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rom stamp on any one teration or 40, s. 4. r one of the the county' nuking the of the said ch the ru . les I}' complied An Ac t Elegistratioo Bs , n schools, es , school s ' friendlY societies p on der t a e et h e r Sh ll mou• nt a, 'provisi on l • s , or soY O der tbello,• • a jlotnion" zcersf o r by toted, or 1 . i y, any PT strurnent Q t nice or PO', a,..0r Over the COol: in the natoc a ! every silo_ ' h offetioe'fit' ' that it sh al er the saw 5. 2. 24 ' t o f blis Dien ,eieties, a"; End bistro° le Treanor if thereto, 1, tion by t Registrar 0. till lett4o eau legai/Y nEgio o de r name, the cha r- • e b W b " es t e d the ~y the co . „ 9 7 ed, w ho ; to , ore We l t ° , do' likely ; shall I1;0 erar'V Vs 4 ne o hm l the i t is e and APP o d n the see the e of love, 'III, e !poets, b 0 t EacheL ,t, n of cOtrtwoi as sidui ti l; e 4 an d ins re , From her , tie ;ht be ter, upon t or her ° ev er icting ch° l ' lP° mloo to the se' joie of i rir e ll o 61adee °1 jt - London: De s 4 the D 5 G ra nd itary- a te z, and ii and St• isgt rt presenc,e,w h ers of P;;, 0 1 arlisle, lal ban e , i e s ss and L E rbe ad th or a" „ f i l o e 13e ' b oif des, g a Vora ;millet t he Koller,oro treadon, dy Gr e f ova r Georb - Sit ~rringt on ' Sit Stan le Yijon• ldsmi i U t nofar., c l, ; o oo d the or t he Dir. 'uLY - the gicilal? 0 . b e w arding ogressing already beer. and Notta, r crops have he w heat perfectly) qty scu d ening eror:4 11 storing OW, gh the ri P, e vill an he weather 11*`-‘1 for t ther ; a ,hadOW7 A laCe thy. P , e e, t the •A t ic• ant, a fib' ik wa s 00 fagricult is cotea l.°' ar „ bee . , avie n ivig;`, l v b i c it w 3lc d e tiecte- Wed a:est_jincgeleoi ;3f ti3t idga. 1 o de' Pa r ayor do. •cc uffefln e that lc° 115 6CII ky• . 41a. d to till bat til t i'4 4313 0 0: 5 14 VA 3 CALEDONIAN CANAL -- PA !ILIA- ! MEN TA Y PA PER. t , The forty•first report of the Commissioners for the ' aled "nialt Canal has just btert issue.l. It contains a t‘htstement of the progress of the repairs during the year t;:?, 1 " 4 elapsed, and which is described as in all respects ba ---"C " . The following are the moist iinportAit '-"ssags Y. rsPThe c ommissioners are assured that there is every ect of their being able to open the navigition at ,e expiration of the stipulated period of three years, " I te the 25th of. September next, although an important He e l on to the works has been made, at a compare tqrely recent time, in a new swing bridge at the Muir ,: we Locks. With regard to the execution of the b u rks, the solidity and exte-lience of the new portion ngi_ls received the highest approbation, as well of inilitaly neers as of tile principal engineers of the board. The *ei4tperintendence l'.(s been strict, as was rendered neces ther):);b3. t he eYtent and variety of the works, as well as the 54 .: over which they are spread. In addition to ten - s pvite e ot' Mr. aiay, the resident engineer (if the vend th e f oremen under him, and the frequent Ree," eelen inspe c ti on of Mews Walker and B urges , those isiZ have kept t wo , an d somet i mes three ,assistioits ea,,P 4 tlY en th e groun d . The number of workmen FlnYed has varied from 1,729 to 1 - .023. 4 in th h ew e last report it was pouted out that the entire of la taiit-ni of the Banavie culverts, involving an expense f n -71 • 1 1, had become indisputable. It has since b-en Zt?'4l(l advisable to make lur:her alter:4l(ms and addl. vts) no t originally contemp l ated; but these, timua.h enly eo ndueivt. to the puoli c conven i ence, will but them e hance the ultimate cost. Them , st important of iS the substitution o M f an imp rove d lock-sluice a k e rY foe emptying and filling the lucks, and of in? : .ettpstan s for moving the . gates. These- will te u tsh the time required for passing each lock by eight th e ) 4 Minutes, thu3 effecting a saviug of three hours in titie:ockage of the whole canal. They have in conse rqee very- advantageously superseded the necessity of ' 44 I ,g a passing place in the chain 'of the Banavie locks, ItoelPnally proposed, by which the passage of vessels kinave been expedited only in the case of vessels 4 — ' ll g' and descending at the same time. to eAir- t ight cases h ave b een attac h e!! under water to t h ,, : tithe lo c k- gates, to increase their buoyancy, and '::',c l , ls the friction upon the; rollers. t he sanctioil of the r iveasury has been obtained for 'quirt,, of a new swing bridge over the canal at 4 00t e r,4 Lnel. ; the existing bridge has been repre loae, by th:e authorities or the county and burgh of tor i.l, e s'. ! and also by the officers of the commissioners Ne t , 'Olen(' roads and bridges, to have become in to,eirite to h the in crease d traf fi c on the great northern ut It th it will su ffi ce f or that which may be exp,-,eted Gairlochy L uc k, and will, accordingly, be trans-, (erred th ither In li eu o f t h e new b r id ge stipulated for at that Point by the contract. The cost of this substitution prlvlll n ,,,"t exceed 1,6001 If e i 'lie ready co-operation of the commissioners for rthe fake p i aghthouses will enable the commissioners at Of ' a ' ) the - requisite light at the western entrance th e I.s recommended by Si r Ed war d P arry, tne e:ection by that bo ar d o f th ree new light nr3 ea Cromarty Point, and C ra i g h ea d, i n t h e Moray Ae„ °lnce '"a.le addition to th at a l rea d y placed at Tarbetnesa; " e left nothing t o b e d one b y t h e C aledonian Canal issioners for the further accommodation of lights 4t easter Then improvement of the access to the canal by , k 'ugtn g the Mickle Mee Shoal in the Moray Firth, 4 8 been pressed upon the attention of the commissioners, well as the authorities of the royal burgh of Inver -1111 • 11 ;ss, anti will he kept i n view. An excellent chart o Moray Firth has just b een prepared under the autho f ti,t,ie for the üblic. t3' of t h e Admiralty and will be forthwith made avail v p 111_1' The provi s i on o f steam-power for towing vessels e:igh the locks, is the last and most important ele takankOf success for the navigation under its peculiar and nown circumstance s , and the commissioners are tier,,, measures for accomplishing it with effect and ;uu rriy. 1, 41i 1e r espect of the claims for land and damages to lh' on the line, the Commissioners have to announce, Assd• L th eY have rece i ved a full discharge of the long ,'4l g demandnd haiai 4i .lie, of Lochi e l, t o w h om they have paid to t aster' 4 ef 49 4 1 .1. 16.4., the amou n t a t w h ic h hi s claims 1 in 1835, and 1,939/. 10s. Bd. for inte !latter:el:4l subsequently accrued. Of the other prin ttlt.elms, that of Glengarry only still remains un dunet in respect of the amount of the principal stio e L to him, but of questions which have arisen kijikritlischarge and conveyance exigiMe fram 0,"" 4 - P e lhave been lately made the subject of a refer- Zree t o :.",",e Solicitor-General for Scotland. Two or ,Pisa7,4ll Payments for land taken or temporarily e ". `: . datna. roa m ed during the last four years (including et . ' v % ? t - a t t d „ lt reag g ? to Lochiel's land by the break of the teeLert,A J ailrlaVle and 120 L for land taken and damaged kiltt''7,,llgustus), probably not exceeding in the . whole 1 . will it is believed, finally close this kind of ais e, a / t4it, k, * - `l4 -AIL WA Y _ RETURNS. t e€ 4 p 3 ':f9 4 t t The follog are the Total Receipts of Rail. We ek a tiv e r ,"a Past Week—that is to say, up to the date to which the la 4: Previous y earturns are made, together with the rec e ipt s o f t h e same t44,k NAME OF RAILWAY. Last week. a, 8..4 .) z 3 t ,70 " eg c.).... kt. r,,.., t ' - ? 0, ..th and Forfar ••• •• •• •• •C• oi and Birmingham. • • •• •• •• ‘,..! )7 +ester and Birkenhead ....• •• •• •• oublin and Droghoda.• .... Dublin and Kin gs t own • • • Dundee and Arbroath •• .• •• •• Durham and Sunderland •• Edinburgh and Glasgow .... .. Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. (41aagow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • lattow and Greenock.. • • •• • ,It,rvesend and Rochester..... . at North of England • • • • • • • • • • Cre st Western . • • • • • • ...... • • • • • • • • artlepool „ ..... •• ' o edon and North Western•Ae• k °r ninn and 81ackwa11........ ••• •• r "'len and Brighton. • • • • • • •• •• • - •ondo e and Croydon . • • •• •• r -- " 0 0 ana Greenwich •• •• •• Loud, , , and South Western. .• •• ‘,44'lo:rester, Bolton, and Bury •• •• u.•••ticheater and Birmingham • ...... • 57`'•aehester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc and Counties. • • •• • • •• teWcastle and Darlington • • ;‘,.ewrfeaitstle and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ne wcastle and North Shields...—. •• I North British .. •• • • •—• •••• ••• ...;;;;; North Union and Bolton and Pres . Paris, Corbel!, and Orleans • • • • • • • • • P reston and Rouen . •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ; 'reston and WYre • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ~Sneftleld and Manchester•• • • • • • ,?,euril Eastern • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • tau' Vale • ..... •• •• '••• • • •• • • I'vartnouth and Norwich •• ••• • • • • • • • • erk said Nol•th Midland . •••• • • • • 7,232 t , uINC LA OF THE ODIN STEAM . t l / 4 ,; 11 , FRIGATE. STEAM tI/4,y l; y l l ,,a r t r earsi-vessel, built at Deptford Dockyard from a Nja rd • Fincham , master shipwright at 'Portsmouth 11114. ziee,Qtivaatosrsla,unched yesterday in the presence of a 11.11M althouih the weather was very unfallour -11:0S,: was expected that Lady Monteagle would . perform -,,,tee;:f naming the vessel, but her Ladyship was pre -„,-enLing Owing to the state of the weather. At he r' ''ParlY began to arrive shortly after one o'clock, and ,kqi-ttp:,..rottlirhttiiailll of the Hon. Miss Spring Rice. accompanied by a oh er, she was conducted by Captain-Superintendent Knight, to the gallery erected at the bow of N A Cr e e l ', I) — ,ried ll-14 3' minutes past two o'clock a bottle of wine was I t iAt l ; a nd the usual toast havingtbeen drunk, the bottle was' ° l l the bows of ihe Odin, and the vessel - in a few niltil,,„e4 afterwards glided slowly and majestically into her 'l4.o6nent amidst the prolonged cheers of the spectators.. tcivi`ri. Johnson and Captain Davis, RN.; Dr . - Nesbitt, 4 t , t 'eh Hospital; Mr. Ward, jun., son of the Hon. Secre hl):llle Admiralty, were present to witness the launch. wollowing are the dimensions of the Odin, placed on ° eks on the 29th of Februar , , 1845 ;--Length between Im nd iculars, 208 ft. ; length of keel for tonnage, 183 ft_ p breadth extreme, 37 ft.; breadth for tonnage, 36 ft. breadth moulded, 35 , ft. 10 in.; depth in bold, 24 I t . , t ,?' 