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

Vbtrb Xibitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o Clock. FRANCE. The Debats gives the following details of the at tempted assassination of M. TRIERS :-" It appears that on some days previously M. TRIERS had re ceived anonymous letters containing threats against his life. The police itself had believed it right to warn him to be on his guard, and recom mended him to change the white hat which he generally wears, and by w hich he was known. M. TRIERS did not think it necessary to take any notice of this warning. At six o'clock on Satur day, the hour at which M. TRIERS almost al ways returns home, M. MIGNET, who also wears a white hat, passed through the court-yard of the house to enter the garden, and was fired at, as already stated. The Commissary of Police immediately after went to the spot, and drew up a proses-verbal of this odious attempt. M. DEVISNE, the gunsmith, has ascertained that the shot must have been fired from above, either from the top of the railing which at that point is shaded by trees, or from the top of one of the houses surrounding the Place Saint- Georges. Neither M. MIGNET nor any other person of the house heard the detonation, from which, as has al ready been said, it is assumed that the assassin em ployed an air-gun. The gun must either have been double-barrelled, or charged with several balls, for at the same moment at which the little girl was wounded, a window was broken in the house of M. CHEVREUX, contiguous to that of M. THIERS. Several members of the National Assembly met yesterday in the Salle des Conferences, and conversed a good deal on the attempt against M. TRIERS, and of the threats which under d fferent forms have also, it is said, been addressed to some of them. A letter received on Saturday evening by M. BAVCHART, President of the Committee of Investigation, was handed round :—it contained these words, Your report is only a tissue of infamies. The only thing which consoles me respecting it is, that it will be, I hope, your decree of 1794. A bientot: This letter written with care, and without any error in spelling, shows that the writer is a man who has received a certain education. It is signed with the name of • Wil. Lecointre." Letters from Lyons of the sth inst. state that much excitement prevails in that city, and it is added that the troops have shown symptoms of fraternizing with the populace. The latter have insisted on the authorities closing three cafés, frequented, as they say, by aristocrats. At the departure of the mail a picket of 100 men of the line were drawn up at the Croix Rousse, and a piece of cannon was directed towards the square. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. APPENRADE, AUG. 3.—To-day at noon the intelli gence arrived from the north, at the head-quarters, by a Schleswig-Holstein dragoon, that the Swedes had withdrawn from Funen, and bad returned to Sweden. It is supposed that this intelligence is owing to a Prussian officer, who has re turned from the Danish head-quarters, where he had brought a Danish officer for exchange. The chief of the General staff, Baron VON STOCK.. HAUSEN, has been removed to Konigsburgh, the chief of the staff of the Prussian artillery, and Colonel FIDLER, Minister to Munster ; they have both been charged with a command. VON STOCKHAUSEN is succeeded by Colonel VON HAHN. Towards evening a Danish steamer was seen from the Chaussee, making for Alsen, and in the far distance a Danish man-of-war. We are informed that the Danes are favourably disposed to an interchange of prisoners. This is the more welcome, as General WRANGEL declared to the deputation which applied to him, that after having twice sought an interchange of prisoners of war without success, he could not do so again, but would, at the same time, readily attend to any proposition coming from the part of the Danes. ECKERNFORDE, AUG. 3. This morning the steamer Hecla entered this harbour, but after the neighbourhood had been reconnoitred by the officers, who were stationed with telescopes on the paddle box, it again went to sea. RENDSBURG, AUG. 4.—Yesterday afternoon it was reported, not only a Danish man-of-war had ap proached the harbour of Eckernforde, but that the Prince of AUGUSTENBURG'S estate of Not tr-sur- Eckernforde, was set fire to in four places. We merely state this as a report. RENDSEURG, AUG. 3.—The Provincial Government has authorised the appointed committee for tine con struction of a canal for marine and commerce from Eckernforde, across Schleswig to Hussan, to com• mence the preliminary preparation. RENDSBURG, AUG. 3.—Our garrison to-day re ceived the official notice that the Alecklenhurg-Stre litz battalion of infantry should march northwards on the 10th, and the two Hanoverian battalions on the 11th. The Schleswig-Holstein troops are to return to our garrison to be re-organized.—Hamburgh Cor respondent, Aug. 4. The Kieler Correspondenz Blatt states that General WRANGEL, in answer to the demand of the Burgo master, whether the town was to be wholly deprived of troops, stated that North Schleswig would remain occupied, but that the forces were to be lessened in this neighbourhood, in order not to press unduly upon the inbabitants.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle. DENMAItK. COPANUAGEN, AUG. 2.—BLOCKADE.—By an order of the Minister of Marine the Elbe, the Weser, and the Jande will be blockaded on the 15th August. The continuation of the armistice leads us to hope that arrangements for an amicable settlement may still be in progress, but the result of which cannot at this moment be easily foreseen. The war party place all their hopes on the party spirit of individuals, German Governments, and the weakness of Germany, resulting from resistance to the central Power. A frigate is this day to put out to sea. The Minister of War returned on the Ist of August. The Berlingsche Zeitung is of opinion that Kiel is about to become a German war harbour—that four gun• boats are being built there—and that every exertion is made to bring the three Kiel steamers now lying at Lubre to Kiel, for the purpose of equip ping them as war steamers. R USSIA. ST. PETERSBURGH, JULY 26.—0 n the 26th there were 2,540 cholera patients under treatment. There were 185 new cases, 258 recovered, and 84 died. On the 24th there were 2,986 cholera patients under treat ment. On the 23d there were 153 fresh cases ; 174 recovered, and 109 died. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, JIILY.—From the weekly sani tary reports of the city it appears that there is a de cline in cholera cases in the capital. On the 11th 206 died, among whom were only 55 females. Th e greater number of deaths have occurred in Galata, namely, 20, and in Pera 7. HUNGARY. The Breslauer Zeitung has letters from Pesth of the 30th tilt. A courier arrived on that day from Szegedin, and informed the Ministry that the Hun garian troops had stormed the "Roman encamp ments," and that they had entirely defeated the insur gents in that locality. No further details have as yet transpired. A grand deputation from the Hungarian Diet is on the point of leaving Pesth for Innspruck, to desire the KING'S (Emperor's) imme diate residence in the former town. They are in structed to add, that if the KING should refuse to comply with their request, the Hungarians would at once crown the Archduke FRANCIS Josepu (son of the Archduke FRANCIS CHARLES), who would for the future reside at Pesth. The coronatior, of the Archduke FRANCIS JOSEPH i 8 to be the same as that of the present KING (Emperor), who was crowned King of Hungary before the death of FRANCIS I. It is stated that the coronation of the new King does not affect the rights of sovereignty of the old one, but the exercise of that sovereignty is con fined to his actual presence in Hunger). The Em peror of Austria would thus be King of HUNGARY whenever he would choose to reside in that country, but in his absence the new KING would be the only legitimate Sovereign. This decided alternative is as serted to have been promoted by the hostile position which the Cabinet at Vienna have of late assumed with regard to Hungary. LOMBARD Y. It appears that the Austrian army, W hi ch i s 80,000 or 90,000 strong, is advancing towards Milan in three divisions. The centre division commanded by Marshal RADETZKY in person, and consisting o f 50,000 men, is hotly pursuing the Piedmontese army in its retreat; the right wing is stationed between Brescia and Milan, while the left wing, on the right bank of the Po, is advancing towards Parma awl Placenzia. On the side of the Italians the preparations for defence are extensive, and may have the effect of gaining time, but they are certainly not such as will stop RADETZKY in his course of victory. According to the Piedmontese papers, General Zuccni has left Milan at the head of 24,000 men; but the number is probably greatly exaggerated, and the men are composed entirely of volunteers and raw recruits. The same papers say that the Piedmontese reserve of 20,000 has joined the main army; but other accounts state that, including 411 the men that have lately joined him, CHARLES ALBERT'S army has been so reduced, by killed, wounded, prisoners, and deserters, during the last fortnight, that he has hardly 25,000 men in all under his command. There is no doubt, how ever, that the exertions making are great and praise werthy, and it is to be hoped that they will have the effect of checking the advance of RADETZICT to Milan, at least until the answer of Austria to the offer of mediation made by England and France shall have been received. The National Savoien says that Lodi has been for tified, and that CHARLES ALBERT has decided upon barring the passage of the Austrian army in its march towards Milan. The city is in a state of siege, and the army which, according to this paper, is still in an admirable state of discipline, is fully determined to make a vigorous resistance. At the sitting of the Senate of Turin of the Ist inst. the loan of 12,000,000 francs for the war was unanimously voted, as also a vote of thanks to 13rescia, and all the other towns of Lombardy, for their cou rage, constancy, and fraternal conduct towards the Piedmontese army. On the day following the ses sion of the Chamber and Senate was prorogued to September 15. The Risorgimento of Turin, of the 3d, states from Milan that, on the Ist, the enemy attacked at Crotta d'Adda, at Como Vecchio, and at Macca Storms, but was repulsed. On that morning Lord ABERCROMBIA arrived at the Piedmontese camp, and, after a con ference with the KING, set out immediately for the Austrian head- quarters. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS , NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. 5, 1548. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 434 Diseases of Uncertain. Seat ... 36 Turbercular Diseases... ... 176 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 101 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 25 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ..• ... 60 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ••• ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... Premature Birth ... •• •• Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• •• Old Age Sudden ... ..• Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Causes not specified ... DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... Population Enumenued, 1841= West Districts... 300,711 North Districts.. 375,971 Central Districts 373,653 East Districts ... 392,444 South Districts .. 501,190 ... 70 ... 17 ... 10 ... 25 ... 30 ... 24 1,038 Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1843-7. In the live Sumntera. Week. , 142 ... 137 182 ... 218 178 ... 182 219 ... 241 251 ... 260 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 972 ... 1,038 Males ... 518 Females ... %20 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ... 658 ... 642 Total ... ... 1,300 COURSE OF EXCHI Amsttmlam •12 2 Ditto, at sight •• Rotterdam .... • ... .. 12 2% Antwerp.............. 25 80 tiamburgh ••114.8. 13 9N /Rona •• ........ • • .... Paris, 3 'lays' sight ...• 25 45 Ditto, 3 months .... f4arselhes ••..••• • .. • • 25 80 Reurdeaux......... • Frankfort on Maine.... 1213 Petersburgh, Sil. Rble Vienna, effec. .• 12 0 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... Madrid •• •• .. 44 Cadiz •• ••••••••• •• •• 48% Barcelona •• •• •• •• •• •• SavWe.. •• •• •• •• •... LNGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.. • • ...... • • • Leghorn .. ...... ••.. • • 31 50 Genoa ........ .... 26 0 linen .. • . Venice .... Naples . • • • • • • • • • • . Palermo, peroa .. • . Lisbon. ... • • Oporto .. .. • • .... ••.. • • 51=4 Rio Janeiro •• .. .... • . 13uenos Ayres .. ••.. .. New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .... ..... PIICEa OF BULLION, PER 08. L Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 ew Dollars • • • • 4 10% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 S Silver is bars .... •. • 0 4 11% RAILWAY COMIVIITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP No. 11 . - MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MAT LOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNCTION (Deviation and Branches).—The object of the Bill is to authorise the Company to make several important deviations in their line, so as to avoid the heavy works which the original plan embraced. The case was opened to-day, and evi dence taken in its favour. It is strenuously opposed by the Manchester, Sheffield, ;and Lincolnshire Company, who insist that the deviation line is an unjustifiable en croachment on their district. ELECTION COMMITTEE. (THIS DAY.) DUBLIN. The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds' ma jority was resumed, and the arguments on the legality or the Dublin pipe-rate continued. They had not closed when the Commitee rose. MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the London New Price Current of Aug. E.) SUGAR.—To-day the market presented a firm aspect for raw Sugar, notwithstanding the increased quantity brought forward, and shippers as well as home-trade buyers were desirous to do business. The demand was active for West India Muscovado, both for the pan and scale, whilst the rates paid are fully equal to those of Friday, and for all sorts. At public sale 197 hhds 14 tierces and 146 barrels Barbadoes went upon full terms, and all sold—fine yellow realized 425, good middling and good 40s to 41s, middling 38s Gd to 39s 6d, low 37s to 38s, and brown 365; 534 hhds 36 tierces and 91 barrels Trinidad were disposed of at and after the sale upon full terms—good yellow fetched 395, middling 37s 6d to 38s, low 3Ga Gd to 375, good and fine brown 35s to 36s per ewt. The total purchases to-day reach 650 hhds and tierces. REFINED. —To-day refined goods met with less atten tio❑ for home trade pirposes, and prices are not sup ported; brown grocery lumps selling at 53s to 53s 6d, and to pass the standard 545; bonded crushed Sugar is wanted for exportation at 26s 6d to 27a 6d. MAURITIVS.—This afterncon Mauritius Sear was in excellent request; and two parcels offered at public wale, amounting to 90 casks and 1640 hags, sold upon full terms: fine yellow went at 40s to 41s, good 39s to 39s 6 t, middling 37s 6d to 38s 6d, fine brown 365, washed and syrppy 36s 6d so 40s 6d, brown ditto 28s 6d to 84s 7d per cat. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the market was much better supplied with Madras Sugar. The quantity of fered at auction amounted to 7,030 bags, still the whole sold upon 1 ull terms. Bengal is wanted, and 1,473 bags ,vent at the full worth. FOREIGN.—TO, day there was no public sale of Fo reign Sugar, but privately several inquiries existed, and two cargoes of yellow Havannah were sold afloat at 18s. to IBs. 3d per cwt. for low quality. COFFEE.—This alternoon the public sales of 2,035 bags and 7 casks Ceylon Coffee went off flatly, and a r•tnail part only sold at barely former rates; 35 bales Mocha sold at better prices; fine clean yellow at 65s 6d, middling 525, and damaged 40 to 61s per cwt. TEL—There is less activity in the market, which is to be ascribed to the announcement of the public sales. Holders display firmness, and insist upon full rates for all sorts. None has been imported since this day week. Congou of ordinary clean quality cannot be obtained under 8d; Hyson Is, Gunpowder Canton is, and Im perial 10d perlb. Ricz.—Today greater desire was shown to do busi ness in all sorts of Rice, and 3,581 bags Bengal at pub lic sale were nearly all sold at an advance on former rates of 6d per cwt. Of Sago Flower 1,158 hags were all taken in at 15s for good, but damaged sold at 8s 6cl to 13s 6d ; 47 bags Borneo Sago withdrawn ; 105 pkgs of Arrowroot in part sold. SPICES.—To-day at public sale 405 pockets of Ma labar Pepper sold at kd per lb advance—fine heavy clean brown realised 3kd to 3id, and damaged nil to 3kd; 15 cases Nutmegs sold at stiffer rates; 190 bags of Zannibar Cloves taken in at 7id; 21 brls Jamaica Ginger sold at 54s to 80s for ordinary and middling: 32 cases Calicut ditto taken in at 66s to 70s for bold; and 32 bags Barbadoes at 30s to 31s 6d per cwt. SPIRITB.—To day there was less activity in the Rem market, and prices are not so firm. Proof Leewards can be obtained at Is 8d to Is 83d, East India Is 5d to Is 6d, and Jamaica low to fine 28 to 38 overproot; not high flavoured, 3s 3d to 4s 3d per gallon. SALTPETRE.—A material increase has taken:place in the demand for Rough by private treaty, and we have to announce a rise in prices of 6d per cwt. On the part of merchants there is firmness, and the market has been less freely supplied, but some buyers continue the chief operators. At aution 1553 bags Calcutta were sold. English Refixed sells more freely at 28s 6d to 29s per cwt. OILS.—For common descriptions of Fish Oils the market has shown a brighter appearance, and on the part of holders less disposition is manifested to sell. The imports are nut of much moment since our last report, but deliveries are upon an enlarged scale. Southern is much in request, and former rates are well sus tained. At auction 74 tuns were all sold at 22/ 103 to 2 5 / 5 s for ord to fine, and very low 2115 s to 221. Seal has been largely dealt in, and a riso in the value is ap parent. In Cod several sales have been made at 24/ to 24155, aad at which rates there are not free sellers. Sperm is brought freely to market, and holders are will ing. to m a k e a f urther concession in the value, still 0 offered buyers tuns operate with caution, an d o f 102 tuns at auction a p ar t on ly so ld. F or auct i on The puroct hase marls Southern, and n 100 Linseedtun s of u Sperm p a e r r e m u a p r o e n declar ed. scale for home trade purposes, whilst several orders for exportation have been concluded, and prices are firm at 226 6d to 23s 61:1 per cwt. For forward delivery the demand is good at 22s 9d. Rapeseed Oil finds a ready sale at 35s 6d to 36s for pale, and 34s 6d to 35s for brown. We have to announce a material improvement in the de mand for Olive. and an advance in prices. For Cocoa Nut the demand is brisker, and holders appear less dis posed to press sales. Palm is held with firmness, and there is a good trade. Lard Oil moves off slowly. TALLow.