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strants, by keeping them in correspondence until he had taken his own measures for the institution of Mr. Ben nett, and that he at length hurried on the institution and defeated their endeavours to lodge a caveat through anticipating thorn by half an hour. That was the most serious part of his statement, because it showed the animus with which the Bishop acted. His Honourable and Learned Friend, the Solicitor-General, got up and made a statement on that point which surprised him, • and no doubt influenced the votes of many Members of that House who gave credence to it; observing that while they were asked to pass, by implication, a veto of censure, the Right Rev. Prelate had in fact done nothing more than he was required to do by law. Now he (tlr. Horsman) would show the House that the case was not as it was thus represented. He had felt it his duty to take the opinion of two authorities of Doctors' Commons, end thosedopinions he would now read. The statement made by his Hon. and Learned Friend was understood by the House to amount to a declaration that the Bishop of Bath and Wells was beund to institute Mr. Bennett within 28 days after his presentation. Now on that point he had put this case to De. Twiss:—" 'The late Vicar of From() died on the 26th of November, 1851. Mr. Bennett was presented (say) the 29th of December following. Was theßishop bound to institute him so seen as the cenonicei 28 days had run out; or, how long might he have lawfully delayed institution?" The answer t was us f Mews:—" The bishop is not bound to institute a pre sentee to a benefice as soon as the canonical 28 days have run out. The canon is directory, and it was held by tho Arches' Court, in the case of Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter' (9 Robertson's Reports, p. 28), that the bishop is not bound to commence the examination of a cauditlete fur institution within the canonical 28 days, hut that the meaning of the 28 days in the 95th canon is, that after that interval the biehop may be called upon to assign a reason, if he delays to institute. The decision of Sir Herbert Jenner Fast on this point was not impugned before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. It is also settled law (Hobert's Reports, p. 317) that a bishop may take competent time to examine the sufficiency and fitness of a presentee to a benefice, and ho is not bound to institute him until he is satisfied of his fitness. Six months is the only limit mentioned by canonists, within which the examination must be concluded, so that the right of patronage may not lapse. In the case of Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter,' the presentation took place on Nov. 2, 1847, and Mr. Gorham formally applied for institution on November 8, but the bishop did not commence his examination of Mr. Gor ham, as a candidate tor institution, until the lith day cf Dscember, after the canonical 28 days had ex pired. The Court of Arches held, overruling Mr. Gorham's protest, that such delay was not impro , per on the part of the bishop, although at tended with inconvenience to Mr. Gorham.—(Signed) TR,iVERS Twiss.—Doctors' Commons June 16, 1852. Such was the opinion of Dr. Twiss. Ile had taken se parately the opinibn of Dr. Paillimore; but as it was rather long he would only read the last paragraph : " I am of opinion, however, that it is competent to the Bishop to institute the clerk at any time within the six months after presentation so as to avoid a lapse; for the Words of the 95th canon are directory only, and nut prohibitory, and have E 0 been adjudged to be. And I conceive, in the event of a caveat having been entered, a bishop (although the common law takes no notice of it) would not, consider himself bound to institute within the eighteen days, if the proceedings consequent en the eavaat commenced during the twenty-eight days, ex tended beyond that period." He brought forward the opinion of these two eminent authorities because he felt that if it had really been the case, that the Bishop was bound to institute within twenty-eight days, and that, as Was represented by his lion. and Learned Friend, so far fro m using undue haste, he had shown extreme inclul a,ence by delaying institution for that period, he would have been justly censurable, not only for his ignorance and carelessness about the law, but for want of caution and consideration in making statements in that House.—(Hear.) Ono of the most remark able ecclesiastical cases of late years was that of Mr. Gorham against the Bishop of Exeter. In that case this very point was raised, and Sir Htrbert Jenner Fust decided that the Bishop had a right to commence an in quiry after the lapse of 28 days from the time of pre sentation. Considering how familiar all lawyers were with that case, ho was certainly surprised that his Hon. send Learned Friend the Member for Oxford should have misl,nd the House; for there could not be the smallest doubt that his opinion did mislead the House, and, that, in consequence of hearing it, many who had intended to vote for the motion voted against it.— (ilear, hear.) Now, he repeated that he did not thiuk that in the present session he ought to endea vour to pursue the inquiry. But he could not sit down Without expressing his sense, not merely of the import ance of the subject itself, but of the importance which had t beett given to it by the proceedings in that House, and by the vote to which the House had come. He could Only say for himself, as a member of that Church in which along with the majority of that House he had been edu °ated and brought up, and from which he had never oterved for a moment either in allegience or attachment, that he felt it to be impossible to overrate the importance of the vote which was come to the other evening. The Country had now been told in a manner which was not to be mistaken, that in whatever quarter abuses might exist in the Church, there was a Parliamentary tribunal that would take cognizance of them,—(Hear, hear.) It had been told that wherever the offence might be, how ever high and exalted the offender, there was a Parlia mentary jurisdiction to take cognizance of the offence, and to inquire into the circumstances attending its corn taiesion.—(Hear, hear.) That was amongst the last, and W e; in his opinion, by far the most important of tho d ecisions of the present Parliament; it was a judgment deliberately recorded as a legacy to future Parliaments. , trto believed there had been few votes in that Route Which would give more satisfaction to the country; and he W as sure that, the attention of Parliament having been at last roused by one great scandal of the Church, which 4 4d b een increased and aggravated by the impunity ,ahich it had hitherto met with, a promise bad, in effect, given to tho country that impunity should not con. t inue and that wherever a case of grievance was al eged', like that which it had been his duty to bring Befor e the House, Parliament would endeavour to pro 'fide redress.—(Cheers.) h Mr. GLADSTONE said the few words to which the ".° l 3. Gentleman had announced that ho would limit his O bservations had expanded in his hands into a speech nonsiderable length, containing as much of criatina „.°l7 matter as the Hon. Gentleman found it co nvenient ' a ` ) ltttroduce.—(fiear, bear.) The Hon. Gentleman had eferred that night to such portions of his charges against t he Bishop of Bath and Wells as he thought would bear r epetition. He had reminded the House that he charg e d `"e Bishop with undue haste in instituting Mr. Bennett; st uttt he (Mr. Gladstone) must remind him of the full ex tent of hi s wn charges. The Honourable Gentleman d id not say merely that there was undue haste, bat he Ch arged the Bishop with a deliberate violation of the .i 4 ra in not subjecting Mr. Bennett to due examination, `' receiving him without the usual certificate, and ; Itttituting him with haste and precipitancy, ,',9,titrary to the usual course, for the purpose 't defrauding the parishioners of their just a nd lawful rights. On the other hand, it had been s tated that if the Bishop had not examined Mr. Bennett h t would not have broken the law, but that he exer -Ised his discretion wisely, and did examine him. [Mr. taorse alen here made some observation which was in tt.tdible. The stateent of a Member of Parliament in place ] was evidenmce.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Glad 'n) had made that statement, and he invited and Challengedees the Hon. Gentleman to disprove it. He as tatlea that, so far as the law was concerned, the Bishop 't precisely the usual course; that he was bound to (1 4,,ninister the law, and that he was not authorised to i„ e . teY instituting on account of any informal and extra- Zuieial step which might have been taken. What 4 " e c t tild they say of a judge in Westminster Hall who, on th a ti onnt of representations made to him privately, de ed to administer the law in any case which had come rt 7ore hirae—(Elear, hear.) The Honourable Gentle -441 said that the Bishop entangled the parties by tbeaing into a correspondence with them. No such l 'at. The parties sent to him a request that he ~,cald not institute Mr. Bennett; and he told them r: s ainly that he had satisfied his own mind on t ' g r ,l l legal question involved, and that ho was re itttved to institute. He did not evade the point th e least, bat simply refused to accede to the petition. (Hear, hear.) Tne Hon. Gentleman had sought to t h row upon him (Mr. Gladstone) the responsibility of l aving interfered with the nomination. Ho was sorry Hon. Gentleman had forced the House into a discus c:4 of that question; but, as he had charged him with Feding the nomination of the Committee by an un til and unprecedented proceeding, he would tell hina, reply, that he regretted that he had not ei t her ori rated himself, or, having omitted to do so , a do pted , tt the suggestion of another , a course which was iu gformity with the plainest dictates of justice. Let the %rase consider, for a moment, the position in which L a c l were placed. There were 658 gentlemen elected tt a three gr four hundred constituencies through the ''' ) ,Llatry—allPbody containing the greatest varieties of ict 4 r t acter, capacity, and inclination, and there was k ts, one amongst them who was not authorised . to subject of 1 4 11 , 4 t any charge be pleased against any Majesty, and to lay it on the table of the O use without incurring any Vlll 4 personal responsibility t re tever. Now he asked the House to consider what a (pendous power it was that was thush wielded. — a d ear, hear.) What a power over public officers, what power for the destruction of private character.