The Sun. — London, England, 1848-08-04 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MID-LAND ClRCUlT.—Cocentry, Aug. 3. The Hen. Mr. Justice Patter, , )n arrived at half-past ten o'clock - yesterday morning, and, having opened with the usual formalities the commission for this division of the county of Warwick, proceeded to attend divine ser vice at St. Mary's, and immediately afterwards took his seat in the County-hall. The Eight Hon. Lord Denman came at a little before one, and there being no civil business whatever, at once sat in St. Mary's-hall, and assisted in the trial of pri soners. The calendar presented the names of 35 prisoners for trial and 36 cases, among which were 11 against seven prisoners (all belonging to one gang) for forging and uttering on the 22d of March last here and at Kenil worth forged notes purporting to be 51. notes of the Warwickshire and Leamington Banking Company. In addition to those, there appeared one case of child murder, one of manslaughter (bill ignored by grand jury, and acquitted on t he coroners inquisition, no evi dence being offered), one of cutting and wounding (found guilty of a common assault, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment, with hard labour), three light cases of burglary, one of rick-burning (transported for 12 years), and one of abusing a female child between the age of ten and twelve years. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) Francis Thacheloy, aged 28, and John Walker, aged 23, were indicted for feloniously uttering, ou the 22d of March last, at Coventry, a certain promissory note or paper writing, purporting to be a genuine note of the Warwickshire and Leamington Banking Company, for the payment of 5/. to one Thomas Bostock, well knowing the same to be forged. Mr. Mellor conducted the prosecution ; Mr. O'Brien appeared on behalf of the prisoners. Mr. MELLOR stated that it was upon the counts for uttering with intent to defraud the prosecutor, Mr. Bos Lock, that he should ask She jury for their verdict, and observed that the circumstances of the case were of a very extraordinary character. It appeared that on the 22d of March last there was a steeple chase at Warwick. In the evening of that day, at about seven o'clock, the prisoner Walker went into a boot and shoe shop in this town, kept by Mr. Bostock, and having purchased a pair of boots for 18s. 6d., tendered this paper in question as a 51. note of the bank. The other prisoner entered two minutes afterwards and joined Walker. Information had reached Coventry by this time, and Mr. Bostock sent for a constable and gave the prisoners into custody. They appeared to have passed two other notes of the like kind at an earlier hour of the same day, at Kenil worth, which is five miles equidistant between Coventry and Warwick. All three notes were now proved beyond doubt to be forgeries, but described as fair imitations , and wel l exe cuted, and in such a manner as to deceive many persons, and they were all dated the Ist of January, IS4B. The evidence was perfectly satisfactory to show that they were together, passing one of the notes, at Kenilworth, and very cogent to show, also, that they were together passing the other there. The notes were lithographed, including a close imitation of the signature of the officer in the service of the bank, whose name was written upon all the notes issued by the company. The only question in the present case was as to whether or not the prisoners were acting in concert in the passing off of the note to Mr. Bostcck, which formed the subject of the present indictment, well knowing it to be forged. The jury:presently returned a verdict of Guilty against both. There wero two other indictments for uttering at Kenilworth the two notes above referred to, with which the Learned Judge did not deem it at all necessary to proceed. Sentence deferred till the conclusion of all the cases. William Thomas was then indicted for having, on the same day, at Coventry, feloniously effered, disposed of, uttered, and put off a like forged note, purporting to be of the same banking company, with intent to de fraud one Samuel Harding, well knowing the same to be forged. Mr. Mellor again prosecuted. The prisoner was un defended. The case was like the last, except as to the prisoners being in this indicted alone. It appeared that on the same day at between one and two o'clock, he went into Mr. Harding's shop, and addressed himself to Mr. Harvey, the shopman, purchased a waistcoat for 75., giving in payment to him a forged note of the same company lithographed like and precisely in every respect corre sponding with those produced in the preceding case, and receiveS4/. 13s. in change, which, with the waistcoat, he took away with him. On being asked his name, he gave that of William Thomas, which Mr. Harding wrote upon the note with the word " vest" opposite to it. Evidence was, as in the last case, adduced of two other like utterings of corresponding notes on the same day at Coventry, to persons of the names of Coleman and Court, of whom he purchased a small quantity of sarsa parilla and some stockings. The jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty. There were two other indictments not proceeded with. Sentence deferred.. John Edwards, James Fisher, and William Warlters, were then indicted, Fisher being charged with a like uttering of a like note on the same day at Coventry, with intent to defraud George Dixon, well knowing the same to be forged, and the other two prisoners with inciting him thereto, &c. The same Learned Counsel prosecuted, Mr. Miller defended Warltors, and Mr. O'Brien defended Fisher, the other being undefended. Thu case slightly differed from the preceding. There had been two like notes previously uttered by one or other of them on the same day in payment for some gro ceries. Then Edwards called at a hatter's shop, and tried, without success, to pass another of the notes to Maria Marston, who refused it because there were upon it stains, by which she now, upon its being produced by the policeman, identified it. The three prisoners were seen together immediately after this, and Warlters was then carrying the bundle which contained the grocery. The constable afterwards found them all three together, and Warlters, on seeing him tried to remove something from one of his breeches pockets, which on being searched was found to contain five other of these forged notes. Under Fisher, on the chair where he was sitting,was found another, and upon his person six sovereigns and some silver. All the notes were of the same date, and of the number .1,690. Fisher alone passed to George Dixon the note, upon the uttering of which this indict ment was founded, and on being told to put his name on it, wrote thereon, " John Smith." The other two utter ings in this town on this day by the prisoners, or one or other of them, were severally with intent to defraud Thomas Pratt and Charles Bearstey. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against all, and as in the preceding cases, it was not deemed necessary to proceed with the other two indictments. Sentence deferred. August 3 John Harris was indicted, and stood charged with having, on the same day as in the former cases (March 22), at Coventry, feloniously offered, uttered, disposed of, and put off One of the like notes, with intent to de fraud one Thomas Barfoot, well knowing the same to have been forged, Mr. Mellor again appeared as counsel fur the Crown. This was similar to the preceding cases, except that herein there was only one charge. The uttering of the note in question, well knowing it to have been forged, was satista,Aorily proved, and the jury returniql a verdict of Guilty against him also. No doubt could exist but that they all belonged to one gang, land were acting in concert, and they were now re pectively sentenced to transportation beyond the seas fur the term of 10 years. His LORDSHIP highly complimented Prosser, the chief superintendent of police, for the activity and vigilance he had exhibited, and added that he should have ordered a reward to be paid to him if he had had the power so to do. Jane Beasley, aged 27, a yormg woman of gocd educa tion, was indicted for the wilful murder, at Coventry, on the 30th of May last, of a new-born female bastard child, of which she had then recently been delivered. Mr. Mellor conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Miller the defence. She was convicted of a misdemeanour in having un lawfully endeavoured to conceal the birth, and sen tenced to imprisonment with hard labour for 18 calendar months. John Chattaway, aged 43, a person of good education, was convicted of the misdemeanour of having, at Foles bill, unlawfully and carnally known and abused one Julia Amelia Sprason, a girl of pretty and agreeable appearance, seemingly older, she being then above the age of 10 and under the age of 12 years. The offence was very:clearly proved, and appeared 'to have been many times repeated. There was some doubt as to whether or not, in the first instance, coercion had been practised. She was now advanced in pregnancy, and quick with child by the prisoner, who was sentenced to be imprisoned in the common gaol of this county, and there kept to hard labour for the space of two years. (Before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN.) Owen Hester, aged eighteen, a youth of good educa tion, was convicted of having, at Coventry, on the 27th of April last, unlawfully, maliciously, and feloniously set fire to a stack of hay, the property of Henry Phillips. He had made a confession of his guilt. Sentenced to transportation for the term of 12 years. His Lordship rose at one, and the business of the as sizes for this division of the county was brought to a conclusion shortly before two o'clock in the other court. Their Lord s hips almost immediately proceeded to open the commission at Warwick, and, it is said, will there attend divine serv i ce thi s a ft ernoon , in order to be able to proceed with the business at an earlier hour than usual to-morrow. -- --- POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Thomas