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IDIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 3. Their Lordships met to-day at Four o'clock. ROYAL ASSENTS. The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the Sugar Duties Bill and a number of Railway and other Bills. The Commissioners, who arrived a few minutes past four, were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buccleuch, and the Earl of Haddington. The following is a list of the Bills: — Sugar Duties. Superintendent of Convicts. Railway Companies Dissolution. Friendly Societies. Exeter and Exmouth Railway. General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway. London and South-Western Railway Acts Amendment. Norfolk Railway (Yarmouth Extension and Lowestoft Railway Least , ). Dundee and Arbroath Railway Extension. Alford Valley Railway. Great North of Scotland Railway (Eastern Extension). Edinburgh and Northern (Newport Railway and St. Andrews' Branch). Scottish Grand Junction Railway. Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Dunfermline Branch). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Strathearn Devia tion ).- Great Leinst.:r and Munster Railway (Kilkenny to Clonmel—No. 2). Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmabagow Direct Railway. Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Railway (Thornlie Bank, Househill, and Hurlet Branches). Glasgow, Paisley. and Greenock Railway (Harbour Branch). Thames Haven and Dock Railway. Bridgewater and Taunton Canal and Railway Harbour. Herculaneum Docks. Forth and Clyde and Monkland Navigation Junction. Frilford (Berk s i neiosure. BANKRUPTCY AMENDMENT ACT. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, this Bill was read a third time and passed. SEES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR. The Earl of POWIS presented a petition from up wards of 100 of the members of the University of Ox ford against the union of these sees. SUNDAY TRADING. The Bishop of LONDON presented two petitions against Sunday trading from a great many of the inhabi tants of London. . _ Lord REDESDALE presented a petition against the Leicestershire and Bedfordshire Railway Bill. Their Lordships then adjourned until Monday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 3. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock, when there was a very full attcralancQ of Members. NEW WRITS. On the motion of Mr. TUFNELL, new writs were ordered for the following places, in the room of those Members who have been selected to fill the various offices in the new Administration, viz.:— LONDON. In the room of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who has accepted the office of First Lord of the Treasury. TIVERTON. In the room of Lord PALMERSTON, who has ac cepted the office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. DEVONPORT. In the room of Sir GEORGE GREY, who has been appointed Secretary of State for the Home Department. HALIFAX. In the room of Mr. CHARLES WOOD, who has ac cepted the office CL:aocilor of the Exchequer. WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. In the room of Lord MORPETII, appointed to the othel of Chief Commissioner of her Majesty's Woods and Forests. TAUNTON. In the room of the Iti;;;ht Hon. 11. LABOUCHERE, who has accepted the .. , ,,ewur&hip of the Chiltern Hun dreds. 0 TTING HAM. In the room of the Right Hon. Sir JOHN CAM HOBIIOUSF, who has been appointed to fill the office of Preside ;t of the Board of Control. CITY OF EDINBURGH. In the room of the Right Hon. T. B. MACAULAY, who has accepted the office of Paymaster-General of her Majesty's Forces. WORCESTER In the room of Sir T. WILDE, who has been ap pointed her Majesty's Attorney-GeneraL DUNGARVAN. In the room of the Right Hon. R. L. SHEIL, who has accepted the office of Master of the Mint. PERTH. In the room of the Right Hon. FOX MAULE, who has been appointed Secretary-at-War. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. The Us!ser of the Black Rod appeared at the bar, and summoned the attendance of the Commons to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to various Bills (for which see Lords' report). OUTRAGE ON BRITISH SUBJECTS. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from Thomas Brodigan, Esq , Pilton House, County Meath, a magis trate of that county, complaining of the outrage to which be, in common w i t h o th er British subjects, was subjected on the occasion of his visiting Jerusalem on Good Friday last (detailed in the correspondence which appeared in the The Sun of yesterday), and praying that effective measures may be resorted to by the English Government, which will cause the Sublime Porte to exert a more repressive authority against such outrages, and thus protect British travellers visiting the East. CLARK'S DIVORCE. BILL. Lord DUNCAN moved that a mes.age should be sent to the Lords, requesting their Lordships to furnish this House with a copy of the minutes of the evidence taken in Clark's Divorce Bill. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time:— Clark's Divorce. Ely and Huntingdon Railway (Bedford Extension). Howell's Charity Estate. Sheffield and Lincolnshire Extension Railway. Somerset Small Debts Court. GLASGOW AND BELFAST UNION RAILWAY. Mr. HODGSON moved that the further consideration of the report on this Bill should be postponed until toe evidence had been printed. After some r,;Jnsiderable dLenssion strangers were ordered to wi', - ndraw. On our ie-admission we found that no division had taken ?lace, but that the postponement of the question had be .n aa're.d to. IRISII (11ZEAT WESTERN RAILWAY. lir. T. S. DITN:IUMBE presented a petition from several of the shareholdess ot the South-Western Rail. way Company prayinz that the House would not grant any power to the Portarlington Railway Company, which would allow that Company to purchase their line of railway. They also prayed that the decision of the Committee with regard to that railway might be allowed to stand. Mr. F. FRENCH, in moving the re-committal of the Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin to Galway) Bhl, said that there was naturally and equitably a feeling in the House to support the de cision of its Committees, and such a feeling should not be departed from unless upon some strong and peculiar grounds. This Bill had received the sanc tion of the Board of Trade and had actually passed both Lords and Commons. The evidence on which the decision had been come to, and the decision of which he com a:lined, w as i n t h e h ands of every Mem b er o f t h at H ouse. he Committee came to the decision that they would not allow parties to be heard in opposition to the preamble of the Bill, notwithstanding which they admitted such evidence. The line was recommended by the Board of Trade because it would open up railway communi cation between the eastern, western, and southern ports of Ireland. After stating thas i , the Bill had received the sanction of the House of Lords, he said he called for a revision of the Bill on the broad ground of public interest and national justice. They had witnesses to prove that another line would have been more consonant ',vial the public good, but the Chairman refused to hear the evi':rnce. He looked in Vain for any reasons which would have justified the Committee having thrown out the line which be (Mr. French) advocated. The opposing counsel to it admitted that they had completely proved the pre amble of the Bill, yet the Committee came to a far differ ent conclusion. Their great oViect was to open the western district and thus open the fisheries, for which a Dutch company, in the reign of Charles the Second, paid for liberty to fish 5,0001. per annum. They depended on the fact of being able to connect Liverpool with America by a voyage of seven clays • and with such evidence before them he wondered bow the decision had been arrived at by the Committee. Mr. W. COLLETT, in rising to second the motion, expressed his astonishment at the decision the Committee had come to, seeing that the Dublin and Galway line was the only railway that proposed to accommodate Galway, and thought, as Parliament last year all but sanctioned the measure, the House ought to support its decision of the former Committee. Mr. MACKENZIE defended the course adopted by the Committee. He denied that the Bill was the same as the one which was before the House last year, and he would therefore oppose the motion. Mr. REDINGTON believed that the Committee had acted conscientiously. but their decision was nothing less than absurd.—(Hear, hear.) All his Hon. Friend sought by his motion was, that the House should give effect to the decision given by the House of Lords on this subject during the last session of Parlia ment. The Bills we:e not necessarily competing Bills, and the House of Lords, lookiog up „ them in that light, had passed them. Be lieving that his Honourable Friend had made out a sufficient case for his motion, he should give him his support. If the motion were not agreed to, he consider, (1 that the vast population which would be accommodated by this railway whnld be most unjustly treated. Mr. B. BALDWIN briefly supported the motion. Akt„USTRONG thought the line under con islEWAViisistn teigectionabl re as I means of communiea time, wish. - ttWest of Ireland. The proper route for f e css;: • 'by Nlii'lin‘sir. lie should as roan ,a 4 ,-% ink of goitre; I Bri i stor by . Nsity of Southampton, as go from Dublin to Galway b y t he route of Mullingar • Ireland should be supplied by to thre e , gr eat tr u nk .1 • tl b y rc Sertly, an d no-ta by . to the we Pt by R 053 - 53..; n vra3 on the re. tition presented that evening against the re-commital of the Bill. He was informed that the promoters of the Dublin and Galway Railway would not make the line on their own responsibility, for the shareholders had held a meeting, and agreed not to go on with the Bill, unless it was leased to another company. Mr. BLAKE opposed the re-committal of the Bill, on the ground that the town of Athlone would not support two railways. Mr. MOFFATT was also of opinion that the decision of the Committee ought to be supported as it was quite carried out by the evidence. Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE said, that in consequence of one or two observations which had fallen from the Hon. Member for Roscommon, some answer was required from him. What were the reasons which the Hon. Member for Roscommon adduced for the recommittal of the Bill ? The first ground of complaint was that he (Mr. Duncombe) as chairman of the Committee, did not turn a Parliamentary agent out of the room for giving his counsel the lie. What was it that the Honourable Member for Roscom mon (Mr. F. French) proposed ? Why, that the Bill should be re-committee, but that it should not be sent back to the same Committee. What was this but saying that it should be sent back to some other Committee, whose decision was to over throw the decision of a Committee properly constituted; and this he believed to be so contrary to the usage of the House that it was not at all likely to be adopted. The Honourable Member for Dundalk had stated that he should have been satisfied if the Committee had passed both lines, and that good feeling would thereby have been secured ; but in reply to this, he (Mr. T. S. Duncombe) was bound to assert that he had never in the whole course of his life seen such bad feeling and so much jealousy as bad been exhibited by both parties in this Committee. It should be recollected that this line had last session been thrown out by the Lords. The same had occurred with regard to the Pertarlington line, as well also in the case of the Mullingar and Galway line. The Cashel line, it was notorious, was to be sold to this Company, and he thought, therefore, that, taking all the circumstances into consideration, there was every reason for the decision at which the Committee had arrived. Then the Irish Great Western, by an agreement, was to cease to exist if they obtained this Act, as they had en tered into an agreement to sell it to the Cashel Company. What guarantee had the public that this line would be made to Galway ? He maintained, therefore, that the Mullingar Company ought not to be entrusted with the construc tion of this line of railway. Then it was necessary three fifths of the shareholders of the Cashel Company should be in favour of carrying out this bargain, but the evidence adduced before the Commmittee was to the effect that that Company would not con sent to such an agreement. The petitions, too, presented from parties holding shares in the Company, were to the same effect. What operated on the minds of the Committee was, that the Cashel Company were not the parties to make this railway. Sir John Bur goyne, whose official position rendered him an impartial witness, was also of the same opinion, and considered that there ought to be three main branch lines—one radiating from Dublin down to Cashel and the southern part of Ireland—the other going west by Mullingar, through Athlone to Galway, and the other from Dublin to Belfast. The Hon. Member here produced a large map of Ireland, in which the coentry was divided into three large divisions coloured separately, red, yellow, and blue. The portion coloured red, which occupied nearly the half of the map, was that which the Hon ourable Member said the Great Western Company modestly claimed for themselves. Another map was also produced, showing the decision of the Committee, marked in a similar manner, but show ing that the portion coloured red was more equally divided with the other districts.—(Considerable laughter was caused by the Hon. Member exhibiting these maps.) Mr. F. FRENCH repudiated the maps in question. Mr. SHAW thought there was no sufficient reason shown for the re-committal of the Bill. Strangers were ordered to withdraw. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it _ _ GROUP XLII. The Committee on this group re• assembled to-day at two o'clock, and went seriatim through the clauses of the LIVERPOOL AND EtTRY (EXTENSION AND BRANCHES) BILL, the preamble of which bad been proved, and then separated. for common, and some of fins parcels have been taken at 2s 4d to 3s per gallon. For Corn Spirits the demand has been limited, but prices remain firm. The market is quiet for Gin. OlLL—This afternoon at public sale 75 tuns of Southern Oil were all sold at 2215 s to 241 for low to fine quality, being rather cheaper, 8 tuns of Sperm Oil went at 771 to 77110 s per tun. TALLOW.—There are few purchasers of any kind of Russian on the spot, and the tendency of prices is still downwards, still foapmakars and chandlers operate with extreme cau tion. For forward delivery few buyers are to be met with, although there are sellers upon lower terms. All other sorts of Tallow are heavy of disposal. GROUP XLVIII. THE TATT VALE. The Committee met this day at twelve o'clock, Mr. Aldara, chairman. Mr. H. Mu, addressed the Committee for a ➢lr. Vaughan, a landowner, whose property would be affected by the Bill. At the conclusion of the Learned Counsel's address, the room was ordered to be cleared. FRIDAY NIGHT'S G.A.LETTE. DOWNING-STR E ET, JULY 2, 1846. 1S hen the parties were called in, The CHAIRMAN said. that the Committee , would postpone giving their decision on the preamble of the Bill till Monday next. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Colonel Henry De-Tard, of the 99th Foot, and Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Henry Wynyard, of the 53th Foot, to be Companions of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 3. GROUP LIII. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The following is a farther list of non-commissioned officers and privates of the Queen's army, kilted in the recent battles on the Sutlej, or who have subsequently died of wounds re ceived in those actions :—_ _ _ DERBYSHIRE, STAITORDSIIIICE, AND WORCESTER JUN CTION. This case was resumed by Sir John Rennie, engineer-in chief to the line, being called to substantiate the evidence given yesterday by his coadjutor, Mr. Remington. It being intimated to the Committee, at the conclusion of Sir John Rennie's evidence, that all opposition had been withdrawn, they decided that no further evidence was ne cessary. 29th Foot—Pierce Ambler. John Barry, James Beaumont, Richard Bentley, Charles Beresford, Michael Blackburn, William Blazer, William Box, George Boyce, \Villain Boardman, Isaac Bobbin, Benjamin Broom head, Joseph Brown, John Burrell (alias W. Holmes), Peter Callan, C. Challener, Andrew Colquhoun (corporal), Edward Courtnay, John Chapman, Charles Clee, Charles Copeman, James Corbett, Bernard Dailey, George Day, Patrick Dormody, William Duckham, William Duncan, Patrick Dunphy, John Do naughey, James Drew, Jeffery Durston, Marma duke Davis, John Deeran, Daniel Denny, Charles Elvin, Abraham Ellender, Thomas Evans (corporal), Edward Fuller, Edmond Fitton, William Flood, Patrick Frayne, Frederick Green, Richard Green, William Guire, Thomas Goodier, William Gates, John Giles, George Green, Francis Greenway, Thomas Hadkinson, John L. Harter, John Hastewell, William Haltu, William Hearne, William Helum, David Hodgkinson, Jas. Harrison, Wm. Harrison, Wm. Head, Alexander Henry. Robert Hodder, John Huolahan, James Holmes (sergeant), John Howlett, William Hunt, William Hill, Thomas Illingworth, Edward Johnson, John Jackson, Robert Jones, George Jubb, Matthew Kelly, Patrick Keelan, James Kehoe, Charles Kerle, Henry Lane, James Lewis, William Lord, James Locock, Thomas Langham, William Larner, Mathias Laugelin, John Marshall (colour sergeant), Patrick M'Anley, Matthew M - Kenny, John M'Crackin, John M'Ken, Thomas M'Manus, James Manhinny, Thomas Mellon, William Mullholland, Jeremiah Murphy, Patrick Nolan, John Neal, Michael O'Connor, James O'Donnell, Robert Pitcher, John Parle (drummer), John Robert, Wm. Reading, Jas. Rice, Daniel Rice, Thomas Ryan, John Roebuck, Geo. Reed, Geo. Sands, William Saunders, William Sheldon, William Shelton, John Smith (sergeant), Charles Smith, John Smith, Michael Smith, Daniel Sullivan, George Sutton, Robert Scott, William Stanton, Hugh Stewart, Thomas Stewart, John Swaby (colour sergeant). James Teasdale (corporal), Joseph Tcole, William Toms, Hugh Taggert, John Taylor. 29th Foot—James Warren, John Watts, Henry Webb, Robert Whinyates, Charles White, James Wier, George Wilkins (colour sergeant), Charles Withey (corporal), Henry Wilson, , Winniford Winn, James Woodcut, Henry Watts, James Wason, James Weathers, John Webb, William Willis, John Wilson, Gorge Walton, Thomas White. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 23. Corps of Royal Marines—Sergeant Major W. Ruston to be Quartermaster. The preamble was then declared to be proved, the clauses gone through and passed, and the report agreed to. SHREWSBURY, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION. The clauses of this Bill were then gone through and agreed to, as well as the report. This brought the Committee's labours to a close, and they accordingly dissolved. Majority against it — vll2 NEW WRITS. On the motion of Lord MARCUS HILL, new writs were ordered to be issued for the following places : PLYMOUTH. In the room of Lord EBRINGTON, appointed a Lord of the Treasury. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVtNING, JCLY 4, IM6. THE ECLAIR AND THE AFRICAN FEVER. (Prom the Medical Gazette.) In the last volume of this journal some remarks were made upon the alleged importation of the African fever, and the state of the Eclair steam-sloop, which had recently reached this country from the coast of Africa. The official report of the condition of that vessel on its arrival, by Sir W. Pym and Mr. J. M. Arnott, will be found at p. 1,043 of the same volume. So soon as this report appeared, we did not hesitate to express the opinion, that the fever had certainly, in this instance, spread by contagion, and that it was prebably some sevAv modification of the African coast fever, described by Dr. M.William as non-contagious. The report read red it evident that the fever thus imported to our coast retained its virulent contagious character, even after the arrival o:' the vessel at the quarantine station of Standgae Creek. This inference was drawn from the facts-1, that so many medical men entering the ship at different places during the voyage had been at tacked, and four had died ; 2, that the coast pilot taken into the vessel at Portsmouth was speedily carried off by an attack ; and 3, that a physician who had volunterred his services on the arrival of the vessel at Standgate, had been soon afterwards seized with the fever. The circumstances which came to the knowleige of Sir W. 1 1 )3ra and Mr. Arnott in October last appear to have left not the slightest doubt in their minds that there would be the greatest danger in allowing free intercourse with this pestilential ship ; and subsequent events have most strongly justified the conclusion at which they then arrived. It was considered necessary: —l. To observe strict quarantine. 2. To separate the sick from the healthy so soon as an opportunity should occur without endangering the public health. Some dissatisfaction was expressed, at the time, that this plan of separating the sick from the healthy had not been adopted immediately on the arrival of the Eclair; and we gather from the correspondence now before us, that a propcsition has been made to remove the sick at once to Haslar Hospital. This was on the 29th September, 1845, when, on the day preceding, the following certifi cate had been given by Dr. T. H. Salter:— " Motherbank Quarantine office, Sept. 28, 1845. " I hereby certify that I have examined the comman der and sergeon on board her Majest)'s steam-ship Eclair. I find that as many as 60 have died of fever, and that as many as seven are still suffering from that disease. Three of the cases have commenced within the last week; and the type of the fever is of the most severe form—that accompanied with black vomiting. Under these circumstances, I have recommended the superin tendent not to release the vessel, and submit this report of the case. I cannot but consider the disease contagious. " T. H. SALTER, M. 1)." Dr. Richardson, however, in a letter addressed to the Admiral if the station, calls the disease the "tilious remittent fever," and ascribes its spreading among the crew to the Net that they had all been exposed to " malaria "on the coast. He further observes, Notwithstanding the extraordinary mortality that has swept off so large a proportion of the crew of the vessel, I entertain no fears of her being the means of introducing epidemic disease into this country." At the very time these lines were penned, the so-called bilious remittent" had actually, as we now find, be gun to spread with fatal rapidity among the inha ' bitants of the huspitabh island where the vessd had been allowed to take shelter on her way to England. Dr, Richardson's view was supported by the opinion of Sir W. Burnett ; but, fortunately for this country, judging from the facts now brought to light in the cor respondence before us, these suggestions were not acted upon. The vessel was ordered to Standgate Creek, and arrangements were mane to separate the sick without exposing any person to the risk of infection, or giving this " bilious remittent " the opportunity of diffusing itself through England. In our judgment, it certainly would have been better could this plan have been carried out on the first arrival of the vessel, without incurring loss of time by sending her to a remote quarantine sta • tion ; and Mr. Arnott, it appears, had entered into an arrangement to that effect with Read-Admiral Parker. We learn, however, from the correspondence of Sir NV. Pym, that there was a want of proper accommoda tion at the Moth-,rbank; and, on the whole, it was con sid , red better for the healthy and sick that the vessel should proceed at once to Standgate Creek. The pro gress of the disease, after the arrival of the vessel there, has been already detailed in our columns, and we shall therefore pass to another part of the subject. The must interesting portion of the correspondence before us, is that which refers to the results which fol lowed the visit of the Eclair to Bona Vista. Govern ment has been for some weeks in possession of the im portant information, which is now, for the first time, laid before the public. The correspondence can, we think, leave no reasonable doubt that the fever of the Eclair was of the worst and most malignant form; that its real character, as marked by the occurrence of black vomit, was concealed from the Portuguese Governor-General of Bona Vista; that it was eminently contagious, and wholly different in its nature from the coast remittent fever. A letter addressed to the Earl of Aberdeen, by Mr. Rendall, our consul for the Cape Verde Islands, dated St. Antonio, December 22, 1845 (received March 9, 1846, extracts from which we have already published), detailed the opinion which led to the belief that the disease was the common African fever, which led to Dr. Kenny granting pratique to the Eclair, and to the ad mission of her unfortunate crew to the fort upon the island. This letter, it will be observed, is dated Dec. 22. The deaths are therein stated to have amounted, at that time, to 250. The latest intelligence, in this correspondence, brings us to a letter from Ponta do Sal Antonio, dated March 9, 1846, received April 17. From this we learn that the sickness still continued in the villages of the interior of the island, awl that the number of deaths then amounted to upwards of 400. Our space will not allow us to make any fuither comments on this report in the present number ; but we must request our readers to observe that after the crew had left the ship, and were stationed on the island, the disease continued to spread and to prove equally fatal— that only one short week after the departure of the Eclair, a Portuguese soldier, who had been housed with the crew, was seized and died, that the following day another soldier died, that two more were seized, brought into town, and from this time two or three cases occurred daily, all within the immediate neighbourhood of the houses where the first death took place! Those who were inclined to disregard this clear order of causation, and to refer the disease to stagnant water, malaria, &c. —very convenient means of evading a difficulty in a theory—now began to alter their opinion, and finally de clared the fever to be of a most contagious nature. If any confirmation of this opinion be required, it will be found in the statement that the fever, almost without exception, proved contagious to those who acted as nurses to the sick ! Now we care not whether a disease of this description be called " bilious remittent fever," or not ; but the facts here related are entirely opposed to the premature as sertion of Dr. Richardson, that there would be no fur ther risk of infection under the circumstances than in ordinary cases of typhus fever. These facts pleinly show that the greatest ri.k might have been incurred according to his suggestion. It is, indeed, a matter of vt r y f i u s l rteiag t effects hnae nradni o dni f t progresss t o h ra a ab t l a p na a rd r partial go i uno a perished on board this vessel ; but we must balance aa r b i:. e nTg y t g edai do r i a n e in d e t sca m of ta t i tlt t h a h t t ' tii;hsnooei admitting t h aiihesd t i intercourse with the crew which has led to the depopu f lation by those who had strength to remove from it. fevers are very interesting as subjects of discussion, and merit or written treatises. So long as they are confined to discussion no harm is done ; but when carried into practice, at the possible risk of endangering the lives of thousands, it is but a poor compensation to find, when hun dreds are laid in their graves, that the medical theorist retracts his opinion and acknowledges his mistake. We are no advocates for the maintenance of the • quarantine laws in their present absurd and anomalous condition ; but we are still less disposed to join with the commercial party, who either, cannot or will not see anything like cause and effect in events like these, which to unbiassed minds cannot fail to bring home the most complete con viction. If any explanation can be given of the di ff usion of this " common African fever" throughout the island of Bona Vista, independently of its importation by the Eclair, and its subsequent propagation by human conta gion, we think that the common opinion of small-pox or any other disease being contagious, must be at once abandoned. If no other