The Sun. — London, England, 1848-08-08 00:00:00

FRANCE. [The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night] : The Constitutionnel makes the following remarks on the report of the Commission of Inquiry on the affairs of June:— " Several papers attack with excessive sharpness the report of the Commission of Inquiry. Nothing in our opinion can be more unjust than those attacks. No, the report, as its detractors contend, is not a document dic tated by party passion; it is an act of duty. What, after all, have the Commissien done? They have accom plished the arduous task allotted to them by the Assem bly, and nothing more." On the subject of intervention in Italy there is no thing new. If it be true, as is asserted that France and England are agreed, we may have a pacific solu tion of the question, but there are other parties than the Austrians and Lombardians and Piedmontese to be satisfied, and hence some Misgiving for the issue of the negotiation which will be attempted is enter tain ed . TUSCANY. The Tuscan 'Ministry resigned on the 30th ult., —in consequence of a popular demonstration. The Chambers were discussing the expediency of a levy en mane, which had been called for by the people. RUSSIA. The &forme published a letter from Courland, dated 15th ult., stating that the Imperial Guard had left St. Petersburgh, and occupied a camp within three leagues of that capital. " The guard," it says, " has not yet furnished any con tingent to the army of Poland. A corps of cavalry of 6,000 men has marched for the divisions of the army sta tioned along the Austrian and Prussian frontiers, which stood in need of cavalry. There are three complete corps - of army in Poland, each supplied with the necessary mate rial. A general is said to be charged with the organiza tion of 40 squadrons of cavalry-, which meat be formed for the month of August, orders having been sent to the .Hetman of the Cossacks of the Don to hold in readiness a considerable body of Cossacks: the latter had offered 20,000 men mere than the Emperor required. There is to be a' corps of army at Moscow and Twer, several divisions of cavalry will be detached in the military colonies. The guards will be increased to SO,OOO men; the grenadiera alone amount to 40.000. Fiesh conscations have taken place in Poland. The property of Edmund Pozaeuski and his uncle, Joseph Grabouski, in the government of Lublin, was lately sequestered, those two gentlemen having been accused of circulating revolutionary writings. They fortunately succeeded in crossing; the frontier. Lieutenant-General Baron Frey tag, chief of the staff of the active army, and General Radiger, had arrived at Warsaw, coming from St. Petersburgh." LOMBARDY. The Milan papers received this morning by ex. press publish the following':— QFFICIAL BULLETIN. " MILAN, AUG. L.—The Italian army has suspended its movement of retreat. The enemy attacked it at CrOtta l'Adda, Corno Vecchio, and Macca Storms, but was " This morning Lord Abercrombie, the English Mi nister at the Court of Turin, arrived at the camp, and after-a conference with his Majesty the King of Sar dinia, set out immediately for the Austrian head-quar ters, charged with an important diplomatic mission. . "13rescia. never for a moment dismayed, is, preparing a vigorous defence. The courage of the inhabitants has bee„ greatly animated by the announced- reinforcements of th, ! Na.ional Guard ot Milan, the gallant behaviour of General Griffini, and especially the recent visit of Gene. ral Zucchi. - Our volunteers continue to keep a strict look out on the Tyrolese frontiers. Surprised in'small nunibers near Vermiglio on the 28th ult.; and thrOwn into some dis order, ix the first instance, by a corps of 2,000 Austrians, they victoriously repulsed - the enemy in the sequel. Captain Stampa, who was severely' wounded in the knee, Lreatly distinguished hims e lf on th e occas i on, as a l to ieutenant Rips. The enemy suffered serious loss. "FANTI (General) " RES TELLI-MAESTRI." The Giornale del Lloyd Austriaco, of the 28th of July (received this morning with the Osservatore Triestino), states that the Sardo-Venetian squadrbn continues to maintain its position (at anchor) in the waters of Umago. It consists of three frigates, foltr corvettes, three brigs, and six steamers. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 2d inst. announces that the Sardinian army had retired behind the Adda. •'' " Both officers and men," it says, " are returning in all directions to their respective corps. The army, dispirited by privations, which were the principal cause of the disorders that occurred, is fast recovering its ardour. Order is being re-established, and in a shOrt time it will be able to act more vigorously. It was deemed prudent to evacuate Cremona, and take stronger positions, which are better calculated to ensure and cover important communications. The army effected its movement without being harassed by the enemy." The same journal contains a decree of Prince EUGENE of Savoy Carignan, proroguing the session -of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies of Sardinia until the 15th September. Tranquillity was completely restored in Turin. The Committee of Public. Defence of Milan ad dressed, on the 30th ult., the following proclamation to the inhabitants of that_clphij : c0 „ e .„.,„ - along the Oglio, will be shortly re-organized. Its artil- . lery is entire and promise s t o "be o f great assistance . Brescia has been placed in a forinidable state of defence. The enemy was repulsed with loss froin Tonale, and the defiles of Stelvia and Caffaro are well defended. Our young militians are 'assembling, and will shortly be able to protect the Lombard city. In a council of war, held this morning, all the means of defence possessed - - by the country were examined, and it was unanimously decided that Milan should he fortified, and oppose ' a desperate resistance to the •enemy. Remember, Citizens, the ardour and impetuosity that animated you during our five immortal days. Let us construct new barricades, destroy the bridges, cut the roads and streets, and place a de "Solate wilderness between us and the enemy. Let us prove that we can resist adversity, and that, if over - powered by superior numbers, we are worthy of the assistance and sympathy of Europe." - The Committee of Defence issued, at the same tine, the following decree : " 1. A permanent council of war is instituted to try, within the shortest possible delay, all those who, invested with any public function or conimaad, had designedly neglected their duties, and became traitors to their country: " 2. The council Of war is composed as follows :•!-- General Rongier, President.; Messrs. Dossi Antonin, Arese Francesco, Lissoni Antonio Barrier, members ; and M. Nessi Pietro, reporter. " 3. This council shall assemble the moment Milan is declared in a state of siege, and be invested with the right of life and death, in the vigorous application of the military laws." The Milan Gazette of the 31st ult. states:— " The defence of the city has been organized as fol lows by the Committee:—The defence of the space com prised between the gate Tenaglia and the gate Vercel lina was to be confided to General Antonini, who was to have his head-quarters at Castello ; the second section of defence was to be entrusted to Lieutenant-Colonel Francesini, who was to establish his head-quarters on the square of St. Alexander ; and the third section to Lieutenant-Colonel Arduino, whose head-quarter were to bo at Simpliciano. A de tachment of the battalion of sappers, commanded by'a captain, and a temporary hospital, were to be attached to each section of defence. The preparations making . by the Committee of Defence," says the Miles Gazette, " are a certain guarantee of its energy. The National Guard has mobilized a strong column ready to take the field. Goribaldi, with his glorious legion, will set the ex ample of bravery. Zucchi left this morning to direct the movements of the army of defence, which is to combine its operations with those of the generous army of Charles • Albert. Courage, activity, serenity of heart and mind, and the clouds that darken the destinies of the Italian cause shall soon vanish. Be firm and resolute, and, after resisting a few days longer, Italy, clasping France in her arms, will raise the cry of victory anti • triumph:" • • The Milan Gazette announces that the Piedmonteie • Ministry ; as well as the Provisional Government of • Lombardy, had formally demandell the Intervention • of France. ELECTION COMMITTEE. DUBLIN. _ ! The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds' ma ; jority was resumed yesterday, and the whole day was occupied n ith arguments as to the legality of the Dublin • pipe -rate. The point was not decided when the Com mittee rose; and of course no votes were struck off. 1:1, 14 - ONDON, BRIGHTON, _And SOUTH • COAST RAILWAY: - 4 meeting . of the shareholders in the London, Brigh ton, and South Coast Railway Company friendly to a ...returce in the management of the concern, was held 7"t,erdaY at the Hall of Comm e r ce; M r . J os i a h Wil son an tne chair. Mr. H. DAVIS, who had been instrumental in calling the meeting together, explained the reasons which had induced him to take so prominent a part in the pro ceedings of the dissentient shareholders. He was induced, about nine months ago to embark his ca pital in this railway, helievinz that it was depre ciated below its value by the pressure of the times: but he had since discovered that he was grievously mistaken. The . law expen ses o f the company for the last five years ' 'amounted to the enormous sum of 213,000/. The