—To-day there was less activity in the mar• kat for Russian, and on the spot prices declined to 44s 3d to 44s 6d for new, and to 43s dd to 44s per cwt. for old. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) DOWNING-STREET, Am. 5, 1848. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John S. Saunders, Esq., to be Clerk of the Circuits and Clerk of the Crown on the Circuits, and George Botsford, Esq., to be Clerk of the Legislative Council, for the province of New Brunswick. FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG. 5. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Ho ratio J. Sprague, as Consul at Gibraltar for the United States of America. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Auc. 7. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Hip polyte Flury, as Consul at Malta for the French Re public. - Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Essex. Charles Du Cane, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant Thomas Jenner Spitty, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenaut July 22. - DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. Samuel Mover, Park-street,Grosvenor l square, builder, BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Josiah John Craske, linen draper, Lowestoft, Suffolk BANKRUPTS. John Gatrell, upholsterer, Lymington, Aug. 17 and Sept. 25, at half-past one, to surrender at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Barber, Furnival's Inn. Joseph Hubbard, linen draper, Dorking, Surrey, Aug. 17, and Sept. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Bircbin-lane; Hardwick and Davidson, Weavers'-hall, Basinghall-street. Joseph Peace Shuttleworth, mathematical instrument maker, Birmingham, Aug. 22, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 19, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Ryland, Bir mingham. Thomas Wakefield, merchant, Nottingham, Aug. 25. and Sept. 22d, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court, Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Parsons, Not tingham. George Webster, licensed victualler, Hedge-row, Islington, Aug. 18, at half-past one, and Sept. 22, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee, Basinghall•street ; Hillesry, Fenchurch-street. Thomas James Champion, boot and Shoemaker, Tun. bridge Wells, Aug. 19, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 23, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official as. signee, Aldermanbury; Scarman, Gresham-rooms, Ba• singhall-street. james Crescent Shaw, carrier, Bristol, Aug. 22 and Sept. 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hut ton, official assignee, Bristol; Jones and Co., Crosby square; Peters and Abbot, Bristol. James Steere, watch maker, Guildford, Surrey, August 19, at one, and Sept. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Spyer, Broad-street-buldings. David Turner, inkeeper, Sheffield, Aug. 19 and Sept. 30, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Frroman, official assignee, Sheffield; Moss, Sergeants'-inn, Lon don; Ryalls, Sheffield. Charles Lowe Swanson and John Birchwood, manu facturers, Manchester, Aug. 21 and Sept. 12, at twel►e, at the Manchester District Coprt. Fraser, official as signee, Manchester; Pittendreigh and Co., Gray's-inn. London; Baker, Manehcster. Thomas Gillespie Ferguson, Henry Taylor, and George Frederick Mandley, commission merchants, Manchester, Aug. 21 and Sept. 8, at eleven, at the Man chester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Man chester; Reed, Langford and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapaide; Sale, Worthington and Shipman, Manchester. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships ;Ambled at Five o'clock. The Salmon Breed Preservation Bill was road a third time and passed. The Public Works (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed, after a few words from the Earl of DESART and the Marquis of CLANRICARDE. COPYHOLD BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE asked what course it was in tended to pursue with regard to the Copyhold Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was not his in tention to proceed with the Bill during this session. SICILY AND NAPLES. Lord STANLEY, while he hoped to obtain an answer to the question of which he had given notice last night, thought it would be better to make a mo tion for papers, as it would enable him to ask the Noble Marquis to enter more into details with regard to the question of Sicily than ho would in giving answers to a question. The success of the French re volution and the acknowledgment of the French republic had given rise to an insurrection in Sicily, which for the time had been successful. It was an acknowledged principle that in all such cases foreign Governments should maintain the strictest neutrality. On this principle we had abstained from interfering in the affairs of Italy, we had condemned German interference in the affairs of Holstein, and we had praised the answer of M. do Latnartine to the Irish deputation, mud if there was any country in the world in which it was incumbent to maintain the doctrine of non-interference it was England, which had Ireland at its door, with a large portion of the population al ways willing to accept foreign intervention to shake off what they were unjustly taught to consider the yoke of the mother country. It was most unfortu nate that at the period when the affairs of Naples re quired great tact and judgment, the British Minister should have been absent from his post, and the conduct of affairs should have been left to an able but an inexperienced young man. He believed the the Noble Lord opposite, who had a roving nommission to all the Southern Courts, happened to be at Rome at the time of the Sicilian outbreak, and that he had been invited, to come to Naples by the King, and to interfere between the King and his revolted subjects. He believed that although the Noble Earl had been invited to inter fere his advice had been disregarded by both parties. His mediation was disregarded, and the Neapolitan troops had been driven from Sicily. An insurrection followed in Naples, which was at first successful, but afterwards a reaction took place, and an agreement was come to be tween the King and the liberal party of Naples. Measures were then undertaken by the King of Naples to subdue his revolted subjects in Sicily, With regard to the recognition by Foreign Powers, of the independence of any revolted State, he thought that no friendly Power should recognise such independence so long as there was any chance of the friendly Foreign power to which such revolted subjects owed alle giance, being enabled to make its supremacy re cognised.—(Hear, hear.) The self-constituted provi sional Government of Sicily proceeeded to consider the form of government be established. Communications were opened with the British authorities ; and it was stated that a communication was made through the me dium of Mr. Fagan, an attachh of the British Embassy at Naples, that it was the pleasure of the British Go vernment that the Sicilians should adopt the monarchical form of government, and that they .should choose as their king the son of the King of Sardinia. " (LEFT SPEAKING%) HOUSE OF COMMONS. Tbo SPEAKER took the Chair at a Quarter after Twelve o'clock. MR. SMITH O'BRIEN. The SPEAKER, immediately upon taking the chair, said—l have to inform the House that I have received the following communication from the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland:— " Dublin Castle, Aug. 6, 1848. '• It is my painful duty to inform you that Mr. Wm. Smith O'Brien, a Member of your lion. House, was arrested yesterday, at Thurles, on a charge of high treason, and is now in the gaol of Kilmainham." LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to: — Birkenhead Dock Commissioners (Transfer of Powers to New Commissioners, effecting Arrangements with the Crown, and Amendment of Acts)—(No. 2.) Furness Railway. Londonderry Improvement. Thorne Moor Drainage and Improvement. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : Marlborough College Chapel. Walsall Improvement. SECOND READINGS. The followinc , Bills were read a second time:— Marquis o f Londonderry's Estate (No. 1). Marquis of Londonderry's Estate (No. 2). Westminster Improvements. On Mt the R a y i I o S o 0 0 r UMr.TB E' Ro S T E H S E T I A I T U N BILL. itwas r dered that in the case of the Marquis of Bute's Estate Bill,the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills have leave to sit and proceed to-morrow ; also, that the Marquis of Bute's Estate Bill be read the second time to-morrow, provided the report of the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills shall then have been received. WEST INDIES. Mr. BARKLY presented a petition from the Com mittee of West Indian Planters, praying for relief in consequence of the injuries inflicted upon the colonies by the contradictory legislation of the Rouse. POOR -LAW (IRELAND). • Colonel DUNNE pr esente d a petition from the guar dians of the poor-law union of Carriek.on-Cross, pray ing for an alteration of the Irish Poor-law. Captaia ARCHDALL presented a petition to the same effect. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY. ARBITRARY SUPPRESSION OF A STATION Sir W. SOMERVILLE presented a p et i t i on on behalf. of the Mayor and other inhabitants of D rog h e d a and its vicinity, complaining of the arbitrary suppression of the Bettystown station by the directors of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway, and praying for the introdu ct i on of a general enactment empowering the Railway Commis sioners, or Board of Trade, to adjudicate upon di s p ute d questions between the public and railway companies in Ireland, and that the question pending between the public and the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Company may be referred to the decision of the Railway CODlChiki• Sit:41011. THIRD READINGS. The Turnpike Roads (Irelaud) Bill, the Canada Go vernment Bill, and the Militia Blllots Suspension Bil were severally read a third time and passed. CHURCHES BILL. The report upon this Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to morrow. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS BILL. The report upon the Preclamations on Fines Court of Common Pleas Bill was brought up and agreed to, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. POOR-LAW UNION CHARGES (No. 2) BILL On the report upon this Bill being brought up, Mr. C. BULLER moved the insertion of the following clause :—" And be it further enacted, that if any person hereinbeforo made chargeable upon the common fund of the union shall be convicted before any justice of an) offence committed in any workhouse while maintained therein, or of deserting or running away from any workhouse, and carrying away clothes or other property therefrom, and be liable to be com mitted to any gaol or house of correction, the justice before whom such person shall be convicted, may commit such person to the gaol or house of correction of the county or place containing the parish in which such person, if chargeable to the common fund by reason of being exempt from removal under the statute herein before mentioned, shall have been residing, when ad mitted into the workhouse, or to that of the county or place comprising the major part of such union, in the case of any other person herein rendered chargeable on the said common fund, notwithstanding such workhouse may not be situated in such county or place, or that such justice may not be a justice of such county or place, and the charges of the conveyance of such person to such gaol or house of correction, and all other charges con sequent upon such committal, shall be borne by suc h county or place in like man ner as th e c h arges o f per . sons committed in the ordinary mode to the gaol thereof, shall be borne. After a few words from Captain PECHELL, the clause was agreed to and ordered to stand part of the Bill. Colonel THOMPSON moved the insertion of the fol lowing clause, after clause 3:—" And be it further enacted that the guardians of any union or parish may, with the order of the said Commissioners, and in con formity with such regulations as they shall direct, pro cure, or assist in procuring the emigration of any poor person chargeable, or who would, if relieved, be charge able upon the common fund of such union, or in the case of any parish not comprised in a union, who may, though not settled therein, be exempt from liability to removal therefrom ; and such guardians shall in the ca se of a union, charge th e costs and expenses incurred in such emigration upon the common fund; and in the case of a parish not in a union, upon the moneys in their hands fur the relief of the poor. Mr. HENLEY trusted that the Hon. Member who had introduced the Bill would not support the amend ment. The clause, after a short discussion, was agreed to, and also ordered to stand part of the Bill. Other amendments were agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. INCREASE OF VAGRANCY. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY called the attention of the Hon. Gentleinan to the vast increase of vagrancy. In Leeds, the cost of relieving the wandering poor had been doubled during the last three years, as compared with '35, '36, and '37. In Manchester, they had. been trebled ; in Norwich, almost doubled, whilst in the city of Lon don, it haeLinereased to.an enormous extent ; for in stance, 35$ only were relieved by the city of London Union in 1839, but 41,743 were relieved in 1847. The gaols were filled with vagrant poor, from 6,000 to 7,000 of whom passed through the city annually, and no effi cient provision was made for their lodgment in any of the workhouses, except in the city of London Union and the the West London Union. Mr. BULLER assured the Hon. Gentleman that his best attention was directed to the subject. The measure before the House had been adopted after the fullest con sideration of the whole matter. But if any Hon. Gen tleman would propose any measure that would better promote the great object which he had in view, he should feel happy to give it the utmost encouragement. Mr. HENLEY regretted the absence of the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department, as the questiou was one which came more properly under his cognisance, being a criminal matter, than that of the Poor-law Commissioners. He hoped the Government would introduce a Bill to deal with those who committed acts of vagrancy.—(Hear.) Mr. C. LEWIS said the vagrant laws were sufficiently stringent, and that it would be difficult for the House to make them more so. It was extremely difficult to prove an act of vagrancy, and there was great disincli nation on the part of metropolitan and provincial magis trates to send destitute persons proved soliciting alms to prison, because the cost of their maintenance would be greater in the prison than in the workhouse. POOR -LAW UNION DISTRICTS SCHOOL BILL. On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said that he bad hoped,some explanation would have been given of the Bill. It was proposed to provide for the compulsory education of the children of the indigent poor of the country in a manner most objectionable. He particularly objected to the mode in which the expense was to be paid—namely, out of the poor-rate. The objections urged against the Bill were so freely stated in a petition from Ashton, that he felt he could not do better than enumerate them. It stated that parochial burdens would be increased, which were now greater than the ratepayers were in a condi tion to pay. That the children in the workhouses were now better educated than the children of many work men, mechanics, and others, who contributed to the rates. That educating the children until they reached the age of 16 was too long a period, and would engender habits of indolence which would unfit them for labour ; that it would lead to the compulsory separation of parents from their children, or, if they were dead, from their pro per guardians; that the Poor-law Commissioners, which were now in bad odour would, if the measure were passed, become still more disliked; that it would lead, each dis trict being 15 miles in area, to a system et cen tralization and of Government patronage; would establish a national system of education, and interfere with religious freedom. His great objection to the Bill was that the expense of the schools would be paid out of the poor -rates. This was the third time this session that an attempt had been made to fasten great and improper charges upon th e poor rates. F irst, h therepairing the highways ; s econ d, th e vagrancy, p which th e y h a d j ust b een resent measure, which was designed to charge upon the poo r - rate many expenses dealingAt Act t withn e w with; systemrese a nd t of to third, which were altogether foreign to the purpose fur which they were collected. By the Act of 1844 the Poor-law Commissioners were empowered, "at their will and pleasure," to establish district schools ; but since that time a serious change had taken place in the condition of those who paid the rates—he alluded to the cul tivators of the soil. The Legislature had been pleased to establish the principle that there should be free trade in all things produced by the earth, in con sequence of which those engaged in the cultivation of the soil bad had their resources materially crippled. This being the case, he asked the Government on what principle of justice they could ask these parties to con sent to an increase of the poor-rates? It appeared from the Bill that the guardians of the poori would have no power of controlling the expenditure in respect of their schools. Looking at the late period of the ses sion, and the dissatisfaction which such:a measure as this would cause, he felt it his duty to oppose it. Mr. CHARLES BULLER assured the House that he should not at this late period of the session have brought forward the Bill if he had thought that it would press unduly upon any portion of the community. He was prepared to show that the mea sure would not infringe upon the liberty of any part of her Majesty's subjects; nay, more, he was prepared to contend that it had been brought forward to diminish the burdens of the rate-payers, by a wise and econo mical expenditure in connexion with these schools.