nobotham, formerly in the service of Messrs. Chaplin and Borne, the well known railway carriers, was placed at the bar on a charge of appropriating up wards of 40/. to his own use instead of using it for the purposes for which it was given to him. Alderman LAWRENCE asked the prisoner it he wished to put any questions to the witnesses or to make any statement. Ile declined doing so, and was remanded until next Thursday. Mr. Alderman JonNsorr mentioned that he had re ceived the direction of Mr. I'. Allen to place in the poor box the 51. which he originally generously contributed for the relief of John Ballad BOW-STRE'ET. COMMITTAL OF Two MOUE C II A RTIST LEAD ER& Jarnea M. Bryson, one of the ChartiA leaders at wh ose residence a quantity of papers relating to Chartist p ro . ceedings, a sword, and a two•edged dagger made out of a file, were found, was placed before Mr. Hall on a war rant issued against him for sedition. Mr. Haywood appeared on the part of the Crown. The defendant was undefended, but took notes of the proceedings. The evidence against the defendant was that of Mr. Bond Hughes and Police-constable Bywater, No. 116 L. The speech, which was uttered on the 28th of July, was in the usual style of the Chartist leaders. When the defendant was taken into custody he made no reply. After the evidence was completed, and on being told that he would be committed to Newgate for trial, he said it would be useless to say anything. He was then directed to find bail, himself in the sum of 150/., and two sureties in 751. each, when he was re moved from the dock. George Shell was then placed in the dock. He moved one of the resolutions at the same meeting, to the effect that physical assistance should be rendered by the Eng li.h Chartists to their Irish brethren. The apprehension of the defendant was effected at the same time on leaving the meeting. Ile said nothing when arrested, and also reserved his defence. Mr. BALL said that in the present, as in the former case, he felt bound to commit the prisoner to Newgate; but would, as in the former case, take bail in the same amount, each defendant to give 24 hours' notice of bail to the Treasury. The two defendants, not being prepared with bail, were subsequently removed to Newgate. WORSHIP-STREE7: Thomas Waterman, only thirteen years of age, the son of a cowkeeper at Shacklewell, was placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold, charged with having wantonly beaten and kicked a little boy named Edward Axe, ten years of age, and thereby caused his death. Mrs. Charlotte Axe, the mother of the deceased, who was painfully affected whilst giving her evidence, stated, that on Friday evening last her son was brought home to her in a state of extreme suffering, which he told her had been occasioned by ill•treatment he had received from the prisoner, who had struck and kicked him se veral times on the lower part of the body. He was soon after seized with a violent sickness, which continued with scarcely any intermission until the following Sun day evening, when he appeared to have somewhat reco vered, and went out to play in the front of the house; but in a few minutes afterwards he hastened back to the house and complained that the prisoner had just made a second attack upon him and beaten him severely about the head. He remained in great pain throughout that night, complaining of the injury in the lower part of his belly, and, the sickness having returned with increased violence, the assistance of a surgeon was obtained; but all his efforts to save him were unavailing, and, after gradually sinking, he finally expired at two o'clock that morning, and she gave instructions to the police for the prisoner's apprehension. Mrs. Anne Wolfe, a married woman, proved that whilst standing at her window, between seven and eight o'clock on Sunday evening, she saw the little boy Axe endeavouring to escape from the prisoner, but the latter ran after him, and struck him two or three sharp blows with his open hand upon both sides of the head. Police-constable Langdon, of the N division, stated that on calling that morning on Mr. Robins, the surgeon who attended the deceased during his illness, that gen tleman stated that there were narks of violence upon the lower part of the child's stomach, apparently caused by a heavy blow or kick, but that until he had an op portunity of making a post mortem examination of the body, he could not say with any degree of positiveness that those injuries were sufficient to account for the death. _ _ _ Mr. ARNOLD therefore ordered the prisoner to be re manded for a week, but consented to accept substantial bail for his future appearance. LAMBETH. Emma Illounser, a wretched looking woman, but who, from ber manner, had evidently seen much better days, was brought up for final examination before Mr. Norton, on a charge of unlawfully pawning seventeen shirts, the property of Messrs. Moses and Sons, Aid. gate. The prisoner had been given into custody by a person named Skerritt, who bad been her security for the safe return of such work as she might receive from Messrs. Moses and Co. Charles Wicks, who described himself as a "cutter out" in the service of Messrs. Moses and Sons, deposed that the prisoner had had a dozen and a half shirts to make for his employer, and said that the seventeen shirts now produced by the pawnbrokers were some of the shirts so given out. _ the prisoner did not deny pawning the shirts, but said she bad been driven to the act by sheer necessity. Her husband, who was a printer, she said, was out of employment, as well as her son and daughter, and all at this particular time were dependant on the wretched pittarce which she made by shirtmaking. Mr. Nowrox (to the prisoner)—What were you paid for making these shirts? Prisoner-2s. 6d. a dozen, your Worship, or 2id a piece. Mr. NORTON— W hat, lid. a piece! Well, that seems to be an improvement, for I recollect in a memorable case which came before me two women were paid only lid. a shirt for what they made; but, from the exposure that the❑ took place of this system of starvation and hard work, I was in hope the practice was much im proved, and that poor persons were now enabled to earn something like a means of existence by this species of employment. Addressing the prisoner, the Worthy Magistrate asked how much she had been enabled to earn a day at such work. The prisoner replied that the utmost she could do in the day was to make two shirts, and deducting from this the price of the thread, cotton, and needles, all of which she had to find herself, she could not make more than 4d. a-day. _ _ Mr. NORTON remarked that this was really shameful; upon which A person who described himself as belonging to the shirt department of Messrs. Moses and Sons, stood for ward and said he was a clerk, in the shirt department of Messrs. Moses and Sons, and commenced abusing the pawnbrokers for taking in such property to pledge, as they must be quite aware the property did not belong to the parties pledging, but to some wholesale house. Mr. NORTON remarked that the prices at which the poor people took in the work were so wretchedly low, and being without the means of carrying them on to the completion of the work itself, they were compelled from sheer necessity, to pledge that portion of the work com pleted to enable them to go on with the remainder, and unless they got such advances they would not be enabled to get on with the work at all. He ()dr. Norton) should be glad to know from the clerk of Messrs. Moses and Sons, as he called himself, what the price of the shirts produced were? The person alluded to said, the wholesale price was 12 i, a dozen, or Is. a piece, and that they were princi pally for exportation. Mr. NORTON wished that such a business was exported altogether, for he felt satisfied that until a living profit could be give❑ to the poor people for making up such goods they would be better without them. The person before alluded to said, that the competition in such business was so great that his employers (Messrs. Moses and Sons) could not afford to pay more than the present rate. Mr. NORTON thought that they had they had the means in their ow❑ hands of rising the prices, for if Messrs. Moses and Sons and other houses chose to rise the price of shirtmaking to a scale which would provide those working at the business a means of subsistence, the houses paying a smaller price would not find any person to work for them. The clerk of Messrs. Moses and Sons sc.dd he should communicate his worship's opinion to his employers; and Mr. NORTON believing that the prisoner had pawned the property under the pressure of extreme distress discharged her, but cautioned her as to her future con duct. SOUTHWARK. Mr. James legram, of the British Museum, was sum , monel for refusing to contribute to the maintenance of an illegitimate child. Mary Burn stated, that she was housemaid in the ser vice of a gentleman in Woburn square, and that in May, 1847, the defendant was in the habit of passing the house to the British Museum, and on these occasions he used to kiss his hand and beckon to her as he went by; that soon afterwards she met him as she was going to see her .brother, and that he prevailed on her to have some refreshment with him, and that an intimacy com menced which led to the birth of a child; that when she discovered that she was enceinte she mentioned the fact to the defendant, and he urged her to " Father it on some young man," which advice she refused to adopt; and that when the child was born, o❑ being asked to contribute to its support, he declined doing so, saying that he should give nothing but what the law compelled him. She added that she first made application for re dress at the Marylebone police office, but that her wit nesses being absent from town the summons was refused. 