shares had latterly shrunk from 80/. down to almost nothing, while the interest paid to the shareholders had dropped from eight to four per cent. They were told that the depression in their property was in consequence of the severity of the times, but he denied that. The times had done very little indeed to depress their property, and ho attributed .the falling off in the value of their shares toa feeling - li : ng _ had been grossly mismanaged. I * .that prevailed amongst the public that the under ta aged. The capital al ready expended upon the line amounted to seven millions ; the returns to about - 450,000/., w hil e nearly half of that income W as absorbed in it s gathering. This fact alone was enough to prove that the concern had been mismanaged, but let him just bring under the consideration of his hearers the . heresult corn oft the last halt-yearly a cc o u nts. In the first place, plained that 31,000/. had been expended last year ie stations, and 10,5131. upon branches whose works were Still untouched. Last year no less a sum than 40,0001. was expended in promoting the defunct Mid Kent scheme, while, beside that amount, 12,2001. was put down in the account for law expenses; and he need not remind the shareholders that this expenditure was of such a nature that must ever be unproductive. The working expenses of the line were heavy beyond measure, indeed they exceeded those of any other line in the kingdom. They amounted to no less than 49L per cent., but he was informed by parties well qualified to form an opinion upon the matter that they ought not to be more than 38L per cent. He concluded by declaring that these facts proved beyond all doubt that the management of the railway was highly defective; and he therefore moved a series of resolutions, to the effect that the large expen diture in law and expensive works appeared to be ill judged, and opposed to the interests of the concern— that the advances of 20,0001. to promote the establish ment of a steam-packet company, and of 23,000/ to the Direct Portsmouth Company, were made without the assent of the shareholders, and a misappropriation of the funds of the company—that the proprietors present pledged themselves to use their influence to bring about a change in the management of the company, and that a subscription be formed for paying the expenses of pro secuting that object. Mr. Alderman Mum( supported the resolutions, and denounced the proceedings of the Brighton directors in connexion with the advances to the Steam-boat and Direct Portsmouth Companies as illegal and unjust. He, however, thanked God that they had a House of Lords to prevent railway directors from committing these robberies upon their shareholders.—(Hear.) After some further discussion, the resolutions were put from the chair, and carried unanimously, and a com mitttee of management was appointed to organize the course to be adopted at the next half-yearly meeting. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and the par ties who had got up the meeting, and the proceedings terminated. LONDON AND NORTH=WESTERN RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six, —The attention of the directors of this company. has been called to a report (copied from the Observer into the . Times of this date) of the proceedings of a meet ing attended by a number of engine -drivers, servants of this company. The statements said to have been made at that meeting are either unfounded or grossly exag gerated,snd prove that the men have allowed themselves to be imposed upon by certain evil-disposed persons connected with their clubs, whose interest it is, by mis representing the intentions of directors, to produce dis content amongst a class of men whose limited number leads them to imagine that they can dictate the conditions upon which they will continue in the service of railway companies—a state of things incompa tible alike with the safety of the public and the well being of the men themselves. Now the regulatio ns which the directors of this company have thought it fit to impose are not only just and reasonable in themselves, tiut precisely those which are best adapted to promote these very objects. . With reference to the statement put forth that it is the object of the directors to use the classification of the drivers as a means by which to reduce their wages, I am instructed to state that the directors nev e r h ave h ad any intention, either directly or indirectly, to reduce the wages of their engine- drivers. The directors have adopted the measures necessary for supplying the place of those men who have combined to quit their employment. They have already engaged a number of experienced en gine-drivers, and have every reason to believe that the .service will continue to be conducted with the same regu • larity and safety to the public as heretofore. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, • R. CREED, Secretary. Office, Enston-station, Aug. 7, 1848. The following has been posted on the premises of the company:-- " Euston-station, August 7, 1848. "A statement having appeared in the Observer news paper of Sunday, and been copied Into the Times of - this day, tothe effect, that at a meeting on Fridaymany of the engine drivers and firemen employed on the London North-Western Railway, it had been alleged that it was the intention of the directors to use the classification as the means of ultimately . reducing the wages of the men, I am instructed to declare, that so far from this being the case, it is their intention, in every instance, strictly to carry out the regulation by which engine-drivers -and firemen are to be successively advanced as vacancies may occur in the classes above them, and that it is not, and never has been, the intention of the directors to redtice the number of the men em ployed in these classes, or their rate of wages. "By order, "R. CREED, Secretary." A LIST showing the BUSINESS yet to be trans acted in both HOUSES of PARLIAMENT to the End of the present Session.—Aug. 5. IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Bail for Manslaughter Bill—Waiting for Committee. Bankruptcy Court Regulation Bill Ditto second reading, Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill—Ditto Committee. Bankrupts' Release Bill—Ditto Committee. Caledonian Canal Bill—Ditto second reading. Charity Trust Regulation Bill—Dittoreport. Clergy Offences Bill—Ditto second reading. Constabulary Force (Ireland) fill—Ditto second reading. Copyhold Enfranchisement Extension Bill—Ditto report. Corn Markets (Ireland) Bill—Ditto report Declaratory- Suits Bill—. Ditto third reading. . Farmers' Estate Society (Ireland) Bill—Ditto fiist reading, Highway Rates Bill—Ditto Second reading. Juvenile Offenders' (Ireland) Bill—Ditto second reading. Land-tax Codimissioners' Names Bill—Ditto second reading. Loan Societies Bill—Ditto second reading. Naval Medical Supplemental Fund Society Bill—Ditto second. reading. . Parliamentary Electors' Bill—Ditto second reading. Paymasters' Offices Consolidation Bill—Ditto 'second reading. - Protection of Women Bill—Ditto'second reading. Public Works (Ireland) (No. 2) Bill—Ditto Committee. Regent's Quadrant Colonnade Bill—Ditto third reading. Reproductive Loan Fund Institution (Ireland) Bill— Ditto second reading. Rum Duties Bill—Ditto second reading. Salmon Breed Preservation Bill—Ditto Committee. Trustees Relief Bill—Ditto second reading. Trustees Relief (Ireland) Bill—Ditto Consideration of Coaimons' amendments to the Lords' amendments. Unnecessary Actions Prevention Bill—Ditto Committee. Windsor Castle and Town Approaches Improvement Bill—Ditto second reading.—Total, 30 Bills. THE SUN, IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Appeals in Criminal Cases Bills—Waiting for second reading. Assessionable Manors Commissioners' Duchess of Corn wall and Lancaster Bill—Ditto Committee. Attorneys and Solicitors (Ireland) Bill—Ditto second reading. Bankruptcy Bill—Ditto Second reading. British Spirits Warehousing Bill—Ditto Committee. , Canada Government Bill—Ditto Committee. Churches Bill—Ditto Committee. Clerks of the Peace (Dublin) Bill—Ditto Committee. Colonial Expenditure—Ditto adjourned debate on Sir W.'Molesworth's motion. Contagious Disorders Prevention (Sheep, &c.) Ditto, second reading. Copper and Lead Duties Bill—Ditto second reading. Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill—Ditto Committee.. Court of-Justioiarr (Scotland) Bill—Ditto Committee. Criminal Law Administration Amendment Bill—Ditto second reading. Diplomatic Relations with Court of Rome Bill—Ditto second "reading. Distilling from Sugar Bill—Ditto Committee. Dublin Police Bill—Ditto Committee. Exchange of Advowsous in the Counties of Warwick and Stafford Bill—Ditto second reading. Fees (Court of Chancery) Bill—Ditto second reading. Fisheries (Ireland) Bill—Ditto Committee. Importation of Sheep and Cattle Prohibition Bill—Ditto second reading. Insolvent Debtors' Court Bill—Ditto third reading. Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill—Ditto Committee. Marriage (Scotland) Bill—Ditto second reading. Metropolitan Commission of Sewers Bill—Ditto Com mittee. Militia Ballot Suspension Bill—Ditto report. Money-order Department (Post-office) Bill—Ditto se cond reading. Navigation and Registration of Ships and Seamen— Ditto Committee thereon. Nuisances and Contagious Diseases Bill—Ditto first reading. Parochial Debt and Audit Bill—Ditto Committee. Payment of Debts out of Real Estate Bill—Ditto third reading. Poor-law Union Charges (No. 2) Bill—Ditto report. Poor-law Union District Schools Bill—Ditto Com mittee. Piracy Bill—Ditto Committee. Proclamations on Fines, Court of Common Pleas Bill— Ditto Committee. Provident Association Fraud Prevention Bill—Ditto second reading. Public Health Bill—Ditto consideration of Lords' amend men Register of Sasines, &c. (Scotland) Bill—Ditto second reading. Registering Births, &c. (Scotland) Bill—Ditto second reading. It R e e n e w d a i e b s l e a g L a e i gs n s e t h t o h l e d ICHundred rs oßni (Ireland) oCo Bill—Ditto Committee. Smoke Prohibition Bill—Ditto second reading. Spirits (Dealers in) Bill—Ditto Committee. Steam Navigation Bill—Ditto second reading. Stock in Trade Exemption Bill—Ditto report. Sugar Duties Bill—Ditto third reading. Stipply 7 —Ditto Committee. Tithe Rent Charge, &c. (Ireland) (No. 2) Bill—Ditto Committee. 'turnpike Acts . Continuance Bill—Ditto Committee Turnpike Roads (Ireland) Bill—Ditto report. Ways and Means—Ditto Committee. Westminster Improvements Bill—Ditto second reading. Total, 42 orders of the day. ROYAL BANK or AIISTRALIA.—A meeting of the shareholders of this concern was called yesterday, at the offices in Moorgate-street, but its object was only to adjourn until news _arrived from Sidney, of which the directors are in daily anticipation. Dispatches were sent off yesterday. evening from the Colonial- o ffi ce f or the Governors of Ceylon and Hong• Kong. LONDON, SICILY. TUESDAY EVENING-, AUGUST 8, 1848. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 7. Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock. Lord STANLEY gave notice that he should, to morrow, inquire whether any orders had been given to the British fleet to interfere with any attempts of the King of Naples to recover Sicily ; and whether any of the British authorities had at all interfered with the election of the King of Sicily? REPRODUCTIVE LOAN FUND INSTITUTION BILL (IRELAND). The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the second reading of this Bill._ Lora' MONTEAGLE asked his Noble Friend to post- pone certain clauses of the Bill, which, if enacted, would impose an unfair responsibility on the trustees. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE had no objection to postpone the Committee on the Bill until Monday, in order to give time for the consideration of the clauses. He thought the liability of trustees ought not to be diminished, because nothing was more com mon in Ireland than for persons to lend their names to schemes, and such persons ought to be rendered liable to the expenses of those schemes. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. JUVENILE OFFENDERS (IRELAND) BILL. Lord MONTEAGLE then moved the second reading of the Juvenile-:Offenders (Ireland) Bill, which had come up from the House of Commons. Earl - GREY did not object to the principle of the Bill, but he thought the measure one of too important a na ture to be considered hurriedly. He thought it would be advisable not to press it at this late period of the session. The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to•morrow. Earl GREY said that to-morrow he should lay upon the table some additional papers connected with emigra tion to Australia, and take that opportunity to make a general statement as to what measures had been adopted on the subject. • THE RUM DUTIES BILL. The Duke of ARGYLL, before the order of the day for the second reading of the Rum Duties Bill was read, wished to know whether it was the intention of the Go vernment to use their best exertion for the purpose of obtaining the sanction of Parliament to the British Spi rits Warehousing Bill. The Earl of GRANVILLE said the Bill was before the other Rouse of Parliament, and it was the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to proceed with it as speedily as possible. The Bill had been reported. The Noble Lord then moved the second reading of the Bill. After a short conversation, in which the Duke of ARGYLL and Lord MONTEAGLE took part, the Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed to mor row (this day). - The Caledonian Canal Bill was read a second time. The Salmon Breed Preservation Bill and the Public Works (Ireland) Bill went throukh Committee. The Corn Markets (Ireland) Bill was reported, and the third reading fixed for to-morrow. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, August 7. REGISTERING BIRTHS, &c., (SCOTLAND) BILL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. HUME was not opposed to the principle of the Bill, but to the defective nature of this Bill. It was remarkable that these Bills bad been introduced with out any demand for them on the part of the people of Scotland.—(Hear, hear.) If the Government thought these Bills were so necessary, why did they leave them until this late period of the session, when the attendance of Scotch Members was extremely meagre?—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord ought to be satisfied to have the Bill read a second time, and defer its further progress until the ensuing session. The registration in England was merely an approximation to a good system of registration, unlike the efficient plan adopted on the continent, where no birth or death was registered without sufficient evidence ; here a man could register his own death or that of any of his children, so defective was it—(Hear, and laughter)—yet the ex. pense was enormous; it would be 9,5001. in Scotland, if this Bill were passed, and if that large sum were to be expended the measure should be an efficient one. The Bill said that session clerks should be registrars. Now they were the very worst parties. (Hear, hear.) Medical men should be appointed, because they were the best parties to judge. The measure was altogether defective, and like the Prisons Bill, would not only work inefficiently, but lead to the expenditure of more money than that estimated. The Noble Lord had not met the ob jections of those who had waited upon him respecting the Bill. He said the objections ought to be discussed in Com mittee, but he objected to doing so when the House was really in articulo mortis; As the measure took the people of Scotland by surprise, he pressed the Noble and Learned Lord to obtain the affirmation of the Bill by getting it read a second time, and to - defer proceeding further with it until the next session. If it was an ac ceptable measure more petitions than five would have been presented in favour of it. The amendment having been put, Mr. LOCKHART agreed with the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hume) in considering that it was a matter of re gret that the Noble Lord bad thought • pioper at this period of the session, and when so many Scotch Mem bers were absent, to press a Bill which' would tax the people of Scotland with the payment of a considerble sum. The Hon. Member concluded by moving that the house be counted. - Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but there being more than forty Members present, the discussion proceeded on the Bill. 1/11. .1.1 1 41.xm,c.za0 taavo A4C4llllell Juorti would post pone the further , consideration of the Bill to another session. Colonel THOMPSON thought that something shoUld be done to put an end to the irregular marriages that took place in Scotland. Mr. F. SCOTT did not object to the principle of the Bill, but thought its machinery unnecessary and expen- sive. He trusted the Learned Lord would postpone both the Bills to another session. Mr. MACGREGOR, was in hopes the Learned Lord would accede to the wishes expresssed by so many Scotch Members, and merely read these Bills proforma a second time, and bring them in again in another session. Mr. H. DRUMMOND said that the only objection he had beard to the measure was on the score of expense. He thought that was a reason why the Bill should be read a second time, in order that the- House might go into Committee on the Bill, and in Committee remove the expensive machinery of that measure. He thought they ought to remove all the religious part of the ceremony out of the Bill alto gether, in order to make it work well, and make the registration the evidence of the fact. Mr. ELLIOT returned his thanks to the Lord Ad vocate for bringing forward this measure. Considering that the present law of marriage in Scotland was a dis grace to that country, he thought the objections urged to the measure • were weak compared with its importance. It had been made 'a com plaint that there was so thin a House. Considering that this was a Scotch question, he thought they had a very full one. Mr. S. WORTLEY felt no hesitation in admitting that it was essentially necessary that some great change should take place in the law of marriage in Scotland; but, feeling that it was totally impossible to discuss a measure of such importance 'at the present period of the session, he trusted that the Learned Lord-Advocate would be satisfied with the dis cussion that had taken place, and would withdraw both measures for the present session. Mr. EWART' thought that no grounds had been shown why either of these measures should ,be hurried through during the present session, and he hoped, therefore, they would be withdrawn. Added to this, the arguments were strong against proceeding with h ei a t d he b r ee o n f p t r h e e ee m nt e e a d s a u g re a s in ; e a t n t d h em as , t t h o e saying trn no th p was that t it t i im on e s had not been given for doing so. Admiral GORDON trusted the Lord-Advocate would a n e o sm t s i persevere E R w i s t h o N e i t h w e a r s o of theal s o in ßills f a v d o u u r r i ring the t p p r o e n s i e n n g t both measures. Mr. URQUHART also expressed a hope that the Bills would be postponed to another session. The LORD-ADVOCATE would take the second readings of