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ict re' 'eters . latest cures, er 100 3ritisb Lod d here t came an re. ly 9. za, 1. We !s ter" vr° rcrugh‘ lo TW° aslr," tha , vit for the JJg' amendment- prOPOtnd foist "1 he stood alone he weula divide against it. Mr. MACKINNON thought the Hoc. Alderman mis tuiderstool the clause, which was really one of a most humane character. After a few words from Mr. SEYMER, The amendment was agreed to, as were some altera tions to other clauses. The Lords' amendment to clause 30, was disagreed to. On clause 37 being put, Lord MORPETH said he was prepared to assent to the amendment of the Lords, so far as it went, to make the removal of the surveyors to local boards subject to the approval of the general board. With re ference to the inspector of nuisances, that was an inferior office, and he should not raise any difficulty. Mr. SPOONER objected to the local boards being thus crampted in referents to their control over their officers. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, ho could sup pose cases in which this provision would operate as fa , vourably for the local boards as for the surveyors. Captain PECHELL thought this amendment was an unwarrantable attack upon the principle of local govern ment. Mr. BIWTHERTON and Mr. Hunt supported the Lords' amendment. Sir W. CLAY thought that as a general rule they were bound to maintain the principle of local govern ment; and he did not think that a sufficient case had been made 'out for thin amendment. Mr. C. P. VILLIERS thought that this was only a proper and wholesome control. Mr. MUNTZ said, they ought to take care to prevent collision between the local and central boards. What could be more calculated to do this than adopting this amendment? He objected to an increase of centralize 'lion. If the ratepayers were not able to manage these matters they had better transfer all such powers to the central board. Mr. BROTHERTON believed the clause was neces sary to enable the surveyor to perform his duty pro perly. Mr. FORSTER contended that public opinion had never prevented local jobbing, and that therefore some such clause as this was necessary. Captain PECHELL complained that the Noble Lord was now advocating all those obnoxious principles which be had given up-on the first introduction of the Bill. Mr. MACKINNON hoped the Noble Lord would be induced to give up his amended clause. No central board would ever dismiss a surveyor improperly. Mr. BROCKLEHURST thought those who appointed *the surveyor Should have the power of dismissal. Sir W..CLAY opposed the amended clause. Mr. E.WART opposed the proposal, because it in volved a divided responsibility. Ile believed that they ought not to interfere with local self-government. Mr. URQUHART appealed to the sense of justice of the Noble Lord not to withdraw half the boon which he had on a former occasion granted, because he had vow the support of the House of Lords. He called upon the House not to reverse the decision which it bad already come to on this principle. Mr. HENLEY was surprised to hear liberal Members expressing sueh extraordinary distrust of popularly elected bodies. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the Lords' amendments merely intended to guard against the im proper removal of surveyors; that would be guarded against by the introduction of the words " subject never theless, in case of the removal of the surveyor, to the control of the central board." Lord MORPETH reminded the Committee that the town of Liverpool had in a Bill, which they themselves had introduced, provided that the surveyor should not be removed without the authority of the central board. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the Com mittee divided, when there appeared — For the motion Against it Majority for the Lords' amendment-20 On the amendment of the Lords to clause 40, which gave the power of appointing the officer of health to the central board, Lord MORPETH proposed that the amendment should be disagreed to. After a few words from Mr. NEWDEG ATE the mo tion was agreed to. Lord MORPETH moved that the Lords' amend ments to clause 41, giving the general board power to fix the scale on which maps are to be drawn, should be agreed to. Mr. - HENLEY thought the effect of such amendment would be that there would be no maps at all. Mr P. HOWARD supported the Lords' amendments. The mOtion was then agreed to. The Lords' amendments to clauses 43 and 44 were then agreed to. Lord MORPETH proposed to disagree to that por tion of the Lords' amendments in clause 45 which im posed penalties on the local boards. The motion was agreed to. The amendments to clauses 46, 47, 48, and 49 were agreed to. Lord MORPETH was compelled to propose that they should disagree to that portion of the Lords' amend ments..which went to limit the extension of the provi sions of the Bill to towns with 5,000 inhabitants instead of to towns with 2,000 inhabitants, as originally pro posed; also, to that portion which gave to a clear majo rity of the ratepayers the right of deciding thot the town should come under the provisions of the Bill, in stead of requiring, as was originally proposed, &majority of three-fifths. These alterations were contrary to the privileges'ol the House of Commons, and, therefore, he _proposed that they should be disagreed to. The amendments were then disagreed to. Lord MORPETH called the attention of the House to the amendment made by the Lords with respect to the expense of cleansing drains. In the clause, as it origi saally stood, the expense might be charged either to the district or to the individual. The amendment made by , the Lords gave no alternative, and he therefore proposed that it be disagreed with. Amendment accordingly disagreed with. Lord MORPETH proposed to acquiesce in the amend ment of the Lords which restored the " smoke clause." _lt had been framed with exceptions to particular trades, and he believed the adoption of it would be attended with signal benefit. Mr. SPOONER moved the insertion of the words '" ironworks and collieries." Lord MORPETH had no objection to insert the words '" ironworks," but objected to except collieries. Mr. BRIGHT opposed the clause, and contended that it would only render their legislation ridiculous. It would be impossible to obtain convictions under such a obtuse. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL admitted that the 'clause contained inconsistencies, and would lead to diffi culties. If his Noble Friend would take his advice, he would not press it.—(A laugh.) Mr. MACKINNON contended that Mr. Bright was not a fair witness in this case, for if the clause was agreed to, he, like other manufacturers, would be put to some expense in providing furnaces hich would con sume their own smoke. If the smoke nuisance was al lowed to go on unchecked, the atmosphere in the large manufacturing towns would be unbearable. He did not say that this clause was pertect, but it might be amended. The Committee which sat on the subject four years ago, and which was partly 'composed of some of the most respectable manufacturers, came to the conclusion that a Bill, should be introduced to prohibit smoke from fur naces and steam-engines. He would appeal to the Hon. Gentleman opposite whether the local Bill for the pre vention of smoke had, or had not, a beneficial effect in '' - "Manchester? e After.a few words from Mr. BRIGHT, in explanation, Mr:DRUMMOND said there was a good deal of mock ' philosophy in such legislation as that proposed. Mr. 1?. HOWARD said that it was a tribute which cenvonience must pay to the national wealth to submit to what it was proposed to remedy, and he did not believe ' it was possible to adopt the clauses in the manufacturing towns. Viscount MORPETH said he believed his Hen. Friend who had just sat down represented the tallest chimney in England—(Hear, and laughter)—but they who in that House looked upon the question from a point at which they did not dwell under its immediate shadow, ' would perhaps consider it more impartially. After what his Hon. and Learned Friend the Attorney-General had said with respect to the clause, he would not press its . adoption, as it was his wish not to put anything into the Bill which might be supposed unnecessary, a course which might frustrate its object.—(Hear.) But, being fully alive to what was called " the smoke nuisance," be avowed himself prepared to support any measure which might be hereafter introduced which had a prospect of abating that nuisance. After a few words from Mr. MACGREGOR, Mr. MUNTZ said he had never known any practical schenap introduced for the prevention of smoke, except the'extedsion of boiler room. • Affir a few words from Mr. ElvenT and Mr. Mlc- KINNON; the clause was withdrawn. -- The verbal amendments to clauses 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, and 67 were understood to be agreed to, after a short discussion. The amendments up to clause 80 were also considered, and some agreed to and some negatived. A discussion arose on a proviso added to clause 80, with respect to interments in towns, by which persons • having family vaults in churches were exempted. ••• Mr. Henley opposed the proviso, as did also Mr. Hume and Mr. Mackinnon. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL agreed that there was'a good deal of reason in the objections made to the proviso. Colonel SIBTHORP supported the proviso, and thought it would be an unwarrantable interference with the private rights to have it otherwise. Ho would ask the Hon. Member below him (Mr. Mackinnon) how he .; , would like to be deprived of t he p rivile g e of burial in ••• , his' enafly vault, or in any vault which might have been purchased by an ancestor in a church? , MACKINNON said it had been proved that no ts, thing could prevent unhealthy exhalations from arising sea;; in oases of interments within towns and in vaults; I, and, for his own part he would rather be buried in the middle of the highway than let the maintenance of any supposed right of his be prejudicial to the health of any congregation or community.—(Hear, hear.) Colonel SIBTHORP said, so would ho also— (Laughter; and " Ilear")—for his anxiety for the public health was as great as that of his Hon. Friend. But he conceived his lion. Friend's argument was most absurd. —(Laughter.) It was too late to shut the stable door when the steed was stolen, and that was the case in the present instance.—(Laughter.) For his part he should say, that where his fathers lay there would he lie, be the penalty what it might.—(A laugh.) Yes, he would.—(Renewed laughter.) The amendment of the Lords was then struck out. In clause 85, the amendment of the Lords was re jected, the words " general board of health" having been struck out. Clause 119, which relates to the power to be given to the general board over contracts, having been put, Lord MOIWETLI proposed that the general board should have a control over those contracts only v,hicl amounted to 500 L, and that they should not have a CON trol, as proposed by th Lords, over contracts which only amounted to 1001. Mr. HENLEY objecte 1 to the clause ait)gcther. believed that the proposed arrangement would cams. grea t inconvenience to p trtivs in country districts, l)) compelling them to CADe up to London with their plans and estimates. He shell' I, therefore, move the omission of the clause. Mr. M. GIBSON said he did not think it would 13.(e desirable to submit all the details of plans and estimates to the general board. Mr. MUNTZ thought the clause ought to be re jected altogether. It pi ared to him that the control over contracts might fo Eafely left to the ratepayers, who would have to pay all the expenses incurred under the Bill. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For the clause Against it Majority against the clause —s The clause was therefore struck out of the Bill. Clause 127 having been put, Lord MORPETH said that under the clause as it had before passed in that House the accounts in corporat , towns were to be audited by the corporate body, and by the poor-law auditors in towns which had no corpora tions. But by an amendment carried in the House of Lords, the poor-law auditors would audit the accounts in all cases. Now, it appeared to him that in corporate towns the proper auditor would be the auditor of the corporation; and he therefore proposed that the amend ment of the Lords with respect to auditing the accounts in those towns should be rejected. Tho amendment in question was accordingly struck out. The remaining clauses were then gone through, some verbal alterations having been made in the Lords' amend ments. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved certain amend ments in clause 10. The clause as amended was then agreed to. The Lords' amendments were then brought up, some of which were agreed to, and managers appointed to meet their Lordships in conference as to the remainder. MESSAGE FROM TIIE LORDS. A message from the Lords informed the House that their Lordships had agreed to the following Bills: — Amendments to Sale of Beer—Huddersfield Improve ment (No. 2)—Richmond and Reeth Road, without amendment—West of England and South Wales Land Draining Company Incorporation, with amendments. SUPPLY.—REVISION OF TAXATION. Oa the order of the day fur going into Committee of Supply, Mr. E WART rose to move, " That it is expedient that there be a revision of our present system of taxa tion; especially with a view to extend the commerce of the country, and to increase the employment and com forts of the people." While he was anxious to guard himself against the imputation of desiring to propose any great change in the present system of indirect taxa tion, he still could not conceal from himself that it pressed with undue severity on the labour and industry of the country; and he thought it worth considering whether they could not further extend the enlightened principles already introduced into the taxation of the country, which, notwithstanding all that had been done, was still a mighty maze, and yet without a plan. The Chancellor of the Exchequer could not confer a greater benefit on the country than by reducing this undigested mass into order. What had they been doing during the present !session ? They had been devoting themselves to a kind of strenuous idle ness. At what time, he asked, had the people of this country deserved so much of their care ? While foreign nations had been agitated by the most de structive tempests of revolution they had stood firm, and this they owed to the good sense and stability of the people ; and they were more peculiarly called upon to devise measures for the extension of the commerce of the country at a moment like the present, in conse quence of the unfortunate circumstances which had to so great an extent limited our trade with the continent of Europe ; and the only way to accomplish this was to extend our commercial relations with China and the United States. Perhaps one of the first reforms called for was a reduction of the duties on tea and tobacco, both of which fell with an aggravated pressure on the poor. It had been proved before a Committee of that House that the duty on tea operated as a duty on our own manufactures; and though no one would deny tobacco to be a fit subject for taxation, yet it was a question whether the amount of duty did not operate as a check on consumption, while it certainly favoured the rich at the expense of the poor, who consumed 15-16ths of the quantity imported. He believed it had been proved in evidence before a Committee of that House, that by re ducing the rate of duty this country might become the tobacco depot of Europe. lie would not, on the present occasion, allude to the wine duties, for the unfortunate circumstances which had lately occurred in France pre cluded the hope of effecting any improved arrangements with respect to that article of import for some time to come. Then, with regard to the customs, they had lately reduced the duties on some hundred articles of import, and the question was whether this would not enable them to effect reductions in this department, as they had already effected in the excise department. In the latter many improvements had undoubtedly been made; but he urged them still to proceed onward iu so useful a course of legislation. He begged to call their attention to the great benefit conferred on the country by the repeal of the glass duties, to which the general use of plate-glass, at the present time, bore testimony. Why should they not continue to pursue the same course? In connexion with the pre sent sanitary reform, he could • conceive no article on which a reduction of duty would operate more benefi• cially than - soap. The Excise regulations caused a con stant interference with trade, prevented its extension, and checked improvement. He believed that in the soap trade no improvement had taken place for forty years. Another burden which called for revision was the paper duty, which was a tax both on an implement of business and an implement of instruction. Could there be a worse tax in principle than this? The effect of it was, that scarcely any paper was exported. Another hos tile tax to improvement was the duty on bricks; for, as in the case of soap, spoiled bricks paid duty as well as saleable ones, and the tax, therefore, in both instances, operated as a discouragement to the exercise of inge • nuity in their manufacture. In the United States the duty on bricks was only 12s. fid. per 1,000, whilst the duty in this country was 245., or nearly double. In France, too, he believed the bricks used by the poor paid no duty. In fact, Mr. Pitt, who first proposed it, a d m itt e d it to be a mostimpolitic tax unless under special circumstances. He suggested the commutation and equalization of taxes. The window duty for instance, he suggested, might be commuted, even though it could not be abo- I lished. He next referred to insurance duties, which might well be reduced. There was also the advertise ment duty, which might properly be replaced by another, as it interfered with trade and commerce. As to the burdens on land, the report of the House of Lords showed how the stamp duties pressed upon the poor man, who paid higher on the transfer of land than the rich man did. The stamp duties ou settlements was unfair, as they pressed upon one class, and did not touch upon another. Landed property was excluded from probate and legacy duties. —(Hear.) He thought that the attention of his Right Hon. Friend should be directed to the subject during the recess. What he wanted was an inquiry during the recess.