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were, the Australian, Van t)ietnen's Land, and South Aus tralia, and the Canadas ; and he thought he could show that would effect the interests of the Australian colonies but in a very slight degree—he might say not at alL—( Hear.) He argued the question of Canada under disadvantages on account of the address which had been received from the legis ture of that country, and he was also under some disadvan tage as to a knowledge of what the next mail would bring forth. He must say, however, that the whole tone of the address was different from what had previously taken place in the legislature of that country. From all he could learn, there was but little 'dissension when the address was voted, and then the object sonklit was mainly the appointment of a select com mittee to inquire into the subject. The address, he must say, had come upon the Government unexpected, but the next mail, he was persuaded, would throw some different light on the sub ject to that which certain Noble Lords had drawn from it. From that address, however they were not to suppose for a moment that there was any dimunition of the loyalty of the colony. To expect from this measure that there would be any diminu tion of their, leyalty was the most absurd idea that could be entertained. As a proof that the feeling of the Canadians was not so strongly against this measure as represented, he would refer to a speech of Mr. Merrith, in supporting certain reso lutions approving of the policy of her Majesty's Government, in which he speaks in the highest terms of the advantages the measure would realise eventually. There had been a great public meeting at Montreal, at which the measure was fully discussed, and then it was only rejected by a small majority ; a very lar ge minority being in favour of a resolution to support it. He would now proceed to show that the Canadians need entertain no apprehensions as to the effects of this measure. Mr. Cayley, the Superintendent General of Canada, in speaking on the resolutions submitted to the Legislature of that country, entered into a calculation as to the effects of the mea sure on the trade of that country. A gentleman in this coun try had also entered into a similar calculation as to i the _ 0 pro bable price of wheat. under the operations of the, B i ll. had fi be e n"rlt gentleman t'o whoni,lae alluded was Mr. Loseby . I proved by those calculations that the price of w heat would not differ much aft er th e paean -of this measure- On looking over the report of th e gen tl eman . a lluded to, heinust confess that he that it had been so could not discove r o n w hat ground it was strongly asserted that Cenada conld— : i not co mpete in the corn trade trade with oth er coun t r ies. The soil of can an d the wages of labour were about threstune as other countries, as far as h e could learn, and the best wheat of Canada was equal to the best wheat of England or Scotland. He believed it had been proved that the difference ,in freight betiteen New York and England, and: Quebec and England, was considerably . in favour of America, but be also believed it might be said that suclA difficulties ought to be overcome by the energy and enterprise of the Canadians. As he understood there had been little slipping carried on by the people of Ca- • nada between England an America. He found that on the whole question of transhipment of wheat from the corn-grow ing portion of Canada and the western flats of America, Ca nada ought to be considered as being fully on an equality. It was stated, as l ong ago as 1842, b y a Committe which bad been appointed by the Legislative Council of Canada, that the protective system did not confer much benefit upon the people of Canada, and they admitted that the cost of conveyance be tween the two countries was much about the same. What arguments had been brought forward against this measure in the far-famed address, of which they had heard so much ? There was only one argument, which was that the route by St Law rence was frozen up for more that six months in the year. Why, that was perfectly true; but what of it ? The same was the case with regard to the route by the canal, which was the great route for American produce. His Noble Friend had told them in the most explicit manner, the other day, that if this measure were passed into a law, be knew of some merchants of Montreal who intended removing to New York. He (Lord Lyttelton) was perfectly well aware of that; and he could tell his Noble Friend more—they would be able to sell wheat there much cheaper than the others possibly could do.---(Hear hear.) He had only another argu ment to notice on this subject, and that was the improvement of the system of agriculture in Canada. He be lieved that much had been recently done to improve the mode of cultivating land in that country, and that further improve ments would follow. He had taken the liberty to trouble their Lordships longer than he had purposed, for the purpose of showing their_ Lordships that • this measure would not injure our colonies. He had not entered into a general discussion of what was called the colonial system. He would not adopt any of the violent arguments of the Anti-Corn-law League, and he would not call the colonial system one of mutual robbery, but he would say that it was naturally, and of neces sity, a system of mutual privations and mutual impediment; and he would also say that those restrictions which that system had imposed on trade had bad the most prejudicial effects. Their Lordships had been asked, of what use were the colo nies to us, unless this protective syStem were persevered in ? and hip Noble Friend bad said, that by preserving the colo nies we realised great profits to ourselves. He (Lord Lyttelton) denied that this protective system with regard to the colonies had b:en of any le,e to us at all. He had always considered that the use of the colonies was to provide outlets for the teem ing population of this country, and to be a means of dissemi nating and continuing throughout the world our laws, our habits, institutions, and religion. That, in his opinion, had been the use of the colonies ; and the object of the people of this country was to impart to them as much as possible the freedom which we ourselves enjoyed. In the language of his Noble Friend the President of the Board of Trade, this system of protection had only had a nominal existence in the colonies. It was palpable that it had acted injuriously towards this coun try, as well as the colonies. Bat it was said to be an ancient system; it was, however, by no means coeval with the esta blishment of the colonies. When the Virginian colony was first established, a charter was granted to the settlers, enabling them to trade freely with all the world. The same system had been pursued with respect to the other colonies. He contended that the present system bad no existence worthy of the name in the colonies. He ventured to make these few observations, and he hoped their Lordships would see that the colonies could not be injured by this measure. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM said he had not as yet ex pressed his opinions on this Bill, but he should be sorry to see it go into Committee without addressing their Lordships. He should, however, refrain from trespassing long upon their time, because they must have been already wearied with the many speeches that Ind been already addressed to them on this subject. He had listened with great attention to every speech, but he confessed his surprise was not a little, to hear a measure proposed by her Majesty's Ministers, so different from the opinion they entertained some years ago, when they pro fessed themselves to be strong protectionists.—(Hear.) He was not one of those who wished to use harsh terms on any *sea. sion, but he would net refrain from referring to the conduct of some of her Majesty's Ministers on this question. They were now called upon to open their ports to foreigners, and to say that free trade should exist. In order to place this country in the situation of other countries they must release it from the burdens with which it was now overwhelmed. He denied that it was either right, proper, er just, to force free trade Oh the country when there was no country under the sun so heavilyehurdened with both general and local taxation. If they thought that the farmer could compete with (the foreigner, in a few short years they would be convinced of the contrary, It was impossible for the English farmer, however practise he might be in agriculture—however anxious he might be to cultivate his land—it was impossible for the English farmer to enter into any competition with the foreigner while he was burdened with local and general taxa tion. lie had beard in that House that the farmers of this country, unlike farmers elsewhere, invested considerable capi tal in the cultivation of their lands. Let them leave those farmers to themselves—let them mfercise their profession, and they would eulivate their land ; but if the House interfered, as it Was now about to do, the capital of the English farmer would be lost. It was important to the country to get the land in a state of high cultivation, and he contended, though be might be opposed in that opinion, that under the system'of free trade that land which was now brought into a state of cultivation would 13& longer be so, and would become estranged from th 4, purposes of agriculture. With regard to another /point he had heard of—the reduction which this measletnevould cause in the price of labour—could they sup pose theme le the reelection of the price of corn that must naturally' fellow the introduction of this measure—could they suppose, it possible that the farmer- would pay his labourer at the astute rate of remuneration which he formerly did? If they reduced the farmer in the extent of his profits, so must he reducelhe wages of r t4ve labourer who was placed In hia han ds. There could he rte g re at er m i sfortune than to find an a g ric ul tural people reduced from wag es not exce ss i ve to a state of destitution, and 'such would b e the case if they took the step whichittey were now about to take. He would also allude to the tithe question, which was a very important one. Not many years age, an Act Wa passed, in consequence of many petitions being presented, expressing the great distress of the clergy, and begging their Lordships for some better manner of managing the tithe system. The tithes had been com muted, and the heaviest wheat land brought into • cultivation. What would be the result with re- gard• 'to the tithe ciition when this frieetrade measure was passe!? Their Lordships would find that the clergy of this country would be compelled to make up their minds to a redwetion in their salaries of 25 per cent. He would ask if the clergy of this country were to be left in that situation? It was a most important question to be con sidered, and he was glad to find, in the division of the other night, a considerable number of the Prelates in that House had given their votes against it. Looking at the question in another point of view, they must not forget the burdens which mores or less pressed upoa the landed interest ; and if they decitiesl that f ree trade yeas to be the o r d er o f t h e d ay , th ey should in justice, without any delay, relieve the land of their extreme hitreens. He, for one, should not hesitfte to call ths • att4talps n of the House to several point, which be conshleFed- he r e e „ uto e n eiT th ed e land.