'Two witnesses were then called, one of whom proved 'that she was present when the defendant was applied to on the subject, and that she heard him use the words at tributed to him by the complainant. The witnesses also stated that they used to see the defendant hovering about the house where the complainant lived as housemaid, and that they had seen them together. Mr. Pelha - m, on the part of the defendant, said, that the gentleman did not appear in person to answer the summons in consequence of being afflicted with a ner vous disease. He (Mr. Pelham) knew the difficulties he had to contend against in adducing evidence to con tradict the statements of the witnesses; but he could as sure the magistrate that Mr. Ingram denied that he ever bad any improper familiarities with the complainant; that he was a man of unblemished reputation, and his denial of the alleged paternity did not arise from any wish on his part to save himself the trifling expense for the sup. port of the child, but that it was solely on account of the attempt to fix upon him a charge which was utterly groundless, and which was trumped up for the purpose of extortinr , money from him. Mr. Roberts submitted that ho bad adduced the ne cessary confirmatory evidence to establish the charge against the defendant. Mr. SECKER said that the evidence was certainly all on one side, and as he could see no reason for doubting the truth of the witnesses' testimony he was bound to adjudge the defendant the father of the child, and to make an order on him of two shillings and sixpence per week for its maintenance. STATE OF ST. MARY- LE-STRAND BURIAL GROUND IN RUS3ELL-COURT.—Yesterday an inquiry was held before Mr. Bedford, coroner, at the Cheshire Cheese, Cross -street, Drury-lane, on view of the body of Mary Ann Sazell, whose death was alleged to have been occa sioned br the effluvia issuing from the above burial ground. The witnesses, surgeon, coroner, and jury, all concurred in bearing testimony, from their own personal observation and experience, to the deplorable state of the ground, and the great danger which it occasions to the public health. The jury returned a verdict of " Na tural Death," and added that they could not separate without expressing the strongest abhorrence of the con dition of the burial ground in Russell-court, which is l O CHEAT .— Cheat used for funerals f or t h e p ar i s h o f S t . M ary -l e -S tran d , which fi th E e AT la .— w practice Is fraught w ith d anger i n a d ense l y popu lated lo ca li ty. Wilost Chea t the doctor by being temperate; c heat cheat the dema g o gue, of by keep i ng out o f de b t; and ot whatever party, by not voting tor any.—Amertcan paper. ELECTION COMMITTEE. DUBLIN. The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds' ma jority was resumed yesterday. Three votes were attacked on the ground of inaccuracies and irregularities in the register, but the petitioners only succeeded in striking one of them off the pull. THE SUN', LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1818. LOMBARD Y. The last advices from the seat of war represent the army Of CHARLES ALBERT as completely dis organized. He had been attacked by the Austrians at Goito, and compelled to retreat to Cremona. The Austrians were advancing against Peschiera. They were now in possession of both banks of the Mincio. CHARLES ALBERT has, it is said, himself applied to France for aid. The Ventidue Marzo of the 28f1 of July publishes the following " latest news" : " A Sardinian courier, from Bozzolo, without any dis patches for Milan, reports having heard say that the King had moved in the morning from Goito, taking the direction of Volta, at the head of a powerful column." SEIZURE OF GUNPOWDER BOUND FOR IRELAND. PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 2.—Yesterday a gentleman re siding in Stonehouse received information that a vessel named the Emerald Isle, Captain Buck, had left London, bound for Ireland, with a quantity of gunpowder on board, which she had entered on her papers as flour. We have also 'heard that the gunpowder was taken on board at Yarmouth. When the information was received here, it was im mediately communicated to the pilots and officers con nected with the coast service, in order that they might keep a look-out. Yesterday the Emerald Isle put into the Sound in consequence of adverse winds. She was immediately boarded, and the captain was asked what he had on board ? He replied that he had flour, and was bound for Dublin. Mr. Rea, the tide surveyor, asked to look at some of the flour, and directed that some of the barrels should be handed up to him ; on this being done, they were found to contain gunpowder. The whole of the other barrels are believed also to contain gun powder, and it was bound for Ireland for the benefit of the insurgents. The ship and all parties connected with it are now in the care of the authorities here, waiting instructions from the Admiralty as to what course shall be taken against the vessel and its owners. There are said to be, three hundred barrels of powder on board. The caso will probably come before the magistrates in some way, for their adjudication, on Friday. MISPLACED HUMANITY.—The Democratic Paci fique has the following in the dietary table of the insur gents who are in prison:—" All observers agree on the point that the consumption of adults in carbon is from 10 to 15 grammes per hour, that is to say 240 to 360 grammes per day. On the other hand, experience shows also that the elements must contain about 28 grammes of azote. Let us see if the aliments indicated by the commission really contain these quantities of the chemi cal elements of nutritive substances. The calculation, founded on chemical analysis, gives the following results:— Daily elements. Carbon. Azote gr. gr. 850 gr. of bread contain . . 237.5 13.2 179 - meat 7.4 120 - vegetables ... ... 42.5 7.4 327 - wino ... 22.9 0.0 1476 of good. 348.4 24.5 It results from these figures that the nourishment adopted by the commission of the political prisons is sufficiently rich in carbon, but somewhat feeble in azote, for to make our calculations, we have supposed that the vegetable employed in alimentation were beans, that is to say those which contain most azote, and still there are wanting 3 gr. 5 dwts. of that element essential to life. To make up this deficiency, the.quantity of meat, the food which contains most azote, must be somewhat augmented. In increasing it to 250 gr. per day, that is seven times a week instead of five, all exigencies would be satisfied." Would not bread and water have been a more suitable diet for such characters?: SHOCKING DISASTER AT SEA.—The Bagnall, of Wisbech, Captain Bagnall owner, was on a voyage to London, with a very large cargo of wheat and flour, &c., on Thursday week, and about four o'clock in the after noon, during a terrible thunder-storm when off the Nor folk coast, a sudden gust of wind took the vessel side ways and blew her completely over, in deep water, when she immediately turned bottom upwards. The com mander, Frederick Yorke, and his wife, who was ill in the cabin at the time of the accident, both perished. The remaining persons on board, John Tate, John Kingston, and two sons of Captain Bagnall, clung to the bottom of the vessel, and continued nearly three quarters of an hour in that dreadful situation, expecting every moment to be their last, when they were picked up off Blakeney by the Mary and Theodorson fishing smack, of Hastings. In endeavouring to render some assistance to ono of the young Bagnalls, the seaman Tate had his leg broken in two places by a tar barrel rolling against him .—Bury Post. PIRACY AND MURDER.—On May 18, there was a special session held at Singapore, by Sir Christopher Rawlinson, the Recorder, for the trial of twenty-six Chinese convicts, escaped from the General Wood. After an investigation, which lasted two days, they were all found guilty, and sentence of death recorded against them, except four, on whom sentence of death was passed. Of these four, three were hanged on the 26th of May, the fourth being respited. The twent -thlee convicts have been sentenced to transportation to Aombay, chiefly for life. Several new facts were elicited on the trial, but the confessions of the culprits have served chiefly to explain the way in which the catastrophe was brought about. It appears the ship's carpenter, a Chinese, planned the un dertaking, with the assistance of two of the crew (also Chinese); all three were found guilty, anti sentenced to transportation to Bombay. Sixteen of the Chinese on one chain it was arranged should be released by the man at the end of the chain forcing the lock. One of the con victs, who acted as a cook, tapered pieces of firewood to be used as means of attack. The 16-head men were to divide themselves into four parties, each party to attack and murder the captain and hi s three officers, whilst the Chinese crew and the carpenter were to persuade the Lascars to take to the rigging. According to the con fessions, on the sixteen being released, they first killed the sepoy in charge of the key, and with the latter re leased the other Chinese secured on another chain. On reaching the deck they murdered the captain and chief mate, and threw the bodies overboard; the second mate was wounded and missed—he could not be found; the third mate fought the Chinese at every point until nearly exhausted—he made for the wizen-top, from whence ho was dragged down by Ung-Hee (a Chinese lascar), and dispatched with a sword just before dawn of day. It formed nu part of the original plot to kill the passengers, as the Chinese were Hot aware of there being any on board until the night the vessel sailed from Singapore. But it appears never to have entered into the minds of the convicts to have seized the vessel until instigated to do so by the Chinese carpenter and three Chinese hiscars, one of whom, Ung-Ilve, had been three years in the ship. CORONER'S IN-QuEsr.