—(Hear.) The tea duty might be reduced, and the difference might be replaced by a moderate direct tax—he thought, too, an inquiry might be made as to the difference between income and property, so as that the Right lion. Gentleman might sea whether a distinc tion in taxation could not be made in them. It was to be remembered that by direct taxation much money might be saved in the cost of collection. What lie wanted was a revision of the system of taxation, and that this should, in the words of his motion, be done with a view of increasing the commerce, and increasing the employment and comforts of the people. Mr. HUME seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he was invited by his Hon. Friend to do that which it was his duty to do—that was to look to the system of taxation, to see what could be done with a view of in creasing the commerce, and increasing the comforts of the people. At the same time, he was not prepared to go so far as his Hon. Friend, nor to impose a large burden in the shape of direct taxation.—(Hear, hear.) Of late years the principles of his Hon. Friend had been carried out to a large extent; and to the revision ' of the system of taxation so far as it had gone, he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer):had given his unqualified support. But on the present occasion his Hon. Friend had made no tangible proposition on the subject, and at this time of the session, and at this hour of the night (half-past eleven), he thought he should not be consult • fiag :tile convenience or the wishes of the House, if; whilst admitting there were many inequ a liti es i n the existing system, ho went into a lengthened discussion upon thesubject.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME said the inequalities of the pr esen t sys tem of taxation were most unjust; for whilst they bore lightly on the rich they pressed heavily on the poor. It' the Chancellor of the Exchequer deferred any alte ration until he, had money enough to afford to do so, that result would never take place.—(Loud laughter.) Hitherto, exactly in proportion as taxation had in creased the public expenditure had been augmented, and so it would continue until Parliament did its duty and put a stop to the extravagance of Government, and car ried out those reforms which the country required. Dr. BOWRING regretted that Mr. Ewart had not introduced his motion at an earlier period of the session. There was no doubt whatever that the whole system of taxation should be revised; and he trusted that dis cussions on the subject in this House would be followed by a great reform, and that a financial system would hereafter be adopted, based upon a wise and judicious policy. Mr. COBDEN, whilst concurring with Mr. Ewart in the object of his motion, suggested that it would not be necessary to divide the House on the present occasion. lie thought it was rather too late in the session to ho p e for any good practical result from persevering with it. After a few words from Mr. EWART, the motion wa s withdrawn. SUPPLY. Mr. lIUME, before the Right Hon. Gentleman left the chair, wished to know what estimates were to be taken to-night? Ho understood that the votes for the navy were to come on on Wednesday next. He con sidered that these estimates ought not to be voted until the report of the Committee and the evidence upon which that report was founded should be in the hands of H. , l]. Members. Lord J. RUSSELL did not think that the Hon. Gentleman had adduced any sufficient reason to induce the House to depart from the usual course. The evidence was not yet printed. That evidence was very volumuious, and some time must elapse before it could be in the hands of Members. Ho thought the better course would be to take some of the estimates to-night, !ICI on Wednesday his Right lion. Friend would state chat was the view which the Governmtmt took of the 'eport. The report was most ably drawn up and went 'oily into the question, and on Wednesday the Govern ,_vent would state their views of the subject; but as those 'climates had been before the House since February. 'se hoped that they might be permitted to take some of ',he votes to-night. Mr. COBDEN supported the appeal V tbe Honourable \lembt r for Montrose on this subject. He had himself sat on that Committee for four months ; and he thought ,t was important that the Members of the House should o the result of their labours, more especially seeing that a Gallant Admiral opposite, the only Member of the House present at the proceedings of that Committee who was not at the same time a member of the Com mittee itself, had thought proper to accuse the members ~f the Committee of incompetency, want of judgment, and partiality. He should, therefore, wish Hon. Mem bers to see the evidence taken before the Committee, more particularly the evidence of the Hon. and Gallant Admiral himself, before they voted the navy estimates. There was something absurd, after having waited from February until August in order to obtain evidence as to the necessity of these estimates, in prcceeding now to vote them without that evidence being in the hands of Members. Indeed, the country would be justified in suspecting some mystery or evasion, if the , were now to proceed to vote away money without having read the evidence. It would not take a vast deal of time to master the contents of the volume ; for, of course, each Hon. Member would dissect and apply himself to that portion in which he felt most interested. He would put it to the Noble Lord whether it would be right to proceed without this evidence? It was now ten minutes to twelve o'clock, and the lateness of the hour was sufficient to justify him in asking for the postpone ment of the estimates to-night. Mr. CORRY could not see why they should not pro ceed to discuss the estimates without waiting for the report, the recommendations of which were almost all prospective. The estimates on the table would not be affected by it ; but next year, when the report and evidence would be in the hands of Hon. Members, the House and the Government could discuss the subject in ex(enso. Mr. F. MAULE said that, in addition to the evidence, there were several important documents which ought to be in the hands of Members before they could understand the report—the full and ample report—which had been drawn up by Ida Noble Friend. Dr. BO W RING wished to know whether the evidence had not been printed for the use of the Committee ? If so it was already in type, and it became a mere question of distribution. Mr. HUME said it was now twelve o'clock, and there fore they could not go into Committee of Supply to night, but he should certainly object to voting the in crease of 15,000 men which had taken place in the navy during the last three years, until the evidence had been adduced to show on what grounds that increase had taken place, and he thought he should be able to convince the country that the whole increase had arisen from ground less alarm. . Lord J. RUSSELL would not persist in moving for the Committee of Supply, as the Hon. Member for Montrose and the Hon. Member for the West Riding objected to it. On Wednesday, when they went into Committee of Supply, his lion. Friend would state his views on the report of the Committee. Mr. lIU ME—The day after to. morrow. Lord J. RUSSELL—Yes; at five o'clock. The motion was then withdrawn. The Criminal Law Amendment Bill was read a second time. The Register of Sasines (Scotland) Bill was read a second time. SUPPLY—REPORT. The Report of the Committee . of Supply was then brought up. The report on the Turnpike Roads (Ireland) Bill was brought up and received. The Canada Government Bill passed through Com mittee. The Money Order Department (Post-office) Bill was read a second time. The Fisheries (Ireland) Bill passed through Com mittee. The Proclamations on Fines (Court of Common Pleas) Bill went through Committee. The Churches' Bill was committed, and ordered to be reported. Sir G. GREY stated, in reply to a question from Mr. Hume, that it was merely a Bill to continue the Act for Building Churches. On the motion of Mr. FOSTER, returns of the num ber of Bills submitted to the Central Criminal Court and the Middlesex sessions in 1845, 1846, and 1847, were ordered. Mr. HUME moved for returns connected with the course of instruction at the several military and naval schools of the kingdom ; together with lists of books, libraries, and accommodation generally afforded for the instruction of soldiers, and an account of the arrange ments made for the practice of officers and men in the scientific branches of the military profession. Mr. F. MAULE said as the whole question was to be inquired into during the next session, he trusted the mo tion would not be persevered in. Mr. lIUME, upon that understanding, consented to withdraw the motion. Mr. SPOONER obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to the removal of the poor, which was read a first time. Lord MORPETU brought in a Bill to amend the Commons Enclosure Act, which was read a first time. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL obtained leave to bring in a Bill for abolishing certain offices in the Petty Bag in the High Court of Chancery, and for regulating the practice of the common law part of that Court, which was read a first time. .. ..., ......_ .......„ The House then adjourned at a Quarter to One o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, ♦UO. 7. PUBLIC HEALTH BILL. Order for Consideration of Lords' Amendments read; Amendments to be considered in a Committee of the whole House; considered in Committee:—(ln the Committee.) Clause 37, page 23, printed Bill, Amendment proposed by the Lords to insert the words " subject nevertheless, in the case of the Surveyor and Inspector of Nuisances, to the ap proval of the General Board of Health :"—Amendment amended, by inserting after the word " case," the words " of the removal,"..and leaving out the words " and Inspector of Nuisances ."