—( Hear, hear.) He should' agitate di.eiti zit It that b. justice. If they thought *est arstionthis week, or the next, they shottid'set it at' front leviotild , oh o ly rds tend th ey were mistaken. So far t L is t ee i 3z , itai on year after year, for many Noble L h he had formed of tile a gre e d t i n gt thfli protection,h th im e7 i a nt a h in e opinion which and be and they would never cea.t ago restored protection to the country. He thou Is if benee li , em he would find the aTit% t until a 'few years of obliged to come to Par liament . to to , ask for protectio n to to a sh • 11 and no Chancellor trte. tort.' The revenue m ould Exchequer would be bold enough to meet the Parliament without seeing , the necessity of protectio n to our home mar ket , without which' ruin would fall upon the country. How was it with 'a Noble Friend Of his, now President of the Board of Control, who in 1841, when he (the Duk e of had the honour of sitting on the came s ide on of ßu t c h k e ingil Ho a ns m e ) with 'him and his colleagues, and cheered_ heD in the speeches which he made—how ' was it then expressed himself ? He would take the liberty of very briefly repeating a portion tf this speech. He had stated that the new law had riot tailed in its operation—that it had produced the effect it,wa's intended to produce, but that he could not dive s t himself Of great apprehension when we were to depend upon foreign importation for the main part of our supplies—that if the projects of-the Government were carried into effect, no man could datibt but that a vet y large portion of land in this country would be thrown out of cultivation—no man could see the extent of the evil or where it would stop. He thought one of the most fatal results connected with tree trade would be to throw out of cultivation the greater part of our soil, and to depend upon foreign countries for our supply ; for if once there was danger of a scarcity in this country, and forei,Th ports were, at the same time, to be closed against us, was there one of them who would net he alarmed at the re sult? Ite would then go on to another great authority in that House, and which had always commanded respect, and whi c h always w ou ld as l ong as the Noble Duke existed. The Noble Duke had recommended them not to adopt such a measure for the sale of the people of the country and the land, for it would result in the destruction of cultivation. Ile would accede to any measure which would not injure the cultivation of the soil. He agreed with the Noble Dake in the opinion which he gave in 1841, and wished that he would. adhere to it in 184 e. He looked on the measure with great alarm—that alarm was not of a selfish nature, for the measure would affect all the population, both manufac turikr and agricultural. Those who had formed the Anti- Corn:lasi League,'and had carried on warfare against the agri cultural interests, would themselves be amongst those',.who suffered in the general destruction they would bring on all duties. He regretted deeply that his Noble Friends, with whom he had acted for so many years, should now have changed ttheir opinion, and gone over to the free-trade system. If they ad *own any go o d or j ust ground or t h e change he should berg" been a s rea d y to applaud them as he now was in saying th'e. were wrong, H e could see no ground which could l'eaer steeessary th e l ast change of opinion, and the forget fulness of all former statements. They would have done much better had they in that month retired from office, and have left the Noble Lord to carry tett those measures which he had always acted up to, and which the present Government never ' supported. He saw no reason whatever which could have in duced Noble Lords to change those opinions upon this ques tion which they had formerly entertained. He would see the time when they would be sorry for what they were now doing. The Noble Lords were introducing a measure which was not called for by the country, and he hoped they would se that it was not yet too late to retrace their steps. It was ncd4et too late for their Lordships to put a stop to the further progress of the Bill, and by their votes save the country from the injury about to be entailed upon it.—( Hear, hear," from the Earl of Stanhope.) Some were opposed to this measure on various grounds. Many were against it on party grounds, but the great majority were hostile to. it for the in jury which would accrue to the industry of the • c ountry.; (Hear, hear .) He believed that . this Bill.first emanated fr om ro party feelings—it emanated out of a struggle in who sh ould re tain office. It would have been better for Ministers t o have re tired from office, than to sacrifice their recorded the love of power.—( Hear, hear.) Holding the actatheyp did now, how was it they , did no tHe t owould principlesit n to those principles which they held m t. 1841 . ~ the speech of Sir r . "! - Baronet said t hat he rßeoabdertto Peel, wherein w L b or ere ds i h u ips tbe an itt e g a b t t ract ffun to i quarter, woud th u o o n t g b h er h e e b ( e t e h o e D i ut ed e B s u e e c a r n e gi m o wheat ) believed . tra r t The Right Hon. Gentleman said at that time that he necessary to have secured more than 40 s. the quarter.—( Hear, hear-) wished to secure agriculture on a solid basis, and that it was for the interest of the agriculturists to have a legislative protec tion. The Right Hon. Baronet then said he was of opinion that nothing would be more dangerous than to disturb that protection, which should always be attached to the agricultural interest. He also said that to do so would be to glace the country , at the mercy of foreign nations for its supplies. The Noble Duke then read an extract from the Right Hon. Baronet's speech in support of th ose po i nts. He was sure that the feeling of the country was against this Bill, and those Noble Lords who doubted it he would ask to go along with him in presenting an address to her Majesty to remove from her councils, her present Ministers. He hoped their Lordships would reject this measure as one calculated to inflict great and lasting evils upon the whole industrial popu lation of this country. Lord Cowley, Lord ColcheiterAid the Bishop of St. David's rose together amidst loud cries for Lord Cowley. The Right Rev. Prelate and the Noble Lord gave way to Lord COLCHESTER, who slid that he would make but a few remarks to their Lordships oh the question before them. He fully &pied With the Noble Dike; who laif addressed their Lordships, in saying that this Bill would greatly injure the agricultural interest, and indeed the interests of the indus trious community generally. He would wish to see the Bill of 1842 maintained, and for that reason he wonld vote against the present measure. The Noble Lord then quoted several statistical tables, showing the comparative im portation of foreign corn, and remarked upon the prices of wheat from 1841 up to the present period. Why, Mr. Greg himself, a Member of the Anti-Corn-law League, and thorough free trader, admitted that even now the British manufacturer was undersold by the foreigner in the South AmeriCati and China markets ; and yet the manufac turing interest - Wanted to destroy - their home market by ad mitting their foieign competitors into it. Thanking their Lordships for the indulgence they had shown him, he should sit down; determined still to give his decided opposition to the Bill.—( Hear, hear.) Lord HOWDEN would at once relieve their Lordships' minds from any fear, and himself from the well-merited reproach of extreme arrogance if he were to intrude observations upon their Lordships on a subject with which neither his intelligence nor his experience made him familiar.—(Hear, hear.) He might state, however, that the first notice he had the honour of giving in their Lordships' House some six or seven years ago, was on a subject connected with the corn laws. It was indeed a mild, moderate, milk-and-water pro position, in no comparison with that now before their Lord ships, but he, and those who acted with him, were left in a minority. But mild and milk-and -watery as it was, it was strenuously opposed by the Noble Viscount who was then at the bead of the Government, and by every mem ber of the Cabinet, except one Noble Earl, whom he did not see in 121 place.---( Hear, bear.) He spent the early , pars of his life in a country which once was looked upon with peculiar favour by Noble Lords wile sat on the cross-benches, became of the attachment of its inhabitants to the protec-ive principles of their ancestors ; but time and experience proved to them that it was to the interest of their country that the people should be fed as cheaply as possible. He alluded to the two provinces of Spain; and be could not help thinking that it would 'greatly advance the interest of this country if the same principle were adapted.—( Hear, hear.) It was his conviction that the Prime Minister had not erred thus bringing for ward the measure. Their Lordships had been told that pro tection was the animns which ran through all the institutions of this country, and that on the back of a worm-eaten enactment of Edward IV. was to be traced the chart which was for ever to guide the vessel of the State. Reference had been made by a Noble Lord to Burke ; he would refer to another authority, Lord Bacon; he said with reference to commerce, "Let there be freedom in all the intercourse of nations. He saw with prophetic eye through all the long vista the changes now pro posed. He would refer also to Cervantes, a genius who, like Shakspere, seemed to know something of everything. His advice to Sancho was, " Now, Sancho, remember that you take care to provide a supply, especially of eatables and drink ables, for your subjects, for nothing can so quickly alienate the minds of your subjects from you as a scarcity of these necessary articles." Why, there was the very gist of the matter.— ( Cheers.) He had not much sympathy with the new econo mical theories of the present age, but he had almost, he would say, a blind veneration for these corruscations of olden genius. He had no fear of what foreign relations would be able to do, but he did fear that circumstances would occur which would render the measure inoperative. It is possible that the present Minister would cease to rule tb e country. Their Lordships were then only preparing the way for a party with whom they had no sympathies. What reason, then, had they to set up a banner tor themselves? They had vast possessions, ancient rank, and extended influence, and they were throwing them into the scale to weigh down the political fortunes of a man who was the only one capable of defending their interests.—( Hear, hear.) He had heard of treachery, it was an ungracious word, and he only hoped that their Lordships would never find that they had been traitors to themselves. But he could not help saying that some had acted unwisely in adverting to that dark state of thing s which they believed wou ld b e consequent to the success of the League. But there were some things which were dangerous to speak of, some prophecies which tended to their own accomplishment. So long as tLeir Lord ships did their duty, be cared not what were the aspirations of the League. He rather feared the effect that might be pro duced by the apprehensions which had been indiscreetly ex pressed by some of their Lordships. He confided in the good sense of the country ; but he asked those who were conjuring up distant visions of terror in theories not yet broached, and exi gencies not yet developed, if they saw nothing to fear at an earlier period and more impending moment, in what might be the immediate disposition of expectant millions as to the upshot of a question no longer in speculation or in embryo, bet which had expaaded itself and passed triumphantly through. one branch of the Legislature, and was now waiting at their Lordships' threshold, awaiting whatever sentence they might be pleued to pronotince.--( Hear, hear.) On the motion of the Marquis 9f EXETER, the debate was adjourned. Their Lordships then adjourned at a Quarter to One o'clock HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 11. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. SOUTH YORKSHIRE COAL RAILWAY AND CANAL BILL. Lord MORPETH, on the motion for the consideration of :he report on this Bill, moved that the 13;11 be recommitted to he former Committee, and that the Committee have leave to sit arid proceed on Monday next at one o'clock. The Noble Lord, at considerable leugth, stated his reason why he thought the House ought to agree to the recommittal of the Bill. All the considerable coal owners in the district were in favour of the imposed line. Mr. B. DENISON seconded the motion. He believed that if the present Bill had, not been included in a group, it would have passed as an unopposed Bill, as there was not a single landowner on the line who objected to it. He was greatly astonished that the South Yorkshire line bad been thrown out ; and he trusted that the Bill would be re-commit ted, for the Committee to consider their farmer verdict. Lord G. SOMERSET said he did not mean to oppose the motion of the Noble Lord ; and after his statement, and that of his Hon. Friend, he really thought that a case had been made out for the re-committal of the Bill. He wished, how ever, to have the debate on the motion postponed, as it would be more satisfactory to have the opinion of the Committee as to :their decision before it was submitted for their recon sideration. Mr. S, WORTLEY was of opinion that the rejection of the Bill by the Committee was a most extraordinary proceeding. After a few words from Mr. H. BERKELEY, Mr. ENTWISLE thought that the general business of the House, more particularly as connected with railways, was :ion duoed in a very slovenly manner. He was acquainted with the district through which the line would pass, and the Com mittee had thought proper to throw it out as insufficient to supply the wants of the public. He objected to the recom rniital of the Bill, as the Committee bad already given their de icon. ;.otd.SEYMOUR. was a member of the Committee, but was in .a minority with his hon. colleagues; if the Bill was sent back.it was of course agreeable to his opinions, but he thought there would be no benefit in doing so. Mr. SHA.W, thought the House should not send the Bill baek te the. same Committee. He did not think any good would result from such a course. Mr. C. WOOD considered this t ailway was one in which no jobbing.at all had taken place. He thought it would be a pity that a railroad got up in so honest a manner should be thrown out. He though§ the Bill ought to be recommitted. Mr. ENTWISLE rose to explain. Lord G. SOMERSET made some remarks, which were in audible in the gallery. Mr. R. YORKE thought if they allowed the Bill to be recommitted, they would open a bad system of jobbery. Chair man v‘ oLth t e hee C r ommittee, he felt called upon to divide the Ho w ,. Per the reco m mittal eared Stranger. wer Against it Bill ordered :nf :: t et o ot t . R h E d li t he House F aj ß or l i L y FOliD i 10 Mr. GREENE moved, . ' ''''''''''' port on the Frilford (Berits) Inclosure cAllliderau" of the re. Standing Order, No. --_, as far as relates tot.tht: ove that the EN SR A.W to leave out " they," and insert "hei t ...,lause 90, page Tjel!1; hereinafter named , ppi aio b n e No suspended TrEtu psfitKarEcp e Asi:ANA:o2:rs,ed pGoAt:OK:E am en dme nt sißA . AS KERN, A to K le E a F re m ou L t D " , ion of this moved the reject His constituents were strongly adverse to the line, and the prom oters ßilßWilßurAp.AonYMNS(thliNelEECthiCSTir)fidT.L°rENea:3l'inga. of the Bill had not en- NES question had t d a er e o d u t r o e w d a t r o ds r i e t. move any of the objectio ns which they enter. Capt. BERNARD sa id that the gent lem en in every oppo r t un ity o f ap p ear i ng before the sc and the Committee and making that s t atement , b ut t h e y f a iled to do Committee of course came t o the decision which had been report e d to t h e H ouse . H e was sure that if they were to h ave th e d ec i s i ons o f the Committee overturned upon the stat emen t s o f gen tl em en after the sit tings of the . Committee, there would be no end to their labours. He could assure the House that if such decisions were to be reversed in that manner he would not sit on a Committee cn any condition. Captain CONOLLY said that the Bill had been agreed to at a public meeting of the ratepayers, and he saw no reason why it should not pass.—( Hear, hear.) After a few words from Lord MORPETH, Mr. M. MILNES said that after the explanation of the Hon. Gentleman behind him (Colonel ConoIly) he should not persevere with his amendment, but leave his constituents, ' if they were so inclined, to prosecute their case in another place. The amendment having accordingly been withdrawn, the Bill was read a third time and passed. REPORTS. The following r drie eports were received and agreed to and Cambridge Waterworks; Caledonian Railwav (Dum fries Riatteh); Caledonian: Railway (Dundyvan Branch) ; Caledonian Railway (Lan holm Branch) ; Earl of Ble,sing• ton's Estat e Bill ; Forth and Clyde Navigation and Bowling Bay improvement; Cilanow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway; THE SUN, r LONDON, ` FRIDAY _MORNING, JUNE 12, 1846. Newcastle and Berwick Railway ; Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway (Durham and Sunderland Railway and Wearmouth Dock Purchase and Branches) ; North British Ra i l w a y jun ( e C ti a o r n lisl ß e a E i w x t a e y n ; s i on Wakefield,N orth u p mbe ont rind and Lanca shire efarae tand Goi e Railway, and Post, &c. of Goole ; Wear Dock R a il way ; Frilford (Berks) Inclo,ure ; Glasgow Southern Terminal Railway; Newmarket and Chestcrford Railway; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway; St. Helen's Canal and Railway ; Shropshire Union Railwa,s and Canal ( Newton to Crewe, with Branches); Yeovil Market and Fairs (by Order) ; Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railway. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third and passed :—Deeside Railway ; Forth and Clyde and Monkland Navigation Junc tion; Herculaneum Docks; London and South Western Rail way (Farnham and Alton .Branch). CHORLEY WATERWORKS, BURY AND STOCK , PORT IMPROVEMENT BILLS, &e. On the motion of Mr. ESTCOURT, an instruction was agreed to the Committee of Selection to refer the Chorley Waterworks, the Bury Improvement (No. 2), and the Stock. port Improvement Bills, to the South Lancaster List and the same selected Members; and the Salthouse Embankment Bill to the North Lancaster List and the above selected Members. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS presented a petition from Liverpool in favour of the Liverpool and Berwick Railway (as we understood). and against that award, of course, no appeal would be. So soon as the works or improvements were completed, the fact would be registered with the Clerk of the Peace, for the purpose of giving the date of the period at which compensation should be made. It was proposed that the tenantry who should be evicted seven years after they had made improvements should have one-half the outlay; if after 14 years, one third ; after 21 years and 28 years, one••fourth. He now came to the second part of this Bill, viz., 64 which related to the subject of ejectment and distress. This Bill proposed to re peal the 56th Geo. 111., which gave the power to levy a dis tress on growing crops. There were, doubtless, many advan tages connected with this power, and some difference of opi nion existed respecting it in Ireland, but he believed that the disadvantages resulting from it far overbalanced any benefits by which it was attended. The next object was to limit the costs of ejectment. according to a rule and form in the schedule attached to the Bill, and this he thought was an unlimited benefit. In doing this, he was aware he was not. doing so much as was desired, but he trusted that too much would not be ex pected from the power of Parliament, for the utmost that it could accomplish was its interpositi' n of irresponsible power on one side, and helplessness on the other. He contessed that he agreed with the o + •inion expressed in the report of the Courois sioners, that it would not be to the interests of the tenant to have those Acts repealed. That was a strong prima facie evi dence for the retention of those Bills. Mr. Kyle, who was an eminent authority, was of opinion that it would be injurious to the tenant to have an expensive mode t f ejectment. Mr. Baldwin, assistant-barrister for the county of Cork, entertained a similar opinion, and was favourable to the tenant having the opportunity, by a civil bill process, to demur to an ejectment. The expenses of a process in the Civil Bill Court did not amount to more than 15s. or a pound, while a similar process in the superior Courts would cost 20/. That in his opinion was so strong an argument in favour of the processby civil 1).11, that he could not agree to the proposition of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, the Member for Cork. It remained for him to explain to the House one or two of the leading altera tions included in the proposed Bill. The principle provision was that the landlords were to be compelled to give the tenants the particulars of the demand before the judgment be served. Power was to be given to the tenant either to pay the landlord at once, or to pay the sum mentioned on the record into Court, as he might think fit. Another alteration was of particular importance, as bearing upon recent events which had taken place in that country. At present the landlord, when he wished to eject a particular tenant, was obliged to eject also the tenants hoiding under him. A great deal of the difficulty of dealing with Irish affairs might be clearly traceable to that cause. A proposition was intro duced into the Bill, by which the landlord would have the lower of ejecting any particular tenant without interfering with the holdings of the sub-tenants. who would remain in the same position as they were before. The last of the Bills which he intended to submit to the consideration of the House was a Bill for providing a sufficient form of lease. It was proposed that parties desirous of obtaining a lease should be able to write it out themselves, according to a certain set form, without the intervention of a solicitor to add to the expense. The objec tion to the length of form of the lease would be to a consider able degree removed by a diminished stamp duty. It was in tended to afford a diminished stamp duty of 2s. 6d. on all leases on land, not exceeding 50/. a-‘ ear rent. He was desirous of introducing a measure which should be for the benefit both of the poor and the rich, which should alike protect the rights of property and the rights of labour. He hoped that the House would give these Bills their attentive consideration; and, in conclusion, would most sincerely hope, in the event of their becoming law, that their result would conduce to the prosperity of Ireland.—( Cheers. ) Mr. S CRAWFORD observed that it was upwards of ten tears since he bad introduced the present question into the House. He must say that he had received very little support or encouragement in his attempts to legislate on that subject. The great object of all his Bills had been to provide sufficient compensation to the tenant from the landlord in all cases of ejectment. He was of opinion that compensation on an eject ment for three years on the lease was insufficient, and was a feature of the proposed measure that ought to be amended. He knew the law existed which gave the tenant power to recover &Om the landlord the excess of levy ; but that was but a poor retu.n, for a tenant might he ruined before he could obtain any remedy for the loss which he had sus•ained. He hoped the Noble Lord would excuse his opposition to the Bill, for he opposed it with much regret. Mr. J. O'CONNELL thought, that next to a decided in terference, this was the next best measure that could possibly have been offered. He could have wished that the principle of tenara-tight cu-tom, found to be 'o beneficial in the n• rth, had been made one of general application. It had pro 4 ueesi peace, and he thoud,ht it might have been greatly enlarged in r.s sphere. Wherever the tenant-right existed there, there was peace, there there was order and plenty, and there the landlord got his rent. He would give the Government every credit for their intent►ons, and for the spirit in which they had brought forward their measures This was notoriously a most difficult subject, and one on which he himself was hardly competent to judge. With respect to the repeal of the 56 h Geo. 111.. he greatly regretted that the Hoe. Member for Co , k could not be present to-night, as he would have been able to give a dear exposition of its bearings. With respect to the pressure of costs, he thought that the tenant was quite as liable to be ruined by the ejectment as by the excess of levy. It should be ob served that Ireland was in a position very different born that of any other country. Th, re th•e population was superfluous, and with no other opportunity of employment than that which was derived from agriculture. He could have wished that there was a power in their Bill to rea'rain the landlord in some degree from ejecting the sub-tenantry. He knew hundreds, he might say thou-ands of instances in which the greatest misery had been occasioned, and needlessly occasioned by the exercise of the power which the landlords possessed. But again he must re peat, that the condition of Ireland was to be especially consi dered, and in sitting down he was glad to give his