The Sun. — London, England, 1848-07-11 00:00:00

TRIAL TRIP OF THE NEW IRON STEAMER CAMBRIA. On Thursday a trial of the beautiful now iron steamer Cambria, constructed by Mr. John Laird, of Birkenhead, was made between this port and the Menai Strait, under the command of Lieut. Keane, R.N. The Cambria is the property of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, and is intended, when the works at Holyhead are completed, to ply between that station and Kingstown, in con nexion with, or rather in extension of, the railway. She is an exceedingly beautiful vessel, of fine model, re markably neat appearance, and great strength. The utmost care and skill have been exercised in so con structing her that she may combine the best qualities of a seaboat with the highest amount of speed. The fol lowing aro the particulars of her dimensions, &c. THE VESSEL. Length of water-line Beam ... ••• Draft of water, about Tonnage, about ... 193 ft. ... 27 ft. ... 9 ft. 3 in. ... 700 tons. ENGINES. Diameter of cylinder ... Length of stroke ... ... Diameter of paddle-wheels ... Number of strokes per minute Power ••• ••• ••. 73 in. 5 ft. 28 ft. 6 in. 24 to 25. 370 horse. The result of the trial was in all respects highly satis factory. The speed of the vessel was, during the trip, ascertained to be full seventeen miles an hour, and on this rate there will, no doubt, be a considerable improvement when she comes under the manage ment of her regular officers and crew, and when the engines have been worked into full facility of action. She had on board all the weight which she will have to carry on her station, so that the trial was a perfectly fair one in this as well as all other respects. She steers remarkably well, and, as she is altogether free from tremulous motion, she will be an exceedingly pleasant boat for passengers. The Cambria steamed from the Sloyne at eleven o'clock on Thursday morning, having on board a large party of ladies and gentlemen, who, as the day was calm and brilliant, were in the highest spirits, anticipating from their marine excursion a full measure of en joyment. The vessel had to ply against a strong tide throughout the whole distance, and, as it was feared there would net be water enough in the Rock Channel, she left the Mersey by the Victoria Channel, which took her considerably out of her direct course. Notwith standing these disadvantages, and that the speed was more than once slackened for the purpose of making observa tions on the working of the engines, &c., she made Beau marls in the short space of three hours and twenty mi nutes. The sea, during the whole passage, was as smooth as a millpond, and though the day was intensely hot, with scarcely a breath of air, the speed of the steamer produced a breeze for those on board that was deliciously refreshing. Under these circumstances the passengers, ladies as well as; gentlemen, enjoyed the voyage exceedingly. But, sweet and refreshing as was the air, the delighted voyagers were not left, like Hamlet, to feed on that " chameleon's dish." About half-past one o'clock Mr. Laird invited his friends to lunch in the cabin, where a substantial cold collation was set out, with good store of champagne and other wines, to which welcome repast the guests did ample justice, for though air, be it ever so pure, proves, accordine. to Shakespere, but sorry food for capons, it provides a most healthy sauce for those birds when they appear properly dished amongst the other plenishrnents of a well-covered table. We forbear to write of the beauty of the ladies or the fashion of their garments, or the influence and rank of the gentlemen, for such topics are exceedingly trite, threadbare as a beggar's garment, and, consequently, far from complimentary. It is more to the purpose and more gratifying to be able to say, that the company con sisted of most intelligent, well-informed, and cheerful individuals of both sexes, and it will be readily con ceived that, with such a party, the time passed most agreeably. The vessel lay to for a short time off Beaumaris, and then steamed up to the Suspension-bridge, where many of the party wont on shore, some on the Anglesea and some on the Bangor side of the strait. They amused them selves by inspecting the bridge, the iron tubes that are in course of construction for the Britannic-bridge, and other objects of interest. Shortly before six o'clock the vessel departed for Liverpool, taking back with her the majority of the party whom she had carried out ; several, however, remaining to return by the Holyhead Railway, from Bangor to Chester, and thence by the Cheshire Junction Railway to Liverpool. The steamer reached the Mersey about nine o'clock. Those who went by railway arrived in Liverpool a few minutes before midnight.—Liverpool Albion. SENTENCE ON ROBERT ROSS DIR.-011 Friday the Recorder of Bristol proceeded to pass sentence on Mr. Dix. The Learned Judge said—" Robert Dix, you have been convicted on an indictment charging you with embeazling the moneys of Mr. Christopher George. Tho indictment charged you with the embezzlement of three different sams:—ln November, of 201.; in February following of 531. and 1434 9s. 9d. Your case has undergone the most minute investigation at the hands of a patient jury, and you have had also the bene fit of learned counsel, who brought forward every point in your favour, and after a long investigation, the jury re turned a verdict of guilty, in which I fully concur. The charge against you, a person of station and good education, is of a most serious description ; and, considering your situation of trust, one of great aggravation. You had been a partner, and when your partnership had expired, you assumed the subordinate situation of a clerk. In 1844 you continued in that situation, and it was then your duty to receive debts and im mediately to pay them over to Mr. George. In stead of so doing, on three occasions, and on how many others I know not, you appropriated moneys to your own use, in November and in February, all of which it was your duty to enter in a book and pay over. You then receive an intimation from Mr. Fletcher that you were dishonest, and you then take the step of absconding, and carrying away those books, the ab sence of which must cause inconvenience to the cre ditors. You are then captured, and escape, and are finally re-captured in April. I have pondered much over your case, and it is very difficult to decide whether you should not be transported; but there is one circumstance of some small degree of palliation, although it does not detract from your dishonesty. I must, however, give you a very lengthened term of imprisonment. You had, it appears, been a partner up to 1846; after that time it was equally clear that Mr. George's accounts were in a very unsatisfactory state ; and you might possibly have thought that more was duo to you than 5831. You might plead that you were kept in a state of ignorance; and having been a partner, you perhaps thought yourself in a diffe rent condition from an ordinary clerk, and to have imagined that you had a greater interest in the concern than you really possessed. This, however, cannot affect the dishonesty of the action. The sentence of the Court, therefore, is, that for this offence you be imprisoned in the gaol of this city for the term of eighteen calendar months."—Farley's Bristol Journal. MR. BEARD ' S DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAITS.— Daguerreotype portraiture is still a mystery and a marvel : the results of the action of light on surfaces chemically prepared are made more and more evident to our senses by the efforts of manipulators ; but, so far from bringing us nearer to a clear understanding of the process, serve, in many cases, to contradict our previous v i ew s, without supplying new ones. None of the mys teries of religion at which sceptics laugh " because they are contrary to reason"—their reason—are so irre concilable with our ignorance, so apparently impossible, as results which are now every day before us. Just think of this fact, for example, that a ray of light of a violet colour, falling upon a common sewing -needle will convert it into a magnet! Who can understand it? We know little or nothing about light. The improve • mee ts which Mr. Beard has made in the process by which portraits are produced, at his establishments in King-William-street, City, and the Polytechnic Institu tion, result from an entirely different treatment of the plate from what previous knowledge would have sug gested. The effect , with which alone we are able to deal, is greatly improved ; white and its modifications are more perfectly produced than was formerly the case, and that, too, without lessening the force and d e p t h s of the blacks, which was all the difficulty; the colouring, too. is less superficial, more a part of the plate than it was, rendering many of the recent specimens which we have had an opportunity of examining perfectly life-like and beautiful.