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IMPERIAL PAR ;LIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS--( YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR look his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. On the motion of the Earl of DERBY, the Bill for providing for the payment of bills of exchange, falling due on the 18th of August, on the day previous, was read a first time to-day, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S FUNERAL. The Earl of DERBY then moved that an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, thanking her for her gracious Message, and also thanking her for h av i n g ordered a public funeral to the remains of the late Duke of Wellington, and also to assure her of their Lordships' concurrence in any steps taken for that purpose. The motion was agreed to. The Earl of DERBY then moved that their Lordships do attend the funeral, and that a committee be appointed to consider the most appropriate manner in which their Lordships should attend. The Duke of CLEVELAND inquired if there were any arrangement as to the manner in which those who attended thef uneral in an official capacity should return from it. The Earl of DERBY said, he had no doubt that ar rangements would be made for that purpose; but it would be better to refer the subject to the Committee, before which Garter-King-at-Arms would attend. The motion was then agreed to. THE SLAVE TRADE. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the parish'of St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, complainingpf distress, and praying for a more stringent carrying out of the measures for the repression of the slave trade. The Marquis of CLANBICARDE moved the appoint ment of a Select Committee to inquire into the possibility Of improving the lighting of the House and of the Lords' robing-room. The Earl of DERBY said he need hardly assure the Noble Duke that the question of the whole of the ar rangements connected with thefuneral had been a matter of very anxious consideration on the part of the Govern ment and of those connected with the responsibility (for such it was) of conducting a ceremony of such magni tude ; and he had no doubt that provision had been made for the fitting accommodation of those persons who had to join officially in the procession, and for faci litating as far as possible their return after the ceremony b a d been performed ; but he thought it would be con venient, if their lordships agreed to the appointment of a committee, that the committee should have in attendance before them on the following day Garter King-at-arms, from whom they might ascertain What were the precise arangements made and then the Committee or any noble lord would have an opportunity of suggesting any alterations which they thought desirable ; and if it was possible to make them within the limited time which remained, he was sure that every person engaged would he ready to pay the utmost deference to the wishes of the House, and would have every disposition to meet them. The resolution was then agreed to, and the Noble Earl having nominated the committee, their Lordships proceeded to the other business on the notice paper. WEST INDIAN DISTRESS. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the inhabitants of the parish of St. Elizabeth, in the island of Jamaica. They complained of the distress which that and other of the British West Indian islands were suffering, in consequence of the admission of slave labour sugar into the British market, and called the attention of the House to the unfair advantage which their competitors had over themselves, who were compelled to raise their produce by free labour; to the infractions on the part of some nations of the treaties into which they had entered for the suppression of the slave trade ; and to the stimulus which the late commer cial policy of this country was calculated to give to the slave trade ; and they prayed the House to take mea sures for their relief. THE LIGHTING OF THE HOUSE. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE then moved the appointment of a Committee to consider whether some better arrangements could not be made for the lighting of that House and of their Lordships' Robing-room. Such was, not the natural, but he might call it the artificial darkness of that House during the day time, that on Thurs day last, when her Majesty came down to open Parlia ment, they were obliged to have lights at two o'clock in the afternoon, although the day was as fine and clear as could be expected in November, and one on which he was sure lights were not required in any gen tleman's library or public-room for business in London. He thought therefore that it was desirable to ascertain whe ther with all due regard for the decorations of the house, ar rangements could not be made for the admission of more light. The robing room, which was in fact one merely for reading and writing, was also so ill lighted that he was sure no person who bought or built a house, would have a room so ill-adapted to its purpose. With regard, again, to the evening, the mode of lighting the House was good enough, but sufficient lights were not supplied. He had heard also that the reporters, who were almost a neces sary part of the House, had suffered great inconvenience from the mode of lighting the House, and he thought this should be remedied. These might be thought petty matters, but it was absurd, after going to all the expense which had been incurred for the erection of the Houses of Parliament, that they should have a chamber which did not furnish adequate accommodation for the transac tion of the public business. The Earl of DERBY assented to the motion, a s( r ving, however, that he hoped the Committee would have some consideration for the country, and would remember the enormous sum of money which had been already expended on the Houses of Parliament. THE QUARANTINE REGULATIONS. The Earl of DERBY said that his Noble Friend on the cross benches (the Earl of St. Germans) had given notice of his intention to ask the President of the Coun cil a question with respect to the proceedings of the late conference at Paris, on the subject of the quarantine re gulations. Since he had entered the House, he had received a note from his Noble Friend, stating that he had been forbidden to leave home that day, but that he should attend the House on the following day He hoped, therefore, that if not inconvenient to himself the Noble Earl would postpone his question ; because he would be able to obtain a more satisfactory answer from the Lord President of the Council than from any other member of the Government. The Earl of ST. GERMANS said that he had no objection to postpone his question until the following day. Their Lordships then adjournsi at half-past five o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY). The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock, when ten Members who had not previously been in at tendance took the oaths and their seats. • PETITIONS. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from a Society in Manchester, taking notice of the recent in crease in Life Assurance Associations, and praying the House to take steps to enforce the publication of balance sheets. An HoN. MEMBER presented a petition, complaining of an undue return for Taunton. Mr. G. THOMPSON presented a petition from a place in Scotland, against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr. DrVETT presented a petition from Exeter, complaining of the conduct of the Bishop of that dio cese, and praying the House to take steps to put a stop to the practice of auricular confession in the Church of Ereand. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from a place in Scotland, praying the House to increase the payment of Scotch schoolmasters. Mr. FOSTER presented a petition, praying for a re form in the mode of levying the property-tax. NAVIGATION LAWS. Mr. RICARDO, seeing the Secretary of State for the Colonies in his place, he wished to ask him if any dispatches had been received from British Consuls abroad relative to the working of the Navigation Laws of 1849. Lord STANLEY said he had received no notice of the question, and he was therefore not prepared to answer it. Mr. RICARDO, under the circumstances, gave notice that he would repeat the question on a future day. DRAINAGE IN IRELAND. Mr. FRENCH wished to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, if any person has been appointed in place of Mr. Walker, as Commissioner on the inquiry into the cases of arterial drainage in Ireland where the works re main unfinished ; and if so, when a report is likely to be laid on the table of the House ? _ Mr. HAMILTON said the Government, seeing that there was no prospect of Mr. Walker being able to re 'ule his duties, had appointed Sir William Lucas in his Place. ' I RE FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF Sir t oE LA _ WELLINGTON. able the ,Spr, k)X EVANS B'nz the Right Honour landhi3 Plaee tar Y of State f o rthe Home Department mission had ,he wished to ask him how many tickets of St. Paul's r 9 0 w allotted to the Dean and Chapter of v be e , R of Wellingto n le the funeral obsequies of the late Duke • Mr. Secretary , a ny had yet b i o lo a " it ot is ted P ? L bu E n''' not quite sure that to all parties a right ti A tie to kets had been allotted R or otherwise. whether as dePutatio aAi n attend the funeral, Hbuse of Lords, th ciPors, and so 011,e H ouse 0/ com e. For instance the distinct places. For i v „ a4l „, all hadinTi FrivY Coun tickets hi:lbees also dvtiele Places and iss ue d the Admire:ll the foreign ambassado e r,7 -3Zttendin - t°tted to them allotted to them, whie a great number issued to the Horse Guards, Ordnanre:f in this way tickets had been Elia] and the Lord Chamberlain to the by the Ear ly, and for the number of Mar- The remainder of the tickets, after an til es , 7 , 0 00. ilhettend been provided for, would be at the di spopsraolvoi - f w t a h n e ts to had ea n and Chapter, who would have to make accommodation of the civic authorities of the provision ing the funeral. (Hear, hear.) It should at time be remembered th at formerly all tickets of this:me u.