cordial co operation in carrying this Bill though the House. Mr. OSBORNE, after apolcaising for the aspersions which he threw on the Noble Lord (the Earl of Lincoln ), sa d that he thought this Bill would be very likely to greatly increase the number of leases. None but those who knew the difficulties of the subject could appreciate the temperate and able way in which he had brought it forward; but he thought that an evil would be suffered from the imposition of 5 per cent. for drain ing. He had been occupied much in draining himself, and that he thought would grove a great difl'culty. Sir ROBERT PEEL—It is only 4 per cent., and rated on the outl.ty. Mr. OSBORNE—That, of course, did away with his ob jection, and he would only now ask when the Bill would be printed? The Earl of LINCOLN said that there were a few altera tions yet to be made, but be hoped it w b; printed to night. At any rate he was certain of having it to-morrow. Mr. SHAW congratulated the House on the unanimity with which this Bill was received, and he could not refrain also from congratulating this Noble Friend on his great success in this his fast step on a very difficult subject. He thought they had better not commit themselves to any principle, but wait till it was printed. Mr. WYSE wished to know whether there was any provi sion in the Bill for rendering the payment of the rent gradual. He had known cases where the proprietor, residing in France, bad failed in receiving the rent from his immediate tenant. and a distress and ejectment were immediately enforces! against the sub-tenants, and they were all irretrievably ruined. The Earl of LINCOLN said that, ley the advice of an emi nent lawyer connected with Ireland, the clause affecting the pa) ment of rent had been much modified. Sir R. FERGUSON thought that the Hon. Member for Rochdale (Mr. Sharman Crawford) had gone too far in saying that the object of this Bill should bit retrospective. Mr. P. SCROPE differed from the last Member, for unless the Bill were retrospective in its effect mach of the evil which was suffered could not he remedied. Knowing a hat be did of Ireland he was quite sure that both sides must be protected, and that could t.ot be unless the principle was adopted which the Hon. /Member for Rochdale had advocated, but he did not wish to disturb the unanimity of the debate, and thanked the INoWe Lord for the introduction of the measure. Leave was then given to bring in th e B i ll s THE CASE OF MR. DONOVAN. Sir H. W. BARRON rose to bring the petition of John Donovan, an officer dismissed from the Customs, before the House, and to move for a Committee to inquire into the case. He said the case was one of great hardship, a• a meritorious officer in the present case had been dismis-ed through repre seutations made to the officers of Customs, whi.th he could prove were altogether untrue. The Custom -house authori ties had been entirely imposed on. Mr. Donovan bad been in the service of the Custom-house for thirty years, and had only on one occasion been charged with neglect of duty. That circumstance, however, bad no, ping whatever 'o do with the present case, as after the occasion on wl ieh this took place he had been prsanoted. The Hon. Member was pro ces ding to state the particulars, when An How. MEMBER moved that the House be counted. The gallery was then cleared, and there being only thirty four Members present, the House adjourned at a Quarter to Eight o'clock. THE LAUNCH Gy THE RECRUIT AND ERIN GO BRAG/I. —The launch of these two vessels took place on Wechiesday from the yard of Messrs. Ditchburn atoi Mare, at Blackwell, at three o'clock, In the presence of some thousands of spectators, au f with the ho nours usual on such occasions. They are both beautiful vessels of their respective classes ; they are bailt of iron, and with all the mo dern improvements of naval architecture. The Recruit is not a steamer ; she Is a gun-brig. and will have when rigged and com pleted an armament of twelve guns. Her length between the per pendtculars is 113 feet; her length of keel for tonnage 94 feet 10 Inches ; her breadth for tonnage Is 30 feet 3 Inches , and her , epth in hold, 14 feet 2 inches; this burte's being 482 tons. She Is a splendid model of a man-of-war. The other vessel, the Erin-go- Bragh, is a very line steam-boat of 810 tons burden, and is designed for the Penituular service. The length between the perpendiculars is 201 feet 6 inches ; her length of keel for tonnage is Is 4 feet 3 inches ; and her breadth for tonnage, 28 feet 9 inches her depth in held, 17 feet 4 inches. The ceremony of giving names to these vessels was performed by Lady Adeline Paget Alter the launch they were moored off Blackwell, and to-dt.y will be taken into the basin of the West India dockyard, to have their rigging and paddles and so forth fitted. The friends of Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare were afterwards regaled at an elegant de;efiner at the Brunswick Hotel, where they partook of the good things provided by Mr. Lovegrove, *id drank the healths of Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, and other appropriate toasts. MEXICAN PREPARATIONS.--We are informed, from a reliable source, that within the last year and a half, or two years, the Mexican Government has been receiving, from time to time, schooners, powder, cannon, and ball from the city of New York. Within this period there have been built, by cur shipmasters, 12 strong schoonei s, of sufficient strength and capacity to act as privateers or vessels of war. These vessels were built with an eye to strength, combined with swiftness of sailing. These vessels were dispatched to Mexico (under American colours and under the captainship or Americans) from time to time vi its they were built, and were paid for by an exten sive Mexican house in this city. Each of these vessels carried, like wise, from eight to ten tons of gunpowder as cargo, and likewise a number of guns, amounting to 180 in all, which were cast in a foun dry in this city, and proved by an American of skill in such matters. At one time, it is said, the Mexican 'Government were indebted to this Mexican house in halt a million of dollars for these supplies. A shipmaster, lately from Vera Cruz, reports that when he was there he inspected the Castle of St. Juan de unoa, and saw a cannon of 182 pounds calibre, which, with 40 or N raixhan guns, are now moanted on that fortress. The b eac h w h ere th e F renc h l an d e d is likewise completely fortified. We have the names and dates for all these facts, which we suppress f. r the present. —New York Herald. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND.— It was stated some time ago, that a submarine telegraph was to be laid down across the English Channel, by which an instantaneous communication could be made from coast to coast. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, with a view of testing the practicability of this undertaking, have been pleased to approve of the projectors laying down a submarine tele_ raph across the har bour of Portsmouth Prom the house of the Admiral, in the dockyard, to tile railway terminus at Gosport. By these means there will be a direct communication from London to the official residence of the Port Admiral, at Portsmouth, whereas at present the telegraph does not extend beyond the terminus at Gosport, the crossing of the har bour having been hitherto deemed an insurmountable obstacle. This want of continuity in the means of conveying official order to the dockyard has been attended with so much inconvenience, that her Majesty's Government had previously given orders for continuing dryisiadngviat,rtoaugnedor t t h i e th, har ar b ran ou g r, em a u d n i t sta is n i h l eesie is s T n h o e the line of the electric telegraph from the Gosport terminus, by car nrcesimobovrio'usev,enasn't once railway, or railway police, to protect the lines from accidental or ma licious injury, after they leave the terminus. The sub-marine tele graph is to be laid down in the course of the ensuing week, and it the working of the plan Is found to be simes.ful, this mode of tele exi graphic communication will be adopted in preference to the more used one. The telegraph will he conveyed from the terminus to the water-side under ground, and after cros6hig the harbour will again be conveyed in a similar manlier to the Admiralty-house, it being a subterranean as weq as a submarine tel graph. Iu a m e w day after the exp. riment has been successfully t. steel at POTtSIII , :Ut h, the submarine t e l egraph will be laid down across the Straits of Dover, under the sanction of both the English and French Govern ments. DUCATION IN TRP ARMY. it is rep mili tary circles, that o ur military system is shunt to b., thoron bly re-mo delled, and that, ainnngst thc Improvements about to be. introd, , ced, will be the establi s h ment of a school at Chelsea for th e trainin g of rep.riental acholmaaters, b rtea in LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 11. The House of Lords sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals. The peers in attendance were Lord Brougham, Lord Cotten ham, and Lord Campbell. ALLAN V. GLASGOW. The arguments in thi appeal from the Court of Session occupied their Lordships the whole morning. COURT OF CHANCERY, Jene 11. The Lord Chancellor, after having disposed of the unop posed lunatic petitions on his paper, proceeded with the fur ther arguments in the part-heard appeal of Mitford v. Reynolds. ROLLS' COUItT, June 11. Petitions of no general interest occupied his Lordship, the Master of the Rolls the whole morning. VICE C .% C.E i. Y COURT. June 11. ( before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of England.) His llozrouit heard unoppo.ed pe+ it ions, short causes, and cause petitions to-day. The Court in the course of the morning made several orders in railway cases for the payment of the deposits out of Court, the schemes having failed b, fore Committees of the House of Commons. aid the Speaker's certhic..,e to that etnct having been produced. (Before Vice-Chai , cellor KNJOHT BRUCE.) EX-PARTE SWINISoN AND ()THEIRS. Mr. RUSSELL, Q.C., applied to the Court for an interim order, restraining the detend.ints from receiving the sum of 15,5251., which had been paid in to the Accountant-General, deposits on the proposed capital of the Northern and Sou. hero Connecting Railway. It was alleged that out of 60,000 shares 16,000 were issued, and only 12.000 allotted, the others being reserved by the provisional committee till a rise in price might take place ; and that the money of the shareholders had been employed by the committee on the Stock Ex change, to give a fictitiou4 value to the shares of the railway, by the purchase of their own shares at a premium. In November some of the shareholders objected to going to Parliament. The t ommittee, however, went to Parliament ; but on petition of the plaintiff's and others, the Bill, after a first reading in the House of Com mons, was thrown out. The defendants, therefore, applied to the Vice• Chancellor of England fur an order for the re payment of the deposits. Mr. RUSSELL now applied for an injunction restraining their receiving the money, which was granted by the Court. COURT OF L2CI.H.E.QUEK, June 10. The Court was engaged all day till half-past five o'clock on motions, none of which presented any matter for a report. (Sitting's at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before Mr. Baron PARKS and Common Juries.) RAILWAY COMMITTEEMEN.