—Builder. Fairlop fair was held on Friday, and was attended by many thousands of holiday makers. Those amphi bious vehicles, the boats, mounted on carriages, with masts and rigging—the Union, belonging to the water men of Wapping, and the Maggot—were the principal attractions on the road. Each boat contained twenty-five persons and a band of musicians, and each was drawn by six horses, gaily caparisoned. The wives and families of the watermen and blockmakers followed in open landaus. A third boat was started for the first time on this occa sion. It was built by Mr. Everest, a watermen, at an expense of no 'less than 2301., for a Wapping club of water-side men. It was rigged out like a man , of war brig, and gaily decorated, and contained twenty nine passengers. Seven open landaus, each drawn by four horses, and containing well-dressed women and children, followed. This novel procession, as it proceeded along she Mile-end road, was loudly cheered by the people assembled. The forest once reached, the parties alighted and roamed about, enjoying the beauties of the woodland scenery. There were a great many theatrical booths and shows on the forest, near the s ite of the Old Fairlop Oak, which, after standing for three or four centuries, was partially destroyed, about thirty years ago, through the carelessness of some visi tors, who lighted a fire within its trunk. The remains of this monarch of the forest were soon afterwards felted. Upwards of 5,000 persons came down to Ilford by the Eastern Railway. From there it was a pleasant walk along the green lanes to the fair. Numerous omnibuses, flys, cabs, vans, and other vehicles were also in requisi tion, and the Forest echoed with the cheers and shouts of countless thousands. The boats were illuminated on their return to London in the evening, and an immense quantity of fireworks were discharged from them at various places on their journey home. How POOR'S RATES ARE INCREASED. Robert Blake, the man who cohabited with Hanuali Parker until she murdered two of his children (tor which :ibmroeuselhiet was executed a short time ago a t New g ate ) , before the magistrates at the Birmingham police-office on Thursday, charged with having deserted his wif e an d child, who have at times been relieved by the parish authorities of that borough since January. 1843. It appeared from the evidence of a relieving officer that he apprehended Blake at Mr. Plummer's saw-mills, Golden lane, St. Luke's, on a warrant ordered by the guardians of the poor of the parish of Birmingham, and that his wife and children had received relief amounting to 1.10/. Os. 7d. He was convicted, and sentenced to two months' imprisonment in the House of Correction at Warwick, with hard labour. This man's criminality has been very expensive to the public. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1848. FRANCE. M[The following appeared in our Third Edition o ast night]:— Every day and night conflicts take place in the wood of Romainville between refugee insurgents and the National Guards. Last Friday six National Guards and a considerable number of insurgents are said to have fallen. The state of siege, which is somewhat relaxed in Paris, continues to be strictly maintained in the Banlieue, more particularly at Belleville and its neighbourhood. The National Guard of Belleville was disarmed several days ago, but 4,000 muskets are still unlawfully detained by some of the inha bitants, who, it is useless to say, are believed to have taken an active part in the insurrection. The Mayor of Paris assembled the mayors of the different arrondissements of that capital on Friday, to inform them of the measures he had adopted for the disarmament and re•organization of the National Guard, and the distribution of relief to distressed families. The disarmament of the National Guards of the Bth, 9th, and 12th arrondissements, whose dissolution had been decreed, was proceeding satisfactorily. It was complete in the 9th, where 7,500 muskets had been surrendered. In the Bth, considerable depots of arms had been discovered ; but several portions of the arrondissement had not been completely searched, and required a re-exami nation. In the 12th district, a greater quantity of arms than had been originally distributed were seized. In the nine other legions the disarma ment was partial, 27 companies only having been dissolved. Many muskets were found in the wells, garrets, cellars, and in the Canal of St. Martin. The operation once terminated, the Government was to proceed to re-organize the National Guard, so that the civic militia, devoted, by its very institu tion, to the maintenance of order, the defence of the Itepublic and the laws, shall not be divided into two hostile camps, as it was in June last, and provide soldiers for the insurrection. All citizens living in furnished lodgings, or residing tem porarily in the arrondissement, hereafter will not be admitted to serve in the ranks of the National Guard. Relief continued to be distributed to the unemployed workmen, through the medium of agents, who did not belong to the national workshops. That relief was to be merely temporary, until the resumption of labour. M. MAREAST, in conclusion, announced the proximate adoption of measures for encouraging industry and relieving the capital from the presence of its superabundant labouring population LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, July 10. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, Guildhall, before M. Justice WILLIAMS,and Special and Common Juries.) One of the two special jury cases in to-day's list was postponed, and the common jury causes tried were de void of any general interest. GRAHAM V. COX AND OTHERS. The plaintiff in this case sued as the official assignee of the provisionally registered Tring, Reading, and Ba singstoke Railway Company, which had been dissolved under Lord Dalhousie's Act, the 9 and 10 Vict., cap. 28, and the defendants were Messrs. Cox and Co., of Throgmorton•street, brokers. The action was brought to recover 6301., money alleged to have been advanced by the company to the defendants, with interest. Mr. Sergeant Byles, Mr. Sergeant Dowling, and Mr. Bramwell conducted the plaintiff's case; `and Mr. Ser geant Channell and Mr. Willes that of the defendant. The object of the company, it appeared, had been to connect the London and Birmingham, the Great Wes tern, and the South-Western Railways, and the proposed capital, as stated in the registered prospectus, was 700,000 L, in 14,000 shares of 501. each. The deposit of five guineas a share had, it appeared, been paid up on 6,370 shares, and the company consequently bad a large sum standing to their credit at the Commercial Bank, and it had been resolved by the provisional committee, in October, 1845, to place the surplus sum, above 5,000 L, at interest. In pursuance of that resolution, as one of the committee in his evidence said he had understood, a cheque was drawn by three of the directors and the secretary of the company, which cheque appeared to have been paid into the defendant's bankers. To prove the nature of the advance, further evidence was given of a letter written by the defendant to the company's soli citor in September, 1845, in which, on behalf of certain persons whose shares were held as a security for money advanced, he begged that the loan might be continued. The existence of the company had been put an end to at a meeting of the scripholders, convened under the 9th and 10th Vict., cap. 28, and the subsequent fiat and pro ceedings in bankruptcy against the company, for the obtaining of which the previous dissolution had been resolved upon, were put in evidence under the 7th and Bth Vict., cap. 111, sec. 11, incorporated into Lord Dal housie's Act, together with the Gazette of Sept. 15, 1846 —made evidence under the latter Act—to prove what had taken place at the meeting for the purpose of disso lution. At the close of the plaintiff's case a number of objec tions were raised by the defendants to the plaintiff's right to recover, which led to Mr. Justice WILLIAMS saying that, in his opinion, the company could not have sued for the present claim before bankruptcy, for a company only provisionally registered had no power to make a loan such as the present claim was contended to be, and if so, then the plaintiff, who only represented the company, could not recover. That being his opinion, it became unnecessary to go into the question of whether or not there had been a loan in fact. The result was, that the plaintiff elected to be non suited, it being agreed that should the Court above de cide otherwise, and think there was sufficient evidence of the material issues in favour of the plaintiff, a verdict should be entered for the sum claimed. THE CHARTIST TRIALS. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. • TRIAL OF ERNEST JONES. Mr. Sergeant WILKINs (in continuation of our After noon Edition of yesterday), having adverted to the open ing speech of Sharpe at the meeting at Bonnor's Fields, which he contended was not seditious, the Learned Sergeant then proceeded to address himself to the speech which Jones was indicted with uttering. He recom mended the people to organize and form wardmotes and class leaders, as the best means of accomplishing the object they had in view, but there was nothing whatever of a seditious nature in that recommendation. What systems of organization were more perfect than that es tablished by John Wesley, for the regulation of the Wes leyan Methodists, and that by which the Anti Corn-law League were enrolled to obtain their end? The Learned Sergeant having referred to that part of the speech in which Jones congratulated the people upon the proba bility of a revolution in Ireland, proceeded to uphold the doctrine that when men were convinced that a revolution was necessary to the well-being of the community, it was their duty to advocate and forward it, quoting in support of his opinion, Milton, Locke, Bolingbroke, Paley, Hume, and Russell's " History of Modern Europe." Jones's speech concluded by a foolish observation, that if the people organized they would soon see the green flag floating over Downing-street and St. Stephen's, and would be able to bring back Frost and Williams to this country, and send Lord John Russell and Earl Grey to occupy their places. The jury should, however, look upon that as a mere effervescent piece of oratory, and recollect at the same time the saying of an eminent man, that liberty of speech was the safety-valve of our constitution. The case was not so much a question between Ernest Jones and the Crown as one involving the rights, privileges, and happiness of a people—in volving the right of public speaking, of giving expression to our feelings, and of criticising the acts