The Sun. — London, England, 1848-06-20 00:00:00

PRUSSIA. THE RIOTS AT BERLIN-TAKING OF THE ARSENAL. • We continue our narrative of the occurrences at Berlin, on the 14th and 15th, from our edition of yes terday. It appears the Burgher Guard, in attempting to disperse the crowds in the streets, wounded five men. There was an immediate cry of "To arms ! " and at ten o'clock the people attacked the arsenal, from which two muskets shots were fired, and two persons wounded, and one killed. The cry of "Barricades" was raised, and the people retreated for reinforcements. Alarmed at what had occurred, the Burgher Guard deposed Major Benda, who had given the order to fire, from his comm an d, an d d eserte d the arsenal, which was also evacuated by the troops, and at eleven o'clock the people collected round it again, and it was resolved to storm it. The windows of the ground floor are closed inside with heavy slitters. A large beam of timber was procured, and having been slung between a party of 30 or 40 men, was applied to doors and windows in the manner of a battering-ram. Four windows defied all the attacks; glass and woodwork were split and shat tered, but the iron held out ; a fifth gave way, and through it the crowd entered and in a few minutes were masters of all the military stores and ammunition the building contained. The search on the ground-floor discovered no weapons ; but several pigs of lead, provided for casting bullets, were carried away in various directions ; there were also some cannon there, but they were left, as too heavy for removal. In the upper story the depot of muskets was found, seized, and forthwith di vided among the invading party ; the stock was not so great as expected; for since the former distribu tion the Government has not placed any others there. From 700 to 800 is reported to be about the number. The crowd held possession of the building till one o'clock, and then retired. But quiet was not perfectly restored the whole night. Numerous patrol parties crossed the city in every direction. fhe troops, too, were called into r equ i s ition, and at'day break the apparition of a troop of Lancers created an alarm, and the tocsin was sounded from all the churches. When the arsenal was stormed the mili tary were called out. They only arrived in time to see the last of the storming party departing ; but they succeeded in rescuing a few muskets from the hands of those who had stayed in the building a little too long. The arsenal —now it is gutted of its contents—is held by a strorr , military force. Up to eight o'clock the city appeared pretty quiet. The following speech, made in the Chamber b3r M. Camphausen, shadows forth the difficulties the Go vernment has had and has still to contend with : "I "I will onlyobserve that the excesseswhich havlemented, the subject of just complaint must be much because they endanger the safety and liberty a of this Assembly, and might lead the provinces to believe that what springs from our deliberations_ and debates is not the true and free expression of the w opinion of the Assembly. The measures which ha been taken to prevent similar occurrences es will be stated by the Minister of the Interior; but the re proach might be made to the Government of having neglected measures which would prevent the repetition of these occurrences, I beg you to listen to a few words explaining and justifying its conduct. When I was called to my present office the country was in turbulent commotion. Two courses could then have been adopted for the purpose of restoring order. The one was to act quickly, vigorously, and boldly, to obtain all the results which might have been derived from the past events, end to govern, as it were, in the spirit of the revolution; the other was to continue to govern by those historical means which the old consti tution had left us, until the day when the representatives of the people should take their position at our side. The first course, the course o f revo l ut i onary dictatorship, the Ministry would not adopt. The second it has followed, and this was not easily done. We had to govern in accordance with public opinion, which at all times it is so difficult to ascertain, and which often proves to be changed after a fact has been accomplished. Often we had to seek strength in a p ass i ve res i stance, often to omit vigorous measures for the purpose of not appear ing as reactionary. We had to seek support through the Burgher Guard, and often our decrees were dependent on their opinion and consent. We have succeeded in over cominr, these difficulties. The time is come in w hi c h this Il i on. Assembly takes its position at our side. What it decrees conjointly with the Government must be ac knowledged as law by the country and by Berlin. As regards the subject just alluded to that this Asssembly should be removed from Berlin, I am of opinion that this would be impolitic and incompatible with the wel fare of the country." At the sitting of the Chamber on the 15th, the Ptesident Dead a communication from Major Blesson which created the utmost astonishment. He in formed the Chamber that he had ordered the number of men required to take their posts round the hall, but after the events of yesterday he could not guarantee the safety of the Assembly. The guard had the proper orders, but he could not promise they would obey them ; just as little could he say they would do their duty if they did ! A second letter from him, apparently latter written, stated that the 4th, sth, and 7th battalions had volunteered for the duty, and on them he thought he could rely. M. Camphausen then stated the measures the Government was prepared to take for the protection of the Assembly. As it appeared the existing force could not be depended on, it proposed to call out the 3d battalion of the Berlin Landwehr (consisting of men who have served their time in the regular army, but are still liable for extraordinary service) to mount guard along with the citizens. A new organization of the Civic Guard itself is resolved on, and the for mation of a special protective force for the Chamber is contemplated. A stonily debate ensued ; the left, the Opposition, declared such extraordinary measures were unworthy of a popular representative Assembly ; it would end by every member being obliged:to walk home under an armed escort. Their best protection was a prfeat confidence in the people ; but it was no wonder, considering the nature of their discussions and votes, that the suspicions of the people had been excited. A deputy, named Uhlich, formally moved that the Assembly should declare that it did not require any armed guard, but that it placed itself under the ;protection .f the people of Th,rlin. The motion of M. Uhlich was carried by a great majo rity ; it is, of course, equivalent to a defeat of the Government, Neither of the Ministers made any observation as to what may be the result of the vote. The Assembly then entered on a 'discussion as to the best means (if hastening the progress of the debate on the constitution. It was then proposed to form a commission of 24; three members to be named from each of the eight bureau; to take the draught into consideration, to make alterations in it, or to draw up an entirely new one; the constitution thus amended and developed to be submitted to the whole Chaufber. The Ministry, through M. Hanseman, opposed the motion, as much more likely to cause delay than progress; but on the division the Govern ment was again defeated, the numbers being, for the 'notion; 188 ; against it, 142. In the Chamber, a s well as out of doors, the power of the Govern ment is gone ; political and social diso r d er are deepen ing every day ; and, with them, distress. T he smaller traders, who have to pay rents and taxes as usual, with no returns from their business, are sinki ng gra . dually into pauperism; and sturdy mendicancy is turning to theft. RUSSIA, DENMARK, AND S WEDEN. • nom Malmo it is reported that the shipment of Swedish troops has been suspended, Sweden being anxious to avoid war if possible. A portion of the Swedish fleet, consisting of frigates, brigs, schooners, and, steamers, is lying off Malmo. A report from Copenhagen mentions that a considerable body of troops is on board the Russian fleet ; as many as 11,000 men is named. On the other hand it is reported that a reinforce ment of 40,000 men will join the Schleswig army in a few days. It appears that at the conference which took place at Malmo, between the Kings of Sweden and Den 'n'ark, the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, and the British Minister at Copenhagen, nothing definitely could be arranged with regard to any truce, the Russian demands, on behalf of Denmark, being, that both the duchies should be cleared of all foreign troops before any negotiations were en tered into, and that, in the event of Denmark being forced to give up Schleswig, or any part of . it, which h a d b een guarantee d b y E ng l an d , F rance, Sweden, .. and Russia to th a t p ower , th e R us - Z u uEmperor w ou ld ma k e a s i m i lar cla i m (w i th re pest to a formal breach of treaty) to the possessi o n of Holstein , of the D uchy to favour which had be e n g ive n up Paul I. the Dani s h M onarc h y b y the E mperor It was f urther stated that a marriage was on the and tapis the between thr‘eiaeughter of the Ki ng o f S we d en as settled. Gran s d ac .u h an Constantine, whi c h was as goo d siderably strengthen them.'" would of course con and become ultim ate l y 2 8 10 0 of these two P owers , balance of power o f the nortr ie im p ortance to the The Swedes in general are opposed to any such alliance with Itutzia. LOMBARDY, • The Italia del Popolo of the 13th conveys the disagreeable ne ws o f" the capitulation of Vicenza, overpowered b y th e overw h e l m i ng force of the Austrians. It appears t h at t h e enemy was (at the date referred t o ) mov i ng towards P a d ua, and that the latter city would no doubt experience a similar fate unless succour were sent. This intelligence is confirmed by letters from Milan, which Atat o th a t t h e garr i son of Vicenza capitulated on the 11th. The troops composing the garrison marched out with the honours of war, and were permitted to retain their arms on condition that they should not serve against the Austrians for three months. Bassano is occupied by 1,500 Austrians. The Osservatore Triestino of the 10th announces the per fect tranquillity of Trieste. No further aggressions had been attempted by the fleet. That city, accord ing to the Osservatore, is determined to remain Austrian. THE SUN, LONDON, Mr. lloniNsoN—l believe a true bill has been found against him for uttering sedition. The RECORDER—I know nothing about that. It is right the parties should know that any deviation from their recognizance 3 will cause them to be estreated. I will accept the bail I have named with 24 hours' notice to the prosecutor. The prisoner then retired. NEW COURT. THE CHARTISTS IN BONNER'S-FIELDS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Richard Yatten and Henry Payne were also convicted of assaulting the police on the 4th of June.