—Yesterday an inquest was held at the Angel public house, in Lambeth -walk, before Mr. William Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, and a respectable jury, touching the death of Mr. William White. It appeared that the deceased, who was sixty five years of age, and who resided with his son, a sta tioner in an extensive way of business ix Lambeth-walk, had for sonic time past exhibited sign s o f i m b eci li ty, an d had a particular fancy for lighting pieces of paper and bits of wood in the candle. Oa Sunday night he retired to rest at his usual hour, and some time after his son, who slept in the same room, was horror-stricken on en tering the chamber, and finding his aged parent crouched up in a corner of the room, and burnt in a shocking manner. It appeared that he hail got out of bed and se t himself on fire, and was in the agonies of death when found by his son. A verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned. Novsz. FRAUD.—A well-known chain• dropper, named Muir, was apprehended at Glasgow, on Thursday last, charged with fraud of a rather novel description. The offence was committed at Milngavie (Stirlingshire) one day last week, and seems to have been effected in the following manner:—Muir, accompanied by another indi vidual, who has not yet been apprehended, made their appearance in the above-named village as tea-merchants, and produced samples of the commodity, which they of fered to sell at a very low price. One of the small dealers in the town, after tasting the sample, which was taken out of a largo bag, agreed to purchase the entire quantity (about 201bs. weight), and paid for it the sum of 2/. ss. Not long after the disappearance of the pre tended tea-merchants, the dealer ascertained that, with the exception of about an ounce of tea dexterously inserted into the mouth of the bag, its contents were composed of chaff, &c. A correct description of the swindlers was given to the local police, and, as Glasgow was thought the most likely place to find them, two cfficers proceeded thither in quest of the parties, one of whom (Muir) was soon apprehended. He has been since removed to Stirling. MoNET-AIAaKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.40; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.30, it follows that gold is 0.40 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Ham burgh the price of gold is 434 k per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10A. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.91 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being, 13.91, it follows that gold is 0.11 per cent, dearer in Hamburgh than in London. DESTRUCTION AND RAPID RE•CONSTRUCTION OF A RAILWAY BRIDGE.—One of the wooden bridges on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, a little west of Hex ham,wenedker from the grate a . was r The o fire w accidentally rsta e of u e destroyed stehd e 131;g t i t he fal li ng by i o fire a lu e one day last offr a red-hot e g g which passed over it j ust before the fire wasP'discovered. Being constru cted of wo o d an d coated with pitch,a ttrain, cinder fire burned with great rapidi ty , and every portion of the wooden frame -work was destroyed, leavin g only the stone piers standing. Messrs. R us h and Lawto'n, the eminent railway contractors, were called i n to reconstruct it • they commenced operations at five o ' c l oc k on Friday morning, and opened the bridge for the mail train on Sunday, singe when the general tra ffi c ha s b een unob structed! The bridge cons isted of four ri ver arches, and its permanent re-construction, in so short a per i od, reflects great credit on the skill and available resources intrusted. TILE the eminent firm to whom t h e work was TILE LORD BISIIOP OF MANCHESTER.—It is uA derstood that his lordship the Bishop of Manchester will be in this city at the latter end of the week, on the o c . casion of a visit to the diocese , to cons e crate the new church at Walsden, near Rochdale , on Monday. His lordship is announced to preach the consecration sermon at the church,—Manche4er Courier. POLAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—ln the present state or German aggrandizement, Poland prostrate, is again a prey to further spoliation, not from its open enemy, but its disguised friends. The criminal division of the country, admitted even by the participators in the crime as such, brings now and then an eruption of despicable sympathy from the west of Europe, more with the self-interest of keeping the Poles in agitation than really mewling any ulterior good to Poland, or even intending to do so at the most fitting opportunity. The present times will suffice to illustrate both French and German sophistries, the latter, though being more active in the onset, turned the more treacherous. In my opinion, Poland has less to fear from Russia than from the encroaching spirit of Germans, whether in Posen, Cracow, or Tarnow, upon its nationality and well-being. I will not enter upon the past, but merely appeal to the present—not to Europe, but to my own countrymen. I beg them not to be imposed upon further, either by the chivalrous French or the virtuous Germans, who wish at one time to make us their bulwark, at another as wadding to their cannons; but at once, with spontaneous feeling of dignified people, to fraternize with the empire, which, by the consan guinity of races and its strength, can give us protection and security against the devouring elements of the Germans. I ask them to join an open enemy, in pre ference to faithless and designing friends. I entreat them to enter upon a moral regeneration of our fatherland, and thus strengthen the Selavonian stock in bonds of friendship and brotherly love, which is sure to produce the development of our immense national wealth —ensure confidence of the now despotic ruler, and bring recon ciliation people —c ause p rogress i ve re f orm w i th h and ultimate freedom of b ot h espirit tf of fthe the age, nations in power, veneration, and even fear of the faith less west. I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, S. RAKOWSKI, Officer in the late Polish army, Manchester, July 31, 1848. SCOTTISH NAVAL AND MILI TARY P...CADE MY. The examination shortly Matedr..ir this popular establishment (as we on Monday) took place on Tuesday snd Wednesday-, and the exhibition came off on Friday. The exti:minations of the various classes still uphold the well earned fame of the masters, and called forth, on the 'dart of the directors, the warmest compliments both to a g n i n v u in a g ll teachers and pupil s . The importance of such a school as in the a e n w d ay th o e f propriety o f i ts recogn i t i on by G overnment , ymi oded (t . i t re countenance ) and o y substantialthose sup port, p - port, we ar e excellent examinations and exhibitions ; and we still wonder that the people of Scotland should be so apathetic in not call ing the attention of Government to the maintenance of a school which sends so many excellent officers into the army, and without which many would have entered it under serious disadvantages. We are informed that the directors of the academy have requested no beio ni g or a e llo f w ro e m d t t h o e p G o o ro ve h r a n s m e en t‘ t vo th o ti o n moi th i e ssi p o r n iv s il i e n ge th o e f army, to be disposed of to two of their most distinguished students. Now, while we should be happy to hear that even this was granted, we cannot suppose that the peo ple of Scotland would rest satisfied with this small boon. A gentleman, for instance, may have it in his power to purchase a commission for his son, but if he has not influence to introduce him to the military schools in England, this son enters the army uneducated as a soldier, undrilled, unacquainted with fortifications, mili tary drawing, and unimbued with that professional spirit which renders his introduction to the army easy and agreeable. To such a person the Scottish Military School opens a door; and so many in Scotland are thus situated, that, for upwards of twenty years, the academy has sustained itself without the least assistance from the resources of the country. But why is the officer's son excluded from the benefits of the endowed military schools of England? Why is not eminence in study to have the same premium here? The student of the Scottish school is equally with the student of Sandhurst and Woolwich, destined to serve their country, and have a right to enjoy the same advantages. The exhibition in the Music Hall on Friday brought together a more than uiaally numerous and brilliant assemblage. On this occasion the directors' chair was taken by Major-General Riddell, the officer commanding in Scotland, who was supported by Mr. Gordon, the Sheriff of the county, the officers of the North British Staff, and several officers stationed in Edinburgh. In addition to the ordinary display of military exercises, fencing, broadsword exercise, and gymnastics, there was exhibited on Friday, for the first tune st the exhibition of the academy, the artillery exercise, which the young gentlemen went through with great activity. A three pounder field-piece was brought into the hall; the forms of loading, unloading, and firing were shown, and the gun was then dismounted and remounted with great dispatch—after dismounting, the young gentlemen seated themselves on the disjointed pieces of the carriage, the effect was scenic, and elicited much approbation. Chnles Lamont Robertson Glassford, the young gen tleman who carried off the first prize of this last-named exercise, was a successful competitor in tour other prize lists, viz., book-keepimg, landscape drawing, and firelock and broadsword exercises. Before the distribution of prizes, Captain Orr, the su perintendent of the institution, advanced to General Riddell, and intimated that the exercises for the day were now concluded. General Riddell then stepped sor ward to the young gentlemen, who were drawn up in the centre of the hall, and briefly stated the gratification which he had experienced in the course of the day, bear ing testimony to the excellent manner in which the in stitution was conducted, and to the remarkable profi ciency of the papils which had just been manifested.