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THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAOR- DINARY, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1837. BY THE QUEEN. A PROCLAMATION FOR DISSOLVING THE PRESENT PARLIA MENT, AND DECLARING THE CALLING OF ANOTHER. VICTORIA, R. Whereas we have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to dissolve this present Parliament, which stands prorogued to Thursday, the 10th day of Au gust next, we do for that end publish this our Royal Pro clamation, and do hereby dissolve the said Parliament ac cordingly ; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs, of the House of Commons, are dis charged from their meeting and attendance on the said Thurs day, the 10th day of August next. And we, being desirous and resolved, as soon as may be, to meet our people, and to have their advice in Parliament, do hereby make known to all our loving subjects our Royal will and pleasure to call a new. Parliament. And do hereby further declare, that with the advice of our Privy Council, we have givenorder that our Cha nce ll or o f t h at part o f our U n it e d Kingdom called Great Britain, and our Chancellor of Ireland, do respectively, upon notice thereof, forthwith issue out writs in due form, and according to law, for calling a new P ar . liament. And we do hereby also, by this our Royal Pro clamation under our great Seal of our United Kingdom, require writs forthwith to be issued accordingly by our said Chancellors respectively, for causing the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons, who are to serve in the said Parliament, to be duly returned to, and give their atten dance in, our said Parliament ; which writs are to be re turnable on Monday, the 11th day of September next. Given at our court at Buckingham Palace, this 17th day of July, 1837, and in the first year of our reign. GOD SAVE TIIE QUEEN. BY THE QUEEN. A PROCLAMATION, IN ORDER TO THE ELECTING AND SUMMONING TIM SIXTEEN PEERS OF SCOTLAND. VICTORIA, R. Whereas we have, in our Council, thought fit to declare our pleasure, for summoning and holding a Parliament of our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on Monday, the 1 Ith day of September next ensuing the date hereof ; in order, therefore, to the electing and summoning the sixteen Peers of Scotland, who are to sit in the House of Peers in the said Parliament, we do, by the advice of our Privy Council, issue forth this our Royal Proclamation, strictly charging and commanding all the Peers of Scotland to assemble and meet at Holyrood House, in Edinburgh, on Friday, the 25th clay of September next ensuing, between the hours of twelve and two in the afternoon, to nominate and choose the sixteen Peers, to sit and vote in the House of Peers, in the said ensuing Parliament, by open election and plurality of voices of the Peers that shall be then present, and of the proxies of such as shall be absent (such prcxies being Peers, and producing a mandate in writing, duly signed before witnesses, and both the constituent and proxy being qualified according to law) and the Lord Clerk Register, or such two of the Principal Clerks of the Session as shall be appointed by him to officiate in his name, are hereby respectively required to attend such meeting, and to admi nister the oaths required by law to be taken there by the said Peers, and to take their votes ; and, immediately after such election made and duly examined, to certify the names of the sixteen Peers so elected, and to sign and attest the same in the pres ence o f th e said Peers, the electors, and re turn such certificate into our High Court of Chancery of Great Britain. And we do, by this our Royal Proclama tion, strictly command and require the Provost of Edin burgh, and all other the Magistrates of the said city, to take especial care to preserve the peace thereof during the time of the said election, and to prevent all manner of riots, tumults, disorders, and of violence whatsoever. And we strictly charge and command that this our Royal Procla mation be duly published at the market-cross at Edinburgh, and in all the county towns of Scotland, 25 days, at least, before the time hereby appointed for the meeting of the said Peers to proceed to such election. Witness ourself at Westminster, this 17th day of July 1837, and in the first year of our reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS n. COPENHAGEN, JULY B.—The Pri nce of Glucksbur embarked on the 4th on board th e s t eam -b oa t f or Lubeck,' whence it is said he will go to England to compliment the young Queen. On the 4th his Majesty gave public au dience for the first time since his illness, and on the Gth was the first sitting of the Council of State. HAMBURG/I, JULY Imperial Highness, the Grand Duke Michael Pawlowitsch, arrived here this fore moon on his return to Russia, and soon afterwards set out for Lubeck. A notice of the Hanoverian Cabinet Ministry of the 10th announces that from that day the tolling of the Church bells ordered on the death of his late Majesty, is to cease. Music in the Churches is again permitted, .4nd the prohibition of public diversion revoked. HANovEn, JULY 11.—His Majesty has been pleased t o put himself at the head of the Guards. By a general order to the army signed by Major-General Hans Bussche, it has been informed that the King on his accession to the Government has been pleased to take on himself the com mand of the army, and that his Majesty on this occasion sincerely thanks his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge for the manner in which he has exercised his functions as C om mander-in-Chief, and especially expresses his satis faction at the excellent spirit of attachment and loyalty in the army, which, under the many years' command of his Royal Highness, has been cultivated and approved under difficult circumstances. Under the same date the Duke Limself issued a general order to the army, expressing his thanks to it, and in particular to the Generals and Com manders, and the distinguished corps of officers to whose assistance his Royal Highness chiefly ascribes the respect able condition and excellent spirit of the army ; also to all the officers, subalterns, and privates, for the fidelity, obedience, discipline, and devotion to the service which they ;have shown under his command. The Duke expresses in electing terms the pain it gives him to part from an army in which he first served, with which he acted in the field, and at the head of which he has been so long placed. He spesics of its ancient glory, which it has fully maintained in presence of the enemy, assures it that he shall never cease to be interested in its welfare, and that lie is convinced that he shall always see it loyal to its King, obedient to its supe riors, brave in the field, and only in the path of true honour. Deeply affected by these expressions of his Royal Highness, Generals Von Allen, and Bussche,Hallkett, Hurtmann and kielmamnseggs, have given in its name an answer, drawn up in the same spirit, affirming that they shall constantly preserve in their hearts the most profound regret, and the most since re attachment to his Royal Highness. Hast - atracti, JULY 14.—The Hanover Gazelle declares that there is no foundation for the report that two of the Hanoverian Ministers had resigned.—Hamburg Papers, July 14. . fiIIUSSEI;f.3, JULY 15.