The Sun. — London, England, 1846-07-13 00:00:00

CbtrV Mittton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. RAILWAY COMIC ITTE ES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room B. LEXCESTER AND DEDroRD. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Maunsell, M.P for Northamptonshire, gave evidence in favour of the line. Mr. Weston, mayor of Leicester, said a petition in favour of the line had been sera up from the town council and from a numerous and respectable meeting of the inhabitants, who, after considering the. two modes of joining the Leicester and Swannington Rait.way, decided for the one embodied in the present Bill. Other witnesses were called and examined on traffic. The Commit tee then adjourned till eleven to-morrow. Room C. MANC 7 IESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND MID LANDS JUNCTXON. —-- - - - The Committee assembled this morning, Earl Radnor in the chair, .when ?Ir. IioPE called for the contract of the Company, and contended that the evidence was not in accordance with its terms. On a revision of that document, however, the Committee decided that there waa no discrepancy sufficient to throw out the Bill. Mr. Wit.osrast, who appeared for several landowners, ad dressed the Committee, and stated that the first six miles of the Sheffield and Chesterfield Railway went through a dis trict entirety without coal, while the Sheffield and Lincoln shire line goes for the first eight miles through a district en tirely fill.ed with coal. This coal was precisely of the same nature as the black strata of the Hunstone bed. It was further remarkable that the beds of ironstone, the convert ing coal, and the black shale lay in such a series, that they must be severally won in the reverse of the order stated, be fore they, could be won, so that the pleas of necessity must fail. In conclusion, he would call upon the Committee, if not for the sake of the shareholders, at least for the sake of the'country, to throw out the Bill, and prevent the loss of capital which must otherwise ensue. Mr. Thomas Dunn, of the firm of Hounsfield and Co., explained the geological map, which was put in to show the several series of the Derbyshire coal measures. He stated that they worked the new Lit at Sheffield, the Birley pit, and the Manor House pit. The price of the black shale coal is 6s. Bd. a ton at the pit's mouth, and of the converting coal 125., two tons being required to make one ton of hard coke. The quantity raised at the Soap house colliery was 2,500 tons a week; and when the arrange ments, now in progress, were completed, the firm would be able to raise double the quantity. Of late years the demand for hard coke had greatly increased, and his impression was that the Sheffield coal and coke was quite as good as that brought from Dronfield. It is a fact, that coal and coke are cheaper at Sheffield than in any other manufacturing town in the kingdom. The firm had been applied to to raise the price of coal, but they had de cided not to do so, believing that it was matter of great im portance that Sheffield should be well and cheaply supplied. Messrs. Frith and Co., who had been customarily supplied half from the Dronfield collieries and half from the Sheffield collieries, had applied to Brooms field and Co. to let them have half of all they required, ' on t he ground that the coke from Dronfield had decreai'eff,in value. The only coal in which the Sheffield mines are deficient is the converting coal, and this would be largely opened by the Sheffield and Lin colnshire line; that line, indeed, would open up all the series of the Yorkshire beds to the southern districts, and his im pres i'o a was that if that line were made, the greater portion of the Hunstone coal would go southward, in consequence of its commanding a better pi ice. He disagreed with Mr. Scholetield, for he believed that there had never been more than 500,000 tons of coal consumed in a year in Sheffield. He conceived that the mistake arose from Mr. Scholefield having taken the whole of the 168 steam. engines as working, like his own, on the high pressure principle. He had assumed the consumption of each engine at forty tons a week, whereas the bulk of the engines in Sheffield work on the low pressure principle, and the outside of their consumption was taken into consideration. Mr. T. D. Jeffcock, who was cross-examined by Mr. WILD. MAN, stated that he estimated the deposit of the diluvial de posit at 90,000,000. When cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant NEREWWATITEr: he stated at 41,000 tons. The coal-field comprises 13,000 acres on the Dronfield and Ilunstone line. Newbold he stated to be twelve miles from Sheffield, and two miles from the Midland. Mr. Rigby, the mining engineer of the Manchester and Sheffield Railway, stated that be had great experience in the ascertainment of coal measures, and could confirm the state ment already given. Mr. Crossland, a valuer at Sheffield, stated that be had valued the land and buildings to be taken at 121,1711. 15s. 101jd., including 268 dwelling-houses. The value of the Ton tine Inn, at Sheffield, he rated at 13,0001., but this did not include the compensation for houses of 101. a year, which he rated at the usual calculation. Mr. John Fowler was then called by Mr. Hope, who stated that the junction of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway with the Sheffield and Lincolnshire line, was 16i miles, while the junction by the proposed line would be l3i miles. By Mr. Vignoles' statement it appeared that one in 300 had no reference whatever to the ruling gradient. The curves, as far as compared with the gradient, are much more severe, being one in 20 chains. On the Midland they were much more severe, and he had no doubt that the difference of dis tance (34 miles) would have no effect upon the distance. To the CHAIRMAN, the witness replied that he took the whole course, and he allowed for them. To Mr. HOYE, he witness replied that he had considered the difficulty of the arrangement between the Sheffield and Midland, and the arrangements had been made in accordance with the understanding into which he bad entered, and if there were any deficiency it could be easily arranged. Mr. HoPE wished to know whether the communication between London was in any vi - ay provided for by that line? The witness replied that there would be a saving of nine miles between London and York, the Sheffield line joining this at Retford. To the CHAIRMAN, the witness replied that they had entered int• arrangements with the London and York, whereby all difficulties would be obviated. With respect to the Leicester and Bedford there would be no doubt. With respect to Newark, the distance by the London and York he believed would be much the same. ,An endeavour was here made by the Committee to ascer tain what were the respective interests of the several lines. Chesterfield it appeared was a small place, not extending for three-quarters of a mile or perhaps the half of that. An endeavour had been made to amalgamate the several lines of the Swinton and Lincoln Company, but a disagree ment ensued on the terms. Taking the several stations of the Midland Company, and that of the proposed line, he could say that the making of one line was not more facile than the other. But this he must say, that parties coming from Sheffield would have to bac.l, a mile into the Chesterfield station. To the CHAIRMAN the witness replied, that inasmuch as there was no first-class station within twenty-four miles, there was no alternative, the nearest station being Brighton. To Mr. HOPE, the witness replied that there was no objec tion to that line. -- - Mr. FOWLES had prepared a table of population between Sheffield and Chesterfield. The witness had taken the town ship, including many villages a long way from the line. The result was, that the total population was 8,612, a considerable number of which were excluded from the line. The population of Norton is nearly 2,000, a great part of which is situated immediately above the long tunnel. At Drontield the same case holds. For a great part of the coal-tield the line is inconveniently laid out, going through a valley and a cutting. There was a differ• ence between last year and this year ; the one in the former ease going on the level, and that of this year going through cutting of from thirty to forty feet. CTo the Earl of MCIIESTXR, the witness replied that he deemed it at all times advisable that every advantage should be given to the coal proprietors. They had this year sacri ficed especially the Drontield beds for the sake of a better lines although a better line might be laid out. TO Mr. Hoc's, the witness expressed his opinion that Mr. Vignola's estimate was about correct. Ile e s ti ma t e d t h e whole cost at 847,000/., the land and buildings at 687,000/. The land for spoil was 149 acres, and taking all the cuttings this was a fair estimate. Mr. Vignoles proposed to take a retaining valley, but though restricting to space, there would La an increase cf expense. To the Earl of CHICHESTER, the witness replied that in cast of Blisworth, where the upper stratum is rock and Os lower portion clay, the cuttings were necessarily of greater amount, and in any case the station to the tontine of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire line was not at all likely to be made. Mr. Hope's examination having concluded, the Committee adjourned till to-morrow. Room D. 3111ASTILl7r COMM= ENLAUGZAZZINT ADM 711LILTENSION After hearing some evidence in 5' •of the Bill, Mr. FaIISYTN addressed the Committee on the end t rd Ottar.theo'k son, petitioner against the Bill, terference with his property, at the new roadvAn g down u . ; Whitechapel, was uncalled for, inasmuch as Brick-lane and Charles-street afforded sufficient access to the stations of the South-Eastern Railway. Mr. Taylor, architect and surveyor, was called, and stated that the injury which the petitioner complained: of would be inflicted. After a long conference and discussion between the counsel for the parties, the Committee decided that the preamble of the Bill was proved, and that they would report accordingly. TbaCommittee then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. CALEB ONIAN EXTENSION. This Rill having had the preamble proved on Saturday be. fore the House of Lords' Committee :was referred this morn ing to the chairman of the Committees on Bills. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met in Room 1 (House of Lords) at the Dual hour; Lord Shaftesbury took the chair according to Autom. • There were nineteen Bills on the list, and of these all were railway Bills. ST. ALBANS, LUTON AND DUNSTABLE. This case, which stood over from Saturday, and, indeed, bad been part heard on a previous day, was again called on (jjis morning , whe n, th e p roof s befog completed, the standing orders were declared complied with. HERTFIELD AND HATFIELD. This case had also been part heard on former days. The Committee now declared the standing orders complied with. EAST LANCASHIR F. (DEVIATION AND BRANCHES). The same observations apply to this case, and the result ng R ordersE F O R compliedDSl I was the same. SSHREWSBURYAN st Df E Also an adjourned case ;and NEWCASTLE-UPO UNCT lON-TYNE AND CARLISLE JN. A similar case ; standing orders complied with. GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY AND CANAL SALE AND PURCHASE. Their Lordships declared the standing orders comp li e d /with in this case also. 2't - ,',WCASTLE AND DARLINGTON (PONTOP AND SOUTH SHIELDS PURCHASE). A similar decision was given in this case. SWANSEA VALE. Iwo -Bill was opposed by the Duke of BeatiSirc but on tearing the case their Lonishirs were of opinion that net , one of the allegations of his Grace's petition was proved. Petition therefore not sustained and standibg orders, so tar Complied with. Tile ease was adjourned in order to give tim e e for an e amendment , the extra proofs necessitated by wh ich will be heard to-suerrow, THE SUN, LONDON, MON'DAY EVENING; JULY SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JIJNCTION RAIL WAY, WITH BRANCHES. The report of the Committee upon this Bill wrs con sidered, by order, and the Bill was read a third time arid-passed.. doubt. I can assure my Hononrable Friend that it is our determination to proceed with the Bill without delay.—(Hear, hear.) I certainly voted with my Hon. Friend the Member for Malton as to the instructions to be given to the Committee, because of the existence in the minds of many of no great doubt as to the expediency of the provisions with regard to the residences of the poor.-,--(Cries of " Hear, hear.") I would like very much to have a general Committee with respect to the law of settlement, which was most com plicated and difficult—(Cries of " Hear, hear")—and I do trust the Bill will get all the benefit of such a Committee. Having said this much, I have a short statement to make to the House. Her Majesty's Ministers having very • lately accepted office, and not having all of them as emblsd in consequences of the necessity of vacating their seats and attending on their elections, I do not think it would be wise to state the particular measures which we propose to carry out, or in what respect we pro pose to alter the Bills at present before the House.— (Hear, hear.) I will make a statement on Thurs day with reference to what period I propose to bring forward the Sugar Duties Bill. I am quite uu are of the injury which weukl re sult to trade and commerce generally should this question remain unsettled,: andj 1: will, therefore, when I fix a day, give notice for a further continuance of the sugar duties for a short period, as the measures which I may introduce may meet with very great opposition. At the 'present moment I have no further statement to make to the House. Col. WOOD, who was inaudible in the galkry, owing to the great confusion which existed in the House. after the conclusion of the Noble Lord's statement, was understood to say that in consequ e n c e of the explanation which had been made, he would with - draw the notices of mot ons which he had upon the paper. Mr. WAKL EY expressed his strong approbation of the 'course about to be pursued by the Noble Lord as the very best course which could be adopted. Mr. PAKINGTON expressed himself highly satis fied with the course which the Noble Lord proposed to follow. 15, JUL extensive grower in that di;trict says, he has not.had so short a crop of barley for fourteen years. Still, on the richer and more heavy soils, there are many fields of very fine barley, of good colour and of average length in straw, and the late abundant showers every day make a great improvement in these crops. It is said that the yield of oats will be deficient this har vest. The turnips begin to assume a better appearance, Even on the light soils they are in a very forward state. There is a field of turnips at Cawston, sown on the Northumberland plan. The leaves are spread from one ridge and lodged upon those of the next ; and about a dozen persons were last week employed in hoeing them; but the policy of sowing turnips early, on light soils, is called in question by practical farmers, who affirm that the crop is likely to be deteriorated in quality, and more liable to mildew. Generally speaking, the turnips are not in so forward a state as at this time last year ; but the change in the weather has much improved the crop. The hay harvest may be considered as over, though in the neighbourhood of Derehain a few fields may be seen not yet carried.-IVolfolk CAronicle. THE GREAT INCENDIARY FIRE AT SOIIAM. CAMBRIDGE, SUNDAY NIGIIT.—In compliance with a previous arrangement, the magistrates of Soham, the Rev. Mr. Bennett and Mr. Dobede, were engaged the whole of yesterday (Saturday), at the Crown Inn, in in vestigating certain charg= s preferred against Mr. Corne lius Harvey, a wealthy farmer, and hi; nephew, James Harvey, as being feloniously concerned in the origin of the recent great fire in that village. It will be recollected that the prisoners underwent a brief examination on the day after the fire, and were remanded to the county gaol at Cambridge until yesterday, when they were brought up in custody of Mr. Orridge, the governor. The elder prisoner's apprehension appeared to have resulted from a voluntary statement made by him. Having been noticed by a private watchman a few mi nutes before the outbreak walking from the spot where the flames were first seen to rise (Mr. Pachey's farm), he was interrogatad on the subject. He admitted being the individual ; that he had been watching about the neigh bourhood the greater part of the night ; that when he went home he went to bed, but did not pull off his clothes. The reason he gave why he did so was that he was fearful something would happen, and on being further questioned why he wanted that particular spot, replied that he expected a fire would break out; but gave no satisfactory account why he entertained such a sup position. These and other suspicious circumstances being reported to the magistrates, his arrest was ordered; and, in addition to the watchman's statement, other witnesses spoke positively of having seen him walking up and down a bye lane at the back of Mr. Pachey's farm, and every now and then peeping through the hedge in the direction of the spot where the fire broke out. It was attempted to be shown that the prisoner had been watching his own property, that it had been his practice to be on the watch for se veral weeks past ; but on the night in question the wit nesses declared that he was watching some distance from his farm. He was viewing the premises of Messrs. Pa chey and Staples. As regards the younger prisoner he had insured his stock in trade in the Suffolk Fire Insurance Office for 3501. The fire did not originate on his pre mises, but in one of the barns of Mr. Pachey, that stood within a few feet of his stores or warehouse, which sub sequently caught. When broken open by +he inhabi tants very trifling property was foundin the place. The day after the fire he was met by an assistant agent of the company he was insured in, who, seeing that he had hurt his hand, asked him how it happened. Ile answered that it was done during the fire, in attempting to save his goods. The agent inquired of him if any had been saved, to which be made answer, "Nothing whatever, that he had lost twice as many as be was insured ft T." In the latter part of the day the prisoner made his claim of the amount of his loss to the agent, upon which he was given into custody on a charge of attempting to defraud the company, 'roof having been adduced to show that he hail, prior to the fire, removed the chief bulk of his stock, &c., to various parts of the town. With a view of showing that the prisoners had acted in concert, it was proved that the elder prisoner had advanced his nephew 3001. to set him up in business, and attempts were made to show that the uncle urged its payment, and had connived to obtain the amount of in surance on the nephew's goods, but a witness swore po sitively that the sum was given as a gift, to start the nephew in business. Another one was called who had acted to value the salvage of the nephew's property, and in the course of his surveys the prisoner begged that he would do all he could for t;iw, for it he could not get the money for his insurance, he could not pay his uncle the 3001. he had lent him. The nephew lived in the uncle's house. But it did not appear in evidence that he was was seen in the neighbourhood at its outbreak, although on the alarm being raised he was immediately on the spot dressed. At the cicse of the evidence the magistrates retired to a private room, and, after nearly an hour's comultation, returned, when the chairman, addressing the prisoners, said, they considered the evidence fully warranted them in committing them both to take their trial at the ensuing assizes. THE WEATHER—YEARS WHICH WEitE EXTREMELY HUT AND DRY. In 763, the summer was so hot that the springs dried up. In 870, the heat was so intense, that near Worms the reapers dropped dead in the fields. In 903, and again in 924, it was so hot that the corn and fruit were burnt up. The year 1000 was so hot and dry that in Germany the pools of water di,appeared, and the fish, being left to stink in the mud, bred a pe.