—Sentence deferred. Samuel Strapps, a respectable-looking young man, was indicted with assaulting the police on the 4th of June, by throwing a ginger -beer bottle at them. Several police swore positively to the prisoner, and their evidence was corroborated by a person of the name of Andrews, who stated himself to be a com positor, a reporter, and special constable, but upon being pressed by Mr. Payne, who was counsel for the prisoner, he declined to state for what paper he reported, and the Common Sergeant, after consulting with the Recorder, decided he was justified in doing A s Ysi o. Mr. E addressed the jury for the prisoner, and p p r r i i T,Grs s o o hhen n oeere e jgre r ue w oGr y3s a ur, s :tailro t tafy h tNe. e .rs m cEo a ßn n Gs called three witne sses , w h o positively denied that the who iEdAe Nr considering threw summedefwo r thesome g u pi time,g ander- ginger-beer bottle. found the ford was then indicted with assaulting the police, but Mr. BODKIN, on the part of the prosecution, declined offering any evidence against him, and he was conse quently acquitted. John Wedge, 18, was i n di cte d f or an assau l t, b ut t h e evidence not being very conclusive, the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The prisoners Coaling, Callaghan, Jones, Moston, Whitehead, Blackburn, Kingston, Page, Bingley, and Email, who were convicted on Saturday of the offences of rioting and assaulting the police, were then brought up for judgment. The COMMON-SERGEANT, addressing the prisoners, said they had been convicted, after a very long and patient inquiry, occupying more than nine hours, of the offence of riotously assembling together, and assaulting the police in the execution of their duty. An attempt had been made to show that the police had exceeded their duty, but it had failed entirely, for the evidence clearly proved that they had used no more violence than was necessary for the preservation of the public peace. They might with perfect propriety have prevented the meetings in question from taking place on the Sunday, but they did not do so, and remained perfectly quiet, and com mitted no act of aggression until Shackell, the inspector, was attacked and severely injured. If men would commit these acts of violence they must take the consequences, and it was impossible to measure with nicety the amount of force that might be used to repel them. It was laid down by Lord Hale, that officers were justified at common law in resisting even to the last extremity for their own protection and the preservation of the public peace; and it seemed to him that in the present instance the police had done no more than their duty. He saw no mitigating circumstances in the case. The prisoners all appeared to be in work and to have ample means of subsistence, and they had no excuse for mixing themselves up with such lawless proceedings. If there was to be a Government, and if men were to live as heretofore in peace and quietness, such acts as these must be repressed, and, but for the recommendation to mercy of the jury, he should certainly have inflicted the full punishment fixed by the law for the offence of which they had been convicted. He had most carefully con sidered all the circumstances of the case, and the sen tence that ought to be passed, and the result was, that the Court adjudged Couling, Callaghan, Jones, Moston, Whitehead, Blackburn, and Page, to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour one year, and such of them as were of Lull age, in addition, to enter into a recognizanc e i n 1001. to ep the peace for two years; and those who were not of age to do the same, upon pain of imprison ment. The prisoner Kingston was sentenced to six months' hard labour, Bingley to three, and Iliman, who, it will be recollected, struck one of the constables with an iron bar, was sentenced to two years' hard labour. These three prisoners were also ordered to enter into their own recognizances in 1001. to keep the peace for two years. The prisoners who had been convicted in the course of this morning were then brought up, and Mallandine was sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour, Payne to one year, Strapps to nine months', and Connolly and Yatton to six months' hard labour, and, in addition, to enter into recognizances to keep the peace for two years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Thomas Wooding was charged by Mr. Ring, proprietor of the Britannia Tavern, Fish-street-hill, with robbery. Mr. Ring went on Thursday last into his cellar, and found that seven or eight bottles of wine had disappeared. He searched and found four bottles of wine in the dust hole. He then fastened the door and went to the station house, and procured the assistance of a constable. On Saturday the prisoner, a customer to the house, and a person in whose integrity the complainant had the ut most reliance, went down to the cellar and was detected. Within the last six months Mr. Ring had lost about five dozen of wine, as well as a quantity of brandy, so that, notwithstanding strict attention to business and rigid economy, he found that he was going back in the world. When the prisoner came up from the cellar he went out of the house. The complainant followed and called after the prisoner, who would not answer, but was soon ap prehended and lodged in prison. A City policeman said, that in consequence of informa tion which he had received he went on Friday last to the Britannia tavern, and watched the door until half-past eleven o'clock at night. On Saturday morning he again visited the house at an early hour and watched, and saw the prisoner go to the dusthole, feel about it, and pull out a bottle of wine. From the yard the prisoner pro ceeded to the water-closet, when he wiped the dust frcm the bottle and pocketed the wine, after which he turned into the street, when he was apprehended. The prisoner said, he never had a thought of commit ting robbery, but having left a bag and a knot in the dusthole he found a bottle of wine upon going to search for them, and considered it so much good luck. Fully committed for trial. MARYLEBONE. Mr. Alexander Lamond, who described himself as a stockbroker in the City, and residing in Mornington place, Hampstead-road, was charged before Mr. Broughton with the following disgraceful conduct:— Roberts, 107 D, deposed, that on the previous evening he was sent for to 50, Manchester -street, Manchester square, where he saw the defendant, who was very drunk, and refused to leave, alleging that he should not do so until he had seen his friend, Mr. Terry, who was from home at the time, and he (the defendant) was told that it was uncertain when he would return. The only persons on the premises were some women, who were very much alarmed at his conduct, and after some per suasion witness prevailed upon him to leave. He (de fendant) then walked off, followed by witness, who in South-street saw him go up to a girl about twelve years old, with a baby in her arms, and lay hold of her per son in a most indelicate manner, after which he kissed her several times. Witness desired him to desist from such behaviour and go quietly on, upon which he put his hands up, and placing his fingers in a peculiar way, ex claimed, " Take it out of that." In other streets wit ness (who had kept close to him) saw him pursue a course of similar disgusting behaviour towards a woman and a young child, and at length felt it to be his duty to take him into custody. He resisted violently, but, with assistance, witness succeeded, in conveying him to the station-house. Michael Smith, residing in East-street, corroborated the greater portion of the constable's evidence as to the gross indecency complained of.: Mr. BROUGHTON asked, if the woman alluded to was in attendance, and he was replied to in th e negative. The defendant, negative. on being asked what he had say in answer to so very serious a charge, expressed his deep regret at what he had been guilty of, according to the representations of the witnesses. He felt thoroughly ashamed of himself, and had he been in his right senses such a thing would not have happened ; his prospects, owing to this affair, would probably be ruined through life, and he begged that the magistrate would be merci ful ; he had not been in trouble before, and could bring witnesses forward as to his respectability in society. Mr. Baouusuosr gave him to understand that his plea of respectability was an aggravation rather than an extenuation of the offences which had been so fully proved against him, and he (the magistrate) was some what in doubt as to whether he ought not to send the defendant at once to prison or not. He, however, had expressed great contrition for the acts of which he acknowledged himself to be guilty ; and, under all the circumstances (none of the women being present), he (Mr. Broughton) should fine him in the penalty of Si.; in default of payment, one month in the House of Cor- reetion. The money was paid. WESTMINSTER. OUTRAGE ON BOARD A STLAM-BOAT.