--The Moniteur publishes two decrees, dalted Paris the 9th of this month, by which Baron Ghigny, retired General of Division, and Brigadier-General Doncker, Member of the Supreme Military Tribunal, are appointed Knights of the Order of Leopold. The King and Queen and the Prince Royal will arrive at the Palace of Laeken, from Paris, on Sunday (to morrow, the 16th). The soldiars belonging to the several regiments of the reserve are to be assembled to-morrow. When we see the reserve called under arms, at a moment too when the several corps here have their full complement—when we compare this circumstance with the list of nominations and promo tions lately published by the Moniteur, we are naturally led to ask whether the armistice is broken, or whether we are going to march to some unknown conquest ? We know that these questions have been asked in some families, and that this unusual display of force has caused alarm. 'We believe there is no reason for apprehension ; there does mot appear to be the slightest cloud in our political horizon to be dispelled by the firing of cannon. But we fear that tine aristocracy of the army has been seized with a sudden fancy to play at soldiers. Now this play is not to every bod/s taste ; it will be very expensive to the State, and it take* from their occupations some thousands of men, most of whom are married, the fathers of young children, whose lalwur is indispensable for the support of their families. BELGIAN } UNDS—Baussets JULY 15 Actual Deist, N per Cent rtothschild's Loa n , 5 per east 53 Loan of Thirty M illions 101 Loan of ('itv, 1832 , 4 per Cent. 9r4 Society of Commerce, 4 per Cent 99% sank of Belgium, 5 per Cent .. 135 —Brussels Papers, ********* 138% HAMBURG ISORSEN HALLE, JULY 14. Austrian .51et,l'iques, 5 per cent ............... Money 103% ►U3sy Ditto ditto 4 per cent ..................... Ditt ditto 3 per cent. .................. 75.4 — 51,,, LAMdank Shares .................................. n 4 4 Auglo.Russiatt Loan 105!,', 16,5 X - ',/rwr 11;ieriptiOn, per cent. Itussun b per cents. Metal. . 1 41tosival Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th ZeAge 95% 97,94 1 )itid, Certificate' ortuscelle Nei,gency Bonds, 5 per cent 27 27 Ditto, 3 oer Mae 524 52 Dutch I , , er estt:s. 1 .- 27V 2 127 Ditto 5 per Cents — Polish )tondo,ce 4 t , s• New Tickets A tiglo-Danislt Loi It o :3 per cemt+ 705.4 Norwegian Lean oi' 4 per cents Spanish, in piastres, 3 per cents.— ...... - Coitus Loan, 5 per Goit S.O creek 4 percents. 1103, guaranteed by France 93 92% EXCHANGES ON LONDON. Dammam, JULY 14.-13 I I ; two months. 13 9t4. Sr. PUT6kBUURCIf, JULY 7.—Three months, 10 V-16. CIIRISITIANIA. Jt LY b.—Three months, 5 4. Iliatit.is, JULY 11.—Three m nths, 6. 24U. :STOCKIIOLII, JULY 7.—Two months, 12 ItS. —Hamburg Papers, July 14. T: Se Bishoc of Norwich has been appointed Clerk of the closet to her ?Majesty. REPRESENTATION of MIDDLESEX. Last night there was a numerous meeting of the elec tors of Middlesex held at the Angel Inn, Islington, for the purposc of adopting the best means of securing the re turn of their late representatives, Messrs. Byng and Hume. The room was crowded to excess by the most respectable electors of the district, and the utmost unani mity seemed to prevail on the subject ; at eight o'clock P. Martineau, Esq. was called to the Chair. Mr. MARTIN rose to move the first resolution, to the effect that it was the duty of every elector to promote the practical developement of the principles declared by her most gracious Majesty on her accession to the Throne. Mr. HEWITT briefly seconded this resolution. Mr. WARBURTON appeared before them not only as an elector of Middlesex, but as Chairman of the Committee whose object it was by their exertions to secure the re turn of Messrs. Byng and Hume.—(Cheers.) If they did not now do their duty, they would have:no one to com plain of. They could not say that the conduct of the House of Commons was tedious, vexatious, or tyrannical. —( Heas, hear.) Let them then return to Parliament such men as Hume and Byng.—(Cheers.) Of the latter's ser vices they had been long experiencing the benefit, and with regard to Mr. Hume, they could all remember the manner in which he had exposed the enormities of tho Orange faction—(Great cheering)—with the Duke of Cumberland, the Grand Master, at their head. An ELECTOR, whose name we did not catch, proposed the second resolution, to the effect that their late Repre sentatives were entitled to the renewed confidence and sup port of the electors of Middlesex, for their steady adhe rence to the principles of Reform, and their endeavours to maintain the privileges of the people, and the Constitution of the country. The resolution was seconded by Mr. SHARI', and carried unanimously. J. B. BURNARD, Esq., proposed the third resolution, which was seconded by Mr. MAY, and also carried unani mously, to the effect that the meeting pledged itself to se cure the return of their late Members. Mr. BYNG then presented himself to the meeting, and was received with loud and long-continued cheering. From the earliest part of his political life when he came forward as a candidate for the representation of that county, he had never been actuated by any personal object whatever.— (Hear.) His whole and sole object had been to serve his constituents, first, by making the House of Commons— not in name, but in reality—a representation of the people; and, secondly, to do away with all those shameful and fdis graceful Acts which prevented the Dissenters of this coun try from enjoying the same rights and privileges which had been extended to Churchmen.—(Cheers.) Every feeling he possessed arose from the sole motive of doing the great est good for the greatest number. Air. Hum: entered into a detail of his Parliamentary con duct for the last 20 years, which he showed to be perfectly in accordance with th 9 principles he then advocated. From the Royal speech which he had heard delivered that day, he thought they would find not as formerly a hostile Court, but a Sovereign willing to sanction such measures as went to ameliorate the condition of the people, He thanked God they had nothing now to fear ; there was not the remnant of a Tory left about the Court.—(Great cheerin g .) Mr. BOLTO N th en p u t t wo ques ti ons — t h e first, as to whether Mr. Hume would vote for a reduction of the Queen Dowager's pension to fifty thousand pounds ; and the second, as regarding the Poor-law Amendment Act. As to the former, Mr. HUME had objected to it when first introduced, but his late Majesty had only consented to the Reform Bill, by having his family arrangements sa tisfactorily settled—(Hear, hear) —and now that the King was dead, he would not be the man to attack a defenceless woman.—(Cheers.) Mr. Hume then entered into a long explanation on the Poor-law Bill, which was received with every demonstration of applause ; and when lie concluded, he sat down amid loud cheers. Many eloquent speeches were delivered during the even ing, and thanks being voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated. REPRESENTATION OF E-ST. SURREY. Last evening a numerous and respectable meeting of the electors of Clapham took place at the Cock Inn, in that parish, to hear the expression of their political opinions from Mr. Locke King and Mr. Angerstein, candidates for the representation of East Surrey. At seven o'clock, John Travers, Esq., Chairman of the City of London Election Committee, took the Chair. . . . The CHAIRMAN had the satisfaction of assuring them from returns, which he had seen of the results of the can vass, that they would triumph over their opponents by a majority of at least three to one.—(Loud cheering.) Mr. STURT proposed the first resolution, which was— " That this meeting is of opinion that the present crisis is one that peculiarly demands the exertions of the Reformers of East Surrey, to return two Liberal Members to represent them in the House of Commons." Mr. NICHOLSON seconded the resolution. Mr. LOCKE KING then came forward, and was enthu siastically cheered. Our young Queen has dissolved Par liament, and has appealed to the feelings and privileges of the country. She has shown what her own principles are, even by the fact of her not allowing a single Tory to remain about her person. Now, he thought the electors of the county ought to do as much as the Queen had done ; and as she had not employed a single Tory near her, they ought not to employ a single Tory to represent them.