400 tons bUrtben in . tons 1,326 4-94; horse power, 500. T o tans,hfe Leopard,a sister vessel in every respect, desig ne d a l so It 'lr. Fincham , will Le immediately commenced on the blocks. Lumley entertained yesterday at dinner General 1 1 .0) 11 ',,,r , drew Barnard, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of :Akt - n u lle, his Excellency General Count Bjornstjerner, the N: 11 ' of Sligo, Baron Augustus Rothschild, Mr. Broad -11.P., Mr. Eaton, M.P., Mr. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Th,!a.Ric Mills, Baron Oscar, &c., &c. al th % \ L Htenourable H. Labouchere has appointed 'ipr . , ate secretary, Mr.W. Torrens M'Cullagh, the author br ye Industrial History of Free Nations." it i t : t her: E L 4 , 4 in a Berlin letter of the 15th:—" Two ttli.be t ' o ,:ua had established here a gambling-house, have ei",,e bankrupts. Their debts are said to exceed a Ott, trail fl .1 1 . 4 es. tr ai i t ° ' 1 „ (1 ,/b1 SOCTHIVARIL—Yesterday a public meet •,;,:v r,"..bitant householders of the borough of South thiort t o Za at the Town-hall, in compliance with a re 'ltt:'rboki " 4 t Hign Bailiff, " for the purpose of considering Year: ° f presenting an address of thanks to sir Riait. I) 4 l 7 o 7e . e ' rr f . lr aw thl 3 ff i reat d service he has performed in carry similar addresses to those m e m . 4 4, e l h lt ad , I S se of ! Commons who have most prominently :',,"t l Passing of free-trade measures, as well as ,'"tope r r ,7 4 vocate s of free-trade as the meeting may cons IY 4, -- (The requisition to the High Bailiff was signed h . " ° f 00 per - sor . T of B influence ia the Borough.)— E tt hur , sq., the High ailiff of Southwark, presided. 41 a l ts ', T RW OF A DUTCH WAR SCHOONER By kr t 4l th;tetters from Singapore have been received, h dated t otbq thcommunicating the particulars of t ec p• - `1 k id t butch war schboner Chameleon, on the Bunka Air th 4tes th at massacre of the officers and crew by the horde ta tk lisy , at infest that part of the globe. She was on kft;aitire., Alinton, when she was attacked by forty boats, t jlep Plum !'ith a long gun, and manned by sixty men. ~.mel the schooner and destroying all on board, 4het't village, y then landed on the Island of Bunka, Or Oirat., and killed all who offered any resistance. s h. e igeri, then re-embarked, carryirg with them a number al tt kire. ° Men, and children as slaves, and a quantity of vi e :ti ten It is stated that they are under the command of a tt at 3 toegade officer, who was dismissed from his own eer of tie Years ago under circumstances of peculiar dis t t cliieffieti Illanoon, and married the daughter of one tr the i a 9 has since been active in tr a ini ng th e p i ra t es aUoin4gainst the country and trade. 0 a th e recei pt Be 4, tu !g e nce the Merapi steamer, after landing h er f t , use pursuit of the murderers. A m • .tr 4N4) LOcILING MU OUT Or Ts 411x. 6 ,, he return a Mr. Vanderpump and family ',Ya% -.-gardens, yesterdAy morning, between one and ‘‘r ' his residence in Sloane-street, Chelsea, he toobobtain admission. After knocking for . nearly arid' -° got over the garden-wall of the adjoining .°ll' h e di , at the first-floor window of his own house, 4.l(l44l,ltemirered that the servant had decamped, carrying ,t)f Plate, jewellery, and wearing apparel; also 41 4 ate 4,14 lx4e4 opit a 4604 to fet N,.... 141 I' THE SUGAR DUTIES. GLASGOW PETITION. GLASGOW, THU INDAY.—Yesterday the following petition to the House of Commons was laid down at the bar of the Royal Exchange. It was numerously and respectably signed in the course 4f a few hours, and transmitted for pre sentation in the evening:— " To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled - "The P.tition of the undersigned Merchants, Bankers, Manufacturers, Shipowners, and other Inhabitants of the City of Glasgow. " Sheweth, " That your petitioners hail with the greatest satisfaction, the plan submitted to your Honourable House by her Ma jesty's Government, for the settlement of the sugar duties. " The amount and duration of protection accorded to the colonies are ample and liberal, exceeding in both respects what many of your petitioners had anticipated; and, while they trust it wit! put an end to everything like unreasonable opposition, they are confident it will confer great benefit on the public, at.d t he trade of the country in general. " May it therefore please your Honourable House to pass the said Bill, as it is of great consequence it should become the law soon as possible.' 1 KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL. i Yesterday the annual distribution of prizes to the boys of the various cla'ses of this institution who have most distin guished themselves in their studies during the past year, and the recitations from ancient and modern authors, took place in the theatre of the College. The chair was taken, at two o'clock, by Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., who was supported by Dr. Major, the head master of the school. and the assistant IIlaS• hers. There were also present Lord Radstock. the Rev. Mr. , Like, and many other supporters of the establishment. The seats raind the buiLing were tilled with ladies and gentle men and with the pupils. Oo the floor of the ro •In was a raised platf.rm, on woich those who recited took their places. The principal, the Rev. Dr. Jell*, was unfortunately not able to attend, his duties at Christ Church, Oxford, detaining him in that University. The business of the morning was commenced by a state ment troin the lion. 13.*ronet who presided, of the occasion and objects of the meeting; after which the recitations were delivered in a very creditable manner by the following gen tlemen from the authors mentioned;— Iphigenia Orestes 1 TT Eur. Iph. T. Th om p son . Pylades Praises of Britain Thomson Cicero pro Plaucio . SYPhax ** **** ** 1. Addison's Cato L Bailey. {iddon. Juba Harpagon Val ere ... ........ Maitre Jacques ... De Lisle. Brutus Cas i Bethell. 1 Shakspeare sus ... ... ..... Joan of Arc ..... Schiller Cates. Demosthenes Peasant's Grave... Wordsworth lrving. Hannibal i Conolly. 1 Scipio .. Livy R. Edwards. Death of Marrnion Scott Thompson. Le Grondieur t Brueys La Valet lrving.? Wallenstein II;o } Schiller lrving. Tersky Harrison. Caisar Nussey. Cato Cicero ... Ware. Pomptiniu s .. ..... Ben Jonson's Catiline De Lisle. Syllanus ............ Fleay. At the conclusion of this part of the business, the prizes, which consisted of books elegantly bound, were presented by the chairman to the successful competito rs; and a prize was also presented to the best pupil in each of the schools in union with the school of King's College. The head master, The Rev. Dr. Major, then announced the names of the scholars for 1646; 'First class—Classical, Maurice Day; mathematical, Ed mund Thompson._ . . ____ Second class—Classical, William Ayerst; mathematical, Malcolm Currie Ancell. Third class—William Henry Brown; Ed ward William Meredith. Fourth class—George Moody. Fifth class—Francis Smale brake. Sixth class—Robert Howard Shepard.• The whole of the presentations being concluded, Lord RADSTOCK moved a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was seconded by the Rev. Mr. LAKE, and carried by acclamation. Sir R. H. INcaas immediately returned thanks, and in so doing exhorted the pupils of the school to lose no exertions in their studies and in their religious duties. He would give them for their motto the word " onward," and he would wish to impress upon their minds the necessity of continued pro gression towards excellence. The meeting broke up shortly before five o'clock. The following is a list of the names of the pupils to whom ,he prizes were awarded : UPPER 6TH CLASS. Hugh Bacon Edmund Thompson Charles Lewis Parker Edward Richard Nussey Alfred Bailey George Robert Chaplin Marmaduke John Conolly Martin H. Irving Frederick Harrison LOWER 6TH CLASS. Francis Charles New Henry Vallirgs Edward Headland Henry Aughton Maude Hector Cameron William Ayerst Richard James Walker Ferdinand Oliver Camroux James Rankin Ferguson James M. Hope Gleig MATHEMATICS. Frederic Gard Fleay Edmund Thompson George Walter de Lisle Henry Ware Burford Wm. Gibsone 2Eq. Thomas Walker Scott Arthur Cates Alexander Barry f 1 2Eci. Martin H. Irving William Henry Brown Edward Headland Edward Richard Nussey Charles Augustus Ward WRITING AND ARITHMETIC. William Lightly Arthur Kerry Frederick Braby Alfred Braby Samuel Harman William Maudsley Horatio Brandon Richard William May James Harvey lIEBRLW. 'Roland Edwards FRENCH. George Walter de Lisle Charles James Fox Frederick Wright William James King George Harvey Horatio Brandon Marmaduke John Conolly Lawrence Harrison Alfred Bentley Edward Stanley Heywood Wm. Underwood Gumpertz Sands Clayton GERMAN.. Thomas Jamieson Dymes Martin H. Irving Charles Henry Hopwood George Winter Price Samuel Harman George Maddox GEOMETRICAL DRAWING. Selwyn New Emanuel Allen Charles Woodman Eastwood George Arthur Edward Tur- nour Charles Ross LANDSCAPE DRAWING. Thomas Jamieson Dymes William Henry Leigh Green John Hossack. 5 5TH CLASS. William Henry Leigh Green George Edward Dickson Sidney Biddle Willi;m Gerald Frampton Cristall Charles Froom James Walbancke Jones Thomas Walker Scott UPPER 4TH CLASS. Ernest Peake Newman John Turner Hopwood Algernon Borthwick Frederick Evans John C. C. I\l‘Caul LOWER 4TH CLASS. John Craske Webb Francis Edward Thompson John William N. Blackburn Frederick Wright Mortimer New UPPER 3D CLASS. Edward Stanley Heywood George Schrader David Rudolph Chambers George Moody John Wiitaker Hulke Charles Joseph Hughes IDWEIt 3D CLASS. Walter William Skeat Henry Stanley Giffard John Piper Edward Abraham De Grave 2D CLASS, Horatio Brandon Robert Howard Shepard Edward Hall George Winslow John Drake . UPPER IST CLASS. Edward Thomas Pate John Wilson Moore Walter Wood Richard Hughes LOWER. IST CLASS. :obert Hildyard BORNEO.—The steamer, which left Singapore in May, brought intelligence of the treacherous murder of the Raja Muds Hassim, and the noble-minded Panjeran Budrudeen, the warm friends of Mr. Brooke and the English, at the ex press command of the Sultan of Borneo Proper. Mr. Brocike forwarded a statement of these atrocities to Colonel Butter worth, C. 8., the Governor of the Singapore States, with a request for immediate assistance, which was promptly granted, and the Honourable Company's steamer Phlegethon, under the command of Captain Ross, left Singapore, and arrived at the British settlement of Sarawak on the 28th of April. Mr. Brooke having embarked on beard the steamer, she sailed and visited six large rivers along the north-west coast, up some of which she penetrated for sixty miles, find ing them broad and deep. This demonstration had the most beneficial effect all along the coast, and if followed up by further protection from the British Government to our thriving settlement at Sarawak, will soon put an end to the horrid piracy too frequent in these waters. At all the places they viMted, the chiefs, in their large war boatc, appeared to pay their respects to Mr. Brooke. CHATHAM, JULY 24.