—LAW V. WILSON. This was au action for goods sold and delivered and sup plied to the defendant as a member of the provisional com mittee of the Southampton, Petersfield, and London Direct Railway Company. The sum sought to be recovered was 581.17 r, 6d. Mr. Jervis and Mr. Cole conducted the case for the plain tiff, and Air. Hoggins (with whom was Mr. Rawlinson) ap peared for the defendant. It appeared that in the month of September in the past year a scheme was got up by Mr. Duncan, the solicitor, to construct a railway from Southampton to Petersfield, and then on " direct" to London. On the 30th of that month Mr. Duncan and the other solicitors wrote the following letter to the defendant : "72, Lombard-street, Sept. 30, 1845. " Sir,—At the request of Mr. Bradley, we forward you a prospectus of the Southampton, Peterafield, and London Direct Railwaa, and shall feel obliged by your informing us whether you desire to have your name inserted in the list of the provisional committee et the Company. " We are, &c." In reply to this letter the writers obtained no written an swer; but a few days after it bad been sent, although the party to whom it had been addressed had removed from his former habitation, the defendant called at the office and stated that he should have no objection ter be a director of the company. Tie clerk thereupon endorsed on the letter, " Acreeable to be a director." The company went on, and presently an allotment of 50 shares was awarded to the defendant as one of the p-ovisianal committee. The defend ant, however, net only never took up the shares, but never took sty notice either of the numerous letters and official reports and papers which were constantly being for warded to him from the company's office. By-and-'oy tae railway- market became under the iefluence of :he panic, and then the managing corritnittee —for there was a managing committee, consist tug of some 16 or 18 persons—thought it useless to prsceed with the undertaking, and at mince turned their minus to the consideration of the ques tion 83 to which would be the best way of winding up the concern, and liquidating the debts which had beet, incurred. The result of this deliberation was a resolution to return 1.55. per share cut of the 2/. 2s. deasait to the shareholders, which was subeequently done, and that each proviso .tial commit tt•emat. sit uls be called upon to contribute the sum of W. as his fair p, oportion of the expenses incurred. Accordingly a letter. erretainiog the resolution, and solicit ing the payment of the 351, was sent to the defendant, bur of that commuoication he took not the slightest notice. In the end. however, the present maims was brought by the ptaintiff; one of the creditors of the concern against him in his character of a member of the provisional committee of the company. On behalf of the plaintiff's case there was, under these cir cumstances. a failure in proving that the defendant had given his written coesent to become a member of the pro visional committee, and that he had, upon any occasion, acted itt the conduct or management of tile affairs of the company. Thus tar the cese had proceeded, when the Learned Baron was compelled to rise on Tuesday. Mr. HOGGINS now ..doressed the jury on behalf of the de. fendsnt, and at the outset denied the statement made by his Learned Friend, that his client had, like the other members of the provisional committee, been in the habit of receiving his two guine,s per day for his attendance at the office, and for the best of all reasons, that, except upon the day when he had given his consent to become a director, he had never been rear the concern. Neither had he, like those who had taken part in the proceedings of the company, be nefited by the premiums which had been gained upon the shares. He should throw himself back upon the question which had been left to the jury in the case of " Barnett v. Lambert' - namely , "did the defendant lender himself liable for the goods supplied in consequence of his havi,* girt n an express consent or an implied consent by personal communication or in writing" to become a provisional com mitteeman, and to become, in common with others, responsible and liable for the debts of the company? or did he give such an authority to the secretary of the company as could bind him to the consequences of any acts of what now appeared to be a select managing committee? But he contended that in the present case the question was not as between the creditor of the company and the defendant, but between the managing committee, who, in strictness, were liable to every claim, and the defendant. The use of the plaintiff's name was a matter of form—a mere blind, for the real plaintiffs were the managing committee. The main question in the case was as to what was the meaning of the consent which the defendant was stated to have given? Was it not that he consented to become a director, and in which character it was quite clear he meant to become one of that body which was to take the control and management of the affairs of the company, and not one of a provisional committee, whom, without having any control over either the arrange ments, or the incurring or not embarking in large liabilities, it was now attempted to render liable? That w,s the simple question, he apprehended. Well, then, it was quite clear that he had not given any consent to become a member of the provisional committee, and, therefore, that being so, it was beyond all doub: that he was in no way liable for the debts which the managing committee had thought proper to incur. He submitted, therefore, that the defendant could not be held liable. Mr. Baron PARKE, in leaving the case to the jury, said was in the first instance necessary for the plaintiff to make out that there had been an express contract entered into by the defendant in person, or by his agent, and that it was only upon such ground that he could recover. The quee:eon was, whether the person who entered into the coistrect with the plaintiff was the authorised agent of the party who was sought to be made liable? There was no doubt that in the first instance the claim was upon Brooks, the secre tary, but if that party contracted the debt as the agent of aresther. then the Iluestion arose as to whether the defendant WAS that other. Is. the present instance the plaintiff, there was no doubt, could have brought his action against Brooks, or against the managing committee, but he had not chosen to sue either of these, against either of whom he could have had no difficulty in proving his claim, but rather chose to select a member of the provisional ,comm ttee. The acii' committee lad abandosled the coLcei is, and had then made a claim upon the provisiorsal committee. But the managing committee had clearly mace thetnsrlves liable for these debts, for they it was who had conducted the concern, and had authorised the contraction of debts. But, Ao tar as the jury was concerned in the present cast', the question wss, whether it had been made out to their salistaction that the defendant had rendered himself liable by consenting to be come a director. That conee. t was clearly not in the terms of ,he present fersgs of action Ls so tar as the stesc, iption was con cereed. The defendant consented to become a director, no' a provisional routmitteemao, and the promoters of the company or the managing committee fled thought proper to make him that which, as far as th e evid e nce went, he h a d not con sented to become. The jury, before they could make him liable to this claim, must be satisfied that he had given his consent, or bad ms ant to beeeme a member of the provisional committee; and, further, that in that capacity he had in tended to take upon Weisel; all the teeponsibilities which the managing committee might think proper to incur. Then these was snottier mater for them to take into consideration. The defendant; it was admitted on the parr of the clerk of the company, had not only no: taken up shares, but had never acted as a committeeman, or had taken the most re mote participation in the bu-iness. He did not accept the settlement of 50 shares; he had in no way interfered in the concern, etor had he attended any meeting, 'rand he had re fased to answer or take any notice of the nutnetous letters which had been sent to bins from the office of the company, It, moreover, appeared that the provisional committee had had no power to intertere with the managing committee. If the jury were of opinion that the defendant had not given his consent to become a previsional committeeman, there was then an end to the case. There had been no evidence offered to show what the duties of the provisional committee were, but all had gone to establish the responsibility of the ma naging comm:ttee, and that those parties were responsible for all acts and debts they incurred, either by themselves or by their agent. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Mr. Baron PARKE then said, that it was not to be sup posed that, because a man allowed his name to be inserted in the list of provisional committeemen, he made himself re sponsible for every act or every liability of a managing consp mittee, unless it could be proved that he had acted in the conduct of the concern. June 11. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court was occupied the greater part of the day with an ejectment case from the new trial paper, which possessed no feature of public interest. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, June 11. THE. JUSTICES OF ST. ALBANS V. sTURT.—CRIMINAL INFORMA- TIDY. suffici r mtly , Mr. Sergeant SnEE move c lior a rule nisi, to show caus e why a criminal info r mati o n should not be issued against a gentleman of the name of Sturt, en the ground of writing and publishing st veral letters, containing libellous matter in regard to the conduct of the plaintiffs as magis trates and ad ministrators of justice in the borough of St. Albans. The Learned Gentleman read extracls from the letters in question, which charged the magistrate s of Albans with corrupt and improper motives in the administration of justice, and that the only object they cared for was pounds, Ailing's, and pence. On the other side he- quoted several affidavits of the complainants , de nyin g in the stro-gest terms the all ega . • ti oTnshe as o a ) l u to it g T et d t i l d er n u o n: t 7d k ed th . e a e n v d id p e r n o c c e ee a d d i d n u g from malicous adduced and vi..diaive mo Ives. strong to justity granting the application, and the rule was accordingly refused. WEI , S V. LUMLEY. Th e grea utecter portion of the day Was occup i ed in an argu • molt, condd. by Mr. Watsoi, Q.C., and Mr. Lush, in su - port of a demurrer to a plea pug in by the defendant, in answer to a declArati-n of the plaintiff re-pealog a breach of contract therein alleged against the former. - The plaintiff ie h 1 dame Weiss, and the defendant is Mr, 4 Lumley, the lessee of the Italian Opera-house, and the breach of contract set forth arose out of an agreement being entered into Letween the par ies for the performance of the corps of dancing children, the "Danseuses Viennoises," and, under which agreement the performers in question were brought over into this country. The plaintiff sought to re cover damages, because the terms of the contract were not carried out, by the children not being allowed to appear at her .%iajesty's Theatre on their arrival, thereby depriving them cf the advantage of the celebrity which such an appearance would have t , ecured, while, at the same time, the agreement prevented their appearing elsewhere. The defendant de,i,d that any such breach of contract as that alleged had taheu place. The argument thrt ughout was of a dry and technical character, aTt turned mainly on the c-n , t ion of the terms of the agreement. Mr i TGGIN'. was herd the demurrer, and in sup rort of M:e ple, !: Tile COURT took time to consider its judgment. CO: - RT 0 4.40 N I';',EAS, June 11. (Sittings in Banco.) C ,, ULTAS v. LOWE. (CLERK). This was thn only cas , of iuipottance which came before the G,rt. t !o-day. and as it h! , ,s already attained such noto riety, it is unnecesszary to detail the particulars. The Court now gave judgment, and was unanimously of opinion, after a c,lrefol ~x amination of the arguments, that the case required further investigation, and therefore that the rule should be made absolute for a new trial. Rule absolute. POLICE INTELLIGENCE MANSION HO US E. An odd ease of alleged forgery was heard before Alderman Musgrove. A young man names George King was brought up in the custody of en officer, charged with havirg forged the name of Mr. Thomas Wheeler, of IsT,whory, to a hill of exohangt. for 201. Mr. Vin , r, solicitor, of Ironmongers' Ball, appeared fsr the prosecution, and a solicitor *ippiiared for the ckleiidant. Mr. R. Knight, clerk to Mr. Birkf-tt, jun., of Bell court, Mincing-lane, wine merchant, stated that on the 21 of February he received the bill produced for 201., purporting to be drawn by George King, upon and accepted by Thomas Wheeler, of Newbury, Berks, and indorsed by George King, to J. R. Humphery, and by Humphery, from whom witness received the bill in dors, d to witues.'s employer. He received other bills at the same time. Application having been made to Mr. Wheeler, by Mr. Birkett, in consequence of the non-payment of the bill when it became due, the follow. ing letter was received in answer to the application:— " Newbury. March 31, 1846. " Sir;—Your letter of this morning has astonished me. I beg to say, in answer, that I have no acceptance due in favour of Mr. King, or any one else, and that it must be a forgery, for I know nothing whatever of the transaction.