— (Laughter and cheers.) Do we want any proofs of what the fruits of Toryism are ? Look to the Pension List, and look to the extraordinary creation of Peers which occurred during their rule.—(Hear.) Look to the late exemplifi cation of the result of those principles in the kingdom of Hanover.—(Hear.) Why the King of that country not alone has abrogated the Constitution of the Hanoverians, but he has not been decently civil to them.—(Laughter.) Every man who would vote for the Tories would vote for revolution—for the rule of the Tories would lead to revo lution.—(Cheers.) Mr. ANGERSTEIrsT was a Constitutional Reformer. As to the pension list to which Mr. Locke King had alluded, he had voted for its revision. As to the privilege of the Lords to vote by proxy, when that question was intro duced into the House of Commons, although he had his doubts whether the House of Commons had any right to interfere in the constitution of the House of Lords, yet be voted with Mr. Thomas Duncombe on that question against the present Government. A resolution declaratory of the intention of the meeting to support Mr. Locke King and Mr. Angerstein, at the next election, was then proposed and seconded, and carried unanimously. Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting soon after separated. REPRESENTATION OF WEST- MINSTER. A public meeting was held last night, at the Crown and Anchor, Strand, for the purpose of considering the senti ments of the candidates to represent Westminster in Par liament. Mr. DECKER was called to the Chair. Mr. PROUT rose to propose a resolution " That the meeting approve the conduct and opinions of Colonel Evans and J. T. Leader, Esq., and pledge themselves to exert themselves to the utmost to secure their return," which was carried unanimously. Colonel EVANS was greeted upon rising with cordial ap probation. He had been calumniated grossly by his poli tical opponents, both in the House and through the Tory press. They first called him a runaway from his consti tuents, and afterwards a coward for returning to his post. There was no pleasing them.—(A laugh.) The increased experience he had obtained would enable him to advocate the abolition of flogging with more effect than before ; and if he had the honour of being returned, he should take the earliest opportunity of bringing the question forward. Mr. LEADER was happy to congratulate the electors upon the present appearances, compared with those at the last contest. The Court was against us then—it is with us now. For himself, he was satisfied that Westminster, which for thirty years had returned Reformers, would not forsake the good cause now, but would uphold its high and honourable character. REPRESENTATION OF MARYLE- BONE. Yesterday there was an exceedingly important meeting of the electors of Marylebone, held at Hall's Riding School, Albany-street, Regent's Park, for the purpose of promoting the return of Sir Samuel Whalley and Mr. Young. Lord Nugent was called to the Chair. Lord NUGENT said union was strength ; let them be united and victory was certain—disunited, they would be beaten and disgraced.—( Hear, hear.) All England was looking to them for example—it was from the metropolis that the life-blood - of Reform flowed, and he hoped that they would not allow it to be tainted at its very source. — (Cheers.) The SECRETARY then read the report of the Committee on the subject of the election. Sir S. WHALLEY then presented himself, and was greeted with loud cheering, and cries of " Hall and Whal ley." He courted the fullest investigation, and he hoped, as it was their duty, they would call him to a strict ac count.—(Cheers, and cries of " The Railroad.") He d►d not know whether that was meant as an accusation ; if so, he should be glad to hear all that could be urged upon the subject. He had yet to learn that, because he was ho noured by being selected as one of their Representatives, he should be prohibited from applyin g his private fortune in whatever way he liked.—( Hear, hear.) This was the time above all others fur Reformers to be united ; they should IHE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1837. act as one man, with one voice. He had been twice elected by them, and he had, therefore, some claims upon their suffrage.—(Cries of " Do it singly.") The Noble CRAIRmAN then put the question whether Sir Samuel Whalley should be the candidate of their choice at the next election, which was carried unanimously. Mr. YOUNG then presented himself to the meeting, and was received with mingled cheers and groans. The Hon. Gentleman then went over his political creed, expressing his readiness to advocate the vote by ballot, shortening the duration of Parliament, total abolition of Church-rates, and such reform in the discipline of the Church as would make it more consonant with the wishes of the people. Mr. LANGIJANI moved as an amendment that Mr. Young should be recommended to withdraw his pretensions, and that Mr. Hall was a fit and proper person to represent that borough in Parliament. On the amendment being pnt the meeting appeared pretty equally divided on the subject. The Chairman, however, declared the majority to be in favour of Mr. Young. PREPARATIONS for the GENERAL ELUCTION. ESSEX.—The three candidates for the southern division of the county have been proceeding in their canvass during the past week. In the northern division no Liberal candi date has yet appeared to oppose Sir John Tyrell and Mr. C. G. Round. Mr. Lennard, who has been for the last week on a visit to Lord Western, has made a very active canvass of the electors of Maldon : both parties admit that the contest will be a close one. Mr. Todd, the new candidate for Colchester, in the Li beral interest, is of the firm of Todd and Bosanquet, wine merchants.—Essex Herald. IIERTS.—Mr. Brand, the nephew of Lord Dacre (who once contested the northern division of Essex), has de clined offering himself for the county of Hertford, as it was expected he would have done from a pledge to that effect, which he gave at the last election. If Mr. Brand bad come forward the Conservatives would have brought for ward another candidate, but as they evinced a disposition to rest satisfied with things as they are, Mr. Brand would not take upon himself to disturb the county by a contest, and the consequence is, all the present Members will be returned without opposition. Mr. Brand, we believe, is a candidate for Brighton.—lbid. LICIIFIELD.—Lord Alfred Paget is the Liberal candi date for the suffrages of the citizens here. TANlWORTH.—Notwithstanding the double-faced dealing of Sir Robert Peel's Committee, and its collusion with that of Captain A'Court, CAptain Townshend will go to the poll in full confidence of success. NORTH WILTS.—Sir Francis Burdett has taken refuge here, and hopes to be seated as the county representative. GREAT YARMOUTH.—In this town great excitment pre vails. The Reform candidates, Messrs. Rumbold and Wilshier, have, out of six hundred householders on the re gister, received promises from four hundred. The Tory candidates, Messrs. Baring and Gambier, look to the free men. There are not less than one thousand of this class of voters on the register. At the last election the return was secured by means of golden arguments with the latter class of voters. NEWCASTLE.—There is some probability, we are glad to learn, that Mr. 