—The Trident steam-packet Lieutenant Itigge commander, was p out of d k tl 21st instant, and taken alongside the u s t heer-hulk, oc wh o en n her lE masts were taken out, and shorter ones put in, and she was retaken into dock the same day. Every exertion is used by the artificers to complete her for sea by the time specified. The Bulldog steam-sloop, commander G. E. Davis.—The workmen are progressing with this vessel very fast, ani she will be ready for sea in the middle of next month. The Co lumbine, 16 guns, Commander Booth, is nearly competed. She has her full complement of men on board, and will be ready for sea next week. The Gazelle arrived on the 22d instant, with a cargo of timber from Leghorn, for the service of the dockyard. Mr. John Dulrig, leading man of ship. wrights, is appointed act ing inspector at this 3 ard, vice Hogg, appointed aeting fireman OPENING OF THE NEW CUT RAGGED SCHOOL.— Last evening a public meeting, for the purpose of opening the ragged school established for the New Cut district, was held in the school-room, Grove-lane, nearly facing the Vic toria Theatre. The Honourable Arthur Kinnaird was called upon to preside. The Honourable Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said that it gave him great pleasure to take the chair upon PO interesting an occasion. The work they were engaged in was one of the greatest importance, inasmuch as it mauls provision for the wants of that hitherto neglected and be might say almost despised class—the children of the poorest of the poor in the district.—(Bear.) Thellonour able Gentleman proceeded at considerable length to urge upon the attention of the meeting the necessity for establish ing and supporting the school. The premises, which have now undergone considerable repairs and alterations, were re cently occupied as a penny theatre. Mr. Austin said that for the present they intended to commence with opening the school on a Sunday evening for the instruction of youths. As soon as they had got more help the place would be opened two or three times a week on working nights. The Rev. Dr. Alliott, the Re 7. J. Branch, IV. D. Owen, Esq., and other gentlemen having spoken in support of the charity, a series of reaoldtions were carried, including one of thanks to the Honourable Chairman, and the meeting se parated. Somme notion of the exquisite texture obtained by the aid of the Llama wool may be gained from the fact that, without destroying the waterproof character of the cloth, the M essrs . Nicoll, of Regent-street, have succeeded in making their registered Paletot, for the present hot weather, of a lightness almost astonishing—viz., eleven ounces. The Royal Humane Society, last week, liberally awarded a medal and a handsome pecuniarygrant. to Mr. Win. Haviland, timekeeper at the engine factory of Messrs. Penn and Sons, Greenwich, for having saved two persons from drowning in the Thames, off East Greenwich, on Sunday, the 21st ult. Mr. Havil ind's name is also recorded in the So ciety's books as having saved the life of a fellow-passenger who had fallen overboard a packet off the Nore, at midnight, 2d September, 1832, on which Mr. Haviland plunged after and rescued him. - BEER BY POST.—The most novel conveyance which the Post-office was ever the medium of was, perhaps, last week in the transmission of concentrated extract of bee( suffic►ent to make ciaart of a through the at ;ioliclou by that at Liverpoo . o ^4 • SAO %ow • kr. 20,706 902 42,279 1,598 7,870 2,053 8,779 1,181 4,511 7,175 18,178 4,434 3,032 715 1,836 1,750 6,597 1,237 2,054 9,700 1,278 740 19,456 695 44,238 1,550 5,801 1,857 10,644 1,004 4,014 7,005 16,1369 2,842 1,668 517 432 6,011 6,114 823 1,241 6,401 1,169 591 5,247 TIIE SUN, LomnON, sliTtlitnAY EVENING, JULY 25, 184 G. COURT CIRCULAR. Lord Marcus Hill had au audience of the Queen yes . terjay, at Buckingham Palace, and had the honour to kis: hands on being appointed Comptroller of her Ma jesty's Household. His Lordship received from her Majesty his wand of office. Her Majesty, attended by her Lady in Waiting and her Equerry in Waiting, visited her Royal Highness the Princess S o phi a at her residence, at Kensington, yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday at a meeting of the Commission for Promoting and En couraging the Fine Arts, in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster. The Prince arrived at Gwydyr House, Whitehall, at a quarter before three o'clock, attended by Lieutenant- Colonel Seymour. The Commissioners pr, sent were, the Marquis .of Lansdowne, the Right lion. the Speaker, Sir James Graham, Mr. Hawes, and Mr. George Vivian. The Secretary, Mr. Eastlake, was in attendance. The meeting' 'anal) up at four o'clock. Prince Albert, attended be Mr. Eastlake,. afterwards went to the ne‘v palace, and inspected the new Houses of Parliament. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales ani the Princess Royal took an airing yesterday in the royal garden. Their Royal Highnesses and Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice took a carriage drive .yesterday,•in ,an open carriage and four, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lvttelton. The Royal dinner party yesterday, at Buckingham Pahate, iticlu,kd her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kew, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness do Speth, and Earl Spencer. Miss Goddard, a child only nine years old, performed on the piano!orte by command of the Queen on Thurs day evening, at Buckingham Palace, before her Majesty and Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. and the royal circle. The pieces performed were two Fantasias, the one ,by Halbrenner, and the °Our by Thalberg, and their execution elicited the high ap probation of her Majesty and her Royal Consort. Their Royal Highness( s the DuChess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz honoured the Marchioness of Westminster with a visit yesterday in Upper Grosvenor street. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the. Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, attended by Baronets Ahlefeldt and Mr. Edmond Mildmay, honoured the performance of the French Plays with their presence yesterday evening. A deputation connected with Newfoundland had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home office. The deputation consisted of Mr. Walter Baine, M.P., Mr. Thomas H. Brooking, Mr. George R. Robin son, Mr. Ewen Stabb, Mr. Robert Gillespie, and Mr. Robert Newman Hunt. Lord Morley had an interview with the Earl of Cla rendon yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. C. Grenfell had also an interview with the Noble Earl. His Excellency the Danish Minister transacted busi ness yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Attorney-General had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday at the Home-office. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, bad an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Davis had an interview with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Houldsworth had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. The Marquis of Anglesey had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. Lord Calthorpe had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWTON RACES.—THURSDAY (CONCLUDED). The Borough Cup, of 100 sovs, added to a Handicap of 20 soya each, 10 ft, and 5 only it declared; the second to re.. ceive 25 sovs. out of the stakes. One mile and a half. Lord Warwick's Yardley, 6 yrs 1 Mr. Ongley's Roderick, aged Godfrey, Lightning, Lancashire Witch, Snob, and Gannet; were not placed. Betting-5 to 4 agst Godfrey, 3to 1 agst Yardley, sto 1 agst Lightning. Won easy by a length -and-a-half. Godfrey losing second place, and Lightning the third, by a neck. Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, and 20 added. Golborne Course. (4 Subs). Mr. Clarke's fby Stockport, out of Caroline, 3 yrs, lOst 1 Sir J. Gerald's Quebec, 12st 21b ... 2 Won easy by a length. The Haydock Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, Gents.... riders. - One Mile and-a-half. Winner to be sold for 2001. (7 Subs). Mr. Billington's Fair Rosamond, 5 yrs, Ilst 101 b Sir J. Gerald's Quebec, 6 yrs, l2st 21b 2 Mr. T. Parker's Thalia and Mr. Hanson's Jane also ran. Won easy. Plate of 70/. ; for three yrs old, Est 81b; four, Bst 51b; fillies allowed 31b; winners of a plate in 1846, 31b extra; of two, a gold cup, or Queen's plate, 51b extra. Heats, one mile and a half. Count Bathyanny's Gannet, 4 yrs (Whitehouse) 1 1 Mr. W. Scott's Driffield, 3 yrs Mr. Robinson's Josephine, 3 yrs Mr. Barton's Princess Olga, 4 yrs 0 dr Mr. Mangle's Comical Boy, 4 yrs Each heat well contested, and won on the post by a head. (RECEIVED THIS DAY). BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. GOODWOOD STALES.-6 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild (t. freely), 7 to 1 agst the Hero (t. freely), Bto 1 agst Connaught Ranger (t. freely), 10 to 1 agst Camera Obscura, 12 to 1 agst Red Robin (t. freely), 13 to 1 agst Lapwing filly (t.). Nothirg else backed. Goonwoon Cur.-3 to 1 agst Grimston (t.), 6to 1 agst Lothario (t.), 9 to 1 agst Weatherbit (t.). Nothing done on Derby, &c. NEWTON RACES.—FRIDAY. The St. Helen's Purse of 504 added to a Sweepstakos of 15 soys. each, 10ft, for 2 yrs old 6st 71b, and 3 yrs Bst 101 b; fillies allowed 3lbs. The G )lborne Course. (10 Subs.) Mr. Worthington's Sharaton, 3 yrs (Whitehouse) 1 Lord Stanley's Meeanee, 2 yrs Mr. Cranstoun's Comme-il-faut, 2 yrs ... Mr. Price's Kismet, 3 yrs . - 0 Mr. E. Peel's Spithead, 3 yrs 0 The Garswood Cup of 1001., given by Sir John Gerard, added to Sweepstakes; of 15 soya. each, 10 ft. One mile and a half. Gentlemen riders. Mr. Cretchi; ; 36ceuraeLion, 4 yrs (Mr. J. Moore) 1 Mr. Standish's Little Hampton, 5 yrs 2 Sir J. Gerard's Pantasa, 4 yrs 3 The Newton Stakes of ssoys. each, and 30 added ; second to _ . receive 10/. Heats, once round and a di's. -- ---- Mr. Meikhlam's Alliance, 3 yrs (Duncan) 1 1 Mr. Davies's Talleyrand, 5 yrs 2 2 Mr. Tempest's T' Ould Squire, 5 yrs Sweepstakes of 15 sow. each, 10 ft, winner to be sold for 3001. TWo miles. - - Sir J. Gerard's Parthian, 6 yrs walked over Plate of 70/. for 3 yrs old, &c. Heats one mile and half. Mr. Owen's Thalia, 3 yrs (Abdale) 2 1 1 Mr. J. Clarke's fby Stockport, out of Columbine . 