-:, , w•nild have been entirely at the disposal of the Dean and Chapter. (Hear, hear.) OF LAND. SALE 214.r0',.1),, RITMMOND gave notice that, on an early d ay , ii- 1 7novq. f-- leave to bring in a bill to amend th, laws with respect to utm „ 6 ,1 e and trpisfer of land. THE SITTING OF THE CON VOCATION. whether any communication asked the Hom . Secretary Archtishop of c ° a namunication had been mad* by the of the ConvocationnterburY with reference to the satins those .fittings should be whether it was intended that be continued or prorogued ? Mr. Secretary WALPOLE said, as far as he was aware, no such communication had been received by any member of the Government ; certainly nbt by himself. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the question, whether the Convocation ' would be allowed to sit, or be pro rogued as usual, he had to state that the usual course would be observed ; and it had been so intended from the beginning. (Hear, hear.) ACCOMMODATION IN ST. PAUL'S. In reply to Sir J S HELLy Lord J. MANNERS sa id ; that 3,000 tickets had been alloted to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, but those required by the Corporation had to be taken out of that number. The Dean and Chapter had made no application for tickets, and these had been offered to them by the Government, they having made every effort to consult the public convenience on the solemn occasion. THE MOTION IN FAVOUR OF FREE TRADE. Mr. HUME gave notice that he would move that the House be "called" on Monday the 22d of this month. (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, it would, perhaps, be convenient in that case that the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton should state the terms of the motion which he intended to make on that day (Cheers.) . WINE DUTIES. In reply to Mr. OLIVEIRA, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he thought it would be acting ungraciously to the House to state what alteration he intended to make in the wine duties before he brought forward his financial measures. (Hear, hear.) COAL DUTIES IN FRANCE. In reply to an Hon. Member, Lord STANLEY said communications had passed with the French Government with reference to a reduc tion of the duty imposed on coals entering that country, and both Governments were impressed with the import ance of the subject. REPLY OF HER MAJESTY. The reply of her Majesty to the Address of the House was brought up by Mr. Forester, who appeared in the uniform of one of the Officers of the Household. BILLS PAYABLE ON THURSDAY. Mr. Secretary WALPOLE moved for leave to bring in a Bill for declaring that the day appointed for the funeral of the late Duke of Wellington shall, as regards the payment of bills of exchange and promissory notes, be treated and considergd as the Lord's-day in the cities of London and Westminster. The motion was agreed to, and the Bill was subse quently brought in and read a first time. The Bill was' then read a second time, and afterwards went through Committee. On the motion that it be read a third time, • Mr. GLYN took the opportunity of thanking the Government for the promptitude with which they had brought the measure to its present stage ; and recommended them to consider the propriety of hereafter making the measure applicable to all similar occasions. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. THE LATE DUBE OF WELLINGTON. On the motion for considering the Queen's Message, relating to the late Duke of Wellington, The Bill was then read'a third time and passed. CONSIDERATION OF HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. The paragraph of the Queen's speech relating to the promotion of art and science having been read, Mr. G. A. HAMILTON gave notice that he would to-morrow move that the House resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House for the purpose of con sidering the supply to be granted to her Majesty. THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. On the consideration of the Queen's Message, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose and said—Sir, the House of Commons is called on to-night to perform a sorrowful, but noble duty. It has to re cognize, in the face of the country and of the civilized world, the loss of the most distinguished of our citizens, and to offer to the ashes of the great departed the solemn anguish of a bereaved nation. (Hear.) The princely personage who has left us was born in an age more fruitful of great events than any period of recorded time. The vastest of its incidents and the most conspicuous of its deeds were accomplished by the Duke of Wellington with the smallest means and the greatest obstacles. He was, therefore, not only a great man, but the greatest man of a great age. (Hear, hear.) Amidst the chaos and conflagrations which attended the close of the last century there arose a being who seemed born to be the master of mankind. It is not too much to say that Na poleon combined the imperial ardour of Alexander with the strategy of Hannibal. The• kings of the earth fell before his subtle genius, and he denounced destruction to the only land that dared to dispute his supremacy. But the providential superintendence of the world scarcely ever seemed so evident as in the circumstance that the same year should have produced the French Emperor and the Duke of Wellington, that they should have embraced the same professions, and that, natives of distant islands, they should have repaired for their military education to that illustrious land which each in his turn was destined to subjugate. (Hear.) During the long struggle for free dom, for glory, I may say for existence, in which this country was engaged, Wellington fought and won 15 pitched battles, all of them of the highest class, and con cluding with one of those grand victories that give a colour and form to history. (Hear, hear.) During this period it can be said of him that which can be said of no other captain, that he captured 3,000 cannon from the enemy, and never lost a single gun. (Cheers.) But the greatest of his exploits is perhaps surpassed by the difficulties he had to encounter—for he had to encounter a feeble Government, a factious opposition, a distrustful people, scandalous allies, and the most powerful enemy the world ever saw. (Hear.) He won victories with starving troops, and carried on sieges without artillery; and to complete the fatality which attended him through life in this respect, when at last he succeeded in creating an army of the Roman legion—worthy of himself—this invincible host broke up on the eve of the greatest con juncture of his life, and he entered his last field with raw levies and discomfited allies, but the star of Wellington never paled. (Cheers.) He has been called fortunate; for fortune is a divinity that ever favours those who are at the same time sagacious and intrepid, inventive and patient. It was his own character that created his career, that achieved his exploits, and guarded him from vicissitudes; for it was his sublime self-control that regu lated his lofty fame. But, sir, it has been of late years somewhat the fashion to disparage the military charac - - ter. Forty years of peace have, perhaps, made us somewhat less aware of the considerable and complex qualities that go to the formation of a great gene ral. It is not that he must be an engineer, a geo grapher, learned in human nature, and adroit in ma naging man—that he must be able to fulfil the highest duties of a Minister of State, and then to descend to the humblest offices of the ,commissary and the clerk ; but he has to display all this knowledge, and exercise all these duties at the same time, and under extraordinary circumstances. At every moment he has to think of the eve and of the morrow, of his flank and of his rear. (Hear, hear.) He has to carry with him ammunition, provisions, hospitals. He has to calculate at the same time the state of the weather and the moral qualities of man ; and all these elements that are perpetually changing, he has to combine. Sometimes under over whelming heat, sometimes under overpowering cold, often in famine, and sometimes amid the roar of artil lery. Behind all these circumstances, too, is the eve r present im age o f hi s coun t r y, an d th e d rea dful alterna tive whether that country is to welcome him with lau rel or with cypress. Yet these images he must dismiss from his mind ; for the general must think, and not only think—he must think with the rapidity of lightning, for on a moment more or less depends the fate of a most beautiful combination, and on a moment more or less hangs the question of glory or of shame. (Cheers.) Un questionably, sir, all this may be done in an ordinary manner and by an ordinary man, as every day of our lives we see that ordinary men may be successful Mini sters of State, successful authors, successful speakers ; but to do all this with genius is sublime. • (Cheers.) Doubtless, to be able to think with vigour, with depth, and with clearness in the recess of a cabinet is a great intellectual demonstration ; but to think with equal vigour, clearness, and depth amid bullets is the loftiest exercise and the most complete triumph of human facul whenwe faek of f i n t t h o e c D o n u s k i d e f ties. (Loud chee e rs d . ation the prolong cheers.) Sir, illustrious ir Wellington, one is surprised how small a space was occu pied by that military career of his which fills so large a space in history. (Hear, hear.) Only eight years elapsed from Vimiera to Waterloo ; and from the date of his first commission to the last cannon-shot that he heard upon the field of battle twenty years could scarcely be counted. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He was destined for an other profession ; and the greatest and most successful warrior, if not in the prime, at least in the perfection of manhood, he commenced a civil career scarcely less successful, scarcely less splendid, than that military one which lives in the memo r y of man. (Hear, hear.) He was thrice the ambassador of his Sovereign at those great historic congresses that settled the affairs of Europe. Twice was he Secretary of State, twice Commander-in- Chief of the Forces ; once he was Prime Minister of England. And to the last hour of his life he may be said to have laboured for his country. (Hear, hear.) It was only a few months before we lost him that he favoured by his counsel and his assistance the present advisers of the Crown respecting that war in the East, of which no one could be so competent a judge, and he drew up his views in a state paper worthy of his genius. And, indeed, when he died he died still the active chief tain of that illustrious army to which he has left the tradition of his fame. (Great cheering.) Sir, there is one passage in the life of the Duke of Wellington which, in this place, and on this occasion, I ought pot to let pass unnoticed. It is our pride that he was one of our selves ; it is our glory that Sir Arthur Wellesley once sat on these benches. (Hear, hear.) If we review his career in the House of Commons by the tests of success - - . which are applied to common men, his career, though brief, was still distinguished. He entered royal coun cils and exercised high offices of state. But the success of Sir Arthur Wellesley in the House of Commons must not be tested by the fact that he was a Privy-councillor or Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant ; he achieved here a success which the great Minister and the most brilliant orator can never hope to accomplish. That was a beat Parliamentary triumph, when he rose in his place to receive, as a Member of Par liament, th e th an k s o f th e Speaker for a brilliant vic ttr(llear, hear)—and still later, sir, when at so _t_ 13 .ar , he received from one of your predeces fulLeSir, the a r te • f°r i r memorable words, the thanks of a grate people of accumulated triumphs. (Loud cheers.) vere breavetant d lone source of consolation which I think the Possess at this moment under the se intimate acquaintance they mourn over. It is their the person of this great e at with the character, and even with will be bound there is not 2. 8° man who lived so long Tian. There never was a great ranch in the public eye. I Liao not sow hira; many _ :entleman in this House who 14 Ty axe Nviao have convorsed I with him, and some there are who have touched his hand. His image, his countenance, his manner, his voice, are impressed upon every memory, and live in every ear. In the golden saloon and in the busy market place to the last be might be found. The rising genera tion among whom he lived will recollect his words of kindness, and the people followed him in the street with that lingering glance of reverent admiration which seemed never to tire. (Much cheering.) Who, indeed, will ever forget that venerable and classic head—ripe with time, and radiant, as it were, with glory ! Stilichonis apex et cognita fulsit Canities. That we might not be unacquainted with his inward and spiritual nature, that we might understand how this sovereign master of duty fulfilled the manifold offices of his life with unrivalled activity, he favoured us with a collection of military and administrative literature which no age and no country can ever equal. (Cheers.) And, fortunate in all things, Wellington found in his life-time an historian whose immortal page now ranks with the classics of that land w hi c h Wllesley saved. (Loud cheers.) . Sir, the Duke of "Wellington has left to his country a great legacy, greater even than his fame. He has left it the contemplation of his character. (Hear, hear.) I will not say in England that he revived the sense of duty, for that, I trust, was never lost ; but that he has made the sense of public life more masculine, that he has rebuked by his career restless vanity, and reprimanded the morbid susceptibility of irregular egotism, I think it is not an exaggerated praise. (Much cheering.) I do believe that from the highest to the lowest, from those who are called upon to incur the most serious responsibility of the State to those who exercise the humblest duties of our society, there are moments of difficulty and depression, when the image of Wellington may occur to the memory, and the sense of duty sustain and support the mind. (Hear.) Although the Duke of Wellington lived so much in the hearts and minds of his countrymen, although until the end of his lon g career, he occupied the most prominent position, and ulfilled the most august offices, no one seemed to be conscious of what a space he occupied in the thoughts and feelings of his countrymen until he died. Perhaps the influence of true greatness was now more completely asserted.' In an age when a belief in intellectual equality flatters the self-complacency of all, every one acknowledged that the world had lost the greatest of men. In an age of utility, the most busy and the most common-sense people in the land can find no vent for their woe, and no representative for their grief, but in the solemnity of a pageant. And we, who are assembled here for purposes so different—to investi the sources of the wealth of nations, to busy ourselves in statistical research, to encounter each other in fiscal controversy—we offer to the world the most sublime and touching spectacle that human circumstances can well produce—the spectacle of a senate mourning a hero. The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved that an humble address should be presented to her Majasty, thanking her Majesty for having given directions for the public in terment of the mortal remains of his Grace the late Duke of Wellington, and assuring her Majesty of the cordial aid of the House in endeavouring to give to the solemnity fitting importance. LORD RUSSELL said he merely rose to second the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman. He did not wish to add a single word to the eloquent terms in which it had been introduced, and he thought the whole House would concur in an appropriate testimony. The motion was then agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved that Mr. Speaker and the House should attend the funeral of the Duke of Wellington at St. Paul's Ca thedral on Thursday next ; and that a Select Committee should be appointed to consider the attendance of the House and their place in the solemnity. The standing order requiring notice of the intention to move for a Select Committee was, on the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman, suspended ; and, the preceding motion having 'been agreed to, the following Members were nominated as the Select Committee :—Lord John Russell, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Gladstone, Sir J. Pakington, Sir C. Wood, Lord J. Manners, Sir F. Baring, Mr. Hume, Mr. Christopher, Sir Robert Inglis, Mr. Cayley, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, and Lord Palmerston. Mr. HUME wished to know what would be the du ties of the Select Committee ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that the Committee would have to consult the journals, in order to see what was the best manner in which the House could attend the funeral. The names were then agreed to. RISING OF THE HOUSE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. Mr. BROTHERTON moved that, in the present Ses sion of Parliament, no business shall be proceeded with in the House after midnight, and that at twelve o'clock precisely, notwithstanding there may be business under discussion, Mr. Speaker to adjourn the House without putting any question. He considered that it was un reasonable that the British legislature should not be content to close its sittings at twelve o'clock, and he felt that by an adherence to the old system it must be disparaged in the opinion of the country. He hoped her Majesty's Ministers would give him their support on the present occasion, and he could assure th em th a t they could not bring forward a more useful or satisfac tory reform. (Hear, hear.) Mr. EWART seconded the motion, and referred in support of it 'to the character of the debates which took place at their sittings on Wednesdays, when the discussions were carried on with less excitement and more deliberation than on ordinary occasions. He sug gested that, at all events, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, when the Government business did not interpose, they should meet at twelve o'clock, and rise invariably at six o'clock. He considered that the present system was most injurious to the health of public men ; he had seen Member after Member of Administrations worn out by the toil to which they were exposed, and no Member who desired to do his duty should wish to prolong the sittings of the House after twelve o'clock. (Hear, hear.) Mr. W. WILLIAMS supported the motion. The present system was most discreditable to the House, be cause the most important business was brought on at one and two o'clock in the morning. The consequence was that measures were passed in an imperfect state, and it was necessary to have them amended by subsequent Acts. Sir W. CLAY thought it would be better to 'leave the matter to be arranged by the good feelings and good 'sense of the House, than to bind themselves down by any rule. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER really thought the gist of this motion was to reduce the time they could dedicate to the discharge of public business. It was a motion to establish restrictions upon debate, which was an extraordinary proposition in a free-trade age and in a free-trade House of Commons. The Hon. Member for Salford had frequently exercised the very salutary privilege of moving the adjournment of the House. The House had always received the proposition with deference, and there was no doubt that on many occasions it had very much contributed to their conve nience ' • but there had been occasions on which the Hon. Member made the motion that the debate should terminate, when there was such an irresis tible feeling on both sides of the House that the ter ininition of the debate under such circumstances would be extremely inexpedient and injurious to the public interests that the Honourable Gentleman himself did not press his motion. The adoption of an iron and inflexible rule would be highly inconvenient, and he thought that circumstance was very much considered in the Committee on Public Business. The limitation of debates would be very much like the plan of limiting the duration of a speech, which it was considered, on due reflection and investigation, would produce this result, that every Member would certainly speak an hour, while many Gentlemen whom the House would wish to speak more than an hour would be prevented from expressing their opinions at all. (Hear, hear.) Whoever were the Ministers of the country, it was impossible that the pro posal could be carried on for any length of time. In the last' Session, being very much hurried before the dissolu tion, and having important business to discharge, they sat something like fourteen hours a day, but it would be impossible to continue that practice, and he doubted whether any one would be able to undertake such an office. (Hear.) He really thought this was a question which might safely be left to the good taste and good feeling of Honourable Members. He was quite con vinced, and had seen many instances of it, that rigid rules had failed in accomplishing that which, left to the good feeling and good taste of Honourable Membe rs , had been successfully achieved. He should feel it hi s duty, though with great regret, to oppose the motion, brought forward he had no doubt with a very excellent intention. Mr. HUME said the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer had questioned the desira. bility of confining the speeches of Hon. Members withi n certain limits as to time ; but he (Mr. Hume) thought such a regulation would- have a most salutary effect. He had heard that such a limitation kid been attended with the best possible results in an assembly in another com l . try. He did think his Hon. Friend (Mr. Brotherton) was perfectly right in putting it to the good sense of Hon. Members whether they could adopt any mode by which the sittings of t he House mi g ht be shorten ed. The matter was growing worse and worse every session. Forty or fifty orders of the day often appeared on the paper, and very frequently, notwithstanding, a single ques tion occupied the wh ole ni g ht. He thou g ht the rule laid down by his Hon. Friend should be adopted by the House. The business of Parliament ought to be performed before a time of the night when the health of Hon. Members was likely to suffer. To attend business in an offic e , during the greater par t of the day, as ny Honourable Members had to do, and then to have to attend in that House until two or three o 'clock in the morning, was beyond human effort.• (Hear, hear.) He him self was the innovator in the case o f the Wednesday sittings. At first that was supposed to be an arrangement which was not likely to succeed ; but he thought there was now - no Honurable Member who wou ld not admit, that that was a beneficial change. He was of opinion that the motion of his Hon. Friend, if carried into effect, would be at tended with results equally beneficial. The next object would be to adopt some means of removing from the con sideration of the House of Commons, many matters which ought never to come before it, and which occasion great loss of time. There ought to be a committee to consider whether a class of useless bills which now occu pied the time of the House might not fairly be dispensed with. Lord J. RUSSELL could not but believe there was some public dissatisfaction as to the mode in which the business of the House was conducted, but he thought the manner of carrying on that business would not be t b H e o r t e u s n e m m u u e s t t b b e e a a w w a a r r e e : t a b n a d t l e e r eH neveron . M w e m a g b e a r leg (Mr s improved merely by adopting the present resolution. The th Bro lative assembly in which was transacted a tithe of the of th i e t legislativew transacted bu s i n ess that was' now carried through the House of Commons. Speaking of -the Congress of the United i businessn the was divitdeesd. of America,ge assemblies of the several States, the Start partthere next place, the whole administration did not form part of the Congress, therefore, they had not in the Congress those con tinual debates with respect to matters of adminis tration which formed a great part of the business of the British House of Commons. But consider ing they had that business to do, Honourable Members might have to consider whether it would not be neces sary to change many, if not all, of the remaining rules and regulations of that House, if they adopted the present proposition. His Honourable Friend (Mr. Hume) seemed to admit that, for he said the next step, after agreeing to that proposition, would be to appoint a committee to consider how the business might be diminished. If that was to be the case, let them have the whole scheme of carrying on the business of the House before they adopted the present resolution. Another change would be, that they could not have that number of stages through which from time immemorial it had been deemed necessary a bill in that House should pass. Not many years ago, according to the ancient rules of that House, there were no less than thirty-two questions put upon each Bill, from the time of its intro duction to its passing ; but if they agreed to the present motion it would probably be necessary to limit the number of those questions, and to make other changes of that kind. It appeared to him, also, if the motion was adopted, that there would be an accumulation of business untransacted at the end of each Session. He did not say it would not be possible to frame some scheme by which the whole business of the House would be better transacted, but to assent to the motion before the House would be to throw a difficulty in the way of attaining such an end. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY thought if his Honourable Friend (Mr. Brotherton) would bring forward some measure to prevent Honourable Members entering on any new business after midnight, without the consent of the House, it would be attended with some good effect. Mr. BROTHERTON, in a brief reply, said he was sorry he could not have the support of the leading Members of the House upon that occasion. It only convinced him the more how difficult it was to unlearn bad habits, and to learn good ones. (A laugh.) He disclaimed the wish to exercise anything like a despotic s way over the pioceedin g s of that House. He had been brought up in the love of constitutional govern ment ; he still cherished that love ; he disliked des potism : he did not wish to trust himself with any des potic power ; and therefore he wished that his motion should be adopted. .11.1 though there might be some inconveniences attending the carrying it out, he believed they would be less than wasting every now and then two or three hours in discussing a question of adjourn ment, and then adjourning at last without doing any business. (Hear, h ear .) The gallery was then cleared for a division. The result was-- For the motion Against it Majority against the motion INDIA. 196 before tosafonmtt ece appointed On our return to the gallery . ve found MC eMmbelirsEwnoßuildESre jf t oe h re a et t , m co o ll r e i a ng th th at e h r e e r -ap m p a o j i e n s t t m y e ,s nt Go o v f e t rn he . ommittee on Indian Affairs. He said, Honourable efore the time when it was indispensably necessary. a i m o t n e na tn s h y o o f u o b d lj ne cd t t a i a k o e n w p i o a eu d : o b n ne m t t a e tdh e s e u rb b ey - - lGaetvselatmththat Committee in the last Session, d the House to the appointment of the Committee on the present occasion. Down to the dissolution of Parliament the Committee had prosecuted the in vestigation which had been referred to them with very great attention and application, and with very consider able success, as was shown in their very luminous report, which contained a mass of useful information relative to our empire in the East. The first and principal topic of inquiry, namely, the agency by which the Government of India was now conducted under the Act now in force, was completely exhausted by the labours of the Com mittee which sat in the last Session, and they had re ported the whole result of their inquiries in that voluminous blue book to which he had referred. The remaining topics of inquiry were the military establish ments of India, the management of the financial affairs of that great empire, its education system, and the pro gress of works of improvement. All these were subjects which ought to engage the very close and serious atten tion of the Committee on its appointment, and when they had reported upon them the House would be in a position to legislate on the great subject' of whether the Government