'Wharton Burdon, the present Member for Weymouth, who was spoken of in our last as likely to contest the representation of North Shields, will come for ward as a candidate for Newcastle, in opposition to Mr. 110,1g:son Hiude. Most sincerely do we wish this may prove true. With a spirited and talented candidate like Mr. Burdon, we doubt not the Reformers could fight Mr. Hinde successfully, and turn him out of the seat.—Durham Chronicle. CHRLTENIIAII.—We are glad to find that the canvass of Mr. Craven Berkeley has been so successful as to leave no doubt of his return. Mr. Jonathan Peel, like his com rogues, the Conservatives, has not disdained to resort to their common device of taunting the Reformers with having supported the new Poor-law. It is well known that that measure, be it what it may, was to the full as much the creation of the Conservatives as the Bill of the Liberals. Ac cording to the Cheltenham Journal, whose advocacy of Tory interests is as strenuous and unscrupulous as we admit it to be assiduous and able, does not hesitate to assert what we ap prehend, few persons who have any, the slightest, acquaint ance with the relative strength of parties in Cheltenham will give credence to. The Tories' journal says : " In Cheltenham, the political denomination of the Berkeley Family has been shaken to the very centre ; and the success of Mr. Peel, whilst it is a matter of astonish ment even to those who have throughout been most anxi ous to see the Borough emancipated from the state of vas salage in which it has too long lain, is also a source of the proudest gratification to all who desire to assert their independence, and to uphold the purity and freedom of Election. We have heard nothing of late of the arrogant but idle boasts that were made of two more candidates being brought forward by the Noble Head of the House of Berkeley, to contest the Divisions of the County. There is a deep and a sound morality in the simple fable of " The Dog and the Shadow," that we should suggest to the study of those who contemplated such a project. Should the at tempt be made: the Noble Lord, who is considered as the leader of the Liberal party in this County, may find that it is entirely to the forbearance and moderation of the Conservatives that his brother, Mr. Grantley Berkeley, has hitherto owed his seat for the West, and his brother's brother-in-law, Mr. Augustus Morton, his seat in the East. But again we say, the Press has given the Monopoly its death-blow, deatblow and bowthe the ejoiocene atandit.';—he"otlleornoapreolye;tiaalnldy creations of our injurious Contemporary. MERIONETHSHIRE.--Th e Reform strength in this county has been materially increased in the last registration, and there is a fair and reasonable chance of beating the present Tory Member, Mr. Richards, should a contest take place. He seems to fear the result of another candidate coming forward, as he has implicated hims e lf i n some intrigue - re specting the Montgomery boroughs. MERTHYR TYDVIL.—Mr. John Bruce Bruce, of Duff ryn has at last .screwed his courage to the sticking point, and has issued an address to the electors, in which he al ludes to Mr. Guest's standing for the county, although also a candidate for Merthyr, boasts of his opposition to the obnoxious clauses of the Poor-law Bill, and declares hi s attachment to the British Constitution. The ex-police Magistrate will not, however, be able to unseat that excel. lent Reformer, Mr. Guest.—We have just learned that Thomas Forman, Esq., partner in the Penydarran Iron Works, is a candidate for MerthyrTydvil. _ _ . . MONTGOMERYSIIIRE.—The Right Hon. Charles Wynn is unopposed, the Tory interest of the Wynne and Cli ve , being paramount here. MONTGOMERY BOROUGIIS.—The electors are firm and decided in the support of Colonel Edwards, their present independent Member ; and notwithstanding every exertion of Mr. Pugh and his brother Tories, we are satisfied that they will not go to the poll. BRECONSIIIRE.—Major Gwynne Holford is prosecuting his canvass on the Reform interest with the greatest spirit. His manly and straightforward address has produced a striking effect upon the electors, particularly the Dissenters. In Builth, which was Colonel Wood's stronghold, the Major has been promised almost every vote. BaEcoN.—Mr. Lloyd of Dinas, who has come forward to oppose the present Tory Member for this borough, is making a most successful canvass. ANGLESEA, COUNTY.-Mr.Stanley's re-election is placed beyond a doubt. BEAUMARIS.----It is generally believed that there will be no opposition to the return of Captain Paget, the Reform Member for this district of boroughs. BEDFORDSHIRE.—Mr. Thornton Astell has announced his intention to become a candidate for this county on the Tory interest. All classes of Reformers have united to secure the re-election of Lord Charles Russell ; and there is no doubt of his Lordship being again returned at the head of the poll. DENBIGHSHIRE.—Mr. Biddulph contests the county on the Reform interest against Sir W. W. Wynn, and Mr. Bigot ; a second Reform candidate has been spoken of, but not yet named. DENBIGH.—For these boroughs Mr. Wilson Jones has issued a most offensive and intolerant address, which has roused the Reformers to a sense of the degradation of that gentleman being able to style himself the Member for the Denbighshire boroughs. IRELAND. In the Dublin Evening Post of Saturday last, the silly challenge sent by a correspon of the Times to a con temporary, tauntingly asking TT) e her he could " produce as many, or half as many, new candidates against sitting Conservatives," or show a list of as many Conservatives re tiring as the man of the Times had contrived to trump up, is accepted ; and a list is furnished, which must afford most mortifying evidence to the C o n servat i ves a nd their advocates, of the hopelessness of their election prospects in Ireland. The Tories will be beaten hollow. They will in the next Parliament be a most insignificant and nn serable minority. CONIMISSION OF LUNACY.—Yesterday, a Corn mission of lunacy was held at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, before Commissioners Phillimore, Winslow, and Blount, to in quire into the state of mind of the Rev. W. Burnett, M. A., an inmate of a private lunatic asylum at Clapham. Dr. Bur roughs and also Dr. Burton having given evidence of the Rev. Gentleman's state of mind, the Jury returned a verdict, " that he had been of unsound mind since the Ist of December, 1536." A Parliamentary Paper, just published states the number of benefices in England in which the incumbents were non-residents, in 1835, to have been 4,975. Of these, 2,017 were under 160/. a year; 730 between 150/. and 2001. ; 893 between 200/. and 300/. ; 1,302 above 300/. a year ; and of 38 is not Itno►vn. EMIGRATION TO AMERICA. PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 20.