—J. Green and J. Robinson, two of the crew ,of the Era steam-boat, were charged with the following outrageous conduct:— Mr. G. Waugh, of 5, Great James-street, Bedford row,_ stated that he engaged the Era steamer for Satur whaaehyumicrlphtaesraths, to convey a party of his friends to Hampton C theirs nd back, the boat, of course, to be exclusively to the v ' a e d a ss il e h d l e , for the day. The party took a great quantity of provisions, champagne and other wines, on board in been r r a e visit they to p then, the deck hayingHamptonof adoeourdt collation n d The first disagreeableartook prepared during their absence, and been cleared, dancing commenced. of the defendant Green) Lath varsh thingithat occurred was, that al though he (Mr. paid the captain (brother expense, of the vessel, and piere ery d o t l h e e s r , contingent e ih x a beenee•tarieminded that they again demanded the was, that Mr. W P a u tich had been paid, set up a of t lss. extra for servants, which, to prevent any witness paid. The next thing some bottled beer to be given to the musicians,ordered hen the defendant Robinson came and demanded payment. w Mr. Waugh, who had ordered his servant to pay for the beer, called him, and the latter informed Robinson that he had paid for it. Shortly after this Mr. Waugh went to the captain, and pointing out Robinson, who had been extremely abusive, told him that he was drunk, and finding both the defendants in a few minutes afterwards lying among the wine bottles and hampers, again called the captain's attention to the circumstance, when the latter went towards the men. In the course of two or three minutes Mr. Waugh saw that there was something the matter at one end of the boat, and on going there he founnd the two defendants attacking the captain in a most ferocious manner, at the same time making use of most disgusting language. Mr. Waugh and other gentlemen interfered, observing that they could not . allow such gross misconduct, and endeavoured to separate the parties. At that moment the man left the helm, and came to the assistance of the two de fendants, and the greatest confusion prevailed. Mr. Waugh received a blow on his chin; at the next moment Green struck him a violent blow in the eye. Some of Mr. Waugh'a friends came up, and insisted upon his going to the other end of the boat, which be did. During the confusion, which lasted some minutes, the party were left to the mercy of the stream, the captain and helmsman both being engaged upon deck. The vessel was at the time a little above Battersea-bridge ; and, but for the good conduct of the persons in the engine-room, who speedily shut the steam off, the con sequences must have been mos t f r i g h t f u l. A s i t was one of their friends, a nautical gentleman, went to the wheel and rendered considerable service. Defendants, after the most desperate conduct, were confined below until the arrivall of the vessel by the side of the Investi gator police-ship, off Somerset -house, whither the cap tain, by orders of the many gentlemen who had been assaulted, had consigned them. It thea required at least four constables to secure Green, and it was found necessary to pinion him by tying his hands and legs. The party then discovered that the whole of their provisions and wine had disappeared; and, upon its being demanded joints and delicacies, champagne, port, sherry, and brandy were produced from different hiding places; but, .on there arrival at Hungerford, three bottles of ono of port, an d anot h er o f b ran d y, h a d champagne,againbee been carried off. Mr. Waugh, who exhibited a black eye, said that the party consisted of seventy per sons, the greater number of whom were ladies. Their alarm was extreme: one, the wife of a barrister, was s o overcome by fright that her husband was obliged to convey her on shore in a small boat; and the consterna tion of another, who was enceinte, was such as to cause serious apprehensions for her safety. When the captain was informed that no p erson was to b e allowed to leave th e vessel until the police were brought on board he readily acquiesced. Mr. E. Stanley, Mr. C. J. Nealds, and Mr. J. D. Sadler, who were of the party, gave confirmatory testi mony of the outrageous conduct of the prisoners. The whole of them had been assailed, and some of them bore marks of the violence with which they had been at tacked. Mr. Stanley, after parrying some of the blows dealt at him, was thrown down and beat as he lay on the deck by two persons, one of whom he believed to be Robinson. Mr. Neald, who acted for a time as helms man, proved that Green struck him twice in the face. Mr. Sadler also received a violent blow from one of the parties, and the two servants were also beaten. The defendants said "Here goes," as they ranged themselves for the attack; and it was the impression of the witness that they intended to have swept the deck, if possible; at any rate the fellows appeared to have indiscriminately attacked all who came in their way. Mr. BRODERIP observed that the case was of by far too serious a nature for him to dispose of summarily. He therefore felt it his duty to send the defendants for trial at the Middlesex Sessions. lie would accept bail, themselves in 100/. each„ and two sureties in 501. each, for their appearance to answer the charge. Defendants were locked up. SOUTHWARK. Mary Doyle the woman charged on suspicion with having thrown a child over London bridge into the river, was brought up for re-examination. On the last examination a boy came forward, who said that on the night in question he observed the pri soner place a bundle on the parapet of the bridge previ ously to throwing it over into the river, and that he saw something move in it, which led to the supposition that there was an infant wrapped up in it. Subsequently to that boy's statement having been made, another had come forward, who, while playing near Blackfriars bridge, found the body of an infant floating under the second arch on the City side, and having taken it out of the water, an inquest was subsequently held upon it, and the surgeon, in giving his evidence after a post modem examination, .was -of opinion that it was still born. Mr. COTTINciHAM, on being acquainted with the re sult of the inquest, had the prisoner brought before him, and in the course of ht,s' remarks said, that her conduct was sufficient excite a very strong degree of suspicion in the minds of those witnesses who had come forward to give evidence against her. The very circumstance of her having selected such a spot as Lon don-bridge in order to get rid of (as she described) a bundle of filthy rags, throwing it over with both her hands, which showed that it must have been of a weighty nature, although she declared she had only used one hand for the purpose, her subsequent attempt to make her escape from the recess of the bridge after it was done, and her contradictions and conduct altoge ther, were so pregnant with suspicion, that it justified the letter-carrier in giving her into custody on the spot. Since her apprehension he (the Magistrate) had felt it his duty to have inquiries made in the locality where she lived, in order to ascertain whether any of her chil ren were missing, or whether she had been attending upon any women who had recently given birth to an infant ; and the result of those inquiries was favourable to the accused, therefore he should now discharge her, at the same time informing her that. her detention was attributable to the necessity, for the ends of public justice, of making those inquiries before she was per mitted to go at large. The accused, who still adhered to the truth of her statement respecting the transaction, was then dis charged, and on quitting the bar ejaculated that it would be a lesson for her the remainder of her life. NAPLES. Letters from Naples, addressed to the Piedmontese Gazette, announce the landing of 1,500 Sicilians at Reggio, and the entire defeat of the Royal troops. Almost all the provinces of the kingdom refuse to make fresh elections, protesting in favour of the legality of those already made, and the illegality of the decree by which they have been annulled. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (TESTERDAY.) HOUSE OP LORDS. No. I.—YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK (Main Line Improvement).—Preamble proved, clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported. NORTH WESTERN (Deviation to Skipton, Casterton, end Sedburg).—Preamble proved, clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP No. 3.— MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNCTION (Deviation and Branches). — Opposition of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire Company further considered. GROUP No. 7. ROYSTON AND HITCHIN (Exten sion to Cambridge and Branches). —Case closed, but de cision postponed. GROUP No. B.—LONDON AND CREDITON (Taw Vale Railway and Dock, and Bodmin and Wadebridge Com panies' Arrangements.)— Opposition of Bristol and Exeter Company further considered. EXETER AND COWLEY JUNCTION. — Evidence for promoters. GROUP No. 11.--MONKLAND AND KIRKINTILLOCH, BALLOCHNEY, AND SLAMANNAN (Amalgamation or Sale, or Lease, and Amendment or Repeal of Acts). — Case closed, and decision postponed till to-morrow. E LE C TION DUBLI C 0 Mllll fTEES. N. y and of M althoughr.Reynolds's the majo rity was resumed.