of the Government—a right which was the salvation of our country, had made it what it was, and which they would preserve entire, and let no human being infringe it, having reference to their chil dren's children, the security of the Throne, and every thing which they held sacred and dear. If, after the address of the Attorney-General and the summing up of the Learned Judge, any juryman remained uncon vinced, it was his sacred duty to hold out until his tongue failed him rather than return a verdict of guilty against the prisoner. The Learned ATTORNEY-GENERAL concluded a most admirable and able reply at ten minutes past four o'clock. Lord Chief Justice WILDE summed up with great particularity, occupying no less than an hour and a half. The jury, after a short consultation, then wished to retire, and at a quarter to six o'clock they left the box to consider their verdict, and returned at six o'clock, when, having answered to their names, The Clerk of the Arraigns said—Gentlemen, are you all agreed ? Foreman—We are. The Clerk of the Arraigns—Do you find the defendant Ernest Charles Jones guilty or not guilty ? Foreman—Guilty of all the counts except the last, that of riot. Mr. Jones was then taken into custody of the Governor of Newgate, and the Court adjourned for half an hour. SENTENCES ON THE PRISONERS. During the interval of the adjournment, the Court became considerably crowded, and the utmost interest appeared to be manifested to hear the sentences to be passed on the prisoners. The Lord Chief Justice Wilde entered the court at five minutes before seven o'clock, when the prisoners Jones, Fussell, Vernon, Williams, Sharpe, and Looney were placed at the bar, when The CHIEF JUSTICE, addressing them, said they had all been severally convicted of misdemeanour, some of them for sedition, others for attending an unlawful meet ing and sedition; and Williams had, in addition, been convicted of riot; but in that case, as the person who was tried with him for an offence arising out of the same transaction, and he was acquitted of the riot, which probably would have been the case with him if he had not pleaded guilty, the Attorney-General had requested that judgment might not be passed upon the count charging him with riot. The offences of the whole of them partook of one common character. Under pre tence of exercising the most valuable right that an Englishman could possess, that of public discussion, they had made it a pretext for uttering sediti ous an d inflammatory speeches, for the purpose of exciting dis affection in the minds of their hearers, and stirring them up to oppose the authorities of the country, and they would find upon referring to the circumstances of each particular meeting, that at no one of them was any real or supposed grievance pointed out, and the only object appeared to be to assail the Govern ment and the authorities of the country with violent and inflammatory epithets and abuse. They had by these proceedings put in jeopardy the valuable right and privilege of holding public meetings, for, if they were allowed to bo made the means of exciting the people to revolution, it was quite evident that pub lic meetings must be done away with. It could not be borne that large numbers of people, many of whom were probably suffering distress and privation, should be brought together, and that they should be told by per sons like the defendants, that they were entitled to share in the wealth of the country, and that their interest would be advanced by overthrowing the Government of the country, for that was evidently the object and effect of all the addresses that had formed the subject of pro secution. They must all be well aware of the nature and tendency of what they did ; and there could be no doubt that their object was to inspire terror and alarm. The meetings were, evidently, not convened for an honest purpose. They were continually im puting to the Government that it was the cause of all the misery in the country, and charging it with some abominable act, the nature of which was never stated, the object evidently being to excite and stir up the multitudes to overturn it, possibly with the expecta tion, entertained by some of them, that the power would be transferred to their own hands, and God only knew how they would have exercised that power. The Learned Judge then briefly alluded to some of the facts, and said that the circumstance of several thousand excited men be ing suddenly marched about the streets of the metropolis at midnight was calculated naturally to excite the utmost terror and alarm, and it was quite clear that such things could not be permitted. The public mischief that had been done was very great, but it might have been much greater, and it was highly important that the law had been supported, and that it was now very well under stood. He believed that they all knew well that they were offending against the law. One of them had not scrupled to recommend the horrible expedient of private assassination.----(Fussell here exclaimed, " I deny it was useless to deny it. The witnesses dehmqiftepdunpaddel equally dpiltbsheraededd: murder to one ink, the fact, and the jury had given their opinion. The in s , p a e o e no c fdf hes of some of the others were tthheem another po ta l ilhekeae.dd deliberatelyo orfh e using s in a g l l st a e p e rp l eec p aor e med ns . ta l y b t be clever, circumstances forc v n er i , r s u h ms r u e s w ptap d nocs m eins e gh n athdat and any perfectly conscious of what they wer e d o i ng; and there did not appear to be they sha w re er i inducing en iedistress ,them or to adopt these proceedings. They had all been defended I most zealously and ably, and they must admit that their several cases had been fairly left to the jury; and after a very careful consideration, the jury had declared them guilty. He bad himself referred to different authorities with a view to guide him as to the punishment that ought to be pronounced. Sedition had seldom risen to the height it had in their case, but it had al ways been punished very heavily ; and even in cases where only a single sentence had been proved, the sentence had been very severe. He wished his duty would allow him to look at their eases in a favour able light; but he must confess that he saw no pallia tion for their offence. When he recollected the nature of that offence, its probable result, and that they were probably only deterred from exciting some desperate outbreak by the zeal and energy with which their pro ceedings were met by the Governme n t an d th e respect able classes of the community, he felt that the public safety and a warning to others required him to pass a severe sentence. The Learned Judge then passed sen tence upon Fussell, whom he ordered to be imprisoned upon the charge of sedition for two years, and for the unlawful assembly for three months; and he was, in ad dition, ordered to enter into his own recognizance in 1001., with two sureties in 501, each to keep the peace for five years. Fussell, before he was removed begged to be allowed to say a few words, and he then asserted in the most solemn manner, that he never made use of the expres sion attributed to him, recommending private assassina tion. He said he was an Englishman, and had the feelings of an Englishman, and should be ashamed of such a diabolical expedient. The Learned JUDGE told him that such a denial would have no effect. The jury had heard the evidence, and had decided the question, and he was bound to act upon their verdict. Williams was the next sentenced. Before judgment was passed he addressed the Court, and said that he was a hard-working man, and was engaged for twenty hours out of the twenty-four for the wretched pittance of six teen shillings a week. He considered he had a right to endeavour to better his condition, and this was his only object. He then went on to deny that Fussell had made use of the recommendation to commit private assassina tion, and he said if he had heard him do so, ho would have thrown him out of the waggon. Chief Justice WILDE then addressed him, and said he had taken a very prominent part in the meeting, and had called on the peDple to fall inn, and he had marched them about the town, causing, no doubt, great terror and alarm. The sentence upon him was two years' impri sonment, on the first count, one week on the second, and that he also should find sureties in the same amount as Fussell to keep the peace for three years. Sharpe was then sentenced to two years for sedition, three months for the unlawful assembly, and find the same amount of sureties as the others to keep he peace for three years. Vernon was next called forward. Before he was sentenced he declared he had nothing to do with the meeting in Cl er k enwe ll- green, and was merely there by accident, and he merely got into the van to escape the pressure of the crowd. He also said that he afterwards merely followed the crowd from curiosity, as it was on his road home. He admitted that he was a Chartist, and he said he was conscientiously of opinion that the Charter would benefit the labouring classes, and enable them to subsist by their labour. The Learned JUDGE told him that all these circum stances had been brought to the attention of the jury, and they had come to the conclusion that he was guilty, and he had now only to pass sentence, which was, that he be imprisoned for two years, and find the same sure ties as the others to keep the peace for three years. Vernon inquired in what prison they were to be con fined ? The CHIEF JusTlcE said, in the New House of Cor. rection for Middlesex. The defendant wished to know whether they were not to be treated like human beings. Since they had been in gaol they had been compelled to tear their meat to pieces with their teeth, and to endeavour to get the peel from the potatoes, covered with grease, in the same manner. The