— ,iaaear hear. ) This power, being totally unfettered by • e tt ae legal checks and remedies wnich applied in other t vi e ; and which influenced those who were disposed dt o 1 41 4 Perate others, what was there to restrain it? fie ew of no restraint except the invariable rule of the h e 2 c —a rule which, even in the worst t imes, so far es was able to discover, had not been broken—that it *told entertain no criminatory charges unless they s o ,' placed on some definite basis, so that the party 4 4 1 3 . ed, though he might have no remedy or redress for se accusation, might at least be able to say " That Wa sal t i, with which I was charged, and that it was of t6e.p,l have been acquitted." As to the statement of h° Ilan. Gentleman that he did not intend Impeach. ea tt e t a e itt he (Mr. Gladstone) must tell him that in that tj tt a° did not understand his own charges or his oblige -6 a 3 a Member of Parliament, If a Bishop and a Peer . in . aria, deliberate violation of th e 'tent had been guilty api t 'a . "; and had defrauded tolafeapsetessubject.ed. to his there etial ci t4 tal oversight of their jest and legal rights, na an case for impeachment, that was one. The Gentlemansta n h said the people of Eoglatel would now CC that there was a tribunal to take up abuses in the k o ll „ r i c h• He would tell the Hon. Gentleman that the Uter i ( ' of England had not first learnt from his mouth tiee e ll t il edaratntal principles of the constitution and jut -44,7' the House of Commons.—(Hear.). It was not it ' v et' for the year 1852 to teach the nation that that use wusthe grist irqutst for the grievances of the a•, and entertain complaints gq, s e that it was ever ready to en Ne t l aigh functionaries and officers of State an tne and modes which the constitution Point e4 out' That was no new discovery. But he hoped the Hon. Gentleman would discover that that House was no willing to entertain charges like that which he had made, unless they wore brought forward its a distinct shape; end indeed, were the case otherwise, the House would become the refuge of licensed libel and defamation.— (Loud. cheers.) Now, the Honourable Gentleman was entirely wrong with respect to the practice of the House on the subject of impeachment. He (Mr. Gladstone) did not say that when a complaint was made, articles were invariably exhibited; what he said was, that when there was to be a criminatory proceed ing, .tha Howe always pro cee d e d on t h e defined basis of a cruninatory- document. In the e,IS"J of the ship money in the reign of Charles 1., the matter complained of being perfectly notorious, the House at once entertained the question, and proceeded to vote impeachment; but where there was no ouch notoriety the House always proceeded on something of a documentary character; sometimes on a petition, and sometimes on a document of some other kind. In the case of Sir Jonah I3arring ton, the report of a Commission accidentally brought to light the grounds of accusation; and the case of . Lord Melville arose i n th e same way. In both cases docu mentary evidence formed the basis of the charge. The Hon. Gentlemen said the charges were never exhibited except in cases where impeachment was intended. On that point he was entirely wrong. The Hon. Gentleman seemed to think that impeachment depended entirely on ishitteaent of individual Members of that Ileuie. It was no such thing; they could nut spesk of a private member impeaching, except by a looseness of language which did not express the mind of thihcon stitution. If the Hon. Gentleman thought that written charges were n e ver exhibited in that House, except in cases of i m p eac hment, he would recommend him before he next introduced such a subject to refer to the ease of the Bishop of Worcester, vol. 14, p. 37, of the Journals. The Right Hon. Gentleman then read the case in support of his view. If it were the prac tice of the House, as appeared from that case, to re quire written char g es when evidence was to be taken at the bar, much more necessary was it to require them when it was to be taken before a Select Com mittee, composed of a small number of Members. The Honourable Gentleman's objection did not touch the principle, which was that when there was criminatory matter against a party, the House should proceed except on the basis of written documents er of facts which were notorious. That principle he challenged the Hon. Gentleman to shake. Had the Hon. aid Learned Gentlemen proceeded according to precedent to justice, and bad he intended to abide by his motion, the heads of charges ought to have been drawn up. If the Hon. and Learned Gentleman did not do so in a matter which he (Mr. Horsman) had stated warranted impeachment, it would have been com petent for any other lion. Gentleman to hare taken the case out of the Hon. and Learned Member's hands. But whether the case was one calling for impeachment or for any other class of criminal proceedings, he (Mr. Glad stone) thought he had shown the House that the prac tice, even in former times, had invariably been to show to the accused that shelter, that though they might have no remedy or redress against accusations made in Parliament; yet that they should have such a defence that serious injury might not be done to their characters by Honourable Gentlemen going into Committees of the House, and fishing for informa tion criminatory to the accused, producing new, and omitting other portions of that evidence, as they pleased. —(Cheers.) Such a proceeding was more worthy of a southern meridian than that in which we lived, and one which he was sure that House would not sanction. Mr. LIORSAIAN explained that in the case of Sir John Pakingtun and the Bishop of Worcester, to which the Right lion. Gentleman had alluded, though the al legation against that Prelate was drawn up, heads of charges against him were not exhibited.—(oh, oh) Mr. GLADSTONI would not quarrel with the lion. Gentleman about the term heads of charge.—(Hear, hear.) The principles which he sought to establish mere, that a lember of the Ileuse accusing a great officer of State of any offence against the law was bound to put his accusation in a defined and written form in conformity with the principle arid practice of the !louse, and with the principles of British and universal iustice.—(Efear.) misapprehension of Sirwh what be o r. h W ad O st O at D ed w w o i u th ld r co f r e r r e e c e t cc a to the law of the case. Ha denied that he had , in the fac e o f t h e judg ment in the case of " Bishop of Exeter v. Gorham', made tiny statement in that House diametrically opposed to that judgment. He would show there was not a wor d in his statement but what coincided with that judgment. He bad never said any thing so absurd as that the Bishop could not institute after 28 days. He had said the Bishop was protected for 28 days from a quare impedit. The law watched jealously over the conduct of the Bishop in the matter of institution, on account of the double office held by him. A . ll he had assert e d was , t h at i n order to protect himself against costs, the Bishop had only 28 days allowed him—formerly the canon law gave two months—now it only gave 28 days. He was there fore correct in what he had formerly etated, that the Bishops 28 days, and that h o was p ro t ec t e d from costs had for o sts only non-institution during that periods With regard to the common law on the su bj ect , w hi c h was contained in an Act of Henry VII., it was staged' if an ordinary had not examined a clerk, it was a good excuse to plead that he had public business to attend to. The common law therefore protected au ordinary for non-institution on certain stated grounds. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman titre quoted a case from Hobart, in support of his statement of the law. After the 28th day the Bishop would not have a good defence to an action by only saying ho had not examined the clerk. That was the case he had formerly put be fore the House. The case of Gorham was this, that it was pleaded the examination was a nullity, because not gone into before the expiration of the 28 days. This was en absurdity. He admitted that the Bishop was bound to finish his inquiry within 28 days, if bie com menced it, unless he could fairly plead public business as ion excuse for delay. He repeated that he .had not stated the Bishop could only finish the inquiry in the 28 days; what he said was, that parties had no sight to throw on the Bishop the costs of proceedings to which he ought not to be exposed. Then w ith regar d to ex penses, it was laid down in " Burn's Law," t hat in a duplex querelcz, if Judgment was pronounced ag t inst the Bishop, the Bishop was condemned in expenses. He did not make any complaint on the matter, becau so he did not think that any one had any right to m eke corn plaints if they were in a situation to make replies. — (Hear.) He had denied that the charge of indecent haste was correct, and be now asserted that his state ment was borne out by facts. His purpose in rising was to justify himself to the House; the propositions he then laid down he adhered to, and he should have had no justification had he misstated the law on the. case. The CHANCELLOR of tho EXCHEQUER here rose, and trusted that the subject would be dg erred to the next Parliament. There was no regular di. tcussion before the House. Ho would not interfere be ore, be cause the matter had assumed a somewhat ioeportant character, in consequence of the way it had ;been put before the House by the Hon. Member for Cocker mouth. He trusted the House would support hien in his desire to confine the speaking to motions regularly before the Houst, otherwise it would be imp°. ssible to carry on the public business; for no public business could go on if Hon. Members would persist in availing themselves of the privilege of introducing quetitionable matters on motions which were for the dispatch of busi ness. It was his painful duty to make a respeutful re monstrance against Hoe. Members using that privilege to the obstruction of public affairs. He would take the opportunity of saying, with reference to the subject under discussion, had the Right Hon. Member for the University of Oxford proceeded with his amendment, ho should have felt it to be his duty, in conformity with the principles of justice, to support it—(Hear, hear.) It was useless, however, to recur to the past. The ques tion of law was, however, left in such an unsatiefactory state that it will be the duty of Government to take it into consideration, with the view of remedying this grievance of the present law of instituting clerks by bishops.