—l am, Sir, yours respectfully, " THOMAS WHEELER. " Mr. Daniel Birkett, jun." Mr. Charles James Viner stated, that in consequence of Mr. Birkett's instructions, he wrote in that gentle man's name to Mr. Wheeler, fur payment of the amount of the bill, and he received the following answer " Newbury, May 20th, 1846. " Sir,—ln answer to yours of this morning, I beg to inform you, that I hive no acceptance due in favour of any person whatever. With respect to this bill, (which I presume to be the same), I first had a letter from a wine -merchant,. living, I think, in Park-street. I was then in town, and saw him, and told him I knew nothing whatever of it. Then, the latter end of March, I received a letter from a Mr. Daniel Birkett, jun., the s Line person, I suppose, that has now employed you. In answer I told him then, that it quite astonished me. as I knew of no such bill, nor was it my aceceptance, but a tong, ry. Tilerefore, I have nothing to do with it whatever. You may as well sue any other person. You had better look to the drawer of the hill, King, nr whoever it may be.—Yo rs, &e. THOS. WHEELER." Witness, in consequence of having received the above letter, called upon a Mr. Weston first, when he learned the ddentlidn's residence. 4. I then," said witness. "called upon King. nod told him I came on account of an overdue bill of 201 lie said he could not pay it at present. I ssiit that Mr. Nisbett exp. eted it would bi paid. a, d I iold him he had Lotter take down my name et d address. lie did so, and I perceived that thii wri:ing wss a ire same character as the writihg in the bill. I -.turned hit the bill, and d ken him whether teat was it. ant he replied that it was. I th-n said, you know Mr. Wheeler well. an , : his handwriting ? and h. re plied ii. th atfii mauve ; and I showed him the letter j,i-t pro •utied, i tie timid wiiting of which he at once pro. no,,nced to he Mr. heeler's. He then said he hopes' op he a bie to pay it. I -sked him what means he had, and he replied that he h..cl been a tradesman in New athi had some Wok debts which he believed wei% Rood; and I told him it he satisfied me of that fact, I Id not have so had an opinion of him. I did not 'hick at the tiiee that he was the guilty party. He said that he shou:d call upon we, and he did so, and then he cold tar that he had sent the bill by a porter to be posted wbury. 1 subsequently applied for a warrant and halt him sprit , h , ruled " The de endant's counsel asked whether the wanes: could swear that the acceptance was not in Mr. Wheeler's handwriting ? The witness replied that he knew no thing of ivir. Wheeler's handwriting, but it appeared that Mr. Wheeler retused to come to town upon the occasion. Alderman MUSGROVE—Do you suppose he will refuse to att,,nd, upon hk-aring what has been stated ? The witness 'aid he wished to have a summons to serve upon Mr. Wheeler. Alderman Mll s •GROVE—Certainly you shall have one and IPt him know that if he refuse to come, a warrant shad be sent ror Mr. Knight, the clerk to Mr. Ricket, having sworn that he had rf.ason to believe the acceptance was a forgery, and that; if the defendant were remanded, he believed he should be able to prove it to be a forgery, the Alderman remanded him accordingly. BOW-STREET. - The widow of Thomas Blewitt, the unfortunate man who died a short time since from the effects of thegun-shot wound inflicted by John Graham, in Drury-lane, applied to the sitting magistrate, Mr. Henry, to relieve and advise her in her present distressing situation. The applicant, who was attired in respectable mourning, stated that she was dependent upon the wages of her hus band dueng his lifetime, for the support of herself and child —a girl about seven years of age—and had now no means of living c she was therefore anxious to get a little money to place herself in a small way of business. Owing to the suggestions of Mr. Mace, the chief usher, and a police inspector in Court, his worship was induced 'to question the woman at some length as to her habits and general character, it having appeared that she was convicted and fined at this Court. about four months ago, for mis conduct. She denied that she was in the habit of drinking, but admitted that fur a considerable period she did not live with her husband. This, however, she attributed to his misconduct, and not her own. She stated that they went to Hong Kong together, abou five years ago, and tha her bus band, after getting into debt, absconded from her, and left her in China unprotected. A subscription was th, re got up far her, and she returned to England by the ship Tory, Captain Johnson, at whose trial, in November and January list, she appeared as a witness at the Old Bailey. At this ' time she again became acquainted with her hu-band, who called upon her at her lodgings, but it did not appear 14)04 what terms they lived together, it at all, up to the shocking occurrence in Drury-lane. It would be unfair to state the allegations on either side at present, but enough transpired to show that they did not live happily together. Mr. HENRY, therefore, deputed the usher to make a fu inquiry into the matter, and report the result of his invest gation next week. __ HAMMERSMITH. After the night charges were disposed of, Mr. Hardy His op, of No. 3, Lanai°, n-villas, Fulham-road, was placed at the bar before Mr. G Clive, the sitting magistrate, on a charge of having violated the person of Caroline 3lathews his servant. Mr. J. Todd, solicitor, of No. 23, Thavies Inn, Holborn, attended for the prisoner. Caroline Mathews, a rsther pretty-looking Voung woman, dep .sod that she was now living in James-street, Larkhall lane, Clapham. On Friday last she was living in the service of the prisoner, at No. 3 Lansdowh-viias. On that night she retired to bed about eleven o'clock, leaving the prisoner, her master, down stairs. She undressed, and Sad been in the room about twenty minutes before she got into bed. She had not been in bed above two minutes before the Prisoner came into the room. He was undressed with the exception of his shirt. Mrs. Hislop, the pnsoner's wife, had left home, and g.ne into the country on the previous day (Thursday). The prisoner said to witness, "As we are in the house together, we may as well sleep together." Wit ness told him that he should not, and that she would tell her mistress. Witness had, on seeing the prisoner enter the room, jumped out of h-S, and was trying to run out of the room, but the prisoner would not let her, and said he did not care fur her mistress. Witness struggled with him, but he took hold of her and threw her on the bed. The witness then stated circumstances tending to show that he suc ceeded in attaining his objeet. By Mr. Ctasx—Witness tried to push him away and slapped his face, but although she continued struggling with him and screaming out he did not desist. Afterwards he stood by the side of the bed for a few minutes, and then tapped her on the shoulder, and put his head down to her to kiss her, but she would not let him. He then said he should leave her, arid went out of the room. Witness then got out of bed and locked the door. Witness remained in the house all that night. The next morning (Saturday) she got up about seven o'clock, and got the prisoner's breakfast, and he went out about nine o'clock. Witness then left the house, and went to Mrs. George, her laundress, and told he i r te w a h n a d t the prisoner had done, and she advised witness to ner's con inform her (witness's) brother-in-law of the prisoner's also duct, which witness did. On the same morning nin ls Witness went told Mrs. Symons, a publican's wife, ofg ' no relations about out fur the purpose of quitting, there, but Mrs. Symons persuaded heard from her friends. On away.. Her brother-in lawcame with her sister, and took l and she heard leave brother un in-law l s a h w e Sn hh n a i i Sunday afternoon,. saw the prisoner on the nvnothetor b to her bedroom and acted impro perly the prisoner had she heard the prisoner reply that it wa s him tell the prisoner that she had written to him to tell him perly to her, and rig quite • • ht , and that what T s od he d— ha T d he st b a e t d ed roo t m o h d i o m o r was (pri soner) strike. Entered the prisoner's ser go, and left on Sunday Cross examined witness was in the habit of leaving it • t closed, as open, in to to leave on ~ rr would bear not t h e d c i e ba n yc y ki r on m E re. ast. H er ie . l ll o l p on h t! i a d y g , i e v i e g n ht he w r e vv ek a s rfaiing Tues day fortnight. Had been visited once at the prisoner's house by ajourneyman beker, whom she had known for eighteen asT(t)lisdel‘birsak.eril. isilh'Padthna b m u o t n i t t h s w . ott_hbeeren intimate with the brother was coming, baker, and she was not en • ciente. On her oath she was not. Asked the prisoner before she went to bed if be wanted any thing more. lit said No." She did not tell him that she would be undressed and ready for him in Would swear a few minutes. that she did not incite bins to her room, neither was she on the top of the stairs waiting for hint. ulcl swear that she did not meet him on the top of the stairs and clasp her arms round his neck. She slept on an iron bed-t ad,sufficient fsr one person She struggled and screamed, hut the prisoner was too powerful for her. Witness was discharged because she had a sweetheart. Recollects that anonymous letters had been sent to the house about her. Mn.s &slop showed her one. Would swear that she heard ti prisoner teil her brother-in law that what she hsd told him he (prisoner) could not deny. Mr. Todd, on the part of the prisoner, submitted that the evidence of the witness, was not worthy of belief, and that I WILEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. BTE. I StA2O3. I TE AL PRICE .. 52s 10d 27s Bd. 23s 4d ns 10d 35s 10d 34s Iod DUTY... 171 IA 9s Od 5s ed 9s 6d 71 6d 55 6d THE. MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. (From the Manchester Guardian of Wednesday.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The market to-day was, on the whole, decidedly dull. Prices, however, remain unaltered both for goods and yarn. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—On account of the holidays last week, fewer goods were offered for sale to-day. There has also been a very thin attendance of buyers, and little busi ness has been done. There is no change in the wool market. HUDDERSFIELD, Tuxsoxv...-Although we have several buyers in the market, we cannot report much more favour ably than last week. In the foreign warehouses orders are pri tty plentiful, but there appears great caution in purchasers for the home trade. LENDS, TuEsnAY.