Learned JUDGE said, he had nothing to do with the regulations of the gaol, but they must of course abide by them, whatever they were. Looney was then called up. He also addressed the Court, and said they had called him an Irishman on Saturday. Ile told them now that he was an Irishman, and, more than that, he would tell the Attorney-General that he was so pleased with the manner in which he and his Government treated his country, that they might do what they liked with him. TIo was sentenced to two years' imprisonment upon the count for sedition, two months for the unlawful as sembly, and to find the same amount of sureties as the last defendant to keep the peace for two years. When the s ntence was passed Looney laughed, and said, " Very well, that will do." Jones was then brought forward. He had evidently made up his mind to give a political address, and he commenced by asking permission to make a few obser vations to the Court. The CitiEF JUSTICE told him that, if he could direct his attention to any circumstances that might tend to in duce him to review the decision he had come to, he would willingly listen to him, but he must confine him self to that point. _ The defendant then proceeded to make a long state ment of his political views, declaring that he was a Chartist from conviction, that the Charter was the only thing that would save the country, and relieve the middle classes from the burdens under which they laboured. lie was going on at great length, when he was stopped by The CHIEF JUSTICE, who said he did not sit there to discuss political questions with him. If he could suggest anything likely to induce him to re-consider his decision, he would willingly listen to him, but it was useless for him to enter into matters that were totally irrelevant. The Learned Judge then sentenced him to be impri soned for two years, to find two sureties in 1501. each, and to enter into his own recognizance of 2001., to keep the peace for five years. When the sentence was pronounced, Jones addressed the Court, and said, "I wish your Lordship good night, and may you sleep with the motto of the Charter round your neck and no surrender." This closed the business of the Session, and the Court then adjourned to Monday, August 21. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. A very pretty young woman, named Sarak Elizabeth Markham, was brought before Alderman Moon under the following circumstances : Mr. Edward Edwards, of 21, East-road, City-road, Hoxton, said that he was an intimate friend of Miss Markham's family, and happening to be in Suffolk, he called upon them, when the parents informed him that she had eloped with a young man named William Rolfe, who had been down in the neighbourhood for some time. They requested that on his arrival in Lon don he would give a look out for them, and try to per suade their daughter to go home, as they were con vinced she would not be happy with the man she had chosen. He accordingly did as he was desired, and having found where she resided, went, in com pany with the young man's father and a constable, when he saw Miss Markham, and after trying all he could to persuade her to return to her parents, who were in the greatest distress about her, he thought it his duty to give her into custody, according to the instructions he had received from her father and mother. Alderman Mooti asked Miss Markham what she had to say for herself ? Miss Markham replied that she did not wish to go back. Alderman MooN—You are not married? Miss Mark ham—l am not. _ _ W i ll i am Rolfe, the intended husband, here stepped forward and said, that as soon as he could obtain a cer tificate, he intended marrying her. He had behaved honourably towards his intended wife, and still in tended doing so, and he had his father's consent to the marriage. Alderman MooN said it appeared to him that Miss Markham was her own mistress to a great extent, and therefore he had no control in the matter, but he thought that as the young man appeared to be acting honourably, and had his father's consent, that as arrangements were being made for their marriage, and as there was not the slightest imputation on her character up to the present moment, he hoped Mr. Edwards would try to reconcile her parents to the match. Mr. Edwards said he should shortly see her parents and would try what he could do. He had already written to them to say that he thought they had better give their consent. All parties left the court to all appearance as happy as could be. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. James Goennern, who passes as Dr. Von Goennern, of N 0.22, Great Pulteney-street, Regent-street, a young man with mustachios, and wearing his hair combed over his ears and shoulders, was brought before Mr. Bingham, in custody of the officers of the Mendicity Society, charged with having attempted to obtain money from Lord Crewe by false and fraudulent pretences. The apprehension of the prisoner occurred in conse quence of an anonymous letter received by the Mendicity Society, and yesterday morning Horsford watched the prisoner from his house in Great Pulteney-street to Lord Crewe's, in Hill-street, having previously made arrange ments with the servants to insure the prisoner's appre hension. He searched the prisoner, and found a gold watch and three sovereigns on his person, besides a large bunch of keys and a quantity of memo randa, bearing out to a considerable extent the statements in the anonymous letters. One of the papers contained the names of Lords Skelmersdale, Fitzwil ham, Crewe, the Duke of Leeds, Mr. 0. Gore, Mrs. Huskis son , M a j or -G enera l Gardiner, Lieutenant-Gene ral Si r J o h n G ard i ner, M r. Sotheron, M.P., Lord Brougham, and others, from whom the prisoner had either obtained, or expected to obtain, money. Hors• ford further said that the prisoner in his hearing ad mitted he was not a physician, but said he was a school master. The prisoner said it was true he was going back to Germany, as soon as he could get money enough. He could bring plenty of respectable people to prove that he was what he represented himself to be. Horsford said he had no doubt whatever that all that had been stated in the anonymous letter would turn out to be true. He believed he should be able to prove that the prisoner was a tailor, and not a physician, if the prisoner was remanded. Mr. BINGHAM said the prisoner had better bring those respectable persons he had referred to as being able to speak to his character at the next examination, as it was his intention to remand him till Monday next. The prisoner was then remanded. Horsford went away to search the prisoner's lodgings. In a short time he returned with the information that the prisoner lived apparently in great luxury. A DN. cheque, just sent from Mr. W. Evans, M.P., was found, which the prisoner had not yet got cashed; also scores of letters from charitable noblemen and gentlemen. A letter with two sovereigns was also lying for the pri soner at Lord Fitzwillam's house. The rock, known by the name of the Dent de Naye, which was 7,000 feet high, fell on the 3d inst. into the valley of Montreux (Vaud), and destroyed seven houses and all the persons in them. It is said that upwards of 2,000 head of cattle have been killed in the fields. The Cleckheaton Valley branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway is to be opened as far as Low Moor on Wednesday,—Manchester Courier. IMPERIAL PA R L 'AMEN T. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 10. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. IRELAND. Lord BROUGHAM wished to draw the attention of the House to the recent proceedings in Ireland, and to the establishment of drilling clubs there, and to ask the Noble Marquis opposite if the Government had adopted any measures to meet the threatened danger? He could assure the Government that if it wanted further powers to meet those dangers, they would find no difficulty in carrying them through that House. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, who spoke in a very low tone, was understood to say that the Government was perfectly aware of the present perilous state of Ire land, and that the Lord-Lieutenant was prepared to meet it. PETITIONS, Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from Glasgow in favour of the Scottish E n t a il Bill. .__. _ _ The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented up wards of 200 petitions from various Free Church con gregations in Scotland and Ireland, complaining of the refusal of Free Church sites in Scotland, and praying for the passing of such a measure as should afford them adequate relief. There were certain individual members of their Lordships' House who had refused those sites; but he hoped that, on consideration, they would think better of the subject, and no longer interpose between their fellow-men and their Maker. Lord REDESDALE presented sixteen petitions from various Waterworks Companies, against the Health of Towns Bill. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY asked if at the present moment her Majesty's Government had any means of knowing what was going on in Spain. It had been stated that a very distinguished Carlist General had been taken and shot, notwithstanding the proclama tion of General Cabrera that he should show mercy to his prisoner. He wished to know if the Government had received any information that the Carlist General Alzana had been shot by the Queen's troops. Earl GREY said that it was exceedingly inconvenient to have those questions put without notice. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY gave notice of the question for Thursday. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BILL. On the motion of the Duke of BEAUFORT the Cruelty to Animals Bill passed through Committee. The other measures on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 10. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock_ LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. Mr, BROTHERTON moved—" That it be an in struction to the Committee of Selection to appoint the Committee on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Amendment of Acts and Regulation of Capital) Bill, to sit forthwith, if they shall think fit."—Agreed to. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the Great Western Rail way (Extension of the Berks and Hants Railway from nungerford to Westbury, with a Branch to Devizes) Bill were considered and agreed to. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed: Birkenhead Dock Commissioners (Transfer of Powers to New Commissioners, effecting Arrangements with the Crown, and Amendment of Acts—No 2). Hulme and Eccles Road. Philanthropic Society Charity Estate. Rawlins' (or Bishops Hull Curacy) Estate. Worcester Turnpike Trust. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS. The following reports were considered and agreed to, and the Bills ordered to be engrossed : Crossford Bridge and Manchester Road. New Grand Canal Company (Ireland—No. 2). Thorne Moor Drainage and Improvement. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition against the Diplomatic Relations with Rome Bill. Mr. GREENE presented a petition from Lancaster, praying for Parliamentary reform. An Hort. MEMBER presented a petition from the bakers of Dundee, praying the House to pass a Bill to restrict the hours of labour in their trade. Viscount GALWAY presented a petition praying the House to. restrain the sale :of intoxicating liquors on Sundays. Mr. FREWEN presented a petition from the Anti- Malt Tax Association praying for the repeal of the malt tax. The Hon. Member gave notice that to-morrow he should move that it be printed with the votes. Mr. THORNELY trusted the Hon. Member would leave the consideration of the petition to the Committee on petitions. Every petition of importance was inva riably ordered to be printed, and already 1,200 petitions had been printed this session. AGRICULTURAL TENANT-RIGHT BILL. Mr. PUSEY said perhaps it would be for the conve nience of the House if he stated that he was afraid he should net be able to proceed with the Agricultural Tenant Right Bill this session. He therefore begged to move that the order for the second reading be discharged. The motion was agreed to. Sir DAVID DUNDAS presented a petition from the magistrates of Dingwall, praying for the establishment of a college at Inverness, the capital of the north of Scotland. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the bakers of St. Marylebone against the Bill introduced by Lord Ashley for regulating their trade. Sir B. HALL presented a petition in favour of Parliamentary reform. BATTERSEA PARK. Sir ROBERT INGLIS, pursuant to notice, wished to ask the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests in what state were the arrangements for the formation of a park at Battersea, and the erection of a bridge therefrom over the Thames; and, further, to ask for the returns of pro gress made under the Westminster Improvement Act of 10 and 11 Vic. c. 131. Lord MORPETH said, in answer to the Honourable Baronet, he had to state with regret that the arrange.. ments for the formation of Battersea Park, were necessarily suspended in consequence of there being no available funds for that purpose in the hands of the Exchequer. With respect to the progress of the Westminster improvements, he had to state that the department to which he belonged had received some returns upon that subject, which it was pro posed to lay upon the table of the House. He had also the satisfaction of stating that he had been informed by one of the Commissioners, that notwithstanding the unparalleled pressure of the times, there had been expended up to December, 1847, 60,0001., and there was still every prospect of the West minster improvements being proceeded with without the least delay. Mr. FOSTER hoped that the bridge at Battersea had not been altogether abandoned. Lord MORPETH said the word he used was sus pended not abandoned. The Government had no inten tion to abandon so important a work, and the Com missioners of Woods and Forests would proceed with it as soon as sufficient funds were placed at their disposal. ENCUMBERED ESTATES, 'nisi' FRANCHISE, AND LANDLORD AND TENANT BILLS. In reply to Sir JOHN HANMER, Lord J. RUSSELL stated that as soon as the Sugar Duties Bill had passed through Committee, he should state to the House the course he intended to pursue with respect to the above- named and other Bills. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said it would be a great con venience to the House if the Noble Lord at the head of the Government would state what measures he in tended to persevere in this session. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he would • state on Monday next the course Government intended to pur sue with reference to the business before the House. SIERRA LEONE. Mr. CHISHOLM ANSTEY, pursuant to notice, wished to ;ask the Under-Secretary for the Colonies the reasons of the recent removal of Thomas O'Brien, Esq., from the office of Colonial Secretary for Sierra Leone, and for information as to the charges brought by that gentleman against the present Governor of the same colony. Mr. HAWES replied, that a dispute arose between the Governor and Mr. O'Brien which led to inquiry, and after the inquiry had taken place Mr. O'Brien stated that it was quite impossible for him to serve under the Governor. Upon this intimation the Colonial Department determined to withdraw Mr. O'Brien. With regard to the papers, they contained much private and personal matter, and unless compelled to do so, he must decline to produce them. Mr. C. ANSTEY gave notice that on an early day be should move for their production. COLONIZATION. In reply to a question from Lord LINCOLN, Mr. HAWES stated that a Committee of the House of Lords was now sitting upon the subject of coloniza tion, but whether their inquiry would result in any plan for mitigating the evils of Ireland by an improved system of colonization, of course he could not say. Since, however,' the N o bl e L or d h a d brought the matter under the consideration of the House last year, the Colonial Department had devoted a good deal of attention to the subject, and the Noble Lord at the head of that department had sanctioned a loan of 100,0001. for the purpose of promoting emigration, besides aiding the relations of emigrants in British North America in procuring passages across to their friends. Lord LINCOLN said his question was a very simple one, but had not been answered by the Hon. Member. In consequence of an address to the Crown, which had been agreed to by the House, her Majesty directed that a special inquiry should be instituted into the condition of our colonies by the Colonial-office, and he wished to know whether any such inquiry had taken place? Mr. HAWES said no inquiry had taken place except that before the Lords' Committee. Lord LINCOLN said the Committee concluded its sittings on the 4th of June, and the reply of her Majesty to the Address was given on the 14th of the same month.—(Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said there had been great sickness and mortality among the emigrants from this country to the Canadian colonies last year, and in consequence of that great complaints had been made against a further influx of emigrants. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. HUME asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any new estimate had been furnished for making the alterations from the original plan of the House of Commons for additional offices; and, if so, to what amount ; and whether the alterations had been sanctioned by the Commissioners superintending the building. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there had been an alteration in the estimate to the ex tent of 5,0001., which would be required for additional offices that were considered essentially necessary. This additional expenditure had been sanctioned by the Trea sury, but would not be laid out during the present year. Mr. OSBORNE inquired whether the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer had been drawn to a note in one of the Parliamentary papers ori this subject, pre sented that morning, stating that the additional remune ration of the architect for the alterations was to be made a subject of consideration ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his attention had been called to all those cases of public buildings in which additional expense had been incurred. In the case of the New Houses of Partiament, he believed the additional expense could not have been foreseen; but he thought no additional expense should have been in curred without the previous consent of the Treasury. He had directed the additional remuneration to be paid in this case, but not in any other case, of a similar nature, unless the alterations had boon agreed to by the proper department.—(Hear, hear.) MR. O'NEAL'S CASE. In replying to the O'CONNOR DON, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER intimated that he had wristen to Ireland, and in reply had received a letter from a Mr. Griffin, stating that during the last five weeks seventy-five men had been employed on the estate of Mr. O'Neal, in Galway, and that that gentle man was quite ignorant at the time that he had laid himself open to complaint. NEW PLACES. Lord LINCOLN inquired whether the return he had moved for with respect to new places created since 19th of March, 1845, down to which period a return had been furnished, would be laid on the table. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said three-fourths of the return had come in; the return of some of the legal departments had not yet come in, but he should immediately take steps ,to have the return completed at the earliest possible moment. AUGMENTATION OF THE POLICE. Sir DE LACY EVANS inquired if it would be open to him, on the motion for going into Supply on Frid a y, to draw the attention o f the House to the proposed in crease of the police, and the consequent cost? Sir GEORGE GREY apprehended that it would not be open to the Hon. Baronet to do so ; but if it was in accordance with the rules of the House for him to do so, of course he had not the least objection. NEW WRITS. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that no new writs shall be issued for the boroughs of Derby and Leicester before Tuesday the 15th day of August next. In reply to Mr. STAFFORD, Lord JOHN RUSSELL intimated that he did not intend to proceed with the Horsham Bill in the meantime, neither did he intend to take up the Bill of the Hon. Baronet for the Flint boroughs. On Thursday he should bring in a Bill on this subject. On the 15th of August it would be open for the House to adopt any course it might think fit. Colonel SIBTHORP asked the Noble Lord if be meant to abandon these two Bills or not, and whether, if he intended to bring in a new Bill upon this subject, it would be brought in this session. The fact was he had no confidence in the statements of the Noble Lord, and he wanted to tie him down to a pledge.—(Laughter.) The motion was then put and agreed to. Colonel SIBTHORP said, notwithstanding the motion had been put and carried, he should be glad to have an answer from the Noble Lord. Lord J. RUSSELL said he hoped on Thursday to be able to move for leave to bring in a new Bill. SUGAR DUTIES. The House then went into Committee on the sugar duties. Mr. HUME repeated that it was the duty of the House not to make any alteration in the existing sugar duties, unless the House were satisfied that the change would improve the colonies. The West Indies had never had an opportunity of testing the experiment of using free labour, and he must, therefore, protest against this being a question of free trade. This was a question of justice to the colonies, and if they hoped ever to see the colo nies prospering again, they must allow the colonies to legislate for themselves, and not leave them under the management of the Colonial -office. The colonies were placed in their present deplorable condition through the misconduct of the Colonial-office, and the misconduct of the House, and the only reparation they could make was to place the colonies under such a free and fair system as would enable free labour to compel;o with slave labour. All he asked, therefore, of the House was to put the colonies in a condition to compete with slave labour. He was convinced that the Act of 1846, as proposed to be continued by the Noble Lord, would not have that effect. He thought it would be better to leave the Act as it was, or give to those interested in the colonies suf ficient time to regain confidence. lie was of opinion that if free labour was properly dealt with it would be able to compete with slave labour in any part of the world. The colonies, he considered, had been grievously used. He read a memorial of the Assembly of Jamaica, agreed to the 7th of June, complaining of the mismanagement of the Colonial-office, to show that this was so. The colonies would never prosper until they left them to con duct their own affairs, and to employ free instead of slave labour. Lord G. BENTINCK, who entered the House while the Hon. Member for Montrose was addressing the Com mittee, proceeded to observe that the question for con sideration then was, not whether they should afford ad ditional protection and some relief to the West India Colonies and the sugar- planting interest, but what would be the degree and amount of that relief. They were, in point of fact, to decide whether the Act of 1846 was to be abandoned or a bid e d by. Only thirty Members of the House of Commons could be found last week to maintain that Act. The question for docision was which of all the propositions made to the Committee was most worthy of attention. With respect to the amendment of the Hon. Member for Leominster, he was bound to say it was a proposal that he very little approved of, b ut at the same time the question which he had to deter mine was, whether in the main it was not better than the proposition of her Majesty's Government. He found that the sum total of protection offered by the Hon. Member for Leominster, if the period of six years be taken, amounted to 455., or about 78. 7d. a year. He would, therefore, give a preference to the amend ment before the House, rather than take the Government measure as it stood, considering that it would afford a' greater relief to the suffering parties. But, on giving his preference to the amendment, he felt it his duty, in justice to the West India interests, to the interests of the Mauritius, and the other great interests it would affect, to state the reasons which induced him to do so. The Government measure would not give satisfaction to the West India, the East India, or the Mauritian interest, and it would be very far from giving satisfaction to the Members of the Committee appointed by that House to deliberate upon the West Indian question, and who had spent so much time and labour in doing so.—(Hear, hear.) It had not received the sanction; of those great and influential interests who had assembled in London in May last; and in Liverpool in the month following; neither had it received the sanction of the East India Company. It certainly, therefore, militated much against the measure, that it had been condemned by all these interests, and even, alt hough the reso lutions of the Committee did not g o all the length of what the West Indian and Mauritian interests ROYAL PALACES. In answer to a question from Mr. HUME, Lord MORPETH stated that the return for which the Hon. Member had moved with respect to the cost of re pairing the royal palaces in this country, would be laid on the table as soon as possible. ARMY AND NAVY. Mr. lIUME said he should move to-morrow that the return for which he had moved on the 31st ult. with re spect to the army and navy, should be laid on the table of the House forthwith. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. _ Mr. E WART wished to know if any authority on th© part of the House had been appointed to see that such arrangements were made in the interior of the new House as would be conducive to the comfort and convenience of the Members. Mr. GREENE said at present the attention of the Com missioners was directed chiefly to that part of the building wtb r beeeeqer been done internali r t e o d f rest, etr than arrangementsttah, n e a findx offices inign o progressingt f i i th e eo r frames thedi different e H r e o nt House, peito,h ntinothing departments. the which hhncoghnmta the As to the ornamental at had d o l parts of the House for which contracts had been taken. A Committee was sitting at present for the purpose of seeing that the necessary arrangements for the con venience of Members was carried out ; but how far their vamsunn duties aEt)lwe At extended, e Ta d. inquired d, or what course qure dthe u o they had k n.Gent e t a raa e n n , he t h e Member for Northamptonshire, who was a member of a Committee in relation to the new Houses, would have any objection to include in its labours the arrangements with respect to the fittings, no such instructions having yet been given to it. Mr. STAFFORD replied that there would be no ob jeection on the part of the Committee, provided the House should think proper so to instruct them. Mr. OSBORNE inquired of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Greene) if the Committee of which he was a me mber had altered the plan of Mr. Barry with respect to the rooms below the library; and if so, whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer had been communicated with with respect to the expense. Mr. GREENE said some alteration had been made, and that the Commissioners had communicated the nature of them to the Treasury, not having the power of making any alteration without their consent. Mr. OSBORNE inquired if the communication was official, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer had stated last Friday night that he had only received a private communication on the matter. Mr. GREENE replied that on last Thursday fort night the Treasury was communicated with. Dr. BO WRING inquired when the House would be fit for the reception of Members? Mr. GREENE could not give a definitive reply, but he hoped the House would be ready by the session of 1850.