—My very heart bled as I stood yesterday morning upon the wharf in this city and saw a great number of British emigrants disembark from a ship lying in the Delaware, knowing, as I do, that those who have not brought the means of seeking their fortunes in the far west, establishing themselves in a handicraft trade, or maintaining their families until better times, will, in the present state of this country, have to encounter the miseries of poverty. Nor is this all. Popular prejudice is every day becoming stronger and stronger against what is called in inany.of the public journals " Foreign Pauper Emigration." A majority of the American people com plain that their distresses will be aggravated by the European kingdoms, and especially Great Britain, pour ing out their thousands of starving, idle, dissolute, and criminal beggars—the sweepings of the gaols and work houses, and foisting them upon American charity, filling the American cities with vagabonds and the prisons with convicts. Remember this is not my lan guage, but the language of a portion of the press of the republic—a press that is all-powerful in its influence over public opinion. No wonder, then, that a hostile and bitter feeling is engendered amongst the people against the emigration of foreign poor. There is, however, a large number of Americans whose opinions differ widely upon this subject from those I have quoted, who see in these importations a vast and valuable increase to the population and strength of the country, and who do not believe that many of those who come over in the emigrant ships arc, in the strict acceptation of the term, paupers. But whether they are or not, unless they have plenty of money, and can, from their own resources, ward off the terrific evils of idleness, starvation, and public disgrace —to be almost pointed at in the streets—l should say, for the present by all means stay away from this country 1 The general feeling against destitute aliens has been increased by the infamous conduct of the master of a British ship, the Lock woods, who landed his passengers in Amboy instead of New York, insultingly evaded the quarantine laws, and sailed off with impunity for Quebec. This is not the worst of the matter. Other ships have done the same thing : and the poor emigrants who had paid their "commutation money" in England (that is, about a dollar and a half per head, which is handed over to the autho rities in New York, and frees them for admission to the almshouse in the event of distress) are literally deprived of these advantages, to which they have a right ; and if they cannot get work, must starve in the fields or in the streets. This is no overcharged picture. Remember that a panic has swept like a hurricane over the commerce and industrial pursuits of the United States—the last and most unex pected blow being a suspension of specie payments—an event which, I firmly believe, was not seriously contem plated by any citizen of the Union two days before it took place. The consequences of this calamity are, that many thousands are thrown out of employ—the loom, the anvil, the trowel, and the hammer are but little used, and, unless there be speedily a change for the better, the miserable re sults will create a feeling of very dangerous character. Judge, then, What, in such a case, would be the situation of alien paupers. My own personal impression is that the dangers of pau per emigration are much exaggerated by the American peo ple, for I do not believe that any great number of those who land in this country are in a state of beggary. On the contrary I feel convinced that more than one half of them have plenty of money, and that at least two-thirds of the remainder possess small sums, all of this too, in specie. Within this week I have spoken to several captains of ves sels, who have traded to Liverpool, on the subject, and they all agree in opinion that whenever 200 or 300 emi grants arrive, they bring many thousands of pounds ster ling to the country, in gold and silver. Besides, it should be remembered that the New York alms-houses and hos pitals received in the year 1836 " commutation money " from 60,541 passengers. Surely, therefore, it is by no means a losing concern if out of so very large a number, they have to support a few hundreds, or, as some reports state, " upwards of 2,000 at the present time." That, how ever, is not the question. The Americans say they do not want such people as paupers, and many say they will not have them, and that laws must be made for prevent ing their admission. No one will dispute that every people have a right to make laws for their own Government, and if this be the will of the American people, as I have em phatically said, foreign paupers had better stay away. They had better starve at home amongst friends than here among strangers. One grand reason of the prejudice that has been excited against the English and Irish poor has been their very dirty appearance when they land from those floating lazar-houses, the speculating emigrant ships, that carry as many as they can cram into their filthy steerages. Mark, Ido not in these remarks include either packets or respectable merchant vessels, but "emigrant ships," whose owners advertise by placard on the walls of Dublin, Cork, Londonderry, Belfast, Bristol, &c. The packet ships are, perhaps, the finest ves sels of their size in the world. Those which sail from this port arc not to be surpassed, either for capabilities of sail ing, the comforts and luxuries of their cabins, or the accom modations for the poorer classes in the steerage. One great advantage in their arrangement is, that they are never al lowed to carry many steerage passengers, the owners not admitting more than are quite at their case as regards room and sleeping. Another reason is, and a very just one too, that thou- sands who land in America rein= hulking in laziness, dirt, and drunkenness in the great Atlantic cities, instead of going back into the country. These, by their dissolute habits, disgust the people, and often get, from their crimes, committed to hard labour in the prisons. These, and I may add, these only, are the " foreign paupers" whose want of cleanliness and vagabond habits inspire national con tempt, if not hatred. Though not an American by birth, I go heart and hand with the citizens of this republic in preventing the admission of such people. They are a dis grace to any country, and, on this side the Atlantic, they act as living curses in exciting prejudice against their in dustrious fellow-countrymen, who seek in a new world that reward of honest labour which they cannot obtain in the old. Of this class there are many disaffected demagogues, who, in stead of being grateful for the protection afforded them by the government and people of America, arc constantly stir ring up discontent against the laws of this, their adopted country, and disseminating principles of disorganization, sedi tion, and infidelity that would do honour to a Danton or a Robespierre. Such men are impatient of all laws and go vernments, whether Republican or Monarchical. 'they own no controul, save the unrighteous domination of their own evil passions. During the last week about 300 Welch landed in this city. How different was their conduct to that which I have described! They did not remain three days in the streets, were admired and respected for the decency of their demeanour by the citizens, and as soon as their baggage was cleared from the Custom-house they went at once back to the mines of Pennsylvania, whither they were bound. The very appearance of these hardy mountaineers, with their pretty wives and children, has suddenly created a great predilection here in favour of the Welch. I predict they will prove a valuable and moral population in the in terior of this state, where their frugality and industry will not fail to provide them with every comfort. Pray understand distinctly, that there is no prejudice here to industrious mechanics and labourers, although poor. Quite the contrary. They are treated with con sideration and respect ; but at present there is nothing for them to do, and being out of work, vagabondizing about the Atlantic cities, they soon become the victims of bad habits—as 'idle and drunker, as the degraded beings I have already described. Therefore let such stay away until there is a change in the country for the better. be welcomed burdensome with upon hivea rni s e f ; but until society— and suredly kr b e numbered y e aoltarks ne m bt o fewas n cio g iti edo l sa i f e y r t4sh: o n oao u sneo i d n numerous oer s rl yaag a r7e n r idovoeidon passengers fa da utuirotiinu, during trl s t ca ral ai anxiety nhe l m e xl den l eyyei progeny. weekn t t t gwi i l mei be al I time Newtl vh n i fl o other parts ! Can