—Motio❑ made and Question put, " That the Amendment, as amended, be agreed to." The Committee divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 55. Abdy, T. N. Henry, Alexander Robinson, G. R. Adair, It. Shaft() Heywood, James Russell, Lord John Armstrong, Sir A. Hobhouse, T. B. Russell, F. C. Barnard, E. G. Hood, Sir Alexander Sandars, George Bellew, it. M. Hume, J. Seyiner, IL K. Illackall, S. W. Jervis, Sir John Sheil, R. L. Boyle, Colonel Mackinnon, W.:A. Smith, J. B.' Brotherton, J. Maule, Fox Somerville, Sir W. Brown, W. Mitchell, A. T. Thornely, Thomas Campbell, W. F. motratt, George Townshend. Captain Hinnies, Admiral Monsell, William Vane, Lord 11. Dunne, F. I'. Morpeth, Viscount Villiers, Charles Elliot, John E. Morison, Sir W. Wilson, James Ferguson, Sir R. O'Connell, M. J. Wood, Sir Charles Forster, Matthew Paget, Lord A. Wood, W. P. Fox, W. J. Parker, John French, F. Perfect, Robert Gibson, T. M. Polo, S amuel TELLERS. Grey, Sir George Pinney, W. 11111, Lord Marcus Hamilton, G.A. Price, Sir Robert Ebrington, Viscount MINORITY-NOES, 35. E j: iiie w l al id a i lyt r dr t a: , r, j ) ds V 7 i ri l t. l le i . vast:. C. H . Slvc Stuart,lai , o i l d ef l : e g. l to , o l r ,il , l •D ' i l i 1 . 1 .1 a s n: Anstey, T. C. . 1 1 , 1 e r e n i t i i d n a e l k l ~ C L a o p r t d a in Q. Fitzroy, Henry Sidney,T.Alderinau Bright, John Henley, J. W. Stuart, IL Brocklehurst, J. llerries, J. C. Thompson, Colonol Carew, W. P• Urquhart, David Christy, Samuel Howard, P. IF. Vyse, It 11. Clay, James Clay, Sir W. Marshall, J. G. Williams, John Cubittt, William Muntz, G F. Drummond, Henry Napier, Joseph Duckworth,: Sir J. Newdegate, C. N. Duneuft, Juhn Mee, E. It. TELLERS. Spooner, Richard Pechell,.Captain Clause 119, page 62, printed Bill (Local Boards not to execute certain contracts without notice, nor until an esti mate and a plan shall have been deposited for inspection) amended : Motion made and Question put, ‘• T o agree with the Lords in the said Clause, as amended." The Com mittee divided: — MINORITY —AYES, 47. Abdy, Thomas N. Greufel , Charles W. Patten, J. W. Armstrong, Sir A. Grey, Sir G. Pete, Samuel Bellew, It. 31. Grosvenor, Earl Power, Dr. Berkeley, Captain llayter, W. G. Price, Sir Robert Berkeley, 11. F. llohhouse, Sir John Rich, Henry Blackall, S. W. Jervis, Sir John Sheil, R. L. Bowles, Admiral Labouchere, Henry Somerville, Sir W. Brotherten, J. Lewis, G. C. Thompson, Colonel Buller, Charles 31ackiunon, W. Townshend, Captain Cowper, W. F. 3latheson, A. Ward, H. G. Craig, W. G. Maule, Fox Wilson, James Dundas, Admiral Monsell, William Wilson, Matthew Ebrington, Lord Morpeth, Viscount Wood, Sir Charles Forster, Mathew O'Connell, M. J. Fox, It. 31. Ogle, S. C. TELLERS. Glyn, G. C. Paget, Lord Clarence Tufnell, Henry Goddard, A. L. Parker, John Hill, Lord 31. MAJORITY-NOES, 52. Anderson, Arthur . Fitzgerald, W. R. Moffatt, George Anstey, Thomas C. Fitzroy, Henry Mowatt, Francis Arkwright, George Fox, W. J. Napier, Joseph I3enbow, Joint Gibson, T. M. Newdegate, C. N. Bentinek, Lord G. Hardcastle, J. A. Palmer, Robert Bright, J ohn thistle, Alexander Perfect, R. 13roadley, Henry Ileadlarn, T. E. Rice, F.R. Brocklehurst, John Heald, James Seymer, 11. K. Banbury, E. H. Henley, J. W. Sidney, Alderman Christy, Samuel Heywood, James Tancred, H. W. Clay, James Hood, Sir A. Thornely, T. Clay, Sir W. Hume, Joseph Urquhart, David Cobden, Richard • Kershaw, James Williams, John Conolly, Colonel Lowther, Colonel Willoughby, Sir 11. Drummond, Henry Marshall, J. ,G. Duncuft, Joint Masterman, John Evans, Sir De Lacy Matheson, Colonel Ewart, William Maunsell, T. B . Fagan, William Mitchell, T. A TELLERS. Muntz, G. F. Spooner, Richard NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, SALFORD. — This church is announced to be opened and dedicated to morrow, on which occasion the Right Rev. Dr. Wiseman will preach. This building is the largest that has been erected for religious purposes in Manchester since the Reformation. The whole is of stone; and the tower, which is 240 feet high, is in the centre. The whole length is 200 feet, breadth in transcept 130 feet. There are five altars. The church stands in Chapel-street, Salford, which is the chief entrance from that direction into Manchester. Nine Roman Catholic bishops, and all the clergy i❑ the northern district, aro expected to be present. The whole of the interior arrangements aro temporary, but they are on a most magnificent scale. A seizure of pikes was made at Manchester on Saturday, by the police, at a place where the manufac turers had taken them to be ground. It is believed that they were not intended for a local market, but were des tined for Ireland. The two men in whose possession they were found were set at liberty this day on their own recognizances. IRELAND. THE ARREST OF SMITH O'BRIEN (LATEST PARTICULARS.) DurtuN, MONDAY MORNING.—The following is an authentic version of the simple incidents attending tha arrest. About half an hour previous to the starting of the train on Saturday, Mr. O'Brien asked one of the guards the way to the place where the tickets are procured. The guard, whose name is Hulme, and who is a fine young fellow, an English man, who served some time in the Manchester police force, satisfied Mr. O'Brien's inquiries, and at the same moment recognised him. Ilulme could not leave his post, but he dispatched a soldier to the bar racks with a verbal message that Smith O'Brien was within reach. The soldier on his way to the bar• racks met head-constable Hanover, who is one of a body of country detectives, and apprised him that Smith O'Brien was at the railway terminus. Ha nover said, " You don't say so—nonsense!—how ever I have a warrant for him." Hulme pointed out the person of O'Brien, who was immediately ar rested. O'BRIEN AFTER HIS ARREST. We have received some particulars of the appear ance and conduct of Mr. O'Brien at the time of his arrest. t his feetlse gtaool all was appearance to take He was dressed in a su i t o f bl ac k , not apparent l y soiled or disordered. O ne of his f i rst acts on reach nig o b ff ein h g is shoes and e s l t l o e c n k f in ro g in s, walking. He looked emaciated. The expression of his eye was wild, and that of a man who had been subject to very great excitement. Beyond an appearance of utter prostration of mind and body, which might be the natural result of what he has gone through, there was nothing either in his appearance or speech to warrant the popular opinion that he has been for some time insane. To all questions put to him as to where he had been, and what were his intentions, and so on, he gave the most consistent answers, but, at the same time, with the manner of a man so suffering from excitement that his intellect was un strung. He inquired 'most affectionately after Meagher, Dillon, and his other companions. He was under the impression that it was Dillon, and not young Stephens, of Kilkenny, who had been shot in the thigh at Ballingarry. He asked for tea. He was treated with considerable attention, but with a due regard to the awful stake he had at issue. When they were about to bring in a sofa to the room where he was, he declined to have it, and said he would sleep on it in another room adjoining. O'Brien said he had felt it impossible to hold out any longer, as all his friends had forsaken him. He said, " I was promised the support of a nation, to drive the English from the country." He added that he had been induced to leave his retreat in the hills, because the farther he went the more the peo ple seemed to fear to harbour - him, or hold any com munication with him. When asked the localities in which he had been, he seemed utterly ignorant of their names, and seemed surprised that the authorities should know them. His whole demeanour was that of a man jaded and prostrate. His expression, that of indescribable despair. A NOTHER ARREST IN DUBLIN . y, of G, North Earl e, and a n a ti ve o f Tipperary, was arrested. lie had been in correspond strTeehti,sansloturdnienngt ence with Smith O'Brien's party. i n ' t ra T nc r i i s nit l y ie c nl n e lleg MORE ARRESTS. John Lawless, secretary to a club at Sanelymount, and Francis Henley, of North Earl-street, an officer in one of the late clubs, were arrested yesterday for treasonable practices. Mr. Lalor s brother was discharged from Nenagh gaol on Saturday. Several additional arrests are announced from the country. The following communications are extracted from the Freeman and Saunders' papers, published this morning : (From Maunders's News Letter.) NENAGH, SUNDAY EVBNING, EIGHT A.M. The news of the arrest of Smith O'Brien was brought to this town at five o'clock in the morning by a sergeant of police, and excited much interest. The country people could not at first believe that the fact was true, but the statement was confirmed dur ing the day. The mode of his arrest is no doubt better known from your correspondent in Thurles, but the letter conveying the news of his capture here states that O'Brien was arrested by the guard on the railway at Thurles, while on his way up to Dublin in the evening train. It seems a strange piece of mad ness to have attempted escape by the way of Dublin, where O'Brien was so well known. From persons well acquainted with the views of the insurgents, I understand that the rising would not have taken place so soon but for