— Abridged from the Caledonian Mercury. cA D sT a LE E_AD A r b u o L ut Fi h n a s if- A p N a f t Los ele v s e n o r o'clock o A n T s N u n E d W a y Ridle Groat-market, r a o s it discovered m n r k et flames,prettyin Newcastle. sh M t ar r d . ng e g i r nf r re ' osdmAp such uttbhhel Although e c u - g h ahn ou t s il e e , almostalarm . instantly given, yet, before the arrival evening e s a o s u fi r r t e , ofTh The wind i fi nd re w -e a. n s g_i b n i e o s w , i t n h g. e as cendancy that it was . impossible to save the premises. south west at the time, and the fire soon communicated with the adjoining tenement property, and from thence to the premises fronting the street. The Newcastle engine, closely followed by the North British and that of the barracks, was soon upon the spot; but before the en gines were in full play it became evident that no effort could be effectual in saving the presimies, as from the bottom of the court to th e f ront street one mass of fire presenteditself. About half -past one o'clock, the flames, having destroyed nearly th e w h o l e o f the upper stories of the front buildings, wer e d escen di ng to the shops, when Mr. Elijah Galloway, the conductor of the Newcastle fire-engine, and three other per sons, broke open a s h op, w i th the inten tion of saving a quantity of cheese which was in it, and, we are very sorry to have to state, that they had not been in the shop more than a few minutes when the roof fell in, and one of the burning beams coming through the flocrs struck Mr. Gallow a y an d k noc k e d hi m d own, and -although it is said one of his compan i ons strugg l e d h ar d to save him, at the risk of his own life, the ruins con tinued to fall so fast that all efforts to relieve him were unavailing, and his lifeless body was not got nut until about half-past The o'clo c k. T wo ot h er persons were much injured. The destruction of propel's.) , is deplor able, several parties . having lo s t t h e i r a ll. Th e b u ildi ng in which the fire originated was originally the Newcastle A s , em bly-roons, afterwards the library of the Literary and Philosophical Society, and has been used as a room in which inquest was socie h ti e e l s d l o i n eld m tl o ie n i d r a3, meetings. moriling Aonptrhee liminary nq body of Mr. Galloway, w h o h as b een attached to the Newcastle Fire-office for 20 years, and who has left a widow and six children, but was adjourned to 'Thursday. —Abridged from the Newcastle Advertiser. EDINBURGH.—RIOT IN THE COWGITE.—Three Irishmen, named Thomas M•Conval, Michael Devine, and James Keough, were charged in the Edinburgh police court, yesterday, with rioting and attempting to rescue a prisoner from the hand s o f th e p o li ce , and a l so with having committed an assault on the constables. From the evidence it appeared that, about eight o'clock on Sabbath evening, two Irish labourers, much intoxi cated, commenced quarrelling in the Grasamarket, which caused a large crowd to assemble ; but some policemen coming up, interfered and separated the combatants, one of whom, the prisoner Keough, they took into custody. The policemen proceeded down the Cowgate with the prisoner in charge, on their way i to - the office, followed by an immense mob of Irish, who began to beat and jostle the constables, until the latter were compelled to use their batons, which they did most effectually, striking about them right and left, and inflicting several hard blows on their ruffian , assailants. At this time the Cowgate, from the South Bridge to George the Fourth Bridge, presented one living mass of human beings, and the riot now began to assume a threatening appearance. After extraordinary exer tions, the policemen at length reached the Old Assembly Close, up whi c h they conveyed the prisoner, while three of their number stationed themselves at the foot of the close to ward off the crowd. Some of the more auda cious of the mob closed with the policemen, wrenched the batons from their hands, and cut and bruised them in a severe manner. Information of the affray having reached the police-office, Mr. Moxey, the superintendent, speedily reached the spot, with 40 men, and apprehended Conval and Devine, two of the ringleaders. Another detachment of police followed, and the street was soon cleared of its disorderly mob, who fled in all directions. Considerable excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood while the riot was going on; and some of the spectators seemed anxious to invest it with a political character, though it was evidently only a repetition of the scenes which too often disgrace this locality on Sabbath evenings. As every one knows, this part of the town is inhabited almost solely by the Irish, who are in the habit of col el evcetni evening, in a great r cely a numbers, w e e k i n passes streetes without every n Sabbath between them and the police. The charge having been fully proved against the prisoners, tle magistrates son tence, icopr nt deon is v o a n l m an e diLev E in dnbu eito6r9ol: Paper. days' a a r ndlieough to 40 days' TUE Cutracit or SAFFRON-IVAr.nrx.—A large interior view of the church of St. Mary, at Saffron- Walden, which has just been published by Mr. W. Doy ley, of the Adolphi, and is now before us, leads us to remark upon the hideous screen which exists there between the nave and chancel, and is called the " Bray brooke Pew." It was placed there , we believe, by the late Lord Howard, and as long as it remains will be a monument to his bad taste. Endeavours should b e ma d e to get rid of it at once. The church is a good specim en of the perpendicular period, chiefly erected in the reigns of Henry VI. and VII. The height and breadth o f t h e nave are considerable. The view shows the church as seen from the west end.—Builder. The Bishop of London has licensed the Rev. James Kelly, M.A., Minister of Charlotte -street Chapel, Pimlico, to the Incumbency of St. ;Peter's Episcopal Chapel, Queen-square, Westminster. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. An ingenious cont r iv ance f or prevent i ng acc id ents on railways, and one that appears well worthy of notice, has been exhibited lately at this establishment. It differs from most arrangements of the kind in one im portant point, viz., that it is to prevent collision instead of lessening the check when collision has taken place: this appears to be a move in the right direction. It is perhaps pretty well known that by the existing arrange ments the services of the guard are required in stopping a train, the engin e -d r i ver not h av i ng the power of apply ing the breaks to the carriages, so that "in case of eieergency, if either of these officers is off his guard much valuable time is lost, and also the guard indi vidually has no control over the train whilst the motive power is acting, and although he is the one most likely to observe danger first, yet he can do nothing more than make signals to the engineer, so that he may understand that danger is at hand and act accordingly; hence the many contrivances that have been put forth from time to time for enabling the guard to communicate with the engineer by signals. And, again, if they are both on the alert and act the moment they observe danger, still the means at their command for stopping the train appear inadequate, and in opposition to their exertions the train runs on for a considerable distance. Let us take the accident at the Shrivenham station on the Great Western line as an example. The distance the train ran in that case from the time danger was observed till it came in contact with the carriages on the line was more than enough to enable the offie,ers in charge of the train to stop it in perfect safety, if they had but the means at their command. This Net was proved by Sir George Caley, Bart., some years since experimentally; he showed that a train proceeding with a velocity of twenty-two miles per hour could be stopped within the space of twenty feet in perfect safety, and for any in crease of velocity in the same ratio, and yet, strange as it may appear, no plan has yet been put in practice to take advantage of this fact. A gentleman, of the name of Bishop, however, has recently taken out a patent for a contrivance of the kind, which appears, by experiments with the models, to answer the purpose admirably. Perhaps the follow • ing brief explanation will give some idea of the advan tages of the contrivance. Let it be understood, in the first case, that every carriage has the breaks attached to it, and that by means of a bar, placed under the car riages, the breaks may be thrown in or out of action at pleasure; and that when the train is made up these bars would be connected from carriage to carriage, so that the engineer, by acting upon this bar at one end of the train, has the power of applying the breaks to every carriage simultaneously, converting, as it were, the whole train into a sledge, and also the guard has the same power over these breaks as the engineer, rendering the one independent of the other; but what is still more important, it gives the guard as well as the engineer full and efficient power to stop it altogether ; for it can be shown that the breaks being applied to every wheel in a train, the power of any locomotive engine would not be sufficient to move it forward, and that when the steam has been shut off and the breaks applied, the train may be stopped within an incredibly short space. All these matters are fully demonstrated by the models that are exhibited, and it is to be hoped that ere long we shall find some such efficient contrivance upon every railway in the kingdom. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 3. The Lotto CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'clock. CORN MARKETS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was passed through Committee. REGENT'S QUADRANT COLONNADE BILL. This Bill was read a second time. STANDING ORDERS. Lord NIONTEAGLE moved certain alterations in the standing orders. After a few words from the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the motion was agreed to. IRELAND. Lord BROUGHAM moved for copies of the procla mations of the Lord. Lieutenant of Ireland for the appre hension of traitors. This rebellion, which had become more contemptible than detestable, because it had origi nated in personal vanity, had been quelled for a season; and if anything could make him more contented than another with these results, it was the appointment of Sir Henry Hardinge.