1 0 2 Mr. Robinson's Josephine, 3 yrs 0 2 0 Mr. Hornby's ch gby Valentine, out of The I l ady, 0 0 0 Mr. Dawson's Jane, 4 yr. Won in a canter. HARVEST. Reaping is generally begun in this county, and the crop is spoken of as unusually good. In some parts of the southern division the labourers asked 15s. an acre for cutting wheat! but they have agreed to take 12s. Last year the price was 9s. The crop being heavy, and por tions of it laid, is partly the cause of this advance; the de mand for. labourers on the railways is another reason. Let the causes, however, be what they May, here we have th e important fact that not only has no reduction in wages, which the protectitmists prophesied as an immediate consequence of the repeal of the corn-laws, taken place, but a great ad vance has been made. Again, so far from the repeal of the corn-laws causing land to be thrown out of cultiva tion, another pet prophecy of the protectionists, more fresh land has been brought into cultivation this year, in the face of the expected repeal of the corn-laws, than for many pre vious years ; another important •fact which th e l a b ourers , as well as the free traders, and protectionists, too, will do well to note. Let the shackles (game-laws, yearly tenancies, and absurd and restrictive covenants) be removed from agri culture as well as from commerce, and labour will be more abundant than ever, and wages higher. If the farmers do not demand the abolition of these drawbacks to their prosperity, they will deserve to continue, as they have been, the slaves of their landlords.— Wiltshire Independent. THE LATE ACCIDENT AT WHEAL RONE.—We have received the following from a gentleman who obtained his information from undoubted authority :—ln great social cal lamities, such as the recent fearful one at Newlyn East, some time must elapse before the melancholy interest subsides; tales of Lorror are continually occuring connected with the event that tend to keep alive emotions of the most paiatul kind.—One of the most affecting of these tales concerns two little boys working at the bottom of the mine, and were the first to give the alarm to some of the men in the levels, who immediately fled to the shafts; by this time the water had overtaken the lids, and they begged piteously for life, but, poor fellows, there was no arm to succour, and their wild shriek of despair was heard amidst the stunning noises of that awful hour.—Another poor fellow escaping from the levels leaped at a venture to the ascending chain and was saved by inserting one finger through a link and thus was drawn in safety to the surface. Another, at tempting the same mode of escape, unf or t una t e ly leaped into the descending, instead of the ascending kibble, and was consequently plunged many feet under water, but held on with that tenacity so often seen in those who, on making their final effort to save life, and succeeded in reach ing his anxious friends at the mouth of the shaft. One man succeeded in saving his life by placing his back against one wall of a narrow shaft and his feet against the other, he con trived in this way to raise himself 10 fathoms, the rapidly rising waters underneath goading him on I—Since our report last week, four bodies have been found—leaving ten in the mine.—Penzance Gazette. CURIOUS WELSH CUSTOM.—One day last week a gal hot captain, who stands in a high position in the civil force of the 'adjoining county of Carmarthen, took a walk into a hayfield, where the haymakers were pursuing their avoca tions. No sooner had he entered the field, than, in accord ance with a custom which generally prevails in some dis tricts in Wales of giving every new visitor, of whatever class, age, or sex, an initiatory tumble in the hay, two women of Herculean strength seized the military man, and instantly laid him prostrate in dried and well-seasoned herbage. Being entirely ignorant of this custom of times, to which, as the lawyers say, the memory of man runneth not to the con trary, our hero naturally imagined that he was about being visited with summary and condign punishment for his former active interference for the suppression of the Rebecca dis turbances. Having disengaged himself from the fangs of his amazonian assailants, he lost no time in procuring an authority for their apprehension. The case accordingly came on for bearing before the magistrates at Carmarthen on Saturday last. The complainant having detailed his grievance amidst the merriment of the audtence, the magis trates at the conclusion become immoderately convulsed with laughter, one of their worships observing, that he had been himself served out in the same way fifty times.—Case dis missed.—Cambrian. EXPORTATION AND CONSUMPTION OF EGGS: --- A curious account is given in one of the French papers of the French export trade in eggs. In 1844, the•number exported from France, as shown by the Customs' returns, was rather more than 88 millions, on which the Government received an export duty of 1 14,0001.. ; of these 88 millions of eggs, 82 millions are stated to have been exported to England. The consumption of eggs in -Paris is about 128 eggs each person, making a total of nearly 120 millions annually in that capital alone. The consumption of eggs in France is reckoned at 9,500,000,000 %go &away. ASSIZE INT4LLIGENCE. VOM E ClRCUlT.—Maidstone, July 24. ry CROWN COURT. _ . _ . _....._....,...• Mr. Justice Coltman s a t in .... this Court until late on Thursday night, ii order to endeavour to finish the criminal business, but finding it was inipessible to do so, it was arranged trial Mr. 'Sergeant Dowling should dispose of the retpainder of the cases iu the calander. Thomas Cheest man, aged 20. was indicted for felo niously cutting and wounding Charlotte Frances Maria Saunders, with intent to murder her; and in other counts his intent was laid to do her grevious bodily harm. Mr. Deedes prosecuted, and Mr. Mellor defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner and the prosecutrix were fellow -servants at the Camden Arms Inn, Tonbridge Wells ; and it would seem that the prisoner had entertair.ed great attachment for the . prosecutrix, which was not returned by her, but she on the 'contrary, was keeping company with another 3 (mm 4, man, and that had given the prisoner great offence. On Sunday, the 7th June, the prosecutor had a holiday, and she went out with her • sweetheart, and it appea, ed that the prisoner also asked for a holiday on the same day, and he joined the prosecutrix and her com panion, who were at the time accompanied by two or three young females of their acquaintance. The party went to a place in the nfighbourhood of Tunbridge Wells, where they alliirank senie . cyder, and it was ob served that the prisoner seemed to be very melancholy, and appeared to be broo ling over something that was in his mind. I'h.7 all ry.urned towards home together, and the prisoner was seen to take a knife out of his pocket and sharpen it, but it did not appe it that at this time any suspicion was entertained of the deadly intention of the prisoner. The proseeuxix and her friends having rested for a short time at a stile, proceeded on their way homeward, her sweetheart being by her side, and the prisoner walk ing by the side of the man, when, suddenly, and without saying a word, he jumped past the min, seize,' the young women with one band, and, with a knife which he held in the other, he wade a desperate attempt to cut her throat; but fortunately, owing to the resistance made by her cap string, and some other articles of dress, he did not succeed in causing a mortal injury, although the jugular vein was injured, and a very severe wound in flicted, from the effect of which the prosecutrix had not yet recovered. _ _ . . - Mr. MELLoa, in behalf of the prisoner, urged that the act had been committed by him while he was labouring under a temporary aberration of intellect, occasioned by the drink he had taken. Mr. Justice COLTMAN having summed up, the jury almost immediately found the prisoner guilty of wank ing the preseeutrix with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. Judgment was deferred. Jofin Price, 26, surrendered to answer an indictment charging him with the manslaughter of James Sutton. Mr. Horne prosecuted ; Mr. Andrews defended the prisoner. This case was of rather a singular character. It ap peared that the prisoner and the accused, who reside in the neighbourhood of Margate, were on friendly terms up to the period of this transaction. The prisoner was going home at night, having previously been in com pany with the accused at a public-house, when, accord ing to his statement, a man sprung upon him from the hedge by the road-side, and demanded his money and his watch, or else he said he would have his life; and the prisoner closed with him, and beat him severely, inflict ing such injuries that he died shortly afterwards. This man turned out to be the accused, and it was supposed that he had made the pretended attempt to rob the prisoner out of joke, which, however, ended in this fatal manner. The prisoner all along told the same story, and there did not appear to be the slightest grounds for believing that it was otherwise than the truth. Mr. Justice COLTMAN, after hearing the evidence of the witnesses, said, it appeared to be quite clear that the prisoner had acted under the impression that he was protecting his own life from the attack of a robber, and, under sueh c•rciunstance, he could not be held to be criminally responsible. The jury accordingly returned a verdict of Not Guilty, and the prisoner was at once discharged from custody. The prisoner Cheeseman was this (Friday) morning brought up to receive the judgment of the Court, and Mr. Justice COLTMAN, after making some appropriate remarks upon the very aggravated character of his offence, sentenced him to be transported for 15 years. WESTERN ClRCUlT—Devizes, July 23. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) Frederick Sawkins was indicted for the manslaughter of Job Gale, at New Sarum, on the fhl of June.. No learned gentleman was instructed on the part of the prosecution ; but Mr. Ball defended the prisoner. The first witness called was James Lacy, who said—l am a bricklayer at Salisbury. I purchased a pony on the 3d of June. The prisoner was there. About half-past nine in the morning Sawkins asked Gale to bring him some mortar up, but he refused, and said Sawkins was only there for a few days, which I thought irritated him. Sawkins said, "If you say that again, I'll break your neck." Sawkins then wen t t o Gale, and put his hands on his shoulder, and they both fell together. Gale then said, " You've broken my thumb, and I'll make you pay for it." They had been working together for a long time. I never knew the prisoner quarrel. Cross-examined—There was no blow struck. Robert Vining—l am a blacksmith. On the 3d of June I heard Sawkins and Gale swearing at each other very much. Sawkins called for mortar, and Gale said he should not serve him. Something was said, and then Sdwkins said he'd break Gale's neck, and he jumped off the scaffold and pushed Gale on the shoulders, and they both fell. „. George Senior—l was surgeon to the infirmary. Gale came there on the 3.1 of June. The soft part of his thump was much lacerated. I recommended a poultice. It went on well till the 6th, when he was admitted an in-patient. On the 9th. matter had formed, and it was opened. On the 11th he said he could not open his mouth, but I found he could; but on the next day there was lock-jaw, and on the 16th he died. The lock-jaw was occasioned by the wounded thumb. Cross-examined—He died of lock jaw. Mr. BALL then addressed the jury for the defence, and contended that the whole of the evidence showed that the death of the unfortunate man was purely the result of acci dent, and that the intention of the prisoner was to make Gale carry him on his back. Several persons gave the pri soner an exce ll ent character. Mr. Justice ERLE, in summing up, said if the jury were of opinion that the prisoner, in the prosecution of an illegal act, inflicted bodily injury, and that the man died in conse quence of that injury, the prisoner was guilty. The jury returned a verdict o f G u il ty, an d t h e pr i soner was sentenced to be imprisoned in the common gaol for one week. John Webb and Alfred Webb were placed at the bar, charged with having feloniously ravished Charlotte Barnell, at Westbury. Mr. Hodges conducted the prosecution; Mr. Ball defended the prisoners. It appeared by the evidence of the prosecutrix, who was a modest-looking girl of seventeen, that she lived with her grandmother at Westbury, but worked as a weaver at a factory about two miles off. On the evening of the 16th of March she was returning from her work, at about nine o'clock, when she was met by the prisoners, who are both married men. '1 hey spoke to her, and wished her good night, and then Alfred took her round the neck, and got her to go into the yard of the Anchor Inn, which was close by. John then went in and got some beer, and they pressed her to drink. She, however, would not, and they then let her go on her way home. She went on some way until she got into a lane, when she found that both the prisoners were following her. John Webb got hold of her and pushed her down the lane, while Alfred stayed at the top of the lane and watched. John Webb" then got her down and accomplished his purpose, after which Alfred came down and also committed a felonious assault on ker, assisted by his brother. She screamed and cried murder, but no one came to her assistance, when both the prisoners, hearing a noise, ran away. The prosecutrix Immediately went home and told her grandmother what had taken place; and witnesses were called, wha stated that they had seen the men trying to make her drink at the Anchor Inn, and also that they heard cries in the direction of the lane, at the time the girl stated that the assault -had taken, place. A surgeon was also called, who proved that a capital offence had been committed. Mr. BALL then addressed the jury for the prisoners, and Mr. Justice ERx.s having summed up, the jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of Not guilty. The verdict caused the greatest astonishment and indigna tion in the court. James Franklin was indicted for maliciously stabbing Henry Hobbit, with intent to murder him. There was a second count, laying the offence to be, to do grievous bodily arm. Mr. Swayne conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Stone de fended the prisoner. It appeared by the Mt at oment of the witnesses for the prosecution. that the prisoner was going along- the road to Trowbridge on the night of the 16th of May, ac companied by a young womar, when he was overtaken by four or five young men, of whf,na Hobbit was one. The young woman struck one of the men on the shoulder, upon which he said to her, " If you do that rvain I will knock you down." Upon which the prisoner turned round and knocked him down. Upon this a general fight took place. Th e pri soner then He thencalled out,put h •i's Band Wlle r"'s in in h y knife? where' s my knife?" ispocket, took out a clasp-knife, and struck Mobbit in the head near the left temple, dividing the temporal artery, and inflicting a wound nearly an inch in depth. had is beenreceiving him u 8 byini the five men.ory from the violent Mr. STONE addl., seed the jury for the p r isoner, and con tended that the stab was Riven by the prisoner in self defence, attackto prevent which h lie also called two witnesses in support of this view of the case, who stated that the men were very a run. t_ -, and that a t the time of the stab being given by the p r isoner they had ptrhoispecrotyanty of George Wedge, . got him against a wall, and were "pitching into hi m " an d belabouring him very severely. Mr. Justice ERLE having sum m ed up, the jury found the prisoner Guilty. Lie was then sentenced to tw e l ve months ' imprisonment. • Ann White was indicted for having wilfully and f e l on i ous l y s s i e t t u t a i r te e i t n o t a h c e e p r a ta r i i n sh c n o f tt E a Mr. Hodges conducted the prosecution. 'i , s.he prisoner was not represented by counsel. It appeared by the evidence of t h e prosecutor th a t a p a rt of the premises which were burnt down was rente d b y th e husband of the prisoner, and occupied by hi mse lf an d hi s wife, there being two cottages under one roof. On the 22d of March last the cottages were burnt down. ngfec; rd t , h i e n A witness of the name of Martha Racket was called, who stated that on the day in qaestion she had taken refuge in a shed near the house from the rain- While there she saw the smoke coming from the thatch of the cottage occupied by the prisoner and her husband. At that time no one was near the houselbut a policeman of the,name of Godwin. William Godwin was then called, and staled that he was a policeman, and on the day in question was on duty .near the houses which were burnt. He heard an alarm of fire given by t the last witness, and saw the 'thatch on fire just over the window of the cottage occupied by the pri soner an d her husband. On going to the house he found the door locked,,upon which he broke open the window and got into the house. On going up stairs he heard a voice say " I havn't done nothing." When he got up stairs he went into a bed-room, and found . the prisoner under a bed on the floor, with the key of the front door in her hand. He then asked her to oome out, but she would net, and he was obliged to pull hcrout by force. Thera were only two rooms in the house, and no other person was in the cottage. In the down room stairs there was a fire in the grate. The fire commenced iu the, thatch jest over the bed-room- window in which the pri oner was found. The 'roof was quite within the reach of an person who might be on the outside to reach. to fbe place were the tre actaeaced. Tiastplickmaa then toot; ,• the prisoner into custody, and charged her with having set the house on fire. She made no reply. Both the cottages were burnt down. Mr. Justice ERLE having summed up the case to the jury, they found the prisoner Guilty, and she was sentenced to be transported fur seven years. It was stated in Court that the prisoner had three times before attempted to fire the cottage, and that a bill had been preferred against her at the last assizes for this county, but was ignored. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) John Eldridge was indicted for having threatened to shoot Grace Rice, and thereby obtaining 2/. 7s. 6d. Mr. Edwards conducted the prosecution. It appeared that on the 2d of this month the prosecute ix, an old woman, was at home in her cottage, at Hampworth, in this county, when the prisoner came there, and asked her it. her• husband was at home. She said, " No,•' but asked the prisoner to wait. He went into the house and sat down, and then said to her, "Don't be frightened." She said, " What should Ibe frightened at?" Upon which be took a pistol horn his pocket, and said, "If you don't give me all your money, I'll blow your brains out.". The prosecutor, being very much frightened, was going to leave the room, when the prisoner said, "I'll only give thee two minutes to fetch it." Upon this the old woman gave him 2/. 7s. 6d. The prisoner then left the cottage; but as he was going away said to the prosecutrix that if she told any one before the next hour her house should be burnt down. She, however, gave information to the po • lice, and the prisoner was shortly afterwards apprehended within a mile and a half of the cottage; with the money in his pocket. O.► being asked how he came by the money, he said he had borrowed it of Mrs. Rice, and that be was sorry he had frightened her. On being further searched some bul lets and gunpowder were fund in his podtets, and the next morning a loaded pistol was lound near the Fl-ice where the prisoner was apprehended, which Mrs. Rice identified as the one which he had presented at her. It was also shown that he had purchased it on the same day. Mr. Baron PLATT having summed up, the jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to be transported for ten years.. . NORTHERN ialwui I.—York, July 23. The business on the civil side was concluded last evening. This is the commission day for Durham, but there still re maining some cases to try on the Crown side, for the county of York, Mr. Justice Cresswell sat for the purpose of dis posing of them. One cause on the civil side has been made a retnanet. The following prisoners have been called up and sen tenced :—George Thompson, manslaughter, seven years' transportation; Matthew Harbrun, feloniously wounding, twelve months' imprisonment; John Falshaw, same offence, nine months' imprisonment; John Langstaff, same offence, nine months; John Greenwood, manslaughter, three days' imprisonment; James Vance, pleaded guilty, burglary, nine months' imprisonment; Richard Smith, burglary, eighteen months; James Melder, housebreaking, seven years' trans portation ; W. Brown, same offence, six months' imprison ment; George Caw, robbery, seven years' transportation; Jane Gregory, Sarah Stocks, and Hannah Grunwell robbery with violence, the former fifteen years' transportation, and the two latter twelve months' imprisonment ; John Gillet, 'street robbery, fifteen months' imprisonment; Martha Duck, exposing her child with intent to murder, eighteen months' imprisonment; Jane Briggs, concealing the birth of her child, six months; Jona than Cordinglv, assault on a female child, two years' impri- sonment; William Atkinson and Edwin Hammill, larceny from a shop, the former seven years' transportation, the latter twelve months' imprisonment; James Aspinall, em• bezzlement, six months' imprisonment; Charles Parker, Mary Ann Lee, Thomas Curtis, and George Hargraves, coining, each seven years' transportation. MIDLAND CIRGUIT.-IVotti!whani, July 23. _ CRIMINAL COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PArrEsoN.) Bloany.