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS BILL. Sir J. PAKINGTON withdrew this Bill, and said he should bring it forward next session, unless the Govern ment proceeded with the Bill of which notice had been given by the Noble Lord at the head of the Govern ment. BRAMEAD, WATERFORD, WEXFORD, AND 'WICKLOW RAILWAY. In reply to Mr. S. HERBERT, Mr. WARD intimated that the Admiralty had no power of interfering with the approaches from the river to the fishing town in question (the fishermen having complained that the bridge to be erected for this railway would materially interfere with that access); but Mr. Brunel, the engineer, had expressed a wish to serve the interest of the fishermen as much as possible. THE MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND BILL— THE LIGHT DUES BILL. In reply to Mr. CARD WELL as to when he would proceed with these Bills, Lord JOHN RUSSELL intimated that he did not intend to proceed with them that night, but that in a day or two he would state to the House the course he should pursue with respect to them. RUSSIA. The following account of the Russian army sta. tioned on the Polish frontiers, will be read with in. terest : " The forces of the Russian empire, at present-avail able, consist of 600,000 men. The various announce ments put forth that Russia has not a sufficient stock of war materials are groundless. Uniforms, arms, horses, and harness are all in excellent order, and provisions abound. The maintenance of the troops costs compara tively little, and the treasury of the Emperor, as is well known, is far from being empty. The preparations throughout the whole empire are carried on with great energy; yet it is not true that 300,000 men are ready to act in Poland. In the whole of Russian Poland there are only two army corps, each consisting of 50,000 men, It is true that Warsaw is strongly occupied, but there are only 12,000 men in garrison. Towards the fron tiers of Silesia only one battalion has been moved for ward, and one small corps towards the frontiers of Cracow. On the side of the Grand Duchy of Posen along the whole extent of the frontier, there are only 25,000 men posted. This, therefore, is the formid able power of which so much has been said. True, however, it is that fresh troops are daily sent forward as reinforcements, so that by the end of September there will be a force of 300,000 men at least ready for any operations in the kingdom of Poland. Only a single spark is required to awaken the whole of the popu lation of Poland; but at the present moment all re mains as quiet as the grave, both in that country and in Galicia, as any insurrection would be hopeless. The motive of the Emperor in collecting the army in such force is a secret to the highest military authorities. There does not appear any object for the concentration of this enormous force beyond the fear of an inva sion of German revolutionary principles. But even if this army of 600,000 men were intended for any of fensive operations, there is not so much to fear from its power sails supposed: for 100,000 men at least must re main within the kingdom; as many more to watch the Caucasus; a similar number to guard against Turkey; and an equal portion to remain in the interior of Russia; so that only a disposable force of 200,000 men would remain for any invasion, if contemplated. This is certainly a formidable army, but it could hardly overpower any part of Germany." RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP No. 3.-.--SALISBURY AND YEOVlL—Clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported. EXETER, YEOVIL, ♦ND DORCHESTER, WITH A BRANCH TO DETIZES.—Claases agreed to and ordered to be re ported. GROUP No. 4.— MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE (Humber Ferries Improvement at Hull arid New Holland).—Case and opposition further con sidered. GROUP No. S.—CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD (Power to Purchase).—The object of this Bill is to enable tho Chester and Holyhead Company to become the proprietors of a fleet of steam-boats, to ply between Holyhead and Kingstown. It is opposed by the General Steam Shipping Association, the City of Dublin, and other steam-boat companies. _ _ _ The case for the promoters was opened to-day by Mr. Talbot, and evidence adduced in its favour. ELECTION COMMITTEE. DUBLIN. The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds' ma jority was resumed yesterday, and in the course of the day the petitioners succeeded in striking off three addi tional votes. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. DEMAND ON THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX FOR THE SUPPORT OF AN ADDITIONAL POLICE FORCE.—On Sa turday, at the meeting of the Marylebone Vestry, which was very fully attended by its members, consi derable interest was created on account of its being known that some proceedings would be taken in re ference to the determination of the Government to persist in their late demand on the parishes in the county of Middlesex for the support of an additional police force for the metropolis. The gallery was thronged, and there were the churchwardens and authorities of several other of the metropolitan parishes present during the proceedings. John Williams, Esq., M.P., having been called to the chair, Mr. FLOOD, the vestry clerk, read the following corn munication from the St. Marylebone Parochial Commit tee on the subject : " Parochial Committee-room, George•street, Manchester-square, July 6, 1848. . . . "At a very numerous meeting of the Marylebone parochial committee, present, Mr. Walters in the chair, it was resolved unanimously— " That this committee have heard with surprise and indignation that an additional sum has been demanded from this parish for the police force, after the vestry had been led to expect that no additional sum would have been required, and they feel that the mode of levying this impost is most unjust and unequal, inasmuch as the county of Middlesex is called upon by the increased value of the rental prepared by the committee of justices, and upon which the county police rates are levied, to bear a much larger share of the expense than would be the case if all the counties included in the metropolitan police district were so assessed; unjust, because, as the plea of the Minister for increasing the police force, and thereby requiring larger funds for its support, is the disturbed state of the country generally, the expense consequent thereon ought therefore to be paid out of the national funds. " This committee most especially condemns the con duct of the Government in using the late outbreak as a pretence for adding to the numbers of the metropolitan police force, at a period of time when the rate-payers are suffering under depressed trade, diminished pros pects, and unequal tax at i on . " Ext,raccHteAd str.oßmatohoerfmllsiEntußmtTepao,r Marylebone." b S o e n c e 7tary. "To the Hon. the Vestry Mr. GARNETT moved that this communication be en tered on the minutes ; and the motion, having been seconded, was, after considerable discussion (in which Sir Benjamin Hall, Earl Manvers, Sir James Hamilton, Lord Dudley Stuart, and other gentlemen took part), agreed to. Mr. STANFORD said he would now move as a substan tive motion—" That this vestry do memorialise her Ma jesty's First Lord of the Treasury, respectfully repre senting to the Noble Lord the justice of the increased expense of the police force being paid out of a national grant." Sir James Hamilton seconded the resolution. Mr. GARNETT moved, as an amendment, " That a committee be appointed to take into consideration the breach of faith which the Government has committed, by not acting up to the engagements contained in the letters forwarded from the Home-office and the Police commissioners, by which an expense of 6,1761. will be entailed upon the parish beyond the sum which the Go vernment had positively stated would be required for the maintenance of the police, payable iu the year 1848, and upon which assurance the rate for the year has been made by the vestry. That the committee have power to communicate with the other parishes in the county of Middlesex, and adopt such measures, either by me morialising the Government or otherwise, as they may think fit." Several gentlemen having spoken upon the question, the amendment was ultimately adopted by a very large majority, and the vestry separated, the debate on the question having occupied the entire sitting. required, yet they would have received a measure founded on them far preferable to that of the Govern ment. It might be said that the proposal of the Com mittee had not the sanction of the interests of the Mau ritius or West Indies, but while they, perhaps, had not the direct sanction of those interest. , , yet the meeting of merchants held in Liverpool. the largest held there for some years past—since 1841, he believed—had decided by a large majority in favour of a diffrrential duty of 10e. —(llear.) So favourable was that meeting to the plan of the Committee, that notwithstanding all the discussion which had taken place, and the variety of opinions which existed on the subject—notwithstanding the efforts made by the tree-trade party, who sent down the Honourable Member for Wolver hampton (Mr. Villiers) to represent them and ad vocate their interests at that meeting, so far as maintain ing the .A.ct of 1846 was concerned—notwithstanding all these effects, the proposal of Sir Thomas Birch, which was one of a differential duty of 10s., the same as/that of the Committee, was agreed to almost unanimously, only six hands being held up against it.—(Hear, hear.) That was the statement made in the public papers. Mr. THORNELY—That is a mis-statement. I know it to be so. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK—WeII, it was the one he found in the papers which reported the proceedings of the meeting.—(Hear, hear.) Then, again, the East India Company, at the meeting they held upon the subject, had decided, without one dissentient, in favour of a ten shilling differential duty. They had also got late—but better late than never—the opinion of Sir Charles Grey, the Governor of Jamaica, who said that he was of opinion, unless there was an additional duty of 2d. per lb. imposed upon foreign, and of Id. per lb. imposed upon colonial sugar, the colonists could not carry on their operations; while they had presented to the House the other night a memorial from the Mau ritius, where it was stated that the imposition of a duty of 9s. 4d. on colonial, and 20s. on foreign sugar, was the only measure of relief which would be of any use there. All these, then, coincided with the Committee, and, look, where he would, h% found the same unanimity as to the plan the Committee had proposed, and he was surprised that any Government attempting to legislate on the affairs of Jamaica could reject such evidence, and pro pose a measure diametrically opposed to it. As regards the opinions entertained in Jamaica, the Noble Lord here referred to statements in the Jamaica Times of the 29th of May and the Ist of June last. In the first of these statements a suspicion was thrown out that a 10e differential duty would, if proposed by the Government, be indignantly rejected by the Colonies; but in the one of the Ist of June, three days after, some circumstances had come to the knowledge of the conductors of that paper which had induced them to change their minds; and it was then stated that while the Bill of 1846 was the cause of all the ruin which had befallen the planters yet that from the rains which had of late fallen, and which would be a means of insuring an abundant crop, a differential duty of 10s., if adopted, would effect much good, and under it Jamaica might have a chance of re gaining some of its former prosperity.