both Bills unconditionally, and would after wards consider what had fallen from Hon. Members. After some further discussion, The Registering Births, &c. (Scotland) Bill was read a second time, and erderea to be committed on Friday. MARRIAGE (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a second time, Mr. F. SCOTT moved, as an amendment to the mo tion for the second reading, that the Bill be rend a second time that day three months. After a short discussion the amendment was with drawn, the Bill read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. TURNPIKE ACTS CONTINUANCE BILL. This Bill was ordered to be committed ou Wednesday, at twelve o'clock. EXCHANGE OF ADVOWSONS IN THE COUN TIES OF WARWICK AND STAFFORD BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. DUBLIN POLICE. The Dublin Police Bill was ordered to be committed to morrow (this day) at twelve o'clock. The House then adjourned until Five o'clock. The House resumed at Five o'clock. Mr. LUSIIINGTON presented a petition front the Baptists of the United Kingdom against the Regium 1).9- num grant. Mr. DUNCAN presented petitions from places in Scotland against the Marriage s (Scotland) Bill. CRIMINAL LAW. Mr. ANSTEY gave notice that tomorrow he should put a question to the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London, or any other Member of the Govern ment who might be in his place, with respect to the report of the Criminal Law Commissioners. The question ho should put would be whether it was the intention of Government to bring in a Bill to con solidate the criminal law as proposed by the Criminal Law Commissioners, or to take any other measure to carry into effect the suggestions contained in the report of the Commissioners, more particuln►rly with reference to the enactment of the penalties of transportation for life against Roman Catholic priests, or against ministers of the Church of England who re fused to obey the Queen's cove d'elire for the election: of a bishop. • COMMERCIAL DISTRESS. In reply to a question from Mr. URQUHART, Mr. HUME said he had given notice to call the atten tion of the House this day to tho Report on Commercial ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. AHD LAN D ClRCUlT.— Warwick., Aug. 7. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice RertrasoN.) Edward' Jenning.q, aged 40, was charged with setting lire ,to his dwelling-house to defraud the District Fire Insurance Company. The prisoner by trade is a woodcutter, in Birming ham,' and had insured his stock in trade and furniture, in thl office in question for 120/., the insurance being effected ten days before the fire. On the day in ques tion, which happened to be Sunday, the 30th day of April, the prisoner was seen to go out in the evening, with his wife and child, for church, but having pro ceeded with them a few yards he returned home, leaving them, ,to go to church alone. In about ten minutes he came. out of his house again, and went on to church. Shortly after this smoke was observed coming out of the first-floor windows, and apon the neighbours forcing an entrance, they found the premises burning in three dif ferent places. The inference was, this was not acci dental but premeditated, but there was nothing but inference to fix it upon the prisoner. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. NISI' Him's. COURT.—(Before C. H. WHIT/3EIIMT, Q: C.) Michael Curley, 25, Daniel M'Carty, 31, Denis M'Carty, 37, Michael M'Grave, 22, Margaret Kelly, 30, John Linnen, 30, Susan Gay, 18, Michael Kelly, 38, Thomas Coyne, 28, Michael M'Kew, 28, Michael M'Neave, 29, James Graham, 26, and O'Hara, 29, were indicted fora riot, and assaulting William Tovey. The prisoners were undefended, On the evening of Sunday,. Jane the 18th, some men met at a shop in Beach-street, Birmingham, which re sulted in a fight between an Englishman and an Irish man. The police interfered, and soon there was a mob of at least 300 persons, a great many of whom were na tives of the Emerald Isle. A most brutal assault was commenced upon the police, but particularly upon Wil liam Tovey, who was thrown down, and whilst down was kicked and jumped upon until he.was rendered in sensible. All the prisoners were upon the spot, and, with the exception of two, were identified as taking part in thq kicking and jumping, notwithstanding the alibis nearly the whole of them attempted to set up. The jury found them all. Guilty save Michael M'Kew and Margaret Kelly, and,recommended Michael M'Grnve and Thomas Coyne to mercy. The Learned JUDGE sentenced M'Grave and Coyne to fair months' imprisonment with hard labour; 4nd the remainder to be sentenced to six months with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENWELL. William Merrick, a sullen looking fellow, who was de scribed in the police sheet as a labourer employed at the General Post-office, was charged with the 410 murder of Amelia Merrick, his wife. _ Joseph Lawrence, having been sworn, deposed that he resided at No. 2, London-passage, Whitecross-street, j St. Luke's. On Sunday afternoon, ust before two o'clock, he was in his parlour, when he was attracted by a noise and scuffling outside. On looking out of the window he saw._ the prisoner dragging a female (now deceased) by the left arm, in a violent manner. She was trying to get away from him, and saying, "I will go with you. The prisoner said nothing, bat seizing her by both arms near the shoulders, dashed her head against a wall and some railings. He was in a passion. Ho repeated his violence, and put his knee against her stomach, and struck her with all his force, when she fell down, and never after wards uttered a word or a cry. The prisoner let her lie there, when several neighbours proceeded to her assist ance. A woman said to him, " You have killed your wife." The prisoner, replied. " Then go and get some brandy and drink it all round. I will pay for a bottle.of brandy if she is dead." The crowd followed him, telling him that his wife was dead. A surgeon was imme diately sent for, when the prisoner and others helped the body into a house. The doctor arrived, but the woman was quite dead. Mr. COMM asked the prisoner if he wished to put any questions to this witness ? Prisoner (crying)—He has told many things very false. I never dashed her against the railings. The witness added, that during the whole of the time he was ill-treating the deceased he was smoking a cigar. Charlotte Westbury deposed; that at about two o'clock on Sunday afternoon she saw the deceased lying on the ground in London-passage. The prisoner took hold of her arms and dashed the back part of her head against the wall and some railings. She fell down. Witness told him his wife was dead. He replied, " Go, and get some brandy, and we'll soon see whether she is dead." He then lifted her up, and placed her head between his knees. He forced his knees against deceased's stomach in a violent manner, whilst her back was against the rail ings. She then fell down. Caroline Miles gave similar testimony. James Hooker, of No. 5, London-passage, deposed that he is a .packing-case maker, gain confirmatory evidence, and added that the prisoner struck deceased a most des perate blow on the head with his clenched fist, when she fell down on the ground insensible and motionless. William Taylor, glass-cutter, Barbican, deposed that he saw the prisoner and the deceased together at half past ten o'clock on . Sunday morning, when the prisoner handed her some money, and told her to get his dinner ready by one o'clock. Witness was in London-passage about two o'clock, when he saw the prisoner strike her on the bead with his clenched fist, and knock her down. Heard him' 'ay, "I told you to have my dinner ready at one o'clock." He then lifted her up, and dashed her head against the wall, and some iron railings. Witness saw her fall insensible on the ground. Richards, 77 G, apprehended the prisoner. Witness said he hal been informed that he had killed his wife. He denied the charge, saying he did not strike her head agailist the ra it hie s v.. ucr s tnnuallea with the prisoner all night in his cell. He said it was a very bad job. He was very sorry. He little thought it would have come to that occurrence when he came out in the morning to look after his wife. Witness cautioned him that he need not say anything to him. Mr. Parker, surgeon, deposed that he was called upon to examine the body of the deceased, which lay at a house in London-passage. She was quite dead. Mr. COMBE now asked the prisoner if he wished to say anything in defence of the charge. He was no bound to do so. He declined saying anything a present. Mr. CONDE then remanded the prisoner for a week. WESTMINSTER. Mr. Higginson Fayle, surgeon, Great Smith-street, Westminster, was charged with the following serious assault upon David Kirkland, a pianoforte-maker, Palace-street, Pimlico. Complainant, whose head was strapped up, and who appeared so weak that he was assisted to a seat to give his evidence, stated that at half-past twelve on the pre vious night, he had occasion to go to the defendant's to fetch him to a poor woman in her confinement. Having rang the night bell, defendant opened the second-floor window, and complainant then told him that he had got an order for a woman in her confinement (the order was from Mr. Levies, one of the medical officers of the parish, to defendant). Defendant said he would be down directly, but finding that he did not come fur half an hour, complainant took the liberty to ring again, when defendant opened the same window as before, - and calling him an impertinent scoundrel, asked him what right he had to ring in that way ? Defendant then came down, and demanded the order in a very austere way. Complainant gave it to him, and then went away. After he had attended the woman complainant asked him how he came to call him an insulting scoundrel ? and he (complainant) then told defendant that he was a-- rogue, and ought to have a good thrashing for having called him an insult ing scoundrel, as he had . done nothing to deserve it. Defendant immediately began belabouring complainant on the head with a stick, striking him ten or a dozen times, and breaking the stick into three pieces. Mr. BRODERID—W ere you bare-headed ? Complain ant—l had my hat on at first, but h e k nocked it off, and then he struck me bare-headed. Mr. BRODERIP—Did he inflict the wounds you now beard Complainant—He did. Complainant concluded his evidence by stating that defendant ran away, but shortly returned with a police man. Complainant afterwards wont to the hospital and had his wounds dressed. In answer to questions from the defendant, com plainant said he did not make use of most offensive and disgusting language to him before ho was struck. H e only called him what he stated. Complainant admitted that he sparred up to defendant before the latter struck him, but denied that he jostled him, or impeded his pro• press. Complainant did not recollect defendant having cautioned him not to obstruct him in his progress. John Marshall, a police-constable of the 13 division, proved that the defendant came up to him, breathless, in the street, and said he had given a man a thrashing who had grossly insulted him. He (defendant) b e li eved he had inflicted some injuries, and therefore requested the constable to go and see the man, and upon the officer suggesting the propriety of defendant accom panying him, the latter willingly did so. The officer having - entered into a lengthened statement made to him by defendant respecting the provocation he had received, produced a stick about two inches and a half in cir cumference, broken in three pieces, one portion of which the defendant had in his hand at the time he accosted the constable. Mr. BRODERIP observed that it became necessary for him to state that this was a case of by far too serious a nature for him to deal with summarily. It would be his duty to send the case to the sessions, where the defen dant would have an opportunity of calling witnesses; but if he wished to say anything at present to the charge he was perfectly at liberty to do so. The defendant replied, that he should like to state the circumstances. After he answered the complainant the first time, and told him that he would come down directly, but scarcely two minutes had elapsed when the complainant rang the bell again. As he had not time to get half his clothes on, ho asked the complainant what he meant by ringing the bell in that way; when the complainant, in a most impudent manner, told him that he took a precious time to put his clothes on. After he had come down and the complainant had given him the order, the latter, in a most insulting tone, told him that " he would let his master (meaning Mr. Lavies) know of it in the evening, and added, " that he knew Mr. Levies well;" upon whieh the defendant observed, that he was an impudent scoundrel to speak to him in that way, and the complainant then applied very filthy language to him. While visiting the woman complainant watched for his return, and on his leaving the house re peated the disgusting language to defendant, obstructed his path, and threatened to punch his ---- head. De fendant walked on, but complainant followed in a turned when o o m roundpl complainant n a a n n d t threatening s a a tt p i p tu r de, ehon a s nd ive a t s bu i t t hwtsasasyseary ilandtawrloc,ualdndaudde: de fendant desired complainant n placed expre ssion, with s disgusting declared he would have o ne denly knock him dowont, to d f e o i l e lo n w da h n t himself before him in a fig h t in g attitude , and, blow at him at all events. lie hesitated to use his stick at first, hut, on complainant making a blow at him, he struck him with the stick across the arm. Complainant then made two other attacks upon him, when defendant wed the stick in the best way he could for his own pro tection, and the place being extremely dark, bad no op portunity of seeing exactly where the blows took effect, the last of them breaking the stick, He then called police, and went to the constable as described by him in his evidence. Defendant stated that he was accompanied from the house by a girl, who was to take back some medicine to the lying-in woman, and that on his making his state ment, as above, to the policeman, the girl admitted that it was quite correct, but at the station-house refused to say anything against complainant, as she worked for his wife and would lose her employment if she did so. Mr. BRODERIP recalled the complainant and said— " You have heard the statement made by the defendant, and you are on your oath. Now, did you strike him?" Complainant—l did not strike him at all. Mr, BRODERIP—Did you attack him at all? Com. plsinant I certainly sparred at him, but I did not strike him. The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute at the Middlesex Sessions, and bail, two sureties in 501. each, and Mr. Fayle's own in 100/., was immediately put in for that gentleman's appearance to answer the charge. MARYLEBONE. Mrs. Sarah Broadbent , --- wife of a respectable car penter, residing in Clarence-gardens, Regent's-park, was charged with having uttered a counterfeit half-crown, knowing the same to be spurious, at the shop of Mr. Philip Maynard, 'a butcher, carrying on business at 6, Hampstead-road. Frederick Maynard, brother and assistant to pro secutor, said, between six and seven o'clock' on Saturday evening, prisoner came into the shop, and in payment for a knuckle of veal, which came to Is. 100., gave tne a half-a-crown. I took it into the parlour, to try it by the detector, and on finding that it bent, and was there fore bad, I gave it back to the prisoner, at the same time desiring her to go-away. She refused to do so, and as she made a disturbance in front of the house, I was obliged to give her into custody. There was a mob round the door, and she said I had robbed her of half-a crown. Mr. BROUGHTON—Then you did not give her in charge from a sense of duty towards yourself and the public, as being an utterer of bad money, but because she made a noise outside of your place ? Witness—Yes, Sir. O'Brien, 90. 5, examined—When I arrived at the shop, after being sent for, the prisoner was not there, and I heard she was looking for a policeman. The pro secutor told me that she had parsed a bad half-crown, and I then asked him why he did not give her into cus tody at the time, and he replied that it was Saturday night, and he was very busy. Presently the prisoher came up, and said she would gtve the witness into cus tody, as he had returned to her a bad piece, which was not the one which she had given to him. The master told me to take her in charge, which I did. Mr. Baonaurox.—What do you know of her or of her husband? Officer—l know .her husband to be a respectable man. Mr. BaoucuroN—Has she been confined,in the sta tion-house ever since she was taken up ? Officer— Yes; your Worship. Mr. BROnGIITON—Was she searched ? Officer— Yes, and a half-crowh and two shillinge, all good, were found upon her; she stated where she, lived, and that she had kept a shop for four years. Mr. BROUGHTON—Did it not occur to you that if it she had been a smasher " she would have run off in stead of looking for a constable to give the butcher into custody ? Officer—lt did, Sir; but I could not avoid taking th e c h arge; h a d I refused, I should have been re ported for neglect of duty. Prisoner—l was looking about for at least a quarter of an hour for a constable, as I knew that the half crown was not that which I had given for the knuckle of veal.' havin g Mrs` Jones, Upper Fitzroy-street, spoke as to the pri sonerbeing gi ven i n c h arge by the prosecutor; she (witness) sought for a constable herself prior to her also heard prisoner tell the constable to take Fredertck Maynard for giving her a bad half-crown which she had not tendered to him. The prosecutor stated that prisoner said she had been robbed at the shop, and that unless a good half crown were given to her she would stand'outside and tell every body that she had been robbed; owing to her conduct a crowd of persons assembled in the street. A gentleman here stepped forward and stated that after the prisoner was locked up he offered to procure bail to any amount that might be required, but she (the ac cused) was not allowed to be liberated, which he thought was a very hard case. Mr. BftounwroN observed that from the nature of the charge, after it was once taken, the police had no power to accept bail._ _lle was of opinion, however, that under the circumetancea of the case. due discretion had not been used on the part of the officer, who, prior to taking the prisoner lin charge upon so serious a matter, should have caused the whole of the facts to be fully made known to the inspector on duty, who would then have exercised his discretion. as to whether the prisoner should have been detained or not. The prisoner was discharged, and the Magistrate strongly advised. the prosecutor to make some compensa tion to the hasband for what his wife had suffered ; he (Mr. Broughton - ) cited a similar case which had come before him while be was sitting at-Worship-street, and an action being brought for false imprisonment, a jury awarded damages to the amount of 1001. The parties then retired from the Court, with the view, as