you, with such circum— stances before you, wonder at the Americans feeling some y w a h n e d n s alarm ueh onne accounts subject ts as the ? Certainlyfollowing, not—espe cially —h which p e copy /it-ye/Loam from the New York Star, are arriv ing from all the manufacturing towns :—" The condi tion of Pittsburgh (the Birmingham of America, and in the very heart of the rich west) is represented as truly de plorable ; two thousand poor females utterly destitute, nearly all the operatives of the manufactories discharge drafts which manufacturers had drawn from their sales coming back protested from the west, journeymen car penters carrying the hod of bricklayers, and, indeed, ruin and misery stalking abroad in every direction." Let respectable and industrious mechanics remember that the resources of America and the energies of her people are inexhaustible. The country will speedily recover from her present prostrate condition. Then let them come ; they will be welcome. But until then let them by all that is dear to themselves and their families, stay away. As a proof of the positive necessity of their adopting such advice as I now offer, no less than .200 emigrants were wino enough to return last week from New York to England in the ship Rajah, before their money was gone. One word to the farmers. Cultivators of the soil, with small capitals, could never have a more favourable oppor tunity for coming out than just now ; if they have only the courage to leave the cities as soon as they disembark, and go at once back into the western States. There they will find the richest land in the world, on noble navigable rivers, at prices so astonishingly cheap that I am almost ashamed to quote them. I have been much in the west myself, and speak from personal knowledge and observation ; and I re peat, that I do not believe there is finer or more productive land on the face of the globe than in Indiana, Illinois, Mis souri, Wiscogsia, Michigan, &c. Large capitalists, too, who are enamoured of American speculations, would find it greatly to their advantage to invest during the present scarcity of money—whether on oan for interest, in merchandise, or the purchase of land. To prevent the excessive and overwhelming immigration of foreign paupers (I mean the idle and dissolute), to which I have referred, various measures have been proposed, and prevented they will be most assuredly. The mayor and council of New York talk of charging ten dollars a-head, " commutation money," which is now under con sideration, and, perhaps, ere a few more days have passed away will be carried into effect. The captains, mates, mates, and owners of ships who have so disgracefully vio• lated the quarantine laws, and landed their passengers without permission, will be prosecuted and brought to con dign punishment ; and Mr. Buchanan, the British consul, has, in the most praiseworthy manner, interfered to prevent a recurrence of such injury and insult to the laws of Ame rica. The best remedy yet proposed is from the mind and pen of Colonel Webb, editor of the New "Pork courier and Inquirer, and consists of'a recommendation that no emigrant shall be allowed to laud in this country without a passport from the American Consul at Liverpool, or whatever other port he may sail from, which Consul shall either require security for his good behaviour, or satisfac tory evidence that he is a fit and proper person to be ad mitted into the republic. I know the perverseness of human nature sufficiently, as I imagine, to be aware that many who have made up their minds to emigrate to this country will, on reading what I have written on the subject—to them the most important subject of their lives—exclaim, ' Oh, what he writes may be all very well ; but it is merely his view of the matter : besides, he is evidently biassed by prejudice, and does not give a dispa ss io nate an d i mpart i a l accoun t. Let such persons come over here and try. They will soon find their mistake. But as I like to do good to obstinate people in spite of themselves, I will only ask them to throw my advice overboard as nothing worth, and content them selves with reading the opinions of the American papers on the subject, a few of which I have inclosed for your examination in this letter. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals, July 17.-The Java, Jobling, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed Feb. 15, from Madras, March 5, from St. Helena, May 29 ; the Brilliant, Wilkeson, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed Feb. 22, from St. Helena, May 15 ; the Porter, Searight, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed March 11 ; the Syria, Malkee, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed Feb. 15, from St. Helena, May 13 ; the Oriental, Scala, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed March 8, passed St. Helena, May 10 ; the London, Hoodless, from Bengal, off Holyhead, sailed March 8, from St. Helena, May 31 ; the Algiers, M'Fee, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed M arc h 2, from St. Helena, May 18 ; the Prince Regent, Bills, from China, in the Downs, sailed March 2, from St. Helena, May 17; the Zenobia, Owen, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed March 8, from the Cape, May 17, St. Helena, June 1'; the Duchess of Northumberland, Roxburgh, from New South Wales, in the Downs, sailed March 17, from Pernambuco, June 1 ; the Upton Castle, Duggan, from Bombay, in the Downs, sailed March 2, from the Cape, 12, and from St. Helena, May 29 ; the Samuel Baker, Wild, from the Mauritius, at Bristol, sailed April 8 ; the Spartan, Bull, from New South Wales, at Liverpool, sailed March 30 ; the Neptune, Williams, from China, off Brighton, sailed February 25, St. Helena, May 17; the Lowther, Murphy, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed Fe bruary 17. Cape, April 25, St. Helena, May •, the Ivanhoe, Gibson, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed March 2 ; the Mediterranean Packet, Green, from New South Wales, at Liverpool, sailed February 15; the Alexander Johnstone, Auld, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed February '22, passed St. Helena May 10 ; the Europa, Smith, from the Mauritius, at the Downs, sailed April 6 ; the Arab, Simpson, from the Mauritius, off Cork, sailed from St. Helena May 30. Arrivals at St. Helena-The Gilbert Monro, Duff, May 25, from the Mauritius, and sailed May 26 for London ; the Selina, Luckie, May 25 from Calcutta, and sailed May 26 for Liverpool ; the Cheshire, Campbell, May 26 from Bombay and the Cape, and sailed May 30 for Liverpool ; the Dryade, Heard, May 27, from the Mauritius, and sailed May 29 for London ; her Majesty's brig Pelican, May 20 from the Cape, and sailed May 29 for Ascension ; the Bahamian, May 28 from Calcutta, and sailed May 29 for Liverpool ; the Japan, Hill, May 29, from Timor ; the Sulus, Crick, May 28, from the Cape, and sailed the 29th for Liverpool ; the Matilda, Wardle, May 20, from Mauritius, and sailed on the 31st for Liverpool; the Admiral do Ruyter, Von Deyn Junar, from Batavia, and sailed for Amsterdam ; the Gen. Palmer, Down, from Bengal, and sailed May 25 for London. Arrivals at Sydney.---The Montreal, Stewart, March 11, from the sperm fishery, with 2,000 barrels of oil ; the Royal George. March 13, from London and Hobart Town ; the Maria, March 15, from Liverpool ; the Elizabeth, March 15, from Launceston ; the Lynx, March 16, from New Zealand. Departures from Sydney.-The Perseverance, Corkhill, March 10, and Florentia, Deloitte, March 11, both for Lon don ; the Courier, March 10, for the sperm fishery ; the SA lacia, March 11, for Launceston; the Mie Mae, March 12, fur the sperm fishery ; the Francis Freeling, March 12, for Ho bart Town ; the Vigilant, March 13, for the South Seas ; the Fairlie, March 13, for Madras ; the Donna Carmelite, March 15, for Calcutta; the Regia, March 15, for Port Philip; the William Metcalf, March 16, for Madras. Arrivals at Calcutta.