BARING wished to know if the rate et expen diture had exceeded that of last year? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought he had already stated that it had not.—(llear, hear.) Mr. W. WILLIAMS was glad to hear that. Ho was quite ready to vote money to make the navy efficient, provided the money was properly applied. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The SPEAKER then left the Chair, and the House went into Committee on the question that 4,4691. be voted for the miscellaneous allowances on the civil list. Mr. ANSTEY objected to several items comprised in the estimate, and moved that the vote be reduced to 2,669/. The items which ho principally objected to were 700/. for poor French refugee clergy, 3001. for poor French refugee laity,ll7s/. for charitable and other allow ances -formerly paid from the civil list, and 400/. for the College of St. David's, Lampeter, in aid of the expendi ture of the college. His objection to the grant of 400/. to St. David's College was founded on his con viction that the students at that college received no efficient instruction in the Welsh language. It was also a sectarian establishment, and for that reason ought not to be supported by the public money. He considered that, under the present circumstances of the college, the coming forward to ask for this grant must be con sidered fraudulent. Mr. HAMILTON would offer a few explanations on the subjects to which the Hon. Member had referred, though, if ho had consulted the report of the Select Committee on that subject, he would have obtained the information he seemed to require. With regard to the vote for the French refugees, it might be referred back as far as the time of the revocation of the edict of Nantes, and in his opinion to evoke that grant now would be an act of great hardship and injustice. In respect of the grant of 89/. 9s. to the Bishop of Sodor and Man, it was also a very ancient one, having been made so for back as the year 1766. The subject of the vote to St. David's College had been already so fully discussed that it was unnecessary for him to enter into the question, but he must say, that he did not consider that the Hon. Member had shown sufficient reason for discontinuing this grant. Mr. BOOKER considered the charges made by the Hon. Member for Youghal entirely untenable. This opinion was formed upon personal knowledge of the subject. With regard to the allegations of the Hon. Member, that the returns of the college had been frau dulent, he would read a letter from the vice-principal of the college: (The Hon. Member then read a letter, with the view of showing that there had never been even a momentary concealment.) Interested as he was in the s u bjec t , h e s hould not lave considered himself to be doing his duty if he had silently listened to the allegations so recklessly made. Sir BENJAMIN HALL considered that the allege lions of the H onoura bl e M em b er for Youghal were managers in the main correct. He would defy had been gross mismanagement of the college to produce the returns aeke th d e fe proving that there d that the considered in the affairs of the college. r without letter read by his lion. Friend notion that fraudulent returns had the exercises in the on ono occasion been show f n th t e th o a f t s t t. he u y av w id e ,e r . o arßdaethheecreoecamrraideed. olutt had sent students, candidates for Welsh language of some b or a d ck in a a s tio s n p , cc h im ad en b s ee to n perfect knowledge of the W practicel parpoees a necessary. The Roma% Catholics had established a Jesuit college, froth the ee illiterateo principal unless he be so conversan't withte which they go forth to Permit a single ma n t o ' fn e N h o h r North language tV w al i e il s e la w le a preach as to be a useful instructor of the pevie janguagtEehem:rheNpeemeoauyldbenoP'thredo.neile the lion. Baronet's among w hom place with his actions in other parts of itl:::igZlitriyn.thiHs e was convinced that any imformation upon the expenditure of the college could easily be obtained. Mr. BOOKER c'nnsidered that the Welsh - education in the coil; ;: ; e W perft.ctly efficient. After a iew words from Mr. LOVEDEN and Mr. AN STET, Mr. J. WILLIAMS said—As a native of the country, he could not record a silent vote. Ile felt deeply for the education in that college, and in a fechag of interest in that colh ge he wculd yield to no Member of that House, but he considered that an account ought to be demanded of the expendhure of the funds of the college. Mr. HUME thought that if the Government were to turn their attention to the subject, they would find great abuses existing which it was their duty to remedy. The ammittee then divided, when there appeared-- For the amendment ... ▪ 26 Against it ... • 113 ' Majority... —B7 The vote was then agreed to. A vote of 1,6914 for the Foundling Hospital was then agreed to. _ A vote of 9.783/. for the House of Industry, Dublin, was agreed to after some discussion. The CHAIRMAN then rcportcd progress, and the House resumed. In ankwer to a question from Mr. KEOGH,. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCLIEqUER, said Le did not iotend to proceed with the Crime and Outrage Bill after taic;ve o'clock to-night. The House then adjourned until Six o'clock. The House resumed at Six o'cl(ck. MESSAG;L; FROM THE LORDS. A messenger from the Loris brought up the follow° ing Bills, to which their Lordships bad agreed:— Registraeiou of Births, Deaths, and Ale.rr.aoes. South aisex Estuary and Reclamation. Laacaster Water woeks, Cemetery, and Gas, without amendment. Londonderry Bridge (No. 2). &stern Counties Railway (Power to use the East Anglian Railways, &c.), with an amendment. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. London and North-Western Railway (No. 2). Londonderry Bridge (No. 1). Tyne Improvement, with amendments. THE REV. MR. BENNETT. Sir W. P. WOOD intimated that he had received 11 communication from the Bishop of London, stating in reply to certain remarks which he (Sir W. P. Wood) made in the recent debate on the institution of Mr. Bennett to the living of Frome, that the memorandum disapproving of the Rev. Gentleman's conduct was not contained in a private letter accomps" nying the certificate, but was added by him (the Bishop) to the bottom of the certificate itself. KAFIR WAR.—WITHDRAWAL OF EXTRA , VOTE. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, in consequence of the expense of the Kafir war having been much less than he anticipated, and in consequence of the Treasury minute that no ex penditure should take place for extraordinary military establishments until the resources for ordinary military expenditure were exhausted, he had thesatisfao lion to inform the House that he did not feel it necessary to call for the vote of 200,0001., which be thought it his duty to place before the House when be made his financial statement.—(Hear, hear.) MR. F. O'CONNOR. Mr. J. BELL said he thought proper . to inform the House that he had placed in the hands of the Sergeant at-Arms two certificates which confirmed the opi• nion he (Mr. J. Bell) had expressed yesterday, that the Honourable Member who was in his cu stody required medical advice. He thought it his dull to take this step, for he believed the Honourable Member was in an unsound state of mind, and that. it was only proper th e H ouse s h oul d b e in possession o f facts on medical authority, more particularly as the medical and legal professions were at issue as 1 0 the precise line of demarcation between sound' ness and unsoundness of mind. It therefore became an important question where the line was to In drawn. He made this statement not as q : friend 0. 1 the Hon. Memb e r—i n d ee d h e had been informed he had no friends—but because he considered it wa s de sirable the facts should be known, in order that justice might be done. No observation was made in reply to the Hon. Mem ber by the Govo*nroont. DUTY ON CARRIAGES. On the motion for going into Committee of Supply, Sir DE LACY EVANS moved that the House do resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, with a view to the modificatiation of the carriage duties. fie believed the effect of that would be to increase the re venue. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he question hsd been brought before the House that morning. He begged to say that he would take the matter into his consideration, with a view to what be believed to be the interests of all parties ; but during the present session it would be impossible to consider the question. Mr. AGLIONBY supported the vote, and the House then divided, when there appeared-- For the motion... ... ... 17 AVtill3t it ••• ••• ••• ••• 57 Majority against the motion —4O bUPPLY., '1 he house then went into a Committee of Supply. 6001. for the Fe mile Hospital, Dublin, and 600/. for the Female Orphan Hodge, Dahlia, were agreed to. 1,5001. for the Westmoreland Lock Hospital. 1,0501. for Stephen's Hospital, Dublin. 2,660/. for the Fever Hospital, Cork-street, Dublin. 3501. for the Hospital for Incurables. 33,5601. for Nun-contorming, Seceding, and Protes tant Ministers . Mr. ANSTEY said he now wished to call the atten tion of the Committee to the no, orious vote called the I?egiztm &num, upon the subject of which be complained Lieu no information had been given. He believed that the great bulk of the Dissenting ministers of Ireland did not themselves require this grant, and that the Presby terian congregation s had petitioned that House against its entinti 'neO• Ho believed the object of the Maanooth grant, e prthenteofitiiuonn of religion, Regius: d o n r u e m, io a n n , d other similar grants, was b curing the go t d op i n i on of the lower f we o r r the clas purposeses.Th of so - curing byteriens rejected th e grant w i th scorn; the existence of it was a source of di scord and susp i c i on a mong them. was believed th a t t h e most worthy objects were n ot selected, and th a t th e i r orthodoxy ( i n the S co to-Calvle tic sense) was not consu l ted. They represen t e d that the grant, theref o re, was ma d e use of to pervert me mbers of their body from the or i gina l pro f ess i on o f G enev a. Hew,' ever, ho considered th at a ll endowments or gran ts, casual is. I or permanent, for religious purposes, should cease. He therefore should move the rejection of the vote, and divide against it. Mr. G. A. HAMILTON said the Hon. Member could know little of the Presbyterian body if he supposed they could be bribed by such a vote.