—Our market to-day has been Bat, and will probably continue so for a few weeks longer, June being what is termed " betwixt the seasons," and generally a very quiet month. At the German wool fairs now being. held, the raw material fetches rather higher prices than were antici pated, a circumstance which cannot fail to check the con sumpton of wool in this district. i Augusta Flower, of th e Duke of Marlborough end the Hon. Chanriteol Ashbrook, was youngest daughter of Viscount and 2 r i lLclr cenee . ifis Grace the MARRIAGES IN HMI LIFE . — Wednesday the marriage solemnised at Lambeth Palace, Archbishop of Canterbury officiated, 0. The bride WAS given away the presence of a large circle of fr iend s. bY 't e n the intertsting occasion, in :attended to the alter by ;bevy by her cousin, Lord Monson, anti Lady Louisa Noel, Lady Elizabeth ry ce , remony , the Noble bridegroom of youthful bridemaids, na mely'nem, Miss Smythe, and 3liss Met- Duncan, Miss Paget, M followed by the Archbishop, conducted his bride _t ° ~,d wedding•circle. The .. hbroe• -- marriage was Viscountess ...s the R e v. I. Cave Brown, o n duly reglst red t bY . calfe. At the concluifo h The party then retired, to eof the curates of Lambe b ook's residence in Chesham- 1, re - assemble at Viscountess Ash r given by her Lad hi in P flee, where a sump tuous breakfast was pcelebration of the happy h bridal vous to t e circle mustering event. Prelll;:h:flll3thrit. said hie for the ckeuner, the Duke of Mar l borough Blenheim Palace. The marriage of Viscount Lewisha m, am-place for of the Earl of Dartmouth and Lady Auga t " 8 a Finch, eldest son eldest daughter Ith e Earl of Aylesford, took place on Church, Piccadilly The Right Rev , - Tuesday, at St. James's the Bi shop performed the marriage ceremony, of Bath and Wells in the circle. The happy bride and bride groom , presence of a large family congra tulations of their friends, left town after receiving the Warwick's seat in Surrey, t for Gatton.park , the Countess of OXFORD, JUN E 9, o Pass the honeymoon. and Tutor of Jesus Coll —The Rev. David Lewis, Felloiv Catholic Church, has ege, Oxford, who last week coniormed to the dec1ined.............................. resigning his Fellowship at Oxford. On the 10th inst., at No. 6, Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, the wife of Thomas Butler, Esq., of a son. On the 7th inst., in Grosvenor-street, the Viscountess Hohnesdale, of a son, On the 3d inst., at Roach-bank, Rochdale, the lady of Robert Schofield, Esq., of a son. On the 4th inst., at Leintwardine, Herefordshire, the lady of Lieute nant-Colonel J. Colvin, C. 8.. of a daughter. On the 6th inst., the wife of John Tomes, Esq., of Mortimer street, of a son. On the 6th inst., at Grove-hill. Camberwell, the lady of M. Delvin Nugent, Esq., M.D., of a daughter, still-born. On the 6th inst., at Hackney, the lady of the Rev. T. P. Wright , M A., Minister of St. Philip's. Dalston, of a daughter. THE GAUGES. Sir GEORGE GREY said he wished to know if the Government intended to propose any measure founded on the minute of the Board of Trade relative to the report of the Broad Gauge Commission? Sir. G. CLERK said he wished to state in answer to the question of the Right Hon. Baronet, that it was his intention to move, on Monday next, a series of resolutions founded upon the report of the Broad Guage Commission. LIGHTHOUSES. Mr. P. STEWART said he wished to put a question to the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a lubject of great importance—namely, the subject of light houses. He wished to ask if it was the intention of Government to carry out the recommendation of the Com mittee which sat upou the subject last year—namely, that all lighthouses and buoys, necessary for the safe navigation of our seas and rivers, should be paid for and maintained out of the public revenue, instead of from tolls levied upon the tonnage of shipping ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted that the subject was one of very great importance, and one which had long been under the consideration of Government, but he could give no assurance to the Eon. Member of carry ing out the recommendation of the Committee. PETITIONS OF MR. FLETCHER. Mr. AINSWORTH moved that the petitions of J. Fletcher Fletcher, against the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway Bill, and the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway Extension Bill, be re ferred to the Committee on the Bills. After a few words from Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Greene, and Mr. Hodgson, Mr. AINSWORTH withdrew the motion. IMPROVEMENT OF IRELAND.—(COMPENSATION TO TENANTS, .POWER OF EJECTMENT, AND SHORT LEASE BILLS.) Lord LINCOLN, in moving for leave to introduce Bills to provide Compensation to Tenants of Land in Ireland for Improvements made by them; to amend the Law in respect to the power of Ejectment and Distress in Ireland, and to provide for a short form of Lease of Lands and Tenements said it was his duty, a few doss ago, to address the House on a subject connected with Ireland, on which great feelings of antagonism were created in that House and elsewhere. But it was now his duty to address the House on a subject which he trusted would meet with the general approbation of the House. It was one on which he hoped all men would unite, as it was one on which no feelings of political animosity would be excited, one on which they could enter with no different feelings, except to emulate each other as to what was best to be done for the benefit of the pe. Ve of Ireland by improving their condttton, and putting tstin in a better po.ition to cultivate the soil, and by giving them better security for the investment of their capital in land, for we hout that security the proper cultiva tion of the soil could not he effected. He thought it would better suit the convenience of the House to introduce the three hills to effect these objects together. He need not inform the House hat a commission had been appointed to inquire into the stare of Ireland, and that that. commission had made such reports to the Government as drew their attention to the tenant system of Leland.—(Hear, hear.) . Three Members of that commission were Also Members of that House, and that they were tally qualified for the very arduous duties - they had performed.— Hear.) This motion had partly emanated from the reports of that Commissioner; when he said this, he did not mean it to be understood, that the many recommendations made by the Commissioners bad been entirely dealt with. But it was not because there were not other measures brought forward, or those recommended, that they might not be brought forward at a future time. This question was nut quite new to the House, for it bad been fully argued by the press and other great authorities of this country, so that it was pretty well understood. This being the case, it would be troubling the House to bring forward fresh argu ments in support of the policy of this question. He would therefore avoid touching on such topics as did not immediately bear on the question before the House. No one would deny that this was a most difficult subject for legislation, and it would also be admitted to be as delicate as it was difficult. When he said that it was encircled with difficulties, as a legislative question, he did - not mean to say that it was a subject perfectly understood by the House, for it had been repeatedly brought forward by the Honourable Member for Rochdale, but who had as repeatedly as he had brought it forward altered his intentions with respect to the manner in which he would have the House entertain the subject. Nowaeeling as he did, that it was not only right, but necessary, for Parliament to. attempt to legislate on this subject, at the same time he felt that, whatever Bill they might pass, the relations of landlord and tenant, and relations ot that nature, could be regulated so that much would not be left to be done by themselves. Much must still be left to the justice and mo deration and good feeling of both parties interested—he meant the landlord and tenant. Parliament, he thought, ought to at tempt to enact salutary laws on the subject, but he was convinced that much must depend still on the individual eharactt r and conduct of the landlords themselves. Their legislation would be successful, and he felt certain that much, though not enough, could be done. He felt convinced that the Noble Lord op posite (Lord John Russell) agreed in these views of the sub ject, for during the present session he delivered a speech, when he said that it would be most unwise for Parliament to touch upon and unsettle these relations, especially in Ireland, unless after sufficient inquiry into them. Having now stated what Parliament could do, and also what ought to be done, he was convinced by the report which had been made by the com mission, and other documents that had been laid before the public, that it was the duty of Parliament to take up and legislate upon this subject. He might be told, and with some show of argument, that they ought not to interfere with landlord and tenant, but he was not prepared to admit the abstract doctrine. The Noble Lord was struck with an expression used by Mr. Nicholls, the Poor-law Commissioner. Speaking of the poor law in Ireland, he said, ‘• Want of employment brought on destitution, destitution caused turbulence, turbulence was followed by insecurity, insecurity by want of capital, and want cf capital by famine." He felt that the views expressed by the Commission were correct, and that it was not only justifiable, but binding on the House to interfere. Before going further into the subject, he would draw the at tention of the House to a few of the leading clauses of the first of these three Bills. It should be observed that the report of the Commission recommended that wherever the tenantry of Ireland possessed any superfluous capital, they should be enceuraged to invest it in the soil of the country. But it was to be lamented that the only capital which the Irish tenantry possessed con sisted in the labour of themselves and their families. Look at the :produce of this countrt, was it not universally allowed that wherever they had any superfluity they were always ready to co-operate with their landlords? And he thought, therefore, that the other recommendation of the Commission should al.° be attended to, and that the landlords should also be encou raged to co-operate with their tenantry in the .general im provement of the soil, and that facilities should be given for entering into agreements for their common' advantage. Not that he conceived that all these evili were to be cured by le gislation, .but the Legislature might do much ; and one point to which he would direct their attention wan that shown in the first of these three Bills. It would be in the recollection of the: House, that when,last year his Noble Fri€nd the - late Se cretary for the Colonies (Lord Stanley) proposed to bring in - a Rill for.the improvement, of the condition of the Irish pea santry, he proposed .te establish an entirely new machinery. But suckwas not the case now. The same machinery would still be necessary, and that portion relating to the employment of assistant barristers was, to be retained. The Bills had two kinds of compensation—voluntary agreement, and that which was to be compulsory. By voluntary agreement he meant 'all improvements that did not come under the head of compulsory compensation,' and those improvements were not to be made a charge upon the laud. The improvements, as he had observed, were of two kinds, and they had this broad distinction, that all; improvements relating to buildings and furrow drainage were to be under the head of compulsory compensation, and were chargeable on the land, while general improvements, not of this character, were to be classed under the head of volun tary agreement, and not so chargeable. With regard to volun. tart' agreements it is provided that if any tenant wishes to effect any general improvement, he shall serge a notice in the form provided in the schedule of the Act on the immediate land lord. If the landlord agrees, then he will signify his assent in the form also provided in the Act, and then improvement may be carried into immolate, effect. If he .refuses, the whole matterdrons to the ground. By the second course the tenant has the option, if the landlord's consent is got, of enforcing compulsory compensation for any buildings erected, or for fur row draining. On this point the Bill differed from the view of the Commissioners; their view was that buildings only, and not furrow drainage, should be considered as coming tinder the head of compulsory compensation, thus assimulatiog the law to what it was in England. But furrow draining was so essential an improvement in Ireland, that he hoped under exisiting circumstances the House would see the propriety of deciding that draining as well as building should be included. He hoped also the Commissioners would have no objection to 1 the alteration, as Ireland was as present situated. He need not point out to the House that, in justice to the landlords, they would he forced to provide wardens to examine carefully into all the improvements that were proposed to be made. In that stage of his explanations, he might mention one diffieulty,which he was sure everybody who had looked into the subject was aware of, namely, that at this part of their proceedings they with this wwßeiitirthe,lmnie.aiethh the confidently ofi i b ffi dj culies which they would not be met with if they were app li ed to E ng l an d— t h e mu l t i p li c i ty o f l andowners in Irel an d . This difficulty had, however , been aimed at in the time si expected teterdr otuhnadt groat usdloidffimbeeeuosl difficulties surmounted di a te n e d u , lt b i u e tat the same s exist in connexion . be had, portion of the Bill. Th e not i ce to w hi ch rrheed was to b e serve d upon all landlord s , an d immediate landownerwas informed that the tenant and the various partie s who ci , iied the land - fore, tie h a d proved tint which end. there be necessary—that th e not i ce atiould hesewri,v,nl he thought lord by those renting lard for a certain period, tiaurpnoell the lari4- 3 , ears' tenancy, three lire—the n ot i ce on the iyin'n'ist,itiltactiYe landlord being 'by personal appearance, but on the owner of the land by post. When the tenant served this notice be was to be bound to name an arbitrator, and to offer either t o construct the work himself, or if the landlord would do so to agre e to pay the additional expense on the outlay, amounting to not m ore than 51. per cent on buildi ngs , and 4/. per cent. Thi s , however, was a matter of • • on drainage. T detail which might be altered in Committee if the House thou g h t fit, The re ason of the introduc tion must be obvious —that i t was better that buildings should be constr ucted b y t he landlord, instead of the had a great security that if the tenant, because Y. co be properly made n. 1 lan dlord they w ould structed by the fit for use.