— (Hear, bear.) No power was to be taken in the Bill which would empower the Poor-law Commissioners to force anything upon the ratepayerswltiiouttWeir consent. lie declared he had no sympathy in the popular notion that they could over-educiae the children of the poor. Children were placed in workhouses under most distressing circumstances, and if they did not educate them, the evil would not only recoil upon the children, but upon the whole country.— (Hear, hear.) At present, under the existing poor-law, there was a schoolmaster and schoolmistress in all the workhouses, who were maintained at considerable ex pense, but it was defrayed by a vote of Parliament, and so would the expense of maintaining the school masters and schoolmistresses in these district schools. The present number of children in workhouse union schools was at the present moment in England 51,237, while out of that number there was only 5,402 who were children of able-bodied paupers. All that he asked was that the House should remove the limitations which prevented those who would unite from being united with these schools, and by the limitations that at present existed they were prevented from the formation of dis tricts which otherwise could be easily formed. He did not see why parties should not be at liberty to erect a building apart, for children from the workhouse, if parties were willing to pay the expense of them. He believed that nothing was, more prejudicial to female children than bringing them up with the women in the workhouse. The Right Hon. Gentleman, after adverting to cases showing the excellent effect of the adoption of such a course, and stating that he preferred in• dustrial to elementary education for paupers, stated that this Bill, if passed, would give him no power except that of forming districts, and atter that the whole power would go to the ratepayers. He believed that if the unions were allowed to exercise their own free will they would form themselves into districts and build workhouses, to which they would send their children and bring them up in proper indus trial habits. _ . Sir %V. JOLLIFFE, while he admitted the import ance of the measure, and the kindly feelings that had induced the Right Hon. Gentleman to introduce it, could not but think the second week in August a most inop• portune period to discuss a injasure of such importance, and he thought the Right Hon. Gentleman, in postpon ing the measure to auuther session, would exercise a sound deacretion. Mr. HENLEY did not believe that the present Bill would remedy the evils it was intenied to put an end to. The Right Hon. Gentleman had said that the Bill was perfectly voluntary. He denied it. They had no instruction at all as to the number of guardians, and under this Bill a district might be formed, and guardians appointed that would tax ratepayers to an unlimited extent. Such a Bill he objected to at the present moment and period of the session. He thought the House ought to have had more explanation on the subject of the Bill from the Right Hon. Gentleman than they had hitherto had. He thought the more the measure was looked at the more necessity there was for postponing it till another session. Viscount EBRINGTON supported the Bill. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY movtd an amendment that the Committee on till. Bill be postponed until this day three months. Mr. C. BULLER hoped that the House would allow the Bill to go into Committee, and it there were any objectionable provisions in it they might then be amended. After a brief discussion, the debate was adjourned until Thursday. RENEWABLE LEASEHOLD CONVERSION (IRELAND) BILL. On the order of the day for going into Committee on this Bill being read, Sir W. SOMERVILLE proposed that the committal of the Bill be postponed until Thursday next. - Mr. LAW trusted that the Right Hon. Baronet would defer the Bill until next session, as it was a measure of very great importance, and could not, in common de cency, be di-cussed unless in a full House. 'file committal of the Bill was ultimately postponed until Thursday next, when it will be taken as the first order of the day. WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENT BILL. This Bill was read a second time. ADVOWSONS IN THE COUNTIES OF WAR. WICK AND STAFFORD. The Exchange of Advowsons in the Counties of War wick and Stafford Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. DUBLIN POLICE BILL. The Dublin Police Bill was ordered to be committed on Thursday next. The House then adjourned until Five o'clock. The House resumed at Five o'clock. Lord G. BENTINCK presented a petition from the shipowners of North Shields against the Custom-house regulations of that port. BOARD OF AUDIT. Dr. BOWRING postponed the two following notices relative to the Board of Audit till next session:— " Select Committee to inquire into the constitution and efficiency of the Board of Audit." "To call attention to the returns from the Shannon Navigation Commis sion, showing that no proper accounts have been fur nished to the Audit Office for nearly ten years, and that 130,0001. of the public money remains unaccounted for at the present moment." Tne notices were accordingly discharged. BRITISH FISHERIES. Mr. HUME moved for a return showing in detail the total annual expense, from the year 1840 to the year 1847 inclusive, of the Board of British Fisheries, in cluding the salaries, allowances, incidental expenses, superannuations, or pensions of all persons employed by or connected with that establishment; the cost and ex penses of any steam or sailing vessels belonging to or employed by it; the nature and object of the duties perfonned by it; and th. fond or funds out of which its expenses are delraJed (in continuance of Parliamentary Paper, No. 529, Session 1839).—Agreed to. SCOTCH CHURCH. Mr. HUME moved an addres;fotareturn of the total number of seats in each of the churches in the city of Edinburgh, whose ministers are paid by the annuity tax; stating the number of seats let and not let, in .-ach of the last five years ; distinguishing between the seatholders who reside within the royalty of the- city, and those who reside in other parishes; also distinguish ing seatholders who are actually rated for the annuity tax, and stating the amount received for seat rent in each of these churches in each year, and how appro priated.—Agreed to.' SASINES AND REVERSIONS. Mr. HUME moved for a return of the establishment of the office of Keeper of Sasines and Reversions in Scotland in the years 1846 and 1847, stating the names, office, and amount of salary of every person em ployed, and from what sources paid. And, ac count of the amount received for fees in the office of Keeper of Sasines and Reversions in each of the years 1846 and 1847, with a list of the several fees charged, and the rate of each fee, and how the same have been appropriated in each of these years .—A greed to. PUBLICANS. Mr. TATTON EGERTON presented a petition from Westmoreland praying the House to pass a Bill to pre vent the sale of spirituous liquors in public-houses be tween the hours of eleven on Saturday night and six o'clock on Sunday morning. TRADE AND NAVIGATION Mr. LABOUCHERE, in laying a number of returns of the monthly accounts relating to trade and navigation before the House, said, in order to obviate all complaint oy any undue paeference having been shown by the Government, he had made arrangements by which those returns would be printed and distributed in the usual way among the Members of the House. THE CRIMINAL LAW. Mr. ANSTEY put the following question to the First Lord of the Treasury:—When her Majesty's Ministers intend to move for leave to bring in the Bill for consoli dating and amending the criminal law of England, pre pared by the present Criminal Law Commissioners, and printed at p. 70 of their Fourth Report, recently laid on the table of this House; or whether her Majesty's Mi nisters intend to take any other and what measures for carrying into effect the suggestions of that report; and in particular whether it' is their intention to adopt such of them as concern the offence of being a Roman Catholic minister in England, bound by reli gious vows, or that of omitting to elect or consecrate an archbishop or bishop after receiving a congd (Mire, and whereby the former offence is to be made punishable with banishment for life in the first instance, and with transportation for life in the second, and the latter offence to be made punishable with three years' impri sonment or fine at discretion, or both; and why it is proposed to confine the operation of the contemplated penal enactments to England. Sir G. GREY stated in reply to the first question that the Bill contained only part of the recommendation of the Criminal Law Commissioners, by which the Govern ment was in no degree bound; and, therefore, he could not say whether it was the intention