- counsel o un s e The scrutinyintoytehsetevrllaiyd,it for the petitioners took objections to several rotes, they did not succeed in any one instance. A i r. MURPHY intimated that the petitioners would abandon the remaining objections to voters who had not paid the borough rate. lie could not, however, state what course the petitioners would now pursue, and he must pray for adjournment to give him time to consult with them on the subject. Adjourned accordingly. The LIGO. poll. books having been put in, and the return of _ Mr. Towneley proved, Mr. CLARICE, on the part of the petitioners, took a preliminary objection to the return, on the ground that the notice of the election, published by the Mayor of Sligo, was defective, inasmuch as it was not signed by the returning-officer. Mr. W. Kelly was called to prove the defect, and on his cross-examination he stated that be prepared the pe tition against the sitting Member, and after it was pre sented he received 1,5001. from Mr. Coppock, the agent of the sitting Member, to consent to its withdrawal. He received the money for the purpose of ascertaining how far Mr. Coppock would go, and never oontemplated re taining it. During the entire negotiation he communicated with Mr. Somers and Mr. Walker, his attorney. He did not make the first overture, but Mr. Coppock called upon him, and said it was most absurd thinking of going on with the petition, for the sitting Member was a very rich man, while Mr. Somers was a very poor one. Sub sequently at his own house Mr. Coppock told him if he would consent to settle the matter Mr. Somers would get him a good Government situation, but he preferred the 1,5001., which he afterwards received in bank-notes at Fendall's Hotel, and in return he handed Mr. Cop pock a letter, consenting to the withdrawal of the peti tion. Mr. Coppock then retired, but returned in a few minutes, and demanded the money back again, stating that he had discovered that the petition could not be withdrawn. He of course refunded the money, as he never contemplated retaining possession of it. Mr. Robert M'Bridge, the Mayor of Sligo, proved that his assessor put his own initials to the original notice, whereupon _ _ _ The Committee, without calling for a reply, over ruled the objection. The case of bribery and treating was then proceeded with. THE BOWYER GALLERY. The dealing out of the shares of Mrs. Parkes' last grand subscription fbr the purchase of the Bowyer Collection of Works of Art, amounting to the value of 80,0001, took place yesterday morning at Exeter Hall in the presence of a very numerous company. The agents appointed for the occasion were accomodated with tables in the body of the hall, and the whole of the proceedings were conducted with every possible fairness and im partiality, under the superintendence of Mrs. Parkes. The highest portion is valued at 3,100 guineas, and consists of the celebrated Bowyer Bible ; and the value of the lowest portion is one guinea and a half. It will be some days before the names of the lucky individuals who have been fortunante enough to obtain the highest prizes will be known. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. EMBEZZLEMENT.—Joseph Pickering, a middle aged man, very respectably connected, was convicted of em bezzling various sums of money belonging to his em ployers, Messrs. Pilcher and Co., of Tooley-street, and was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour. THE CHARTIST PRISONERS. Joseph illiams, who looked somewhat paler and more downcast than he did before his incarceration, having been placed at the bar, Mr. BALLANTINE said—With respect to the case of Joseph Williams, a prisoner now in Newgate, I have to apply to the Court to reduce the bail from two sureties of 1001. each to 501. each, which latter sum the prisoner, who is one of the humbler classes, will be able to ob tain. The RECORDER—What is his offence? Mr. BALLANTINE—He is charged with having uttered seditious words, and with having disturbed the public peace. The RECORDER—Why was not this application made before the magistrate who committed the prisoner ? Mr. BALLANTINE—Because since his committal be has not been able to procure bail in the required amount; he is therefore compelled now h© is in Newgate to make this application to the Court. A similar application has been made to y our Lordship with respect to the other defendants. The RECORDER—Have you given notice? Mr. BODKIN said a similar application had been made to the Court with respect to a person Lamed Vernon who was charged with the same offence as the prisoner at the bar. He did not wish to impugn the decision of the magistrate with respect to the amoirast of the bail he felt it his duty under the circumstances to require, but having looked at the affidavit of the prisoner, ho con fessed it raised a reasonable probability that the prisoner was not able to find the bail already specified. On the part of the Crown, therefore, ho was not instructed to oppose the application, provided a reasonable time were allowed for inquiring into the va lidity of the sureties. The RECORDER—I wish to be understood, in yielding to the application, that I do so the more readily since it has received the consent of the prosecution ; but in doing so I have no wish to impugn the decision of the magistrate in the course which he felt it his duty to take. It is only necessary that the amount of bail should be sufficient to render it certain that the person for whom it is given will be produced at the trial; but, on the other hand, it ought not to be so excessive as to operate as no bail at all, being of becoming magista.t , amount which will virtually keep the persons charged in custody. But if the persons sought to become bail serious in became apprehensive of the consequences, and declined dering its b ail, they had no one save themselves to blame. The a matter of this description, consi isuatiaesdn.ature to the public feeling at the time, therefore acced e was quite with respect to o i t n h requiring the bail he did. I shall The RECORD ER , application hiorespect to the case of Alexander Sharpe, en the a of Mr. RonisisosT, acceded to the same amount of bail. 4 John Fussell having been at the bar, Mr. ROBINSON made a similar placed a f Prication on behalf of Wort jeweller whose thi s defendant, and in support i, s t a ting that the defendant was a o ort read an affidavit, we9k and that average wages did not exceed 5 0s. from his station in life he wa s unable to n , _ two par ties competent to bec ome bail for him iu 1501. each and that if it was reduced to 50/. each he could procure ' bail to that amount. His cas e did not differ from the others. Mr. BODKIN said the c ase differed fr om the others. His wages were high, and t herefore there were not th e same grounds for supposing that the defendant could not obtain the required bail ; the affidavit did not besides state that the defendant was unemployed. He was bound to say, after reading the depositions, that his offence differed from the others, and therefore he could not on the part of the Crown consent to the application: Tne RECORDER said if a person could find responsible bail, that was a reason for its reduction. Those who now found that they could not obtain the required bail shoull have considered what they were doing before [hey placed themselves in the position they now stood; but there was another mode of meeting this—taking the same amount of bail, but in smaller sums, secured by a greater number of persons.—(The Recorder here devoted some time to a perusal of the depositions.) Mr. ROBINSON said he was not aware that the de fendant was in a condition to obtain greater bail than two persons in 751. each. The only thing in which his case differed from the others was this—that ho did not swear he had been out of employment for some time. The RECORDER suggested that four sureties in 501. each might be acceptable. Mr. ROBINSON said, two in 75/. or three in 501. would be nearer the defendant's means. The RECORDER said, he should require bail in 2001. altogether ; that was four in 501. each. Ido not, he said, wish to prejudice the future inquiry which will take place into this case, but I may say this—(looking sternly at the prisoner, an intelligent, gentlemanly-looking young man, who stood perfectly unmoved in the dock, and whose de meanour was most respectful to the Coirt)—that if the offence charged against the prisoner is proved it looks to me like something else—a far higher crime. Ido not know for what he is indicted, but this is my impression from the depositions. TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1848. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 19. Their Lordships met at Five o'cliick. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH presented several petitions against any alteration in the navigation-laws. The Earl of GALLOWAY presented a petition from some place in Ireland against the Scottish Registration Bill. RAILWAY GAUGES. Lord REDESDALE asked whether it was the inten tion of the Railway Commissioners to oppose the intro duction into any private Bill of any provisions for alter ing the gauge of any railway, authorised to be con structed by any Act which had passed prior to the passing of the Gauge Act in 1846; whether they propose to bring in a Bill to alter and amend the Gauge Act ; whether any report has been prepared by them upon the subject ; or whether they intend to recommend that the consideration of the same shall be postponed to the next session of Parliament. Earl GRANVILLE was understood to say that there were several Bills before Parliament containing clauses authorising the companies to alter the gauges, which clauses the Commissioners would feel bound to oppose. An experiment was now going on as to a mixed gauge, and the Railway Commissioners would not come to any determination on the subject until that experiment had been fairly tried. Under present circumstances, they were not disposed to introduce any B:11 on the subject. In reply to a question from a NOBLE LORD, whose name we could not learn, Earl GRANVILLE said that the attention of the Railway Commissioners had been directed to the subject of the necessity of increasing the number of guards on passenger trains, in consequence of the late serious ac cident at Wolverton; wad Mr. Simmons, one of the rail way inspectors, was now in communication with Mr. Hewett on the subject. The Commissioners had no power to enforce such regulations; but he must do the companies the justice to say that they had attended most readily to any suggestions which had been made to them by the Railway Board. RAILWA I SHARE MARKETS, BRISTOL, JUNE 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been very flat to day, and scarcely any business has been doing ; indeed, the only transactions have been in Great Western Stock, of which the Quarter Shares were done at 218. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 19. STOCK EXCHANGE. —There is very little business doing at this market. Prices are not lower. The sales are— Great Northern, th dis.—Great Western, Quarter Shares, 2% dis.—Lanca F s i h ft ir h e sanhdareYs,ortkr dreis....(lLateendbolhancahhedstNerhratnhd c.—Ditto, N ew Q uarters, 76 p.—Midland S Wl3 t i o er c smt k ei , nrng i hoal2 / 2 11' c.—Ditto, New Halves, 6% c. dis.—Ditto (Birmingham and Derby, 75—North Staffordshire, 2% c. dis.—Shrewsbury and Hereford, 21. ls. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 91. 12s. 3d. Shares, (B), 3 , 4 dis.—South- Eastern and Doter, N 0.4, Thirds, 2 7 / 8 c. dis.—York, New castle, and Berwick (N. and B. Extension), No. 2,1% p. Ditto (G. N. E. MANCH:ESTEIi, JUNE 19. STOCIC EXCITANOIL—The sales are--Birkenhead, Lan• cashire, and Cheshire Junction, 7% dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding, Union), 3% c. dis.—Ditto, Pref. Ditto, M. and B. Q uar t ers (A and B), 1 11-16 p. 6 per cent., Vs p.—Loudon a n d N ort h-W estern, N ew Q uar• an7/111:e.—ster, Sheffield, and Li nco l ns hi re , Q uarter Sh ares, No._te 1 , 1, 4% tern, dis.-Ditto, Preference, par—Ditto (Grimsby), dis.—Ditto (Sheffield,and Linc o l ns hi re ), 9% British, Thirds, 2% c. dis.—North Staffo r d s hi re , 2 d2131 , —N° 21:nS.liadisrre.tsli 8 1.1V5 South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 2 13-16 c. dis. BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 19. STOCK EXCILINGE. — The only sales were—North Stafford shires, at 2 1 4 dis.—and Shrewsbury and Birmingham B's, 41. 13s. 6d. dis. YORK, JUNK 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day was as follows : —Great Northern, 6—York, Newcastle, and Ber wick Extension, No. 1, l7%—York and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 311/. EXTRAORDINARY PRESERVATION OF LIPE.-Dur. ing the last two or three days the respectable inhabi tants of Camden-town have been actively engaged in preparing and procuring signatures to a memorial to the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police and to the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, on behalf of William Trafford, police-constable, 344 S, on account of the extraordinary and praiseworthy acts of intrepidity he performed o❑ the morning of the 9th instant, in saving the lives of nine persons, who but for his single-handed exertion must have perished in the destructive fire which occurred at 61, College-place. It appears from the memorials that the fire broke out shortly after two o'clock in the first floor front room, and that on Traff2rd's arrival ho found the flames coming through the first and second floor windows, and two men in their night clothes were observed clinging from the tills of the second floor windows. Regardless of the consequences to himself, the constable called upon the poor creatures to drop into his arms and he would break their fall. They did so almost simulta neously, but the interposition of the arms and body of Trafford between the men and the pavement caused one to alight in safety without tho slightest injury, and the other with but a slight injury to the back. Notwith standing the shock sustained by Trafford by the falling of the two men upon him, he having been informed that there were some women and children in the upper apartments, he twat open the street door, and, at the risk of his own life (the flames at this time having frightfully increased), he rushed three times through a dense and suffocating smoke, and brought down four children and one woman from the first, and two women (the wives of the men alluded to) from the second floor. This was all accomplished before any engine arrived. The house was completely !gutted, and although all the above circumstances were known to the Fire Brigade, the generous feelings of that body did not extend suffi ciently far to give an intimation of the facts to the re porter who reported the fire, lest it might tend to throw their exertions into the shade. It is stated that the policeman Trafford received some slight injury, and there is but one feeling on the part of the inhabitants, and that is that such a praiseworthy example to the po- ' lice generally ought not to go unpublished and unre warded. NEW CORN ESCUANGE AT EDINBURGH.--The Corn-market is held weekly, and is both a stock and sample market. The great increase of trade in this market since the opening of the various railways, has rendered an enlargement in the accommodation a matter of urgent necessity. About a year ago application was made to Parliament by the city of Edinburgh for an Act empowering them to purchase properties in the Grass market—a large open square in the ancient part of the city—and to erect a new corn exchange of such dimen sions as to meet the increased wants of the trade. The new edifice is to be in the Italian style of architecture, with a clock and bell tower at one end. Contracts have been entered into for the erection of the building, the estimated expense of which is about 7,500/. The design has been supplied by Mr. David Cousin, architect, su perintendent of public works for the city of Edinburgh. —Builder. MEETI NG IN POPLAR. — On Friday evening, a numerously attended meeting of the inhabitant s of the parish of All Saints, Poplar, was h eld in the Town-hall, for the purpose of taking into consideration the nec ess i ty of passing resolutions in support of Mr. Hu me's motion, and presenting a petition to the House of Commons in its favour. The Town-hall was crowded on the occa sion. Mr. Jeves, Churchwarden, was voted in the chair by acclamation. A series of resolutions, affirming the necessity of further reform, was then proposed and car ried unanimowly, and the meeting separated. A. NOBLE FEMALE PEDESTRIAN.—In 1776 the Duchess of Charteris beat her husband in a foot race of 200 yards for 200 guineas. The Duchess was allowed to secure her petticoats above the knees of her drawers, IRELAND. Lord FARNHAM, in putting a question of which he had given notice, on the subject of the discontinuance of the drainage of certain works in the county of Cavan, and the dismissal by the Board of Works of the labourers employed thereon, said that 4,500 persons had been dis missed at a moment's notice, and this at a time of the year—between the sowing season and the hay harvest— when employment was very difficult to obtain. Since the 20th of December last no less than 85. 4d. in the pound, by two rates, one of ss. and the other of 3s. 4d., had been levied on the parish, which was in a most im poverished district. Another rate, therefore, for the re lief of those unhappy people could not be made, and he did not see huw it was possible that they could be sup ported. He had that day received a memorial from 600 of these poor men, accompanied by a certificate from the Archbishop of the diocese and ihe magistrates of the lo cality, setting forth their lamentable condition. And he might himself state, as a constant resident in the district, that during the whole of the time in which the men had been employed on the public works, not one of them had been charged with theft, and their conduct had been most exemplary since their dismissal. He hoped, there fore, the Government would raise the money to continue the works. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE (who was all but inaudible in the gallery) was understood to say that the Government had received information of the stoppage of the drainage. The subject was most interesting to the Government, and not the less so on account of the good conduct of the men who had been dismissed. The works in question were not, however, carried on by the Government grants, but by the Board of Works on the application of particular individuals--either public bodies or private individuals; and there had been in this case, unfortunately, a default of payment on the part of those persons. Out of 52,0001., which the works were to cost, only 4,5001. had bee❑ raised by private loans, and, therefore, it ' had become necessary to stop the works. It was much to be regretted that they should have been stopped at this particular season; but the board could not have proceeded with these particular works without abstracting the funds from other works in other parts of the country.—(Hear.) Earl FITZ WILLIAM read the terms of the motion of which he had given notice for Friday next, expres sing the thanks of the House to the Executive in Ireland for past measures of relief, and calling on the Govern ment for further legislation for that country. Lord BROUGHAM doubted the propriety of a vote of panegyric before the Earl of Clarendon's adminis tration had terminated; but he did not wish to be con sidered adverse to any such vote when it could with pro priety be brought on. IRISH POOR-LAW. Lord MONTEAGLE moved resolutions . to the fol lowing effect:—That the circular letters of the Irish Poor-law ch C an o g al e m in iss p i practice daattevdatrhi variance en2e3ed withof May, the di rect provisions ) 1848, direct provisions of the Ist and 2d Vi c t., c . 