-(Hear, hear. ) And then so much depended up on the drainage of t heb ex ecuted ins prope r manner. landeing But this, as he had alrea d y said, to „ was a matter so much of w i t h it. If de tail, that it would be for the Com mittee it a w ould becomethe a landlord should assent to this proposi tion, charge upon the inheritance, and once be carried out; would at but if he did not, then be should servo a motion to that effect upon the Clerk of the Peace; that an a rbitrator should be ap pointed, and that appointment should rest with the assistatant barrister and the justices ot the quarter sessions; if the arbi trators should agree, then they would make an award, but if they did not, then au umpire §heuld be app ointed , there were several discrepancies in her statements. Her evi dence had also been Oren with such coolness and clearness as showed her to be experienced in such matters, as she completely fixed the capital charge upon the prisoner, which showed her malicious disposition. The charge, he was pre pared to contend, was altogelher concocted by the com plainant out of revenge for her being discharged. She had previously tried all she could to induce his client to he inti mate with her, in order that she might make that charge. The prisoner was in a most unfortunate position, he and the complainant having been in the house alone, so that the case depended entirely on whatever evidence she chose to give, without any pr. bability of his being able to disprove it. Caroline Ma , hews was then recalled by Mr. Clive, and in answer to his questions, explained that she had made up her mind on Sunday not to stay another night in the house; had tier brother-in-law not come, she would then have gone over to I:im In the evening. She certainly did agree, on the Sun dae, ;0 T.-ash the prisoner's stockings out on the Monday morning, but she did that as a blind to deceive tl e Mr CLIVE said there certainly were one or t-ivc —tars ordinary circumstances in the case which would require inquiry, end for that purpose the prisoner must be re manded. Mr. Todd applied for the pri-oner to be admitted to bail. Mr. CLIVE inquired what way the prisoner's position in life ?-31r. Todd said the prisoner was secretary to a public company, at a salary of 2001. per annum. Mr. 6.lvE said he would then take bail ; the prisoner in 200/, and two sureties in 1001. each, for the prisonet's ap pearance on Monday rext. Mr. Todd and Mr. Henry Rumball, civil engineers, of Seething-wells, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, entered into the required sureties. On the app,ication of Mr. Todd, the brother in-law of the complainant, was called in and examined, in order to see if his version of the interview he had with the prisoner would differ from the complainant's, but he used the very words she had. Mr. Crag directed Inspector Morgan to summon the two witnesses the complainant had told of the affair, and also to have her examined by a medical man. THE SUSPECTED MURDER AT Sil ADWELL. Wednesday the adjourned inquest on the body of Anne alias Jane Sloman, who w as f oun d d ea d un d er such suspicious cir cumstances,on Tuesday,June 2d, at the house,No. 6, Labour in-Vain-street, Shadwell, was resumed at the Halt Moon, Lower Shadwell. It will be remembered that Gibbins, the man with whom she cohabited, was at first charged with the murder, and was examined at the Thames Police-court, and is still in custody. After several witnesses had been heard, the court was ad journed till seven o'clock, and was resumed about eight. The principal facts have been already very fully stated. The jury retired at a quarter past eleven o'clock, and after an absence of nearly two hours, at five minutes to one o'clock yesterday morning, returned an open verdict of—" Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown." The interest excited was intense, and the verdict appeared to give general satisfaction, leaving the inquiry still open as regards the parties guilty. THE LATE FATAL COLLISION ON THE MERSEY. (From the Liverpool Courier of Wednesday.) Yesterday the inquest on th e thi r t een persons b ur i e d in Liscard Chapel-yard, who were killed by the late awful steam boat collision, was resum e d a t th e R oya l H ote l , M a gazines, before H. Churton, Esq., the Cheshire coroner. Mr. Harden appeared for the captain of the Sea-NyroP ll, and Mr. Myers for her owners; Mr. Hassan and Mr. Duncan appeared for the owners and captain of the Rambler. Mr. Askew, Captain Sarsfield, Captain John Jones, and other professional gentlemen, were present. The evidence taken at the former inquest only related to the identification of the bodies; on this occasion the follow ing witnesses were examined as to the facts of the collision: George Hunter, chief mate, and Peter M'Farlane, second mate, William Jones, seaman, and James M'Gregor, en gitmer, all of whom belong to the Rambler, and David Ko vanah, a passenger. Their depositions substantially agreed with what they had previously stated before the borough coroner, which we g ave a t great l ength i n our last publics ticn. No new facts in elucidation of this terrible event were elicited. At a quarter to six o'clock the Court adjourned until this day at ten o'clock, when Thomas Evans, captain of the life-boat, it is expected, will give some important testi mony; and John Hughes, one of the life-boat crew, who was on the sh o re, an d saw th e w h o l e transaction, will u e examined. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, JUNE 11.—Wind S.W , light pleasant breeze and fine. DEAL, JUNE 10.—Wind W.S. .—Arrd Winchester, 311 111 Lt Van 1/Ismail's Land; Achilles, Burrell, Port Phillip; Wriwlit, Sydney, N.S. W. ; John Laird, Bryant, China ; Woodbridge, Poulton, ditto; Diligentia, Hackman, Batavia; Tyrer, Ellis, Sing s : pore ; Persian, Grange, Calcutta; John Graham, Pearson, ditto; Westminster, Michie, ditto ; Steb, u Heath, Cromarty, Madras; Lady Luce, Liddell, Ceylon; Arab, Bombay; Neptune, F ern. ' ditto ; Mary Alice, Mauriti us. OFF THE START, JUNE B.—Westminster, M'Fee, Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 10. - Wind S.W.—Sld. Valleytield, Quebec. __, OFF THE LIZARD, JUNE 7.—Eli za, Lj ungrea, L i s b on, lOr Calmat with loss of maintop and foretopgallant-mast, having been in COnta ct. OFF PILL, JUNE 9.—lndepend en t, S t . John's, New Brunswlckl,.,, LIVERPOOL, JUNE 10.—Wind S.W.. moderate.—Arrd, Nelson. :; tl , Zealand, sailed Feb. 12 ; Gaz Ile, Ramsay, Sydney, ides ; Britannia, 31agrath, Singapore ; Java, Pickering, C w ' Sandford, Callan, ditto ; Atterpcol, Wicbman, ditto; Tartier7a.. ditto; Rapid, Downes, Bomb a y ; Willi am W a t son , Cunningilan i, v paraiso ; Christina, ditto ; Leonard Dobbin, Jones, Pattugonla' Mf gisttate, Crompton, Old Calabar ; Sagu ena y, ditt o ; Maid Cashmere, Hammett, Brass River. The Cecilia, of Dundee, aground at Tobasco, April 20, and is likely to become a wreck. The Hotywood has arrived at Corrientes, from Nome Video, all well. She had not been aground in the Parana, as reported yesterday. nJUDLINGITON. June 9.—The Sarah Elizabeth, of Lynn, from Ramsgate, went on shore on the rocks, near Flamborough Light house, this morning. Coax. Jusa 7.—Arrd. Malvina, Alexander, Jamaica. PADSTOWE JUNE 9.—The Matilda. Birch, of Arundel, having sprung a leak, hai put in here in a sinking state. MARKET NE WS- ( YESTERD AY.) S.rT I%t t7~ZT~TL SMITHFIXI.D.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; Clover data. 41 4s to 51 15s; Oat Straw, 11 85 to 11 lOs; Wheat Straw, 1110 s to 1112 s per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices. CUMBEELAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 41 4s • Clover ditto, 41 ito to Si 15s ; Oat Straw, 13s to 1110 s; Wheat S traw, 11 !es to 11 120 per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. WHITECKAPS.L.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; Clover ditto, 41.43 to 16s ' • Oat Straw, 11 8s to 11 101 ; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 1 25 per load. Supply good, and trade very dull. IakILiaILMTS. Of stock HAILSHILM, JuNE 10.—We had very moderate suppllear —„, 3, °u to sale, and which moved off steadily as follows :—Beef, flo es 4, to 48 2d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d; Teal, 4s 6d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. 3s 6d t° ARIINDEL, Julyz 9.—Beef, from 2 s 10d t o 4 5 ; M u ttOTh pe r 4s 6d ; Lamb, 5s to ssi• ; Veal, 4s to 4 s 6d ; an d Po r k 45 to 40 6 u -• Bibs. A moderate supply, and a heavy demand. at fO ll CRICHEsTER, JUNE 10.—Frime stock was in fair request prices; otherwise the demand ru ed heay. Beef, from 3tt to 48 2d: Mutton, Is 4d to 4s 4d ; La m b, 5 8 to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4•s to 4s 8 d and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d p ar Bib s. S uckl i ng Calves, 18s to .28s 1 Quar ter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 185; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf ' 161 to 19/ each. 8011TIIALL, JurrE 10.—We bad an average supply of fat stack on sale to-day, while the general demand was steady, at Hill price , . Beef from 2s 8d to 48 ; Mutton, Is 2d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, bs to 6s ; Veal, 3s 10d to 48 8d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s bd per Sibs to sink tnn offal. ROMFORD, JUNE 10.—Trime Sheep and Lambs cot= nanded a ready sale, at fully last week's quotations. All other kinds of stock hung on hand :—Beef from 2s 6d to 45, Mutton, 3s 4d. to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s 2d to 6s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 4a 8d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per bibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 29s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16a to 19s ; and Milch Cows,.with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each. 2iTEWG.WrE AND I.3laDZNBaiaa. Prime Mutton, Lamb, and Veal moved off steadily, at full prices. Otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, iron t2s 6d. to 3s. Gd. ; Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s. ; Lamb, ss. to 6s. 2d. ; Veal, 3s. I‘d, to 4e. 10d.; and Pork, 3s. Gd. to 4s. 10d. per 81bs. by the care ase. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN 'or the Week ended June 6, 11546, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. MARRIED. On the 9th inst., at St. Pancras, by the Rev. Mr. Beames, John Potter, Esq., of Walsall, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the Rey. John Hasloch, of Kentish Town. DIED. On the 7th inst., in Marsh-street, Walthamstow, Mrs. Harriet Ann Sorrell, aged 47. On the sth inst., at Tempsford Hall, Bedfordshire, Harriet Amelia relict of the late J. Wade, Esq. On the sth lust., Robins, the wife of Mr. R. Hurley, of Exton, Hants, aged 24. On the 7th inst., Augusta, second daughter of George J. A. Walker, Esq., of Norton, Worcester. On the tith inst., Mr. J. Duppa, of Oxford-street, aged 79. On the 11th inst., at Royal Crescent, Notting-hill, Mrs. Elston. Loudon: rrluten and Publish,cl by 3 Ulll/0 YOUNG, of Na. 112, Strand, Printer, at The gun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the tilivroy. is the County 91 - Zdiddlelea, Friday, June 12, 1846.