-The British Monarch, Feb. 26, from the Mauritius ; the Henry Forcher, Feb. 28, from Hobart Town ; the Larrey, March 1, from Khyoak, Phoo, and Chet tagong ; the Elizabeth, from Penang. Departures from Calcutta -The Peter Proctor, Feb. 25, and Saugur, March 4, for the Mauritius; the Ernaad, Feb. 25, and Saugur, March 15, for the Persian Gulf; the Pes tonjee Bomanjee, Feb. 26, and Saugur, March 2, for Bom bay ; Eleanor, Feb. 28, for ditto; the Amelia, Adelaide, and Susannah, March 1, for the Mauritius ; the Bengal, March 1, for London ; the Bohemian, March 1, for Liverpool ; the Fergusson, March 2, and Saugur, March 4, for London. Departures from Saugur.-The General Palmer, Feb. 26, for London ; the Belzoni, March 2, for the Mauritius ; the Selma, March 2, for Liverpool. Arrivals at the Cape.-The Cheshire, Campbell, May 5, from Bombay, and sailed on the 9th for Liverpool i the Pa triot, Melling, March 5, from London, and sailed on the 11th for the Mauritius ; the Harmony, March 14, from Rio and Santos ; the Ambassador, March 17, from London. Departures from the Cape.--The William Wilson, May 6, for London ; the Childe Harold, and the Bernice, March 11, for Bombay ; the Patriot, March 11, for the 41auritius. Arrivals at St. Helena.—The Trusty, West, May 16, from China, and sailed May 17, for Limerick ; the Aunt Maria, Ruysch, May 16, from Java, and sailed May 18, for Rotterdam. Arrivals at the Mauritius.—The Gilbert, Monro, March 20, from Bengal • the Juno, March 23, and the Commo dore, March 27, from London ; the Ranger, March 27, from Liverpool. Arrival at Pernambuco.—The Thomas Laurie, Ford, from London and Dartmouth, for New South Wales (for repairs and provisions). Arrival at Cowes.—The London, Major, from Batavia. The Emma, Mauril, is lost at Madagascar. Passengers per Java—Captain Jobling, from Bengal and Madras. From Madras—His Excellency. the Right Hon. Lieut.-General Sir Frederick Adam, K. C. B. and G. C. M. G., late Governor of the Madras Presidency ; Lieut. James Tal bot Airey, her Majesty's 3d Regiment or Butt, Aide-de- Camp to his Excellency. From Calcutta—Mrs. Pat ish, Mrs. Smoult, Mrs. Strange, and Mrs. Hanirk ; W. H. Smoult, Esq., barrister, late Registrar of the Supreme Court at Cal cutta ; the Rev. Dr. Parish, D.C. L. ; Captain Strange, her Majesty's 26th Regiment, or Caraeronians ; Captain Brace bridge Huning, ditto (died on board at Madras, Feb. 25th, 1937) ; Lieut. J. Cham, ditto, commanding her Majesty's in valids on board; Ensign Robson, ditto (died at sea sth April, 1837) ; Lieut. Modebice, 57th Regiment, B. N. I. ; Dr. Thompson, Bengal Medical Establishment; Masters A. and T. Strange, Miss Elizabeth Heming, and 43 invalids, three women and seven children, from her Majesty's regiments in India; Wm. Cook, European servant to W H. Smoult, Esq., and one native ayah, servant to Mrs. Smoult. The following passengers embarked at Madras for England :—Mrs. Serle, Mrs. Lawrie, Dr. Searle, Madras Medical Establishment ; the Rev. Dr. Lawrie, Lieut. Babington, Madras Artillery ; Misses Flora and Frederica Searle, Misses Mary and Anne Lawrie, Masters A r th ur Searle, Charles Donning, Charles, Timothy, and Frederick Ruenius, Mr. and Mrx. D. Wiande and child, Private Priestle, Madras Horse Artillery; Edward Baptist, servant to Sir F. Adam, and one native ayah, servant to Mrs. Serle. From Calcutta to Madras :—Rev. Mr. Ander son, G. J. Morris, Esq., Captain Cooper, Captain Shicl, Lieut. Baynes, Lieut. Kaye, Ensign Moorcroft, Mr. Halco well, R.N., John Peters, Esq., Miss Blenkinsopp, and four native servants. YORK.—On Friday last an application for a divorce, promoted by Mr. Mellin, against his wife, on the ground of adulter_t•, came before Mr. G. Harcourt, in the Ecclesiastical Court, York. The facts of the case have been repeatedly published. The plaintiff obtained a verdict in an action for trim. con., brought by him against an attorney named Tay lor, residing in Wakefield, which twice came before a Jury. Mr. Blansliard (for Mr. Mellin) rested his case on the con clusive manner in which the guilt of the parties had been established at the trial preceding the application, and read and commented on parts of the depositions. Mr. Strickland, with whom was the Hon. J. S. Wortley, opposed the prayer of the plaintiff, on the ground of the improbable tales told by the witnesses, and the inconsistency in their testimonials. The Chancellor pronounced sentence of separation a mensa et thoro. Yesterday all the battalions of the Household In fantry stationed in London, the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), and the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, received orders to march into Hyde Park, in full review order, on Friday next, to be reviewed before her Majesty. Similar orders were issued to the Commandant of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich, for six brigades of artillery to proceed to London on Friday to be reviewed, with 500 of the Rifle Brigade stationed there. We regret to learn that the accidents whi c h occurre d on the op ening- of the Birmingham Railway, on Thursday, were more numerous than at first supposed ; and that several members of the family of Mr. Astell, the East India Director, were among the sufferers. On Friday night some thieves broke into the man sion of the Ladies Fitzpatrick, called Farming Woods, and broke open a bureau, in which the steward had deposited nearly 2001. in notes and gold for the purpose of paying the 11?) , - makers, &c. ; the burglars took all the gold and silver, leaving the notes..4%Thriltampton Herald. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE. OF L ORDS-Jimr 15. TILE WALDEGRAVE PEERAGE. The LORD CHANCELLOR had yesterday stated that in his opinion the facts proved in this case brought the mar riage which had been solemnised between the Earl and Lady Waldegrave within the terms regulating marriages abroad. The only remaining question was as to the con struction of that Act. It had been contended at the bar that in order to bring the marriage within the provisions of the statute it was not only necessary that it should have been celebrated by a clergyman of the Church of England, but that it should have been so celebrated. by him after order given by the superior commanding officer. It did not appear to him that there was any foundation for that ar gument, and he should therefore move their Lordships that this claim of Peerage should be allowed. Lord BROUGHAM concurred with this opinion. Claim of Peerage allowed. GARLAND V. CARLISLE. The LORD CHANUELLOR said that this was a question whether a sheriff who seized goods under a writ offi. fa., not having any reason at the time he made the seizure to suppose that the defendant had committed an act of bank ruptcy, was liable in an action at the suit of his assignees, if it turned out that act of bankruptcy had been previously committed, and a commission afterwards issued upon it. There were two questions • first, whether the authorities showed that at common law the sheriff could be affected by the doctrine of relation. As to both these _questions he was of opinion with the majotity: OP the Judges who had as sisted their Lordships in their deliberations, that they must be answered in the affirmative. Under these circumstances he was of opinion the judgment of the Court below must be affirmed, and the sheriff held liable. Lord BROUGHAM concurred fully with the Lord Chan cellor and the majority of the Judges. Lord DENMAN had the misfortune to differ from the ma jority of the Judges, and from his Noble and Learned Friends, on this question, and he should have contented himself with barely declaring that difference, but that he entertained so strong an opinion on the point that he could not permit the case to lie disposed of without expressing that opinion. He thought that when a sheriff seized goods under a writ which he was bound to obey, and seized them in perfect ignorance that they were at all affected by any act of bankruptcy, it was the height of injustice to make him afterwards liable for such obedience to the writ in con sequence of a commission of bankrupt issuing founded upon a prior act of bankruptcy. He must express this to be his sincere conviction, and be did not think the authorities re ferred to bore out the proposition that such was the law. - JULY 17. APPEALS....