of the ivast empire was to be conducted upon the principles of the act of 1833. He must remind the House that the period within which legislation must take place on the subject of India was comparatively narrowed. In 1854 the Act for the better Government of her Majesty's Indian territories would cease, and it would be indispensably necessary that some act on the subject should pass in the course of the present session. It was for that reason that he took that early opportunity after the meeting of Parliament to move for the re-appointment of the Committee. The late general election had resulted in the loss to the House of several of the important Members who sat on the Committee during the last Session of Parliament ; and it would therefore be necessary that he should propose some new names to supply the vacancies so occasioned. The total number of the mem bers of the Committee would be, as in the former case, thirty-one—a number which the House would no doubt agree with him in opinion as to its being sufficiently large. Of the members who composed the Committee in the last Parliament, the House was now deprived of the services of five, whose places he proposed to supply by Mr. Macaulay, Sir Edward Ellice, Lord Stanley, Mr. Robert Clive, and, he was happy to be able to add, Lord Palmerston. He concluded by moving the re-appoint ment of the Committee. Mr. HUME suggested that in the further proceedings of the Committee the Members should avail themselves of the advantage of examining some of the more intelli gent of the natives of India, who would be capable of affording correct information as to the sympathy of the native population with the Government of that country. With respect to the general conduct of affairs by the East India Company, he had no hesitation in saying that India had been much better governed under the Company than our own colonies had been under the Colonial Government. Mr. MACGREGOR thought that, as the re-appointment of the'Committee was a matter of such great importance, some further time ought to have been afforded the House for consideration on the subject. The motion was then agreed to. ALLEGEp BRIBERY AT THE DERBY ELECTION. Sir B. HALL, in the absence of Sir A. Cockburn, moved that the petition of certain of the electors of the borough of Derby should be printed with the votes, and gave notice that on Friday next Sir A. Cockburn would found a motion upon the petition. The motion was agreed to. SALE OF CHICORY. On the motion of Mr. HUME, the following returns res p e cting chicory since 1840 ; and of the new Treasury relatingmiwenrueteordered:of all the minutes of the Treasury —Copies to the sale of chicory with coffee. Also, return of the number of memorials presented to the House of Commons for and against the rescinding of the Z nuart to each memorial ; and copies of y ures minute, stating from whom, and the if any, i ssue d to t h e C omm i ss i oners of In lande respectin g th a t T reasur y or d er ; an d o f thenafuol number instructions,oebsrßeadreiedv Treasury givenrn.signatures by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for the prevention of the admixture of chicory with coffee ; also an estimate of the additional expense to be incurred in carrying out those measures. TREATMENT OF CRIMINALS AND DESTI TUTE JUVENILES. On the motion of Mr. BAINES, the re-app o i n t men t o f th e Select Committee appointed in the last Session to inquire into the present treatment of criminal and des titute juveniles, and what changes are desirable in their treatment, in order to supply industrial training, and to with due correction of juve n il e c ime, combinew asreafog=tiodton. THE SLAVE TRADE IN THE BRAZILS. Lord d i of slaves imported PALMERSTONPod into Cuba' and the Bra z il s , v moved for returns of the total number respectively, since the d a t e of the last return down to the present time. Mr. HUME thought th at the House would be merely t r ifli ng with the subject b toeiy by agreeing to the motion of the Noble Lord. This country had t rea ti es e xistin g w ith Spain and Portugal, by virtue of which the former country had received not less than 900,0001., on condi tion that the Government of that country would use all its exertions to put down the slave-trade. Large sums had also been paid to Portugal under similar treaties. The Government of this coun.43, ought either to call upon those countries to fulfil thair treaties, or to refund the money they had received, rhe fulfilment of treaties was enforced upon weaker eutntries, and he saw no reason why Spain and Portugal should not be compelled to fulfil the terms of their treatit s . Lord PALMERSTON s ugEested that the better course to adopt would be, first tc , ascertain the facts, and then to deal with them. (A ialVi) The motion was then agreed t o. The House then adjourned. CASTLE AVON, BY THE AUTHJR OF " EMILIA WYND HAM."—One of the most desesvedly popular, as she is one of the most instructive, of !lir modern novelists, the author of " Emilia Wyndham,' is on the point of pub lishing a new work entitled " Castle Avon," which, ac cording to the rumours in literary circles, is likely to prove one of the most original and valuable tales she has produced. It is not only the mere novel reader who will be interested in the announcement of " Castle Avon," for the works of this distinguished writer address a far wider and higher class. They appeal (as a contem porary has justly observed) fo the intellectual, the re flecting, the pious. They are not to be read and for gotten in the novels of the season, but to be treasured in the library, and perused again and again with delight, as lessons of virtue taught by example, and as affording profitable recreation for all. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE IRON TRADE.—The iron trade of South Staffordshire continues extremely brisk. One of the largest firms in the district has issued a circular, in which they state they will not take any more orders this year, and it is confidently expected, although the price of some descriptions of iron has risen 50 per cent. within the last three months, that another advance will be declared at the next quarterly day ; some go so far as to state that an advance of 20s. per ton is inevitable before Christmas. The orders received by the last packet from the United States are unprecedentedly large. Rails, rods, and plates, are in great request. The demand is greatly in excess of the supply ; in one instance alone a contract has been taken for 20,000 tons of rails at 55 dollars cash on delivery. In addition to this glut of foreign orders, there is a large demand for plates for chip-building. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) HAWSES V. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. The Lord Chancellor gave judgment in this care, and after stating the position of the parties, the nature of the agreement, and the provisions of the act obtained by the company, he observed that the sole question was whether the plaintiff could in that court enforce the strict per formance of an agreement made during the progress of a railway bill through Parliament. The company had been prohibited from making a particular diverging or curvi linear line,but by the possession of Mr. Hawke , s pro perty they became enabled at any time to do that indi rectly which they could not do directly, although in the . agreement itself there was no reference to any such .m -tention. The company, however, did not make the line from Wisbeach to Spalding, they did not, therefore, re quire land for effecting the junction with the Ambergate line, and after a long correspondence set out in the pleadings, they finally received notice from Mr. Hawkes, and nobody could blame him for giving it, that he in tended to give up possession of the house and land. The company then sent proposals for compensation, but in the end they gave notice that they did not intend to ful fil the agreement, and Mr. Hawkes with all diligence filed his bill in January, 1849. Now it was not from any doubt his lordship entertained on the question of the power to enforce the performance of the agreement, but from the importance of some questions of law which were raised in the course of the argument, that he had deferred his decision. None of those questions were involved in this case. It so happened that a portion of the land to be taken was affected by the Act of Parliament. That gave a ground of jurisdiction, and it would seem quite of course that if a party fully capable of contracting enters into an agreement with a company to which Parliament has given certain powers, that the company cannot ne glect or not perform the conditions of the agreement, because their powers have lapsed by time, or because they were about to do an act which they thought proper to call an illegal one. In his lordship's opinion it was a plain case for specific performance. It was objected that the consideration was not a good one, but the cases of Stanley v. the Birkenhead Railway, Edwards v. the Grand Junction, and Simpson v. Lord Howden, all reported in the same volume of railway cases, settled the question that an agreement not to oppose the passing of a railway Act was a good consideration, and that even if the line was abandoned, the contract could be enforced. The case of Lord Petre was still stronger. The condition there was enormous-120,0001. for passing through the grounds and in view of the mansion, and it was con tended beside, that Lord Petre, as a peer, could not make such a contract. The objection was, however, overruled. It was held that Lord Petre had as much right to contract as any other person, and the whole of the cases established the fact that an agreement made in anticipation of the passing of an Act not to evade its pro visions, but to assist in