-tilence. In 1122 the beat was so excessive, that both men and cattle were struck dead. In 1130 the earth yawned with drought. Springs and rivers disappeared, and even the Rhine was dried up in Alsace. In 1159 not a drop of rain fell in Italy after May. The year 1171 was extremely hot in Germany. 1n.1232, The heat was so great, especially in Germany that it is said that eggs were roasted in the sands. In 1260 many of the Hungarian soldiers died of ex• cessive heat at the famous battle fought near Bela. The consecutive years 1276 and 1277 were so hot and dry as to occasion a great scarcity of fodder. The years 1293 and 1294 were extremely hot; and so were likewise 1303 and 1304, both the Rhine and the Danube having dried up. In 1333 the corn-fields and vineyards were burnt up. - The year 1393 and 1394 were excessively hot and dry. In 1447 the summer was extremely hot. In the successive years 1473 and 1474, the whole earth seemed on fire. In Hungary one might wade across the Danube. The four consecutive years, 1538, 1539, 1540, and 1541, were excessiv,ly hot, and the rivers dried up. In 1556 the drought was so great that the springs failed. In England wheat rose from Bs. to 535. per quarter. The years 1615 and 1616 were very dry over Europe. In 1646 it was extremely hot. In 1652 the warmth was very great, the summer being the dry est ever known in Scotland; yet a total eclipse or the sun fad happened that year, on Monday, the 24th of March, which hence received the appellation of " Mirk Monday." The summer of 1670 was remarkably hot. It is re. lated that one of the minions of tyranny, who in that calamitous p , ,Tiod harassed the poor Presbyterians in Scotland with captious questions, having asked a shep herd in Fife whether the killing of the notorious Sharp, Archbishop of St. Andrews (which bad happened in May), was murder, he replied, that he could not tell, but there had been fine heather ever since. The first year of the eighteenth century was exces sively warm, and the two following years were of the same description. It is a singular coincidence, that in 1718, the weather was extremely hot and dry all over Europe. The air felt so oppressive that all the theatres were shut in Paris. Scarcely any rain fell for the space of nine months, and the springs and rivers dried up. The fol lowing year was equally hot. The thermometer, at Paris, rose to 98 degrees by Fahrenheit's scale. The grass and corn were quite parched. In some places the fruit trees blossomed two or three times. Both the years 1723 and 1724 were dry and hot. The year 1745 was remarkably warm and dry, but the following year was still hotter, insomuch that the grass withered, and the leaves dropped from the trees. Neither rain nor dew fell for many months; and, on the Continent, prayers were offered up in the churches to implore the bounty of refreshing showers. In 1754 it was likewise extremely warm. The years 1760 and 1761 were both of them remark ably hot; and so was the year 1763. 1774 was excessively hot and dry. Both the years 1778 and 1779 were warm and very dry. The year 1788 was also very hot and dry; and of the same character was 1811, famous for its excellent vin. tage, and distinguished by the appearance of a brillian comet. POST-OFFICE NOTICE. DEPARTURE OF THE FO REIGN Matt.s.— On Saturday the following notice was issued, affixed to the General Post•otfice, St. Martin's-le- Grand:—Gibraltar, Malta, the Mediterranean, Greece, the lonian Isles, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and - China, via South ampton, on the 20th instant The Overland (closed) Mail, via Marseilles, for the - , editerranean, India, and China, will be dispatched hence on the evening of the 24th instant. The Peninsular Mail, for Madeira, Lisbon, Vigo, Oporto, Portugal, Cadiz, Corunna, Madrid, Spain, and Gibraltar, on the morning of the 17th instant; next mail due by the Queen on the 16th instant. The West Indies—The Royal Mail steamer Thames, with the mails of the 17th instant, for the British and foreign colonies in the West Indies (except Honduras and Havarmah), Madeira, Venezuela, Bermuda, New Grenada, San Juan de Nicaragua; next mail due from West Indies on the 22d instant, from Venezuela, &c., on the 7th of August. North America— The Hibernia, with the mail cf the morning of the 18th instant for British North America, Bermuda, and the United States; the next mail due by the Caledonia on the 15th instant. Sydney and New South Wales, South Australia, and New Zealand—The next mail on the evening of the 31st instant. Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres— The next mail dispatched 4th of August ; the next mail due by the Express, August 28 (from August to January, in cusive, the packet touches at Bahia and Pernambuco, on her outward passage to Rio Janeiro, the remaining six months on her homeward). Holland—Next mail on the 15th inst. Hamburgh—Next mail on the 14th instant. Rotterdam—A ship letter bag made up and dispatched by the Batavier on the 18th instant. An atrocious attempt was made one night last week to overthrow the train on the Bishop Auckland and Wear dale Railway between Bitchburn and Crook. Some villains had propped back the switches, which sent the engine off the line; but fortunately that was the extent of the accidont, —DurA we Adverther. The Avenger steamer, Captain W. Williams, arrived (01 Thimi(lay I,st at l'ort•imouth, from Cork, to fit for the re ceptio,i of his Highness Ibrahim Pacha and suite, who, it is understood, are to be conveyed to Alexandria in that vessel. She will go in harbour to have extra cabins erected, and is ordered to get ready next week, LAW INTELLIGEN CE. VICE CHANCERY COURT, July 11. COLUMBINE V. CHICHESTER. The arguments were this day concluded, and his Honour, in giving judgment, said that on the substance of the case he thought the plaintiff had stated sufficient to support his bill. Some observations had been made for the purpose of disparaging the character of Mr. Co lumbine, but he could not see that there was anything to impeach his conduct. The bill stated that the plaintiff had made many inquiries, and used great exertions in procuring information, and in transacting the correspon dence requisite for the formation of a company to con struct a railway from London to Exeter direct. He had then entered into negotiations with several gentlemen, who became provisional din ctors of the railway. These gentlemen, wishing afterwards to have the entire ma nagement and control of the affairs of the company, had entered into an agreement with the plaintiff, who was to give up all the information he had obtained, and was to receive 1,500 shares, upon which the deposit was to be considered as paid. Subsequently, at a meeting of the shareholders, this agreement was varied to the extent that Mr. Columbine was to receive only 1,000 shares, and 8121. 10s. in cash. The agreement was per fectly fair, and the only way of disputing it would be to say that the sum was too much ; but the very people who were to judge of the matter agreed that such should he the payment. This agre( ment was afterwards signet:thy Sir J. Chichester, the chairman of the meeting at which the subject was discussed, but it was not de livered to the plaintiff. The plaintiff, however, per formed his part of the agreement by giving up all the information he possessed respecting the railway. His Honour could see no reason why such an agreement should not be performed. One of the objections raised was that the bill a s k e d for shares which the directors had no power to give, since they had been already al lotted. He could see no reason for this difficulty, as the only statement was that the shares might have been allotted. He could not, therefore, assume that the directors had no further shares to allot. It had been argued that the committee could riot allot shares with out receiving a deposit, but he could not understand that there was anything in that objection, fur where there was a creditor of the company it came to the same thing whether that creditor took money or shares. He thought, upon the substance of the case, the plaintiff was right, and he should, therefore, overrule the demurrer to the bill. FRODSHAM v. WATKINS. Mr. SHEPPEARE al plied for au injunction to restrain the defendant, who is a watchmaker, from making or selling watches with the name of Arnold upon them. It appeared that the plaintiff had purchased the watch making business from the executors of Mr. Arnold, and had continued to use his name. The defendant had lately been making watches, and stamping the plates with this name. The VICE•CIIANCELLOR considered it was an infringe Inuit of the plaintitl's trade mark, and he should, there , fore, grant the injunction. RAILWAY DEPOSITS. The following &posits were ordered to be paid ou of Court, to the under-mentioned railway companies:- 32,5001, to the Exeter and Great Western Branch, re jetted ; 18,9741. to the Bristol and South Wales June• tion, passed ; and 10,449/. to the Dover and Deal Rai' way, passed. (Before Sir K. BRUCE.) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. PEARSON. His Honour delivered judgment in this case, which had been previously argued. It was an information filed at the relation of two persons named Jos. J. Rae and Richard Thain, against certa'n persons forming part of a public body of officers acting as trustees under the Acts of Parliament for regulating the affairs of the parish of St. Mary, Islington, complaining that a sum of 4001. had been wrongfully applied by the defendants as trustees under the Act, and praying that they might be decreed to repay the same. It appeared that about three years age, a person named Eliot, resident at Islington, being considered by the trustees as a dan gerous lunatic, had been forcibly carried to the work house by order of the defendant, and there confined in a strait waistcoat. He was afterwards discharged, and thereupon brought actions against the parties who had been concerned in his removal. Actions were brought against Allen, Tyas, and Western, in respect of the personal aggression, and against Hicks, the re lieving officer; Ellis, the master of the workhouse; Simple, (he parish surgeon ; and Beavan, another officer of the parish. Another action was also brow, ht against Older shaw, the clerk of the trustees, and another person acting under him, in respect of the removal of his goods. In the former of these actions Eliot recovered 4001. damages, and in both actions he recovered costs. The damages and costs had been paid by the defendants out of the poor-rates, and the question was whether this was a legal payment. His honour, after going through the facts of the case at great length, said, for the purpose of deciding this question, he must look at the particular evidence now adduced with respect to Eliot. First came the in terval between the 26th of November, 1842, and his being brought to' the workhouse ; secondly, his stay in the workhouse ; and thirdly, his transit to the Court of the police magistrate, and the proceedings which took place there. As to Eliot's apparent state of mind, his Honour had carefully considered the evidence, and he was satisfied, from his language and cond uc t before and on the 28th of November, 1842, and on firmer occasions, and in the interval between that day and the time of his liberation at the police court, that he was in a state of insa nity, likely, if unwatched and unrestrained, to do some mischief, and quite unfit, both on his own account, and for the sake of others, to be left to himself. Another point was as to his means at the time. On that subject he was convinced, from the situation he was in, and the circumstances which happened at the time of his recep tion into the workhouse, he was in such a state of po verty and destitution as would render him liable to re ceive parish relief, and that the order for his admission ' into the house was both reasonable and unavoidable, and he believed it was issued without any unlawful or improper intention. On the contrary, he thought the granting of it was praiseworthy and commendable. He -should now consider particularly the first period of time he had mentioned. In that respect he was satisfied that neither the trustees nor Mr. Oldershaw, Mr. Sim, or Mr. Hicks directed or authorised the placing of Eliot under restraint, for the purpose of removing him to the workhouse ; nor did he think he was bound judicially to believe that Ellis had any participation in that act. If this view were correct, might it not be said that if Eliot had not been admitted, the trustees or the other per sons he had mentioned, might have been properly sued by Eliot for not admitting him ? He should say, yes ; and he thought it was quite proper to have received him into the house. Then as to his stay in the workhouse. He did not think that he had been treated with either inhumanity or neglect. Whether the continuance of the restraint was strictly justifiable in point of law was a question he had not fully determined upon, but he thought all the proceedings were taken from the most proper motives. From all the circumstances of this case he much doubted whether the action of Eliot and Allen ought ever to have been brought, and he consi dered the damages given by the jury were prodigious. His Honour thought the resolution of the board of trus . tees, by which tiiey authorised a defence to the action, was reasonable and just. Another resolution of the board authorises the payment of the costs and damages out of the parish razes. The object of this in formation being to compel the defendants to re fund the sums which had been paid out of the parish rates, the question was, whether the Court ought to en force that claim. Before the information was filed two vestry meetings were held, but at neither of these were the rates repeated out of which the costs and expenses had been paid. His Honour thought, under the general law applicable to rates and overseers' accounts, it was quite right to provide for these expences. It was evident that Oldershaw acted as the officer of the trustees ; they had many public duties to perform, out of which ques tions might frequently arise ; numbers of persons were placed under their care, and it bad happened that one was afflictei with insanity—a complair_t from which neither the rich nor poor were exempt. The authority to be used in such cases was very hazardous ; but how were the trustees to act 7 If steps were not immediately taken some fatal extravagance , might be com mitted. The duty to be performed on such occasions ought not to be considered slighi. It was contended that relief must be granted against the de fendants upon the authority of the case of Attorney- General v. Compton, decided by himself. lie thought however, that that case did not in any manner rule or govern this. The facts of the two cases were mate- rially different. He thought this information ought to be dismissed. He should dismiss it because he con sidered the acts complained of were acts of trustees of the parish of Islington, and done without any wrong in tention, either on the part of themselves or their agents. For his own part he firmly believed that they had all acted justly in the execution of their duty, and with judgment, diligence, and honesty. As to costs, he should dismiss the information with them, unless there was an intention to appeal ; if there was (and he should neither countenance nor discountenance an appeal), then he thought it would be right to dismiss it without costs, un til such appeal were decided ; whatever might be the fate of the information on appeal, he trusted that means would be found in this opulent parish to cover' the ex penses of the suit. It was subsequently elected that the appeal should be dismissed without Costs. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, July 11. Mary Morris, an old woman, was opposed by Mr. Cooke for Miss Alice Phillips. She was undefencied by counsel. The complaint was, that the insolvent was indebted to Miss Phillips, the owner of a board and lodging-house in Foley-place, for damages recovered in an action for libel. The action was tried in February, 1844, from which period until October last, the insolvent had been residing in France, to elude the execution at the suit of the plaintiff in the action. The CIIIEF COMMISSIONER, in pronouncing jtadgment, said the damages were considerable, The libel was a serious one, and he was empowered by the Act to delay the discharge for a period of two years. The insolvent had been in prison since October last, but the vesting order, from which the judgment would proceed, was made in May last. Th e j udgment of the Court was, that the insolvent should be discharged when she had been in prison for a period of seven calendar months from the vesting order, for the damage.* awarded in an action of libel. The Learned Commissioner intimated that the effect of the judgment would be to keep the iu. solvent some months in prison, which, with, t 4 itn, prisonment she had already uncl!,rgoni, l old make a period of fif teen mont h s, at Op §,tait Cq the complaining pa:ty. 4raong the pensions gninted by Sir liaert Peel W ore retiring from office, were 1001. a-year to IV. lioruard Barton, the Quaker poet ; 501. each to qe, - eti sisters of the l a t e Major-General M‘GaFlr-el; ; wall a pc.:l,con of the like amount to the daughter ef lirigatiler-Ge u‘ r a i T ay l or, k illed in th?, iate War in India.—Observer. Lord John Russell has appolptpd the Hon. George Keppel, the 59;1 the 11:arl of Albemarle, to be me of 144 prwato - secretariee.— 06347ver. COCKERMOUTH AND WORKINGTON. In this case the Committee were of opinion that cowi pliance with the standing orders was provel. The Committee then adjourned. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. Six O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL CUP. 2 to 1 apt blendioant 11 to 1 apt Satyr 15 to 1 agst Highwayman 15 to 1 agst Rowena 16 to 1 agst Polish 15 to 1 agst Plaudit 10 to 1 agst Yardley 12 to 1 apt Lightning 20 to 1 agst The Baron 000DWOOD STAKE& 9 to 1 agst Camera Obscura 11 to 1 agst The Hero 15 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild 25 to 1 agst Jenny Wren 25 to 1 agst Giantess—taken 25 to 1 agst Footstool 16 to 1 agst Connaught Ranger DERBY. 40 to 1 agst Old Port 30 to 1 agst Von Tromp 50 to 1 agst Halo 50 to 1 agst Planet IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORD S Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. Lord CAMOYS presented a petition against the Lei cester and Bedford Railway, and impugning the validity of the subscription contract. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a large number of shareholders in the Shropshire Union Rail way and Canal Company, praying the House not to pass their Bill. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Messengers came from the Commons, bringing up several Bills. LEICESTER AND BEDFORD RAILWAY. Earl CAMOYS moved that the petition which he presented a short time since should be, to-morrow, re ferred to the Committee on the Bill. . The Duke of RICHMOND thought that such a eourse would be attended with much inconvenience, as evidence which might be given before a Committee yes terday might be petitioned against to-morrow. After a few words the Noble Earl withdrew his motion. SMALL DEBTS (RECOVERY) BILL. Lord CAMPBELL presented several petitions from the county of Kent in favour of the Bill then in their Lordships' House for the recovery of small debts. The Marquis of BRAEDALBANE presented a peti tion against railway travelling on Sunday. A NOBLE LORD presented 190 petitions from Corn wall, and 110 from Devon, in f.►vour of the Cornwall and Devon Central Railway. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from Here fordshire, complaining of the operation of the Lunatic Bill passed last year. YORKSHIRE AND GLASGOW UNION RAIL WAY AMALGAMATION BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the third reading of this Bill. Lord BROUGHAM wished the third reading to be postponed till Thursday, because the holders of fourteen thousand of the shares were opposed to the amalgamation, and they therefore wished that point to be reconsidered. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that the parties bad already had ample time to consider the question, and he could not accede to the request of the Noble and Learned Lord. Lord BEAUMONT opposed the delay, because the petition praying for it, which did not represent so many as 14,000 shares, had been got up by a competing line. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid upon the table of the House the report of the Factory Inspectors for 1846, and an abstract of a statement of moneys received and expended on account of boroughs in Ireland, pur suant to Act of Parliament. PENSIONS OF LORD GOUGH AND VISCOUNT HARDINGE. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice that on Thursday next, when the report on the Bill for granting pensions to Viscount Hardinge and Lord Gough was brought up, he should move, with regard to its pecuniary character, that the Bill be restored to its original form. The Duke of RICHMOND said he should certainly take the sense of the House upon the question. Several Bills were advanced a stage, and their Lord ships adjourned. HOUE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before Four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. The following Members, who have accepted office under the new Government took the oaths and their seats, consequent on their re-election. Lord JOHN RUSSELL (First Lord of the Trea sury), fur the city of London. Sir GEORGE GREY (Home Secretary), for the bo rough of Davenport. Colonel FOX (Surveyor of the Ordnance), fur the Tower Hamlets. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE (President of the Board of Control), for the borough of Nottingham. Lord PALMERSTON (Foreign Secretary), for the borough of Tiverton. Mr. JERVIS (Attorney-General), for the city of Chester. Mr. LABOUCHERE (Secretary for Ireland), for the borough of Taunton. Admiral DUND AS (one of the Lords of the Admiralty), for the borough of Greenwich. Mr. C. WOOD (Chancellor of the Exchequer), for the borough of Halifax. Lord MARCUS HILL (Comptroller of the House hold, for the borough of Evesham. Captain BERKELEY (one of the Lords of the Ad miralty) for the city of Gloucester. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY. Mr. ELIOT YORKE, on bringing up the re port of the Committee on this railwity, moved " That it be taken into consideration to-morrow, provided the amended points are deposited with the door-keepers this day." The object, he said, was to facilitate the pass-age of the Bill through the other House of Parliament. Unless it reached there by the 20th of this month, it would be impossible to get the Bill passed the present session.—Agreed to. NEW WRIT. Lard HOTHAbI moved the issuing of a new writ for ;he election of a Member for the borough of St. Ives, n the room of Mr. William Praed, deceased. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. Mr. GREENE moved that the Standing Orders, Nos. 124 and 142, be suspended with reference to the South Staffordshire Railway Bill, and that the Bill be read the third time.—Agreed to. TAFF VALE RAILWAY. Mr. GREENE moved that the Taff Vale Railway Bill be read the third time, notwithstanding the certifi cate required by the resolutions of the House of 23d April, to be deposited in the Private Bill-office, has nut been deposited for three clear days, provided the certifi cate shall have been deposited on Friday, the 10th day of July.—Agreed to. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time : Lynn and Ely Railway (Extension to Ely). Lynn and Eiy Railway (Extension to March). Ramsay (Eatates) Bill. Wisbech, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction Railway. THIRD READINGS. _ The following Bills were read a third time and passed:— Caledonian (Polloc and Govan and Clydesdale Junction Railways Amalgamation). Caledonian Railway (Clydesdale Junction Railway De viations). Curtis's Divorce Bill. Dublin and Kingstown Extension Railway. East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway. Forth and Clyde Navigation and Bowling Bay Improve. meat. Grand Junction Railway (Showhill and Portobello Branch). Leeds and Bradford Railway (Junction Line at Brad. ford). Liverpool. Ormskirk, and Preston Railway. to Norfolk Estuary. Plymouth Great Western Docks. Sligo Ship Canal. Wexford Harbour Improvement. Whitehaven and Furness Railway (Whitehaven Eaten• sion and Kirksanton Deviation). Wolverhampton Stipendiary Justice. SOMERSET SMALL DEBT COURT BILL. Mr. HENRY BERKELEY presented a petition from Bristol against tha provisions of this Bill, which he moved to be printed to-morrow with the votes. He also presented petitions froi Bath to the same effect. The Lords' Amendment s on the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Eastern Counties Railway (EppingExtension). Glasgow Southern Terminal Railw a y, London and Birmingham Grand Junction and Manches ter and Birmingham Railways Amal ßwt i m Midland Railway (Burton -upon-Trent _ Nuneaton Branch and Ashby Canal Purchase). Newasstle and Berwick Railway. (Greenhill Branch). Stirling wishaw and andDunfermlineitness Railway Railway.(u , Worcesttr New Gas. reen MATHYSSON'S DIVORCE BILL. This Bill was brought up from the Lords and read a first time. SHREWSBURY. D sIFCTION W O L VE R H A M PTON,RAIL- N AND SOUTH STAFFOR WAY. This Bill was read a third time and passed. POSITION OF PARTIES IN PHE HOUSE. This being the first night of the new Ministry taking their seats in the House, they at once ranged themselves upon the Treasury benches, the protectionists preserving their old position. Lord George I3entinck, Mr. Disreali, Sir R. H. Inglis, and other lead ing Members occupied their usual seats. Sir J. Graham arrived at half -past four, urtd, with other members of the late Ministry, occupied the opposition tnelOs, which presented a very scanty attendance of Members, ;,.° 111 " pared with the Ministerial side of the House. - . REPORTS ON BILLS. Th follovving reports were received on the following Bills Ando,lr Canal Navigation. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Rail way (Stour Valley Line). Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal. Glasgow, Paisley, and Johnstone Canal Sale. Hill's Estate Bill. Howell's Charity Estate Bill, London, Newbury, and Bath Direct Railway. Polloc and Govan and Clydesdale Junction Railways Amalgamation. Mr. LOCKHART moved that it be an instruction to the Select Committee on Standing Orders to consider and report on the petition of Alexander _Downie and others, referred to them on June 22. Mr. ESTCCiIIRT and Mr. GREENE having briefly op powd_the motion, Mr. LOCKHART replied. The motion was withdrawn. Mr. ESTCOURT moved that the 14th resolution of the House of the 12th of February last be suspended, so far is regards the .{embers included is the panel from which the Members to form Committees on groups 67, 69, 70, are to be selected ; and that the Members selected fur such purpose be in attendance in the week com mencing on Monday the 20th day of July, for the pur pose of serving on such Committees, if required.— Agreed to. Lord JOHN MANNERS presented a petition from the guardians of the East Preston Union, against the compulsory clause in the Pauper Lunatics Bill, making it imperative on justices to build asylums. Also a peti tion praying the House to take measures that no children under 13 years of age be employed in factories. BATHS AND WASHHOUSES. On the motion of Sir G. GREY this Bill was com mitted pro forma, in order that several amendments might be inserted in it. MEASURES OF THE LATE GOVERNMENT. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, with the con sent of the House, he would draw attention to the orders of the day in which there were three Bills which he had had the honour to introduce. He would first mention the Bill with respect to Highways which stood for the second reading this evening, the princi ple of which had been adopted by the House. He had observed that several peti tions had been presented against the Bill from diff,rent parts of the country ; and as no progress had been made with it, be thought it would he advisable to postpone its further consideration until next session. With respect to the Poor Removal Bill, which had also been read a second time, he confessed that he :was anxious that some progress should be made with it in the present session—he alluded more particularly to that part of the Bill which gave persbns who had resided a certain number of years in any locality the right of not being removed. There were prOViarons in the Bill which it was not necessary to sanction in 'the present session: —(Hear, hear.) This Bill was altogether so important that he did not think, on the whole that, as an independent Member, he should continue to take charge of it. Certainly he should have been willing, if it met with the wish of the House and of the Noble . Lord. and his colleagues, to have endeavoured to obtain the sanction of the House this session to those provisions to which he attached paramount importance, but upon the whole, with the permission of the House, he would rather leave that Bill in the hands of her Majesty's Govern ment, in the hope that they would deal with it in respect to the public good, as they should think fit. This - Bill stood in the order's of the day of this evening, and perhaps the Noble Lord would take it into consideration, and would state on Thursday his intentions with respect to it. There was another mea sure which had conic down from the other House of Parliament, which had received the sanction of that House, and to which he attached very great import ance, and with respect to which he had not found any difference of opinion—he meant the Bill for enlarging the powers of the Enclosure Commis sioners. Such a measure was very advantageous of the adjustment of differences with respect to disputed boun daries into security, and without expense. Generally speaking, powers were given on these points of the Act of AL6t session, but they were not sufficiently ample n There were some clauses he should like to introduce, and ,perhaps the House will allow me to go into Com mittee' pro forma, in order to amend that Bill, alter which it would be presented to the House in a shape to be discussed, when the Government and the House would have an opportunity of exercising their judgment with respect to it. That was the course he proposed to adopt with respect to those measures, with the consent of the House. Mr. V. SMITH wished, before the Right llonour able Gentleman withdrew the Highway 13111, to suggest that those portions of it which met with the approval of all parties in the House might not be adopted this session ; he alluded particularly to that portion of it which he believed would be passed in silence s which placed the highway rates • under better supervision. He thought it would be worth the while of the House to consider whether this portion of . the Bill could not at least be adopted. The Right Honourable Baronet (Sir James Graham) had earned so much credit with respect to the measure, that he hoped he would not forego the honour of passing- a measure affecting's° many penons, and which would confer so much benefit on the country, especially as the course he recommended would not obstruct any measure which her Majesty's Ministers might bring forward. Sir JAMES GRAHAM assured the Hon. Gentleman that he cad not shrink from the responsibility of carrying this measure, but when he looked at the period of the seSsioivand the business of paramount irnportrnce which would have to be transacted, he did not think it would be adVisable to proceed with the Highway Bill this session. Besides, the portion to which the Honourable Gentleman referred, of making the management of highways in districts, compulsory was the essence of the measure, and as the machinery to effect this would, no doubt, be greatly discussed, he thought it should stand over until a future session, but if it could be passed in the present session he should be happy to hand over the measure' to her Majesty's present Government. Sir G. GREY said, the opposition which this Bill had met in certain quarters, would tend rather to ad vance than retard it.—(Hear, hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM.—I will then move, sir, that the order of the day for the second reading of the Highway Bill 'be read this day six months. The motion was agreed to. POOR REMOVAL BILL. Mr. DUNCO3IBE said he understood formerly that when those great measures of " commercial reform" had passed, the Poor Removal Bill, and Highway Bill, and another measure, for the purpose of giving some sort of compensation to the tenant-farmers, which was said to be a portion of " those great and comprehensive mea sures" (Laughter) would be proceeded with as quickly as possible. The Government of that time were in fact pledged to the passing of those measures as a parcel of them.—(Loud cheers from the protectionists.) The proposal of those three measures in short was pro posed as a sort of inducement to the country gentlemen to permit the passing of the great and comprehensive measures of commercial reform.—(Hear, hear.) Aral he Said at the time that the promise was made that he entertained some suspicion as to the good faith of the Governmrnt with respect to those measures, and that the people of the manufacturing districts • had just cause to complain of their conduct with regard to the Pour Removal Bill.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Honourable Baronet (Sir James Graham) and the late First Minister of the Crown, said he agreed with him that the honour and faith of Parlia ment were pledged to those measures, and that he would see to their being carried and conducted to a safe and successful issue, so that they and " the great and comprehensive measures of commercial reform" might go on pari passu.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.) Well, what was the course to be taken now with regard „to this_Highway Bill ? The Right Honourable Baronet had now thrown it over, and now when they came to the Poor Removal Bill, that he presumed was also to be thrown over by the Noble Lord ; and the Right Honourable Baronet said now that it was not im peratively.necessary that these measures, if the consent of all parties could not be obtained. And yet what he said no less than three weeks ago ?—llear,hear.) If the pledges of ministers were to be thus broken, he (Mr. Duncombe) wanted to know what the public and the labouring classes think of the pledges of the Ministers of the Crown—(Hear, hear)—if pledges were to be thrown over in this sort of way. On a former occasion when the Iriih Coercion Bill had been brought forward, he had contended that the Government should in the first place proceed with the other measures, and he then prophesied what would take place with regard to them. —(hear, hear.) What the Noble Lord was going to do with the Poor Removal Bill he knew not, but he thought that he would not be far wrong in saying that that Bill would not pass this session of Par liament. Those who were responsible for it—those who had introduced it had deserted it. The Noble Lord was not responsible for it. He again remarked that the labouring classes had been hardly dealt with by the late Government with respect to these measures. Sir J. GRAHAM said that before the Noble Lard ad dressed the House he begged to speak in reply to what had fallen from the Hon. G entleman who had jus.; sat down with respect to a breach of faith in reference to these measures. He hoped the House would suffer him to trespass on their time for a few minutes while replying to those remarks The Hon. Member had said that these measures had been thrown over.—(Hear, hear.) Now, it was the in tention of her Majesty's late Ministers to have proceeded with those measures to which the Ho nourable Gentleman had alluded. But, whilst he said that ho was perfectly willing to admit that they would, in his opinion, been great experiments. With regard to the question of the residence of the poor claiming relief under the Poor-law Bill, he believed there existed a great difference of opinion. But with regard to the charge of a breach of faith by himself or his former oolleagues, he could assure the Honourable Gentleman and the House, that if they had continued in the service of her Majesty it was their fixed intention and determination to have proceeded - with these measures, and he would still hope, and believed that the Noble Lord and the Honourable Gentlemen .opposite would proceed with them.—(Hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL, after what has passed, I think it will be necessary for me to state to the House what are the intentions of her Majesty's Ministers with respect to the Poor Removal Bill, and I hope it will tend in some degree to remove the despir o f my fionOurable Friend the Member for Finsbury.