—(llear, hear.) Sir A. COCKBURN would not impede the wish of the House to proceed to business. He must, however, not be understood as implying by silence conttest to the legal doctrines laid down by the Right Hon. Ge ntleman. —(Hear, hear.) To those doctrines he begged to say he dissented in tote. Mr. NEWDEGATE must take this opportetnity to clear up a misapprehension which prevailed widely with respect to the opinions of many of those who voted for the amendment proposed by the Right Hon. Goldman the Member for the University of C a mbridge, upon the motion of the Hon. Member for Cockermoul h, and on that account were held to have voted directly against the appointment of a Committee to inquire into circumstances connected with the institution of Mr. Bennett to the vicarage of Frome, and thereby to have concurred with th e Ri g ht H on . Member for the Univer sity of Oxford in expressing their approbation oft he con duct of the Bishop o f B at h an d W e ll s f or instituting Mr. Bennet. h He (M r . N ew d egate) b egge d di st i nc tly to state r i t p .h a e t eHrl Bennett,o u i nse whichth e although h is a a d p hphereoebhnaat had preferred expressedof the institution th ea that ohioo majority participated r o t l i the amendment of th e Ri g h t Hon Gentleman the M Mem ber for the Unive rs ity of Cambrido the Hon. Member fo r Cockermouth, toand thehad m v o , t t i o o of voted for f or the amendment, and therefore against and Wells l temotion. In his opinion, o o p at in o i n on w , ia th e e di tis r discretion of Both had instituted e t x h e e rc ß is e e v d . whenon Mr. Bennett to the ho v i vicarage of Fro m() but he knew, that in so doing, the Bishop had acted in accordance with the latitude of discretion all owe d hi m b w as not therefore legally culpable ; an d he (11(r. law, and Newde gate) voted for the amendment with a vi ew to amend the law, in preference to the original motion ; because, ho,vever sincerely he deprecated the manner in which the Bishop had ex, roised the discretion . allowed him by l a w, he did not wish to see that House constitute itself a court of appeal in ecclesiastical cases, or arbitrarily interfere with the legal exercise of the discretion en trusted to bisho Mß. M ps in such ATHER'S CASE. ear, hear.) Mr. ANSTEY rose, he said, to call the attention of the House to the principle upon which Lord Malmes bury represented himself ae acting when called upon to interfere for the protection of British subjects when in jured by foreign powers. He begged to call the atten tion of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the 9 Exchequer to the dispatch of Laud Maimesbary of the 29th April. The Right lion. Gentleman bad promised that papers which had been moved for should be fur nished to the House months ago, but the promise bed not been redeemed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER here rose, and said the Hon. Gentleman had a retoludon on the subject for .the 29th inst. He did not think he was in order in making a similar metion now. A 3 for the papers promised,.9le head to reply that the negolia cions had been r tlsuesed, and t h e papers could not be pt et! lived. Negotiations were now terminated, and they would be laid on the table in time for the lion. Gentle man's motion on the 29th. Mr, ANSTBY said, if the House was then in exist once, he should bring the whole question before Par liament. At present his purpose was limited to call ing attention to the dispatch of Lord Malmesbury of the 29th April. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER appealed to the Chair, to know if it was competent for the Ron. Member to bring forward a question now of which he had given notice for the 29th? The SPEAKER replied in the negative. Mr. ANSTEY would withdraw the notice of the 29th, and would now go on with the question which he wished to bring under the notice of the House. The SPEAKER said the Hon. Member would not be in order in so doing. He had given notice for the 29th, and he could not bring it on now. Mr. ANSTEY would take the opinion of the House as to the present notice and the notice of the 29th being identical. The Hon. Member here read his present mo tion and his motion for the 29th. The SPEAKER said it appeared to him to be the in tention of the Hon. Member now to call attention to a part of the question of which he bad given notice for a future day. IC that were so, the ion. Member was not in order. THE WINE DUTIES. Mr. ANSTEY said he had a question to (Pk on another point. Yesterday the Hon. Member for Ciren cester had slaked a question of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the subject of the wine duties. Ile (Mr. A nstey) wa s the chairman of the Com mittee on that subject, and as the evidence had not been laid on the table yesterday he wished to know wise tiler the Right Hon. Gentleman was in order in referring to it ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—What le your question ? Mr. ANSTEY wished to know whether the Right Hon. Gentleman had been correctly reported, and whe ther he was in order in referring to evidence not before the House? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said ho had been asked yesterday by a Member of that House, whether there was any foundation for th© rumour that the Government were going to lower the duty on wine to ls. a gallon. That question was asked without any reference to the evidence taken before the Committee. He had made answer that he had not heard of the ru mour; but he had not referred to the evidence. Subse quently, and in answer to an Hon. Gentleman who was interested in the commerce of London, he had expressed the opinion of the Government on the subject more fully, because he felt it was of the utmost importance to per sons engaged in commerce to know that no reduction was contemplated. He had again to state that Govern ment did not intend to recommend any alteration of the duties on wine, and that, in his opinion, the assumption that there would be an increase in the consumption of wines in this country if the duties were reduced rested on the fallacy that a total change would take place in the tastes and habits of the great bulk of the population. He would also repeat, that if it ever should be in the power of the Government to reduce taxation, it would not be taxation on wino, but that on articles more largely , consumed by the people which would demand their con sideration.—(Hear, hear.) The motion that the House at its rising adjourn to Monday was then agreed to. ADMIRALTY. Mr. HUME gave notice of his intention to ask whether Government intended to apply to the Admiralty the system of consolidation which had already been car ried out in the department of inland revenue. CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) BILL. On the Order of the Day for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. V. SCULLY rose to oppose its further progress. He said he had a strong preliminary objection to the Bill in the period chosen for its introduction when the majority of the Irish Members were necessarily absent. He objected to it also because it was unaccompanied by any remedial measure. He contended that the Bill was of the most coercive and unconstitutional character, and that it would be most injurious in its effects. Did he think it calculated to suppress crime and outrage he should be the last to oppose it, but he believed, on the contrary, that it would only annoy peaceable people, p rene a mloft while the guilty would have no difficulty in escapi n g it s provisions. As it as w si a n s g a was renewal Bill, atte r i mcoigurhste,nebuntoni; con sidered that its should be reoollected that we were now i n a very a l tere d state of circumstances. Besides, he thought its in troduction most inexpedient on the eve of a general election. The former Bill was introduced by a remark able royal speech, setting forth a state of great disorder in ireland . , ' and there w as no d ou b t but that, immediately after the failure of the cr o p s , t h ere was considerable dis order, while the insurrectionary movement that subse quently broke out was getting prominent, But now, the country, with the excepti on o f one district of about eight i miles n diamete-, was as peaceable as any part of Eng land. If the Right Hon. Gentleman had brought in a Bill for that particular district the House might have a reason for entertaining it; but all the information they had was the report of the crime and outrage committee, only two pages, and the report of Major Brownrigg dated 3d of April, 1852. These do cuments showe d some in crease of crime in certain districts of Armagh. Louth, and Monagan, but in other counties formerly prominent for disturbance there was a more than commensurate de crease. In Limerick and Tipperary the decrease was remarkable, and surely these cases formed as good an argument on the one side as the cases of Armagh, Louth, and Monaghan made on the other. The fact was that the proposed measure was a coercive one, framed with a view to the coming elections. An How. MEMBER here moved that the House be counted, but more than forty Members being present, Mr. SCULLY resumed, and on our return to the gallery was explaining the provisions of the Bill. Per sons having arms in their possession in districts under the operation of this Bill were liable to be prosecuted for