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ANSTEY—I never said so. Mr. G. A. HAMILTON said he had so understood the Hon. Member, and begged to deny it. The fact was, that at the time of James 1., when a body of Presby terians came from Scotland, it was stiputated that there should be a public grant for their ministers. This arrangement had repeatedly been recognised by Parlia ment, and he was persuaded it would not be disturbed. —(Hear, hear.) It was not true that there had been any application from the Presbyterians of Ireland to dis continue the grant; and Parliament would hardly with draw from them so long-continued an assistance. Captain JONES asserted that the Hon. Member for Youghat had made a most unfounded statement in re presenting that the Presbyterians required their loyalty to be secured by bribes.—(Hear, hear.) The efforts of their ministers were most assiduous to maintain order and peace.—(Hear, hear.) Let the Presbyteroniasauntiohdcuoogliounhnoto ties be compered with others as to the state of crime, or the cost of constabulary.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME said the objection to the vote involved no ( T L h a e ug o h b jteecr.t)ionlttowaits the o vote had been begun in imputation upon the character of the Presbyterians, for was all men would take public money if they could get it n n E e .p o gia p n r d it;clp W le a . B it right that the Dissentersw e r so pbtlipaid days of James, but times had much altered since then. b w )hdeyn noneof by his own doctor.—(A laugb.) Government in Ireland, Protestants should have religious n pey for his own parson, T f he .Fgrre.asnbtys,t Presbyterians a h° had not? Let every me a s for to pay their o wn c l ergy, as other religious classes should. No l ess than 520 clergymen were paid out of this vote —a paltry pittance for each—which it was dis creditable that so rich a body should allow their clergy to receive. . Mr. STANFORD said h o thought the Hon. Member had spoken a great deal of common sense. But he con fessed that he often found himself placed in a very em barrassing position with respect to votes in Committee of Supply, by reason of the anomalies comprised in the British C "fonstau tt" on.—(llear, hear.) He was in favour of an Established Church, but it was hardly consistent to support it, and at the same time to support votes for the maintenance of other religious communities. Resew no good reason for the vote, and if it were carried to a division, he must vote against it. It was most monstroaS to call upon Members to uphold an Established Church, and also to vote public money to keep tip religious sects opposed to it.—(Near.) It was time that some consis tent and sensible course should be taken upon the sub ject; and ho should pursue such a course in the present instance. Mr. FOX considered no sound reason ha'l been given for the grant. It had risen from 8,0001. to 38,0001. And so much was it viewed with aversion in the Pres byterian body, that ministers sometimes had been come' pelled to relinquish it or resign their posts. One objece Lion to the grant was that it was distributed in proportion to the number of congregations, which, of course, was la great inducement to constant division of congregations. Th e grant also tended to depress the proper zeal of the who Presbyterians in supporting their rea t•gion. t o h se are 1 ths grant hal scruples in receiving it ; and one who was t98 , ;(1 with inconsistency dpon his own principles, said his CO lseienee went ag ainst it as a mi nister of religi on , but he considered that he received it as a polilLian.—(A laugh.) opinion, W. PROSSER s a id ail these grants were, in his injurious to the religious denominations ens , owed and to t h e religious character of the State; for the State to endow half a dozen religions wag really al most tantamount to practical infidelity.—(Hear, hear.) There were great anomalies on the subject, and no clear principle established. In England a religion was estab lished which was considered true, and was also the reli gion of the majority. In Scotland a religion was estab lished altogether different, and in Ire l and one whi ch Was only the religion of the minority. No principle was followed, therefore; neither the truth of a religion nor its being that of the majority.—(Hear.) The state . 1 of win • the Irish Ch urc h b e i ng so anomalous, he could no t it exist e d h ast il y a l ter the position of oth er religl3att communities.—(Hear.) The whole questionrecteir e investigation and adjustment upon sound and statesma n like principles. AI:la Tot, AIL WILLIAM opposed $ l 4O Er4ai, a pimm