—(Hear.) So that they had not only the opinion of the Governor-General of Jamaica, but also of a paper which was said to repre sent the interests of the planters, that the Committee had fallen on the proper plan for the amelioration of that colony. Such being the case, it was with regret he had seen that Government had introduced such a mea sure as the present. It had been his intention to answer some of the arguments which had been adduced in the course of the discussion, and he should single out, in the first place, that of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Manchester (Mr. M. Gibson). That Right Hon. Gentlemen used the argument—certainly a novel one—that as the country had received but little benefit from the colonies, they were not bound to aid them other than they had done. lie said that the produce of the colonies brought to this country did not give so much profit to the trade of this country as would warrant a further advance, and that taking the average value of that produce sent to this country from them at three millions a year, it was not equal, on a ten per cent. profit, to compensate for the sum given to them of up wards of fifteen millions sterling at five per cent. in terest. In other words, that the five per cent. interest on that sum was more than all the sums received in this country of profit on these proceeds. Now, while Ire ad mitted that argument to be most ingenious, it was one which he thought would not be held good in that House, nor yet even by the Right Hon. Gentleman himself, for no one engaged in trade would be willing to admit that their property interested in it was not of more than ten per cent. value. If tip Right Hon. Gentleman himself had property employed in a mill to the amount of from fifty to sixty thousand pounds, and considered the ex pense and the burdens of one kind or other attending it, he doubted much whether the Right Hon. Gentleman would consider an annual value of ten per cent. sufficient remuneration. But they must show what the capital employed in the West Indies was. Upon that subject several Committees had sat, and some of them, he believed, had estimated it as high as 130,000,000/. sterling; but he should be able to show, from documents he had in his possession, what the produce of the West Indies actually were, and from that they would be able to find out the profits arising from them. The Noble Lord here referred to certain returns of Mr. Marshall, which he said were worthy of all credit, as that gentleman had been well rewarded for them by Go vernment.—(Hear, hear.) These referred to 1814, when the cost of the production of sugar was 161. per ton, and when the cost of the production of tho quantity sent to this country would have amounted to 2.914,2401., and from these he showed that the amount of profit realised from the sugar imported into this country in that year would amount to 6,770,0001., which, at twenty years' purchase, would represent a capital of 135,411,430/. He might, however, be told that 1814 was a period of protec tion; but so far from protection being the cause of that prosperity, it was the fact that so long as they did not meddle with Jamaica, so longas they allowed the colonies to manage their own affairs, so long they flourished ; and even at that time they not only supplied this country with sugar, but they exported a considerable amount to foreign markets. The returns did not show the duty on foreign sugar in 1814, in which year the duty on colonial sugar was 595. 10d. In 1815 it was on colonial sugar 735. 4d., and on Havana sugars 89s. 6d. In 1816, on co lonial sugar it was 61s. 10d., and on Havana 745. 2d. That, therefore, showed that at that time protection was a dead letter, and that it would still have continued 30 had the British West Indies been left to obtain the slaves where they best could, and to treat with all other States. He then referred to the years 1827, 28, and 29, when the average price of colonial sugar was 30s. 24d. per cwt., and that of Havana, 31s. 74d. But, then, in 1830, they took from the British planter six hours a day of labour, while the foreign grown sugar was not subjected to the same diminution, and, in such circumstances, how could the one compete with the other ? Bat, even after all that, the British planter weathered the storm ; and even up to 1833 the British planter successfully competed and defied the foreigner in the market. He also referred to those three years to show, that from the state of matters then, a sum of 5 ,506,5311. could be realised from the produce of those islands, and which would represent a capital of 111,210,620/. Then, in 1830, the gross value of sugar imported into this country was four millions eight hundred and ninety thousand seven hun dred and eighty-six pounds, and which, after the cost of production, freight, insurance, and brokerage, would have left an annual profit of 2,270,0002, which, at twenty years' purchase, would represent a capital of something better than forty millions sterling. He came then to 1847. In that year the quantity of sugar im ported into this country was one hundred and fifty-nine thousand five hundred and fifty-seven tons. The cost of manufacture under free labour was raised to 21/, ss. per ton, which would amount on the quantity imported to 3,390,068/,, while the freight to England was 638,258/., and, including the amount allowed for in surance and brokerage, the whole cost of the manu facture of this quantity was 4,506,985/. ; of that sugar 129,131 tons was sold for 3,]44,3231. on the sth Janu ary last ; the balance of 30,427 tons was sold for 221. 155. per ton, and on the whole produce of the year there was a loss of 290,2141., without any charge for interest upon the capital employed in the manufac ture of the sugar, or any allowance for interest due to mortgagees.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that state ment difficult to answer, and impossible to gainsay. He could not understand how it could be maintained that the British West Indies and the Mauritius had obtained anything like compensation, and yet it was the inten tion of the British Parliament, that they were to obtain compensation. That was in the very preamble of the Bill, in which it was stated there shall be a reasonable compensation to the owners of slaves, for being deprved of their services.— (Hear, hear.) But the Hon. Member for Manchester contended, that the sixteen millions paid to them, and the protection of fifteen shillings a cwt., which they had subsequently enjoyed for their sugar for 14 years, was an ample compensation. But the enhanced cost of producing sugar by free labour, amounting to 3,390,000/., in one year completely ab sorbed all the protection which had been granted by Par liament. But he contended that it was an honourable un derstanding, that the British colonies should be allowed the enjoyment of the British market. Why, was it possible for a man who remembered the debates in that House, or who recollected the feeling out of doors, to doubt that fact? That was the very ground on which Lord Stanley, who brought the measure in, mainly de fended it; and surely he was justified in taking the words of the representative of the Government of that day as the best interpretation of the views by which they were actuated in introducing it.—(Hear, hear.) Then, again, Lord Glenelg, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, had, in a circular addressed to all the colonies, and dated the 12th of October, 1835, most indignantly repudiated the intention of withdrawing protection, and, in effect, insinuated that the man who made such a statement, or who doubted the good faith of the British Parliament, was only fit for a lunatic asylum.—(Hear, hear.) But, in despite of these state ments, changes had been made injurious to the colonies immediately afterwards, and that, too, when it had been shown by the Hon. Member for Kidderminster (Mr. Godson), that of the 20,000,000 Z to be distributed among the various islands, there was still upwards of 3,600,000/. owing to them. But the Hon. Member for Manchester (Mr. Bright) who, he regretted, was not in his place, had told the Committee that there was distress in other places than the West Indies, and his Right Hon. Col league (Mr. M. Gibson) had added, that the loss of the cotton trade alone last year equalled the value of the whole of the produce of the West Indies, and that the manufacturers were as well entitled to compensation as the British colonists, though they did not come to that House and ask it. Why, if Parliament had deprived them of their machinery they would then have been en titled to come to that House, but as matters stood, he did not know on what ground they could now come to Par liament and ask pecuniary compensation. He regretted the state of the manufacturing districts as much as any one, and he was in a position to show that it was the, effect of the recoil from th e i n j ury i n fli cte d b y the Act o f 1846 upon the trade of the British West Indies.—(Hear.) That Act was passed under the influence of humane tion for away fri amount of this it those el But we out that factures. by the 1 the ruin quent r( returns 1 of pied 5,410,26; 16,264,9; by thesE our manl