the advice of Doheny. He it was who became so elated by the meeting of the peasantry at Slievenamon, that he declared the whole of the south and west would rise if O'Brien gave the word ; and acting upon this, the latter, after leaving Carrick-on-Suir and arriving at Cashel, adopted the advice of Doheny. It is my opinion that Doheny cannot avoid the pursuit after him for many days. His person is well known, and the want of funds will also operate against his movements. On the other hand, however, it is to be considered that he is intimately acquainted with the mountain fastnesses, and the withdrawal of the small stations of police is also a circumstance in his favour. That he was at a place called Hollyford, in the direction of Cappaghwhite, on Thursday, is certain, for a tailor was employed by him to make friene coats for him and some of the other leaders, and the police and military that started from this for the Keeper Mountain were close on his track. A threatening letter of a most atrocious nature was received by the Roman Catholic clergyman of Ros crea, on Friday, threatening him with death if he did not join the people in their struggle. A curious circumstance took place here yesterday. A respectable gentleman was asked to convey a letter to one of the state prisoners in the gaol who is charged with treason. H e was given to understand that it only contained money for his use, but on its being opened by the authorities, besides the money, there was a statement by the writer that had the arrest of the prisoner taken place half an hour later a powerful body of pike men would have been collected in time to effect a rescue. The best spirit animates the soldiery and police, and the closest inquiry leaves no d oubt of the utter falsehood of the statements so indus them cou i no e depended on. I have been speaking to a gentleman who was pre ,Brien. He got * sent at the arrest of I\lr. Smit h O into the train at the Dundruai station, and was recognised by the guard, who said nothin g until he was in Thurles. There the arrest was made, and Mr. O'Brien sent off in custody of Mr. F i tzmaurice, R.M., Mr. Bracken, of the constabulary, and a large force. A troop of the Royal Dragoons, at two o'clock this day, received a sudden route for Limerick, and have left. Disturbances are expected at Limerick. The mails from Limerick to Tralee up and down are said to have been stopped and rifled of all the letters. CLONMEL, SATURDAY EVENING. The excitement caused yesterday evening by the arrest of Dr. Ryan, of Carrick-on-Suir, and Mr. O'Ryan, has already subsided—the immense body of military and police, numbering at least 500, together with the forlorn and deplorable appearance of the unfortunate prisoners, struck terror into the hearts of the clubbists and their sympathisers, and doubtless made them feel very small. Two companies of the 3d Buffs, two companies of the 83d Regiment, and two troops 4th Light Dra goons, being the Carrick portion of the escort, left this morning to return to their camp quarters. They had directions to divide themselves and pro ceed round Slievenamon Mountain, where, it is said, the insurgents are posted in almost inaccessible posi tions, having barricaded the passes leading thereto, and that there they remain awaiting and defying attack. Mr. O'Ryan, above mentioned, was arrested in that neighbourhood, and brought into Carrick gaol, whence he was removed to Clonmel owing to an attempted rescue. The chapel bells rung for hours, and collected together a vast number of people, who kept under were with difficulty the troops. The authorities ordered the bells to be taken down, and they were removed this morning into their keeping. Doheny is reported to have had a narrow escape in this neighbourhood last night, having time only to tumble out of a back window as a body of police were approaching the door of the house in which he was located. The military and constabulary are undergoing excessive fatigue ; of the latter force, not one in ten has had a regular night's rest since the excitement commenced. On heavy guard duty by day, and patrolling in all directions, under all weathers, by night, they are going through great hardship. Their admirable discipline and steady conduct is worthy of all praise. A number of persons here were lately notified that their services as special constables would be required by the local authorities—several neglected or declined to come forward, and are summoned to appear be fore the magistrates on next Wednesday to account for themselves. They can be fined in the sum of 51. each. A constable told me to-day that a vast quantity of pikes had been found within the past week in Carrick on-Suir. Yesterday a number were taken by the police and destroyed in the open street. Altogether; not less than ten horse loads have been captured. - A pike was found in the house of Mr. James O'Donnell, of Ballyboe, of whose arrest I informed you before. NINE O'CLOCK. A gentleman just returned from Templemore, via Thurles and Cashel, who has been travelling for the last three days in his own gig, describes the country through which he passed as perfectly peaceable. There rare .1,700 men in the camp at Turtulla, the demesne of Nicholas V. Maher, Esq. The victual lers of Thurles have refused to supply them with meat; it had, therefore, to be procured from the commissariat stores at Limerick. Large quanti ties of biscuit have been got from Dublin, as Mr. Lester, who was supplying the troops with bread from Tharles, suffered greatly from the violence of a mob, who were enraged at his doing so. His house was broken into, and his furniture destroyed. A body of military was looking on, but unable to act in the absence of a magistrate, and there were only a sufficient number of police in the town to protect their own barrack, so that he and his property were for some time at the mercy of a violent rabble. The house of a Mr. Thomas Hen nesy was also attacked; he, though a leading O'Con nellite Repealer, was disliked by them, as he had been on a jury who found a fellow guilty of pike making, and is opposed to physical force. On the first onset of the mob he presented a gun at them, which he fired over their heads to terrify them. He was successful in his object, but was very near being the innocent cause of an innocent's death. Miss Quinlan, daughter of Surgeon Quinlan, was in her father's drawing-room (just opposite to Mr. Hen nesy's) when the shot was fired. The bullet passed through part of her dress, but fortunately did not touch her person. CAPTURE OF SMITH O'BRIEN. PROM THE MORNING PAPERS Or THIS DAY. TIMES.—The thousand and one romances about Mr. S. O'Brien have suddenly given way to a most simple and unromantic conclusion. The unfortunate gentleman strayed into Thurles on Saturday, walked down the principal street, and asked a railway guard the way to the station. He was recognised, and even• tually apprehended in the quietest manner possible just as he had taken a second-class ticket for Limerick. Everybody will ask what O'Brien could be thinking of to run into the lion's mouth so directly and yet so un gracefully. Had he surrendered himself to General Macdonald at the head of 2,000 men, the incident would have gone down to an undiscriminating poste rity, together with the surrender of Porus, of Dost Mahomed, of Abd-el-Kader, and a hundred other vic tims of fortune. The nursery rhyme says— " The man in the moon Came tumbling down, And asked his way to Norwich." In this case he asked his way to Limerick, but the sequel bids fair to be very much the same as in the mysterious legend aforesaid. Mr. O'Brien will most probably visit a southern latitude, and, as an inmate of one of her Majesty's Dockyards, become acquainted with the diet the legend refers to. King Charles hid himself in the oak, and King O'Brien in the cabbages. Rumour also added the coal-pit to the adventures of the modern fugitive. But O'Brien was growing in story; he was rising into the majestic and looming into the mysterious. Passing from ridge to ridge, from the sides of Slievena mon to the tops of the Keeper and the Galtee mountains, then sinking to the subterranean world, and heard of alternately in mid Europe and the Atlantic, he was ac quiring just that sort of prestige which takes deepest root in the Celtic imagination. Had he never more ap peared in this vulgar working life he would have lived a thousand lives in romance. Smith O'Brien is a traitor and a rebel; nay; he is more, he is a murderer; for ho gave the word for the attack on her Majesty's servants, the fifty men besieged in Widow Cormack's house. According to the law, and according to the universal idea of the crime, he is guilty of actu al rebellion. He, therefore, deserves to die. It is needless to say that he would have died for his crime in almost any age or any country but this. Nor can we deny that it is necessary to surround with wholesome terrors so great and dangerous a crime. If judge and jury do their duty, Smith O'Brien will at least hear the sentence of that death which the success of his design would have inflicted upon thousands. If, however, her Majesty should bo advised to commute the sentence, we have no doubt the people of this country will readily acquiesce in such an act of generosity and mercy. Not withstanding the gravity of his crime, notwithstanding the bloodshed he has entailed, Mr. O'Brien moves a con temptuous sort of pity even more than our indignation. It is impossible not to smile at the serio-comic air of his adventures. But to laugh at a man and hang him also is taking it out both ways. Were O'Brien found lunatic, that would save his life. He is not lunatic but crazy—as crazy as Don Quixote when he charged the windmills or the sheep, or when he rescued the wild beasts or the convicts. We are not blind to the bad temper, and even malice, Mr. O'Brien has uniformly exhibited; but on the other hand, we cannot help giving him the benefit of the eccentricity, vacillation, and folly which have marked his career, and rendered abortive his criminal designs. CHRONICLE.