misdemeanour, and the Lord Lieutenant had discre tionary power to increase the police force in such dis trict. Mr. Meyer said that the provisions respecting arms were inoperative, as the persons who intended to use them criminally contrived to conceal them, while the farmers who were obnoxious to the secret tribunals were disarmed and left wholly without defence. At pre sent this Act was in force in twenty-one counties in Ire land, and, in addition, the two Whiteboy Acts, which were known to have a most coercive character. Both Acts were embodied in the Bill before the House. The lion. and Learned Gentleman proceeded to describe at length the character and machinery of the previous Act, his o bj ect b e i n g to show that it was unwise, with a view t o t h e e ff ec t u pon the public mind in Ireland, at election time, to place at the disposal of the Secretary for Irel an d suc h mons trous powers as that previous Act conferred, and as this renewal would also convey. The Bill would apply even to election addresses; and would enable the Lord-Li eutenant to burden any district momenta rily excited by e l ect i onee ring with the heavy charge of police. Local magi stra t e s might send up to Dublin a highly-coloured account of an exceptional outrage; and then the di s t r i ct i n w hi c h the offence was committed would be at the Lord-Lieutenant's mercy. This act must be test e d b y the answer to this question; what would Englishm en say were myth an Act applicable to England? It h ad b een sa id t h a t the principle of taxing the hundred fo r t h e crimes comm itted within it was an old Saxon law; but that was totally untrue; for that law was a Norman invention ' to punish the Saxo ns then ke p t down (as Irishmen were now kept down), and who were guilty of assas s i nat i ng Normans w h erev er they could do so secretly. S uc h a law was ar bi trar y and unjust, and was totally opposed to the Constitution of England. By whom were, these crimes in Ireland committed? Ac cording to a letter of Sir Mathew Barrington, addressed in 1842 to the lat e Si r Robert Pee l—Sir Mathew's ex perience in the matter being very considerable—these agrarian murders were i nvar i a bl y com mitted by non residents, by vagabond s , an d nev er in any case by the farmers a n d settled inhabitants o f th e district. All the evidence they possessed on this subject was to the same effect. To tax a district, therefore, for acrime co mm itt e d b y none of t h e i n h a bitants of the district, was absurd. B ut t h ere wa s evidence to show something more. Ib was c l ear th a t all these coer cive Acts were failures even as Acts of police. They failed because they were unaccompanied by those reme dial measures which would go to the root of the state of society whence these crimes proceeded as inevitably as effect followed cause. The Hon. and Learned Gentle man then went on to contend that this admission had been made by Mr. Disraeli, in his speech on a former coercion measure. The Right Hon. Gentleman had said the other day, in reference to that speech, that his ob jection to the measure in question was founded on the curfew clause. Bat the Right Hon. Gentleman had never said a word about the curfew. He had said dis tinctly that he was opposed to all such legislation for Ireland, unless it were accompanied by reformatory social measures. The Government were boasting that they had lying perdu their remedial measures. But where was the Landlord and Tenant Bill the Attorney- General (Mr. Napier) bad spoken so much - of? Why was it not produced? Not having been produced, the inference was not favourable to this panacea in re serve. Deere were other measure of which the Go vernment had given some, hints. Why were they not frankly laid on the table, in order that they considerationmigh t be co n s o i considered e t r h e e d Bill i n before the House,R eturhniensgaid that oth a u t the measure was produced backed by no reco mmendation from the Committee which had sat to con s i der the whole dealing with such a question of Irish ()rime. And was the last fortnight of the session tho proper period for Bill? It was a period at which Irish Members were compelled to be absent; and certainly its introductionjust now looked like a settled and rathe r suspicious plan on the part of the Government. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time this day three months. Mr. LAWLESS congratulated Irish Members on the Government having thrown off the mask, and shown what their intentions were. The Hon. Gentleman ex pressed his belief that Lord Eglinton wished well to Ireland, but was contro ll e d an d t h war t e d, as Lord Anglesen wa s , b y the present Premier, then Secretary for _lreland, un d er L ord Grey. He comp l a i ne d o f t h e pepod at which this Bill was brought in, and of its rad b esue whichg e uee g rdd; wt o nwho n f ietetetrhrel7so alleaf ri3tl Bill?th fi th e re epTi thatnr hot measures thetn, esl intentions i s oto u hnn r sos e o s fw T hf tur Governmentel yee l relati ng nnoogv opposit i on. to nohsmai dte importantn: tn e i a l . w a dt ato d yhe_ , in Ireland, was at hand. Would this Bill be used to put down Orange processions, as well as to put down Rib bonism? He believed the Ribbon Societies had done leas harm and caused fewer murders than the Orange asso ciations.—(Oh, oh.) Let Ribbonism be put down if they liked, but put down also the Orange societies, which went through the country rousing the passions of the people —(Oh, oh.) As to the argument of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, which was the only one which was at all in favour of the Bill, that many criminals now imprisoned under its provisions would be released, that might easily be remedied. The country was now more peaceful, and crime was becoming less and less every year; therefore let there be an end of coercion Bills, ane let the Government trust to the ordinary powers of the law in Ireland. Ho would recommend the Government, for their owe sakes, and with a view to the approaching election, to give up this Bill. Mr. WHITESIDE said that the Government felt it to be on imperative duty to prorose the continuance of this Bill till next year, or to the end of the next session of Parliament, for the reasons which had been stated at length by his Right Hon. Friend the Attorney-General for Ireland. Since his Right Hon. Friend addressed the House a return, moved for by the Right Hon. Member for Louth, had been laid on the table, which showed the amount of crime which existed in Louth, Monaghan, and Armagh, from the year 1849 to 1852. No impartial man could read this return without coming to the con clusion that the ordinary law was not sufficient to cope with offences of the character and description mentioned in it. No less than 136 gentlemen, belonging to these three countries and of all politics, asked for additional measures of protection beyond this Bill. This Bill did not take away the trial by jury or any of the consfitu tional safeguards of the subje c t. All that it did was to protect life and property, fro m a co nspiracy, the object of which was to take away human life, in order to subvert law and order and government in Ireleud.—(Hear, hear.) He solemnly believed that was the object in , view, and he confessed that his sympathies were with the !eyed end well-behaved, and not with those who de sired to subvert and destroy all late and order. There were persons now in prison under the Act, and they must be liberated if it was not continued. This Wi3 an additional reason why the r -Luse should pass this Bill. The Hon. and Learned Member for Cork, who introduced several topics into the discussion not connected with the measure before the House, a s k ed wont the Government had done for Ireland. Hi s answer was that they had not time to do much f ur Ireland but they gave assist ance to railways; they r e d uced the rate of interest.— (Hear, hear.) Beeides, there te a , a measure prepared and ready to be bro ug h t before the House, for the amendment of the Cou r t o f Chancery in Ireland; but they felt that there would b e no u se i n b r inging in such a measure in the present Parliament. There were other measures also in preparation for the improvement of that country. He could assure the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman that the present Government was not the Go vernment of a clique or a party, but the Government of a nation; and that they w ou ld treat a ll—whether Pro testant or Roman Catholic, O rangeman or Ribbonman— with the same justice.—(Cheers. ) - lt was wit h t hat object—to protect the well disp osed asand to punish the guilty assassin—that the pres en t meu re w as proposed. ile Government would endea vour to give peace an d justice to Ireland, by which, as Lord Bacon said, the prosperity of that country could alon e be secured. Mr. FRENCH said that, while admiring the great eloquence of the Hon. and Lear ned Gentleman who had just spoken, he could not con cur i n many of his conclu sions. He had rightly describ e d the provisions of the Bill. It bad now been tri e d i n Ireland for three years, and had not at all impro ve d t h e state of society there. The army and the police b a d un i formly failed to protect life and property in Ireland; that would be done by the people themselves if they were allowed the means. The provisions of the Bill could only b e required at present in part of the counties of Louth and Monaghan. In the former county, two cases had occurred where, a fter the agents had been shot, reductio ns o f rent had b een made. It was impossible to contend aga i nst such a state of things as that. In the county he represented (Roscom mon), threatening notices having been eent the o ccupiers e had combined for their own def ence, and the result h H e thought on its own that if the country at large were th rown re sources the benefit would be equally great. —( Hear.) to restore the most perfect tr anquillity . Captain MAGAN was oppos e d to the continuance of the Act. He denied that there was any necessity for it. The Solicitor-General for Ir e l an d had stated that it threw the expense on the guilty; but this was not the case—it had precisely the opposite effect. He was in favour of the Act being carried out as regarded the pri soners now in gaol; he would not turn them loose on society. He denied the statement of the Learned Gen tleman, that the Lord-Lieutenant had won all hearts in such an end, unless his advocacy of the Ecclesia st i cal Titles Bill could be supposed to contribute to it.