enforcing them, was one that must be performed. Several grounds had been urged in argument against the fulfilment of this contract on the part of the company, and the first of them was the hard ship on the shareholders ; but the cases in the volume of railway cases, to which he had alluded, and particu larly at pp. 199 and 370, showed that there could be no separation of those who contracted from the general body when there was no fraudulent concealment. The next ground was the hardship of the time having ex pired in which the works could be constructed, and the purchase rendered available. That, however, was the fault of the defendants themselves, who had acted with as much bad faith as his Lordship had ever witnessed in a public company with regard to this transaction. If there was a hardship, the company had brought it on themselves. The question of lapse of time was effec tually,disposed of by the observations of the Court in the case 'of the Oxford and Birmingham Junction Rail way, 2 Phillips, 604-5. It had been contended, how ever, that the cases of contract of this description en forced by the Court had been reversed, and one of those cases was said to be Webb v. the Direct Portsmouth Railway. His Lordship had examined that case, and he was clearly of opinion it was reversed on account of the uncertainty of the contract. If he thought other wise he certainly should have required further time to inquire and consider, but it appeared to him plain that the Court did proceed there on the uncertainty of the contract. His Lordship held that no subsequent acci dent could alter a contract such as that under his consideration. The company when they contracted had in their contemplation the passing of their Act. It did pass, and with the plaintiff there was a valid contract, good faith and honesty required it to be upheld, and if Webb's case had proved to be that which it was not—a reversal of the law—yet his Lord ship would have taken on himself the responsibility of adhering to the principle of the other cases, and of deciding as he did now. Then the case of Lord J. Stuart v. the London and North-Western Railway, 21 Law Journal, had been cited, as opposed to the other decided cases. There, however, the positive contract was dis puted, and on that ground, as well as delay, the Master of the Rolls refused to interfere. After referring to the cases of Macgregor v. the Dover and Deal Company, and Bagshawe v. the Eastern Union, his Lordship com mented strongly on that line of defence taken by the company, which went to urge that they exceeded their powers in making the contract, and that the plaintiff knew they did so. There was nothing of the kind to be found in the pleadings. There was no proof of it any where, and if it was to have been a ground of defence it p u l i a e i h nt a iff eha m rg ig e l . it Ahaftvee r hadopportunity dispo a si n ngof ought to have been st a t e d i n th e answer, so that the tie question r rebutting t a i nt of mutuality, and referring briefly to Goodge v. the Col chester Compan: and Fage v. the Newmarket, his Lord ship concluded by declaring eight law, eouity, and justice agreed in enforcing such la contract as that before him. and he had great satisfaction in dismissing the appeal with costs. Mr. Wigram asked for th• costs of the hearing before Lord Truro. Mr. Malins opposed this. It was the right of the de fendants at that time to demand a rehearing, and the recent case of Webb and the other appeared to have made an alteration in the Jaw. His Lordship thought there was ground for rehearing, and refused to give these costs. The appeal against the order on exceptions to the title of Mr. Hawkes, was ordered to stand over. [Before Vice-Chancellor Stuart.]. IN RE THE UNIVERSAL SALVAGE COMPANY-Ex PARTE WINTHROP. This was a motion to reverse a decision of Master Farrer, who had disallowed a claim of Mr. Winthrop as a creditor of the above company of 2,1431. The facts stated were these :—On the 15th of August, 1845, the Hon. C. J. Murray, one of the directors, lent the com pany 3,000/., and as security took the joint and several bond of nine other directors. The sum of 300/., Mr. Murray's tenth share, h a d no t, i n f ac t, b een paid by him. In February, 1846, the time allowed by the bond for repayment expired, but the loan was continued, and a policy of assurance for 5,000/. and a warrant of attorney were given to Mr. Murray, as a further security for the loan. It was agreed that judgment should not be entered upon that' warrant of attorney unless any default were made in the payment of the pre miums.' Default having been made in the payment of the premiums. Mr. Murray en t ere d up j udgment, and took out execution against Mr. Winthrop and ano ther person connected with the company : a bill filed by them to restrain execution was dismissed with costs. Mr. Winthorp paid the sum of 2,1431. to Mr. Murray, which, with contributions from others, made up a sum of 3,741/. 13s. 4d. It appeared that on the 26th of August, 1845, eleven days after Mr. Murray's loan, it was resolved that each party making such advance should be allowed 63 shares, as a security for the same, with liberty to retain such shares in satisfaction thereof, or to return the same, and claim the repayment of such advances out of the company's funds. It was urged that as Mr. Winthrop had retained the shares, and taken no steps to return them and claim repayment, he had elected to keep them. Mr. Bagally appeared in support of the motion, to op pose e h were which Mo t rt h facts before him. The question was whether upon.Ruessellan The Vice-Chancellor and Mr. Selwyn appeared, b u t thought the Master had decided properly on n whether Mr. Winthrop was to be regarded as a creditor properly for the whole amount, or was to be deemed to have made his election to retain the shares. Mr. Winthrop had not returned the shares, and claimed payment. He must be considered to have retained them in satisfaction of his debt. The motion must be refused with costs. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. THE MAYOR AND ASSESSORS OF HARWICH Mr. O'Malley moved for a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue to these defendants, com manding them to entertain and discuss objections made to certain persons whose names were now on the burgess list of the borough. Notices of objections to these per sons had been given to the mayor and assessors before the period of the late revision, and notices of the ob jections had likewise been served on the persons them selves, but when the revision took place, the mayor and assessors refused to hear the cases discussed, as they were of opinion that the notices served on the persons thus objected to were insufficient. The 17th sec. of the sth and 6th Win. IV., c. 76, the Municipal Corporation Act, required that when the right of any person to have his name on the burgess list was contested, notices of objection should be given to the town clerk, and like wise to the voter, in the form No. 3, inserted in schedule Dof the statute. In that form the residence of the voter was described, that residence being the one which was stated in the burgess list. A notice exactly in con formity with that which was inserted in the schedule, had in this case been given to the town clerk, but the notice served on the party himself was addressed to him at his residence, but did not contain within it the state ment of the residence. On the ground of this omission, the mayor and assessors held the notice to be insufficient. The Learned Counsel contended that this decision was erroneous, and that the objectors ought to have been heard in support of their case. The Court granted a rule to show cause. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The November General Session, which was com menced on Monday last at Clerkenwell, was continued by adjournment this moring at the Guildhall, West minster. Mr. Seijeant Adams presided, and Mr. Witham, Mr. Graham, Mr. Woodward, and Mr. Baylis were on the bench. There are 48 cases of felony, and 6 of misdemeanour for trial. The Assistant-Judge briefly charged the grand jury. John Morris, 14, pleaded guilty of having stolen a till and 2s. 50., the property and money of John Hicks. It appeared from the prim returns that the prisoner, had been summarily convicted no less than eleven times. The Assistant-Judge made some observations on the fact that the prisoner had been convicted five times by one magistrate (Mr. Broughton), and four by another (Mr. Long), and not once sent for trial. He did not in the least intend to cast blame on the magistrates, or to say they had not done right, but at the police courts they might not have the means they had at the Sessions of identifying prisoners ; and the young thief knew that by his pleading guilty he would be sentenced by the magistrate to three months' imprisonment, and in that way escape the punishment that Court could award when the previous convictions were within its cogni zance. In this case he had not the power to sentence the prisoner to transportation. The prisoner-4 want to be transported. The Assistant-Judge—l dare say you do, but I am sorry to say you cannot be gratified at present. Prisoner—Oh, very well ; I shall go on the same game again when I'm out, till I do get transported, though. • The Assistant-Judge—Well, I premise you that the next time you come here you shall be transported, if guilty. Now, mind that. He then sentenced the pri soner to nine months' hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. —An able-bodied vagrant, named Benjamin Brett, was brought before Alderman Wire, charged with having committed a street robbery. Mr. John Fraser, a gentleman who has recently ar rived from Scotland, said—On Saturday evening, at half past six o'clock, I was walking along