—The intelligence from Ireland pre sents little that is important, for, in the existing state of affairs, the capture of Mr. O'Brien can hardly be con sidered worthy of the term. His irreproachable private life, his honesty, enthusiasm, amiability, and straightfor wardness, availed him nothing, or less than nothing, among the half savage peasantry whom it was his fate to lead ; while, with a singular want of good luck or of sagacity, he almost seemed to select studiously every possible opportunity of placing himself in a false or ludicrous position : at one time shut up for a fortnight in the cellar of the House of Commons ; at another, getting a black eye from his owe followers in his own town. Whether returning as a re jected suitor from a foreign capital, or writing a pompous letter full of anticipations about the success of the Irish revolution, while he was a hope less and despised fugitive—everywhere, and at all times, he seemed to do exactly the wrong thing, and to make, with all his good and even generous qualities, the cause in which he was embarked as ridiculous as it was mis chievous. Perhaps, however, of all his disqualifications the most important was his Protestantism; and wo have always looked upon his remaining faithful to the creed in which he was brought up as no slight instance of his co nscientiousness. On the whole, he was as unfit a leader for an Irish popular movement as could well be found; and under no circumstances could his seizure have any important effect in weakening the cause of which he bad become the champion. About the fate of the captured rebels we say nothing. The law will take its course, and we especially deprecate bringing popular passion to bear in any way upon the decisions of legal tribunals, or upon the manner in which those deci sions are to be executiveiy carried out. We wish to see those on whom the responsibility devolves doing their duty in an unbiassed and judicial spirit, and they can a h whicha l hav e a suppressed been done, hardly do so if emb arrasse d b y conflicting suggestions businesscof the of hardly fail, if p ro p er l y d ea l t w i th, to afford, and in Government, breathing from irresponsibl e i n di v id uals. When this, the first t a a g n ear nestly trust that n o t i me may b e lost in taking advan rwebeellionla laying the foundation of permanent improvement in the whole social system of Ireland. The people of this coun try are now thoroughly roused, and will keep their eyes upon the Government. POST. —Our readers were made aware, by our paper of yesterday, that the chief of the late wretched attempt at insurrection in Ireland was a prisoner in the bands of the Government. Reserving for the present the opinions we may entertain in relation to the circumstances at tending this arrest and the probable consequences of it, we would recommend to others a similar abstinence. To the question so generally asked—" What is to be done with Smith O'Brien f"—we answer that he is now amenable to the law. By an impartial trial, and the judgment of his peers, his future fate—like that of any other person under accusation must be decided. It matters not what may have been the imbecility of his conduct or the insanity of his enterprise ; were ho ten times as distinguished as he has ever been, or twenty times as highly descended as he is said to be—he is charged with the gravest offence re cognised by the law, and the truth or falsehood of the charge must be a question for legal arbitrement. If he bo proved innocent, it is our duty to bow to the decision; if guilty, the result will have been of his own seeking; and, though we may compassionate the man, as good subjects we can feel no sympathy with the culprit. Even in the latter case, there would still remain the power to exercise the highest prerogative of the Crown; but it would be at once indecorous and impertinent to antici pate the course that the Sovereign might be advised to pursue. The future must be awaited with patience; the immediate necessity is that, irrespective of all personal considerations the majesty of the law be vindicated. ADVERTISER—Mr. Smith O'Brien has been caught at last, if, indeed, he can be said to have been captured at all. More properly speaking, ho may be said to have surrendered himself to the officers of justice, for he des liberately presented himself, without disguise of any kind, at the railway station at Thurles, where he must, have known that some members of the detective police were placed to be on the out-look for him. He made no resistance, nor does he seem to have contemplated any. He had no other weapon about his persen than a small pistol, which lay in his waistcoat pocket. All that has since transpired respecting the unfortunate gentleman serves to confirm the opinion we expressed eight days ago, namely, that he is decidedly insane. The same impression is shared by those who have seen him within the last few days. We trust, therefore, our suggestion, that an inquiry into the state of his mind ought to be instituted, will be adopted by Government. We cannot doubt the result. It will be that he is not an ac countable agent. Before many weeks have elapsed we expect to learn that his friends have placed him in a suitable asylum. BALLOON RACE AT CREMORNE.—A novelty in aerostatioa in the shape of a race between the " Royal Albert" balloon, piloted by Mr. Gypson, and the " Royal Cremorne" balloon, steered by Lieutenant Gale, took place yesterday at the above suburban resort, and at tracted some thousands of spectators. The start took place a little before eight o'clock, each machine in its flight conveying three aspirants for aerial honours. It was what may be termed, in sporting parlance, a " neck and neck race," and from the quarter of the wind it was anticipated that the descent of the adventurous voyageurs would take place on the Essex shores. Several persons of distinction were present at the ascent. THE DOUBLE MURDER NEAR SWANSEA.--The high sheriff has received a communication from the Secretary of State to the effect that the lives of the two mem, Martin and Leary, who were sentenced to death at the late -assizes by Mr. Justice .V. Williams, will be spared; They are to le transported for life. TERRIBLE FIRE and LOSS of LIFE. Last night the metropolis was visited by the out break of a dreadful fire, which in a very short period laid in ruins a vast amount of valuable property, and de prived one, if not nine or ten persons, of life. It broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr. Hatfield, a Berlin wool-dealer, situate in Albany-street, Regent's Park, next door to the Windsor Castle Tavern. The circumstances connected with the fire are of a very distressing character. It appears that shortly after the shop was closed the inhabitants were aroused from their slumbers by a noise resembling the discharge of a piece of ordnance, at the same time the greater portion of Mr. Hatfield's premises, which were four stories high, were blown out into the street, the floorings and roof were lifted into the air, the brick wall was demolished and sent flying in all directions, breaking in the shop fronts of at least a dozen houses on the opposite side of the street, seriously injuring a great number in Ernest street, forcing in the windows of the Windsor Castle Tavern, and at the same moment, as if by magic, the whole of Mr. Hatfield's promises remaining burst forth into a general blaze. In an instant communication was forwarded to the barracks i❑ the same street, and front thence the intelli gence was dispatched to the brigade and West of Eng land engine stations. The first engine that arrived was that belonging to the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), which was accompanied by nearly 200 soldiers. The West Middlesex works afforded a good supply of water, from which the engines were set to work, but the fire was too strong to be extinguished by that force. Other engines of the London establishment and West of England reached the spot in rapid succession, and they were, under the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood, set to work, the latter engine being under the command of Mr. Connorton. Notwithstanding the exertions of the fire men, the flames continued to progress most fearfully, and it was not until nearly one o'clock this morning— three hours after the outbreak—that they were entirely extinguished. _ The origin of this calamity is not precisely known, but the prevailing opinion is that it was caused from an escape of gas. Ten persons were iu Mr. Hatfield's house, it is supposed, when the explosion occurred; out of that number three only can be accounted for, one a young girl about sixteen years of age, a servant in the estab lishment, was blown through the shop front to the oppo site side of the street. She was found dreadfully man gled, her head being shattered and her face burnt; she was forthwith removed to the police-station, when she was seen by a surgeon, who at once pronounced life ex tinct. Two other parties, a man and a woman, were also forced by the power of the explosion into the street, and were so seriously injured as to be obliged to be re moved to the hospitaL Whether any of the other parties were in the house at the time of the explosion, or not, is at present unknown; but if they were, they must have all perished. At one o'clock, this morning, the firemen were busily engaged searching the ruins, to see if they could find a❑y of the other residents. The number of persons who have suffered by this disastrous event cannot be less than twenty. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTXRDAY. EBOR HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale—taken and afterwards offered 8 to 1 agst Mr. S. L. Fox's Meaux 8 to 1 agst Mr. Green's Maid of my Soul 9 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Sir Martin—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. Shelley's Remembrance—taken 11 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's King of Morven—taken 12 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Paphos—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Drinkald's Pillage 20 to 1 agst Mr. Harker's Little Casino All the above prices were taken, but in small amounts, and the odds afterwards offered; Paphos, Pillage, and King of Morven, were only nominally in the betting. wozorERTIAMPTON STARES. 2 to 1 agst Lord Warwick's Yardley 5 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Cracow ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack—taken 4 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher—taken and afterwards offered 9 to 2 agst Duke of Bedford's Justice to Ireland— taken and afterwards offered 13 to 2 agst Lord Clifden's Surplice -7 to 1 laid to 501. 18 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Assault 30 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Loadstone—taken to 1801 500 to 200 was laid in ona bet agst Springy Jack, and 3 to 1 laid just before the close to 50/.; the downward movement was not confined to this horse, the other fa vourites being more or less on the decline. DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Elthiron—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Nunnykirk—taken 2,000 to 45 agst Mr. Bowes's Emma colt—taken 3,000 to 45 agst Mr. Pedley's Old Dan Tucker—taken The Reading Races take place to-morrow and Thurs day; the course is close to the railway station, the entries good, and the promise of sport first-rate. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. EGHAM, 1848. Acceptances for the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes. Vampyre, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Crozier, 4 yrs, Bst 41b -Cosachia, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Slander, 4 yrs, 7st 61b— Antagonist, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Tarella, 4 yrs, 7st 41b— Mountain Dew, 4 yrs, 7st—Self-Defence, 3 yrs, sst 121 b Hippona, 3 yrs, sst 91b. The races take place on Wednesday and :Thursday, August 16th and 17th. The Gold Cup will be ran for on the first day, and the Stakes on the second. .HUNTINGDON, 1848. Acceptances for the Huntingdonshire Stakes. Lola Montez, 3 yrs, Bst 71b—Plantagenet, aged, Bst 61b —Palma, 4 yrs, Bst 61b—Tophana. 3 yrs, Bst—Alpbeia, 3 yrs, 7st 121b—Franconi, 3 yrs, 7st 101b—The Bird of Paradise, 3 yrs, 7st 81b. CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ALL ENGLAND V. FOURTEEN OF TEE COUNTY OF SURREY.—ThiS important match was com menced yesterday, at the Surrey Ground, Kennington oval, upon which nearly 5,000 spectators had assembled, amongst whom there was a large number of the aristo cracy. There was also no small number of the resi dents of the lower part of the county. A finer exhi bition of cricket was probably never seen than was offered throughout the day. There were some good hands made, Pilch, Parr, Clark, W. Pilch, and Box, being conspicuous on the part of England, and Mr. Colt son and Martingell as the representatives of Surrey. At the conclusion of the play for the day, the score stood as follows:--England, Ist innings, 129; Surrey, Ist innings, 32. AQUATICS. " GREENWICH REGATTA. The facilities of reaching this popular place of summer resort by rail and steamer, and anticipation of good sport at tha regatta, induced many hundred persons to avail themselves of th© unusual fineness of the weather, yes terday, and journey in that direction. The regatta, one of the best conducted in the lower part of the Thames, and under the patronage of the Dowager-Countess of Buckinghamshire, Earl Fitzhardinge, Lord Alfred Paget, Admiral Sir C. Adam, and others of the nobility and gentry, was in five heats, with six free watermen of Greenwich, for a new boat, and several other very liberal prises. First Heat. Thomas Gillett ...(Pink) 1 James Groves ... ... ... (Light Blue) 0 T. W. Facey (Yellow) 0 The distance extended the whole river frontage of the town, rowed twice over each heat. After rowing a considerable distance in this heat some "roughs" got in the water, and held Groves's boat at the time he was working very gallantly against Gillett, with a very slight difference between them. The heat was very properly started afresh, and, after a gallant contest, wou cleverly by Gillett, who had his work to do. Second Heat. Thomas Watkins William Hodgson James Parsonson ... (Green) I ... ... (Red) 0 ... (Dark Blue) 0 Won easily. Third Heat. Groves ... (Light Blue) 1 Parsonson (Dark Blue) 2 A good bustling race for three parts of the distance. Fourth Heat. Watkins ... Gillett ... (Green) 1 ...(Pink) 2 James Groves . . (Light Blue) 0 There was some slight fouling in the heat of the race, which gave the first man an opportunity of showing a good lead. A close race throughout with the second and third men. Grand Heat. Thomas Watkins ... ... (Green) 1 Thomas Gillett .. ...(Pink) 2 They were scull and scull for a few stroke., then Watkins gradually drew away, increased his lead, and won by several lengths. MATCH AGAINST TIME. Mr. W. Smith, a very respectable landsman, yesterday rowed a match against time. The distance was from Richmond Bridge to Putney Bridge, with tide ; the amount of stakes did not transpire; the time in which the task was undertaken was one hour. B. Coombes, the champion of the Thames, had been engaged to direct the steerage of the " operator," who accomplished the distance to Kew Bridge in 20 min. 34 secs., Ham mer smith Bridge in 48 min., and, finally, by dint of greaet pluck, accomplished his task fifteen secon ds within the given time. ---- OPENING OP THE NEW NORTH DOCKS LIVER POOL.—On Friday, five of the splendid line of new docks in course of construction at the north end of the town were formally opened for traffic by Mr. J. Bram ley Moore, chairman of the dock trustees. The founda tion stone of these immense works was privately laid, and it bad been resolved that their opening should also take place without the least pomp or ceremony, u p . wards of a week ago, water was admitted into the five docks which it was intended to open; and on Friday all necessary arr angements having been previously made, t h e Redwing, Govern ment steame r , with Mr. Moore' , the Dock Committee, and a party of the Bramley gentlemen on board, made its entrance into the first, the Salisbury Dock. Having sailed named r vessel; successively entered the Nelson,ound, the Moore, the Collingwood, and the Stanley Docks, and thus completed the opening. The a docks, opened yields a water are a of between of the five thirty and forty acres available for the accommodation The other works in progress ofshipping. a be completed for a year or two. t the north end will not Wel lington Dock, the Wellingtofial T f- h tiedyeaureasinth,eandthe Dock and Basin. Lady Chetwynd and suite, the Countess of Freno Countess and family, and the Kaenincke arrived in afternoon London on Saturday by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Triton, from Ostend. -.- COURT CIRCULAR ./ OSBORNE, 40xi?„.4,Y. The Queen and Prince took their usual eanrarairt—......,,, in the Park at Osborne this morning. 1 : 4 41.45: The younger branches of the R o y a l F am il y also wamea - J- • .i/V and rode in the grounds. The royal dinner party yesterday included the Mar quis and Marchioness of Abarcorn, the Dowager Lady Ly ttelton, and Lord John Russell. His Lordship left Osborne this morning for London. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, tt the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were —Lord John Russell, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Lord Campbell, Sir John Hobhouse, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and Viscount Morpeth. The Council sat two hours. Lord John Russell arrived in town at three o'clock yesterday afternoon from her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of Canada; and also from the Governors of the other North American provinces. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOITTM, AUGUST 7.