--.(A lau b .) By g the Act which it was proposed to renew, the Ireland. He had done nothing to gain Lord-Lieu tenant had power to proclaim certain districts. That was enacted by the preamble.—(Laughter,) Hi s great objection to the Bill was that it revived the provisions of an obnoxious Act of George 111., w hi ch re pealed, as far as the punishment o f death was con cerned, by an Act of William IV., was highly objec tionable. He doubted whether a p oor Alan, carrying a pitchfork or other agricultural implement, might not be t though brought within th ese provisions ; o r even those harmo nious gentlemen who blacked their fac ts and masque raded it in the character of Ethiopian serenaders. Captain ARCHDALL said he held a hi g h o ff ice i n the society of O rangemen , a nd could not allow the at tack that had b een ma d e on that b o dy t o Pass unnoticed. Ho must prote s t aga i nst th e imprud ent and Stupid abuse, the infamou s s t atements o f t h e H on . Member for Oen mel (Mr. L aw l ess ) w i th regar d t o t h e Orangemen of Ireland. Wh atever might b e t h e op i n i ons of the Hon. Member, that body would continue to a c t upon the i r principles, and to be distinguished by loyal ty and obe dience to th e l aw . Mr. F. SCULLY said that i n very recent times the body of whi c h the Hon. Member ackn ow l edge d an d boasted himself a mem b er had b een con d emned by reso lutions of b o th H ouses of Parl i a ment.—(Hear, hear.) It was the duty o f the Government to w a t c h ver y n ar- ' rowly the pro cee di ngs of that body, in the north of Ireland; for it was a society possessing signs, pass words, and other marks of a secret association; and, in his eyes, it was just as exceptionable as a Ribbon so ciety. He (Mr. Scully) Was op posed to the Bill, be- ' cause it proposed to apply t o t h e proclaimed districts the most atrocious enactments of the Whiteboy Acts. In other parts of the - United Kingdom, the police could not break into a man's house without good cause; but, in Ireland, that would be done on the merest rumour. He also objected to the Bill, because it would tax the in nocent population in a very cruel and oppressive manner. On comparing the returns crimes committed in Armagh an d Monaghan, • Down, bore no proportion to thoseparts of in the other Ire land; and therefore there W as no reason why the Bill should be applied to those counties, He complained of the Governmeat for postponing He very much regretted that they so important a Bill till such an advanced period o f Divide.) the session - 4 , he found that the agrarian adopted the policy of their , Predecessors in smuggling important measures relatin . and t h ro ugh the House. The Right Hon. Gentlemanopposite had al luded in sarcastic terms to hi s (M r. S cu lly's) friends, but a very short time would show who were the most popular men in Irela,ncl•—(criet of 6 "Divide.") It was all very well for the Right R on. to talk Gentleman about putting down religi ous. Processions; but be (Mr. Scully) was not aware of any in Ireland that were of a character to give offence to -- the Protestants. But if there were, the Government gave their sanction to si milar processions in the colonie s , w h ere the military Ireland. The Government would never gain were ordered to attend at them. H e considered the port of the people unless they brou ht in in should have Proclamation as a wanto n i nsult upon the peo ple of the different character character from coercion Bills. The I r i s h po pulation had no confidence i n , and were their rulers leaving their country in shoals. If t h did not intro duce some remedial measures, Ireland would soon really became what the Premier had called it —" almost a de sert"—a country which wouldbut the contain none people in the workhouses. Irishmen expected great things from the present Govere statements in the Chancellor of th e Ex:l t ier's address. eq Let him give them an earnwithdrawing the Bill for the present session • est by t and by stating wu were the measures he intended t t t° introduce in the next Parliament. The House then divided, wheneared-- For the second reading ••• „ 118 Against it ... ... . ... Majority „, no ••• 1 6 105 E ENCUMBERED STATES (I REL A ND) BILL. This Bill was read a second tim e. ,-, ''' tee ' que stion that it he committed on Monday tin the Mr. F. FRENCH said her ttt illa'''Stra Ministers having opposed a similar measure when ut of office. be was surprised that they had now introduced this Bill without observation. Ho wanted to any know xtraordi what e had taken place i n , One of nary change t heir opinion. the most powerful OPPOLIenta of she whole system was the Attorney-General for Ireland, and the President of the Board of Trade was strongly anthut it . Nearly every member of the Governnaent, i u 6 " tact, was pledged against the principle carried out. 111 't la was this mea sure proposed? Had not Ireland Suffered enough? Was it not sufficient that hale the gentry had been swept away, and many parts of the c 'z'unt v The Hon. Member for Montrose eera Ydepopulated? asked the Government the other evening wh J e Properly e cant permanently to supersede the ordinary tr tln_ r they l meant hoped hoped the Government would now neswe l_buna s, an . . It was his intention to oppose the measure the question most, and though ho might be beaten, there to (ho d ut a fight in another place which would astonish would be ment.—(A laugh.) the Govern- Mr. NAPIER said the reason why h e had before was that he thought it best to wait to hear the spoken ob jections to the Bill. He believed that the introductionhear the of this measure was the very best course whe vernment could take with reference to the h the Go: the landed proprietors of Ireland. Whatvvinterests a l state of the case? When the Government east the real office they found that the period for presentin came into would expire in July; and if the period Were not ex ofpd, which Must 'lreland a very great _ietons cation proper landed property in 'lreland. N —e a d mitt u ec reciation proper remedy in the first instance Would have that the reform the Court of Equity; but the truth been to reforms were delayed too long both for the t that law for ho profession—(Hear, hear)—and t ,_public and Chancery, as at present regulated, yeas no t at Court of to the effecting of sales. 4 a all suited Mr. J. STUART had hoped the Government that t before premeeding with this Bill, and would that it be committed that day six months. lie moved because the Bill had enormously depreciated did so of land in Ireland. The petitions present9d unde r the value ferred to property valued at 28 millions of rao it re the property sold, to the 'amount of five millions Of the price received had not been more than fou r - ' on ely , years' purchase. Such a state of things was or Dye dented in the legislative or economical history nprece country in the world. This result had been p r of tmY by many Hon. Members who had opposed the ,p ,e he thought that it ought not to be continued , and longer. Thu tribunal before which these ease fora day and which MS the instrument of fraud and cone came, scation, ought at once to be abandoned, and he should take the opinion of the House on the subject. Mr. WHITESIDE submitted that the argument of his Hon. and Learned Friend was not a just one. It was difficult to aholith a tribunal which had existed for some years. Besides, the Encumbered Estates Court was already wearing itself out, as was shown by the diminution in the number of the Petitions laid before it. share r after f taepr ptheeaseuxrceesi excellent at T E SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1852 Instead of four years' purchase being the price obtained for estates sold under the commission, in many cases twenty or twenty- one years' purchase h ad ' been obtained. Mr. BUTT suggested that the d i scussion of the grin. ciple of the Bill mi g ht b e t a k en on go i n g into Commi t tee. But as no promise wa s g i ven by Ole Government that an opportunity should be afforded him, the Honoura ble and Learned Gentle man p rocee d e d with statement onoura o f ble a th his objections to the Bill. It was not asked b ponents of the Bill th a t th e p roceedings of by c e o o u p r - t should be brought to a speedy termination, but that those petitions before it, and no more, should be taken and that no extension of the time for sales should be allowed. It was not here proposed to extend the time for salts or the distribution of the proceeds, but to ex tend the time for sending in petitions. This Bill gave a right of sale to a class who never possessed it before, and who were most likely to use it to the prejudice of the owner. The argument against the measure when it was first brought forward was, that it would, by forcing a glut of property into the market, reduce the value. But it was answered that it was necessary to get rid of an encumbered proprietary, and yet, almost immediately,: when that glut occurred, a pro posal was brought forward to allow the pro perty purchased through these courts to he encum bered to one-half their amount. The number of peti tions now before the court was 931, involving property amounting to 800,0001. a year rental. Surely tuat was su!fleient to occupy the court for the next three years without giving them another year's petitions. Then there were 2,000 0001. lying in the courts to be distri buted, and which had not been yet distributed in conse quence of the difficulty of deciding upon who were the parties entitled. Add the value of the 800,0001, rental to this, and the commissioners would have 10.000,0001, to decide upon and distribute within three years. Was not that business sufficient for them, without adding to it that which must arise from an additional year's peti tions? The avenge of all the property sold under this Act had been ten years' purchase, and he believed the result of the depression in value caused by forcing so vast an amount of property into the market had been as injurious to the creditors as the owners of the land. Yet this was the Bill they were asked to continue. He asked the House to adopt the course recommended by Lord Derby when the Act was passed to continue a measure passed under special circumstances only so long as such circumstances existed. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion for going into Com mittee on Monday... ... ... 78 For the amendment ... ... ... 6 Majority ... ... ... ... —72 The School Sites Extension Bill, and the Property of Lunatics Bill, were read a second time. The Master in Chancery Abolition Bill passed through Committee, and the compensation clause was added. The Representative Peers of Scotland Bill was read a third time and passed. __ The County hates Bill was read a third time and passed. The Protestant Dissenters Bill was read a third time and passed. PIMLICO IMPROVEMENT BILL. The House having gone into Committee on this Bill, Colonel SIBTLIORP complained of the large expendi ture incurred for the royal palaces, especially Bucking ham Palace, for the alterations in which this Bill was brought foward, and referred to the enormous charge, for the removal of the marble arch, viz., 13,0001. and upwards. The clauses were then agreed to, and the House re sumed. The Savings Banks (Ireland) Bill, the Inland Revenue Office Bill, and the Thames Embankment Bill, were read a third time and passed. The Public Health Act (1848) Amendment Bill went through Committee, and the House adjourned at Half past One o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. WORCESTER AND HEREFORD RAlLWAY.—Yesterday after five days' inquiry in the Lords' Committee, th e preamble of this company's Bill was deolared not proved. The cost of the inquiry in Lords and Commons and other matters, cannot, it is thought, have been less than 70,0001. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND BUCKINGHAM SHIRE RAlLWAY.—Yesterday in the Committee of the House of Lords, the preamble of this Bill to connect the Buckinghamshire Railway with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, and for other purposes, was de clared not proved. The Bill of the Great Western, Shrewsbury, and Bir mingham, Shrewsbury and Chester, Shrewsbury and Hereford, Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, and Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester, for traffic arrangements, was declared proved. _ WYCOMBE RAILWAY.—The Committee of the Lords passed this Bill, for lease to the Great Western and other purposes. KINGSTON-UPON-HULL DOCKS.—The preamble of this Bill was proved. BIRKENHEAD Docxs.—The Committee have come to a resolution to refer the diffarences of opinion between Mr. Rendel and Mr. Abernethy to the adjudication of Mr. Brunel, and adjourned to Monday. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of me House of Commons.) FRIDAY, JUNE 18. COMMON LAW PROCEDURE BILL. (IN TIIE COMMITTEE.) Clause 80 Pleading and demurring together) :—Amend ment proposed, page 21, line 21, to leave out from the word " time" to the word " and" in line 28 :—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Clause." The Committee divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 56. Bailey, Joseph Crowder, R. B. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Baldock, E. 11. Davies, D. A. Parke, C. W. Barrington, Vis. Duncombe, A. Powlett, Lord W. Bolder°, George IL Edwards, H. Prime, Richard Bonham -Carter, J. Farrer, James Pugh, David Breuaridge, Richard Forester, Colonel Seaham, Viscount Bridges, Sir B. Fuller, A. E. Stafford, Augustus Brockman, E. D. Galway, Viscount Thesiger, Sir F. Bruce, C. L. C. Hamilton, G. A. Tollcmache, F. J, Buck, L. W. Hamilton, Lord C. Vyse, H. R. H. Buller, Sit J. Y. Headlam, Thomas Walpole, Spencer Campbell, Sir A. Hope, Sir J. Whiteside, James Carew, W. P. llornby, John Willoughby, Sir IL Chandos, Marquis of Jones, David Wynn, H. W. Christopher, R. Knox, W. S. Yorke, E. T. Christy, Samuel Lockhart, W. Clinton, Lord C. Mandeville, Iris. Cockburn, Sir A. Ma nners, L or d J. Coles, 11. B. Naas, Lord Collins, T. Napier, Joseph TELLEIIB. Mackenzie, W. F Lennox, Lord IL G. MINORITY-NOES, 18. Adair, Hugh E. Hastie, Alexander Stanton, W. H. Bell, Jacob Heywood, James Thompson, Colonel Brothcrton, J. Hutt, William Thornely, T. Duncan, (eorge Kershaw, James Wilson, Matthew Evans, John .Milligan, Robert TELLERS. Granger, T. C. Pilkington, James Carter, eamuel Harris, Richard Saiwey, Colonel Evans, John CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) BILL. Order for Second Reading read; Motion made and Ques tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time:"— Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," a n d at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day three months :"--Question put, " That the word' now' stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 118. MINORITY—NOES, 13. Anstey, Thomas French, F. Wyld, James Armstrong, Sir A. Green, John Carter, Samuel Cogan, W. 11. Devereux, J. T. Fox, W. J. Magan, W. H. TELLERS. Maher, N. Scully, Vincent O'Connell, M. I. Lawless, Cecil Scully, Francis INCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL, Read a Second time, and committed to a Committee of the whole House :—Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House will, upon Monday next, resolve itself into the said Committee :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the words " Monday next," in order to insert the words " this day three months," instead thereof :—Question put, " That the words Monday next' stand part of the Question." The House divided:— MAJORITY-AYES, 78. MINORITY-NOES, 6.: Barrow, W. H. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Mt sac Frewen, C. H. Stuart, J. Batt, Isaac Lowther, Colonel Thompson, Alderman French, F. Norreys, Sir D. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, JUNE 17. ROYAL YACHT ASQ RRIVALUADRON INTELLIGENCE. S. June 11. Dream yawl, G. Beitinck, Esq., from Guernsey; Ripple cutter, Douglas Dickerson, Esq., from Ryde. 15. Plover ditto, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Brown, from London; Lavrock ditto, Capt. C. H. Williams, R.N., from Guernsey; Fancy schooner, Rev. R. P. Hartopp, from Lymington. SAILINGS. Jane 12. Cons t ance schooner, Marquis of Conyog ham, for the Baltic. 17. Ballerina ditto, John Davenport, Esq., to the westward. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. • Le d,, Sapphire, lone, Gloriana, Coquette, Dream, Brilliant, Osprey, Lavroek, Nautilus, Plover, Ripple, Triumvir, rdaritana, Gauntlet, and Resolution. CRACKING A BOTTLE.—A few day since, as the wor thy host of the Globe Hotel was attempting to draw a cork, the bottle broke and inflicted a severe wound in his thigh, six inches in width and one and a half inches in depth, fortunately just missing the main artery. Hoffmeister and Cass were immediately called in, and the wo und is progressing f a vourably. All depends on their patient being kept quiet, no very easy matter, 11 his thoughts are on the hotel being got ready for ag a . t he yachting season; and were he not fastened! into his bed he could not be kept there. ACCIDENT. —As the Queen Charlotte trader, Jonas M ot h master, was proceeding to Copthorne, in South ampton river, on Sunday last, for some yacht stores be longing to the Helen yacht, the property of H. Bradl e y, Eig,, of Stourbridge, in a gust of wind, one of the men ( jam Taylor) . fell overboard, and all attempts to save him proved fruitless. He has left a widow, and a son about eighteen years of age. A clever translation has recently appeared of the treat i s e on Spermatorrlicea, written by Dr. Pickf or d, o f t h e j o iversity of Heidelberg. Published by 11. Bailliere, it is edited by . Francis Burdett Courtenay, and may be the means of condto ucing alleviation no less considerably to the expo sure o f quac k ery t h a n the of suffering. INCREASE or SHIPPING. Notwithstanding the querulous notes in which shipowners lament the quietus given to British shipping by the repeal of the Navigation-laws, an increase of upwards of 2,000 tons has been made to this port w i t hin the last few days, and a still farther increase is pro ohleow.Dund‘e Advertiser.. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Mljesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Biddulph and Colonel Bouverie, went at nine o'clock yesterday morning to Westminster Abbey. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness returned to Buckingham Palace about ten o'clock. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday, attended by Colonel Bouverie. Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice and the younger members of the Royal Family took their usual walks and rides yesterday, in the garden of the Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Marquis of Abercorn, Colonel Bouverie, and the Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley, honoured the Duke of Wel lington with his company at the Waterloo dinner, at A PdleY House, last evening. Lord Coun t" s CroftonOf Her Majesty, , attended by the Duchess of Athol, the and Colonel the Honourable Charles Grey, Their Royal Desert, the Honourable Amelia Murray, y, honoured th e Princess's Theatre with her pre sence last evening, and the Duchess of C nahri 1, v isited her Royal High. 1 Highnesses :he Duchess of Gloucester 1 ness the Duchess of --- ' e Kent yesterday, at Cl arence House, St. Jetnui's, Her Royal Highness th Kent, by Lady Fanny‘ Howa e Duchess of . attended and L or d J am es Murray, honoured the performance her presence last evening". of the French Plays with A deputation on the subject of sisting of Lord Mahon and h l i t Goal v d v atie c f, c o c n - (Members for Hortferd). Mr. Tyrrell (ai t --- y . R-eoirwemer brancer), Ir. Marchant (C;erk to the River Lee Trust), and Mr. Scott, had an interview with Public Buildings Manners bile Buildings yesterday, at the Office of Works and r il interview Down. Beaufort ace had an interview with the Ear] in T W he hi p te u h k a e ll- o p f l fheisawoffidocriahl adreaslidsoenacno i o n f g Derby .s t ree t . yesterday, The Earl of with the Noble Ear 1. The Very Rev. L. J. Cassault, Superior of the Seminar A Ile of Quebec, had an inter v i ew w ith Si r John Pngton yesterday at the Colonial-office. A deputation on behalf of the New River and East London Water Companies had an interview with Lord John Manners yesterday. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Johnston, Baxter, Ellicombe, Bircham, and Greaves. Mr. Mullings, M.P., had an interview with Mr. Secre tary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office. Captain Gibb, R.E., had an interview with Sir John Pakington at the Colonial-office yesterday. Dispatches were sent yesterday to the Governor- General of Canada from the Colonial-office. Dis patches were also sent to the Governor of the Falkland Islands. Dispatches were received yesterday from the Governor of Victoria. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday in the Council Chamber; the Lords present were, Lord Cranworth, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, Sir Edward Ryan, and Sir J. Patteson. An ap peal from the Admiralty Court, " Leycester and others v. Lamont and others" (the Nimrod) was heard. THE WATERLOO BANQUET. Yesterday being the 38th anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, his Grace the Duke of Wellington gave his usual grand banquet at Apsley House to those of his surviving companions in arms, who ehared with him the bloody contest of that day. To his Grace the yearly return of this celebrated an niversary must bring feelings of mingled pride and regret—pride at knowing that the fruits of his conquests yet endure and shed their undiminished lustre and pres tige over the_British arms, and regret to find that each succeeding year trenches upon the list of the gallant veterans who wore wont upon this day to partake of the social enjoyments which his Grace's splendid hospitality proffered them. With the English nation, however„the 18th of June has ever been regarded with sentiments of unmixed pride. In fact, with the inhabitants of the metropolis, it is quite looked upon as a public holiday, and held as a great day for /tees at our various places of amusement. Years have now rolled on, and time has changed the feelings of enmity with which the two greatest nations of the earth once regarded each other, into ono of close and friendly intercourse. With the troubles and vicissitudes of th© French people we sympathised as with our own—the rivalry of arms is forgotten, or laid aside for ever—and the noble emula tion which now animates both empires finds a happy opening in the wide fields of science, or in struggles to promote the progress of civilization. With such feelings of friendship, the public celebration of the anniversary of Waterloo may be thought by many to be inconsistent But such is not the case. The 18 t h of Juno is ha il e d with joy in England, not as the anniversary of a vic tory over France, but as a day which gave liberty to her as well as to the rest of Europe —as a day which broke for ever the iron rule of a military despot—and as a day which crowned with one of the most decisive victories ever gained the long and heroic struggle of Britain for the freedom of the world. Though each year adds to the oblivion which is gradually creeping over the events of the struggle of 1815, it but enhances the respect and admiration entertained for the Noble and Gallant Duke by all classes of his fellow-countrymen. Looking forward to the future prosperity of this country with hope and confidence, they pause to remember with gratitude and affection the past services of that man by whose energy, ability, and indomitable perseverance their best interests have been promoted and secured. Accord ingly it has been customary for the friends of the Gallant Duke, and, indeed, for almost the whole of the aristo cracy and diplomatic corps to offer their felicitations upon the event. Yesterday, therefore, formed no excep tion to this rule of courtesy. During the whole of the morning and afternoon there was a continued series of calls made at Apsley House,the visitors including men of every shade of political opinion, and also the most distinguished leaders of the beau monde. As the timo drew near when the guests might be ex pected to arrive, a considerable crowd of persons of re spectability began to assemble near the gates of Apsley House. The exertions of the police, however, who were stationed round the house, prevented any obstruc tion to the arrival of the guests. The Marquis of Angle sey and Sir Harry Smith were much cheered upon their arrival. His Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived a little before seven o'clock, and was enthusiastically we l comed by the crowd. The veteran Duke descended to meet and welcome his illustrious guest under the portico of the mansion, while the band of the Grenadier Guards (the Duke's regiment), which was stationed in the hall, saluted the Prince Consort with the National Anthem. At a few minutes after seven o'clock dinner was an nounced. His Grace the Duke of Wellington, with his Royal guest, and followed by the distinguished field officers, led the way to the banquetting-room, the band of the Grenadier Guards, under Mr. Schott, playing, according to custom, the " Roast Beef of Old En gland." His Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Duke of Wel lington, and all the gallant gu es t s w h o were privileged, worn the red ribbon of the Order of the Bath. The Gallant Duke presided, supported on the right by Prince Albert. There was little, if any, difference in the appearance of the splendid gallery in which the banquet took place to what has been already so often described. The splendid Portuguese plateau occupied its accustomed place in the centre of the festive board. At each end of it wore disposed magnificent vases, bearing some very fine grapes and other fruits. There was also the colossal candelabra, a present to his Grace from the late Em peror of Russia, and the superb china vases, gifts of the late King of Prussia, which last were filled with the rarest exotics. At the end of the gallery the. buffet pre sented a most gdrgeous display of gold plate, Flaxman's celebrated shield occupying a conspicuous position in the centre of the group, the whole of which was brilliantly illuminated by the lights in the gold candelabra—a tes timonial from the citizens of London. The Hen. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley (chaplain to his Grace and rector of Strathfieldaaye) said grace previous to the banquet. Covers were laid for 80 guests. The following officers wore among those present:— His Royal Hig hness Prince Albert, K.G., C. 8., co l one l of the of Anglesey, o f t he Scots K.C.,G.C.B.,and .cm. , the Marquis colonel Royal Regiment of Horse Guards; General the Earl of Strafford, G.C.B. and G.C.H., colon e l o f th e C oldstream Guards; General Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.8., colonel of the 17th Foot; General the Right Hon. Sir Frederick Adam, G.C.B. and G.C.M.G., colonel of the 21st Foot; 1 Lieutenat-General Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., G.C.B. and G.C.H. colonel of the 14th Dragoons; Lieutenant- General Lord Seaton, G.C.8., G.C.M.G., and G.C.H., colonel of the 26th Foot; Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Woodford, K.C.B. and G.C.M.G., colonel of the 40th Foot; Lieutenant-General Lord Fitzroy J. R. Somerset, G.C.8., colonel of the 53d Foot; Lieutenant_ General Sir James Macdonell, K.C.B. and R.C.11 , colonel of the 71 s t F oot; L i eutenant-General the Earl of Cathcart, K.C.8., colonel of the Ist Dragoon Guards; Lieutenat-General Viscount Ilardlnge, G.C.8., colonel of the 57th Foot; Major-General Sir Harry George Wakelyn Smith, G.C.13 , colonel of the 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade , Lieutenant-General Sir George Scovell, lec •B ' colonel of the 4th D ragoons; Li eutenant-General Lord Saltoun, K.C.B. and G.C.H., colonel of the 2d Foot; Lieutenant-General H. Wyndham, colonel of the 11th Hussars; Major-General Sir Henry Dalrymple Ross, K.C.8., deputy adjutant of the Royal Artillery - ; major- General John Reeve; Major-General James Grant, al l ; Major-General Sir De Lacy P. — vans, R1.C.8 , major- General Lord Sandys, Major-General Geo ece . Bowie s ' Colonel Lord Hotham, Colonel the Hon. George Arlo Colonel the Hon. George Cathcart, Colonel E. P. Dr Buckley , Colonel Berkeley Drumtnond, Colonel J a mes Chatter ton, K.H., Colonel C. F. Bouverie, Colonel Lord RokebY, Colonel the, II Hon. George Lionel Daw so n Da Colonel L'' Lieutenant -Co lonel R. Lascelles, Colonel ~,v int Bentinck, Colonel W. the Earl of Albemarle. , G. Moore The full band was stationed in the sr:lf 'ro om at the the re south front of the house, and during past, a choice selection of music. was of the most The banquet, it is needless to sa Y'...delicacy in and recherché character, and included every delicacy the dessert out of season. The repast being over, having been placed upon the table, The Duke of WEeerecrroz: Performed, and in gracious terms proposed o her drunk enthusiasti jesty, the n -o "e—a toast whic h - Band-_« The health cally, with all the honours- r , e 0 , ;floss Gracious Ma- God save the p i a in c o e o --* Ansewr shortly after " ' lo yal Highness „" -- e - s ei permission to propose wards announced th,sti,"jeie-ee- as sure they would all the next toast, in wher i n , responding to as he did in feel the same deligh t - p rop ose it. He need not say the toast was having the honourheat° health of the illustrious Duke of Wel. 1 —" The • 413gtee,”......