--Robert Thompson Hardie, aged 25, was charged with having, at North Clifton, on the 30th of May, 1844, married Mary Hammond, his former wife being then alive. It was proved he had married his first wife in 1841, and had lived with her some months, and that she is still alive. The second wife stated she first became acquainted with the prisoner in 1843, and they were married in the May of 1844. She had never heard whether he was married or single, but took it for granted he was a single man. The prisoner stated he did not consider his first marriage lawful, because he never took an oath, or said anything after the clergyman, or even put a ring on the woman's finger. It appeared he was married to his first wife in Scotland, ac cording to the forms of the church there. The — JuDGE overruled the objection the prisoner took, and stated if a man married in a country where the form differed from that practised here, he must be governed by the form existing in the country where he married his wife. „lie - was found Guilty, and sentenced to one year's impri sonment, with hard labour. July 24. CIVIL COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) THE QUEEN V. LORD HARBOROUGH AND OTHERS. This was an indictment for conspiracy. Mr. Humfrey, Q.C., and Mr. Macauley were for the Crown, Mr. Whitehurst, Q.C., and Mr. Hayes conducted the defence. This indictment, which was found by the grand jury at the Oldham Spring Assizes, was tried at Nottingham, by con sent of both parties. The indictment arose out of the following circumstances :—The Midland Counties Rail way Company had in the year 1845 projected a branch from Syston to Peterborough, a portion of which line would go through the lands and a small portion of the park of Lord Harborough, at Stapleford. This Lord Har borough objected to, and was, if possible, determined to pre vent. Accordingly, on certain days mentioned by the wit nesses, between the 10th of October and the 30th of No vember, the noble defendant and the others joined with him, to the number of twelve, who were all more or less his de pendants, did everything they could to prevent the surveyor for the intended line from making the necessary surveys, and this they did by causing men with two poles, with sheets of balk° affixed thereto, to go before the man with the theo dolite. Lord Harborough iuterfered with the surveying by driving at one time a gig, and at others a break, up and down the highway where the surveyor was at work. Carts laden with tree-tops were also brought on the road, and every possible means were adopted to prevent proper levels, &c., from being taken. The hitch in the case was the absence of any agreement or concert between the Noble Earl and his co-thfeaden+g, much of what was done evidently arising out of what was dictated on the spur of the moment. During the time this contest was going on between the two parties, and which was, more or less, from the 12th of October to the 28th of November inclusive, the village of Stapleford and the different parts around were kept in a state of agitation. The Learned JUDGE seemed to think that it would have been better had the matter been allowed to drop ; and that at all events the chaige of conspiracy did not seem to be made out. The jury returned a verdict of—Not Guilty. NORFOLK ClRCUl7l—Norwich, July 23. The commissions for the county of Norfolk and this ancient city were opened yesterday afternoon by Mr. Sergeant Bytes, in the absence of the Learned Judges of Assize, who, having attended Divine service this morning at ten o'clock in the time-honoured cathedral, repaired to the County-hall at twelve o'clock. The entry on the civil side falls below the average, there being only thirteen causes, and on the criminal side there are but forty prisoners, whose alleged offences are of a lighter complexion than is usual in this county, there being four cases of arson, four of rape, two of felonious cutting and shooting, one of horse stealing, one of robbery, one of burglary, three of housebreaking, one of uttering a forged banker's receipt, sixteen of larceny. and one case in which the prisoner, a woman, aged 33, is charged with ad ministering cantharides to a female with intent to murder her, but in that case the grand jury threw out the bill. CROWN COURT.—( Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) Sarah Kastings, aged 32, stood charged with uttering a forged order for the payment of 951. at Great Yarmouth, on the 2d of September, 1844, with intent to defraud Messrs. Gurney. 111 r. Palmer and Mr. Drewry were counsel for the pro. secution. It appeared that in June, 1844, the husband of the pri. soner, an illiterate and frugal man of 51, deposited the suns of 951. in Messrs. Gurney's bank at Great Yarmouth, and received the usual "accountable receipt" from them in ac knowledgment of the paper. In the September following the prisoner took this instrument to the bank, and stating that she was the wife of the depositor, demanded the payment of the principal and interest due thereon. The clerk told her that the signature of her husband was required, and she took away the paper, which she returned in a short time, bearing for endorsement the words, " Mr. Joh n Millar astings," which she said was her husband's signature, adding, by way of explanation, that he was a "Mister," and as she conceived had a right so to sign himself The clerk, however, struck his pen throagh the word " Mr.," and then paid the suiis of 951. 6s. sd. to the prisoner,'whe was not seen after that day in Yarmouth, or elsewhere, for twenty -two months, though information was given to the police, and Mr. Hastings in sisted on the hank repaying the money to him, on the ground that the «locument was a forgery. In the month of May last Mr. Hastings died, and after that event the prisoner re-ap peared in Yarmouth, and she was taken into custody on the charge. Tt — ie jury having deliberated together for some time, re tired to consider their verdict, one of them, the brightest of the lot, observing that " they didn't exactly know what to say to It." After the lapse of half an hour, they returned into Court with a verdict of Guilty, whereupon His Loapsnw, having expressed his entire concurrence with the verdict of the jury, sentenced her to be imprisoned fur twelve months. Eliza Ward, aged 25, was charged with setting fire to an outhouse at Sow Barth,lph, in this county. tlr. Cooper conducted the case fir the prosecution, which was of the clearest possible character, the prisoner having repeatedly acknowledged her act, while she justified it as a re.rihution on her master, the prosecutor, for having refused to pay her journey home after he had discharged her from his service without just cause. The jury having found the prisoner Guilty, sentence was deferred. OXFORD CIRCUIT.— WorceAter, July 23. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant GAZILEE.) Richard Farley and Ann Jones were indicted for forging a will, purporting to be that of William Welch, of Llantillo pethlow, deceased. with intent to defraud the heir-at-law of the said William Welch. Mr. Keating and Mr. liuddlestone conducted the case for the prosecution ; Mr. Newton defended the prisoner. This case, which had excited great interest in the county, carne on for trial this day, and occupied the Court for up wards of eleven hours. It was clearly proved that the signature was not that of WilHain Welch. deceased. It was also clearly proved that neither was the name " Charlotte Farley" in her writing, nor was the last will put forth (on which the indictment was founded) in the handwriting, as Ann Jones had alleged, of Thomas Northen. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both pri soners, recommending Ann Jones to mercy. The Learned JUDGE sentenced Richard Farley to trans portation for fifteen years, and Ann Jones to one year's im prisonment and hard labour. With this case the assize for the county and city of Wor cester ended. CONSOLIDATED MINES OF CODRE ASSOCIATION.— Yesterday the half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held at the offices in Austin-friars, Russell Edir,e, Esq., in the chair. From the report it ap peared that the .quantity of ore r a i se d d ur i ng the year amounted to . 17,468 tons, which sold for 193,417/. 7s. 11d., leaving a profit to the company of 10,325/.1a.. 9d: This amount, with the balance brought forward from last year, made the sum- of 14,7311. 133. 2d., out of which sum a divi dend was paid to the proprietors in February last, leaving only 2,7311. 13s. 2d. to the credit of the account. With iv spect to the workings of the mines for the present year, the quantity of ore raised to the Ist of June was 7,254 tons, but it having been found necessary to send out a large steam-en gine, this, with some other unavoidable expeases, had deprived the directors of the mines of paying a dividend. It was stated that an experiment was going on at Swansea for smelting the dust ores, which would be, if successful, an immense saving to the company. The report having been adopted, a vote of thanks was passed to - the directors and the oMcers abroad, when the iuoting adjourned. - - ~... PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. FRIDAY, JULY 24. Messengers from the Lords brought up the following Bills, to which their Lordships had agreed : London and Blackwall Railway (Widening) Bill—Chorley Waterworks Bill—Waterford Harbour (No. 2) Bill—Coal whippers (Port of London) Bill, without amendment— London and Birmingham (Coventry to Nuneaton) Railway Bill—Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Termini and Branches) Bill—Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Bill— Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junc tion Railway (No. 1) Bill—Manchester and Leeds Railway Extensions Bill—Trent Valley Midlands and Grand Junction Railway Bill—Strathtay and Breadalbane Railway Bill— Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Bill— Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Bill—Liverpool and Bury Railway Bill—Midland Railways (Leicester and Swan nington Railway Alteration and Branches) Bill—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway Bill—London and Birmingham Railway (Weedon and• Northampton Branch) Bill, with amendments—Forth a n d Cl y d e N av i gat i on and Bowling Bay Improvement Bill—North Wales Railway Bill, with an amendment. PARUANIEN TAR Y DIV IS] ONS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons, FRIDAY, JULY 24. SUGAR DUTIE.4 BILL.