Cheapside, with a plaid shawl on my arm. Close to Queen-street, I felt a sudden jerk, and supposed that my shawl had got en tangled in something. In an instant, however, it was wrenched away from me, and I saw a person like the prisoner running along and wrapping it round his per son. I followed as fast as I could, but unfortunately I fell when I was gaining ground. I continued the pur suit when I got upon my legs, but lost sight of the person, who was, however, secured by a policeman with the shawl in his possession. Waldron, one of the City officers, said—l saw the pri soner running along Lawrence-lane with the shawl, which he dropped upon seeing me. When I told him to stop he made a bolt at me with his head, and made a desperate effort to get away, but I prevented his escape. The prisoner—The fact is, my lord, that I am per fectly guilty ; but I had been wandering about day and night, and could get nothing to do, so I thought I would take the shawl without giving much trouble to any one. The officer said he had upon inquiry learned that the prisoner was a fellow who could not be prevailed upon to work. Alderman Wire—Exactly so. He is well able to work, but would rather steal. There is no sort of excuse for this prisoner, for he is a powerful young man, and there is abundance of work for the industrious. The prisoner —But, your Lordship, I have been brought up to nothing but farming, and I can't get any work. The officer—l saw the prisoner skulking about Cheap. side the night before, and have no doubt as to his object there. Alderman Wire—He is committed. WORSHIP-STREET. —A stylishly-dressed young man, named Matthew Brooks, was placed at the bar before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with having carried on an ex tensive system of robbery on the premises of his em ployers, Messrs. Sewell and Co., whol esa l e j ewe ll ers an d general merchants, in London-wall, and Fore-street, Cripplegate. Mr. John Sewell stated that the prisoner had been in their service as warehouseman, at a liberal salary, for the last two years, and during that period numerous valuable articles had disappeared. Not the slightest suspicion, however, attached to the prisoner, in whom they had always reposed implicit confidence, and in con sequence of the number of persons who were employed upon the establishment they were unable to obtain any clue to the delinquent until that morning, when they received information that the prisoner had been stopped in an attempt to dispose of a quantity of property be longing to them. Mr. - Edward Cotton, a pawnbroker in the Hackney road, stated that on Saturday afternoon the prisoner entered his shop and produced fifteen silk purses and two gold-mounted scent-bottles, on which he requested an advance of 12s. His suspicions were excited, and on questioning the prisoner he declared them to be his own property, and stated that he was about to commence business as a jeweller in that neighbourhood. He was proceeding to question him further when the prisoner suddenly darted out of the shop, but witness pointed him out to a policeman, by whom he was overtaken and se cured. Police-serjeant 'N 14, stated•that he proceeded to the prisoner's house, on searching which, he discovered a large assortment of miscellaneous property, comprising purses, pocket-books, and drawing room ornaments, the majority of which had since been identified by the firm, although their private marks had been carefully oblite rated from the greater part of them. On being called upon to account for the possession of the property, the prisoner in the first instance confidently claimed the whole of it as his own ; but on being subsequently Icon fronted with t e princip a l o f th e fi rm h e b ecame greatly , agitated and, a d exclaimed, " I acknowledge they be long to you, an must throw myself upon your mercy." The prisoner, ho declined offering any defence, was remanded for a Week, to afford the police an opportunity for tracing the remainder of the missing property. CLERKENWELL.—Patrick Burke, a powerful-look ing Irishman, was charged with having violently assaulted Oliver Brown, 155, and George Mills, 131, G division, by which they were seriously injured. Brown, whose eyes were blackened and swollen, and who bore other marks of violence, deposed that on Sa turday night last the prisoner was causing a disturbance in Whitecross-street, St. Luke's, when he remonst ra t e d with him and advised him t o desist. He commenced abusing witness, pursued him, and collected a great crowd of persons, principally consisting of the lower order of Irish. He made an attack upon witness, knocked him down, and began kicking him about the head and body (as he now exhibited) was disfigured through kicks, and he must have been killed had it not been for the arrival and assistance of other officers. Whilst he was , on the ground, and the prisone r h o ldi ng hi m d own, a I cry of " Kill the —" was raised, and several of the mob held his legs and maltreated him cruelly, and he was completely exhausted. George Mills, 131 G, received i n f orma ti on th a t a j policeman was being murdered by a mob in Whitecross street. He proceeded thither, and found upwards of 400 persons of the lowest order assembled, and there was a cry of " Kill the ." He rushed through the crowd, and saw constable Brown on the ground, struggling with the prisoner who was on the top of him. When witnes s ma d e his appearance a cry was made, "Here is another of the , serve him the same." The mob attacked him, and he had a narrow escape with his life. This evidence having been confirmed by disinterested witnesses, Mr. Corrie, addressing the prisoner, said that in such a gross the extent of his power would not allow him sufficiently to punish him ; and, as an example, he would fully commit him to Newgate for trial. SOUTHWAIK.—Mr. A'Beckett gave his judgment in the case of a cab-driver named Thomas Hill, who was charged with plying for hire within the enclosed space at the terminus of the London and Brighton Railway station, that being a place not authorised by the Com missioners of Police. As it had been understood that the real issue was the right of railway companies to withdraw the cabs at the stations from the provisions of the general statute and the superintendence of the police commissioners, a con siderable amount of interest attached to the trial. Mr. A'Beckett said that he had well considered not only the case, but the opinion of counsel which had been placed before him by the company, and was unchanged in the opinion that in plying for hire in a place not sanctioned by the police commissioners for that was the only question the defendant had broken the law. In prohibiting the plying of hacknay car riages " elsewhere " than at places approved by the commissioners, the legislature meant without exception, otherwisb such exception would have been particularised. It was not desirable that a number of public vehicles should be withdrawn from the super vision to which, by law, all were subjected. The rail way authorities were irresponsible, and if at one time their regulations were made for the public, at another they were made for their own profit. Some of the re gulations made by the company were most inconvenient, witness the placing of other numbe Ts on the sides of cabs than those of the license, thus leading the public astray, and in the cases of summonses causing confusion. The company had had time to consider their course, and comply with the law, but had not done so. It was his duty to put the law in force, which he would do im posing the nominal penalty of is, with costs. Another case was heard, and a cabman pl y i ng at the same station was fined 408., for refusin g , i n o b e di ence to the company's rules, to take the first fare that called him. It was announced in court that the company had re solved to comply with the act in future. THE COMING RAIEWAY ethreatenings of February are loud and ominous. In addition to an increase of applications for new bills; we have Th bef e waoreunst the certainty o f a fi erce and general war. t of a decision last sessionhe comingon t the struggle, Shrews bury contest will b e keenly felt in iiothing of whi c h i s to b e relied on save a squander ing of the profits which proprietors alone should realize. The pressing question of amalgamation, too, is in creasing in intensity, and spreading out to an importance that must ultimately attract the attention of the senate in the loftiest sense of its name and duties. All things considered, the session must be looked forward to with anxiety, if not with dread, unless, alas ! faint hope— shareholders generally bestir themselves and demand peculiar pledges from each individual member of their boards.—Railway Times. PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED ON THURSDAY NEXT.