56, sect. 53, 54, a n d the 10th Vict., c. 81, sect. 8, 10; that such a change in the administration of the law, if shown to be necessary and expedient, can only be carried into effect by the authority of the Legislature; that any orders issued, or authority claimed or exercised by any administrative department, to alter or set aside the law of the land, is of dangerous precedent, and demands the immediate at tention of the House, more especially when such orders are issued during the session, when the sense of Parlia ment might have been taken on the question." The quarter-acre clause introduced into the last plor-law was not a pnculiar hardship on Ireland, for it was nothing more than what had been the practice in England for a long time past. Even the owner of a cottage in this country: was not entitled to relief. The quarter-acre clause, combined with that clause which prohibited relief to the families of per sons not entitled, completely prohibited relief to the families of persons holding mdre than a quarter of an acre of lend. But the Commissioners, by their circular of the 23d of May, had absolutely done away with this restriction, thereby offering a bounty on the retention of land, and placing those who persisted in holding it in a better position than those who had given up their holdings. It was a direct inducement to the poor to neglect their natural duties and set the law at defiance. If the quarter-acre clause was wrong, let it be repealed, but not set aside by the authority of the Commissioners. There was the case of a man who held twelve acres of land, and who, nevertheless, sought parochial relief, and had been declared entitled to it by the Commissioners. While the relief works were going on, the strongest ground of complaint was that occupiers of land were so employed, and an order was made to strike such par ties off the lists. How was this principle to be re conciled with the recent acts of the Poor-law Com missioners ? It seemed their first circular had been construed as a general order applicable to all cases ; but in a second circular they explained that it referred only to particular cases ; and this was equally an in fraction of the principle of the law. If the circular was equally applicable to all unions it was in the character of a general order, and ought only to have been issued by the authority of the Irish Government, counter signed by the chief secretary. By assuming the power of granting relief to persons holding any quantity of land the Commissioners had struck the most fatal blow at the administration of the poor-law in Ireland ; and the communications ho had received from that; country con firmed the worst anticipations that had been entertained as to the effect of this circular. In some unions the applications for relief had doubled. Lord Carew, Lord- Lieutenant of the county of Wexford—a county which was least burdened by puor-rate—in a letter which be had 'addressed to the Commissioners, expressed his be lief that all the abuses of the relief works would be re-introduced, and the occupiers of land might continue OR their holdings, after sending their wives and familes to the workhouse. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he was not at all surprised that this subject should have attracted the attention of his Noble Friend, and Irish landlords (sew rally. Agreeing as he did in much that had fallen from the Noble Lord, and in the importance of the subject, he hoped to be able to induce the Noble Lord to with • draw his motion. To adopt it would be for that House to pronounce an opinion that the Commissioners, who were acting under the direction of the law officers of the Crown, had acted illegally. The only explanation he had to give of the circular, which had been hastily is • sued, and applied generally instead of being made to apply to particular cases, was, that it was done on an emergency, and with the humane view of preventing a great amount of suffering, and perhaps loss of life. lie admitted, as fully as his Noble Friend, that no order of the Commissioners ought to contravene or sot aside a principle of law; also that every occupier of land ought to be made responsible for the support of his family. It was the intention of the Commissioners to issue an other order, guarding against the possibility of the cir cular referred to being drawn into any kind of abuse, by limiting its application to the very extreme cases. Where a person holding land refused to give it up, and allowed his family to starve, he ought to be punished, and it was the duty of the Commissioners to see that he was pu nished; but all they were enabled to do by law was to take possession of any property he might have, either on the land or in his house. No time whatever would be lost in issuing a general order stating that relief was not to be given except in particular cases, the circumstances of which were to be speedily considered; and this being so, he hoped his Noble Friend would suspend his motion for the present. Lord BROUGHAM had not fully considered the effect of the law, but was inclined to think that the Irish law officers were borne out in the view they had taken. But whether a new law were required or not, something must be done to break through one of the most crying abuses that ever existed, sufficient almost to break up the very framework of society—that of a man holding 12, or, it might be, 1,200 acres of land, releasing himself' from the obligation to support his family by throwing them upon the parish.—(Hear, hear.) Even if he differed with the Irish law officers, he could n o t su pp or t the first resolution of hi s Noble riend ; for any reso lution of that House, professing to declare what was the law, was absolutely worthless ; for the other House might pass a resolution directly contrary. He was glad the attention of the House had been called to the matter on account of the explanation it had elicited from the Noble Marquis. The Duke of RICHMOND thought it would be bet ter to introduce ' a short declaratory Act, making the receipt of parochial relief by any member of the family of a person holding land tantamount to the forfeiture of his occupation. Such persons could not bo too severely punished. Lord REDESDALE sa id if t h e p r i nc iple was onc e ad mitted of giving relief to occupiers of land, it was im possible to say to what it might lead. Lord CAMPBELL said that a person neglecting to maintain his family was clearly punishable, whether in England or Ireland; and the refusal to give up land was prima facie evidence that a man was not destitute. The circular of the Commissioners certainly led to the infer ence that relief might be generally given in such cases, and, in so far, went to s©t aside the quarter-acre clause. But that clause was not a positive prohibition of relief to the wife or family; it was never the intention of the Legislature that any persons should perish of hunger. Had the circular been a little more explicit the objection to it would not have arisen. In Ireland the clause had been construed as a positive prohibition. Cases of great hardship had arisen in consequence, and hence the issuing of the circular. He hoped the motion would be withdrawn, as its effect would, doubtless, be attained. The Earl of ST. GERMANS was glad to hear that an amended order was about to be issued, authorising relief extreme cases without compelling a man to give up his land. Lord BEAUMONT considered that the assistance of Parliament was necessary to relieve those who had the administration of the law from the difficulty in which the law placed them, and carry out the original intention of the Legislature to assimilate the law in Ireland to that of England. Lord STANLEY observed that the Noble Lord (Monteagle) had assumed throughout his statement that the Poor•law Commissioners, first by their notice, and subsequently by their order, had taken upon themselves to set aside the law, and act in direct defiance of the Act of Parliament, whereas it appeared that they had acted according to the best interpretation the legal advisers of the Crown had given of that Act. The Noble Lord's resolution, therefore, would not be in accordance with the fact. With regard to the interpretation of the law officers of the Crown he was not competent to give an opinion, but with regard to the intention of the Legis lature, he did not see how it was possible that it could be more clearly expressed than it was in the Act itself. But he looked with great alarm at the opinion given by Mr. Henn, and sanctioned by the Attorney-General, that the possession of land should not exclude the plea of destitution, but that the possessor might, notwith standing, actually go before the board of guardians and claim relief. It was for the express purpose of exclud ing such persons that the enactment was passed, and if Mr. Henn 's and the Attorney-General's interpretation of the law be sound, that enactment was entirely set aside and superseded. If they did not adhere to the " test" against the dictum of the Poor-law Commissioners, they would destroy the whole Bill, and let in a flood of pauperism, by enabling persons to hold land which it was impossible they could cultivate, and thus involve landlord and tenant, and the paupers themselves, in one common ruin, and subject the country to one common state of destitution, misery, and death, from which even the resources of this great empire would not suffice to rescue Ireland. Lord MONTEAGLE made a few remarks in reply, and concluded by withdrawing the motion. Their Lordships (at Eight o'clock) adjourned to Thursday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 19. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'Clock. Mr. CORNWALL LEIGH took the oaths and his seat for North Cheshire, in the rocm of Mr. E. J. Stanley, who has been elevated to the Peerage. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were agreed to:— Battle-bridge and Holloway -road Act Repeal Bill. Liverpool Gas Light Company and Liverpool New Gas and Coke Company Amalgamation Bill. Patent Galvanizd Iron Company Bill. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time:— Caledonian Railway (Branches connecting the Clydes dale Junction and Wishaw and Coltness Railways, &c.) Dundee and Arbroath Railway (Dundee Junction). Dundee and Perth Railway (Dundee Junction). Dundee and Perth Railway (Lease of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway). Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction Railway (Lmendment of Acts). Whitehaven Junction Railway (Extension, Alteration, and Branches, &c.) Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway Act (No. 1) 1847 (Slough E x t ens i on and Deviations) (No. 2). Wishaw and Coltness Railway (Deviation Connecting Branch and Improvement). York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway, and Hartlepool Dock and Railway Leasing). ABERDEEN RAILWAY (ADDITIONAL CAPI _ _ _ _ TAL) BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a third time, Mr. HINDLEY opposed the motion on the ground that although the company had been authorised to raise an immense sum of money from which the original shareholders could never expect to derive any adequate return, they now sought by this Bill to raise an addi tional sum by the creation of new shares, seeking power at the samo time to guarantee interest at the rate of ten per cent. to those who should take up the new shares thus to be created. Why, Manchester, Liverpool, and Leeds had b een d ra i ne d b y railway com panies, and it was monstrous for this company to endea- vour to obtain powers like those they sought, which would have the effect of draining the resources of the country, if similar posers were granted to other com panies, to an extent which would be most injurious to its commerce. He wished to know if it was competent for him to move that the clause in the Bill be altered from 10 to 6 per cent. The SPEAKER said it was not competent for the lion. Gentleman to do so as he had not given notice of his intention, in which case his amendment should have been printed in the votes. Mr. - BERNAL said us the Bill had emanated from his small tribunal up stairs, it was incumbent upon him to explain the grounds upon which he had passed it. The Hon, Gentleman then stated that the Bill was abso lutely necessary to enable the company to proceed with its undertaking, and that if it was not acceded to the original shareholders, whom the Hon. Gentleman seemed to commiserate, would be unfairly dealt with. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. ESDAILE'S CHARITY ESTATE BILL. This Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. REPORTS. The following reports were considered and agreed ;o: Burntisland Harbour Improvement Bill. Dover Harbour Bill. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Mr. M‘GREGOR presented a petition agreed to at a meeting held at Glasgow on the 6th of Juno, stating that the taxation of the country was oppressive, and praying for an extension of the suffrage, vote by ballot, electoral districts, and triennial Parliaments. He also presented a number of similar petitions from workmen and others at Glasgow, and from other places in Scotland. Mr. G. DUNCAN presented several petitions from places in Scotltind to the same effect. An HoN. MEMBER presented a petition to the same effect from Oldham. LUNATICS ASYLUM BILL. Mr. GEORGE DUNCAN presented a petition from Scotland against the Lunatics Asylum Bill. SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS. The Hort. MEMBER also presented a petition against the system now adopted throughout the country in granting licenses for the sale of spirituous liquors. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented petitions from Westminster in favour of Parliamentary reform. Petitions to the same effect were presented by Mr. Glyn, Mr. G. Thompson (one of which was in favour of the Charter) ; Dr. Bowring, from Saffron Walden ; Mr. Mowatt, from a place in Cornwall ; and Col. Thomp son, from Manchester and Prr,*tOn. THE EXCISE. Mr. G. THOMPSON presented a petition from St. Ives in favour of the reduction of the duty upon tea, coffee, windows, and paper. STALEYBRIDGE. Mr. HINDLEY presented a petition from Staley bridge, setting forth the value of the property of the town, and the capital invested in its trade; and praying that the town might be permitted to return a Member to represent its interests in Parliament. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND. Mr. BAINES presented a petition from Hull against this Bill, and complained that the central management was placed in the Trinity House. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Colonel SALWEY presented petitions from Ludlow and Shropshire in favour of Parliamentary reform. Captain BERKELEY presented a petition from the inhabitants of Chelsea, and 111 from Bristol to the same effect. Colonel REID presented 22 petitions in favour of the extension of the franchise. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented 51 petitions, pray ing for a reduction in the national expenditure. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presenfed a petition from Bir mingham in favour of Parliamentary reform. Mr. BANNERMAN presented a petition from the merchants and shipowners of Hartlepool against any al teration in the navigation laws. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD presented a petition from Rochdale in favour of Parliamentary reform. Mr. HODGES and Mr. JOHN EVANS presented petitions to the same effect. Mr. HUDSON presented a petition from Sunderla l nd against th e sa l e o f i ntox i cat i ng liquors on the Sabbath. Mr. FORBES p resen t e d a petit i on i n f avour of vote i by ballot. numer ously signed petitions praying for Parliament Mr. COBDEN presented a large number of reform. pet M it r iOn i s i , U a A ll U p 3 ra presented praying r a p s e t r i l l i l e m m o e r e e the e r x y t i e r n et s b i a v rei e r! b ; batch of of of them Eas from the city of Edinburg person', all of whom gave their addresses. by 14,600 Sir J. PAKINGTON said, as itw -s as desirable to at as . early a SUSPENDEDu,WarRdIuTuSes. bring on the question of the possible, it was not his inten tion which stood in t p i e o r n iod to of bring the eveningforward as the paper, with regard to th e Derby and other pl aces . issuing ui ng name of f new on writs e e fer SUGAR DUTIE4S.— WFST INDIES. The Hole. MEanma said he would al so ava il hi mself of that opportunity of stating that it was not his inten tion to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice respecting the suga r d uties. Upon further consideration ho had found that the plan proposed by her Majesty's Government had created so muc h dissatisfaction that it was 1 13. s intention to sub stitute a resolution amounting to a direct negative to that proposed by the Government. Mr. CARDWELL said, considering that the plan of the Government involved an alteration of the Bill o f 1846, and made changes not only in the rate of the duties, but also in the mode of levying them, and affected the law with respect to the position in which this country stood as regarded the slave trade, and a l so the magnitude of the interests involved, he thought that the time for the consideration of this question by the House ought to be extended. L The question he wished to put was, whether it was not due to the House and the country th a t more time sb°l/ 0 be given for the consideration of this question, whic h : o . one of so complicated a nature, and whether the Goc, , t ment did not think they ought to follow the Preci.er; of 1846, wh en temporary Bills were passed c ondo° for a month the existing duties. do Mr. E. ELLICE wa s satisfied that nothing Iv", - s ot so much injury to th e W es t I n dia interest as a l l' t te the matter to remain in suspense. In his opipicrlA to people in th e co l on i es ought to know what th e y had de Th e penon. cOD CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQU EII curred with the observations that had just been r' la t o by the Right Hon. G ent l eman . H e thought i t ve. , ° ,, be much more sati s f ac t or y to a ll p ar ties that some dpi, sion should be come to upon the subject. lb , the and substantial question for the decision , fif bt House was stated on F r id a y night, and he tmi lbe the sooner the House c arn e t o a d e cision ll l o i, a question whether further protection should he g e than was proposed by the Government, the better. , he Sir J. PAKINGTON presented a petition fr°lll tlOg bankers and citizens of London, agreed to at oeeog, held that morning, conven e d for the purpos e ° f tb dering the proposal of her Majesty's Government 5 ; 10 respect to pro West Indies, and praying the il ht - t he reject the pposal. The Hon. Baronet moved ° ta ble. a t the petition be read at length by the clerk On coming to a passage which referred to a recent 3 ° ment by the Noble Lord in the matter, O a The SPEAKER interrupted the Clerk, on- 0 5 0 , 19 e, that the reference to the recent debate in that est er and the statement of the Noble Lord, the first .04 of the Crown, was inf Ora l--- e§el r Mr. GLADSTONE said the parties, as the r 0 t be Lions had not been laid o n th e t a ble, were driven lobo alternative of referring to the observations of the jor Lord.