— (Lear, hear.) It is our fixed intention to proceed with it, but with respect to the provisions - as to the fesidepeb the poor there certainly some MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. Messengers ca;Tedo;;froMtheHZuie — of Lords bringing several Bills. LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL. Mr. PAKINGTON asked a question in reference to the Bill for altering and amending the Lunatic Asylums Act, whether it was the intention of the Government to do anvthing with it during the present session ? TRANSPORTATION TO VAN DIEMAN'S LAND. Sir G. GIUEY. said that the question of transportation of males to Van tEernan's Land had been under the consider ation of the late Government, and would certainly occupy the attention of her Majesty's present Ministers. He could not say more of the course which her Majesty's Ministers might pursue in reference to it, except that it would be deemed necessary meanwhile to suspend the transportation of males to that colony for a limited period. Mr. EWART gave notice that he would pOstpone for ten days the motion which he bad on the book for that evening, namely, on going into Committee of Sup ply, to move, that it is expedient that the practice of to Alting Van Diemen's Land a genereal receptacle for convicts should cease ; that transportation be niscon tinned as a punishment, and be maintained only as a supplement to the previous punishment of im prisonment. On Friday week, should there be a Committee of supply moved for, he would bring in his motion. IRELAND. Mr. B. OSBORNE said that as considerable anxiety prevailed On the subject in Ireland, he wished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for Ireland, what course was to be pursued with regard to the three Bills brought in by the Noble Lo-rd the late Secretary. Did the present Government intend to bring the Bills forward in any shape, or did they intend to introduce any of their own ? Mr. LA BOUCIIERE said, in reply to the question of the Hon. Gentleman, he thought it would be more con venient if he delayed • till Thursday next to state the course which the Government proposed to take: All he would say at present was, that he was engaged in a careful consideration of the whole question, and he would undertake to say that no benefit secured to the Irish people by these Bills would be lo , t. On Thursday ; however, he would state the course which the Government in tended to pursue. REGISTRATION OF MEDICAL OFFICERS. Mr. WAKLEY wished to ask her Majesty's Govern ment whether they would consent to the pi,ssing and enactment of a Bill during the present session, provid ing for the registration of duly qualified members of the medical profession? Lord JOHN RUSSELL did not think there would be Sufficient time during the present session to consider lully a measure of so much importance. Mr. WAKLEY considered it a very small measure, and would not hmg occupy ti.e attention of Ministers. CAPTAIN WARNER'S INVENTION.' On the order of the day being read for going into a Committee of Supply, Lord INGESTRIE rose, pursuant to the notice Ihe had given, to call the attention of the to the subject of Captain Warner's next inventions, he proposed that a humble addre,s be presented to her Maj:sy, praying that she wculd be graciously d to give directions for the investigation of Captain War ner's inventions. He was sorry that this subject had re ceived so little of the attention which it deserved from P a rli amen t ; he felt confident, however, that before long that inattention would be at an end. Attacks had upon former occasions been made upon the veracity of his Gallant Mend, those attacks had been utterly un founded. He hop, d that this question might be con sidered by her Majesty's Government, for he could assure them that however much disposed they j might be to trent it lightly he considered it one of the most important subjects which could be brought under their notice. He wiahed in the first place to correct a strong impression which had arisen out of an erroneous statement made in that House, and he was sorry to see that the Right Hon. Baronet who mate the assertion was not in his place. The Right lion. Baronet had said in 1842 that Captain Warner refused to make any comaomication unless he had the distinct promise of 400,0001. In the correspondence which he had moved for in 1844, there had been omitted by a mistake a letter which he could produce to the House, and in which he distinctly stated that he would leave the question of remuneration to her Majesty's Go vernment, provided he t•hould receive a guarantee that he should not go without remuneration. There had also been a statement read that when the experiment was tried at Brighton several pilots said that there were several ropes hanging over the side of the vessel. leaving ample room for any deception. He had a com munication from a gentleman who had ascertained the truth of the statement, and he could show that the pilots as a body had denied the assertion, and had stated that there were no ropes hanging overboard but the tow ropes. Captain Warner had made many similar offers, and had desired to be called before the Prime Minister or the rst Lord of the Admiralty, offering to explain his invention to them without any stipulation fora reward, but he had very properly refused to explain it to any Commissioners, who were not authorised to do more than make a report upon the subject. He said, if any one would take the trouble to look into the history of this affair, he would find that offer a`ter offer had been made by Cap tain Warner to the late Guvernment, and all had been rejected. The Honourable Gentkman referred to the language of Sir George Murray on one of these occasions, to show the over degree of caution which they had taken, treating Captain Warner as though he were an unprincipled person and a swindler. [LEFT SPEAKING.I NEW PLACES OE MEMBERS IN THE HOUSES.—The new Ministers this evening took their seats upon the Treasury benches. In the House of Lords, Lord Brougham retained his fbrmer seat on to e opposition benches, Lord Lyndhurst sat on his right, and the Earl of Ellen borough on his left. Lord Stanley was not in the House. The Duke of Wellington, who was in the House for only a short time, took his seat on the Woolsack by the the side of the Chancellor, and spoke from the Bishop's Bench. The Earl of Dalhousie spoke from the Opposi tion Benches. In the House of Commons Sir James Graham took Lis seat as leader of the Opposition. Mr. T. Duncombe spoke from the back benches, on the opposition side of the House. The Protectionists in a body took the former seats on the Ministerial side of the House, below the gangway. Lord Ingestrie, as one of their body, spoke from the place which he has occu pied during nearly the whole of the present Parliament. Sir H. Inglis retained his former seat, flanked on both sides by the Liberal Irish Members. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. During the last week, a great deal of rai n h as fallen in this count r y, muc h to the advantage of the barley crops, tthreemtuziphso,t days&c.L a; it seems to be a ll owed, byst Saturday and S un d ay were universal consent, that the latter was one of the mist • oppressive, from the heat, ever experienced. I, th e afternoon the wind rose, and about six o'clock bl ew a perfect hurricane, raising the dust and rubbish on th e roads like a w hi r l w i n d. From that time, the air be came cooler, and was much mor e refr eshing. Heavy clouds passed over the city a short time subsequently, charged with e l ectr i c matter and rain, but they did yield.ith e n There are, also,aoods o f splendid not burst in thi s v i c i n ity.—The wheats have now a very prorniiii appeararee, especially in t h e eastern division of this c oun ty, i n t h e ne ighbourhood of East Ru s t on, Ludham, Loddon, Chedg ra ve, Yelverton, and other places. There is plenty of straw , and every p; . 0 „ b'liji iit of f eli a ls n I abundant ,fw-eat i Dere} av, Walsinghan3, and Fakenhara. In f ac t, i t i s ini • possible for the wheat crops to look more promising th an at the present time on soils of every description, and the only anxiety f e lt by the farmers is , lust th e h eavy showers should now lay and bruise those which are heavy in the ear. Should the present weather continue for a few days, the harvest will probably commence in a fort night. So favourable an account cannot b.?. given o f the barleys. The soils in the principal barley districts being light and sandy, have been completely parched up during the l ate l ong an d continued drought. I n t h e neighboitch oo d s -of Tti-Corii, Croxton, Wretham, a w l indeed in ail that part of Nor olio, the bailey s On the most exposed places begin to die off ; and those which were in more sheltered situations from the sun, were in ear, with the straw but a very few inches lon g . A very • POLICE INTILLLIGENC-bi GUILDHALL. brought pi On S a u t u p r d i a o y r Andre w thepu rp purpose ' e a z o e f le p a u s , t t a i nng in n b g a a i r l i appearance at the next London Sessions, to t er the following most outrageous assault on two nate females. If On last Tuesday night he was wandering abou t ringdon-street in rather a merry mood, and friends with Mary Ann Jones, a girl of colour, 40 en Saffron-hill, and Margaret Mitchell, both U rates. He invited them into a public-house to P o e of some refreshments. There they bad sundry drt s of rum, gin, al e , s t ou t, & c ., an d on leaving. auto o'clock in the mo rn i ng , h e i nv i te d t h em b o th by' c ie his lodgings, in Albion-buildings, Barthedoree lr if to which place they retired ; and in the morningt o l they asked him for som e mone y, h e flew to ' case, and threatened to cut their throats. 