— Let any one just think of the problems to be solved next Thursday. The first is, how to form a procession three miles long, including about 10,000 men, and get it to St. Paul's. When there, how are they to be disposed of ? How are 17,000 persons, requiring possibly 3,000 carriages, to be got into St. Paul's before the commence. ment of the ceremony How are 200,000 pass-holders to be passed to the line of the procession before eight ? What barriers and quantity of police and soldiery will suffice to keep back the crowd at the great cross tho roughfares, such as Blackfriars and Waterloo bridges ? How will the line itself be kept sufficiently clear, in spite of the numbers oozing into it from the Mail thorough pro, alleys and private paehagee THE LATE MELANCHOLY LOSS OF LIFE AT CHELSEA. INQUEST (YESTERDAY). Yesterday morning Mr. Wakley held an inquest in the Chelsea workhouse on Sarah Bean, aged 60, and Char lotte Cook, aged 55, the unfortunate women that meg with their death at Chelsea College on Saturday. TII bodies having been viewed, the following evidence 10 1 .4 given : James Bean of North Cumberland-mews, Bryanston• square, identified the body of Sarah Bean as that of hiS mother ; she left home well on Saturday morning in brougham to visit Chelsea College, accompanied by two, friends. Witness did not see her again until he recogi nized her lifeless body in the dead-house. Deceased was a very nervous person, and easily frightened. Mr. Thomas Ballard, surgeon, deposed that he was in the crowd at Chelsea Hospital on Saturday, when about half-past eleven deceased was dragged from the crawdi apparently dead. Witness had her conveyed ink a shop, and having there made an examination pronounced life extinct, Deceased's clothes were veil disordered. She had no b onne t on , her mouti was open, and her hair dishevelled. Witness performe a i a post-mortem. examination. Externally the scalp NW lacerated, and there were marks of violence on the iegi and feet. The organs of the body were nearly a ll heatt thy. Death resulted from suffocation. Eliza Fairhead, lady's maid, i n th e serv ice of iSifi Bethall, of 59, Gloucester-pl ace , id en tifi e d the body f Charlotte Cook as that of o ne o f h er f e ll o w-servann Witness accompanied deceased on Saturday morning 7. Chelsea College, to view the lyi ng i n s t a t e . lost deceased in the crowd, and did not see her fall. Mr. William Henry Furneval, surgeon, said he w ag called by the police on Saturday morn i ng , and on bench at the back of a public-house in Turk's-row el found deceased lying apparently dead. Witness trill restoratives, but unavailingly, as life was extinct.. ness had made an autopsy. Externally there was a telling of the breast bone, and the ankles were muc h bruised. Internally witness found two r ib s f rac tured 01 e left side, and two on the right. The org a ns of the ho b { were healthy, with the exception of a disease -of the rig 0 ' lung. Deceased died from suffocation, produced from violent pressure on the chest. Coroner—ls there anybody here from the authoritica to watch the case ? Inspector Cumming—l am here to take notes of caba l is said. • o° l Coroner—l think it very n ec essar y th a t Sir Ric o.a. Mayne should be present, and that the inquiry journed till to-morrow morning; for his attendance, ":. for the jury in th e mean ti me t o v i s it t h e spot w h e re " melancholy accident took place. The Foreman—Before adjourning, I think it better to take the evidence of the witnesses that are present. 0 The jury adjourned a ft er t a ki ng th e ev id ence o f 011 or two witnesses until this morning. The evidence of the police was taken this mornn,nj. and, the Coroner having summed up, the jury re but had not arrived at a verdict when we went press. COUNTRY MARKETS. The following is the official statement of the Va n " r to of corn, &c., received in the port of London from the,ni t y . 3 in Essex, from the Bth to the 13th Nov. 1852, both J". sive : Colchester Harwich ~ Leigh .... Malden_ 168 360 1431 HADDINGTON, Nov. 12.—,........ at our market to-day :... Wheat. Barley.' Oats. 136 , 2 1 i First Second Third 3Bs Od 24 s 3d 18 8 9d • 3 a; Total quantity of Wheat in market, 657 qrs-626 solo. ', Do. Do. Barley do. 855 qrs-826 sold . Oats do. 411 qrs—ZB2 sol d ' Do. Beans do. 49 qrs— 49 sold- 0 , KIRKCALDY, Nov. I3.—The following are the quotation . i . ' grain at to-day's market -- Wheat. Barley. Oats. - 13°9 1 I First Secood I Third 37s Od 24s 6d 17s Od u 6 n ,i, Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 28s Od to 30 0 vv" 'i'• Le follow: aielfie ,pric, CORK—Nov. 12. Brls. CurrettcP 4° ~.. '- 9 White wheat 24s Od to 24s 6d Os Od-20 0: 77 Redwheat 20s Od to 23s 9d Ditto Os Od to Os Od 23s Od-20 do. . Ditto Os Od to Os Od 89 Barley l2s 9d to 13s 10d 1 do , ' 183 Ditto 13s 10d to 14s Od 14s Od—.- 28 Ditto 14s Od to 14s 2d Bere Os Od to Os Od Os ^ 539 Oats 532 Ditto 9s 6d to 9s 10d 9s - 509 Ditto 9s lOd'to lOs 4d • ail' 98 Pigs 3os Od to 366 Od Os Od pe l Quantity sold at the highest prices : ,• ' 35: 0 pe r 6 barrels white wheat ; 14 red ; 28 barley ; oats ; 8 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last we el lrl44. Wheat, 1,491. Barley, 3,052. Bere, 0. OatS , Pigs, 887. • ao. Bcl PRICES OF BUTTER. cusE sNar- 69 0 First quality Second quality . ... Third quality .. 68s Third quality .............. .do Fourth quality ........... • jig Fifth quality s 6s Fifth quality ............ 01 Sixth quality 46s Sixth qua lity ~.....,...••' Return of cattle sold for week ending Nov. 6 :-- , CANT. Pigs, 902. Sheep, 214. Cows, 309. Od;; CORR.—Flour—First, 13 8 Od t o 14 s 6d ; eztra, 16 I ; pie, seconds, I2s Od to I4s Od; househ o lds, lOs to Hs 6d; Od to lOs Od per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 78 9 d I ' o 4' oatmeal, lOs 6d to Ils ; wheat meal, lOs 6d to lls Per to i Indian corn, 71 lOs to 71 Iss per ton. Bran, 41 170 ~,ge, Os Od per ton. Hay—Farme r s, 23 s Od to 31s 6d ; 27s ; dealers, 28s Od to 35s Od ; average, Os per ton. rioto Farmers, 14s Od to 24s Od ; average, 2ls ; dealers, 288 Os Od ; average, Os. per ton. COAL MAR Prices of Coal per ton at LT--Nos. 15. Le close of the market :0. 4, Riddell ...................... 166 Walker ..................... 1 7 Eden Main ................. 17 Hetton Lyons Main ....... Braddyll.. ................. .18 Hett0n.................... . 18 e Ha5we11..................... Lambton ................. Pen5her.................... 17 P1ummer.................. /1 4.1 Richmund . .......... •••17 Russel's Hetten ............ 18 3 Stewart's ............... • . South Kelloe ............. • 16 Whitworth ..............•• .. i7 0 t' Adelaide Tees .......... Backhouse . . ........... Pease's Tees .................... ; Cannel . •••• -.. 16 DerwentwaLr Hartley ' Q $ Nixon's Methyr & -3 rdw 1 6 v Sidney's Hartley ........ s. d. Bate's West Hartley 15 9 Buddle's West Hartley 16 0 Hartlepool West Hartley 15 9 Hasting's Hartley l6 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 16 0 Longridge's W. Hartley 16 9 North Percy Hartley l5 - 9 Pelton Main l5 0 Ravensworth W. Hrrtley 16 0 Redheugh Main 13 6 Stewart's Hartley 15 0 Tanfield Moor l5 3 Tanfield Moor Butes 15 01 Wall's End, &c. Acorn Close l6 9 Brown l6 0 Gosforth 16 9 Harton l6 9 Hebburn l6 3 Killingworth East 16 0 Lawson l6 0 Morrison l7 0 Morthumberland l6 0 Sips at market, Sold, 105. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, NOV. 15. 10 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has b r i tla quid, and rather inclining to give way in prices, this is the first day for the new account. Ther o 47,0 more desire to sell stock than of late. The csmin, thus reports of th e d a y' s t ransac ti ons :—Birkenhso.V.Pl cashire, and Cheshire 6i c. d. ; Eastern Counties, wee, 7-16 ; Lanca s hi r e and Yorkshire, 861 ; di tto o Riding Union, 2I ; London and North-Western, scats: Midland, 78i, ; North British, 9 3-16, i, 3-16 , ; incti° 11 f Eastern and Dover, 23 1 ; Warrington and Altm • e1.„7, 0 0,1 pm. t York and North Midland, 29i ; Dutch 1 c. d. MANCHESTER, Nov. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Business has been limited Sn to w,- to-day. Prices opened somew h a t hi g h er th an on Sot but they were not sustained to the t erm i na ti on of tb ° ; and closed weaker. The sales were : Caledonialom Eastern Counties, 12i ; London Stock, 125 k; Mre. " 79k, 87i ; Blackburn Pref., 26i ; North StafforurC„ r ivit dis. ; Leeds Stock, 874 ; York, Newcastle and 18g ; Sheffield, 31i, ; Preston and Wyre A. o' . °i g a di* prem. ; Dover, 23i, 11-16, I ; Ch es hi re J un ction, "" BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 15. 0 f th e STOCK EXCHANGIL—The prices of the sharet,,t the principal lines of railway maintain their position , Pl e d on has been but a small amount of business transl a ilifft 'Change to-day. There was nothing done in stock. LEDS, Nov. 15. tit 01 S T OCK EXCHANGE.—The pri ces re main sviZovor el merial alteration. Little business doing. The, 4 Eastern Counties, at 12; Great West e rn at 941•„...___ei 4r, 5 65 6 j; 16S • es of g' BIRTHS. OF A SON. Trntio ll. " - tnl lo, On the 14th inst., at Grafton-terrace, — e O l t Mrs. T. S. Pattison. • eric ' On the 13th inst., at M a i ze -hill , Greenwi chP - wife of C. J. Busk, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. toe WY On the 15th inst., at Victoria-lodge, Chi of Richard Drew, Esq. of Lieut. gartfty On the 14th inst., a t D over, th e w if e dale, Royal Engineers. MARRIAGES. Trin ity ' On the 13th inst., at the Church of the 1 10 - 7 b c lop; f Chi " 0% Westbourne-terrace, W. Galsworthy, Es ( b_S - daug.r" 1(4 bers, Regent-street, to Louisa Jeremy, tnu" . f[vde-r - o f R.M'Cabe, Esq., of Kensington-garden-terrace, t dosq-p ter At Great Bircham, Norfolk, W. B. pu ran s i &ugh Bromhill, Teddington, to Rosa Le Cle're, younge of the Rev. G. S. Fraught, of Great Bircham. S. On the llth inst., DatEAßegTHeLosee, Regent SC I pg., Edward Leslie, the eldest son of E. D. PuddiconlibeY aged 19. t tree t, er i-4 On the 14th inst., at 26, Maddox-street, Reg Mr. R. Walker, aged 70. , On the 14th inst., Elizabeth, th e wife o f Seth w Esq., of 33, Eaton-square, aged 62 _........ fd1 4,1 London : Printed and Published by Dffice, MURO irol7 a r No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The e coun Sun O 14° ',.... Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, _in th g Middles, neolay, NoTemba le• /02, ~-- Till 1 "Metry ' l re to a ever the M any Annual,' oar Chr Its frivol know n geniu s 401'1011g S ighs," l edge th , Place, so servant, over his What fin t'Ae ?er tii he rs of I 51 ittee. lir. lir. At th e to 1 ) , Tri Secretor Subset Whitt Itu Cuutc' j 31, Grea 4 . Tani POik i ary. las THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1852. 'LIFF7 J. Pei C. Wil Jot