—( Hear.) They had no doubt committed ne e o b. gularity, but he could not see how they could bal viated it. rio ted -Sir R. H. INGLIS said the resolutions we re P hell' that morning, and might have been purchased for n Il e g penny, so that the parti es , as th e M eeting wa s ° until mid-day, might have easily procured coPie s ' i froo Sir J. PAKINUTON th en p resen ted a petitiod red the Mauritius Association, stating that they I l d e isa is the proposition of the G overnment w ith gree t - ttud that it would provide n o reme dy t o the colo n io; praying the House to reject it. to t" Mr. CARDWELL p resente d a p e tition O ho t he West India Association of Liverpool, s tating e' proposition of th e G overnment wou ld b e tot al l y quate to meet the great distress in the colonl. IRELAND. to tlO/ Sir B. HALL moved for a return simile! which had been pres e nted t o th e H ou se of P e ~ford which a Member o f th e o th er H ouse o f Parliam e i re lseu' de Fre)ne, and three other gentlemen resident m oues were charged with misapp ro p r i a ti n g the ed ge A ; l Ile trusted to them under the La n d I m provement 4— ' 0 00 0 should call the attention of the House and 1 - - „ r0 001 1 „ ment to the matter on F r id a y nex t, as the 1 3 '; Ole' question had violated the 29 t h se ction of the kta tb provided that the wages of persons employe° ha , public works should be paid in the coin of 0 0° 2000 The return will, therefore, be procured froth th of Lords. io l4' DISMISSAL OF JUDGES IN VAN DIE LAND. In reply to Mr. C. ANSTEY, f d Mr. HAWES stated th a t th e Colonial-ofi 111 ceived no further information on this subject' PPP' Mr. ANSTEY gave n o ti ce th a t on the fi rg t he coo' night he should bring th e w h o l e su bject under o$ sideration of the House. no he Mr. HUME wished to k now w hether soil, ip I P had been made for the administration of j us ' colony ? H ..swe r Mr. AWES said he was not able to "-- question. WEST INDIA QUESTION.. g s e °s 00- hie Mr. HAWES then proceeded to address th e ,SP e l the West India question. He understood th,a t th- cC O5e , Lord the Member for King's Lynn on Fr ivaf his Noble Friend the Secretary for the Coloeies Ocerfaili ing withheld from the West India Conareit tec 1 0 0. 0 r dispatch, and he had taken the trouble w be rk original dispatch to show the Noble Lord the ''' n e- 105 c l d ir King's - Lynn that he was mistaken. Now,,°rieU - patch there was a memorandum in his I` l °' : ',, e , tbolAthe e handwriting, representing it to be his opin,L:: dispatch ought to be laid before the Cororel l ' — dree r ,t`;, -° was not aware until Saturda that th e -l betfr h ; of his Noble Friend to forward the dispatch to t g et, d mittee had been neglected. The omission, 11 1, - 0, o f had ascertained occurred in the hurry bus. -- ,:o0 when the House considered theinittle an ta e Asa % Pr o: business carried on at the Colonial-offieot,.% 0 1. 1 ; e r that the House would admit that the ouit' s- h - . ll Alei a , - , o t so highly reprehensible as the Noble Lord the "elf for Kings' Lynn represented it to be. bia l ys the intention of his Noble Friend fry to withold any information of a n y importa nce House or the Committee. tys MR. HUME'S MOTIOIC A tjtt . ,.; Mr. FREWEN said, as it had been report's-close Pi htf debate on the West India colonies would ti a° ,,t i - $ l lO4 evening, he wished to know whether the '-`.„lich (Mr. 'Juni() intended to press his mod° on the paper for to-morrow. Mr. HUME replied that it w a s certai° lllll9 e ill e t ; 66 ; to proceed with the motion of w hi c h he b il l t o ll sof I ° and that nothing on hi s p ar t wou ld I°' ponement. p S r p o e p a o k: o r d o d n o llnV,orEsivdSaTy leavel l a N s tt,llh:eiAct. with respect ei D rs p I neSneTdtlit ; S: 01:w t: 7 s , t 0 , 0, On the motion of Lord JOHN lft,ll ll use r „ e r i te itself into a Committee upon the resoit t- ess is dist r ,bo l f West Indies, 1.„ ebs l3 ,,dio Mr. E. ELLICE rose and said, the deePu t l i v l e st , L; 1 ) e colonies s t weaysithviewwheidehthtrhoeughaffoialitrstheofeotuhnteto; hwieslob,ieo some apology for his opp os i ng the motion e to obte id Friend, iu order that th e y might eudea" ur e%P h' tlel from her Majesty's Government s ome farther 4 to tion of the views they ent er tained with resPe' ter present state of those colonies. bie t/1 0 1i Sir J. PAKINGTON interrupted the ael° ll ' t be 0 4 , for the purpose of asking him whether or 0° ta rtP give him permission, before he proceeded 3°Yeotire,e, to move the amendment of which he had givea,,, to f'lo Mr. ELLICE said his particular o bject *l o3 ' en t. 030 vent the Hon. Gentleman moving his amen a he iere his (Mr. Eilice's) opinion the question new w oo ide re , House had been ;graverh narrowed, and be e e psi e ti b , that there were g and more serioug c , O 1 3 o f, tions which must yet be brought under ' co ed d i. lie view before the question could be tli s P co a p , There could be no doubt of the ruinc al ,ea lion and distressed state of the West 111 , °1 0 1 bo nies at the present moment. tetwdi eyh A hawet n aaldsv neaol c saf t e tt ii iese v Apseor i coi e rie,:3;: ; : tress and ruin existed Lrdv i sN n dronew i nt h , em proposedmh e s n to t r ? y o T t b . hyaen the country.eobl Noble Lo unparallelv" r er o 7 ll w H o e u p d r proposed e to t o lend y s t o h o a , t o 5 0 0 0/ 0 . , o to o o t i h ewcaoslonneivees.r_ rorde.hoti6da,- to be lent for a more useless purpose, or o stable security.—(Hear, hear.) But wh at °Web Abe n them to regard was, the probable temper ill project of the G overnment would be r eceive .? fs' e , %vest Indies. Wh a t feelings would it not exeitieeOsto blishments in Ja ma i ca, in British Guiana, an d e g eif ae lti could, of cours e , no l onger b e ma i nta i ne d after t o oli o , arrivel They would be thrown up. The " 13 h oir eLi e e didt d hiso? N I f ob su le eh F w ri re en re d t p h r e op c be enguiphed in a common ruin. Under stt e- t preC o sl stances, let him ask what did the Govertg a q a', stood, what was the position of public affairs colt/„Is , affect t t o ° f d rara? The Council there had appealed to t he P o p , Government for a reduction of 95 per eeut• l a ress . e , ries of the officials of the colony, un the Ye i r l eo t Ono able plea that with reduced means they coulordallot tain their former expenditure. Earl G re l ace? bei t listen to this appeal. What was the consealle unt il t o ol the colony had refused any further supPh es ois 14 00 0 As thing; peeol grievances were redressed.—(Hear, hear.) flea' It i o d o toh?ese resolutie. ;woe Friend might rely upon it that a similar a s l;i es t e s , very speedily be presented by all our other l 7 e3 tl3 colonies.—(Hear, hear.) For the last two i..e,,ete penses of Jamaica had come out of the poi_Teer, merchants, but this could not continu e. —e airs, P4OOl The total expAise of the government of Juir, l ,o ool. peared, was 300,001. per annum, of which . 3 u beg Viii in the collection of the revenue alone—(Esce2r3.,oo,!'eble, while 55,000/. was spent in civil salariesya h is l'_, oo l o judicial, and 30,000/. in ecclesiastical. MAituee Friend imagine that this enormous exPen,molanis:id be be much longer borne by the impoverisbehaioo,o_,f 0t t co lorY,,,e) (Hear, hear) —and if he did not suppose intend to keep up the establishments of S s r, b„ Li e` 1.; did he intend to keep the colony at all?-k f .5 00,u 00 01 1 He wholly objected to the proposed grani e the Pi o tk: even supposing the colonists would tak rego ecle ee l w hich he did not believe they woul d, be ro e principle involved as altogether unsouni.i„ s k o ilf moment, numbers of the less favouriVre ere estates in our West India colonies ' .. „ 0 1 tw oO f abandoned, and the cultivation of a great ee, ft . 0 el an) oy 0 was on the point of being given up.—(", e et de fib" just possible that by the application wititareeet late some judicious remedy, by the better adjus t , poi, t lie demand and supply of labour, the estates 1 1 °.' atwoot given up might yet be retained in cultivatit je he i coloured population be sa ved from involveuieviabatorPir, ruin which kid fallen upon the white, bu t d( t ) 0 a.: r ie°,!, might, the present proprietors were almcs t se bte fr e retrievably ruined.—(Hear, hear.) Ilia aloPt i ,,%ia l .: in the course of his speech on Friday had, 'b et e frwer theory prevalent at the Colonial -office. viotterocsbitit pression seemed to be that the West India , P. o f e etit; a reckless improvident race, who knew ne t' e pee, be t business, which the Colonial-office itself vv,eieatiti-131 petent to conduct—(Hear, hear echoed the cry that the West India planters_ll,oo6lfr: ruin upon upon their own heads by their . e" eof i e el The investigations of the recent Commtt,4 eel° . ire had at once shown that the nostrums of es to office were wholly inapplicable, and that ; less dians, so far from being chargeable witharr/eooolifietrt fulness, had applied the utmost care, _l a °f oi e° management to the attempted preservaLiroprav estjf )—his Noble. f ie' vole , • h a d be e ° ift property.—(Hear, hear.) Every new e ar tbil s in cultivation, every new machine co sh avi adopted, but to no effect, and the eviden _ deep bei many of these unfortunate men, drive " ;°__.,„.se o rK ti our own colonies, had transferred their 0 0 . : . `:,p ;‘,`;, skill, and their machines, to Cuba and _tr s „ e et r. ,,,i , colonies, which held out to them some:et-rue ti ti fo is w t iee r existence.—(Hear, hear.) Already w e roured P 3Pil l re the proportion of the white to the c e ~.c ed to l o g in our West India colonies had been a" r_ e vg lis v cent., and this small number was b e t - E. w ere ar families. Unless some very decided step e o ere lottg , _ beer) 40 smaller, by the withdrawal, in utter deep were tsViiite the way of relief, there would, ek" population at all left in the colonies „ a th en whole of the little trade that w .01 . 4 :.,„ Q u1d there, falling into its natural Cll9llllel "