1 "" made their way out of the window, the door leckt d, on to the p ara p e t ; and a policeman eeeirg of the females hanging from the parapet, made l i t; up stairs, rescued the woman, and took the into custody. The prisoner stated that he used the violence to the girls atttempti n g to stea l some s il ver sP°°" - a his money. This statement the girls most positively denied. Sir I'. LAURIE said it was one of the most at to l cases that he had ever met with, and the prisoner, be thankful that the poor girl had not fallen fr°7 parapet. The prisoner was then liberated-on heavy ball ta ` pear at the ensuing London sessions. - MAR I LE BONE. On Saturday, an Irish labourer and - his wifel l 1-1 tgirnon, were ch arge d w i t h h av i ng , on t h e 2d l , used the most brutal treatment towards their dolt Nary Heffernon, a child of about nine years old. prisoner was accused with having tied a cord ronA neck, and attempting to stra ng l e h er , an d th a t no t able to (fleet his purpose, he doubled the cord tWJ and flogged her very severely, and afterwards ? J o to the bed-post. The female prisoner was seen dipping the child into a large tub of w ater 6 1 : 8 , 4 1 times. Owing to the absence of Fome impornsi All nesses, against whom warrants have been secure their attendance, the case was adjourl Wednesday N ext. Th e c hild i s a t presen t a t Wk. lebone workhouse. CLERKENWELL. On Saturday, a police constable named Shor e ; charged an unfortunate f ema l e w i t h improper e!, was himself proved to hav e b een gu il ty o f t he IL which he made a ground o f c h arge aga i nst the f 1 It was because she refused to return him a sib` kerchief which he gave her that he made the col in question. The prisone r de n i e d thi s , b u t his wt, called, and she identified the h an dk erc hief as Pe r band's property. Mr. GREENWOOD discharged the female, -I policeman's conduct is to be reported to th e Commissioners. CROYDON. On Saturday a good-looking young woman, itt,P lll4° s not more than eighteen years old, n a med Jui,l , 1 was brought before Messrs. Lucas, Keromis ana, son, the presiding magistrates, on a charge of fl i intermarrying with Charles Wells at the P!013,00 of Croydon, her husband, William Eg a n, being o f Julia Coles, the daughter of the sexton. O f Sepulchre's Church, d e p ose d th a t, on t h e 130 tewber, 1845, th e p r i soner , accompan i e d by s rdo ot, to her father's h ouse an d gave not i ce o f their letc to be married on the following day. They „ I , cordingly married, and as th ey state d t h a t t' disappisinted in not having the attendance of 1 0 who was to be bridesmaid, they wanted her ~e s such, and she did so. Sh e was sure t h e priss', : at the same person who was married at the question. . rol s 0 The prisoner declared the w it ness was There was no truth in what she had stated. ,oi William Coles, the sexton, father of the 1.......,,e,, confirmed her statement with regard to them'; olj Charles Stevens said h e was an acquainta!r oo st', parties, and he re mem b ere d meet i ng t h e Pri'viri Egan at the L o nd on term i nus, an d he accost:lP ° , or to the church, and saw t h em marr i e d , an d sP enr with them. The prisoner here aga i n d ec l are d i t was a 1 1 ., ,, l She had never been married b ut once. c lip Charles Wells, the second h us b an d , d e pose,. was married to the prisoner on Su n d a y, the ss° , A A at Croydon Old Church. in to By the Bench—The prisoner was t a ken immediately after the ceremony, upon the bigamy. t i l t' William Egan, the first husba n d, being 1181‘- Bench to give some explanation of this extr s do e affair, said that he and the prisoner had kep t Ot together for some considerable ti me b e f o re last bar, and in that morth they agreed to be O i s P il l $ O l l the ceremony, as had been s t ate d, too k plaelcotiall pulchre's Church. At that time ho was eMP, t (ofj mail cart driver, and us he was not in a pog o 004 moment to provide a home for his wife, they s od agreed that the marriage should be kept secrete 0, 1 1 she should go to service, and e nd eavou r to r o bes 'ill money, and he agreed to do th e same, anavere° had got enough to pro v id e f urniture, t hey i i sv tog. ther. ~ wets The Magistrates inquired h ow long the y . ' each other after the marriage ceremony? . Air A% The husband said they stayed two , r u ig ht 7 ,par shop, and they then agreed to the Plun'°of thes. merit fie added, that in pursuan c A e some ts merit they parted; and when he had save" 0 fu r ih,j he took an apartment, and bought furniture b t oo l the prisoner came to live with him, but p_ e l so perj been together many weeks before, the Pr i obi sconded, having previously made sw B Y b ods,,l the property, she could lay her iclFri and he sold off the rest, imagining that he shoo ia 4 hear any more of his wife, and resumed his ° s uite/ tion of a mail cart driver. From the further a go d of the husband, it appeared th a t a few dsgtretis route had been changed from Woolwich to 0 09 and very soon afterward s h e rece i ved some in. of k, SU which led him to Croydon, where he actuaJ o scrii almost at the moment the completion of %eV, ceremony between th e pr i soner and the man ~, ' the information h e th ereupon gave to the po lio y the apprehension of the prisoner. se i • 'JO 0 The prisoner, at the conclusion of the 01 weld dared posi , ,ively that the witnesses were mil e r regard to the first marriage, and she was not I `ra ts The magistrates said they did not see how to sible that there could be such a mistake, Arid . their duty to commit her for trial. . 0 1 --_- d i NoTlcE.—Messrs. Ferguso n , of Holme 0f d klrci, (trading under the firm of J ose ph Ferguson),havi l l,VUT time obtained an injuncti on i n t h e Vice-Chaneet. rot against the use of their trade marks upon Silent ; having been deposed to a t th e tr i a l that other he":,bri9 the defendant had so us e d th em, M essrs. Fergus°"; A,l public notice, in the hope that it will be a suflicielp olii to the parties in question, an d o b v i ate t h e neees s i4lo. , ther proceedings. Hol ise H ea d Works, near Ca t # 30, 1846. . 4 0 1 1 1 PLUNDERING THE IU BODY OF A MuRDERN O sI 4 O/ recent West Kent Quarter S ess i ons th ree young W f WO women were indicted f or s t ea li ng f rom the bodf °se& Weeks, the fratricide, ten sovereigns, three shilling* t . l b., 9 moneys, laid in the indi c t men t to b e t h e propertl°o I'i, Bishop of Rochester. It may be remem b ere d i ki ll autumn of 1844 a young man named Weeks wa s „tl;l his elder brother, by being stabbed with a knife,q; 4 d called Weavering, a few miles from Maidstone. 4 :, 3 11 1 , instantly decamped, and the result of the coroSe r d gat ion on the body wa, a verdict of " Wilful munri i iB g . him. Nothing, however, was heard of him un tii ,;ble . tl was found in a pond, near the village of Bret l ' a - WAY a a n n d d b 31,a assumingb savingol rer . a mFo different ir)°ie at name of uf;,t-spiry more than fourteen miles from the scene of the InVy appears that immediately after the murder he _ l 'l 00,„ 6 ' 0, arawNa.eoytiteoadsßearonemn agriculturalcphal company, y y conducting himself, he got a very exeellenatnd ch ° s t r h a e c tite'r ee l ?d neighbourhood. By some circumstance, howel'Oal, induced to draw th e money b e had amassed, all fo tie night of his existence he drank rather freely at A d sty"' shops, and on his ret urn h ome tumbled into a iwn,aeTt! drowned. His description, circulated amongst fttFf led to the supp os iti on t h at t h e corpse was that 1 foto e sconded fratricide. The friends were instantly se n t ifleilj by a variety of circumstances satisfactorily il en t ae i V o l body. fee prisoners first discovered it lying 41 ive I ,i and, according to one of their statements, ,t u 7 / in r a tl2 o 7oi, from the pockets of the dead man. Fortunate . 4 , I * - .0 ,A' objection was mooted on their behalf, and. prove" "iisis ci pl The property was said to belong t..;'," the Lord ) Rochester, but as the diocese of t_t; e county recent!y of hands, the indictment was quashed, and the prisep ai i discharged. i. ni DREADFUL AccIIMNT IN A Al/NE FOR-rgwoieJ MEN DnowNED.—Ttnao, FRIDAY. JULY 10.-- - ' -e 0 / fearful mining calamity ever known in this county ,ted yesterday Afternoon, at East Wheal Rose lead 0 '1' 6 ( . 0;2 parish of Newlyn, eight miles from this place. rci tr storm of unprecedented violence, attended with a s'7o o o o°, resembled rather . the bursting of a watesspout;tof, heaviest mu, broke over the neighbourhood. o ' l , o 1 1 ',.; pourilig from Newlyn Downs collected towards t '601 14 4, Where the mine is situated, and rushing in torrents n iell, shaft quickly filled every level. Some of the PI ivy; were alarmed a t t h e first flow of water, made ti l6 'ved 0 7 the surface and escaped, but we believe they were e bor: A o Others reached s o near as to b e seen from the surfsf i 'lO7, Waisted by their p rev i ous exert i ons to hasten up t,:or , , were beaten down by th e torrent and perishe d - ' 10/: wore drowned in the m i ne , f ll O (314 On Sunday a fi re b urst out i n the wood eighie ' 4 t r e• ana continued burnin g unt il t h e next day. AboOv' tA, tares (about 20 acres) o f t i m b er were consumed. dis,"s' attributed to malevolence, as this is the second thrsisof, wood of Valmy has been set on fire within a few ~ Galignani. BIRTHS. V if On the 9th inst., at the Parade, Poole, Dorsetsb il* , of Alfred Crabb, Esq., M.D., of a daughter. ~ ;418 1 .g ~, On the 9th inst., at Albert-place, Kensington , 0' ~.' of V . Mrs. Charles Deinard, of a daughter. On the 9th inst., Mrs. Parsons, of Lower Tooting' X, On the 10th inst., at Cambridge -square, HY dev ` Jor ..„..r. tr , nob,..rt Lloyd, of a son. On the 10th inst., the wife of G. H. Lewes/ x''''' ford place, Kensington, of a son. 0 --,---........_. .4' PO MARRIED. 10 4 6 ' On the Bth i ns t., a t Chi gwell Chura gib , A 0 - Parry, M.D., of Live r p oo l, t o Eli za, eldest daug hter 14:v. doh:- n ____ 11-nntete Lines. ----- ----":" : 44 , . o d DIED. On the 28th ult., at Britonferry, near Swa n tf i Farquh ar C ameron, Esq., aged 43. car On the 30th ult., a t th e T r i n i ty-ground, Deptford, of Robert Dawson, aged 83. , 11. ge" On the let inst., at Great Malvern, Mr. W. 11,,iy-t' D On the 4th inst., Samuel Prest, Esq., of ' - roc Cambridge, , O . pee On the 7th inst., at Titchtield-terrace, l' e t' e Majyy Ruderieli Fraser, aged 84. . _. TOUT , , r l o ff London: Printed and POf O Published by iiarllDO Y-- • Strand, Printor, at The Sun Office, 1\o;112, o;112, strand , " t 000 ,10, co' the Savoy, Us the cutuity S t 3siddles•Xt IS, 1446. • • ' hac , rltt In 0.411 at Jul J I'o 4 'btu, thlk t the, 4lro bOt