explanation can be given than that which we have suggested, then we must admit that this country has had a very narrow escape from a disease more dangerous than either the plague or cholera. The most important question in the correspondence on the subject of the Eclair is undoubtedly that which relates to the contagious or non-contagious nature of the fever, which this vessel is alleged to have brought from the coast of Africa. On this point the Superintendent- General of Quarantine, Sir %V. Pym, and the Director he ing General of the Medical Department of the Navy, Sir. fearful the a i W. Burnett, entertain directly opposite opinions; and it may be easily conceived, therefore, that the Lords of the Admiralty have felt exceedingly embarrassed in laying down rules for the commanders of vessels on the African station, or in advising or sanctioning a departure from any of the quarantine regulations now in force. The question at issue involves many important ques tions: thus it not merely includes the possible importa tion of a very fatal and unmanageable disease into our own country, but the entire prohibition of commercial intercourse with other European states. The tact that we are satisfied with certain medical theories on the subject, by no means binds other countries *o join in our views ; and we should very soon find that by prema turely laying aside our own quarantine laws we should only be adding to the rigorous and universal application of those restrictions which the non-contagionist party already complain of as a great bar to commercial inter course. The House of Commons has already, and very properly, ganetioned tie principles of a relaxation these laws ; but the Govyrument most go beyond this, before it wide:laic.* their :holi!iori—it must be prepared to show, to the satisfsction of all Europeln that there are no grounds fir tueintaining them, or a reform of our own etem will only be productive of greater injury than that which already exists. Thus, to take th case of the Eclair, we find from t 1; :g thtJ, on the intelll.zence th:?. arriv , o thi s vessel in Eneland reacoing Napl ,, s, tiA English ves sels were immediately required to undergo a severe quarantine, those coining from parts between Portland and Doter be:rig abs .lotely excluded I The British Minist. - r ate-re! fed to effect some mitigation of thi order—a rept csesiteti. having been made that, owing to the sanitary restrictions imeosed, tie fever fad ti t spree I ; hut this was of no avail. Without entering into the- cptosti.,:i of the infitir‘t?oe znia=nrta, the use ardent spirits, inert! See., it the prAlhc - i< of th e disease, wits- titer :t w 3; a river or coast a simple remittent or e h•lious remittent—the Neapo litan Council, on the 25th of October last, came at once theories earimense:,dsulnipiclehofettl ingenuity, itlnecnotai:l LEITH DISTRICT OF BURGHS. In the room of Mr. A. RUTHERFORD, appointed Lord Advocate of Scotland. KIRCUDBRIGHT. In the room of Mr. T. MAITLAND, appointed Soli. citor-General for Scotland. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY (GREENWICH RAILWAY TO CHILHAM, NEAR CANTER BURY, WITH BRANCHES TO SHEERNESS AND FAVERSHAM CREEK). On the motion for the consideration of the report on this Bill, Mr. FREWEN moved that the report be considered that day six months, as the railway when made would not accommodate the northern districts of Kent. Mr. HUME thought that the various proposed lines through the district had not been fairly brought before the Committee, and he should certainly support the amendment. Mr. PLUMPTRE was of opinion that the proposed railway would fvlly satisfy the wishes of the inhabitants of North Kent. The merits of the Bill had been fairly discussed before the Committee, and he should support the original motion. After a few words from M?. PROTHEROE, Mr. FREWEN consented to withdraw his amend ment, and the report was considered and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed. MESSAGE FROM. THE LORDS. Messengers from the Lords announced that their Lordships had agreed to several Bills. (See Lords' re port.) Mr. CARDWELL moved that the House at its rising do adjourn until Monday next. The motion was then put and carried. ORDERS OF THE DAY. On the motion of Lord LINCOLN, The orders of the day were then postponed until Mon• day next. The House then adjourned at a Quarter to Eight. RAILWAY COMMITTEES, (YESTERDAY) HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP D. ALXIIOI.ItIE, GAINSUOROUGH, GOOLE, YORK, AND NORTH MIDLAND. The Committee assembled this morning, Lord Somers in the chair. Mr .Gambles, a merchant of Lincoln, was called, and deposed chiefly to the amount of produce grown upon the course of the line. He said that the distance between Gainsborough . and Hull was about 62 miles, of which as much as 20 miles of ground, Occupying a space of five miles on each side of the course of the line, were occupied in the growth of potatoes and other similar produce. He be lieved the produce of flax was not less than 70,000 stones, and as many as from 120,000 to 150,000 tons of potatoes are grown in and exported from that district. Rev. Charles Dundas, rector of Epworth, stated that the roads in the neighbourhood were exceedingly bad, that there was only one public conveyance—that is, a coach on market days—to Doncaster, which is seventeen miles, and oc cupies four hours. There is also a coach to Gainsborough. The Isle of Axholme contains 50,000 acres, of which 400 are rotatoes; and he believed that the produce would not go by the London and York line, but by water. The cost of the carriage by that route was 9s. a ton. Mr. Hutten, a magistrate of Lincolnshire, residing near West Butterwick, deposed generally to the great incon venience from going by the present means of conveyance. He had himself been as much as an hour-and-a-half in crossing the Humber from New Holland to Hull, the two places being nearly opposite to each other. Mr. John Wills, a farmer of Armine, near Geole, stated that there were about 20,000 acres of land in this district likely to be accommodated by the railway, of which about 5,000 acres are devoted to the growth of potatoes, and that 27,000 tons of potatoes are annually sent to London, and 13,000 a year to Leeds. The time occupied in the voyage to London varies from two days to five weeks, according to the season and the state of the navigation. The quantity sent to Lon don from the neighbourhood is certainly equal to 1,000 tons a week, and thought he should soon save be. a ton in the car riage if the railway were made. Mr. Hinde, a farmer at Crowle, who occupies about 500 acres of ground, stated that in the district of the line from Crowle to Belton there were 15,880 acres, of which 950 acres are in potato culture. Mr. Marshall, a farmer of Epworth, stated that the gross amount of live stock, wool, and other agricultural produce, is 23,171 tons, and by the Knottingley line they now cost 14s. 6d. a ton to London. The general produce is about 8,000 tons of potatoes, and from 3i to 5 acres of oats, 6 quarters, and of beans 5 quarters. Mr. P. 8. Johnston, of Belwood House, near Epworth, spoke generally as to the benefit to be derived from the new line. _ _ A o t u k n in t so o n f , l o a f nd E eMwr.hßol. J. m ea the line will b e 100,5 30 acres, and that the tota l ex p or ts and landowner, s d t i a s t t e r d ict th b at . occupiedPwffth a as a nddroawinneedr, imports are 202,463 tons, and the exports for the Isle of Axholme are 56,581 t ons, warp land, of wh i c h the isle chiefly consists, being from 30s. to W. an acre. The coals consumed are 24,680 tons per annum. On cross-examination by Mr. Sergeant WRANGILIM, the witness stated the average of the island was about 50,000 acres, which produced about 39,128 tons of exportable mat ter. 4,966 of the acres of the isle are under potatoes. The imports and exports of the isle are about 86,971 tons, and of marsh land 87,285 tons, of which the exports are 46,800 tons. The object of the Learned Sergeant was to show that no part of the produce from the Nottinghamshire district could possibly come upon this line; but it was not elicited at this stage. the Committee then adjourned till Monday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP XXXVIII. LEEDS, ViTAILEPIELD, AND MIDLAND JUNCTION. Mr. Swannich, the engineer to this line, was examined. The principal part to which the evidence was contined was the junction proposed to be effected with the Manchester and Leeds Railway. At this point of junction the gradient was lin 75, and the curve 3 furlongs. Ile did not think there would be any difficulty whatever in working the line with perfect safety, and so as to afford accommodation to the traffic oa the line. Mr. Leather corroborated the evid'nce of Mr. Swannich. There was a difference in favour of this line over that of the opponents equal in tractive power to 3 1 ,i miles of horizofital distance. He had adopted Mr. G. Stephenson's estimate, that 21 feet perpendicular required the same power to over cfr.ne as one mile of horizontal length. He had taken the sum of the summits upon both lines, and comparing them together ha had fond this difference. GROUP LXI. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, and were all day engaged on a canal Bill, which stood next in the group, STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at the usual hour to• day in Room 1 ( House of Lords) ; Lord Shaftesbury in the chair. Present, Lords Hawarden and Redesdale. There were eight Bills on the list ; all but one were Rail way Bills. MIDLAND AND EASTERN COUNTIES (CAM BRIDGE TO WEEDON). Tbe promoters of this Bill had complied with the standing orders. BLACKBURN, DARWEN, AND BOLTON. Standing orders complied with. EASTERN COUNTIES (STATIONS ENLARGEMENT). The standing orders were complied with in this case also. The remaining Bills on the list were all adjourned. Their Lordships, resolving themselves into a Select Com mittee on Merits, proceeded with a list of eight Bills, of which six were railway Bills. They were occupied almost the whole of the day with "Dr. Macfarlane's (Glasgow College) Estate" Bill, which case was not concluded, but adjourned to a future day. NORTH UNION. This Bill belonged to the third class. As is usual in such cases the proofs as to the standing orders and as to the preamble were given at the same time. The Committee declared the standing orders complied with and the preamble proved. The Bill therefore passed through the Committee, and being unopposed will pass through the House as a matter of course. LONDON AND BRIGHTON (WANDSWORTH BRANCH). The preamble of this Bill was declared proved. Clauses were inserted to secure the erection of stations or lodges at all level crossings. EASTERN COUNTIES (EPPING EXTENSION.) Their Lordships also declared the preamble of this Bill proved. GLASGOW SOUTHERN TERMINAL. This case stood over till Monday next. Their Lordships then adjourned at a late hour. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Sub-Committee No:6. This Committee met to-day in Room 10, at three o'clock. Mr. Phillips took the chair, in the absence of Captain Jones, Sir J. Yarde Buller and another Hon. Member were present. EASTERN COUNTIES (IVISBEACH AND SPALDING BRANCH). This was a Bill commenced in the Lords, under the title of the " Eastern Counties (March and Lincoln Branch)," but part of the line was thrown out, and the title was there fore altered to its present form. The original length was 55 miles, but it was reduced by the amendment to 15 miles. It was an unopposed case. The standing orders were declared complied with. DUBLIN, BELFAST, AND COLERAINE JUNCTION. , , ... . This was also a case commenced in the Lords. .., It was, like the last, unopposed, and the standing orders were com plied with. GALWAY AND KILKENNY. The Galway and Kilkenny was also a Bill commenced in the House of Lords. The same decision was made. At this moment the Speaker was announced at prayers, and the Committee adjourned at four o'clock. ebtrb Wtittion THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. • • 207 207% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 95%% 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 96% 97% 97 k. Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. 10 5-16 10 5-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. .. .. .. Ditto, under 1,0001... .. .. .. 25 p Consols for Opening .. • • .. .. .. 95% % Exchequer Bills. 1 %d. 114 d . 1,0001... .. .... 12 16 pm. 16 Ditto. Small .... 12 16 pm. 16 BRITISII FUNDS. ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 84% Cuba, 6 per Cent .. -- Milan Bonds, 6per Cent .. . 25 p 353 i CLOSING PRICES. 84% 93 Ditto, Deferred . Equador Bonds Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent Portuguese Three per Cent •• .. Ditto, for the Accotmt 49 Ditto, 4 per Cent .. • • • . • • Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 241 A 24 Ditto, for the Account .. 24434 24 1 / 2 Ditto, Three per Cent .. 35% ex div .. 27% Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 353 i es div 35si Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. .. 43% 43% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 96% Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 60X 60 IA Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certiacates .. 94 94 PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SH PAID. DONE AT ARES.• PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .. IS .... 834 Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. .... 1 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 314 % Bristol and Exeter .. .. 75 . Ditto New .. • • • 2 1 4 . Caledonian .. 10 .... 9% y, .• Derby and Crewe .. .... 6% 7 Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% .... 34 • . Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. 5 14 .... 4 ...... Direct Northern .. 2% .... Dublin and Galway _ _ 4 .. .. 14 Eastern Counties 141. 165..... 24 yk 11 4 Ditto, York Extension .. 108. 138 ..... Eastern Union .. .. 25 .... ......... Do. Cambridge and Ely .. 2%.... 1 . . East Lincolnshire .. • • • • 1 4 •• • • •••• • • • Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 5 . Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr .. 50 .... 74 Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1%. . Great North 01 England . _lOO Ditto, New .. 10 .... 43 Ditto, New .. . 1% •• •• 17% 189 Great Western .. 85 148 150 Ditto, half Shares .. .. 50 .. ......., Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 5 .... 16% 17 ...... Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 32% .. Guildford, Fareham, &I'ortamoth 5 .... 4% null and Selby .. .. •. 50 .... ..... Ditto, Half Shares 15 .... 39 ...... Leeds and Bradford • • • • .. 26 .... 63 Llverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 2% .. • London an Bir mingham . ..100 .... 224 . Ditto, Thirds 24 .... 62 Ditto, Quarters .• •. .. 2 .... 29% 29 Ditto, Fifths .. 2 .... 25 1 4 .. London and Blackwall 161. 13s. 4d, Ditto, New .. .. 3 .... ex int... • • 3% xin London and Brighton .. . • -. 50 •• • •• • • ..... . 65% Ditto ditto Fifths • • • • .. 30 •• .. 41% 9• • 41% London and South•Westem —4ll. Gs. 10d... Ditto, New .. •• 17%.... London and York .. .... Lynn and Dereham 15 ••••• • • • . • 10 Manchester and Leeds .. 82 Ditto, Quarters .. 2 • • • • .. • • 9% Ditto Extension 425. .. •• p.. • • • • Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . — Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) I •• • • 9% 10 • • 10 Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .... % p p Midland ..100 ...... 1503 1 Ditto, New........ 24 •• • • 38% .. ••..• • .. 39 Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .......... Ditto, New . I .. • • 10% .. •••• .• • . 10 1 A Ditto, New, Brandling .. 25 .... 44 ..... 44 Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 15 .. • • 25% • • 259 North British .. •• 221 C • • 29% 29 Ditto, Ralf Shares .. • • • • 8% •• • • 11i4•.,,., ll Ditto, Dalkelth 25 ..... _ Ditto. ditto .. 5 .... North Kent and Direct Dover .. 214 North Staffordshire .. • • • • 425...., 414 p ..... , Portsmouth Direct .. • • • • 3% •. • • 4% ........ Richmond .. .. 10 .... 17% Scottish Central .. . 10 .... 16 Scottish Midland .. .. • . 10 .... 6% . Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% 2% South Eastern and Dovor 33% Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 16 Do.. New (d 0.33/. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... 133,E 14 Trent Valley and Holyhead Junc. West Riding Union •• • • .. 425. .... 2% p Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 5 York sad North Midland .. .. 50 Do. E. and W. Biding Eaten... 1 1214 12 I !‘ 11 4 24 Ij's 3 74 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. • . 14 ....... East Indian . ss. .... .......... Louvain and Jemeppo .. .. 4 • ...... Luxembourg .. 4 .... 2 Namur and Liege .. .. 6 .... .•••• . • • • • Northernjof France Constituted.. 5 •• • • ••••• • • • • • Orleans and Bordeaux .. .. 6 .. Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 6 ••••• • • • • • Paris and Rouen .. 20 . Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... • •••• • • • • Rouen and Havre . .. 20 .... 211% ••••.. • • • • 181,4 lf,t) 1% 222 62% 29 25% 20% 14 2 2% p 5 dle JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 3 1 4 13% 8% 6 38% .... _ 28% Australasia •• • • • • •• MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .. .... 3% •.• • • • •• • MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of July 3.) SUGAR. —To-day, although there were sellers of all kind of Sugar subject to the 14s per cwt duty upon further re: duced terms, still there was no improvement in the deman t privately, and there was only one small public sale of Mad. as , In West India Muscovadoe the busines transacted was ex tremely limited, only 160 hhds and trca finding buyers, making the total sales fur the week amount to the very small quantity of only 520 hhds and trcs, and the decline in prices (luring that time is 6d to 2s per cwt. S-Pinrrs.—The business transacted in all kinds of Jamaica Rum has been to a very small extent this week, and the market having been better supplied a slight decline in prices has taken place. In Calcutta a fair amount of business has been done, and prices are firm. In Leeward Islands several sales have been made, and owing to the small supply holde's easily obtain 2s 2id to 2s 4d for proof strength. In Deme rara there has been little passing. For old Brandy the de• mend bas beeu good, and prices are on the advance, in new descriptions the operations are upon am• extended scale, but merchants are sellers upon former rms. Geneva is wanted for exportation, and the saps made were at 23 to 232 d ADMIRALTY, JUNE 25. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant G. Webb to be First Lieutenant, vice Whiting, to half-pay ; Sergeant Major N. Austin to be Quartermaster. Commissions by the Queen. Herefordshire Regiment of Militia—Captain J. E. M. Kyrle to be Adjutant, April 27. First Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— Captain H. Townshend, late of the 88th Foot, to be Adjutant, May 6. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Captain E. Lavie to be Adjutant, vice Smyth, who retires, June 12. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall. The Hon. John C. W. Vivian to be Deputy-Lieutenant, June 25. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. George Hornsby, builder, late of Amble, now of Lesbury, Northumberland. BANKRUPTS. Michael Goodale, builder, Middlesex, to surrender July 14, at eleven, and August 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Keighley, Basingliall-street. William Rouse, baker, Neptune-street, Rotherhithe, July 14 and August 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Oliver, Old Jewry. Alfred Samuel Holl, grocer, Norwich, July 14, at half-past twelve, and August 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard -street; Abbott and Wheatley, Roll's-yard, Chancery-lane; Miller and Son. Norwich. Joseph Lord, tanner, Sheffield, July 17, and August 7, at eleven, at the Sheffield District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Nixon, Clifford's Inn, London; Binney, Sheffield. John Senior, common brewer, Salford, Lancashire, July 15, and August 7, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, George-street, Manchester; Gre gory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London; Claye, Thompson, and Welsh, Manchester. John Davis, Miller, Broadway, Worcestershire, July 14, at twelve, and Aug. 7. at eleven; at the Birminghom District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Chetham, Stockpoxt ; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. Wilton Wood, rope-manufacturer, July 15, and Aug. 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Norris and Co., Bartlett's-buildings, London ; Bell, Liverpool. James Irvine, ironmonger, Liverpool, July 9 and Aug. 11, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Norris, Allen, and Simpson, London ; Thompson, Liverpool. James Dent, cloth merchant, Huddersfield, July 14 and Aug. 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, offi cial assignee, Leeds; Sudlow and Co., Chancery-lane, Lon don; Floyd, Huddersfield. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. T. W. Hooper, chemist, Bathurst-street, Hyde-park gardens—first div. of 10s. 114 d. in the pound, on any Wed nesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. M. Maclean, cloth factor, Basinghall-street—first div. of is. 6d. in the pound, on Saturday, July 4, and two following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City. M. and T. A. Butterfield, linendrapers, Royston—first div. of ss. in the pound, on Saturday, July 4, and three following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch- lane, City. M. and H. Emanuel, goldsmiths, Hanover-square —first div. of Cs. 6d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. J. Gibson, farrier, Manchester—first div. of is. 2d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. T. Heppell, timber-merchant, Newcastle-upon -Tyne—first div. of ss. 6d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. W. Fordyce, bookseller, Newcastle - upon-Tyne—first div. of 2s. 9d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. T. H. Bennett, builder, Cheltenham—second div. of 7d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Acre man, Bristol. W. Parsons, brewer, Bristol —second div. of 2d. i n th e Bristol.pound, - DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. R. Moir, jeweller, West Cowes, Isle of Wight, July 24, at half-past one—E. Green, house agent, Whitecross- street, Cripplegate, July 24, at half-past eleven. In the Country. J. G. Gore, innkeeper, Cheltenham, July 27, at one, at the Bristol District Court—T. Lee, common brewer, Liverpool, July 27, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Ogle and W. Walton, merchants, Liverpool, July 27, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—S. Archer, woollen manufac turer, Rochdale, July 21, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court—E. S. Harley, grocer, Birmingham, July 27, at ten. at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein V mentioned. S. M. Latham, banker, Dover, July 24—S. Whaley, ro cer, William-street, Lisson-grove, J u ly 24—W. G. Bradtbrd , tailor, Bucklershury, July 25—H. Dunnington, glove manu facturer, Nottingham, July 31—J. R oe , d r ysalter, Manches ter, July 30—B. Vanderplank, wooll en war ehouseman, Love lane, City, July 24—V. Elkins, coa c h ma ker, Southampton g place, Euston-square, July 24—T. Blackman, farmer, Bid dendon, Kent, July 24—E. Dorling, Berlin wool dealer, Ips wich, July 24—J. Kirkup, coal merchant, Providence wharf, Rotherhithe, July 24—A. M. Beaumont, woollen cloth manufacturer, Honley, Yorkshire, July 24. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. G. and R. Atkinson, builders, Corbridge, Northumberland —F. Clarke and F. S. Gosling, attorneys, Austin-friars—J. Wilson and J. Graham, silk manufacturers, Gresham-street —T. Marriott, E. Munk, and H. Smyth, wholesale drapers, Nottingham—C. Hook and E. J. Rodway, wine merchants, Devizes—F. and M. H. Hodges, music -sellers, Bristol—ll. Steele, J. Brereton, and R. L. Jones, timber merchants, Liverpool—J. Brereton, R. L. Jones, H. Steele, and J. Thompson, timber merchants, Liverpool—J. Brereton and RL. Jones, timber merchants, Liverpool—J. Payne and T. Freer, printers, Leicester—J. Nash and F. B. Bainbridge, boarding-schoolkeepers, Heavitree, Devonshire—G. Holden and J. M'Clellan, borax manufacturers, Liverpool—J. Byers and J. C. Stagg, Stockton, Durham—W. Raddall and J. H. Hill, veterinary surgeons, Plymouth—J. L. Pratt and J. Wilson—A. Aitken and J. Henderson. jun., ironfounders, Liverpoel—W. M. and P. Lawson, corn dealers, Commercial road East—l. Gregory and G. Goold, tanners, Tewkesbury— H. Buehler and J. P. Thol, agents, Mark-lane—T. Calvert and W. Hancock, woollendrapers, Bradford—D. Oliver, R. and all yW. G. Joy , a nd E. Jo y , jun , oil , E. Dover , Oliver, and J. Oliver, corn millers, Wood - mills , Yorkshire— J. North and J. Dixon, bl ue man ufacturers, City.road—J. Leach and J. C oo k e, butchers, L i verpo ol —G. Vevers a n d W . Woodh ea d, woolstaplers, Leeds.—J. Wallace and J. Sib son . grocers, Ca r li s l e—J. Woodhead an d T. Charlesworth, stock brokers, Bradford—J. Powell and R. Low ndes, shar ebrokers , Liverpool-I,V . T. O. Jo m e r chants, Leeds—J. Potter and H. Nich olson, linendr apers , Chelmsford —.J, P. LY nill and P Berlyn , stockbrokers, Man chester —J. H ma p draughtsmen, Red Lion square, Holborn—J. Holmes and J. Morr ow, stove g rate ma nufacturers, Ne wcast l e-upon -T yne —E. Briggs and G. Bright, hat manufacturers, Castleton Lower-mill, Lancashire—H. Lee, W T V . x . Bru m b W. Middleton , and GI H. Lee, table knife manufactu rer s: Sheffield (so far as regards W. W. Brumby and W. Middleton). John Campb e ll SCOTCH SEQTJESTRATIO NS. John Mackenzie Ross , ironmonger, Inverness, July 10 and Aug. 7, at twelve, at the Caledonian Hotel, Inverness. twelve, at the Saracen's Held Inn, Paisley. Robert M'Cuna, merchant, Glasgow, July 10 and 31, at twelve, at the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow. Andrew Balfour,• v - d' b printer, r. In ur , gh July 9 and Aug. 3, , writer, Paisley, July 10 and Aug. 7, at at two, at the chambers of , Mr. Lothian, Edinburgh. William Hill, innkeeper, Dalkeith, July 8 and Aug. 5, at two, at Ferguson's Ship Tavern, Edinburgh. The average price of ado Sugar, the pro duce of the Briti s h possassions in A me rica, computed from the returns m a d e in the week ending June 30, 1846, is BrownlC EOF or S is U i G tr :k e( R ),. : 365. 9 3 / 4 d. per cwt. following notice ;_.lt IMPORTANT TO T RAVELLER S IN BELGIUM. — The Belgian Mini s t er Of Foreign Affairs h as re cently issued the en tertain the opi n i on that they may procf'e d to Belgium with out being pro v id ed with a passport. Thi s is an e r ror, how ever, which it i s i mportrnt to rectify, an d it mesy be useful to state that it is o bli gatory for every f ore i gn er who travel s i n It appears that certain travellers or through Belgiu m to have a p a ssport in due form. The greatest facilities, h owever, are g i ven for the examination of those documents, W hi ch, general l y speaking, remain in the possession of the travellers." This notice, which is appended to all the official advertisements relating to the Dover and Ostend steam-packets of the English and Belgian Govern ment, is the more important, inasmuch its it is stated in the circulars of some steam-packet companies that passports are not required in Belgium. . to the ptactical conclusion at which non-professional men would arrive ; namely, " that, whatever may be the ease, it is certain that the disorder trust be a most extraordinary one, with which the Eclair is infected, if it has produced so many lamentable results ; and so much the more extraordinary, as other vessels have held the same course as the Eclair, upon the same coasts of Africa, have not contracted any disease." The Neapo litan Government, whether rightly or wrongly, were disposed to deal with this as a peculiar case ; and it is pretty evident that, had not quarantine restrictions with respect to this vessel been carried out by our Govern ment the injurious effects to British commerce—setting aside the risk to public health—would have still been greater than they were. It is impossible not to commend the fair and candid spirit which has been manifested by our Government in publishing, as it has done, the whole of the correspond ence connected