it was imagined, of coming to some arrange ment, but prosecntor declined to bold any interview •" or Mrs. Rrntarihr.l. a aib h gbret. William Trigg, an old offender, was charged with having stolen three pewter pots, the property of Mr. Watts, landlord of . the Pontefract Castle, Chapel 'street, Lisson-grove. Committed to Newgate for trial. LAMBETH. - A person connected with the establishment of Messrs. m om , an d Sons, tailors, &c., Aldgate, attended before Mr: Elliott to contradict a part of the statement which appeared in-the morning papers of Friday last, under the head of this Court. - • - The statement complained of was one which had been made during the investigation of a charge against a female named Monnser, of unlawfully pledging seven teen shirts; wherein it was alleged that the shirts so pawned were the property of Messrs. Moses and Sons. The applicant denied all knowledge of the transaction; sa id t h a t Messrs. Moses and Sons were not in the habit o f ge tting shirts made up for exportation; that half-a, crown 'a dozen was not what they paid for making the shirts they required, and that, in fact, the woman Mounser had never been emplo)ed by the firm. Mr. Gunn, the magistrate's clerk, observed that the person who attended the examination of Mounser, and w ho represented himself as clerk to the owner of the shirts, undoubtedly led the magistrate and all present to believe that Messrs. Moses and Sons were his employers. His own words Were that he was clerk to Messrs. Henry Edand and Morris Moses, of the Minories. The applicant remarked that the firm just mentioned resided on Tower- hill, or New America-square, and had no connexion whatever with the house of Messrs. Moses and Sons, Aldgate. He, the applicant, expressed a hope that as the report in question was likely to excite a pre judice unfavourable, if not injurious to the latter firm, the reporters would notiee,..and the different journals contra dict, the statement, as far as Messrs. Moses and Sons were concerned. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AuG. 7. STacK Exaifezroa.—There has been but little done in shares to-day, and prices are somewhat less than last quoted. The market closed heavily at the following prices : London and North-Western 125—Ditto, New Quarters, 1 t 4( c. p.—London Brighton, and South Coast, New 5/. Shares, p.—Midland Stock, 102—Ditto, New Halves, 6% dis.— South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 3 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N. and B. Extension), No. 2, 14 p.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 1 p. MANCHESTER, Aua. 7. &ram EXOTIANGIL—The sales are—Birkenhead. Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 31/. Shares, 7 11-16 dis.— Lancashire and Yorkshire, Preference, 11-16 p.—North Staffordshire, 2% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 2 15-1 G c. dis.—Wkitelnypn and Furness, 9% dis. BIRXIINGRAM, Aug. • 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.— Very little business done. No lit issued. The sales are—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B) 31. 118.3 d. dis.—Caledonian, 86. 9d. p. ROYSTON AND HITCIIIN RAILWAY.---.A. meeting of the shareholders of this company wa s h e ld yester day at Radley's Hotel, at which it was resolved that the ground between She!ford and Shepreth, not hav ing been taken up by the Eastern Counties Company, should be occupied by the Royston Company, with a view to making an approach to Cambridge through the means of the Great Northern Company. So much of the plan was sanctioned, and the Earl of Hardwicke, Mr. J. Arbouin, Mr. W. Ekin, Mr. J. Masterman, M.P., and Mr. J. Phillips having been re-elected directors, the meeting broke up. EMIGRATION TO CANADA.—The emigration ships which have arrived at Quebec from the port of London this season are the Helen, Santa Maura, and Cremona. They landed all their emigrants in excellent health. There has been a great falling off in emigration to Ca nada this season. Up to the middle of last month (July) only 17,500 souls had arrived. The number which landed during the corresponding period the year pre vious was 48,700. The deaths at the quarantine station at Quebec, up to the Ist of July, were 74, which num ber is not equal to the mortality for one day last year. The agents do not regret that they have received a re duced number this season, as they trust it will enable the country to recover from the effects ©f last year. Canada, it is stated on authority, can absorb 50 000 souls annually without any inconvenience. Numbers of German emigrants have arrived at Quebec; no less than 1,235 had been landed, but generally proceed to the States. LINCOLN, AUGUST 7.—On the evening of Saturday last the inhabitants of this city and the towns in the neighbourhood were greatly alarmed at the falling of one of the heaviest hailstorms and rain that has been known since 1838. The damage done to the crops is exceedingly great, and from the length of time and heaviness with which the rain fell, it is feared that the wheat and barley will be so much laid, that even if fine weather does set in, the corn will be very much deteriorated in value. At Till Briggs, a district about eight miles south of Lin coln, reclaimed from the fens about thirty years since, and now very productive, the embankment raised to guard against any sudden inilux of water from the adja cent hills, was broken down to an extent of fourteen feet; and on Sunday morning the level country was com pletely laid under water for several miles; in addition to this hailstones, m easuring from two and a half inches to three inches in circumference, caused serious destruction amongst th e growing crops in the adjoining district, 41X tending to Doncaster. Distress, but in conseuence of the lion. Member for Statiurd having stated that ho would end avour to ar range with the Government for a day to bring on the discussion, he had consented to withdraw his notice. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND. Mr. IIUME presented a petition from Sir E. Cod rington and a Mr. Baker, respecting the administration of the Merchant Seamen's Fund, and asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any measures had been taken, now that the 8 , 11 on this subject had been with drawn for the present session, for the purpose of better securing that fund. Mr. LABOUCHERE said the Honourable Member was probably aware that the whole question respect ing the Merchant Seamen's Fund hats been very fully brought under the consideration of the Commissioners appointed by the Crown, and they had reported that, although the funds were not invested in Government securities, yet the securities upon which they were invested were, no doubt, capable of realization. It was proposed to constitute a new body for the management of the fund ; but he regretted that it would be impossible to give effect to the recommenda tion of the Commissioners this session. He was of opi nion that no advantage would be gained by taking any intermediate proceedings in the matter. DESERTION OF BRITISH SEAMEN. Mr. MONSELL said he presented a petition the other day from the Chamber of Commerce at Limerick, with reference to certain difficulties which occurred to the petitioners, in common with other shipowners of the United Kingdom, in carrying on their trade, by reason of the desertion of seamen. The time usually chosen for desertion was when the ship was ou the point of sailing, and the shipowner was obliged to give large sums of money to the seamen, in order to get their vessel brought home. Ile, therefore, wished to know, taking into account the peculiar i' —.stances which would arise by the passing of the measure on the subject of the navigation-laws, whether it was the intention of the President of the Board of Trade to introduce some measure to relieve shipowners from the difficulties which at present they had to contend with. Mr. LA BOUCHERE was quite aware of the exist ance of the grievance to which the Hon. Member had alluded, and the subject had frequently been under the consideration of the Board of Trade. He believed the cause of the grievance was, that Quebec, to which the question applied, was a ship-building pert, and the higher rate of wages which was given there afforded an inducement to the seamen to desert their ships. It would be a matter of extreme difficulty to apply any remedy to a grievance of that description, but the attention of Lord Elgin, the Governor of Canada, had been specially directed to the matter, with the view of applying some remedy. ANNUITY-TAX (SCOTLAND). Mr. HUME presented a petition from Montrose com plaining of the annuity-tax which was payable to the minister, and praying that as it was a very unpopular tax, and that as Edinburgh and Montrose were the only two towns which were called to contribute it, the House would take some measure to abolish it. THE SUGAR DUTIES. Lord G. BENTINCK inquired if the Government intended to proceed with the Sugar Duties this evening? The Bill stood thirty-five on the paper. The mat ter was one of great interest, and it was desi rable that the public interested should have the earliest intimation of the period when the Government intended to proceed with the Bill? Lord J. RUSSELL feared (as we understood) that it could not be taken to-night; it would, however, be pro ceeded with as soon as possible. COMMERCIAL DISTRESS. Mr. URQUHART wished to knew from the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Stamford (Mr. Herries) if he had arranged for a day on which to proceed with his motion with respect to the commercial distress. Mr. HERRIES (who happened to be sitting next but one to the Premier, and in the place usually occupied by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, rose amidst some laughter to reply to the question. He said he happened to find himself on the wrong side of the House.