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.) First clause,. folio 2, line 11 :—Motion made, and Question pro posed, 2 ' That the blank be filled with the words ' fifth day of Sep tember, 1846 :' "—Afterwards, Motion made, " That the blank b e tilled with the w o rds ' fifth day of July, 1647 :' "—Question put, " That the blank be tilled with the words ' 111th day or September, 1846.' " The Committee divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 121. Aglionby, IL A. Esmonde, Sir T. Morris, David Antrobus, E. Estcourt, T. G. Mostyn, E. M. L. Archbold, Robert Etwall, Ralph Napier, Sir Charles Itariii,lW. B. Ewart, William Norreys, Sir D. Barnard, E. G. Sir It. O'C onne ll , Daniel Barron, Sir 11. Fitzr..y, Ferguson , enry O'Conor, Don Beckett, W. Fleetwood, Sir P. Oswald, James Bellew, R. M. Flower, Sir J. Parker, John Berkeley, Craven Forster, Mathew Paulson, J. Berkeley, Captain Gibson, Thomas M. Peel, sir Robert Bernal, Ralph Gill, Thomas Peel, Jonathan Blackburne, J. I. Gore, Robert Philipps, Sir R. Bouverie, E. P. Goulburn, Henry Philips, Mark Bowring, Dr. Graham, Sir James Plumridge, Captain Bretherton, J. Grey, Sir G. Price, Sir R. Brown, W. Grosvenor, Lord R. Rutherford, A. Buller, Edward Guest, Sir John Seymour, Sir 11. B. Byng, G. S. Hamilton, W. J. Shell, R. L. Carnegie, Captain Hustle, Archibald Sheridan, R. B. Cavendish, C. C. Heneage, Edward Smith, J. A. Cavendish, G. 11. Hervey, Lord A. Smith, Vernon Christie, W. D. Ilindley, Charles Somerset, Lord G. Clements, Viscount Hobhouse, Sir John Spooner, Richard Clerk, Sir G. Hogg, J. W. Stuart, Lord J. Clive, R. H. llorsman, E. Stratt, Edward Coca burn, Sir 0. Iluine, Joseph Sutton, Henry Colebrooke, Sir T. Hutt, William Thornely, T. Courtenay, Lord James, Sir W. C. Trench, Sir F. Craig, W. G. Jervis, John Troubridge,Sir E. Crawford, W. S. Kemble, H. Wakley, T. Cripps, William Labouchere, Henry Ward, 11. G. Denison, J. E. Langston, J. H. Waivn, J T. Dennistoun, J. Layard, Captain Wilshere, T. W. Dickinson, F. 11. Lemon, Sir C. Wood, Charles Duncan, George Lincoln, Earl of Wood, Colonel T. Duncan, Lord Loch, James Wortley, J. S. Buncombe, Thomas Macaulay, T. B. Wyse, Thomas Dundas, Admiral Mangles, R. D. Eg,rton, W. T. Martin, J. Ellice, ltt. Hon. F. Martin, C. W. Elphinstone, Sir 11. Motile, Fox Escott, Bickhain Morpe,lll, Viscount TELLERS. Cowper, W. F. Rich, Henry MINORITY-NOES, 38. Ailix, J. P. Grogan, Edward Pakington, J. S. Austen, Colonel Henley, J. W. Palmer, Robert Baillie, Col. Hildyard, T. B. T. Powlett, Lord W. Baillie, H. J, Hod4son, R. Roßeston, Colonel Bankes, George Houldsworth, T. Round, John Benett, John Hussey, Thomas Stuart, J. ~. .. .. lioldero, H. G. Codrington, Sir W. Dick, Q. Disraeli, B. Jones, Captain Lygoti, Geucral M`Clintock, W. B. Miles, P. W. S. Trollope, Sir J. Waddington, H. S. Wodehouse, E. Douglas, Sir 11. Miles, W. TELLERS. Du I're, C G. Newdegatc, C. N. Inglis, Sir It. 11. Floyer, John O'Brien, A. Stafford Bentinck, Lord G Fuller, A. E. Packe, C. W. SUPPLY. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " Mr. Baker's petition (presented June 12), complaining of certain abuses existing in the Milbank Prison, be referred to a Select Committee," instead thereof:—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided MAJORITY--AYES, 56. Benett, J. Gill, Thomas Lincoln, Earl of Bennet, I'. Gore, Robert Macaulay, T. B. Bentinek, Lord G. Goulburn, Henry 3PClintock, IV. Berkeley, Captain Graham, Sir James Martin, C. W. Blakemore, R. Greene, Thomas Moffatt, George Borthwick, Peter Grey, Sir G. O'Conor, Don Bouverie, Edward P. Guest, Sir J. Parker, John Bowles, Admiral Hamilton, G. A. Pigot, David Brotherton, Joseph Harris, Captain Pusey, P. Brown, W. Hastie, Archibald Scrope, G. P. Buller, Charles Hatton, Captain Somerville, Sir W. Clerk Sir G. Ileneage, E. Spooner, Richard Clive, R. H. Henley, J. W. Thornely, Thomas Cockburn, Sir G. Hill, Lard Marcus Tronbridge, Sir E. Cowper, W. F. Hobhouse,'Sir J. Ward, H. G. Craig, W. G. Inglis, Sir R. Wood, Colonel T. Dundas, Admiral Jervis, John Ebrington, Viscount Kemble, Henry TELLERS. Forster, Matthew Labouchere, Henry Tufhell, Henry Fox, C.R. Langston, J. H Gibson, T. M. MINORITY—NOES, 10. Hume, Joseph Wawn, J. T. Morris, David Pechell, Captain Tancred, H. W. Aglionby, H. A. Bo wring, Dr. Christie, W. D. Ewart, William Gisborne, Thomas TELLERS. Buncombe, T. Escott, Bickham MILITARY FLOGGING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - - - Sin,—Why do the aristocracy support flogging? The Duke of Wellington's dispatches, quoted in Colonel Napier's; History of the Peninsular War, say that English officers, being gentlemen, will not do their duty. Col. Napier tells us that Sir John Moore thought that the very . reason why they should do their duty all the better. And in the three regiments of the light division, the 52d, 43d, 95th—this last now the rifle brigade, commonly called at that time Sir John Moore's regiments, because instructed by him in Ireland-- the officers did do the duty, Sir; and these regiments, with t wo Portuguese battalions, were the outpost men, the hard workers of the army, who took all the fatiguing anxiety of advance guard duty. And yet on the retreat from Salamanca Wellington allows them praise before all the others! Sir, if in all British regiments the same system existed, there would be no flogging. As long as outlandish, expensive, and useless thesses remain, and purchase exists, so long will you have no officers, but aristocratic dandies. And if there are no edu cated officers to take care of the uneducated soldiers, you can not expect these latter to take care of themselves, they having no resource for occupation or amusement. And con sequently officers resort to dogging, in the hope that thus they may sooner overawe the men. Now, Sir, if every subaltern had his half-troop to instruct day by day in riding, drill, exercise, bridling, saddling, packing, blanket laying, &c., and outpost duty, viz., patrolling, videttes. escorts of all descriptions, skirmishing, surprises, means of discerning an enemy, &c., besides visiting his men in room and stables— being, in fact, responsible for their social and moral condition, as well as physical, and for the state of their horses and arms, &c., such an officer would like his men, take their part, and mutual confidence would be the result. A good officer would know beforehand his man's chance of failing, and warn his non-commissioned officers to keep an eye on him at that time. The real fact, Sir, is, you would not find one aristo cratic young gentleman willing to have anything of the sort to do with the "common soldiers," as they are contemptu ously termed; and yet, Sir, it is merely the want of such officers which renders our cavalry anyway inferior to the French. In fighting they always beat their enemies with surprising ease ' • but at all other duties they fail, b e c aus e n o t taught ; and, Sir, sergeants cannot teach these things. I have seen a dozen horses with sore backs, and no sergeant could tell the cause ; which was to be found in a bad pack of accoutrements. And as to the real duties of light cavalry; not ten years instruction by sergeants gives that knowledge to the men which a very few lessons by a well-educated in telligent officer do. But rich young nobles purchase com missions, and make sergeants and riding -masters do their work. Sir, ten years' travel has made me acquainted with foreign cavalry. In all the large continental armies every subaltern has the fourth-part of a squadron as his indepen dent command. It requir,s a regimental decision to take one of his men from him, or-any man's horse away from him, about which Dragoons are very sensible; and soldiers can appeal to the general on inspection days to return to their platoon, which they look on as their home. The subaltern considers his platoon as his properly, with which no one can interfere; if anything is wrong the lieutenant is responsible; and I have seen how well this works. Is an officer absent a short time, that platoon becomes the worst under sergeant's command. But ask your :4 oung titled erceaus, your lady killers in Hungarian dresses, to take such trouble. I have heard one call it a drudgery unfit for gentlemen. There is the secret, Sir. If a colonel wanted dog 'Wthin,' 'he would have that man's otili ,cer„ t opp corer !, by , all the other subalter n s, corp y tint t complinning and petitioning. I wilt warrant thit our men would then take an interest in something more than the public-house, like to have books and read about professional matters, and the officers would care more for the welfare and superiority of their own platoon, than for Captain Maxwell's list of ac complishments, quoted in his first chapter of the "Stories of 11 aterloo." How many thousand pounds more does an Hussar regi ment cost than an English one. Nobody ever would have seen Hussars if the dress were not an Hungarian national costume, and if Hungarian D ragoons would wear any less expansive ones. Your lady-killers like these dresses because they are better laced and more gaudy; but they protect no part of the body, and are very inconvenient, and a useless ex pense. The money spent on them would make not a few shoolmasters; less gaudy and more laborious would our obi cers then be.—Your obedient servant, A CONSTANT READER. SUPPOSED MURDER AND SUICIDE.—NORTS BIERLY, NEAR BRADFORD, JULY 22.—A most deplorable occurrence has recently thrown this district into the deepest sensation. The bedv of a weaver named William Bywater, living at Bullershan, and that of his son Ralmouth, were found at the bottom of an old coal-pit on Monday morning, and, from the facts adduced at the inquest, there is little doubt that the elder deceased led his child to the mouth of the pit, and, after. throwing him in, committed suicide by p rec i p i tat i ng himself down the shaft. The parent was employed at the factory of Mr. J. Sutcliffe, Odsal Moor. He was thirty-three years of age, married, and had three children, the deceased child, who was seven years of age, being by a former wife. About six o'clock on Monday morning Bywater got up and roused his son, telling him he should take a walk with him. After pre paring his wife's breakfast he left with his child, and pro ceeded along the road to Bradford. They went over a stile leading to the pit, which is situate on elevated ground, and on reaching a platform which surrounds it, Bywater was seen to stoop under some rails which protect the mouth. They were then lost sight of, but a few seconds afterwards the cries of a child were heard by the men, who made all haste to the spot, but on looking down the pit nothing could be heard. The bottom was then searched, and their bodies were found dreadfully mutilated. - It was shown that Bywater was much attached to the child, 'and was never heard to express any intention of destroying it. In a conversation, he had, how ever, with a neighbour, he manifested much uneasiness of mind, and his observations led to the impression that he meditated committing suicide. The jury returned a verdict That the deceased were found dead it'the bottom of the pit, -but how or by what means they came to their death there was no evidence to show." POSEbr, JULY. 9.