(Ge0et 9.hooripg) The whole of the company rose, and pledged (the aged veteran. Band—" See the Conquering Hero comesl".. The DUKE, after b ow i ng h i s thanks, rose and elm. " The Health of his Royal Highnesa Prince Albert," expressing at the same time the gratification he exps rienced at the presence of his royal guest upon this oc casion. The toast was duly honoured, the band Playing the " Coburgh March." His Royal Highness Prince ALBERT rose directly after the cheering subsided, and said he could °Lily re peat what ho had said upon former occasions, that he was deeply sensible of the honour conferred upon him in having the privilege of attending those anniversary meetings. The next toast was "The Army that fought at We terloo;" after which the Noble and Gallant Host gave " To the memory of those who fell at Waterloo." The lest toast was drank standing and in silence. Ttr e DUKE next proposed " The Cavalry at Waterloo, and the Marquis of Anglesey." The toast was most warmly received by the company. Band—" Cavalry Qiick March." Field Marshal the Marvis of ANGLESEY briefly ex pressed his grateful thanks for the honour conterred upon him by his Grace, end also by the Prince Consort, and his brother i fficers. Oftier toasts of " The Artillery," " The Infantry," "The Staff, &e., at Waterlfro," followed in due course. t;:id wore brit fly acknowledged by the gallant officers with whose names they were coupled. *lt being then past ten o'clock, Prince Albert and the N o ble and GaliaLt Deke left the gallery, and were fol lowed by the company to the saloon, where coffee was served. Shortly afterwards his Royal Highness took leave of his Grace, and the band of gallant officers se- parsed. His Grace the Duke of Wellington afterwards ordered hid carnage, to attend the Duchess of Beaufort's and she Marchioness of Salisbury's receptions. - chief folio The annual distribution of prizes to . the students of the medicalT Thursday, under connexion with plac e cu t able p th r t e s sid h e o n sp u ita o l f to th ok e MIDDLESEX .HOSPITAL. Earl of Carlisle, who, at the close of the proceedings, addressed the young ' men in his usual felicitous manner. sur diezne--Pdr. Thomas Dixon, Bedford. il ef e !i o , w ou in g o i l : sthleistocoefastihoons:e_who carried away the y tology—mr. enry James • , ..-., p h TY — Mr. Renr James Ellery, Truro. Anatomy —Mr Chemistry—M r . D • Anatomy—~qr, 1' 1 7:T1 Vernon, Demonstration— r r-T. Dbron, Bedford. William Lucy, London. Midwifery—Mr. Thomas Abbey, ForensicMateria Medics— med mouth; Mr. Henry ', a ward Vernon, London. rl, Clinical Medicine —Mr. Henry J a mes Botany—Mr. Edwin Stephene Coll" Prize in Pathology presented by Mr. i e i Medicine m i e.m e sr i z. z t svi r ei ryi a,l1Bl: un a Eo r k n eo l e id t ..w e l i r e n y v :l, T RI e r u a su r : o t h . a :. s, th S e he zt rb os or p n i e tal . , i Elleri, Truro. M.P.—Mr. Robert John Dempster, B r i r ill ''' . Henr y' Prize presented by the Treasurer A. ton. Mr. Henry James Ellery, Truro. NAVAL IN TELLIGENcE . PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 18.—The wind moderated laza evening, and at seven r.at. the Edinbar g h, 58, captid- Hew Jet, got away on her trial cruise. Th e wind agairl increased to a gale from the S.W. this morning, i v & squalls and much rain. Sprightly steamer, Master Commander Allen, r e . turned with the board of military officers, General Bar goyne, Colonel Smith, and Mr. Fox, having visited the Channel Islands and Horst Point to arrange the strength.. ening of the several fortifications at these places. Report says ;that Captain William Hope Johnstone, who at present commands the Albion, 20, in the Medi terranean, will succeed Rear-Admiral Parry in the su perintendentship of the Royal Naval Hospital at Hata= and the Clarence Victualling Establishment. The Retribution steam frigate, Captain Drummond. returned to Spithead to-day after completing coaling. Some little difficulty was experienced in getting her out of harbour, as the flood tide was making in very strong and the wind blowing half a gale in the harbour's mouth. On leaving the coaling hulk the wind took her star board bow, and nearly brought her athwart the Victo ry's stern, to escape which she was compelled to let go her anchor, which was afterwards weighed, when the wind took her on her port bow, bringing her in collision with the Lively naval lighter, staving in her pore gun wale and taking her from her moorings; the Retribution was now obliged to anchor a second time. She ultimately weighed again and got out of harbour. The officers and men of the Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones, have been hulked to-day on board the Victorious, pending the repair of the machinery of the Sampson. The officers and crow of the Dragon steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, have been turned over to the new steam frigate Tiger at this non today. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitschirence, G.C.1.i., has been swung in the stream to-day for the purpose of adjusting her compasses. The Fairy Royal yacht took a cruise round Spithead to-day to try her engines, and afterwards returned into harbcur to coal, and to be ready for the service of the Quoin. The Echo stcam•tug, Mr. Harding, master, embarked a draught of Royal Marines, and a party of seamen, gunners from the Excellent this day, and put them on board the Arrogant ,team-frigate at Spithead, for dis posal by Rear-Admiral Dundas in the Mediterranean. fleet. She afterwards brought in the Marines and newly entered men from the Arrogant, to receive their advance pay at the dockyard, and return with them to the ship In the evening. The Stirling Castle, 72, convict ship, has been taken into the south dock to-day to be converted into a hos pital for the prisoners at this port, and will, when finished, be moored near the Excellent. MERCANTILE. The Northumberland, Captain Milierlie passed this port yesterday, and sent in passengers and mails by a pilot boat last night. She sailed irom Port Philip on the 2d of March, and has a freight in gold from those diggings of about 14,000 ounces, at 60s. per ounce, colo nial value, when shipped. She spoke the Madras south. of the Western Island, 59 days out from Sierra Leone, for Falmouth, short of provisions. We are told by our informant the Northumberland has a lump of gold on board 27;1b. weight, and that one of her steerage pas sengers has 3741 a. of his own digging, the produce of te very short " spell" at the mines. The Prince of Wales, Indianian, one of Green's fleet, Captain Hopkins, passed the Wight, from Calcutta, this morning and sent in passengers by a pilot boat. The following is a complete list of those on board:—Messrs. A. Dick, Boulderson, Jennings, Hickson, Becket, Bunt and two children, Childs and one child, Wood and three. children, Siddons and four children,Braonodk SLimeuitthe:aasutd one child; Miss Hunt; Messrs. Boulderson (civil service )- J. Dirona (Of J. Stokes, surgeon, Wake, (Captain, 34th Native "'ln fantry), Bennett (Captain, Ist E. Rm. aFjeusstiyli,e6r:), Fer (Lieutenant, 45th Native Infantry), nadnedratil. ' that the re- Colonel Sutherland. From the Cape to London ;Lad Stanford, Captain Maydwell (her • Lady conaima nders-in-chief, ment), Sir H. Stanford and daughter, Mrs xi l a st yd i t e g l ll : em allo ar w e ed to to &c .p . Lir les u s T rs H . , A J . U D NE ick l , B J ._ . W M e uir u , the Civil Service) were landed at the C take their wives and ap e gulations by which naval o ffi cers, t a o i n e s e a havew with h bee n th families t stated that an admiral recentl be abolished; and it is quired to land his family. Sf • a ppointed has been re sent to Admiral Austen in rill Similar orders have been Commodore for the Cape has th e East Indies; and the take his family out. The c be e n refused permission to said to arise from the fact f ause for this alteration is having gone to the seat ° the or flagship not occasion. The Admiral of war, Rangoon, on the late steamer, for which net proceeded in the Battler e has not been complimented. It is further reported th Admiral Austen is l at in consequence of bad health The Queen 'kelp to of the come home immlidiately. Hyde, the ma chinery of which is S outh, Capt ai n repair in the Devonport Dock under examination an d yard • w llnot sail for the Cape of Good g op , 1 certainly e and Calcutta unday morning, and notification to before S . _ that effect ha s been sent to the Post- General, master-General. Letters for h e r ca n be posted in Lon don by Saturday's evening mail. of the (BY ELscrßic TELEGRAPH.) The Q uest South, Cap tain Hyde, which was docked in the R a l Arsenal yesterday , wee this morn ing o ffi cially ex amined by Mr. Eyde, the master-ship- Wright, the as s is tan t master-shipwright, and Mr. Curl ing, Lloyds , or, who report her perfect in every part, and w'tsharyteLy a ppearance of straining, or possi bility of adm itti ng water; end they are of opinion that ave passed into the vessel by the water may ml 'possibly the valves connected with the pipes which go through the bottom. They recommended that the valves should be carefully examined. This afternoon, M r . S tewart, the engineer of t he dockyard, Mr. She rero ft, f rom Messrs. Mandalay, t he the engineers o f t he of Queenthe South , examined the whole of her m a chiner y, which they pr onounce d per f ec t. ne w employed cleaning th e p um p s People are , &c. , to prevent a recurrence o f the which are choked ; • extra drawers are to be fixed. There is posi tivelychoking, l a a.k in the ship, and she will go out of dock to no orraw (Saturday). The ordinary working of the 11%.fneon o seems in some way to have created the acen enp--lat • f water, which was not carried off by the ships' mat pu alPs e • Th Blegana sailed for Woolwich yesterday, and the Sprightly for Portsmouth. ROYAL HIGHLAND SCHOOL SOCIETY.---The Lon don Branch of the Society in Sootland, for Propagating Christian Knowledge in the Highlands and Islands.—We are informed that the Rev. Dr. Alexander Fletcher has kindly cemented to preach a sermon on behalf of this venerable charity; and that Sir Archibald Alison, Bart., Sheriff of Lanarkshire, has, in the handsomest manner, agreed to pre- side at the anniversary festival, at the Freemasons' Tavern on the 14th of May next, when it is conte m pl a t e d that the Learned Baronet will be well supported by the:iiterati of the metropolis, as well as by the patrons and friends of the. society. 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Nervous or sick .head. aches, and lowness of spirits, m ay b e spee dil y cur ed by taking a course of Holloway's Pills. —S o ld by all Druggists tod at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, SEIZURE OF ARMS _On Saturday last acting. constable Purcell and party, s t a ti o ned at Camlough, county stand of arm Armagh, seized five s in that district, the licenses to the p arties in whose possession . they Were tutu* Imilla been xeYo4ccl by the Iducl-Lievitenant,