—(Laugh ter.) He appealed to the Noble Lord for information The subject, he need not inform him, was one of para mount importance, and an opportunity should be afforded of discussing the reports of the Committee before the House separated. Unless this opportunity were afforded, the House and the Government would not stand well with the country. If that opportunity could not be afforded, he hoped early in the ensuing session the subject would receive that consideration to which it was entitled. Lord J. RUSSELL could not in the present state of the business fix a day, but suggested that Tuesday, the only open day, might be taken advantage of by the Hon. Gentleman to bring on his motion. EMIGRATION.—THE WEDNESDAY SITTINGS. - Lord ASHLEY inquired if the Government were prepared to take the subject of emigration into their serious consideration during the recess—he meant more with a view of diffusing inforniation than by aiding emigration by votes out of the public money. Lord J. RUSSELL replied that it would not be desir able at present, if the Government had the means, to pro pose any large grant for the purpose of aiding emigration. Persons wishing to emigrate should concert amongst themselves as to the best means of doing so. The Go vernment would be happy to afford all the information in their power with respect to emigration. Lord G. BENTINCK hoped the Noble Lord had not forgotten the promised loan of half a million to the colo nies for the purpose of promoting emigration. Lord J. RUSSELL replied that he had not forgotten the matter. He was anxious •to take the r .ual votes in a Committee of Supply, and with a view to facilitate the public • GDFC,L.P, Lc cLuUla to. morrow move that the standing order be suspended with respect to the Wednesdaysittings, and to propose that the Speaker take the chair at twelve, and sit till three ; then to adjourn till five, when he should resume it, in order that the House might sit during the evening. The usual business would be . proceeded with until three, and at five go into a Committee of Supply. On Wednesday, at five o'clock, the Navy Estimates would be moved. He should move Committees of Supply on Wednesday, Monday, and Friday, at five o'clock. AMERICAN POSTAGE. In reply to Mr. CARDWELL, Lord PALMERSTON stated that the correspondence with the American Government had not been brought to a close. On its termination he should feel happy to produce it, but it was not the custom for the Government, unlike that of America, to produce documents of the kind before the matters to which the correspondence bad reference were brought to a close. • - Mr. - MILNER GIBSON said he had pressed for the production of the papers, because he had seen the correspondence published in the newspapers, the Ame rican Government having done so. He was thus led to believe that the correspondence was concluded. SARDINIA AND AUSTRIA. Mr. P. HOWARD asked the Foreign Secretary, pursuant to notice, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government, either singly or in concert with her allies, to mediate between Sardinia and Austria for the pacification of the north of Italy. Lord PALMERSTON said that her Majesty's Go vernment were deeply sensible of the importance of seeing a termination put to the unfortunate warfare in Italy, and he believed that that desire was equally shared by the Government of France. It was the intention of the British Government to take steps, he trusted, in connexion with France, for the purpose of endeavour ing to bring that warfare to an end.—(Hear, hear.) BRITISH SPIRITS WAREHOUSING BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER in an swer to a question from Mr. M. J. O'Connell, said he should not be able to proceed with the Bill for the present. SUGAR DUTIES. Lord G. BENTINCK wished to know from the Noble Lord, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether he was not in possession of an offieial report of the Bel gian Government, giving a distinct contradiction to the statements of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Honourable Member for Westbury with respect to the premiums given by the Belgian Government upon dried sugar? Lord PALMERSTON would make an inquiry on the subject. HAYTI. Mr. GLADSTONE wished to ask the Noble Lord whether any measures had been taken to protect the lives and property of British subjects in Hayti during the prevalence of the disturbance in that island ? Lord PALMERSTON said, instructions had been given to an admiral in command of one of the vessels of the line to go out to Hayti with power to take what measures he thought might be necessary for the protec tion of British subjects. Mr. GLADSTONE would be glad to know whether the admiral had sailed yet? Mr, WARD replied in the affirmative. PUBLIC HEALTH BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill, for the purpose of considering the Lords' amendments. Viscount MORPETH said ho should propose the adoption of all the amendments up to clause 8. It was subsequently arranged, however, that the amendments should be put seriatim. On clause 8 being proposed, Viscount MORPETH said he did not wish to inter fere with the just right of the other House of Legisla ture to make amendments in the sanitary code by which the country was to be governed. The amendment to this clause was made in the other House by a Right Rev. Prelate, whose care and anxiety for the welfare of the poor could not be exceeded, and was well known. He did not object to the amendment, but he considered it was drawn up in a way which was not the hest th at could be adopted. He thought it was possible to re model the amendment so as to do away with the objec• tion to it in its present form. He proposed, therefore, to take the proportion of 93 deaths in 1,000 and that pro portion, he considered, would exhibit such an amount of unhealthiness in the district where this rate of mortality prevailed, as to take away any difficulty that might be supposed to exist in applying this Bill to those places. He did not wish to spread alarm in the mind of the public as to the progress of the cholera, but he con ceived he should not be acting fairly, nor be discharging his public duty, if he did not state facts which had come to his knowledge—the same precursors to the cholera which appeared in 1832, such as influenza, diarrhoea, &c., had also shown themselves recently in this country. He would state the information which he had received re specting the progress of the cholera in certain countries of Europe. The following letters had been received by her Majesty's Government:-- Extract of a letter from Dr. P. Leonardi, of the quaran tine at Angora, dated June 26, 1848. " During the last week the cholera has manifested itself in this city. The cases have averaged from four to five daily. The mortality here has not been great, but I regret to say that at Balgat, a village distant one hour to the west, nearly the whole population has perished." Extract of a dispatch from Mr. Consul Gardner, Jassy, July 26, 1848. " The cholera is diminishing at Jassy, but raging with waQl;3wczfi=;zaim violence in the country. My h-tters from the district re• present its effects us most destructive." " A return of the casualties from cholera of St. - Peters' burgh, compiled from official pub.ications, to the latest dates, July 24:—Cases, 17,742; deaths, 10,131; cures, 4,618; under treatment, 2,986. Proportions :—per 100 —deaths, 57; cures, 26; under treatment, 17.—Britisb Consulate, July 26. " Moscow.—Cases, 9,754; deaths, 4,309." " Cairo, July 18. "My Lord,—l regret extremely to inform your LJni• ship that the Asiatic cholera has suddenly appeared here in a form of unusual malignity. Whence or how it came I am at present unable to state, as no case has been re° ported from any of the ports or frontiers of Egypt. lii• therto its ravages have been chiefly confined to Boulak, the port of this city on the Nile. On the night of the 15th instant five cases occurred in that suburb; on the ictb, 18; yesterday and last _night, 49 cases. What is most melancholy, and also most extraordinary, is, that although the sufferers have all possible medical aid from practitioners who have had great experience is the treatment of cholera, not one case has hitherto been saved—every single patient has died in the course of a few hours. The Board of Health have assembled and have issued a series of precationary regulations, with * view to limit the ravages of this fearful scourge; but it is in rain to hope that, having begun with ouch force and intensity, its progress can now be arrested by ail human effort. The will of Providence may, indeed , cause it to disappear as suddenly as it appeared ; but until some cases of successful treatment shall have basil reported, it will be difficult for the public mind to be much tranquillised by the suggestions of the facult " I have, &c., " C. A. MURRAY." " Therapia, July 1. "My. Lord,—The strength of the disease appears t ° fluctuate in some degree with the wind, being on the ill' crease whenever a south or south-east wind prevails. " The accounts from Broussa, Odessa, and Bache rest, not to mention other places of less note, are -ref alarming. " STRATFORD CANNING. " The Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8." _ . "Belgrade, July 9. Sir,—A letter from the small town of Gradixa, oB the Danube, about 20 leagues from hence, states:—, " The cholera has appeared is a d rea df u l form. 11 