-PAGE V. LINWOOD.-PAGE V. BROWN. These were appeals arising out of an agreement entered into with respect to the house in Leicester-square, where the skilful labours of Miss Linwood are so successfully ex hibited to the public. The case altogether turned upon points of lax, connected with the relative rights of pur chaser and mortgagee, and . - The LORD CHANCELLOR moved that the judgment below should be confirmed. CUNNINGHAM V. DUNCAN. Lord BROUGHAM stated that this was an appeal arising out of the practice of the Scotch Court, with regard to the effect of letters of advocation in the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior Court. The case had been brought to this House on the authority of a decision made in the Court of Session in 1828, but that case had been overruled by a subsequent decision in that Court in 1832, and this House confirmed the decision of the latter case. He ought to add that Lord Wynford, who had heard this case, concurred with him. The Loan CHANCELLOR concurred with his Noble and Learned Friend.—Judgment affirmed. TOWNSHEND V. CAMPERDOWNE. The LORD CHANCELLOR delivered judgment in this case, which was an appeal from a decree of the Equity Ex chequer, and in which the question was as to the obligation of the purchase of an estate to pay interest with half-yearly rests on the purchase-money of the estate. The Lord Chancellor moved that the judgment of the Court below should be affirmed, but without costs. AUSTIN V. CHAMBERS. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that this was an appeal against a decree of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, and related to the purchase of some estates formerly belonging to the appellant, and sold by the Sheriff under an execution directed against him. The appellant filed a Bill in that Court, impeaching the sale and purchase on the ground that the defendant bad acted as his Solicitor, and ought not to have been allowed to make the purchase. The Court, instead of setting aside the purchase, had made an order, imposing terms of a peculiar kind on the defendant. It was quite clear that this decree could not stand to its present form. He should, therefore, move that the decree should be discharged, but he should postpone final judgment, in order to consider the form in which this House should direct the decree to be made. Altered accordingly. CONSIS7'ORY COURT, Jura• 15. COCHRANE V. COCHRANE. This was a suit for restitution of conjugal rights, insti• tuted by the husband against the wife. The husband ap peared. and prayed that MN. Cochrane might be pro nounced in contempt for not having obeyed a citation issued against her, she having, as alleged, gone abroad to prevent proceedings. Dr. IptistitsoTorr said, after a few remarks on certain difficulties of a formal nature in this suit, that if the wife did not return from abroad previous to the next term and answer to the citation, he would then pronounce her in contempt. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT-JuLr 17. Robert nrre was opposed in person by Mr. Noreott, an attorney, and supported by Mr. WOODROFFE. The in solvent had formerly been an attorney's clerk. He had, however, been out of employment some time, having become entitled to property. Ile had, he said, kept at one time three pleasure horses. He had received property in right of his wife. It appeared that the insolvent was sued on a 151. Bill of Exchange, which he had accepted for the ac commodation of a friend, and about the time he was en titled to judgment he (the insolvent) gave another creditor a warrant of attorney, which, he admitted, was a friendly proceeding. The property was sold, and the creditor had received the money. The insoluent had, jointly with his wife, an annuity of 501., which annuity he assigned to his wife, for natural love and affection. The opposing creditor complained that the insolvent had obtained forbearance of his debt by certain statements, and had made away with his property. The Couwradjudged the insolvent to an imprisonmCnt of six months from the date of filing his petition, for impro perly charging and making away with his property to the injury of his creditors. SUMMER ASSIZES. HOME CIRCUIT.—CHRLMSFORD, JULY 17. Lord Chief Justice DENMAN and Mr. Justice LITTLE.. DALE arrived here to-day at nearly three o'clock, and then proceeded to open her Majesty's commission for the county of Essex. The Assize business begins to-morrow morning at ten o'clock, when Lord DENMAN will preside on the Crown, and Sir J. LITTLEDALE on the Civil, side. The number of criminals does not appear to be so numerous, nor the crimes committed of that serious nature as in former As sizes, excepting that there arc five cases of arson, the pri soners being indicted for then being mostly women. The others, excepting in one or two cases, being indicted on charges of a trivial nature. IDL AND CIRCUIT.— OAK -HAM, JULY 14. The commission for the county of Rutland was opened this day before Mr. Justice PARK, and presented what is by no means an unusual occurrence in this small county, the spectacle of a maiden Assize, the gaol not having within its precincts a single prisoner for trial. In the case of Pridmore v. Pridmore, which was the only cause entered, Mr. WADDINGTON, who opened the plead ings, 'stated that this was an action brought to recover compensation in damages for the loss sustained by the plaintiff of his daughter's services by reason of her seduction by the defendant. Mr. CLARKE, for the defendant, had great pleasure in informing the Jury that the present compl a i n t was t o b e submitted to a private inquiry ; but at the same time his client was anxious that he (Mr. Cl ar k e ) s h ou ld ta k e the p rese nt opportunity of stating that not the slightest imputa tion could be cast upon the character of the lady, save the unfortunate occurrence which led to the present action. Mr. HUMPHREY, on th e part o f t h e plaintiff, had beard with great sat ts f act iO n what had fallen from his Learsed Friend, Mr. Clarke. He congratulated the Jury sincerely, and also the unfortunate father of the lady, that they were spared the p u bli c exposure. They would be glad to hear it had been agreed a verdict should be taken for the amount of damaged laid in the declaration, 1,0001., subject to an award. The commission for the caunty of Lincoln svill be opeurd to-morrow. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Bucrawnam, Ju.Lr 14. CROWN Com.—Sarah Curtis, aged 30, was capitally indicted for administering certain large doses of tartarised antimony to Joseph Curtis, aged ten (the youngest son of her husband, Peter Curtis, by a former wife), with intent to poison the said Joseph Cut tis. Mr. Btacti stated the facts for the prosecution. The Jury acquitted the prisoner. We understand that Colonel Peyronnet Thompson gave up all views of becoming a candid a t e f or M ary l ct i rone after the decision of the meeting cf the three I, l uroebial. Com mittees, on Tuesday evening last.