—A few days ago some persons got through an open widdot of tho residence of the Chief Pre sident, and.pltindered the office of 1,500 dollars in money and bills of exchange. None of the papers belonging to political persons were abstracted, but pains was taken to throw them into the greatest confusion, and thus everything in the office was in diso r d er . I t is difficult to assign a cause for such a proceediug. ~:: „ .: ~.: IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT' HOUSE OF LORDS, July 24. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the \ Tool' sack at Five o'clock precisely, when there was rath er A scanty attendance of Peers. BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER (STONE.; HOUSE JUNCTION) RAILWAY. Lord STRAFFORD reported to the House that the preamble of the Birmingham and Gloucester (Stone house Junction) Railway Bill had not been proved. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Messenger.; from the House of Commons brought up cc' lain Bills. BANGOR AND ST. A SAPII AND MANCHESTER DIOCESES BILL. _ _ _ The Earl of POWIS moved that the Bangor and St. Asaph and Manchester Dioceses Bill should be passed. Lord LANSDOWNE said, that on a former occasion he was of opinion that the consent of the Crown was not necessary to the passing of the Bill, but on speaking to certain Noble Lords, he found them of opinion that it would be more prudent to postpone the Bill till the per mission of her Majesty could be got, and he therefore urged his Noble Friend to consent to the postponement for this purpose. SMALL DEBTS BILL. _ _ _ Lord CAMPBELL presented several petitions from the counties of Worcester and Stafford in favour of this Bill. MAGISTRATES OF THE CITY OF LONDON. Lord BROUGHAM said he had a petition to lay on their Lordships' table complaining of one of the greatest grievan .es to which the citizens of London could be subjected, that the magistrates entertain quostions which by law they had no more right to entertain than they had to enter their Lordships' houses and seize Xheir property. That practice had prevailed not only in Londoe, but in Westminster and the borough of South wark, till he, when he held the great seal, called the at•• ten tion of Lord Melbourne, then Secretary of State tor thee Home Department, in whose department it properly was, to the question. He (Lord Brougham) wrote a letter to his Lordship recapitulating this gross abuse, and called on him seriously to represent to the magistrates of the city of Westminster in this respect, for he had no jurisdiction over the magistrates of the City of London.—(Hear, hear.) The magistrates permitted persons to come before them and make their complaints in the absence of the accused. He would illustrate the evil which it was the occasion of by the following fact :—A Noble Friend of his, who at one time held a very high office had made an unfortunate marriage, and his widow fell'- into the greatest pecuniary distress. The Prince Regent allowed her a sum of money, and she received in sums of forty shillings a week. She had formed such associ ations after her husband's death as to entirely prevetzt the whole sum of money being entrusted to her hands; so the fund was placed in the hands of two of his Noble Friends in that House, in order to secure its proper dis tribution, but whenever she wanted money she went be. fore the sitting magistrates. He read the reports in the newspapers himself, and stated that the two Noble Lords had possession of a fund which was allowed to her by the public, and that they refused to give it to her, but kept it for their own purposes, and the Lord Mayor of London, to whom she told her tale, instead of sending her shoot her business, said, " Is it to be believed, is it to be endured, that these two Noble Lords should take this miserable opportunity of benefiting themselves at the expense of an unfortunate widow ?"—(Hear.) He called the attention of his Noble friends to the fact, but they considered it not North their while to contradict it, though it was very genes:l%llY be lieved elsewhere, and, in fact, he had heard it even Lltel.Y re-told. In the present instance the petitioner had bee'll illegally sentenced to pay 201., and to be imprisoned, and kept to hard labour for two months. He appealed, and was brought up on an habeas corpus, when it wag decided that he had been illegally imprisoned and fined. Tho poor man had suffered the punishment, and there would be no redress for him even if he brought his action, it would be decided that he had only acted in his judicial character. He (Lord Brougham) considered) that these corporation magistrates were most per nicious, and to say the least thing offensive, were most opposed to the first principles of justice. LORD GOUGH AND VISCOUNT HARDINGE. The LORD CHANCELLOR read letters from Lords Gough and Hardinge, which stated that those Noble Lords had communicated the votes passed by their Lord ships' House to the officers and men under their command, who were greatly gratified by the honour conferred upon them. The letters were respectfully dated the 10th and the 25th of May. They were ordered to be entered on the journals of the House. SUGAR QUESTION. Lord BROUGHAM said that he would on Monday tlight next present a petition against the proposed Sugar Bill. The petition was from his venerable friend, Thomas Clarkson, the president of the Anti-Slavery Association. Lord BROUGHAM begged to state that in conse [nem.° of the postponement of the sugar duties from to lay till Monday, in the House of Commons, he should postpone his notice of his motion respecting the sugar duties from Monday till Tuesday next. BATHS AND WASHHOUSES. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from the mayor and burgesses of Cork, praying that any measure on this subject which had reference to England and Wales should be extended to Ireland. RAILWAY BILLS NOT COMMITTED. Lord STANLEY moved, in addition to the motion which he had made the other evening, for a return of all the Bills for railways which had not been committed on the 20th of July. The Earl of CLARENDON conceived that the agree ment entered into the other night would be sufficient to furnish all the information which his Noble Friend desired. RAILWAY GAUGES. The Earl of CLARENDON brou..4lit in a Bill for the regulation of the railway gauges , which was read a first time. COALWHIPPERS' BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 24. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. The OVONOR DON was introduced by Mr. Fitz stephen French and the Hon. W. Cowper, and took the oaths and his seat upon his re-election for Roscommon. Lord W. POULETT took the oaths and his seat for St. Ives, in the room of Mr. W. Prard, deceased. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to : Airdrie and Coatbridge Waterworks. Belfast Improvement. East Lancashire Railway (Deviations and Branches). Yurness Railway Extensions. Huddersfield and Sheffield and Manchester and Leeds Railways Amalgamation. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (Norwich Extension). Kenningt , m-lane, &c. Lighting, Kilmarnock Waterworks. Liverpool and Bury and Manchester and Leeds Rail ways Amalgamation. London and Brighton and London and Croydon Rail ways Consolidation. London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch). Oxford, Worcester, and Woverhampton Railway. Rothesay Municipal and Police. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway (Extensions and Deviations). Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway _ . (Crickheath and Wem Lines). Wath-upon-Dearne Improvement. SECOND READINGS. Bortbwick's Estate Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. THIRD READINGS. The Dublin Cemeteries Bill and the Tramoro Era _ re ad a third time and p assed. On the motion.ot Viscount NORTHLAND, the re port bankment Bill were on the Dublin. Belfas t, and Coleraine Railway was ordered to be considered on Monday next. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from the Rev. Mr. Pyne, in the diocese of Dublin, complaining of being removed by the Archbishop of the same, for be longing to the Evangelical Union. He also presented several other petitions from Ireland, complaining of the tax called " Ministers' Money," and praying for its repeal. air. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition, numerously signed by the gentry and clergy of the county of Tip perary, representing the great advantage which had accrued to the county by the Public Works Bill, and praying that the louse would cause the recommenda tion of its Committee, in 1835, to be acted upon. The HoN. MEMBER also presented a petition, signed by the Presbyterian congregation of Warrington, pray ing for the abolition of capital punishments. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a native of India, a resident in England, in the service of the Raja of Sattara, praying that the House would order an in quiry into the complaints of his master, whom, he said, was oppressed and borne down by means of bribery and corruption. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Sir G. GREY said it was the intention of his Noble Friend the First Lord of the Treasury, on Aonday, to move that as the public business did not now occupy so much time as at the commencement of the session, that After that day public business should commence at half-past four, instead of five o'clock, as heretofore. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY. Dr. BOWRING gave notice, that on the motion for going into a Committee of Supply on the Army Esti mates, he should propose that flogging in the army be immediately abolished. PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS. Mr. HUME moved fur a return of the number of persons who visited the British Museum, the Tower, and Hampton Court Palace, in 1844 and in 1845, with the view of ascertaining whether there was a sufficient number visiting these exhibitions to allow of their being opened from five to seven in the evening in summer.' —A greLd to The Hox. ME)InEn gave notice that he would post pone his motion concerning the Adininiitration of Jut.tice in Scotland till Monday. ST. JAMES'S PARK. - ------. Mr. HUME, seeing the Noble Lord, the late Presi-• dent of the Woods and Forests, in his place, wished - to ask him; in reference to St. James's Park, whether new regulations as to admission had been adopted, eluding certain parties from the park?' Lord LINCOLN said that no instructions had bet*, given to that effect during his time in office; on the -ptipvfl tray, considerable relaxation had been made in,Optilts_ of admission.—(Hear, hear.)_ Mr. HUME moved that the petition of Govin4 1..--. ?or? Wittul (presented May 25th), s hould be printect Agreed to. ADJOILWAIENx OF THZ HOUSE. Oa She ila o gen of fir a-OWL 4.746 airla that