with the disease which prevailed in this ill-fated vessel. It will show to foreign countries that there is no desire to conceal facts, or to give a false colouring to events which appear to militate against the present feeling to abolish the laws of quarantine ; and although the result to our minds leaves it certain that these laws, in a mitigated form, cannot be dispensed with, yet it is satisfactory to meet with a clear case, in which facts and medical theories on the subject of con tagion can be fairly contrasted. No later than the 16th of May, 1846, a motion was made in the House of Commons on the quarantine laws by Dr. Bowring. This gentleman, not being then ia formed of the facts which have since come to light, argued, with respect to the disease in the Eclair, basing his argument on the views of Dr. M‘William, that there was not the slightest evidence that the disease was com municated from one person to another, thereby assuming that all fevers acquired on the African .coast must possess precisely the same characters as the fever observed by Dr. M'William on the African rivers. He further con tended, that " bad they (the crew of the Eclair) been removed from the focus of contagion, there would have been no danger whatever to others, and he believed many valuable lives would have been saved." Another mem ber thought "that the abolition of these (the quarantine) laws would be a step not only in humanity, but towards free trade;" and Mr. Mackinnon declared, " that if the quarantine regulations had not been in existence, be sincerely believed that one-half of the persons who perished in the Eclair would have been saved." This commercial view of the question—a view which, for the sake of freedom of trade, leads its advocates to propose, not merely the removal of abuses, but the entire abolition of a system which civilised countries have set up as a safeguard against the importation of disease. Unfortunately for the arguments thus employed, they tire entirely opposed to the facts contained in this corres pondence. While Dr. M`William's remarks ou the ab sence of contagion apply to the river fever, Dr. Bowrine refers them to a fever contracted on the coast, differine completely in symptoms from that described by D.. William, especially in the absence of one which is cha racteristic of the most aggravated,form of the milady, namely, " black vomit." Mr. Rendall's letter will suffice to show whether there would or would not have been danger to others by the disposal of the crew of the Eclair in any other way than th t adopted under the directions of Sir W. Pym and Mr. Arnott. The same answer may be returned to Mr. Mackinnon's declaration, that "if the quarantine regu lations had not been in existence, he sincerely believed that one-half the persons who perished in the Eclair would have been saved." The correspondence shoes that the numb , r of the deaths after the arrival of this vessel and her being placed in quarantine was only five. It also proves that the number of deaths from fever at Bona Vista, where the vessel had not been placed under any quarantine restrictions, amounted up to the last date (March 9) to no less than 400. We are, therefore, disposed to draw a conclusion the converse of that at which this gentleman hay arrived, and to express our firm belief, from the report before us, that had the Portuguese Governor at Bona Vista adopted the quaran tine restrictions resorted to in this country, not one-half only, but probably the whole of the 400 individuals who have fallen victims to the fever in that island would now have been living. Mr. Macaulay, a resident on the island, in his official correspondence with the Earl of Aberdeen, says, in relation to this subject:— " One thing is quite clear, that the medical officers of the Eclair, who had never previously served on the African station, misunderstood the malady which pre vailed on board their ship, declaring from first to last that it was nothing but the common coast fever—an opinion which, whilst it unhappily obtained the unequi vocal concurrence of the only Portuguese doctor in the island, received also the tacit assent, if not the unre served approval, of the only,English doctor. " Assured, by the concurrent testimony of all the medical men to whom reference could be made, both ashore and afloat, it is not surprising that the Governor- General should have permitted the intercourse between the ship and the shore to continue. As an unprofes sional man, he could not be expected to see cause for alarm and precaution where none was thought necessary by the doctors."—Page 39. Dr. Bowring lately stated in Parliament that "he had seen again and again that a crew, arriving in perfect health, had perished from being delivered over to the tender mercies of the sanitary laws." He may now, we think, fairly add to his experience by a perusal of this correspondence, in observing what are the effects of deliverinz i over the crew of a vessel affected with a sus picious disease to the tender mercies of commercial theorists! The question, is, not as Dr. Bowriug puts it, whether the healthy crews of vessels are to be subjected to vexatious restrictions of intercourse, but whether those crews which are not healthy are, for the sake of freedom of trade, to become the means of spreading a most fatal malady throughout a healthy community. Is it better to cut off intercourse with the crew of a vessel affected with disease, or to run the risk of multiplying the mortality a hundredfold among the community because the present quarantine system is open to abuse? A man must be singularly infected with the doctrines of free trade, and singularly ignorant of the nature and progress of contagious diseases, who can hesitate in deciding be tween these alternatives? The commercial party are, however, fully aware of this difficulty to the practical application of their views; they therefore adopt the opi nion, that the disease, whatever it may be, is not con tagious, and they seek to explain its diffusion by refe rence to all sorts of contingent circumstances—the state of the thermometer, barometer, malaria, decomposed bilge-water, mental depression, the use of ardent spirits, &c. We do not deny the influence of these causes in aid ing the diffusion and increasing the mortality of fever, but we deny that they suffice to exp'ain how it happened, that, in spite of the removal of the crew at Bona Vista, and in spite of the thorough overhauling, white• washing, fumigation, cooling, and watering of the ves sel, the Eclair should still, when off our coast, ani after having sailed over nearly 2,000 miles of sea, become a source of infection and a direct cause of death to several persons who were permitted to have intercourse with , the ship. This may be explained either by contagion existing in the ship itself or in the crew—we care net which. The bare fact still remains—a most fatal ma lady identical with that which prevails and is endemic n the coast of Africa, was brought close to our shores, and proved rapidly fatal to some who had not been exposed to these peculiar thermometrical and barometrical changes, malaria, the vapour of bilge water, &c. It is an event of this kind which nations dread, and to prevent which quarantine re strictions are established. That these sometimes fail to keep out disease, that they are most expensive to maintain, that they are great burdens on commerce, and that they are turned to vexatious uses by despotic states, are circumstances which, with the evidence from this correspondence before us, fail to furnish sufficient ground for their entire abolition. We shall reserve our examination of the conflicting views entertained by Sir W. Burnett and Sir W. Pym, on the nature of the fever which prevailed in the Eclair, for a future number. * " Che qualunque pert fosse certo che un motto tutto straordinario deve esser quello di cui e infettato l'Eclair,' se tanti tristi effetti ha predotto, e tanto pill straordinario in quanto che gli altri legni che han tenuto la stessa rotta che l'Eclair, non ban contratto alcur morbo." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUP TCY, July 3. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) SMITH, HOLT, AND NEALZ'S BANKRUPTCY. _ . The bankrupts in this case were the proprietors, printers, and publishers of the Iron Times, and carried on their busi ness in Fleet-street. The sitting to- day was for the choice of assignees and the proof of debts, and a great number of creditors were in attendance. As a contest for assigneeship existed, opposition was raised to the proofs on both sides. Mr. E. James appeared for the bankrupts, and Mr. Cross for Mr. G. Berry, the petitioning creditor, and late e itor of the paper. Mr. ...eiry's proof for 791. 