—(Cries of" Lord Hardinge.") He begged pardon for mentioning him by the name by which he had earned his honours. He had accepted, as a duty to his country, of a situation which no man would wil lingly have undertaker.. Not consulting his previous fame, and thereby affording a marvellous contrast to those wretched person% who, for the gratification of their ipersonal vanity, :had been led into rebellion, he had consented to accept a subordinate situation. He would add his counsels to those of his Noble Friend at the head of the Irish Government, and although all might have been over before his arrival, yet he would not have gone over in vain. Although the first outbreak had been put down, yet they might have further out breaks. He feared that the account with Ireland was not yet finally settled, but he thought that Noble Lords could not better occupy themselves during the vacation than in studying the reports of the Colonisation Committee. They had colonies of immense resources, of immense fertility, in Australia and in North America, with a most scanty and insufficient population. In Australia near a million of sheep were sacrificed from the inability to find shepherds to tend those flocks. The influx of labourers would bring about the influx of capital. He by no means meant to say that there were no difficulties in the question of coloniz stion, because the mother country wished to get rid of the bad, and the colonies only wished to receive the good. With regard to Ireland, he feared we had been too mild in treating the beginnings of those outrages—we had been afraid of interfering with that which, in the new technicology, was named agita tion, which was taken to mean merely dis cussion, but which really meant a parliament sit ting, if not illegally, at least after a fashion, tending illegally to produce a breach of the law. These persons had levied money without the consent of Parlia ment under the name of rent, not to preserve the peace of the country but to break it. These things had gone on to an immense extent, but he had never read anything with greater astonishment in his life than he had read the letter of Mr. Labouchere, tell ing the Irish people that it was their right tocarry arms. No doubt they had a right to carry arms; no doubt, un der certain circumstances they had a right to resist; fur our constitution was founded on the principle of resist ance: it might therefore be a duty as well as a right to . . carry arms. - But who would preach such a doclrine as this in Ireland, where the suggestion of arms and resist ance would mean nothing more nor less than rebellion? Could it be supposed that any one but a driveller would he guilty of such conduct? He would again caution the Government as to their proceedings. The disturbances might appear to have been put down for the present, but they might depend upon it that in Ireland these agita tors would have recourse to such meetings, and to the system of clubs; and he would, in the most friendly spirit to his Noble Friend opposite (the Marquis of Lansdowne), tender his humble advice, that he would consider the propriety of taking immediate steps by law to prevent this system of clubs being continued. When he saw that fifteen proclamations had been issued— that eight counties and parts of seven other counties. comprising the most important portion of Ireland—had been proclaimed, he could not help considering how much the existsnce of clubs had contributed to bringing about this state of disturbance.—(Hear, hear.) The measure which had received their Lordships' sanction, and which was commonly called the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, was, in his opinion, a most impor tant addition to the law. No one on this side of the water would object to this enactment, and he was sure that it would be found most beneficial in aiding in the restoration of tranquillity. Even if no such m e a sure h ad passed, he did not expect that anything like a convulsion leading to a dismemberment of the empire would have taken place, but still there could be no doubt but that a great deal of bloodshed and a great deal of misery would have resulted, above all to innocent persons, not merely to the dupes of the traitorous parties, but to others who would have no share whatever in the dis turbances that would take place. He had thrown out a suggestion the other day to his Noble Friend, which he hoped would be taken into consideration by the Govern. ment, with respect to the inconvenience of a prorogation of Parliament at such a period as the present. He had made the suggestion, because he knew what the effect would be of Parliament sitting, and of those evil• minded persons knowing that a few hours could only pass over before the Legislature interposed, with whatever powers might be necessary, to put down any attempt at disturb ances that they might perpetrate. Before sitting down he wished to say one word as to what had taken place with respect to the passing of the last measure of coercion. Their Lordships had a standing order which prevented any measure from going through more than one stage in a single day. That standing order might be dis pensed with, but that they had unfortunately the stand. ing order, Number 104, which required that no stand ing order of their Lordships' House could be dispensed with without one day's notice. The resolution which their Lordships had come to on Monday week was, therefore, in effect, that whe reas one standing order pro vided that no Bill b e p asse d through more than stage in any day, and anot h er standing order provided that no standing order of the House be rescinded with out 24 hours' noti ce , b e i t therefore ordered that the Lord Chancellor s h a ll put the question three or four times over in one sitting. He thought that a rather ra er ab surd non sequitur to arrive at, and as there cou ld b e no doubt but that it m i g h t be necessary to pass a measure No through all its s t ages at a single sitt l ing, he was of opi nion that th e s t an di ng orderought not to be continued. I n 17 94 Mr. Pitt passed 0 his 4 measure through al! its stag es i n a single day; and again, when the mutiny broke out in 1798, a similar course was adopted. Again, in 1803, when the news arrived of the massacre of Lord Kilwarden in Dublin, a Bill similar to that lately adopted by their Lordships was.passed through all its stages, in both Houses of Parliament, in a single night. If the Government had .4 sisked their Lordships to adjourn for one hour on Saturday, until the Bill had passed through the other House. of Parliament, and it' they had adopted the precaution of having the Court in town, the measure might have been sent over to Dublin on Saturday night, and thus certain disaffected persons might have been arrested before they could hare had time to leave the city. Having thus directed the atten tion of their Lordships and of the Government to these topics, and more especially to the necessity of suppress ing the club organization, and with a cordial hope that they would hear no more for the present of rebellion in Ireland, he would beg to move for the production of the papers to which he had already alluded.—(Hear, hear.) The Earl of WICKLOW said, that although counties had been proclaimed, it did not follow is were disturbed. He could answer for O which he was connected as being trP• been put down by the police, who were Irish, and com posed of Roman Catholics and Protevants, proving that the Irish thanselvt.s were ready and able to put down the insurrection. 'rho Marquis of NSDO aid he would not follow the Noble and Learned Lord (t3roughaw) through the details into which he entered ; he should content himself by his concurrence in the observations he made with regard to colonization. He wou'd add, although the insurrection had been brought to such a favourable result, they would not permit aey cessation of the precautionary and repressive measures they had already adopted.—(Hear, hear.) It was no w clear to all that the parties who excited this in surrection were powerless for good, and they were un l i - able to effect the object they aimed at—the establish ment of a republic. Although they could not carry their designs into effect, they might still be enabled to effect much mischief. and he thought the Noble Lord took a fair view of the present state of Ireland, when he admonished the Government not to relax their effrrts to prevent the recurrence of similar evil , . He toek that opportunity to state that the Government were enabled to effect what had been accomplished by an Act of Par liament conferring extraordinary powere but not more extraordinary than the emergency requires'. It it was found necessary during the present session of Parlia ment to explain an Act now in force, to suppress illegal and secret associations, it might be worthy of considera tion whether it would not be advisable to introduce ad ditional clauses, the more eff.ctually to effect that ob ject. There was now a cessation of the opposition to the Government. It was a source of satisfaction that the re sistance had been brought to such an issue as they re cently witnessed, which proved to all the world the false hood of the statements propagated, that disaffection existed among the military, and that the allegations pat forward by the disaffected, that the constabulary were inbued with the spirit of disloyalty, had proved entirely false. These charges had received a signal contradic tion in the conduct displayed by the one and the other. Upon the police the firmest reliance might be placed, which was a force composed of Roman Catholics and Protestants, all of whom united in the performance of their duty. With regard to the suggestion of the Noble Lord (Lord Brougham) that the sittings of Parliament should be continued, he did not think that necessary. If affairs took a different turn from what