of the Government to bring in a Bill in accordance with those recommenda tions. To the second question he had to reply that the reports and suggestions of the Committee would be duly consider* d by the Government during the recess, when perhaps the Government would introduce measures on their own responsibility, such as they might think fit to meet the state of the case. He was not prepared to say for which of the recommendations of the Committee the Government would ask the sanction of Parliament. REGISTRATION OE BIRTHS. DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES BILL (SCOTLAND). Admiral GORDON enquired if the Lord Advocate intended to proceed with these bills this session. The Lord ADVOCATE replied, although the House came to an unequivocal vote yesterday with respect to these Bills, yet, considering the late period of the session, and the statement of several of the Scotch Members that their constituents required time to consider the pro visions of the Bill, he should not proceed with them further during the present session, but he should pro ceed with them early in the ensuing session. COMPULSORY ENFRANCHISEMENT OF COPYHOLDS. In reply to Mr. THORNELEY, Sir 0. GREY stated that the Lord Chancellor did not consider that the Bill which had been introduced into the other House of Parliament could be pressed to a com pletion during the present session. It was his intention next session, to reintroduce a new Bill on the subject. JAMAICA AND TRINIDAD. Mr. BAILEY inquired if dispatches had been re ceived by the last packet from Sir Charles Grey, the Governor of Jamaica, and Lord Harris, the Governor of Trinidad, with reference to the state of the colonies. Mr. LABOUCHERE would make inquiries at the Colonial-office, and if the Under-Secretary was not pre sent to-morrow, he would take care to reply to the question. Lord J. RUSSELL said a despatch had been received from Lord Harris ; he could not then say whether it could be laid on the table. ESTATES IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND). Mr. MONSELL asked whether it WAS the intention of the Government to introduce a measure early next session fur the improvement of estates under the care of the Court of Chancery.---(Hear, hear. ) Sir W. SOMERNILLE said a Bill for that purpose had received the consent of the Lord Chancellor of Ire land, but the late period of the session precluded its being brought forward until the ensuing session. H e trusted it would be in his power to bring in the Bill at an early period of the next session. WEDNESDAYS' SITTINGS. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he had given notice yesterday of his intention to-day to propose to alter the course of proceeding, with respect to the sittings of the House on Wednesday. As must be well known to Hon. Members, there were at present many votes in Supply yet to be taken, and he hoped the House would forward the desires of the Government to get those votes passed through. H e should, therefore, if it met with the approbation of the House, propose to go into Committee of Supply to morrow at five o'clock, and on the Friday, Monday, and Wednesday following. The. Noble Lord concluded by moving the suspension of the standing orders relative to the House sitting on Wednesday. Lord G. BENTINCK wished to know if the Noble Lord was prepared to state what course he intended to pursue with respect to the other business, especially the sugar duties ? L6rd J. RUSSELL said that His Right Hon. Friend, the President of the Board of Trade would, on Thurs day, move the Committee on the navigation laws, with a view of postponing them to another session. After that he proposed to take the Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill, and after that the sugar duties. Colonel SIPTEIORP protested against this novel mode of proceeding of the Noble Lord. Formerly they never sat on Wednesdays at all; afterwards only till six o'clock. He thought it was t h e incompetency lazi ness of the present Government that had caused the present state of the Reuse, and the Noble Lord now took the present mode of making up from that incom petency and laziness. SMITH had no objection to the present motion, but he was anxious to know what course the Noble Lord intended .to adopt with respect to the mo tion the Hon. Member for Southwark with respect to Colonial expenditure. Mr. BROTHERTON said, under the peculiar circum stances of the time he did not intend to oppose the mo tion, but he hoped the Noble Lord would agree with him that the Wednesday's sittings from twelve to six had worked well. A great deal of good business had been done on a Wednesday. It had been a great ad►antage to Memb,.rs, for it gave them an opportunity for making arrangements for the evening.—(Hear, hear, and Laughter.) lie had al lowed the sitting on other nights to extend to a greater length than he should have dune, because he knew that j in the middle of the week there was no evening sitting. He had made a comparison of the Wednesday's sittings under the old and the Wednesday's sittings under toe present system, and ho found that in twelve Wednesdays' sittings under the old syateal they 8, 1848. sat 35 hours, while in twelve Wednut.da)s' sittings under the present system they ,=tit 70 11 , urs.—(lie , ir, An HON. MEMBER—WeII, and what have we dune ? Mr. BROTIIFJIION regrtacti that they had Only had a good deal of task, but they ket done very little business, and he for one confessed he had beer, greatly disappointed and annoyed at the length to which some Hon. Members had carried their speeches. He hoped, however, that next session some amendment would be made in that respect, but he trusted nothing would be done to disturb tueir Wednes day day sittings.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. COBDEN rose in consequence of what had fallen from the Hon. INleu,ber ion Northampton to state that at the request of his lion. Friend the Member for Southwark, ho had taken charge of the motion on Colonial expenditure, but as the Government had already acquiesced in it, he thought it was disposed of, so far as the House was concerned. Should the House arrive at the motion to night, he should propose to resume the debate, but not for the purpose of making a speech.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. THORNELY said the Noble Lord had stated that he intended to proceed with the Navigation Laws on Thursday. He wished to knoW whether it was the in tention of the Government to bring in a Bill on the subject. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that was exactly the reasoa Government proposed to ask the House to agree to the resolution on the navigation -taws. It the House agreed to them the Bill would be brought in, printed, and circu lated in the country.--(Hear, hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL said there was no objection on the part of the Government to the resolution proposed by the Hon. Member for Southwark (Sir W. Molesworth) respecting the colonies. He was himself disposed to move the resolution, but the Honour able Member for the West Riding (Mr. Cobden) had stated that he would move . the resumption of the debate. The Honourable Member for Southwark had made a very able speech, in the sentiments of which he (Lord John Russell) entirely concurred, and as the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies had also made a very able statement to the House, he did not think it necessary to take any fur ther part in the debate. With respect to the observa tion of the Hon. Member for Salford (Mr. Brotherton), he had to state that he proposed to continue the sittings of the House on Wednesday evening at five, as this was the second week in August, and the Government were desirous o 1 going into a Committee of Supply. Mr. HUME said the Noble Lord had two propositions on the paper to make. Lord - J - . RUSSELL said he wished to explain that he did not intead to propose the second motion on the paper for the House to adjourn at three on Wednesday. Mr. HUME objected to continuing the sittings on Wednesday atter twelve o'clock, but did not persevere in making an amendFrent. After a short discussion the motion of the Noble Lord was agreed to. (LEFT SITTING.) ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT:— Warwick, Aug. 7. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice P.irrzsox.) Edward Jennings, aged 40, was charged with betting tire to his dwelling-house to defraud the District Fire Insurance Company. The prisoner by trade is a woodcutter, in Birming ham, and had insured his stock in trade and furniture, in the office in question for 1201., the insurance being effected ten days before the fire. On the (lay in ques tion, which happened to be Sunday, the 30th day of April, the prisoner was seen to go out in the evening, with his wife and child, for church, but having pro ceeded with them a few yards he returned home, leaving them to go to church alone. In about ten minutes he came out of his house again, and went on to church. Shortly after this smoke was observed coming out of the first-floor windows, and upon the neighbours forcing an entrance, they found the premises•burning in three dif ferent places. The inference was, this Was not acci dental but premeditated, but there was nothing but inference to fix it upon the prisoner. •The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAMBETH. A person connected with the establishment of Messrs. Moses and Sons, tailors, &c., Aldgate, attended before Mr. Elliott to contradict a part of the statement which appeared in the morning papers of Friday last, under the head of this Court. The statement complained of was one which bad been made during the investigation of a charge against a female named Mounser, of unlawfully pledging seven teen shirts; wherein it was alleged that the shirts so pawned were the property of Memirs. Moses and Sons. The applicant denied all knowledge of the transaction; said that Messrs. Moses and Sons were not in the habit of getting shirts made up for exportation; that half-a, crown a dozen was not what they paid for making the shirts they required, and that, in fact, the woman Mounser had never been employed by the firm. Mr. Gunn, the magistrate's clerk, observed that the person who attended the examination of Mounser, and who represented himself as clerk to the o w n er o f the shirts, undoubtedly led the magistrate and all present to believe that Messrs. Moses and Sons were his employers. His own words were that he was clerk to Messrs. Henry Edand and Morris Mosei2, of the. Minories. The applicant remarked thut the firm just mentioned resided on Tower- hill, or New America-square, and had no connexion whatever with the house of Messrs. Moses and Sons, Aldgate. He, the applicant, expressed a hope that as the report in question was likely to excite a pre judice unfavourable, if not injurious to the latter firm, the reporters would notice, and the different journals contra dict, the statement, as far as Messrs. Moses and Sons were concerned. RAILWAI SHARE MARKETis. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 7. STOCK EXCHANGEL—There has been but little done in shares to-day, and prices are somewhat less than last quoted. The market closed heavily at the following prices : London and North-Western, 125—Ditto, New Quarters, 1 c. p.—London Brighton, and S ou th C oast , N ew 5/. Shares, p....-blidland Stock, 102—Ditto, New Halves, 6% dis.— South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 3 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N. and 13. Extension), No. 2,1% p.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), I p. MANCHESTER, AuG. 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sale.; nre—Birkenhead. Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction. 31/: Shares, 7 11-16 Lancashire and Yorkshire, Preference, 11-16 p.—North Staffordshire, 2% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 2 15-16 c. dis.—VVhitehaven and . Furness, 9% dis. BIRMINGHAM, Auto. 7. STOCK EXCPSANGE. - Very little business done. No list issued. The sales are—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B) ‘ 3/. 11s. 3d. nis.—Caledonian, Bs. 9d. p. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. August 7. JUVENILitI OFFENDERS (IRELAND) BILL. Lord MONTEAGLE then moved the second reading of the Juvenile Offenders (Ireland) Bill, which had come up from the House of Commons. Earl GREY did not object to the principle of the Bill, but he thought the measure (me of too important a na ture to be considered hurriedly. He thought it would be advisable not to press it at this late period of the session. The Bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed to-morrow. Earl GREY that to-morrow he should l a y upon the table some additional sadi papers connected with emigra tin to Australia. and take that opportunity to mak e a general statement as to what measures had been adopted on the subject. THE RUM DUTIES BILL. The Duke of ARGYLL, before the order of the day for the second reading of the Rum Duties Bill was read, wished to know whether it was the intention of the Go vernment to use their best exertion fur the purpose of obtaining the sanction of Parliament to the British Spi rits Warehousing Bill. The Earl of GRANVILLE said the Bill was before the other House of Parliament, and it was the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to proceed with it as speedily as possible. The Bill had been reported. The Noble Lord then moved the second reading of the Bill. After a short conversation, in which the Duke of ARGYLh and Lord MONTEACLE took part, the Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed to mor row (this day). The Caledonian Canal Bill was read a second time. The Salmon Breed Preservation Bill and the Public Works (Ireland) Bill went through Committee. The Corn Markets (Ireland) Bill was reported, and the third reading fixed for to-morrow. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. August 7. PUBLIC HEALTH BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill, for the purpose of considering the Lords' amendments. Viscount MORPETH said he should propose the adoption of all the amendments up to clause 8. It was subsequently arranged, however, that the amendments should be put seriatim. On clause 8 being proposed, Viscount MORPETH. said he did not wish to inter fere vtith the just right of the other House of Legisla ture to make amendments in the sanitary code by which the country was to be governed. The amendment to this claw was made in the other House by a Right Rev. Prelate, whose care and anxiety for the welfare of the poor could not be exceeded, and was well known. He did not object to the amendment, but he considered it was drawn up in a way which was not the best th at could be adopted. He thought it wise possible to re model the amendment so as to do away with the objec tion to it in its present form. He proposed, therefore, to take the proportion of 23 deaths in 1,000 and th at pro portion, he considered, would exhibit such an amount of unhealthiness in the district where this rate of mortality prevailed, as to take away any difficulty that might be supposed to exist in applying this Bill to those places. He did not wish to spread alarm in the mind of the public as to the progress of the cholera, but he con ceived he should not be acting fairly, nor be discharging his public duty, if he did not state facts which had come to his knowledge—the same precursors to the cholera which appeared in 1832, such as influenza, diarrhoea, &c., bad also shown themselves recently in this country, Lie would state the information which he had received re specting the progress of the cholera in certain countries of Europe. The following letters had been received by her Majesty's Government:— Extract of a letter from Dr. P. L eonard i , of the quaran tine at Angora, dated June 26, 1848. " During the last week the cholera has manifested itself in this city. The cases have averaged from four to five daily. The mortality h ere h as not been great, but I regret to say that at Balgat, a village distant one hour to the west, nearly the whole population has perished." Extract of a dispatch from Mr. Consul Gardner, Jassy, July 26, 1848. "The choler& is diminishing at Jassy, but raging witli • violence in the ct,untry. My letters from the district re prewth, its etY ets as iLost destructive." "A return ot the casualties trvin cholera ot St. Peters burgh, cooiptlut from official ptibications, to the latest dates, July 24:—Cases, 17,742; deaths, 10,131; cures, 4,618; and :r treatment, 2,986. Proportions: —per 100 —deaths, 57; cures, 26; under . treatment, 17.—British Consulate, July 26. "Moscow.—Cases, 9,754; deaths, 4,309." " Cairo, July Is. "My Lord,—l regret extremely to inform your Lord ship that the Asiatic cholera has suddenly appeared. here in a form of unusual malignity. Whence or how iteame I am at present unable to state, as no case has been re piled from any of the ports or frontiers of Egypt. Hi therto its ravages have been chiefly confined to Boulak, the port of this city on the Nile. On the night of the 15th instant five cases occurred in that suburb; ou the 16th, 18; yesterday and last night, 49 cases. What is must nielaneholl., and also most extraordinary,. is, that although the sufferers have all possible medical aid from practitioners who have had great experience in the treatment of cholera, not one case has hitherto been saved —every single patient has died in the course of a few hours. The Board of Health have assembled and have issued a series of precationary regulations, with a view to findt the ravages of this fearful scourge; but it is in vain to hope that, having begun with such force and intensity, its progress can now be arrested by any human effort. The will of Providence may, indeed, cause it to disappear as suddenly as it appeared ; but until some cases of successful treatment shall have been reported, it will be difficult for the public mind to be much tranquillised by the suggestions of the faculty. " I have, &c., " C. A. MURRAY." " Therapia, July 1. "My Lord,—The strength of the disease appears to fluctuate in some degree with. the wind, being o❑ the in crease whenever a south or south-east wind prevails. " The accounts from Broussa, Odessa, ands Bucha.. rest, not to mention other places of less note, are 'Very alarming. " STRATFORD CANNING. " The Viscount Palmerston; G.C.8." "Belgrade, July 9. " Sir,—A letter from the small town of Gradiaa, on the Danube, about 20 leagues from hence, states:— " The cholera has appeared in a dreadful form. We have heard of no recoveries, and most