6s. lOd., balance of • salary, was objected to, and be was examined at some length respecting his claim.. It appeared from his evidence that be was first engaged at a salary of two guineas per week, which was ad vanced in progression by Mr. Holt till it reached six guineas per week. Subsequently, when the paper was not,so pros perous, he consented to reduce his salary to four guineas per week ; but, son the meeting of Parliament, it was again ad vanced to six guineas, he undertaking to write a summary of the debates in addition to his other editorial duties. He received regular payment up to the month of December,lB4s, but not since, and hence this amount was the balance of account from that period to the date the paper stopped, which was in May last. The tendency of the examination was not so much with the view to show that there was no claim at all, but that overcharges had been made. The paper, it seemed, actually stopped to the public on the With of April, but Mr. Berry charged for services up to the 9th of May. This he ex plainel by stating, that though the paper was not issued to the public, it was nominally printed ; and, hopes being enter tained of a "resuscitation," he continued with it till he saw there was no further prospect of success. He never received any notice of dismissal. and therefore, had he been so in clined, he could have made a larger claim than was now before the Court. He would not swear that he had per formed full editorial duties atter the 26th of April. He could point out what he had done, if a file of the paper were produced. Mr. JAMES then examined Mr. Berry On certain payments made to him on account of his claim, and inquired how it was, if he kept (as he admitted) no d e t a il e d statement of h i s receipts front Mr. Holt'and other parties connected with the paper, that ha'could arrive at the balance earned. Mr. Barry said that every week he struck a balance of what was owing him by the paper, deducting the gross amount received from the gross ainonttt due. Mr. commissioner b'omiLANQuE thought that the claimant had answered in an honest and straightforward manner. All he said was very clear, and though tie (the Commissioner) might have been inclined to censure his (Mr. Berry's) con. duct in reference to his accounts had he been a trader,•stii I, it was not in the least unlikely that an editor of a paper, re cAving a weekly salary, would merely carry a memorandum, from time to time, of what was due to him. Mr. J.‘3lEs submitted that the charge, up to the 7th or 9th of Aar, ought not to be allowed. Mr. Commissioner FOISTBLANQT.E . —Why, it appears that it f• ivss in in:-rev" to you that he relinquished his claim as early as that date. lle never received notice of dismissal. - One-of the bankrnpts (Thomas Lyttletmi Holt) was then examined by Mr. James relative to his claim. He entered into the fog patioilip Ow claimilat'o Ant enagoacto stating that he was put upon a rising salary of two guinea per week, which was subsequently increased to three, and then to tour guineas. Mr. Berry had previously been en gaged on the Stock Exchange Express, at 20s. or one guinea per week; and, not being satisfied with that, applied to hint (Holt) for employment. He told Berry that if the paper succeeded he :hould be, advanced, and the paper succeeding he was accordingly advanced. In November or December last, when they were down in Cambridge together, a con Vet. sation was entered into respecting the paper, and then Mr. Berry suggested tilling up the back pages with markets concerning oil, tallow, cotton, indigo, and drugs, which he said would not cost much, and generally be standing matter. It was then arranged he was to take the management of that, and he was raised to six guineas a week. The railway panic was then on, there was a " subsidence" of advertise , ments, and, affairs not presenting the most promising ap pearance, it was thought necessary to do this—the paper being a great expense. Mr. Berry was a hardworking and attentive man, and, being well acquainted with mercantile affairs, was intrusted with them. The last time the wholes of the establishment was paid was on the 6th of December. He recollected that well, because the reporters and all were paid, and " that did not always happen." Previous to that time they were in an " El Dorado" (if he might so term it) o f 600/. to 400/. a in, for advertisements ; but as the money was on the books he could not collect it fast enough, and the limited means at his command through other channels • were not suincient to support the expenses. The bankrupt was here about to show that assets had existed which would - pay 80s. in the pound, referring to claims on provisional committeemen and others, but he was checked by Mr. Commis Toner FONBLARQUE, who begged of him to confine himself to the question of the debt of .Mr. Berry. The bankrupt then stated generally that Berry had con sented with others, in the period of difficulty, to reduce his salary, which it was understood should be again increased if the paper revived. The Parliamentary career of the paper was short, and Berry, he believed, wrote the summa ries. After the 25th of April his services were little re quired, but it was not supposed that he was to receive six guineas per week. There had always been a good under standing between him and Berry up to this time, Berry being much pleased with his (bolt's) conduct towards him; but he thought, atter what Berry had told himself, that the present was an attempt to place Berry in the assignee- in order that parties connected with the Great European Railway, who owed the paper 1,400/., might com promise that claim. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE said he would not suffer such matters to be discussed now. The inquiry was Berry's debt. If Berry was put forward as an assignee, then that • objection could be urged. After some further discussion, His HoNOUB said be telt inclined to admit Mr. Berry's debt, subject to further inquiry as to actual amount. There could be no doubt that thew was a debt, and he thought, as far as he could ve, for the sum claimed. Mr. JAMES asked Mr. Cross what he proposed to do further. Mr. CROSS said he feared there would be no chance of concluding the choice of assignees. A great number of other proofs would be opposed, and long examinations must ensue. Mr. JAMES said, if that were the case, a private sitting bad better take place. This proposal being agreed to, the choice was adjourned, to Wednesday, the Bth instant. SURREY QUARTER SESSIONS. Guildford, July 3. (Before G. T. NICHOLSON, Esq., Chairman, the Earl of LOVELACE, Lord LOVAIN, G. BEST, Esq., &c., &c.) THE JOINT STOCK COMPANY REGISTRATION ACT.' IMPORTANT DECISION.- SAMUEL HENRY POWELL., APPELLANT, V. A CONVICTION BY THE HON. DIV. NORTON. This was an appeal against a decision of Mr. Norton at the Lambeth Police Court, convicting the appellant in the sum of 201. for neglecting to register a railway speculation, of which he had been the promoter. Mr. W. Payne appeared in support of the convictie o Mr. Wallenger and Mr. Bagley were for the appellant. Mr. PAYNE havii;g taken some objections to the nodes of appeal, which were overruled by the Court, Mr. WALLENGER addressed the bench on behalf of the appellant. He said that this was an appeal agains t a conviction under the Act of the 7th and Bth Victoriso commonly known as the Joint stock Company Registr' tion Act. The appellant was alleged to have been the, promoter of a railway undertaking called the Gra no Junction, Great Western and South Western Junction Railway Company, and a penalty of 201. had bee n inflicted upon him for not having registered the cola' pany in accordance with the provisions of the above Act of Parliament. He should contend that such s n , association did not come within the scope and meani e & of this Act of Parliament, and he referred the Court te the second clause in the Act, which required that cer" tale undertakings should be registered, but which ex pressly excepted all undertakings from the operati c ' ; of the Act, where they could not be carried into eff ec t . without obtaining the sanction of an Act of Parliatu s % Now, as it was perfectly clear that the undertaking 1; question could not be carried into effect without an t c , of Parliament, he submitted that the clause impus„u the penalty could not, apply to the case, and that, the r- i fore, the conviction must be quashed. The Leal's% Council then cited the decision given by Lord Dents. e d , in a recent case of Lorton V. Hickman which, he e i el td entirely confirmed the view of the Act. he begge ° ,l,o suggest to the Bench, and he therefore called upon w magistrates to quash the conviction. to Mr. BAGLEY, on the same side, said it appeare.-,10 him the point was so clear, that he would not tro e y the Court further than to say that in another de cioou in the Court of Exchequer, in the case of Smith b y Young, the very same principle had been sanctioned the Court. Mr. PAYNE said these were cases in which the leg of the sale of scrip was the question at issue, and did not apply to this case. er Mr. Wi iLENGER said the point involved in these c' t be was, whether railways came within the scope of s p Joint-stock Company Registration Act, which was question now at issue. V eg Mr. PAYNE,' on behalf of the respondent, subno 10 , that the Act of Parliament in question was clearly bee tended to apply to railways a , well as to every Toe description of Joint-stock undertaking. He citen, t o 4th section of the Act in question, and said, that ado enumerating various descriptions of w irks, it con el to by the word', " whether tor ex ecuting any such vrol l 'c, aforesaid under the authority of the Act of ParlialS e re o or for any other purpose, the same should be regist e i e in accordance with the provisions of th e A c t." Fi e . iof minded the Court that it wa s excee di ng ly i m portank ro .: the public to know who were the originators and moters of those schem es , and in confirmation of A sof opinion that they c ame w ith in t h e sco p e of the Ac t Parliament, he said h e w a s in a c ondition to pro" O almost up to that very day it had been the practice register all such undertakings. ho ts Mr. WALLENGER admitted that this might have - 0 .0 done, but that did not alter the case. 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