they had every reason to expect, it could be called together at a short no tice; he did not, however, consider it expedient to depart from the usual course. Lord DESART complained that repressive measures had not been adopted at an earlier period to suppress se dition. At a meeting which was held in Kilkenny three of the speakers were magistrates, who used very violent language. Doctor Kitne, one of them, stated distinctly that they should obtain repeal by force if necessary. He (Lord Desart) communicated to Lord Clarendon that fact, but notwithstanding he continthil to remain in the commission of the peace. This party was now in prison as a felon. The Duke of WELLINGTON said it was now de clared on all sides that there was an armed resistance to the law, although it had been stated a fortnight ago there would be no rebellion. It had now broken out, and was suppressed by the police, whose con duct was worthy of all praise. It appeared, how ever, from the admission of every one who had spoken, that a conspiracy existed throughout all Ireland, and that secret clubs had been formed, bound together by a secret combination, trained in some degree to arms, and connected together in opposition to the Government. They required still the attention of Go vernment, which should continue in a position to resist whatever might result from the opposition and resistance of these bodies, which were under the direction of those who fomented and caused the outbreak which was so easily put down. They should now consider what fur ther measures wero necessary to prevent the recurrence of such evils in future, and also the repression of similar conspiracies which caused this country to make such preparations to put it do An. He hoped they would re pose that confidence in the Government that they would take all the precautions and adopt the necessary mea sures to prevent the recurrence of such evils. Lord MONTEAGLE said the forbearance of the Go verument had the effect of entitling them to their con fidence when they might ask for further powers. Ile agreed with the Noble Earl (Earl Wicklow) that the reason why the Act had been extends d to the county Wicklow was to prevent arms being conveyed to that county; but the Act was not intended for that purpose, and proved that the Arms Act was inefficient. The most effectual preventive was to disarm the people, and for that purpose they should make an efficient Arms Act for the permanent law of the country. He entirely concurred in the praises which had been bestowed upon the police; but they should recollect they were sup ported by the military, and he therefore hoped the Go vernment would continue to keep up an efficient force of the military. It was said the rebellion was at an end, they should not, however, treat the outbreak too lightly. The returns were then ordered. NORTH WALES RAILWAY. Lord MONTEAGLE moved for some unopposed re turns, showing the manner in which the funds raised by the North Wales Railway had been invested. Agreed to. IRISH SAVINGS' BANKS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE hid upon the table certain correspondence which had taken place with re spect to the Irish savings' banks. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. August 3. FARMERS' ESTATE SOCIETY (IRELAND) BILL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. P. SCROPE moved, on the consideration of clause 14, to substitute ten for thirty acres as the minimum the of lots to be sold to the company. Colonel 'THOMPSON seconded the motion. He be lieved that the present was a most apt occasion to prove that the Imperial Parliament could du good fur the poor of Ireland. Mr. GROGAN opposed the amendment of the Hon. Member for Stroud. lie thought the Bill in many of Its provisions was calculated to benefit Ireland. Mr. CLEMENTS supported the clause, and opposed the amendment. Mr. STAFFORD supported the Bill, and contended that if the measure became law a new class of yeoman would be created, who would be of the greatest aervice to their country. He differed with the opinion put forward by the Honourable and Gallant Member for Bradford, as stated by him to-day, and also as published under his name in the Evening Sun of yesterday. Mr. WCULLAGH supported the amendment of the Hon. Member for Stroud. Mr. GLADSTONE opposed the amendment, believing that it would be fatal to the value of th. Bill. The House divided, when there appeared — For the amendment Against it Majority 52 -38 The report was then brought up and received. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT BILL. This Bill went through Committee. Report to-morrow at twelve o'clock. PAYMASTERS' OFFICES BILL. The report was received. HIGHWAY RATES BILL. Report brought up. CHURCHES' BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The House then adjourned till Five o'clock. The House resumed at Five o'clock. Mr. OSBORNE presented a petition p ray i ng the House to promote emigration to South Australia. Sir W. JOLLIFFE gave notice of his, intention to move amendments in the Poor-law U n i on Ch arges B i ll. _ IRISH POOR LAW. In reply to a question from an Hort. MEMO sit, Sir G. GREY said he had received a letter from the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, detailing the proceedings of the Commission appointed to inquire into the state of the poor-law unions in the north of Ireland. KAFIR WAR. Mr. OSBORNE wished to ask the Right Hon. Gen tleman the Secretary -at-War a question with reference to the Kafir war. He wished to know whether at pre sent there were any arrangements being entered into which would obviate the necessity of his bringing for ward his motion relative to promoting the officers who were engaged in that war. Mr. FOX MA ULE said he stated to the Hon. Gen tleman, at the time he gave notice of the motion, that he thought the Commander-in-Chief had the services of the officers engaged in the Kafir war under his consideration. lie had since had a communication with the Duke of Wellington, who assured him that for some time he had been preparing a list of officers to submit to her Majesty, after Government had approved of the same f or promotion , on account of' rho it services. —but as they were blunders in favour of the West India flouters, he had nothing to say against them.,—(Re newed iatighter.) The Hon. Member for Westbury (Mr. \Vison) shook his head. So he had to the other quarter of a tiu tired blunders in the scheme; and it was only when the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer became convinced of the mistakes that the Hon. Gentleman became suddenly convinced of them also.—(A laugh.) The rule for the schedule was to throw the duties half way between the duties on British plantation sugar and those on foreign sugar, and the reason was that schedule 2 comprised the sugars im ported from these British ports into which foreign sugars were permitted CO be imported. The calculations of the Chancellor of the Exchequer were, however, he con tended, based upon false principles. The duty, as it was proposed for 1848-49, was 175.; it ought to be 16s. 64. The duty for 1849..50 was 15.. Bd., it ought to be 15s. 3d. The duty for 1850 51 was 14s. 4d., it ought to be 14s. The duty fur 1851-2 was 135., it ought to be 12s. 9d. The duty fur 1852-53 was 12s. 5d., it ought to be 12s. 3d. The duty for 185354 was Ils. 10d., it ought to be lls. 6d.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) It was not until 1854 55 that the proposed duty became correct. The Right Hon. Gentleman had taken a wrong datum line for his calculations. The test Lick drawing up the schedule ought to be as follows :—lf 1L 6i. 8d , which was the duty on refined sugar in the foreign scale, gave 1/. as a duty on brown M u s cova d o , s o ought 11 2.., which was the duty adopted by the Right Hon. Gentleman, in like mann'r give the duty which he (Lord G. Bontinck) held ought to have been the duty fixed for 1848-49, namely, 16s. 6d., instead of that ac- tually proposed, 173.—(licar.) In fact the Right Hon. Gentleman seemed to have got into a terrible mist about his figures.—(A laugh.) The schedule, to be sure, was of no great importance, and he (Lord G. Bentinck) would leave it to the House to decide upon its adoption, with all its errors on its head. There was another trifling blunder of little importance, except as a blunder.—(A laugh.) The drawback OR refined sugar was intended to be Is. 4d. more than on bastard sugars. The duty ought in that case to have been 16s. 3d., not as it was proposed to be, 16s. 4d. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who was nearly inaudible, was understood to say that the Noble Lord was not correct in the grounds of calculation which he had advanced. The schedule was of very little importance, but with the view of obtaining for the West India body a greater degree of protection than they now► enjoyed—the duty on British brown clayed sugar was fixed in the same proportion above that of Muscovado sugar, as was the duty on foreign brown clayed above that on foreign Muscovado. The division of the schedule was agreed to. The third division of the same schedule was agreed to. On the schedule respecting drawbacks (as we under stood) being put, Lord GEORGE BENTINCK put it to the House, whether they would incur the shame of sending forth the scale before them, so full as it was of inaccuracies. The scheme would certainly do no credit to the House. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the amount had been calculated upon the ordinary rule, and he believed that tested by that rule they were correct. Lord G. BENTINCK moved the restoration of clause 6 of the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 63, viz., " And be it enacted, that no sugar shall be admissible to entry for home consumption at the said rates of duty, as being the growth and produce of any foreign country, unless the master of the ship importing the same shall prove to the satisfaction of the officers of her Majesty's Cus toms at the port of importation, if required to do so, that such sugar is bona fide the growth and produce of the foreign country from which it is imported." The effect of this clause would be to protect the refiner of this country from the refined sugar of the Continent, and the warehousemen of this country from the sugar warehoused in Antwerp, Amsterdam, and Hamburgh. He would take this opportunity of contradicting a state ment made by the Hon. Member for Westbury as to an intention existing on the part of the Belgian Legisla ture of doing away with the system of bounties. There was no such project of law before the Belgian Cham bers ; and the report of the Minister of Finance of Bel gium stated that no intention to introduce such a mea sure was entertained. Mr. WILSON opposed the clause, and after a few words from Mr. Bemur, The Committee divided, when there appeared— For the clause Against it 7B Majority —47 Lord G. BENTINCK then moved another clause, making it lawful for persons engaged in refining sugar in bond for exportation, under the 3 and 4 Will. IV., and 8 and 9 Vict., cap. 91, to enter the same for home consumption under certain regulations. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the clause ; and after a few words from Mr. Thompson, Mr. Barkly, Mr. Wilson, Mr. J. B. Smith, Mr. Bale, and Mr. Henley, The Committ e e divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it .. .... 73 Majority .... _ The amendment was consequently lost. The remaining resolutions having been agreed to, the House resumed, the Bill was reported with amendments , and the report was ordered to be received to •morroVr (this day) at 12 o'clock. CORRUPT' PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS sta. On the motion that the House resolve itself into C 00 1" mitten on the Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill, Colonel IBTHURP objected to this measure in tote* It would be impossible to carry it through during the present session without great injustice to so many Hon• Members who were elsewhere engaged in the discharge of various public duties. He put it to the Noble Lord whether it was fair, in the present state of the Howie and of the session, to proceed with a measure of such vital importance. Lord J. RUSSELL said ho had thought it had been understood on the last evening. that there should be c° discussion on the resumption of the Committee on this Bill; he therefore should not enter upon any debate. All he could say was, early in the session he had been blamed by one-half the House for not bringing forward some such measure, and it seemed he was now blamed by the other half for proceeding with the Bill. After a few word from Mr. ANSTEY, Sir H. HALFORD said that as the House was about to legislate for the prevention of corrupt practices at elections, he thought some care ought to be taken to provide against the improper use of Government patron' age for election purposes. The House would understand what he meant from a short statement of facts. I t would be remembered that the two late sitting Member s for the borough of Leicester had been unseated on th e ground of having, by their agents, been guilty of bribery' The facts were these:—On the sth of July last a mai l ' coach which went through Leicestershire was disco" tinued, and a walking messenger was substituted carry the mail. The parties interested unanimously 0 " pressed a wish to th e post-office inspector who had bee n sent down to m a k e th e arrangements, that a partials' person in whom they had confidence should be aP' pointed to the post. The answer returned was by • letter from the private secretary of the Postmast e r : General, whi c h state d t h at the appointment had been placed at the disposal of Mr. Gardner, the Member fo r Leicester. Now, at this time, and for three weeks b ey fore, Mr. G ar d ner h a d cease d to b e M em b er f o r th si . borough. Now he did not question the right of th; Government to dispose of its patronage as it trig think fit, neither did he speculate why the County hin gl2- hers should be in disgrace, but be must say that WI residents in the county of Leicester felt indignant th the appointment should have been placed in the hands I`. Mr. Gardner, a gentleman who had no connexion wit the county, and was only known in the borough from th e last election. Of course, when Mr. Gardner received the appointment he applied to fill it up to the very p!,/,,' sons who had carried hi s e l e cti o n by bribery. In jotter . , both to the Government and the House , he felt ban" to make this statement of facts. After a few words from Mr. URQUHART, Mr. BAGG Di' thought some answer ought to be gif elj by the Government to the statement made by his 11 00 ' Friend and Colleague. Lord J. RUSSELL replied that he had not heard Of : thing of the circumstances just m e ntioned, and perhoP: the Hon. Member would repeat the question vilir a some Member of the Government connected with th e Post-office was present. After a few words from Mr. Elliot, Sir 11. Halfor d ; and Mr. Newdegate, the conversation dropped, and t b House went into Committee. The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Bernal) stated the m otio° before the Committee W 23 that the words " such in; quiry and investigation to be made on the spot by tin Commissioners to bo appointed under this Act it t ine end of clause 2, be struck out. Mr. C. ANSTEY supported the amendment for the omission of the words read by the Chairman. He s hoto vote for the omission of th e word s , and h e s h o uld 1 115° feel it to be his duty to opp ose th e measure i n e'f er., , stage, in doing which h e s h ou ld en d eavour to compel h Noble Lord to elect between the present Bill and th ° ,„ s " measures that he had s t a t e d i t t o b e essent i a l s h o uld "- passed during the present session. hie Mr. HODGSON s h ou ld o ff er a ll th e o pp os iti o n 10 - power to the Bill. 1, Mr. SPOONER sa id th at no t one s i ng l e w ord A', 6 „ been offered by th e G overnment i n ex pl ana ti on of t"; Bill, and when an y H on . M em b er go t u p to lirgilije against it the opposite side deserted their benches. had hithert o su pp orte d t h e measure , b ut f rom the COlici duct of the Go vernment h e h a d reason t o b e lieve he ha d justly incurred the obloquy and censure of his Hon. 11 . 11 „, Gallant Friend, as ther e was an evident want of :I' d verity on the part of the Noble Lord. The Bill w entail great expense, and one which would be quite tit. less, by the employment of barristers as commissio?,e!;" for it would be necessary to have counsel on both stab, was, therefore, far better to leave the matter ' hands of the present tribunals. The SOLICITOR GENERAL entreated Hor. Ger. tlemen not to enter into discussions not affecting &Pt; clause under consideration, as that would only Proin°,,d the object openly avowed by the Hon. and Leare i i i ii Member for Youghal, that, namely, of defeating the by delay. The present clause had already undergone discussion of three or four hours, and the chief Or'. attendant upon adjourning the consideration of P, 5 , 0 ticular clauses appeared to him to be that Hon. A-I" °'- s. forgot what had been said during former discussioenb. He hoped the House would permit a division t be speedily come to, and thought such divisio n would pf accepted as final with respect to the appointment Commissioners. Mr. EIENLEY thought that the ques tion of post•offielle, patronage, which had been incidentally touc hed uP ° ll , was one of great importance, as in his o pinion Cinv e c o went patronage was one of the sources of corrupudid which the object of the Bill was to put down. Ile not think the decision of the Committee up on the Prls sent clause ought to have any effect upon th e other pa Bill. TNGS supported the amend ment, and 1; subject should b e postpon I ARMY AND NAVY ESTIMATES. Captain PECHELL said it appeared from the votes that the army and navy estimates were to come 01, to morrow. Now, as the papers connected with those o.sti• mates were not yet in the hands of Members, he wished to know whether it was the intention of the Chancel lor of the Exchequer to take those estimates in the Com mittee of Supply to-morrow? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he believed the report to which the Hon. Gentleman alluded had been printed, and was in the hands of several Members. SUGAR DUTIES. The House then went into committee on the Sugar Duties; Mr. BERNAL in the chair. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK then rose to propose an amendment. He observed that in the second column of the scale of duties, the duty on double re fined sugar was 183., and on single refined sugar 165.; that being a reduciion of is. 6d. on the first class of refined sugar, and of is. 4d. on the second class. The 16s. scale no longer stood amongst the duties at all, and the 18s. and 16s. were amalgamated with one of 16s. 4d. That, however, was nothing to the parpose, because if the duty of 17s. 4W was a fair amalgantatton of the duties of 16s. and 18s., it was per fectlycle ar that the duty on clayed sugar should be placed in the same position in which it otr4lit to have been placed, supposing the originalduty of 16 to have stood— as the duties stood they were absurd. He begged, thereto' e, to propose, as an amendment, that the follow ing duti t Is be adopted in lien of those in the schedule 14s. 6,3., 13s. 4d., 12s. 3d., and Its. 6(1. Th e (1 lIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER main tained the t the rate of duties in the schedules were adopted a ll, they were r mature consideration, and contended that ose which ought to be adopted by the House. After,. al3 , : ne fu a r re tl d ie — r discussion, the House divided, when ther e 29 99 roclaim©d aroso from its proxir- Itwas a groat sati-" ...or the amenau..,—. Against it .......................... -au 4" Majority against it ............... ;, .the amendment was accordingly lost. lot t►•~ -44c 4 00tr"" e berr'y rzient into Commit tcc. 1 1 3 th' ' °Lint , ingMr. IgLULL4.- -... too „ Yorni f 'the observed, that in this division ."• . bad t i p .6. _ - fresh blunders--(A laugh) until tl►e next aeSsioll, commended that tho • _ -