—The Princess Royal trans port, Lieutenant Harris agent, Mr. Looney master, 33 days from Barbadoes, brought home invalids from the following corps: Ist R oya l s, 19th, 54th, and 66th Re giments, 72d Highlanders, 88th and 97th Regiments, and Royal Artillery, in charge of Lieutenant Robeson, lst West India Regiment, and D r . G or d on, med i cal sta ff. The following officers came home as passengera:— Captain Spalding, R.M., promoted from the Amphitrite; Lieutenant Clarke, 72d Highlanders; Dr. Montgomery, 66th Regiment, and lady; Dr. M‘Cartney, medical staff; Mr. Loney, master of the Trincomalee, invalided ; Mr. Watson, of the Quartermaster-General's department, Barbadoes, and lady; Mr. Justine, late stipendiary magistrate at Grenada, &c. In the Channel the Princess Royal was run into by a - Spanish vessel, but fortunately sustained no material damage. When she sailed from Barbadoes that island was tolerably healthy, but a number of men of the 66th Regiment had died of yellow fever. The other neighbouring islands were generally healthy. General Berkeley and staff had recently made a tour of inspection among the islands in the Princess Royal, which in going into St. Kitt's got ashore for a short time, but got off without damage on the following day. The Trincomalee was at Barbadoes when the Princess Royal sailed, and was the only man of-war there, and she was about leaving for Antigua to lay up for the hurricane months. She is the only man of-war on the windward station of the West Indies, and consequently has more than her share of work to do; she has been incessantly employed since she left England, and never had her anchor down more than a fortnight at a time. She is very short of officers; her surgeon having come home invalided and since died (Dr. Lam bert); her master is invalided, and officer of Marines promoted and come home, leaving only three lieutenants and the purser to carry on the duty. Fortunately the officers and ship's company have been generally healthy. The Java, 50-gun advanced frigate, was taken from the ordinary to the jetty of Portsmouth Dockyard yes terday, to be repaired, it is supposed prior to being com missioned. The Undine steam yacht, employed in the mail packet service on the Dover station, arrived at Ports mouth yesterday morning, in the command of Lieutenant H. P. Jones, R.N. The Fire Queen steam tender, Mr. George Allen, master, R.N., commanding, having disjointed her engine gear, has been taken into the new basin at Portsmouth, to undergo the necessary repairs. The Reynard steam sloop, Commander Cracroft, R.N., sailed from Portsmouth on Sunday morning for Cork, to join Sir C. Napier's squadron. _ _ DEVONPORT, SATURDAY.—The men of the outer boat brigade, i. e. employed on the Breakwater, &c., under Lieut.-Col. Walker, commenced ball practice at the target, on the west side of the harbour, from the Hot spur, moored alongside the dockyard this morning. The 28th regiment was inspected this morning, on Mount Wise, by Major-Gen. the Hon. H. Murray ; they are about 700 men. Wind, W.—A fine breeze. The Emerald Isle, Buckmaster, detained for having a large quantity of gunpowder on board, has been re leased, the cargo proving to be the property of Go vernment. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—D. A. Preston, to the Southampton, So gun frigate, at Chatham. Master.—C. T. Tucker, to the Crocodile, flag ship of Admiral M'Kay, at Cork.l Surgeon—D. Deas, to the Southampton. Assistant-Surgeons—W. Lawrence and W. Dairs, to the Southampton ; W. B. Sproull (acting), to the San Josef, flag ship, at. Plymouth. Clerk—F. T. Robins, to the Blenheim, steam guard ship, in the Shannon. Gunner—W. Russell, confirmed to the Griffon brigan tine, on the Brazils station. THE DOTTED LIST OF FLLG•UFFICERS.—A return of the number of flag-officers on the present list who have not served the proper time to qualify them to be paid as Vice-Admirals:— Admirals Vice-Admirals Rear-Admirals ... 20 Total ... 37 That is, these 37 flag-officers have not served as cap tains in command of ships for four years during war, or six years in time of peace. To show the general absur dity of this qualification, the number of years' servitude of each of these 37 flag-officers should have been given, and specifying how long they had served as captains. One admiral who was placed on the dotted or unqualified list, we believe, had actually served five years and eleven months as captain. COUNCIL OF NAVAL ARCIIITECTURE.—Mr. Abethell, master shipwright of Pembroke, and Mr. S. Read, mas ter shipwright of Sheerness, who have been at Ports mouth on official business, have been ordered to return to their respective dockyards. Mr. Large, who has most ably filled the appointment of secretary to the committees of reference, has been ordered to return to his duty as foreman at Woolwich. REsxave OF SEAMEN.—An addition of twenty-five seamen-riggers have been entered in the dockyards, on the new arrangement for providing a reserve force of seamen. There were soon treble the amount of appli cants. A great many prime seamen are knocking about the ports in want of employment. The Admiralty have ordered that a certain number of the men paid off from the Fox frigate, last week, shall bo entered as seamen riggers, at Devonport Dockyard, as vacancies occur. The copper sheathing of the Flying Fish, and King fisher, and the Cormorant, steam-sloop, is ordered to be stripped off at Portsmouth, with the view of submitting it to experimental tests. The men of Sheerness have applied to the Admiralty for a small steamer to be attached to that port for the purpose of conveying them to or from the ships afloat; but their Lordships decline to accede to their request. Would not the valuable time saved by speedy transition cover the expense of fitting a launch with a screw pro peller for the use of the workmen. WOOLWICII, AUGUST 7.—Captain Korniloff and Com mander Arkass, of the Imperial Russian navy, attended at Woolwich dockyard to-day to witness the testing of two anchors, the ono supplied by Lieutenant Rodgers and the other by Brown and Lenox, for the Vladimir frigate, of 1,200 tons burthen, commanded by the latter named Russian officer. Lieutenant Rodgers' anchor weighed 29 cwt. 2 qrs. 9 lb., and on a test of 10 tons being applied the deflection was found to be of an inch; a strain of 20 tons, I inch, and a strain of 281 to the proof strain for anchors of the same weight and the deflection reached and on the strain being withdrawn it returned to 3-16ths. The other arm of the anchor was then tested, and 10 tons gave a deflec tion of 4. of an inch, 20 tons 7-16ths, and 281 tons 11-16ths of an inch. At the request of Lieutenant Rodgers an additional strain of five tons was giv en, causing a deflection of on e i nc h, w hi c h, on the power be ing withdrawn, return e d to of an inch. The addi tional strain of five to ns ma d e th e proof the Ea" as it would have been had the anchor been 36 ewt. The anchor made by Brown and Lenox, and weighing $2 cwsti 1 rain of gr. 21b., on being placed in the testing fraine,oand a 10 tons given, deflected I of an inch, with _0 inch, and, 5-16ths and with 30j tons, the proof power, o f returned on the strain being withdrawn, d The other fall home, as if no strain had been PP ti:e same result, arm, on being tested, gave very near ly flection with the proof as the first tried, the greatest do to the exact the deflec tion power of 34 tons being r et urning and d commenced on the point from which the defle c tion h easurement of the deflec ineade by rod six feet eight strain being removed. i t n io c n h s es in lo b n o g t . h anchors wasT muRDER of a FATHER by his SON. LINCOLN, Au .. .—On Saturday last a y oung man, j was committed to th e C ast l e at Li nc oln, to take name Parker, his trial at the ensuing a ss i zes , on a charge o f having murdered his father. On the 19th u l t. b n t h e deceased was found dead in his h ouse , f rom the effects of a gun-shot wound. Circumstances arose which led to a suspicion falling upon the prisoner ; but at the inquest, held on the loth of the same month, the jury, after a lengthened inquiry, came to the conclusion that there was not sufficient evidence to justify them in re turning a verdict of guilty against the prisoner, and ha was consequently discharged. The inhabitants, not sa tisfied with the result of the inquest, caused further in quiries to be made into the matter, when additional evidence was obtained, and the prisoner was taken into custody, and brought before the Rev. Mr. Potchell on Saturday, when he underwent a final examination, which ended in his being committed as above stated. It ap pears the deceased, his wife, and son lived together in a cottage at Corby, near Grantham; the two former led a very disreputable life, and on the day that the alleged murder was committed the prisoner and the deceased wore down stairs, when an altercation took place, and his wife, who was up stairs, heard the report of a gun, but although the prisoner told her that " his father was shot dead," his wife did not think it necessary to come down and ascertain the fact, or send for medical assist ance! The report, however, alarmed the neighbours, and they; consequently, entered the house, when they found the deceased as already described. The prisoner, in defence, said that " the deceased met with his death entirely from accident ; that he (prisoner) had a gun in his coat pockets, in two parts ; the barrel, which was loaded with powder and shot, fell from a hole in his pocket, when the contents were discharged, and his father was shot." NEW CAVALRY BAURACHS.—The Swansea Herald says it is the intention of Government immediately to commence extensive barracks at Longcross, near Car.. duff, which are to be on a scale sufficiently large to ac commodate 600 men, with their horses. .., ____,.___ _. TIIE SUN, LONDON TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1848. : C Y if ft, , -7zl