e have heard of no recoveries, and most of the cases ter" minated fatally within twelre hours. " A healthy woman, while occupied in cooking, r s , attacked - by agonising cramps in the limbs,which l breeuge' her to the ground in an instant. Her skin became WO ° and cold, and in less than five minutes she expired. To ° men in the next village died almost instantaneoaslK their bodies all blue, and their knees drawn up to 0 01 stomachs, Every hour we see corpses carried oett fet interment, it being impossible to keep them uuatil next day.' " I am, Sir, " T. DE G. vJ FONBLANQUg. " John Bidwell, Esq." " Tchekerghi, near Brottass. " ley Lord,—l lament to h are to perform the duty °' announcing to your Lurdship a fearful visitatio fa of th e cholera in this district. It manifested itself in the tO about eight days ago, and the number of attacks 10 1 increased to 60 or 70 a day. I n most cases t h ey bi ave ao been late where prompt medical assistance was o . b ; tained. In the immediate vici n i t y o f t h e consulate P malady broke out and contin ues t o rage w i t h i n us e violence; not a houSe has escaped. It has swept. oti two of my domestics, a third recovered from an attack, fiP; one of my daughters fell a victim to the scourge a fe e t hours after our arrival at this village, where the O mineral springs ar e s it ua t e d, w hi c h escaped the fcifril" , er t _ visitation iu 1831, an d hi t h erto i s exempt for the prose It is spread over many of the villages near, and te• gre part of the district, ex t en di ng a l so to Balukissar, vita t 0 . 74 valley of the San ga ri us , f rom such imperfect info mks"' as I can yet obtain. "I have, &c., " D. SANDISON, C " Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8." " Belgrade, June 30% "Sir,—ln a letter from Ulexinii, Captain Cecil son says—` There is nothing new here, except that o' the 18th a swarm of ca t erp i llars, such as no man e er l saw before, took po ssess i on o f t hi s valley, and b:r sun g had destroyed every plant. Such was the nu: nber these insects that the people were turned out at fob o'clock in the morning to destroy them with besol branches of trees, &c. The roads were literalllrblo c , with them, and the house i n w hi c h I li ve was co 'Tro d' the first-flJor. The heat is overpowering, a breere ing like the hot winds of India. A Tatar from Siateab° reports that the cholera w a s 'ag i ng i n t h at city.' .Welchear,lii/• similar phenomena to these mentioned were 4)0 0 ; 4 at different places in 1831 an d 1835 , an d assume d! to V", some occu:t connexion with cholera. It is cersainU m singular coincidence that (b es id es Al ex i n ii) most of,ve valleys on the south-eastern f ron ti er o f S erv i a aDd `mr, west of Bulgaria should have been covered with eatg o pillars (of a peculiar kind, as the peasants allegeyjtisi the cholera was advancing to within a few league; these districts ; but then it should also be considereet l i o the same unusual - heat, which adds intensity and ihrP ll ,4 to the disease, may also account for the extraordin 9 " development of insect life. "I am, &c., " T. DE G. DE FONBLANQUS• " Jassy, June 2 6 0 " My Lord,—Since my preceding dispatch of the' l it o inst., consular No. 11, I have the hono ur t o re port .0 the prevailing epidenay, the cholera, has assumed s Yr l , violent character in Jassy, and th a t th e num b er o f os a l , l o shies has varied from 30 to 100 deaths per diem. Government has not judged it ad v i sa bl e to issue IlatLY'll',l letins on the occasion. Th e mal a dy o ff ers qu i te a net, charsetee Ti. hag been so rapidly d estructive the t Pei; sons in perfect health have fallen victims to in the short space of two or three 3 1 ° ° 'i, and the instances are numerous. It may be ti," „ a , buted, undoubtedly, t o th e excess i ve h eat of the st 'Oro The thermometer for successive weeks has 14 0° marked less than 29 to 30 d egrees b y R eaumue ,or 1 00 , by Fahrenheit in the sh a d e . A t G a l atz the malim tiv almost ceased ; at Ibraila a n d B uc h arest i t h as niched ; and the abundant rain now falling will it e"',„s i i the atmosphere, and relie ve us f rom one of thi3 C o causes of disease. In the meantime the city hal, b of abandoned by all the families who have the me 1 , 1 ;',1 3 9 quitting it, and my own chancery is - deserted. Jiki,,o tribunals are closed as well as the schools, and irilr°, r ' t be measures are employed at _the barriers, or tolls. 0 ,4 '0 city, to prevent the egress of whatever may pr .6 : 0 „ the malady , and regulations prohibiting the intr o oc` a ' r e of various supplies are also enforced. Provis ions ' becoming scarce and very dear, " To add to this glo om y p i cture, immense se •arte, of p 1 locusts have appeared in every direction, and i fold amount to that of last year. " I have, &e., " SAMUEL GARDZ.T°' " Odessa, June 28, 318 18 ' 40 My Lord,--The presence of the cholera in theist o r if was for the fi rs t t i me acknowledged by public aultb°- sa yesterday. According to official report there sv , e'r e o, that day —n ew cases, 133; deaths, 44; recoverieskt And from the 19th of May to the present day , ill ,d 0 and in th e p ort — total number of cases, 824; se ‘,5;!. deaths, 332 ; o f recoveries, 235; remaining sick, ',d The pre sent population of Odessa is stated to ex o'"00 90,000 inh a bi tants. lam not yet prepared to apes, Ittie the modes of treatment adopted here, which, le' or hands of professional men, varies very materially ti different circumstances. All condemn neglect of Od symptoms, however trifling, recommending instant energetic remedies; and the simplest means thus ap P li es in numerous instances have proved successful, swill if largo doses cf the essence of peppermint, even br with pepper or ginger, an d, i n part i cular, violent fcii. Lion. The chol e r a i s re p or t e d to b e very severe ill , colayeff and Ch erson , an d i n parts of Bessarabia. -1.2„e spreading th roug h ou t t h e country, and is advane b i g b e pidly westward. It has likewise re-appeared is= towns on the Azoff, though in a very slight degree.' " I have, &c. " JAMES YEAMES' " The Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston, G.C:I3-"4 He did not mean to say that the adoption of this eils o o would stop the ravages of a calamity now raging fro to the Neva to the Nil e ; b ut everything showed that t, adoption' of th e p recaut i onary measures tended to 03141 gate such evils. The N o bl e L ord here quoted a paragl',l from the " Medi c o-Chi rurg i ca l R eview " to show t'ri the cholera had ra ge d w i t h t h e greatest intensity Wild sanitary regulations a nd p recautions were least atte gulf to. He, therefore, on the behalf of the poor felt hisee% called upon to ask the Hou se t o a d opt this atnenderieS,9 for if the cholera should come h e s h ou ld not l i ke to bto it on his conscience that h e h a d not d one a ll in md, power to protect th e p oor f rom i ts operat i on. He begg°,l therefore, the House t o a d o p t t h e amendment mode 6v" in the way he had described. Mr. HENLEY said th e great difficulty he I I I; with respect to this amendment was that he CO form no opinion as to the class of towns to it would apply, and, therefore, it was not possib ts to say the amount o f a ddi t i onal taxation whicij such an amendment would create. He W OO O have been bett er sat i s fi ed had the clanse b e d printed, so that th e H ouse and country would have b e an opportunity o f l oo ki ng i nto it, and ascertaining 1.0 nature and bearing. If disease visited this country eg i ';l as rapidly as it did some years ago, the present PI, would not be of muc h use, as its cumbrous machint, could not be put into action with sufficient celerity to of any real service. He wished to know whether tb Noble Lord would consent to make the order provisionof rather than a direct order? The mode propesed Aer judging of the amount of malady and the rule ttrin t which the Bill was to be applied, might be a very way of judging of the question ; but that was a matt e r :f which was not ma d e c l ear ; an d , t h ere f ore, i t was bett to have some di s tin c t id ea on t h e su bj ect, i n p l a ce taking a leap in the dark. Viscount MORPETH said h e b a d no o bj ec tio?, t d assent to the proposition of th e H on . M em b er , pro ve a e it was understood that no unnecessary d e l ay to t h e We o, sure was to take place. Mr. NEWDEGATE protested aga i ns t being 'Viet by any suggestion on the p ar t o f th e N o bl e L or d there was to be no opposition to the Bill. Mr. URQUHART said he objected to the clatele tato. In answer to a question put by Mr. CARDWELLWI The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said th a t a s the P' t, originally stood, whether th e r e were l oca l A c t s or no te where not less than one-tenth of the inhabitants pets. tioned the general board, an in s p ec ti on wou ld b e a llowe d l If there were no Act of Parliament an order in Coun ci s might be made—if there was an A c t o f P ar liaraetat, o provisional order might be m a d e . Th e a dditi o n to t.P., clause or amendment of the Lo r d s ma d e a n intlni% necessary in a further case. For i ns t ance , th a t in pla ce where the wealthier classes mi g ht b e f ree f ro m disea ses b . but where there might be a great mor t a lity amongst ' O , poorer inhabitants—whether from the mal-adminie nr o tion of the local Acts or want of n° knowledge—then t - Act should authorise the general board to send en 1 " - spector down to the distrie" - Alderman SIDNEY b a d suc h strong o bj ec ti o ns to $.136 ti Pi si of P' ri tc sI I . ti • '1 w t • • .; i , ' -~--_.._ -,.._ .......