of the cases ter minated fatally within twelve hours. • " A healthy woman, while occupied in cooking, was attacked by agonising cramps in the limbs,which,brought her to the ground in en instant. Her skin became blue and cold, and in less than five minutes she expired. Two men in the next village died almost instantaneously— their bodies all blue, and their knees d rawn up to the i r stomachs. Every h our we see corpses carried out for interment, it being impossible to keep them until the next day. " I am, Sir, " T. DE G. DE FONBLASQUE. ' " John Bidwell, Esq." " Tchelrerghi, near Broussa. "My Lord,—l lament to have to perform the duty of announcing to your Lordship a fearful visitation of the cholera in this district. It manifested itself in the town about eight days ago, and the number of attacks has increased to 60 or 70 a day. In most cases they have not been fatal where prompt medical assistance was ol:o• tamed. In the immediate vicinity of the consulate the malady broke out and continues to rage with intense violence; not a house has escaped. It has swept off two ' of my domestics, a third recovered from an attack, and one of my daughters felt a victim to the scourge a few hours after our arrival at this village, where the hot mineral springs are situated, which escaped the former visitation in 1831, and hitherto is exempt for the present. It is spread over many of the villages near, and a great part of the district, extending also to Balukissar, and the valley of the Sangarius, from such imperfect information as I can yet obtain. "I have, &c., " D. SANDISON, Consul. " Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8." " Belgrade, June 30. " Sir,—ln a letter from Ulexinii, Captain Cecil John son says—. There is nothing new here, except that on the 18th a swarm of caterpillars, such as no man ever saw before, took possession of this valley, and by sunset had destroyed every plant. Such was the number—of these insects that the people were turned out at four o'clock in the morning to destroy them with besoms, branches of trees, &c. The roads were literally black with them, and the house in which I live was covered to the first-fluor. The heat is overpowering, a breeze blow ing like the hot winds of India. A Tatar from Stamboul reports that the cholera was raging in that city.' Nearly similar phenomena to these mentioned were observed at different places in 1831 and 1835, and assumed to bail some occult connexion with cholera. It is certainly singular coincidence that (besides Alexinii) most of the . valleys on the south-eastern frontier of Serwia and the west of Bulgaria should have been covered with cater pillars (of a peculiar kind, as the peasants allege) just as the cholera was advancing to within a few leagues of these districts ; but then it should also be considered that the same unusual heat, which adds intensity and impulse to the disease, may also account for the extraordinary -. development of insect life. "I am, &c., " T. DE G. DE FONBLANQUE." " Jassy, June 26. " My Lord,—Since my preceding dispatch of the 19th inst., consular No. 11, I have the honour to report that the prevailing epidemy, the cholera, has assumed a very violent character in Jassy, and that the number of casu alties has varied from 30 to 100 deaths per diem. The Government has not judged it advisable to issue any bul-, letins on the occasion. The malady offers quite a novel character. It has been so rapidly destructive that per. sons in perfect health haver fallen victims to it in the short space of two or three hours, and the instances are numerous. It may be attri buted, undoubtedly, to the excessive heat of the season. The thermometer for successive weeks has seldom marked less than 29 to 30 degrees by Reaumur, or 100 by Fahrenheit in the shade. At Galata the malady has almost ceased ; at Ibraila and B uc h arest i t h as nished ; and th abundant rain now falling will refresh the atmosphere, and relieve us from one of the chief causes of disease. In the meantime the city has been abandoned by all the families who have the means of quitting it, and my own chancery is deserted. All the tribunals are closed as well as the schools, and rigorous measures are employed at the barriers,. or t o ll s of the city, to prevent the egress of whatever may propagate the malady, and regulations prohibiting the introduction of various supplies are also enforced. Provisions are becoming Scarce and very dear. " To add to this gloomy picture, immense swarms of locusts have appeared in every direction, and in a ten fold amount to that of last year. " I have, &c., " SAMUEL GARDNER." dessa, , 1848. eMy Lord,--The presence" of O the cholera in 2B this town was for the first time acknowledged by public authority yesterday. According to official report there were on andtAh n a d t dfnraoty—mhe the p n o e r w tl_9 c t e tho s et of fl , 1 1 n 3 au 3 ym ; tb d oe e r a t t h h o e s f , p 4 cr t ug ; ee in , r t e Bd c 2a o 4y v ; e , r i i na e n s t , do 2 wo B nf . deaths, 332; of recoveries, 235; remaining sick, 257. The present population of Odessa is stated to exceed 90,000 inhabitants. lam not yet prepared to speak on the modes of treatment adopted here, which, in the hands of professional men, varies very materially under different circumstances. All condemn neglect of first symptoms, however trifling, recommending instant and energetic remedies; and the simplest means thus applied in numerous instances have proved successful, such as large doses of the essence of peppermint, even brandy with pepper or ginger, and, in particular, violent fric tion. The cholera is reported to be very severe in Ni colayeff and Cherson, and its parts of Bessarabia. It is spreading throughout the country, and is advancing ra pidly westward. It has likewise re-appeared in the towns on the Axoff, though in a very slight degree. " I have, &c. " AMES . " The Right H on . Viscount Pa J lmerston, Y G.C.I3 EAMES ." He did not mean to say that tho adoption of this clause would stop the ravages of a calamity now raging from the Neva to the Nile ; but everything showed that the adoption 3f the precautionary measures tended to miti gate such evils. The Noble Lord here quoted a paragraph from the " Medico-Chirurgical Review" to show that the cholera had raged with the greatest intensity where sanitary regulations and precautions were least attended to. He, therefore, on the behalf of the poor felt himself called upon to ask the House to adopt this amendment, for if the cholera should come he should not like to have it ou his conscience that he had not done all in his power to protect the poor from its operation. He begged, therefore, the House to adopt the amendment modified in the way he had described. Mr. HENLEY said the great difficulty he had with respect to this amendment was that he could form no opinion as to the class of towns to which it would apply, and, therefore, it was not possible to say the amount of additional taxation which such an amendment would create. .He would have been better satisfied had the clause been printed, so that the House and country would have had an opportunity of looking into it, and ascertaining its nature and bearing. If disease visited this country again as rapidly as it did some years ago, the present Bill would not be of much use, as its cumbrous machinery could not be put into action with sufficient celerity to be of any real service. He wished to know whether the Noble Lord would consent to make the order provisional rather than a direct order? The mode proposed of judging of the amount of malady and the rule under which the Bill was to be applied, might be a very fair way of judging of the question ; but that was a matter which was not made clear ; and, therefore, it was better to have some distinct idea on the subject, in place of taking a leap in the dark. Viscount MORPETH said he had no objection to assent to the proposition of the Hon. Member, provided it was understood that no unnecessary delay to the mea sure was to take place. Mr. NEWDEGATE protested against being bound by any suggestion on the part of the Noble Lord that there was to be no oppositi..n to the Bill. Mr. URQUHART said ho objected to the clause in tole. In answer to a question put by Mr. CARDWELL, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that as the Bill originally stood, whether there were local Acts or not , where nut less than one•tenth of the inhabitants peti tioned the general board, an inspection would be allowed. If there were no Act of Parliament an order in Council might bo made—if there was an Act of Parliament provisional order might be made. The addition to the clause or amendment of the Lords madoan inquiry necessary in a further case. For instance, that in places where the wealthier classes might be free from disease, but where there might be a great mortality amongst tb• poorer inhabitants—whether from the mal-administra- Lion of the local Acts or want of knowledge—then the Act should authorise the g enera l b oar d to sen d anin spector down _to the district. Alderman SIDNEY had such strong objections to the amen( divide Mr. under hums Aft Thi tipns Thl On Car Univai went. Mr. amens Sir Were 1 went; been r Mr. propel Mr. collisi, Could amend Um. Mattel centre Mr. Puy t , peyky. 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